"The voting results of this court push have come out, Wang Shilang is positive, Zhou Shangshu is accompanied, and Mr. Hou is great, and he is great!"

In the Shanxi Guild Hall, a group of businessmen couldn't help but get up and salute Hou Lu, and Hou Lu also hurriedly returned the salute: "Fellow villagers praise falsely, Hou is ashamed, but Hou still has to say that after this incident, the princes of the court should also understand that we Jin merchants can also decide their careers, not only Hui merchants." ”

"Mr. Hou said this very much, this court push is only waiting for the holy referee, and now it is a vacancy in the position of the governor of Quanzhou Prefecture, when the ministry pushes, he also asks Mr. Hou to help with the round, and the owner will thank him with a heavy gift", at this time, a businessman took Hou Lu's words, and then personally held Hou Lu's hand.

Hou Lu willingly operated with the merchant in his sleeve, shaking his head for a while, and nodding his head for a while.

Hou Luxian said: "Quanzhou is near the sea, trade has developed recently, and the last Quanzhou prefect made a fortune by smuggling. ”

"Can we take on the errand of the city's ship," the merchant whispered.

"Yes, but you have to do that," Hou Lu said.

The merchant nodded, and the two smiled at each other and parted, and Hou Lu didn't say anything more.

The people who can enter the guild hall are all businessmen who are trustworthy by Hou Lu, and they are all here to do business in this officialdom, so they don't shy away from each other, and this businessman dares to say that he wants to sell his official position, not to mention, he didn't mention who his owner is, and even the transaction is traded in his sleeve, even if there are spies from the West Factory in the guild hall, he can't tell who is buying officials with money through businessmen.

Even if Xichang really wanted to arrest the merchant for interrogation, his owner would say that he didn't know.

Therefore, the fact that these businessmen are selling their official positions is becoming more and more rampant, and this Hou Lu is undoubtedly the agent of a certain bigwig in the officialdom who can decide the promotion of officials.

At this time, not only this businessman wanted to buy for his owner, but other businessmen also asked to buy for his own owner or relatives.

Hou Lu hurriedly put the teacup down: "Everyone, be quiet, come one by one, don't worry, this matter is naturally the one with the highest price, and Tong Su is not bullied." ”

Everyone knew Hou Lu's strength in the officialdom, and they were all a little afraid of Hou Lu's power, and when they saw that Hou Lu was a little serious, they all shut up and talked with Hou Lu in an orderly manner.

Soon, Hou Lu finalized the merchant with the highest price, and said: "Sir, rest assured, the position of the Quanzhou prefect of your family is a must!" ”

Hou Lu does have this confidence and confidence, after all, this is not the first time he has manipulated the matter of selling officials, basically there is no mistake, not to mention, he can even control the court push involving top-level officials such as cabinet ministers, this kind of official push is naturally extremely simple.

Many times, Hou Lu has a feeling that he is holding the entire Great Tomorrow in his hands.

As soon as Hou Lu came out of the Shanxi Guild Hall, he was about to take a sedan chair back to his house, when he saw his subordinates coming: "Master, the honor guard of Lord Zhao Zhenji Zhao is going to pass from here, you see, do we want to avoid it?" ”

"What is the right Tongzheng, even if the squire is Shangshu in front of your lord and me, he Zhao Zhenji is a Shu person, a person who is not a Hui merchant or a Jin merchant, and he can't be the first assistant in this life, so he doesn't have to avoid it!"

Hou Lu said quite proudly, then entered the sedan chair, squinted his eyes, and said, "After a while, please invite Liu Langzhong from the Wenxuan Division to meet in Huiyue Tower." ”

After a while, Hou Lu got off the sedan chair and arrived home, as soon as he arrived home, he saw a monk visiting: "Mr. Hou has been more and more blessed recently, and the little monk was invited by Yan Butang to ask Mr. Hou for a chance to improve." ”

"Which Yan Butang?"

Hou Lu asked.

"Ministry of Agriculture, Yan Song, Mr. Hou, this must not be difficult," the monk asked.

