When Master Li bitterly persuaded Zhu Bulang to re-establish his mind, explained his importance as the face of the Ming clan, analyzed his unique status as a minister of the clan, and encouraged him to be a lubricant inside and outside the court, there were also various meetings in other places, such as the Bai Shilang Mansion.

The White Shilang Mansion is located outside the Xi'an Gate, very close to the West Garden of the Great Inner Palace, which is a gift from the emperor, which is enough to show the grace of heaven. However, the decoration is frugal, the flowers and trees are sparse, and there are few domestic slaves, and the visitors all sigh that although Lord Bai has a noble status, he is really a poor person.

Bai Shilang is indeed poor, and even Yu Linglong only took a fancy to his reputation as a Hanlin Qingliu, relatively not so old age, and a relatively lofty future, so he agreed to commit himself among the suitors. Speaking of private pockets, the popular prostitute Yu Linglong is much richer than the white waiter, just like Aunt Jin's private money is richer than Master Li most of the time.

Bai Shilang was originally born in a poor peasant household, and his education was also provided by several houses. Since he himself became an official, he has successively served as the Hanlin Academy, the Zhan Mansion, and the Son of Heaven was a lecturer when he was in the East Palace. For the sake of the future, he wanted to create an image of integrity, and he didn't dare to ask the Son of Heaven for too many rewards.

However, now that Lord Bai is about to come out, he has successfully jumped from the official of the Cilinfang Bureau to the senior official of the six departments, and the next step is only waiting to enter the cabinet. The so-called non-Hanlin is not in the cabinet, and the Qingliu who are working hard in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion are not just for today.

Gathered at Bai Shilang's mansion tonight, in addition to Lord Bai, there were three other people. They are the new Shangshu Feng of the Criminal Department, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, Lord Qin, and the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

All thirty or forty years old, the old ministers of the Zhan Mansion when the Son of Heaven was preparing for the East Palace when he was a child, and those who know the government can see that these are the core figures of the "Conglong faction" who have recently been decapitated. In addition, Yuan Ge Lao, who has already been successfully promoted, is basically a group of ministers who are close to the Son of Heaven (eunuchs are counted separately).

It's just that when Zichu is in real power today, most of them used to play soy sauce, otherwise these people are definitely not just the current official position.

Needless to say, Lord Bai is already a highly praised candidate for the cabinet, and is expected to replicate the story of entering the Naowenyuan Pavilion as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Feng Shangshu has just been transferred from the governor of Zhejiang to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. It occupies a place among the nine kings of the foreign dynasty, and is currently the highest grade among the people here.

Qin Shilang is the protégé of the current Guozi Priest Lord Winestone, and he has developed rapidly over the years, from the Ministry of Industry to the Water Division, of course, there are also factors that the status of the Ministry of Industry is slightly lower. For example, in the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, if you want to be promoted to a waiter in the Wenxuan Division, you have to sit in the position of Wupinlang for nine years and three terms.

Now Hu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is old, and he is not a director of the DPRK and the Central Committee. I guess it's almost there. Qin Shilang waited to take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and occupy another place in the Jiuqing.

These higher-class subordinates are all entrenched by others for many years. There was no way to plot for a while, so the Conglong faction could only fight the ideas of the small departments such as the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry first.

Zhan Shifu's young Zhan Shi and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Master Ye, belongs to the Qingliu official who has not yet jumped out of the Cilinfang Bureau system, and his status is similar to that of Bai Shilang when he was still Bai Hanlin. But no one dares to underestimate his development potential.

Master Ye is already a fourth-grade person, and he is almost at the end of the Cilinfang Bureau, if he moves outward, according to the rules of Qingliu, he is at least a six-part waiter, and it is not impossible to become a Dali Siqing or Shangshu in one step if he is lucky.

What Master Ye was waiting for was just the right opportunity, and his goal was to find a position in the two most high-ranking yamen, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households.

In this small gathering in Baifu, Feng Shangshu had the highest status on his face, and spoke first: "What does Brother Bai Xian think? At this time, why are you entangled with Li You again? ..., Bai Shilang was silent at first. Then he sighed: "I didn't pay attention, and I was played by Li You with a calculating intention or not, and using the topic to play." ”

There are many details in it that are inconvenient to talk about in detail with colleagues, and it is a shame to say it. He coveted the 10,000 taels of money promised by others, and wanted to brush up his prestige, so he casually wrote a bullet to impeach Ambassador Lu.

Originally, he consciously relied on the trust of the Son of Heaven, and it was easy to suggest to the Son of Heaven to arrange a nine products. The Son of Heaven will not fail to give him face.

But after seeing the relationship between Li You and Zhao Tianguan with his own eyes that day, he was worried that Li Youzhen would let Lu Yuanguang be re-elected, after all, the officials of the Ministry of Heavenly Officials are not trivial in the official appointment procedure. Therefore, there is also a meaning that after the removal of Ambassador Lu, he will not be able to be re-elected.

At that time, he believed in his grace. thinks that the impeachment of a Jiupin is really not a big deal, and there is no loss if it succeeds better. But he was unintentional. But I didn't expect others to have a heart.

It should be said that Bai Shilang's thoughts are normal, and what he does is just a trivial matter in any other period, but it is a pity that he met Li You. What Li You is best at is to see the seams, make big things big, and mess up big things.

