open sea

Chapter 649 Ten Pages
Juxian Square in the south of Beijing, Zhengjue Temple Alley, the residence of Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

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

Zhang Han slowly washed the tea, and looked up at the guests in between.

Just when I saw Chen Mu running around in the hall as if entering his own house, bumping here and touching there, just when Chen Mu almost knocked down the porcelain vase given to the ancestors by the first emperor when he was newly promoted to the minister of officials, he acted in a panic.

Resignedly shaking his head and sighing, Zhang Han reprimanded lightly: "Sit down well, which of the important officials of the court cultivates virtue like you."

Chen Mu was pushing the porcelain vase into the bookshelf, and when he heard Zhang Han say that he didn't care, he turned around to pick up a snack on the table and stuffed it into his mouth. tea, and said with a smile: "The bottle is too far out, it will fall if you touch it, don't blame me, old man."

"Tell me, who asked you to come to see me, the old man will tell me if he has something to do." Zhang Han closed his eyes for a moment, and said firmly: "When did you get together with the supervisor of ceremonies, and you can still let him order you around?" You? It’s taboo for eunuchs to be foreign ministers.”

"Where can I go with the supervisor of ceremonies, no no."

Zhang Han poured the tea, pushed it aside, raised his two fingers and said, "If it wasn't for someone's entrustment, you shouldn't discuss the affairs of the court with the old man today. Seeing that the day to see the sea is getting closer, it will take three to five years to go to sea this time. The old man plans to build three houses in the village and open up three acres of land, and when you come back, you can go and play with your children in your spare time."

Every old man like Zhang Han would say it easily, and the ordinary words made Chen Mu's heart skip a beat.

In three or five years, Zhang Han's Minister of the Ministry of Officials had just expired, and it had not been four months since the addition of Prince Shaobao.

Although he is over [-] years old now, he is in a good mental state. Except for the rheumatism that he suffered from the Nine Frontier Defenses and later the Governor's Water Transport when he was young, he is not sick or harmed. He neither drinks alcohol nor eats meat, and there is no sign of dementia. The political career is still long.

"Farewell, what kind of three-story house and three-acre land were built when I went back to my hometown, and you will be old when I come back!"

In the past, Zhang Han was the least qualified of the three candidates for the appointment of the Minister of Officials, but now that he has the qualifications of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he is better than others because he has been the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for several years. What he lacks in the cabinet is Hanlin experience. .

Although [-]% of the cabinet ministers have Hanlin qualifications, it is not unheard of for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to enter the cabinet. No matter what the key is, Zhang Han's resume is very good.

The head of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, the prefect of Luzhou and Daming, made meritorious service; A large number of talents.

In the official voice, he was also praised for being upright and not following the crowd.

Especially in the general environment where Zhang Juzheng is in power, no surprises, joining the cabinet is a certainty.

What kind of three-story houses are built, and what three acres of land are built?
"Joining the cabinet? How much ability a person has is how much food he can eat. Our ancestors have long said that if virtue does not match, there will be disasters."

Zhang Han spoke slowly, obviously planning well in his heart, and said: "These years are trembling like walking on thin ice, after all, he is worthy of the ancestors of heaven and earth, and worthy of the people of Li people."

"Just like those officials who only left their names in history, they are not great virtuous ministers, nor are they harmful to the people. They have the salary and status they deserve, and they have received gifts from others. But enough to be old enough to use by oneself, as for the children and grandchildren to have their own blessings, this is enough..."

Chen Mu opened his hands and raised them to his chest, hearing Zhang Han's cowardly and unambitious words, he said quickly: "Let's say it first, it wasn't Mr. Ge or Dongchang who asked me to come, it was Fatty Xu; your old man said this What do you mean, when the future is bright, you quit?"

"Captain of Jinyi? Hehe, I heard that you and him are inseparable. The two people who are better than monkeys with their buttocks and tails get together."

