The yamen of the six departments of the capital are all over the place, but there are two office yamen in the imperial city, one enters the noon gate, the right into the pole gate is the cabinet, and the left into the guiji gate is the six science corridors. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The Sixth Branch Gallery is a place for the Speaker.

The cabinet is the office of the auxiliary ministers.

At first, the cabinet was just a small house, and there were only five cabinet ministers, but because the status of the cabinet became more and more important, the cabinet yamen was also renovated, and now it is a vast place with three two-story buildings.

After the emperor's affairs were done, Gonggong Sun saw that it was the time for the palace people to take a lunch break, and he did not bring anyone, so he came to the cabinet yamen, and the small building in the middle of the cabinet was the office of the cabinet ministers.

As soon as you enter the office building, the first thing you see is a lobby, the center of the hall is enshrined in the wooden tablet of Confucius, the lobby is surrounded by verandahs on all sides, and the ministers have four sets of duty rooms, and the doors are open on the verandah.

The duty room of Lord Shoufu Chen was on the south side of the hall, and the window was facing the newly renovated file shed.

Grandpa Sun originally came to see Master Chen, but there was his assistant on duty at the opposite door of Lord Chen, and the door was open.

Gonggong Sun was forced to receive the favor of the saint, but the emperor was capable and shrewd, and as a eunuch, he did not dare to be powerful in front of the civil officials, so he said humbly, "Our family is here to see Lord Shoufu, please interpret it on your behalf." ”

Seeing the suspicious look on the assistant's face, Grandpa Sun proudly straightened his chest and said, "It's an important matter, and it can't be delayed." ”

The assistant saw that his face became solemn, and he didn't dare to delay, so he was busy thinking about Lord Chen's report.

When Lord Chen heard the identity of the visitor, he was very surprised for a while, their foreign ministers rarely had contact with the eunuchs, not only to avoid suspicion, but also to have a bad reputation.

Then how could this eunuch beside the emperor come to him?

Just thinking about it, he asked his assistant to bring people in, and when things go wrong, he should be even more careful.

As soon as Grandpa Sun came in, he first said some irrelevant things to Lord Chen, and Lord Chen seemed to be because there were outsiders, so he refused to explain his intentions, so he sent his assistant out.

When the assistant left, the two sat down.

Chen Dadao: "I don't know if my father-in-law is here for business or private business." ”

Grandpa Sun smiled, with a cunning look in his eyes: "The adult is the head of the court, the head of the hundred officials, and there is no personal matter related to the adult, it is a business trip." ”

When Lord Chen heard him talk like this, it must be a business trip.

But he is also a person who has been in the officialdom for many years, and he can calm down when others sell him, smile faintly, and invite Grandpa Sun to tea.

Seeing that he was so calm and relaxed, Sun Gonggong was not moved by his words at all, and secretly admired his steady behavior.

Picking up the tea bowl, his expression became solemn, and he asked, "Your ancestral home is Anqing, Anhui Province, right?"

Lord Chen nodded slightly: "Exactly." ”

"I am a fellow villager with adults. \'

Lord Chen was a little surprised, oh.

You must know that the alliance between the DPRK and China is inseparable from the relationship between the three bells, and fellow villagers, classmates, teachers and students, and relatives are counted separately.

Seeing that Lord Chen did not become close to him because he said his hometown, Gonggong Sun smiled slightly, "There are some pedantic officials in the court who look down on us eunuchs, so they avoid it, and I don't know what your Excellency thinks about this issue. ”

Master Chen heard the dissatisfaction in his words, he didn't want to offend people for no reason, and said, "We are foreign ministers, and my father-in-law is internal ministers, let's cultivate both inside and outside, and jointly assist the emperor, and there is no one who is higher or lower." He said this, but he didn't think so.

Grandpa Sun smiled: "It's still Lord Chen who has insight." Then he didn't say anything, just smiled and showed an unfathomable expression.

Master Chen thought that all his words were nothing more than to ask me not to look down on him, so he said warmly: "My father-in-law came to me, he must have something to teach, my father-in-law is a popular person around the emperor, is it not that the emperor has any instructions and is not famous? ”

He put down the shelf like this, so that Sun Gonggong's ion and face were very useful.

Immediately, he stopped pinching, moved his chair forward, and said in a low voice: "I came here to tell adults something, so that everyone can take precautions, but I can't guarantee whether it is like that." ”

When Lord Chen heard what he said, he had the desire to listen to it, and said in a low voice, "Father-in-law, please speak." ”

Father-in-law Sun told Lord Chen what the emperor scolded the four princes.

