Zhu Xu nodded with satisfaction and followed the servants inside.

"The official has met His Highness Hui." In front of the lobby, Zhang Wenda, who was wearing a regular dress, bowed to Zhu Xu with his fists.

Zhu Xu couldn't help but narrow his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.

His facial features are all sensible, his skin is fair and he has a goatee. He has a quiet look with this light sharp look, which is restrained and slightly leaky.

For a moment, Zhu Xu's thoughts were floating.

In the early years of the Tianqi period, the civil and military officials in the court were admired by Zhu Xu the most. It was not the chief minister Ye Xianggao who tried to maintain the overall situation, nor the Wang An who was known as the inner minister, nor Wei Zhongxian, but Zhang Wenda.

Zhang Wenda, the Minister of Personnel, the handler of the three major cases of the Apocalypse, and even the planner! If he had not retired early, it would have been a matter of time before the chief minister of the cabinet, and his family would not have been destroyed by Wei Zhongxian's family.

Seeing Zhu Xu looking at Zhang Wenda in a daze, Cao Wenda also kept his posture silently, and couldn't help but whisper in his ear, "Your Highness."

Zhu Xu raised his head and woke up. He looked at Zhang Wenda in front of him and smiled slightly, saying, "Sir Zhang, please forgive me. This is the first time I have seen you, so I can't help but feel a little confused."

Zhang Wenda stood up. He was only in his early forties this year, and he was young and strong. He didn't care about paying more time. He looked at Zhu Xu with an expression of official business and no business to leave, saying, "I wonder what instructions did His Highness Hui give to the government today?"

He never mentioned the queen's oral order.

Zhu Xu just used that as an excuse to enter the door. Seeing that Zhang Wenda was tactful and did not ask, he put his hands behind his back and pretended to say, "I came in a hurry and never had any meals. Lord Zhang wouldn't invite me to have something together?"

Zhang Wenda's expression remained unchanged, and he still had the same expression, saying, "Your Highness, thank you, the government is full of simple food and food, and you will not be able to see your highness. If your highness has any orders, the government will send someone to do it immediately."

Zhu Xu pursed his lips. He was really hungry. But the Lord Zhang in front of him was clear-minded and cunning, not as easy as Luo Yang's nature. He was silent for a moment and said to Cao Wenzhao with some disgust: "That's right, go to Zuixianlou to pack a few of their best dishes. Today / I will have dinner with Lord Zhang."

After saying that, he ignored Zhang Wenda, and bypassed him and headed straight to the lobby.

Zhang Wenda looked slightly stunned, then his right index finger groped with the ring on his thumb, his brow moved slightly, and then followed Zhu Xu in.

Zhu Xu walked to the chair in the lobby and sat down, and enthusiastically said to Zhang Wenda who was walking in, "You don't have to be polite, just sit there."

Zhang Wenda paused his index finger and immediately said, "Thank you, Your Highness." Then he sat on Zhu Xu's right across the table.

Zhu Xu sat down, put his left hand on the table, and tapped the table with four fingers, like the sound of a horse's hooves, ringing in the quiet lobby.

Zhang Wenda was a Jinshi and was known as the Minister of Personnel, who was the head of the six ministries. In terms of status, even if he had to last for two years, he could do it. He was even more famous in the literary world and was known as a great master.

He sat upright, his expression still, but his light swept to Zhu Xu from time to time, and he secretly guessed in his heart.

Nowadays, the more evil the thieves of Wei do, they cannot stop them. Many ministers in the court have failed to impeach. Those who resign resign, and those who are demoted outside the outside. Even if he, the Minister of Personnel, is under great pressure, he has to resign as long as he has no choice but to resign.

His Highness Hui is only ten years old. Whose lobbyist is he here today?

Emperor, Wei Yin, Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party, Su Party?

Zhang Wenda thoughts flashed through his mind, but his expression remained unmoved.

Zhu Xu was also thinking while his stomach was roaring. Although he had already found out about Zhang Shangshu's personality preferences before, now when he met, he felt that things were not as simple as he thought, and it was very difficult.

'It may be impossible for him to stay in office.' Zhu Xu whispered to himself.

Zhu Xu was silent for a little while, brewing a slightly more serious atmosphere, and then said, "I heard that Lord Zhang is going to resign from his post and return home?"

Zhang Wenda did not contempt or neglect Zhu Xu at all. Hearing this, he immediately bowed slightly and said, "Go back to Your Highness, my mother is seriously ill, and the official wants to return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety."

To fulfill filial piety, this word is omnipotent and invincible in this era. No matter you have great reasons, when you mention these two words, everyone has to be silent and give way.

Zhu Xu had read this reason on his memorial, and thought about it deliberately, "I have asked the emperor for the emperor to bring the old man to the capital. There is an imperial doctor who specializes in the treatment. I think the old lady will be even more moved by her filial piety to the adults."

Zhang Wenda shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness. My mother is old and can't stand the pain of this long journey."

Zhu Xu said: "The emperor said the same thing. He has sent the imperial doctor to Lord Zhang's hometown Jingyang, so he doesn't have to rush to return home."

Zhang Wenda was beaten back immediately after the remarks he had already thought of. The emperor was so loving. Could it be that he was ungrateful to resist the order because of this?

"Your Highness, the food is here." At this moment, Cao Wenzhao walked in with a box.

Zhu Xu looked at Zhang Wenda's expression, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said to Zhang Wenda: "Come on, Lord Zhang, use it together."

Zhang Wenda used this to avoid Zhu Xu's pursuit and said, "Just serve the officials."

Zhu Xu was not polite anymore and started to eat voraciously.

Zhang Wenda sat aside, looked at Cao Wenzhao, and dug out all the information about Zhu Xu in his heart, but found that there was not much. In addition to the relationship between the empress, sister-in-law and mother, and was particularly cared for, he had the same carpenter hobby as the emperor today.

But thinking about Zhu Xu's words before, even if someone teaches him behind his back, it would not be so appropriate, which made him speechless.

Zhang Wenda took the opportunity to look at Zhu Xu again, and his finger unconsciously groped the ring on his thumb.

Zhu Xu ate the wind and swept the clouds. Finally, he burped and wiped his mouth. He looked at Zhang Wenda and said straight to the point: "The Imperial College Secretary Xie wanted to retire and return home. The emperor has already approved it. Does Lord Zhang have any intention?" Since he could not be allowed to remain as Minister of Personnel, at least he could not be allowed to leave Beijing.

The Imperial College is similar to the president of the Executive Yuan in later generations, and it is not an exaggeration to have all the disciples all over the world.

However, this is not very tempting for the Minister of Personnel, who is in charge of the fate of officials in the world. Zhang Wenda shook his head slightly and said, "Thank you for your kindness. The official asked himself that it is okay to be an official, but his knowledge is not enough to serve as the Imperial College Superintendent."

Zhu Xu naturally didn't make this idea, and smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Zhang is humble. I should have enlightened myself long ago, but the Empress couldn't bear to let me drag it all the time. The day before yesterday, the emperor discussed with the Empress and asked me to choose a teacher himself. The first person I think of was Lord. Zhang."

Zhu Xu said sincerely and almost got to become a disciple on the spot. And I said a few words, and I deliberately grasped my identity.

Zhang Wenda's expression moved slightly. He didn't expect this possibility. He guessed the intentions of the person behind Zhu Xu, but said in his mouth: "The subordinate officials are just asking about their own knowledge. There are countless great scholars and masters above and outside the temple. Why does His Highness like the subordinate officials?"
Chapter completed!