Li Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was originally from Henan, and was originally from Liu Jianmen, but because of his friendship with Jiao Fang, he was introduced by Jiao Fang to Liu Jin.

At the beginning, the marriage between Li Yanqing and Wuniang of the He family was also because of Liu Jin and Jiao Fang's reminders, and Li Yi was able to leave his relatives early and get out smoothly.

And Li Qi's promotion from the squire to the Shangshu position naturally depends on Liu Jin's promotion.

In fact, the marriage between Li Yanqing and Yang Yue was also instructed by Liu Jin to propose marriage.

For so many years, Li Qi still does things according to Liu Jin's wishes, such as installing people, such as speaking for some people. Therefore, if he is said to be a eunuch, he can't run properly.

But to say that he abused public funds to harm the public and private interests, it is really unprecedented.

Li Li is not to mention how to be a person, but his love for engineering technology is real, all the projects he handles, must be proper, that is, more or less filial piety silver, but also in irrelevant matters, there is no shoddy, cutting corners.

But at this time, the eunuch party will be liquidated, and many people will want to buckle more eunuch hats and pull off the horse, so that many positions can be vacated, not to mention Li Qi, a real eunuch in a high position.

Li Qi was dismissed, and even his sons, including Li Yanqing, were suspended, and his eldest brother Li Jun, who had been promoted from the second-rank official position the year before last, was also impeached in a letter, demanding that all benefits be stripped of his rights.

But compared to Zhang Cai, Liu Yu, Cao Yuan and others, the Li family is already good.

Those few families were imprisoned early to raid their homes, and the market has been saying that the lightest is exile, and if they don't get it right, they will be beheaded all over the house.

The ears were full of the fate of the eunuchs, and the Li family's house was in a panic.

At such a time, how can Yang Yue, the daughter of the old pavilion, still sit in peace?

Li Yanqing had received an order to go to Shanxi Martial Arts to take up a post, and Yang Yue had packed his luggage and was ready to go, full of joy for being able to get rid of his step-mother-in-law and difficult concubine.

Where do you know that disaster will fall from heaven.

Yang Yue immediately wanted to rush to her mother's house at that time, although she was not close to her mother's family, but at this time, her father was an elder and could always shelter them.

It was Li Yanqing who didn't let her go out, saying that at this time, the elder Ge was easy to be attacked for speaking out, not only could not save the Li family, but also affected the Yang family, so let her not be impulsive first.

However, after the accident, the Yang family didn't say a word to her, Yang Yue couldn't help but feel cold, blamed her mother's family, and didn't want to go back to her parents' house.

Yesterday, there was a sudden change, and when the curfew was imposed, a team of brocade guards came to the Li Mansion and quietly took Li Yi away. Until today, there has been no news of it.

Li Yanqing went out early in the morning to inquire about the news.

As soon as he left, Li Qi's steproom rushed into Yang Yue's courtyard with his son-in-law and daughter-in-law, repeatedly coercing and luring soft grinding hard bubbles, and repeatedly saying that Li Yanqing did not end well after Li Yanqing, forcing her to go back to her parents' house for help.

Yang Yue ate a meal at her mother-in-law's house, and rushed to her mother's house with anger, and heard her mother and sister-in-law say that her father was busy, and she felt that they were extremely cold, and refused to let her see her father.

Seeing Shen Rui at this time, thinking of the things that Li Yanqing helped Shen Rui do, and thinking of the generous gifts with Shandong, although she was not close to her sister-in-law, she couldn't help but regard this brother-in-law as a life-saving straw.

Shen Rui sank his face, frowned and said, "Ziche asked you to come?" ”

Yang Yue was stunned, and then cried again: "San Lang has always said that he is afraid of affecting the Yang family and refuses to let me come!" He has his own affection and righteousness, how can he know that the Yang family is so black-hearted, he only cares about himself, how can he take care of us! ”

She reached out again to grab Shen Rui's sleeve, but she didn't catch the master and didn't care, she was anxious and expectant: "Brother-in-law, you know San Lang best, he has never done anything to lose his conscience!" Brother-in-law, San Lang is a cow and a horse for you, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge and leave him alone......"

