As soon as Huang Jin's duck throat fell, the door slowly opened from the outside, and Huang Jincai strode in with a neat palace uniform and a small eunuch.

Huang Jin was uninvited, it was already a big faux pas, Mao Cheng was unhappy in his heart, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

Mao Shangshu had a very stiff quarrel with the Queen Mother in the Tongzhou Palace, and naturally he was not welcomed. In addition, the Tongzhou Palace has been repaired, and the furnishings in the house are also very simple, although the area of the house is large, the furniture inside is very ordinary, only facing four landscape painting screens, and then there is a rosewood chair. Mao Cheng was sitting on the main seat in the front, and he raised his head to look out of the room, just in time to meet Huang Jin's gaze.

Huang Jin was originally the inner minister of the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, and he was also very familiar with the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries on a daily basis, and he had also met Mao Shangshu several times. Looking at it today, this hairy old man still looks cold as before, but he has lost a lot of weight, and his dark skin shows the texture of raw iron.

Huang Jin waved his hand lightly and said to the little eunuch beside the waiter: "Chen Hong, step down, bring the door shut, don't let the idlers come in and disturb you." ”

"Yes, godfather." Accompanying Huang Jin to Tongzhou was Huang Jin's most favored son Chen Hong. Now he is the most powerful person in Huang Jin's entrainment, helping Huang Jin deal with government affairs every day. It's just that he is still young and has not yet been of great use. Rumor has it that in a few years, this person will likely be in a position of steward.

After Chen Hong withdrew, several eunuchs who came with Huang Jin scattered in all directions. Hold the gate of the courtyard.

When Mao Cheng saw this scene, he felt that today was unusual, but he was an open-minded person, unmoved, and there was no expression on his face.

Huang Jin's next sentence confirmed Mao Cheng's guess: "My name is Huang Jin, and I am now in charge of the Yin as the master of ceremonies." ”

It stands to reason that not only the six Shangshu, but also the cabinet ministers, even the Jinshi who have participated in the store test, have all seen the emperor. And the eunuchs who are in charge of the seal of the celebrant are also by the emperor's side every day, and they must not leave the left and right. Although Mao Cheng has only seen Huang Jin a few times, he is not old enough to remember this important person.

Huang Jin deliberately solemnly stated his identity, coupled with the previous sentence that he was neither yin nor yang outside the house, he inevitably did not mean to bully others.

When Mao Shangshu heard this, he was not happy in his heart. I don't know that you Huang Jin is the green onion, and you still do it in front of me?

He snorted and rolled his eyes: "I am Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

The two confronted each other like this, and no one cared about anyone, let alone a courtesy.

Sun Dan knew what Huang Jin was doing here to find Mao Cheng, he was funny in his heart, speaking of which, your father-in-law Huang is here to be a lobbyist, and Lao Mao is again! Vice Monster Temper, as soon as you come, you will carry him hard, it is a little too arrogant.

Stealing through the gap in the picture screen and looking out, it happened to be facing Huang Jin's angry wrist

Huang Jin's tile-gray face had begun to distort, he was the emperor's confidant and an internal minister. The internal importance of the Ming Dynasty is more important than the outside, and the internal minister has the right to approve the red, and in the eyes of the outer court, the power is three points greater than that of the cabinet. Unexpectedly, as soon as I came to Mao Cheng today, I had a closed door. This made Huang Jin extremely angry in his heart.

But it's not a way to keep confronting each other like this, and after a long time, Sun Dan saw Huang Jin's teeth biting, and said loudly: "Lord Mao, I came to you to discuss something important." ”

"Oh, there is a holy decree." Mao Cheng turned his back to Sun Dan, and looked out from the gap in the painting screen, Master Mao sat straight, his body did not move, and he only raised his hand: "If there is a holy decree, Mao Cheng will immediately put the incense table and kneel to receive it." ”

Huang Jin said: "There is no holy decree, in fact, Huang Jin came here to get His Majesty's oral message and visit in a private capacity. ”

"Metaphor, private identity? In other words, there is no will. Mao Cheng snorted, this Huang Jinnai is Zhang's daughter-in-law's backstage, if it weren't for him, why did the imperial examination problem get into this situation, if you don't feel disgusted, it is a lie: "That is the case, Huang Gonggong, you find a place to sit down and talk to me, is it difficult to let me kneel and defeat you?" ”

Mao Cheng's tone was very unkind, and Huang Jin was so angry that his eyes were about to bulge out.

He was so angry that the green tendons on the Ding gang jumped suddenly, and he shouted in a low voice: "Old Mao, we don't have any hatred or anger." As the saying goes, everyone who comes is a guest, not to mention that you and I are ministers in the same palace....."

Mao Cheng immediately interrupted him: "All the people who come are guests, all by mouth, so Huang Jin, you came here today as a lobbyist?" The same hall is a minister, you are a minister, I am a foreign minister, why are you in the same hall? Moreover, you are a fourth-grade official, I am a dignified second-grade scholar, and you are my subordinate. According to the rules of officialdom, it is up to you to worship me. ”

Although the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were powerful, in order to facilitate control, their grades were not high. The palm print eunuch of the twelve yamen in the palace is only a four-rank official, of course, such as the four-grade official such as the master of ceremonies and the palm seal eunuch, I don't know how much more majestic than the palm print of the front secretary of the palace who is only responsible for cleaning.

But the six Shangshu are all second-grade officials, if they don't count the titles, they are already the pole of the people's ministers.

When had Huang Jin ever eaten such a suffocation, he was so angry that his chest was about to explode.

He is also used to his daily life, and he has to do it immediately. But when I think about it, I came here today with a request, just a Mao Cheng, if it is on weekdays, I will turn my face when I say it. But today, I can't walk away, and if I leave, how can I explain to Your Majesty.

Huang Jin took the task of lobbying Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng very seriously.

I thought it would take a lot of trouble, but I didn't expect that Yang Ge Lao was a very good talker, neither agreeing nor objecting, and kept a subtle silence.

Huang Jin took Yang Tinghe's silence as acquiescence and was greatly encouraged. He originally thought that as long as Yang Tinghe was convinced, most of the matter would be done, and as for Mao Shangshu, he should be an easy person to deal with.

But he never expected that as soon as he arrived in Tongzhou, before he could say a word, Mao Shangshu would carry it with him.

Huang Jin stood there, stunned for a long time. Only then did he smile dumbly, sat on a chair, and said, "Forget it, there is a difference between you and me, don't say anything about who worships." Your Lord Mao is lukewarm, and I, Huang Jin, can only be cheeky and self-deed. ”

Mao Cheng said: "Gonggong Huang, what are you doing here." If you want to pick up the queen mother, you only need to follow the etiquette of the court, and you can follow the personnel of our etiquette department to enter the city with the support of the queen of the domain. If you want to be a lobbyist, I'm sorry, the country has a system, and everything is done according to the system. ”

*Fastest* Huang Jin: "Don't talk about this, our family has already gone to see Fu before I came, Master Mao, don't you want to hear what I went to see Fu for?" ”