The news that the second assistant of the cabinet, Lu Tiaoyang, was promoted to build a scholar of the Jidian Temple, caused quite a stir in the DPRK and China.

Everyone knows that the title of bachelor in this year is a total of four halls and two pavilions, a total of six different titles. When I first entered the cabinet, most of them were Dongge University Scholars, and then after a period of time, I was promoted to Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholars, and then Wu Yingdian University Scholars, Wenhua Hall University Scholars, and Jianji Hall University Scholars, among which there will occasionally be a skipping grade, but whether you will be promoted to the Middle Pole Hall University Scholars, it depends on whether you can survive to the first assistant, and this not only depends on your own ability, but also depends on the official fortune and life span of those pavilion elders in front of you.

As for the titles of the ministers such as a certain Shangshu, most of them are fictitious titles, that is, they are just good-looking, and they are not really in charge of the ministry - Gao Gong, who once served as the first assistant but held the power of the Ministry of Shangshu with one hand, and Zhao Zhenji, who also led the Imperial Court after entering the cabinet, the former is also regarded as a major sign of high arch and arbitrariness - and the same is true for the titles of Zhuguo and Sangong and Sanshao, just to make the ministers appear more honorable. After all, the feeling of the second grade of the official residence and the first grade of the official residence is still a little different when going out.

And Lu Tiaoyang has been in turmoil since Zhang Juzheng won the love turmoil last year, and he has begged for old illness, not to mention seven or eight times, such as today's son not only did not allow it, but at the end of last year, he first added a young master to Lu Tiaoyang, and now he has given Lu Tiaoyang Jin the title of Jianji Hall Scholar, the meaning of which is naturally enough for people to ponder for a long time.

Although the Wanli Emperor has been appointed as the empress by the thirteen-year-old Wang Xijie as the empress because of the repeated requests of the Empress Dowager Li to marry in the first month of the year - this queen not only has a festive name, but was only twelve years old when she was selected among countless candidates last year. However, Empress Dowager Li, who has always been obedient to Zhang Juzheng's words, rejected this proposal and insisted on marrying the couple, who were not yet thirty years old together, in the first month. Although it was not interesting to pamper a thirteen-year-old yellow-haired girl, Emperor Wanli did not object, because he thought that he would be free after the wedding.

After the wedding of the first month, the Empress Dowager Cisheng Li officially withdrew from the Qianqing Palace and returned to the Cining Palace, and the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was also in power, but the Wanli Emperor soon found that he was sixteen years old this year, and he was not familiar with the government at all.

Therefore, everyone knows that behind the edict of Lu Tiaoyang and Jin Feng Cifu, it must be Zhang Juzheng's instructions. In this way, does Zhang Juzheng want to keep Lu Tiaoyang, or send Lu Tiaoyang away after giving it to a high-ranking official?

When this kind of speculation actually spread to Wang Fulin, and many people came to knock on the side to test it, Wang Shiyu, the now hot Guangdong Dao leader, suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

Last year, not long after Zhang Juzheng's comeback after the full of 77 guards, he came to a comet, and he thought that someone would take this opportunity to continue to go forward and continue to write books, but as a result, only one folk cloth cloth was the first bird, and after being beaten by the court staff, he was escorted to the army, and most of the officials in the court remained silent, especially Kedao was as silent as death. And after his plan to transfer out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate completely failed, he honestly became his own master. Even the top boss, Zuo Du Yushi, changed from Chen Zan to Chen Ji, and he never shook his position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At this moment, in the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he sat on the first chair on the lower left of the new Governor Xian, and once again experienced the completely different styles of Chen Zan and Chen Zhan. The old man was not likely to be attentive to the audience as soon as he came in to perform the work, and he was not accustomed to long speeches, and always retired after speaking, and never dragged his feet. This kind of attitude of not stammering and not being close to it is very much in line with Chen Zhan's appetite, even if he does something that makes the old man frown, it does not prevent the old man from leaving a good evaluation on his exam book before leaving. And today's Chen Wei makes everyone who comes to see him feel like a spring breeze.

But even so, in the thirteen supervising imperial histories of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the evaluation of the new Zuodu Imperial History is mixed. For example, although Wang Fulin was treated as a spectator at this time, he didn't say anything as if he was in front of Chen Zhan. Especially when Chen Wei asked about Lu Tiaoyang, he said it very tactfully.

"Although the second assistant Lu Ge has often taken leave recently, the cabinet still goes there often, and when I was ordered to go to the cabinet on business, I have seen it twice. The spirit is not the best, but it is still acceptable. ”

Chen Wei also knew that it would be difficult to ask for any useful information in a place like the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he had to divert the topic. But when Wang Fulin's performance was over, when he stood up to say goodbye, he said with a smile: "Shiqing, tomorrow is a rest, my grandson's 100-day banquet, but I invited some relatives and friends, would you like to come over?" ”

Your boss has invited you, can I say no?

