Gao Gong's surname is serious, he never sells Guanzi, and he says a person's name: "Silent ......"

"What?" King Yu was puzzled: "Didn't I make it clear?" I just asked the master to name the person. ”

Gao Gong couldn't help but be moved: "Your Highness, I said that person's name, surnamed Shen Mingmo!" As he spoke, his eyes widened, "You haven't even heard of his name, have you?" ”

"Oh......" King Yu scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "When you say that, I seem to have some impressions." After thinking about it, he said, "What is he doing?" ”

Gao Gong was completely defeated at this time, although he knew that this master was not interested in political affairs, but he didn't expect that he would be indifferent to this extent. I had to say: "He was originally the governor of Su Song, the hero of the opening of the imperial court, and he just returned to Beijing, and His Majesty rewarded him with the topaz Ruyi ......"

"Topaz Ruyi...... King Yu's confused eyes suddenly widened, "You mean that Si Jing washes the horse?" ”

Gao Gong smiled bitterly or bitterly, and said that you are also interested in this, so he said: "Your Highness may not know, this person is the future of His Majesty's cultivation, as soon as he stepped into the official career, he went straight to the center, and after the cabinet exercised, he was sent to Jiangnan to practice, and he did some big and good things, which won the favor of His Majesty." ”

King Yu's surname has been thoroughly touched by Gao Gong, and when he heard this, he really said tightly: "This person is really so important? What did Your Majesty give him that thing for? ”

"The holy will is like the sky, how can it be speculated by a courtier." Gao Gong shook his head and said: "But I can say for sure, those who have to be silent win the world!" This person's energy and skill are by no means comparable to idle ministers...... If you get the help of this person, Your Highness will be like a long tassel in your hand, and you can tie the dragon with your backhand! ”

"Oh......" King Yu pondered for a moment, and said, "Why did Your Majesty give him that jade Ruyi?" ”

Gao Gong rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Okay, it's equivalent to saying it in vain." I had to talk to King Yu and said: "If you have to talk about one or two, then Weichen thinks that this is Your Majesty's desire to take the opportunity to test and see who is the most interested in this treasure." ”

"Then dare to invite silence?" King Yu's eyes widened.

"If it's someone else, it's naturally not easy to get in touch with him," Gao Gong said with a faint smile: "But since I left office, there is one less of the four masters in the palace, so I will write a letter when I go back and ask for it to be made up for His Royal Highness...... When the time comes, the Hanlin Academy will recommend that this candidate will inevitably be obtained by Shen Mo. ”

"Oh, why?" King Yu asked strangely: "There are hundreds of Confucians in the Hanlin Academy, and it seems that they can't be silent in terms of qualifications and knowledge, right?" ”

"Hehe, Your Highness doesn't know anything," Gao Gong said with a smile: "The silent fellow villagers of the same year are almost all in the Hanlin Academy, and he is kind to Li Chunfang, Zhang Juzheng and others, as long as he wants to, how can he not make the trip?" He said softly: "In the final analysis, the officials of his generation have gradually grown up, and as the leader of Bingchenke, Shen Mo's status has naturally risen, although the official position is not high, but he can respond to all calls and leaders, which is why I want to recruit him." ”

"I see," King Yu finally understood, but said worriedly, "How do you know that he is willing to go with us, in case King Jing also invites him?" Don't forget, the current situation, but he has the advantage. ”

"Haha, Your Highness, don't worry, Zhang Taiyue has already gone, and this matter will definitely be possible." The high arch is very determined.

"What if it doesn't work...... Yuwang asked weakly.

"Uh......" Gao Gong almost choked to death, and it took a long time before he said helplessly: "If it doesn't work, then he doesn't have this blessing, and he deserves to be gray with King Jing." ”

"Are you so sure I won't lose?" Yuwang whispered.

"Yes." Gao Gong nodded fiercely and said, "Your Highness will definitely win!" ”

"Why?" Yu Wangba looked at him and said.

"This ......" Gao Gong was completely helpless, and sighed: "You just need to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and the rest depends on me and Zhang Taiyue." ”

"Oh......" King Yu nodded and whispered, "Okay......" Having said that, he still looked worried.

