Practice begins with the awakening of the possessed old devil

Different factions conflicted and fought with each other, which came from this.

When he was transferred to the capital, he was going to meet the teacher first, but Ni Qi's delay in not going to see him for so long was already unreasonable.

So it was inconvenient for him to hide any longer, so he went straight to Fu Shaobao's mansion.

However, the official position of Shaobao is nothing in the capital. It is just an official rank from the second rank, above the second rank, and from the first rank to the first rank.

In addition, there are also top-notch officials who are conferred marquises and nobles, royal family princes and nobles, there are always as many as cow hairs.

Ni Qi rode to the gate of Fu Shaobao's mansion, dismounted from the saddle, and walked towards the gate guards in front of the mansion.

"Brother guard, please report to the mansion, and say that Ni Qi, the young minister of Taichang Temple, came to the mansion to pay a visit to the master," Ni Qi said to the gate guard.

"Master Ni killed the villain. The villain is just a gatekeeper. He can't afford Master Ni to be called a big brother," said the gatekeeper in fear.

He asked another gate guard to help Ni Qi lead the horse, let Ni Qi enter the gate, and asked Ni Qi to wait a while, then ran to the mansion to report.

During the filming, the old butler Mr. Tang San and the second son greeted Ni Qi out of the gate of the mansion, and the old butler seemed particularly enthusiastic.

"This old man heard the news that Mr. Ni was transferred to the capital of Gaoqian as early as three days ago. Why didn't you come to Fu's mansion directly to meet Mr. Shaobao when you arrived in the capital? Mr. Ni, you are still too out of touch?" Tang San Seeing Ni Qi, Mr. pretended to be annoyed.

"Oh, it's really hard to say. The emperor and the court deprived me of my local real power in a blink of an eye, and transferred me to an empty post in the capital. It means that they don't trust me. They brought me to the capital to lock me up and monitor me. I also feel bitter and can't tell."

Ni Qi smiled wryly, and there was a lot of embarrassment: "It's been a few days since I came to Beijing, and I'm busy with settling my family, reporting duties in the new yamen, currying favor with superior officials, and wooing colleagues. I'm so busy that I'm dizzy."

"Now that I've settled down roughly, I'll come to see Mr. Fu right away."

"Master Ni, please come in quickly. After entering the mansion, sit down and watch tea, and then talk with my master slowly." Mr. Tang San enthusiastically invited Ni Qi into the mansion again and again.

Arriving at the living room of Fu's mansion, there was already an elegant middle-aged man in his fifties who was extremely well-maintained, fair-skinned, with three beards and long beards, sitting on the big chair in the room.

He seemed to have a flat breath, and he seemed to be an ordinary person who didn't know the law.

Seeing Ni Qi being brought in by the old official's family and his second son from outside the gate, Fu Shaobao got up quickly and shook his fist at Ni Qi seemingly very casually.

He said very familiarly: "Ni Qi is here, you were transferred from a local area to Beijing, and you didn't say hello to us in advance, just let us know!"

"We've been in the capital for a long time, so we can take care of you as a landlord, so that you won't be blinded when you arrive in the capital, bumping around and suffering a lot."

"Thank you, Mr. Fu, for your kindness. I am very grateful." Ni Qi bowed to Fu Shaobao and clasped his fists.

"However, the boy has already arranged manpower to come to the capital first to take care of various settlement work for me."

"So I myself don't have anything to go around talking about, and someone guides me."

Fu Shaobao and Mr. Tang San were taken aback by Ni Qi's direct title of Mr. Fu. Since they are his disciples, how can they have such an unfamiliar name? If you don't call yourself a teacher, you should also call yourself a teacher.

"Ni Qi, don't call me a foreigner. Call me a teacher. The court is dangerous. From now on, we will help each other and encourage each other to walk together!"

Fu Shaobao didn't doubt it, but thought that Ni Qi was young and inexperienced, and didn't understand these ways of the world, so he comforted him with words.

"My lord Fu, the court is divided into a party of the prince, a party of the right minister and Zuo Mingyang, and a party of the eight virtuous king Zhao Youting. Let's make a tripartite stand."

Ni Qi didn't listen to Fu Shaobao's words, but asked instead: "The emperor sits on the throne, watching them fight each other, playing with the balance of power, happy to have nothing to do, and be at ease, but I don't know Mr. Fu Which party do you prefer to support?"

Fu Shaobao and Mr. Tang San are so old-fashioned. They have been struggling in the officialdom for decades. As soon as they heard Ni Qi's words, they immediately knew the tricks, and they couldn't help showing a trace of embarrassment that could not be concealed on their old faces.

"Ahem, ahem, Mr. Ni, it seems that you are climbing a high branch now, and asked which faction we belong to," Fu Shaobao deliberately coughed to hide his displeasure, and also played with Ni Qi in an official tone .

"However, we don't belong to any faction. We are only loyal to the emperor and the imperial court. We will never form cliques for personal gain or collude."

"Oh, really? Maybe I've undercounted the factions in the court, and the third prince Qi Wang Zhao Youtai's party, and other princes and ministers who have secret ambitions and are unwilling to express their support for any party are also quite a few. have an ax to grind."

Ni Qi then asked: "It seems that Fu Shaobao is just a part of the imperial court who has selfishness and ambition and is unwilling to join any party?"

"Master Ni, since you are climbing a high branch now, you did not come to my house to pay homage to me, then you might as well tell me what you want to do?" Fu Shaobao listened patiently to Ni Qi's continued trickery, but asked directly road.

"Fu Shaobao's majestic second-rank official in the imperial court, doesn't he have the patience?" Ni Qi still sneered leisurely.

"This official is such a straightforward person, but it happens to be in line with the taste of the current emperor, so that he can also sit in the current seat."

Fu Shaobao obviously didn't have the patience to talk more with "outsiders" like Ni Qi, so the so-called words were not speculative, but this time he spoke more directly.

"Tell me, Mr. Ni, who are you taking refuge in now, who are you lobbying for, and want to win me over?"

"Since you are so straightforward, Mr. Fu, then I will simply be more straightforward," Ni Qi said with a serious face, and said with a strong voice, "I will now serve under the empress's command."

"The Empress is the daughter of Meng Khan's daughter, the Tu Manlun Princess of the Yun State. The Empress has already been actively preparing for it in secret, and is doing all kinds of corresponding work to support the Tianmeng Iron Cavalry's southern expedition to Nanqing in the future."

"If I take refuge in Empress, it means that I have directly served Tianmeng Empire."

"Your Majesty's meaning is to ask me to secretly recruit court officials like Fu Shaobao who are not in the camp but are vacillating, so as to help your Majesty disintegrate the Nanqing court from within, and at the same time make preparations for the Tianmeng Iron Cavalry's southern expedition to Nanqing. Work."

"What, you directly took refuge in the empress's account?" Fu Shaobao was taken aback for no reason.

"The empress is really determined to destroy my Nanqing. In order to meet the Tianmeng Empire's southern expedition, I don't know how many officials and people of my Nanqing who are greedy for life and afraid of death, have no integrity."

"They are all a bunch of despicable traitors who have no moral bottom line, forget their roots, and don't even want their ancestors."

"So what, the first thing people think of is survival. Nanqing is so weak that he can't even provide a guarantee for his subjects to survive, so why bother to support and follow it?"