said that Lin Yanchao went to the palace.

But His Highness's discussion of the officials did not stop.

The controversy below is mainly whether Lin Yanchao went to the palace to punish or reward.

Everyone has their own reasoning and different opinions.

Li Sancai and Mu Rui are in the first mood again.

Mu Rui said to himself: "In my opinion, Lin Sanyuan is neither an increase nor a punishment this time. ”

The officials smiled and didn't answer him.

It was Li Sancai who answered: "What is the high opinion of Master Hou? ”

Mu Rui smiled: "Of course, it's a demotion to the official!" I can't do it to serve as an official in Yunnan. ”

All the officials laughed, and Li Sancai also pushed his cup and smiled: "Master Hou said that he was laughing." ”

Mu Rui smiled: "It's not necessarily a joke, Ben Hou is wholeheartedly looking forward to Lin Sanyuan being released to Yunnan." ”

All the officials knew what Mu Rui meant, although the Mu family was not a prince, but the officials and the people privately thought that the Mu family was the king of Yunnan.

If the official offended the Mu family in Yunnan, it would definitely be bad, before the deputy envoy of Yunnan, the dignified four-grade official did not avoid the road because he met Mu Guogong on the road, and as a result, his subordinates were arrested by the Mu family sergeant and whipped on the road.

It can be seen from this that the civil officials in Yunnan have come together to impeach the Mu family. But I heard that the Son of Heaven remembered the Mu family's Yunnan border work this time, and the prince entered Beijing to make a point, and he planned to let the Mu family go.

can imagine how Mu Rui would be embarrassed and humiliated if Lin Yanchao really went to Yunnan to be an official, no wonder he said at the banquet that he was wholeheartedly looking forward to Lin Yanchao's demotion to Yunnan.

Li Sancai smiled when he heard this, thinking that if Lin Yanchao was really demoted to Yunnan, he would really not be able to turn over in this life.

Everyone talked about it and ate the wine and food at the banquet, and then everyone realized why Lin Yanchao had been in the palace for so long and had not left the palace.

And Mu Rui saw that Lin Yanchao was delayed, and he was even more determined in his heart. At this time, Dan listened to the palace and said: "Your Majesty has a will." ”

All the officials are twisted in their hearts.

Li Sancai and Mu Rui both looked up at the palace for the first time.

But I heard the palace say: "Your Majesty has a decree, and the prefect of the German Mansion will be returned to Lin Yanchao......"

As soon as these words came out, everyone thought to themselves, if Lin Yanchao is really an official in the palace, but he doesn't know what his position is, is it released? Or is it a Beijing job? Is it a promotion? Or is it a demotion to an official?

A moment of speculation.

“…… Lin Yanchao, the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang, Zhan Shifu, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. ”

As soon as these words came out, His Highness fell into silence.

Mu Rui and Li Sancai's faces were flushed, as if they had been slapped in the face.

An official hurriedly rushed to the East Pavilion and said to the Hanlin who were sorting out the jade sage: "Several doctors, the holy decree has been issued, and Lin Yanchao is the left concubine of Zuochunfang of Zhan Shifu and the attendant of Hanlin Academy. ”

First, an official in his fifties let out a soft sigh.

This person's surname is Xu Xianqing, who is the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, and after hearing it, he was surprised: "Is this true? ”

The official said: "I didn't expect Chu Duan to be here, and the holy decree just announced on the Jianji Palace." ”

Xu Xianqing nodded, turned around, and saw that several Hanlin behind him were talking about it, but Shu Ji Shi Ye Xianggao was still focused on the matter in his hand.

