Delicate Flower Chapter 257: Bad news
Going to Hangzhou City with Pei Yan was Zhou Zijin.
The relationship between Zhou Zijin and the Zhang family is very good.
His father used to be in the same department and colleagues as Zhang Ying. Later, Zhang Ying offended the emperor for deposing the queen. It was Zhou Zijin's father who helped him to save him from being demoted to Qiongzhou to go fishing. When Zhang Ying was falsely accused and couldn't prove his innocence, it was Zhou Zijin's father who stepped in to help him take the blame, and he was demoted to a civilian and never hired. It can be said that Zhang Ying owes half of the credit to Zhou Zijin's father for what she is today.
Fortunately, Zhou Zijin’s father was open-minded and the Zhou family had been rich for several generations. He had no intention of pursuing an official career. After being demoted, not only did he not become decadent, but he felt that from now on, the sea and the sky would be bright for him to roam freely and freely. He has traveled all over the country in twenty years, but he is only three years older than Zhang Ying, but he has the body of a young man. Now he is instructing several grandchildren to write the biography of knights, preparing books and legends, and becoming a great scholar who will leave his name in history.
This is one of the reasons why Zhou Zijin and Pei Yan have a very close relationship.
They originally belonged to the same force.
If something happened to Pei Yan, he would not hide it from Zhou Zijin.
Especially Zhou Zijin has close friendship with all three religions and is also a good friend of Wang Qibao. If he wants to follow him on the trip to Hangzhou, Pei Yan will definitely not refuse.
Zhou Zijin couldn't help but sigh after reading the content on the note, and said, "What is he going to do? Mr. Shen works hard every day because he wants to be an official in peace. I think he is just picking the weakest persimmons. Just don’t capsize in the gutter."
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows.
Master Shen came to power in the first place because Li Xun and Jiang Hua fought too hard and angered the emperor. The emperor simply made Master Shen, the most senior but least capable, the first assistant.
It can be regarded as a check and balance.
Zhou Zijin said: "Who can be the chief assistant without two skills? Even if you push others to death to get promoted, it is still a skill! If nothing else, you must have a big heart, otherwise How can you stand those idle moments? You know, being able to stand being angry without getting angry is not something everyone can do."
Pei Yan agrees with this.
He thought for a while and said, "Then what should we do about this matter?"
It’s not that Pei Yan has no ideas, but this matter involves the Zhang family. They don’t know Zhang Ying’s attitude. How can he help the Zhang family make decisions?
Zhou Zijin sighed: "I have to report a letter to Master Shen no matter what. Speaking of it, Master Shen is quite a good person. When I was in the Hanlin Academy, I was protected by him. And Gaoyou The incident was originally intended to cover up the case of the third prince. If Sun Gao reveals this matter at this time, how is he going to end it? Isn't he afraid of angering the emperor? Or, does he have any back-ups?"
Pei Yan was also puzzled, but he had a rather unexpected idea. He smiled and said: "How about we invite Gu Chaoyang over? It's better to let their sect's own people resolve the matter of their sect."
Gu Chaoyang was also unlucky to find himself with a master like Sun Gao. He has always wanted to keep a distance from Sun Gao, but unfortunately he has not succeeded.
Maybe this time Gu Chaoyang can really use Gaoyou's case to escape.
Zhou Zijin knew what Pei Yan was implying. He grinned, blinked at Pei Yan, and said with some fear that the world would be in chaos: "I think this is a good idea! We can also take advantage of this opportunity to The blame is thrown on Gu Chaoyang. Let others think that Sun Gao and the others are fighting among themselves." At this point, he thought of Pei Yan's "fairy"-like operation and hurriedly said, "Tell me the truth, why did you think of Peng Yu?" He would keep an eye on his senior brother's position. I thought about it over and over, but I couldn't figure it out. To say that Peng Yu is keeping an eye on other people's positions, I believe it. But senior brother is the legitimate son and grandson of the Zhang family, and Zhang Shibo is still very energetic, so he is not afraid. The Zhang family fought back? What’s more, Peng Yu visited Zhang Shibo a few days ago and wanted to marry a girl from the Zhang family for his eldest son..."
Without Yu Tang's "dream", Pei Yan felt that he would never have dreamed of it.
But how could he explain this to Zhou Zijin.
He is not afraid of being criticized, but he doesn’t want Yu Tang to be looked at in a different light.
Pei Yan said vaguely: "I just think the Peng family's behavior is a bit strange, and I just want to take precautions. It can be regarded as a mistake, and I discovered Sun Gao's behavior."
Zhou Zijin didn’t think much about it.
Sometimes, some people’s intuition is better than any speculation or prediction.
Pei Yan is also a scheming person, and his intuition must be stronger than others.
Zhou Zijin is a "crazy man" who always causes trouble. It's rare for Pei Yan to scheme against others. He immediately became excited and volunteered, patted his chest and said, "I'll write a letter to Gu Chaoyang right now and get him out of trouble." Come to Hangzhou."
With Zhou Zijin’s help, things will be more secure.
Pei Yan nodded and talked about Wang Qibao: "I think he came here for the second prince. Money is not a trivial matter. The main reason is to see what the major families in the south of the Yangtze River mean. I think he should say what his mentor said Just like that, stay neutral. It doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, as long as it doesn't harm our interests." Then he smiled pointedly at Zhou Zijin, "It's a good thing for Sun Gao to jump out at this time. Gu Chaoyang Didn't he say that he has some evidence? Whether it is true or false, I think we should blame Sun Gao for this matter. He has been very annoying in recent years."
