The next morning, the Minister of War Li Zaixing formally submitted a memorial to repair the Great Wall. All civil and military officials in the hall agreed with the discussion on repairing the Great Wall. Even the Ministry of Revenue, which has always been stingy, said that the tax and banking market has increased significantly this year compared with previous years, and should support the first repair of the customs and defense, but there should be a focus and no flooding.

Li Zaixing said that he would focus on repairing the Great Wall Pass city from Juyongguan to Shanhaiguan, and the rest of the places were only to make up for shortcomings and reinforce them. The Ministry of Revenue agreed.

Zhu Yijun, the Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, conducted a cabinet research and proposed an opinion from the quick ticket. After Zhang Juzheng responded, he asked, "There are designated candidates for each paragraph."

Li Zaixing responded: The Great Wall Shanhaiguan section is planned to be led by Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, and the Juyongguan section is led by General Zhaoyong and Sun Qilan, the deputy commander of the left-behind commander.

When Zhang Juzheng heard my name, he was stunned for a moment and then stopped asking questions. Instead, he told Zhu Yijun that he would vote for the proposal as soon as possible and submit the Holy Prison.

That afternoon, Zhang's mansion came to me and said that the Prime Minister asked me to go to the mansion to meet. I was practicing the Hu Ben style in the yard. When I received a notice, I knew what Zhang Juzheng was going to say, so I immediately changed my clothes, packed my clothes, and took Buhui and Zhengxiao to leave Wenhai Pavilion, and followed the Zhang's mansion's disciples to meet.

I got off the horse at the front door and followed the butler all the way through, and came to Zhang Juzheng's side hall again. The butler lifted the thick curtain and I entered the hall.

The entire side hall was filled with a strong smell of Chinese medicine, and two or three tonics could be smelled. I guess Zhang Juzheng followed my advice and began to focus on maintaining his body. I felt relieved from the bottom of my heart.

The most important thing for a person is to save himself. If he doesn’t move, others will be idle even if he dies in a hurry.

When I arrived in the hall, the prime minister was sitting around the stove, slowly pecking at the tea. When I saw me coming in, I smiled and said, "Qi Lan is here! Come and sit!"

As he said that, he gestured to the small chair opposite him with his eyes.

I went over and bowed my hand to see him, sat down, Zhang Juzheng pushed an empty cup, picked up the teapot in front of me and poured me seven points, and smiled and said, "In winter, drink astragalus and Korean ginseng to replenish qi the best."

I smiled, picked up the cup, smelled it, the smell was pure; I took a sip and put it in sweetness; when I picked up the cup, I drank it all in one go.

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "After all, I was a young man. When I was young, I also drank tea like you."

I smiled again, but no answer.

Zhang Juzheng held the cup, whispered and sucked, and said with a smile: "I heard from Qi Nantang that Li Zaixing has found you?"

I put down my cup and said, "That's right."

Zhang Juzheng took another sip of tea and smiled: "Although this person is stubborn, he is not as pedantic as the Qingliu. He is a real person to do things."

I nodded and said, "So when I was dating, I meant to win over."

Zhang Juzheng suddenly laughed happily and asked, "I heard that he wants to hand over his daughter to you? His baby daughter is very interesting."

I smiled and said, "Everyone knows this. If I don't marry her, wouldn't I become Chen Shimei? She will be chased!" When I said this, I never expected that the pursuit would come true, of course this is a later story.

Zhang Juzheng laughed and said, "I'm afraid you don't have the courage! That strange woman can ride a boat, go out of the sea, and fight in the water. Even if you run to the ends of the world, you can lift you back!"

I smiled bitterly and said, "Why do you feel like you are stuck with a mouse trap?"

Zhang Juzheng laughed again, but because he was not angry enough, he was panting. After a while, Zhang Juzheng kept his expression and said to me: "Qi Lan, this is a hard job to build the Great Wall. Are you really willing to go?"

I smiled and said, "I will not resist the things that benefit the country and the people. Qi Lan is willing to go!"

Zhang Juzheng sighed and said for a long time: "You look like a person."

I wondered, "Who do you like?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at me firmly and said slowly: "I have been looking for him for thirty years, but I haven't found it. But you are destined to meet him!"

I had a vague choice in my heart, but I didn't say anything. Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "You have guessed it!"

I nodded and said, "I thought about it a little." I said, and I didn't care anymore, and asked directly: "Are you talking about Master? A psychic Taoist?"

Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly and sighed: "He is open-minded and generous, with no other and self, and he can be spiritual, but he is the only true nature. He is also the same, he is wandering overseas, leaving only one me, and is still struggling in this secular world."

