Lobbyist

Tang Feng and Xu Cang entered the second hall and the guests of the hosted guests, and then the servants in the county yard brought tea. The two of them drank tea while greeting. Xu Cang looked at Tang Feng and said, "Yizhi, I remember that when you were waiting for the release of the results in the capital, you had the same ideal as me. You wanted to do your best for the court and the world. Why didn't you enter the Hanlin Academy as me shortly afterwards even though you passed the Jinshi class shortly afterwards?"

While greeting Xu Cang, Tang Feng had already found some memories from his mind, and replied: "I was in the third place back then, but I was not as good as Brother Maolin. You are in the second place. It is naturally not easy to enter the Hanlin Academy. And that year, my uncle who raised me suddenly passed away. I always regarded him as my father, so I naturally had to go back to mourning and mourning, so I have not served in the court in the past few years. It was not until the beginning of this year that I was short of a county magistrate of She County. I believe that Brother Maolin, you must have a prosperous official career in the capital now. I wonder what official position you are currently in?"

Xu Cang took a sip of tea and said with a gloomy expression: "To be ashamed, I am still just a little editor in the Hanlin Academy today. What I do is just a leisurely writing about literature and history, but it is not as good as you to ask for your and my life in a county. If you say that you can fulfill your wishes back then, I think it is easier for you than me." As he said that, he sighed softly. Then he said: "But I am a little earlier than you in marriage, so everything is not as good as you." This is a joke.

Tang Feng smiled and said, "Your words are a little wrong. I am just a small seventh-rank county magistrate now. It is not easy to get promoted again, but you are different. I think the Hanlin Academy is in the capital, and they are all dating nobles in the capital. If the opportunity comes one day, you will become a central member of the Ming Dynasty. Also, even if you really don't have this opportunity, you will have many promotion opportunities at that time. It is not difficult to become a fourth- or fifth-rank official. Compared to me, you, the leisurely editor of the Hanlin Academy, is much better." As he said that, he pretended to be envious and smacked his lips.

This action attracted Xu Cang's laugh. In fact, he said this just now just because he was just reserved. If he really wanted to be a magistrate, he would not do it, because now he had a good relationship with the people of the Donglin Party who were in charge of the government, his future would be bright. But he naturally could not say this to Tang Feng, so he just smiled and did not have any arguments.

After hearing his self-reported identity, Tang Feng had a question in his mind. Since he was an editor of the Hanlin Academy in Beijing, how could he suddenly come to congratulate him when he got married? Moreover, when he came, he was empty-handed and didn't look like he wanted to celebrate himself, so he kept a heart. He just talked about the past with this same year, and not about anything else. He could not say anything else, but Xu Cang could not mention his intentions. So after chatting for a while, this person who has always dealt with books and rarely experienced intrigues could not hide his own worries and said to Tang Feng: "Yizhi, Brother Yu is here to meet you, see how good you are and congratulate you, there is another thing I want to talk to you."

Tang Feng thought to himself that he had finally gotten to the point, but he still asked calmly: "Brother Maolin has anything to say, just say it directly, and there is no need to say anything between you and me." But Xu Cang did not speak immediately, but looked at the servants standing around and frowned. Tang Feng smiled with clarity and waved his hand to let the people retreat.

When there were only two people left in the hall, Xu Cang said after thinking for a moment: "Before I came to the county government, I also walked in the county town and found that the people here live and work in peace and contentment. It is obviously your contribution. It seems that you have not forgotten that you were in the capital back then. Even if you were just a county magistrate, you must fulfill your responsibilities. This makes Brother Yu very proud of you. But..."

It seems that Xu Cang has been studying for a long time and has been in the capital for a long time, so he has been exposed to too much scholarly spirit and the domineering attitude of the Beijing officials, which makes Tang Feng feel a little uncomfortable, but he still smiled and asked, "But what?"

Seeing Tang Feng immediately took on his words, Xu Cang was secretly happy and thought he had successfully aroused his interest, so he said, "But you still did a big mistake." Seeing Tang Feng frowned when he heard this, Xu Cang stopped talking, but changed the topic: "I believe you have been to some places over the years. I thought that the world is still stable now, and the people are still stable?"

