Seeing that Chinese New Year's Eve is in a few days, the decorations of each palace are basically ready, and the palace is peaceful.

Liang Yinhao has been in a very good mood these days, and as soon as he has free time, he goes to Chenzhi Palace to find Mu Qing, he is not only fascinated by her beauty, but I don't know when he began to rely more and more on her schemes and opinions. Previously, he was still skeptical about Mu Qing's proposal to let King Rui supervise the construction of the ministry, but he didn't expect the final effect to be much better than he imagined.

Half a month ago, Liang Yinhao was very satisfied with the proposal of the Ministry of Officials and King Rui after reading the revision plan of the official evaluation system proposed by the Ministry of Officials, so he ordered the Ministry of Officials to adopt it immediately, and use the system to evaluate the performance of officials in the year-end assessment of this year. And what surprised Liang Yinhao even more was that since King Rui supervised the ministry, Hu Zhihan, the secretary of the ministry, who had been in a mess all day long, seemed to have suddenly woken up from his slumber, and not only carried out the rectification of the ministry wholeheartedly, drove away the original bad and lazy atmosphere, and even put forward a lot of valuable political opinions, which always made Liang Yinhao refreshed. It seems that overnight, this elderly official Shangshu has changed from an old guy waiting for death to a young man full of energy. In addition to being amazed, everyone also admired the experience and talent of this old Shangshu.

However, since it is a newly revised appraisal system, it will inevitably damage the interests of some officials, offend those who originally wanted to make a windfall by favoritism, or shatter the dream of those who want to rely on backstage relations to rise to prominence, and most of these people are Prime Minister Huo Pei'an's powerful henchmen. So in the past few days, Huo Pei'an can be said to be depressed and irritable, helplessly forced, and the pent-up anger cannot explode in the court, he can only play ruthlessly in his prime minister's mansion. The people in the house who can look at their eyes also know that Huo Xiang is not happy in the past few days, so they clamp their tails one by one, and they are extremely cautious in doing things and speaking, for fear that if they are not careful, they will become an unlucky punching bag for no reason.

And what made Huo Pei'an even more angry was that since King Rui was the assistant minister, Dong Qian, the servant of the ministry, was in danger. Hu Zhihan not only did everything himself, but also had the means, and almost overthrew Dong Qian in just a few days. Since these days, Dong Qian's position in the Ministry of Officials has become precarious, not to mention the slightest real power, even dredging up and down, and finding out some news for Huo Pei'an are restricted everywhere. At the beginning, Dong Qian was very anxious and frightened, and ran to the Prime Minister's Mansion every now and then, hoping that Huo Pei'an could give him support, if he could help him secretly, it would be better to say good things for him in front of the emperor. But Huo Pei'an is not a fool, let alone this senseless good person, he knows better than anyone else in his heart that with the current situation, it is better for him not to talk too much. So Huo Pei'an only comforted Dong Qian perfunctorily on the surface, and only asked Dong Qian to go back and wait patiently, and after hastily sending it away, there was no substantive action behind it.

However, reality immediately gave Huo Pei'an an an ear scraper. Just two days after the implementation of the new system in the Ministry of Officials, Dong Qian proposed to resign from the post of Servant of the Ministry on the grounds of taking care of his seriously ill old father, hoping to take his father back to his hometown to recuperate. Although Liang Yinhao slandered in his heart, he finally agreed to Dong Qian's request. After Huo Pei'an learned of this, he worked hard and soaked for several days, but he still failed to persuade Dong Qian to stay. Before Dong Qian left, Huo Pei'an asked him if his sudden resignation contained some unknown hardships and secrets. But Dong Qian only vaguely said the past with the sentence 'Black Bird's private feelings, willing to beg for the rest of his life', and said nothing else.

Although Dong Qian didn't say anything when he left, Huo Pei'an knew in his heart that this matter must have nothing to do with Liang Yinhuan. As soon as he entered the ministry, Hu Zhihan was like drinking some kind of immortal medicine, and he quickly and accurately set aside Dong Qian, and now he even forced people to leave him. If there is no Liang Yinhuan's advice in this, and there is no oil and vinegar from him, Huo Pei'an will not believe it.

In fact, Huo Pei'an's speculation was not wrong. On that day, Liang Yinhuan accepted Qiu Feng's construction, and after coming out of the Yanyu Building, he went to Hu Zhihan, confessed his plan and determination to him, and hoped that he could help him. After Hu Zhihan listened, he thought for a moment and then agreed to King Rui's solicitation. In fact, it is not so much that Hu Zhihan has been depressed for so many years, but that he is waiting, waiting for Liang Yinhuan to return, waiting for the day when the truth will be revealed to the world. So the first step of the two's action was to eradicate Huo Pei'an's power in the Ministry of Officials, that is, Dong Qian.

Liang Yinhuan asked Qiu Feng to collect Dong Qian's handles, and the Lingshan Gang did not disappoint him, and within a few days, they found evidence that Dong Qian accepted bribes from officials during his reign. So, Liang Yinhuan used this to threaten Dong Qian and ordered him to resign and leave Beijing, but Dong Qian had to give in in order to save his life.

Huo Pei'an's wings in the Ministry of Officials were not abundant, and now that Dong Qian, the official title, is gone, leaving a few painless little minions, it really doesn't play a big role. Huo Pei'an never thought that a waste person who he was the least concerned about would give him such a painful blow when he was in his last years.

This Hu Zhihan has a superior family background, so he has developed such a personality that does not advance in oil and salt, although he had a good personal relationship with the rebel Yun Xu back then, but later he personally took Yun Xu's confession and sued the emperor. Therefore, after the case was closed, the first emperor did not take any measures against Hu Zhihan, and still retained the position of his official secretary. After Liang Yinhao ascended the throne, he saw that he was not a threat to himself and that he was a member of the royal family, so he kept him as an idler. For so long, Huo Pei'an ignored this unknown Lord Shangshu and did not regard him as a political enemy, and now in retrospect, he was too careless.

Now, Hu Zhihan is already Liang Yinhuan's person, even if Huo Pei'an wants to open up other relationships with the ministry, I'm afraid it's too late. At this point, Huo Pei'an's personal connections in the Ministry of Officials were completely cut off, and in the Sixth Department of the Central Committee, he lost the fragrant bread of the Ministry of Officials again.

For such a change, not only the emperor Longxin Dayue, but also Wei Ming was happy to see it come true. Although he has been an official in the same dynasty as Hu Zhihan for many years, he is not familiar with this Hu Daren. This time, the actions of the officials were so fast and accurate, Wei Ming couldn't help but be impressed by this long-dormant secretary. However, Wei Ming did not join forces with Hu Zhihan to deal with Huo Pei'an because of this, and the two still did not have much contact in private. Wei Ming is a stubborn person, he is principled when he says it is good, and he is a stone in a pit when he says it is bad. He doesn't like party strife and disdains to form a party, which has never changed, which is also the most headache for Mu Qing.