On the erection day, Yang Lin went to the Yushitai.

Goshidai is the name of an official office, which is the body responsible for supervision affairs, similar to the procuratorate, also known as Xiantai. Qin Shi placed the imperial history platform, with the imperial history of the general leader, the Han Wai Emperor abolished the imperial history of the doctor, with the deputy official of the imperial history of the chief of the imperial history platform, and the successive dynasties followed.

In the imperial history, the foreign governor of the department stabbed the history, served the imperial history inside, was played by the minister, and picketed hundreds of bureaucrats. Under the Imperial History, there are six people serving the Imperial History, one person in the main body, nine people serving the Imperial History in the palace, fifteen people supervising the Imperial History, and several serving the Imperial History.

During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he ignored the government and the real power to govern the country fell into the hands of the eunuchs headed by the ten permanent servants. Official sale. The official atmosphere gradually prevailed among the people. Many unpopular positions are vacant because no one is willing to recommend, and some positions with more oil and water have been bought and sold repeatedly, and everyone has squeezed their heads in order to compete for a good position, and there is even a scandal in the court where hundreds of people hold the office at the same time.

The dynasty collapsed, the court became more and more **, and those who really had the ability could not be reused, but the stupid people relied on . Officials have risen to high positions, and this situation has further fueled the atmosphere of buying and selling official positions.

Yang Lin's Yushitai is the most typical example. Zhishu Yushi is just a small person, and there is no chance of making money, so he easily became into this position by bribery. However, the other positions of Yushitai are different, talking about power, oil and water, and the supervision agency has always been a big hit. Now in the imperial history, Zhao Pu is relying on buying. The official position on which the official sits.

I remember that Zhao Pu once said that in order to buy this position, he spent 3,000 taels of gold to get through the relationship. even sold his ancestral property, and even took the heirloom to give it away.

However, he has only been in power for two years, and all the property he gave out at the beginning has been earned. It can be seen that the oil and water yamen of Yushitai is not in vain.

Yang Lin is looking for Zhao Pu today. On the third day of the Lunar New Year this year, he took a half-month leave on the pretext of returning to his hometown to visit relatives. Zhao Pu knew that he had a relationship with the Marquis of Linjin behind him, and he didn't embarrass him much, but just told him to come back early. After all, there are few living people who are really willing to do things, and Zhao Pu refuses to let go of any grassroots petty officials like Yang Lin who can do things.

Now that the date has passed, Yang Lin has also returned to Luoyang as scheduled. However, as soon as he entered the Yushi Terrace, he sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, the oil and water yamen, which was lifeless on weekdays, was quite noisy today, and some officials were vaguely talking about something.

Yang Lin was looking left and right, and a slap suddenly landed on his shoulder from behind.

"Ha, brother, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The speaker was a tall young man with a black Jinxian crown on his head, an indigo brocade dress on his body, and a pair of leather boots on his feet. This dress is obviously a noble son.

"Brother Boda?"

Yang Lin recognized that the person who spoke was Sima Lang, whose name was Boda, who was his friend and engaged in the construction business in Luoyang.

Sima Lang is the eldest son of the Sima family in Hanoi, the Sima family is doing business in Hebei, rich and rivaling the country, most of the construction and material business from Hanoi to Chang'an is monopolized by the Sima family, and even the mausoleum of the former emperor is built by the Sima family.

Sima Lang was talented, his articles were popular among Shilin, and he could have been in a high position. However, his ambition was not to be an official, but to do business, and his entry and exit from the bureaucracy was never hindered, because his fame was known throughout the capital.

Therefore, he rarely does things seriously. Most of the time, he behaves more like a second ancestor who is a fool.

Yang Lin greeted Sima Lang, and then asked, "Boda, what happened to Yushitai?" ”

"It's just a good time for you to come back." Sima Lang smiled and said solemnly, "The night before yesterday, Zhao Pu died. ”

"Is that so?" Yang Lin was a little surprised.

"Yes, now the people of Yushitai are panicking, I heard that he was assassinated."

"Did the assassin catch it?"

Sima Lang pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "No, but even with your ass, you can guess that this matter is a ghost of the Ten Standing Servants." He paused and continued: "The Ten Standing Servants and He Jin have never bitten the strings, and everyone knows that the Yushitai is managed by He Jin......"

Yang Lin frowned, the eunuchs and relatives had already torn their faces in order to compete for the power to govern the country. Now that the power of the great general He Jin is getting bigger and bigger, it must be that the ten permanent servants are planning to take action.

Yang Lin wasn't worried that she would be assassinated. He's just an inconsequential little guy, and no one would't want to stab him. It's just that as soon as Zhao Pu died, the Yushitai group of dragons had no leader, if the ten permanent servants took the opportunity to arrange a new Yushi Zhongcheng, their lives would be uncomfortable.

Especially the one that might affect their plans.

