Juxian Fang, south of Beijing, Zhengjue Temple Hutong, Zhang Han's mansion in the Ministry of Officials.

"If it's ordinary, you come to see the old man, the old man is very happy, but at this time you come to ......"

Zhang Han washed the tea slowly and leisurely, and glanced up at the guests in the interval.

Just when I saw Chen Mu running around the hall like entering his own house, touching here and there, it happened that Chen Mu almost knocked down the porcelain vase that the first emperor set up a banquet to give to the ancestors when he was a minister, and his actions were embarrassed.

Shaking his head helplessly and sighing, Zhang Han reprimanded: "Sit well, which important minister of the court cultivates virtue like you." ”

Chen Muzheng pushed the porcelain bottle into the bookshelf, and when he heard Zhang Han say that he didn't care, he turned around and picked up a piece of dim sum on the table and stuffed it into his mouth, then he smiled and clapped his hands and sat back on the chair, looking at the tea that Zhang Han was pouring, and said with a smile: "That bottle is too far away, it will fall when you touch it, don't blame me, old man." ”

"Let's talk about it, whoever asked you to come to see me, he will say it himself if the elder has something." Zhang Han closed his eyes for a moment, and said firmly: "When did you get together with the celebrant and still let him summon you?" It is taboo for eunuchs to be foreign ministers. ”

"Where can I go with the celebrant, no."

Zhang Han poured the tea, pushed it aside, raised his two fingers and said, "If you weren't entrusted by someone, you wouldn't discuss the affairs of the court with the old man today." Seeing that the day of the sea is getting closer, this time it will take three or five years to go to sea, the old man plans to build a house in the township, open up three acres of land, and when you come back, you can go to play with your son in your spare time. ”

Zhang Han, every old man, would easily say the ordinary words, which made Chen Mu's heart suddenly burst.

In three or five years, Zhang Han's official book had just expired, and it had not yet been four months since the crown prince was added.

Although he is now over sixty years old, he is in a good mental state, except for the rheumatism that he suffered from when he was young and later supervised Caoyun, he is not sick or harmful, he neither drinks nor likes to eat meat, and there is no precursor to Alzheimer's disease, and his political career is still very long.

"Don't, go back to your hometown to build a three-way house and build a three-acre land, and when I come back, you will be an old man!"

In the past, Zhang Han was the least senior of the three candidates, but now with the qualifications of the secretary of the ministry, he is better than others because of the governor of Liangguang for several years, and what he lacks in the cabinet is only the experience of Hanlin.

Although seventy percent of the cabinet ministers have Hanlin qualifications, it is not without precedent to enter the cabinet as a secretary, no matter what, for the number of officials, Zhang Han's resume is very beautiful.

Director of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, prefect of Luzhou and Daimyo, meritorious service; Buzheng Shaanxi, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and the Governor of the Military Department, Cao Yun, made meritorious contributions; Needless to say, the governor of Liangguang performed military exploits; A large number of talents were also selected for the position of the secretary of the ministry.

The official voice is also praised for being upright and not following the crowd.

Especially in the general environment of Zhang Juzheng's administration, it is not surprising that entering the cabinet is a certainty.

What kind of three-wing house to build, what kind of three-acre land?

"Entering the cabinet? How much ability a person has, how much food he can eat, the ancestors have long said that if virtue is not worthy, there will be disaster. ”

Zhang Han spoke slowly and logically, obviously making plans in his heart, and said: "After all these years of trembling and trembling, he is worthy of the ancestors of heaven and earth, and worthy of the people of Li. ”

"Just like those officials who only leave a name in history, they are not great virtuous ministers, nor are they thieves who harm the people, they have all the money and status they should have, and they have also received gifts from others, and their family wealth is not rich and they don't have much land, but they are old enough for their own use, and as for their children and grandchildren, they have their own blessings, and they have come here...... That's enough. ”

Chen Mu raised his hands to his chest, and listened to Zhang Han's words that were instigating people in their twilight years and had no ambition, and hurriedly said: "Let's say it first, it's not Ge Lao or Dongchang who asked me to come, it's Xu Fatzi; What do you mean when your old man says this, when the future is bright, you quit? ”

"The Governor of Brocade? Hehe, I've heard that you and him have a good relationship, and the two people with butts and tails are better than monkeys together. ”

Zhang Han smiled, yawned and suddenly smiled to himself, and said: "When this time is over, the old man will resign, and if he offends Jiangling, things can't be good, rather than being expelled, it is better to resign himself...... No matter what, the old man will not play for him to win His Majesty's affection! ”

Xu Jue's request is this.