I can guess that the person Zhang Juzheng mentioned refers to Mr. Ye, but he still didn't speak.

Zhang Juzheng was silent for a while and suddenly said, "He...I mean your master, but did you teach you the Cold Crystal Art?"

I nodded and replied, "That's right."

Zhang Juzheng said anxiously: "You can use it to me!"

I thought about it, used the Cold Crystal Art, gathered my skills in my right hand, and made a move in the space between the two of them. It was the most powerful move of the Tiger Ben style, "One tiger can't river".

When Zhang Juzheng saw my move, his eyes flashed with a flash and he raised his hand to welcome me with his fist!

"Touch!" The hands of both hands intersected slightly in the air and then separated! I just felt a burst of burning on the back of my hand. This is the Fierce Breath Technique. No, is the power of Yuanyang Technique?

Zhang Juzheng looked at the layer of frost condensed on the back of his hand, and infinite sadness appeared in his eyes. He suddenly said strangely: "You have only been around Bijia Mountain for three months. Why is the Cold Crystal Art so fast? It has reached a small success!"

I answered truthfully: "Master and Master give me a seed, and I digest it."

Zhang Juzheng sighed, "He is willing to help you by himself! Alas... Qiu Sheng, why did you refuse to help me like this back then?"

I don't know what happened to them back then, so I can only keep silent.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the fire and was stunned for a long time. Suddenly, he lowered his head and whispered: "Show me Lishuang."

I pulled out Li Shuang and handed it to him with both hands.

Zhang Juzheng took the knife, stroked the blade, and whispered: "This knife is one foot and one inch long, and was made by the eldest brother Ye Zhengqing back then. Oh, it is your Ye Gong. The three gems on the scabbard were inlaid with us, the three Jinlan brothers. Look--"

He held the scabbard and sent the handle closer to me, and asked me to look at it and said, "This blue one is my favorite. He is the direct descendant of the Zhiyin Sect; the red one in the middle is mine, you know the reason; the white one on the edge is your master, Wu Qiusheng, the third one among our Jinlan brothers back then."

At this time, we learned the full name of the master.

Zhang Juzheng continued to say a lot, all of which were the past events, so I listened quietly, although I didn't know why he suddenly said this.

Zhang Juzheng said that in the 26th year of Jiajing, that is, in 1547, at the age of 23, he was the ninth Jinshi in the second grade and was selected as a Shujishi. Xu Jie, the important minister of the cabinet, attached great importance to the knowledge of economic and economic benefits. Under his guidance, Zhang Juzheng worked hard to study the affairs of the country and the country, which laid the foundation for his future career on the political stage.

After Xu Jie retired, there were only Xia Yan and Yan Song, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. The two of them started to compete for the position of chief minister. Later, although Xia Yan won the chief minister, he was killed because of Yan Song's slander, and Yan Song then became the chief minister of the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng had a very intuitive understanding of the cabinet struggle through several years of cold observation. In the 28th year of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng first used the "Blood and Qi congestion" disease of the Chen court in "On Current Affairs Commentary", and then referred to the five diseases of "bloated, impotence and paralysis", and systematically explained his proposals for reforming politics. However, these did not attract the attention of Emperor Shizong of Ming and Yan Song. Since then, in the Jiajing Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng never submitted another memorial except for routine memorials.

In the 29th year of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng asked for leave due to illness and left the capital and came to his hometown Jiangling for three years. In fact, he chose to escape because he was tired of the intrigue of the cabinet and lived to the death. During these three years, he and his elder brother Ye Zhengqing and his third brother Wu Qiusheng traveled together to the rogue.

During these three years, the three brothers visited many scenic spots and historical sites together, but met a person whom the three of them could never forget for the rest of their lives and did not want to remember them.

In the autumn of the 30th year of Jiajing, the three brothers were tired of traveling and returned to Jiangling, the hometown of Zhang Juzheng, and fished in Honghu. It was indeed a song about Honghu water, singing all over the world. In autumn, the fish in the lake were ripe, and the three brothers fished and cooked wine. It was really a big world in their sleeves, and the sun and moon in the pot were long, and they had a lot of fun.

Just that afternoon, they were fishing by the lake while talking about the historical celebrities in Jiangling. When talking about Guan Gong, the three of them were very respectful and praised Guan Gong for his unparalleled loyalty and courage, and were actually a role model. However, a female voice suddenly came from behind, saying that the three of them were ridiculous and ridiculous.

The three brothers were surprised. When they looked back, they were two women. The one who spoke was a woman wearing a purple silk, followed by a maid holding an umbrella.

