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On the nineteenth day of the lunar month, Feng Bao, who had been powerful in the Ming Empire, took a carriage and left the palace accompanied by two brocade guards. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Despite the freezing weather, at least half of the canal from Beijing to Nanjing was frozen. But all parties in the palace have formed a consensus, Feng Bao can't stay in the palace for one more day, go to Tongzhou to wait for the river to be enlightened, or go all the way south along the canal, it's up to him, and he can't stay in Beijing anymore.

It is naturally best to freeze to death on the way, and if you don't freeze to death, you can't set off any wind and waves when you go to Nanjing to live, but if you want to be in Beijing, it's too unreassuring.

The position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the celebrant cannot be vacant, and Zhang Cheng, who has been by the side of Emperor Wanli for a long time and is the second person in the eunuch, sat in this position with all expectations.

The first three celebrant eunuchs, the first eunuch in charge of the inner court, and the second admiral Dongchang. Called the factory gong, the third is Bingbi, often also the Beijing camp supervisor, in the past, Feng Bao concurrently served as the palm seal and the commander of the East Factory, Zhang Cheng was on the throne, but he would not let him have such benefits, the former imperial horse supervisor palm seal eunuch Zhang Whale was transferred to the master of ceremonies, as the eunuch of the Admiral East Factory.

The third is the promotion of Zhang Hong, the eunuch of the court, although Zhang Hong is square, he can also contribute to the action of Feng Bao, so he will naturally be rewarded, and he is excellent in his own business, so it is natural to have this position.

What is more surprising is Tian Yi, Feng Bao's No. 1 cronie in the palace in the past, but after Feng Bao left, he was not belittled, but was promoted to the celebrant as a eunuch.

However, Tian Yi's head of the clerical office fell on Zhao Jinliang's head, and now Zhao Jinliang is less than twelve years old, but he holds two positions, the head of the Liuke Lang and the head of the clerical office, both of which are key positions, but in a child, it is quite astonishing.

But everyone also understands in their hearts that Zhao Jinliang accompanies the son of heaven every day, so what kind of work does it have to deal with government affairs, and it is not the eunuch Zhang Cheng who is in charge of the master of ceremonies, and the change of direction is just to add power to this Zhang Cheng.

The palm print eunuch can not be in charge of the East Factory, this is a check and balance of power, Feng Bao is because the power is too great, so the Wanli Emperor shrunk, this word will not repeat the mistakes of the past, it seems that the position of the palm print power has shrunk a lot, but in the will of appointing Zhang Cheng, it is not noticed that a little "also in charge of the Department of Public Security" is mentioned.

The Department of Governance and History is the new Yamen, but in Beijing to collect peace money, there are many eyes and ears, and the strength in Beijing is no less than that of the factory guards, it is nothing more than a young age, there is no background, there is a public security department in hand, Zhang Cheng can do a lot.

Another surprising appointment is that the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse eunuch is not replaced by Zou Yi, but by Chu Zhaoren, Chu Zhaoren is the confidant of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and it is not an exaggeration to give this position, but the admiral eunuch is held by Sun Zhengshuo, who was transferred from the War Bureau, and Zou Yi did not move.

Although Chu Zhaoren has achieved the position of the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse eunuch, he has no ability to take power, Yongsheng Bofu colluded with the shoe captives and set up an ambush outside to surround and kill the Huwei army, although he was used in this matter, he also had a lot to do with it, not to mention that Lin Shulu was in chaos in the palace, he was very close to Lin Shulu, which was even more guilty and couldn't tell.

Leave him in this position, but give the Empress Dowager Cisheng some face, everyone looks good, Chu Zhaoren can honestly stay in this position and stamp it, if he can't see clearly, he can set off a prison at any time to clean him up.

The current Imperial Horse Supervisor, the supervising eunuch Zou Yi naturally said the same, but Sun Zhengshuo is Zhang Whale's righteous son, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor Zhang Whale has been operating for a long time, Sun Zhengshuo can naturally sit on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the news of Feng Bao's departure from Beijing is finally known to everyone, Feng Youning, who is in charge of the East Factory, resigned from his official position and took his family to accompany Feng Bao to Nanjing for the elderly, and everyone knows that everything has settled.

There are also rumors that Zhang Siwei sent someone to Shen Shi Xingfu to deliver a message, but Lord Shen is not in good health, and he must take care of his illness well, and he should take more time to recuperate, so as not to fall into the root of the disease.

Those who are a little sensitive to politics in Beijing know what to do now? Hurry up and go to the house of Cabinet Auxiliary Zhang Siwei Zhang to send gifts and greetings.

According to the rules of the Beijing Division, on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, each yamen sealed the yamen, except for the officials who stayed behind, they all went home to rest for the New Year, and they would not work until the sixteenth day of the first month of the next year.

The political dispute has only become clear at this time, and I don't take this opportunity to visit and show goodwill, otherwise I don't know what changes will happen during these 20 days, and when the time comes, I will be kicked out because I didn't express my stance in time, and I will regret it.

But there must always be a particular gift giving, you can't directly use the burden of gold and silver to carry into Zhang's mansion, but Zhen plays calligraphy and painting, most of the shops that sell this are also closed because of the New Year, where to buy.

