Originally, Liang did not have an internal affairs department, and when Emperor Wu of Liang was in power, the general minister's recital was directly taken to the palace of Emperor Wu and directly corrected by Emperor Wu, and later Emperor Wen succeeded to the throne, and found that this was very inconvenient, so he ordered someone to build this internal affairs department in the middle of the Chinese Dynasty, and the ministers of the three provinces and six ministries discussed the resolution, and then handed it over to him for personal correction. This saved Emperor Wen a lot of trouble, but because of this, Emperor Wen's power was also weakened, so it caused a situation in which the Lin and Huang families were in charge of one side in the court and competed for power with each other.

At this time, Emperor Wen was waiting for Jin Ren's arrival in the study of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After Jin Ren got out of the morning court, he followed the deacon and eunuch all the way along the path next to the middle court, bypassing the Jinluan Hall and the Taiping Palace, and went straight to the partial position where the internal affairs department was located, and when he passed through an arch, he came to a garden, which was not the imperial garden in the palace, but an ordinary garden. The study of the Secretary of the Interior is in this garden.

The deacon and eunuch led Jin Ren to the door of this study, and asked softly to the people inside, "Your Majesty, Lord Jin has already brought it." ”

The person in this is naturally Emperor Zhao Ji of the Liang Dynasty, and when Emperor Wen heard this, he laughed and said outside: "Hurry up and invite Lord Jin in." ”

As soon as Jin Ren heard this, he gave up his hand to the eunuch and walked in with a respectful face.

When I walked into this study, I found that although this study was a royal study, it was no different from the study of ordinary officials and nobles, and it was not even as luxurious as the study in the Dingguo Mansion. But this study is very antique and simple, but it has a unique flavor.

Jin Ren walked in and saw that Emperor Liang was sitting on a chair in the study, and he didn't know what he was reading, so he calmed down and said with a respectful face: "Weichen Jin Ren, meet the emperor." ”

When Emperor Wen heard this, he put down the scroll in his hand, looked at Jin Ren with a smile on his face, and said without a frame: "Jin Aiqing, between you and me, don't be like this, Jin Aiqing is flat." ”

Jin Ren also replied, "Your Majesty." He got up and stood in front of Emperor Wen of Liang, waiting for Emperor Wen to speak.

Emperor Wen paused, and then said: "Jin Aiqing, you and I haven't seen each other for three years, and it's a little strange to see each other suddenly, you have been away from the court for the past three years, but I don't even have a soulmate." When he said this, Emperor Wen couldn't help but say in a deep voice, and his tone was actually a little sighing.

Jin Ren thought about it, and then said calmly: "Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, the body of ten thousand gold, this Liang Country is Your Majesty's Liang Kingdom, these hundred officials, are Your Majesty's hundred officials, they follow Your Majesty loyally, how can Your Majesty not have someone worth talking to?" ”

Emperor Wen was silent, his left hand was slightly placed on the desk, and his right hand was touching his chin, and then he slowly paced in this study, and actually approached Jin Ren's side, looked at Jin Ren a few times, and then sighed slightly and said: "You also saw it today, above the court, the Lin and Huang families are dominant, and the ministers are all ganging up with each other, and the party is constantly strife, who can I talk to?" ”

Jin Ren was silent, and after a while, he replied: "The Duke of Dingguo is the prince of the dynasty, with high power, and he is a relative of the former emperor, and he is an old minister who watched His Majesty grow up, and he is loyal, and His Majesty can talk to him." ”

When Emperor Wen heard this, he laughed out loud and said to this Jin Ren: "Jin Aiqing, when will you also learn to talk about this flamboyant tongue?" Then the conversation changed and sneered: "The Huang family is powerful, and the emperor was quite jealous when he was there, but thinking of his family's efforts to assist my Liang, I tried my best to rely on him, but I didn't expect it to be the way it is now. ”

When Jin Ren heard Emperor Wen's words, he knew that he was not treating him as an outsider, so he said again: "That Chengguo Gong is a person who followed the emperor to fight in the south and the north, was born and died, and made great achievements for the establishment of my Liang, Your Majesty, you can find this Lin family." ”

Emperor Wen replied leisurely: "The Lin family is very loyal, and they have been trying their best to let this Huang family not know this Dingguo Gong in general all these years. But it is precisely because of the Lin family's military exploits on the battlefield that their prestige in my Liang is quite high, and even the emperor may be ashamed of himself, so I have to guard against it. ”

When Jin Ren heard this, he secretly sighed that Emperor Wen still saw it so thoroughly, and Emperor Wen seemed to be relying on the Lin and Huang families in the court today, but in his heart, it was as bright as a mirror.

