In Lin Ye's opinion, Xiao Mu's performance will make people feel as if he is retaining his girlfriend who proposed to break up - if it weren't for Lai Zongdao being an old man who is already a handful of years, at least Lin Ye would definitely be misunderstood. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But no matter what, the final effect is still good, after Xiao Mu "knows the reason, moves with affection" to retain and persuade, Lai Zongdao finally said that he no longer wants to resign and return to the field, but to continue to stay in the cabinet as the first assistant, to help the emperor tide over the difficulties, Zhongxing Daming.

"The minister was confused, he failed to notice the emperor's hard work, and rashly proposed to resign, he was really ashamed, and asked the emperor to punish him." Lai Zongdao said sincerely.

"Where and where, Aiqing can continue to help me govern the world, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is really the blessing of the imperial court, the blessing of the community, and the blessing of the people of the world." At this time, of course, Xiao Mu could not cure the sin of the sect, but said a few very beautiful words very happily, although it was a scene, Xiao Mu's happy mood was indeed not fake.

"The ministers should do their best, do their best, and after death, they will definitely help the emperor complete the great cause of Zhongxing!" Lai Zongdao looked excited, as if he had regained the passion he had when he was a scholar and a guide many years ago.

This is not to say that Zong Dao took Xiao Mu's scene so seriously, after all, as a typical scholar and scholar in the feudal era, the biggest dreamer in his life is to be able to gain the appreciation of the king, get the reuse of the Ming monarch, help the Son of Heaven govern the world, and obtain the good reputation of Zhuge Liang after his death.

Now that the emperor trusts and respects himself so much, of course there is no way not to feel excited and happy when he comes to Zongdao, although he has long been tired of the intrigue and intrigue in the officialdom, but this difficulty is simply a trivial matter compared to the emperor's kindness.

All in all, the entire hall was once again filled with a good atmosphere of Ming Jun and virtuous ministers, Xiao Mu showed a happy smile, Lai Zongdao's face was full of emotion, and as for the audience Lin Yi and Wang Chengen, they showed a relieved expression.

In order to repay the emperor's kindness, Lai Zongdao immediately planned to return to the cabinet, handle government affairs more attentively, and definitely help the emperor govern the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Mu was naturally very happy when he saw that he was full of enthusiasm for coming to Zongdao, so he ordered Wang Chengen to personally send Zongdao over - someone worked hard for him, and he was very active, how could Xiao Mu not be happy?

Wang Chengen sent Lai Zongdao, who was still excited, to leave, and there were two people left in this hall, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi.

"How? I'm okay today, right? Xiao Mu asked Lin Yi with a smug expression on his face.

This time he successfully retained Lai Zongdao, the head of the cabinet, and avoided the expected resignation of the first assistant and the occurrence of officialdom turmoil, and the whole process was Xiao Mu's own work, without relying on Lin Ye's help - if it weren't for Lin Ye's proposal to directly find Zong Dao to confirm his intentions last night, in fact, Lin Ye's suggestion was only to confirm the intention of coming to Zong Dao, but Xiao Mu not only confirmed Lai Zong Dao's intentions, but also successfully retained it, and the effect was not much better than imagined.

Moreover, the view that Lin Yi held last night that coming to the sect to resign from the official was a way of exhorting the emperor has also been proven wrong today. Therefore, in Xiao Mu's opinion, even Lin Yi, who has always had a poisonous tongue, can only be obediently admired after witnessing his excellent performance today.

However, there is always such a big gap between ideals and reality, what Xiao Mu didn't expect was that Lin Yi completely destroyed the self-confidence he had just born in his heart with just one sentence:

"However, in fact, if you hadn't done those moths over there in the Inner Book Hall, Lai Zongdao would not have proposed to resign at all. So, no matter how good your follow-up homework is, it's just wiping your ass for your previous retarded behavior! ”

Lin Yi poked Xiao Mu's sore spot sharply, and directly choked Xiao Mu without saying anything for a long time, and the air was suddenly filled with an embarrassing atmosphere, which lasted for about a minute, and Xiao Mu finally found some reason to "defend" himself:

"No, no, no, judging from today's conversation with Lai Zongdao, it has not been a day or two since he had the idea of resigning and returning to the field, even if I don't do anything in the inner study hall, he didn't resign that day, sooner or later he will still resign. Think about it, fortunately, there is no major incident in the country now, if you really wait until Huang Taiji is about to lead the troops to fight, come to Zongdao to resign, when the officialdom is turbulent, Huang Taiji will run around outside the capital again, even if the Ming Dynasty does not die immediately, it is estimated that there is no possibility of rescue. ”

Although Xiao Mu's crooked reasoning still sounded like that, of course, as long as a person with normal intelligence could see that these must have been improvised by him just now, then Lin Yi could naturally see it.

