After Zeng Milling was beheaded, Xia Yan also went to Jinyiwei to be sentenced to prison.

From this point alone, it can be seen that in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, Xia Yan is more guilty than Zeng Miao.

After all, Zeng was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department before he was convicted, but Xia Yan was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison.

Since the edict was issued, there have been countless ministers who have entered, and how many have come out alive?

For Yan Song's party, this is naturally a thing worth celebrating.

Zhao Wenhua, as a "meritorious person" of the Yan Party, was praised by Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and made a show of Yan Song's many godsons.

As long as Xia Yan dies, this court will be the court of the Yan Party, and Xia Yan's protégés and former officials will no longer be able to make any waves.

Zhao Wenhua felt that he was much closer to the official position of the political envoy.

He returned to the mansion and took a comfortable bath, ready to linger with his newly married concubine, but at this time he received a letter from Hangzhou.

The family letter was written by his younger brother Zhao Wenjie.

Zhao Wenhua thought that the letter was a nagging, who would have thought that Zhao Wenjie cried in the letter that the Zhao family was bullied in Hangzhou, and he himself was also reprimanded by the governor Zhu Kun in the hall with his pants ripped off. Not only did he not be able to get out of bed for a month, but he even lost his face.

Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but be furious.

Although Zhu Kun slapped Zhao Wenjie's buttocks, it was his Zhao Wenhua's face.

A mere governor of Fujian and Zhejiang has such a big official authority, and he doesn't take the Zhao family seriously at all.

Zhu Kun didn't open his eyes to see who he Zhao Wenhua was, and who was in charge of the court now.

This guy is really self-defeating!

Zhao Wenhua thought about it carefully, Zhu Kun and Yan Dang had no intersection, so he had no worries at all and could let go.

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...

There are many Beijing officials from Zhejiang who live in the Zhejiang Hall of Jingshi.

Most of the officials who live here are new officials who have just been appointed to the rank and have a very small family background.

Jingshi rice is expensive, and it is not easy to live in a big place.

They couldn't afford to buy a house, so they lived here for the time being.

Cui Lu is one of them.

He is a twenty-sixth year jinshi of Jiajing, and now he is a full year away from Dengke, but he still can't afford to buy a house.

This is naturally a shameful thing, you must know that it is impossible to buy a set of Jingshi's three-entry mansion just by relying on this little bit of the imperial court.

In desperation, Cui Lu chose to join the Yan Party.

It is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and it is not only easy to get promoted with a backer, but also easy to make money.

Of course, a seventh-rank official like Cui Lu can't get in touch with Yan Song.

The Beijing officials who rushed to give gifts to Yan Ge Lao could all be lined up outside the gate of the Yan Mansion from the Yan Mansion, how could it be his turn Cui Lu?

The seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, I'm afraid that even the concierge of the Yan Mansion won't look at him squarely.

Retreating to the next best, Cui Lu chose to take refuge in Zhao Wenhua, the number one dog leg of the Yan Party.

This is the godson praised by Yan Ge, if Zhao Wenhua is the second in the matter of licking the dog, no one dares to say that he is the first.

Of course, even Yan Song's godson has a great appetite.

Even if you buy a shabby gift, you can't give it away.

But Cui Lu has power in his hands.

The supervision system of the Ming Dynasty is very perfect, and the supervision officials mainly rely on the science and technology officials.

Branch refers to the six branches given to the matter. The Tao refers to the thirteen ways of supervising the imperial history.

The Thirteen Inspectors are responsible for supervising the administrative departments of each department, and the six departments are mainly supervising the six departments.

But the rule is that the dead are alive.

It is not that the supervision of the imperial history can only supervise the locality, nor does it mean that the six departments can only supervise the six departments.

In fact, not only can local officials be impeached, but even the Son of Heaven can be impeached.

If it is placed in the Hongzhi Dynasty, it often refutes the holy decree of the Son of Heaven in the matter, and points out the shortcomings of the Son of Heaven from time to time.

But in the Jiajing Dynasty, this right in the matter is basically useless, except for those ruthless people who deliberately cheat the court staff to earn fame, who will have nothing to do with their own future, and if they don't get it right, they will be beaten to death by the court staff.

To put it bluntly, the official is to bully the soft and fear the hard, and when he saw that Emperor Hongzhi was easy to bully, he swarmed and foamed, and the stars splashed everywhere. Seeing that Emperor Jiajing was ruthless, he obediently became a docile courtier.

After all, the Great Rite Discussion Staff that heard the change of color broke the backbone of the Ming officials.

You can't spray the Son of Heaven, but others still do it.

Zhao Wenhua valued Cui Lu's power and recruited him to his command.

Today is a day off, and Cui Lu finally has time to rest and rest.

He was drinking tea and eating oranges in the Zhejiang Hall, and he was in a good mood.

At this time, he saw a luxurious sedan chair parked at the door of the hall, and he became interested for a while.

There are strict rules on the sedan chair of the Beijing official, and it is strictly forbidden to exceed the system for what grade to sit on.

In a luxury sedan chair like this, all the people sitting in the sedan chair are above the fourth grade.

Soon a scarlet-robed official walked out of the sedan chair, Cui Lu felt familiar, but he couldn't see it clearly from too far away.

What's even more amazing is that the scarlet-robed official walked straight in his direction.

Closer and closer, clearer and clearer.

Soon Cui Lu saw the face clearly.

Isn't this Zhao Wenhua, the first dog leg of the Yan Party?

"Zhao Tongzheng is here, and the humble house is shining!"

Cui Lu greeted him with a smile on his face, hunched over like a shrimp.

Zhao Wenhua coughed and said, "Cui Bingke has been living in this Zhejiang Guild Hall?" ”

Cui Lu said with a smile: "The lower officials are reluctant to let these fellow villagers go. ”

Zhao Wenhua said in his heart that it is obvious that you can't afford to buy a house, and you are saying it so highly.

"Cui Bing Kegui has not forgotten his roots, which is really rare."

Cui Lu hurriedly stretched out his arms and asked: "Zhao Tongzheng has won the award, please inside." ”

Zhao Wenhua was not polite, and strode forward with one hand behind him.

Cui Lu followed suit, always half a position behind Zhao Wenhua.

When Zhao Wenhua walked to the front of the house, Cui Lu hurriedly pushed the door open for him.

As soon as Zhao Wenhua entered the house, he was greeted by a musty breath, causing Zhao Wenhua to frown and pinch his nose.

"Why does this smell so strong?"

"Hehe, this room is shady, and the rent is cheap..."

Cui Lu explained with some embarrassment.

"Zhao Tongzheng, please take a seat."

Zhao Wenhua glanced at the room, there were two chairs in total, and there was nothing to choose from.

He picked a random robe and sat down, and just wanted to have a cup of tea when he saw the orange peel on the small table, and he had no desire for a while.

The sanitary conditions of this house are very worrisome!

"What do you have to say about Zhao Tongzheng, ask someone to summon him, Cui is on call, how dare he bother Zhao Tongzheng to come to the cold house in person."

Zhao Wenhua said in his heart, you have a cold house, as if this house is really yours, and it is not rented.

He had the heart to make a gesture of Corporal Lixian, cleared his throat and said: "Cui Bingke is the pillar of the country, don't look down on yourself." You need to know that God helps those who help themselves. ”

Cui Lu hurriedly climbed up the pole.

What Zhao Tongzheng said is extremely true. Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years! ”

After a pause, Cui Lu said in his heart that there was nothing to entertain Zhao Wenhua, so he picked up an orange and handed it to Zhao Wenhua and said, "Zhao Tongzheng, let's eat an orange." ”

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... Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens