The chair is the unicorn pattern official hat chair of Hainan Lao Huanghuali, the craftsmanship is not complicated, clean and neat, heavy, and it stands there as if it has taken root, but the people sitting on it are constantly trembling, as if there is a spring installed below, and it can be bounced up at any time.

Next to it was a desk of humble appearance, with a deep and steady style, a quaint and quiet pattern, and a black wood color, which was actually a precious red sandalwood, but it kept swaying under the unsympathetic beating of the man, as if it would fall apart at any time.

Zhang Wenmian looked away in distress, because Liu Jin punched it again.

Liu Jin said hatefully: "Yang Ling, Yang Ling!" Why does this bastard have to get along with our family, and he has to yin me when he gets off the stage. Bamboo blue water is empty, and it has been used in vain! ”

"Bang!" Another punch, Liu Jin said with grief and indignation: "Could it be that I, Liu Jin, was a tailor in my last life!" Destined to make wedding clothes for others? ”

Zhang Cai covered his mouth and coughed lightly, and the sleeves of his robe were slightly stretched to salute Liu Jin, still well-dressed and extraordinary: "Why should Liu Gong be angry, haven't we already got what we want?" ”

"Get a fart! Inner factory, you don't know how big the power of the inner factory is now? They are still doing business, it can be said that the wealth is rolling, this financial road has been occupied by them, others want to squeeze in to grab food, it is difficult, but now Yang Ling is retreating, but he handed over the inner factory to Wu Jie, who is Wu Jie? Isn't that the same as Yang Ling personally in charge of the inner factory?

Besides, the Customs City Shipping Division, he smoked the springboard when he got on the ship, and he actually asked for the removal of this official, he didn't do it, and I couldn't do it, but it was a fulfillment of Gu Da with that bastard, monopolizing the power of the Haishi Yamen, which was a fat and oily Yamen. There are also four armies outside and four armies outside."

Liu Jin couldn't say it anymore, took the tea handed over by Xiaoyahuan and took a big sip, panting heavily.

Zhang Cai frowned, and said in his heart: "What's wrong with the four armies outside, now they don't fight, they don't need to move troops, and the last thing they are afraid of is that he is in charge of the army." It's me who is sad, Yang Shen was jointly recommended by Yang Ling, Li Dongyang, Wang Hua and others, and he is Yang Tinghe, can I move this person? A small seven-grade thing has become my roadblock, and if he is not careful, he will stumble over it."

Zhang Wenmian thought for a while and spoke: "Liu Gong, it seems that Yang Ling also has capable people around him." Yesterday, the emperor obviously helped us and wanted Yang Ling to become the prince of the country. Now if Yang Ling resolutely resigns, not this Wei Guogong, even if we don't have to send a message to the emperor, the emperor will be able to come back sooner or later and understand that Yang Ling is in love with power.

His hand is indeed more favored by the emperor, and he has also become the grandfather of the country, and the glory is infinite, but he has given up his power and no longer becomes the opponent of his father-in-law, and his father-in-law has won a big victory, so why be angry? ”

"Our family has won a big victory? Where? Why didn't our family find out that he gave up a little power? Liu Jin said angrily.

"Hehe, Liu Gong is angry, please listen to the student. First of all, Yang Ling, the official, really resigned, just relying on the old Enwei, how long can he restrain these subordinates? The reason why it is said that county officials are not as good as current officials is because the future of these people is in the hands of the current managers who can influence him.

Once he loses this power, relying only on the prestige and favor of the old name, his influence will not exceed half a year, and then these people will be uncontrollable. Yang Ling became a prince of the country, and the glory and wealth are inexhaustible, but he doesn't want to compare the length and weakness with Liu Gong again. Not to mention, this alone is a victory, and a big victory! ”。

Liu Jin's color eased down, he glanced at Zhang Wenmian, sat back on the chair and gently rubbed the back of his red and swollen hand, his eyes flickered for a while, and he nodded slowly: "Well, it makes sense, our opponent, just this Yang Ling is annoying to look at, but I can't help him, as long as he honestly goes to be his grandfather and no longer mischievous with me, what else do I have to be afraid of?" ”

Zhang Wenmian said again: "Judging from Yang Ling's arrangement, he also knows that the general trend has gone, and he is dying. What did he do when he transferred Yang Yiqing back to Beijing? Because his forces are mainly factory guards and the army, relying only on one Liu Yu, he is afraid that he is not the opponent of his father-in-law, so he is transferred back to Yang Yiqing, who is more smelly, harder and more famous.

