This imperial historian said so.

The officials present were all silent, because now the power of the officials is very large, and everyone does not want to offend on the surface.

But one of the officials couldn't help but get up, and a colleague on the side pulled him, and the other party sat down.

This colleague whispered in his ear: "What is there to fight with a dog that bites people indiscriminately, he still has to worry about it." Besides, this time the Hajj investigation is dominated by the officials and the imperial history, and now is definitely not the time to offend such an official. ”

So the official held back his anger and sat back on the table.

Seeing that no one dared to refute him, this imperial history pinched his beard and smiled.

At this time, Dan saw Wei Yunzhen get up and said, "Brother Zonghai! ”

Many officials had never seen Lin Yanchao, and they all looked at Wei Yunzhen.

But when he saw an official covered in sweat, he was looking left and right to find a seat, and he was very anxious.

Yu Shi smiled and said, "Is this Lin Sanyuan?" ”

Everyone thought to themselves, this person is Lin Yanchao, so it is really disappointing.

Unexpectedly, when this official approached, Wei Yunzhen ignored it, but said to a young official behind him who had picked up the stairs from His Highness: "Brother Zonghai, here, you and I are sitting at the same table today. ”

When the official saw Wei Yunzhen, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Brother Mao Zhong, and Brother Daofu." It is a great blessing for the younger brother to sit at the same table with the two brothers. ”

Wei Yunzhen smiled and said, "Where is the luck I am waiting for." ”

Everyone knew that they had recognized the wrong person, and if they looked closely, this official was young, but he was full of energy, and he looked young and ambitious, where did he think that he had been hanging by the Son of Heaven in Beijing for more than three months.

And this imperial history was a little unnatural, he didn't expect Wei Yunzhen and Lin Yanchao to have such a good relationship.

As for Li Sancai and Lin Yanchao, they were a little troubled, and when they saw Lin Yanchao taking the initiative to say hello, they also smiled and said: "Zong Hai came just in time, everyone is talking about you." ”

Wei Yunzhen glanced at Li Sancai and said, what is this for? Isn't this provocative?

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this, and after sitting down, his eyes swept over everyone, and he first saluted: "Lin Yanchao has seen the rank of lord in Xia. ”

Everyone got up and returned the salute, but this Yushi and Mu Rui did not move.

Lin Yanchao looked at Mu Rui and this imperial history, and said in his heart: "I don't know what you are talking about?" ”

An official said with a smile: "Of course, it is Lord Lin's political achievements in Guide, this time the first place in the assessment of the officials, I don't really admire it." ”

"Yes, as soon as I entered Beijing, I read Master Lin's masterpiece, even if teaching and educating people can't be used in the contemporary era, it can also benefit in the future!"

Lin Yanchao nodded,

At this time, the imperial history snorted, and bowed his hand to Lin Yanchao: "A certain long-admiring Lin Sanyuan name, I am fortunate to meet today, but I have a doubt in my chest and I don't vomit unpleasantly. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Please speak." ”

The other party said: "When Lord Lin first took over the Moral Order, he ruled the Son of Heaven for three years, which can be described as a speech and a minister, and all the military officials in the world were awakened by Lord Lin's bold words. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled slightly when he heard this.

However, the other party continued: "So the lower officials admired from the bottom of their hearts, and counted the achievements of Lord Lin in Guide in recent years, first hundreds of acres of silt fields did not know where to go, and then carved stone monuments to sing praises for the officials, and then the Yellow River flood came to abandon the people and fled, and they did not know the favor of the Son of Heaven, and they swaggered all the way through the city to collide with the prince of Mufu, and finally these political achievements were raised by the Ministry of Officials as the first in the state capital. ”

This is very puzzled, I don't know if there is a master behind the arrange. At present, Lord Lin must know the reason, and I implore you to answer it, so as to relieve the foolishness of a certain incomprehension. ”

At this moment, the sun was in the sky, but the officials around them were like they were in the ice.

