The ninth year of Wanli was the period of the pilgrimage of the Ming Dynasty, and the vassal kings and Tusi either entered the court in person, or sent tribute envoys to Beijing, presenting all kinds of tributes to express their loyalty and submission to the Central Celestial Empire.

Whether it is the Wanli Emperor, who has just come of age and hopes to reign over all nations with a supreme attitude, or Zhang Juzheng, who is vigorously promoting the new policy and intends to use it to set off the atmosphere of Zhongxing, they have all raised the tone very high, hoping to make this pilgrimage ceremony a grand event to show the national prestige and lift people's hearts.

The Ministry of Rites coordinates the overall situation, the Huitong Hall responsible for receiving the tribute envoys, the Honglu Temple where the pilgrimage ceremony is held, and the Shuncheonfu and the Five Cities Terracotta Division maintain the law and order of the Jingshi...... All the yamen are running at full speed around the Hajj, and these officials of the Qingshui Yamen were originally very idle, but now they are also busy kicking their heels and butts, and they have to check everything carefully, lest they make a mistake and lose the prestige of the Celestial Empire.

"It's like the Olympics in '08!" Qin Lin, who was working in the Fusi Office in Beizhen, saw the official documents copied by the various yamen, and suddenly felt like a world away.

Lu Yuanzhi blinked his small eyes: "What will?" ”

"I mean the Hajj conference," Qin Lin smiled slightly.

The pile-up of documents on the public case and the doubling of Qin Lin's workload are one of the results of the recent strengthening of the security work of the Beijing Division.

Recently, tributary envoys have arrived in Beijing one after another, and there are more and more foreigners in strange costumes on the streets.

There were too many vassal states and feudal Tusi in the Ming Dynasty, such as Korea in Liaodong, Ryukyu in the East China Sea, Annam, Siam, and Cambodia in the Indochina Peninsula, Uszang in the snowy plateau, Samarkand in Central Asia, Tianfang in the Arabian Peninsula, and Lumi in Asia Minor...... These countries to the Ming Dynasty Hajj, the distance is different, some take the waterway, some take the dry road, the time to arrive in Beijing has the first and the last, although there is still a month before the Hajj, but there are many tribute envoys to live in the same hall.

The envoys did not understand each other's language, their customs were different, and there were many conflicts between their respective countries, and if they didn't get it right, they had to fight, and they traded with the officials and merchants of Beijing, and disputes would arise from time to time.

As a result, the Beizhen Fusi, which is equivalent to the "Central Intelligence Agency," has a heavy responsibility, and it is necessary to ensure that the Hajj Conference is held smoothly and that there can be no chaos.

Ryukyu and Siam have always been submissive, but they are easy to deal with, such as visitors from Wusizang, Hami and other places, they have always liked to be brave and ruthless, so Qin Lin has to strengthen the arrangement of surnames to prevent them from causing trouble.

This afternoon, the yamen dispersed, and Qin Lin, Hong Yangshan, and a few other newly approached hall officials, talked and laughed and walked outside.

Liu Shouyou, the governor of Jinyi, also came out of the White Tiger Hall, and a large group of officials in the hall were like stars holding the moon.

The two streams of people met at the gate of Jinyiwei, and they were clearly distinguished, and their own people talked and laughed, and they turned a blind eye if they were not in a group.

"Hmph, it's a fluke, it's not long after all!" Liu Shouyou looked at Qin Lin, who was wearing a python robe and a Nine Dragons jade belt around his waist, and he was jealous and hateful.

Zhang Zhao, Pang Qing, and Feng Xin, these hardcore henchmen, hurriedly echoed: "That's not it, Liu Du is a famous minister's family, and the world is favored by the country, but it is not comparable to the fortunate ones." ”

Several hall officials on Qin Lin's side looked bad, and Hong Yangshan was about to ridicule each other, but Qin Lin shook his hand to stop them.

It turned out that this time to suppress the White Lotus Northern Sect, Liu Shouyou was responsible for clearing the missionary rudder in Baoding, Wuqing and other places, and also made meritorious contributions, he was already the governor of the left capital of the Zhengyi military position, and it was impossible to rise again, so he was honored as a pillar country, and his rank was higher than that of Qin Lin's upper protector.

So Liu Shou's descendants Zhang Zhao, Pang Qing, and Feng Xin began to be very noisy again, feeling that although Qin Linjian was in the emperor's heart, after all, he was just an upstart with a shallow foundation, and he was still far from being able to drive his own Liu Dudu to have deep roots.

Isn't it, look at the Jinyi Guard's yamen, there are only four people including Hong Yangshan, the official who followed Qin Lin, but Liu Shouyou's side is full of people, and there is a large area of black pressure.

Liu Shouyou was there, and someone laughed and said: "Colleagues, do you know that some time ago, Yan Laoshangshu of the Criminal Department played the Revelation of General Qin, and which adult took the Revelation Participation Medal to face the saint?" ”

"Who?" The officials of the Jinyi Hall all pricked up their ears, and even a few people on Qin Lin's side were not exempt from vulgarity.

