Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 330 The Surprise of the Reception Banquet
Zi once said: Power is a man's best coat.

The majestic prime minister of a country, if he says he will be slaughtered, he will be slaughtered.

The lord of a country also succumbs to his own man's feet.

With such power, how could the three girls not feel discouraged?
Although the three women are not the kind of people who are greedy for power.

But after all, they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and they still have a complex of yearning for heroes.

Now I heard that my man has done this.

Then this is not a hero, so what is a hero?
As for the situation of the other country's lord and prime minister, it sounded a bit pathetic before.

It is conceivable that they are looking for death by themselves, coveting Korea, and trying to make Wei.

The point is, he also provoked his own men.

That must be what deserves to be hammered!

The three girls just talked about it with gusto, and listened to Feng Yibo's talk for a while.

Finally, under Daiyu's reluctant gaze, he took Baochai and Miaoyu away from the Lin Mansion.

As soon as he arrived at Feng's residence, Menzi handed over a post.

"Master, look at this."

The Feng Mansion has received countless posts in the past few days, and Feng Yibo doesn't even bother to read them.

Menzi also received his order early, and all the visitors refused.

But today's post is obviously different.

Feng Yibo took it over and took a look, the content of the post was very concise:
The good brother returns to court after victory, and today he will take the wind and wash away the dust.

Shen Shi's old place is waiting, see you there or be square.

Signed: Brother, Liu Zheng.

Feng Yibo looked up at the sky, it was almost the end of Shenchu.

Immediately he greeted Baochai.

Without any hesitation, he asked someone to turn the car around.

As soon as he entered the lobby of the Zhuangyuan Building, Liu Zheng greeted him.

Seemingly looking forward to it for a long time, and as if letting go of something on his mind, he cupped his hands and said:
"Yibo, you're here!"

Feng Yibo bowed his hand to return the gift, and said with a smile:

"Brother Haoran, long time no see."

Liu Zheng greeted him inside, and greeted him:

"After leaving for half a year, you will make new achievements. I am really envious of my brother."

"It was just a fluke."

Feng Yibo habitually said a word modestly.

As he walked up the steps, he asked casually:

"By the way, has Brother Xinmin arrived yet?"

Liu Zheng paused suddenly when he heard the words, and seemed a little embarrassed.

He forced a smile, held Feng Yibo's arm again, and said:

"He hasn't arrived yet, let's go up and talk about other things."

Feng Yibo was a little strange, but he didn't rush to ask.

He followed Liu Zheng up to the second floor, and arrived outside the Tianzi No. [-] private room.

Only then did he look stunned, with a look of "you are too polite", and said with a smile:
"Haha! Brother Haoran, did I just say that something is wrong with you today?"

When Feng Yibo said this, Liu Zheng tensed up.

"Gulu! What's the matter? I... What's wrong with me?"

Seeing that Liu Zheng, who was always open-minded, was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva.

Even talking is a bit stuttering.

Feng Yibo became more convinced of his conjecture,

He patted Liu Zheng on the shoulder, with an expression of "I understand", and said with a smile:
"Give me the wind and wash away the dust, don't you need to engage in such a big show?"

On weekdays, the three of them gather in a small private room.

Today, Liu Zhengding chose the best and largest private room in the Zhuangyuan Building.

This made Feng Yibo naturally have some guesses.

But when Liu Zheng heard the words, he seemed even more nervous.

"I……"

Seeing him hesitating, Feng Yibo felt amused.

This Liu Zheng is just too upright.

If Yang Mingxin came to pick him up, he would definitely not see any flaws.

He shook his head with a grin, and said confidently:
"If I'm not mistaken, Brother Xinmin is already inside, right? I just don't know what else to be surprised..."

While speaking, he pushed the door of the private room open.

As expected, there were already people in Tianzi No. [-] box.

However, when he saw this person, Feng Yibo was taken aback.

Not only did he not finish speaking, but the smile froze on his face.

Because the person in the private room was not Yang Mingxin at all.

It's the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Songyue!

"The teacher personally came to clean up the dust for me, the students are terrified!"

Feng Yibo came back to his senses, saluted quickly, and said with a wry smile:
"Brother Haoran, I haven't seen you in half a year. You have changed a lot, haven't you?"

At this moment, Liu Zheng's nervousness had turned into a face full of shame.

Hearing this, his face flushed even more, and he smiled wryly and wanted to explain:

"Yibo, I..."

"No need to explain, he didn't blame you."

As soon as Liu Zhenggang opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Zhang Songyue's words.

Zhang Songyue shook his head at him, signaling to be safe and not to be impatient.

Looking at Feng Yibo again, he smiled and said:
"He's blaming me for teaching you badly."

In the past few days, Feng Yibo rejected all invitations.

