In the small hall next to the Baifu Flower Hall, Zhang Changyi was displeased, and Jiang Lin, the new servant of the Ministry of Officials, was sincerely afraid of giving up.

Because the two brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong are now the empress and concubine of Wu Zetian, the status of the Zhang family has risen, and their little cousin Zhang Changyi was appointed as the Luoyang Commander at a young age to take charge of the Gyeonggi region of Kyoto.

Zhang Changyi himself is in a high position, and his two cousins are the most eloquent people in front of the emperor, so there is naturally an endless stream of people who ask Zhang Changyi to entrust him. Among the Zhang brothers, this Zhang Changyi is the most greedy for money, so there are the most people who go to him to run for official positions.

Two days ago, an alternate official surnamed Xue waited for an opportunity to meet Zhang Changyi, presented him with fifty taels of gold, and asked him to help him find an errand for himself. This surnamed Xue is an alternate officer, and he has the qualifications to be an official, but because of the limited official position, he can only be an alternate when there is no vacancy.

Zhang Changyi accepted the gold, agreed to the man's request, and turned around to inform Jiang Lin, the servant of the ministry, of the matter. Jiang Lin relied on the support and recommendation of Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong to get the position of Tianguan Shilang, so naturally only the Zhang family was the first to look forward, but the problem was that when Zhang Changyi told him about it, he was going to go to the early dynasty.

participated in the morning court meeting, and when Jiang Lin returned to the ministry, he found that he had forgotten the name of the person surnamed Xue who Zhang Changyi had given him to arrange an official position, Jiang Lin was embarrassed, and it was not good to say it bluntly to Zhang Changyi.

Jiang Lin originally wanted to borrow the joy of the banquet, but it was in someone else's house. Even if Zhang Changyi is displeased, he will not be angry, and then tell him his name, who knows that Zhang Changyi was furious when he heard it: "You are so contemptuous of the things that you confessed to you, you dare to love you and you didn't take Zhang in your eyes at all!" ”

Jiang Lin said in a low voice: "Ling Yin Yan is serious, it's not that he is deliberately neglecting, he is really old, and his memory is not good. After the court meeting, I forgot the name of this person. ”

Zhang Changyi smiled coldly and said, "Forgetfulness is so great, I think you are really old, since you can't remember such a trivial matter." How else to serve the imperial court? It's better to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown early! ”

Jiang Lin was shocked and hurriedly said, "Ling Yin forgives his sins!" Please give the next door a chance to redeem. Please also ask Ling Yin to tell this person's name and surname again. I'll do it right away when I get back to the door! ”

Zhang Changyi said angrily: "Bastard! There are so many people looking for something every day, how can they all recognize it? How is it possible to remember their first and last names? Then you come and ask me, where do I go to find that person again? ”

Jiang Lin wandered: "This ...... What should I do? Otherwise...... After the election of the current term is over, if that person loses the election, he will definitely come again, and then Yin will tell his name and surname to his subordinates. When the subordinates elected the official again, they arranged for him first, and they only waited for a year, and arranged a high-class prefecture and county for him in the next year to make up for it. Presumably he is also willing. ”

Zhang Changyi said categorically: "No! He is willing, Zhang is not! Now he is asking for help from my Zhang, but this time he lost the election, hey! After this incident spreads, what will others think of me? Zhang's reputation is going to be ruined by you, isn't it at least a year, and no one will ask me to come to my door again? ”

Jiang Lin said with a sad face: "That...... How's that to be? ”

Zhang Changyi thought for a while and asked, "How many people are surnamed Xue in this election?" ”

Jiang Lin said: "In this election, there are a total of fourteen people surnamed Xue, and the subordinates have called out the list of these fourteen people, and after repeated inspection, I really can't remember which one of them is the one who asked Ling Yin's subordinates, otherwise...... Please Ling Yin take a look, maybe there are still some impressions? ”

Jiang Lin said and took out a note from his sleeve, Zhang Changyi didn't answer it at all, and said, "You can't remember the person who does things, where do you remember to go?" Now if you want to remedy it, there is only one way, and everyone surnamed Xue will give him an official to do in this period! ”

Jiang Lin was shocked and said, "Let Yin never do it!" Candidates for officials are like carp crossing the river, but the vacant positions in the imperial court are limited. This time, there are not many vacant official positions in the state capitals and capitals of the country, and there are always people who have been waiting for many years to take care of all aspects. ”

Zhang Changyi pointed to his nose and said, "You messed up the matter, so naturally you have to find a way!" It's so decided, give him all the people surnamed Xue an official, and he can't damage Zhang's reputation! ”

At this time, Zhang Tongxiu laughed loudly in the flower hall and shouted: "Changyi is coming, General Yang has arrived!" ”

Zhang Changyi said coldly: "You look at it, either the fourteen people surnamed Xue are all officials, or you Jiang Lin resign and get out!" With that, he flicked his sleeves and walked to the flower hall. Jiang Lin was dumbfounded for a long time before he sighed: "Under the eaves of people, how can you not bow your head?" ”

In order to protect his future, Zhang Changyi's request must be agreed, and this time he must overturn the original arrangement, but every time the general election official is the attention of the government and the opposition, involving the interests and relationships of all aspects, every person moved, the reaction of all parties involved must be taken into account, not to mention that so many people are moved at once.