Hou Lu snorted, lifted his robe and left: "Go back and tell you the owner, it's too late, the results of the court push have come out, don't use it for me, in addition, tell you the owner, even if he comes to Hou in advance, Hou will not help him in this matter, this is not a matter of money or money, back then, Nanzhili was in a great drought, and the old man hoarded 30,000 stone grain and was about to make a fortune, but he was lost tens of thousands of silver dollars by his Yan Song's 100,000 stone sweet potatoes. ”

"There is such a thing, but my lord is also doing things for the imperial court, which is really helpless", the monk replied.

"Helpless?"

Hou Lu smiled coldly, but thinking that Yan Song was a scholar of the Ministry of Agriculture after all, an official residence of the second grade, and an important minister of the imperial court, this kind of character himself could not be offended too much, so he said:

"Hou can give your lord a chance, but Hou only does the business of officials who are willing to stand up for us businessmen, if your lord can advocate for the imperial court to reduce or reduce business taxes, the next time the cabinet is vacant, he can still come to Hou."

The monk didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to go back and report to Yan Song.

Yan Song had already learned the news from the ministry at this time, and knew that the result of the court was not his own, and he was chilled for a while, and now after the monk came back to play Ming Houlu's reply, he sighed helplessly: "The merchant controls the imperial court, and even the cabinet scholars are controlled by a businessman, and if this goes on like this, the state affairs will be worried!" ”

Yan Song naturally didn't mention this matter again, he just wanted to find a way to find Hou Lu, and now that the court has decided, it is meaningless for him to wait any longer, as for what Hou Lu said that he hopes he will promote the imperial court to reduce or reduce commercial taxes, Yan Song naturally knows better than anyone else, not to mention that he is not a household official, even if he is not a household official, he can't mention the matter of reducing or reducing commercial taxes.

Because, Yan Song knew that His Majesty the Emperor actually hated the reduction and exemption of commercial taxes in his heart, and only some civil officials with merchant backgrounds were changing the law to let the emperor reduce or reduce commercial taxes.

When Yan Song ran into a wall here in Hou Lu, Hai Rui, who was in charge of "Huangming Bao", had already written a press release about Hou Lu's manipulation of Tingtui investigated by the West Factory and had already begun to print and distribute it.

In addition, Hai Rui also personally wrote a critical article, and Hai Rui has always been sharp-witted, never merciless to people, and is also very ruthless in criticizing the businessman's manipulation of Tingtui, directly denouncing this as a sign of the death of the country, and also directly demanding that Hou Lu and others be killed.

But at this time, Chen Dian, a member of the news department, came to the newspaper office with the newspaper that had just been printed by "Huangming Pao", and asked directly: "Where is Hai Rui!" Call him out! ”

Hai Rui also heard the sound at this time and walked over: "The lower official is here." ”

"The good things you have done, this kind of thing involving the important canons of the imperial court, why don't you say it before the Information Department before publishing it, if this spreads, won't it damage the majesty of the imperial court, have you ever thought about the consequences?!"

Chen Dian sent an official message to Hai Rui, and the implication was naturally obvious, it was nothing more than Hai Rui announcing to the public about Hou Lu's manipulation of Tingtui that he had discovered in Xichang and did not ventilate to him in advance.

Daming's media were indeed under the jurisdiction of the General Administration of Press and Publication, and Huangming Bao was indeed under the supervision of the Information Department, so Chen Dian also had the right to criticize Hai Jui and prevent Huangming Bao from publishing some press releases that the Information Department thought could not be published.

Chen Dian was indeed worried that the publication of this "Huangming Pao" article would shake the world, especially the people behind him, so after reprimanding Hai Rui a few words, he directly ordered Hai Rui with the official authority of the news secretary Wailang:

"Take back all the latest issues of the newspaper that came out today, and take it back immediately! Come on! If this matter goes wrong because of your Emperor's report, this official will definitely have the black veil on your Hai Rui's head removed! ”

Hai Rui looked at Chen Dian and was silent for a long time, and then he arched his hand and said: "Lord Chen, this article was handed over by Xichang, presumably there is no need to say more from the lower officials, you should understand whether this newspaper should be taken back!" ”

Chen Dian couldn't help choking his mouth for a while, looking at Hai Rui who didn't know what to say for a while, he knew that once it was handed over by Xichang, it meant that it was from Shangyi, and if it was from Shangyi, he couldn't stop it, but he couldn't help but hate Hai Rui even more.

