There is an extra group of people in the small courtyard where Xiong Bingzhang lives every day.

They were all gathered in the center of the courtyard under a laurel tree three or four feet high, hugged by several people, and a large pit had been dug in the ground, and the old laurel tree was being transplanted.

This is the only thing in Xiong Bingzhang's small courtyard to be 'taken away'. In another month, he will move out of this mansion, which symbolizes one of the highest power seats in Chen Han's officialdom.

Although as Xiong Bingzhang, he can completely ask for a favor in front of the emperor, and it is not impossible to delay it for a year and a half, and even to go down this mansion. But Xiong Bingzhang didn't.

His only request was to remove the laurel tree, which he loved so much.

The pit is at least one zhang square, and the deepest part is also one zhang, and most of the roots of the laurel tree are exposed. The trunk of the tree was pulled by ropes so that it would not fall suddenly.

The butler who had just come up from the pit was covered in soil, "Master, the roots of this tree are still very intact, and it will definitely be able to survive in the future." "The season from winter to spring is the most suitable for transplanting laurel trees. This is the experience of thousands of years, with the view of later generations, that is, this month is the dormant season of the laurel tree, the laurel tree is in a dormant state, soon after transplantation, the temperature rises, the earth rejuvenates, the activity becomes stronger, and it is easy to survive.

Xiong Bingzhang's youngest son, Xiong Wenxin, stood quietly behind his old father, quietly watching the laurel tree being dug up little by little. Xiong Wenxin knew why his father cared so much about this laurel tree. When the family moved into the house five years ago, the laurel tree was supposed to be disposed of. Because of this old cinnamon, the green leaves fell in the summer, and it did not bloom in the autumn, and everyone thought it was dead. However, the previous cabinet was saddened by the imminent end of his political life, as lonely as the dead laurel tree, and in his pity, he let the dead laurel tree stay in the courtyard.

But no one expected that in the new year, when spring came, the dead laurel tree would give birth to green leaves.

This is a mockery of the previous right secondary, but it is also a praise for Xiong Bingzhang. Since then, this old laurel tree has become a treasure in the mansion.

And now, Xiong Bingzhang has to face the encounter faced by the former cabinet right deputy assistant. He did not flinch, and directly made the decision to completely retreat, and the Senior Administration Yuan stopped playing. Xiong Bingzhang hoped that by doing so, he would add more points to the emperor's position as his chosen successor.

"Boss......

Zheng Wen also stood next to him, watching the old laurel tree that symbolized Xiong Bingzhang's 'political life' transplant and moved, although he also hoped that he could come to live in this mansion and become Xiong Bingzhang's successor, but he couldn't help but have a trace of sadness in his heart. Because he will inevitably have such a day, 'rabbits die and foxes are sad and hurt'.

Zheng Wen is Chen Han's old qualification, he is also a native of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, a native of Shaoxing, and was the master of the Huai'an prefect of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in his early years. But the Zheng family is a poor family of small families, and Zheng Wen rarely returns to Shaoxing after making a fortune, or Zheng Wen presses his family's roots in Nanjing.

When the Fu Han army captured Huai'an, Zheng Wen failed to escape, so he obediently surrendered to serve the Fu Han army, and then he easily climbed to the position of Yangzhou prefect, but Chen Ming did not trust him at the beginning.

Because Chen Ming felt that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and his character was not good, but Zheng Wen came out to be a master when he was a teenager, and he had been a staff master for more than ten years, and he was very handy in handling all kinds of chores, and he belonged to the category of no character and talent. And in the long-term surveillance of him by the dark camp at that time, there was no sign of Zheng Wen colluding with the Qing army. Although Chen Mingna can't fully believe in him now, he also uses his talents. Therefore, Zheng Wen was transferred to the post of Jiujiang prefect in a few days after the throne of Yangzhou prefect.

Then Zheng Wen was promoted to the governor of Jiangxi in one step, and there were many such phenomena at that time, from the prefect to the prefect, and from the prefect to the governor. Those who don't know still think that the system in the officialdom of Chen Han is promoted to the prefect of the county, and the prefect is promoted to the governor.

However, although Zheng Wen's official path is open, his congenital foundation is unstable, and he planted a bad impression in Chen Ming's mind early. Zheng Wen was transferred to the three provinces before he was promoted to the center by Chen Ming, and then obtained the position of minister of agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries in the Liu Dezhao era, and was kicked to Nanmingzhou when Wang Huizu took office, and only returned to Beijing in the middle of last year to report on his work. And it was at that time that Chen Ming gave Zheng Wen a signal that he could work hard in the next cabinet.

If Zheng Wen is not seeking a second assistant, but one of the eight cabinet ministers, even if it is the Minister of Home Affairs or the Minister of Finance, then he will be very sure. But Zheng Wen is unwilling to serve as an ordinary cabinet minister again, don't look at the eleven people in the cabinet, each of them is a star in Chen Han, but there is also a big gap between the cabinet ministers and the cabinet ministers.

This is like the elders of the Rabbit Elders' House in the previous life, how big is the gap between the Great Elder and the Second Elder? How big is the gap between the Second Elder and the Fifth Elder? That's a qualitative difference.