Wang Fulin slandered, and secretly muttered to himself that Chen Zan didn't accept anything at all for three festivals and two birthdays, it can be said that oil and salt don't enter, this newcomer to Zuodu has been in office for four months, but he is long-sleeved and good at dancing, which is in stark contrast to Chen Zhan's personal relationship, and now he has even invited him to the 100-day banquet, you must know that he and the Chen family are not familiar at all! If you don't know, you still think that Chen Juzheng is the same year as Zhang Juzheng!

Chen Wei is actually the same year of Gao Gong, in the 20th year of Jiajing, he ranked in the middle of the top three, from the ranking point of view, there is not too prominent, the beginning is only a push official, after three years of examination, he entered the court to supervise the imperial history, and then came out as the patrol salt imperial history, under the dictatorship of Yan Song, he once returned to his hometown to avoid disasters due to illness, and went around several times in the Imperial Procuratorate, and finally because the seniority of the imperial history was too far-reaching, he was promoted to the fifth grade Guanglu Shaoqing in one fell swoop - this position is often promoted to senior head of the imperial history or is used in the matter- Taichang Shaoqing, who was transferred to the Governor of the Siyi Pavilion, easily arrived at the position of Nanjing Taifu Siqing, who was the third grade, but he went through the governor of Sichuan, the governor of Caoyun, and the foreign bureaucracy for several years.

It is precisely because he has never been able to stand up to the six capital inspectors when he is a Beijing official, and he has been in the foreign office for many years, and now Chen Wei is over sixty years old, but he finally sat in the position of the imperial history of the left capital, and naturally felt that the foundation was unstable, and it was indispensable to ponder the candidates of the six Shangshu and the elder of the pavilion.

Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the ministry, Yin Zhengmao, the secretary of the household department, and Li Youzi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, are all Zhang Juzheng's cronies. Although Shangfang Fang of the Ministry of War was recommended by Zhang Juzheng at that time, the relationship was not so close, and it was likely to make room for Zhang Xueyan. The Shangshu of the Criminal Department changed the two last year, and now this Shangshu Wu Baipeng is not far from Zhang Juzheng. And Ma Ziqiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, offended Zhang Juzheng because he wrote a letter to intercede for Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing of the Hanlin Academy. As for the elders, Lu Tiaoyang obviously couldn't support it, Zhang Siwei seemed to be in step with Zhang Juzheng, but at the end of last year, because of something, Zhang Juzheng gave him a look for a while.

Chen Wei knew that he had no military merits, and he couldn't get his hands on the military department; The position of the secretary of the criminal department is not as good as the imperial history of the left capital; Although the Ministry of Rites is said to be the most likely to be vacant, the Qinggui Yamen is the private reserve of the Hanlin people most of the time. The cabinet is not in the cabinet again, and he has no chance at all. Sure that the imperial history of Zuodu is only afraid that it will be his last stop in the officialdom, of course, he hopes to firmly control the Imperial Procuratorate, put an end to the hidden danger of supervising the imperial history in the past, and let Zhang Juzheng be able to hand over the Imperial Procuratorate to himself with confidence. That being the case, for Wang Fulin, who is rumored to be valued by Zhang Juzheng, he is of course willing to envelop him.

He has more than one son under his knees, but there is only one second son who is an official in the capital, and the so-called grandson who holds a 100-day banquet is the second son's stepfamily, and among all his grandsons, the only one can be regarded as a concubine. Although Chen Zongxian, who is a handful of people, is also a concubine himself and doesn't care much about his concubines, it is better to hold a 100-day banquet for his grandchildren than to use those grandsons as an excuse.

When Wang Fulin heard about these joints, he carried a five-color gift box when he was resting the next day, and put a golden lock in his purse as a gift, and pinched the time to come to the alley where Chen's mansion was located, but bumped into a guest he hadn't thought of head-on at the mouth of the alley. Seeing Wang Zhen's surprised look when he opened the curtains of the sedan chair and saw him, Wang Fulin said with a smile: "Chen Zongxian also told me that he invited some relatives and friends, but I didn't expect Wang Sikou to come." ”

Wang Zhen is now in and out of Zhang Juzheng's mansion very frequently, and the limelight has even overshadowed some Shangshu, so today's visit to the door is also Chen Ji's invitation again and again, he thought that Zhang Juzheng deliberately selected the person to suppress the role of the Imperial Procuratorate to supervise the imperial history, so he had to give face. Now that he was late, he still met Wang Fulin here, and he only thought about it for a moment before realizing what was going on.

