Zhang Xuan was in the mansion of the Beijing Division, and a special guest came that day, Huo Tao, who was recommended by Huang Huang to enter Beijing and was supposed to be his henchman.

Huo Tao is a descendant of the national hero Huo Quai, the first place in the Zhengde nine-year examination, the first place in the second class of the palace examination, and the chief of the military department in Nanjing, and just moved to the Shandong political envoy half a year ago. When he learned that he had been transferred to Beijing, he immediately set out on the road, and the time to arrive in the capital was faster than Gui Cao and Fang Xianfu in Nanjing.

Unlike Gui Cao's direct transfer to the Hanlin Chamberlain, Huo Tao's transfer to the capital is "to be called", that is, he has no actual official vacancies at present.

In terms of age, Huo Tao is twelve years younger than Zhang Zhang, but he entered the office seven years earlier than Zhang Xuan, and now Zhang Xuan is a Hanlin attendant, and he came to visit as a member of the Yili faction, and he also wanted to know what he was doing in the capital.

「………… It is Huang Ge Lao who recommends you, and tomorrow I will inform Huang Ge Lao of your situation, and let Huang Ge Lao recommend you to His Majesty, and the officials should be able to set your official position in the next two days. I don't have to go to Hallym Academy, but at least I can do more than before."

Zhang Xuan completely regarded Huo Tao as "his own person", but Huo Tao was ambitious and did not plan to vote for Zhang Zhang, who did not have a good reputation.

Huo Tao said: "Brother Bingyong misunderstood, I didn't come to ask for an official, but I don't know where to start if I want to speak for the sake of discussion? Department of General Administration? Or is it ............ Hallym Temple? Or will the recital be given directly to you? 「

Compared with speculators like Zhang Xuan, Huo Tao is not so demanding about official positions or anything, and wants to make a name for himself through big gifts.

One is to seek officials, the other is to seek fame, and the way they choose to act will naturally be different, and the ultimate goals of the two will also conflict to a certain extent.

Zhang Xuan heard the other party's attitude of avoidance, and was unhappy, but said with a smile on his face: "If you have something to tell me directly, let's play together, so that there is an echo, if you play alone, I am afraid that I will be criticized by the ministers who come to the court."

"I'm not afraid of criticism."

Huo Tao didn't give Zhang Xuan face at all, which made Zhang Xuan very embarrassed.

Originally, Zhang Soul wanted to say something to Huo Tao, but because Huo Tao "didn't know each other", Zhang Xuan could only have reservations.

Huo Tao said: "Before arriving in Beijing, I received a letter from the Military Department to Xia Gongjin in the matter, asking me to visit him after I arrived in the capital, but I don't know what his attitude is on the etiquette matter?"

Huo Tao met Xia Yan early on, but the two were not friends, but more of a kind of response in the officialdom.

Zhang Soul asked, "You mean Xia Yan?"

Zhang Xuan has not been in Beijing for a long time, and he is not very familiar with the people in the six departments, so his face is a little dazed.

"Yes." Huo Tao bowed.

Zhang Xuan thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "This person doesn't seem to have involved his position in the matter of the ceremony, because of the previous ceremony, there must be no one among the people who support the succession or not the heir, as for the other side............ There are so many people that I can't verify them all."

If you want to talk about the pursuit of fame, Xia Yan is much stronger than Huo Tao, this person has repeatedly come forward and won a great reputation in matters that are illegal in the DPRK and China, but when it comes to the big etiquette discussion, he never participates like a dumb fire.

Maybe Xia Yan also knows that this kind of thing is a matter of great gifts, no matter which side he supports, it will cause a commotion, he is not the key person who initiated the Great Rites Discussion, and he still wants to make a difference in the court in the future, so naturally he should not show too strong tendencies, and later when Zuo Shunmen's case happened, because his mother happened to miss it, it saved him from standing in line.

Zhang Xuan added: "But since he has found you, you should know your attitude on the matter of etiquette, or you can explain it to him, if you can win the support of such a cadre in the imperial history, it will also be a great merit."

Huo Tao shook his head: "Just stand firm in your own position, you don't need the support of others. When I go to see him, it is good that I have the same opinion when it comes to the matter of etiquette, but if not, I will argue with reason, and there is no need to deliberately cater to him in order to win people's hearts. Brother Bingyong, thank you for your hospitality, I'll go first!"

Huo Tao's visit, Zhang Xuan didn't feel the slightest sincerity, and even Zhang Xuan felt that Huo Tao might have made the wrong recommendation.

Originally, it was to be pulled to the capital for its own use, but it turned out to be one

A guy who prides himself on being high, whether it is a big courtesy discussion or an official in the future, how can this kind of person be used?

After Huo Tao left, Yan Jiguan appeared in Zhang Xuan's study.

「………… I don't know if this person can be used?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Yan Ji said, "Maybe it can be used. At present, there are only a small number of people in the DPRK and China who support the ceremony, and this person will not shy away from visiting after arriving in the capital, and no matter what choice he makes, others will definitely think that he is a confidant of Master Zhang. As long as Master Zhang paves the way for his career, even if he doesn't want to in the future, he can only obey his orders."

In the meaning of Yan Jiguan, this person has come to visit, even if he shows some maverick character, you can endure it, is it easy to recruit a few comrades with your status as a lucky minister who was promoted to a high position in three years?

Qingliu is reluctant to join, and he is a little temperamental when he is willing to join, do you want to turn it away or what?

Zhang Xuan did not comment on this.

