Sun Ming waited in the side hall of the Hou Mansion for a full four hours, and Hou Lan was late.

Sun Ming's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Hou Lan coming, he immediately got up and saluted, "Your Majesty, Sun Ming, pay a visit to the Huangmen Order." ”

Hou Lan's voice was still as pleasant as the breeze, and said, "Sit, those old antiques in the palace are dragging the meeting until it ends, so that Sun Xiaozi, you have been waiting for a long time, when did you enter Beijing?" ”

Sun Ming sat back and said, "The lower official just arrived this morning, and as soon as he entered Beijing, he came directly to find the prince." ”

When Hou Lan heard this, he replied with concern, "It's really hard for you to have a heart, is it still smooth to suppress thieves?" ”

Sun Ming replied, "Thanks to the blessing of the emperor and the prince, the last Guangning rebels were also beaten away by the lower officials, and now the entire Dai County is peaceful. ”

Hou Ran nodded appreciatively and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a talent valued by our family." ”

"Allowing you to enter Beijing this time to be sealed, our family has spent a lot of words."

"The box on the outside is intended for me?"

As a human spirit, how could Hou Lan not know Sun Ming's thoughts.

Sun Ming also got straight to the point, and asked Li Meng, who was staying outside the side hall, to bring in two treasure vases and twenty catties of gold.

"Junhou, this is a little bit of the lower official's heart, please don't dislike it."

This gift is like a vote for the name, Hou Lan accepted it, and Sun Ming officially climbed this high branch of Hou Lan.

Hou Lan naturally knew that he was also happy to let Sun Ming take refuge in him.

"As usual, I shouldn't ask for your gift, I can sit firmly in the position of the Yellow Gate Order, that is, I understand what money can be taken and what money cannot be taken."

"You are a hero who has contributed to the imperial court, I appreciate you, and I also think that you can take on important responsibilities."

"That's it, I'll take the two bottles, and you take back the gold, and keep it for outsiders."

Hou Lan's words were also very level, first emphasizing his own strength, and then affirming Sun Ming's ability.

finally accepted Sun Ming's surrender, and by the way, he was considerate of Sun Ming and narrowed the distance.

Sun Ming saw that Hou Lan didn't look like he was being polite, so he obeyed Hou Lan's arrangement.

"It's time now, you can stay at my house for dinner tonight, our family rarely invites people to dinner."

Sun Ming thanked him, and then had dinner in Hou Lan's mansion.

In the next few days, Hou Lan was also looking for an opportunity for Sun Ming to meet other eunuchs in power.

also let Sun Ming live in another courtyard of his as a temporary residence, and Sun Ming also let his soldiers outside the city move over.

In this way, Sun Ming fell on the thigh of the eunuch faction and completely stood on the opposite side of the scholar clan.

Hou Lan's movements were also very fast, and he took Sun Ming to meet Zhang Rang, the other two eunuchs in power.

That Zhang Rang was much more arrogant than Hou Lan, and received Sun Ming's meeting gold, but there was no one who said that he would take care of Sun Ming.

Jian Shuo is like a good old man, praising Sun for his indifference next year.

They are also divided into small factions within the eunuchs, and Zhang, Jian, and Hou are relatively close to each other, with Zhang Rang as the leader.

Sun Ming didn't use attribute points to increase his favorability in the face of the other two backers, although he now had one hundred and twenty attribute points left.

Sun Ming felt that Hou Lan could believe him, and as long as the others were obedient, then the favorability would slowly rise.

Then Sun Ming didn't stay long, drank a few glasses of wine and left.

In the next few days, Sun Ming lived in seclusion and did not go out to enjoy the prosperous scene.

A few days later, Hou Lan came to the courtyard and found Sun Ming.

"Sun boy, your business is already settled, you will be promoted to general, and Wang Ze is just about to leave, you will take over the Daijun Taishou instead of him."

