Qian Yiai is a very smart person and has a better understanding of the dirty things in the officialdom. However, Qian Yiai is young after all, and has been involved in the officialdom for a short time, which is completely incomparable to those old official bad guys, such as Ma Mingyuan, Tong Yangjia and others.

In order to become the chief minister, Ma Mingyuan sent someone to attack his brother. In order to seize credit, Tong Yangjia even let his nephew, who was dependent on each other, go to Fujian to instigate Li Chengdong. Qian Yiai can't learn this kind of thing to do to achieve his goal.

Qian Yiai just saw that Wu Peichang, who worked hard to get money for Ma Mingyuan, ended up like this. Qian Yiai felt very uncomfortable.

When Zhang Jiayu saw Qian Yiai silently, she couldn't help but ask: "Zigao, what's wrong? I have something to do in my heart? Tell me and I will help you to understand!"

Qian Yiai sighed and said, "Teacher, the student has just gone to see Wu Peichang!"

Zhang Jiayu is the prince's teacher, so Zhang Jiayu is also clear about the prince's desire to be a scapegoat. Now, he heard Qian Yiai say this and Zhang Jiayu asked, "What did Wu Peichang say?"

"What else can I say? Wu Peichang must die for the sake of his family! But the disciple just heard Wu Peichang say finally that he only accounts for less than one-tenth of the money in Henan. The others were taken by the court masters, such as Ma Mingyuan's money house, Tong Yangjia's restaurant, Feng Ziyeng's construction team, etc."

Zhang Jiayu felt relieved when he heard that Wu Peichang was willing to admit his guilt. The situation now progressed a little beyond Zhang Jiayu's control. He did not expect that the emperor would use this matter to get the cabinet, so Zhang Jiayu also agreed to the prince's words to find a scapegoat and let the matter in Henan be understood earlier.

Zhang Jiayu's own business was over. When he looked at Qian Yiai again, Zhang Jiayu knew why this young man was unhappy, it was nothing more than glass heartbreak.

A person's growth is staged. When he enters school, he learns the great principles of how to serve the country and the people. He thinks in his heart that they are all great ideals to benefit the people in the future. However, after he becomes an official, he realizes that reality is too far from his ideals, and it is basically the opposite.

At this time, people are prone to polarization. When they see the darkness of the officialdom, they immediately become cynical, and pick up the pen in their hands as weapons to curse this society. In this officialdom, such people are represented by Wang Shizhen and Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty, Pu Songling in the Qing Dynasty, and Lu Xun in the Republic of China.

There is another type of person who immediately goes with the flow after seeing the darkness of the officialdom, which may be even worse than those before. There are many such officials, such as Yan Song, Wen Tiren, etc. There are still a large number of such people, and basically most of them are such people.

Of course, there is a third type of person besides these two kinds of people. These people are very rare, but they still exist. After seeing the darkness of the officialdom, these people did not fall in love with each other, but cleverly used various interest entanglements in the officialdom to achieve their great ideals of the past. Such people were called famous officials in history, such as Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, and Zeng Guofan, and Li Hongzhang in the Qing Dynasty. Although these people were corrupt, fought and persecuted political enemies, what they did was to serve to realize the great ideals they had when they were studying.

Zhang Jiayu is the third type of person. Zhang Jiayu attacks political enemies, embezzles and accepts bribes, frames and frames everything, and even defects to Li Zicheng back then. It is said that people like Zhang Jiayu are a complete villain, but Zhang Jiayu has two moral bottom lines in his heart that cannot be broken through. One is the defense of China and the barbarians.

Another one is to establish the legitimate and the eldest son.

Zhang Jiayu surrendered to Li Zicheng, but when the Qing Dynasty came, he would never surrender. He would rather commit suicide than shave his head. In addition, Zhang Jiayu and Emperor Zhu Hongsan would rather anger Zhu Hai as the crown prince. These two items are Zhang Jiayu's last bottom line and will never be broken.

When Zhang Jiayu saw Qian Yiai like this, he knew that this young man had reached the barrier in his heart. If he had passed this barrier, he would have greatly improved his realm and would be of great help to his career. If he could not pass the barrier in his heart, Qian Yiai would be the second Yang Shen and Wang Shizhen. He was a talented person and could only write a bullshit article that belittled current affairs.

Zhang Jiayu originally didn't want to wake up Qian Yiai because they belonged to different political factions. Although they are now forming an alliance to deal with Ma Mingyuan, who knows what will happen in the future? Zhang Jiayu doesn't want to make an enemy for him. But Zhang Jiayu thought that Qian Yiai was always very polite to him, so he called himself a student when he met, calling him a teacher one by one. If he saw such a smart person sinking from now on, he would really be reluctant to let him go.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiayu sighed. For the sake of calling him respectfully at the door just now, please wake him up!

Zhang Jiayu pointed to a lotus leaf chicken on the table and asked, "Zigao, what do you think is this dish?"

Qian Yiai looked at it and saw that it wasn’t a lotus leaf chicken? The lotus leaf chicken is a famous dish in Huaiyang. This dish was made by Zhang Jiayu’s wife and was well made.

"Teacher, this is the lotus leaf chicken made by the teacher's wife!"

"Not this, I asked you what you wrapped around outside?"

The one wrapped outside? Aren’t the lotus leaves?

"Teacher, it should be Heye!"