At this time, Yang Shen had already rushed out, listening to her becoming more and more disagreeable, and there was no reason for the sister-in-law to stop her brother-in-law from talking, so she shouted loudly and said, "What kind of hysteria!" Full of nonsense! Then he ordered the servants to go and drag her away.

Where is Yang Yue willing to follow, crying and making trouble.

Shen Rui bowed his hand to Wang Yan, who was being helped by someone over there, and waved his hand to stop the servant, and said, "Eldest brother, the second sister is in a hurry, so I reasoned with her." ”

He has been a chief official in the local area for a few years, with his own prestige, and he has a straight face, don't say that the servants respectfully retreat, even Yang Yue was also suppressed, and he didn't dare to cry anymore for a while.

"I'm expected to be a sensible person, and I won't let you come." Shen Rui sank his face and said, "I won't let you come, not only for the Yang family, but also for the Li family." What time is it now, how many people are staring at the mistakes of the Li family, and if you continue to make trouble, it will really affect Ziche. ”

Yang Yue was stunned and involuntarily cried.

Shen Rui said, "Ziche is the son-in-law of the Yang family, who doesn't know which one in the court?" The Li family has not been seized by Jinyiwei, and you can still stand here and talk, which is the face of your father-in-law. ”

"But in this matter, the father-in-law can't speak, and even if he speaks fairly, he will be detained for public gain. You should have also taken care of Ziche's foreign affairs over the years, you won't understand this truth, right? ”

Yang Yue was angry, but he wasn't really stupid.

Although she is not as good as Yang Tian, she has a father and brother to teach and understand political affairs, but as Shen Rui said, after getting married, she also has to make some connections for Li Yanqing's social interactions, and she will not be ignorant of court affairs.

She hung her head and wiped her tears with only a handkerchief to her eyes.

Shen Rui said again: "Ziche is talented, his character is flawless, the emperor has always cherished talents, and he has his own holy judgments. It is that you can no longer enter the career, and Shandong is now lacking talents who understand technology. ”

Yang Yue raised his head violently and said eagerly: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, if you are willing to pull us, we will be cattle and horses in the future......"

"Say it again!" Yang Shen interrupted her again and said, "Listen to what kind of bastard you say!" Will the Yang family starve you and your niece?! ”

Yang Yue glanced at her eldest brother, if the Li family overturned, the Yang family would not watch her exile or fall into the church for the sake of face, she was able to escape from the sea of misery by herself, but she wanted to keep her small family.

That's her home!

This mother's family, heh, this mother's family, what kind of mother's family is without her mother. He really has her little family gone, and when he returns to his mother's house, he just survives.

However, she didn't refute the eldest brother in the end, in the end, this was her last retreat.

And for now, she still wants to give it a go.

She looked at Shen Rui fixedly, and said almost word by word: "Brother-in-law, you know San Lang's craftsmanship best, brother-in-law, please save San Lang......"

Wang Yanqiang endured the pain in his sprained feet and walked to Yang Yue's side, and whispered in her ear: "The wall has ears!" And you should also think about it, don't listen to the wind and rain, don't be taken advantage of by that wife. ”

Saying that, he raised his voice and told the maid to fetch water for his aunt and grandmother, and to take Yang Yue away.

Yang Yue didn't move, didn't cry or make trouble, only stared at Shen Rui, and said, "Brother-in-law, you can use San Lang." ”

The tone is determined.

Although he knew that it was him at this time, Shen Rui's swear to the sky would have no effect, and in the final analysis, it would depend on the holy will.

But Shen Rui still said: "Zi Che is a genius. ”

Yang Yue closed her eyes, took a hard breath, bowed upright, said nothing, and turned to leave.

After making such a fuss, the Yu family over there was already so angry that his heart ached, so he invited a doctor.

Shen Rui didn't want to go over to see him again, so he said hello and went straight to the study with Yang Shen.

