In the seventeenth year of Jiajing, Li Wenxuan, who served as the deputy supervisor of Qintianjian for several months, can be said to be highly respected by his colleagues. Although he is not a member of the imperial examination, he is from a meritorious noble, but he has the identity of a Jiangxi person. In this era with a strong sense of locality, the feeling of fellow villagers is a kind of capital and premise for forming gangs and engaging in relationships in the region.

Back then, Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao firmly stood on the side of Jiajing because of the dispute over "great etiquette", and helped the emperor find out the theoretical basis to make a career in officialdom. Although Gui Cao has been dead for several years, Zhang Xuan is still alive. This Gui Cao is a Jiangxi person, and Yan Song, who was once nothing in the officialdom, also used his identity as a Jiangxi person to stammer with him.

In the eyes of the officials in the capital, Yan Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is from Jiangxi, and Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, is also from Jiangxi. Today's Li Wenxuan is not only from Jiangxi, but also Xia Yan's true countryman, not like Yan Song who has to recognize a small countryman or something in order to climb high and curry favor with Xia Yan. Among the officials who have been in the officialdom of this capital for many years, no one will not know that Yan Song's rise is because of Xia Yan's recommendation to Emperor Jiajing.

Many officials who were optimistic about Li Wenxuan learned from there that he not only had free access to the Xia Mansion, but was also a closed disciple of Xia Yan. Li Wenxuan is already regarded by them as a rising political star in the officialdom, and his coming to the cold yamen of Qin Tianjian is just a transition, so as to prepare for the future prosperity. Therefore, since Li Wenxuan entered the Qintian Prison as an official, he has not been arranged to do "miscellaneous work". He already felt that it was boring to stay here, and he basically didn't have much to do, and his colleagues treated him very well, so he panicked.

On this day, Li Wenxuan, who dispersed the dynasty and returned to the Yamen of Qintianjian, was pulled to a secluded place by a colleague before his ass was firmly seated, and this person was Zhenglu Yong, a six-rank official who had a good relationship with him on weekdays. looked at him with no one left and right, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "At noon, I wonder if Master Li is free?" If there is, we can go to Baiwei Zhai for a drink or two. ”

Li Wenxuan, who felt that something was wrong with him today, presumably this banquet at noon would not be as simple as just drinking wine and eating food. He couldn't refuse, and when he was about to agree, he heard an extremely familiar voice coming over: "I haven't seen Daochang Li for the past few months, and I didn't expect you to be an official in the same dynasty with a contemptible person." ”

Li Wenxuan, who turned sideways, naturally looked in the direction where the voice came from. Qian Ming, who walked towards him in all directions, smiled. Li Wenxuan, who saw an acquaintance, arched his hand politely towards him, and smiled: "Who did I think it was?" It turned out to be you, Mr. Qian! When did you enter Beijing? ”

"It's been a few days. As soon as I heard that you were serving as a deputy in the Qin Heavenly Prison, I came over right away. Qian Ming, who was standing three steps away from him, stopped. He didn't play an official tone, and said in the tone of an old friend.

"Looking at the happy look on your face, you must have been promoted to Beijing this time. I just don't know where you work? Li Wenxuan, who didn't see him wearing a fourth-grade official uniform, noticed that he was wearing a set of third-grade official uniforms, so there was such a statement.

Qian Mingzheng, who raised his fists and shook them three times with his hands in fists to the left, said proudly with a spring breeze on his face: "Your Majesty has raised love, and has already sent a decree to let the contemptible person serve as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites." Li Wenxuan, who naturally wanted to say words like "congratulations", felt that there was nothing wrong with his appearance.

Qian Mingzheng, who knew it in his heart, knew that he was able to be promoted to the second level in a row to serve as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites of the third grade this time, which was due to the fact that he catered to the current emperor and recommended Li Wenxuan to him for meritorious service, so he was promoted this time. Of course, that's not all, after all, his political performance is still quite good. In the area of the year of the great drought, there was no chaos in Guangxin Prefecture, which was under his jurisdiction.

Qian Mingzheng is a third-grade official, and the reason why he deigned to come to see Li Wenxuan, who is a sixth-grade official, is not simply to catch up with the past. First, in order to improve the relationship with each other, after all, the two will be officials in the same dynasty in the future; Second, he knew that the most trusted courtier of the emperor was Xia Yan, so he wanted to devote himself to it.

At the moment, Qian Mingzheng's top boss, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is Yan Song. He has long investigated clearly, not only knows that the relationship between Yan Song and Xia Yan is very close, but even the relationship between Li Wenxuan and Xia Yan is not ordinary. Since the three of them are from Jiangxi, it is impossible not to have any contact in private. Qian Mingzheng, who has been an official for many years, can deduce from experience that Li Wenxuan and Yan Song are Xia Yan's party. If they don't form a partisan group, then there will be no corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The current form of officialdom is that everyone wants to have a relationship with Xia Yan. If he has a backer like him, his official career can be prosperous, and his official position can be firmly established, sit for a long time, and have a better chance of progress. Qian Mingzheng, who has a good brain, is not ignorant of the Tao, and if he has to visit Xia Mansion unexpectedly, it will not be a wise move. If he touches a soft nail and eats a closed door, it will be a loss of face, after all, he is also a big man.

Although he is the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites of the third grade, the reason why this official is crushing people to death is very clear. What's more, he is neither from Jiangxi nor Xia Yan's protégé, so he deeply feels that this matter of good relationship is not easy to handle. In addition, the officialdom is sinister, the party is constantly fighting, and it can be said that it is difficult to move forward without a good backer.

Today, he can be the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites with infinite scenery, high and high, and is a three-grade person, so tomorrow, he can become a victim of party struggle. This time, the purpose of finding Li Wenxuan was to achieve the purpose of matchmaking through this middleman. If he can form a party with Xia Yan and others, it will be the best thing.

Qian Mingzheng's mentor Zhang Xuan has not been an official in the court for a long time, but has returned to his hometown to recuperate. If there really is a storm in the court, the first to suffer and be unlucky is a weak party like him. With a heart like a mirror, he occupies a good real gap, so he naturally can't avoid being coveted by others.

Lu Yong, who had been standing next to him and had not been able to speak again, listened to it and thought to himself that Li Wenxuan really had a great background. If he had his introduction and matchmaking, then he would not have to continue to live in this Qingshui Yamen to retire. Lu Yong, who had made up his mind to leave Qin Tianjian, naturally had his own plans.

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