On the contrary, it was cheaper than a few shops in Sanjiang Commercial Bank, and the shops in Jingshi were all opened in the name of Xiang Chengbo and the imperial merchant Tang family, and these shops had a lot of jewelry specialties from the Western and Arab regions, which were suitable for gifts.

Buying a piece of jewelry and matching it with gold and silver will make it seem much more formal, such as giving a pair of Persian silver bottles and adding 5,000 taels of silver, which seems quite regular.

Needless to say, the noisy place in front of Zhang Siwei's door is not inferior to that of Zhang Juzheng, and the officials of the Beijing Division, at this time, there is no clear stream of turbidity officials, everyone is smiling, and the servants behind him are carrying gifts, and the carriages are pulling gifts, all of which come to Zhang's mansion to give gifts.

It is not enough to say that it is very lively, like a bazaar, it is no longer enough to describe the rich scene at this time, although the weather is cold, but the front of Zhang Siwei's mansion does not feel the slightest cold, and everyone is extremely eager.

There was such a noise outside, and the door of Zhang's Mansion was also open, and the concierge and servants with happy faces greeted guests at the door and welcomed guests from all over the world.

Zhang Siwei did this in order to show the people of the world and the officialdom of the Beijing Division, who is the winner, so that everyone can recognize the situation and know who is the cabinet assistant of the Ming Dynasty and who is the steward of the Ming Dynasty.

Except for Shen Shixing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the rest of the people are here, and the important people promoted by Zhang Siwei are also here, and they are all gathered together, which is also for outsiders to see what kind of Xuan He Zhang Siwei is now.

There are already quick-witted scholars outside, who are ready to write an essay to praise, and there must be a lot of beautiful words, and the word "Zhongzheng Yingchao" must be used.

The so-called "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty" means that the DPRK and China are all upright men and gentlemen, and the world is prosperous, which is the best praise for the cabinet and the officials of the DPRK and China.

However, everyone is in the imperial examination, and no one in the splendid article is much worse than who is sorted out, and the people outside can think of this word, and the people inside have already thought of it.

Zhang Siwei is greeting guests in the living room, and those who can sit in the living room are all cabinet scholars, six scholars, and Zhang Siwei is personally receiving them outside.

"The elder of the pavilion is happy today, and it is a gathering of sages, how about leaving a mobao to commemorate?"

can step into the cabinet, calligraphy is naturally excellent, but Zhang Siwei's calligraphy can only be said to be average, but cronies know that Zhang Siwei likes to splash ink very much, and now he is really good at it.

These people in the house have been with Zhang Siwei for many years, or they have worked together, or cronies, and they all know his preference.

No matter how deep Zhang Siwei is, no matter how he doesn't show his deeds, at this time he is also full of red light, high-spirited, and he heard the proposal of others, but he was humble, but he also smiled and agreed.

The clever subordinates hurriedly went to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the new Ministry of Industry Shangshu Yang Wei was quite fat, the earth dragon burned on Zhang Siwei's mansion, the heat went up from the ground, the room was very warm, Yang Wei was dressed very thickly, and he had already seen sweat on his forehead, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped it, and said with a smile:

"It's so warm in the old house, I don't know if it's like this over there?"

"Lord Shen must feel that this winter is bitter cold and difficult to endure."

Some people echoed and joked, everyone laughed, full of schadenfreude, Shen Shixing has always been calm and self-controlled, and he distanced himself from everyone, and he didn't have a very good Yin Jia when everyone was in everyone

The pen and ink have been prepared, and a large amount of rice paper has been laid on the bookcase, Zhang Siwei picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, hesitated when he picked up the pen, and asked himself:

"What to write?"

"At this time, why don't you write 'Zhongzheng Yingchao'!"

Chen Jingbang, the left attendant of the ministry, said with a smile, as soon as this proposal was said, everyone applauded, and this proposal was a great thing for Zhang Siwei, and it was indeed appropriate for everyone in the room to praise.

Zhang Siwei nodded approvingly, leaned over and waved, no matter what the words were, everyone saw it. Cheering again, Zhang Siwei put down the brush, and was full of pride.

At this moment, the person with the pointed ears heard that there was some chaos and noise outside, and it was already noisy outside, but everyone was beaming, but now the movement was not right, and the chaos was coming towards the living room.

"Let Jean, I have something important to report to the master..."

This shout can be heard clearly by the people in the room, and Zhang Siwei withdrew his gaze from the painting. With a frown, the housekeeper who was waiting in the house hurriedly opened the door and went out.

"What do you do on such a day, are there any rules!?"

"Where are you from, why do you see that your face is small in the steward's house in Puzhou Mansion can clearly hear the questions and answers outside, everyone naturally knows that Lian Zhang Siwei is from Puzhou, Shanxi, and suddenly there was an exclamation outside:

"What you said was really wondering, the door of the house was pushed open suddenly, the housekeeper who had just gone out and a middle-aged man in a leather jacket came in with a pale face, the cold wind outside poured in, everyone couldn't help but shrink, the middle-aged man entered the door and knelt down, kowtowed and cried:

"Master, Taihe... The grandfather went to the house where he was still laughing and laughing, and it was suddenly very quiet, Zhang Siwei was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person stood in place.

Under the Ming system, all officials who have parents mourned must report it, and return to their hometowns to keep filial piety for three years, which is called Ding Wei.