Yan Jiguan said again: "It is rumored outside that His Majesty has once again proposed to add a scholar to the Hanlin Academy, perhaps in preparation for Lord Zhang's promotion to the Hanlin Bachelor............ Master Zhang can go and mention it to Huang Ge Lao, and he will definitely help."

Zhang Xuan said, "I'm not interested in the position of Master Hanlin."

"Huh!?"

Yan Jiguan was stunned.

You're not interested?

Then you were furious about Tang Yin's promotion to a bachelor of Hanlin before, and your jealousy was overflowing, I don't know what kind of trouble you were making?

Zhang Xuan said: "Your Majesty previously only set up a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and this position fell to Tang Bohu, so no matter whether Tang Bohu is serious or not, others will only regard him as a full-time scholar, even if there is one more, others will only regard him as a deputy position, and there is no merit."

Yan Ji nodded his head.

Zhang Zhang's analysis is quite reasonable.

If there are two at a time, one Tang Yin and one Zhang Zhang, it is nothing, the two can be said to be side by side, no equal.

But now set up one first, because Tang Yin fished for three days and dried nets for two days, so he added another one, and others would not take the additional one seriously.

Yan Ji said, "That...... Master Zhang doesn't ask for a bachelor of Hanlin, what should he ask for? Just having the title of Hanlin Attendant, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to do anything in terms of attracting people's hearts."

Zhang Xuan said: "Now the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is already a member of the Rites faction, but the left waiter Wu Yipeng is stubborn, and the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites is vacant, if he can get this position, he may be able to move to the left within half a year, and it will be helpful to join the cabinet in the future."

"That's ............ Wouldn't it be too quick to get a quick success?"

Yan Jiguan felt that Zhang Xuan's ambition was too big.

You don't want to have the opportunity to be a bachelor of Hanlin, but you want to be the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites?

This kind of idle position in the Hanlin Academy, the emperor has put you to ***, and there has been a lot of criticism, and the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites is involved in the affairs of the six ministries, which is something that a newcomer like you can enter if he wants to?

"There are so many Hanlin Scholars, I don't know when it will be the next time to enter the cabinet."

Zhang Xuan's attitude was extremely tough, and he said in a deep voice, "I will play again, forcing the people of the court and China to oppose fiercely, and then Your Majesty will feel the pressure of the ceremony, and he will let the Ministry of Rites have one more person who can help him, and then it may be my chance."

Tang Yin's Mansion.

Zhang Zuo came to Tang Yin for the sake of the courtesy between the DPRK and China on this day.

It is also because Zhu Hao has not been in the capital recently, and Zhu Si is anxious to completely complete the Great Rites Discussion before the year, but now the emperor is helpless to even have a Jiang Mian, so he is naturally a little anxious.

It is said that you don't need to take on the errands in the Hanlin Academy, but you can't always be in your position and not seek political power, right?

Tang Yin's health has improved recently because of the newlywed Yan'er, but it seems to be a little far away from the son he is looking forward to, at least the new wife has no signs of pregnancy at all.

"For these things, Gonggong Zhang should ask respectfully."

As soon as Tang Yin came up, he pushed and shoved.

Zhang Zuo sighed and said: "In this situation, it will take time to remove some old ministers from the court, and even if the Ministry of Rites is now the head of Xi Shangshu, it is still against the ceremony

The voices of opposition have completely disappeared. 「

Tang Yin frowned: "What does it mean to respect the Tao?"

Zhang Zuo shook his head: "Mr. Zhu didn't put forward any opinions on this, but at present, it seems that Zhang Shiyu is not in a hurry to become a Hanlin Scholar, and His Majesty's previous idea of cultivating cronies in the Hanlin Academy has not been put into practice until now."

"Hmm."

Tang Yin nodded, "The changes in the Hanlin Academy should be discussed together after Gui Cao and the others arrive in Beijing, right?"

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "But there is a person who arrived in the capital first, surnamed Huo Mingtao, he came from Shandong, and Mr. Tang didn't ask him to meet him?" "Oh?"

Tang Yin suddenly remembered that Zhu Hao had given him advice and asked him to go to Zhang Zhang's side to "dig the foot of the wall".

Come to one, recruit one, no matter whether it succeeds or not, first set up the contradiction between himself and Zhang Zhang, arouse Zhang Zhang's disgust, and facilitate Zhu Hao's "big plan", which is to set up a political enemy for him.

Of course, Tang Yin didn't want to do this.

He and Zhang Xuan had no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, why did he want to provoke Zhang Zhang?

Even if you rob Zhang Xuan of the position of bachelor of Hanlin, just go back to him............ Why is Zhang Xuan still competitive? Give you a Hanlin bachelor, I don't believe you can do it, even a layman like me is inevitably vulgar, you Zhang Xuan is so striving for fame and profit, will you give up the position of Hanlin bachelor?

Tang Yin said: "It's better to let Jingdao come back earlier, I really don't know about the affairs of the DPRK and China, but my spirit has not been very good recently, and I don't know how, or as Jingdao said, this year is also a ghost gate for me."

Zhang Zuo couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Say you're fat, you're still panting.

If you have nothing to do, you excuse yourself to be sick, just like you, your face is flushed, where does it look like you are sick?

"Mr. Zhu will return to Beijing, and it is estimated that it will be before the end of the year, but Mr. Zhu explained that the matter of the ceremony will be laid down before the end of the year, and you have time to write to communicate with him more and ask about the progress, so that our family can also communicate with Your Majesty."

Zhang Zuo said as if pleading.