Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 329 Make the enemies smaller!

Su Yun wanted to clip Cheng Yi's wings, so he first turned his attention to Zhu Guangting.

The reason why they targeted Zhu Guangting first was because he was the most likely to betray.

Historically, Zhu Guangting originally studied under Hu Yuan, and later came into contact with the theories of the two Cheng brothers and was attracted to them, but he was not a die-hard believer in Cheng's school of thought.

There is empirical evidence for this. Zhu Guangting originally joined the Luo School, but later changed his allegiance and joined the Shuo Party directly. This shows that he was a person who forgot his principles when he saw profit, and was not someone who devoted himself to the cause of his doctrine.

It is naturally much easier to persuade such a person to rebel.

That night, Zhu Guangting's carriage arrived at a courtyard in the southern suburbs. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saluted the person waiting at the door and said enthusiastically, "Zi Zheng! Zi Zheng! Hahaha, long time no see, long time no see. Do you finally remember me?"

Fan Zhengmin quickly bowed and apologized, "It's my fault, it's my fault, Brother Gongxian, please come in quickly, please come in quickly."

Zhu Guangting laughed loudly as he walked into the courtyard hand in hand with Fan Zhengmin. He was quite excited. Who was Fan Zhengmin? He was Fan Chunren's eldest son. It must be Fan Chunren's idea for him to invite him to a banquet. Fan Chunren was recently trusted by the palace and he might have a chance to govern in the next few years. If he could get close to Fan Chunren, he might be reused!

It was based on such considerations that he was so enthusiastic about Fan Zhengmin. In fact, he was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou, and he was of the same generation as Su Shi and almost the same generation as Fan Chunren. However, he and Fan Zhengmin were on close terms. He was willing to lower his status in this way, naturally because he wanted to squeeze into Fan Chunren's circle!
However, he had tried to curry favor with Fan Zhengmin before, but Fan Zhengmin didn't respond much to him. Unexpectedly, Fan Zhengmin took the initiative to invite him out the day before yesterday. This made him so happy that he even couldn't sleep for the past two nights.

Although he was a Jinshi in the Jiayou period, and was born in the same year as the brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe, they had different fates. Su Shi is now a Hanlin scholar, and Su Zhe is a Zhongshu Sheren, but he was appointed as the chief clerk of Wannian County, and later served as the magistrate of Xiuwu and Yuanqu counties. He has wasted so many years in local counties. If the new emperor had not ascended the throne and Sima Guang had not recommended him as the Zuo Zhengyan, he would still be the magistrate of Yuanqu County now!

Although he has returned to the court now, his great benefactor Sima Guang is seriously ill and is about to die. What should he do next?
He didn't want to go to the local areas again, so he set his sights on popular ministers such as Lu Gongzhu, Lu Dafang, and Fan Chunren, hoping to curry favor with them. However, Lu Gongzhu had his own helpers, so even if he got close to them, he probably wouldn't be valued.

In fact, Lu Dafang is also a good choice. Lu Dafang is his old boss, but the Lantian Lu family has been an official family for generations, and their relationships are complicated. Even if they want to hire someone, he is not the first choice.

As for why he wanted to get close to Fan Chunren, it was naturally because Fan Chunren had a kind and easy-going personality, he did not treat others harshly, and he was never stingy with his advice when it came to recommending talents.

If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response. He has been looking forward to it for a long time, and it has finally come true!

However, when he followed Fan Zhengmin into the hall, he found an extraordinary figure, a tall young man who looked at him with a smile under the light. Seeing his surprise, he smiled and said, "Zhu Zhengyan, hello."

The young man smiled warmly, but Zhu Guangting became nervous all over. He stared at the young man and asked, "Minister Su, what do you mean?"

Fan Zhengmin beside him said quickly: "Brother Gongfan, the one who invited you to the banquet today is actually Minister Su, but he asked me to invite him on his behalf. Don't worry, no one else will know about what happened today."

Zhu Guangting shook his head and said, "There's nothing to worry about, but I wonder what Minister Su wants to talk to me about."

Su Yun smiled and said to Fan Zhengmin, "Brother Zizheng, please arrange a banquet."

Fan Zhengmin laughed and said, "Okay, you guys chat first, I'll go make the arrangements."

Seeing Fan Zhengmin being sent away by Su Yun, Zhu Guangting became even more alert. He looked at Su Yun and said, "Minister Su, you sneaked me here in such a sneaky way. I'm afraid today's banquet is the Hongmen Banquet, right?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "Why bother? I came here with good intentions."

"Good intentions?" Zhu Guangting didn't believe it. Not to mention that he was a member of the Luo Party and was very close to Cheng Yi and others, Cheng Yi and Su Yi were already incompatible. He had previously impeached Su Yun's father-in-law Zhang Dun and then Su Yun's uncle Su Shi. How could Su Yun have good intentions towards him?
Could it be that Su Yun was so angry that he teamed up with Fan Zhengmin to coax me here and beat me up?

This can't be done, right?

However, when he saw the bulging muscles under Su Yun's scholar's uniform, he secretly swallowed his saliva: Damn, why does a good civil official have such muscles? Is he going to use them in fighting?
Oh, I almost forgot that this guy is a bad guy on the battlefield in the northwest. He has killed countless Tanguts. Oh, he doesn't really want to use force on me, does he? He is so strong, I am afraid that if he punches me, my face will be covered with soy sauce!

Su Yun saw Zhu Guangting staggering, his legs even trembling, his face turning pale, and he frowned immediately. He thought that although this man had changed his allegiance and his moral integrity was not very good, he shouldn't be so cowardly, right?

While Su Yun was thinking, he took a step closer to Zhu Guangting, which frightened Zhu Guangting. He said, "What are you going to do? Beating up the imperial censor is a serious crime. Don't make a mistake!"

Su Yun heard what Zhu Guangting was afraid of, and immediately laughed and said, "Zhu Zhengyan, please sit down. I asked you to come here today because I need your help."

Zhu Guangting was stunned for a moment and asked, "Help? How can I help you?"

Putting aside the fact that they were enemies, their official positions were much lower. They could invite Fan Chunren's son to deceive him. What else could they need help from, Zuo Zhengyan?
Su Yun smiled, then took out a document from his sleeve, put it on the table and pushed it over, saying, "Zhu Zhengyan, take a look at this first."

Zhu Guangting took a look, then suddenly looked up at Su Yun and said, "Minister Su, what does this mean?"

Su Yun pointed at the document and said, "Do you know what this is?"

Zhu Guangting nodded slightly and said, "This is a project undertaken by your Ministry of Industry, the Qingming Riverside Park. I have heard of it."

Su Yun nodded and said, "Then do you know how much this five-cent share is worth?"

Zhu Guangting snorted and said, "I don't understand what you mean."

Su Yun smiled and said, "This is my reward for helping me."

Zhu Guangting looked at Su Yun with contempt and said, "You want to bribe me? Haha, do you think I can be bribed?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "There are people in the market who are willing to pay a high price for one share of Qingming Riverside Garden. Do you know how much they are willing to pay for one share?"

Zhu Guangting sneered: "Is this a matter of money? You underestimate the integrity of a gentleman."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Now people are offering high prices for this share. For one cent of the share, they are offering 20,000 guan. As for why they are willing to pay 20,000 guan for one cent of the share, it is naturally because this share is worth far more than 20,000 guan."

"How many!?"

Zhu Guangting said in horror.

(End of this chapter)