At the next table, there was no shortage of officials with long ears, all of whom pricked up their ears.

As for the officials at the same table, no one dared to persuade them to play a round game, for fear that Lin Yanchao would accidentally injure himself when he was tense with this imperial historian.

Everyone saw that Lin Yanchao did not have the slightest anger on his face, but laughed when he heard the words: "Isn't this the Deng Inspector who was a dog in the court at the beginning?" ”

The imperial historian raised his head and said with a smile: "It is really an honor for Deng to be able to enter the ears of Lin Sanyuan. Others ridiculed Deng as a ginseng dog, but in fact, Deng is not only a dog, but also a person. ”

That's right, this person is Deng Lian, when a dog ran to the court, Deng Lian impeached the dog, so he became famous all over the world as 'Participating in the Royal History of the Dog'.

This time, Deng Lian Shangshu impeached Lin Yanchao, and the two were lined up again, aren't you really afraid that they will fight on the spot?

And at this moment, two officials intentionally or unintentionally went to Lin Yanchao, Deng Lian looked at it.

An official said with a smile: "This trick is really high, Brother Jiang can actually come up with the idea of putting Deng Lian, Mu Rui, Li Sancai, Wei Yunzhen and Lin Sanyuan at the same table." ”

Another official said: "I am the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, why is it difficult to arrange official seats?" ”

The other party smiled and said, "Brother Jiang really kills people without seeing blood." This time, he was either disgraced by Deng Lian's humiliation, or he was scolded by the case, which was a loss of honor in front of the emperor. With the current suspicion of the Son of Heaven towards Lin Sanyuan, he will inevitably not be able to turn over. ”

They both laughed.

Lin Yanchao remained silent, when Deng Lian said this, he already saw a royal historian in charge of correcting the instrument in front of the palace looking at him, if he quarreled with Deng Lian, who was also an imperial historian, the other party would definitely not help him.

This Son of Heaven gave a banquet, and arranging the seats was a matter for the Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple, and his own table was nondescript, the honorable relatives, the imperial history, and the foreign officials were all sitting together, where was there such an arrangement.

Normally, there is a table for foreign officials and a table for imperial history.

Lin Yanchao smelled a hint of conspiracy from it.

But Deng Lian's words can be described as scolding and exposing again!

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao suddenly laughed.

Everyone laughed when they saw Lin Yanchao, somehow. An official asked, "Why is Lord Lin laughing?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, the younger brother just heard Inspector Deng's words and thought of a joke, so he couldn't help laughing. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it: "Lord Lin's joke must be funny, it's better to say that everyone has fun." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "It's okay, it's ugly in the next sacrifice, one day the three ministers of Shilang, Shangshu, and Yushi were walking on the road and saw a dog running in front of the three of them. ”

Everyone listened to it with a smile, this is an officialdom joke, and of course the people who are officials like to hear it the most.

Shangshu and the squire were at odds, and the imperial history intended to tie up with the squire, so the imperial history took this opportunity to point to the dog and ask the squire: "Is it a wolf or a dog?" ”

Hearing this, the officials were stunned, and then suddenly realized that this was not scolding the other party for 'the squire is a dog'? Everyone wanted to hear how the squire responded.

But seeing Lin Yanchao continued: "The squire has the city in his chest, and in the face of the provocation of the imperial history, he said with joy and anger: 'It's a dog. '”

"At this time, Shangshu was unforgiving and ridiculed: 'Why is the squire a dog?' ”

After hearing this, the squire finally couldn't help it, pretending to groan and then replied: "Look at the tail hair, the drooping is a wolf, and the upper comb is a dog." ”

'Shangshu is a dog' The officials present all laughed when they heard Lin Yanchao's words, and even Mu Rui couldn't help but laugh.

Of course, everyone thought that Lin Yanchao used the sentence that Shangshu is a dog to relieve himself, and this reaction was also good, enough to relieve himself.