Today, he was invited by Liu Zheng with a post.

Unexpectedly, he was tricked into meeting Zhang Songyue.

But as Zhang Songyue said, Feng Yibo really didn't mean to blame Liu Zheng.

Because, he knew what Liu Zheng was like.

Liu Zheng is a modest gentleman, there must be a reason for lying to himself.

And the moment he saw Zhang Songyue, the reason should naturally be on him.

"Ugh!"

Feng Yibo sighed, and at the same time he walked into the private room, he said unceremoniously:
"Since the teacher understands, wouldn't it be good to keep brother Haoran's integrity?"

He regards both Liu Zheng and Yang Mingxin as close friends.

Last time, he struggled over and over again about Zhen Yingjia's matter, but he still didn't ask Yang Mingxin.

It was because Feng Yibo didn't want their friendship to be mixed with impurities.

But today, this old guy actually used Liu Zheng to trick him over.

Feng Yibo was already a little angry at this moment.

No one dislikes a gentleman, and Liu Zheng is such a gentleman.

He respected and trusted Liu Zheng very much.

I never thought that such a good character would be tainted by this old thing.

Liu Zheng felt even more ashamed when he heard his bad tone.

"Yibo, I also want to do something for the country, sometimes..."

"You once and I once, we are even."

With Zhang Songyue's city mansion, Feng Yibo's anger can naturally be heard.

He interrupted Liu Zheng again, and said to Feng Yibo with a smile:

"Haoran once pleaded for you in front of me."

What this said obviously meant that Liu Zheng made an exception for each of them once.

Let alone the eldest, it is still unknown who pulled Liu Zheng into the water.

Feng Yibo was taken aback when he heard Liu Zheng pleading for him, frowned and said:
"If I knew, I wouldn't let him do that."

He would not doubt whether Zhang Songyue's words were true or false.

There is no need for the other party to deceive him on this.

As for the relationship between Liu Zheng and Zhang Songyue, everyone in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty knew it well.

But Feng Yibo never once asked Liu Zheng to do something.

I just don't want to make things difficult for this friend for the convenience of the moment.

I don't want him to be trapped by favors, and I don't want them to be mixed with interests.

Seeing Feng Yibo relax a little more, Zhang Song laughed again:

"Of course, I didn't know before, but now I know that you have the confidence to handle it, and you don't need others to intervene."

If he wanted to talk about business, he had to ease the relationship first.

Feng Yibo can't be emotional.

Therefore, Zhang Songyue took the initiative to try to untie the knot for the two of them.

But in fact, this is also taking advantage of the friendship between Liu Zheng and Feng Yibo.

Hearing this, Feng Yibo sighed again, and said with some self-reproach:
"I didn't expect Brother Haoran to be dragged into the water because of me."

In fact, I heard that Liu Zheng had pleaded for himself.

He felt both relieved and guilty.

Fortunately, Liu is secretly helping himself.

What makes him feel guilty is that he has let him be trapped by human feelings.

"If you want to become a talent, you have to have this experience sooner or later."

Obviously, Zhang Songyue didn't use Liu seriously.

Even see it as part of helping him grow.

He nodded towards Liu Zheng, and ordered:

"You go down first, Yibo and I need to have a good talk."

Liu Zheng was about to go out with a face of shame, but Feng Yibo suddenly said:
"Teacher, why don't Brother Haoran listen in too!"

"Oh?"

Both of them were startled, Zhang Songyue smiled and said:
"Are you going to teach him a lesson?"

He thought that Feng Yibo had the same idea as him, that he wanted Liu Zheng to see the reality clearly.

But Feng Yibo shook his head when he heard the words, and said seriously:
"No, I just want him to understand how rare his original innocence is."

Self-blame is self-blame, he obviously still has a grudge against Zhang Songyue's use of their relationship.

What he said was a little unclear, but it was obvious that he still had this emotion.

Feeling the injustice in it, Zhang Songyue frowned immediately.

Then he stretched his brows, nodded with a smile and said:
"the same."

In his opinion, it is good to be upright or a gentleman.

It is the edges and corners of a person.

If it is not polished, it will be embarrassing and useful.

Feng Yibo wanted Liu Zheng, his favorite disciple, to participate.

Obviously, it was saved to let him understand that the two of them were talking about interests.

Let him know that he is being used.

Zhang Songyue naturally doesn't care about this, and it's not a bad thing for his disciples to recognize the reality as soon as possible.

After hearing his answer, Feng Yibo didn't bother him anymore, but said directly:
"The teacher called me here today, just to talk about the compensation?"

"That's it."

Even if there is no one else, Zhang Songyue's answer is still ambiguous.

Hearing this, Feng Yibo nodded first, then sneered and said:
"But the teacher can actually understand that I have to do this as a last resort."

