When Xia Wanchun didn't come just now, Feng Ziyong had already analyzed at home, if Ma Mingyuan Zhishi, who could take over the position of first assistant. Feng Ziyong thought about it, only himself and Tong Yangjia, as for Ma Jiyuan, Ma Jiyuan's policy was too conservative, and he was fundamentally different from the radical emperor, so this time Ma Jiyuan would definitely not recover.

Feng Ziyong had recovered from the initial shock at this time, and said with that unhurried look: "Shoufu is the cabinet foreman, and there are some young people who can decide, everything must be subject to the emperor's holy decree!" As an elder of the cabinet, the old man must be ordered by the emperor, even if Tong Yangjia is the first assistant, the old man must also assist him wholeheartedly! ”

Xia Wanchun has never been a grassroots official, and he is not familiar with the way these guys and leave half of the way they talk, and now when I hear Feng Ziyong say this, I think that Feng Ziyong really has no enterprising spirit, so isn't it dangerous for the prince? Xia Wanchun hurriedly said: "Uncle, this can't be done!" If the traitor Tong Yangjia became the first assistant, would the world still be fine? Please uncle, be sure to accede to the prince's request! ”

"Cungu Xian nephew, let's do it today! The old man was already very tired in the morning in the court, and I will talk about that later! Dao'er, send off guests for your father! Feng Ziyong didn't give Xia Wanchun a clear answer at all, stood up and turned back to the back room, and asked Director Feng to send off the guests.

Xia Wanchun couldn't help it when he saw this, so he had to hang his head and walk out of the gate of the Jin State Mansion.

When Director Feng came back, he saw Feng Ziyong sitting on a chair and was distracted, Director Feng asked softly, "Father, why did you refuse Xia Wanchun?" Isn't this a good opportunity to serve as the first assistant? ”

Feng Ziyong frowned and said: "Dao'er, you remember, there is no absolute thing in officialdom, who doesn't want to be the first assistant?" But what if you can't get it back? ”

"But father, the prince doesn't have his father's will, what if he can't cooperate with his father?"

Feng Ziyong laughed: "You can rest assured about this, that Qian Yiai can analyze the situation between the DPRK and China at all, and this political level can still be had, we just need to prepare!" ”

After Feng Ziyong finished speaking, he asked Director Feng: "Dao'er, you have a lot of dealings with Xia Wanchun, what do you say about him?" ”

"Father, Xia Cungu is upright, but it is easy to break for a long time! He still lacks tempering! ”

Feng Ziyong nodded: "Dao'er's vision is not bad, it seems that after this matter is over, Xia Wanchun should be allowed to come out to practice, and he will not be able to become a talent in the East Palace!" And your eldest brother Feng Run, who has been a county magistrate in Guangxi for eight years, is almost the same, and when his father becomes the first assistant, let him be promoted to a level and become a prefect! ”

Feng Run is the son of Feng Ziyong's eldest brother, Feng Ziyong's eldest brother's whole family died in Sichuan at the hands of Liukou, and only Feng Run escaped by Feng Ruoshu's side in Beijing. After arriving in Guangdong, Feng Run has been by Feng Ruoshu's side and has not been a leader, and it was not until Feng Ziyong was thrown out of the cabinet and became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi that Feng Run became a magistrate in Guangxi.

Feng Run originally thought that his uncle was the governor, so going to be the magistrate of this county was just a formality, and he could be transferred to Guangdong in a year and a half. Knowing that Feng Ziyong was like forgetting him, Feng Run stayed in the poor countryside of Guangxi for eight years. It's not that Feng Ziyong doesn't want to use his nephew, it's just that Feng Run is full of the stinky temper of a literati, and he can't look down on this or that, so Feng Ziyong threw Feng Run to the place to exercise.

After Feng Ziyong finished speaking, he asked, "Dao'er, are you familiar with that Qian Yiai?" ”

"Father, son and he are not familiar with him, but I heard that Qian Yiai was also a gentleman in Guangzhou back then, and he was everywhere in Flower Street and Willow Lane, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful now!"

"Well, in the future, we old guys will die, and it will be up to you young people in the future, this money is not simple, you can make friends when you have time!"

Feng's father and son were talking about Qian Yiai, and Qian Yiai had just come out of Qu Shiyun's house at this time.

The conversation with Qu Shiyun was very successful, the reason is very simple, Qu Shiyun also regretted the incident in the morning, he knew that it was better to let Ma Mingyuan go if he could make trouble to this point, so Qian Shiai mentioned that he and the Chu Party Alliance would get through this crisis first, and Qu Shiyun immediately agreed to Qian Shiai's proposal.

Qu Shiyun's guarantee was very important, because the Donglin Party was in charge of the public opinion of the Jingshi, and now the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Hanlin Yuan, and the Kedao Imperial History were all under the control of Qu Shiyun, and at the same time, the Donglin Party occupied a large number of positions in these three places. So having these-stirring sticks to help can do more with less.

Qian Yiai breathed a sigh of relief when he came out of Qu Mansion, but Qu Shiyun was simple here, and Tong Yangjia was the most difficult to convince. And Tong Yangjia can't go there, this time the matter is very big, and the emperor has already made up his mind to clean up these cabinet ministers who kick their noses and faces, so the only thing that can make the emperor succumb is internal and external troubles. Internal worries are easy to solve, public opinion is in the hands of the Donglin Party, Qu Shiyun has just agreed to join the gang, but this external trouble will depend on Tong Yangjia.

