On a July morning, the hot air is cool.

The city of Beijing is waking up like a black cloth, the sky seems to be white, there is no trace of the morning sun in the east, and the doors of many blue brick houses have been pushed open.

In the future, the information age will be known to everyone when there is a wind and grass on the other side of the world, and even if there is a bad murder case in the north of the city, most of the people in the south of the city will probably not know about it the next day.

This is a low-paced life era, "sunrise and sunset" is the true portrayal of the vast majority, and many people are destined to live a mediocre life.

Even the people of the capital are busy trying to support their families, doing the same thing over and over again every day. Many of the shop and stall owners have been working for decades, often from youth to old age, witnessing the changes of the times in the capital.

"Green radish inside and out!"

"Roasted ginkgo seeds——— ginkgo seeds!"

"Rice, millet, cow, mung beans, white noodles, porridge with five touches——— sugar wrapped pea buns!"

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In the early morning, there are already many vendors on the streets, some of them selling vegetables, snacks and breakfast, etc., but they are constantly selling to pedestrians.

Chen Laosi is a very ordinary small trader in Beijing, who has been engaged in the business of fried ginkgo for 30 years.

Although the days are hard, and the festivals and New Year's holidays are barely a little oily, I think that many people's lives are even more bitter than him, and I don't have any complaints in my heart.

Especially since last year, without those ruffians and hooligans collecting protection money, his life has been significantly better, and he has already paid off the foreign debt owed by his daughter-in-law.

"Here's a pack of ginkgo nuts!"

Lin Fu came to the stall and threw a few copper plates directly on the table.

Although he is the captain of the guard of the Zuo Shilang of the dignified ceremonial department, he often deals with people at the bottom, but he likes the strange food in the capital.

Chen Laosi recognized Lin Fu at a glance, but he took the hot ginkgo from the wooden basin next to him and put it up, handed it over with a smiling face: "My lord, I am ready, they are all the biggest and fullest, and I will keep them for you!" ”

Although Lin Fu is just a low-status guard, he is already a big man in the eyes of these low-level people, but he is not less stained with Lin Haoran's light.

He stretched his neck and glanced at each of the big and full white fruits, and couldn't help but be more pleasing to the eyes of this little old man, first glanced at the official sedan chair behind him, but grabbed one and said while eating: "I will get tired of eating every day, it is impossible to come every day, you don't have to make a special trip to keep it for me!" ”

Although his status is different, he still maintains the simplicity of Changlin villagers, and is not willing to take advantage of others too much, let alone cause too much trouble to others.

"The old man still knows right and wrong, just because you are on an errand for Lin Qingtian, my little old man has to prepare for you every day!" Chen Laosi looked serious and authentic.

As he spoke, a sedan chair had passed in front of the stall.

Lin Fu took out a piece of silver from his waist, threw it directly on the table and said, "You really don't have to keep it for me, but this is the reward of my family, saying that your ginkgo is well baked, and he has never eaten such a fragrant ginkgo seed!" ”

Lin ...... Lin Qingtian ate my roasted ginkgo and said...... And say my ginkgo fruit? Chen Laosi's eyes widened, and his whole old face looked incredulous.

Lin Fu ate another ginkgo and explained with a serious face: "Yesterday morning, he saw that I was eating ginkgo seeds, so he was going to go some, and asked me where I bought them, so he asked me to buy some more for him this morning!" ”

Chen Laosi had already believed Lin Fu's words, swallowed and spat with difficulty, but proposed more earnestly: "Then I...... I'll bake it again! ”

"No need!" Lin Fu ate happily, and said with a serious face: "My family's identity is extraordinary, and I may share a little from me in the future, if you really miss the good of my family's adults, don't mention to others that my family eats your ginkgo seeds!" ”

This is undoubtedly a piece of advice, the emperor's diet has a strict "anti-poison" system, and Lin Haoran's identity and status are not low, so it is naturally impossible to eat something from unknown sources.

"The little old man must be tight-lipped...... Hammer! Chen Laosi originally wanted to show off, but after listening to Lin Fu's advice, he was busy expressing his position.

Lin Fu didn't bother with this little old man who couldn't even understand the idiom, in fact, he had only learned some words a few years ago, so he hurriedly ran towards the sedan chair in front of him with the bag of white fruits.