Where did he still have the heart to eat and drink, so he had to go back to the yamen to rearrange, because Jiang Lin didn't go to the flower hall, went out directly from the main entrance of the small hall, called a Baifu family ding, and asked him to inform Bai Yishou, so he hurriedly returned to the yamen of the ministry, and operated according to Zhang Changyi's requirements, and all those surnamed Xue were official affairs.

I don't know if the ancestor surnamed Xue is in the sky, those alternate officials surnamed Xue are all looking forward to coming to "Ganlin" this year, such a matter of entering the office according to the surname, throughout the ages, that is, there has been such a case in the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

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Yang Fan was accompanied by Bai Yishou into the flower box, and introduced the guests one by one for him, Zhang Tongxiu and other Zhang family brothers seven or eight people, some of whom Yang Fan has seen, and some are still acquaintances for the first time.

Next is the personnel of the Erzhang faction, many of whom are children of wealthy families in Kyoto, and now there are brothers such as Zong Chuke and Zong Jinqing who have official positions and high status, as well as Li Zhenxiu, a member of the Fengge House, and Jiang Lin, who originally had a servant of the Ministry of Officials, who had returned to the Ministry of Officials to clean up the mess.

These people are also very friendly to Yang Fan, many of them have a higher status than Yang Fan, but they are so polite to Yang Fan, which is not quite in line with Zhang Dang's always high-flying and domineering style, which makes Yang Fan a little strange, but he quickly figured out the truth.

Now that I think about it, Zhang Yizhi's placement of Lu Maofeng to Qianqi is just his first step, and it is also a temptation, Yang Fan is so cooperative, so that he has the idea of recruiting Yang Fan, it seems that it is not impossible for him to recruit Yang Fan, today's class of magnates are so courteous to Yang Fan, I am afraid that it is because they already know Erzhang's plan. This Zhang Yizhi's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he actually wants to swallow Qianqi in one bite and turn it into his shili.

Yang Fan secretly made plans in his heart, and had a chat with all the guests, and while he was talking, someone came to report that the Zhang brothers had arrived. Bai Yishou and Bai Yiding brothers hurriedly got up, and Bai Yishou first raised his voice and ordered: "Come on, please ask the old lady and the lady to go to the front door to greet each other!" ”

Yang Fan was secretly surprised, this Bai Yishou is also a member of the third grade, so it is a little too disrespectful, why do you need a female dependents to greet the Zhang brothers, especially to ask his wife to greet him, and he actually has to work his old mother to greet him.

After a while, Mrs. Zhang helped the white-haired mother-in-law out, and everyone was busy seeing the old lady and Mrs., seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's fate, they were all dressed up, presumably they had already been prepared, waiting in the back house to welcome the guests together.

Subsequently, the Bai brothers and Zhang Tongxiu, Li Zhenxiu, Zong Chuke and others, plus Bai Yishou's wife and wife greeted the mansion together, Yang Fan was naturally among them, and when a group of people arrived at the front of the mansion, they saw three ox carts in front of the door, and dozens of slaves in fresh clothes and angry horses lined up on both sides.

The two Bai Yishou brothers took the lead in welcoming them out: "Wulang, Liulang, Brother Bai is late to greet him, rude, rude!" ”

The second Zhang didn't enter the door, Zhang Yizhi turned around and saluted the first light car with a curtain, and said respectfully: "Mother, Baifu has arrived!" ”

Yang Fan suddenly said: "No wonder Bai Yishou dragged the old lady and his wife out to welcome the guests together, it's not so shameless, it turns out that Zhang Yizhi's mother has also arrived." ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a picturesque little maid helped a woman in a brocade dress and a colorful skirt to come out. Before they could see the woman's appearance clearly, the two Bai Yishou brothers took a long look: "I've seen the old lady!" ”

Bai Yishou is now fifty years old, Zhang Yizhi is a weak-crowned young man, Zhang Yizhi's mother is now less than forty, much younger than him, but he thinks that he is a subordinate of Zhang Yizhi, and he naturally wants to call Zhang Yizhi's mother an old lady.

Yang Fan Dingqing looked at it, and saw that although the middle-aged woman supported by Zhang Yizhi was a, her charm still existed, and she could give birth to a handsome young man like Zhang Yizhi, how could her mother's appearance be bad. This woman is also from a famous family, known for her education, and her gestures are natural and elegant.

Zhang Yizhi helped his mother get out of the car, and then said with a smile to everyone: "Yizhi serves in the court, can not always serve his mother's knees, his heart is very uneasy, now he has the opportunity to go out of the palace, and he is reluctant to let his mother sit at home, but there is a group of friends here who have not seen him for many days, and he is in trouble. (To be continued......)