At the same time, he killed two birds with one stone, and let his other cronie Wang Shouren take the throne, and Shunshun should be the golden chair of Shangsanguan Town Marshal. But a secretary of the military department and a squire of the military department, can you have a father-in-law? What's more, Yang Tinghe will have to fight with him at that time, and if the second Yang competes, Liu Gong will be able to sit back and enjoy his success.

He transferred Yan Song to Jiangnan and recommended Yang Shen to give the matter, didn't he have this purpose, and wanted to leave a few capable cadres in the court before stepping down, so as not to let people go to the tea and cool, but without the protection of his big tree, how long can these little grasses last? ”

The more Liu Jin thought about it, the more his eyebrows and eyes couldn't help but fly together, and he grinned: "What Wen Mian said is that our family name is in a hurry, well, yes, as long as there is no Yang Ling, our family will not take these people seriously."

But I'm still unwilling, Yang Ling became the grandfather of the country, although he has no power, but this glory and wealth can be enjoyed for thousands of years, with the Ming Dynasty, and benefit future generations. Before leaving, he was also overshadowed, and I was stunned that the power he controlled was not touched, and I was unwilling."

When Zhang Cai heard this, he also agreed with Zhang Wenmian's analysis, and after thinking about it calmly, his thinking became quick: "Father-in-law, Xia Guan thinks that Wen Mian's analysis is very reasonable, according to Xia Guan, Yang Ling's resignation has a great impact on the people of his faction.

He was in a hurry to install these cronies, because he was not sure that after stepping down, many officials would be able to gather under his door, if the officials expected to be right, these people would be cornered, and the only choice was to abandon Yang and defect to his father-in-law. This will bring more people to come over.

In the end, the few cronies installed by Yang Ling will become lonely in the court, just like the current three bachelors, who have done nothing. Even if they are left untouched, they have no ability to cause trouble to their father-in-law. ”

Liu Jin listened to his analysis, and the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and nodded his head again and again.

Although Yang Ling's self-preservation strategy is wonderful, the foundation relies on his increasingly strong foundation of hundreds of officials, and his bright ascension and secret descent have nothing to do with a few people who are closely related to him, but for many officials who have taken refuge in him out of the psychology of wanting to be promoted and looking for a big tree to enjoy the shade, it is enough for them to betray Yang Ling and take refuge in Liu Jin.

If all these branches and leaves take refuge on Liu Jin's side, Yang Ling will leave a few lonely backbones, unable to reach the sky or the ground, that is, the current three major bachelors, who are suspended in the air and can't do anything, what else is there to be afraid of?

Zhang Wenmian has always been jealous with Zhang Cai, and they are not convinced by each other, but now seeing that he has picked up his own cheap to wake up Liu Jin, the heart of the competition for favor is even better, and immediately said: "Now that Yang Ling has fallen, justice should strike while the iron is hot." Now at the end of the year, it is time to evaluate the performance of the hundred officials in Beijing, and if Lord Zhang is in charge of the officials, if he takes the opportunity to 'well' evaluate the officials of the Yang Ling faction, he will surely let the wall grass see clearly who is the towering tree of the current imperial court and can shelter him from the wind and rain."

"Hahaha! Absolutely, Wen Mian is really our little Zhuge of our family, this plan is very wonderful."

"It's not proper, father-in-law", Zhang Cai couldn't wait to kick Zhang Wenmian: This bastard, the villain is proud, and he is too confused, waiting for the hundred officials to come to the door, they have no way to retreat, and from then on they will follow Liu Gonggong with all their hearts, if they are oppressed by difficulties, they are forced to surrender in the state of Yang Ling's remaining heart, can this army be at ease?