The cabinets of the Chen Han Dynasty were not so different, because they also had a metropolitan governor's mansion in parallel, and they also had an emperor at their head.

Xiong Bingzhang and Zheng Wen have a good personal relationship, and their political attitudes are quite consistent, although when Zheng Wen first appeared in Chen Han, his official position was higher than Xiong Bingzhang's, and even Zheng Wen's rank was high for a long time. But Xiong Bingzhang is old, especially when the old man is on top, Zheng Wen doesn't want to be so close.

The two of them, including Wang Huizu, are all members of the staff department. Therefore, Zheng Wen was so blessed with the recommendation of Wang Huizu and Xiong Bingzhang this time.

The next ten years will be the only ten years left for Zheng Wen. If he doesn't stand in a relatively high position, he won't have a chance.

Age is so precious. Zheng Wen is eleven years younger than Xiong Bingzhang, and he still has ten years left in his political life!

Chen Hanchao does not have a hard and fast rule on the official Zhishi, but this is only not now, and there will be in the future. As far as Xiong Bingzhang knows, what the emperor is now entangled in is only the age line.

"Wen Bo."

In an hour, the huge laurel tree was removed, leaving only a huge pit in the ground. Xiong Bingzhang beckoned Zheng Wen to step forward, standing in front of this huge pit large enough to bury ten or eight people, Xiong Bingzhang said in a solemn tone and with embarrassment to his favorite successor: "In the future, you must learn to control the overall situation." Although the second assistant is different from the first assistant, he is also different from the cabinet minister. ”

"There is no provincial government boundary in the eyes of ordinary pavilion elders, but they still have their own interests and opinions. Culture, education, postal services, agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries, justice, internal affairs, and foreign affairs all want to get funds from the finance minister, and even the minister of civil affairs, who ranks first in the cabinet, wants to allocate more and more funds to him from the treasury. "Chen Han's current ranking of cabinet ministers is obvious, and diplomacy is not in the first place. It is the internal affairs that are the most important. This is completely different from the order of political power in the British. The latter attaches great importance to diplomacy, which is the first place in national politics, and the prime minister is personally responsible.

The difference in the political structures of the two sides also proves in a certain way that the two countries have different priorities of national interests, or that the two countries are fundamentally different.

The reason the British cared so much about diplomacy was because the Anglo-Saxons wanted to secure their interests, and diplomacy and the colonies were the top priority; China, on the other hand, only needs to go all out to deal with its internal problemsIt is to go and take the hand that holds the bowl and cover the bowl. ”

"The emperor today is not a mediocre lord. The hand holding the bowl covered the bowl, which would not only block the emperor's view, but also make the bowl unstable. ”

The world is a bowl, and it is not too difficult to become 'finished'.

"Wen Bo made a note of it." Zheng Wen was not alerted by 'Ruwen Huang Zhong Da Lu Xiang', but what Xiong Bingzhang said, he did remember it in his heart. It's not so easy to throw away.

Xiong Bingzhang's cherished old laurel tree moved away, looking at Xiong Bingzhang who was old, everyone in the Xiong family seemed to be indifferent on the surface, but everyone was reciting the words 'bad omen' in their hearts.

Politicians will age very quickly after losing their power. The Xiong family is not the King of Song or the Liu family, and they do not have the title of the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, they also have princes and marquises.

The Xiong family also has this honor and benefits. The title at the time of the founding of the country could be exchanged for land and fiefdom, which was the unswerving foundation of a family. But the Xiong family is just a small earl, and he is still a liujue.

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At this moment, the Shen family, Shen Chu had already put the power in his hand on his desk. Today's Shen Chu is no longer at home as a 'Shen Ge Lao', but a member of the Senior Administration. So his whole image doesn't seem to be so majestic and towering.

The sun in Nanjing is very good today, and Shen Chu stayed in the glass greenhouse of his home, leaning on the rocking chair to bask in the sun.

The transparent house made of all glass is not placed for the potted flowers and plants in winter, but is used to warm themselves, and Shen Chu is the first one in Nanjing. Although glass windows have long been used in thousands of households in China, the magnates and dignitaries of Nanjing replaced the old windows made of paper or gauze more than 20 years ago, and replaced them with glass windows that are more transparent and can better shield from wind and rain.

But such a greenhouse is still very rare.

And the fact is that the technical content of this greenhouse is also more than one level higher than that of simple glass windows. Because it is completely made of glass, it is difficult to ensure that today's glass can smoothly survive the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In addition, the glass blocks here are super large, and it is much more difficult to make such glass than ordinary window glass.

But Shen Chu is not an ordinary businessman or a wealthy man, he is a cabinet minister of the empire.

In such a room, it is most comfortable to come out and bask in the sun in winter. Older people who blow a little more cold wind will easily get sick. There are many old people in the world who can't survive the winter, but this glass greenhouse solves all the problems.

Exquisite felt from Persia was draped over his legs, and Shen Chu was bathing in the sun with his eyes closed. The light shines through the colorless glass, making the room warm as spring. There are more than a dozen pots of flowers and trees in full bloom in the greenhouse, all of which are famous treasures that cannot be seen on the market.

Shen Chu's temperament is changing little by little......