After dinner, I asked Lao Liu to bring gifts, since Sui Jianchun was going, I asked Liu Lianjiang to stay at home and talk to Wang Jinhuai, this Wang Jinhuai had just arrived in the capital, that is, he had a few encounters with Liu Lianjiang, and he had nothing to say to Boss Chen and his brothers.

When I arrived at Zhang's house, I still handed over the name thorn according to the procedure, and then waited for the meeting, these men knew the relationship between me and Zhang Juzheng, and there was nothing difficult, so I took the business card and went to the house, and after a while, the door came out and said: "Lord Lan, the lord is invited." ”

I took the gifts from Lao Liu, they couldn't go in, I could only go by myself, followed the door to the study, Zhang Juzheng himself was there in the study, I still saluted and said hello, this time because it was already said that it was a teacher-student relationship, so Zhang Juzheng did not return the gift, the teacher should accept the student's courtesy, Zhang Juzheng beckoned me to sit down, and asked the next person to bring water, then asked me: "Is there something wrong with Yunjie looking for me?" ”

"Teacher, today the emperor sent someone to give me an edict saying that it was for me to go to court tomorrow morning, and the sacrificial wine talked back to me today, and I don't know what crime to accuse me, the students are afraid that they have other conspiracies, so they come to disturb the teacher and ask for advice."

"I also know that the sacrificial wine impeached you, but the fold was directly taken away by Gao Gong, and I didn't see the content inside, you tell me why there was a conflict, I'll see how to stop their conspiracy, it's still early, I can also contact other colleagues to cheer for you, I can't let Gao Gong them get to you, and I want to save my face."

I told Zhang Juzheng the content of the conflict completely, and Zhang Juzheng said after listening: "If this is the case, it will be easy to do, don't worry, tomorrow in the court you will refute it on the basis of reason, I will send someone to talk to a few adults tonight, especially Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, although he was born as a jinshi, but he has been serving in the military department and the border pass, and he has already mingled with the military attaché, and he has no pedantic atmosphere of a scholar." I have been speaking for the border soldiers, I will contact him, tell him what you said and what the sacrificial wine said, and let him support you tomorrow, as for whether he can find someone else to help depends on my position in his heart. ”

After speaking, Zhang Juzheng spread out the paper, took the brush and wrote on the paper, and handed it to the family at the door of the study after writing, and explained a few words, after the family left, Zhang Juzheng called a few people again, this time he didn't write anything but to explain them, what they said because they were not loud outside, and I didn't hear it, but since Zhang Juzheng promised to support me, he will definitely do it, after all, he is also the second assistant of the cabinet, and this authority is still there.

After all the family members left, Zhang Juzheng came back and said to me: "Okay, don't worry about tomorrow, I see how the old guy Wang Yan jumps, don't stand at the end of the court tomorrow, how can you also be a third-grade official, you can follow behind the household waiter, the waiter has a friendship with me, tomorrow when I go outside the noon gate, I will introduce you, he can teach you if you don't understand anything in the hall, you go back, I won't keep you, go back and think about how to answer tomorrow, the emperor will notify you in advance, That is, let you prepare, even if you don't answer well, it's nothing, do your best, the few people I looked for are people who don't deal with Wang Yan, and they will definitely help. ”

I only then knew that the sacrificial wine was called Wang Yan, I got up and said goodbye to Zhang Juzheng, out of Zhang's mansion, a few of us got on the horse and walked back, Wang Jinhuai asked me: "How is it, will this big official like Lord Zhang help?" ”

Wang Jinhuai doesn't know the relationship between me and Zhang Juzheng, I am also Zhang Juzheng's secret protégé now, how can I care about my affairs, I said to Wang Jinhuai: "It's okay, even if they don't help me, I can do it myself, the emperor standing behind me is the emperor, and it doesn't matter if I remove my official position, I have been promoted too fast, many people are envious, jealous and hateful." ”

If I rely on myself to play on the spot tomorrow, I am afraid that something will go wrong, it is better to write an excerpt first, and I will not write the excerpt until midnight, because this is the first time I have been impeached, and if I don't get it right, I will have no prestige, and I will knock them out at once, so that they can establish their own prestige, so that they will not dare to impeach me casually in the future.

I got up early the next morning, washed up first, and put on my third-grade official uniform, and I wanted to use the best mental state to meet the first impeachment against me, and to overwhelm them first in terms of momentum, and I could lose anything but not lose the momentum.

Wang Jinhuai also got up, he had to give me to the noon gate to see, I also know, he was also worried about me, although he couldn't give me any support outside the noon gate, but he could know my results in the court for the first time, no way Since he insisted on going, then go, now anyway, he also learned to ride a horse in Leiyun Village, I still take Lao Liu and Sui Jianchun, Liu Lianjiang is at home, after all, Lao Liu is familiar with these officialdom things, and he is also old-fashioned, so remind me at any time.

