Unlike the magnificent yamen such as the five mansions and six departments on the left and right of the thousand-step corridor outside the Daming Gate, the Wenyuan Pavilion cabinet straight room in the southeast of the right gate of Miyagi has always been inconspicuous. With the importance of the cabinet, more and more clerks are used, but it is as expensive as the first assistant, and it is only a small straight room, not to mention the second assistant and the third assistant, etc. After several repairs, this piece of land is conveniently divided into three courtyards, in the middle is the commonly known cabinet, that is, Wenyuan Pavilion, the east is the edict house, and the west is the system of the edict house.

At the end of the Hongzhi Dynasty, unless the people in the cabinet were to the official or died, basically none of them did not move, but more than a dozen documents and decrees had been changed several times, and many of them were promoted to the sixth ministry or released from foreign posts.

This is August 15, the people can have a lively Mid-Autumn Festival, but for the palace, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a festival, after the Great Dynasty, although the moon cakes and imperial wine were given to the high-ranking officials of the ministry, the main thing can not be delayed. Because on the fifteenth day, in addition to the great court, it was still the sixth branch to come to the cabinet and auxiliary ministers in the middle of the matter.

At this moment, in the straight room, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian's three auxiliary ministers sat on the left, and the six branches were sitting on the right. Although there are occasional quarrels and quarrels in the usual meeting, most of the time, just like the meaning of the word huiyi, it is just the final word of the auxiliary ministers, and the rest of the people salute.

But this time it was very different, as soon as a few important matters passed, Wu Hui put the death of Xu Sheng on the table, and then Wang Gai questioned the successor proposed by the Ministry of Rites to Xu Sheng's testament, and said that Xu Sheng had another brother Xu Liang. After a while, a quarrel broke out in the small straight room.

"After all, Xu Yi is a hereditary thousand households, and he is better than Xu Liang who came out of nowhere!"

"You can't say that!" Wu Yu, who was the first to lift the lid, sneered contemptuously, and then glanced around at the others, "Before Xu Sheng was seriously ill, the emperor had already praised Xu Liang's son Xu Xun, and when his father and son had not yet gone to Beijing, that Xu Sheng Baoju's cousin had repeatedly haunted Xing'an Bo's Mansion, and this person has always been known in the army for three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, isn't it a joke to let him attack the knight!" ”

"You're hearsay! Don't think I don't know what you're planning, isn't it because it is rumored that Xu Xun and Zhonggui have a close relationship, and you plan to follow the path of a few eunuchs! ”

"You're spewing blood! If you want me to say how much benefit Xu Yi has given you, you can talk to him in this kind of place! The inheritance of titles to the imperial court has always been systematic, virtuous and unscrupulous, right and wrong have their own public opinions! ”

In this uproar, a grumpy man finally couldn't listen to it, and he slapped the table and shouted angrily for a while: "My generation has been studying for dozens of years before he is ranked in the court, and now an unidentified boy from Nanjing, and an idle soldier who holds a job in the military camp and doesn't work, just because someone supports him, he dares to spy on the title?" According to the rules, if there is no heir, you should be removed, there is nothing to say! ”

"That's it!"

Faced with such a messy situation, Shoufu Liu Jian finally couldn't help it and blurted out a snort. He entered the cabinet after Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, this song from the twelfth year of Hongzhi to the present, this sound is naturally full of power, but a moment of effort, there is already silence in the room. He glanced at everyone with a majestic gaze, and saw that most of the officials avoided his eyes, so he said lightly: "It's just a trivial matter to quarrel like this, what kind of system!" ”

Liu Jian's words shocked everyone, and Xie Qian stood up and said: "In this matter, the Ministry of Rites must first set the funeral ceremony, and then the subordinates will visit Xu Sheng's descendants. Today, since the big thing is over, let's go back to the Six Science Corridor, in addition to this innocuous little thing, there are also important things to do! ”

Although there are still many people below who want to continue to debate and debate on this matter, Xie Qian's kind words are famous, and with his identity there, no one wants to touch this moldy head for no reason and teach him a lesson, so after you look at me, after all, under the leadership of the official department, they all bowed and withdrew. As soon as they left, Li Dongyang, who had just been silent, smiled slightly.

"It's really strange that it's a small thing, but it makes a lot of people angry."

"Xiya, with that little bit of caution, can they still hide the eyes of you and me? The drunkard's intention is not to drink, but it's not that the Ministry of Officials and the Inspectorate are inspecting tightly, and they all want to find some articles from here? In the past few days, there have been more and more excerpts to impeach Lao Ma and Lao Dai, and it seems that these two are hindering many people's affairs! Xie Qian has always been straightforward, and immediately broke through the mystery in one word, and sighed when he sat down, "If they know that the emperor ordered the ceremonial supervisor to come over to consult the three of us, planning to let the military department reorganize the government and the avant-garde, and also plan to give this Xu Xun command, I don't know what the expression is." ”

"Are you going to second?"

