When Zhang Xian saw this booklet, his eyes suddenly turned red.
He had a troubled life when he was young. When he was very happy, he met Yan Hua, a master who was not like a human teacher. His career was blocked by Yan Hua. White hair.
In the past twelve years, he has received very little help and goodwill from his colleagues in the officialdom. He did not expect that the Lu family's father and daughter whom he met by chance would not only give him a firm hand in his career, but would also give him such great help later on.
At this moment, he already regarded Lu Desheng as his mentor in his heart.
His wife, Mrs. Zhang, accompanied him silently. Only she could understand his difficulty.
After Zhang Xian calmed down, he asked his wife to rest first. He told her that he had to think carefully about the path he was going to take next.
That night, the lights in Zhang's study were on all night.
Zhang Xian also thought about it all night. He felt that Master Lu was right and his suggestion was the most suitable for him.
He found that he was indeed not suitable to be a lonely minister. In addition, there are many factions in the DPRK and China. But in general, it is divided into three factions. The four ministers who take care of life are divided into two factions. Zuo Anmin assists the new emperor and forms his own faction.
If he wants to stand firm in the DPRK, he must either join Zuo Anmin's camp or confront him directly. There is no third way.
If he surrenders to Zuo Anmin, Zuo Anmin will be a big tree and a constraint to him.
Or to vote under the ministers of Gu Ming of the two parties is the same as to vote to Zuo Anmin's camp.
But Zhang Xian is a person who has let things go, and is not so naive. He is well aware of the difficulties of working under others.
Since I have to give it a try, I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
Making chicken heads is a genre of its own, with life and death decided directly by the emperor. Being a phoenix tail means having a mother-in-law on your head for no reason, and you have one more person who can influence you.
After Zhang Xian decided this, and then recalled Lu Desheng's words, he knew that he had also learned a lot about Master Lu's methods. Mr. Lu used a conspiracy, but he was willing to enter the game according to his ideas.
Lu Desheng was not surprised by his choice.
Lu Desheng knew him very well, and his own personality and experience prevented him from being a lonely minister.
Everyone needs a sense of security. A lonely minister like him is a knife in the emperor's hand. He automatically abandons defense and only attacks, which is equivalent to betting everything on the emperor.
Zhang Xian's unsatisfactory career experience will make him subconsciously grab more things to protect himself after gaining power.
In addition, the current political environment does not allow him to be a lonely minister. The new emperor is not strong enough to protect the sword in his hand.
Make his sword. Once it is incomplete, useless, or not sharp enough, it will be abandoned. Later, the new emperor will quickly choose his new sword.
Regarding the new emperor's habit of abandoning a minister within a few days, Lu Desheng felt inexplicably guilty.
It seems that the new emperor's problem was developed in him when his little girl was in Dali Prison? At that time, the little girl seemed to have told the new emperor that he was rich and talented all over the world, and there were many talents who wanted to serve him, so she told him not to care about the few young generals of the Qin family.
It was obvious that the new emperor listened to this.
But the new emperor's behavior also showed his cold temperament to the ministers.
For the next period of time, Zhang Xian worked hard at home reading pamphlets.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the morning court was very lively like a vegetable market.
Many political matters that did not need to be discussed before must now be discussed to determine what to do next.
Moreover, many things, even in the end, still have no result.
Nowadays, the imperial court is as lively as a vegetable market. After you sing, I will appear on the stage. If you don't obey me, I won't obey you. You make me a stumbling block, and I'll add some oil and vinegar to you.
One day during the imperial court, Lu Desheng came to the court without excuse. It just so happened that Zuo Anmin took leave because he was out of town on business.
As the spring floods were approaching, the new emperor wanted to send an imperial envoy to inspect the south. He wanted to leave this matter to his own people, but the minister he was about to appoint was criticized by ministers from the camp of Minister Gu Ming.
The new emperor's face was extremely dark.
At this moment, Zhang Xian came out. He judged the candidates prepared by the ministers of both parties from their abilities to their personal ethics, and thoroughly criticized each one of them. In contrast, it seems that the people originally prepared by the new emperor only had a small lack of personal ethics and outstanding abilities.
All the ministers suddenly felt that this style of blaming others and choking them was inexplicably familiar.
The more they listened, the more the ministers became numb. Damn it, how could this familiar style of remonstrance be so similar to that of Lu Desheng?
The ministers' eyes glanced back and forth between Lu Desheng and Zhang Xian.
First, he looked at Zhang Xian suspiciously, when did you and Lu Desheng make peace together?
Look at Lu Desheng again, you are a liar, didn’t you say you won’t accept disciples? Are you refusing even a few pointers? What happened to Zhang Xian? Don't tell us that he is self-taught? !
On the dragon throne, the new emperor happily promulgated the appointment.
This is the first time since the new emperor ascended the throne that he has been so happy. It turns out that there is a person in the court who makes trouble for the ministers he dislikes and makes the ministers he dislikes feel so good! He suddenly understood why the late emperor favored Lu Desheng so much.
After the court, before the ministers had even left the Jinluan Palace, the eunuch chief next to the new emperor came to invite Zhang Xian away.
After Zhang Xian followed the chief eunuch to the royal study, he lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground, asking the emperor to forgive him.
The new emperor wanted to praise him greatly because of what happened at the Jinluan Palace. Seeing this, he asked him curiously, "Zhang Aiqing, what crime did you commit?"
"Actually, the last time I met the emperor, Wei Chen wanted to say it. Wei Chen has little talent and little knowledge, so he doesn't deserve the emperor's high praise."
New Emperor: "But I see that you are very talented today."
"Your Majesty, this is actually something I learned from Mr. Lu." Zhang Xian said sheepishly.
Because the new emperor was young before he ascended the throne and was not taken seriously by the previous emperor, he rarely went to court and did not understand Mr. Lu's style of admonishment. If he didn't say anything about it, some of his officials would report it to the new emperor. It would be better for him to say it.
"Oh?" the new emperor said curiously. Who in the court didn't know that Lu Desheng was a self-respecting person, and Zhang Xian actually caught his eye?
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen actually paid a visit to Mr. Lu a few days ago. Because Mr. Lu had a good relationship with the late emperor, the monarch and his ministers, he really made me envious. A few days ago, Wei Chen tried to send a greeting letter to Mr. Lu to pay him a visit, but he actually felt sad in his heart. I didn’t know, I thought Lord Lu might not meet the minister. But I didn’t expect that he would."
"Later, when Wei Chen asked about the reason, he only said that it was because of Yan Hua."
The new emperor nodded in his mind. This was Lu Desheng's way of dealing with people. He and Yan Hua did not deal with each other, so it was normal for him to sympathize with Zhang Xian, who was deeply framed by Yan Hua.
Zhang Xian secretly thought that Mr. Lu had helped him a lot, and since he obviously didn't want to get involved, he would naturally try his best to get him out. And what he said was not wrong. Nine truths and one lie. Can we say that what he said was a lie? cannot.
