So after Lin Yanchao said the plan, the matter of Lin Yanshou and Zhen's Mansion was handed over to Qiu Mingshan by Lin Yanchao.

Qiu Mingshan is cautious and ruthless, and Lin Yanchao is relieved that he will do these shady things.

Besides, the matter of pushing officials has entered the process, and when the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites is absent, the Ministry of Officials is already the Son of Heaven with this topic.

The title is in the name of the Ministry of Officials, stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Officials, and reaches the Son of Heaven through the Department of General Administration. Then the Son of Heaven gave the Ministry of Officials, which is generally a few words 'will be pushed one day'.

After receiving the approval of the Son of Heaven, the Ministry of Officials will be postponed in five days.

Five days was enough for the officials to find their own way. On the day before the meeting, the officials will push the information post to the yamen.

In the palace Wenyuan Pavilion.

Shen Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Song Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, came together.

The autumn morning sun just fell on the top of Wenyuan Pavilion, the glazed tiles were shining brightly, the Jinshui River was sparkling, and Shen Carp stopped at a scene.

Song Qi was beside Shen Li, and said at the moment: "Brother Zhonghua has to stop for a while every time he comes here, I don't know where to look?" ”

Shen Li pinched his beard and said: "I remembered that when I was for the review, I was working in the East Pavilion, when Xu Wenzhen was still there, his duty room was in the second room in the west, as well as Li Wendinggong and Zhang Wenzhonggong, and in a blink of an eye, they were already like people. ”

"Da Jiangdong will go to search for the eternal romantic characters." Song Qi was also emotional.

Shen Li said: "But do you still remember what Shi Brown said, a gentleman is a learner, and he will be prepared for the use of the world and the country." ”

Song Qi said: "This is the original intention, and I will never forget it." ”

Shen Li waved towards the emperor in the north and said, "I should do the same." ”

After the two arrived in front of Wenyuan Pavilion, Shen Shixing personally greeted them and invited them to his room.

The three of them sat down and exchanged pleasantries, and the atmosphere was still very harmonious.

Song Qi said: "I and Shen Gong have both received the Gu Zhi post from the Ministry of Officials, and I would like to ask the first assistant for the candidates who can be appointed as officials who will be promoted tomorrow." ”

Shen Shixing said: "The plan of the competent official lies in the ministry, what do the two of you mean by asking the servant like this?" ”

At this time, Shen Li said: "Recently, the court has raised officials, and there is a lot of discussion in the market about those who invite those who enter with knowledge and strength, and those who enter with virtue and tools are eleven. ”

When Shen Li said this, he undoubtedly accused Shen Shixing of employing people as a set of 'knowledgeable and generous people'.

Hearing this, Shen Shixing said: "Uncle Zong's words, is it a mistake to say that the servant is in power?" ”

Shen Li said: "Shen doesn't dare, Yuan Weng is in charge of the center of the government, and what Shen said is that the officials recommended by the ministry are suspected of having the right to employ people." ”

Shen Shixing said: "The official department is wrong, Uncle Zong went to ask the tomb to be slaughtered!" ”

Seeing this, Song Qi came forward and said: "Tsukasa was just reprimanded by the Son of Heaven because of the founding of the country, and we still believe in Tsukazai's conduct. ”

Shen Shixing said: "Then Uncle Zong still said servant." It just so happens that Tsukazai is frustrated by the Son of Heaven, so it is not just right for the servant to sponsor the Son of Heaven and be replaced by Zongbo or Si Nong. ”

Shen Li and Song Qi were both stunned, and Shen Shixing rarely had such a sharp side.

