The dusk in the Forbidden City is always beautiful. As the sun sets, the afterglow dyes many of the temples with a layer of gold, and standing in those high halls or at the foot of the steps, one can often look up and feel a sense of reverence for worship. Especially the first time I walked into the palace city, watching those high-ranking officials wearing red clothes pythons walk in front of me, it can stimulate people's ambitions.

Liu Jian deeply remembered that when he first entered the early dynasty from Jinshui Bridge, he saw such a magnificent atmosphere, and he was determined to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, standing in the highest place in the world to assist the emperor in guiding the rivers and mountains, and achieving the highest achievement in the eyes of scholars. However, this ambitious ambition is now inevitably coming to an end.

Standing in front of Wenyuan Pavilion, looking at the sunset that was gradually setting, his heart suddenly surged with endless desolation, and he suddenly said without looking back: "Xiang Wan is uncomfortable, drive to the ancient plain." The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk. When I read Li Yishan's poems, I still laughed at him for making such a boring sigh, but now I have realized that the seemingly infinite scenery, after all, is the westerly sun, and there will always be a moment when the mountain sets, but it is only a matter of time. ”

Xie Qian stepped forward silently and stood side by side with Liu Jian, seeing that the afterglow of the sunset was far less dazzling than during the day, he couldn't help but squint and look at it for a while, and then sneered: "There is always a day when the sun will go down, but the stars in the sky will fall from both ends in three days!" The two of us failed to bring down the villain, and we didn't necessarily go up and down because of this! Until now, it's only to blame that we saw the wrong person back then, if we tried to prevent that kid from entering the court at that time, how could we have today's troubles! ”

Liu Jian Chenghua 23 years Xianzong died Xiaozong ascended the throne when he entered the cabinet, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang entered the cabinet in February of the eighth year of Hongzhi, one was in the 19th year of the cabinet and finally ranked as the first assistant, the other was in the 11th year of the cabinet, just the time when he was called the elder of the pavilion, together it was almost twice the age of Xu Xun. This time, due to a momentary negligence, Liu Jian and Xie Qian, who were strong-tempered, naturally couldn't swallow this breath. Hearing Xie Qian say this at this moment, Liu Jian's eyes showed a bit of righteous indignation, and he glanced back at the place where he had stayed for a full nineteen years, and he walked straight down the steps, followed by Xie Qian. The golden sunset cast a long shadow on the two of them, and it looked even more bleak and desolate for a while.

At the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion behind the two, Li Dongyang watched them stagger, and wanted to chase them out and say a word or two, but it was as if there were nails under their feet. It wasn't until a clerical officer next to him stepped forward that he said lightly: "You go and send Yuan Fu and Xie Ge Lao." When they leave for their hometown, I'll give them another ride. ”

Seeing that the young official nodded silently, after a while, several cabinet clerks chased out of the door, Li Dongyang stood motionless with one hand on the door, and slowly turned around for a long time. He had only been in for two steps, and a clerical officer came after him, and said in a low voice: "Elder Li Ge, the master of ceremonies is here." ”

It was Sun Bin, the master of ceremonies, who wrote the letter, and Li Dongyang was an old acquaintance. Now seeing that this Xiao Jing's godgrandson came out to do things again, after waiting for people to come in and salute, Li Dongyang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then asked bluntly: "What holy will does Grandpa Sun have to convey here?" ”

"Li Ge Lao, the emperor just sent a message to the celebrant supervisor, the Tao is that the cabinet is both the two cabinet elders, this first assistant should naturally be done by Li Ge Lao, and the other minister Jiao Shangshu can also be added to the cabinet, and the rest will be pushed into the cabinet by the courtiers. In addition, the position of the main hall of the military department and the main hall of the criminal department and the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate that has been suspended for a long time are also discussed together, and it is always bad to be undecided for a long time. ”