What he meant was that it had to be distributed to Wei and Liaodong.

But in the ears of Zhang Songyue's master and apprentice, they had to be distributed to Donghai County and Liaodong.

"I know."

Zhang Songyue nodded and said with a smile:
"Speaking of which, we are also considered masters and apprentices, so we might as well be casual in private, even if we say something wrong, it's fine."

He is Feng Yibo's teacher, indeed he can be regarded as a master and apprentice.

However, Zhang Songyue thought that Feng Yibo was going to talk about the division of interests,

So what he meant at this time was to let the other party speak his true thoughts boldly and reassuringly.

Even if it doesn't suit him in the end, he can still feel the bottom of the other party first.

"Since the teacher said so, it is naturally difficult for the students to refuse."

Feng Yibo responded with a sneer, but didn't say it in the direction Zhang Songyue thought.

Instead, he followed his words and really started talking casually.

"The teacher should know that if there is no benefit, no one will do it in the future."

"It's natural, the world is Xixi..."

Zhang Songyue nodded when he heard the words, but suddenly his face froze.

"and many more!"

He restrained his smile and said seriously:
"What do you mean by that? Don't you want to open up this trend?"

With his city, he reacted immediately.

The meaning of these words is not the division of interests, but the meaning of the words!

The key word is the word "later".

This means that "in the future" there will be similar negotiation clauses?
Seeing that he understood the meaning of the words, Feng Yibo did not deny it.

He showed a faint smile and asked:
"The world is so big. As a teacher, I should know a thing or two. Why can't I look outside?"

This is already an admission in disguise.

Hearing the words, Zhang Songyue narrowed his eyes immediately, unable to see the joy and anger in his eyes.

But just by looking at the slight trembling of the wrinkles on his face, one can get a glimpse of the great fluctuations in his mood.

"I originally thought that you just wanted to say that without the division of interests, there is no way to reach an alliance, and there is no way to sign such a peace agreement."

He thought what Feng Yibo was going to say was true.

Without leaving sufficient benefits to both sides, the terms of the peace talks will lose their support.

Therefore, what he is going to talk about today is also the question of how much to leave for the other party.

But now, Feng Yibo is obviously not talking about this.

"Without interest, there is no driving force."

Feng Yibo answered irrelevant questions, but Zhang Songyue understood.

He frowned somewhat incomprehensibly, and said in disbelief:
"If you do this, you won't be afraid of putting Wei in danger?"

Feng Yibo sneered when he heard the words, and asked back:
"Hey! Why is it not someone else's danger?"

"Shut up!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Songyue exhaled lightly.

He leaned forward slightly, and said with a serious face:
"Yibo, governing the country is not as simple as you think, and the most important thing is stability."

Although he is a new party, his concept of governing the country is extremely conservative.

To put it bluntly, it is still the "three cardinal principles and five constant principles" advocated by Cheng Zhu.

Most of the energy is focused on maintaining internal stability.

When Feng Yibo heard this, he asked a question of heartbreak with a half-smile:

"How dare you call it a new party without a pioneering spirit of reform?"

As the topic became more and more outrageous, Zhang Song became more and more calm, and at this moment he only said:
"The new is replacing the old."

"Then?"

Feng Yibo first asked rhetorically, and then said with a smile:

"Stay in the same place, and then become the old one and be replaced by others?"

Hearing this, Zhang Songyue showed a hint of disdain and said:

"Just because of what you do, you deserve it?"

Obviously, Feng Yibo is not qualified to say this now.

Although he has become a minister, he is still far away from the real core.

But when Feng Yibo heard the words, he leaned forward and said with a smile:
"Teacher, you're getting old. I'm now a third grade. I'm nothing in front of you, but even if I don't move for 20 years, I'm not afraid."

I am only 20 years old, wait another 20 years, I will only be 40 years old.

And you, can you still persist for 20 years?
Such words are rogue, but also very realistic.

Zhang Songyue was taken aback when he heard the words, and seemed to have no choice but to sigh:

"In less than 20 years, as long as your teacher's position is changed, you can take another step forward."

Although Feng Yibo is young, his contributions are all real.

Once Li Shouzhong entered the cabinet, the position of Minister of Rites would be vacated.

If there are no other changes, Feng Yibo is likely to go further.

But after finishing speaking, Zhang Songyue showed a cruel smile again, and said domineeringly:

"But anyway, it's not your turn yet."

The implication is that as long as he is still the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Feng Yibo could only stay in the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and stay honest.

Hearing the threat, Feng Yibo didn't care.

He smiled first, and then looked at Liu Zheng who was beside him.

"How about adding Brother Haoran?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Songyue's expression changed a little.

(End of this chapter)