Only three days after the first list was reported, Li Ben presided over an investigation of the two Beijing Provincial Officials on the charge of being "impetuous and unfair" and proposed the dismissal of 38 Provincial Officials on the grounds that they were not careful, impetuous, and inferior.

If it is said that the removal of the senior members is still secretive, then these young and outspoken science and Taoist officials are the most naked purges, and they have been very close to Li Mo, and those who have impeached the Yan Party, such as Wu Congshan, Li Youzi, Sun Jun, Xia Yan, Wang Mingchen and others are all in this list.

In addition to reporting to Jiajing for the deposition and transfer of these thirty-eight people, please also ask for 'those who are retained in the imperial history are still forty rods each', which is to kill the prestige of only the Taoist officials!

So far, in this temporary Beijing inspection, all the backbone figures of the Yan Party among the ministers have to be promoted to the upper and middle grades, such as Wu Peng, Zhao Wenhua, Yan Shifan, Yan Maoqing, etc. On the contrary, dissidents were reprimanded on various charges, and most of the anti-strict figures among the officials were eliminated. As long as Emperor Jiajing approves it, Yan's power in the court will be even more inflated, and Yan Song's position will be solid, and no one will dare to challenge his authority from then on.

And unfortunately, looking at the current situation, this storm sweeping the political arena is inevitable.

At this time, those officials who have not been affected can't sit still, and those who want to be officials in peace worship the mountains everywhere, and ask the big people who can shelter from the wind and rain to collect under the door to avoid disasters; Those who still have righteousness in their hearts run and call out, hoping that someone can stand up and set things right and block this countercurrent.

"Who can do it today? Only two kings and Cunzhai Gong! A handsome young official generously said in front of an old man with his eyes closed: "The second king may have scruples, but you can't do the same, teacher, otherwise who will ensure the longevity of the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

The young official is Zhang Juzheng, who is from the Liupin Hanlin, and the old man is from the first rank of the prince, the young master and cabinet scholar Xu Jie.

In the face of Zhang Juzheng's aggressive words, Xu Jie didn't say a word, and didn't even look at him.

This made Zhang Juzheng infinitely disappointed from the bottom of his heart - in his opinion, as a teacher of the second assistant of the cabinet, he is fully qualified and capable of wrestling with Yan Song, at least say a few words for those honest officials, right?

But what he never imagined was that the teacher he had high hopes for turned out to be a turtle with a shrunken head! Only cares about his own position of power, but he doesn't dare to stand up!

"Teacher, you have something to say!" Zhang Juzheng said in despair...... These words, seeing that his friends and colleagues around him were controlled by the officials, I don't know how many young people are in danger, he is already worried, and every inch is in chaos.

After a while, Xu Jie opened his eyes, but said, "You disappointed me." ”

Zhang Juzheng felt like he was about to explode, looked at his teacher in disbelief, and said with wide eyes: "Why? ”

"When you don't have the strength, you want to do something you can't do, isn't it stupid?" Xu Jie looked at him coldly and said, "You want me to kill everyone?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Juzheng exhaled a breath of turbidity and said: "Okay, since the teacher thinks like this, then it is useless for the student to say more." Saying that, Zhengyi was dressed properly, and bowed deeply to Xu Jie: "The Tao is not the same, the student has gone." ”

"What are you going to do?" Xu Jie asked in a deep voice.

"Go to the book," Zhang Juzheng said with a resolute face: "Death!" ”

With a 'snap', Xu Jie slapped the table case fiercely, and said angrily: "Zhang Taiyue, do you want to kill King Yu?!" ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment, only to see Xu Jiehuo Ran get up, walk in front of him in a few steps, stare at him coldly and said, "I bet that as soon as you get into the book, Yan Song will think that King Yu instructed you to do this!" He will definitely fall to King Jing completely and help him drive King Yu out of the capital together," said almost word by word: "Do you believe it or not?!" ”

Zhang Juzheng's throat shook violently, and after his face turned several times, he finally lowered his head in a gloomy manner, his eyes were red, and he hissed: "Okay, I don't go to the book, I don't go to the book, I'll go, I'll go." He hurriedly bowed his hand to the teacher and staggered out the door.

