In October of the first year of Wanli, Feng, who was in Nanjing, left Xiaoling with a handwritten letter from Chen Ju, the director of the East Factory, saying that he was "free from supervision".
In his hometown, Fengjia Village, Shen County, Zhili Province, the gorgeous mansion that was just built at the beginning of the year has stopped working, and it looks dilapidated. His brother Feng You and nephew Feng Bangning were also released and demoted from official positions to civilians.
Feng You was tortured and frightened in prison, and soon after returning home, he lingered on his sick bed. After he recovered from his illness, he received another letter from Feng Bao.
Feng You said to Feng Bangning: "Meng Tianen is so powerful, your uncle has been released and is working in Nanjing. What use is my body like this? Let your brother and I guard the house, and you go help your uncle."
Fortunately, Chen Juzhi's protection came in time, and the Feng family's property in their hometown was saved a little. Although it was less than ten thousand taels of silver, it was not difficult to dismiss the servants and maintain a well-off life.
The family sold their house in Diantian, packed up their money and moved quietly to Shenxian County without anyone noticing. Seeing that his family was well settled, Feng Bangning went to Nanjing to join Feng Bao.
When I arrived in Nanjing, I followed the address on the letter and found a house with three entrances. Feng Bangning announced his name, and the concierge at the door went in and announced. When half a cup of tea was served, Feng Bangning was led into the central hall.
Feng Bangning saw Feng Bao standing at the entrance of the hall, wearing ordinary cotton clothes without any decoration. Only the thin body is still standing upright, with a smile on his face.
After Feng Bangning bowed, the uncle and nephew hugged each other and cried again. Feng Baoxi asked about the details of the family, and then led Feng Bangning to sit down and said: "You have no support today, and you have passed the year. You should put away all the habits of the past. Follow me and work, and you can slowly revive the family business."
In the past, Feng Bangning was a figure who was as powerful as a tiger in the capital. From the ministers to senior officials, down to the prefecture and county yamen, no one dared to disrespect him.
The phoenix that landed today is not as good as a chicken. He knows that the pillars of the family have collapsed and it is a blessing to save his life. He said: "Uncle, don't worry, Bang Ning will go too far. I don't dare to trouble my uncle anymore."
After hearing this, Feng Bao cried and said, "I didn't expect our family to fall like this!" Feng Bangning comforted him a few words, and then asked, "How did the uncle hate the emperor and end up in this situation?"
After Feng Bao heard this, the expression on his face slowly disappeared along with his tears. Su Rong said: "How do you know that our family has done evil to the emperor?"
Feng Bangning said: "If I hadn't hated the emperor, would anyone in the world be able to trip up my uncle?"
Feng Bao smiled, pointed to a calligraphy hanging on the wall and said, "Go and take a look at that calligraphy."
When Feng Bangning stood up and looked at it, he saw a large calligraphy hanging on the wall, which read "Homo sapiens treasure his brilliance". It was signed in the Yijun script of the first year of Wanli, and there was no seal. It was very plain.
Feng Bangning has been required to be educated strictly by Feng Bao since he was a child, and he has a certain sense of elegance. I have been in and out of Feng Bao's house many times and I have seen Yubi. At this time, I could not close my mouth and said, "Is this Yubi?!"
Feng Bao nodded in agreement. Feng Bangning asked curiously: "In that case, why did the emperor expel my uncle?"
Feng Baodao: "Looking back at this moment, it suddenly seems like a lifetime ago! Your Majesty has made great progress in sacred science since the feast at the beginning of the year, but I thought..." Before he could finish, his throat was choked and he could not speak.
After calming down for a while, he said: "What's wrong with our family? The mistake is that we think we can manipulate the emperor's heart!" After saying that, he pondered for a while, as if he was sorting out his thoughts.
After taking a sip of tea, Feng Bao continued: "Our Jiajing Dynasty entered the palace at the age of ten, and it has been more than forty years now! I was fortunate enough to study in the inner library, and became a godfather to several people. I was repeatedly told, Royal slaves should not be arrogant and arrogant, there are so many examples of Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, and Liu Jin!"