Both of them got up and said, "Yuan Weng, we just talked about the court, but we didn't peek into the heart of the tomb." ”

Shen Shixing stretched out his hand and pressed it, motioned for the two to sit down, and then said: "Li Zhi, Yang Keli and they were dismissed, Zhao Yongxian was transferred to Nanjing, who is presiding over the Qing discussion in Beijing now?" ”

Shen Li's face turned red, and he said immediately: "If Yuan Weng thinks that Shen is making trouble in it, then Shen is willing to resign to show his innocence." ”

Shen Shixing glanced at Shen Li, although Shen Li was very annoying, but after all, he was the teacher of the Son of Heaven, and as soon as Shen Li left, the Son of Heaven would definitely find another minister who was more annoying than Shen Li to balance the situation in the court.

Shen Shixing immediately said: "Uncle Zong's words are serious, you are a righteous man and a gentleman, can you still be trusted as a servant?" If there is a gaffe in the servant, please don't take it to heart, and we will sit down and talk about it slowly and in detail. ”

This is not the first time that Shen Shixing and Shen Li have had a conflict.

Shen Li's power schemes, party henchmen, and protégés are absolutely invincible. But he also has a way to survive, and his way to deal with Shen Shixing is to show weakness.

Shen Li's body is clean, he doesn't take bribes, he doesn't form a party, he is not invited, and he is not too much to surpass Shen Shixing in terms of conduct. His character in the officialdom is the standard upright gentleman in the eyes of Confucianism.

Moreover, every time Shen Li showed that he was defeated against Shen Shixing, the more he won the sympathy and support of the Son of Heaven and the government and the opposition, so his grand strategy was correct, so he became stronger and stronger the more defeated.

Shen Shixing also knows this, who doesn't want to be a righteous gentleman, but in the Confucian book, those righteous gentlemen who are not asked and do not form a party cannot be the prime minister, so Shen Shixing can only endure Shen Li's conspiracy.

Shen Li had a conflict with Shen Shixing just now, so it was inconvenient to talk about it, and Song Qi had a good relationship with Shen Shixing, so he said: "The important ministers of the court introduced Huang Fengxiang, the priest of the Southern Prison, and Zhao Yongxian, Nanyuan Hanlin, I don't know what the first assistant thinks of the two?" ”

For the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, even the Qingliu party jumped out to fight.

Shen Shixing stroked his beard and paused: "Zhao Yongxian was just belittled by the Son of Heaven before!" ”

Song Qi said: "It has been more than a year, Zhao Hanlin was outspoken and admonished, so he went to the Southern Courtyard, Yuan Weng should be sponsored by such an upright minister to ensure that the way of speech is unimpeded, which is also something that the ministers of the government and the opposition are happy to see." ”

Shen Shixing thought to himself that he was just a Zhao Yongxian, and he didn't care about it yet, but Shen Li, Song Qi would not be so simple.

Shen Shixing said: "Of course, the servant can sponsor, but it also depends on the holy will, and it is still not easy for Zhao Yongxian to return to Beijing at this time." ”

Song Qi said: "If the holy will cannot be reversed for a while, it is better to let him take charge of the southern prison first." As for the Yellow Sacrifice Wine in the Southern Prison for many years, it is also the time to transfer back to Beijing, this time the Ministry of Rites is a waiter, can the Ministry of Officials list him as a worthy official. ”

Song Qi's condition was to let Zhao Yongxian replace Huang Fengxiang as the chief priest of the Nanjing Guozi, and Huang Fengxiang would come to Beijing to serve as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Huang Fengxiang is the leader of Longqing's second year, and his qualifications are definitely enough, if he can go further and serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, there is only one step left before entering the cabinet.

Shen Shixing smiled when he heard this, but did not agree or refuse.

At this time, it was reported outside that Sun Piyang, the secretary of Dali Temple, asked to see him.

Shen Shixing couldn't help pinching his beard, what did Sun Piyang mean by asking to see him at this time?

Sun Piyang, who is an official, is also very distinctive.

In the New Year, hundreds of officials congratulate the Son of Heaven, because everyone knows that the character of today's Son is to offer rare treasures.

And Sun Piyang didn't, the congratulatory gift he gave to the emperor was just a basket of persimmons.

When Gao Gong was the first assistant, Sun Piyang impeached Gao Gong.