Looking at his dejected back, a deep sadness floated on Xu Steps' face, he leaned on the door frame, leaned his forehead lightly on it, and muttered in his own voice: "Boy, it's still too tender......"

Coming out of Xu's mansion like a walking corpse, the coachman asked him to get in the car, but Zhang Juzheng ignored it, just lowered his head and walked forward, and he didn't know how far he went, when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind, and when he looked back, Shen Mo, who was dressed in an official uniform, was standing there with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng stood still and wanted to smile at him, but his facial expression was stiff, so he could only arch his hand and ask, "Humble words, where do you want to go?" ”

"My senior brother is sick, and I just slipped to see him," Shen Mo smiled, "I'm about to go back to the palace." ”

Lu Bing vomited blood and fainted because of Li Mo's matter, and Zhang Juzheng also heard about it, so he asked, "Lu Dudu is fine, right?" ”

"Those who practice martial arts have a good foundation." Shen Mo nodded and said, "Anyway, I don't see a big problem on my face." He pointed to his heart and said, "But the injury here is not a day or two to heal." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded heavily and said, "National martyrdom, ......"

Shen Mo's face tightened, and he quickly returned to his normal color, pulled his arm and said, "It's noon, let's drink." ”

couldn't help but say, and dragged Zhang Juzheng into the nearest tavern.

In the quiet single room, a few small stir-fries, a jar of flower carvings, Zhang Juzheng, who was full of bitterness, confided his melancholy to Shen Mo: "Originally, it is the inherent trick of those in power to eliminate dissidents on the occasion of inspection, and no one in power is exempt from vulgarity!" He said heavily: "But such a large-scale, and blatant eradication of dissidents, even Liu Jin, Wang Zhen and others, don't dare to do this, right?" ”

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "It is indeed unheard of." ”

"Arrogant, too arrogant!" Zhang Juzheng sighed and said: "The annihilation ministers are in charge, and the evil is in power, but no one dares to say a fair word." Saying that, he poured down the old wine and didn't wipe his mouth, so he said so madly: "The ancient horseman still has a high opinion before the Son of Heaven, and the current prime minister doesn't dare to say a word, what?!" Not only that, but what is it that no one is allowed to speak? ”

Only then did Shen Mo know that this old man had touched a big nail at Xu Jie, so he had to comfort: "Brother Taiyue, Cunzhai Gong also has something unspeakable. No matter what Zhang Juzheng and the courtiers thought of Xu Jie, Shen Mo always believed that the old man who was inconspicuous was a master among the masters.

Dogs that bite never bark.

"Unspeakable?" Zhang Juzheng shook his head and sighed: "I am the Ming Dynasty and the evil are in charge, the people are not happy, internal and external troubles, and the country is in distress. Could there be more serious consequences than that? Said with a sneer and said: "The so-called unspeakable concealment is just a pretext for reluctance to carry the black gauze jade belt." ”

Listening to him talk more and more, the more he spoke, he snatched his wine glass and said: "Brother Taiyue, there were originally some things that I couldn't say, but you have been kind to me several times, and I can't care so much." ”

"Speak." Zhang Juzheng looked at Shen Mo with misty eyes.

"Now that Li Mo is dead, the only one in the court who can compete with Yan Ge Lao is you, Cunzhai Gong," Shen Mo said in a deep voice: "He is naturally regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by Yan Dang, but Xu Ge is always a close minister of the emperor, and he is cautious and self-controlled, and no one wants to catch his handle, so they can't help him, but you, Zhao Zhenji, and we, the students of Cunzhai Gong, don't have such a high status, it is said that Yan Dang will unceremoniously cut you off!" But so far, you have not lost a single cent, and have wondered why this is not? ”

Zhang Juzheng was thinking about others, but he forgot to look at himself, and after the reminder of silence, he came to his senses a little and muttered: "Yes, it doesn't make sense." ”

"How could it be unreasonable. It is Cunzhai Gong who is sheltering us from the wind and rain, so that you and I can drink rice wine calmly and scratch in this wind and rain. Shen Mo lightly hammered the table and said: "For the main position, the deputy position is his natural enemy, Yan Ge Lao is on guard everywhere Cun Zhai Gong, and suppressing and squeezing out is commonplace, but Cun Zhai Gong can protect us people in such a difficult environment, how much sacrifice he has to make, how much blame he endures, it can be imagined." Saying that, he sighed heavily and said, "You are his most admired disciple, how can you sprinkle salt on his wounds at this time?" ”

