In the lobby of Xu's mansion, there were naturally many people sitting in the hall.

These people are all important figures in the court, including Shangshu, Shilang, and some officials in the field of supervisors and Shaoqing.

The high-ranking officials in the court and the central government actually account for 30% of the people sitting here, and such a scale is enough to hold a court meeting.

And everyone came in silently, just drinking tea, a considerable part of them, are from Zhejiang, and there are a lot, are Wang Xue's disciples, naturally there are some 'newcomers', they see the situation, feel that Xu Butang is more promising, at this time the eyes of the eyes to come to help, the future is also good for themselves to have a future.

After all, to the point where they are, it seems that they have complete merits, and the lowest grade is also a high-ranking official from the third grade, but others see it as the same thing, and only they know whether they are warm or cold. Everyone has ambitions and wants to go further, but if you want to climb up in the sixth, seventh, or even fourth or third grades, it is not difficult, even if you don't find a big tree, slowly boil your qualifications, as long as you live a long time and persist for a few years or even ten years, it is a matter of time before you are promoted.

But when it comes to more than three products, it is no longer a matter of luck and so-called qualifications, if you want to go up, it is difficult and difficult, I don't know how many people have not saved for more than ten years, no way, there are fewer porridge and more people, and there are so many pits above three products, everyone is waiting, and they all have qualifications, why give it to you?

Besides, there is no rule for retirement in the sixtieth year, and the older ones are often old and strong, and they can't wait to exert their residual heat to death. You realize that you are surrounded by wolves.

And many of the high-ranking officials here. This is the case for the face, on the one hand. No chance, no luck, everything is enough, just a little bit, only a little bit, but it's a world of difference, besides, you still have to hold your thighs, after all, the thighs in the middle are limited. In the past two years, there are nothing more than two, one is Yang Ting and the other is Yang Yiqing, Yang Yiqing is finished, and there is only one Yang Tinghe left, but you have to understand that everyone goes to hug his thighs, and the final result is that it is better not to hug him, there are three or four shortages a year, but there are hundreds of people who want to lick his Yang Tinghe's boots. Yang Tinghe is not a fool for these thigh-hugging people, of course, he is his closest cronies, and the others want to lick their boots but can't get them. First there was frustration, then annoyance, and finally annoyance.

Uncle, I won't serve anymore.

What should I do if I don't wait? Find another way to make a living. Isn't there a ready-made Xu Butang now? Now he is also in the sky, and the people who follow him. There are also many people who have been promoted, although they are not in charge of the ministry. But fools know that if the new tax system is implemented, the household department will definitely expand vigorously, set up a tax bureau, build a supervision, and a money and grain bureau, plus it is reported that the imperial court will also set up a special patrol and arrest department, which is all to be built yamen, and these yamen, are closely related to the household department, although the selection of officials is the business of the ministry, but the officials selected by the ministry must also be approved by Lord Xu. So the current situation is that Yang Gong has the right to choose, but Xu Butang has the right of veto, if the officials can choose, can he do it, with this right, it is enough for everyone to climb the high branches.

Moreover, Xu Qian is by no means a person, the Wang Party is now all over the ministries, courtyards, and temples of Zhili and Nanzhili, and has become Xu Qian's person, and naturally he has become a glorious member of the Wang Party.

People in the officialdom, don't use shamelessness and power to describe it, because officials don't care about shamelessness and so-called snobbery, with an official position there is a grade, and the official position and grade are intuitive on this right, everyone is an official, it is for power, in order to help the world, it is deceitful, because it is normal to change the court and hug thick legs, if no one hugs you, it only means that your strength is not enough, not how good other people's temperament is.

Xu Qian is drinking tea slowly, and now, what is needed to deal with Yang Yiqing is the last straw, and the anxious Yang Yiqing has almost no capital, but it is not enough, and the last bit of heat is missing.

He said with a smile: "I was assassinated at home last night, everyone came to condole, Xu is really embarrassed, you are too polite, fortunately, Xu has some good tea here, but it will not let everyone come in vain." ”

Everyone laughed, and Zhang Zilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, smiled lightly: "Xu Butang's tea is indeed good tea, this old man can testify, in the sea to appease the envoy, it is this kind of tea, one catty, worth at least seven hundred taels of silver, everyone, this kind of talking, a few hundred taels of silver is gone." ”

Most of the people here have been in Beijing for a long time, and they have heard the news of Zhizhejiang and the sea route pacification envoy, and they all know that the sea route pacification envoy is black, but they didn't expect it to be so dark, so everyone laughed.

