Fan Hongdao didn't know how he left the Shen Mansion, and he was already standing outside the gate of the Shen Mansion in a trance. The lantern hanging on it was very bright, and it clearly reflected Fan Hongdao's face with seven or eight intertwined expressions.

It's really incredible! Tonight's incident gave Fan Hongdao the feeling that it was like the prime minister of the country said to a small clerk in Dongcheng District in the previous life, now that there is a lack of a deputy prime minister, it is up to you to recommend candidates, are you shocked?

So let Fan Hongdao feel that either the world is crazy or he is crazy, how can he Fan Hongdao put his beak in it?

When staying overnight in the hostel, Fan Hongdao tossed and turned, as the saying goes, power is the best aphrodisiac for men, Fan Hongdao felt that his current state was like being drugged.

Since the crossing, Fan Hongdao has always been a "little person" relative to the field he has been involved in, and has always relied on "wit" and "thighs" to achieve his goals, and has never had real power, so he can only take advantage of the situation.

But tonight is different, Shen Shoufu made it clear that he asked Fan Hongdao to pick people, which was equivalent to granting him some power. This is a major event involving the selection of the Ministry of Rites, although it may not be possible in the end, but the right to recommend is also a very important power.

Fan Hongdao couldn't help but think that there are many legends and stories of the white-clothed prime minister or the cloth-clothed prime minister in history, and the common feature is that the little people who have no name are relied on by the big people, so that they can display their talents and make contributions, which is also the opportunity that many low-level readers crave. Is your current experience a bit similar?

It wasn't until midnight that Fan Hongdao barely fell asleep. Wait until dawn to get up and eat, then look at the Xi'an Gate, check the waist card diploma, and enter the West Garden, turn north to the inner study hall.

This class was relatively easy to follow, Fan Hongdao drew up a few topics, and asked the internal supervision students to write poems in the classroom. Then I will comment on them one by one in public. By the way, I will talk about some humanistic allusions, and criticize the rigidity of the literary and artistic circles in recent years (this is the foundation of Mr. Fan's beginning, which cannot be forgotten).

Compared with the Jingyi class, this kind of poetry class is naturally relaxed, so the teachers and students are very happy - anyway, it is a sub-subject, and there is nothing to be more serious. And Li Tingji didn't show up today, so no one had trouble with Fan Hongdao.

After a break in the middle, the little eunuch students scattered in twos and threes chatting inside and outside the inner study hall, and Fan Hongdao also walked around the courtyard and outside the courtyard.

If you are an older teacher, you will probably sit in the rest room and drink tea at this moment. But Fan Hongdao is only seventeen or eighteen years old, so he can't sit still, besides, he is only three or five years older than these little eunuch students, and he teaches poetry, there is no generation gap in the dignity of the teacher, and those who have a conversation will chat casually.

The inner study hall is located in the West Garden, as the name suggests, the scenery is not lacking, otherwise it would not be called "Garden". Not far to the east of the inner study hall is the Taiye Pool, which is called Zhongnanhai in another time and space, and Fan Hongdao has a very "hanging ancient" mood.

Standing at the water's edge and looking at it a few times, Fan Hongdao was about to go back to the inner study hall, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Wang An coming from the bridge on the other side of the water. When I got closer, I saw Eunuch Xiao Wang's sad face, as if he was unlucky.

Fan Hongdao greeted and asked, "It's not your turn to be on duty today, why did you come over?"

Wang Annai is one of the so-called seniors in the inner study hall, and he takes turns supervising the order of the classroom with several other seniors, and today it is the turn of others to be on duty, so naturally Wang An is not needed to come over, so Fan Hongdao has this question.

Eunuch Xiao Wang pointed in the direction of Xi'an Gate, and replied weakly: "Go out of the palace to do business, just pass by here." ”

Fan Hongdao and Wang An are also familiar with each other, and they have also done things together, so they asked directly without any scruples: "Look at you like this, what can make you so frustrated?"

"What's the use of asking so much?" Wang An waved his hand impatiently, raised his leg and was about to leave: "See you back!" But after walking a few steps, the little eunuch Wang suddenly turned around and came back to Fan Hongdao: "You are also clever and clever, why don't you give me a reference?"

Fan Hongdao looked at the sky with his eyes and said solemnly: "The things that are forbidden in the palace can be heard by non-foreign ministers! Why are you such an ignorant little official?"

Eunuch Xiao Wang took a deep breath, clenched his fists and asked, "Your female bodyguard can't enter the palace, there is no one here to protect you, believe it or not, I beckoned one or twenty people to beat you?"

"Say!" Fan Hongdao replied decisively.

Only then did Wang An speak: "The eldest brother in the palace has turned five years old this year, and when he was about to be enlightened, his godfather suddenly mentioned it last night and wanted me to go to study with him." ”

Who is the eldest brother referring to? Fan Hongdao thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

The daily oral titles of the characters in the palace of the national dynasty have their own traditions, for example, the eunuch calls the emperor the emperor, or long live the lord, and the prince is called the little master, or brother.

The eldest son of the eldest emperor is, of course, the eldest brother, and generally the eldest brother is equal to the prince, so it is often used to refer to the prince. But now in the fourteenth year of Wanli, there has been no crown prince, so the eldest brother in Wang An's mouth must be referring to the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo, that is, Mingguangzong more than thirty years later.

Fan Hongdao said with a smile: "Isn't this a good thing, what's there to worry about? Go and study as a companion now, and when the emperor's eldest son becomes a longlive in the future, you will be a minister of the dragon." ”

Wang An said anxiously: "You don't know, I heard the wind from the palace, the third brother's biological mother, Concubine Zheng, is about to be promoted to the imperial concubine!"

Hearing this, Fan Hongdao was stunned, and four big words instantly popped up in his mind -- the dispute over the country's capital! The so-called country's capital is the prince, and the country's dispute is the question of who should be the crown prince between the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, and the emperor's third son, Zhu Changxun!

The main point of view of the ministers of the court was that it was necessary to establish the eldest son of the emperor, which was the foundation of the program and absolute political correctness, and the Son of Heaven insisted on establishing the third son of the emperor who was more preferred, so the two sides competed on it for more than ten years, wasting countless time.

As long as you are a little involved in the history of the Ming Dynasty, you will have an understanding of the national capital dispute in the middle of Wanli, in a sense, this is even the main event in the middle of Wanli. Starting this year, the main line has lasted for up to fifteen years.

Wang An saw that Fan Hongdao didn't speak, and thought that Fan Hongdao didn't understand this, and explained in detail: "The imperial concubine is second only to the queen, and now the third brother has just been born for less than half a year, and the emperor is going to crown Zheng Niangniang as the imperial concubine." And the eldest brother's biological mother is a concubine, and her status is far inferior to Zheng Niangniang, and the emperor's intentions are unpredictable!"

The subtext of the eunuch Xiao Wang is that now the Son of Heaven obviously favors the third son of the emperor Zhu Changxun, and the addition of Zheng Niangniang is an obvious signal, if he is asked to read to the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changluo as a companion, and in the future, the Son of Heaven has set up the third son of the emperor Zhu Changxun as the prince, then what future does he have as the eldest son of the emperor?

Seeing that Fan Hongdao was still stunned, Wang An urged: "You have always been smart, but you have to say something!"

Fan Hongdao came to his senses, and shouted with great righteousness: "The country's capital is related to my Ming Dynasty, and your personal gains and losses are considered to be a big deal!"

At this time, Fan Hongdao's mind was full of one sentence, and the main plot was opened...