"Grandpa Sun stays." Seeing that Sun Bin bowed respectfully and was about to leave, Li Dongyang suddenly stopped him, and immediately said lightly, "What does the celebrant look like now, and I ask Gonggong Sun to give him a warning." "...,"What is this......" Sun Bin was standing aside for a long time before, and now Liu Jin proudly gave him some benefits, but he didn't dare to ignore the instructions of the old ancestor Xiao Jing to let him not come out and not pick his head, so he had a headache about the problem of proportion, and he didn't want Li Dongyang to ask himself this, he couldn't help but hesitate for a while, and then said vaguely, "Gonggong Li and Gonggong Dai are not in good health, Gonggong Chen wants to go back to his hometown to have a look, and he is asking for a decree." ”

Although it has not been said who is in charge, it is already obvious. Li Dongyang didn't ask any more questions, nodded slightly and let Sun Bin go back, and instructed the clerk to inform Xiao Jiuqing of the matter. When he returned to his straight room and sat down, he couldn't help but think of the situation when he had a dispute with Liu Jian Xie Qian in the past. Once the two of them leave this time, most of them will never have that chance again in this life. Moreover, if I don't write alone, I'm afraid that I will be regarded by them as having no backbone. is his own Shilin style evaluation, and nine times out of ten it will plummet.

"Bear the burden of humiliation...... Xu Xun saw the current situation, so he gave me these four words? ”

According to the Ming system, cabinet scholars or officials can be appointed by the emperor's special decree or court, but the rest of the scholars and even the members of the ministry must be appointed by the court. Therefore, although Jiao Fang does not seem to have any problem with entering the cabinet, it must be known that except for the emperor who wants to put the former ministers of the Spring Palace into the cabinet when he ascends the throne, this is a special purpose, but the ministers who enter the cabinet at other times often have to pass the public discussion. When the news of Liu Jianxi's relocation to the government and the opposition spread, Jiao Fang suddenly entered the cabinet, and there was an uproar up and down. And after the uproar, the turmoil that Tang Yin had provoked among the Hanlin Shuji was suddenly taken seriously.

The first emperor ordered the old ministers to pay tribute one after another, and now there can be no more righteous men and gentlemen in the court!

Although the four gentlemen of Nandu are not as famous as the three gentlemen of Hongzhi, they are all highly qualified and have excellent character, although some people also took out the matter of Zhang Fuhua Zhangmao actually writing an epitaph and a memorial to Xu Xun's deceased mother, but they were soon spat on by some fierce officials. Therefore, although the number of Da Jiuqing is not complete at all, Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua's names still appear on the shortlist of the official department Shangshu and the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Palace. And on the list of candidates for the Ministry of War, Yang Yiqing is also impressively among them. When this news reached Xu Xun's ears, he couldn't help but smile slightly at Zhang Cai, who came to the door again.

"Well, I must not have lied to you, right?"

"Uncle turned his hand over for the clouds and covered the rain, and the next official really admired it!"

"What you said is wrong, this is knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Xu Xun saw Zhang Cai hurriedly said yes, he gently tapped the armrest a few times with his middle finger, and then said thoughtfully, "You have served in the Ministry of Literature and Anthology for many years, and your qualifications and so on are sufficient. In the past few days, a lot of people have walked under my door, there are six ministers, and there are also science and technology officials, before I asked Bohu to hand over, but he is not a person in the officialdom after all, and he is not so keen on these. ”

Zhang Cai is different from Tang Yin, who spoke for Xu Xun who led the troops out of the fortress at the beginning, although he was indignant, but naturally he was a little bit for his own sake. In officialdom, fame and fortune are inevitable, and his talent can be deeply expected by Ma Wensheng, of course, he will not be willing to be ordinary. Xu Xun has always treated him with his heart, if Ma Wensheng is still in his position, he may hesitate, now that Ma Wensheng was forced by everyone to leave his post, he naturally knows what choice he should make. ..., "Thank you Uncle for your love!" ”

"Where, Xilu talent, I am lucky!"

When he saw Zhang Cai get up and arched his hand again, and then went out of the door, Xu Xun couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Whether it is Lin Han, Zhang Fuhua, or even Yang Yiqing who is far away in Shaanxi, these people can only be used as allies, not as confidants, after all, they are all quasi-bigwigs, even if they are not willing, it is not so easy to be under the door, and Zhang Cai, who is just over fifty years old, can be regarded as a super potential stock in the middle of the court, and it is cheap to catch one for him! And Zhang Cairen has changed his power, unlike Wang Shouren, who is young and has a heart like a rock, he can't catch it even if he wants to, and the eternal saint is not easy to entrap!