After the dismissal of the high arch, Sun Piyang was promoted to the governor of Baoding by Zhang Juzheng because of the impeachment of the high arch.

When Sun Piyang served as the governor of Baoding, Zhang Juzheng wanted to establish a workshop in Feng Bao's hometown, but Zhang Piyang refused.

At that time, the duo of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao was powerful all over the world, and Sun Piyang knew that Zhang Juzheng's temperament would deal with him. But Sun Piyang knew that he couldn't do it, and immediately resigned and went home after refusing to build a workshop.

But Zhang Juzheng also had a great sense of humor, and when he was in Beijing the following year, he ordered Sun Piyang to be dismissed.

The dismissal of an official who resigned at home was also a pioneering event in the history of Jingcha in the Ming Dynasty.

After the fall of Zhang Juzheng, Sun Piyang became famous, and was appointed by the imperial court as the prefect of Yingtian, and then served as the secretary of Dali Temple, ranking as the ninth secretary.

For an upright minister like Sun Piyang, Shen Shixing has always disliked it, and when he heard him ask to see him, his face was also long, but he couldn't help it.

A moment later, Sun Piyang entered.

If Shen Li is a righteous man and a gentleman, and Sun Piyang is iron-faced and selfless, it means that no one's face is sold. These two people are officials who are unanimously considered by the DPRK and China to have both ability and political integrity.

Sun Piyang's face was heavy and dark, and his face was righteous and intimidating. After he served as the secretary of Dali Temple, he once fled to the forbidden middle school for murder in the inner prison, and Sun Piyang did not spare the arrest of the Son of Heaven and convicted this person.

After hearing that Sun Piyang was appointed as the secretary of Dali Temple, the powerful relatives in Beijing acted in a restrained manner.

After he presided over the Dali Temple, he ordered the provinces not to delay the case and to conclude the trial, so that many prisoners were spared the pain of prison. In addition, Sun Piyang also cleaned up the unjust prisons, and the law enforcement was mainly compassionate to the criminal, and he did a lot of good things during his tenure, which was unanimously praised by the ministers of the government and the opposition.

For an official like Sun Piyang, Shen Shixing must also give three points of face and say: "What business is Sun Tingwei here?" ”

Sun Piyang immediately said: "Qi Yu Yuan Weng, Dali Temple has just received a bribery case, because he is a minister of the central government, the lower officials dare not arbitrarily judge, so they came here to invite Yuan Weng first." ”

Shen Shixing smiled and asked: "There are officials who can't be handled by Dali Temple, how big is this minister of the DPRK and China?" ”

"Sipin Jingqing."

Shen Shixing smiled: "That's really not small, who is it?" ”

"Today's Zhan Shifu is a young Zhan Shi and a waiter, and Lin Yanchao is a bachelor."

Song Qi changed his color and said: "Bachelor Lin's official reputation has always been very good, how could he do anything to bribe him, Sun Tingwei has found out about this matter?" ”

Shen Li also said: "Master Lin is the champion of Wanli in the eighth year, Sanyuan and the first, both the government and the opposition are very famous, there is no real evidence, once the news comes out, it will be a sensation in the government and the opposition, Sun Tingwei think twice." ”

Lin Yanchao is Shen Shixing's protégé, and how Shen Shixing has cultivated Lin Yanchao in recent years is obvious to all. Everyone knows that Lin Yanchao has something, and it has a great impact on Shen Shixing.

What's more, it was when there was a vacancy in the Ministry of Rites, and Lin Yanchao was the alternate official of the Ministry of Rites this time.

Shen Shixing is very selfless, and said to Shen Li, Song Qi: "The case has not been broken yet, where can it be said that there is 100% certainty, although this Lin Zonghai is my student, but the servant thinks that if he is a real simple official, he is not afraid of being investigated, not afraid of being questioned, and this matter still listens to what Sun Tingwei says." ”

After hearing Shen Shixing's words, he really didn't dare to investigate.

