In the West Garden, there was more spring breath on both sides of the palace road, and a few young green grasses quietly came out of the brick cracks.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing official boots, walked here, his eyes looking straight ahead. He couldn't remember how many times he had walked this path, but every time he walked through it, he always maintained a kind of vigilance.

This palace road is as dangerous as the court, and those who walk on it have to walk on thin ice, which is a test of personal political wisdom.

Hai Jui's "Public Security Sparse" is an accident, but it is also an inevitability.

Although the officials led by Xu Jie firmly followed the guidelines of conforming to Jiajing, Xu Jie could not seal everyone's mouths after all.

When Xu Jie, in order to maintain his personal image, neglected to rectify the rule of officials, he actually sat back and watched the local officials continue to be corrupt; When Xu Jie, for the sake of his own status, connived at Jiajing to repair the Emperor's Palace and the Tomb, he allowed the people to bear heavy taxes.

Xu Jie and other important officials of the court can ignore the fact that the people are burdened with heavy taxes, and they can also create a false impression of "Jiajing Prosperous Age", but this is not a real existence after all.

Hai Jui is not a perfect person, even a person with a flawed character, but he is undoubtedly a person who dares to tell the truth, like the honest child in the emperor's new clothes.

It is such a Hai Rui who has the people in his heart and dares to speak the truth, he was not assimilated by this turbid official place in the end, but resolutely risked his life to become alienated.

He pierced the illusion of the "prosperous era of Jiajing" and showed the emperor who was dedicated to cultivation the most real side of the current Ming Dynasty: "Every family is pure, and there is no money."

This was like a resounding slap in the face, but this slap was not only on Jiajing's face, but also on the faces of their group of important court ministers in fine clothes and fine food.

Lin Haoran originally had a chance to stop this trick, and he only needed to find a person to send Hai Rui to Yunnan, or let the officials drive Hai Rui out of the capital.

It's just that after weighing it again, he still didn't choose to do it.

What Hai Rui did was actually not wrong, what was wrong was their emperor who cared about the people, and what was wrong was their group of important ministers of the court who were unconditionally obedient to the emperor.

In Lin Haoran's opinion, the evaluation of "Public Security Shu" in later generations is still low. This is not only a scolding, but also a recital that really speaks for the people, and it is also a recital that allows Jiajing to recognize the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

When he arrived at the palace, there was a little eunuch waiting here, and he did not go in to pass the ceremony, but directly introduced him into the palace.

Lin Haoran came to the front of the palace and found that the four ministers were here, but he respectfully saluted Jiajing above: "Lin Haoran, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, greets the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

After hearing Ping, he returned the salute respectfully. Only then did he stand up from the ground, but he didn't dare to greet his father-in-law, and quietly waited for Jiajing's question.

Sandalwood curls up from the pot, and the air is filled with a fragrance.

Jiajing, who was wearing a blue robe, sat on the soft floor and asked inscrutablely, "Lin Aiqing, do you know why I summoned you?" ”

"The minister doesn't dare to speculate on the holy will!" Although Lin Haoran guessed that the matter must be related to Hai Rui's case, he still replied cautiously.

Xu Jie's brows furrowed slightly, and he turned his head to look at Lin Haoran, and found that this kid was really getting more and more sophisticated.

Jiajing looked at Lin Haoran's proper response, but still said with a little indifference: "Some people say it's you...... The "Public Security Sparseness" that instructed Hai Rui to go on! ”

As soon as these words came out, the air was a little colder.

Lin Haoran sighed secretly in his heart, Xu Jie's side still refused to let go of any opportunity to knock him down, so he simply threw himself on the ground, raised his head and said loyally: "Your Majesty, the loyalty of the ministers can be seen by the sun and the moon, and the ministers will never die with those who slander the ministers!" ”

Never die!

These four words were spoken resolutely, and they resounded in this temple.

Yan Ne's mouth immediately opened, but in the end he didn't make a sound.

Huang Jin, who was standing next to the red lacquer pillar, looked at Lin Haoran seriously, trying to see some clues from Lin Haoran's face, and finally sighed secretly.

Although he knew that the battle in the court had always been fierce, and all sides were constantly shooting and secretly arrows, but he actually didn't believe it in his heart when he said that it was Lin Haoran who instructed Hai Rui to go to this trick this time.

Not to mention that this song is simply stepping on the emperor's tail, and the important ministers, including Lin Haoran, were scolded by Hai Rui, which is more like Hai Rui's personal behavior.

"Hai Rui is both your subordinate and your fellow villager, and the relationship between the two of you is not shallow!" Jiajing lightly broke the relationship between the two and said.

At present, the friends are already open and private, and Jiajing uses the power trick of checks and balances of all parties, so he naturally knows that this teacher-student, the same year and his fellow villagers are the most likely to have a relationship.

Xu Jie and the others also turned their heads to look at Lin Haoran, which was the biggest factor for Lin Haoran to be involved.

Wu Shan naturally believes in his son-in-law, but he can't help but worry about his son-in-law, this court does not have so much truth at all, and a mistake can ruin a life.

"Your Majesty, the minister has never taken care of Hai Rui, and Hai Rui has never given gifts to the minister, and I am limited to the name of the same countryman with him! The minister was negligent with this fellow villager, but he couldn't stop him from going to this road in advance to offend Long Yan, and the minister also deeply regretted it in the past few days! Lin Haoran had already had a word to deal with it, and responded loyally.

Xu Jie's brows furrowed slightly, and he found that this dirty water was really not easy to splash on Lin Haoran.

Although it is true that Lin Haoran and Hai Rui are fellow villagers, Hai Rui was able to be promoted from the local government to the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Households, which was promoted by Zhu Heng, the right attendant of the former Ministry of Officials, and it really had nothing to do with Lin Haoran.

The most important thing is that this kid is so good at acting that he immediately believes in him.

"You really didn't do it?" Jiajing squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Haoran, looking suspicious.

Lin Haoran raised his head and looked at Jiajing, tears rolled slightly in his eyes, and said, "Although the minister has the responsibility of not being strict in discipline, he can also receive other accusations, but he dare not accept this crime, and please ask the emperor to learn clearly!" ”

Yan Ne originally wanted to stand up, but Xu Jie shook his head gently, causing him to shrink back again.

Wu Shan was originally ready to stand up at any time, but seeing Yan Ne shrink back, he also chose to wait and see what happened.

Jiajing was not very suspicious of Lin Haoran, especially when the interrogation of the Criminal Department did not find out the mastermind behind the scenes, so he asked tentatively: "Lin Aiqing, since you keep saying that it has nothing to do with Hai Rui, I don't know what you think should be done with Hai Rui?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Jie and the others looked at Lin Haoran, this was already the real test.