How to make a famous minister

Chapter 27

Fan Xuanchao firstly did not expect that someone would dare to build the ancestral hall alongside Confucius, and secondly, he did not expect that there would be such a shameless person among the people he knew, so he pulled Ni Houzhan and asked anxiously, "Tell me quickly!"

Ni Houzhan didn't know about it at first, until after Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie were about to build a shrine in the Imperial College, he found out about it from another prison student who usually drank and bragged with them.

This incident started with a friend of Lu Wanling's.This man is Cao Dai, a scholar who failed the imperial examinations many times. Although he wanted to take the exam again, he had to find a place to eat in the capital to read.He went to the home of a man named Wei Fumin as a tutor, that is, Mr. Zuoguan.This Cao Dai came here to find a place to stand, and secondly, he saw that Wei Fumin and Wei Zhongxian were of the same clan, and hoped that it would be convenient for him to pass the imperial examination in the future.

He has a good relationship with Wei Fumin, and that day Wei Fumin told him that Wuqiao County had built a ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian, and Cao Dai told Lu Wanling in a joking manner.After Zhu Jie found out about this, he immediately thought of a good idea, "I have a shortcut to the sky, and I want to share it with Brother Lu. Should Brother Lu go or not?"

Lu Wanling wondered: "What is the Qingyun shortcut? If it is reliable, I will definitely go."

Zhu Jie has long known that Lu Wanling and himself are on the same road, but Lu Wanling is not as smart as him, and he is not courageous enough, so he needs someone to help him, "The Shengci Temple you just told me is Qingyun Road."

Lu Wanling's mind was slow, but he was not stupid. As soon as Zhu Jie's words fell, he realized, "But since Wuqiao built the Shengci Temple, countless people have come up with this idea, and we are just barking shadows."

Zhu Jie said: "So we have to find another way, think what others dare not think, and do what others dare not do."

Lu Wanling really didn't know what he and Zhu Jie, two poor scholars, could do that others didn't dare to do, so he asked, "I've heard what Brother Zhu said, and I've already made up my mind? I'm so stupid, I can't think of any way to do it."

Zhu Jie laughed, and said inscrutablely, "I ask you, where are we?"

"Guozijian." Lu Wanling was puzzled.

"What's in the Imperial Prison?"

"Supervisor? Sir?" Lu Wanling couldn't even guess two of them correctly. Seeing Zhu Jie silently pointing out the window, a sentence from "The Analects of Confucius" was engraved on the pillar outside the window, "Wealth can be sought. If you can’t ask for it, follow what I like.”

Lu Wanling thought and thought, and suddenly exclaimed: "Confucius! Sage Confucius!"

Seeing that he had finally opened his mind, Zhu Jie nodded with satisfaction, "That's right. All the ancestors of Confucius and Mencius are enshrined in this Guozijian. If we can invite Duke Wei's living temple, he will be sanctified immediately, and he will be a literati for thousands of years. Worship, isn't it just thinking that others dare not think, doing what others dare not do?"

Lu Wanling pondered for a while, and said: "This idea is good, but I'm afraid Eunuch Wei won't like it. After all, this is the Imperial College, and it's standing shoulder to shoulder with Confucius..."

Zhu Jie sneered: "Eunuch Wei's power is in the hands of the government, and even the emperor can play with it in his hands, so why would he care about an old thing that has been dead for thousands of years?"

Zhu Jie scolded three people with one sentence. If it gets out, his future will be completely ruined.While Lu Wanling kept telling him to be cautious, on the other hand, he felt that Zhu Jie, who was so cautious and cautious, could say such things without any scruples in front of him, because he sincerely regarded him as a brother.

Lu Wanling was moved: "Since this is the case, I will do exactly what Brother Zhu said, and I will go to Cao Dai tomorrow."

"I'll go with you." Zhu Jie said quickly, and Lu Wanling readily agreed.

The two drank a large pot of wine with the bold excitement of "soon to enter the palace, marry a rich daughter and reach the pinnacle of life". Lu Wanling suddenly remembered, "We don't have the money to build a shrine?"

Zhu Jie took it easy, "When Eunuch Wei finds out about this, won't he be rich?"

Lu Wanling lowered his head and thought for a long time before he realized it. He patted the table and laughed loudly, "Thanks to Brother Zhu's resourcefulness, we are now able to develop. Without Brother Zhu, I don't know how many years I would have spent in this Imperial College." !"