Sima Lang sighed and diverted the topic: "Let's not talk about this yet." You're going to Hanoi, how are things going? ”

Yang Lin shook his head and said, "As you expected, the Sima family's proposal was snubbed among the princes, and no one believed that the Ten Standing Servants would fall. If we don't show them some results, they won't agree to send troops. ”

"That's right...... Dude, let's talk in a different place. ”

The two of them walked out of the Yushitai, and soon after, they came to a famous restaurant.

Walking into the restaurant, he turned to the stairs, and at the end of a row of rooms in the corridor on the second floor, Sima Lang knocked on the door of the room.

In the room, more than a dozen people were already seated, noticing the appearance of Yang Lin and Sima Lang, and they all cast friendly glances.

The men were well-dressed, mostly in their twenties and thirties, apparently officials from the younger generation in Luoyang.

They gathered here, and they all received an invitation from Sima Lang.

Yang Lin greeted the colleagues present one by one, and then sat down beside the protagonist Sima Lang.

While everyone was chatting, a young man with short hair walked in from outside.

When he passed by Yang Lin, Yang Lin saw him and said hello: "Wang ......"

As a result, this person ignored it, snorted coldly, and passed by Yang Lin.

"Hah, that's a big shelf." Someone saw Yang Lin deflated and looked at the two of them with interest.

Yang Lin laughed dryly and shrugged helplessly.

"Since he became famous, he no longer looks down on us." Sima Lang whispered.

Yang Lin replied: "This person has a good reputation, and I can't afford it in his eyes." ”

"Don't mind, he's just jealous of you buying. The matter of the official into the knight. ”

Yang Lin glanced at the man and said thoughtfully: "Wang Cang is talented, but he is a little narrow-minded......

"Whew, it's all here." Sima Lang glanced at the people in the room, and there were a total of more than twenty people gathered around the banquet at the moment, so he said: "I have summoned you here today to discuss a major matter with you, and you must have heard about the assassination of Zhao Pu in the imperial history. ”

"Yes," replied someone, "there is a lot of uproar outside, and it is said that the Ten Permanent Servants are secretly doing so." ”

Sima Lang nodded and continued: "Eunuchs and relatives have always been on the wrong path, and the ten permanent servants have been in charge of the government for many years, and the life of our neutral faction is the saddest. Everyone here has the heart to serve the country, but because they are unwilling to follow the trend and take refuge in the eunuchs, they have not been reused. ”

He glanced around the room, then said:

"The imperial court, the eunuchs hold the power to govern the country, and we will never have the day to come out, so this situation must be reversed."

Speaking of this, Sima Lang glanced at Yang Lin and motioned for him to continue. Yang Lin nodded, stood up and hugged his fists at everyone, and said: "Now the opportunity is in front of us, the Sima family has united several merchants in Hanoi and won the support of the princes of Hebei, as long as we cooperate with the actions of the Sima family and pave the way for the princes to enter Luoyang, whether it is a eunuch or a relative, they will all have to listen to us." ”

"What's the difference between this and rebellion?" Someone asked.

"The difference is that we are on the side of justice."

"Nonsense!"

Yang Lin followed the voice and saw that it was Wang Can, who had been silent before, who spoke.

Wang Can's face was grim, and he said in a very dull tone: "But all troops need an excuse to trap the enemy in injustice or to win the support of our people. I ask you, in what name are we going to send troops? ”

"Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, there is no better excuse than loyalty."

"In terms of strength and loyalty, we can't compare to He Jin of the royalists."

"Yes, the only person who can end the chaos in the court can be a loyal minister, and there is no one in the world who is more suitable to be this loyal minister than He Jin."

"He has a heavy army, and he is the leader of his relatives, and even the emperor listens to him."

"But he is the same kind of person as the Ten Permanent Servants, and if the power falls into his hands, we will not benefit either."

"So, what are your plans?"

"I mean if, so it's not necessarily true - if He Jin dies, then who can replace him?"

There was a sudden silence in the room.

"You mean to swallow He Jin?" Wang Can guessed this possibility and wanted to get confirmation from Yang Lin's mouth.

"Yes, we wish this loyal minister would die quickly."

"And then, and then what?"

"Swallow He Jin, and then the princes will enter Luoyang under the banner of He Jin's revenge, and everyone here will be in a high position at that time."

"We don't know anything about trading, we just know that everything has to be looked at money," Sima Lang stood up and clasped his fists to everyone and said, "As long as you can help the Sima family, after this incident, we will never be disappointed." ”

"Sima Gongzi, what we are waiting for is your sentence" Someone stood up from his seat and said to everyone, "Fame and loyalty are the most useless, only money and status are the most realistic, Sima Gongzi's promise we can trust, we will do our best to contribute to your plan." ”

"Good, everyone has found a consensus."

Sima Lang raised his glass, and everyone cheered.

His gaze kept falling on Yang Lin's calm face.

He is just a representative of the Sima family, and the chief planner of this coup is still Yang Lin.