When the sedan chair finally fell, the sedan curtain opened, and the dizzy Wang Fulin got down from the sedan chair, only to find that what was in front of him was not the left gate of Chang'an, which was often walked by civil officials, but the Zhang University Scholar's Mansion in Dasha Hutong!

At such an extraordinary moment, Zhang Juzheng was not in the cabinet room in the palace? How could it be at home?

Wang Fulin only felt that he was a little confused. And a long squad who greeted him in front of the door naturally didn't explain, but politely led him in, but after a while, he was replaced by Zhang Jingxiu.

The two have known each other for a long time, but at this time, facing Wang Fulin's puzzled gaze, Zhang Jingxiu, who had a heavy face, just whispered: "Dad was sent back urgently by Gonggong Feng, and he fainted in the cabinet room." Father-in-law Feng also directly sent Doctor Zhu from Tai Hospital to check my father's pulse, and I don't know why my father would want to see you at such a time. ”

Zhang Juzheng is sick at this juncture?

Faced with this unexpected news one after another, Wang Fulin couldn't help but think about it quickly, secretly thinking that even if Zhang Juzheng acted arbitrarily and couldn't tolerate objections after becoming the first assistant, he should not be so arrogant that he couldn't see the consequences clearly. As a Zaifu, drafting an edict for an underage emperor, how serious are the consequences of this kind of thing, Zhang Juzheng himself will not know? Perhaps this so-called fainting is just pretending to be shown to others, one is to temporarily delay the matter ordered by the Empress Dowager Li, and the other is to fish out those political enemies who may covet the position of the first and auxiliary or have hatred for him.

However, when I stepped into Zhang Juzheng's bedroom for the first time, I saw Zhu Zongji's familiar face mixed with the brothers of the Zhang family, and all the usual hippie smiles were put away. The expression is solemn. Seeing him, he only bowed slightly. The eyes are so deep that people can't see the clues, Rao is Wang Fulin had guessed before, and he couldn't help but feel furious in his heart at this time. When Zhang Jingxiu came to the bed and said a few words, he then took all the Zhang brothers to retreat, and Zhu Zongji also followed, Wang Fulin was even more incomprehensible.

Is Zhang Juzheng a real illness or a fake illness?

Just as Zhu Zongji passed by him, he only heard an extremely low voice floating in his ears: "Be careful." ”

Even if it was just these three simple words, Wang Fulin was still surprised. This shows that Zhang Juzheng is really sick! But in his opinion. Zhang Juzheng is not like Tan Lun who was a firefighter every time he was injured, so he died early, and now Zhang Juzheng is only in his early fifties, according to the average age of those elders in the Ming Dynasty, it is the season of being in the prime of life, how can he really be sick at this time?

So, when the door was closed, he walked a few quick steps to the bed, and took advantage of the vertical plum lamp at the head of the bed. Zhang Juzheng, who usually doesn't glance at much, glanced at his face a few more times. And on this look, he discovered. Wang Daokun, who was not as good as the head of the dynasty, looked in good condition.

At least Wang Daokun doesn't have so much gray hair, his eyes are not so tired, there are not so many wrinkles on his forehead, and his spirit is not so depressed...... But it's not the first time he's seen Zhang Juzheng, why hasn't he seen this before?

"Know what I asked you to do?" Zhang Juzheng asked straightforwardly, but seeing Wang Fulin still looking at himself in a daze, as if he wanted to see a flower on his face, he couldn't help but beat the bed board and shouted, "The last time in the Wenhua Palace, you fought with those scum of science and Taoism, and the emperor asked you about your affairs in Guangdong, so you said the truth, why do you have to offer treasures in front of the emperor and take out the Ping Kou Zhi written by those instructors to publicize it?" Just because of your dedication, today the emperor made a big move in Xiyuan and caused a big incident! ”

Although the secretary sent by Zhang Hong just now had already told himself about the matter, but at this time, Zhang Juzheng was furious as soon as he came up, and he also said the same, Wang Fulin knew that there was no luck in the matter, and I am afraid that it was really the book he offered that could not be separated. He was not afraid that Zhang Juzheng would get angry, and asked what was going on aggrieved and sincerely.

In his opinion, Zhang Juzheng categorically would not tell the details of the situation in Xiyuan like Zhang Hong's faction, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Juzheng did not shy away from talking about the incident in Xiyuan, and he also directly accused Sun Hai of bewitching the emperor to be close to men!

As for the only one that has something to do with the Ping Kouzhi he dedicated at the end, that is, after Zhu Yijun got drunk, he asked people to sing the jokes in Ping Kouzhi, and the eunuch was spoiled, so he was slapped hard by the little emperor.

