How to make a famous minister

Chapter 19 Cross the river and demolish the bridge

When Fan Xuanchao found Fan Jingwen, he was drinking with some side dishes.Seeing his son coming, Fan Jingwen waved, "Come, have a drink with Daddy."

Fan Xuanchao sat down, but instead of drinking, he poured a glass for Fan Jingwen, "Why is Daddy drinking here alone?" Fan Xuanchao did not expect that Mrs. Zhang would drive Fan Jingwen to sleep in the study.However, it's true that Mrs. Zhang didn't drive him away, it's just that the words got there, and things became like this.

"The Holy Majesty appointed Wei Zhongxian as the governor of the East Factory." Fan Jingwen sighed, "He was originally the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony, and now he is also the eunuch of the East Factory. Honor! Gu Bingqian, and Wei Guangwei! These two people, this is the cancer of our court officials! Evil insects!"

Fan Xuanchao said in surprise, "Wei Zhongxian is already the governor of Dongchang? But isn't Wei Guangwei... Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

Fan Xuanchao knows the name of Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch leader who commits all kinds of crimes. Basically, the image of the Dongchang eunuch who kills good people in modern movies and TV shows is inspired by him.

As for Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei, Fan Xuanchao still traveled to the Ming Dynasty and only found out in the past few years that one is the Minister of Rites and the other is the Minister of Rites.

Gu Bingqian is quite shameless. At the age of 71, he still wants to recognize Wei Zhongxian, 53, as his godson—it is not Wei Zhongxian who is his son, but him who is Wei Zhongxian's son!In the end, he felt that Wei Zhongxian would not agree, so he dragged his son to be Wei Zhongxian's grandson.

As for Wei Guangwei, he is a better villain than Gu Bingqian.Fan Xuanchao wanted to single him out because he was Fan Jingwen's immediate boss.

Master Fan Jingwen is a typical Donglin Party member.Except for the emperor, he can bear it.Others, no matter who you are, if you are wrong, you are wrong. Master Fan will not give you a good face.

Fan Xuanchao was really afraid that Master Fan would be violent, and then someone would put him in small shoes.

Fan Jingwen slapped the table and said angrily, "That's the villain! I didn't expect Mr. Jian Quan to have such a son! He and Wei Zhongxian worked together to openly commit scandals such as selling officials and nobles. The county magistrate 300 taels, Prefect 500 taels, shameless! Shameless—one day, sooner or later, my Daming will be killed by these people!"

"Father, be careful!" Fan Xuanchao said, he was really worried that there were members of the Jinyiwei at home. The leader of the Jinyiwei, Xu Xianchun, belonged to Wei Zhongxian, and everyone knew about it. "I didn't know that Wei Zhongxian was already so rampant. Didn't anyone impeach him?"

Fan Jingwen sneered: "Wei Zhongxian himself is the eunuch in the hands of the chief inspector of ceremonies. Those impeachment memorials have all been handed over by him. How could they be handed over to the emperor? Even if Wei Zhongxian was bypassed and presented in person, the emperor would mostly favor Wei Zhongxian. Those who dared to Those who are impeached will surely incur Wei Zhongxian's revenge, and those who dare to submit it in person will be dealt with by the Holy Majesty as nonsense, and it will not be long before... those who seize the official position and return to their hometowns will all end well."

Fan Xuanchao persuaded: "Father, although the court is full of smog, I still ask my father to keep his position."

Fan Jingwen glanced at him sideways and asked, "What do you mean?" Fan Jingwen naturally believed that his son was not a shameless person like Wei Guangwei, but he didn't know what he meant.My own son knew that Fan Xuanchao was not greedy for such glory and wealth. If he was worried that his every move would hurt his career, Fan Xuanchao didn't want to go to the Imperial College at the beginning.

Fan Xuanchao said: "Father is now Wai Lang, a member of the Wenxuan Department, and the chief official rewards and punishes advances and retreats. The Secretary of the Ministry of Officials is now a member of Wei Zhongxian. A drop in the bucket, or even a mantis’ arm, is much better than replacing the whole staff with Wei Zhongxian.”

So, my Master Fan, you'd better take it easy, don't be taken down by someone.

Hearing Fan Xuanchao's explanation, Fan Jingwen's expression softened, and he said, "That's the reason. As Yuanwailang, even if all the officials belong to Wei Zhongxian, I still have to be loyal to my duties. I'm just a man of the Holy One, and a courtier of Daming! "

Fan Xuanchao thought silently: Now even Emperor Tianqi himself belongs to Wei Zhongxian.

