Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Si is summoning Huang Zhan, the new Hanlin bachelor, and teaching Huang Zan face-to-face, so that he can continue to contribute to the affairs of the Great Rites Discussion.

Zhang Zuo was listening, with a smile on his face all the time, and when the meeting between the monarchs and ministers ended, Zhu Si arranged for Zhang Zuo to personally send Huang Zan to the Hanlin Academy to take office.

The eunuch who took the seal of the celebrant and walked with Huang Zan reflected the emperor's importance to Huang Zhan.

"Grandpa Zhang, in fact, you don't have to worry about it."

When he arrived at the palace gate, Huang Zan wanted Zhang Zuo to go back.

Here, the emperor wants to maintain a close comrade-in-arms relationship with Huang Zhan, but Huang Zan feels that as a civil minister, he should not get too close to the imperial party.

Zhang Zuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty's orders, how can our family not obey them?" Master Huang relaxed, even if you go to the Hanlin Academy, our family won't say anything in front of people, you just treat our family as if it doesn't exist. ”

Huang Zan thought for a while, then nodded, and then the Imperial Horse Supervisor prepared two carriages, one in front of the other, and the two of them went to the Hanlin Academy.

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The new Hanlin Academy has officially arrived, and he is still responsible for helping the court to discuss the ceremony, and belongs to the cadre of the "succession without heir" faction.

With Huang Zhan's prestige among Confucian officials, he obviously couldn't support this position, and the people of the Hanlin Academy didn't treat him well, but when they heard that Huang Zan was coming to take office and Zhang Zuo was still by his side, some people had to pay attention to it.

Yang Shen was in the Hanlin Academy at this time, but the purpose of his visit was not to revise the "Records of Wuzong", but to have people sort out the examples of etiquette and allusions in history.

Yang Shen planned to publish a number of books on etiquette in the capital, further criticizing Emperor Jiajing's willful and reckless behavior from the field of public opinion, and occupying the moral high ground.

Ye Guizhang and Yu Chengxun came over to see Yang Shen and informed Huang Zan about taking up his post in the Hanlin Academy.

“…… It was not easy for him to come this time, and the master of ceremonies was personally accompanied by Gonggong Zhang, and it seemed that His Majesty still refused to give up on the ceremony, but he was afraid that there would be new small actions in the future. ”

Yu Chengxun's voice was kept as low as possible, for fear that others would listen to him.

Yang Shen said: "Can someone go to see it?" ”

Yu Chengxun sighed: "If he came alone, others might be able to pretend to be Hutu, but now even Master Shi and Master Feng don't have to come forward to greet him...... Why don't you fix it, and you can take a look? ”

"No need!"

Yang Shen was not so annoyed, probably he looked down on Huang Zan from the bottom of his heart, and added coldly at the moment, "This is just an innocious little person, the person who gave advice to His Majesty is definitely not him, but Zhang Shiyu, who has never appeared in the ceremony, you should pay close attention!" ”

Ye Guizhang asked in surprise: "Do you mean that Zhang Shi is the one who reads or advises His Majesty?" ”

Yu Chengxun said on the side: "There is such a possibility, otherwise why did the Hanlin attendant who was promoted by His Majesty not even make a sound on this matter?" It's unusual! ”

Zhang Bangqi was stuffed into the Hanlin Academy by the emperor, but he hasn't done anything until now, and he looks extremely low-key, but the more low-key he is, the more suspicious he will be.

"Jingdao still didn't come to answer today?"

Yang Shen suddenly asked.

Yu Chengxun shook his head: "Respect this person, you know, he has no enthusiasm for anything, it is estimated that no one will ask for three or four invitations, and he can't call this great god, but it doesn't matter, where is he different?" ”

Ye Guizhang said: "Even if Jingdao arrives at the Hanlin Academy, it will have no impact on the situation. ”

Yang Shen didn't comment further.

But Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang can feel that Yang Shen seems to really value Zhu Hao, even if they used to think that Zhu Hao was inseparable from them, and sometimes even sang the opposite, but at a critical time, it was ...... Yang Shen actually wanted Zhu Hao to help him, instead of their self-righteous descendants.

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On the first day of Huang Zhan's official arrival at the Hanlin Academy, life was not happy.

It's sad.

At the beginning, someone greeted him, those people just looked at the face of Zhang Zuo's peers, and after Zhang Zuo left, everyone was very indifferent to him, Huang Zan didn't even know what he could do, he had been an official all his life, but he had no clue about the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, and he didn't even have a person who could really take him to get acquainted with the environment.

He originally hoped that Zhang Xuan would come early, but he didn't want Zhang Xuan to know that he was not popular, and he was not seen in the Hanlin Courtyard that day.

Huang Zan left Hanlin Courtyard very early in the afternoon and went back to see Su Xigui, who was waiting for him in the mansion.

"Brother-in-law, this Hanlin bachelor is easy to be, right?" Su Xigui originally wanted to go over to congratulate Huang Zhan, on the first day of the new official's appointment, he should always be beautiful, but who expected Huang Zan to throw down a sentence coldly: "Have time to help me ask that Zhu Xiaoyou, when will Your Majesty let me enter the cabinet?" ”

“……”

Su Xigui was speechless for an instant.

You have just entered the Hanlin Academy, and you want to enter the pavilion in one step to become a pavilion elder?

Huang Zan saw the brother-in-law's speechlessness, and said helplessly: "The intrigue in this Hanlin Courtyard is really not comparable to the ordinary yamen, no one is doing practical things, and there are many people who are full of wealth, but they focus on how to talk about seniority and form gangs, and I would rather not go to this kind of filthy place!" ”

Su Xigui nodded in understanding.