How do you know that Lin Yanchao looked at Deng Lian and continued: "The squire looked at the imperial history of the sycophant book on the side, and continued, 'Of course, you can also look at it from the eating habits, wolves eat meat, and dogs? It's meat to eat meat, to eat! '”

Yushi ate, and everyone was half suffocated, they didn't dare to laugh, and they peeked at Deng Lian's face together.

But seeing that Deng Lian's whole face was dark, Lin Yanchao took a sip of the fruit tea on the table.

At this time, all the officials held their stomachs in their hands, wanting to laugh but couldn't laugh, they were all forbearing.

Everyone is in the heart, a good Lin Sanyuan, people are serious and reasonable with you, but you eat in a sentence of imperial history and slap your face in public!

"Lin Yanchao! Do you dare to curse? ”

Deng Lian's teeth were crushed.

Lin Yanchao hurriedly explained: "Brother Deng, don't get me wrong, it's when you meet, not when you eat." Brother Deng, in Xia Nai, a Fujian people, in a remote place in the mountains and wilderness, the official words are not clear, if you offend Wan Wan Haihan! ”

Poof!

An official in the next seat couldn't help but squirt the tea in his mouth all over the table.

An official on the side couldn't get used to Deng Lian, and also helped: "That's right, it's a dog, it eats when it comes to, and if you participate in the dog imperial history, where can you eat in the imperial history?" ”

Suddenly, everyone at the table laughed.

An official said in a low voice: Refer to the dog imperial history, the imperial history eats, and each contains an allusion, which is really a quatrain for the ages. ”

"Good literary talent, good literary talent, it really deserves to be Lin Sanyuan."

"Come on, everyone will be clear about this quatrain!"

There was really a table of officials who replaced wine with tea and raised their glasses to each other.

And the two officials who wanted to take advantage of the conflict between Deng Lian and Lin Yanchao were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

They didn't expect Lin Yanchao to be able to not tear his face like this, but also turn around and scold Deng Lian for not being able to raise his head in this life.

Deng Lian, who has always been upright in style and is not afraid of power, knows that he has to add another sentence behind his 'Dog Imperial History' to carry his whole life.

This Lin Yanchao is really despicable.

But Deng Lian was full of poetry and books, and he calmed down and said: "Lord Lin, it's okay for you to scold Deng for eating, Deng Mou insults him as you like, but it's unfair, it has its own merits, Deng would rather not have a black gauze hat, but also impeach you, a minister who embezzles people's money, flatters the officials, abandons the people, is sycophant, and is rampant!" ”

Deng Lian's words, the officials felt that you were a little excessive.

Although Lin Yanchao was referring to Sang scolding Huai, he was polite on his face. If you Deng Lian are annoyed and ashamed, you will lose your official demeanor.

Of course, Deng Lian's loud statement made more people look here.

Naturally, there is a theory of why Lin Yanchao is sitting with us, wasn't he given to gallop into Beijing and awarded an official?

Of course, someone explained, and everyone was stunned.

Many of the seats are also officials from Henan and Shandong.

This time the water receded, these people inevitably thought that a small mistake was a great achievement, and there was inevitably a big flood in the words, I sat in the house, and I was not afraid to leave the mirror, but Lin Sanyuan...... Hey, I really didn't expect that.

All these words were passed down from mouth to mouth.

Many people are looking at Lin Yanchao's seat.

was reprimanded by Deng Lian in the seat, but Lin Yanchao did not sneer at each other but maintained his demeanor and said: "Brother Deng, if you have any dissatisfaction with Lin, but please play the Son of Heaven, whether Lin stays or goes, he has his own holy judgment." But today is the pilgrimage of a hundred officials, Your Majesty gives a banquet, you are dissatisfied with Lin, and you are making noise here, is this the ritual of the ministers? ”

As soon as this remark came out, the officials didn't have a heart, they said it well, it was beautiful, Lin Yanchao's words were righteous and stern, and they were reasonable, on the other hand, Deng Lian's performance, after Lin Yanchao said this, he seemed to be angry and sprinkled on the spot.