After Emperor Wen finished speaking, he stared at this Jin Ren with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to see this Jin Ren's inner thoughts clearly from Jin Ren's face, and slowly whispered: "Jin Aiqing, this court official, it is impossible to find a minister who can be trusted, do you say that I, the emperor, am I embarrassed?" ”

When Jin Ren heard this, he inadvertently frowned his brows, his eyelids jumped, and then he replied: "Your Majesty is laughing, Your Majesty is the son of today, the Ninth Five-Year Honor, not only a generation of Ming Jun, but now it is even more appropriate. As he said this, Jin Ren's tone quickened, and he spoke hurriedly, his face becoming a little distorted. It's very funny to watch.

When Emperor Liang heard this, he laughed again, and asked Jin Ren: "Jin Aiqing, I still remember the days when you and I met." ”

When Jin Ren heard this, he couldn't help but recall it stupidly.

If you want to talk about how Jin Ren met Emperor Wen of Liang, it can start with the system of selecting ministers in this Liang State, which is not like other countries, and has its own unique "Recommendation Order", which is not a system of selecting officials based on examinations, but is recommended by local ministers or prestigious families, and identified by local officials "Judge", which is personally selected and appointed by Emperor Liang and sent to various places to be responsible for the "Recommendation Order". After the examiner's inspection, he decided which people were qualified and who were not qualified according to the level of these candidates. Then the results were directly submitted to the emperor, and the emperor issued an order for the appointment and dismissal of officials after the second trial, so that he could become an official.

Although this Jin Ren only served as a small county magistrate, he was quite talented and had a good character. At that time, Jin Ren was secretly sent to Liang by Song Ruoyu, also because of his advantages, and sure enough, Jin Ren was first favored by this judge, and then by Emperor Liang, and finally became a direct subordinate of Emperor Wen and was sent to serve in Yongqing County.

At that time, although Jin Ren was just a newcomer, he was quite optimistic about Emperor Wen and had a close relationship, so this Emperor Wen also missed the days when he and Jin Ren met and met.

Thinking of this, Jin Ren was silent, in this small study, although the courtiers and the emperor stood close, but this heart was far apart, not only because of the passage of time in the past three years; is even more because Jin Ren, who had never participated in court disputes, now helped the Huang family to start participating in court disputes.

Emperor Wen thought about it, but his eyes were a little moist, and through the window of the study, he saw that the Yiyi willow trees in the garden were so thin in this autumn and winter season, and he inadvertently read out a poem

"The moon dew is on the head, Sepu Kyushu, a single building, and the building wants to cover the curtain. The candle is thin on the wine match, and he asks He Lou, which is close to sorrow.

Exploring the three autumns, planting willows and stealing sorrows, it was a lonely boat, and the boat rose with the turbidity. Love empty building to go but happy to beg, ask He Zhou, disorderly travel. ”

This word was originally the poet Saint Pan Yue's desolate work on the moon and the building when the beautiful woman left and the boat and the wine when the beautiful woman died. Standing in the lobby of this study, without saying a word, quietly waiting for Emperor Wen to finish his next words.

Emperor Wen inadvertently glanced at this Jin Ren, and then there was silence for a while, as if he was sighing something, and as if he was waiting for this Jin Ren to speak first.

Waiting left and right, he couldn't wait for this Jin Ren to speak, so Emperor Wen changed his tone and said loudly to this Jin Ren: "Jin Aiqing, but I have swept away Aiqing's interest, it should be a happy thing for you to come back to meet me today, but I never thought that I actually recited such a poem, it really shouldn't be." ”

Jin Ren replied with a respectful face: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be arrogant, this is not a minister's. ”

Emperor Wen sighed and laughed twice, and then said with a straight face: "Then Jin Aiqing will go down to rest first, you will stay in Beijing for a few days, friends will catch up, I still have a lot to say to Aiqing." In the end, he stepped forward and pulled up the sleeve of this Jin Ren and said.

When Jin Ren heard this, his eyelids jumped, and he replied in a straight voice: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Emperor Wen said again: "Then Aiqing should go back and have a good rest first, this road is tiring, Aiqing is afraid that she has not had a good rest." ”

Jin Ren immediately replied: "Wechen obeys the order, and Wechen retires." Then he stepped out of the door, and followed the deacon and eunuch who were waiting outside the door, and walked slowly, as if he had something on his mind.

Emperor Wen was in the study, staring at the ceiling of the study, only to feel a little trance-like, and muttered inadvertently: "Qing lives up to me, Qing lives up to me." Then his eyes became more and more resolute, and he stared at the scroll on the table with great strides, as if he had made up his mind, and strode out of the study and walked towards the depths of the palace......