The previous Daijun Taishou Wang Ze was ready to be transferred to Luoyang, and Sun Ming just happened to take his place.

But Sun Ming's Taishou is different from Wang Ze's, Wang Ze is a civil official entrusted to the management of the imperial court, and Sun Ming's is more like a semi-fiefdom general.

This news was overjoyed for Sun Ming, that is, he quickly bowed and said loyally, "Thank you for the cultivation of the prince, if you have orders, the lower officials will obey." ”

At the same time, Hou Lan didn't forget to knock and said, "This thing is not easy, those old guys have been stopping, you give me another twenty catties of gold, and I will help you repay the favor." ”

The old guys Hou Lan said are the largest scholars in Luoyang, Xun Shuang of the Yingchuan Xun family, Yuan Kui of the Yuan family of Runan, and Sima Fang of the Hanoi Sima family.

These people are also representatives of the Scholar faction.

The main streets in Luoyang City are all from the city gate, and a few days later, Sun Ming wore a big crown of Wu Ben on his head, wearing Xia Zhushen's robe, and waited outside Hou Lan's mansion early.

At this time, the sky was not yet dawn, and Hou Lan then led Sun Ming to the city gate in a carriage.

At this time, many officials were waiting outside the city for the city gate to open, and by the faint light of the fire, they also saw Hou Ran and Sun Ming behind him.

Sun Ming only noticed the majesty of the palace when he got closer, the city was at least fifteen meters high, and there was a moat outside the city.

Each gate had three aisles, and all the officials stood on either side of the flat gate, because the imperial court had a rule that those who were not meritorious could not enter the city through the middle aisle.

Of course, this is none of Hou Lan's business, he is standing in the middle aisle, and Sun Ming is following him.

Hou Lan turned his head to Sun Ming and said, "Don't care about the sour eyes of those Confucians, they are envious of you." ”

After showing his identification, the guards at the city gate also habitually gave way to Hou Ran first, and Sun Ming walked into the palace in the 'death sight' of the officials.

Some rules in the palace have already been taught to Sun Ming a few days ago.

Because it was summer, the day dawned relatively quickly, and before they reached the front hall, the first rays of dawn shone on the palace, and the morning light was faint.

Looking at the magnificent and solemn palace pavilions in front of you, the long corridors, and the ten-step guard.

Sun Ming felt his insignificance for the first time, and continued to follow Hou Lan.

Passing through the front hall, Hou Lan placed Sun Ming in the Shaofu, Sun Ming was not qualified to go to court, and could only wait for the emperor to summon him.

Shaofu is the eunuch department, which is to manage eunuchs and palace people.

But today's Shaofu is already very powerful, overpowering other departments, from palace procurement to major national affairs, all of which are decided by Shaofu.

The emperor is generally in the Deyang Hall of the South Palace, because the Ling Emperor does not like to go to the court, most of them are presided over by eunuchs,

I don't like to discuss things, every time I go to the court, I go through the motions, and I listen to a few eunuchs around me about big and small things.

After the beginning of the early dynasty, the scholars began to fight with the eunuchs again.

And Sun Ming was also taking a deep breath on his side, and suddenly a little eunuch came in, "General Zhonglang, the hour is almost up, come with me." ”

Sun Ming followed the little eunuch out of Shaofu, crossed a long aisle, and came to the side room of Deyang Hall to wait.

Sun Ming walked in, and there were already three other people in the room at this time, also wearing court clothes similar to Sun Ming.

One of them is Gongsun Zhan, who had been humiliated by Sun Ming before, and the other two are handsome and majestic.

According to the previous information, Sun Ming knew at a glance that they were Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the Yuan brothers.

The three of them also had meritorious service in suppressing thieves, and the nobles came to face the holy reward.

As soon as Gongsun Zan saw Sun Ming, he was angry, and he was going to do it when he went up.

And Sun Ming was not afraid of him, he stood there with a sneer on his face, this is the palace, he doesn't believe that Gongsun Chan dares to do it.