Pang Qing smiled and spit out four words: "Jiangling Xianggong!" ”

With a bang, it seemed like a thunderstorm on the ground, and everyone knew that Yan Qing played the impeachment of Qin Lin, and Qin Lin did not fall but rose, but after listening to Pang Qingyi, he knew that the unveiling of the chapter was actually taken by Zhang Juzheng to face the saint.

Zhang Juzheng went to His Majesty with the impeachment of Qin Lin, this intention is obvious, it can't be to protect Qin Lin! Although in the end, it did not fall but rose, which was also the result of Wanli's repeated insistence.

In this way, Zhang Juzheng is no longer waiting to see Qin Lin? Hmph, today's court situation is that the power of the prime minister is greater than the power of the monarch, Zhang Juzheng is about to rectify Qin Lin, Wanli can keep it once, can it be kept next time?

Thinking of this, Liu Shouyou's faction Jinyitang officials were all in good spirits, and Liu Dudu himself was even more ambitious, yesterday he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to give a lot of gifts, listening to Zhang Juzheng's tone, it was very face-saving for him.

Qin Lin smiled silently, secretly observing his subordinates, Hong Yangshan looked disapproving, but the few newly approached hall officials were more or less lost.

"Today, while it's still early, let's go to the cheap shop to have a meal, and then arrange the Hajj, everyone will be busy," Qin Lin deliberately did not refute Liu Shouyou's statement, but loudly invited his subordinates.

This panicked, anxious to encircle his subordinates and calm people's hearts? Liu Shouyou couldn't help but sneer secretly, and said in his heart that Qin someone has some skills and good luck, but after all, he is a young man, and this mental city is still a cut short of the boss compared with the old oilman who has been trained in the officialdom for decades.

Zhang Zhao, Pang Qing, and Feng Xin also slowed down, looked at each other, and laughed maliciously, waiting to see Qin Lin's joke.

Hong Yangshan, Lu Yuanzhi, and Niu Dali, these brothers, naturally agreed to the promise with a bang, and they wanted to disturb Chief Qin with a smile, even Diao Shigui and Hua Deguan did not hesitate, but among the three newly joined Tang officials, there was a person named Xu Jin who hesitated.

Liu Shouyou was so happy when he saw this that he screamed and burst into flowers, snorted heavily in his nose, and stared at Xu Jin's face with a cold gaze.

Suddenly, beads of sweat the size of soybeans flowed down Xu Jin's head, wiped the sweat, and said in a whisper: "Yu, Yu Qin, the youngest son of the lower official is sick, look ......"

Hahahaha, the officials of the Jinyi Hall under Liu Shouyou laughed, and the gaze cast on Qin Lin was a little more playful.

Suddenly, someone said recklessly: "Lao Xu, you are not authentic, right?" The chief has an invitation, we can't ask for it, it's useless for you to go back when your youngest son is sick, and you're not a doctor. ”

It was another Jinyitang official on Qin Lin's side who spoke, who was born tall and fat, with big ears, called Ma Bin, and served as the commander of Jinyiwei.

This...... Xu Jin hesitated, and finally threw his hand at Qin Lin again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." ”

"Ruthless may not be a true hero, how can a poor son not be a husband," Qin Lin waved his hand with a smile, "Since Commander Xu has a disease, this official will go to your house, my junior brother Lu Yuanzhi studied under the Daming Divine Doctor Li Shizhen many years ago, and his medical skills are outstanding, I am afraid that he is three points stronger than the average doctor in Beijing, so I will diagnose and treat the son of Commander Xu, so as not to delay his illness, you are worried." ”

Chief Qin is benevolent! Ma Bin sighed secretly in his heart, who knows that he is not allowed to enter this wall grass to find an excuse to slip away? I'm afraid that he will run to Liu Shouyou's side when he turns around! As a result, Chief Qin not only did not expose it in person, but also said that sending someone to see a doctor for his son was rare.

Liu Shouyou has the hall officials over there, except for Zhang Zhao, Pang Qing, and Feng Xin, most of the people gradually put away their smiles, Liu Dudu thinks very highly of himself, how could he ever care about his subordinates like Chief Qin? If the two of them are replaced, when they encounter today's incident, Liu Dudu will definitely tell Xu Jin to come down in person!

Xu Jin's face changed a few times, but what he was thinking about was not Qin Lin's benevolence, but considering that as soon as the person passed, he saw that his youngest son was not sick, and this lie had to be exposed.

I had no choice but to lower my head and say, "Chief Xie Qin cares, but the dog has already asked a famous doctor for treatment, so he won't trouble Chief Qin and Brother Lu anymore!" The lower officials, the lower officials lost their companions......"

arched his hand, and Xu Jin slipped away like a rabbit.

"This old Xu!" Ma Bin sighed and looked at Qin Lin extremely embarrassed.