Xu Xianqing couldn't help but approve in his heart, and then said to the official who reported the news: "I know, you go to Hanyuan Tongyu to take charge of the courtyard and prepare early." ”

So Xu Xianqing came to Ye Xianggao and asked with a smile: "Jinqing, I remember that you and Lin Sanyuan are fellow villagers." ”

Ye Xianggao said respectfully: "Back to Hanchang, the student is not only his fellow villager, but also the same case of the government examination and the college examination. ”

Xu Xianqing pinched his beard and said with a smile: "The future of your fellow villager is limitless." Although I am the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, the official to the fourth grade, and I am on duty, but the main duty of the Hanlin Academy is still only to speak, and when I see Lin Shuzi in the future, I will also be honored as a bachelor of light. Even my heart has fluctuated so far, but you are silent. ”

Ye Xianggao smiled and said, "Returning to Hanchang, how can students not be envious? But the student had an agreement with Brother Zong Hai to follow Liu Kun and Zu Ti and see who could take the lead with a whip. Now that Brother Zong Hai is ahead of me, the students feel that they should catch up. ”

Xu Xianqing nodded and said, "My generation is like this." ”

Just as he was about to speak, a person opened the door and walked into the East Pavilion.

Except for Xu Xianqing, all Hanlin saluted when they saw him: "I've seen Senior Xiao." ”

It turned out that this person was Lin Yanchao in the same year, and Xiao Liangyou was on the list for eight years of Wanli.

Xiao Liangyou saluted respectfully in front of Xu Xianqing and said: "Han Chang, the waiter just saw Yu Yu and went to Han Yuan in a hurry, and he didn't say hello when he saw him on the way, I don't know what happened?" ”

Xu Xianqing said with a smile: "So that you know, the Holy Order has just been given, and in the same year you Lin Zonghai has just been worshiped as the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang of Zhan Mansion and the attendant of Hanlin Academy." ”

Xiao Liangyou was stunned when he heard this, and looked incredulous: "Zong Hai, he was promoted to the left concubine?" Or a bachelor's degree? ”

Xu Xianqing nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect it either." Xiao Xiu you? ”

Xiao Liangyou's face turned ugly, and then he shook his head and said, "My bearing is really not enough, Zong Hai is ...... He's really far above me. When I entered the Hanlin Academy with Zong Hai, he soon went to the day to speak, and I repaired the book in the History Bureau for six years, because of the merit of the cultivation of the canon, from the compilation of the opening of the workshop for the right good praise, this year because of the completion of the canon, the cabinet reported to the Son of Heaven, this is from the right good praise to the right Zhongyun. And Zong Hai he ...... Can't compare, can't compare. ”

Xiao Liangyou has been studying in the Hanlin Academy for six years, and his current official position is Zhan Shifu's Right Zhongyun (Zheng Liupin) and Hanlin Academy's editor (Zheng Qipin).

And this is still thanks to the merit of repairing the Ming Huidian, which was promoted by two levels, in history, Xiao Liangyou did not have this credit, and it was not until the fourteenth year of Wanli that the Hanlin Academy revised (from the sixth grade).

Therefore, in the same year as Lin Yanchao, Xiao Liangyou was in a very lost mood at the moment, although the promotion speed was not slow compared to other Hanlin.

In the Hanlin Academy, except for those who have not completed the study or lectured and served, all Hanlin students can only be promoted after completing the nine-year examination, and they must not be violated.

That is to say, it normally takes 27 years to edit the seventh grade to the sixth grade, and then to study and lecture from the fifth grade.

Even if he is the champion and the first, he will be an official from the beginning of the six-rank cultivation, and it will take eighteen years to be promoted to a bachelor of waiting.

If it is a Ji Jishi, it will be miserable, and he will stay in the museum after three years, and then he will be awarded a review of the seven products, and then he will be promoted all the way to the class for thirty-nine years.

Of course, this is only theoretical, after Wanli ascended the throne, the Hanlin Academy repaired two books, one is the record of Mu Zong, and the other is the Ming Huidian, so generally Hanlin can be promoted to two levels as long as he encounters these two books in a row.

In addition, Hanlin can also open a workshop and go to Zhan Shifu to take up the title.