Zhang Juzheng's wine completely woke up, sat there in a daze, chewed the silent words, and after a while, suddenly got up and said, "I'll go and apologize to the teacher." ”

Shen Mo smiled and grabbed him and said, "It's better to finish eating first and calm down completely before going." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Juzheng nodded, sat down again, absentmindedly picked up a few chopsticks and dishes, and asked softly: "You said that this wind and rain of the dynasty, how should we deal with ourselves?" ”

Shen Mo laughed and said, "When your heart calms down, you will tell yourself the answer." ”

"Tell me about your choices, then?" Zhang Juzheng said.

"I," Shen Mo said with a smile: "I want to go back to my hometown and province, even if the officials are no longer close to people, there is no reason not to approve the marriage leave." ”

"What about getting married?" Zhang Juzheng asked.

"I'll talk about it then, I can always think of a reason not to come back anyway." Shen Mo's face was a little low and said: "In this situation, there is really nothing that can be done about petty officials like you and me, so it is better to be out of sight." ”

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a long time, and finally decided: "I also ask for leave." ”

"You're married, too?" asked with a silent smile.

"you, my sons are eight years old." Zhang Juzheng scolded with a smile: "I asked for sick leave." ”

"Are you sick?" Shen Mo asked with a deliberate smile.

"You're sick." Zhang Juzheng was gaged by him, and he regained his spirits, and said with a smile: "The current head of the academy is Li Chunfang, who is in the same department as me, and he should be able to open his eyes and close his eyes......" said a little gloomily: "Everyone has become a bachelor of Hanlin, and I still walk in the same place." "The heart said, 'You can see how miserable it is to follow the second child.'"

"The first may not be the first," Shen Mo whispered, "What are you going to do back?" ”

"Go back first to be filial to your mother and teach your son, I haven't seen you for many years, it's time to become a wild boy." Zhang Juzheng sighed and said: "It's better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, I want to walk around and see, I always make cars behind closed doors in the capital, I'm afraid it will be wrong to go out." ”

"It's fine," Shen Mo nodded. To tell the truth, it is really appropriate to choose this time to go home, and now there is a crooked and bloody wind and rain in the court, with Zhang Taiyue's temper, it is difficult not to get involved.

The two sat for a while, and they had to go back to pay for their errands, and Zhang Juzheng was also in a hurry to apologize to Mr. Xu, so they separated.

When Shen Mo returned to the duty room, this day was His Majesty's play, Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao were resting at home, and Li Ben went to the Yamen of the Ministry to call for wind and rain. The bigwigs are not there, and the Si Zhilang below naturally have no intention of working, and sit around to set up a dragon gate array.

"Guys, do you know who first exposed that terrible article?" Someone said mysteriously.

"It's not Zhao ...... Is it? The crowd asked.

"No, he didn't take the Guji exam, how would they know?" Si Zhilang, who inquired about the bag, said: "It's Tang Ruji, the champion of the previous subject, and he found that this is a terrible sentence when he participated in the grading." ”

"Is that the 'champion of human affection'?" The crowd asked.

"Isn't it?" Bao inquired: "He has always had an ugly reputation, and he wants to make meritorious contributions, and now he caught such a big fish, it is said that Yan Ge Lao is very happy, and he also promised him the prefect of Hangzhou." ”

"Scared...... There is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, and if you go there to be a prefect, you won't change it for a governor. The sound of envy rang out.

Everyone was talking about it, and suddenly there was a cough at the door, which made everyone look at the door. I saw Chen Hong, the chief eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi, standing there, his eyes swept around, and he saw Shen Mo and said, "Shen Xiu, take the order." ”

Shen Mo hurried over to make a big salute.