The three of them refused to accept and questioned the woman why she said this. The woman said, "People in the world only know that Guan Gong is loyal and brave, but they do not say that he is stubborn and self-righteous. When Kong Ming left Jing and entered Shu, he left eight words, rejected Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the east. For the sake of face, Guan Gong refused Sun Quan's marriage proposal, which led to Wu and Shu becoming enemies. Because the seven armies flooded, they were above the top and were attacked by Wei and Wu, Jingzhou fell, and Jiangling, the warehouse of money and grain, was lost. The power of Shu was declining day by day, and could only protect themselves and could no longer counterattack."

She smiled and said, "The Han family has been in a state of 400 years, but most of them are broken by Guan Gong. You scholars only know how to endorse the pedantic books and never think about it by yourself. Isn't it ridiculous?"

Although the words were not entirely reasonable, they could not say that they were wrong. For a moment, the three of them were speechless. The woman left a sentence: "I have been reading the dog's belly for half of my life!" She turned around and left.

The three of them were ashamed and angry, and were dissatisfied, so they asked the woman for a famous letter. It turned out to be Su Wanqing, the top card in Liuxian Pavilion, the No. 1 brothel in Jiangling. The three brothers of this woman had long heard of it. They were famous for being a famous woman in Jingchu. They were poor since childhood and were burying their father, but they were not. They were proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, music and music, and were quite familiar with history, affairs and politics, and had extraordinary knowledge. Most literati and poets in Jingchu were honored to meet with him.

The three brothers were so excited that they invited Su Wanqing to sail on the lake together, eat fish and drink, and talk about the past and present. After a while, they met each other quite well. The elder brother Ye Zhengqing and the second brother Zhang Juzheng fell in love with this romantic and elegant woman at the same time. The Lishuang hand in my hand was the three brothers who lost to her by betting and worked together to create it for her.

Unfortunately, Su Wanqing also fell in love with Ren Xia's unrestrained Ye Zhengqing and Zhang Juzheng, who is well-versed in ancient and modern times.

Next, the brothers were trapped by love and competed with each other. In this process, the third brother Wu Qiusheng kept helping each other. In the end, Ye Zhengqing and Zhang Juzheng became enemies, and the two brothers separated in dissatisfaction. Su Wanqing was heartbroken and couldn't get up. He died within three months.

After hearing this, Ye Zhengqing and Zhang Juzheng were heartbroken and could not swallow their food. However, their third brother Wu Qiusheng went directly to Wudang Mountain and became a monk and became a Taoist. It turned out that he was the one who loved Su Wanqing the most.

Since then, the three brothers will never meet. Ye Zhengqing returned to his hometown in Shandong and lived in seclusion; Zhang Juzheng discovered the court's drawbacks of "uneven land tax, poor people are unemployed, and people suffer from annexation" in three years, and was hurt by love, which eventually led him to return to politics; while Wu Qiusheng had no news.

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng, who was nearly 10 years old, was still in tears. His memories were both painful and cherished, and he also had infinite remembrance. Holding Lishuang, he repeatedly recited "The sadness of separation lasted thousands of nights, and the tears were drooping the mirror frost on the opposite side", but he was crying like rain.

I listened to his words silently, feeling indescribable. No matter how powerful a man is, he still has his own softness in his heart.

When Zhang Juzheng took back his feelings, he looked at me and said, "Qi Lan, I said this, just to tell you two points."

I sat upright and waited for him to say.

Zhang Juzheng said seriously: "Don't wait when you meet someone who is destined to be. If you miss it, you will only regret it for your life."

I nodded, knowing that he was talking about Li Huamei.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of water and said, "Qi Lan, although you have to remind me that I have begun to focus on health care. But after years of hard work, my vitality has been exhausted and my foundation has been completely wiped out. It is estimated that it will only take a year or two to extend my life with all my strength."

I was shocked and wanted to speak. He reached out to stop me and continued, "You want to say, I have practiced Yuanyang Art for so many years, why can't I go against my destiny?"

I nodded, and Zhang Juzheng continued, "Whether the Yuanyang Art or the Cold Crystal Art, what I practice is all about qi, but what I have consumed for many years is life! This cannot be supplemented!"

I understood what he meant, and I felt something choking in my throat and couldn't speak.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "I said so much, but in fact, the most important thing is to tell you one thing."

I listened carefully.

Zhang Juzheng said: "After I die, the court will eventually change greatly. I just hope that no matter where you are in the future, you can help you with righteous help in the time of the Ming Dynasty and help the building fall!"

Before I could speak, Zhang Juzheng smiled indifferently and said, "After all, this is the place where my life's energy gathers, and it is also the root and soul of our Han people!"
Chapter completed!