Imperial City, Hanlin Temple.

In an elegant and quiet room, Zhao Xin sat at the desk and looked at the books in his hand in a daze, looking a little dazed.

There are two desks in the room, in addition to Zhao Xin, there is another one who works here, this person is Li Hongyu, but Li Hongyu has never been here because he is in a hurry to go to Liaodong, but his desk was cleaned spotlessly by Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin thought that Li Hongyu would go to Huaguang Academy to find her last night, but she waited all night and saw no trace of Li Hongyu, and suddenly felt very disappointed in her heart, thinking that Li Hongyu must be reunited with Qin Yue at home, after all, Qin Yue is Li Hongyu's fiancée and he is just an outsider.

However, thinking that Li Hongyu carried her to bed the night before, Zhao Xin's cheeks were a little red, fortunately Li Hongyu did not find her daughter, otherwise it would definitely affect the friendship between the two.

"Lord Zhao, someone handed over the post, saying that it was your old friend." Suddenly, the door opened, and a clerk in a soap coat walked in and placed a name card on Zhao Xin's desk.

"Old friends?" Zhao Xin felt a little strange, this was the Hanlin Academy, if it wasn't for official business, usually no one would come here to look for her.

"Invite this boy in." After opening the name post, Zhao Xin's eyes couldn't help flashing a look of surprise, and then said to the official in a deep voice.

"County Lord, why do you have time to come here?"

After the clerk invited a handsome white-shirted boy into the door, Zhao Xin waved his hand to him, and the clerk bowed away, Zhao Xin then smiled and made a gesture to the white-shirted boy to sit down.

Obviously, this white-shirted boy is Zhu Wanting, although Zhu Wanting used a fake name on the name sticker, but she couldn't hide it from Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin was very surprised that Zhu Wanting would come to Hanlin Academy to find her

"Sister Zhao, the county lord came this time to ask for something, and I hope Sister Zhao can agree."

After Zhu Wanting sat down on the chair next to her, she smiled at Zhao Xin, who was leaving to pour tea for her, and said in a coquettish voice.

There was an uproar, Zhao Xin, who was not mentally prepared at all, was startled by Zhu Wanting's "Sister Zhao", and with a shake of her hand, the tea in the teapot suddenly spilled on the table, and her expression became flustered, she never expected Zhu Wanting to see that she was her daughter.

"Sister Zhao, don't worry, the county lord will never say anything about you."

Zhu Wanting saw Zhao Xin's body frozen there, so she smiled and said, "In order to make my sister better stay in the officialdom in the future and avoid some unnecessary trouble, this county lord has a way to get the best of both worlds." ”

"County Lord, please speak?" Zhao Xin stabilized her somewhat nervous mood when she heard this, turned around and looked at Zhu Wanting quietly and asked, she had already heard it at this time that Zhu Wanting came to ask her for help this time.

"Sister Zhao, I can't hide it, my father wants to marry me off, but I don't like those stinky men, so I want to ask Sister Zhao for a favor."

Zhu Wanting got up and walked over, grabbed Zhao Xin's sleeve and shook it pitifully, "Sister Zhao, you 'marry' me, so that you can save a lot of trouble, and I can also give my father an explanation." ”

"Marry...... Married you? Zhao Xin was stunned, looking at Zhu Wanting with a stunned expression, thinking that she had heard it wrong.

"That's right! Sister, you are now a man, you can't stay single forever, even if those dignitaries and nobles in the capital don't beat you up for this idea, if the emperor sees you alone and gives you a marriage, it will be troublesome. ”

Zhu Wanting nodded solemnly, methodically analyzed the harm of her singleness to Zhao Xin, and then said with a smile, "But if my sister marries me, I will have no worries, and I can be an official in the officialdom with peace of mind in the future, if my sister wants to marry in the future, I will not object, and I will help my sister to maneuver." ”

Looking at Zhu Wanting, who was smiling and smiling, Zhao Xin didn't react for a while, and looked at her dumbfounded, I have to say that Zhu Wanting's idea was too bold.

"Sister, this matter is beneficial to us, don't hesitate, just promise me." Zhu Wanting saw that Zhao Xin was hesitating, so she took Zhao Xin's hand and said coquettishly, she knew that Zhao Xin had no choice if she wanted to stay by Li Hongyu's side.

"This is indeed a good way, but if I marry you, will I go back to Xiangyang?" Sure enough, Zhao Xin pondered for a while and asked with some concern, this Ming honor guest is not so easy to be.

"This is easy to do, I asked the emperor for a favor and stayed in the capital after getting married."

Zhu Wanting smiled disapprerovingly, this is not a difficult thing, she can accompany Princess Shouning in the capital, anyway, the princess's mansion is so big, Princess Shouning is usually very bored and lonely in it.

"Let's ...... Can you hide it from others? ”

Zhao Xin couldn't help but feel a little moved when she heard this, if Zhu Wanting covered for her, she would really have a lot less trouble, so she asked tentatively, after all, getting married is a major event in life, not child's play, and at that time, a series of ceremonies will ensure that her identity may be revealed.