Zhu Jie raised his wine glass: "If Brother Lu doesn't have a lot of friends, how can my little cleverness come in handy?"

The next day they went to Cao Dai, and the two of them explained their intentions, and then said: "If this is done, the three of us will be the first to make a fortune, and at least we can get a seventh-rank county magistrate, which is better than being poor now." Hello, scholar."

Cao Dai said: "I'm afraid this will not work, it's not appropriate."

Zhu Jie said: "You have to wait for things to work before you do them. You have to wait until the year of the monkey? You see, Eunuch Wei killed loyal ministers and formed gangsters. Which one is feasible? Which one is in line with morality? It doesn’t work until people do it.”

When Wei Fumin came back in the evening, Cao Dai told Wei Fumin what Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie had said. Where did Wei Fumin have read for a few days? My uncle likes it, and when I talk to my uncle, we can see how to make it beautiful."

Wei Zhongxian was also illiterate, and he had no awe of Confucius, but he had been in the palace for a long time and fought with the Donglin Party, so he also knew that some people could not move, and Confucius was one of them. "How dare our family compare with Confucius, it's a sin, a sin."

Wei Fumin said: "Uncle, you must not underestimate yourself. According to the supervisors, uncle is more powerful than Confucius, so should he be more respected?"

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Confucius only taught 72 students, and he died in white clothes. Uncle is in charge of civil and military officials, big and small. There are more than 72? Even under Confucius, there are not so many students wearing black hats." Uneducated Wei Fumin flattered him, and it happened to be in the heart of Wei Zhongxian, who also didn't study, "Uncle, you are the governor of Dongchang, and you have eliminated the scourge of the Donglin Party for the country; the Liaodong army has changed its decline and confronted Houjin. Because you are strategizing thousands of miles away, just like Zhuge Liang in the world. They said again, nothing else, just said that Confucius did not write other articles, and spent his whole life sorting out the words of the predecessors who basically picked up the wisdom of others. Uncle, you, Wouldn't it be greater for one person to write the "Three Dynasties Essential Code" to determine the merits and demerits of the three dynasties?"

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was smiling, Wei Fumin said persistently, "Uncle, count how many famous people in history you are worth? It's like the stars of Wenqu come down to earth, and the stars of Wuqu are still alive!"

"Say some good things to flatter me!" Although Wei Zhongxian said this, he was praised highly by these words in his heart, just like when he read too many abuse articles when he was a child, he liked to read silly and sweet things. It's faded again, I want to read some boring CEO articles.Today's Wei Zhongxian can't listen to honest advice, "Forget it, since it's the kindness of those scholars, we don't want to brush their faces. It's just that they are just a few poor talents. Where do you have any money, you can account for it." Take some from me, um... I heard from Zhao Bairong that the ancestral hall built for me in Wuqiao County cost ten thousand gold, so let's take ten thousand gold and make it for them. Let them do it well, and after it's done, it will have the benefit of replenishing them!"

Lu Wanling got the exact answer, and knew that Wei Zhongxian paid for the establishment of the Guozijian himself, and they only need one initiative to get ahead, so he couldn't help giving Zhu Jie a thumbs up: "Brother, you are as good as a god!"

Zhu Jie got such a big benefit, so he didn't say anything modest, and bowed his hands to Lu Wanling, and agreed.

"Actually, if this matter is to be done well, there is still a hurdle to overcome." Zhu Jie said to Lu Wanling, and Lu Wanling asked: "Eunuch Wei has agreed, what hurdles are there?"

Zhu Jie spat out a name: "Lin Weng, Lin Siye."

Lin Weng, Lin Siye, the most hard-headed and bad-tempered of the Imperial College.

Upon hearing Lin Weng's name, Lu Wanling couldn't help shivering. He had suffered several losses under Lin Siye's hands, so he was really scared.Seeing him like this, Zhu Jie sneered and said, "You have Eunuch Wei's personal promise, so I'm afraid he'll do something like a fourth-rank secretary!"

Lu Wanling thought, that's exactly the case.In the past, he was a scholar, and he was Siye, so he was afraid of him, but when did Lu Wanling not want to get ahead, and look for opportunities to challenge Lin Siye in the future?Now is the best time, what are you trying to do, you're going to fight head-on!

They went to meet Lin Siye together, Lin Siye didn't know why the two of them came together, but seeing their gloomy faces, he thought something serious had happened.

Lin Siye asked: "Why are you here?"

