Tang Yi's trip south to Huai'an, on the whole, was very successful, first of all, to maintain the stability of salt prices, put forward the idea of salt warehouses, and establish a system to stabilize salt prices, and secondly, to tax surplus salt, so that the salt tax of the Ming court was increased, and the annual tax amount exceeded 3.5 million taels......

Before going south, Jiajing said that after completing the errand, he would reuse Tang Yi, and now it was time to cash in. Jiajing did not break his promise and rewarded Master Hanlin to Tang Yi.

This move is not trivial, since Yingzong, the rule that non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet has been set, and the Hanlin Academy has become the most noble yamen in the world.

Becoming a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, not only among the ranks of Xiao Jiuqing, but also has a large group of potential Hanlin officials under him, with these student subordinates to help you, the sedan chair is carried by everyone, and you are guaranteed to be carried all the way to the cabinet.

Since the news came out, there has been a lot of discussion in Beijing, and everyone is speculating, looking at Tang Yi's posture, the next step may be to become a waiter in the Ministry of Rites and have the qualifications to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister. Some people even assert that there will be a bachelor less than thirty in the Ming Dynasty.

All kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky, but Tang Yi knows that the Ministry of Rites is in charge of a country's etiquette law, and it seems that it has little power, but its status is respected, and now the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is Yuan Wei, and the left and right waiters are Yan Ne and Li Chunfang.

These three are all from Hanlin Cichen, although their reputation is not very good, but they have solid knowledge, are familiar with etiquette, and have been mixed in Beijing for at least ten years, and have rich connections, which are deeply appreciated by Jiajing.

Although Tang Yi has a lot of credits, they are all real, but his time in Beijing is too short and his experience is insufficient, and in any case, he is not qualified to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. As for the ministry. In charge of the election, the promotion and scheduling of hundreds of officials, how heavy is the authority!

After pondering for a long time, it was impossible.

In fact, according to Tang Yi's expertise, the best departments are the household department and the military department, but the problem is that he is from Suzhou. According to the usual practice, there is no way to enter the household department, as for the military department, it is okay, and the current military department secretary is Tang Shunzhi, who is his teacher!

The master and apprentice are in the military department as a scholar and a waiter, and that is not a word!

Tang Yi wants to enter the military department, and the teacher must be transferred, where can Tang Shunzhi be transferred now?

There are only two options, or you can go directly to the cabinet. If you want to, you will take over the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Officials, or the great uncle, and become the prime minister.

However, these two positions are the front line of party struggle, and Tang Yi is not willing to wade into troubled waters, and if he can't do it, he will be in it.

Among the six departments, there are only two left, and at the moment the secretary of the Ministry of Industry is Ouyang Bijin, and this person is Yan Song's brother-in-law. The right squire is Yan Shifan.

Other people's uncles and nephews are involved by themselves. It hasn't been eaten yet, and there is not even a residue left.

After all the calculations, the only place Tang Yi could go was the Criminal Department.

Therefore, when Xu Wei brought it up, Tang Yi was startled at first, then lowered his head and thought about it, his face changed wildly, and he muttered: "It seems that there is only the Criminal Department to go." ”

Xu Wei said, "What." You are still not satisfied, before the age of twenty-five, you have become a third-grade master, responsible for the laws and regulations of a country, and many people can't envy it. ”

"Envy me inside. Are you included? ”

"Of course...... Not included! Xu Wei put away his smile and turned to a worried face, what is the current situation of the Criminal Department, he is in Beijing, he knows better than anyone else.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department is Cai Yuncheng, a good person from the Yan Party, but there are two waiters, the left waiter Pane, he is Xu Ge's old fellow, and the right waiter Huang Guangsheng, who is a student of Xu Jie.

The officials in Beijing described the criminal department and gave four words: Lei inspection cannon!

Almost every day, from top to bottom, there are quarrels.

All kinds of cases, arguing endlessly, I heard that several times, Paine and Huang Guangsheng both flipped the table, and Cai Yuncheng almost beat them up.

Xu Wei said worriedly: "Okay, if you want to go to the Criminal Department at this time, you can only stand on Xu Ge's side and bring down Cai Yuncheng." Everyone is staring at the belonging of the Criminal Department, even if you can kill Cai Yuncheng, it will not be your turn to replace Shang Shu. And the Yan Party must settle all the accounts on your head, new hatred and old hatred, Yan Shifan is afraid that he will really die! ”

The situation seemed to be worse than he thought, Tang Yi smiled bitterly in his heart, and told his friends in the same department not to intervene in Yan Xu's party struggle, but he turned out to be the one who wanted to rush to the front line and stand at the outlet.

How sad!

"Brother Wen, looking at the current situation, the Criminal Department is absolutely impossible to go, and I don't think there is a place for me in the Sixth Department."

Xu Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly, of course he hoped that Tang Yi could rush up, but the current situation was really not easy to handle.

"If the six departments can't work, then there are places like the Imperial Inspectorate, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, and Zhan Shifu. Let's talk about the Metropolitan Procuratorate first! Xu Wei raised his thumb and pondered for a long time, "Don't say it!" ”

What's going on?

It turned out that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was in charge of the thirteen imperial histories, and these imperial histories had the power to rumor and say things, and they had always been the front line of party struggle.

If the Criminal Department is just spraying, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is fighting in groups, dog eats dog, not only to scold the first, but also to have unparalleled combat power and a good body.

Let's not talk about whether Tang Yi can do it or not, just thinking about it, I feel ashamed.