When Xu Xun was thinking about Wang Shouren, in the evening, in a tavern near Andingmen, several people were sitting opposite each other. On one side are Li Mengyang and Kang Hai, and on the other side are Wang Shouren, Zhan Ruoshui and Xu Zhenqing.

The reason why it is such a strange pattern is really because Tang Yin was clever before, and Wang Shouren was greatly influenced by Xu Xun, and he agreed with the saying that hoeing and raping is not as good as using Liang, plus Zhang Mao has a teacher-student distinction between Zhan Ruoshui, and the four gentlemen of Nandu are famous, and for a while, the momentum of the three of them taking the lead and pushing Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua into the dynasty was formed. And Wang Shouren is the son of Wang Hua, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and has lectured in Xianyuan many times, and his reputation is already very large. Now that the court has pushed the list, they have a lot of credit. Even so, seeing that Liu Jian and Xie Qian were gloomy, and several of the big men in the palace who picked up the hoe and rape were sent to Nanjing, the three of them couldn't help but sigh a little.

"At this point, the inner court is already in a miasma, what is the use of the three of you trying to invite those two Nandu elders into Beijing?" As soon as Li Mengyang thought of the piece of music he had carefully concocted for Hanwen, he was like a mud cow entering the sea and had no news, he held back a fire in his heart, raised his wine glass and drank it down, and then slammed it on the table, glaring at Wang Shouren fiercely with two eyes, "Bo'an, you dared to go to the side to be sparse back then, but you didn't expect to become so timid this time!" ”

"Brother Bo'an is not cowardly." Xu Zhenqing won the Hanlin Shu Jishi, but it was because of Li Mengyang that he really integrated into the literati circle in the capital, and for a while he was called the leader of the younger generation in the poetry world with Li Mengyang, Kang Hai, He Jingming and others, and even got the name of the seventh son. At this moment, seeing Li Mengyang's fierce eyes, he was not to be outdone, and said, "The ministers of the court, there are rules for promotion, even if the promotion cannot be all by the Sacred Heart, if you want to enter the cabinet, you have to go through the court again and again to be in a high position, but those internal officials are different, the emperor can promote an unknown person to the celebrant with a word." If you go to the Eight Tigers, there may be ten more Tigers and Twenty Tigers! But if there are more upright gentlemen and capable ministers in the court, and firmly restrain them, it will not be so easy for them to do whatever they want! ”

"You said it simply, even old ministers like Liu Ge Lao Xie Ge have been overturned, how can others still withstand it?"

Seeing that these two people stared at each other and clashed, Wang Shouren couldn't help but smile bitterly, at this time, Kang Hai had to come out and say, "Okay, the matter has come to this, what's the use of you still talking about this?" Besides, the excerpt you wrote on behalf of Han Shangshu is so impassioned, even if Bo'an is talented, he may not be able to surpass you, and at that time, there was one more Bo'an, or even ten more hundred, what is the use of making a big noise? I can't help but give the emperor an amnesty! It's not that I said, but Bo'an and they did it right. And ......"

He paused suddenly, and saw that Li Mengyang's brows were furrowed, and he seemed to be very unhappy that he said that he had hidden a cut, so he sighed and said: "Didn't I say you, didn't you see Liu Xie Erge go away, but Li Ge Lao stayed in the cabinet alone, and even became the first assistant?" So you, don't be so excited by others, and learn from Li Ge. Han Shangshu looked back at the initiative, I don't know what the ending will be when I turn back, you who helped write the recital have to plan in advance! As soon as these words came out, Li Mengyang really froze suddenly. And Wang Shouren remembered Li Mengyang's tone in front of him before, and he almost broke off relations with Xu Xun because of this trip to Xing'an Bofu, he said carefully as soon as he groaned: "Kongtong, you said well to the mountain." Whether it is Han Shangshu or you, they are all rushed to the front as soon as they were provoked. But this time, I waited for the next best, because Tang Jieyuan's two sentences reached my heart. If it succeeds, our move will be the icing on the cake; If that doesn't work out, we'll be a godsend. Otherwise, the righteousness of the DPRK and China will be gone, and we will be guilty. ”

