Zhang Shize received a rare compliment from his grandfather, and he was immediately overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.
Zhang Zhiji nodded and said, "What my father said is that the reason why His Majesty asked them to return to Zunhua as soon as he finished the work should indeed be caused by this incident, because I really can't think of any other reason. "
Zhang Shize asked: "Why is this? Yang Fan doesn't seem to be a lustful person. He doesn't know if taking Lin Yueru as his concubine will make His Majesty think too much."
"You look at the problem, it's still superficial." Zhang Weixian said.
"There are no fools in this world, only profit trade-offs. If you don't understand, it's because you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. What does Lin Yueru do in the eunuch party and what is his position."
Zhang Zhiji thought for a moment and said: "I heard that Wei Wei trusted this adopted daughter very much and almost treated him as half of his family. I understand that Yang Fan was interested in Wei Wei's resources. No wonder there was a rift between him and His Majesty .”
Zhang Weixian said: "This is why I value this son."
"At that time, their cooperation had just begun, and he made the choice to cut. Why is this?" Zhang Weixian asked.
Zhang Shize and Zhang Zhiji both fell into deep thought.
At that time, Yang Fan didn't even have a serious official position. He was just a sergeant in Dongchang, not a high-ranking official. There are thousands of people in the group training, and the lowest level archers are still in the group training.
At this time, I had the opportunity to hug the emperor's lap, but I fainted happily. Most people are getting carried away. How could Yang Fan take the risk of offending the emperor and casting a shadow on his career to marry an important woman who was hostile to the emperor at this time?
Is it worth it? I can't understand it. Even though it has been two years since this happened, I still can't understand it and why he chose this way.
Zhang Weixian said: "This is what makes people different. There were only three reasons why he did this in the first place. The first one was lustful. He couldn't control his crotch. But now, look, is he such a person?"
Zhang Shize asked: "Grandpa, what's the second reason?"
"The second reason is that this is an extremely independent person. He believes that it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. To make iron, you must be strong yourself. He will not rely on the emperor for his own safety. He believes that only when his own strength is strong, can he To survive in this world. Therefore, he would rather have a rift in the relationship with the emperor to get this resource. Because the benefits are too great, he thinks the loss is worth it."
Zhang Zhiji said with emotion: "How old is he to make such a choice? This person is definitely not a creature in the pool."
Although Zhang Shize was very shocked, he continued to ask: "What is the third reason?"
"Have you read Mencius? What did Mencius say when he saw Queen Liang Xiang when she came out?" Zhang Weixian asked.
Zhang Shize was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Children from noble families like them had received the strictest formal Confucian education since childhood.
"I remember saying one sentence. Looking at someone is not like a human being." Zhang Shize said thoughtfully.
Zhang Zhiji nodded, that was indeed what he said. Mencius went to see King Xiang of Liang, and when he came out, he said to people: (King Xiang of Liang) does not look like a king from a distance, and when you get closer, you can't see anything that makes people fear him.
The meaning of this sentence is that the subordinates saw the depth of the Lord because of certain things. I think this person is not worthy of supporting the left. Or they think that there is no need to waste time and energy on him since he can't be helped up.
Zhang Shize said: "Could it be that both he and Your Majesty have opinions about each other, but neither of them has made their opinions public? Your Majesty suspects that he is secretly accumulating strength for evil purposes. He thinks that Your Majesty is not a monarch worthy of his help, and wants to defend himself with troops. Then Why does Your Majesty keep using him, giving him a title, and promoting him?"
Zhang Zhiji said: "Whether they can cooperate mainly depends on each other's usefulness to each other, rather than their opinions. His Majesty intends to use him to balance Donglin. And there are many imminent crises, and only using him can solve certain problems. For example, finance The problem must be solved by disarmament and eliminating redundant officials. We even have to solve the problem of supporting the grand master with food and salary."
Zhang Shize understood, he was in some mood
He said gloomily: "I always feel that Yang Fan has done enough for His Majesty. But besides giving him an empty title, Your Majesty basically didn't give Yang Fan anything. Yang Fan earned everything by himself."
"Those people in Donglin are very popular and have not made much contribution. They have been promoted and made a lot of money, and they have left Yang Fan behind in countless places. It is said that Yang Fan has his own ideas and is not of the same mind as His Majesty. But who in this court can agree with him? Your Majesty is of one mind. Do you have one? Everyone is thinking about their own interests."
Zhang Shize said with some excitement: "Father and son, three generations of emperors, the dragon throne under their butts was fought for by my grandfather. But your majesty, I had just trained six thousand Rumi gunmen, and my military power was taken away." , gave it to Zhou Yuji."
"And this time, in Guihua City, His Majesty sent that gelding Gao Qiqian to monitor me, and also supported the Jiang family to divide the power of my Zhang family. These are all aimed at my British government."
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Zhang Zhiji turned pale with shock and angrily shouted: "You traitor, shut up and kneel down!"
Zhang Shize knelt down angrily, thinking to himself that given His Majesty's mean, suspicious, and face-saving character, he didn't think there was anything wrong with what Yang Fan did. It's just that Yang Fan is smarter than him, has a sharper vision than him, and has seen through it in advance.
Zhang Weixian shook his hand indifferently. Said: "Ji Ji, don't be so nervous, why are you scaring the child? The spies from Dongchang and Jinyiwei can't get close to this place. Today we are the three of us, just chatting casually and broadening the child's knowledge. Don't brag and glare. of."
Zhang Weixian looked at Zhang Shize and said: "Why can't you stop the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty? Emperor Taizu was such a stern man. He couldn't stop killing people. He continued to kill people one after another. Even Taizu lamented in his later years that corrupt officials could not be killed. Corrupt officials could not be killed. Don’t be afraid of death, like a moth to the flame.”
Zhang Shize said: "That's because the imperial court does not have an independent system for supervising all officials that is only responsible to the emperor. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is controlled by the cabinet and cannot really play a role. At the beginning, the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigated the corruption of old Yan Ge. Is this the first assistant?"
Zhang Weixian said: "It is remarkable that you can have this knowledge at the age of twenty. But this is not the fundamental reason."
Zhang Shize asked: "Grandpa, tell me what the root cause is."
"The "Book of Rites - Liyun Chapter" says: This world originally belonged to the people of the world, and the wealth they produced should belong to each of them. But starting from Dayu, the monarchs turned the world into their own. This kind of The behavior is just to rob by force. As for the civil servants, in their view, since you can rob, we can steal secretly. It was originally a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps. But when you become the emperor, you Relying on the strength of his fists, he insists on saying that we are corrupt. It is really unreasonable. What kind of behavior is this? This is eating alone."
