Capital.

Yang Shen called Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang over this day, and this was also the first time he had met two old friends in the Hanlin Academy in many days.

The place where the invitation met was a wine shop on Jichang Street, Taijichang, not far from Hanlin Academy, and the meal was served soon, but Yu Chengxun had no idea of moving chopsticks.

Yang Shen said, "Mao Gong, in the past, when you attended this kind of party, you always rushed to refill people's wine, why did you look listless today?"

Yu Chengxun smiled: "Somehow, I have been liking eating that kind of hot pot recently, and I finally booked a place today, and I was about to go with Shao'e to have a good time, so I was called here by you...... When you look at these dishes that have no new ideas, you don't have an appetite......

Yang Shen frowned: "Hot pot? Are you respecting the restaurants that you opened?"

"Huh? Are all the hot pot restaurants in the capital his industry? I vaguely remember that it seems that Jingdao's family is doing business, but I don't know if this is it."

Yu Chengxun's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth smiled, if it was really a hot pot restaurant opened by Zhu Hao, wouldn't he be able to get a discount when he went to patronize it in the future?

Yang Shen sighed, "I only vaguely heard him mention it before, and I didn't ask in detail...... Now that he is in Yongping Mansion, if nothing else, he will be able to return to Jingshi soon."

Suddenly mentioning Zhu Hao, Yu Chengxun put away the smile on his face, and Ye Guizhang also looked at the two seriously.

Obviously, the things about Zhu Hao are all "serious matters", and Yang Shen said for no reason that he invited them to dinner, and it is likely that there is something important to discuss.

Yu Chengxun muttered: "I heard that Jingdao is now subordinate to the Ministry of Households, so should I change to the prefect of Yongping Mansion and take over the mining business?"

Yang Shen frowned, "How can you think so?"

"Huh."

Yu Chengxun smiled and said no more.

Now Yu Chengxun is accurate to the pulse of Yang Ting and his father and son, and he has always pursued the maximization of interests, and Sun handed over Zhu Hao to protect Zhu Hao, so that the emperor agreed to hand over the mine of Jinyiwei in Yongping Mansion to Zhu Hao to take care of, in fact, it is in disguise to give the jurisdiction of the Yamen of Yongping Mansion, and nominally the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry will each assign a director to supervise, but in fact, it cannot interfere too much.

In this way, if Yang Tinghe wants to get the right to operate the Yongping Mansion Mine, the easiest way is to remove Zhu Hao, the prefect, because now Zhu Hao is no longer Yang Tinghe's person.

Ye Guizhang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If that's the case, I'm only afraid that Your Majesty's side will ...... It's hard to explain."

Yang Shen glanced at Yu Chengxun and said, "Look at Shao'e, even he understands the joints...... After Jingdao returns to the court, it is estimated that he will move to the middle position of the Ministry of Household, and the mines of Yongping Mansion will still be handed over to him to take care of."

Yu Chengxun asked puzzledly, "If this is the case, then let Jingdao continue to stay in Yongping Mansion, why do you want to transfer him back to Beijing and spend so much trouble?" In fact...... Do you want to arrange for a new prefect to go there, so that you can also ensure some kind of balance in the place?"

At this time, even Yang Shen didn't know how to refute.

In fact, now Yang Tinghe intends to let Zhu Hao step down as the prefect of Yongping Mansion, just considering that Zhu Hao no longer needs to be on this errand, and it will definitely be better to change Yang Tinghe and the people of the faction.

As for the mine, it is still nominally taken care of by Zhu Hao, but since Zhu Hao returned to the dynasty to serve as the head of the household, it is doomed that he cannot do things himself, and most things are still to be taken care of by the local gentry led by the new prefect, isn't this equivalent to putting Zhu Hao in the air?

Yu Chengxun actually didn't need to get Yang Shen's reply, and sighed: "Zhu Hao has only been in Yongping Mansion for a month, and things have changed so dramatically...... If you want to say that this world is really fast, he is not in the capital, and sometimes he can't find someone to talk to relieve his boredom."

Ye Guizhang said angrily: "Is it because you don't have any friends around you, or are these people unable to communicate with you?"

Yu Chengxun laughed: "It's just that when you say that, why do you still go to your heart? That's it, let's still drink, wait until noon is finished and repair this meal, and then follow me to the hot pot restaurant for another meal in the evening, we must break our stomachs today to count."

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Yang Tinghe wanted to replace the prefect of Yongping Mansion, but she did not publicize this matter to the public.

Once the prefect of Yongping Mansion is replaced, even if Zhu Hao is still in charge of the iron mine of Yongping Mansion, a discerning person can still perceive that Yang Tinghe is changing the law and wants to take the power of presiding over the mine into his hands, so this matter must not be Yang Tinghe's intervening, and even Yang Shen must be far away.

The worse choice is to let the officials mention, and the best choice is to let Sun Jiao mention.

After the dispersal of the dynasty on this day, Yang Tinghe took the initiative to find Sun Jiao and went out of the palace with him, and the two stopped at the Chengtian Gate for a short discussion.

Sun Jiao pointed to the left door of Chang'an and said, "The old man should go back to the household department to handle the affairs of the church earlier."

Yang Tinghe said, "No hurry."

Then a simple list of official appointments was handed over to Sun Jiao.

After Sun Jiao finished reading it, he frowned: "Jiefu, what do you mean by this?"

Yang Tinghe said: "I know that since last year, the southern part of the country has been rectified and punished, and the protégés of like-minded brothers are old, or you feel that I am deliberately targeting. In fact, otherwise, the rectification of the rule of officials in the south itself is also instructed by His Majesty, and the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, you should understand it as a brother."