The officials at the table all admired Lin Yanchao.

Even Li Sancai was shocked and said, Lin Yanchao is really powerful, it seems that if I am not sure in the future, I must not offend this person again, otherwise I don't know how to die.

So Li Sancai took the initiative to say: "Okay, Brother Lin, Brother Deng, let's not say a word." ”

All the officials at the table stood up to persuade each other.

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "What is the offense just now, I apologize to you, Brother Deng, please forgive me, the younger brother will punish himself with a cup of tea instead of wine." ”

The officials couldn't help but admire Lin Yanchao's move, Lin Sanyuan was really generous.

On the other hand, Deng Lian, hey.

The two officials who arranged this matter before said: "It's really a mistake, Lin Sanyuan actually has a hand." ”

Another official said: "No wonder Enxiang has a saying, don't offend Lin Sanyuan easily, Shen Shixing has this son to help, it's really ......."

At this time, the whip sounded, and it turned out that the Son of Heaven came to the Jianji Hall in his car, and all the sounds stopped.

It was almost noon, and the sun was shining on the temple.

Lin Yanchao and Deng Lian had a dispute, and the imperial history of Jiaoyi immediately impeached Lin Yanchao and Deng Lian together for the crime of dereliction of honor.

Built in the temple.

The Son of Heaven had a calm face, and after learning the imperial history's message, he asked, "What did the two of them say?" ”

Yushi told the Son of Heaven the truth about the matter. Hearing that the squire was a dog and Yushi ate, the Son of Heaven smiled.

Regarding Deng Lian's criticism of Lin Yanchao's embezzlement of silt fields, as well as abandoning the people and fleeing during the flood, intending to befriend the Son of Heaven, he finally alluded to Shen Shixing and the officials for Lin Yanchao to go through the back door, and his performance was the first in the world.

These words have entered the ears of the Son of Heaven, and everyone knows that Deng Lian is at fault.

Then the Son of Heaven sneered at Zhang Whale: "This Mu Rui is like this, you still protected him before?" ”

Zhang Jing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister is panicking. ”

"I'll settle accounts with you later, and I'll make a decree now!"

Zhang Whale scolded Mu Rui a hundred times in his heart, and then ordered the lieutenant official to announce the decree.

"Your Majesty has a will!"

The inner prison proclaimed the decree outside the temple.

The ministers listened from their seats.

"The ancients ruled the world, and they must be wide and clever to prevent obscurity. Today, he is the political envoy and the secretary, that is, the position of Gu Fangbo. The prefect of each prefecture, that is, the office of the ancient thorn history. The county magistrate, that is, the office of the Guming Mansion. ”

"It seems to inherit the flow of Xuanhua and appease our people. However, if you win people, you will be cured, otherwise you will be absent from your duties, and your people will be sick. I ordered it to come to the court, so that the court can govern the body, and warn it of its playfulness. And to inquire about words and deeds, to evaluate their performance, to see if they can. Gou Zhi is effective. That is, virtuous talents. There is no cure for the world. ”

On behalf of the officials, the following provincial political departments replied: "The emperor is worried about the people, and the importance of serving as an official. ”

This is the process of the triennial Hajj expedition, and there is nothing special about it.

Then the decree said: "Those who are competent will be promoted, those who are ordinary will be reinstated, those who are incompetent will be demoted, those who are corrupt will be punished, and those who are guilty of crimes will be exempted from the people." Now I have handed over the Ministry of Officials to examine the merits of the Qing Officials Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and three days later it will be announced to the hundred officials and the people. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Lian glanced at Lin Yanchao, in his heart Lin Yanchao was a corrupt person. He thinks he's right.

After these words, the banquet was heard, and the officials took their seats.

The officials began to move their chopsticks, Deng Lian sat on the table with a blue face and did not speak, and he didn't bother to lift the chopsticks.

And Lin Yanchao is okay, he eats vegetables with a comfortable expression, even if he doesn't listen to the conversation between the two, he knows who wins and who loses from his appetite.

This party held a banquet, that is, listened to the palace and said: "Xuan Xuzhou will sentence Wei Yunzhen to see you!" ”

The officials looked at Wei Yunzhen with envy.

This Hajj expedition has its own rewards and punishments. As the holy decree of Fang Cai said, those who are competent will be promoted, those who are ordinary will be reinstated, and those who are incompetent will be demoted.

The punishment will not be said at this time, otherwise it will be too face-saving and not in line with the atmosphere of this feast. However, the reward can be carried out in the palace, which is a compliment for the officials, and it is also a sign to the officials that the court is rewarded for meritorious service.

But seeing Wei Yunzhen, who was sitting at the same table with Lin Yanchao, stood up, he ranked second in the official assessment this time, second only to Lin Yanchao, and this time he was announced to enter the palace.

The Son of Heaven asked a few questions as usual, went through the motions, and then became the official of the palace.

All the officials looked at him with envy, and Wei Yunzhen was also full of joy.

"Congratulations to Brother Wei first!"

Li Sancai was the first to get up and congratulate, the rest of the officials also hugged their fists, Lin Yanchao also congratulated, and Deng Lian, who had a black face at the table, Mu Rui also opened his mouth to congratulate.

Wei Yunzhen smiled, entered the hall immediately, and after a while, the palace announced: "Your Majesty has a decree, and Wei Yunzhen will be promoted to the right general government of the original Xuzhou Tongju, and the palace will be seated!" ”

His Royal Highness's hundred officials suddenly erupted into heated discussions.

Wei Yunzhen's original official is the seventh rank of the imperial history, and he was demoted to the state general judgment is also the seventh grade, and the right general government is the fourth grade of the Beijing position.

Although the imperial history examination is full, foreign officials have participated in politics from the third grade, but it is a very high starting point to be able to serve as the fourth grade Jingqing.

Wei Yunzhen is a five-year jinshi of Wanli, and now the official worships the four-grade Jingqing, even the imperial historians here are very envious.

"Li Sancai, the official of Xuandong Changfu, entered the palace."

Li Sancai stood up and couldn't hide his joy.

The officials on the left and right are all congratulators, but Lin Yanchao is not.

Li Sancai was stunned when he saw this, and then snorted coldly and thought, you can't even go back to the Hanlin Academy, and I will travel thousands of miles, after today, you and I will be different, why should I put you in my eyes.

Then Li Sancai entered the palace, and after a while, the hall said: "Your Majesty has a decree, and Li Sancai, who was promoted to the former Dongchang Mansion, was appointed as the Shandong Cheng Announcer Political Secretary and the Inspector according to the Inspector." ”

The reaction of the officials was average.

Li San was demoted to a seventh-grade official, and now he is appointed as a judge and a fifth-grade official, and he is even promoted to the fourth level.

But Lin Yanchao thought to himself that before Li Sancai was demoted, he was the fifth grade of Hubu Lang, but now he is also the fifth grade according to the judge. Foreign officials can't be compared with Beijing officials, not to mention that he is still a jinshi in the second year of Wanli, one subject higher than Wei Yunzhen, what is the reason for this.

And in the will, the Son of Heaven did not give Li Sancai a seat in the palace.

So when Lin Yanchao saw Li Sancai returning to his seat, all the officials stepped forward to congratulate him, but Lin Yanchao also saw that although the other party replied with a smile, his expression still showed a little disappointment.

"Xuangui Defu Mansion experienced Huang Yue going to the palace!"

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he was immediately surprised, when did Huang Yue come to Beijing for the Hajj?

Is it still on the list of summons from the temple?

Not only Lin Yanchao was surprised, but the officials were also surprised, when would the Son of Heaven summon an eight-rank official.