In the face of Shen Rui's own family, Yang Shen didn't have much to hide, apologized that he didn't discipline his second sister well, and whispered about Li Yi being taken away by Jinyiwei last night.

The Yang family didn't send any news to Yang Yue, because they were afraid of causing trouble in the mouth of someone who wanted to do it, but how could they not pay attention to their in-laws!

It's just that this time it's really tricky.

"There is no further information so far, and I don't even know where the people are being held." Yang Shen said with a frown.

Shen Rui didn't know anything about this, and secretly wondered in his heart, why didn't he see Zhang Hui send the news, even the Eight Immortals didn't move.

For such a big matter, Shen Rui was so busy hitting the back of his head that he didn't have time to take care of each other, and he wouldn't fail to inform him......

"Or, is it from the East Factory?" Yang Shen asked in a low voice.

The East Factory is now in the hands of Gu Dayong, and Gu Dayong and Liu Jin have not been in harmony for a day or two.

Shen Rui shook his head slightly, "It's really hard to say." Xu is the East Factory. Maybe it'......" he pointed to the sky.

If Brother Shou wants to ask, no one in Jinyi will dare to reveal it.

However, it is not impossible to say that it is Gu Dayong. Whether he is Shen Rui or Li Yanqing, they are all good friends with Zhang Yong.

Although Gu Dayong is not on good terms with Liu Jin, his relationship with Zhang Yong is not good. There is competition between the Eight Tigers, and the struggle for power is far more fierce than usual.

As the two closest big bells around the emperor, the little emperor may not be happy to see the two of them wear a pair of pants.

Gu Dayong created some contradictions, put the discord between the two on the bright side, and reassured the emperor, which can be regarded as a routine operation.

One time less, Yang Tinghe's elder came over to invite.

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In the secret room, Yang Tinghe rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, since Liu Jin's incident, he has been worrying about Li Qi.

Usually, as soon as someone impeaches the Ministry of Works, they will piggyback on Li Qi's in-laws, the Yang family, who is called the impeachment of senior officials is also the tradition of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At a time like this, it's even more inflated.

Yang Tinghe became more and more difficult to speak, and he really felt that there was no need to speak.

In the past, Li Yanqing was always meritorious in making ordnance, and his life could always be saved.

As for the official position, then there is no need to think about it.

However, in fact, Li Yanqing is only afraid that it is more dangerous than Li Yan.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the ordnance that Li Yanqing is currently studying is "the most important weapon of the country," and it is not allowed to leak out in the slightest.

If you don't use it, then I'm afraid there is no such thing as "exile" and "degraded to a common people", and you will die directly.

After all, only the dead can keep secrets.

"Your Majesty, I still miss the old love." Yang Tinghe said helplessly.

I don't know if this old love is about Li Yanqing's meritorious service, or if he was once the emperor's thin face.

"It is not an exaggeration to say that Ziche is an unborn genius, and now there is a shortage of talents everywhere who understand the machine, and it is reasonable to make the best use of it." Shen Rui said busily.

Putting aside personal relationships, let's just say how rare a scientific and technological talent like Li Yanqing is in such a Ming Dynasty! Shen Rui is 10,000 who want to protect him.

It's just that because of the current situation, it's not easy to speak out, for fear of backfire.

But there is no reason to give up!

"Mr. Li has made great achievements in water conservancy projects, if it is ......" Shen Rui really wanted to protect the seeds of science and technology for Daming, and hesitated again and again before he told Yang Tinghe his previous plan, "The little son-in-law thinks, Emperor Ming, let the Li family father and son go to Shandong to improve water conservancy, and it will always be atonement for the benefit of one party." ”

On the side, Yang Shen couldn't help but say: "Hengyun, don't be rash, think about it, Jin Yiwei can take away Lord Li quietly, but now the emperor's meaning is not clear." We want to protect Ziche, but we should still think about it in the long run, and really ask to go to the front of the palace, in case Xu provokes Long Yan and loses room for maneuver, it will affect you even more. ”

Yang Tinghe also waved his hand and said: "And I will care about Li Yi's news first." Ziche is fine for a while, so don't worry too much. ”

He changed the topic and asked Shen Rui how his recent errands were.