Zhan Ruoshui prefers academics and has never been involved in disputes, seeing that Li Mengyang's face is getting darker and darker, he interrupted: "I heard that Liu Ge Lao and Xie Ge Lao are going to go back to their hometowns the day after tomorrow, are you going to send one away?" Speaking of this, I remembered it, it was such a coincidence, the ninth day of June the day after tomorrow, it was Li Gelao's 60th birthday! ”

Fifty-one entered the cabinet, but he was sixty years old but had been in the cabinet for nine years, except for the three Yangs in the Yongle period that year, Li Dongyang was already an outlier. Therefore, the occasion of the 60th birthday coincides with the great changes in the DPRK and China, which inevitably casts a shadow on it. And Li Mengyang thought that it was Li Dongyang who hinted that he made Han Wen come forward to subdue him, but in the end it was Liu Xie and the others who gave the master, and Li Dongyang even went further to become the first assistant, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Because of this, the day's party ended in a moment, Kang Hai saw that Li Mengyang was a little drunk, so he sent him back, and among the remaining three people, Zhan Ruoshui and Xu Zhenqing returned to Nanxunfang together, and Wang Shouren went back to his home with a heavy heart. Just now he was in front of Li Mengyang, but he still didn't say a word.

Han Wen, who was the first to advocate Fu Que, has not yet written to Zhishi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and the three elders, how could they be wise because the emperor issued an edict to be lenient and forgiving, and finally left two at once? said that it was righteous indignation, those three were all elders who had been in trouble for a long time, and they should not be so impulsive; said that he was disheartened, why did Li Dongyang choose to stay alone? He remembered that there was news that when Han Wen led the hundred officials to ambush for the second time, Miao Kui, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, happened to come back, was this a coincidence?

When he returned home, Wang Shouren learned that his father Wang Hua had rarely returned home early, so he went to the study first to say hello. I was going to withdraw after saluting, but Wang Hua suddenly stopped him.

"The day after tomorrow, I'll send Brother Mu Zhai back to Yuyao, so don't go." Seeing Wang Shouren's surprised face, Wang Hua sighed and said, "You went to congratulate Elder Li Ge on his 60th birthday on behalf of your father." ”

"Daddy!"

Wang Hua didn't seem to hear Wang Shouren's call, and was silent for a long time before he said lightly: "Today, I went to see Zhang Shangshu for my father, and he also showed his intentions, and said that he hoped that his father could take his place...... I'm just a shallow learner, and now that Min Chaoying and Xie Muzhai have gone to Shi one after another, I don't have that mental strength anymore. What will happen to the future of the court, it seems that a fog can't be seen clearly, fortunately, you haven't been involved in the Fuque matter before, so let's keep your eyes open and see it clearly. ”

Zhang Shangshu in Wang Hua's mouth is talking about Zhang Sheng, the famous champion Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Hearing that Zhang Sheng was also going to be Zhishi, Wang Shouren couldn't help but gasp, but he understood more and more in his heart that with the personality of Zhu Houzhao that he knew before, he could forgive Liu Jin and others that day, and then he could listen to Liu Jian Xie Qian Zhishi, and more than half of them were due to the anger of the ministers who asked for the Eight Tigers. That little emperor has always eaten soft rather than hard! However, Tang Yin is Xu Xun's person, there is no doubt about this, when he went to find Xu Zhenqing that day, he "happened" to bump into himself and Zhan Ruoshui, was Xu Xun already like a mirror and wanted to pull him not to go to the troubled water? But this time Xu Xun came back so coincidentally, do you know if it has anything to do with this matter?

The ninth day of June is Li Dongyang's 60th birthday. Although the whole family has been busy for this whole life for a long time, and their own lord has been promoted to the first assistant, but before Li Dongyang said that this year's birthday is over, they have to mumble secretly. Who knew that on the eighth night of the first month of June, Li Dongyang went home with his front foot, and there was an envoy in the palace to Li Ge Lao Hutong with a smile, and he announced with a smile that Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde was the 60th birthday of Li Gelao, and he gave a day off, and two jars of imperial wine were ten catties of silver silk noodles, and ten ingots of platinum were congratulated. ..., with the emperor's words, Li Dongyang couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to, plus the news spread very quickly, early the next morning, the people who came to congratulate him on his birthday crowded the entire Li Ge old alley. Some people originally wanted to congratulate Li Dongyang when he was promoted from second assistant to first assistant, but they can see it until now; Some are Li Dongyang's protégés, and they want to come to the door to ask for advice on this occasion...... In short, no matter what the purpose was, the crowd of people who came in droves almost broke the threshold of the Li Mansion, and Li Dongyang easily got out, and let people drive the carriage out of the Xuanwu Gate quickly.

