After finding out the news he wanted to know from Zuo Langzhong, Li You didn't wait long, asked Lord Zuo for a list of candidates to be selected, and then left.

As a former celebrity in the officialdom of the Beijing Division. He's busy, and there are quite a few people who need to visit. In fact, he should visit Xu Cifu next, but the cabinet is located in the palace, and it is very troublesome for him to go in with his current status, so he will put it in the back for the time being.

Among the six yamen, in addition to the criminal department, the remaining five are clustered between the Chengtianmen and the Daming Gate. After coming out of the ministry, Li You went to the military department to meet Lu Shangshu again.

I haven't seen him for a year and a half, Lao Shangshu has not changed much, he is still tough, and it seems that it is not a big problem to work until he is seventy years old. When he saw Li You, he sighed: "I really don't know what your fate is, the two times you entered Beijing, both were unpredictable times, could it be that you must come at such a time." ”

Li You smiled indifferently: "Who doesn't want to be a peace officer?" It's not that the younger generation must join in the fun, if it weren't for this time, the younger generation would not have the opportunity to enter Beijing. ”

Lu Shangshu turned his head around, "Speaking of which, the old man has asked for you." ”

Li You got up abruptly and said, "This remark has killed the juniors." The elder has orders, and the younger generation does it. ”

It turned out that the third son of the Lu family, that is, the cheap nurse brother of Li You's main house Liu Niangzi, won the Jinshi in the big competition last year, but unfortunately his ranking was not good, and he was only about 200 in the top three.

According to the rules, Xinke Jinshi has a six-month observation period, that is, an internship period. After the internship period, he was officially elected as an official. Lu Sangongzi's ranking, according to the rules, must be released as a county magistrate or an official, and he cannot stay in Beijing.

However, Lu Sangongzi is very straightforward in reading, and Li You also knows this, but the turmoil in the Huan Sea is sinister, so Lao Shangshu is not at ease to let him go to the place alone. has been delayed until now, and he has never determined the whereabouts of his son.

However, I heard that Li You left office. Lao Shangshu moved his mind, and it seemed to be a good idea to throw his son to Jiangdu County to replace Zhixian. This idea is the same as Xu Cifu throwing Chen Yingzhen to Yangzhou Mansion as the prefect.

Master Li secretly sighed. The foundation I laid is too good. The bigwigs want their children to take a ride and take advantage of their political achievements...

This is also a good thing, at least it shows that he has really begun to integrate into the network, and after thinking about it, Li You responded: "Brother Shi can go to get it, and he will not be made to suffer." No matter how bad it is, there is still Governor Chen in Yangzhou Mansion to take care of it! ”

After talking about his own affairs, Lao Shangshu sighed again: "Although you are good at using power. But the old man still thinks that the timing of your entry into Beijing this time is not good. Now there is an undercurrent in the Jingshi, and maybe it will hit the reef somewhere. ”

Li You's heart moved. He asked casually: "Isn't there a decision on the re-establishment of the celebrant and the council of the honorable relatives?" I learned about this from the newspaper at the end of April. It's been boiling for three or four months now, hasn't it been revealed? ”

"Cisheng Palace is also waiting..."Lao Shangshu and Li You were naturally talking freely, and he also had the heart to give some advice, and asked rhetorically: "How do you think this change should end?" ”

Li You said his thoughts and said: "In the past few decades, the Xun relatives have not had much power, and the Queen Mother is about to return to the government, so she will retire after the Son of Heaven travels south to Beijing." So where did you win the courtiers. It's like an egg hitting a stone. ”

Lu Shangshu said with a straight face: "You are arrogant, you are too underestimated to be a relative." Although they have no power, they are powerful. How many century-old families are entrenched in the capital, flourishing and marrying each other. Is it good to get along with each other when they are in unison? ”