Zhu Hongsan came from later generations and believed in the saying that the gun comes out of power, so he firmly grasped this army in his hands at the beginning of the formation of the new army. At the same time, the new army's personnel appointment and dismissal powers, the recruitment, training, and transfer of recruits, and the manufacture and distribution of weapons are all in the hands of the military aircraft department.

Because of this, the empire's armies in the northeast, northwest, southwest, and Nanyang were all under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and the cabinet could not control it at all, only Fujian was a special case, so it was necessary to deal with Tong Yangjia in order to put pressure on the emperor. Qian Yiai looked at the sky, and it was almost dark now, but he had no choice but to tell the palanquin man to go to the Xicheng Qi State Mansion.

Qu Shiyun's mansion is also in Xicheng, and it is not too far from the Qi State Mansion, so it is not completely dark when he arrives here.

Tong Yangjia's mansion was the residence of Prince Zheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Jierharang, who was second only to Dolgon's uncle back then, and the mansion was naturally magnificent. After Zhu Hongsan entered Beijing, he rewarded Dolgon's Prince Rui's Mansion to Ma Mingyuan, and this Prince Zheng's Mansion was rewarded to Tong Yangjia.

Qian Yiai came to the front of the house, and at this time, the family members of the Tong Mansion had already begun to hold the lamp, and eight big red lanterns were hung at the door, which was not magnificent. Eight lanterns are the standard of the prince, and only twelve are hung in the palace, which is not the death of Tong Yangjia, but the benefits given by the emperor to the four founding dukes, and the honor guard is equivalent to the prince. Of course, this is only for Ma Mingyuan, Feng Ziyong, Ma Jiyuan, and Tong Yangjia, but not for the other five generals and dukes.

Tong Yangjia has such authority in the court, so naturally all the family members in the mansion are arrogant and domineering. A family member saw a young literati come to the front of the house to look, stepped forward and scolded: "You eyeless hanger-necked showman, do you know where this is?" This is the Mansion of the Kingdom of Qi, is this where you came? Don't get out of here, or the brocade guards patrolling the streets will take you to prison! ”

The family originally said that this scholar must have hugged his head, but knowing that things were developing differently from what he thought, this person walked over with a paper fan instead.

Qian Yiai walked to the gate and said to the family: "You are a family member who is powerful, do you know who this official is?" Do you know what this official is looking for Tong Ge Lao? Are you responsible for delaying Tong Ge's big event? ”

Qian Yiai's series of rhetorical questions blinded the family Ding, he looked up and down at this young literati, medium stature, wearing a white satin gown, wearing a white turban, holding a paper fan in his hand, now it is late autumn in August, the temperature is very low after the sun sets, this young literati is still fanning the fan elegantly, it is really chic.

As the gatekeeper of the Guogong Mansion, that guy also has some eyesight, at first glance, this young man is not an ordinary person, just now he claimed to be his own official, is it an official who is a good friend of Tong Ge? But the age is not the same, Tong Ge is more than sixty years old, and the officials who interact with him are about the same age, so there must not be such a young person. In fact, Qian Yiai is thirty years old this year, which is exactly the year of establishment, but Qian Yiai has two generations of excellent genes from his parents, plus he is properly maintained on weekdays, so he looks like he is twenty-one or twelve years old.

That family member didn't know the identity of Qian Yiai, but he thought to himself that it would be better not to offend, what if it was the nephew or protégé of the elder of the pavilion?

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll go in and report to you, may I ask your surname?"

"Just say my surname is Qian!"

The family nodded, asked a few people around to look at the man, and then went in to report.

Qian Yiai took advantage of the opportunity of the family to go in to report and looked up at the gate of this Duke of Qi, it was really magnificent. The whole gate is nine zhang high, with a vermilion primer, with sixty-four brass door nails inlaid on it, and two slightly smaller side doors on the left and right, with eight pairs of lintels on the door, and eight bluestone steps on the ground, instead of the six steps that a first-class official should have.

The four Guogong mansions in Beijing are almost the same, but the other three gates are erected one or several Jinshi poles, which say "Jinshi and the first" or "with the Jinshi origin", Ma Mingyuan is the most awesome, written "the first in the second class", only Tong Yangjia's door is bare, because Tong Yangjia is a show talent at all, and he got a lift person after getting the emperor's grace in Guangzhou.

Qian Yiai himself is a prodigy, at the age of twelve, if the emperor hadn't let him out early, he would definitely be able to get a jinshi. Qian Qianyi, the old son of Qian Qianyi, is even more awesome, he was Tanhua back then, the third in the country, although there was a lot of criticism about Qian Qianyi's Tanhua at that time, but the country still recognized Qian Qianyi's academic qualifications.

Qian Yiai was arrogant when he was a child, although he is now old and knows how to converge, but seeing Tong Yangjia's illustrious family, but he is not from the right path of the imperial examination, he can't help but feel a little resentful in his heart. God is really blind, this kind of bastard can become a cabinet deputy assistant, or a hereditary duke, he has the halo of a prodigy, but he is just a prefect, it's really unfair!