Qian Qianyi's house. In the study, Qian Qianyi is practicing calligraphy on the desk. One after another, black gold-like ink marks were brushed on the snow-like rice paper, and several large characters with flying dragons and phoenixes appeared on the paper.
Stab! Qian Qianyi put down the pen, took away the paperweight, grabbed the rice paper he had just finished writing on, and tore it from the middle.
"Teacher, if you don't want this calligraphy painting, you can give it to the students! It's such a waste to tear it up like this!" Qu Shishu looked at the crumpled rice paper with a distressed look on his face.
Qian Qianyi shook his head at him and said, "If the mind is not calm, the words will lose their charm."
"Teacher, are you thinking about the envoy of the Tiger Character Flag?" Qu Shishu asked hesitantly. Qian Qianyi, who laid out another piece of rice paper, looked up at him and asked, "Tell me, how brave is a little manager of a post house? He actually dares to drive the envoys out. Qitian, do you think this is the case?" Who is behind this?"
"Ah, aren't you, teacher?" Qu Shiqi looked at Qian Qianyi blankly. After hearing this, Qian Qianyi said: "I'm afraid many people now think that it was the master of the post house who secretly gave instructions to me, but this matter was not done by me, even though I was supporting the Northern Expedition to welcome the returnees." Your Majesty, I also support the temporary peace talks with Tiger Character Banner."
"You are really not the teacher!" Qu Shichen's eyes widened. When he first heard that the director of the post house had driven away the envoys of the Tiger-Character Banner, his first reaction was that his teacher had taken action. After all, his teacher was the first person to openly propose the Northern Expedition in the court.
"You are my teacher's student. There is no need for my teacher to deceive you on this matter. Regarding the envoy being kicked out of the post house, it was not my teacher's fault." Qian Qianyi defended himself.
Qu Shishu frowned. Of course, he was not suspecting that his teacher was lying, but he was wondering who instigated the director of the post house to do this. More importantly, he also brought his teacher into it. I am afraid that many people now misunderstood him as his teacher. handwriting.
At this moment, the steward of the Qian Mansion walked in from outside. When he came to Qian Qianyi, he bowed and said, "Sir, Minister Gao is here."
"Why is he here at this time?" Qian Qianyi muttered to himself and then said to the housekeeper,
"Invite people in!" The butler withdrew. Not long after, Gao Hongtu strode in from outside the house.
"Mr. Ge, you are confused!" As soon as he entered the room, the first thing he said after seeing Qian Qianyi was that the other party was confused.
"What do you mean by Zi Yu's words?" Qian Qianyi frowned. Gao Hongtu said: "At this time, Mr. Ge, please stop hiding it. Didn't you ask Mr. Ge to do what happened in the post house?"
"It is indeed not my fault." Qian Qianyi said. At this time, Qu Shichun on the side said: "Secretary Gao, what happened in the post house is indeed not caused by the teacher. There should be other people fishing in troubled waters here."
"Is it really not Mr. Ge's fault?" Gao Hongtu asked again with a slightly higher tone, but he already had some belief in his heart.
The first assistant will not lie for such a trivial matter. Qian Qianyi shook his head. At this time, he was also very angry because what others did was put on his own head.
"Since it's not you, Mr. Ge, then who can it be?" Gao Hongtu looked thoughtful. There are many officials in the DPRK and China who look down on the Tiger-Charactered Flag, but there are probably not many officials who actually take action against the Tiger-Charactered Flag's envoys.
No matter how unhappy many people are, they still want to give the Tiger Flag some face because it can take over half of the Ming Dynasty. It is a time when the army is strong.
Moreover, in his opinion, having people drive the Tiger-Character Flag envoys out of the posthouse was a completely unscrupulous method. Although it could disgust the Tiger-Character Flag envoys, it also made people feel that the Ming Dynasty was petty.
"It's hard to say, after all, there are many people in the court who don't like the tiger flag." Qu Shichen said,
"Among them, Shi Xianzhi's people are the most important." Gao Hongtu shook his head and said, "With Shi Xianzhi's personality, he would not do such an unflattering thing."
"Well, Ziyun and I think the same thing. Shi Xianzhi and the others will not target the envoys of the Tiger-Character Banner over the affairs of the post house. Even if they want to deal with the envoys of the Tiger-Character Banner, they will only attack from the front. He refused to negotiate peace with the Tiger Flag in the court," Qian Qianyi said.
They all knew Shi Kefa's character, and when he mentioned Shi Kefa, they were immediately denied.
"Who could that be? There are so many officials in the government who don't like the tiger-character flag. If you want to find them, you'd have to find a needle in a haystack." Qu Shichen said, holding his chin with his fingers.
Qian Qianyi also looked thoughtful. It wasn't a big deal, but if he couldn't find the person behind it, it would mean that he was taking the blame for others. Even if the matter wasn't a big deal, he couldn't swallow this feeling.
Gao Hongtu looked at Qu Shichun, then at Qian Qianyi, and said, "I have a guess, but I think it's a bit unlikely!"
"Have you guessed who it is, Minister Gao?" Qian Qianyi looked at Gao Hongtu with bright eyes.
"Who is it? Brother Ziyun, please don't hide it. This is a matter of great importance to the teacher's reputation." Qu Shiqi next to him asked.
Gao Hongtu bit his lower lip and said, "It's just the official's guess, it may not be correct. After all, as the auxiliary minister, he shouldn't do such unsavory things. It's too disrespectful."
"It has something to do with the Assistant Minister!" Qian Qianyi frowned. I was thinking about which of the several auxiliary ministers has the greatest possibility.
"The person Gao Shilang was talking about couldn't be Eunuch Yang, right?" Qu Shichen asked. Gao Hongtu said nothing.
"It's really him!" Qu Shiqi naturally understood what Gao Hongtu meant and said immediately,
"For a auxiliary minister to do such a thing, isn't he too smart..." The following words were not spoken, so naturally they were not good words.
"Maybe it's possible that he did it." Qian Qianyi said at this time. Gao Hongtu said hesitantly: "This is just the official's guess, there is no evidence."
"The evidence is very simple. From the beginning to the end, the person who most hoped for the Northern Expedition to bring back the Emperor was Eunuch Yang. Moreover, this person has physical deficiencies. Such a person will retaliate for anything he likes. If he really wants to make the post house a tiger, It’s not surprising that the flag envoy’s face is concerned.” Qian Qianyi explained.
Gao Hongtu said: "If it was really Eunuch Yang who did this, the envoys sent by Tiger Character Banner would probably have failed this time, and peace talks would be impossible." Even the auxiliary ministers refused peace talks. In his opinion, There is no hope of coming to peace talks.
"No, this time the peace talks with Tiger Character Banner have a high chance of success. Otherwise, Eunuch Yang would not target the Tiger Character Banner's envoy on such a trivial matter. It is because he is not sure enough that the peace talks will fail." Qian Qian Yi said looking at the two people in front of him.