"What about Dali Temple? You are now the title of Shaoqing, and the Yan Party will never let Dali Siqing, the reason is the same as the Criminal Department, their butts are not clean. Then there is Honglu Temple, which is in charge of the court meeting, guests, and auspicious ceremonies. Now that His Majesty is not in the early dynasty, Honglu Siqing is also useless, except for being able to vote when the court pushes, it is a deaf man's ear, and there is no use for fart! ”

There is still one Zhan Mansion left, Tang Yi has been a young Zhan Shi, and if he takes a step up, he is a Zhan Shi of the third grade, and the grade is enough, but it is still idle, and it does not meet the conditions that Jiajing said to be reused.

Xu Wei is also a smart person, he waved his hand, and in the end, he simply pulled his hair, but he didn't find a suitable position for Tang Yi.

"Okay, you shouldn't come back, just see how good the scenery is in Lianghuai! Eat well, dress well, and be surrounded by beautiful people, just think about it, it's like heaven! ”

"I also want to enjoy it in heaven, but I'm afraid that after being in heaven for a long time, people will become numb." Tang Yi showed a calm smile, "If there is no place, there is no place, anyway, I am still sick now, besides, Master Hanlin is not bad." ”

Xu Wei pouted, it's strange to believe you!

However, he also heard the confidence in Tang Yi's words, as long as his heart was still there, he would have a chance. Besides, today's court situation is constantly changing day and night, who knows which way the wind will blow! "It's done, no matter what, let's talk about the New Year first!" Xu Wei said lightly.

Tang Yi quite agreed, in the name of recuperation, he hid at home, and played with his son every day, Qi Anguo is more than four years old, and he will be enlightened in the New Year. Tang Yi simply took out some effort every day to teach Qi Anguo to read and write.

For his son, he is very tolerant, and when he is free, he moves out of the little donkey and walks around the yard with peace, or builds a snowman with his son, and there are a lot of rare things sent from overseas at home, which the father and son are very happy to play.

A few days have passed, and the New Year is getting closer and closer, and the old friends in Beijing have come, first Xu Wei, and then Wang Shizhen, if Wang Shimao is not released to Xingguo County, he will also come. In addition to them, there are also Cao Zichao, Cao Dazhang, Yin Shidan and so on.

The more stormy it is, the more everyone has to hug each other tighter and keep each other warm, Tang Yi seems to be already the leader of a gang, but the strength of this team is a little poor.

Accompanied the family to have a reunion dinner, set off firecrackers, the Chinese New Year's Eve was over, and the next day Tang Yi changed into new clothes, took his son Ping'an, and went to pay New Year's greetings to the teacher Tang Shunzhi.

Although they don't pay attention to the courtesy between their masters and apprentices, their hearts as disciples are also coming.

Before Tang Yi could go out, Xu Wei came out of breath again.

"Okay, something big has happened!"

"What's the matter?" Tang Yi asked calmly.

Xu Wei looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Zhou Yan is dead!" ”

"What?"

Tang Yi's body shook, there was snow under his feet, and he almost fell.

"When?"

"It's this morning, Zhou Yan's health has not been good all these years, I heard that he ate dumplings last night, and his spirit is good, who knew that when he saw it in the morning, he was stiff." Xu Wei shook his head and sighed.

As mentioned earlier, Zhou Yan is the imperial history of the left capital, and he is in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, which is the general constitution of the imperial court. Zhou Yan is not the core of the Yan Party, but he is just attached to Yan Song.

As soon as he died, the imperial history of the left capital was vacant, and whoever controlled the Imperial Court could control a large number of imperial historians. The weight of authority is almost as good as the official book, and they are all ruthless characters who hold the god list.

Zuodu Yushi is empty, there must be a life-and-death battle below, the Yan Party must suffer, and the Xu Party must be captured.

Tang Yi suddenly shivered, the spring of Jiajing's forty years was really a little cold! Tang Yi subconsciously wrapped his leather robe and hugged Ping'an in his arms.

"Son, let's go home first, and then Dad will take you to see Shigong in the afternoon."

Ping An seemed to feel the atmosphere depressed, didn't say anything, and nodded obediently. Tang Yi and Xu Wei went to the study, and the two of them sat opposite each other, neither of them spoke.

With their tacit understanding, they have long seen the situation in front of them, and on the side of the Xu Party, there are many people who can compete for the imperial history of the left capital, but there are not many who are sure.

"Okay, a few days ago, I heard that Yang Bo was going to be transferred to Beijing."

Xu Wei's brainless words made Tang Yi instantly smart.

Yang Bo is not a dispensable little person, he has a deep foundation in the military, and he has the support of the Jin Party, and he will most likely be in charge of the military department when he enters Beijing.

Yan Xu's party has fought to this point, the metabolism is becoming more and more obvious, in order to prevent the chaos from appearing, stabilizing the military department, stabilizing the army, it has become an inevitable choice, Yang Bo entered Beijing, most likely is the meaning of Jiajing, Xu Jie is also happy to see it.

I don't have much to say about this old Tang Yi, but if he is in charge of the military department, where should the teacher go!

"Zuodu Yushi!"

Tang Yi and Xu Wei said in unison, and after finishing speaking, Tang Yi's face sank.

As I said earlier, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is definitely not a place for people to stay, Tang Yi pondered for a while, and decisively asked Tan Guang to prepare the carriage, all the way to Tang Shunzhi's mansion. It was Tang Hezheng who came out to greet him. He took the peace and shook it hard.

"The little guy is sinking again, and he has become a fat man!" Tang Hezheng laughed and said, "Dad just came back, you arrived, what a coincidence!" ”

Tang Yi's head buzzed, it was three times bigger, he didn't care about anything, he ran to the study with his legs, and in a hurry, he forgot to pretend to be sick. (To be continued.) )