I'm really not doing business

Chapter 59

Li Le didn't sit down. Ever since he received the invitation, he was full of anger, but what could he do?

Facing the threat from the Jin Party, Li Le had no power to fight back, so he could only obediently come to the Quanjin Guild Hall and meet these two people he didn't want to see at all.

In fact, Li Le should have gone to the Quan Chu Guild Hall to discuss with his teacher, but he didn't.

Wang Chonggu sat down, waved his hand, and as soon as the servants started to retreat, there were only three people who spoke.

"Sit." Wang Chonggu signaled Li Le to sit down and talk. Standing like this, he looked awkward. , if this face is not given, Wang Chonggu will really turn his face and deny anyone.

Li Le had no choice but to sit down.

Zhang Siwei turned sideways, poured a cup of tea for Li Le, and then said with a smile: "Li Le, most of the newcomers to the officialdom are proud and arrogant, thinking that this bad world can be changed for the better, but it's yours. Master, Mr. Yuanfu, can he succeed? He can't either."

"How about listening to me?"

"We have been fighting Beilu for so many years, from the 29th year of Jiajing to the 45th year of Jiajing, have we won? No."

"The beating is called a bleeding pestle, and the beating is called the suffering of a living person. Datong Xuanfu originally had 42 households with more than two million people. In the 45th year of Jiajing, there were only about 20 households left. More than 100 million people."

"Death, escape, how miserable? Do you think the people are miserable?"

Zhang Siwei took a sip of tea and waited for Li Le's answer. He was not in a hurry. What he said was true. When a war broke out, only the people suffered.

The enemy is coming, just run out, but to put it nicely, what about the expenses on the way?What about the resettlement costs at the place?How can the people have that surplus money?In the war, only the gentry can escape, and the common people are the price of the war.

"I am aware of the harm caused by military disasters. Longqing negotiated peace, and I agreed to pay tribute, which indeed stabilized the frontier." Li Le thought for a while, and also acknowledged the contribution of the Jin Party. tribute.

Zhang Siwei continued: "How many years have we Ming and Beilu been fighting? Counting from the first year of Wu, we have fought for [-] years! Has the result been achieved? No."

"When the Ming Dynasty was strong, they ran away. When the Ming Dynasty was weak, they went south to knock on the customs and invade the border. You came and went. They have been fighting for 200 years. The northern captives are like that weed. , one crop after another."

"We are suffering, they are suffering, and all living beings are suffering."

"Let's say this, if we continue to fight like this, will there be any results? The martial arts are as powerful as Emperor Gao, and the brave as Emperor Wen, a total of [-] Northern Expeditions. In the end, the country and the people were disturbed."

"Longqing negotiated a peace, and I answered tribute. Is this the result? From Genghis Khan to the present, the northern captives are finally willing to bow their heads. The khan of their self-proclaimed golden family is finally willing to accept the canonization of Ming Dynasty. If you are small, it won’t be a military disaster, so let the common people live in peace, isn’t it our duty?”

"The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is the foundation of the country."

Li Le thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said: "Humiliation is humiliation. I give it to the northern captives today, and it will make the invasion more urgent. Therefore, there is no war. The victory of the strong and the weak has already been judged. As for the subversion, the reason is solid." Of course!"

"So the land is used to serve Qin, and today the age is given to captives. It's like putting out a fire with a salary. If the salary is not exhausted, the fire will not be extinguished!"

The book "Six Kingdoms" written by Su Xun quoted by Li Le gave Suiyu to Beilu. The more frequently they were given, the more eager Beilu's aggression would be. Therefore, even if there was no battle, the victory of the strong and weak would be when Suici appeared. , it is already doomed, so that subversion has become a matter of course.

Zhang Siwei just smiled, if he can win the battle, if he can penetrate it, if he can beat the opponent crying for his mother, and if he can beat the enemy who flees thousands of miles away, then he will naturally be able to say such things, it's not like he can't win ?
In Li Le's work, he always puts the cultivation of righteousness as the top priority. How can he know the difficulty of the work?
Wang Chonggu said seriously: "The horse price is just silver, it is the money to buy the horse, not a yearly gift."

For scholars, stealing is not stealing.

Zhang Siwei continued: "From the frontier, speaking back to the imperial court, Mr. Gao Ge was sent home by a decree. If Gao Gong is really the kind of person who is unfaithful and unfilial, he really refuses to obey the decree. Let's count The Jin people in the court, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chief assistant of the cabinet, the governor of the capital military affairs, and the governor of the Datong army in the Xuanfu, all want to help out, right?"

"However, after hearing the decree, Mr. Gaoge just beat his chest and stomped his feet, and went back to his hometown to live."

Li Le looked at Zhang Siwei with a strange expression and said: "This statement is absurd. Mr. Gao Ge's return to his hometown is not because Mr. Yuanfu is in the court. The prince of the household department is a maverick with lofty ambitions. Qi Shuai leads the army. Is one hundred thousand guarding Jizhou?"

Zhang Siwei immediately asked: "Then how can we be sure that Mr. Yuanfu is not the next Gaoge Lao?"

This is a hole dug by Zhang Siwei, waiting for Li Le to jump into it.

Yesterday was Gao Gong, who promoted a lot of Jin people, and Jin people indirectly or directly controlled the inside and outside of the court through fellow villagers, in-laws, mentors, recommendations, etc., and even threatened His Majesty;

What about tomorrow?Will Zhang Juzheng be the next Gao Gong?