In my heart, I continued to slander, feeling that you encountered other people's eyes in the Hanlin Academy, so you said these angry words...... If you go after others are stammering and complimenting you, do you try again!?

"Brother-in-law, there is no need to rush into the cabinet. Zhu Xiao's family is still more reliable, he said that he can help you enter the cabinet, and said that you can stay in the cabinet for a year and a half, and you will never break your promise, you can enter late and enter late, or you can smoothly transition a period, maybe the court can not do without you, you can still ...... What about a few days of Shousuke? ”

Su Xigui didn't want to see Zhu Hao.

Huang Zan glared at him: "Are you in trouble?" ”

Su Xigui looked helpless: "Brother-in-law, let me go to see someone else, it's easy to say, it's this Zhu Xiao master, is he short of money?" Not to mention silver, women, houses, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, but all the things that are rare in this world, he doesn't really like them......

"That's right, I'm good at spending money, and I'm good at dealing with people who like money, but when I encounter this kind of oil and salt, even if I am powerful, I have nowhere to go."

Huang Zhan's face was grim: "You can't think about something he likes?" ”

"I can't figure it out, the ghost knows what he thinks in his heart, if he wants, he is the one who enters the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin bachelor now, not to mention the current few pavilion elders, even if Yang Ge Lao is still in the court...... cough, you may not like to hear this, that Yang Zhongtang was by him nine times out of ten.

"You said that he is so capable, His Majesty trusts him in every way, he doesn't ask for a position, and he is reluctant to even go to the Hanlin Academy as a cultivator, what is this kind of person rare?"

Su Xigui had an attitude of not going, whoever likes to go, and began to cooperate with Huang Zan very much.

Huang Zan used to be polite to his brother-in-law, after all, many things have to be maintained and taken care of by his brother-in-law, and even official affairs depend on Su Xigui's relationship.

Now that Huang Zan is no longer the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, it seems that he can't do more benefits with his brother-in-law, so he can't send his brother-in-law to do things for himself.

Su Xigui said in a consultative tone again: "Brother-in-law, if you feel that you are not happy in Hanyuan and your interpersonal relationships are not handled well, then it is better to let Zhu Xiao's family come to Your Majesty to help you talk, let's not take the road of Hanlin, go back to be a secretary of the military department, or have the opportunity to take charge of the ministry, so as to reflect your extraordinary talents." ”

Huang Zan said: "No matter how bad the Hanlin Academy is, it is also a noble place, and the cabinet is the decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty, so it is better than being mediocre and doing things for others and obeying others!" ”

According to Huang Zhan's meaning, even if I am uncomfortable, I am stronger than before, anyway, I will not leave in the Hanlin Academy, just waiting for the future to enter the cabinet as an elder.

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The next day, Huang Zhan, as a scholar of the Hanlin Sect of the Rites faction, could already appear in the court class in a bright and bright manner, and his position was still very high, almost next to several cabinet ministers.

The ministers didn't seem to remember that there was a big ceremony discussion at all, anyway, now that the monarch and ministers have reached a compromise on the number of etiquette, a delicate balance has been formed, and even if some people are dissatisfied, it will probably wait for the next time the emperor attacks the ministers on the etiquette again.

Zhu Hao's report to Tang Yin about building the railway was brought to the court to talk about things, and it was proposed by Zhu Si himself.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, you must have seen it two days ago, trains and railways are too important to the Ming Dynasty, the goods transported at one time are far from being comparable to ordinary carriages, and in terms of speed, it takes less than two hours from Xishan to the capital, which is only a little slower than fast horses, but trains can transport more goods, even if they don't transport freight points, they can do it......"

Zhu Si told the ministers present about the benefits of building trains and railways.

But none of the ministers were interested in it.

For orthodox civil officials, they only care about the stability of the Ming Dynasty, talk about sticking to the old ways, and do not take the initiative to break the rules, and trains and railways are not something that civilian officials can look up to.

Sun Jiao saw that the civil officials only let the emperor talk to himself there, and he couldn't help but feel that the little emperor was a little pitiful, so he went out to take a row: "Your Majesty, such a novelty still needs time to verify its feasibility, if you have to build more trains and railways at present, I am afraid that it will cost the people and money, and once something happens, the loss will be great." ”

Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also came out to object: "The transportation of military supplies by straight dirt road can be unprepared for Di Yi, and if it is transported by rail, it is easy for Di Yi and the thieves to control the target, and the road is more likely to be in danger." Sun Butang proposed to verify it by time, and the minister seconded it. ”

Zhu Si looked very disappointed.

Tang Yin submitted the request at the right time, and Zhu Si could have agreed to it.

But now that even the two ministers, who had always been neutral and inclined to him, came out to oppose it, and Zhu Si knew that he could not get the support of the courtiers in the matter of building the railway.

"Anyway, I don't plan for the money of the user department, do I?"

Zhu Si's attitude cooled down, and he no longer begged for help, "I use the road to build the road, and the road to maintain the road, and I don't need the silver of the imperial court, so I won't discuss with you." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers present were not happy.

In the matter of the Great Rites Discussion, it is difficult for us to pull you back, and now you are more capable, and you even want to throw us away in the matter of governing the country and security?

Jiang Mian came out and said: "Although the Son of Heaven is rich all over the world, the wealth in the sea is also the wealth of the people. ”