Seeing Wang Fulin's extremely incredible expression, Zhang Juzheng said coldly: "Now I know, how stupid was what you did at the beginning?" The emperor is the king of a country, and if there is nothing else, then there is nothing else, and if there is something, then the book giver bears the brunt! The Queen Mother made a big fight for this, and almost all the people in the Qianqing Palace were replaced, and even Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng, the two big eunuchs, were sent to the drum room. As for you, the Queen Mother also counted down in person, if it weren't for me saying that you were conscientious in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a month, and the newcomers were also well bred, do you think you would still be able to gain a foothold in the capital? ”

Wang Fulin is really not very interested in being the imperial history, but his purpose of doing things has always been, either he doesn't do it, or he has to make it impossible to pick out the thorns, but he didn't expect that when Empress Dowager Li was inexplicably angry with herself, Zhang Juzheng would come forward to defend it because of his work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although the initial attitude towards this Shoufu Lord was to stay away, and now it is only for the future of the Wang family of Songming Mountain, so he proposed to Wang Daokun that the eggs should not be put in a basket, so he walked closer, but after all, it was more utilitarian, but at this moment, of course, he was not touched at all.

Even if Zhang Juzheng intercedes just to protect him, his "own person", or to show grace for this, it is quite rare after all.

So, he couldn't help but show a somewhat frightened posture, but he inquired: "Then the queen mother really blames the emperor for this?" ”

When it came to this section, Zhang Juzheng fell silent. This was originally a secret that should not be said to anyone, and he naturally didn't want to mention it to Wang Fulin. However, just as he was about to divert the topic, he didn't want Wang Fulin to take the lead.

"Shousuke-sama, please forgive me. Since you defended me in front of the Queen Mother, didn't you defend the Emperor? The reason why the Queen Mother learned about this. I think it must be someone around the emperor who is the first. can see the queen mother working hard to clean up the people around the emperor. Isn't there someone who maliciously excludes his colleagues, but doesn't want to be cleaned out together? Of course, the emperor is a little neglected in his studies, but if it is only the queen mother who blames it, it is a matter between their mother and son, but Lord Shoufu was summoned by the Queen Mother. ”

"Shut up!" Zhang Juzheng's face turned blue when he boarded. "Is this something you can say?" ”

"It's okay for Shousuke-sama to accuse me of lying false, but I really have to say that. Since ancient times, the people who are in the current position of Lord Shoufu are the most difficult, but in the past few years, the emperor has trusted Lord Shoufu wholeheartedly, and even Jinke directly named Second Brother Zhang as the role model, which naturally means that the emperor respects and trusts Lord Shoufu again. Today was originally just a trivial matter, and Lord Shousuke was the first assistant of the current dynasty. is also the emperor's teacher, if he is also completely on the side of the queen mother. There is no maintenance for the emperor, what does the emperor think? ”

Don't say this kind of thing, even if you are a cronie, you can't say it, and your nephews can't say it, but Wang Fulin said it without hesitation, Zhang Ju became more and more angry, but his heart was unusually calm. After those previous incidents, he knew very well that Wang Fulin was not an impulsive and reckless person, and now he could persuade himself like this, and sincerity was rare. Thinking that this was also a person who was diligent in doing things rather than diligent in firing guns, he pretended to be angry and reproached a few words, and saw that although Wang Fulin was silent, the expression on his face clearly revealed his persistence, so he took off the mask of rage, but his face was indifferent.

"I know what I'm doing."

Zhang Juzheng is really not so arrogant that he can't see the consequences clearly!

Wang Fulin took a breath lightly, but still said the last sentence: "Lord Shoufu Mingjian, if there is a crack between the monarch and the minister, it will never be repaired. ”

"You don't have to persuade!" Although Zhang Juzheng has many cronies, many of them are high-ranking officials like Shangshu Shilang, but after a long time of officialdom, it is inevitable that he will become an old oilman, so when he saw that Wang Fulin didn't care about himself at all, he was just being picked out, but he was talking taboo words, and he finally couldn't help laughing. But that smile was not a gratifying face, but a little self-loss and self-deprecation.

"The emperor is the king of a country, and the queen mother scolded him for being desolate and naturally out of love, but she also summoned me, the first assistant, and made me responsible for it with great righteousness, naturally it has other intentions, if you don't understand, then you don't have to think about it." Although Empress Dowager Li is a female streamer and doesn't care about political affairs, to a certain extent, she is not ignorant of the art of checks and balances. However, speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng paused, but his tone suddenly became sharp, "But all the words you said today are rotten in my stomach, and I am not allowed to take them out again anytime and anywhere in the future, otherwise I will directly throw you to the ends of the earth!" ”

Wang Fulin thought that he had never been able to mention the matter of his own edict - after all, he didn't know how to explain the channel through which he got the news - so he couldn't help but open his mouth, but in the face of Zhang Juzheng's extremely sharp eyes, he had to shut his mouth again, secretly thinking that this time he was afraid that he would offend Zhang Hong, the second person in the ceremonial supervisor. However, maybe it was his wistful appearance that fell in Zhang Juzheng's eyes, or maybe what he just said was a little touching after all, but Zhang Juzheng said lightly: "I will go to the book and take a ten-day and eight-day vacation." ”

So, Zhang Juzheng's guilty edict has to be delayed for at least ten days and eight days? No, as long as it drags on for ten days and eight days, Empress Dowager Li calms down, even if she is not calm, at most, she will let the second assistant Lu Tiaoyang write that edict...... No, Lu Tiaoyang is not so trusted in front of the two palaces, this kind of thing is not Lu Tiaoyang's turn! Ten days and eight days later, this matter has long been yellow!