Because, if Hai Rui had told him about this in advance, there might still be a chance to deal with it.

Therefore, Chen Dian couldn't help but warn Hai Rui: "Lord Hai, you remember, the Information Department is not a decoration, and your behavior will harm yourself!" ”

As soon as he entered the sedan chair, he ordered: "Go and tell Mr. Hou immediately, let him escape from the capital immediately and take the Beijing-Zhang Railway out of the jam!" Then, I will inform the adults of each ministry! ”

……

"There is no doubt that Wang Shilang will enter the cabinet this time, is it difficult to do it, His Majesty the Emperor will choose Zhou Shangshu who he doesn't like", Hou Lu was secretly meeting with Xu Jin's Qing guest Wei Ying in a private house at this time, and only here was Wei Ying, Hou Lu would humbly bend half of his body and speak carefully.

Wei Ying, a native of Xu Jinmen, also smiled proudly: "The emperor doesn't like Zhou Luo, but you just push the people's court up, I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor still thinks that Zhou Luo is unwilling, and wants to go further, so he undoubtedly hates Zhou Luo even more, but it's okay, the emperor hates Zhou Luo, so he can only choose Wang Yongping, and there is Wang Yongping who has the support of Hui merchants behind him to enter the cabinet, even if he Xia Yan is the first assistant, it will be difficult to control us anymore!" ”

Wei Ying couldn't help frowning as she spoke: "It's just that I don't know why, I heard my master say that the celebrant has not issued an approval document on the appointment of the final cabinet ministers. ”

"Maybe it's just that the emperor is old and doesn't do things as fast as before, so it's better not to be too anxious about the old man", Hou Lu comforted Wei Ying.

Wei Ying also nodded, he didn't believe that Emperor Zhu Houzhao could have any reason to drag the result of the court push, and he did use these words to persuade Xu Jin, after all, Wang Yongping had no bad deeds except for the identity of a bureaucratic family.

Therefore, Wei Ying didn't say anything more, and didn't part with Hou Lu until the early hours of the morning.

And Hou Lu also took a detour back to his mansion, but as soon as Hou Lu got out of the car, two Jinyi guards walked to Hou Lu, and one of them said: "Hou Lu, yes, come with us." ”

Hou Lu saw that it was Jinyiwei's person, and suddenly froze there as if his soul had been drained, until he was dragged away by Jinyiwei, he came back to his senses and was busy touching his body.

A Jinyi Wei Zongqi took out a brown pill: "No need to search!" Mr. Hou, don't play tricks in front of our Jinyiwei, only the emperor can take your life, and you yourself are not qualified. ”

Not long after Hou Lu was arrested, the people sent by Chen Dian to report the news arrived, but they obviously came up empty.

At this time, the newspaper of "Huangming Bao" gradually spread as the morning sun gradually illuminated the capital.

"How can this be true? Outrageous! Tingtui is a heavy ritual of the imperial court, how can these businessmen be allowed to manipulate! The kilograms of the DPRK and China are also greedy for ink! ”

Yang Jisheng, a member of the Criminal Department, was too lazy to eat breakfast at this time, so he immediately put on his official uniform and went to find his friend who was the imperial historian in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"This Zhou Luo has violated the axioms of the world, and he has not persuaded the Son of Heaven to establish a successor, so that the storage position is vacant, and it is already infamous, why do the princes of the DPRK and the Central Committee still let him be a candidate for the cabinet minister, why hasn't this person been dismissed!"

