Yan Heng's heart was apprehensive.

This was the first time he had participated in a power struggle in officialdom.

And it is a struggle against the elites of this empire.

Whether it is his own mentor or the prefect Wang Tong and those high-ranking officials of the court who are mentioned by themselves, they are either from a person or a scholar, and they are not simple people in this era.

Before that, he simply used his wisdom to think about how to earn more money and fame with the least effort, and he was only facing ordinary people in this era, so he was confident that he could win their respect and interests, and make himself and his family live better.

But now, he began to face the ruling layers of the empire.

Yan Heng is not sure whether the elites who are familiar with the power of officialdom will push the outcome they want to see based on their own speculation.

He can only try to analyze rationally and consider the worst-case outcome.

Even, Yan Heng was not sure at first that he could convince his mentor to believe his advice and impeach him, that is, the prefect Wang Tong.

After all, he is only a twelve-year-old boy, although he is the head of the county case, and he may be called a young genius among the civilians, but he is often linked to immaturity in the officialdom.

Yan Heng could guess that he could convince his mentor that his young man's suggestion was not only that he had thought it through, but that he had already thought of the worst outcome, that is, his mentor could afford to lose.

Because his mentor can afford to lose, his mentor Xiong Zhixian will choose to believe his words.

And Yan Heng also convinced himself in this way.

He was not sure whether the high-ranking officials and princes from the prefect Wang Tong to the imperial court and the Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen would act according to his own analysis, nor was he sure whether he could use the opportunity of his mentor's participation in the impeachment of the Wang prefect to force the Wang prefect to compromise and then save himself and Xiao Yan Song's mansion The trial went smoothly.

At least the worst result is that he and Xiao Yan Song can't take the test this time, and the big deal is to wait a few more years to take the test, after all, he and Xiao Yan Song are still young, this is the biggest capital of himself and Xiao Yan Song.

Xiao Yan Song didn't know Yan Heng's thoughts, he could only detect his brother's uneasiness and firmness through Yan Heng's deep eyes, and he was also trying to adapt and understand this warm world without childhood innocence and family that he was not familiar with.

When Yan Heng asked him and Xiong Zhixian's staff to stay in the inn to study, and Yan Heng needed to go to the prefect's yamen with Zhixian, he didn't cry like other five-year-old children, but nodded calmly in agreement.

Yuanzhou Mansion is the capital city in the end, the scale is indeed larger than the county seat of Yixian, and it is more prosperous, Yan Heng deliberately behaved calmly, calmly accompanied Xiong Zhixian sedan chair, and looked at the crowd coming and going in front of him with a peaceful gaze.

And Xiong Zhixian sat in the sedan chair and touched his short beard under his chin from time to time, the music sent out last night made him feel insecure, he didn't dare to fully trust Yan Heng, he kept thinking about how to better do this bold move in his mind.

Sometimes a strategy is not afraid to think less, but is afraid to think more, and the more you think about it, the more flaws you will feel, but because of this, you hesitate, Zhang Huang is at a loss, and the same is true for Xiong Xiu in Zhixian County, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that he should not believe Yan Heng's suggestion.

Zhixian Xiong Xiu thought that even as Yan Heng said, the imperial court's way of dealing with this matter would only be to let himself deal with it in the same year, that is, the governor of the province, Li Jun, and then force the prefect of the king to compromise and give himself a good evaluation;

However, from the time when he handed over the decree to the imperial court, and the time when the inspector received the will according to the imperial history, the evaluation of the prefect's palace also reached the yamen of the ministry, and it was too late at that time, and he still had to wait for three years, but he offended the prefect of the king's mansion because of this!

Zhixian Xiong Xiu told Yan Heng about this concern.

Yan Heng didn't dare to expose his inner uneasiness, and deliberately pretended that Zhizhu was holding the ground: "Don't worry, the student has already ordered someone to spread the news of your impeachment of the prefect to Li Xunpress, Li Xunji will not want to let him deal with this matter after knowing it, even if he can't think of it, I will ask his staff to help him think that the student has arranged for someone to deal with his staff;

In addition, it is his duty to investigate corruption, and if he hears the news that the county magistrate informs the government that is enough to alarm the entire Jiangxi officialdom, he does not rush to Yuanzhou, and if he does not rush to investigate, he is derelict in his duties, not to mention that as a patrol according to the imperial history, he does not take this opportunity to check Yuanzhou Mansion and make some money by the way, how can he be worthy of the Qincha power in his hands. ”

After hearing this, Xiong Xiu, the county magistrate, still couldn't help asking, "Is he in time?" ”

Yan Heng was speechless, and wanted to ask himself if this teacher, as a court official, only knew how to engage in infrastructure construction and didn't know how to collect intelligence, so he asked such a low-level question, but as a student, Yan Heng had to patiently reply:

"In time, the student has already figured out clearly, Li Xunji is now in Xinyu, just a day's journey away from Yuanzhou, otherwise how dare the student let the teacher do such an extraordinary move, naturally it is thoughtful in all aspects;

And the student also asked the great master Yang Yiqing to inform him of the news, he is now in Guixi Xia's house, and it is close to here, although he is the admiral Xuezheng but also the deputy envoy of the inspection, he can also scare the prefect of the king, the chess pieces in your hand now have already eaten the pattern of the prefect of the king, so there is no need to worry. ”

Zhixian Xiong Xiu nodded, he didn't believe Yan Heng's age, but he believed Yan Heng's analysis.

"The teacher only needs to be upright, selfless, and ask for the people's life, and the more exaggerated, the better, the eyeliner of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is all over the world, although Your Majesty is in the imperial palace, you will not know your heart for the country and the people."

When he arrived in front of the prefect's yamen, Yan Heng asked the magistrate Xiong to embroider a few words.

After hearing this, Xiong Zhixian couldn't help but straighten his chest, straighten the black gauze hat on his head, patted his official uniform, waved his sleeves, and shouted in a particularly loud voice after fanning two breezes: "Xiong Xiu, the magistrate of Fenyi County, asks to see the prefect Wangfutai!" ”

The porter saw that Xiong Zhixian did not pay for the money, and saw that he was just a seven-grade county order, so he pretended not to hear it, but he still made a gesture of asking for money, which was regarded as a reminder to the official to understand the rules of officialdom.

Because Yan Heng had said before that he wanted Xiong Xiu to make him look upright, Xiong Xiu deliberately didn't pay for it, but shouted: "What, you just let this official wait here all the time, delaying the important affairs of the court, do you suffer from the crime?" ”

The porter still ignored it, and raised his head, not caring about Xiong Zhixian's intimidation at all.

Yan Heng was speechless, his mentor really didn't fully understand what he meant, so he pretended to be honest and honest, and he didn't even abide by the unspoken rules here in the gatehouse of the official mansion.

Yan Heng had to pay his own money to the concierge: "Please report it, my lord has an urgent matter to discuss with your lord, if it is a moment late, I am afraid that your lord's official position will not be guaranteed." ”

"Wait!"

The porter collected the money and hurriedly ran in to report the news, Yan Heng's words were threatening, and he was afraid of delaying his master's business, so he didn't dare to slack off after taking the money.

Xiong Zhixian was very satisfied with Yan Heng's actions just now, he didn't understand how to show his integrity, nor did he not understand the rules of the porter's report, he just wanted to see if Yan Heng, who was with him, had the vision to learn to do something that officials can't do but can do with staff.

Xiong Zhixian can now at least confirm that his student can at least become a qualified staff member.