But Sun Piyang said: "Back to Yuan Weng, Zongbo, Si Nong, although this matter is still filed, it has been stolen and obtained, and once the case is decided, it is likely to be an iron case." ”

Shen Shixing knew that Sun Piyang would not sell his face, so he asked, "What position did Master Lin bribe into?" To whom did the bribe was made? ”

"Bribe into the Ministry of Rites, as for the person who bribed in, it is Gao Huai, the governor of the city!"

"This is nonsense!" Song Qi reprimanded, "Sun Tingwei, this case not only involves Master Lin, but also His Majesty's close attendants, don't be cautious!" ”

Although Song Qi was helping Lin Yanchao speak, Shen Shixing showed a suspicious look, Sun Piyang didn't come early or late, but when Shen Li and Song Qi came, it was Lin Yanchao's matter, it was because they joined forces to attack themselves.

Shen Shixing has been in the DPRK for decades and is extremely sensitive to such matters.

In the face of Song Qi's questioning, Sun Piyang did not give Song Qi any face, and said unforgivingly: "Xia Guan does not dare to speculate at will, Xia Guan only believes the evidence in front of him, this matter is from yesterday, Lin Yanshou, the cousin of Lin Bachelor, this person came to Beijing with Lin to study, and later moved to Beijing, and was admitted to the local students, but he failed to test in the county examination, so he donated Su Na Jian in the twelfth year of Wanli. ”

When everyone heard this, the corners of their mouths curled, Lin Yanchao was the first person in the imperial examination, but his brother actually failed to take the county examination repeatedly, is there something wrong with this?

This time, in order to seek the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites for Master Lin, Lin Yanshou took out 12,000 taels of silver to bribe Gao Huai. Yesterday evening, this person secretly went out of the city, and in the middle of the night, he took ten people from his family, and a donkey cart to escort three boxes of silver to the Liushugou Huangdian outside Xizhimen. ”

"This imperial shop happens to be in charge of the eunuch Gao Huai, who is in charge of the eunuch of the capital governor's seal, and his brother signed and painted in the store, and arrested the ambushed criminal department, so it can be called a person with stolen goods, and today the criminal department will hand over the criminal certificate to Dali Temple, and the lower official can be called an ironclad mountain of evidence, and then the first trial of Lin Yanshou, without torture, but he has confessed, and said that it is his idea, and his brother actually does not know."

When Sun Piyang prayed, Shen Shixing took a sip of tea. After Sun Piyang finished speaking, Shen Shixing patted the case and said, "Then what else do you want to say?" Since the evidence is conclusive, immediately file a case for interrogation, not to mention that he is a bachelor today, even if it is a product of the dynasty, it must be investigated to the end! If he is guilty, the servant himself asks His Majesty for the court law! ”

Shen Shixing looked at Shen Li, and Song Qi asked, "The two of you think that the servant is so disposed of, but is it fair?" ”

Shen Li and Song Qi glanced at each other. Shen Li immediately got up and said, "Yuan Weng, Shen didn't know about this matter at all in advance. ”

Song Qi also said: "Yuan Weng, we have no communication with Sun Tingwei in this matter. ”

Shen Shixing looked at Shen Li and Song Qi, and the words of the two did not seem to be false. Could it be that someone provoked it, at this time, I can't make a judgment and give people an opportunity.

Shen Li said: "Yuan Weng, according to Shen's opinion, there is a vacancy in the right courtesy, and Master Lin is undoubtedly the choice of the official, but there is an accident in this stall, and the inside story cannot be doubted." ”

Song Qi said: "Is it not to let Dali Temple postpone the case for a few days." ”

"Delayed?" Sun Piyang said loudly, "If this case is confirmed, Master Lin will be dismissed after he is appointed as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Jiuqing will have to push it again, and then I am afraid that Yuan Weng and a few steps of the ministry will have a reputation of unknown people." ”

"When the country was founded, officials committed crimes, and Taizu asked the recommended officials to sit together, this is the law of the ancestors!"