In addition, according to the order of the hundreds of officials, we can also judge how sincere they are, which ones can be quickly co-opted, and which ones are included in the peripheral camps. And how many people to offend?

Before he could explain the reason, Zhang Wenmian had already smiled coldly, and said in a strange manner: "Lord Zhang, you are the secretary of the ministry, this is your business, what are you afraid of?" Are you afraid of offending people or do you want to buy people's hearts? Hehe, with Grandpa Liu, who dares to do anything to you? If those wall grasses don't give him some power, can they be thrown under the father-in-law's door so quickly? According to the opinion below, as long as the adults use this soft knife to scare and scare them, after the New Year, the celestial phenomena have changed, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are out of the father-in-law's door! ”

Liu Jin was enthusiastically boiled by what he said, he glared at Zhang Cai dissatisfiedly, and said: "You, you have been an official for so many years, but your courage is getting smaller and smaller, and you can't compare to the talent of Wen Mian, so do what Wen Mian said!" ”

Zhang Cai saw that Liu Jin was angry, so he had to bow his hand and say: "Yes, the lower official obeys the order!" ”

Zhang Wenmian glanced at Zhang Cai proudly, and continued: "Father-in-law, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Han Wen, Liu Daxia, how good is it to look down on the heroes in the past?" If they return to the court today, can they still have the majesty of the past? No more. The henchmen loyal to them have dispersed, the dragon has lost its clouds, the tiger has lost its wind, what momentum is left?

It won't take long for Yang Ling to end up like this, and Gu Dayong won't be able to hold it at that time, and it is inevitable to bow to your father-in-law, so you might as well let it go first. If you want to say that it is difficult to bite, it is the inner factory, the inner factory is set up by Yang Ling, and it will not take the initiative to bow to the father-in-law, but there is one article, the father-in-law is the chief manager of the master of ceremonies, and the factory and the guard are all under your jurisdiction.

When Yang Ling was the factory supervisor, he had the right to go directly to the heavens, and his father-in-law couldn't control the inner factory, so who else had that ability in the inner factory now? Wu Jie, the head of the big stall, didn't make a name for himself when he was in Jinyiwei; Yu Yong, the head of the second gear, is a famous gatekeeper. These two pieces of waste materials are all supported by Yang Ling.

So far, there is no general in Shuzhong, and Yang Ling actually uses such two incompetent goods to guard his most important forces, which shows that Yang Ling is also poor in donkey skills. As long as the father-in-law brings down these two people, the inner factory is at his fingertips. ”

Zhang Cai said nervously: "Xia Guan heard that the original establishment of the insider factory was because the emperor was not worried about Wang Yue, so he didn't set up a factory to suppress it. There is nothing to say about the father-in-law's favor in the emperor's heart. Yang Ling resigned, and the internal factory will inevitably be managed under your name.

But you are in charge of the inner factory, but you have no right to change the supervisor of the inner factory, if they are determined to embarrass their father-in-law, with Yang Ling here, the emperor will not embarrass them too much. Therefore, the father-in-law might as well show his favor to the newly promoted officials of the inner factory, win over and infiltrate, and crack down on Wu Jie, Yu Yong and other leaders. ”

Zhang Wenmian said angrily: "Why do you have to work so hard? Take the center directly, take over the inner factory, Wu Jie and Yu Yong can't move away, then don't move! Lift them high, hang them on the wall, and select a few capable people from the master of ceremonies to go to the inner factory to be stall heads, take over their business and secret agents, and the inner factory is in the father-in-law's pocket, so that they don't even have time to resist.

Liu Jin said happily: "Wen Mian's plan is good, hehe, Yang Ling has achieved the title of Guogong at a young age, and if he is restless, he will be jealous, our family is to eliminate disasters and do good deeds for him." ”

At this time, a small servant took in a pile of folds, put them on the table, and said softly: "Father-in-law, this is the fold sent by the hundred officials today."