Zhang Jiayu nodded, pointed to another dish and asked, "Where is this?"

Qian Yiai saw that it was a freshly fried lotus root slice. He didn't know why Zhang Jiayu asked this, and hesitatedly replied: "Teacher, this is lotus root slice!"

Zhang Jiayu nodded and said, "Yes, lotus leaves and lotus roots are one, but they will be two different vegetables when they grow up. Do you understand?"

Qian Yiai didn't know what Zhang Jiayu wanted to say, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't figure it out, so she had to answer: "Teacher, I'm stupid and don't understand!"

"Zigao, these lotus leaves and lotus roots are like the parents in the court. They embezzle and accept bribes to engage in party disputes, and they have nothing to do with governing the country. Have you figured it out?"

Qian Yiai understood Zhang Jiayu's words, and he asked hesitantly: "The teacher said that no matter how good their own character is, as long as they can serve the country and the people, will they be good officials?"

"Yes, the child is teachable! Zi Gao, think about it, if the reform is implemented, will it be a great chance of success to appoint an official like Hai Rui or a great chance of success?"

Is this too? Hai Rui is just a sun, no matter who is going to be roasted to death by him, so Hai Rui and his friends of the same year were offended by him. But Ma Mingyuan is different. He forms gangs and engages in party struggles, and his life is corrupt and degenerate. However, Ma Mingyuan is different from Hai Rui. Hai Rui is the sun, Ma Mingyuan is just flowing water, and no matter who comes in, he can get along with you. Because he can only have meat to eat, so the Ma Party can develop such a great power in the court.

Zhang Jiayu saw Qian Yiai gradually understand and said with satisfaction: "Zigao, as long as you don't forget your original intention, always

Remember the ideals when I was studying, so that I can be a minister like Zhang Juzheng!”

After being awakened by Zhang Jiayu, Qian Yiai finally passed the barrier in her heart, and she would reach a new height in the future, whether in the officialdom or academic circle.

The sudden enlightenment is very mysterious. Wang Yangming won’t say that he has enlightenment in the dragon court. Zhang Juzheng was also an angry young man back then. In the 28th year of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng systematically explained his proposal to reform politics in "On Current Affairs Commentary", but Zhang Juzheng was just a little Hanlin, and he didn’t fart, and no one paid attention to the memorials. So Zhang Juzheng was so angry that he took leave and went back to his hometown in Huguang to cultivate. It was precisely during the three years that he took leave, Zhang Juzheng seemed to have changed a different person, and when he returned to Beijing, he became a professional old politician.

After Qian Yiai was awakened by Zhang Jiayu, he quickly stood up and gave a three-kow gift to Zhang Jiayu. If Qian Yiai had just respected Zhang Jiayu in the past, he was now ready to formally worship Zhang Jiayu as his teacher. Zhang Jiayu did not stop him when he saw Qian Yiai's gift, and received Qian Yiai's gift with a smile.

When Qian Yiai stood up, Zhang Jiayu's name has changed, from Zigao to Yiai. The ancients called him "respecting you", but only the elders can call him "name". Now Zhang Jiayu has considered himself Qian Yiai's teacher. After all, teaching and solving doubts is too important for a person.

Qian Yiai said: "Thank you, Teacher, thank you for your answer!"

Zhang Jiayu smiled and said, "Yi Ai you have a very knowledgeable knowledge. Even if you don't wake you up, you will understand this truth in a few years!"

Now that the two have become real master-apprentice relationships, Zhang Jiayu asked: "Yiai, the old masters of the court have all been reinstated. Are there any changes?"

Qian Yiai said respectfully: "Teacher, although the emperor ordered all the cabinet masters to be reinstated, the Prime Minister Ma was impeached and the matter in Henan was gone, so he was still unemployed at home. Now the second assistant in the cabinet is in charge of the affairs!"

Zhang Jiayu snorted coldly: "Hmph, this time in Henan incident made Ma Mingyuan avoid it, and there wouldn't be such a good opportunity next time! By the way, who can be the prime minister if Ma Mingyuan stopped his appearance?"

Qian Yiai didn't want to tell the truth to Zhang Jiayu, but now the two are close, Qian Yiai hesitated and said: "Teacher, the prince has convinced Ma to recommend Mr. Feng to take over as the chief minister!"

Zhang Jiayu nodded when she heard Qian Yiai say this: "Well, it's similar to what I think of as a teacher. Tong Yangjia's intention to take over is a dream, and only Feng Ziyi takes over is a mediocre person. Ma Mingyuan will have the chance to recover in the future!"

Qian Yiai and Zhang Jiayu were the same when dealing with Ma Mingyuan. Qian Yiai heard Zhang Jiayu say this and asked: "Teacher, I think Ma Shaofu is still preparing for the resumption. How can we make Ma Shaofu lose his heart?"

Zhang Jiayu smiled and said, "Haha, we don't have to worry about this. There are so many people in the court who want to kill Ma Mingyuan. Tong Yangjia is the first one. Do you think his prime minister's dream will be let go of Ma Mingyuan if he fails? And Feng Ziyong, who can be the prime minister for no reason, and the court will become more and more lively in the future. Just watch the fun!"

"Teacher, if the Prime Minister Ma is dismissed from the Prime Minister's Cabinet, there will be a quota. Who can take it? "

"According to the teacher's estimate, this person is Chen Zilong, and only he has the qualifications and ability!"

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