open sea

Chapter 633 Living Water
In May, the eyes of most people in the court flew far away from the Forbidden City and turned to Jiangling.

Xu Jueyuan was not the first group of people to go to Jiangling to investigate the situation, but the first people who went there had already been able to spread the news back to the north, and the rumors spread from nowhere, and then swept the entire streets and alleys of Suncheon.

Whether intentionally or not, people are secretly discussing that Zhang Juzheng's father is seriously ill and cannot be saved by gods.

People gathered to give gifts to officials who might succeed the Chief Assistant, but at this time none of those people were stupid enough to accept it.

Chen Mu was different, he specially prepared Zhang Juzheng to send some good words, but he visited the door in person in casual clothes, but he didn't say anything.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng knew what he was about to face, it was a disaster from heaven when he was unfolding his grand plans, and he was in a dilemma.

Even if he is middle-aged, human nature still cannot be avoided.

In fact, until the beginning of this year, Zhang Juzheng lived very comfortably.

Since he took charge of the country, the northern captives who had troubled the Ming Dynasty for a long time surrendered in the military. Qi Jiguang, who has a temper and temper and ruthlessness in Jizhen, has shocked the world. In Liaodong, there is Li Chengliang, who is greedy and uses soldiers like a god. Nadi is like picking something out of a bag, and a strong military is the foundation of a prosperous age.

The implementation of the examination law has made the administration of officials clear, and the land being measured has resulted in many more fields in all provinces. Although the whipping law did not increase the total amount of taxes, it effectively reduced invalid taxes. The country can transport 400 million shi rice and grain to Beijing a year, and the empty treasury finally appeared to be full.

This year's second son, Zhang Sixiu, was also appointed as the second Jinshi of the first class in the scientific examination, and it is a good thing everywhere.

At this time, the news that his father Zhang Wenming was seriously ill came out like a bolt from the blue.

My father's serious illness is already very uncomfortable, and I have to consider that if something happens, the work I have been working hard for many years after I leave will be affected. He has been very considerate and caring for the reputation of his colleagues in dealing with people, even if there are unkind words, they are only said in private.

It is true that promotion and employment depend on relationships, or taking care of Feng Bao's feelings and appointing a few sycophants and idiots, but most of the time it is true that meritocracy is the case.

Now that his father is seriously ill, so many colleagues don't expect him to get better, but they are looking forward to his father's death in middle age, wishing to let passers-by know. Do you think it's annoying or not?
When a person encounters a problem, no one really needs comfort. What he needs is to solve the problem. Chen Mu can't solve these problems, especially when facing a person like the middle-aged god, the comfort is the most feeble. He is smarter than ordinary people More than 8000 times, what is he can't figure out by himself, and needs Chen Erye to comfort him?

Although Chen Mu didn't comfort him, this was the only time he was not embarrassed to enter Zhang Juzheng's mansion since he entered Beijing in Long Qingnian. Zhang Juzheng ignored him, and he ignored Zhang Juzheng. Walk.

He got up and strolled to the side hall, asked You Qi to get some candied fruit, and drank a cup of tea when he was full. Zhang Juzheng thought he was gone, and when he inquired about Chen Mu in the evening, he wandered to the study again, and stayed at the house After dinner, he asked his followers to buy a jug of rice wine on the street, climbed to the rockery in the yard and drank half of the jug, and then he was stuck at the point of closing the city gate and left in a daze.

Before leaving, he howled loudly at the gate of Ge Lao Mansion. I don't know where the tune came from.

"Sister, you are as slippery as the green clothes on the stone skin, because there is a source of flowing water!"

He was almost caught as a thief by the patrolling soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division.

Everyone in the old mansion of the cabinet thinks that the important officials of Beiyang are crazy—how many years has it been since they spilled wine and sang romantic songs in front of the mansion of the great scholar of the cabinet, how fresh is it?
You Qi, who was standing in front of the mansion, looked at Chen Mu's stumbling steps, and felt that when this turmoil passed, Jing Haibo, who was bought by Chen Erye's hard work and hard work, would have to be kicked out.