Compared with the busy traffic in the old alley of Li Ge at this time, in the welcome pavilion outside the Xuanwu Gate, there are not many people who see Liu Jian Xie Qian off, at least with the two of them who have been in the pavilion for more than ten years, and the reputation of the protégé is not commensurate with the world. Li Dongyang got out of the car and looked around and was surprised, but found that it was Liu Jian sitting lonely and sitting aside, and he couldn't help but have red eyes for a while.

"Brother Hao'an, you are ......"

"Those protégés have let me drive away, I'm leaving, don't cause trouble for them!" Liu Jian said this stiffly, and then looked at Li Dongyang with a smile and said, "Now it's time to call you Xiya, Yuanfu." Since Motosuke is celebrating his 60th birthday today, why bother to come to see the two of us who have been swept away, and leave behind a house full of friends, not afraid of causing trouble for himself? ”

Xie Qian also stepped forward at this time, smiled and said, "Why do you show the appearance of this little child? Instead of shedding tears today, it is better to walk clean with us! ”

Li Dongyang has always been introverted, knowing that Liu Jian Xie Qian had an untimely anger in his heart, he naturally didn't care, sighed and said: "Brother Xian'an and Mu Zhai don't know, you guys are leaving, Jiao Fang has already entered the cabinet, and the rest of the cabinet ministers are in dispute with the court, that is, the official department, the criminal department, the military department, the military department, and even the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, and countless people are staring at it. In addition, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has already gotten his mind, and the Hanwen of the Ministry of Household Affairs doesn't know how long he can last, from the cabinet ministers to the seven secretaries of the six ministries, how many people are left? ”

"Let's see how many righteous gentlemen are willing to stay!" Liu Jian said categorically, and raised his eyebrows disdainfully, "The Tao is not the same, do you want the old man and others to deign to please those eunuchs?" ”

Xie Qian also sneered: "That's it, if you agree, you will stay, if you don't, you will go, free and easy, I hate dragging mud and water the most!" ”

If everyone walks away so freely and smoothly, where will the people of the world be?

Li Dongyang originally came to send the two of them, and wanted to say that he could try to ask the emperor to summon them to the court again if he had a chance to do so, but when he heard the words of the two at this moment, he knew that he was taking it for granted. swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, Li Dongyang sighed again, but asked the little scholar who was waiting to pour the wine and toasted the two of them one by one. Seeing that the two of them were interested and didn't want to say more, he cherished it and gave a few words, then took his leave and got into the car. When he returned to the city, he finally couldn't hold back anymore, and his eyes gradually became wet.

Different ways do not conspire with each other...... If only everything in the world could be so simple!

On his sixtieth birthday, the birthday star Weng was nowhere to be seen, and as soon as Li Dongyang, who was late, returned home, many people surrounded him. He didn't have time to say hello one by one for a while, and after dealing with a few groups of people, he asked his heir Li Zhaofan to come over to help entertain the guests, and he went back to the room to change clothes. As soon as Mrs. Zhu personally tied his belt, a mother's voice came from outside.

"Sir, madam, there is someone outside to congratulate the master on his birthday...... It's Ping Beibo! ”

Xu Xun ...... Sure enough, it still came!

Li Dongyang had mixed feelings in his heart, pressed his palm, and saw that his wife was full of worry, so he comforted him: "This son is no longer the former Wuxia Ameng, and his behavior has always been unpredictable. However, now that he is holding the emperor Longen, although I, the first assistant, have no way to control him, he will not come to my door to find trouble. ”

ps: The monthly pass is only 283 when you get up in the morning...... 555, ask for seventeen monthly passes, but you can't even get three hundred

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