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows, and seeing Xie Qian shaking his head, he looked at Li Dongyang again. However, Li Dongyang hesitated for a moment, but said a different sentence: "Yuanfu, Mu Zhai, the clerk sent by the master of ceremonies and the prince is familiar with me, and he said one more word before leaving, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Xu Xun should have met, and the emperor summoned him once for this reason, and he had a good impression." Lenovo previously sealed its guards, and the holy will was about to come out. ”

"What!"

Whether the crown prince had seen Xu Xun or Emperor Hongzhi summoned him, Liu Jian and Xie Qian had never heard of it, and they couldn't help but change their colors at this time. Although Emperor Hongzhi said that he was now diligent in government, he was only said to be in the court, and there were very few ministers summoned outside the court, and it was only two or three times a year in the past few years, not to mention other foreign ministers. However, the emperor actually summoned an insignificant eight-rank guard, and then asked the celebrant to send someone to hint like this, which was clearly a rebellion.

"What is this person's knowledge, character, and background?" Xie Qian asked these three questions in one breath, and saw Li Dongyang's strange face smiling at him, he didn't know that Li Dongyang didn't know anything, and suddenly sighed, "The prince left the cabinet at the age of eight, but he never went to the Wenhua Hall to give lectures for several years, and even his studies were mostly intermittent. If you are fascinated by a person with ulterior motives again, it will be really ...... in the future."

Although Xie Qian didn't finish speaking, the meaning of the words was already obvious. Shoufu Liu Jian pondered for a long time, and then suddenly spoke: "When the excerpts of the Nanjing garrison and others were sent before, I took a few more looks when I was preparing the ticket, and I remember that there was the name of the Southern Supervisor Wine Zhangmao. Demao is a man of iron bones, and he will certainly not follow the crowd, but I am inclined that this person's character should be trusted. As for learning...... If knowledge alone is useful, the prince will not be so difficult to teach. This time, since Xu Sheng raised Xu Yi to come up, the Holy Will is someone else, and it must be another lawsuit. In that case, why not take a look at it first? ”

"Yuan Weng's proposal is really cunning! What about the guards of the government who inquired about the avant-garde of the government? ”

"Of course, it's a delay, and we'll wait for a result of this matter." Li Dongyang interjected in front of Liu Jian.

Seeing that Liu Jian was also slightly bowed, Xie Qian stroked his palms and laughed, and the three auxiliary ministers suddenly set the tone on this matter, but no one said anything, and the conversation immediately turned to the armament of Xuanfu Datong. Even if the celebrant immediately sent someone to consult, Liu Jian also shirked the first discussion for the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and gently and skillfully pushed the person down.

Although no one came to the Xu family in Fengcheng Hutong to report the funeral, after Xu Liang and Xu Xun discussed, they did not pretend not to know because the Mid-Autumn Festival was imminent. Since Xing'an Bofu has reported the funeral everywhere, there are a lot of hangers, some of them are Xu Sheng's former colleagues and friends, some are the sons of the nobles who came on the orders of the family, and some are distant relatives. However, when Xu Liang reported his name, the two porters at the door glanced at each other and stretched out their hands to stop them almost at the same time.

"I'm sorry, the old man has a life on his deathbed, saying that he doesn't recognize your relatives!"

In all fairness, Xu Xun attaches great importance to this Earl of Xing'an, in fact, he has the opportunity to meet the prince because of his background, and now that everyone has seen the relationship, he is not as enthusiastic as before. However, in the face of these two Diao slaves who blocked the way, he only felt that his heart was on fire, and when he stopped Xu Liang, who was about to be angry, he took another step forward.

"When I reported it, I said that if Xing'an Bofu is still so arrogant and doesn't understand etiquette, then I don't mind making things really big! This Ming Dynasty began to be knighted from Hong Wuye, because the title was taken back by the imperial court because of the attack, and no one benefited from it. ”

The two porters didn't even look at Xu Xun directly, but when they heard this, one of them wanted to ridicule each other, but the other was older and grabbed his companion, seeing that Xu Xun was young, but there was no trace of fear on his calm face, plus at this time, the hangers gathered, and the consequences of making a big fuss were at least not something that a small porter could afford. So, after thinking about it for a long time, he finally called his companion aside and whispered a few words, and then turned around and ran inside without saying a word.

Xu Liang, who was standing behind Xu Xun, heard these words clearly, and couldn't help but feel more guilty when his heart was touched, and couldn't help but pull Xu Xun back two steps, and said in a low voice: "Xun'er, if they really want to stop it, why don't you forget it...... Since you are destined to be trusted by the crown prince so much, I don't want or worry about this title......"

"Dad, it's one thing whether we want it or not, but what I can't see is that others are putting on such an underwhelming look!" Xu Xun hugged Xu Liang's arm and said categorically, "Just against their arrogance, I'm going to fight for you, it's a big deal, no one can get it!" ”

(To be continued)