No one knows what the emperor really thinks, even if the current mainstream opinion in the capital is ...... His Majesty wishes His Royal Highness King Jing...... It's just subjective speculation.

In fact, Jiajing is also very indifferent to this son, and it is rare to see him a few times a year, although there are indeed some intimacy and alienation, it is only fifty steps and a hundred steps, there is no difference. However, King Jing gave birth to the only grandson of Emperor Jiajing, which made King Jing's supporters more confident, after all, if King Yu could not give birth to a son within a few years, he would naturally lose the qualification to compete for the prince.

At that time, His Royal Highness King Jing will be the de facto prince of a country, even if His Majesty will never establish a prince, he will not be able to change this ironclad fact. As a result, the wind direction of the capital changed greatly, although the ministers did not dare to come to King Jing's mansion because of the ancestral training that 'princes and ministers must not make friends privately', but they broke the threshold and sat on the bench in the homes of several masters of King Jing.

Although Tang Ruji is the youngest of the four speakers of His Royal Highness King Jing, he is the most important in the minds of everyone - for no other reason, this person is a serious and strict party, and he was sent to King Jing's mansion as a 'party representative', which is naturally not trivial.

Therefore, from the day His Royal Highness King Jing gave birth to his son, there was a lot of traffic in front of his door, and the ministers offered generous gifts and asked him to present His Royal Highness King Jing to express their congratulations...... Of course, it is indispensable to give Mr. Tang a gift of the same weight or even heavier, and ask him to say a lot of kind words.

Tang Ruji has also seen the world, quietly put away his share, and then divided half of it for King Jing and sent it to Yan's mansion, and finally loaded the remaining half in a cart and sent it to King Jing happily.

His Royal Highness King Jing is so big, and he has never seen so many gold and silver treasures, so he is so happy that he can't wait to lie on it.

Looking at His Royal Highness's ugly state, Tang Ruji sighed secretly in his heart: "This is the future emperor? How's this out of the picture? I thought that when Lao Tzu went to Suzhou, he silently gave me 500,000 taels of benefits, but I was not excited like this. He is a full man, he doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry, and he doesn't look at what kind of father King Jing has.

"Ahem......" Seeing that King Jing was reluctant to extricate himself, Tang Ruji had to cough a few times before calling him up.

After King Jing stood up, he was a living Zhu Houxi, just much younger than him, and there was no unfathomable depth between his eyebrows, replaced by a violent color: "Tang Aiqing, these people are so rich, why do they cry poor all day long?" It's really damn good! ”

Tang Ruji smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, the profession of Beijing official, that is the death of the poor and the rich, take the Ministry of War as an example, the Military Selection Division and the Arsenal Division are in charge of the promotion of military generals and the distribution of ordnance, and the military generals of the whole country have to be honored, and they are so fat that they are oiled; But it is also the Ministry of War, if it is in the Ministry of Staff, it will be ignored by ghosts, and even eating will be a problem. ”

"Oh, I see." King Jing snorted coldly: "These people are greedy for my money, and then use it to honor me, and they want me to thank them, they really take it from the lonely and use it for the lonely!" He waved his hand fiercely and said, "Kill them sooner or later!" ”

When Emperor Jiajing was as old as him, he had already won a complete victory in the struggle against the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, but King Yu and King Jing were still unsuccessful and out of tune.

Tang Ruji said depressedly in his heart: "This is to think of yourself as the emperor in advance?" But he didn't dare to pour cold water on King Jing, because this master's temper was so weird that he had to whip him at every turn, even a master like him was not immune.

King Jing sat on the throne with his buttocks, and said with Gu Pan Zixiong: "Master Tang, what gift did that 'Ruyi' send over?" ”

Tang Ruji thought about it for a while, and said softly: "He just entered Beijing from other places, and he still doesn't know about the personnel in Beijing, but it's only these two days at the latest......