Zhang Han smiled, yawned and suddenly smiled self-consciously, and said: "After this time is over, I will resign. I offended Jiangling and things can't be good. Instead of being expelled, it is better to resign... No matter what, this old man will not play Your Majesty's Love for him!"

Xu Jue's request was exactly this.

Chen Mu didn't agree with Zhang Han's statement that two people with tails stuck together were better than monkeys, but Fatty Xu must be better than monkeys with tails stuck in his ass.

Calculating the distance and time of reporting the letter, Xu Jue took care of the Zhang family's affairs in Jiangling, and sent someone to send a letter to him about three or five days after the old master Zhang passed away. However, in the letter, what happened in the imperial court at this time was described in a close-to-knowledge manner, and the purpose of getting this letter sent to him was to persuade Zhang Han to write to the emperor with the Ministry of Officials, advocating seizing love!
"My lord, it's good for the country if Zhang Ge is old and seductive. At this time, returning home to observe filial piety, the reform is tantamount to giving up halfway..."

Before Chen Mu finished speaking, Zhang Han suddenly became excited.

"Give up halfway? The reform of the imperial court is a national policy. It started decades ago. It didn't start in Jiangling, let alone end in Jiangling."

"It's a public opinion that Jiangling has made contributions to the country. I also know that Jiangling is in front of me. In reason, I can keep silent. But the country's system must not be messed up. I am the head of all officials. I can't uphold morality and owe the country's grace. Those who are in the position of corpses must never be able to give wings to tigers again."

"There are some things you don't know, and the old man has never mentioned it to anyone. In the spring of Jiaxu year, the old man read the examination papers of the Jinshi Ting. The sub-minister Zhang Puzhou drew up the order, Song Zongyao in Jiangxi ranked first, Lu Kejiao in Zhejiang came second, and Shen Maoxue in Ningguo came next. For a armor."

"Zhang Sixiu, Huguang, is the first in the second class. When the emperor reads the papers, Jiangling Qiantong Dapan, but did not take the Song and Lu duo's volumes, so the first Shen and the second Zhang, Song and Lu ranked second."

"Even so, Jiangling still 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 joined the cabinet, and Da Dang is Feng Bao. .

"You use loyalty, filial piety and temperance to drive all the officials, but you yourself can't abide by the law and regard state affairs as family affairs. Now you have to drive internal and external connections to seize love. Could it be that the world can't do things well without Jiangling?" Zhang Han said Now, he took a deep breath and said: "No, Lu Xianggong in the pavilion, Gao Xinzheng overseas, which one does not have the talent to deal with the country, and which one cannot continue the New Deal?"

"Even if he can't, Jiangling will only keep his filial piety for 27 months. Could it be that he can't continue to govern the country at that time? Could it be that the ministers and cabinet ministers can't protect him? Why must we seize the love? It breaks the court's ritual system and hurts the world. People's hearts?"

Chen Mu was silent.

He knew Zhang Han was right.

But no.

"Old man, everyone in the country has talents, but there are only a few people in the world who can do the three things together, the drafting of invoices, the supervisor of ceremonies, and the wearing of red by your majesty; Wan Shi, what can be done well now is only Mr. Zhang, and no one else can do it."

"If the atmosphere is bad, it can be reversed in the future. There are opportunities for some things, but they are once in a thousand years."

"What's more-even if the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is not on the list, Mr. Zhang Ge will still stay, and things will become very bad. It will not help the matter if you go back to your hometown to reclaim three acres of land, old man."

"It's better to stay here and develop the bad things in a good direction. If the country is not so difficult, why can't you join the cabinet as the elder and chief assistant?"

"If one day, the old man can be the chief assistant, the country's long-standing problems will be eliminated. Not only will I bring back countless gold and silver grains from overseas, but I will also hand over to you the second or even the third five-year plan. Whatever your aspirations, you can show your ambitions! Make your soldiers strong, your country strong, and your people strong, so that everyone in the world will be fed, and your name will be written on ten pages of history books!"

(End of this chapter)