Zhou Zijin said with a smile: "You and I want to go together. When you go to see Wang Qibao later, I won't follow you. You take the opportunity to have a good talk with him and see what he wants to do. We directly promise to help him. This will avoid driving him to Guangzhou. Isn't Tao Qing in Lin'an? I'll write to Gu Chaoyang, you write to Tao Qing, I'll be in charge of Sun Gao, you'll be in charge of Wang Qibao, hurry up Let’s settle this matter. It’s Zhang Shibo’s sixty-fifth birthday this year. My father is going to Beijing with me, and I have to wait for him to come to Beijing! Don’t get us all caught up in this matter."
Zhang Ying’s birthday is in December.
Pei Yan and Zhou Ziyi discussed some details and went back to their houses.
Who knew that the world would change after waking up one night.
A letter was urgently sent from eight hundred miles away from Jiangxi, saying that when Zhang Shao went to Jiujiang to inspect spring plowing, he unfortunately fell into the water and drowned.
Pei Yan sat on the bedside with his clothes on and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
How could this happen?
Zhang Shao is Zhang Ying's eldest son and the heir to the Zhang family.
Everyone must die.
But Pei Yan never thought that Zhang Shao would die like this.
"Master Zhang really fell into the water and drowned?" Pei Yan opened his eyes wide, read the letter carefully from beginning to end, and asked Pei Qi who came in with the letter.
Pei Qi knew that the matter was very important, and her expression became tense as she said: "I asked carefully, and it was really an accident. I was not planning to take the Jiujiang section of the road, but Mr. Zhang decided to go there at the last minute. At the same time, Mr. Zhang’s master also fell into the water. The prefect of Jiujiang was so frightened that he discussed with his staff all night and didn’t know how to explain to Mr. Zhang. He wrote a letter to you and Mr. Jiang first..."
Pei Yan is a closed disciple, like a younger son, the most favored. Jiang Hua is Zhang Ying's disciple who has the best career prospects at present, like the eldest son. When the prefect of Jiujiang had no other choice, he certainly hoped that these two people could come forward to help him bear the burden.
Pei Yan read the letter again, and his mind exploded with a buzz.
What Miss Yu said before about the governor of Jiangxi may now be true.
In normal times, Peng Yu would not dare to poach the Zhang family. But now, Zhang Shao died suddenly and the position of governor of Jiangxi became vacant. Everyone must be attacking in groups and trying every means to get this position.
If Miss Yu hadn’t warned me, and my mentor had lost his son in old age, they, as seniors or junior brothers, would have been busy comforting the living, busy burying Zhang Shao, and busy arranging Zhang Shao’s affairs. I have no energy to worry about who takes over as governor of Jiangxi.
And whether in the eyes of the Zhang family or in his eyes, the governor of Jiangxi was important, but not so important that he had to arrange for his own people.
Official careers are treacherous, and officials who have a solid yamen career, no matter who is in what position, there is also luck in it.
But according to what Miss Yu said, because Peng Yu became the governor of Jiangxi, the Li family and the Lin family, the Li family's in-laws, both bought farms in Jiangxi and started the grain business with the Pei family.
This is equivalent to the Pei family opening a mountain, and they follow to collect grain.
It would be fine if the relationship between the two families was good. The Li family had always wanted to replace the Pei family, and the Pei family had brought their family to make a fortune. Pei Yan thought that he did not have such a good temper and mind.
He suddenly understood why Yu Tang was staring at the Li family and not letting go.
Pei Yan walked back and forth in the inner room with his shoes on.
We cannot let things continue to develop like this.
No wonder Li Duan was able to revive his family business in Yu Tang's dream, and the Peng family became the largest family in Fujian.
As governor of Jiangxi, Peng Yu is eligible to compete for the title of Minister of the Six Ministries, and may be appointed to the cabinet. ~IndoMTL.com~ There are only so many resources in Jiangnan. If the Peng family takes more, they will take less.
There is also the Municipal Ship Division.
The Peng family may influence which shipping company is ultimately abolished.
If the Quanzhou Ship Division is retained, all the things they are doing now will be in vain.
Pei Yan asked the servant to help him get dressed, and handed the letter in his hand to Pei Qi: "Show it to Zhou Zhuangyuan. Let him come to my place for breakfast."
Pei Qi ran away in a hurry.
Pei Yan looked up and saw the manchuria and golden lotus outlined with gold powder on the blue-green beams of the room.
He walked under the beam.
Is it really the blessing of Bodhisattva? !
Their family invited an eminent monk to give lectures at Zhaoming Temple, and then Miss Yu had that dream.
Is Bodhisattva using Miss Yu to hint at his future?
In other words, the second prince is the real one.
He carefully recalled what Yu Tang told him.
Pei Yan suddenly felt flustered and short of breath.
According to Miss Yu, Peng Shiyi wants to kill her!
The thought flashed past, and it felt like a big stone was pressing on his chest.
"Ah Qi, Ah Qi!" Pei Yan shouted Pei Qi's name loudly.
Zhao Zhen walked in quickly and said: "Aqi went to Zhou Zhuangyuan's place. What orders do you have, can I handle it?"