Sun Jiao almost wanted to curse when he heard it.

I know what a ghost!

You Yang Jiefu played a good official tone, and he actually directly hit a rake, saying that this is all the meaning of the new emperor? At that time, if my son-in-law hadn't come forward to help me protect these people, I am afraid that many of them would have been convicted, and even so, most of them have been dismissed and returned to their hometowns and are no longer hired, and some have to rely on redemption to save themselves.

Yang Tinghe continued: "Therefore, in this official assessment, I also intend to let the officials take care of your people."

Sun Jiao sneered and said, "Jiefu, what you said is wrong, although my grandson is also nostalgic, but it is definitely not for his own selfishness, he ignores the laws of the court, he does what the rules should be, what their assessment results are, and what official position they should be transferred to, I don't want to ask."

Just you, Yang Jiefu, will you play an official tone?

In terms of the time in the court, my Sun Zhibi is short of you, or what?

Yang Tinghe took the list back, glanced at Sun Jiao with deep meaning, and said, "Whether the like-minded brother cares or not, I have already made a decision on this matter."

Sun Jiao smiled and said, "Jiefu, you still have to be blunt...... Since you look like you want to help the old man, you have to say that you are ugly, right? Do you want the old man to come forward and help you ask His Majesty to transfer Jingdao back to the court and change to a new prefect to Yongping Mansion?"

Yang Tinghe squinted and looked at Sun Jiao: "In the eyes of my like-minded brothers, I am the sinister philistine here? The prefect of Yongping Prefecture is worthy of my personal consultation with my fellow brothers?"

Sun Jiao thought about it, too.

The position of the prefect of Yongping Mansion is important, and that's it, and now the emperor has made it clear that the iron mine in Yongping Mansion is handed over to the management of the household department, not to the government of Yongping Mansion, and the reason why Zhu Hao can take care of the iron mine as the prefect is because he is the person named by Sun Jiao, and he has already paved the way for him to return to the dynasty to serve as the household department.

Besides, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe's pattern should be very large, and it stands to reason that he will not bend his waist for this trivial matter.

Why is that?

Sun Jiao belongs to the kind of character who asks questions if he doesn't understand, and he doesn't hide it at this time, anyway, he doesn't want to maintain any face in front of Yang Tinghe, so he asked, "That...... What is your purpose? Is it for the previous Xishan Coal Mine? Or do you want to dissuade Your Majesty from building a train?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "Brother Zhizhi, I am telling you this, not to get a pardon from you, but to hope that you will not interfere too much in the affairs of the court in the future, especially after I have paid tribute."

"Haha."

Sun Jiao smiled and waved his hand, "You have to worry too much about this, you are old and old, and it is estimated that you will retire earlier than you." Recently, I resigned again, don't you know? Maybe Your Majesty will agree this time, after all, I have done a lot of things that disobey Your Majesty's wishes recently, and Your Majesty is afraid that he will no longer be able to tolerate me......

Yang Tinghe said, "Did the like-minded brother promise me?"

Yang Tinghe is determined, so he doesn't care what you say, he is not a fool, he can naturally see that Sun Jiao was forcibly pushed out by the emperor to fight against him, if he is true

After retreating, Sun Jiao was able to interfere in much more court affairs than now.

Sun Jiao thought about it, and suddenly understood Yang Tinghe's intentions.

Yang Tinghe just wanted to remove the prefect of Yongping Mansion and replace his people? For the Xishan Coal Mine and the construction of trains and railways? Or is it so that he doesn't interfere too much in court affairs in the future?

Neither.

Yang Tinghe actually means ...... I want them all!

This is called pattern.

I promote your people, and your power is thriving, and of course what you can repay me must also be returned, and you can bargain like you?

Do you really think that the first assistant has so much spare time to fight with you? I came to you this time to give you face, and if you miss this village, you won't have this store.

Otherwise, why is this list not published by the ministry, but shown to you by me? This means that as long as you don't make an equivalent exchange, you can go back and say that the list is invalid, and there is no such thing.

After Sun Jiao was silent for a long time, he said coldly: "Respectfully return to the court, the old man agrees, but according to what I said before, appoint him as Hubu Langzhong, you can no longer be your protégé, and it has nothing to do with you."

Yang Tinghe smiled and nodded.

"As for the mine, the old man can talk to His Majesty again, since Jingdao has returned to the court, since the iron ore of Yongping Mansion is handed over to him to take care of, then the Xishan Coal Mine can naturally be, and even if the imperial court wants to open a mine in the future, it will all have to be approved by the Ministry of Households, and it can no longer be decided by the Ministry of Household alone, even if it is the funds for mining development, the Ministry of Households can also contribute a part, in short...... The matter must be discussed by the court, and cannot be left to the discretion of His Majesty."

Yang Tinghe felt that the little old man in front of him was upright.

I know that I am not exchanging the same benefits with you, but I want them all, so the conditions are opened one after another.

Sun Jiao said again: "As for what you said, let the old man not interfere in the government affairs, the old man was too lazy to take care of those idle things, so let's put it this way, if you want to leave the court, the old man will definitely ask for an order, and he will go earlier than usual, but those court officials who have intersected with the old man, they are not all old man's protégés, if it is just because it is not in line with your Yang Jiefu's wishes, you will exclude them...... The old man will never agree!"

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Like-minded brothers relax their minds and serve as ministers in the same hall, since they will not be separated from each other, their future in the future will definitely not be worse than now!"