Yang Shiqi's mourning hall is full of people, as a veteran minister of the Four Dynasties, a former cabinet chief assistant, and a secretary of the military department, Yang Shiqi's influence in the orthodox Ming court, especially among civil officials, is unparalleled, and this will not have the slightest impact because he has an unscrupulous son.

So on the second day of his death, his protégés in Beijing, including those above the third grade, came to mourn.

Although in the famous Sanyang cabinet, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi are not completely of one heart and one mind, and there was a little friction in the early years, but the relationship between the younger generations can be called a world friend, which is also the reason why Yang Minzheng was able to come to mourn the day after Yang Shiqi's death with the official body of the Seven Grades Hanlin Cultivation.

A middle-aged man who looked a little similar to Yang Dao knelt in the mourning hall, kowtowing mechanically, with the expression of a dead father, Yang Shangjing respectfully incense Yang Shiqi, turned his head to look, and couldn't help sighing.

This man is indeed a dead father, but more importantly, he is also dying, because he is Yang Dao's eldest brother and Yang Shiqi's eldest son Yang Ji, who is a professional pit father, and also a group of civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, if he is not lawless in his hometown, his father will not be sick at home, and Wang Zhen can also have more constraints.

Yang Shangjing shook his head, turned around and walked out of the mourning hall, stood outside, and looked at the spring of Beijing City in 1444 AD.

"When people die, the lights go out, and when people go to tea, it's cold." Yang Shangjing sighed and couldn't help but shake his head again.

This is a rule, but also an iron law, it is the rule of the game of power formed by Chinese officialdom for thousands of years, which cannot be shaken, there are famous examples, counting forward from the era where he is now, no one dared to touch Shang Yang when Qin Xiaogong was alive, and as soon as Qin Xiaogong died, Shang Ying was the end of the five horses; Counting back, when Zhang Juzheng, who changed the law, was alive, a large number of self-proclaimed "lackeys under the door", and after he died, it was not the end of the family and the extermination of the family?

is also a cabinet bachelor, when Yang Shiqi was alive, no one dared to move Yang Ji, and even Zhu Qizhen, who was the emperor, could only issue an order to reprimand, instead of directly punishing him.

At this moment, Yang Shangjing suddenly felt a little concerned, he felt that the aura of "the second grandson of the first master Yang Rongyan" on his body, in addition to bringing some convenience to his career, seemed to bring a lot of trouble?

While thinking, Yang Shangjing walked out of the gate of Yang Shiqi's mansion, and an old man who looked to be sixty years old and had a short beat in Tsing Yi greeted him, with a look of concern: "The young master's body has recovered?" The old servant had just heard that the young master had rested, so he went to find a carriage. ”

This old man is Yang Rong's eldest follower, his real name is Zhang Meng, when he was young, he was a famous ranger near Jian'an City, and he was said to be able to kill a galloping horse with a punch, and then he was put in prison when he committed a crime, and Yang Shangjing and his uncle fished him out, relying on his ability to run with Yang Rong before and after, so many years have been dead, and then he changed his surname to Yang, called Yang Zhong, when he was in the camp of Yumuchuan, he was Yang Rong's personal entourage, and saw the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty ascend to heaven.

Therefore, Yang Shangjing didn't dare to put up a young master with this old man, waved his hand and said, "Uncle Zhong, it's okay anymore." ”

"Get in the car, get in the car." Yang Zhong pointed to the carriage behind him, helped Yang Shangjing open the curtain, and carried him into the carriage.

Yang Zhong didn't call the handlebar type, as an old man who has served Yang Rong for more than 30 years before and after the saddle, he has done this kind of thing driving I don't know how many times, he sat on the car and threw a whip, and the carriage headed towards Yang's mansion in the south of the city.

"The young master misses the old lady?" Yang Zhong, who was driving, asked, and the old man's voice also carried a vicissitudes of life.

Yang Shangjing did not hesitate, and nodded directly, the original owner of this body was indeed because he missed his grandfather and was too sad, so he occupied the magpie's nest: "Touching the scene, the martial arts post of the year ......"

"You can hurt your body, but don't hurt your body." Yang Zhong sighed, "The old lady values the young master the most, but don't let his old man down." ”

Yang Shangjing was silent for a moment and nodded: "Uncle Zhong, please rest assured, Jian has his own measure." ”

Yang Zhong flicked a whip to make the horse pulling the cart go faster, and the old man's voice carried a little feeling: "Back then, you didn't follow the old man back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, in the martial arts station, the old lady's last wish was to let the young master shine on the lintel, not to fall into the reputation of the Yang family, and to be an official in this Hanlin Courtyard." ”

There is a lot of information contained in this sentence, such as Yang Rong's love and importance for Yang Shangjing, and the reason why he directly entered the Hanlin Academy from the Ministry of Rites after returning to Beijing.

Although there was no rule in the Yingzong period that "non-Jinshi will not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin will not enter the cabinet", Yang Shiqi, who had just died, was not even from the Jinshi, but the local resume seems to be no longer so important, because Yang Pu, who now supports the entire civil official system in the foreign courts, has no resume of local service, and can come to this point, in addition to being really capable, the biggest reason is his background - the former minister of the Qiandi of Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi, who also carried the black pot for Zhu Gaochi back then.

With such a first assistant, even if it is only to control the government for a few years, but within a few years, the selection of officials in the future will inevitably gradually tilt towards the center, and it is estimated that the rule of "non-jinshi do not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet" also slowly began to rise from here.

In addition, the Hanlin system is independent of hundreds of officials, and it is extremely noble, so the personnel transfer and promotion in it have the least impact on the court, but after every Hanlin official leaves the Hanlin Academy, he will be awarded the corresponding official position, which can be said to be the fastest promotion and the smallest sequelae of the Ming Dynasty.

"Grandfather, he's an old man...... Foresight. Yang Shangjing took a deep breath, then slowly spit it out, and at the same time complained, more than 500 years later, the university instructor and secretary of the Youth League Committee is the secretary of the municipal government office, isn't this routine, human beings are simply a model that will not evolve.

But...... Well, it's very scientific, it's very reasonable.

Yang Zhong did not deny this, but nodded: "The master has always seen far, otherwise he would not have stopped Emperor Yongle's horse outside Nanjing back then, and Yumu Chuanli would not have chosen to mourn in secret, let alone let Emperor Xuanzong personally conquer his own uncle......

It can be said that as long as he Yang Shangjing is not detained as a rebel, as long as the lineage of Renzong is still doing long live long live in the court, he will not have to worry about his life, and he will be able to be his own Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy, and then boil Yang Pu, Ma Yu, Cao Nai, Wang Zhen, all the way to the position of the first assistant.

But...... Is it really going this way?