Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
Let’s not talk about what happened to Yan Ru’an next, let’s just say that Zhao Shancai, led by Xu Qingyan, came to a teahouse not far outside the Gongyuan, where Zhao Shancai met Zhao Junchen again after many days!
However, in the ordinary teahouse, Zhao Junchen was also wearing casual clothes. He was sitting near the teahouse, looking at the bustling crowd outside the shop, looking leisurely and contented.
After seeing Zhao Shancai, Zhao Junchen stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, long time no see. Please sit down and have a cup of tea with me. The tea in this shop is quite good."
Zhao Shancai nodded with a smile and sat down in front of Zhao Junchen without being polite.
After sitting down, Zhao Shancai said: "Speaking of which, the student would also like to thank Mr. Zhao for being able to lead Xichang to find out the truth behind the family master's murder case, capture the culprit behind the scenes, King Gong'an, and restore justice to the family master."
"Oh?" Zhao Junchen half-smiled and asked, "Although the He Ming family murder case has been concluded, with Mr. Zhao's wisdom, do you really think that the culprit has been found?"
Zhao Shancai smiled and said: "As your Excellency said, this case has been concluded. It can be seen that everyone is satisfied with the outcome of the case. Now I am just a commoner in Kusano. Naturally, I will do whatever the court says." If you believe it, is it possible that you still question whether the verdict can be reversed?"
Zhao Junchen nodded and said nothing more. He just invited the waiter to put on the tea set, then filled the warm cup with water and made the tea himself.
However, Zhao Junchen is really not good at tea ceremony, but after one or two steps. He shook his head and laughed at himself: "The tea ceremony is an elegant thing, but elegant things should be done by elegant people. The vulgar people are just arty and make people laugh. I am really not good at tea ceremony, so you should do it, Mr. Zhao."
A person in a low position who exposes his own shortcomings shows lack of confidence, while a person in a high position reveals his own shortcomings because he is honest and confident. So after hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Zhao Shancai was not surprised. He just smiled and said: "It should be like this. Your Excellency is of high status, how can you make tea for me?"
Said. Zhao Shancai took the tea set, cooked the tea, opened the bowl, and performed the rituals with skill, obviously knowing this skill well.
It is said that there is a "tea ceremony" in the tea ceremony. When tea is prepared, one should wait quietly. But Zhao Junchen was not good at tea ceremony and considered himself a layman, so he naturally didn't care about these rules.
Therefore, while Zhao Shancai was preparing, Zhao Junchen had already cut to the chase and asked: "Young Master Zhao, do you know why I want to meet you this time?"
Zhao Shancai was preparing tea and said: "I don't think you want to ask about the students' performance in the examination, right?"
Zhao Junchen laughed and said: "Everyone knows Mr. Zhao's intellectual talent. If I still care about the results of your examination, Mr. Zhao, I am afraid I will be insulting you, Mr. Zhao."
Speaking of which. Zhao Junchen suppressed his smile and said with a serious expression: "Young Master Zhao should be aware of this, but he is not as candid as the last time we met."
Zhao Shancai shook his head and said: "The adults are unpredictable, but the students really don't know."
Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "In that case, I might as well tell the truth. Last time I wanted to recruit Mr. Zhao, although he rejected him, but after thinking about it, I saw that such a great talent as Mr. Zhao was... I am really unwilling to not be able to use it for myself, so I am here to seek help again."
Saying that, Zhao Junchen did not wait for Zhao Shancai to refuse, looked directly at Zhao Shancai, and slowly assured him: "I know that Mr. Zhao, you have inherited the legacy of Grand Master He and want to assist our Highness the Crown Prince, but please forgive me. What he said was very clear. The prince, whether he was strong and upright or stubborn and pedantic, was not a very good leader no matter what.
He takes the four words of good and evil, right and wrong too seriously, and actually regards these four words as the only criterion for judging things. However, he does not know that things in this world can be encompassed by more than just the four words of good and evil, right and wrong. Accepted? Mr. Zhao, although you are very talented, you are also good at maneuvering and people's hearts among your knowledge. If you go to the prince's side, with the prince's character, you may not only be unable to fulfill your ambitions, but you will be suppressed and disliked by the prince. By that time , strategies are not adopted and talents cannot be used, which will really make people depressed.
I can't bear to see Mr. Zhao like this, and I really cherish Mr. Zhao's talent, so I hope you can think more about it, Mr. Zhao. After all, isn't it just for those who study and take the imperial examination to fulfill their ambitions? Compared with this, who you surrender to and the appearance of good and evil in the camp are not that important. "
At this point, Zhao Junchen's expression became more serious and candid, and he assured Zhao Shancai: "If Mr. Zhao is willing to surrender to me, I can promise Mr. Zhao that, firstly, I will definitely use the strategies and talents in Mr. Zhao's heart. Make the best use of everything, even if you don't adopt it occasionally, you will definitely tell Mr. Zhao the reasons, you know, until someone between you and me is convinced; secondly, after Mr. Zhao enters the court and becomes an official, I will do my best to support him. , within five years, I will make Mr. Zhao become a third-rank official or above in the court; thirdly, I already know the real culprit in the case of Mr. He’s family’s murder, and I will do my best to avenge Mr. Zhao’s family. Even if the other party is powerful and respected, I won’t hesitate!”