Sun Piyang's words made Shen Shixing's face ugly, according to what Sun Piyang said, Lin Yanchao was recommended by him Shen Shixing, do you want to sit with him and share the crime! This person is too much for him to get off the stage.

Now that something like this has happened, Lin Yanchao will inevitably lose, and now there is only one card left in Shen Shixing's hand, at this time, the Qingliu Party in the DPRK pushed Huang Fengxiang, Zhang Jing pushed Jiang Zunzhen, and there were too many variables tomorrow.

It's just that Lin Yanchao is really uncompetitive at this time, this time not to mention the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, even the Nanli waiter has no chance, and there is even the possibility of losing his position.

Shen Shixing said with a straight face: "What Sun Tingwei said is extremely true, you go back and retry this case immediately, and it will be reported to Benfu tomorrow." ”

After Sun Piyang said yes, he retired immediately.

Shen Shixing looked at Shen Li, and Song Qi said: "Whether the yellow sacrificial wine is included in the list of qualified officials, the officials will give the two of you an answer tomorrow." ”

Shen Li and Song Qi were not the troops who came to General Shen Shixing, but the more they explained at the moment, the more chaotic they became, so they could only retreat.

And at this moment, Zhang Whale is serving the Son of Heaven in the palace.

The Son of Heaven has been cured of his foot disease, but he has gained a lot of weight, and now he even needs a eunuch to support his stomach when he walks.

Today, Zhang Whale presented beauties and countless treasures to the Son of Heaven.

After the Son of Heaven saw Zhang Whale's gift, he was really happy, and then smiled at him and said: "Okay, I know your loyalty, you can keep an eye on the affairs of the outer courts, and you don't have to come to me for everything." I still have to deal with government affairs, so I don't have so much spare time. ”

Zhang Whale said with a smile: "Slaves like to serve Your Majesty, if you can't see Tianyan every day, then the slave would rather not do the errand of this East Factory, and I implore Your Majesty to appoint someone else, so that the slave can go back to serve Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven scolded with a smile: "I'm too lazy to see you dog slave every day, get out of the way." ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty looks at the minions as eyesore, and the minions will get out, and the minions will get out."

After saying that, Zhang Whale made a few tumbling movements on the ground, which made the Son of Heaven and several Meiji beside him laugh.

Zhang Whale rolled out of the Son of Heaven's dormitory like this, he is also an elderly person, and after rolling a few times like this, he is naturally not as sharp as when he was young, and he can't help but breathe, so he can only sit aside and rest.

As a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, the eunuch Gao Huai saw it, and immediately ordered the firefighter to bring a stool and tea for Zhang Whale to rest.

At the beginning, Zhang Whale's handle was taken by Lin Yanchao, which made him suspicious for a while.

He and Liu Shouyou handled this matter seamlessly, how could Lin Yanchao, a foreign official, know about the affairs in the palace, so the matter must be with the people around the Son of Heaven.

So Zhang Whale secretly sent someone to investigate the matter in detail, as the governor of Dongchang, relying on the intelligence network in his hand, he gradually set his eyes on Gao Huai.

Gao Huai worshiped Zhang Hong as his godfather, so he was exempted from being held accountable as Feng Baoyu's party, but who did he entrust in the middle?

There is also Zhang Hong who was indirectly killed by Zhang Whale, but Gao Huai is still respectful to himself after this incident, which makes Zhang Whale suspicious.

In the end, a lot of evidence pointed to Gao Huai's body. Therefore, Zhang Whale seized this opportunity to wipe out Gao Huai and Lin Yanchao.

Of course, he knew that he also had evidence of guilt in his hands and was caught by Lin Yanchao, but if this matter had too much public impact, Shen Shixing would definitely not allow Lin Yanchao to make arbitrary claims in order to destroy his current harmonious relationship with himself.

Between himself and Lin Yanchao, Shen Shixing must still know how to make trade-offs.