Wang Fulin only felt that the heavy stone that was pressing on his heart was moved away at once, and he quickly bowed down and said: "Lord Shoufu has a lot of opportunities, he is too tired, please take a good rest, I will retire first." ”

But he turned around and slipped away, and he walked out of the house without two steps, and then he suddenly realized that he had forgotten the most important question, and quickly turned around again, and said with embarrassment: "I was in a hurry just now, and I haven't thanked Lord Shoufu for his intercession in front of the Queen Mother......

Zhang Juzheng smiled, and then said lightly: "Just be your head of the imperial history in Guangdong Dao." It also makes people see what else the superintendent of the imperial history can do in addition to picking bones in eggs all day long. ”

It wasn't until he got out of the bedroom and stood in the evening sunset again that Wang Fulin raised his hand to wipe his head, and found that he was already sweating profusely. The brothers of the Zhang family were all in the courtyard, but no one came up at this time to ask him what he had just said inside, but nodded and gave up, and after a while, he entered the bedroom. At this time, he saw that Zhu Zongji was also following behind the Zhang family brothers, and hurriedly and suddenly dragged the imperial doctor aside, but asked in a low voice, "What is the illness of Lord Shoufu?" ”

"What disease?" Zhu Zongji rolled his eyes, thinking of the scene when Wang Fulin brought himself to Zhang's house to enlighten Zhang Jingxiu. From that time on, although he was admitted to the Tai Hospital, the illness of the emperor and queen in the palace could no longer be seen, and the two biggest customers were Zhang Daxue's Mansion and Wuqingbo's Mansion. This time, Zhang Juzheng was ill, and Feng Bao, who knew this well, sent him directly. At this moment, seeing Wang Fulin's annoyance, as if he was about to turn his face, he put away his indecent expression and said coldly, "What else can it be?" Of course, it's a disease caused by hard work, do you think this one in it is iron? ”

Wang Fulin was stunned for a moment, but before he could refute, Zhu Zongji asked in a low voice: "Do you want to say that Yan Song is still in the cabinet in his eighties?" That's because he has Yan Shifan, a son who can help, and he has a lot of dog legs. As for the others, how many Shoufu deserve to work hard like the one inside, and they have to grasp everything? If you just follow the old policy, forget it, but our Shoufu Lord has to change this and that drastically, and he will be impeached at every turn, and he will be roasted on the fire, if he is not young, he will be sick ten times or eight times a year! Every day, when he sees people or goes out, he wears powder on his face. ”

The most important thing is how Zhang Juzheng himself got to power, and how can he not guard against other people in the cabinet? To put it mildly, if it weren't for the cabinet, it would be impossible for one person, Zhang Juzheng would like to dominate the cabinet alone!

Seeing Wang Fulin's stunned face, Zhu Zongji thought to himself that he was a doctor who treated diseases and saved people, and it was not easy to get involved in this kind of government and political affairs, so he patted Wang Fulin on the shoulder and said: "In short, no one can persuade Lord Shoufu with this temperament. By the way, you just talked in the house, and we are all far away, as long as it is not a good wind, no one can hear what is said inside, you can rest assured. ”

Wang Fulin suddenly couldn't laugh or cry. Seeing Zhu Zongji striding into the bedroom, he rubbed his temples, and suddenly remembered what Zhang Juzheng said before, "There is another meaning, you don't understand". With muttering and doubts, he came all the way to the gate of Zhang's mansion, only to find that this place was still full of people, but the sedan chair carried by the two people when he sent him here before was gone. I don't know if it was prepared by the Metropolitan Procuratorate or something else, so he thought about it and could only borrow a mount from the Zhang family's gatehouse, but he didn't go home, but went back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate directly.

At this juncture, he still decided to be on duty at night in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, after all, when there were few people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate at night, it was easier for Zhang Hong to send someone to find him.

He did everything he could, and even if something really happened, he couldn't do anything about it!

Wang Fulin took the initiative to be on duty at night, even if the rotating imperial history of Guangdong Road tonight was actually Ma Chaoyang, there was no fight in the end. As the sun set, most of the imperial historians returned to their homes, and the officials gradually dispersed, and the Metropolitan Courtyard, which was often very noisy and crowded during the day, finally fell silent.

It's rare to have no appetite, Wang Fulin sat in the straight room after eating a big pot of rice indiscriminately, absentmindedly flipping through some old files of the cabinet library, but when he heard the sound of the second watch outside, he only heard a rustling sound outside, and then someone picked up the curtain and entered the door. When he recognized the person, he couldn't help but stand up.

PS: One shift today, two shifts tomorrow...... (To be continued.) )