There are thousands of rumors in the capital, but the rumors that can reach Jiajing's ears will not be as simple as rumors.

Jiajing's face changed suddenly, and he immediately said angrily: "Where did this come from? His heart is really damned! ”

In October last year, Yu Shi Lin Run Shangshu pointed out the shortcomings of the rice of the Zong Domain, which caused great reaction from the government and the public. He immediately chose to treat it coldly, so that no one mentioned this matter again, and it was not a matter of conclusion.

But he never expected that he would just promote Lin Haoran, who had contributed to the rectification of the salt matter, to the position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the outside world would interpret it like this.

If you don't know the truth, you really think that he, the emperor, wants to clean up the shortcomings of the sect and the emperor, and that he, the emperor, is going to do something to his own people, how can he not be indignant?

Xu Jie looked at Jiajing's big reaction, but he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, and immediately shook his head with a sad face and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is difficult to investigate!" ”

"Why is that?" Jiajing knew that Xu Jie's would not be untargeted, and immediately asked puzzled.

Xu Jie smiled bitterly, and explained the reason: "The emperor wanted to open the sea ban in the past, so he sent Lin Haoran to Guangdong to preside over the opening of the sea!" This year, if he wanted to rectify the salt malpractice, he was sent to the salt affairs of the prime minister of Yangzhou. Now that the emperor has promoted him to the position of the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, others do not know what the emperor thinks, and many people will inevitably speculate, thinking that the emperor wants to solve the shortcomings of the clan, unless ......"

Feng Bao's heart immediately tightened again, and his eyes looked at Xu Jie quite complicatedly, but he didn't know if Lin Haoran had dug up Xu Jie's ancestral grave in Songjiang Mansion when he went south this time.

"I know, you go down first!" Jiajing knew Xu Jie's subtext, but he raised his hand and commanded lightly.

Xu Jie looked up at Jiajing with some disappointment, but he also achieved the set goal, that is, he gave up his hand and left.

Jintaifang, Linfu study, the fragrance of tea rises.

Sun Jixiang is an authentic person from the Shuntian Mansion, who entered the Hanlin Academy as a scribe for decades, and then became Lin Haoran's master and staff, which has already been tempered.

He has lost the welcome and humility he had when he was a scribe, and he already had a weightless bearing, giving people the image of a well-educated person, and his old eyes revealed the light of wisdom.

It's just that in front of Lin Haoran, he still maintained humility, took the initiative to say tea to Lin Haoran, and then sat opposite and talked eloquently.

Lin Haoran listened to Sun Jixiang explain the matter, but he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart and said: "In this way, this is someone who doesn't want me to be the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, or give me a problem as the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites!" ”

"Dong Weng, you have made immortal contributions to the rectification of the salt administration this time, and it happened that Chen Cheng returned home due to his father's funeral, and there is a hint of providence here. The emperor is a person who believes in the will of heaven, and he will definitely not remove you from the position of the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites because of this rumor! Sun Jixiang analyzed seriously.

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, knowing that Jiajing was a stubborn character, even if there was no "providence" in his position, it was impossible to compromise and change people so easily.

It's just that he couldn't be happy, and he couldn't hide his worry on his face: "In this way, someone deliberately stumbled me, wanting to push me out to take over this hot potato and preside over the reduction of Zongfan's rice-related matters!" ”

"If the old man is not bad, when you take up your post in the Ministry of Rites, this matter will definitely be pushed to you to preside!" Sun Jixiang looked up at Lin Haoran and said seriously.

Lin Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, but he earnestly verified: "The current secretary of the Ministry of Rites is still Li Chunfang, a fellow countryman of Xu Gelao!" ”

"Exactly!" Sun Jixiang sighed lightly from the teacup and nodded heavily.

Lin Haoran picked up the teacup and smiled helplessly: "In this way, this matter is really unavoidable!" ”

"Not bad!" Sun Jixiang took a sip of tea and nodded lightly.

Lin Haoran took a sip of tea, but said bitterly: "If the plan I come up with is light, it will be discouraged by the scholars." If the plan I take is too heavy, it will disgust the emperor. This trick can be described as a conspiracy, but it is indeed extremely clever! ”

He had never despised this court, and before returning to the capital, he still thought about hibernation for a while. It's just that he is still naïve, he is already standing in the court, and countless guns and arrows will only follow.

After the lid of the Zongfan Lumi was lifted by Yushi Lin Run, why didn't the imperial court move at all for a whole year. It's not that the officials don't want to use this to promote the reduction of the Zongfan Lumi, but the emperor's attitude has clearly wanted to downplay the matter, so everyone from the first assistant to the imperial historian has shut up.

Now that he has been so fueled by people with a heart, he has made the scholars in the capital give him advice like chickens, so that he immediately fell into a dilemma: if he retreats, he will lose the heart of the world's scholars, and if he advances, he will lose the heart of the emperor.

Sun Jixiang put down the teacup, looked up at Lin Haoran and said, "Dong Weng, the problem you encountered when you returned this time is not small, so the old man is good at letting you go to the north of the city to avoid it first!" For the sake of today, it is most appropriate to push away the matter of presiding over the clan Lumi, if not, you can only hope to persuade the emperor to show a determination to cut the feudal domain as in the Chengzu period! ”

"Mr. Sun, if this matter can be pushed, I will naturally retreat! It's just the current situation, I'm afraid I can't push it off! Lin Haoran looked very unoptimistic, so he asked seriously: "Do you think the emperor has the idea of cutting the rice of the sect now!" ”

"The emperor is a small sect to succeed a large sect, and he has always been very protective of the interests of the clan, if he had not had this mind before. It's just that the finances of the imperial court are tight now, and the emperor is afraid that he has a deep understanding of this over the years, and I am afraid that he has also been shaken! Sun Jixiang held the warm teacup in his hand and frowned and analyzed.

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, and asked seriously: "If the emperor has this mind, do you think his character wants to be done once and for all, or is he going to make up for it?" ”

"Our emperor's character is the most elusive, when he is angry, he can stage the Zuo Shunmen bloody case, and even witness the queen who saved his life fall into the sea of fire without letting people put out the fire, but he can reuse Yan Song for 20 years, at this time, it mainly depends on what level the emperor's anger against the clan can reach!" Sun Jixiang has studied Jiajing a lot over the years, and even replied seriously.

Lin Haoran exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said helplessly: "In this way, I can only find a suitable time, when the emperor is most resentful of the sect, and submit the charter to reduce Lu Mi to get through the difficulty!" ”

"Not bad! It is already difficult for Dong Weng to rectify the salt administration, but he didn't expect to encounter a greater difficulty just after returning to Beijing! Sun Jixiang nodded lightly and said with emotion.

Lin Haoran arched his hand at Sun Jixiang and said: "So far, I can only take one step at a time!" In the future, I hope that Mr. will give more mentions, so that this official can overcome this difficulty! ”

"If it weren't for Dong Weng's appreciation, I would be just a small official, so naturally I would be smeared with Dong Weng's liver and brain!" Sun Jixiang smiled bitterly and solemnly replied.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, although Lin Haoran made a detour to the north of the city, but the news quickly spread. First of all, the old relatives of the Shuntian Mansion came to visit, and then his contemporaries and protégés also came with gifts.