It's just that Lin Yi didn't continue to entangle with Xiao Mu on this topic, but raised another question that made Xiao Mu scratch his head:

"Tell me, Lai Zongdao just submitted his resignation yesterday, and today he is like no one, and he has returned to the cabinet to 'work' normally, so what will the other ministers and officials think of him?"

"What do you think of him, of course, his request for resignation was rejected by me, the emperor, what should I do in the future or what to do, everything is the same as before." Xiao Mu hadn't heard the meaning of Lin Ye's words at this time, and replied in an inexplicable tone.

However, Lin Yi seemed to have known that Xiao Mu couldn't understand such a "profound" theory of his own, so he didn't rush it, but further "enlightened": "Think about it again, under normal circumstances, what would a minister do after his resignation was rejected?" ”

"How? Go back and get back to work! ”

"Pig head!" Lin Yi finally became a little annoyed, and decided to give Xiao Mu a good science about the ancient style of acting, "Do you know about Cao Wei and Han?" ”

"Of course, I've read the Three Kingdoms many times, and I'll tell you, I've basically ......memorized the plot in it," Xiao Mu replied, boasting about himself by the way.

"Okay, okay, you didn't memorize it last time when you were with me, and you were wrong from the second sentence." Lin Yi directly and mercilessly interrupted Xiao Mu's boasting, and continued, "Cao Pi's intention to usurp the throne is already so obvious, why did Emperor Han Xian call Chan Rang three times in a row, and then he 'twisted' to agree?" ”

"It shows that he has a good face and loves fame!" Xiao Mu still replied as a matter of course.

"That's right, Cao Pi knows that he loves face, as a scholar who reads and knows etiquette, who doesn't want a good reputation?"

Lin Yi continued, "As an official who values his reputation, how can he just be rejected by the emperor once as if it was nothing, and continue to go back to be the original official? ”

Lin Yi inspired so much, Xiao Mu finally understood what she wanted to express: "Hey, it's good that you have something to say directly, you have to treat me as a primary school student who doesn't know anything, and it's so far that it makes me baffled." ”

Xiao Mu complained first, and then continued: "Don't you mean that under normal circumstances, the first resignation submitted by the minister will definitely be rejected by the emperor, and then the ministers are all good-looking, and they will definitely hand over the second and third resignations, and the drama of three and three concessions has been done enough, and the emperor was finally "forced" to approve, and then he returned to his hometown with honor, if the first resignation was approved by the emperor without hesitation, it would be like being driven away, and it would not look good." ”

"Well, you've finally got your head open." Lin Yi directly ignored Xiao Mu's complaints about "treating me as a primary school student" just now, but showed a very relieved expression, as if he had seen a vegetative person who had been paralyzed for many years finally woke up.

Of course, Xiao Mu didn't pay attention to any words like "wooden head" and "enlightenment", but continued: "So, I should also let Lai Zongdao submit a second and third resignation, and then reject them all, so that he can continue to work hard in the cabinet with peace of mind, and at the same time, he will not be chewed by other officials in secret?" ”

"Under normal circumstances, it should be." Lin Yi put away Fang Cai's relieved expression, and said a serious sentence, as soon as this sentence came out, Xiao Mu also knew that Lin Ye could definitely have a solution to the "abnormal" situation.

Sure enough, Lin Yi continued, "But this method is too troublesome, even if you come to the sect and the two lists of jinshi, but the memo written to the emperor, and it is also a very important resignation recital, it must still be carefully selected and sentenced, and carefully polished - obviously everyone knows useless things, but it has to spend a lot of time and energy to complete it needlessly, isn't this very inefficient?" ”

Lin Yi said boastfully, and Xiao Mu also cooperated in a timely manner: "So, what good way do you have?" Hurry up and hear about it? ”

"Of course there is." Lin Yi sold another sentence, "The solution is not only ready-made, but also a good idea to kill two birds with one stone, you just need to do this and this, and then ...... like this"

Xiao Mu listened to Lin Ye's words, and had to admit that what Lin Ye said was indeed a good way to kill two birds with one stone, so he immediately shouted loudly, "Someone! ”

This command made Wang Chengen bitter, just sent away to Zongdao, was in a hurry to rush back, and when he was about to come back, he heard the emperor calling again, so Wang Chengen trotted again, panting and finally caught up with the emperor's order: "The slave is here, I don't know what the emperor commands?" ”

"The hard-working companion will run again, invite me to come to the sect again, and I have something important to discuss with him."

"Slave, obey." Although Wang Chengen would not have any dissatisfaction and complaints about the emperor's order, this did not affect the doubts in his heart, and he was a little confused about the emperor's order.