You know, Zhang Juzheng is much more daring than Gao Gong!
Zhang Juzheng dared to monopolize the banquet, cut himself off from inside and outside, and even dared to become emperor in the Wenhua Palace. What is this?Zhang Juzheng dares to become emperor now, how can he pay back in the future?

It is tolerable, what is unbearable.

Li Le was directly asked and didn't know how to answer. The Jin party has become a clan party. Is it possible for the Zhang party to become a clan party?
Zhang Siwei picked up the tea and said with a smile: "Drinking tea, Li Shizhong is a smart person, but I can't say that Zhang Yuanfu's ambition is noble and loyal to the emperor and the country. Can't help it, Li Shizhong, if you think about it carefully, you will understand."

Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Siwei, and nodded with satisfaction. His nephew was extremely eloquent, so he immediately involved Li Le. Li Le was not a courtier, so how could he know the difference between the clan and cronies? Woolen cloth?
Seeing that Li Le became hesitant, Zhang Siwei clapped his hands, and the sound of the music gradually started. The two groups of jade-faced orchids came out dancing gracefully with the beat of the music, their waists exposed with a full grip, Dotted with golden ornaments, they kept shaking, and the bells on the bare feet kept ringing along with the dance steps, and bursts of fragrance came to the nostrils.

The sound of the music was getting faster and faster, and Orchid's dancing posture became more and more daring.

Li Le was a little sluggish. He had been studying all the time and had never been in contact with this world of fireworks after he had obtained his fame. He was a little dazed, and Zhang Siwei's slightly bewitching voice sounded in Li Le's ears: "Before you If you pass the examination as a scholar, you don’t have to kneel when you see the county magistrate; after you pass the examination, those relatives you know and don’t know will come to curry favor with you, and many people want to put the land under your name so as to save high taxes. "

"Even the master Qingtian in the county handed you an invitation card, because if you win the exam, you will be one of your own."

"But you won the Jinshi? You are a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, do you want to live in such a poor life? You are a Jinshi of our Ming Dynasty. If you have power, you have everything, do you understand?"

"Ah?" Li Le looked at Zhang Siwei and asked suspiciously.

Zhang Siwei said with a smile: "Don't you understand? You just need a word now. You can choose one or two of these orchids. You can take them all away. If it is inconvenient to take them away, the Quanjin Guild Hall has Guest room, they will be yours from now on, do you understand your status?"

Zhang Siwei slowly raised his hand until he could no longer lift it, and then said: "You stand so high and live so poorly and even poorly. , Wuloutaishuixie, you are promising, you are a Jinshi, but who knows? Are you so reconciled if you don’t return home?”

"You stand so high! You should have more! This is a matter of course. If others have soft sedan chairs, you should also have them; if others have servants, you should also have them; if others have luxurious ancestral houses, you should also have them; If others have Meiji, you should too;"

"Isn't it?"

"Otherwise, you have endured so much suffering in order to be a Jinshi and become an official. Is it all in vain?"

"Think about it." Zhang Siwei stood up, patted Li Le on the shoulder, and left the theater building with Wang Chonggu, leaving the stage to Li Le.

"Will he agree?" Wang Chonggu was still a little worried when he walked out of the theater. This Li Le is a man of integrity and is a well-known gentleman. Can he convince Li Le that it involves inspecting the frontiers and inspecting the Dingjian? The matter of Xuanfu and Datong has been lifted, and everyone will be in bad luck.

Zhang Siwei said with a smile: "He is a gentleman, but he is a poor ghost."

"He has never seen luxury before, so he can be virtuous and upright. Now, when he sees this luxury, it is like a cat's paw scratching in his heart. He can get it at his fingertips. He doesn't even need to reach out to get it," said the uncle. , how would he choose?"

"If he can keep his heart, I really admire him as a man."

When Wang Chonggu heard about it, he looked back at the theater and shook his head and said, "You, how many famous and wealthy people in Chang'an, are not as good as the king when all the organs are exhausted."

"Thank you uncle for your compliment." Zhang Siwei is not ashamed, but proud. He comes from a family of merchants, and it is his nature to seek profit. To pass this test is to not destroy the foundation.

Zhang Siwei said quite accurately: "People have selfish desires in life, as long as they have selfish desires, they have shortcomings, as long as they have shortcomings, they have weaknesses, and they can be dealt with. For example, Li Le, he is poor and has not lived a good life." , the drunkenness of paper and gold confuse people's hearts, and he can't keep it."

"What about Zhang Juzheng's shortcomings?" Wang Chonggu said with a frown.

"Zhang Juzheng's shortcomings..." Zhang Siwei fell silent in a rare way, and he was no longer elated. At first glance, Zhang Juzheng was full of flaws and shortcomings.

Zhang Juzheng forms a clique, but most of his party members walk in the same way; Zhang Juzheng is corrupt, but his corruption is not worth mentioning compared with Yan Song and Xu Jie; The daily life of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is somewhat reasonable;
Only by finding Zhang Juzheng's real shortcomings can we deal with him.

　It is tolerable, what is unbearable! ——"The Analects of Confucius·Bayi", there are two explanations for this sentence. One is that even if you dare to do this, what else can you not dare to do?The other is, if this is bearable, what is unbearable.Zhu Xi, Zhang Juzheng, Yang Bojun, and Qian Mu all explained the two meanings in this way, and I hereby explain them.

　　
　
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