There is no Yi Palace, the first auxiliary duty room.

A cabinet official came to deliver tea, and when he saw Xu Jie's solemn expression, he couldn't help but condense slightly. Although this first assistant deals with the performance of the two capitals and thirteen provinces every day, he can always maintain a calm and breezy appearance, and rarely has a solemn face like today.

Just as he was hesitating to go in, Xu Jie's cold voice came over and said, "You go and inform Zhang Siwei and ask him to go to the Ministry of Rites and call Lin Ruoyu here!" ”

The cabinet official hurriedly responded, and hurried to the opposite side of the branch director Zhang Siwei to do an errand.

Lin Haoran didn't know how to hold it up, so he immediately followed Zhang Siwei to the West Garden, and soon entered the Shoufu duty room, and saluted respectfully to Xu Jie, who was dealing with the music: "Xiaguan meets Lord Yuanfu!" ”

Xu Jie already knew that Lin Haoran was coming, but he still lowered his head and wrote on the small note, and immediately asked with a slight face: "How can the candidates for the chief examiners of the two capitals be so nonsense?" ”

It can't be blamed that Xu Jie, who has always been polite and forgiving, wants to put up the shelf of the first assistant, and for some disobedient officials, he naturally has to put on another face.

The selection rules for the examiners of the previous Liangjing Township Examinations have long been decided, as long as Lin Haoran refers to the appearance of the previous candidates, and adds Lin Yi and Wang Bo, who are the attendants of Hanlin. On the contrary, Lin Haoran actually broke this routine and proposed Yin Shidan and Zhang Juzheng as the chief examiners of the two capitals.

"Returning to Lord Yuanfu, the lower officials are not nonsense!" Lin Haoran had already guessed Xu Jie's intention to come to him, and responded in a serious manner.

Xu Jie wrote the last stroke, put down the pen and asked solemnly: "What are the rules for the trial selection of people in the previous Liangjing Township, don't you know the left waiter of the hall and etiquette department?" ”

"Xiaguan recently flipped through the roster of examiners of Taizu's two Jingxiang examinations so far, and Taizu only explicitly stipulated that the examiner was an official of the Hanlin Academy, but there was no explicit provision that the official positions and qualifications of the Hanlin Academy should be ordered. Today, the emperor has eclectic selection of materials, and has repeatedly promoted officials, so that there are so many capable ministers to assist the emperor, so that the current Ming Haiyan River is clear, and there is a prosperous age. Lin Haoran's words changed sharply, and then continued to talk eloquently: "Xia Guan thinks that the township examination selects talents, and he should follow the emperor's practice of breaking the convention, and the chief examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination can start with it." Yin Shidan and Zhang Juzheng are both 26-year Jinshi in Jiajing, and their qualifications are not shallow, but their abilities are better than those of Lin Yi and Wang Bo. Therefore, Xia Guan thought that the two of them were more suitable to serve as the chief examiners of the Liangjing Township Examination, and asked Lord Yuanfu to investigate! ”

It's not that he doesn't know that there is something wrong with this unconventional move, and even he has to bear considerable pressure from the outside world, but what Daming lacks now is a spirit of innovation.

Many officials in the Hanlin Academy said that they were prime ministers, but in essence, many of them were nerds, and they still only knew about it. For example, Lin Yi is several years older than Xu Jie, he is already at the age of waiting for retirement, and now he has no contribution to Daming at all, let alone what kind of good students he can teach in the future.

It was in combination with many considerations that Lin Haoran decided to make this unusual move, pushing the imperial court to break the convention in the selection of the examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination.

Xu Jie pasted the note on the note, and then looked up at Lin Haoran, but he snorted coldly, looked at Lin Haoran and asked in a deep voice: "Lin Shilang, are you going to implement innovation?" ”

A cronie was replacing the sandalwood stove with sandalwood, and when he heard this question, he immediately felt the solemn aura in the air. He swallowed and foamed secretly, and his eyes looked at Lin Haoran with complicated eyes, it had been a long time since he had seen his master show such a sharp edge.

These words were already a reminder to Lin Haoran to put himself in a correct position, he was now just a small waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he was not qualified to carry out innovation.

Lin Haoran heard Xu Jie's voice, and also felt the murderous aura on Xu Jie's body, but he responded confidently: "Lord Yuanfu, the lower officials just want to do their job better and select talents for the Ming Dynasty, and this move is not innovative." If you want to talk about innovation, Zhang Yongjia changed to Beijing officials to serve as the chief examiner of the thirteen provinces in the past, which can be called to get rid of the old evils, and this move can be said to be a great contribution to the selection of talents for my Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhang Xuan ascended to the throne by inviting favors, and even received the decree to enter the cabinet without being pushed by the court, and became a traitor in the eyes of the Qing school.

It's just that such a "traitorous minister" has been abandoned by the mainstream so far, but I have to admit that Zhang Xuan has done more practical things than officials with good reputations like Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Xia Yan in the tenure of the first assistant.

Now Lin Haoran is exalting Zhang Xuan like this, although it is to strengthen his arguments, but there is no insinuation. If Zhang Xuan is still in the position of first assistant, I am afraid that he will support Lin Haoran's decision.

When Xu Jie heard the words "Zhang Yongjia", he suddenly felt like a fried rooster, suppressed the surging anger in his heart and said in a deep voice: "The chief examiner of the township examination already has a charter, no matter how clever you are, the old man will not mess with you!" “

Lin Haoran sighed secretly in his heart, his move was not without temptation.

Now that the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty is not fierce, and the emperor is obsessed with cultivation, this is undoubtedly a good time to implement some new policies. It's just that now it seems that Xu Jie is more willing to be content with the status quo and enjoy the pleasure of his stable first assistant.

Lin Haoran faced Xu Jie's angry eyes, but calmly arched his hand and said: "You are the first assistant of the cabinet, if you don't agree, just call back to the Ministry of Rites, and the lower officials will make corrections again!" ”

This is indeed the case, the final decision is never in Lin Haoran's hands, and Xu Jie can completely throw the list back to the Ministry of Rites.

The sandalwood in the room curled up, filling the air with the smell of sandalwood, but this strong fragrance made others feel oppressed.

Xu Jie squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Haoran for a long time, and Lin Haoran behaved like a harmless person, and finally Xu Jie gritted his teeth and said, "You go back first, and I will discuss this matter with Yuan Ge Lao!" ”

"Obey the order, the lower officials and others will leave first!" Lin Haoran arched his hand slightly, and then turned around and left here.

Any political game cannot be based on willful thinking. Xu Jie was naturally no exception, although he wanted to veto it, he had to weigh it seriously.

Appearing from the first assistant duty room, Lin Haoran found that Zhang Siwei was still standing not far away, as if he wanted to find some clues from his face. Lin Haoran put on a relaxed smiling face, took the initiative to follow Zhang Siwei to say a few words, and left the Wuyi Hall directly.

Zhang Siwei didn't dare to eavesdrop, but after all, the cabinet duty room was not as good as the six yamen, as long as the voice was louder, some words would come out. Zhang Siwei rarely heard Xu Jie's voice pitched so high, and looked thoughtfully at Lin Haoran who was leaving.

There are no impermeable walls, and the news soon spread to the outside world.