"But in the past six years of Longqing, I have lost my vigilance and manipulated things, even..." I stopped talking again.
Seeing Feng Bangjing listening quietly, Feng Bao finally said what he had been holding in his heart for a long time: "People should think twice, think about danger, think about retreat, and think about change! It's a pity that I was so smart all my life that I was dazzled by power. I have completely forgotten the teachings of my former teacher!”
Feng Bangning heard this and smiled bitterly: "Who can avoid it? Uncle, don't restrain yourself too much."
Feng Bao had completely calmed down and said with a smile: "Your Majesty woke me up with this stick, but before leaving, he gave me a cloak and asked Chen Ju to protect us. Otherwise, how could you and I sit here? We are both scum. There aren’t any left!”
Then he gritted his teeth and said, "After I was defeated, I woke up like a dream and realized how the people who used to live in front of me betrayed me and hurt me!" His tone was full of resentment, and he shed tears again.
Feng Bangning quickly comforted him and said: "It is unusual for my uncle to be able to protect the leader when the official in my dynasty was defeated. It can be seen that the uncle helped protect the emperor and was kind to him, but the emperor still misses the old relationship."
Feng Bao smiled bitterly and remained silent. I had been speculating in my mind for many days, wondering why the emperor wanted to expel him? Because he is the liaison between the Queen Mother and the powerful ministers. If he is here, the Queen Mother and the foreign court unite, and if Zhu Yijun makes a mistake, the throne will not be guaranteed at any time!
Why did you protect him later? Just leave a backup plan! Although the emperor was firmly on the throne at this time, it had only been one year since he took the throne, and there was still a younger brother of King Lu. If the powerful officials can contact Cisheng, the emperor can be deposed in a matter of seconds!
The emperor was very scheming, and for some reason he learned that Ci Sheng and himself had joined forces with Zhang Juzheng to correct the edict. Leave Feng Bao behind and do things with him. Once the emperor is able to escape during the palace coup, he can use his own backhand to strike! If he stayed in the palace, he would definitely not be able to stand on the emperor's side, but at this time, if he wanted to survive and take revenge, he could only rely on the emperor!
And no matter how much he flutters outside, the surveillance of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang cannot be missed. It is impossible to enter the inner palace again in this life. Even if you hate the emperor, what harm will it do to him? On the contrary, he had to work conscientiously on his errands, lest the emperor would not even have this "old relationship" with him anymore!
It's just that there is no need to tell Feng Bangning about such thoughts. The two talked about family matters for a while, and Feng Bao said: "You have worked hard from afar, but you go to rest. I have something to do with you tomorrow."
Feng Bangning had dinner with Feng Bao, and the housekeeper led him to settle down. Feng Bangning was surprised when he saw that he had a maid serving him. I had always admired Feng Bao, but now I felt that he was even more unfathomable.
The next day, Feng Bao called him and said: "When you were in the capital, you spent all day hanging out in brothels and alleys, and you could also write obscene words and songs." Seeing Feng Bangning's coyness, he took out a stack of paper and said, "This is Business."
"This kind of thing can't trouble you. Just go find some Cuoda, write scripts, poems, and novels according to the outline and theme of this paper, and sell them in the streets and give them away. I have There is a printing shop, and there is a set of copper movable type from Da Neijing Factory. You can take care of it. There is only one thing -" Senran looked at Feng Bangning, "The accounts must be clear, otherwise I can't protect you."
When Feng Bangning read it, he saw that the content on the paper was divided into dozens of parts, with titles such as "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty", "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", "Generals of the Yang Family", "The Biography of Yue Fei", etc., all with themes, outlines, and specific details. There is not a word of content. Don't know who wrote it.
Feng Baodao: "This should be the outline and gist of the emperor's dictation and recorded in the inner study hall. From what I can see, the emperor wants to gather people's hearts and drive the four words "national justice" deeply into the hearts of the people. Do it carefully and don't ignore it!" "
He sighed and said, "I, Feng Shuanglin, claim to be a scholar and a man of heaven, but I never dreamed of manipulating people's hearts like the emperor!"