He likes his current life very much, protecting the most important person of the Changlin clan, so that the clansmen in Guangdong can enjoy a carefree life. And he is often able to touch the light of Lin Haoran, and he is highly respected here.

Lin Haoran, who was sitting in the sedan chair with his eyes closed, naturally didn't know what had just happened, and his mind was thinking about what happened last night, thinking about how to help Zhou Youqing find the merit test secretary Wailang and Pan Jitao to serve as the governor of the river.

Like ordinary people, the life of officials is also dull.

Lin Haoran went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites on time every day to report, dealing with official affairs related to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and then went home, followed by a social exchange, which occupied almost all of his life.

Since Li Chunfang was on duty in Xiyuan last night, today's ceremony was presided over by Lin Haoran.

It is no surprise that the yamen of the Ministry of Rites has long been surprised that Lin Haoran presides over the order, because Li Chunfang is a leader who does not like to take care of things, in fact, many affairs of the Ministry of Rites are handled by Lin Haoran.

If in the past, there would still be people who would question Lin Haoran because of Lin Haoran's youth, but after Lin Haoran showed super ability, there was no voice in this regard.

Lin Haoran presided over the ceremony as usual, and followed Li Chunfang's relatively tolerant attitude, he paid more attention to the principle of clear rewards and punishments, so that no one dared to be absent for no reason.

Perhaps for this reason, many officials privately called Lin Haoran, but they chose the title of "Lin Lei Gong" for the people of Leizhou.

After the order, Lin Haoran had just returned to the Zuo Shilang Office, but he had not yet arrived in the backyard, and Gao Gong had already come to visit. The two of them are now colleagues, and they inevitably come and go with each other a lot more frequently.

Gao Gong didn't let people go to Li Chunfang yesterday, and when he came to Lin Haoran, he naturally walked in directly.

Lin Haoran is not a person who likes to put on an official show, but after receiving Lin Fu's reminder, he stood in place and waited for Gao Gong with a smile, and invited Gao Gong into the living room at the back.

The officials of the Zuo Shilang Office have been screened by Lin Haoran, these are all people who can do things, but they sent tea as soon as possible.

Gao Gong is an authentic Henan person, not a person who likes tea, and looks at the layout of the living room with great interest, and has already followed his right attendant to compare it, and finds that it is indeed better here.

Whether he admits it or not, the right waiter is indeed worse than the left.

Lin Haoran lightly splashed the hot tea with the teacup, but he saw through Gao Gong's thoughts, and asked straight to the point: "Uncle Youzong, you came to me so early, but there is something to discuss?" ”

Among the six yamen, the Ministry of Rites is the famous Shimizu Yamen. Whether it is the Casting and Printing Division, the Huitong Pavilion and the Teaching Workshop Division, all of them are not important branch yamen, so the interior of the Ministry of Rites has always been very harmonious.

Of course, there are exceptions, and there are all kinds of signs that Gao Gong is not willing to be calm.

"Huh...... We are colleagues, but we don't need to be so raw, let's still match the name! Gao Gong looked at Lin Haoran gently, and proposed in a rather friendly manner.

Lin Fu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but glance at Gao Gong, which was really a wishful thinking. Now if it is commensurate with the left and right Zongbo, then the identity is to be respected by Lin Haoran, but this name is a high arch to take advantage.

However, he also knew in his heart that Gao Gong was the most senior teacher of King Yu, and he would definitely be a beautiful pavilion elder in the future, but this person was a friend rather than an enemy.

Lin Haoran took a sip of tea slowly, and then raised his eyes to look at Gao Gong with an expectant face and said: "Lord Zhengtang said the same thing to me before, but since we are people in the officialdom, we naturally have to abide by some rules of officialdom, but we don't dare to make mistakes, for fear of offending Lord Zhengtang." For this reason, I often sigh to my insiders: people are in officialdom, and they can't help themselves! ”

Although he didn't want to be an enemy of Gao Gong, he understood that he couldn't be polite everywhere in officialdom, if he really was a good person, then Xu Jie would probably still be a second assistant.

Now, his status is already in front of the high arch, but there is no reason to let him everywhere. If he really reached the status of immortality, he wouldn't mind making a move on Gao Gong, even if he was the future emperor.