At noon, there were already a lot of officials, Zhang Juzheng's cyan sedan chair stopped in a bunch of green sedan chairs were particularly conspicuous, I got off the horse, let Sui Jianchun look at the horses, and took Lao Liu and Sui Jianchun to Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair together, Zhang Juzheng was talking to a person, saw me coming, and said to me: "Lord Lan, come and let me introduce you, this is Lord Xia Derenxia, the head of the household." ”

I hurriedly gave a salute, this Xia Deren is an official in his forties, and he is also from the third grade, but this person's face is not very good, and his face is sallow, I said while giving a salute: "Lan Yunjie has seen Lord Xia, and I will ask Lord Xia to take care of him in the future." ”

Because Xia Deren was also of the same grade as me, he also returned a salute and said: "Lord Lan is polite, Lord Zhang told me, you will follow me above the Golden Palace, if you don't understand anything, ask me." ”

"Thank you, Lord Xia, I will trouble you in the future."

Xia Deren arched his hand, "Lord Lan is polite, everyone helps each other, I have heard of a big name for a long time, Lord Lan is young and promising, I have long wanted to make friends but I don't have a chance, this time it is also an honor for the old man to be with Lord Lan." ”

Other officials saw us talking, and they didn't come over, if it was usually crowded with officials, they all wanted to get close to the relationship, but at this time, there was still a stick of incense from the time of the early dynasty, and the high arch was not waiting, and another cabinet member Li Chunfang was also surrounded by a group of officials, greeting and greeting, and the officials of the first shape, you come and go, this early dynasty, it has become a place for officialdom to socialize.

I saw that I was here, and those officials didn't come, and I didn't feel comfortable, so I said to Zhang Juzheng: "Master Zhang, I'll go over there and wait first, you see that no one has come here to greet you." ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at the officials around Li Chunfang and said: "It's okay, you just wait for me to go to the court, I'll see if these people are interested or not, and I won't lack anything if I don't come to ask for peace." ”

I saw Zhang Juzheng say this, and he didn't say anything, after all, I stood here to tell them that I was Zhang Juzheng's person, above the court, see who would dare to follow the high arch to coax and attack me, this officialdom is like this, either you stand in line, or you don't rely on either side, the strange thing is that I didn't see the sacrificial wine called Wang Yan in here, is it that the guy is not coming, and since he is impeached, I am mentally prepared, and I should not come.

At this time, the officials had already begun to stand in line and prepare to enter the hall, only to see two sedan chairs belatedly, one was a high arch, and the one behind walked out of the Wang Yan sacrificial wine, and the sedan chair was arched high, and several officials who had already stood in line also left the team and ran to ask for peace. Because I'm already in the team. Just behind Xia Deren, hundreds of officials stood here, he glanced at it, and he didn't know if he saw me, anyway, I have the bottom in my heart, after the last confrontation in the Golden Palace, I have nothing to fear from him.

Gao Gong walked slowly to the front, the first of the official team here is Gao Gong, the second is Zhang Juzheng, the military attache team is the head of the team, I see that the costume is a few Hou Ye, behind is a row of generals, but now the officials who maintain discipline are already preparing to shout to the court, I can't look around, I don't see the sacrificial wine behind me, but Zhang Juzheng arranged me in front of him also has a deep meaning, this is to press him first in momentum.

With the sound of three drums, the team that was still talking to each other just now suddenly fell silent, and under the guidance of the two guiding officials in the front row, they walked towards the Golden Palace.

After entering the Golden Palace, the emperor had not yet come, and the officials began to talk to each other again, and I couldn't help but ask Xia Deren curiously: "Lord Xia, what is the identity of the marquis in the front row of the military attaché." ”

Xia Deren whispered: "Lord Lan, you don't know those people, the front is Cheng Anhou Feng Mingyi, who leads the three battalions of the Beijing Army, this is a big man, the one in the back is Huai'an Hou Ye Tao, leading the Shen Camp, and the third is Li Weitong, Jian'an Hou, and now he is the deputy general of Shenji, they are all leading the army as Hou Ye, and then those behind are the deputy generals and main generals of the Beijing camp. ”

Xia Deren just wanted to continue to introduce me, when the voice of the eunuch came: "The emperor has arrived, and the ministers have arrived." ”

Xia Deren couldn't say any more, and as everyone knelt down, he shouted: "Long live, long live." ”

After kneeling for a while, the emperor's voice came: "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

We stood up again, and the emperor followed Chen Jiu, Chen Jiu watched us stand up, and shouted routinely: "If there is something to do, play early, and there is nothing to retreat." "This is the same thing, such a big court, there are no big things to deal with that day, waiting for the emperor to make a decision.

After being silent for a while, I thought that the sacrificial wine would not come out today, and Chen Jiugang wanted to shout to retreat from the court. I saw that in the team behind me, the sacrificial wine came out tremblingly and shouted: "The minister has something to play." ”