Everyone couldn't guess what the Son of Heaven was thinking.

Lin Yanchao sat on the edge of the hall and watched an official walk up the steps to the front of the hall.

This official is really Huang Yue, his face is uneasy, his movements are still very nervous, and he has taken the wrong step several times, either stepping on the official robe or kicking on the steps.

The officials at the banquet next to the steps couldn't help laughing, and said, "My lord, be careful, look at the steps." ”

"Haha, who is this person, how can the Son of Heaven meet him?"

"I haven't heard which department he is a jinshi, could it be that he is from the Jiajing period?"

"It can't be a human origin."

"Impossible, how could the Son of Heaven summon an official who is not from the Jiake family."

A moment later, His Highness proclaimed.

"Your Majesty has a will, and Huang Yue will be promoted to the head of the Ministry of Industry."

The government experience is not the eighth grade, and the director of the Ministry of Engineering is the sixth grade Beijing position, not only from the perspective of the fourth level in a row, but also the weight.

Lin Yanchao watched Huang Yue walk out of the hall, but he saw that he was snotty as he walked.

Although the official position of the head of the Ministry of Works is not too high, it is real power.

The most important thing is that he was born in Xiucai, and the head of the Sixth Department is a beautiful official who was awarded to the second-class Jinshi after three years of observing the government of the Sixth Ministry.

The officials on the left and right of the stairs no longer dared to laugh at him, and people began to greet him.

But Huang Yue hadn't adapted yet, and just responded at a loss.

Pan Jitao only allowed him to be a small official of the Ministry of Industry back then, and today he has become the director of Zhengliupin.

Lin Yanchao watched from a distance behind, just silently congratulating.

"You deserve it."

"Your Majesty has a will, and he will be promoted to the right political envoy of Henan Chengxuan, and Fu Zhiyuan will be the political envoy of Henan Chengxuan."

Lin Yanchao was also very pleased when His Royal Highness heard this.

Gong Daqi, the political envoy of Henan's left, asked the imperial court for a tribute, and Fu Zhiyuan, the political envoy of the right, had just been promoted to the political envoy, and his qualifications could not be made up.

But this time he was promoted, and he obviously had a meritorious performance.

From the right political envoy to the left political envoy, the official rank has not changed, it looks like a flat move, but from the second-in-command to the first-in-command, I don't know how much more power.

"Xuangui Defu Tongzhi Temporary Administration of the Government He Runyao went to the palace."

"Your Majesty has a decree to promote He Runyao, the governor of the Guide Mansion and the Governor of the Governor's Office, to be the prefect of the Guide Mansion and give the palace a seat."

Again, the officials of Guide Mansion are talking.

He Tongju was also promoted.

Lin Yanchao heard that his former colleagues had been promoted one by one, and he was happy for them in his heart, in contrast, his official position was delayed, maybe he didn't tell the truth to the Son of Heaven in the palace at the beginning, and he would have worshiped him a long time ago.

Lin Yanchao had some regrets in his heart, but he felt that it was okay to comfort himself in his heart: "This is the success, it doesn't have to be me." ”

"Xuanjiang Dao Dao Yushi Deng Lian goes to the palace."

Yes?

Everyone looked at Deng Lian.

This is not right, the Hajj investigation is the business of foreign officials, and the imperial history, as an inspection official, is not included in the investigation.

How could the Son of Heaven summon him to the temple?

Everyone didn't know if they wanted to congratulate them, but Lin Yanchao got up and said to Deng Lian sincerely: "Brother Deng, congratulations, congratulations!" ”

Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, Deng Lian straightened his face instead, and walked away with a snort.

A moment later.

"Your Majesty has a decree to punish the Zhejiang Dao Imperial Shi Deng Lian for one year!"

As soon as the words fell.

The palace said again: "Lin Yanchao, the prefect of the Defu before Xuan, go to the palace!" ”