Having said that, Lin Yanchao also participated in the compilation of the Ming Guild Canon, but when the Guild Dictionary was written, Lin Yanchao was no longer Hanlin. So as the editor-in-chief, Xiao Liang did not write his name into it.

But even so, Lin Yanchao was still promoted to the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, how many years did it take him from revision to bachelor?

After hearing the decree, the officials of His Royal Highness Jianji fell into a long silence, and then the officials began to talk again.

As for the temple.

After Lin Yanchao received the order, he immediately thanked him.

The Son of Heaven didn't say anything, and directly gave him a seat in the palace, and He Runyao also got this treatment.

As for Deng Lian, he silently left the Jianji Palace.

When leaving the Jianji Palace, Deng Lian also glanced back, and then looked up to the sky and sighed and left the main hall.

Lin Yanchao was quiet behind his seat, but he couldn't help but be a little excited at the moment.

He looked at the Son of Heaven in the upper seat and said, could it be that the Son of Heaven really intended to make him the prime minister?

remembered that the Son of Heaven had been summoned in Wuying Hall before, and he did have a word first, and said to himself, Mr. Shen, let him preside over national affairs, this is the position of prime minister secretly promised by Chrysostom.

If it weren't for his own words, then he wouldn't be surprised that Lin Yanchao received this reward today, or even higher.

But he obviously rejected the Son of Heaven, so the Son of Heaven supports himself as Zhang Juzheng, no, does he support himself as Wang Anshi?

Thinking of the present, if the Son of Heaven wants to be Wang Anshi himself, then everything can be explained.

The left concubine of Zhan Shifu and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, this is simply the future prime minister, and he can be called the prime minister!

The king of a country, that is, the Son of Heaven is called the monarch, and the crown prince is called the prince. The cabinet scholar is called the prime minister, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is the default minister.

Lin Yanchao thought of this, but when he saw that the Son of Heaven on the throne had already gotten up and said, "I will be here today, you Aiqing may as well drink happily." ”

After saying that, the Son of Heaven left his seat, Zhang Hong, Zhang Whale and others followed the Son of Heaven and left the Jianji Palace.

As soon as the Son of Heaven left, the governors, governors, and political envoys on the left and right were already toasting to him and Wei Yunzhen.

Wei Yunzhen is a right-handed political envoy, a fourth-grade Jingqing, and his future is unlimited. This is the governor of one party here, and it is natural for the feudal officials to congratulate each other.

But the big officials present also have their own identities and don't want to toast. But they came to Lin Yanchao, because they knew that Lin Yanchao's glass of wine was not good.

Zhan Shifu Zuo Shuzi didn't mention it, what does it mean for this attendant to talk about bachelors, and these governors, governors, and political envoys in the hall are also very clear.

Cabinet Fellowship, for every official, has been an unattainable goal in the past. Don't even worship Hanlin, and don't even let you take this road.

Then after worshipping the acolyte, the fog in front of this goal has dissipated, and the position of prime minister has been clearly revealed in front of him.

Not only is the goal clearly visible, but even the distance is calculated for you.

How far is Lin Yanchao from entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister?

Take Lin Yanchao's teacher Shen Shixing as an example, at the age of twenty-eight (forty-one years of Jiajing), he was the champion, and at the age of thirty-nine (the first year of Wanli), he was promoted to the left concubine because he became the daily speaker of Wanli, and then at the age of forty-four, he entered the cabinet as the right servant of the ministry.

That's quite a pretty track record.

Shen Shixing's promotion was so fast because he was the champion, and the Ming Dynasty only produced a champion in three years.

And Lin Yanchao is also the champion, and his starting point is already the same as the thirty-nine-year-old Shen Shixing. It took Lin Yanchao six years to complete Shen Shixing's eleventh year of travel, and Shen Shixing took another five years to enter the cabinet, how many years does Lin Yanchao take?

The superintendent present could already break his fingers and count when Lin Yanchao would enter the cabinet. This Jane is in the emperor's heart, and Lin Sanyuan, the first assistant protégé, is the future elder.