The rule set by Liu Jin was to give the emperor a fold, first to give him a red post, called the "red book", and then report to the general political department, called the "white book". This completely deprived the Department of General Administration of the right to directly reach the heavens, and the huge yamen of the Department of General Administration became the mailroom of the celebrant supervisor.

Liu Jin did this to deprive the general secretary of power, but there was another reason. Liu Jin doesn't read much, and he likes to write how profound and esoteric he likes to write, he looks hard and can't understand it, and he doesn't want to present it to the emperor in such a daze, so he came up with such a way, all the folds are in duplicate, and send a copy to his private house in advance, so that he can know everything in his heart and discuss it with his subordinates at any time.

"Is there something important?" Liu Jin asked casually.

"Father-in-law, none of the posts sent by the hundred officials have the word 'urgent' written on them, but the top post is transferred by the General Administration Department, saying that this is an internal court affair and has nothing to do with the outer court, and it should not be registered and played through the General Administration Department."

Liu Jin curiously took the note, and there was a red envelope on the outside, and it was neatly written on it, "Forward Liu Jin".

Liu Jin was furious when he saw it, "Tom! The rosewood bamboo foot table was hit again: "Bastard! What a big dog guts! The General Administration Department is becoming more and more presumptuous! ”

Zhang Cai and Zhang Wenmian were both startled, they didn't know what was going on in the court, which made Gonggong Liu so angry, the two hurriedly approached to take a look, Gonggong Liu was holding the fold in his hand and hadn't opened it yet, what kind of anger was this?

I saw Liu Jin sneering and said: "Ma Qing, the general political envoy, wants to come and do enough, and he dares to call our family by name, hum!" Is Liu Jin also called by him? San'er, take my post to visit Ma Qinggen, and say that Liu Jin is grateful to his old man for transferring the music to me, and Liu Jin will visit him another day! ”

The little guy even claimed that it was, and retreated in a panic. It turned out that hundreds of civil and military officials gave Liu Jin a fold, and they all had to write on the cover "Eunuch Liu personally opened, and the official bowed to him at once", and some of them who took refuge under Liu Jin's door actually shamelessly wrote "The top is pro-open, and the little guy under the door is so and so", even Li Dongyang and others are also polite, only the General Administration Department gave him a turn for the first time, and he didn't know the rules.

After some persuasion by the two of them, Liu Jin opened the envelope angrily, and after reading the content of the fold, Liu Jin immediately turned his anger into joy, and laughed: "It turned out to be the excerpt of the inner factory, hehe, leaving Yang Ling, they don't even know how to deal with the emperor, Wu Jie is the factory supervisor, and he doesn't know how to thank the emperor, and he sent the excerpt to the General Administration Department in a daze."

Zhang Wenmian just persuaded Liu Jin to quickly take down the inner factory with lightning speed, Liu Jin was as evil as a stream, and sure enough, he immediately got up and said: "Come on, hurry up and prepare a sedan car!" ”

He smiled at Zhang Cai and the others: "Our family should immediately go to the leopard garden to send this thank you fold to the emperor, and ask for the emperor's will by the way, as long as the emperor opens the golden mouth and puts the inner factory under my jurisdiction, I will immediately arrange for people to take over the inner factory and empty Wu Jie and Yu Yong!" ”

"Hehe, Grandpa Weiguo, the emperor personally selected you to be the matchmaker for Princess Yongfu, this is the emperor's great trust. Speaking of which, among the three of us, the Duke of Weiguo has the highest title, and of course everything is up to you. Hou Ning Hou Ye is the uncle of the country, the closest relative of Princess Yongfu, and he is more qualified to speak than our family.

Bi Zhen is thin, but his eyes are very energetic, he is smiling, one on the left and one on the right, and he speaks very politely. Bi Zhen was originally a eunuch in Shangshan, and because he was good at drilling, he was first promoted to a young eunuch, and then to a eunuch. Yang Ling used to walk in the palace and had seen this person, but they had never spoken to each other and were not familiar with each other.

Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling knew that this person was a typical smiling tiger, he was originally a ruffian who did not learn and did not know how to do it, ruthless, greedy for money, when Wang Yue was in power, he curry favor with Wang Yue to be the eunuch of Dezhou Town, Shandong, after Liu Jin took over the master of ceremonies from Yang Ling, he was the first to send people to Beijing to give gifts, expressing his loyalty to Liu Jin, so he was promoted to the eunuch of Shandong Town.

After Liu Jin ordered that the eunuchs of the prefectures and towns could enjoy the same powers as the local officials at the same level, Bi Zhen immediately responded, overstepping his authority to accept the lawsuit without authorization, and using this to extort the property of the military and civilians. Although Liu Jin mobilized the five guards and horses to suppress the people in a bloody manner, he was also worried that Bi Zhen would cause big trouble again, so he transferred him back to the celebrant supervisor.

"Where is it, the official is young and shallow, and he doesn't understand the rules of recruiting horses, I heard that the recruitment should have been presided over by the ministers, the emperor loves his younger sister, and the ministers of the ministers, the current uncle and the lower officials are presiding together, in order to show grandeur, this big idea has to be the master of the Marquis of Shouning and the father-in-law Bi", Yang Ling also said with a courtesy.

Yang Ling resigned from his positions, dressed relaxed, and the python robe on his body was replaced by a crimson Guogong robe, which was even more powerful. Shou Ninghou knew that although he had no real power, he was still more open than himself in front of the emperor, and the two of them made a fortune doing business together, that was a buddy, he didn't take a little pleasure to heart at the beginning, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo recruited horses for the princess, this is an unprecedented event, Wei Guogong should not be polite, seeing that the time is almost up, we should enter."

"Okay, grandpa, master, you two please", Bi Zhen jumped up suddenly, moved away from the chair, and said with a smile.

The three of them were having morning tea at the 'Longxing Pavilion' on the front street of the 'Zhuwang Pavilion', which was the main place to choose a horse for Princess Yongfu, and finally selected three candidates to bring them into the palace to invite the Queen Mother and the Emperor to see for themselves.

Because it was early, the official sedan chair of the three people took a look, and simply went to the teahouse to eat tea together, seeing that the people on the street were endless, and more and more people were flocking to the 'Zhuwang Pavilion', so the three of them got up and went downstairs.

"Aunt Six, help me look at the stall, I'll sign up. What? Ten for three cents, twenty for five cents, well, okay, almost enough, if I am recruited as a colt, I will not sell donkeys and roll", a little offspring with a dark face and a sweet smile hurriedly untied his apron while running towards the 'Pavilion of Kings'.

Yang Ling sat in the sedan chair, and his eyes straightened when he heard this: Who are these people? How can a hawker who sells donkeys and rolls also apply for a horse master? Yongfu Princess Yang Ling remembered the first time she met in the imperial womb, her golden hairpin blew the screen, and when she was forced by Yongchun to carry the black pot for her, the trace of apology in her soft eyes. Thinking of the bright and moving smiling face of the beautiful girl in the goose yellow palace costume accompanying the heavenly master when she walked down the steps in front of the Jiangshan Sheji Pavilion, I remembered that in Jizhou Hot Spring, the sound of the piano was faint, the curtain was like water, a candle was swaying, the white clothes were like snow, and the curtain was like a beautiful princess with a noble temperament like a clear lotus out of the water, suddenly, the image of the beautiful girl who was noble and high in the emperor and a black-faced young man wearing a black and white apron and holding a bamboo clip overlapped.

The young man also shouted violently: "The donkey rolls, ten pennies", and this voice suddenly drowned out the elegant sound of the piano. The sedan chair stopped suddenly, Yang Ling's body leaned forward, his heart was a little irritable and bored, he opened the sedan curtain and reprimanded: "What's the matter?" ”

Now Yang Ling is the Duke of Weiguo, and Wu Hanchao was arranged by him to join the military department, leaving only Liu Dabang by his side, and he is regarded as the leader of the generals. Liu Dabang mallet held his chest and led a group of generals to protect the sedan chair.

