Listening to Li Guanqi's words, Yue'er frowned and said, "But the reaction of the hundred officials was not as expected by the emperor." ”

Li Guanqi said with a smile: "The seeds have just been planted, and it always takes some time for them to germinate. Don't look at the court today, hundreds of officials are collectively opposed to Zhao Pujin's cabinet, but most of them do so out of jealousy. And jealousy is often the driving force for human progress. Therefore, I am not worried at all that Zhao Pu's entry into the cabinet will make the officials unconvinced. ”

He Ziming was amazed when he heard this, shook his head again and again and said: "I really can't imagine it, it's just to choose three people, and the emperor actually put so much thought into it." Only now did the minister understand what the emperor's mind was. ”

Li Guanqi laughed and said; "That's why I'm the emperor, not you."

"But the emperor still didn't say why he didn't let Lord Lin Bailin enter the cabinet?" Yue'er said beside her.

Li Guanqi stopped laughing and said: "Lin Bai's loyalty is no problem, and he is also very upright, I like him very much." But the reason why I don't need him is precisely because he is too upright. It is difficult for a person like him to cooperate well with others, but the cabinet is precisely a coordination center, Lin Bai is not suitable, he can only be a speech official and a minister above the court, and cannot meddle in administrative affairs. ”

While the three of them were talking, they had already walked to the door of the Qinzheng Palace, and Li Guanqi turned back to He Ziming and said, "I will go to see the Queen Mother first, and then I will go back to the Qinzheng Palace." You go and pass the decree and let Qin Minzhong, Yang Bozheng, Zhao Pu and Lin Bai ...... Not...... I didn't go to the Qinzheng Hall on time to see the driver. ”

"Yes." He Ziming bowed and replied. He understood very well that on the road just now, Li Guanqi was a friend; Now that Li Guanqi is the emperor, then he should immediately become a dutiful guard.

At this time, above the main hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lin Bai and several subordinates who were relatively close to each other were sitting around discussing things.

"It's so unfair, it's so unfair." He Qingzheng, the imperial history of the capital, blushed and said, "Everyone, everyone, who is Zhao Pu?" However, a small official, none of the articles and poems are proficient, how can He De be able to enter the cabinet and surpass Lin Gong? We want to write a joint letter asking the Holy One to immediately remove Zhao Pu. ”

"Brother He, please write an excerpt immediately, and I will sign it together."

"Brother He, I will also sign it together."

……

A large slice of responders.

Lin Bai knocked on the table and said in a deep voice, "What are you going to do here?" Today's saint is the master of the world, not comparable to the king of mediocrity, how can you glimpse it with foresight? Besides, you are not the central ministers, and you are arguing about the cabinet, do you want to rebel or fall into disloyalty and injustice? ”

Lin Bai is an upright person, and he still has a high status in the minds of all the imperial historians, He Qingzheng didn't expect that his words would provoke Lin Bai to be angry, and when he saw Lin Bai's eyes looking directly at him, he said a little ignorantly: "The subordinates are here to complain to the adults." ”

"I haven't been wronged, I've not been aggrieved, what's the grievance?" Lin Bai asked coldly.

This basin of cold water was poured down, and He Qingzheng and the others were silent. After a while, someone said: "With Zhao Pu and other people, they can actually enter the cabinet in one fell swoop, we are really not convinced, we will write a book, so that the saint can know how the ministers are clear." ”

"Clear?" Lin Bai smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that if you hand over the fold of the wait, you will become a friend, so how can you clear the discussion?" ”

"The gentlemen are not the party, and the villains are the party." He Qingzheng licked his lips and said with a slight dissatisfaction.

"Huh." Lin Bai didn't laugh angrily, and said: "You still know that gentlemen are not parties, so why did you forget that there is a sentence in front of you 'be reserved but not fighting'?" ”

"This ......" He Qingzheng couldn't help but be speechless, but he still said unconvinced, "However, Lin Gong, you have a great merit of successfully envoying to the Turks, but now you can't enter the cabinet, I really feel sorry for Lin Gong." ”

Lin Bai sighed and said, "After all, you are still one level away from the emperor, and you have not seen the profound knowledge and foresight of the saint. Don't slander, this is not a holy, old man, but what you really think in your heart. Although the emperor is young, he has not met in a hundred years, no, he should be a strange master who has not met in a thousand years, and what he has learned in his chest and what he thinks in his heart is beyond the reach of my generation. You all think that the success of this official to envoy to the Turks is a miracle, but who of you knows that if it were not for the emperor's vision, it would be a question of whether I would be able to come back alive? ”

As he was talking, he heard He Ziming say loudly outside: "Lord Lin is here?" He Ziming came to deliver the message. ”

Lin Bai and the others hurriedly tidied up their clothes, rushed out of the door, knelt down and said, "Lin Bai respectfully listens to the holy oracle. ”

He Ziming stood squarely to the south and said: "Pass on the emperor's edict, and Lin Bai will go to the Qinzheng Palace to see him at the right time." ”

"Obey."

In the Qinzheng Palace, Li Guanqi sat behind the dragon book case, looked at the four people sitting on the small table in front of him, and said slowly: "You are all my confidants and courtiers, and you are also the arms that I rely on to govern the country, so I don't hide my thoughts from you, and I hope you don't have anything to hide from me." As you know, I do not sin with words. ”

Qin Minzhong took the lead and said: "The emperor treats his ministers with confidants, and the ministers will not live up to the trust of the saints." ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "That's what I said, I see your loyalty." Okay, let's not talk about polite words. The main purpose of convening the Imperial Council today is to settle a few important matters. ”

Lin Bai was muttering in his heart from the moment he stepped into the Qinzheng Hall and saw the other three, he couldn't understand the emperor's purpose of calling himself and the cabinet ministers in at the same time, and now when he heard that it was really a pre-imperial meeting, the doubts in his heart were even greater, could it be that the emperor forgot that he was not a member of the cabinet?

"Qi Ping (Lin Bai's character) is not reluctant, isn't it because I didn't let you enter the cabinet and are still making trouble?" Li Guanqi noticed Lin Bai's trance-like appearance and laughed.

"Ah, the minister doesn't dare." Lin Bai retracted his thoughts and replied.

"The first thing in today's meeting is to talk about you, Lin Bai." Li Guanqi said with a smile, "I guess you are also thinking in your heart, you are older than Zhao Pu in terms of qualifications, and you are closer than Yang Bo in terms of being close to me, why can both of them enter the cabinet, but you can't be no?" ”

"The minister thought about it, but the minister didn't have a grudge." Lin Bai has always said whatever he thinks in his heart.

"It's honest. That's what I like about you. Li Guanqi nodded in recognition and continued, "I didn't let you enter the cabinet because of your status as the imperial historian, and I couldn't let you, a person who specializes in supervising hundreds of officials, enter the ruling center, and in that case, you would lose your supervisory role." Where is there a reason to monitor yourself? ”