Seeing that Wang Fulin asked his entourage to take a step forward and send the gift in front of the Chen Mansion, but he rode a horse and walked with him, and when he arrived at the Chen Mansion, he came over to help him get out of the sedan chair diligently, so he said angrily: "I'm not so old, I don't need you to be courteous!" ”

"It's not too late, borrow Wang Si Kou Huwei, lest anyone blame me?"

For such a refreshing and frank excuse, Wang Zhen smiled instead. Although he is now a waiter in the Criminal Department, Zhang Juzheng has already revealed a letter, Wang Guoguang is old, although he relies on his qualifications to control the ministry, but he still needs a more capable squire to preside over the daily affairs of the ministry, and now the seat has not yet been vacated. Therefore, he was not very frightened by Chen Wei, an official who was higher than himself, but still had a request for his seniors, and immediately bowed his head and said: "In this case, we are all the way here." ”

The 100-day banquet in Chen's mansion, the scene is really not big, the men gather in the front yard, the women gather in the backyard, as for the children who are the protagonists, they are just a little bit taken out for people to see. Especially when men just use this to gather together and talk about something outside, where do they really care about a child? Seeing that the banquet was about to start, Chen Wei found that the two most important guests today had not arrived for a long time, and he was naturally very unhappy. And the long class has come up to ask for the time of the banquet several times, and even tactfully said that the ladies inside have some small complaints, and he is even more irritable.

Just when he turned his heart on the side and planned not to wait, he saw the housekeeper outside the lobby bow down and said, "Master, Wang Sikou of the Criminal Department and Wang Zhangdao of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are here." ”

They came together?

Chen Wei was slightly suspicious in his heart, and then said with a smile: "It seems that the guests have arrived, so let's go down and prepare for the banquet." ”

Except for the two Chen Qiang who came today, the rest are mostly the in-laws of the Chen family, the oldest official is a Taichang Shaoqing, and the youngest is just a junior who has a talent and fame, so even if he knew that Chen Qiang was waiting for someone, no one dared to say anything. When I learned who the two people Chen Wei and the others were, no one had any opinions. When Wang Zhan was transferred to Beijing last year, it was rumored that he saw Zhang Juzheng, who was guarding Qiqi at home, and then immediately promoted from Nanjing Yushi to the head of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Juzheng was a confidant. Wang Fulin, not to mention, who doesn't know that he is a close friend of the Zhang family's brothers?

So, when the old and the young stepped into the hall one after the other, they immediately got the treatment of the stars holding the moon. All those who don't know each other come forward to flatter, and by the way, introduce themselves and make a familiar face. Fortunately, Wang Fulin came out to socialize in his early years, and he is familiar with this situation, not to mention Wang Zhen, who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, how can he not have this ability? And this kind of situation of seeing people and talking about people, and talking about ghosts, did not last long, because Chen Wei quickly came forward. He used the majesty of elders and high-ranking officials to subdue the others, and for a while everyone could only gather around the sidelines, pricking up their ears, trying to find out some information from the conversation.

But who of the three would casually reveal the secrets of the DPRK and China on such an occasion? After sitting down like this, those young people who were the same age as Wang Fulin, but had to sit behind looked at Wang Fulin who was talking and laughing at the main table without stage fright, and while envious, some people muttered in a low voice: "If I am also admitted to the Jinshi and become an official, I will naturally not be inferior to him." ”

"On the main table, there is still a serious Hanlin Academy's revision, and the grade is a little higher than Wang Fulin's, but how many times has that Hanlin spoke? There are more than 300 jinshi in each subject, but how many people have this opportunity? ”

Wang Fulin wished that he didn't have the opportunity to provoke right and wrong, because after three rounds of drinking, when he found an excuse to go out of the lobby to clean the room, he was invited to a room that was obviously a study by a seemingly honest and honest scholar. Although he was indeed not in a hurry to urinate at the moment, he was still angry when he saw the scene in this room. However, when Wang Zhen was also brought in after a while, the old and young stared at each other, and they felt angry at the same time. Even if Chen Wei came one after another, and then said with a smile on his face, Wang Fulin was still a little unimpressed.

The three of them fled the table one after another, didn't they obviously tell the other guests in the banquet that they had sneaked out to talk secretly?

But just when Chen Wei seemed to be thinking about how to speak, Wang Zhan said bluntly: "Yuanfu plans to return to his hometown in March. ”

These simple eight words shocked Chen Wei to forget all the original purpose! Is Zhang Juzheng just going back to his hometown to bury his father, or is he really returning to his hometown to mourn, or is he just showing a rumor, and then purging a group of officials by the way?

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