Master Ye interjected: "It's good for you to marry Yu Linglong into the door as soon as possible, although you have to worry about indulging in the ridicule of women, but you always put it outside to show off, and it is inevitable that there will be accidents." ”

Bai Shilang could only continue to be speechless, how could his mind be spoken? Now that he is taking a concubine, he is just a squire with little real power; If you can enter the cabinet as an auxiliary minister, then you can receive a lot of red envelopes on the gift of concubines, which are all real silver.

Feng Shangshu glanced at Bai Shilang a few times strangely, and waved his hand: "Don't mention the gossip first, the top priority is to avoid long nights and dreams, and we must step up the siege of Peng Ge Lao." As long as Peng Ge Lao falls, the opportunity will naturally appear. ”

In the eyes of the Conglong faction, who were eager to take the throne, Peng Ge Lao was a rich mine with rich resources, and it was not for nothing that they chose Peng Ge Lao as their target.

Don't mention the throne of the old pavilion under Scholar Peng's own ass, only among the six departments, Peng Gelao's disciples account for the Shangshu of two departments, and they are also the top-ranked household department and the ritual department, which is mouth-watering.

The top floor of the imperial court is the six bachelors and nine qing, a total of fifteen pits, as long as you take Peng Ge Lao, you can immediately vacate three positions. What's more, Peng Ge Lao's recent momentum has declined, and he has exposed the most flaws, and he is actually the best replacement for the Dragon Sect.

The four of them continued to discuss, now that Feng Shangshu is in charge of the Criminal Department, if the Dengwen Drum case is picked up again, and the charge of Peng Ge's old conspiracy to frame the minister is confirmed, it will be a good opportunity.

Seeing that his colleagues no longer questioned him, Bai Shilang quietly breathed a sigh of relief. People are poor and short-minded, and he can't help it, and his old father recently came from his hometown for the New Year. while scolding him for being an official for nothing, making the villagers complain and despise him; On the one hand, he said that he wanted to buy land to build an ancestral hall and repair his family tree, but he died in the capital without seeing the silver.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and Lord Bai's family affairs are not enough for outsiders. As a filial son, he can't go around preaching that his father is an ignorant old man.

Tonight, Xun Feiqian, who had newly moved from the secretary of the criminal department to the secretary of the military department, also quietly went to the mansion of Yang Jin, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. As a person who has benefited from the recent situation, he has seen the matter of Wenhua Hall today, Xun Shangshu thinks that it is necessary for him to communicate his position with his backer Yang Ge Lao.

Since the disciple jumped from the Criminal Department to the Military Department, he took a very valuable step, and in exchange, Senior Scholar Yang, an old ally of Xu Ge, had a relatively neutral attitude towards Bai Shilang's entry into the Cabinet, at least he was embarrassed to object. This kind of thing as turning his face when he gets a benefit, a kind person like Yang Ge can't do it.

Facing Xun Shangshu's inquiry, Yang Ge Lao replied: "You didn't see any clues today? Li You deliberately ruined his reputation and committed violence in public, but no one in the DPRK and China impeached him in a short period of time, and in the end, Li You's colleagues made a superficial article to impeach him and punished him. ..., which shows that although Bai Shilang is reused by the Son of Heaven, so the terrain is suddenly expensive, but the popularity is far from enough. So Li Youming humiliated him, but others were subconsciously happy to see it, and for a while, they actually forgot to impeach Li You, intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, if there is an attempt to welcome Bai Shilang, he will also impeach Li You later, but that is all deliberate, not intentional. ”

Xun Shangshu asked again: "Now that public opinion has taken a sharp turn, I wonder if Lord Bai can still enter the cabinet?" ”

"The court is changing rapidly, and this is not until the last moment, who can say for sure?" Yang Ge Lao sighed: "I can only guess what they did, but I can't guess who killed the deer." Today, for Lord Bai, being splashed with dirty water is a trivial matter, but the most serious consequence is that the king's heart is shaken and the grace of heaven is unpredictable.

Who knows if the Son of Heaven will change his mind, stop adjusting, and put stability first? So I expected them to step up their moves and take advantage of the overall favorable timing to knock Peng Ge Lao out in one fell swoop.

After creating this fait accompli, the Son of Heaven did not want to change and had to change, and at that time, the credible people of the Son of Heaven were nothing more than Bai Shilang and them, who would they use if they didn't need them? ”

Xun Shangshu pondered for a long time and said, "In this way, I shouldn't get too close to Bai Shilang and the others. When they are victorious, we will not share much of it; If they are defeated, we will be implicated, and the gains outweigh the losses."

Elder Yang Ge nodded and said, "Yes, it is mainly a wall-based view." But you have to pay special attention to Li You, he is very critical, as long as he is willing to resolve the old feud with Peng Ge Lao, Peng Ge Lao has a great possibility of self-preservation, if necessary, you can help him. I was kind to Li You in the past, and under normal circumstances, Li You will not be evil to you. ”

Speaking of Li You, Xun Shangshu smiled bitterly: "This person is very difficult, fortunately, I moved from the Criminal Department to the Military Department, if I am still working in the Criminal Department, I will be annoyed to death by him in the future." Now that the Criminal Department is in charge of Lord Feng, the dispute between the Five Cities General Procuratorate and the Criminal Department is still to be seen. ”

Elder Yang Ge approvingly: "Li You is still serious about doing things, there is no need to question this..."