"Do you think that the Queen Mother will stand still after releasing the news, what are you waiting for? It is nothing more than to give time and ask Xun Qi to build momentum in tandem. On the one hand, they will stir up the momentum, and on the other hand, they will actively win over the minister. In this matter, the Xun Qi seems to be more united than the Wenchen, and in the old man's opinion, this is the most terrifying thing about them. ”

Li You's silent taste of Lao Shangshu's words is worth pondering. It makes sense to say that in the face of this situation, the courtiers who have never been united since the Jinghe Dynasty are afraid that it will be difficult to work together. …,

He himself couldn't imagine what it would be like for Xu Cifu and Peng Ge Lao to join forces against the enemy. At most, they will express the same attitude at the court meeting. If you want to work together in a daily life, it's hard to build that trust.

Moreover, there is never a shortage of careerists among the ministers. Some people may want to be scholars, some people may want to be scholars, and some people may want to be the first assistant. It is not surprising for such a person to make a move to secretly collude with his relatives to remove their obstacles.

I don't know why, I think of the Great Rites Symposium two hundred years ago, when the Son of Heaven was just a teenager who had just entered Beijing, and the power of Wenchen seemed to be so strong, and the final victor was still Emperor Sejong?

At this point, I heard Lao Shangshu say that Xun Qi is more united than Wenchen. The Queen Mother is only afraid that she also has the intention of taking the school examination. If these heroes can't even exert the corresponding energy, then the mud can't be on the wall, and there is really no need to waste energy to help.

Thinking of this, Li You said truthfully: "The major events of the temple are decided by the princes, and non-juniors can put their beaks in their mouths." Don't hide it from the boss, what the younger generation asks for is actually just the five-grade Fengxian Admiral Commander Soldiers and Horses. ”

Seeing this, Lao Shangshu said all the speculations in his heart, "Do you think that the competition for this official position has nothing to do with the court situation?" Most people didn't see it before, and I can tell you now that it's actually very relevant. ”

"At first, the courtiers asked for the establishment of this official position, although it was because of the frequent serious cases in Beijing, but why didn't they want to use this to restrain the honorable relatives?

It must be known that those relatives have lived in the capital for generations, there are many relatives and families, and they rely on the familiarity of the local conditions, and there are many people who violate the law and prohibit them, but they have not been able to effectively rectify them, after all, the Beijing Terracotta Division is just a six-grade yamen.

If a powerful official could be set up, and ministers who are brave enough to do things can be used to deal with the matter, the situation will be different. In other words, this is also a kind of containment and warning to the nobles, indicating that Wenchen has the ability to take measures to attack the nobles at any time.

Presumably, those Xun Qi also realized this, and intended to fight for the position of the Lord against the guest, as far as I know, two of the five to be selected are related to Xun Qi. It is said that when it comes to the election of officials, there is no need to worry about the honorable relatives at all. But this time, the Cisheng Palace intended to win over the Xun Qi to plot a big thing, so it took care of the Xun Qi's thoughts and nominated the two to be selected.

Therefore, it seems to be a mere five-grade official appointment, but in fact it is not. You are not well-informed in the field, you don't know the inside story of Beijing, you just think you are an ordinary election official, but in the past two months, it has become a starting point for the wrestling between the two sides, and it can also be called the direction of the great court. It has evolved into such a situation, and to rush into it is to get involved in the turmoil without knowing it. ”

Hearing what Lu Shangshu said, Master Li suddenly shed a few drops of cold sweat. In the past year, Li Youjiu has been in the local area, and he really has a limited understanding of the situation in Beijing, and he has never thought of this.

I really didn't expect the competition for this official position to be so hot, not only because of the official position itself, but also because it was implicated in the Great Dynasty.

Li You has never been afraid of doing foolish things, he is afraid of being a fool. If you break into it in a daze, I'm afraid that you won't be pleased.

No wonder the eldest princess of Guide hesitated at the beginning, and repeatedly persuaded herself to be cautious, and at that time she probably had a premonition of the current situation. It's not easy to be a Jinwu.