Before the words fell, he heard King Jing slap the table and say: "Now who doesn't know that the son of the lonely king was born?" What does it mean that he turned a blind eye to such a big thing? He didn't take the Lone King in his eyes! He should have been whipped with 200 lashes to teach him a lesson! ”

Tang Ruji smiled bitterly and said, "After all, he is a close minister given to Huang Yu Ruyi by His Majesty, and His Royal Highness has to save some face for him." ”

As soon as he heard the words 'Topaz Ruyi', King Jing immediately glared and said, "Okay, let him send Ruyi quickly, so as not to suffer from a meal of flesh and skin." ”

"Well, that's not good." Tang Ruji smiled bitterly: "After all, it is a gift from the emperor, he dares to give it away, and His Royal Highness can't ask for it." ”

"That's right." King Jing scratched his head vigorously and said irritably: "Then what do you say to do?" ”

"Hehe, although Your Highness can't force that jade Ruyi," Tang Ruji said with a smile: "But you can summon Shen Mo to your command." In this way, if he holds the wish, but you hold him, doesn't that mean that you have the wish? ”

"Let me think about it, it's a little dizzy" King Jing held his head and thought for a long time, and finally opened his mind, and said with great joy: "It's really good, you quickly find him and let him get rid ......of me." ”

"This needs to be considered in the long run." Tang Ruji laughed dryly and said, "I have to run in person, Your Highness will wait for good news." ”

"Go now, go back quickly." King Jing waved his hand and said with a greedy look on his face: "He has worked in the city for so many years, and he must have made a lot of oil and water, you know what to do!" ”

"The minister knows ......," Tang Ruji said casually.

Emperor Jiajing got his wish, and he threw out a special color Ruyi, which stirred up suspicion in the sky over the capital, and the poor man of Shen Mo, as soon as he entered the capital, became the center of attention of all parties—they came together with different purposes, and almost at the same time gave him a name.

"Hu Zhi, this is Yan Ge's elder." Xu Wei flipped through a stack of famous posts on the table and said, "Zhang Juzheng, this is Xu Ge's old; Yin Shizhan, this is from King Yu's Mansion; Tang Ruji, this is King Jing's Mansion. He smiled and said, "Congratulations to Lord Shen for your expectations." ”

Sitting silently behind the big case, he said with his left hand: "Don't gloat here!" Saying that, he sighed and said, "I know that it will be a good thing to see the emperor...... Originally, I wanted to clamp my tail and be a low-key person, but it turned out to be good, and I became the focus of attention, and I couldn't hide from it. ”

"If you want me to say, when it's time to take sides, you have to take sides." Xu Wei said: "You see that these four parties are intertwined and colluded with hostility, who in the court is not implicated?" It's impossible to beat the drum to buy candy and do your own thing...... Even if you want to be quiet, others will take the initiative to find you, so that you can't avoid it, you can't get around, you can only fall into it. Instead of being passively swept away, it is better to show your attitude and take a clearer stand. ”

Shen Mo shook his head lightly and said: "I can't show this attitude, Your Majesty gave me that wishful thinking, just like the Five Elements Mountain that suppressed Sun Monkey, so that I didn't dare to act rashly." "The significance of that Ruyi is too great, every step of silence has to be weighed, whether it will make people have any associations, and whether it will cause Emperor Jiajing's unhappiness, it is like being put on a heavy shackle, so that he has to tremble and walk on thin ice.

"What about these?" Xu Wei pushed those famous posts to Shen Mo and said, "To see or not to see?" ”

Shen Mo glanced at those colorful famous posts, nodded and said: "Avoid the first day of junior high school, can't avoid the fifteenth, it doesn't matter if he is a gathering of heroes or a radish meeting, let them come together." Saying that, he got up and said, "It's going to rain, and the mother is going to get married, so let it be." And he went out the door.

"Where are you going?" Xu Wei followed and got up.

"I've been in Beijing for three days, and if I don't go to the Economic Bureau to take a look, I'm afraid I'm going to be in the imperial history." Shen Mo picked up the black gauze hat and said, "If you have something to do, go and get busy, if it's okay, just keep an eye on me here." ”

"Your Majesty, from yesterday, you will be in retreat for a month." Xu Wei smiled: "I'll be fine this month." ”

"That's a good thing." Shen Mo said casually, then went out to get into the sedan chair and went straight to the Ministry of Rites...... The reason why I went to the Ministry of Rites first was because after Chenghua, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites had always served as the secretary of Zhan, so he had to visit Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, first.