After finishing speaking, he said: "I know that the adults are biased towards the side of the four princes, but listening to the emperor's tone, he obviously wants to warn the four princes that it is not his things, he should not rob them, I am afraid that the adults will be on the wrong side when the sacred heart is wrong, and then they will offend people." ”

Lord Chen felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, if what Grandpa Sun said was the truth, then the emperor would have to think about it.

But he also felt that Grandpa Sun was sarcastic when he said that he was speculating about the Sacred Heart Clan, and he was good at management, and he was a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Said: "This official is not biased towards either side, but just obeys the will of heaven." ”

Sun Gonggong smiled and said: "The emperor's meaning is the will of heaven, my lord, think about it, if the four princes are really destined by heaven, why has the Manchu Dynasty been shouting for so long, and the emperor has not yet set up a prince?"

"Why?"

Gonggong Sun thought to himself that you Chen Ge is old and cunning, and I am not stupid, so I won't say what you want to hear, because the emperor may think that it is not the will of heaven at all, and shake his head; ”

Lord Chen smiled and nodded: "My father-in-law is humble." ”

Sun Gong said: "Not modest, my lord, you are the chief of a hundred officials, you can ponder the mystery of this, and it is not in vain that the emperor attaches great importance to you, the emperor is now waiting for your lord to relieve his worries." ”

Gonggong Sun refused to say it explicitly, but Lord Chen had already heard it, and what he meant was that the emperor didn't like the four princes at all.

If what he said is true, then he has already expressed his attitude and must change his attitude, otherwise where will he still have his place when the eldest prince ascends the throne.

But what if this grandfather-in-law was sent by someone else to harm him?

Master Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Who else knows about this, how could my father-in-law ever tell someone else?"

Sun Gong said fairly, "If the adult says this, he will treat me as a villain, since I have told the adult, I will not mention it to anyone." ”

Lord Chen smiled and nodded, "Father-in-law is a reputable person. ”

Hearing that Lord Chen still refused to express his position, Grandpa Sun sighed in his heart, he had already decided to join forces with this person, and he offended the villain by hiding it.

Thinking of this, his face became solemn, and he said, "It's normal for adults to suspect me, but it's not for nothing that I sell adult news, and the position of the eunuch in charge of the Department of Ceremonies has been vacant since the death of Xiao Liu's father-in-law, this adult should know, right?"

Lord Chen sighed, it turned out that this person was also ambitious, and seeing that Chen's father-in-law's description did not seem to be fake, he smiled and said, "I know that my father-in-law has good intentions towards me." ”

Although Lord Chen believed some of Grandpa Sun's words, he still didn't hold back in his heart.

When he returned home in the evening, he called Chen Boyan, this son has read a lot and has some wisdom, he wants to hear his opinion, the most important thing is that he will enter the official career sooner or later, and let him care about the court affairs in advance will help him in the future.

Lord Chen told Chen Boyan what Father-in-law Sun told him and asked, "You said that the emperor said to the fourth prince that I didn't give it to you, so don't think about robbing it, what does it mean?"

Chen Boyan asked first, "Is this grandfather-in-law reliable?"

"When he left the cabinet, I sent someone to inquire about his details, and his origin and everything was right, and he seemed to really want to be the eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, so my father believed him for the time being." ”

Chen Boyan nodded and said, "That's where the four princes made the emperor unhappy, I don't know what the four princes robbed." ”

Lord Chen glanced at his son and said, "There are still some things I haven't told you, the reason why the fourth prince was scolded was because he had no matchmaking with the woman of the Zhou family, and the woman was pregnant." ”

Chen Boyan's face turned pale when he heard this, "Miss Zhou?"

Lord Chen glanced at him: "This Miss Zhou is not Miss Zhou, if your Miss Zhou can go to the child, will she still use the wind and rain in the city? ”

Chen Boyan's face was scornful.

Lord Chen pouted and smiled, "Fortunately, we didn't marry this surnamed Zhou at that time, the tutor is really bad, and the unmarried lady can get pregnant, which is also insightful." ”

Regarding this topic, Chen Boyan didn't want to express his opinion, because it also involved Lin Xiaojue's reputation, so he didn't answer Lord Chen's words. (To be continued.) )