Zhang Han said that two people with tails inserted are better than monkey spirits, and Chen Mu does not agree, but Xu Fatzi's butt is definitely better than monkeys with a tail.

Calculating the distance and time of the report, Xu Jue took care of the affairs of the Zhang family in Jiangling, and sent someone to send a letter to him about three or five days after the death of Mrs. Zhang, that is to say, he did not know the movements of the imperial court these days, but he said in the letter what happened in the imperial court at this time, and asked people to send him this letter, the purpose was to persuade Zhang Han to write to the emperor with his subordinates, and take the lead in winning love!

"Boss, Zhang Ge is old and takes love, it is beneficial to the country, at this time, returning to his hometown to guard filial piety, reform is tantamount to giving up halfway......"

Before Chen Mu could say anything, Zhang Han suddenly became excited.

"Halfway? The reform of the imperial court is a national policy, which began several decades ago, not from Gangneung, let alone to Gangneung. ”

"It is a public opinion that Gangneung has meritorious service in the community, and the old man is also deeply known to Gangneung, and it is reasonable that the old man can be silent. But the national system must not be chaotic, the old man is the head of the hundred officials, he can't uphold morality and has already borne the country's favor, and he is a corpse, and he must no longer be a tiger Fu Yi. ”

"There are some things you don't know, and the old man has never talked about it with others, in the spring of the first year, the old man read the Shiting test papers, and the subprime minister Zhang Puzhou drew up the order, Jiangxi Song Zongyao was the first, Zhejiang Lu Kejiao was second, and Ningguo Shen Maoxue was again, this is the first class."

"Huguang Zhang Sixiu is the first of the second class. When the emperor read the papers, Jiangling dived through Dajue, and did not take the Song and Lu two volumes, so the first Shen Cizhang, Song and Lu were the second first. ”

"Even so, Jiangling told me: Puzhou was recommended by him, why should he be stingy and not give him to his son."

Zhang Puzhou is Zhang Siwei who entered the cabinet, Da Jue, that is, Feng Bao.

"You use loyalty, filial piety, and moderation to drive the officials, but you can't do it to obey the law, treat state affairs as family affairs, and now you have to drive internal and external connections to win affection, can't you do things well without Jiangling in the world?" When Zhang Han said this, he took a deep breath and said, "No, Lu Xianggong in the cabinet and Gao Xinzheng overseas, which one does not have the talent of the country, and which one cannot continue the new deal?" ”

"Even if he can't, Jiangling is only guarding filial piety for the twenty-seventh month, can't he continue to govern the country at that time, and can't all the ministers and ministers still protect him? Why do you have to win love, break the court etiquette and hurt the hearts of the people in the world? ”

Chen Mu was silent.

He knew that Zhang Han was right.

But no.

"Old man, everyone has the talent of the country, but there are only a few people in the world who can do the three things together; The biggest disaster of the imperial court is that the vassal king Lumi has 8 million stones per year, and what can be done now is only Zhang Gong, and others can't do it. ”

"The atmosphere is bad, and it can be reversed in the future, and there are opportunities for some things, but they are once in a lifetime."

"What's more, even if the official department is not on the book, Zhang Ge Lao will still stay, and things will get very bad, and the old man, you go back to your hometown to reclaim three acres of land, it will not help."

"It's better to stay and develop the bad things in a good direction, if the country is not so difficult, why can't you enter the cabinet to be the elder of the cabinet and be the first assistant."

"If one day, the old man can be the first assistant, the country will definitely get rid of all the evils, I will not only bring back countless gold and silver grains from overseas, but also give you the second or even the third five-year plan, no matter what ambitions you have, you can achieve your ambitions! Strengthen the army, strengthen the country, and strengthen the people, so that everyone in the world is well fed, and let your name be written ten pages in the history books! ”