Tang Feng just wanted to say that he didn't know about this question. Because after he came to this era, he was only in She County and had never been to other places, so he naturally knew very little about the situation of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the other party asked this question, of course he could not say that the Ming Dynasty was not the case, so he answered in the situation of She County: "Now, my Ming Dynasty's national strength is still the same. Although there are frequent harassment by Jurchens outside, it can still live a peaceful life for the people. Why did Brother Maolin ask this?"

Seeing that Tang Feng had followed his topic, Xu Cang smiled and said, "Yizhi, do you know who else can do this world to be able to be peaceful besides the wise and wise?" Without waiting for Tang Feng to answer, he continued, "Yizhi, you are also an official of the court. Over the years, you must have understood all the things that Ye, Zhao and others have done their best for the country. I believe you are also aware of the fact that I, the elder brother, don't say it out, right?"

It was not until he heard what he said that Tang Feng suddenly realized his purpose. It turned out that he was here to be a lobbyist, just like the people in the mansion a few days ago. But he also knew that the other party was saying the facts, so he nodded and said, "Yes, now the masters in the cabinet and the ministers of various ministries are pillars of the country. It is inseparable from them that the Ming Dynasty can have today."

"You know this even if you are in She County, but you are afraid you will not know the other thing." At this point, Xu Cang deliberately kept it aside, picked up the teacup and took a sip. He thought Tang Feng was already a little anxious, so he continued: "That is, there are actually many traitors in the capital who can't stand the good of these adults and have already tampered with behind the scenes. Now these people are entangled with an eunuch named Wei Zhongxian in the palace, thinking about opposing these adults at any time, and the court is already full of crises."

Tang Feng pretended to listen carefully and listened to him talking, but he felt very disdainful. Although he did not read too many historical books in modern times, the fight between the eunuch party and the Donglin party was always clear, and the other party was still talking seriously in front of him. But he also wanted to hear what he said in the same year, so he pretended to be a little confused and asked, "Brother Maolin, I really don't know what you said, but what is related to me, a small seventh-rank county magistrate?"

"It had nothing to do with you, after all, you are thousands of miles away from the capital, and the things in the court have nothing to do with you, but what you did before has made you related to the struggles in the court. This is what I said just now that you did something wrong." At this point, Xu Cang sighed at Tang Feng with some regret.

Having said this, Tang Feng felt that there was no need to say anything else, so he pretended to be surprised: "What you said is the case that came to me in She County these days? To be honest, I have heard that the Wang family has had contacts with important officials in the court, but there is no one among the Shangshu and the cabinet ministers. I just think that it is all rumor."

"Yes, none of these adults are from the Wang family, but one of their good friends is the third master of the Wang family. Now those who want to be enemies with the adults have caught this and want to use this case to attack the adults. If your team is ignorant, they will probably become the accomplice of these traitors to disturb the court, and then you will become the sinner of my Ming Dynasty." At this point, Xu Cang's expression was already very serious.

Tang Feng had actually known the essence of the matter for a long time, so even if Xu Cang said, he could not scare him. Looking at his calm expression, Xu Cang changed color a little. He just thought that Tang Feng didn't believe his words, and continued: "You think, if those adults are implicated in this matter, they will give those traitors an opportunity to take advantage of it, and then the people of the world will suffer..."

Before he could finish his words, Tang Feng interrupted him and said, "Well, according to your wishes, do you want me to give up this case?"

"Yes, as long as you, Yizhi, the chief trialist, no longer pursues this case, then this case will end here. Those who want to make trouble in this case will not have any ideas." After Xu Cang finished speaking, he looked at Tang Feng, but did not see the expression of recognition he wanted to see, but only saw Tang Feng's somewhat cold expression.

Tang Feng looked at this for a while and said, "I just want to ask you one thing, whether you are the people or the adults in the court."

"Of course it is for the country and the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"Then those people who died under the sword of the Wang family in She County are the people of the Ming Dynasty? They have been bullied by the Wang family for a long time, and those who have nowhere to complain about are the people of the Ming Dynasty?"

"This..." Xu Cang hesitated slightly, and then said, "They are naturally the people of my Ming Dynasty."

"Since I am the people of the Ming Dynasty, why do you want them to be treated unfairly?"

"There is a priority..."
Chapter completed!