"Lingnan, you are really too particular about this, you are still so young, how can you act as pedantic as those old men?" Gao Gong frowned and looked at Lin Haoran to preach, but when he saw that Lin Haoran was still as stable as Mount Tai, he turned to retreat and said, "Hehe...... But if you really don't want to, then it can be regarded as the old man's own affection, and our friendship has not yet reached this point! ”

Lin Fu heard Gao Gong playing the emotional card, but he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lin Haoran worriedly. If you take this step back, and thus win the friendship of Gao Gong, the deal does not seem to be a loss.

"Although I have not yet reached seventy, I also understand that I should do what I want, and not exceed the rules, so I ...... I don't want to! Lin Haoran quoted the words of the sage, looked up at Gao Gong and refused directly.

These four words, he said very firmly and decisively, nakedly showed his attitude to Gao Gong, and even broke Gao Gong's attempt to blur the order of the two.

As for Gao Gong's so-called friendship, it's just a. If he really believes in Gao Gong, then he has really been in vain in the officialdom battles in the past few years.

Gao Gong didn't expect Lin Haoran to refuse so unprocrastinatingly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but he couldn't help but look at this junior in embarrassment.

He has been a Jinshi for 20 years, and he will be the most senior emperor in the future, but he wants to be under this junior, which makes him feel quite uncomfortable.

However, he seems to have underestimated this left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and people can sit in this position, not by luck, but by political achievements.

Gao Gong is an old man in the officialdom, and he can lift his weight in the face of embarrassing things, so he said lightly: "Uncle Zuo is a happy person, and it is really happy to be a colleague with you!" In this case, I also said it bluntly, the disadvantages of the clan have reached the point of urgency, but I don't know how to deal with the young uncle? ”

Lin Haoran pinched the lid of the tea and splashed the tea lightly, but he didn't understand why Gao Gong was so concerned about the affairs of the sect, but he asked quietly: "This matter is still being weighed, but I don't know if the right sect uncle has a good plan?" ”

"My dynasty earned less than 20 million stones last year, and the total amount of rice in the sect last year has exceeded 800 stones, so this matter needs to be cured with heavy fire!" Gao Gong's face was full of solemnity, and his eyes looked at Lin Haoran firmly.

Lin Haoran's heart moved slightly, Gao Gong should be a firm heavy fist, and he took a sip of tea and said seriously: "When you use heavy fire, please also ask Uncle Right to teach!" ”

"This can be done in two steps! One is to cut the lord, control the population of the clan, let some of the descendants of the clan who are from the side branches be incorporated into the civil register, and allow them to support themselves and participate in agriculture and commerce; As soon as we cut Lu rice, we must reduce the amount of Lu rice that the clan can receive to less than 20%, and control the imperial court to pay no more than 2 million stone of Lu rice to the clan every year! Gao Gong seemed to be prepared, and he was about to reveal all his thoughts.

Lin Haoran heard Gao Gong's plan, followed Gao Gong's eyes to look at each other for a moment, and said seriously: "If such a plan is sent to Xiyuan, the emperor will definitely not adopt it!" ”

"What is not a lot of resistance, but if you don't fight for it with all your might, how can you know the result?" Gao Gong clenched his fists, and then said seductively: "If this matter can be done, the young uncle will be able to pass on through the ages!" ”

Lin Haoran found that Gao Gong was really not a good lobbyist, not to mention that there was no possibility of success in this matter, if this thing really came to pass, he would have to be drowned by the spit of those sect members.

Lin Fu looked at Lin Haoran curiously, curious about Lin Haoran's choice.

Lin Haoran took a sip of tea, but shook his head solemnly and said: "The emperor will not agree today, even if our Ministry of Rites insists on it again, there is no chance of winning at all!" ”

Since he served as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, he has devoted more energy to studying the current saints. It's just that according to his observation and summary, it is impossible for this person who benefits the most from the Ming family system to infringe on the interests of the clan so much.

The main reason why the reform of the Zongfan Lumi system is now is that the imperial court really can't afford the Zongfan's annual expenditure of more than 8 million stone for the Zongfan's Lumi, and it is also worried that the Han royal family will make trouble in Xi'an City.

"There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village! We can only go, I believe we will succeed! Gao Gong stroked his beard and looked at Lin Haoran meaningfully.