Lin Yanchao has been in Beijing for almost three months.

From the scorching summer when I first arrived in Beijing, it was snowing yesterday.

Staying away from politics for three months is also equivalent to leaving power.

Although in the past three months, Lin Yanchao has been reading, writing, studying homework, and even writing articles to scare people, and his life has been very busy.

But how to say that it is a little tired, in the past, when returning to Germany, even if it was busy to the third watch, no matter how busy, but it was still fulfilling. But after three months of idleness, such a day is really uncomfortable.

No wonder there is a waking up to the power of the world, and the big husband can't be without power for a day, Lin Yanchao now finally understands why those old cadres who have just retired are so uncomfortable, and they can find anything to do.

For scholars, what is important is the leisurely journey under the forest, but for those who have the heart to do something, it is not possible to have nothing to do for a day.

So I have to say that the Son of Heaven's trick is really unkind,

On this day, Lin Yanchao was discussing his studies with several students.

That's when a letter happened to come.

Lin Yanchao saw that it was the matter of the receding of the Yellow River, and Chu Dajiang sent the news to him as soon as possible.

The water of the Yellow River receded, and the return to Defu was as safe as Mount Tai.

This was what Lin Yanchao expected, and as for the rest of the state capitals, under the command and dispatch of Pan Jitao, there were no major losses. When the news came, Lin Yanchao also breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, if other state governments do not do well, it will bring out the remarkable achievements of the Guide Mansion, but Lin Yanchao is unwilling to do so.

It's not that he is so high-spirited, but if it really comes to this point, it means that the officialdom of Daming is really rotten. No matter how outstanding his political achievements are, he is not worth rejoicing.

Although Zhang Juzheng went, the new deal he left behind saved the luck of the Ming Dynasty for 20 years, and Shen Shixing and Pan Jitao were excellent bureaucrats who could maintain the situation.

But it's hard to say later.

Seeing the puzzled looks on the faces of the disciples, Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "I just received the news that the Yellow River has receded, and the downstream state capital is safe and sound. ”

All the disciples were overjoyed.

Lin Yanchao saw Yuan Keli and Tao Wangling, both of whom were purely happy that the downstream was not affected, rather than expecting that something would happen to the Yanhe Prefecture Mansion, but the selfish intention of being safe and sound alone.

Lin Yanchao was glad that he did not mislead the children, and he taught the two disciples quite well.

Of course, Qiu Mingshan's face is ugly, and he can understand it, this is a confidant.

Lin Yanchao felt that it was not a big problem, and his own dredging of the Jialu River also had the effect of dividing the positive flow of the Yellow River, which Pan Jitao would not turn a blind eye to, and should play the Son of Heaven truthfully.

Even if there is no credit for water control, after the autumn harvest this year, he will return to Germany and irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and his achievements will also be reported to the imperial court.

Lin Yanchao smiled, and was about to appease his disciples, when someone outside told him that someone from the Ministry of Rites had come.

Lin Yanchao met with the officials of the Ministry of Rites at the moment.

After the official entered, he handed a post to Lin Yanchao and said: "Your Majesty, the foreign officials who are scheduled to give a banquet in the palace in three days and come to Beijing to meet will ask Lord Lin to go to the banquet on time. ”

"I'm tired." Lin Yanchao nodded.

The triennial pilgrimage of foreign officials has finally begun.

Originally, Lin Yanchao was given the edict to pass the post to Beijing, and he should have been awarded the official in advance as early as three months ago.

But...... But until this moment in the day, the appointment has not been issued.

So the final result is that he can only be reduced to pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven with these foreign officials, which is simply far away and close, and there is a huge disparity in treatment between the former and the latter.

This matter is in the eyes of others, and they basically think that Lin Yanchao has lost his holy favor, and he is about to have a cool rhythm.

Several students began to think about it.

What's the point of going to such a feast?

But the Son of Heaven gave him a feast, and he couldn't help but do it.

Wouldn't it be shameless for the teacher to go.

The disciples thought so in their hearts, but it was difficult to say it in their mouths.

But Lin Yanchao didn't care so much.

Three days later, Lin Yanchao went to the palace for a banquet.

There are big banquets and middle banquets in the palace, among which the suburbs celebrate the feast, and (New Year's Day, winter solstice, longevity) three major banquets are the most grand.

If the official audience is also visited, it will not be on the level of the big banquet, so it is called the middle banquet.

However, it sounds like a medium banquet, and the scale is small, and there are hundreds of tables of medium banquets in the palace.

There are about more than 20,000 high-quality officials in the Ming Dynasty, of which there are only more than 1,000 Beijing officials.

Most of them are foreign officials, and it stands to reason that more than 20,000 foreign officials will go to Beijing for the Hajj.

But the Son of Heaven exempted some extraordinarily remote states and counties, as long as they sent deputies. The rest of the prefectures and counties that are not too far away, except for the necessary officials who stay behind, basically have to come to Beijing for Hajj.

This is a rule that has been set since Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, there are also five or six thousand foreign officials who have entered Beijing for the Hajj this time.

For many lowly officials in remote areas, this may be the only opportunity in their lives to enter Beijing to face the saint, so they will cherish it extraordinarily.

After they went to Beijing, they reported to the officials, and then they would promulgate the merits after the Hajj feast.

Now that the administration tends to be lenient, it will not be like the example of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di when they were in power, punishing hundreds or thousands of officials after a Hajj.

Therefore, the officials were still in a good mood at the banquet.

More than a dozen elephants formed the elephant trunk bridge in front of the palace gate, and the officials who went to the banquet passed under the bridge, and they couldn't help but talk about the southwest border affairs along the way, as well as the elephants offered by the king of Burma.

