Guo Qinyun couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart when she saw her son's face full of joy when he came back from the academy. He was a handsome young man in troubled times, holding a book in his right hand and a newspaper in his left hand.
King Lu was praised again in the court. Fang Congzhe, the second assistant, praised Zhang Sou for his extraordinary literary talent and great ambition. His article on the floods in the Yangtze and Huaihe River was so well written that it was published in "Internal Reference". Mei Yuexi spent the past two days in the palace. Showing off in public made Guo Qinyun extremely uncomfortable, but she could only endure it.
The Right Supervisor was promoted to the Left Supervisor. If someone hadn't worked hard inside, why would Zhang So do it?
Just because I wrote two good articles in the academy? Did he write it himself?
I still don’t know which flattering gunman wrote it and presented it, and it was just Zhang So’s name.
The position of Youjianguo has always been vacant. The government has not said who will succeed it, nor whether it will be established. It only said that it needs to be discussed and will be discussed in the future.
This caused a lot of harm to everyone. Su Lingyao was jumping up and down, and Xu Junru was shouting at the sky and the earth, but she didn't slack off and moved around as well.
It's just that the influence of the people in the palace is too small on this kind of thing, especially now that the Supreme Emperor is seriously ill and can't afford it. How can the court still have the energy to take care of this kind of thing.
But if this continues, once the emperor becomes famous, wouldn't it be logical for Zhang So to take the throne? What will happen to his family?
Guo Qinjun will never tolerate this situation. Once Mei Yuexi gains power, she may let Xu Junru and Su Lingyao go, but she will never let go of herself and Gao'er.
Guo Qinyun was certain of this. She still vividly remembered Mei Yuexi's hateful look when she first won favor.
The question is what else to do now?
Zhang Jingqiu has contacted Zhang Jingqiu, but now the other party seems to be focused on foreign affairs and not very interested in such things.
Zhou Peisheng said that the Metropolitan Procuratorate cooperated with Shaanxi to bring down an official who had become an official in Zhejiang and won good praise. But what does this have to do with him and what good does it do to Gao'er?
I sent a few letters to Shaanxi, but there was no news there. I just asked someone to bring back a message to Zhou Peisheng, telling him to stay calm.
Thinking of this, Guo Qinyun couldn't help but gnash her teeth. Why not be impatient? If you don't be impatient for a while, Zhang So will sit on the throne. Can you be impatient for a while?
Could it be that his body was slept in in vain, and he refused to admit it when he lifted his pants?
Guo Qinyun didn't feel any shame at all at this time. Her anger had already burned away her reason. She wanted to vent and have an attack.
"Mother, my son is back." Zhang Ji saw his mother's expression changing and she hadn't realized anything yet. He happily ran over and held his mother's hand, saying softly.
All the anger was extinguished by his son's childish words.
Guo Qinyun felt that his son was indeed too weak. He was already eleven years old, so why did he still feel weak? Compared with Zhang So, he did seem to have less heroic and high-spirited aura, but Guo Qinyun felt that he was his son. Because he didn't get the opportunity to experience, not because of the son himself.
"Well, what did you learn today when you come back?" Guo Qinjun took a deep breath and asked with a forced smile.
"After discussing the policy, an official from the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry of War came to talk about the situation of the suppression of civil unrest in Shaanxi..." Zhang Ji liked to listen to this kind of discussion and answers on current policy. Although he couldn't talk to him yet, Hearing that the Spring Festival Competition is about to take place this year, the students expressed their opinions one after another and were still very interested.
Guo Qinjun didn't have much interest. What she was interested in was Zhang So's performance.
"Is your fourth brother here too?"
"Yes, the fourth brother also made a speech and was praised by the teachings. The official from the Ministry of War also agreed with the fourth brother's point of view and highly praised the fourth brother..."
His son's words immediately made Guo Qinjun angry, "Which official from the Ministry of War?"
"Yang Sichang, Yang Wenxiang is weak. He was the second in the rankings in the fifth year of Yonglong. He has excellent literary talent and is also a leader among the young scholars in Huguang. He is extremely famous in the capital. He is only slightly better than Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan and the number one scholar Lian Guoshi in that subject. Not coquettish." Zhang Ji was very interested.
Guo Qinjun was suffocated. Her son mentioned Feng Ziying's name in front of her.
, still made her a little uncomfortable.
It's just that her son's future seems to depend on Feng Ziying, and I'm afraid I will have to rely on Feng Ziying in the future.
"Huh, what's the big deal about Yang Sichang? He's not relying on his father..." Guo Qinyun also knew that Yang Sichang was the son of Yang He, the censor of Zuoqiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After Feng Ziying left Beijing, he was not in Beijing to practice state affairs. Even if he was the most popular, Huang Zunsu would give him some credit. He was the most famous among the young people in the Ministry of War.
"Mom, Yang Wenruo is not relying on his father. He is the second best in the examination, and he is also highly regarded by several ministers in the Ministry of War. Although he is not from Qingtan Academy, the mountain chief of the academy is I think very highly of him and think he is a man of real talent and learning..."
Zhang Ji argued.
He didn't understand why his mother was so unkind to Yang Wenruo again.