"I came here for Wei Zhongxian's father-in-law Wei Sili's entrustment." Lu Wanling said, and when he saw Lin Siye, he immediately looked down, feeling relieved.

Lin Siye didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to come out of Guozijian, which had always been a reserve of the Donglin Party, and his face was extremely ugly. "What did Mr. Wei tell you?"

"Student friends are sitting in the hall with relatives of Wei Sili's family. A few days ago, we learned that Wei Sili asked his relatives to ask the students to play the book. Tell him about the Jiansheng Temple, and offer incense and fire every day."

Lin Siye was trembling with anger, he didn't know that the two of them made excuses for this matter, it was clear that they wanted to hold Wei Zhongxian's thigh, so they went to find him, and they probably came up with the matter of building the Shengsheng Temple in the Imperial College, and now they It rests on Wei Zhongxian's head.

Wei Zhongxian made trouble for the court, and Lin Siye was upright, and he hated him deeply.But seeing that these two were his students, Lin Siye was even more heartbroken, thinking that they were not thinking of making progress, but instead licking their faces to let Wei Zhongxian's life shrine be built next to Taixue in order to reach the sky in one step.

What kind of thing is he, Wei Zhongxian!

Lin Siye clenched his fists with both hands, and punched the table with a bang, which made Lu Wanling's heart almost stop beating in fright.

"This is ridiculous! It's extremely ridiculous! After reading the books of sages and sages for so many years, you have learned such opportunistic tricks, and dare to put the eunuch and the Confucian Temple side by side. It will definitely arouse the anger of both people and gods, even if you don't get it now. If you punish him, you will surely leave a bad reputation for thousands of years!"

Zhu Jie hurriedly remedied: "Lin Siye Mingjian, this was not our idea, it was all Wei Sili's orders, and we just followed orders. So we didn't want to publish this memorial, but we were afraid of getting into trouble."

Lin Siye sneered: "What's wrong with you? I can cut officials to serve the people, but you are all dressed in white. What can you do?"

Lu Wanling said hypocritically: "We are just scholars in the first place, and there is nothing to be punished. It's just that it doesn't matter if we are punished, I'm afraid it will hurt you."

"What can I be implicated in?"

"At that time, we were afraid of Wei Sili's authority, and we had already promised him that we would handle the matter well. Now, if you stop us from submitting the papers, Wei Sili won't upload the papers in a few days, so we have no choice but to ask. In order to protect yourself, I said that it was Zhezi who suppressed you. Isn't this implicating you?"

Lin Siye laughed loudly. He has never seen such a shameless person in his life. "So what if I made a mistake? You have learned the way of a sage. Although you can't reach the realm of a sage, you should always use the way of a gentleman." Ask yourself, reflect on yourself three times a day. But what about you? You only know how to flatter and flatter, and don’t think about how to improve your level.

The state has national laws, and our Guozijian also has prison regulations. The Guozijian is not allowed to form cliques, and it is not allowed to exploit camps. Not only will I suppress your papers, but you two will not even think about entering the Guozijian again! "

After speaking, he walked away.

Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie came out of Lin Siye's housekeeping. You looked at me and I looked at you. They were both stunned, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Fortunately, they didn't bring out the manuscript. What was given to him was a copy."

Zhu Jie nodded flusteredly. He originally thought that Wei Zhongxian's words would hold him back. No matter how reluctant Lin Bao was, he should have nodded, but they had no intention of nodding, and they even scolded them. Now Qingyun Road If you haven't stepped on, the last safe haven of Guozijian may be gone.

Lu Wanling had no idea, the first thing he did was to ask Zhu Jie, "Brother Zhu, what should I do?"

"I didn't expect Lin Siye to be such a pedantic person." Zhu Jieqiang sneered and said, "Since he won't accept him, then let's go directly to the office of the General Secretary, and someone will accept him!"

The Yamen of the General Administration Department is not considered to be the core department of the Imperial College. The stewards in that department were surprised to see Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie, but not Lin Siye. They asked, "What's wrong with Lin Siye? Why is he missing? It's not hot, why are you two sweating?"

Zhu Jie twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with an embarrassed smile: "This is the note that the students themselves want to hand over."

Normally, Lin Siye would not rely on other people for business affairs. This time, when he saw Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie, the manager felt strange. When he heard that these two people bypassed Lin Siye and wanted to submit a book, he felt even more guilty. muttered.