At this time, someone said: "Lord Xu's family was assassinated, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the thief is so rampant, it is simply sensational, so far, people still have lingering palpitations, the lower officials came to pay respects, on the one hand, it is to meet Lord Xu, Lord Xu has been in Beijing for so many days, and the lower officials can't visit early, it's really ashamed, but the second is it......" This person paused here, and then said slowly: "The second is that the person who bought the murderer, why hasn't he found out yet?" What are Shuntianfu and Jinyiwei afraid of? They can't find out such an obvious thing? ”

made a complaint, and then got to the point: "In my opinion, these people are afraid, but he is afraid, we can't be afraid, the lower officials are not talented, and they are the imperial envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they will inevitably be impeached." ”

Xu Qian was silent, with no encouragement or support.

But the meaning was already very clear, and everyone said: "If you want to be impeached, such a person can also enter the cabinet, how can it be reasonable." ”

Although they are full of righteous indignation, most people are just expressing their attitudes, and they really don't hate Yang Yiqing to the point of hatred.

It's just that...... That's enough.

Xu Qian smiled slightly, pressed his hand and said: "Your thoughts, this official understands, but there is really no evidence, the rumors outside, Xu also knows some, what is said about the cabinet to buy murder, but the official thinks that this is ridiculous, all dynasties, is there such a thing?" The official still believes in Lord Yang's innocence, and the rumors in the market are not credible after all, but Lord Yang did not buy evidence of murder, but the official here knows some things, and he has to explain one or two things to you. ”

After a pause, Xu Qian said: "It is rumored that the Yang family has purchased more than 70,000 acres of land in their hometown, who has verified these?" Some people also say that Yang Tao, the second son of the Yang family, was bought for his talent and fame, has anyone checked these? Also, is Lord Yang responsible for the tax system? All of these things can be investigated, found out, and then impeached, as for those things without evidence, it is useless to say it, it is useless, and it will only make people laugh. ”

On the surface, it is an enthusiastic conversation, but the meaning is already very clear, there is no evidence to buy a murder, and there is no evidence of the murder with the death of the king, but the others have traces to follow, usually everyone dare not say it, and they can't say it, but now, should they say it? These may be small things, but when they add up, they are big things, and in the case of a stinky street, it is enough to kill people.

Everyone understood, so they didn't talk about it anymore, scolded a few words of unjust death in the royal road, condoled Xu Qian, and said goodbye.

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Early the next morning, numerous impeachment proceedings appeared in the cabinet like snowflakes.

Yang Tinghe, who was sitting on the desk, sighed, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, this Xu Qian's wings are really stiff, in the past, everyone attacked Xu Qian together, but now, he has become the kind of behind-the-scenes promoter, one meaning, one look, there are countless people who work hard for him.

There are all kinds of sparse performances, and Yang Tinghe doesn't watch them at all, because there is no difference between watching them or not, and he knows what they say anyway.

This kind of splashing dirty water in the court can be regarded as a certain custom, who is an official in the court, don't be criticized, the more key the person, the more he will be scolded, although this time, the scope of criticism is much wider, and the firepower is ten times that of ordinary people, but after all, he has seen more of the world, Yang Tinghe does not care.

The most important thing for him is that he wants to see Yang Yiqing's reaction, in fact, in his heart, Yang Tinghe hopes that Yang Yiqing is the winner of this dragon fight, but he understands that Yang Yiqing can't win, he doesn't come out to stand on the platform, Yang Yiqing faces the entire Wang Party alone, facing Xu Qian, this is not a question of winning or losing, but a question of losing more and losing less.

It's just obvious that Yang Yiqing lost very badly this time, which is equivalent to someone else beating him down, and he was kicked a few times.

Yang Tinghe could only sigh, but he knew that he had more things to arrange, and it was impossible to make extraneous branches.

He called a scribe and said, "Is Lord Yang working in the duty room?" ”

In the past, because of the good relationship, the two of them worked together in the public house, and there was something to discuss, but recently they were separated, so they went back to their own duty rooms, and naturally they saw each other less, and even Yang Yiqing did not come to be on duty, Yang Tinghe may not know.

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The first chapter was delivered, begging for a monthly pass. (To be continued......)