The palace lights are all on, and the room is bright enough to embroider.

It's noon, but it's as dark as late at night. It was as if God had knocked over a jar of ink, making a mess between heaven and earth. The doors and windows were bare, and gusts of wind whistled over the Yuyuan Pond, blowing the sound of flying sand and rocks outside.

It is already the end of October in the lunar calendar, and the weather is as cold as a day, looking at the current sky, it is estimated that it will be a blizzard.

The eunuchs of the celebrant are all yin people. The most cold-tolerant, hiding in the house, huddled one by one, and every time he said a word, he spit out a long breath of white gas from his mouth.

The copper stove in the house was burning vigorously, but the heat that could emanate from it could only envelop a circle of two meters. Where the heat can't reach, it's as cold as an ice cellar.

Now, this warm and spring-like square inch of land has been occupied by Huang Jin, the new eunuch who is in charge of the seal. He was holding a red pen in his hand, and the votes sent by the cabinet were about to be approved red.

The so-called vote system is that after the ministers of the outer court submit the work chapter to the inner court for the emperor to read. To the Wenyuan Pavilion, the cabinet scholars in the name of the emperor to prepare a draft of the reply, with a small ticket ink paste and the face of the chapter into the emperor, called the vote. It is also called the draft vote, the purpose of the vote, the purpose of the article and the purpose of the tune. If the emperor agrees with the drafting of the cabinet, that is, he personally or the eunuch who handed over the ceremony dipped a pen in cinnabar and approved it on the top and bottom of the chapter, which is called a batch of red. If it is not agreed, it will be redrafted by the cabinet, which is called a change of vote. Or if there is a piece of music presented to the emperor, it will not be cabinetd, and it will not be dealt with, which is called Liuzhong.

Now, the power of approving red has finally fallen into the hands of Huang Jin. He is now finally the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, the eunuch of the seal, the prime minister of the court, the most powerful minister, and the power is unmatched for a while, which can be regarded as getting what he wants.

But somehow, there is always a shadow in my heart, lingering.

Huang Jin has no brains, but he has a very deep understanding of how many catties and taels he has. He knew that everything he had today came from the emperor's favor, and he didn't get it by his own real ability. His forte was to do the dirty work for the emperor, and in fact, the East Factory was the most suitable place for him. But now, the East Factory has fallen into the hands of Bi Yun. And now he is popular on behalf of the Son of Heaven. is the first real power figure in the DPRK, but because of the lack of Dongchang, I always feel that something is missing.

These days, I am in the celebrant because I have no experience in politics, or simply put, I am insufficient. plus the minister's play, all the tricks. If there is something to say, let's start with a sage's words. Then it took a long time to get to the point. For a long time, Huang Jin was stunned by those readers. For the first time, he presided over the celebrant of ceremonies. Huang Jin made a few mistakes. was scolded by the emperor several times, and suddenly felt extremely depressed.

Actually, change any yamen. A ministerial-level chief like him doesn't need to do many things himself. Just give it to the people below and do it. Several of his deputies in the celebrant supervisor are all high-level talents from the inner study hall, and they are powerful people trained by Chen Shan and Li Dongyang, and they are naturally handy in handling general government affairs.

With their assistance, the celebrant should be able to run smoothly, and he Huang Jin doesn't need to work so hard.

But the problem is that these Bingbi eunuchs are all old men left behind by Emperor Wuzong, and they have a very happy relationship with Bi Yun. Huang Jin rectified Bi Yun some time ago. Although these people don't say it verbally, they can't help but feel sad in their hearts, not only do they not cooperate with Huang Jin on weekdays, but they stand by and watch his jokes.

Huang Jin is also an introduction. Narrow-minded people, the heart said: If there is a chance, these guys must be driven out of the celebrant supervisor, and they will all be replaced by our own talents. They don't cooperate, okay, our family will watch the music by themselves, criticize the red by themselves, and we won't give you any power.

Thinking of this, Huang Jin forced his spirit to look at the ticket. I read more than a dozen points of proposed tickets in one go. After indiscriminately commenting on the handling opinions, I only felt that my mind was in a trance, and I was so tired that my whole body was soft.

Listening to the cold wind whistling outside, my spirit was even more compromised.

Then he stopped his pen and yawned a long time, ready to carry his water and fire prison dragon stick outside the house to move his muscles and bones.

Several eunuchs who wrote a pen saw that Huang Jin's work was in a very poor state, and exchanged a knowing look at the same time. A eunuch and a ticket were about to come up. He said in a deep voice: "Huang Gong, here is a ticket transferred by the cabinet, I don't dare to wait for it to be alone, and I ask Huang Gong to take a look at it and come up with a charter." ”

Huang Jin asked impatiently: "What ticket is proposed, and who wrote it." ”

The eunuch replied: "It is a recital written by Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Oh, it's Mao Shangshu." The Ministry of Rites has a high status, but Huang Jin didn't dare to slack off and take the fold, and he didn't look at it, but asked: "I don't know what the important thing is, by the way, what is the opinion of the cabinet?" ”

"Back to Huang Gong's words, the opinion of the cabinet is" The eunuch Bingbi hesitated a little and replied, "Yang Fu's opinion is to be decided after being forwarded to His Majesty's imperial review." ”

"Forwarded to the Imperial Tour?" Huang Jin sneered: "Your Majesty is a half-immortal body, and he has always ignored mundane affairs. This Mao Shang's, every time he writes a recital, it is full of words, but in fact, it is empty. His things let His Majesty look at them, and the anti-Japanese o8 Shanshu ridiculed the mustard umbrella

The more he talked, the more energetic he became, and finally seized such an opportunity to leak, so he naturally wanted to do this. The subordinates reprimanded enough before they were willing to give up: "In my opinion, Mao Shangshu's things are not worth seeing, and it is estimated that the cabinet is too lazy to look at them, so let's approve them and handle them accordingly!" ”

After listening to Huang Jin's opinion, several eunuchs with a pen looked shocked, and then exchanged glances at each other.