It's just that as soon as the steward read the brochure, he understood why Lin Siye was not here today, and why they had to skip Lin Siye to write this brochure. "If you don't study hard, what are you doing with these irrelevant things?"

Zhu Jie said shamelessly: "We have seen Wei Sili working day and night for the country, and his achievements are praised by the world, so we want to build a living shrine for him, that's all."

The steward said: "What nonsense are you talking about! Don't you know the benefits of this book? The most important thing for a scholar who is a student or an official in the future is reputation and integrity. Once you get this book, There is no place for them in Shilin.”

"We are all aware of these interests, and we all bear it ourselves, and we don't do anything about Mr.

The steward sneered, knowing that the two in front of him would not listen no matter how much they persuaded him, he never thought that such a bastard would appear in the Imperial College, and said angrily: "I can't control your reputation and integrity, but I want the reputation of the Imperial College." Don't mind! Don't even think about getting this copy of yours!"

Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie didn't expect that they would suffer twice in a row, so they went out angrily. Lu Wanling asked Zhu Jie with a sad face: "The two of us didn't pass the papers, and now we may be driven back to our original places, and we won't be able to take the imperial examination again. What a steal." What should we do if we don’t lose a lot of rice?”

At this time, Zhu Jie gradually became clear-headed, pondered for a while, and said: "Although Lin Siye wants to fire us, he still has a sacrificial wine on his head. If the sacrificial wine disagrees, he has nothing to do."

Lu Wanling hurriedly asked: "How much silver taels will it cost to see the sacrificial wine? But the money given by Eunuch Wei?"

Zhu Jie shook his head, "Let's go, let's see Cao Dai."

Wei Zhongxian did not expect that a mere Siye from the fourth rank would dare to resist him. Since he became the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the East Factory, he did not know how many powerful officials of the second and third ranks have been defeated. , not to mention just a small Guozijian Cong Sipin?

To be honest, people like Lin Siye are not qualified enough for Wei Zhongxian to personally take part in political struggles.

However, now that he has told the idiots around him that he is going to build a ancestral hall in the Imperial College, and the idiots have even written articles praising their merits, but now it is impossible to talk to him?

Wei Zhongxian felt deeply slapped in the face.The point is not this, the point is that he was despised by a small official from the fourth rank, and even moved his people!

That's right, from Wei Zhongxian's point of view, although Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie only did one thing for him and hadn't finished it yet, this ingenious thought that no one thought of was enough for Wei Zhongxian to decide to take it down.

Wei Zhongxian is also very forthright and generous to those who come to take refuge in him, giving money and power, gifting houses and beauties, and all aspects of wooing are in place.Therefore, it is impossible for Wei Zhongxian to ignore the fact that Lin Zhuo cleared Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie from the Guozijian. This is very important.There are many younger brothers under the banner of the eldest brother, besides giving money to women, what else can be done to bind the loyalty of the younger brothers?Either use emotion, or don't let the younger brother be wronged.

The younger brothers have been wronged one by one, and if they feel aggrieved by you, they will naturally go to another family, and the elder brother's subordinates will also be dispersed, and they will become empty-handed.

Before Wei Zhongxian entered the palace, he was in the rivers and lakes, and he knew all about these twists and turns, so he reacted very quickly.

He immediately asked Guozijian Jijiu to distribute the paperwork that Lin Siye had suppressed, and he approved it as soon as it was distributed.At the same time, he also asked Jijiu to take back the punishment of Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie, both of whom were outstanding students in the Imperial College.

"That's the end of the matter," Ni Houzhan said numbly, "Here, those who are building large-scale construction projects are Lu Wanling and Zhu Jie. They think that the land allocated to them is too small, so they also demolished the empty fasting room and shooting garden."

Fan Xuanchao looked towards the northwest corner, and sure enough, he saw a piece of dust and noise, which made people shut up and stay silent.

The two watched the dusty scene quietly for a while without speaking.After a while, the sun gradually rose, and Fan Xuanchao said: "When I was in Wuqiao, I guessed that there would not be only one Shengci, but if there is no Shengci, you can see the blood flowing from the bottom of the Shengci. Come. It’s just that I didn’t expect that the Imperial College would be built, and it was built so quickly.”

"It's not over yet, I'm only worried about Lin Siye. I'm afraid I can't stay in Beijing anymore." Ni Houzhan said angrily, "If Wei Zhongxian's cancer is not cured for a day, I, Daming, can only Live in darkness!"