The crowd in front of him was jamming, pushing and shoving, and the official who maintained order waved a leather whip and slapped his head and face, shouting: "Get out, get out of the way, let the three Qincha adults come in." Your mother, you can't get in, you squeeze in first and have a fart, you want to be a eunuch! ”

"Hey, how do you talk, you, master, if I become a colt, I will punish you for your crimes!"

"Ho! Just your boy's last name? Get out of the way, Lao Tzu, if I were ten years younger, I would have a much better chance than you, get out of the way! It's all out of the way! "The snapping of the whip wheel will not really pull people, these soldiers and horses of the Five Cities have made good whips, and the whips are crisp and loud in the air.

There are a sea of people, and the feet of the people crowded in the middle do not touch the ground, although the sedan chair of Yang Ling and Zhang Heling is protected in the center, it is also squeezed and swaying, and everyone is afraid that they will dodge away, and they will take the opportunity to be robbed of their seats by others, and no one will move the place.

In the distance, someone pulled down the banner of the restaurant, stood on a table and waved the wine flag, blushing and shouting: "How can this be reasonable, why are we Shanxi people not allowed to sign up?" This is not fair, I will come to stand in the row on the third watch, Daming is the Ming of the world, the princess is the princess of the world, why should Yanjing's household be given priority? ”

A young man next to the table coaxed triumphantly: "You deserve it, who told you not to inquire about the rules?" I can't kill you! The selection of horses is first selected among the children of the military and civilians of the officials in Beijing, and if they are not selected, they will be selected in Jinei, Shandong, and Henan. ”

Another person persuaded him: "Forget it, brother, I came to Jimingyi with my arms, and I just happened to enter Beijing to visit Beijing, so I hurriedly came to sign up, but I was asked to wait for two more days and be ranked third."

The young man said angrily: "The third choice has a chance, but I don't have to choose if I want to!" Oh, fuck, who's that, I know you, you're a beggar, what are you doing here? ”

"Me? I'm from Yanjing".

The Shanxi fellow was afraid that he was going crazy, and he jumped off the table and was about to beat someone, but the beggar hurriedly begged: "Big brother spare your life, big brother spare your life, this is not just a matter of having lunch after registering, I will eat for mixed food, and the first choice has to be taken down, because I can't read and write."

Yang Ling almost jumped out of the sedan chair and beat someone, what kind of people are these, the audition is the audition, you have to be a little self-aware, right? That's the emperor's daughter, [***] in [***], the dignified princess of Daming, if you want to be good-looking, how can you choose a horse so casually? ”

The imperial envoy who patrolled the city led more than 20 officials, passed five passes and killed six generals, squeezed in sweating, and said with a sad face: "Grandpa Yang, if we can enter through the back door, the main gate will no longer be able to enter."

"Well, it's okay at the front door and the back door, why is it so messy? There are so many people who have signed up, and there are many people who look at that, holding a salted duck egg basket, are such people also allowed to be elected? ”

"Yes, grandpa, as long as it is the people of these four provinces, they are neat in appearance, dignified in behavior, and have a family teacher. Anyone between the ages of 14 and 16 can be selected in the top three, and there is no restriction on what kind of occupation they come from. There was a princess in the previous dynasty who used to raise ducks."

"The conditions are so lenient?" Yang Ling said with difficulty.

The sedan chair retreated backwards and went far around the back door of the 'Pavilion of Kings'.

Yang Ling lost all of his confidence: "There are so many people, all levels, when will the audition end?" Can I choose a colt that satisfies Princess Yongfu? ”

ps: (Stick to the end, ask for votes to support) Last night because of the move, it took half past seven to finish the day's, and then take a break, and then the code, but the fatigue has come up, the state has been affected, and it is expected to return to normal tomorrow.

In fact, if I want to say that I am tired, I will be tired early if I stay up every day, but I will persevere, and if I want to reduce the number of words and take a break, then I will choose to slow down when I am competing for a monthly pass at the beginning of next month, rather than when the monthly pass is ahead now. It's also a slow rest, and Hugh should also rest brightly!

(To be continued)