After hearing Zhao Junchen's sincerity, it was a pity that Zhao Shancai had already made up his mind.
He raised his head and wanted to politely refuse, but after seeing Zhao Junchen's eyes, Zhao Shancai suddenly froze.
Compared with the last time they met, Zhao Junchen's eyes at this time did not show the slightest gloominess, but instead were clear and sincere!
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At the beginning, Zhao Shancai followed He Ming to learn the art of emperor's mind, during which he also got involved in the art of physiognomy.
The art of physiognomy sounds profound and unpredictable, but if you explain it more clearly, it is just a skill of eyesight that can be used to judge a person's character by observing a person's expression, movements, reactions, and other details.
Although it is only used as a reference, it is extremely difficult to master it.
And He Ming, who has a deep understanding of the emperor's mind, combines the art of physiognomy with the emperor's mind to judge the scheming and style of an official.
Among them, He Ming once said this about the fortune-telling skills of corrupt officials and traitorous ministers.
Corrupt officials and traitorous officials can be summed up into three levels. The division of levels has nothing to do with status, but only depends on the character and state of mind.
Among them, the lowest-level corrupt officials and traitorous officials do not know the dangers or the long-term. They only know how to blindly greed for money and power, and they can only see the immediate benefits. They often go too far and do not know how to restrain themselves, and they will never achieve anything. Good ending.
Such corrupt officials and traitorous officials often have cunning and sinister eyes.
In Zhao Shancai's impression, when Zhao Junchen first entered the court as an official, he was always extremely greedy but did not know how to restrain himself. He was notoriously notorious and did not know it. He belonged to this category of corrupt officials and traitorous ministers!
The moderate corrupt officials and traitorous officials will be driven by power, wealth or situation, and will be reluctant to give up, but they know the crisis, understand the long-term, and know how to restrain themselves. Although they often take bribes and join parties for personal gain, they can still do some face-saving efforts to gain a good reputation for themselves. Be careful and know how to do things appropriately. Such corrupt officials are extremely difficult to deal with, and many of them do bad things but praise the world instead.
Such corrupt officials and traitorous officials often have gloomy and reserved eyes.
The last time, when Zhao Shancai and Zhao Junchen met for the first time, in Zhao Shancai's eyes, Zhao Junchen fell into this category of corrupt officials!
As for the highest-ranking corrupt officials and traitors, they are no longer bound by power, wealth or situation, nor by good or evil, right or wrong. They already have their own ideas and goals in their hearts. Whether they are corrupt and perverting the law, or forming cliques for personal gain, they are just It is a way for him to achieve his goal. If it succeeds, his fame will be passed down through the ages, but if it fails, the nine clans will be implicated! In fact, such corrupt officials and traitorous ministers can no longer be defined as corrupt officials and traitorous ministers. In ancient times, there was Wang Mang, and today there is Zhou Shangjing. It is difficult to explain clearly the merits and demerits.
The eyes of such a corrupt official and treacherous minister are just like Zhao Junchen's now, clear and sincere.
Because such corrupt officials and traitorous officials have reached the point where they are not confused by the sense of achievement when they do good deeds, and they are not troubled by the sense of self-blame when they do bad things. Everything they say and do comes from their true heart.
The ancients said that a great traitor resembles a loyal person, referring to this type of corrupt officials and traitorous ministers.
And He Ming once made this judgment about this type of corrupt officials - "The more evil they are, the more sincere they are!"
Such classifications and judgments are so mysterious that Zhao Shancai is not very convinced at first. He always feels that it is just a far-fetched idea after He Minglin believed in Taoism in his old age and then integrated Taoism.
But at this moment, Zhao Shan saw Zhao Junchen's eyes, but for some reason, he suddenly thought of this!
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"This Zhao Junchen still looks as reserved and deep as before, but for some reason, he always feels that something big has changed. Is it possible that something big has really happened in the court in the past nine days?"
Because of Xu Qingyan's sudden appearance, Zhao Shancai still didn't ask the book boy Zhao Mu what changes had happened in Beijing in recent days. Now that he saw Zhao Junchen's inexplicable changes, he felt inexplicably uneasy.
Zhao Shancai always felt that Zhao Junchen came to him today not only to recruit again, but also for other unknown purposes!
But now that there is insufficient information, Zhao Shancai still makes a judgment.
However, the endless thoughts in his heart only passed by for a moment. In the next moment, Zhao Shan had regained his composure.
Faced with Zhao Junchen's solicitation, Zhao Shancai once again refused: "His Royal Highness uses good, evil, right and wrong as the criterion for judging things. It is admittedly a bit immature, but in my opinion, no matter how immature the criterion is, it is better than having no bottom line. Okay, Master Zhao, do you think this is true?"
This not only means that Zhao Junchen has no bottom line in doing things, but also tactfully refuses Zhao Junchen's solicitation again.
Facing Zhao Shancai's rejection, Zhao Junchen sighed and was about to say something. Xu Qingyan, who was waiting outside the tea shop, suddenly came to Zhao Junchen and whispered something in a low voice.
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