Wei Yunzhen and Li Sancai walked all the way across the Elephant Trunk Bridge.

Li Sancai is a man from all over the world, and he travels all over the world, and many officials along the way are clasping their fists at him.

Li Sancai smiled heartily and returned the salute to everyone.

Li Sancai previously served as the Yunnan Shilangzhong of the Ministry of Households, and was later demoted to the official of Dongchang Prefecture.

Wei Yunzhen was also in an ordinary situation and was demoted to the judge of Xuzhou.

Now the two of them are ranked second and third in the Ministry of Officials, and this time they are returning to Beijing, obviously to make a comeback.

At that time, Wei Yunzhen criticized the first assistant Zhang Siwei, and the cabinet minister Shen Shi acted favoritism and openly admitted his son in the imperial examination.

Moreover, he opposes the cabinet's criticism of the personnel power of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.

Zhang Siwei was angry that he resigned and begged to go, and the Son of Heaven demoted Wei Yunzhen to the official in order to retain Zhang Siwei.

The two dared to go up to attack the cabinet that was in full swing, and this Wei Yunzhen was still Zhang Siwei's protégé. As a result, it was unanimously admired by the government and the opposition and was respected by the Qing Dynasty.

So when the two returned to Beijing this time, many officials were vying to get acquainted.

Especially Li Sancai, he is the proud protégé of Sanfu Wang Xijue, and the Son of Heaven values Wang Xijue even above Shen Shixing.

And Li Sancai performed well in the confrontation with the cabinet, so he is undoubtedly a dazzling political star.

Li Sancai and Wei Yunzhen took their seats in the banquet outside the Jianji Palace.

The location of this banquet is quite close to the Jianji Palace, second only to the upper seats in the hall.

Sitting with Li Sancai and Wei Yunzhen were several officials, and one was Mu Rui, the son of Mu Wangfu.

It is said that Mu Rui sat outside the hall, and he lost his identity a little.

As the prince of the country, he should have sat in the palace this time, with the governor, the governor, and the political envoy. But Mu Rui sat outside the hall, obviously the Son of Heaven deliberately snubbed this prince.

Mu Rui also knew that this time the incident in Mu Wangfu was not small, which caused a group of civil officials to attack him, and it was understandable that the Son of Heaven would lose face to him.

But Mu Rui is the son of the prince after all, and the fire in his heart is really nowhere to go.

Everyone at the same table shared each other's names, Mu Rui really didn't have a good face, and said a few words casually.

As for the civil officials knowing that Mu Rui is the prince of Mu Wangfu, they didn't have much reaction.

Which one of the people sitting on this table is not an official with a background, and although the Mu family is a national prince, its power is limited to Yunnan, and what the Mu family did this time is really unkind.

There are two systems of civil officials and honorable relatives, and everyone's well water does not interfere with river water.

At this time, the Shandong political officer at the banquet spoke: "The same table has almost arrived, by the way, there is still one person missing, do you know which adult it is?" ”

All the officials shook their heads and said they didn't know.

The Shandong politician immediately called the official of Guanglu Temple who arranged the seat, and he said: "Yes, the former prefect of the German Prefecture, Lord Lin. ”

Hearing Lin Yanchao's three words, all the officials sighed, and a strange look appeared on their faces.

An official asked: "I heard that Lord Lin and Brother Wei and Brother Li were recommended by the Ministry of Officials before, and gave the post to enter Beijing, and they all arrived before me, but why haven't you heard of the official award?" ”

Some of the officials knew the inside story, some didn't know the inside story, and everyone didn't say anything.

One of the imperial historians at the same table said with a smile: "This benevolent brother doesn't know, before Lin Sanyuan ignored the big water and abandoned the people under his rule to go to Beijing, this matter has been impeached by the colleagues of the imperial history platform, I'm afraid it is difficult to protect himself now." ”

Some officials said: "Is there such a thing? As far as I know, Lord Lin loves the people like a son, and is known as Qingtian, so he won't do this. ”

Mu Rui said with a smile: "There is indeed this, this benevolent brother does not know where to hearsay that Lin Sanyuan loves the people like a son, or seeing is believing, when I went to Beijing, I saw Lin Sanyuan on the road holding the favor of the Son of Heaven, swaggering all the way to Beijing, rampant!" ”

When the official heard this, he suddenly said: "Marquis Mu, don't talk nonsense, especially when the old Taoist is talking about an important minister of the imperial court." ”

Mu Rui said with a smile: "What Ben Hou said is absolutely true, even in front of the Son of Heaven. ”

The imperial historian who was present smiled mysteriously, and it was obvious that this matter had been counted in the small book in his heart.

Shandong, who had just started talking, said: "I came from Shandong this time, and I just saw the water receding, so this time after the Hajj, the court will also reward meritorious deeds, and mistakes should be punished." ”

"If Lin Sanyuan really loses the people, then the court will definitely investigate the past, everyone must believe that the court will have a fair, let's be cautious when speaking for the officials."

After speaking, the political participant glanced at Mu Rui.

At this time, Li Sancai said: "What Yu Dashen said is extremely true, this time fortunately, the capital along the river is safe and sound, and I expect that the imperial court will not pursue it." ”

Yu Shi sneered: "Not necessarily, I heard that Lin Sanyuan is good at controlling water, and the officials praised him for how he was, and it took a lot of money to repair the embankment, but he didn't really see any results." However, other state capitals have not seen how to repair the embankment, and there is still nothing to do, so I have to ask, where did Lin Sanyuan spend the money to repair the embankment? ”

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