Shen Rui briefly summarized the recent raid on the house, and said that the few officials who were involved with King Ning, and at the end, he also told Yang Tinghe about what He Taizhi said.

Zhang Wei is half of the Shen family, and he always has to deal with one or two things that implicate the Shen family.

Yang Tinghe reassured Shen Rui that the emperor knew what he knew, and if he suspected Zhang Wei, he would deal with it directly when there were some signs of it, and he would never be allowed to make trouble out of control.

Because of Zhang Wei's welcome to Xie's return to the court, Yang Tinghe also mentioned the cabinet matter.

Now in the cabinet, in addition to Liu Yu's dismissal, Wang Wei was slightly involved with Jiao Fang and Liu Jin at the beginning, and he has also been named on the grounds of old illness, leaving only Li Dongyang, Wang Hua, Yang Tinghe and the three, and the emperor has made it clear that he will enter the people.

Of course, it can't be Liu Jian and Xie Qian coming back.

"The emperor wants to transfer Yang Yiqing back to Beijing to enter the cabinet, but the king pavilion is old and stable in the northwest, and Yang Yiqing is indispensable, no." Yang Tinghe said.

Shen Rui was slightly surprised when he heard this, because Wang Hua and Yang Yiqing had a good relationship, and Wang Hua had been hindered by Liu Jian when he entered the cabinet.

But it didn't take long for me to understand why.

"Li Ge is also pushing Yang Yiqing." Yang Tinghe said, "Elder Wang Ge pushed Fei Hong. The old man recommended Jin Gui. He paused, and said meaningfully, "Wang Bo'an will not stay in Nanjing forever." ”

The Cabinet has never been monolithic. If it is really ironclad, the emperor should not be able to sleep. The three elders cooperate with each other and contain each other, which is the situation that the emperor is most happy to see.

Those who can go up to the position of the elder of the pavilion are not living bodhisattvas who have no quarrel with the world, and people in Vanity Fair have their own plans.

In terms of friendship, Li Dongyang and Yang Yiqing are closer, Yang Yiqing was suppressed by Liu Jin at the beginning, and Li Dongyang tried his best to protect it, compared to Wang Hua's idea of friendship, it is insignificant.

And Wang Hua has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and Fei Hong can be regarded as his subordinate. And Fei Hong won the emperor's heart because of this reform of the clan, and he had great hopes of entering the cabinet.

Jin Gui and Yang Tinghe are both from the imperial party of Zhan Shifu, and they have a good relationship with Mao Cheng, not the Yang party but also the Yang party.

Because it involves teachers and teachers, Shen Rui is not easy to speak, just silent.

He was reluctant to return to Beijing because he didn't want to get involved in such a situation.

This is just a cabinet candidate, and the next six Jiuqing and the yamen in Beijing, the positions vacated by the fall of Liu Jin will all be a chess game for the cabinet elders, and it will be up to them to see how they will fight.

Shen Rui wanted to go back to Shandong more and more for a while.

Sure enough, Yang Tinghe said again: "The emperor has transferred Prince Liang back to Beijing, and he will regain He Jian." I think it's the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. ”

Liang Chu was originally the secretary of the ministry, because Liu Jin wanted to hold Zhang Cai to the top position, he changed the law to find the fault of Liang Chu, so that he moved to the left to Nanjing the secretary of the ministry.

He Jian is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department who has just been framed by Wei Bin.

Now that Zhang Cai and Cao Yuan have fallen, it is common for Liang Chu and He Jian to make up for these two positions. This also confirms Yang Tinghe's sentence "The emperor still misses the old love" from the side.

This is good news for Shen Rui, He Jian is an old friend of the Shen family, and Liang Chu is the chief examiner of Zhengde for three years, so he can be regarded as Shen Rui's teacher.

"The emperor wants you to go to the six departments, the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Households. What do you mean? Yang Tinghe asked Shen Ruidao.

