Mu Zhengyi's words are right, it is not difficult at the moment, and the more difficult ones are still to come.

Just when Mu Zhengyi in the north felt guilty and couldn't return to Beijing to accompany his wife, a major event happened in Beijing, which caused the court to change.

Speaking of this major event, the Mu family is also a little mentally prepared, that is, Lin Xiangzhen has returned to his hometown with his bones. Although it was nearly a month later than Gu Yilan's memory, Lin Xiang, whose body was decaying, was still like Gu Yilan's memory, and finally couldn't hold on.

Before Lin Xiang said goodbye to his old age, he actively arranged the political forces of his own line, and the friction between several factions in the DPRK and China was fierce. However, at the critical juncture of negotiating with the Rong Di people, everyone understood that the emperor would never tolerate them making a big move at this time, so Lin Xiang, Xie Xiang, Li Xiang, Gu Dashi and Lord Wang were all still restrained, and after several confrontations, a more subtle check and balance result was finally reached.

Among them, some people are naturally satisfied, and some people suffer. The one who suffers is Li Xiang.

One was to carve up the forces of the military department, and the rest of the dynasty reached a temporary alliance to jointly suppress the Li family for greater political interests.

Second, the current peace talks with Rong Di are mainly presided over by Li Xiangzai, which restricts most of his energy. He knew that it didn't matter if the party suffered a temporary loss. As long as he is still on the right, when he relaxes his breath and plans carefully, he can turn the tables one day.

But if there is a problem in the negotiation with the Rongdi people, then he is really hopeless. The emperor will never tolerate him making mistakes and omissions in such a major matter. On the other hand, if he can do this errand beautifully, and make the outcome of the peace talks very much in line with the emperor's wishes, it will definitely be a great achievement. Such a beautiful political achievement is enough for him to seek greater political interests.

Therefore, in the face of the choice of colleagues to compete for profits and do business, Li Xiang did not hesitate to choose to deal with the peace talks with the Rong Di people with all his might.

It was precisely because Li Xiang did not struggle too much that the several factions quickly reached an agreement after several frictions.

One of the final results: Scholar Gu and Lin Xiang jointly came forward to ensure that Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Household was transferred to the Ministry of War.

The second final result: Lord Wang and Xie Xiang jointly came forward to protect the Hanlin Academy, and He Wenmao was appointed as the secretary of the household department.

The third final result: Lin Xiang and He Wenmao Baoju Xie Xiang's son Xie Changjing served as the head of the household.

In fact, when the emperor received these three guarantees, he sneered, and his eyes glowed with cold light. But he was locked up in the imperial study for two days, and after careful consideration for a long time, he finally gave an edict and agreed.

After all, this is a relatively reasonable plan of checks and balances. Sun Shangshu, who was transferred to the military department, was a friend of Wang Zhixiu, and one of the waiters in the military department was Xie Xiang's person, and the other two waiters were also Li Xiang's cronies. Among the six directors, two directors are Lin Xiang's people, and one director is a student of Gu University.

At present, there is still a shortage of a squire and a director in the military department, but it doesn't matter at the moment.

As for the household department, Shangshu He Wenmao was Lin Xiang's confidant, and in exchange, he agreed to let Gu Daxue and Xie Xiang's son enter the household department at the same time.

At the moment, it seems that although Lin Xiang still firmly holds the book of the household, in fact, the biggest winner in this game is Xie Xiang.

As for Master Wang and Scholar Gu, they were not too dissatisfied with such a result. Although the son of Gu Daxue seems to be at a loss than Xie Changjing of the Xie family at the moment, a sixth-grade master and a fifth-grade waiter, he is one step late.

But Gu Sanye is the head of the branch, and everyone knows that Gu Sanye will soon catch up with this step.

As soon as the decree was issued, Lin Xiang quickly applied to return to his hometown, although this result did not make him very satisfied, but he could accept it. Besides, his body really can't hold it, and there is no way to accept it.

The emperor just symbolically kept Lin Xiang, and he happily agreed. On the surface, he gave Lin Xiang enough face, and specially gave Lin Xiang an honorary title and a bounty of one hundred taels, but he very subtly ordered Xiao Jinwei to "escort" Lin Xiang back to his hometown.

Yu Chengqi, the commander of Xiaojinwei, personally went to Lin Xiang's house to announce the decree, and told him with a smile that it was too cold in Beijing in winter, and the emperor felt sorry for Lin Xiang's old age, and was afraid that his body would not be able to support it, so he specially told the guards of Xiaojinwei to escort Lin Xiang to leave earlier.

Lin was not surprised by this result at all, accepted the order very calmly, and then within a month, he set off and returned to his hometown. The one who left with Lin Xiang was just a few of his own wives and concubines, and of course Second Master Lin, a Beijing official, would not follow.

From this day on, on the surface, the real person in charge of the Lin Mansion in Beijing is no longer Lin Xiang, but Second Master Lin. But in fact, the Lin family still had to obey Lin Xiang's arrangement, after all, Second Master Lin didn't have much capital to make Lin Xiang's ambitious students obedient.

The dust settled, and everyone accepted the result, including the loser in this game, Lee Sang. But Li Xiang is obviously very open-minded, winning or losing a game does not determine the final victory, and the current situation in the DPRK is different from a year ago. Lin Xiang told the old man that he had returned to his hometown, and the position of the prime minister was vacant, and what he was really staring at was actually that position.

So it doesn't matter if he wins or loses for the time being, what matters is whether he can defeat others in the end and ascend to the position of prime minister. From this point of view, it is still very early to decide the winner! The day when the Holy Lord himself promulgated the imperial system and appointed a new chief assistant was the day when the dust really settled.

Li Xiang, who has been in the position of the right minister for many years, is obviously not a mediocre person, and he still lives quite transparently, so the ending has been decided, and he no longer looks back and regrets, but looks forward with one mind. However, not everyone in the Li family can accept such a fiasco as easily as him.

On the day when the emperor transferred Sun Shangshu to the military department, the most disappointed person in the court was not Li Xiang, but Wen Chengping, the doctor of Zhongfeng. Wen Chengping thought that with the support of Li Xiang and King Yi, as well as the help of Concubine Wen Niangniang in the palace, he would definitely be able to get the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of War this time, but he did not expect that the emperor actually transferred Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Household to the Ministry of War.

Wen Chengping was naturally very annoyed, he didn't dare to show anything on the surface, but in private, he couldn't help but blame his mentor Li Xiang for not actively helping to fight for it, and also blamed Sun Shangshu for being a second-grade Shangshu, so he didn't stay well in his household department, but ran to the military department to occupy a place.

Of course, Wen Chengping is not a person who can't see the situation clearly, so what he hates the most at the moment is actually Gu Dashi and Xie Xiang, he knows very well that the current situation is the result of Xie Xiang and Gu Dashi working together, although Lin Xiang is the leader, but the final chess piece is Xie Xiang and Gu Dashi to help fall, these two people really got a big bargain!