On the first day of the first lunar month, the officials of the yamen offices of all sizes in the country must wear official uniforms and go to the yamen where they are located to hold the ceremony of "Wangque Yaohe", dance the mountain call, perform fourteen bows, and greet the Son of Heaven in Beijing to congratulate the New Year, and the vassal kings of various places must also perform the ceremony of "Wangque Celebration".

The heart of the empire, the glorious and magnificent Forbidden City, is to hold the most grand annual dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, in Beijing, the nobles, civil and military officials all enter the palace court.

Qin Lin had been promoted to the official of the Jinyi Weitang and should go to the court meeting, so before dawn in the morning, Xu Xinyi took him out of the hot quilt, put on his clothes for him with his own hands, and ordered the servants to bring hot water to wash up.

"It's still dark, what's the hurry?" Qin Lin was dazed and poured water on his face.

Xu Xinyi puffed out his cheeks and pinched Qin Lin: "Lazy worm, how many times can you meet Zhu Yijun a year?" I also ask Cousin Yao to have a chance to say a few kind words for you, so that her brother can promote you! ”

Zhu Yaoyao? Qin Lin smiled, expecting that coward to blow the wind, I might as well go and talk to Wanli myself, what are the words...... Uh, Qin Lin touched his nose: "Wife, you don't seem to have due respect for the emperor?" ”

"Cut, that little fat man," Xu Xinyi pursed his lips and said nonchalantly: "You will know when you go, in fact, he is an ordinary Humpty Dumpty, okay, okay, this is only the two of us who say so, in front of Cousin Yao, I often praise her royal brother for his wisdom and martial arts, and his talent or something." ”

Qin Lin laughed, Xu Xinyi grinned, could it be that he Qin Chief was a loyal minister and righteous man? How loyal was he to the Ming Emperor?

After hurriedly freshening up and having some breakfast, Xu Xinyi was afraid that he would be hungry, so he also carried a few pieces of osmanthus shortbread in his arms, and then sent him out.

The sky was dark, only to see a figure on the opposite side, Qin Lin froze, Niu Dali and Lu Fatzi pulled out the thunderbolt gun on their belts, and shouted: "What person? ”

"It's me, it's Lao Hong," Commander Hong Yang Shanhong was already waiting outside, but was startled by Niu Dali and Lu Fatzi, and when they put away their guns, they wiped the cold sweat on their heads and greeted them with a smile: "Congratulations on the New Year!" General Qin, the dawn of the Jingshi is later than that of the south, and it is still dark, so the lower official brought a lantern to guide you the way. ”

"Oh, Sir Hong, you are too," Lu Yuanzhi complained, "Since there is a lantern, it would have started earlier, so that Lao Niu and I would have thought that you were an assassin of the White Lotus Sect." ”

Hong Yangshan knew that Qin Lin had repeatedly broken the White Lotus Sect in the south, killed many elders and incense masters, and had already been hated by the White Lotus Sect, so he took a fully armed pro-soldier captain with him wherever he went, but he didn't care, and nodded his head again and again.

Qin Lin smiled encouragingly at Hong Yangshan.

Where is this Hong Commander to point the lantern to illuminate Qin Lin? It's just that Chief Qin has just arrived in Beijing, and I'm afraid that he doesn't know much about the procedures and etiquette of the Great Dynasty Meeting, so Hong Yangshan waited outside early, meaning to help mention one or two.

As a subordinate official, if Hong Yangshan bluntly said that Qin Lin did not understand the procedures of the court meeting, it would be like relying on the old man and selling the old and bullying Qin Lin for the first time, but it made the boss feel uncomfortable, so he only said that he would light it with a lantern.

Qin Lin observed how powerful his words were, and he had already seen Hong Yangshan's actions thoroughly, and nodded in favor of the other party's kindness, tacitly acknowledging each other.

Hong Yang's kindness was happy in his heart, and he assumed the position of a servant, and he really lit a lantern to lead the way.

Qin Lin sighed secretly when he saw it, this Commander Hong is also a good man in the officialdom, he is definitely not the kind of cannon barrel of Yu Dayou, and his ability is still very good, and now he is verbally called to assist in the Nanzhen Fu Division, and those thousands of households, hundreds of households, Zhenfu, and governors are still obeying him, why can't he be promoted for the rest of his life?

That was naturally the loss of the former Shoufu Gao Gong who was knocked down by Zhang Juzheng.

As soon as the old Gao Ge fell, it was not just that the tree fell and scattered, like Hong Yangshan, who was not in charge of the Jinyi Guard, was at most a flea on the monkey's body - maybe Gao Gong couldn't even remember the name of someone Hong, but he was still unlucky, and he tossed and turned to this day, Qin Lin's observation some time ago even looked down on him for thousands of households who were in real power and lacking real offices.

In this officialdom, not only must you be strong in your skills, you must be ruthless, you must be broad, you must be generous in spending money, and you must be hard in your backing.

When Qin Lin thought of this, he suddenly felt that the sixteen-character policy set by Old Man Xu was really wonderful.

As he spoke, he arrived at the imperial city, the military attache entered through the West Chang'an Gate, the civil officials walked through the East Chang'an Gate, and Qin Lin and Hong Yangshan walked through the West Gate.

After entering the square between the end gate and the noon gate, the noon gate is the Forbidden City where the emperor lives, and on both sides of this small square there are built court rooms where officials rest when waiting for the court, among which the court room of the Jinyi guard is a little south of the right gate, and the position is still above the cabinet court room.