Even if they are feudal officials and governors of a province, but inside and outside the imperial court, no matter how big the foreign ministers are, they must listen to the words of the prime minister! So they dare not to sell the face of the elder Ge? Do you dare to offend the prime minister?

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Wei Yunzhen's glass of wine is respectful or not, because he can worship Shangshu within ten years, which is already against the sky.

But it will take a few years for Lin Yanchao to worship the elder pavilion, and Shen Shixing's answer is five years, what about Lin Yanchao? More than five years? Or is it less than five years?

How many bachelors are less than twenty-five years old? If there is another Lin Sanyuan who has entered the cabinet less than thirty?

Therefore, Lin Yanchao's glass of wine, they must be respected.

Today, the other party is just a five-grade concubine, but he will be the elder of the court in the future? Before he paid his respects, he had to settle it quickly.

If it's too late, you won't have this opportunity.

Now at the banquet, the governor of Guangxi toasted Lin Yanchao.

"Lin Shuzi has only been an official for a few years, that is, he will worship Hanlin Optics, and in another three or five years, the ministers of the Ministry and Cabinet will not be a problem."

The political envoy of Hu Guangbu said with a smile: "What is it is not a problem, it is just around the corner." ”

Li Wen, the governor of Shaanxi, also raised his glass and stepped forward and said: "This statement is reasonable, the foreign official called Shu Ji Shimei the prime minister, but everyone also knows that it is a good name, and it should not be counted." Only when the official worships and lectures on the bachelor, can he really be the word 'prime minister', which is a tacit thing. ”

Lin Yanchao didn't dare to believe it in his heart because the Son of Heaven suddenly awarded him a bachelor's degree, but at this time, the governor of the palace and the political envoy had already reacted.

Lin Yanchao was also a little dizzy, these people were all political envoys of the governor of a province, and they also came to flatter themselves.

Lin Yanchao suddenly blushed and said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, rank up, don't laugh at Lin." ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Zhao Kehuai, the governor of Fujian, also stepped forward to congratulate: "Lin Shuzi was originally three yuan and the first, and it was already a myth of the imperial examination in my Fujian. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao thought of his grandfather in his hometown and couldn't help but feel worried.

Lin Yanchao said: "The parents who gave birth to me, the teachers who taught me, the parents of the township, this Endelin will not be able to repay it in a lifetime." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao saw Hu Tixue on the side.

Hu Tixue also looked at this, as if he was a little hesitant.

Lin Yanchao thought to himself that without Hu Tixue's appreciation, he didn't know how to get ahead.

So Lin Yanchao said a word of less accompaniment and walked towards Hu Tixue.

Hu Ti Xueben was still chatting, and when he saw Lin Yanchao coming, his face suddenly showed joy.

Lin Yanchao bowed to Hu Tixue and said, "The student has seen the teacher. ”

Hu Tixue suddenly smiled all over his face, hugged Lin Yanchao's arms and said: "Zong Hai, you worship optics today, he will be indispensable to you in his youthful history, with such a future, think about serving the court well, and don't forget Jun En." ”

"The students remembered."

The officials on the side were all surprised when they saw it: "Lin Shuzi is the Hu brother, why haven't I heard you mention it before?" ”

As soon as this remark came out, Lin Yanchao was a little embarrassed. When Lin Yanchao was demoted at the beginning, Hu Tixue was afraid that he was implicated, so he never mentioned it, and later few people in the officialdom knew about it.

Hearing others mention this matter, Lin Yanchao also guessed the reason, in the officialdom, it is the first priority to protect one's self, and there is nothing wrong with Hu Tixue doing this.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao replied for Hu Tixue: "When the teacher was the inspector of Fujian School, I had the grace of guidance, and when I was twelve years old, my father and mother were able to enter the Loyalty and Righteousness Temple, all because of the teacher's grace. ”

Hu Tixue said with a smile: "At the beginning, it was just a gesture, and the old man didn't want to talk about it." ”