With Shen Rui's current official rank and entering the sixth department, he is a waiter, and with his holy family, he can stay up for a few years, and he can also be among the nine kings in the year of his establishment.

Looking further, he made some more contributions, Yang Tinghe pushed him after saying goodbye to the old man, entered the cabinet, and reached the peak of Wenchen.

With his current age, it is really a green road!

Shen Rui took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I have long wanted to pay attention to Ming's father-in-law and eldest brother, I think, there is something going on in Beijing, so I will go back to Shandong." ”

Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen were both stunned.

Yang Shenqi said: "Then why do you suddenly want to go back to Shandong?" The emperor is so important to you, it is obvious that he wants to keep you in the capital! ”

"The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, all because the emperor thought that I could do practical things, so he chose me. It's just that when you are in Beijing, you can't help yourself with many things, and it is difficult to implement practical things. Shen Rui sighed.

"It's still at the local level, so it's good to do things practically, not to mention that it is to pay more food and pay for the imperial court, it is to benefit the people, and it is not in vain to study hard for more than ten years."

He met the gaze of the Yang family's father and son, and said with a straight face: "What's more, now, the Shen family's relatives and friends are all high-ranking officials, if I stay in Beijing again, I am afraid, it will be a curse rather than a blessing." ”

Yang Shen was taken aback for a moment, and then fell silent.

Carefully counted, Shen Rui's father-in-law is the elder, his father-in-law is the elder, the teacher is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the uncle-in-law is the Dali Siqing, and the Shen family's in-laws have both Mao Cheng, a bachelor from Hanlin, and a relative of the Zhang family.

Among the children of the Shen family, Shen Li is the political envoy of Huguangbu, Shen Hui participates in politics for Shanxi, Shen Ying is promoted to Shao Zhan, and he Shen Rui is not a petty official.

There are also several other five, six, and seven-grade officials such as Shen Jin, Shen Quan, and Shen Lin.

And there are many noble and noble families who are good friends with Shen Rui, and the British Mansion, Wujingbo Mansion, and Chun'an Eldest Princess Mansion are all top families.

His best friend Zhang Hui will be in charge of the brocade guard, and Zhang Yong, who has a deep connection, is about to become the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the seal of the seal, and there is another one, Liu Zhong, who has always been by the emperor's side, is also the chief eunuch of the internal official.

Shen Rui is in the field, and perhaps no one will study these many relationships in detail.

Once Shen Rui stays in Beijing and becomes a high-ranking official, this glittering huge network of people will be poked in front of everyone.

Who is not afraid?

It is the solemnity of the Holy Family, how can it be better than the crowd to accumulate gold and destroy the bones?!

The young emperor's mind is unpredictable.

Even Yang Tinghe's thumb, which was rubbing his eyebrows, was a little harder.

After a while, Yang Shen said in a low voice: "Shandong, it is indeed managed by you, if you go back, it will be a blessing for the people of Qilu." It's just that...... It's just that...... Alas......"

Yang Tinghe waved his hand, and Yang Shen stopped talking.

Yang Tinghe twisted his long beard under his chin and said in a deep voice: "This time, Your Majesty will also have a reward, if you go one step further...... It is extremely rare for you to be able to govern one side at such a young age. If you have this heart, you will do things in a down-to-earth manner, not only for the benefit of the people, but also for yourself. He will return to Beijing in the future......"

He paused and didn't say anything, but the three people present all tacitly understood it.

Now Shen Rui's credit is not small, and if he saves for another three or five years, he will give His Majesty a rich Shandong, and then return to Beijing to sit in any position, which is justified.

Shen Ruiyuan was also worried that Yang Tinghe would not agree, after all, he would be a big help to Yang Tinghe in this chess game.

Now that Yang Tinghe is thinking about him, he can't help but feel relaxed.

When it comes to the situation between the DPRK and China, it is indispensable to talk about the many people who were framed and degraded and dismissed by Liu Jin before.