I only heard Chen Hong announce the holy decree of Emperor Jiajing:

"The Hanlin Academy's revision and cabinet secretary Naolang is silent, since he joined the cabinet assistant, he has handled a lot of affairs, from day to night, without a moment's time, conscientious, humble and willing to learn, and should be rewarded to encourage the future. Special left moved to the right of the Zhan Mansion Zhongyun, still concurrently the cabinet of the Cabinet Zhilang, Qinci. ”

Hearing such a holy decree, it was too surprising to the silence of Ren Si Naolang for half a year, and he was a little stunned for a while.

Or Chen Hong laughed and said, "Lord Shen, don't you thank you yet?" ”

After Shen Mo hurriedly thanked him respectfully, Chen Hong helped him up, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Shen, congratulations to Lord Shen, after a small opening, it is really enviable." ”

A few words of silence and humility, he handed him a silver ticket without a trace, and sent the satisfied Chen Gonggong out. When he returned, his colleagues all blew up, and they all yelled for him to have a treat. Zhang Siwei was even more full of envy or sighed: "Okay, humble words, it is worthy of being a person who has six yuan in Lianzhong, and he has caught up with my brother and me in more than half a year." "In other words, his official position is exactly the same as Shen Mo's current one, he is the right middle of the sixth product and the right middle of the six products!

Don't look at the promotion of only one level, but its significance is very significant!

This official position was subordinate to the Zhan Shifu and was originally set up to teach and assist the prince, but after Chenghua, the prince's lectures and readings out of the cabinet were filled by other officials, and the name of the Zhan Shifu no longer matched...... It doesn't have any administrative role, but it's still significant, because it becomes a transfer rank for Hanlin officials!

In the system of this dynasty, after the selection of Hanlin officials, Shu Jishi reviewed and edited from the lowest level of Hanlin, and promoted to Zhongyun, Zanshan and other officials of Zhan Shifu, which was the ladder for promotion to middle-level officials...... Because the jump is unreasonable after all, and it is easy to attract criticism, so most of the Hanlin officials who want to be promoted several levels in a row and hold a position much higher than the original rank will be arranged for such an official position, and the rank will be raised, and when the official position is actually awarded, as long as it is promoted by one more level, it will not look so dazzling.

On the other hand, after serving as a middle-level official for a period of time, officials from Hanlin will be awarded the official position of Zhan Shifu again, and they will be left and right to be virtuous or left and right, so as to build a ladder for promotion to high-level positions. Because Zhongyun, Zanshan, Yude, and Shuzi all belong to the official positions of the left and right Chunfang under the Zhan Shifu, they are called Kaifang, the first two are small Kaifang, and the latter is a large Kaifang. But in any case, it's right to move the siege.

In other words, congratulations, wait to be promoted again at any time!

Although he knew that as soon as Li Mo left, he would inevitably have some turnaround, but Shen Mo still didn't expect it to come so soon.

The crowd was laughing around him, asking him to treat him in the evening, but they heard a rush of footsteps, and another eunuch appeared at the door.

"What's the good thing?" Si Zhilang smiled and asked, "It can't be that someone else has been promoted, right?" ”

The eunuch was out of breath, and held his waist and said, "What about the elders?" ”

"Not at all." Zhang Siwei replied.

"Quick, find it." The eunuch swallowed dryly and said, "Something is wrong." ”

"What's the big deal?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Zhao, Zhao Butang has been raided." The eunuch relieved his breath and said, "Your Majesty let the elders see you." ”

"Zhao Butang was also arrested?" Everyone was shocked and said, "It seems that Xu Ge Lao has never been able to escape." ”

"Elder Xu Ge?" The eunuch shook his head and said, "It's not Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, it's Zhao Wenhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry!" ”

The air in the room froze, and the next second everyone's reaction was, "You're kidding." Someone else frightened the eunuch and said: "This is a military land, and nonsense will also be held accountable." ”

"Zhao Wenhua and I have no grievances, why do you want to make rumors about him?" The eunuch jumped to his feet and said, "If you don't go, I'll go by myself!" With that, he turned around and ran away.

Everyone looked at each other, wanted to laugh but couldn't, and hurriedly went out to inquire whether it was true or not.

As a result, it has spread in the palace, is it true...... Everyone was completely stunned, of course, among them, there were also those who pretended to be surprised, that is, silence, because he played Zhao Wenhua to death.

(To be continued)