Seeing Gao Huai taking the initiative to offer him courtesy, Zhang Whale smiled and said, "How dare you do this." ”

Gao Huai said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter, and it's too much for the Governor to be like this." ”

Zhang Whale nodded, but said in his heart, see how many days you can laugh.

Zhang Whale rested for a while, then left here, and then took a sedan chair to the Yamen of Dongchang.

Inside the yamen of Dongchang, Zhang Shen and his henchman eunuch Xiao Yu were waiting there.

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Godfather, this matter is settled, when Sun Piyang entered the palace to meet Shen Xiangguo today, Shen Li and Song Qi happened to be there." The two seem to have come to protect Huang Fengxiang from Shen Shixing. ”

Zhang Whale said with a smile: "Well done, so Shen Shixing will definitely suspect that it is Shen Li, Song Qi and Sun Piyang, these Qingliu Party members have united to attack him." So this time Lin Yanchao offered a bribe, Shen Shixing must have thought that the Qingliu Party did it behind the scenes. ”

Zhang Shen said with a smile: "This is not thanks to the godfather's plan, this plan to kill people with a knife is simply the resurrection of Guiguzi, and he has to bow down in front of his godfather!" ”

Zhang Whale waved his hand and said, "What's so difficult about this, it's just that Shen Shixing is so shrewd, it is impossible for him not to have doubts." ”

"No matter how shrewd Shen Shixing is, he would never have thought that we arranged it so well, sending someone to pretend to be Sun Piyang's sedan chair man, calculating the time for him to enter the palace, and arranging him to Shen Li, when Song Qi met Shen Shixing."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Whale couldn't help but laugh.

At that moment, Zhang Whale said: "But it's not enough to bring down Lin Yanchao, if you don't deal with Xu Xianqing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites will still fall into the hands of Shen Shixing." ”

"Godfather, rest assured, we have collected Xu Xianqing's criminal evidence and provided it to Yunnan Provincial Imperial Shi Maquan, he and Xu Xianqing have long had a gap, and this time we are already drafting an impeachment chapter with the criminal evidence. And when Xu Xianqing is impeached, Shen Shixing will definitely suspect that it is Shen Li, and Song Qi is doing it in secret, so he will definitely fight back, so ......"

Zhang Shen smiled and said, "...... In this way, the snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits. ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "That's right, when Shen Shixing fights with Shen Li, he will inevitably rely on our family, so even if Shen Shixing finds out, he won't dare to do anything to our family." ”

After speaking, Zhang Whale felt nine out of ten, and then looked at Zhang Shen and said, "How is Lin Yanshou over there?" ”

Zhang Shen smiled and said, "It's already an iron case." ”

"Didn't he confess you?"

"I'm not afraid to confess, he doesn't have real evidence, how can Sun Piyang believe it? Besides, the imperial store in Liushugou is obviously in charge of Gao Huai, and if Lin Yanshou has a little brain, he should inquire about it in advance. ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "That's what I said, but you still have to be careful, you are staying in the Dongchang Yamen for the past few days, and don't go anywhere." ”

Zhang Shen was stunned and said, "Godfather? ”

Zhang Whale frowned and said, "It's not promising, are you still reluctant to give up your few fans?" If it ruins our family's affairs, I will directly let you enter the palace as a eunuch. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shen couldn't help but tighten his legs, trembling all over, and immediately said: "Yes, godfather's son won't go anywhere these days." ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "No matter how upright Sun Piyang is, but with a hundred guts, he doesn't dare to come to the Dongchang Yamen to arrest people." And this person is the lord who is not afraid of heaven and earth, we are about to use him to bring down Lin Yanchao, this case is in his hands, it must be through the sky, and the iron case will be completed, so that our family can get rid of Lin Yanchao and Gao Huai, get rid of the big trouble, and let Shen Shixing and Shen Li turn their faces because of this. ”

"Godfather is smart, even if Guiguzi, Jiang Taigong, Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bowen are resurrected, they are not as good as Godfather!" The two slapped on the back again and again.

Zhang Whale laughed when he heard this.