Seeing the fat little man Yang Pengju looking at him pitifully, Xu Yan felt a little soft-hearted.

He nodded and said, "Since that's the case, Brother Pengju, please stay here first."

When Yang Pengju got the promise, he immediately said with great joy: "It's better for my brother to be nice to me!"

Xu Yan thought to himself, it’s just adding more bowls and chopsticks to the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The New Year’s Eve is a festive atmosphere. Nowadays, other entertainment activities are not to be thought of during the national funeral. Just sit together and have a lively New Year’s Eve dinner.

If you want to say that the Xu family’s New Year’s Eve dinner is really sumptuous, with all kinds of delicacies and seafood.

But what really made Xu Yan craving was the bowl of wonton noodles.

Since he tasted such a delicious food at Gushan Academy, Xu Yan has been fond of love and asked Mr. Qian for advice on how to cook it, and then taught his own chef to make it.

Although the wonton noodles are one or two points worse than the original version, the appearance and taste are already very good.

The Xu family and Yang Pengju sat around the table, waiting for Xu Huaiyuan to speak.

Xu Huaiyuan raised his cup and said loudly: "Great New Year."

The other three also said, "Great New Year."

After saying this, you can officially start eating.

Xu Yan couldn't wait any longer, so he picked up his chopsticks and started eating noodles.

Yang Pengju even more and started to eat and eat.

Xu Huaiyuan smiled from ear to ear when he saw this scene.

"Brother, this is the last day of Jiajing's 26th year. Tomorrow will be the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, so don't you want to say anything?"

The little fat man didn't forget to make a joke during the meal.

"Well, aren't these days just day by day?"

Xu Yan really didn't think about this issue deliberately. If you have to set a small goal, you should be living a more exciting life.

After all, living and living are different things.

"I am worthy of being the eldest brother. I am very skillful and can't miss it."

Yang Pengju gnawed a greasy chicken leg and said gurglingly.

"What about you, what are your goals in the 27th year of Jiajing?"

"I?"

Yang Pengju put down the chicken legs that had been chewed in half, scratched his head with his greasy hands and said, "Eat more and sleep more, live a happier life. The most important thing in life is happiness."

Xu Yan thought to himself that although the fat guy didn't pursue much, he was just telling the truth.

Being happy is the most important thing. If you want too much, it will be unbeautiful.

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I am alone in a foreign land and miss my family more during the holidays.

In an inconspicuous house in the west city of the capital, Zhang Juzheng carried his hands on his back, looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed sadly.

The bright moon in Huguang and Jingzhou should be exactly the same as that in the capital, right?

Since his birth, he has been with his family for more than 20 years. This is his first year of traveling to the capital and thousands of miles away from his family.

As his parents grow older, Zhang Juzheng cannot be with him to serve him filially, so his heart is naturally extremely painful.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved both. In order to be loyal, he can only choose to stay away from his hometown and stay in the capital.

The Shuji Shi will be a few years old, and he will definitely not be able to leave the capital during this period. If there is no accident, he will not have the chance to be appointed as an official.

I don’t know when I have the chance to return home again.

In the past six months in the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Juzheng's main task was to compile history and classics, and he had a lot of spare time.

When people are idle, they will inevitably think more and think more.

In Zhang Juzheng's opinion, the Ming Dynasty today seems calm, but in fact it is undercurrent.

In the twelfth lunar month, Gansu General Qiu Luan was impeached by Governor Zeng Xian for obstructing military affairs, corruption and bribery.

Later, the emperor ordered Qiu Luan to be arrested and punished him.

Qiu Luan was then imprisoned.

This matter appears to be Qiu Luan’s personal problem on the surface.

But those who are a little familiar with the matter understand that this impeachment was actually because the Governor Zeng Xian and Qiu Luan were in conflict.

Disagreement is caused by differences.

This difference is naturally caused by the recovery of Hetao.

The Governor Zeng Xian was a firm faction to regain Hetao. He had written to the emperor many times to request the regaining of Hetao. Just in November of the 26th year of Jiajing, Zeng Xian wrote to him again.

Zeng Xian asked the generals of the military town under his jurisdiction to write a letter together, and the rest of the generals were jointly named, but Qiu Luan did not sign it.

This unruly and unwilling behavior of overwhelmingly angered Zeng Xian.

Although Zeng Xian didn't say it, he must be very annoyed in his heart.

This is also human nature.

After all, the governor is a civil servant, and the general is a military officer.

At the same level, military officers are like ants in front of civil servants.

How could he not be angry when Qiu Luan is so provoking Zeng Xian?

But Zhang Juzheng knew that the matter would not end there.

Because behind Qiu Luan is the cabinet minister Yan Song, and Zeng Xian’s backer is the chief assistant Xia Yan.

Although Xia Yan and Yan Song have not completely broken up, everyone in the court knows that these two people are incompatible with each other.

Logically speaking, both of them are from Jiangxi, and they can be said to be from fellow villagers and their relationship should be good.

But the small friction between the two continued.

It is said that before Yan Song entered the cabinet, Xia Yan, who was the chief minister at the time, refused several times.

Yan Song was persistent and continued to invite him.

Finally one day, Xia Yan was "touched" by Yan Song's persistence and agreed to attend the banquet.

Yan Song was overjoyed, and made some arrangements in advance for bathing and changing clothes, and also told the news to his relatives and friends.

After taking court, Xia Yan returned home from the cabinet and used the excuse to take a break.

Yan Song naturally didn't dare to say anything, and looked forward to waiting for the premier to come.

But he waited around, and Xia Yan still didn't come until the end of the late night banquet.

Yan Song had already said the big talk, and had lost all his face in front of the guests, relatives and friends, so he naturally held a grudge against Xia Yan.

In Yan Song's opinion, Xia Yan did not forget this at all, but was deliberately trying to humiliate him.

After this incident, Yan Song vowed to be incompatible with Xia Yan.

Now that Qiu Luan has been impeached by Xia Yan’s gangster Zeng Xian, how can Yan Song sit down?

Isn't this equivalent to slapping him in the face?

If Yan Song had not yet entered the cabinet, Yan Song might have tolerated it because his strength was too different from Xia Yan.

But now Yan Song is also a minister of the cabinet, and his power is comparable to Xia Yan. It can be said that Xia Yan has no advantage over Yan Song except for the title of chief minister.

Yan Song will definitely not give up on this matter.

The key is to see how he will fight back.

Zhang Juzheng was worried about this.

Yan Song's struggle against Xia Yan was not just the two of them, but involved almost the entire court.

There are countless disciples and followers. If they really attack, the court will definitely cause a bloody storm.

This is something Zhang Juzheng never wants to see.

Unfortunately, he is just a Shuji scholar now, and no one can listen to his words indifferently.

I just hope that the Holy Emperor can take a closer look at the eyes, distinguish right from wrong, and stop this dispute from beginning.

The Ming Dynasty is no longer the same as before, and it really can no longer stand the tossing.

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Chapter completed!