On the sixth day after Chen Mu returned to Beiyang Military Mansion in Tianjin from Beijing, Zhao Shizhen, Xu Wei, Xu Zhenming, and Ye Mengxiong teamed up to find Chen Mu at Jiguo Pagoda.

In the end, it was Zhao Shizhen who said to Chen Mu who was writing in the pagoda full of black silk boxes and life cards: "Marshal, what did you say to Ge Lao when you went to Ge Lao's mansion?"

"What did you say?" Chen Mu turned around and asked back, mentioned the two sentences written on the rice paper on the table and blew on the wet ink stains, showing off, "Come on, let's take a look at our two sentences, how about it?"

The writing on the paper is not obscure, and the handwriting is just ordinary, but the independent intention is so high that people can tell at a glance that it must be related to the Jiguo Pagoda.

It reads: Heroic spirits will enjoy sacrifices for thousands of years, and the mountains and rivers will prosper forever.

"Hey, I didn't hear that the handsome man recently entered the theater. The Yang family copied all the libretto from the storybook..." Or say that educated people hate it, and don't let people pretend to be a guy, Zhao Shizhen shook his head and said half Only then did he realize that he had punctured the fragile self-esteem of the mastermind, so he quickly raised his thumb and said very carelessly: "The writing is good, even if the students write it, it can't be better! I will find someone to make a plaque in the afternoon. "

After finishing speaking, he patted his chest like a dog, and said, "You don't need to say more, handsome, the students know that this is going to be hung at the gate of Jiguo Pagoda, one left and one right!"

Seeing that the largest mechanical unit turned from cloudy to sunny, the smallest mechanical unit let out a sigh of relief, and was pushed away by Ye Mengxiong, saying: "Chen Shuai, the news has spread all over the world, Jing Haibo from At noon, I entered the mansion of the cabinet scholar, and didn't go out until night, and sang two dirty words in front of the mansion, feeling very happy. People are very curious about what you and Zhang Ge's old secret talked about, and there are all kinds of gossip. That's not a good thing."

"Yes!" Zhao Shizhen, who realized what he was doing here, also asked quickly: "What did the handsome man talk to Mr. Ge, so happy?"

Chen Mu put down his pen and looked around at the eager eyes of several people seeking knowledge.

"What are you talking about? If I said that since I entered the mansion that day, I didn't say anything except that I was fine." Chen Mu chuckled as he spoke, "Do you believe it?"

Do you believe it?

Xu Wei entered the state of fugue again inappropriately, Zhao Shizhen and Laozi Yue exchanged glances, looked at Ye Mengxiong, shook his head like a rattle, raised four fingers exaggeratedly and shook: "Four hours, four hours without saying a word, He even sang dirty songs when he left the mansion, and was arrested for a while by the soldiers and horses of the five cities——If you don’t believe me, no one will believe this question.”

"Don't believe me, I really didn't say anything."

Chen Mu nodded very seriously, and counted with his fingers: "Three quarters and a half in three hours, Mr. Chen ate three plates of candied fruit, drank two cups and four bowls of herbal tea, went to the toilet three times, and ate his meal in the evening. The food was not bad, and when I was full, I ordered another jug ​​of Jinhua wine, and drank half of it myself."

"When I was leaving, I was happy with myself, so I sang a few words casually. Who knew that I was called by the soldiers of Wucheng soldiers Masi to stop me. Seeing me with a pistol in my waist and short hair, and I couldn't see the tooth card clearly at night, I turned around. Put us in the yamen—we have to drink less in the future, drinking is a waste of time!"

　In fact, that phrase did not exist in that era. It is a sentence in Zhu Xi's poems that there is flowing water from the source, but if it is to bloom like this, it will have to wait for Feng Menglong's birth in the next few decades.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)