He had the impression that his mother had always respected these young scholars and encouraged him to learn from them and make friends with them. Why did his attitude change now?
"Real talent and learning are not just words. You have to go down to Fuzhou County and do it yourself. You can see it. Yang Wenruo has been in the court since he was a concubine. What has he experienced?" Guo Qinyun said forcefully, "He practiced state affairs. , Feng Ziying, etc., he is far behind, even Zheng Chongjian, Wu Gang, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, etc. are better than him."
Zhang Ji was shocked and couldn't help but look his mother up and down: "Mother, do you know our seniors from Qingtan Academy so well? Do you know Zheng Chongjian and Wu Zong? They are all local and not in the court."
Guo Qinyun snorted lightly and did not answer for a while.
Zhou Peisheng collected these information and told her.
Feng Ziying went to Shaanxi, but there must be "party spies" in Beijing.
The subject in the fifth year of Yonglong is said to be the one with the most talent among the four or five subjects in the past four or five years. Although Feng Ziying is not in the top three, he is the person with the most reputation, and headed by him, the two scholars from Beidi and Huguang The gang gathered around him, forming a rather large group with him as the center.
For example, the current Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Si Youshen Lian State Affairs, Fengxiang Prefecture Tongzhi Zheng Chongjian is the head of the Criminal Department Fang Youdu, the War Department head Wang Yingxiong, Dong'an County Magistrate He Fengsheng, Dacheng County Magistrate Fan Jingwen, Xianghe County Magistrate Wu Di, these people are all closely related to Feng Ziying. The close exchanges have formed a small group in the Yonglong Five Years Department.
In addition to this group of people, it turns out that many of Feng Ziying's classmates in Qingtan Academy failed to pass the exam in the fifth year of Yonglong, but they all passed the Jinshi exam in the eighth year of Yonglong and are now observing politics in various ministries, that is, this year After the period of observing the government is over, he will also enter the official career, and the future will be equally bright.
People like Xu Qixun, Song Shixiang, Sun Chuanting, Chen Qiyu, Fu Zonglong, Xue Wenzhou, etc., including Ma Shiying, the number one scholar in Yonglong eight years, are all in this group.
Among such a large group of people, not all of them were scholars from the North. For example, He Fengsheng was from Huguang, Fang Youdu, Wu Di and Xu Qixun were all from Jiangnan, and Ma Shiying was from Guizhou. However, they all consciously or unconsciously Around Feng Ziying, a group with Feng Ziying as the core formed.
Nowadays, young officials in the DPRK are roughly divided into three groups. One is Feng Ziying's group, which is mainly composed of northern scholars.
The other is the Chongzheng Academy group with Yang Sichang as the core. Brothers like Hou Xun and Hou Ke, including Feng Ziying's brother-in-law Shen Zizheng, and Feng Ziying's fellow villager Wang Xiangchun of Shandong who is incompatible with Feng Ziying, are all in this group.
The other group is centered on Huang Zunsu and is dominated by Jiangnan scholars, including Huang Zunsu, Xu Xie, Ai Nanxing, Wang Qiaonian and others. This group is not small in power, but it is limited to Jiangnan scholars.
Seeing that his mother was unwilling to answer this question, although Zhang Ji was young, he had been in the palace for a long time and vaguely knew that his mother was not on good terms with his other brothers' mothers and concubines. Regarding the future prospects of himself and his brothers.
This is an irreconcilable conflict. No matter how good the relationship between himself and his fourth brother is in Qingtan Academy, it will not change the situation of tit-for-tat between the two in the future. Zhang Ji actually understands this, but he has never been willing to face it head-on. That’s all.
"Mom, the fourth brother is really talented in literature. My son is not yet able to compete with the fourth brother, but he has been working hard. The teachers in the academy are still very optimistic about his son. I believe that my son will be able to catch up with the fourth brother in a few years. ..."
Zhang Ji's words immediately stimulated Guo Qinyun's vitals, and her voice suddenly became sharp: "How many more years do you have to wait? In a few years, Zhang So will already be on the throne. From now on, you and I, mother and son, will be meat on the chopping board, and we will be slaughtered by him. Now..."
"Mother, fourth brother should not be that kind of person..." Zhang Li said.
"Hmph, how do you know he's not that kind of person? He just showed you a few casual advances in the academy, and you were moved by him? Who doesn't know how to talk sweetly and be brave?" Guo Qinyun really hated him for not arguing, Li'er was still too much He was too honest, "Even if Zhang Ji doesn't have this intention, what about Mei Yuexi? She and my mother are on the same level, don't you know? By then, she will let you and me go?"
Zhang Ji was dumbfounded by a series of pressing questions from his mother. He was not originally a competitive person, nor was he eloquent. He was not at all like Guo Qinjun's temperament. When he saw his eyebrows standing straight in front of him, his face turned red. Turning red, he was too scared to make a sound.
"Gie'er, for my mother, what are all this for? Isn't it for you?" Guo Qinyun saw that her son was frightened by her stern voice, and she couldn't bear it in her heart: "But you have to understand that when you were born in the Heavenly Family, this is who you are. If you don't fight for your life, in the end you will have no choice but to be slaughtered by others. You and your mother may have to live rather than die..."