The eunuch smiled bitterly: "Huang Gong should take a look first, and then come up with a charter."

"What's there to see?" Huang Jin didn't notice the strangeness on everyone's faces, and picked up the fold and looked at it a few times irritably. He knew all the words on it. But Mao Shangshu is combined together, but it makes people feel like falling into a fog. Huang Jin looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see the reason, but he refused to show his cowardice in front of his subordinates, and threw it on the case: "Stay in the middle."

A group of eunuchs looked at each other, and after a moment, one of the eunuchs stubbornly said: "Huang Gong." According to the rules, if the foreign minister's recital needs to be left in the middle, His Majesty must nod it. And, in my opinion, this, this small

"What is this?" Huang Jinda was unhappy: "Just stay here." ”

At this moment, the thick blue curtain hanging on the door suddenly opened, and a biting cold wind blew into the room, causing everyone to shrink at the same time.

In the palace lanterns, flakes of snow flickered in the wind.

At this time, everyone in the house appeared, and it was already snowing heavily.

But it was still very dark.

Even Huang Jin shivered from the cold air. was about to get angry, but when he looked up, it was Bi Yun and Sun Dan who came in. Huang Jin came with a spring breeze on his face, and no one had yet entered the house. First, there was a hearty laugh: "Stay in the middle." What's left? This can only be done with the nod of His Majesty. Otherwise, the minister handed over the fold but did not wait for the approval, and if it caused trouble, it would be a troublesome matter. ”

Sun Dan still looked calm, and when he entered the important place of the celebrant supervisor, he was not cramped, and nodded to everyone: "Sun Dan has seen all the ministers. ”

Huang Jin, Sun and Bi are enemies, and they are very red when they see each other. As soon as he looked at the two of them, he snorted in his nose: "Sun Dan, what are you doing here?" You are a small lifter, and you have no official position. This is also where you can come.

He made a tiger face and put his official authority in full swing.

Xiyuan is the political center of the country, a first-class and first-class core department, and ordinary officials, if the grade is not enough, it is impossible to enter here for a lifetime. And now Sun Dan is just a small lifter. But it is swaying in the West Garden, but it looks very strange.

Sun Dan was not afraid, and said: "Father-in-law Huang, have you forgotten that Sun Dan is now the senior of the Inner Book Hall, and he can walk in the forbidden West Garden." You are the steward of the inner study hall, and you are also Sun Dan's boss in name, so Sun Dan came to see you, can't you? ”

"You" Huang Jin was so angry that he couldn't speak, and then he remembered that Sun Dan was now a member of the Inner Book Hall.

He couldn't say that Sun Dan had to face Bi Yunhuo: "Old Bi, you are now also a eunuch of Xi Bingbi, the governor of Dongchang, why haven't you come to report to the celebrant all the time." Not only that, but you also brought outsiders in. Is the land of the country's pivot also something that outsiders can trespass?

Bi Yun didn't want to pay attention to Huang Jin at all, so he sat straight on the chair, looked around, and asked the eunuchs, "What were you discussing just now?" ”

He is the eunuch Xi Bingbi, the second-in-command of the celebrant eunuch, and now he is in charge of the East Factory, and he has great power. In addition, he is a good person, and the same ministers are old acquaintances for many years.

Everyone felt cordial when they saw Bi Yun, and they all stepped forward to salute and replied: "Tell Bi Gong, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Netcai Rites Department, has an excerpt, we took a look, and we felt that the matter was quite big and transferred it to Huang Gong, Huang Gong means to stay in the middle." But I think it's a big deal, but we can't leave it here and ignore it

A few people, you said a word, and Huang Jin was put aside.

Huang Jin realized that he was unusually isolated in the celebrant supervisor, his heart was angry and angry, and his face became iron-blue.

"Oh, it's a big deal, show me the fold." Bi Yun glanced at Huang Jin, and felt happy in his heart. My old Bi is now back in the celebrant supervisor, Huang Gonggong, we have time to be affectionate.

Wait to take Mao Shangshu's fold and take a look. Bi Yun took a breath of cold air and said, "This fold can't be kept, not only can't it be kept." It is necessary to give instructions as soon as possible, with a resolute attitude and a hard tone. ”

Huang Jin paid attention, "What are you talking about?" ”

Bi Yun smiled sarcastically: "Didn't Gonggong Huang watch it just now?" ”

After speaking, he didn't give it to Huang Jin, but handed it to Sun Dan: "Jingyuan, you have a good idea and a general understanding, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Sun Dan nodded, took it and only glanced at it, his heart was shocked, and he said in surprise: "It's finally here?" ”

The Great Rites Debate has finally begun, but compared to the real history, it has been nearly three months late. History because of the appearance of Sun Dan. There was only a slight pause, and it still drove into its original orbit with its powerful inertia.