"You are a dignified new leader, who dares to question your identity?" Zhu Wanting shook her head again and again when she heard this, at most, everyone would regard Zhao Xin as a handsome little white face, who would have thought that she would be a woman.

"Okay, that's it." Zhao Xin bit her lip, quickly made up her mind, looked at Zhu Wanting and said in a deep voice, "However, this matter is very important, I have to deal with some things first, and I will give you the final answer at that time." ”

"Thank you, sister!" Zhu Wanting breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and then threw herself into Zhao Xin's words and hugged her tightly, as long as Zhao Xin nodded, then her plan would be successful.

Zhao Xin was not as happy as Zhu Wanting, a helpless wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, if it weren't for Li Hongyu, she wouldn't have agreed to cooperate with Zhu Wanting to do such a crazy thing.

At the same time, Wah Kwong Academy.

Li Hongyu gathered the tax officials trained in the academy to get to know each other one by one, and they talked and laughed with each other, and the atmosphere was extremely relaxed.

In fact, most of the tax officials at the scene, Li Hongyu, knew most of them, and most of them were from Huguang and Shanxi, and it was obvious that they were influenced by Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to participate in the recruitment of tax officials, which laid the foundation for a harmonious atmosphere.

Although Li Hongyu is now the editor of the Hanlin Academy and appointed by the Wanli Emperor as the governor of Liaodong, he has become the upstart of the Ming Dynasty, but he has no official pretension at all, and his attitude is very kind, which makes these tax officials can't help but feel good about him.

"Compiled by Li, what did the emperor ask me to do?" In the midst of the conversation, a tax official couldn't help but ask about the long-standing temptation in his heart, Zhao Xin did not tell them the truth, everything is now in the stage of secrecy.

Hearing this, the tax officials all looked at Li Hongyu with a look of anticipation.

Although this time the Wanli Emperor Kaienke recruited officials who collected taxes, but the new champions of the Ming Dynasty, Bangyan and the concubines of Princess Shouning's Mansion were all involved, which made these tax officials full of expectations, and the Wanli Emperor had a heavy responsibility to grant them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor will soon issue a holy decree, and everyone will know the emperor's holy will at that time." Li Hongyu naturally wouldn't reveal it in advance, so he smiled and said to the tax officials, "But there is one thing that the official can tell you, what you are doing will be a new challenge that has never been seen since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"A new challenge?" When the tax officials heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and they couldn't figure out the meaning of Li Hongyu's words for a while.

"Ladies and gentlemen, instead of thinking nonsense here, it is better to prepare your homework, once the new yamen is established, you will be assigned positions according to your assessment results, this matter is closely related to your future, and I hope you can pay attention to it."

Li Hongyu smiled when he saw this, and then his face turned pale, and he glanced around at the scene and said in a deep voice, "But there is one thing that this official wants to remind you that our yamen is different from the yamen of the major ministries in the capital, and it directly belongs to the emperor, and your future is with the emperor, so I hope you can unite and share weal and woe." ”

"What the compiler has said is very true, and I have been taught." Hearing this, the tax officials first glanced at each other in astonishment, and then bowed to Li Hongyu in unison.

Since these tax officials can participate in Emperor Wanli's tax official Enke, they are naturally some of the most exquisite people, so they can naturally hear Li Hongyu warning them to stay away from the various factions in the imperial court and join forces to deal with future threats and challenges, otherwise they will only be kicked out.

In other words, these tax collectors will become a new force in the Ming dynasty, rather than defecting to other factions.

Of course, the leaders of this new faction formed by the tax officials are naturally Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, who are not only the champions and role models, but also responsible for the training and management of these tax officials, and should be the leaders.

As for Ran Xingrang, although he is a concubine, he is just a lifter, and he has no advantage in the officialdom that pays attention to his background and qualifications, and he cannot suppress those tax officials who are born to raise people, so it is difficult to become a leader.

For these tax officials, although they can't rely on the various factions in the capital in their careers, it is enough for them to have the support of Emperor Wanli behind them.

Don't look at the fighting forces of all parties in the court so fiercely, in the final analysis, they still have to win the support of Emperor Wanli, and they are originally Emperor Wanli People can be said to have a natural advantage, if they really fight, it is not known who will die.

Li Hongyu had been staying at Huaguang Academy until late at night before leaving, and he originally wanted to wait for Zhao Xin to come and probe her to see if Zhu Wanting had really made that crazy suggestion.

It's a pity that Zhao Xin has not appeared to make Li Hongyu wait in vain, but this also made Li Hongyu guess the answer, if it wasn't for Zhu Wanting mentioning marriage to Zhao Xin, then Zhao Xin would definitely not avoid him, she needs time to calm down her excited state of mind, so as not to be seen by Li Hongyu.

In this case, Li Hongyu also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but now he can only pretend that he knows nothing about this matter and let things go naturally, so as not to make things more embarrassing.

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