Qin Lin walked to the Jinyi Wei Chaofang, before entering the door, he saw a huge sedan chair in the distance carried by thirty-two people slowly, the top of the sedan chair is like a dome, the four walls symbolize the four directions, the pattern is heaven and earth, the front of the sedan chair is open a royal crank yellow umbrella, the sedan chair is equipped with corridors on both sides, the pearl curtain, the silk Luo decoration, it is like a moving palace.

The first auxiliary emperor Zhang Juzheng has arrived!

From the cabinet, the six ministries, the five military governors' offices, and other yamen, many officials rushed out at once, rushing forward to worship in a swarm, just like a lot of iron sand attracted by magnets, and like planets orbiting the sun.

knew that Zhang Xiangye had great ability, temper, and pomp, and Qin Lin couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene, Zhang Juzheng claimed that he was not the prime minister, and it was really true - the prime minister in the early Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, where is there such a beautiful style? Zhang Juzheng is really the regent!

Hong Yangshan saw that Qin Lin did not step forward, and was slightly surprised: "Chief Qin, you? ”

Qin Lin smiled, didn't answer, opened the curtain and entered the court room of Jinyiwei.

Originally, there were many officials waiting inside, but at this time, they all went out with Liu Shou to visit Zhang Xiangye, and only a few gray beards and old ones remained inside, joking with each other, saying that their waists were hard and they couldn't bow, and their bodies were weak and couldn't blow the wind, so they had to be lazy.

Qin Lin laughed to himself, they didn't really lose the wind, but they knew that this life was coming to an end, and no matter how much they flattered Zhang Juzheng, it was impossible to be promoted, so they simply saved each other some trouble.

It's boring to stay with these old people, Qin Lin simply stood at the door and watched the scenery, watching those officials make all kinds of flattering gestures to worship Zhang Juzheng, which was also interesting.

His actions made a cabinet minister in the cabinet room next to him look at it, and he was a little surprised, and came out and asked, "May I ask this general Taifu up and down?" Everyone is running to the emperor, Mr. Zhang, why is Your Excellency alone? ”

This person is about fifty years old, with a few sparse beards on his white face, wearing a jade crown of seven beams, wearing a red Luo robe, and a jade ring ribbon around his waist.

Qin Lin didn't know this person, but when he saw him coming out of the cabinet courtroom, wearing the court clothes of a first-class official, and speaking with a Shanxi accent, he knew that he was Zhang Siwei, a scholar of the Dangchao Dynasty, Shaobao, and Wuyingdian University.

"The last general Xi is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the acting head of the Nanzhen Fu Division, Qin Lin has seen Scholar Zhang here," Qin Lin stood in place and made a gesture upward.

Ming officialdom rules, where the lower officials see the upper officials, they must retreat to the side and then make a move.

Although the first- and second-grade border commanders of the martial arts, when they see the ministers and Shangshu, they must also knock on the officials, the officials of the Qinlin District and the fourth-grade brocade guards, not only do not kneel, but also stand in place, as the second assistant, Zhang Siwei is a little unhappy, his face darkened, but when he heard the name Qin Lin, he was slightly stunned, and a few traces of green air on his face were fleeting, and he nodded quite reservedly:

"It turned out to be General Qin, who tried yin and yang, and repeatedly solved strange cases, good, good, so young and promising, it is really my blessed general!"

"Scholar Zhang praised, you assisted the Holy Dynasty Son of Heaven, Puji Ganlin [***], this is the meritorious service!" Qin Lin threw a bunch of tall hats over, but he secretly scolded in his heart: Old thing, what kind of big-tailed wolf is pretending? Lao Tzu didn't kneel just now, your face changed all of a sudden, hum, is the cabinet deputy quite remarkable? Everyone knows that you are the rubber stamp in Zhang Juzheng's hand!

Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing were the second and third assistants of the cabinet, but these two were completely overshadowed by the brilliance of the first assistant emperor, and they could only do some official duties for Zhang Juzheng as almost subordinates, and they had no authority.

As for Qin Lin, if he still wants to wander between the forces of all parties and pretend to be stupid and confused, then he can kneel down when he sees anyone - if he kowtows, he can change his official position, and some officials in the Ming Dynasty are willing to kowtow.

But he can't, since he wants to pull the faction and set up a banner, he has to straighten his waist, even if the faction is small and weak, he has to be unique, if he bends down when he sees someone, who will take you seriously?

As expected, seeing that Qin Lin was not arrogant or humble in front of the second assistant of the current dynasty, there was a faint tendency to resist the court, Niu Dali and Lu Fatzi, who were acting as entourages, had a good face, Hong Yang Shanhong was surprised, his eyes were shining, and several Jinyi Weitang officials who noticed this scene were also secretly surprised, and they were thinking about Xiao Jiujiu.

Although Qin Lin didn't bow down, the words of the scene in the back made Zhang Siwei very happy, even if he didn't hold real power, it was good for others to say flattering words, besides, Lord Cifu also knew that Qin Lin didn't kneel down Feng Bao's palm, thinking that his authority was far inferior to that of the celebrant and the Dongchang Governor, there was nothing unbalanced in his heart.

He looked at Zhang Juzheng's thirty-two sedan chairs from afar, and said with a smile: "Isn't General Qin a false praise?" The old man is just the arm of Zhang Xiangye, the first assistant emperor, and the credit of the auxiliary should be attributed to the emperor, and the old man has no credit. ”

Zhang Siwei said well, when he looked at Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair from afar, there was a bit of gloomy and gloomy air in his eyebrows, and he could hide it from others, but he couldn't hide it from Qin Lin, who was good at observing words and feelings.

(To be continued)