Lin Haoran read the content of the note, but sighed lightly: "Xu Jie did vaguely mention to Guo Pu that he wanted to target the reformists, but Guo Pu's attitude is still ambiguous!" ”

He was not surprised at all that Xu Jie had to deal with their side. It's just that Guo Pu is simply an old fox, and he has not shown his true intentions until now, which makes it difficult for him to make a decision.

"Uncle Nineteen, if Guo Pu really chooses to help Xu Jie, then what should we do here?" When Lin Fu heard this, he immediately asked worriedly.

Lin Haoran picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, looked at the butcher of the pork stall below who was chopping meat, and said helplessly: "Once Guo Pu chooses to join forces with the Xu family, we will be meat on the chopping board!" ”

The dignified Shoufu and the official department Shangshu joined forces, just like when the Yan Party was in power, and no official had the strength to call out at all, which is why Xu Jie was willing to marry his granddaughter to Yan Song's eldest grandson, Yan Shaoqing, as a concubine.

"Uncle Nineteen, are we really helpless?" Lin Fu knew that Lin Haoran was very good at scheming, so he asked.

Lin Haoran sighed lightly, put down the teacup and looked in the direction of Guo Mansion, and said casually: "I just hope that Guo Pu can read a little love and don't overdo things!" ”

Lin Fu's eyes immediately lit up slightly, and he faintly felt that this resourceful nineteenth uncle seemed to have a second move.

The officialdom of the capital is actually a vanity fair, even during the Spring Festival holiday, most of the officials in the capital have been doing everything possible to climb various relationships.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the officials returned to the government, but they went to the palace to participate in the pilgrimage for the first time.

Since Jiajing dismissed the early dynasty, he seems to be freewheeling on many things.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor will accept the congratulations of the people in the main hall of the Forbidden City. It's just that with the three major halls being burned down, this matter has also been delayed.

Originally, this year was the same as in previous years, but Jiajing suddenly had a whim to hold a pilgrimage on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

The three major halls were rebuilt in September last year, and changed the heavenly hall to the emperor's pole, the Huagai hall to the middle pole, the body hall to build the pole, the Wenlou to Wenzhao Pavilion, and the Wulou to Wucheng Pavilion.

The civil and military officials no longer went to the Song Heaven Palace, but to the magnificent Huangji Hall to congratulate, and many officials finally had the opportunity to see Jiajing's dignity, and many excited officials continued to wipe their tears.

It is undoubtedly unfortunate to be an official in Jiajing, and it is simply difficult for them to meet Jiajing.

It's just that Jiajing's health is not good, and getting up early in the morning makes him feel seriously unwell, and after accepting the kneeling of the civil and military officials, he also drove back to Xiyuan early.

On the 10th day of the first lunar month, the Wuxiao Festival holiday will start again.

The most important festival of the Ming Dynasty is not the Spring Festival, but the Lantern Festival, a ten-day holiday that makes the officials in the capital frantically pull relations again. Especially after this holiday, it will soon enter the stage of Jingcha declaration.

Among the officials in the capital, the only official who didn't need to worry about Jingcha was the minister of the Hanlin Academy.

The ministers of the Hanlin Academy have already formed a system of their own, whether it is last year's foreign inspection or this year's Beijing inspection, it has nothing to do with their group of noble ministers.

Although they don't have too much power, they don't have too many threats, just honest seniority in the Hanlin Academy. If you are an ambitious official, you can practice the skills of Qingzi.

In addition to the ministers of the Hanlin Academy, the officials usually survived the Jingcha disaster.

Not only do they have the power to supervise hundreds of officials, but they are also able to submit evaluations of certain officials in the Jingcha. And the officials of the ministry also have to combine their opinions to rate a certain official.

It is precisely because they are in possession of the Jingcha report that they usually do not attack each other, so although the officials are in the realm of Jingcha, they are usually able to pass safely.

is also the same, at this time, the most uneasy are the low-level officials in the capital who have no background, and the protégés of Wu Shan.

West Garden, Wanshou Palace.

Although Jiajing, who was wearing a blue robe, spent the New Year safely, his complexion was obviously not as good as before, his whole face was a little pale, and he coughed a few times from time to time.

Due to the decline of his physical constitution, the pain gradually increased, which made him more eager for immortality, so he sent three messengers to the world.

Jiajing coughed again, but he still insisted on sitting in front of the case, carefully approving the batch of notes after the New Year, and soon opened the notes of Henan Provincial Superintendent Yu Shi Lingru.

However, he saw that the song was written: "Weichen Henan Provincial Supervisor Yu Shi Lingru plays: The monarch, the lord of all things in the world, is also responsible for the rise and fall of the country." Although we have eliminated traitors and laziness, there are still shortcomings. The emperor is benevolent and righteous, favors the old ministers, and is more tolerant of the corrupt officials, but he helps his arrogance. The ministers are full of courage and gall, and ask the emperor to distance himself from the eunuchs and severely punish the corrupt officials......"

After only looking at it for a while, Song Shu was immediately thrown heavily on the ground, making a crisp sound in the hall.

"Please calm the emperor's anger!" Huang Jin looked at Jiajing and became angry, and immediately led the palace maid and eunuch to kneel on the ground and said.

Jiajing looked at the music on the ground, and said angrily with a pale face: "I am open to words, but I am not insinuating to you here, and I don't need you to point fingers!" ”

Why did he attack the speech officials in the first place, it was these speech officials who were too troublesome. Not to mention that these officials always like to find trouble when they have nothing to do, and they often point fingers, and they don't know their duties as courtiers at all.

This note is obviously insinuating and expressing dissatisfaction with the results of his handling of Hu Zongxian.

It's just that these officials don't think about it well, if it weren't for Hu Zongxian's outstanding ability, how could the southeast be so peaceful in recent years. And the greed for ink has never been the focus of his attack, he needs loyal officials.

Jiajing knew that if he didn't punish him severely, this kind of sloppiness would be endless. Just like what he did to deal with Zhang Wei last year, when he acquiesced to Zhang Wei's behavior, Zou Yinglong and other officials went up one after another.

Huang Jin looked up at the note lying quietly on the ground, but he couldn't see the content of the note clearly, and couldn't help but cautiously turn his head to observe Jiajing's angry face.

Jiajing glanced at Huang Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, pointed to the piece of music on the ground, and immediately ordered: "Drag this person to the noon gate, the court staff is sixty, and he will be dismissed from office for the people." ”

"Yes!" Huang Jin was secretly shocked in his heart, and immediately led the order loudly.

On the same day, Jiajing, who had been silent for a long time, once again exerted his might, and a group of wolf-like brocade guards escorted Henan Provincial Inspector Yu Shi Lingru to the noon gate, and was fully sixty court staffs.

The court rod is a punishment imposed on officials in the court, which first began with the Ming Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was commonly implemented in the Jin and Yuan dynasties, and was the most famous in the Ming Dynasty, and Jiajing pushed this punishment to its peak.

Although Lingru, the superintendent of Henan Province, was subjected to the extension of the staff, the officials have always been proud of obtaining the extension of the staff, and they can get a good reputation in Shilin. And with his teacher Xu Jie in the court, as long as he arrives in the new dynasty, he will definitely be able to reinstate his official position.

It's just that after this temptation, Xu Dang is destined to be unable to make a fuss about Hu Zongxian's affairs. Because of the anger aroused by Jiajing, he had to stop and suspend the further purge of the Yan Party.