In fact, before meeting Zhao Zhenji, Shen Mo was a little worried in his heart, and he didn't know if this old enemy would give him small shoes to wear.

But he obviously doesn't understand the temper of Old Master Zhao, this old man only has public anger, no personal grudges, originally thought that Shen Mo was a member of the Yan Party, and naturally he would frown at him, but time has proved that he is just a capable official who does practical things, in addition to having a good relationship with Hu Zongxian, he is not entangled with the Yan Party, so Zhao Zhenji's resentment against Shen Mo has dissipated, but he has some guilt.

As soon as he heard that Shen Mo was visiting, he actually greeted him at the door in person, entered the signing room hand in hand with him, and sat next to him on a chair under the big case, and ordered someone to serve good tea, which made Shen Mo a little flattered, and he didn't know how this stinky stone changed his surname.

Zhao Zhenji saw the incomprehension on his face, smiled embarrassedly, and said bluntly: "In the past, the misunderstanding was too heavy, and there were many offends to Lord Shen, but now that I think about it, it is really the old man who is ignorant and reckless, preconceived, and instigated by Lu Douyin, so that Lord Shen has suffered so many grievances, and he almost lost his name and future." He sighed and said, "Every time I think about it now, I feel ashamed and embarrassed, and I really don't know how to apologize to you." As he spoke, he got up and bowed deeply to Shen Mo and said, "Let me bow to you first." ”

Shen Mo hurriedly held Zhao Shangshu up, and said softly: "Don't be like this, the humble words back then were also careless, and the actions were improper, which will naturally make you suspicious, and you will also ask for some hardships." He smiled and said, "And if you lose your horse, you know if you are blessed?" I was escorted to the capital, and I had a few adventures, but it was still more than a loss to say. ”

Seeing him so magnanimous, Zhao Zhenji was even more ashamed and said: "I don't have an empty life, but it's better for you to be sensible in later life." ”

He smiled silently and said: "The integrity and selflessness of the ministry are really an example for our juniors," he said and bowed to Zhao Zhenji and said: "When the student palace examination was held, if it wasn't for the fact that the adults of the ministry ignored the past and protected the students, how could I be today?" He just can speak, in fact, back then, Zhao Zhenji just relied on his conscience and didn't embarrass Shen Mu, and he couldn't talk about any protection at all, but let Shen Mo say this, Zhao Zhenji felt much more comfortable in his heart, and with this karma, he was emotionally much closer.

When the two sat down again, they finally got rid of their previous suspicions, and they were much closer than ordinary colleagues...... This can be regarded as not knowing each other. Zhao Zhenji sighed and said, "I don't know what happened to that Lu Douyin now?" ”

Shen Mo's expression was a little gloomy and said, "Lord Lu, I sacrificed my life for the country in a banditry. Although the truth is far from the case, the deceased is respected, and when Shen Mo reported to the imperial court, he whitewashed Lu Douyin, so that he not only preserved his reputation, but also posthumously sealed the Tongzhi of Suzhou, which can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness.

"Hey, I can't think of it, I can't think of it." Zhao Zhenji shook his head again and again: "It's really a success or failure...... Think about how many people have been swept away by the waves over the years? Zhang Jing, Li Tianzhong, Zhou Xuan, Li Mo, Wang Chen...... They are all names that have been prominent for a while, but now those who have returned to seclusion, those who have been ancient, and those who have been imprisoned have all become old people. ”

Shen Mo nodded lightly, he didn't understand why Zhao Zhenji was emotionally emotional, so he had to say casually: "Fortunately, there is a mainstay like the ministry to support the backbone of the imperial court." He just said a few words of unsatisfactory praise, but Zhao Zhenji's face darkened and said: "I'm afraid, the old man will also follow in their footsteps." ”

"Why?" Shen Mo said in surprise.

"Hehe......" Zhao Zhenji smiled miserably and said, "Then the clumsy words are also present, how can you not know why?" ”

(To be continued)