Cheng Jia, the secretary of Beijing Normal University, also slapped the newspaper on the table, and then saw a new branch of Beijing Normal University coming over, and Zhu Dashou saluted first: "Teacher, students and others want to take a leave of absence for half a day, go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to petition for an inspection of Zhou Luo, and ask the court to remove Zhou Luo and other traitors!" ”

"I'll go with you for the teacher!"

Cheng Jia said a word, and first took this new branch of the academy to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Coincidentally, the middle- and lower-level officials of the DPRK and the scholars of the major universities could not accept that this important personnel election matter of the court and cabinet ministers would be manipulated by businessmen, and they also selected a traitorous minister who had already been hated by everyone as a candidate for the cabinet ministers, so they all came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and demanded that the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately file a case and impeach the matter.

In fact, there is no need for these people to demonstrate, there are already several imperial historians from poor families in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who have begun to write impeachment notes, and they have even been handed to Ni Song, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But Ni Song did not immediately agree to play, and directly criticized these imperial histories: "Ridiculous! It's just a newspaper, who knows the truth or falsehood, and you dare to talk about the government because of this! All the holy judgments, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate must not talk about things! What's more, this court push matter involves all the important ministers of the court. ”

Although Ni Song suppressed this matter for the time being, and did not let the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately report the matter of impeachment, he could not suppress public opinion, so at this time, more and more officials and scholars rushed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It didn't take long for Xu Jin to know about the newspaper, and for a while, the whole person was stunned like a sculpture, and began to think about what the consequences would be if this matter would happen, whether it would implicate him, and he did participate in the manipulation of Tingtui, but it was Hou Lu who was really responsible, and the only person who could find out about himself and Hou Lu was his own Qingke Wei Ying.

Xu Jin hurriedly came to a side room in person: "Wei Ying, come to see me in the outer study later!" Take the secret passage to the study! ”

Not long after, Wei Ying came to Xu Jin: "Master, you call me?" ”

"How is the slave girl Yun Ji waiting?" Xu Jin asked casually first, and handed a cup of tea to Wei Ying.

Wei Ying smiled: "Naturally, it is excellent, and it is all thanks to the old man." ”

"That's fine, no one knows that you're coming to my house, except for Yun Ji?" Xu Jin asked.

"No, the little one has been doing things according to the master's orders, and now in the capital, except for you, the master, Mr. Hou knows that I am from your house", Wei Ying replied.

Xu Jin nodded and pointed to the teacup: "Drink it." ”

Wei Ying was a little puzzled, but he still habitually drank it, and after a while, he felt that his abdomen was as uncomfortable as swallowing gold, as if his intestines were about to be stirred, and pointed at Xu Jin: "Master, you, why do you want to poison me?!" ”

Xu Jin didn't speak, just watched Wei Ying die in pain a little bit.

It wasn't until Wei Ying lay motionless on the table that he personally dragged this Wei Ying into the study, then opened the secret room, threw it into the pit below the secret room, sprinkled lime, then sprinkled cement, then poured water, and then pressed the mechanism to return to its original position.

Xu Jin didn't dare to let his subordinates do it, he was afraid that the people in the West Factory would find out.

Not long after, Xu Jin walked out and came to Yun Ji, and buried Yun Ji in the garden after strangling her, Yun Ji was just a female slave in the Japanese Kingdom, she had no household registration in Daming, and no one even knew that there was such a female slave in Xu's mansion, so she didn't have to worry about anyone knowing after Xu Jin killed her.

Soon, after Xu Jin dealt with all this, he continued to participate in politics as usual, but as soon as Xu Jin arrived in the cabinet, Ni Yuanlin, the cabinet secretary, found Xu Jin: "Pavilion Elder, my father came to ask, the matter of Hou Lu has been known to the world, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate may not be able to suppress it, I don't know what the cabinet elder has to do." ”

"Hou will die! If he dies, he will be falsely accused, and if he is not dead, he will be falsely accused! ”

Xu Jin didn't speak, just dipped his fingers in the tea and wrote a line on the table, and then his sleeve brushed down the teacup, and the tea covered up the handwriting. ”

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