Fan Jingwen finished feeling, sighed, and fell silent.Fan Xuanchao didn't care, and just left him alone, thinking for himself.Fan Xuanchao ate a few mouthfuls of vegetables, and it was much better than what the Guozijian ate, so he couldn't help eating a few more mouthfuls.

Fan Jingwen was still thinking about life at first, but when he saw that Fan Xuanchao couldn't stop after eating, he couldn't help but said: "Is the Guozijian missing you to eat, or missing you to drink."

After finishing talking about state affairs, Fan Jingwen remembered that he hadn't seen his son for half a month, so he asked, "How are you doing in the Imperial College now? Are you making progress in your studies? How are you getting along with your classmates? You came home today, but you never Where is your mother?"

Fan Jingwen asked a few questions, and only the last question matched Fan Xuanchao's original intention, and he replied: "The Guozijian Guozijian is just like a prison. You are all well-educated Imperial Scholars, but I don't like it there." He told everything about Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie.

Fan Jingwen frowned, "The Guozijian has fallen|degenerated to this point. I have never been in it, so I don't know what it is like. If I knew it was all these things, I would never agree to arrange you to study in the Guozijian." After finishing speaking , he sighed again, "These two people will definitely be the same as Wei Zhongxian in the future!"

Fan Xuanchao said: "It's not a big deal, just ignore them."

Fan Jingwen warned: "You can't hang out with them, it just spoiled your temper."

Fan Xuanchao agreed, and continued: "I just came from my mother and met Aunt Zhai. It's really a good thing that we can have another child. Lang'er is clamoring to be an older brother."

Fan Jingwen hurriedly asked, "What did your mother say?"

Fan Xuanchao smiled silently in his heart. Although Mrs. Zhang had always looked tepid, Master Fan Jingwen was the one who was more anxious. I didn't expect that Fan Jingwen was the strict wife.

Fan Xuanchao didn't dare to hold Master Fan Jingwen's appetite, and said everything: "Although mother looked gloomy at first, she also taught Lang'er to play well with her younger brother and set an example. Now she has gradually figured it out, and she is not so angry. I just came out of my mother's yard, and her face is much better, and she is smiling."

Zhang's temper is no longer stubborn, Fan Jingwen is really relieved.

On the one hand, Fan Jingwen and Mrs. Zhang have been in love for many years, and for a while, Aunt Zhai became pregnant. He felt sorry for Ms. Zhang; In the end, it was not Zhang’s child, so I didn’t think it was a big deal. Finally, there was one more point, which was actually persuaded by Aunt Di’s crying and persuasion by Mrs. Ma: Aunt Di and Aunt Zhong had no children for many years, and there will be no one to live in when they grow old. Cheng | Huan's knees, it's really pitiful, giving birth to a son and a half daughter is not only a contribution to the Fan family, but also a comfort to them.

Fan Xuanchao was completely unaware of the twists and turns. He just felt that it was not good for him to intervene in this matter, that is, he persuaded him here, persuaded him there, passed on messages from both sides, and tried his best to deal with it.

Just as she was thinking, Hong Ling suddenly came. She smiled and saluted Fan Jingwen and Fan Xuanchao, "Greetings to the master and the young master."

Fan Jingwen said: "Why are you here, but Madam ordered you?"

Hong Ling glanced at Fan Xuanchao, and said: "Exactly, Madam asked the kitchen to cook a table of Master's favorite food, let me invite Master to eat in Madam's yard."

Mrs. Ma has eaten vegetarian food and recited Buddhism for many years. Except for the New Year and holidays, she seldom comes out to eat with everyone, so on weekdays, only Fan Jingwen, Mrs. Zhang and Fan Xuanlang eat, and occasionally Fan Xuanchao is on vacation.

Fan Jingwen was very happy when he heard that, and said: "You go back first, I will go there with Chao'er."

Hong Ling said: "Madam ordered, Young Master Chao came back only half a month ago, he is already thin, and the kitchen has already prepared dinner for Young Master, and he is preparing to make up for Young Master."

Fan Xuanchao had a dull face. This is crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, killing the donkey.

On the contrary, Fan Jingwen was even happier. He originally wanted to get his eldest son to intercede with him, but when he heard Hong Ling's words, he knew that Mrs. Zhang was not angry at all, so he didn't care about Fan Xuanchao's future or thoughts. , casually said: "Then you and Lang'er will eat in your yard, go to bed early after eating, and get up early to go to the Imperial College tomorrow. Jingdeng——"

Fan Jingwen's servant Jingdeng responded, and lowered his hands to wait for the order.

"—Hong Ling, you and Jing Deng, take back the Yu Ruyi I bought a few days ago to my wife."

Fan Xuanchao who was silently shown his affection: ...