Qin Lin didn't care, pretending not to understand Xu Jin's intentions, he just laughed: "Let's go, brothers, eat roast duck at the cheap shop!" ”

Qin Lin is rich, how can Liu Shou taste poor? also smiled at the officials on his side: "People are cheap, let's go to the Eight Immortals Restaurant, and today we will rest when we are drunk!" ”

Unlike Qin Lin's side, there are few people, and there are dozens of Jinyitang officials under Liu Shouyou's command, and there are really two or three of them who have other urgent matters, but looking at Liu Dudu's face and thinking about what happened just now, he had no choice but to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman, and he did not dare to refuse.

As soon as they came out of the yamen, the two groups of men and horses went their separate ways.

Qin Lin took two steps, turned around and patted Ma Bin's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Old Ma, not bad!" ”

Ma Bin was not too flattered, but smiled bitterly: "Lao Xu is a forward-looking, sticky temper, Sir Qin, don't be like him." ”

"Everyone has their own fate," Qin Lin looked indifferent.

Ma Bin sighed in his heart, what does it mean to do something like Xu Jin? Chief Qin is definitely not going to use him, but Liu Dudu's fierce generals are like clouds, how can he care about such a wall grass? Don't rely on both sides!

Everyone didn't know the inside story, they really thought that Qin Lin and the emperor's first assistant were unhappy, they usually talked and laughed, but at this time, even their voices were lowered a little, and the scene was a little depressed.

Qin Lin is not surprised, things in the officialdom are like this, the so-called lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the lord humiliates the ministers and dies, and it is also like this in a faction, these brothers are both prosperous and lose with themselves, if they can still giggle when they hear bad news, then they will break into the ghost.

It didn't take long to walk in the direction of the cheap square, and the group of people hurriedly came with the lanterns of the Jiangling Prime Minister's Mansion, and the first one saw Qin Lin is eyebrows and smiled, and knelt down as soon as he was short: "Oh, it's really a coincidence, I originally said that the hall was scattered, I was afraid that it would be difficult to find General Qin, but it was a small blessing, and I met you on the way." ”

Everyone looked at it, isn't this Zhang Xiangye's henchman, Yao Ba, the butler of the Xiangfu? Zhang Xiangye helped Yan Laoshangshu hand over the recital of the chief of Qin, why did Yao Ba still treat each other so much?

The prime minister's family is a seven-grade official, but what about today's Yao Ba? How many border commanders have a relationship with his peers, that is, the second- and third-grade civil and military masters of the Beijing Division, and they also call him Yao Ba brother!

Yao Ba's knees are not casual kneeling.

Qin Lin was not surprised, and asked, "Is your young lady invited, or are the two sons summoned?" ”

Okay, this is a beautiful question, first ask if Miss is invited, our Chief Qin is so thick-skinned!

When everyone heard Qin Lin's words, they couldn't help but laugh in their stomachs, and at the same time, they were 100% sure that Qin Lin hadn't fallen out with the emperor's first assistant, could they ask that?

Yao Ba, as Zhang Juzheng's confidant, of course knew the thoughts of his grandfather and young lady, but he didn't feel sorry at all, and replied respectfully: "This time it's not that Miss is invited, but my father-in-law came back from the cabinet, so he urgently recruited General Qin to the mansion to discuss matters." ”

This answer is even better, this time it was not invited by the young lady, presumably Qin Lin was often invited into the house to meet before? Then he said that Zhang Juzheng came back from the cabinet and urgently recruited Qin Lin into the mansion to discuss matters, which was enough to give face.

The emperor's first assistant and Qin Lin, not only did they fall out, but the relationship was still very delicate!

Starting from Hong Yangshan, all the way to Diao Shigui and Hua Deguan, it was like taking a reassuring pill, and he was secretly glad that he was not bluffed by Liu Shouyou just now, like Xu Jin came out just now, haha, he will regret it in the future!

Since Zhang Ju was in a hurry to recruit Qin Lin when he returned to the mansion from the cabinet, there must have been important military affairs to discuss with him, and everyone did not dare to slack off, so they immediately rushed to the prime minister's mansion in Shamao Hutong outside Donghua Gate.

Zhang Ju summoned Qin Lin alone, and other people couldn't enter this prime minister's mansion casually, so Ma Bin hesitated: "Chief Qin, do you think it's today?" ”

Qin Lin smiled: "It's okay, wait for me for a while, and we'll go to the cheap shop when we come out." ”

Okay! Ma Bin agreed, but he didn't believe it very much, now it's almost time for dinner, if the Prime Minister's Mansion stays for dinner, will Chief Qin be able to give him a resignation?

Qin Lin arranged for Lu Yuanzhi to lead the brothers to sit in the teahouse opposite the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while, waiting for him to come out.

Looking at the back of Chief Qin walking into the Prime Minister's Mansion, the newly refuted Mao Xianzhong Mao Commander wiped his sweat and whispered to Ma Bin: "Hey, old Ma, it's very dangerous today, I'm not afraid of your jokes, just now my brother heard that Zhang Xiangye and our chief had a falling out, and my heart was really cold......"

"Being a man from beginning to end, Liu Dudu didn't want to see us before, and he had to fall on both sides of the wall like Lao Xu, and if we see each other again in the future, it will be embarrassing!" Ma Bin picked up a bowl of tea and drank it all.

(To be continued)