Yang Shen mentioned the Lan family, Wang Ding, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was recommended by Zhang Cai and belonged to the eunuch party, and he was already dismissed, and Lan Zhang should be able to return to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it would not be difficult to replace Wang Ding.

"I only hope that Senior Brother Lantian can win the gold list in the spring next year." Yang Shen said.

Lan Zhang was originally demoted to Fuzhou Tongju, and Fuzhou Mansion was next to Longxing Mansion, where Ning Fan was located.

Lan Zhang has been in Jiangxi for several years, and Shen Ruiyuan still thinks that he can let this person do an internal response, but with such a good official position as the right capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in front of him, he is not good to mention it again.

I had to talk a little about some of King Ning's arrangements in Beijing, hoping that Yang Tinghe could transfer one or two trustworthy and reliable people to Jiangxi.

Yang Tinghe nodded in agreement, said that he would discuss suitable candidates with his staff, and wrote a letter with the blue seal, asking him to also recommend some local talents in Jiangxi.

Speaking of Jiangxi and King Ning, Shen Rui couldn't help but talk about what He Taizhi said about Zhang Wei before.

Yang Tinghe said lightly: "There are actually many people in the Central Committee of the DPRK who are shouting to welcome Liu Xie and the two elders back to the court. ”

He didn't say anything, but his expression said it all—it was impossible.

The emperor doesn't like Liu Xie and the two elders, does the current cabinet like a few of them?

Who wants these old-timers to come back and guide the work?

In particular, there is another Wang Hua, who was obstructed by Liu Xie at the beginning, and finally Xiaozong failed to enter the cabinet.

Now it's Yaliang who doesn't retaliate and come back, and it's impossible to let him pull it out.

As for Zhang Wei, Yang Tinghe didn't care, not to mention that he was not surnamed Xie, even if he was the son and grandson of Xie Gelao, but he was a seven-rank official, and he couldn't make any waves in Beijing.

However, Yang Tinghe still instructed Shen Rui to report Zhang Wei's matter to the little emperor first, in case he really colluded with the vassal king and tired the Shen family.

Shen Rui would not hide such things from him.

Weng and his son-in-law talked about the details of the prelude, and talked about the layout of Shanxi and Shandong.

Thinking about the carriages and horses parked outside the mansion gate, you can see how busy Yang Tinghe is, Shen Rui also has official business, and he can't stay for a long time, so he politely refused the Yang family to stay for dinner, and resigned from his father-in-law and uncle.

Today, Wang Hua's cabinet is on duty, and Shen Rui will go to his own business, and plan to take time to visit Wang Hua in a few days, and then strive for Wang Hua's support for the construction of Shandong Sailor School.

It's just that when he was busy, he had no free time, and Wang Hua was also very busy and never rested.

In the past few days, the overall situation in the court has slowly settled.

Yang Yiqing, recommended by Li Dongyang, only added the crown prince Shaobao and gave gold coins, but he was not transferred to Jingzhong, transferred to the imperial history of the left capital, and still managed the military affairs of the three towns.

Jin Gui, recommended by Yang Tinghe, was only promoted from the servant of the Ministry of Officials to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and he failed to enter the cabinet.

Fei Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites recommended by Wang Hua, has entered the cabinet.

He Jian has only been on the rise for a few months since he fell off the horse, and he has changed from the secretary of the Nanjing military department to the secretary of the military department.

Liang Chu, who was also recalled from Nanjing, was the most unexpected.

Originally, everyone said that the emperor summoned him back to restore the official department of Shangshu, and he didn't want to be promoted to the Huagai Palace University Scholar and enter the cabinet to assist the government.

Liang Chu's first note after entering the cabinet was to say that he had seen the disaster situation when he returned to Beijing and passed through Henan, and asked the imperial court to send capable people to relieve the disaster as soon as possible, otherwise after the winter, the disaster situation would become more and more out of control, and I don't know how many people will freeze to death and starve to death, and how many people will fall into the grass for the disaster place.

And the candidate he recommended for disaster relief was Shen Rui, the political envoy of Shandong.