The city of Beijing under the dense clouds is full of thousands of years of vicissitudes, the blue brick streets in autumn are a bit depressed, and the dead leaves blown off by the wind seem to tell stories.

With the new emperor coming to power, the struggle for power became more and more intense, and the city of Beijing is still surging today.

An official sedan chair returned from the direction of Dongjiang Mixiang, and in the sedan chair sat a little old man wearing a second-grade official uniform, and the whole person exuded a kind of majesty of a superior person.

It's just that the sedan chair was suddenly blocked, and the entourage was about to scold the person who blocked the way, but the person who came calmly said: "Lord Du, my master asked me to bring you a word!" ”

"What?" Du Ming faintly felt that the other party was not an ordinary doorman, so he opened his eyes and asked.

The visitor looked left and right, and then lowered his voice slightly: "People are terrible! Since he is a criminal minister, how can he be easily washed away, and the law of the country should be the most important! Only direct ministers can stand in the court and not fall! ”

"Go back and tell your master, the old man won't be so confused that he doesn't know which family to eat!" Du Ming immediately snorted coldly, and then motioned to leave.

He is an orthodox jinshi for ten years, and because he has no officialdom resources, he can only climb up step by step. To climb from an official with no background to the high position of the Six Shangshu, in addition to having enough time and ability, it is necessary to follow the right person.

Due to the relationship between his fellow villagers, he hugged Wan An's thick thighs, returned to the capital in the eighth year of Chenghua, and then sat in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and now he is transferred to the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Although I don't know who sent someone to send him a message, he undoubtedly wanted to convict Wang Yue of the crime of "writing poetry and resentment", so as to prevent Wang Yue from recovering.

It's just that he doesn't intend to do this, although he can indeed use the image of a direct minister to prevent His Majesty from recovering Wang Yue, but this move will undoubtedly offend His Majesty.

Since he chose to stay, he still wants to continue to be angry in this Hongzhi Dynasty, if he offends His Majesty now, then how can he still get involved?

The person who came seemed to be just a microphone, first promising to bring Du Ming's words to him, and then getting out of the way.

Du Mansion is located in the prime area of Yongfang, although the courtyard here seems to be decent, but there is a hole in it, and even the back house has two attics.

"Dad, this is something that someone put on the children's desk in the room today, please take a look!" Du Xiao, who was wearing a seven-grade official uniform, waited for a long time, and handed a booklet to Du Mingdao.

Du Ming took the booklet suspiciously, but only turned two pages, and the whole person was stunned.

"Dad, what's wrong? Could it be that the above is true? Du Xiao secretly swallowed and spit, looking shocked.

When Du Ming was halfway through, the last trace of luck was gone, and he said with regret: "I should insist on resigning, I shouldn't be nostalgic for this position!" ”

Just this month, he, like many high-ranking officials in the imperial court, submitted his resignation to His Majesty.

This can be said to be the inherent trick of their civilian-bureaucratic clique, which not only took the opportunity to show the people of the world that they were not greedy for power, but also made a heavy fortune in the history books: "begging for a long time, and not allowing the edict." The best thing is that the official position is unharmed.

It's just that he is a member of the Mei Party after all, not only once served as an official in the household department, but also served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, where can he be clean?

At this moment, Du Ming's mood is like a speculative tenant in the future. When he was at a high level, he was reluctant to cash out and leave the market, and now he is facing a sharp fall and regrets it.

If he can really retreat bravely in the rapids and hang up his boots and leave Beijing like Xie Yikui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, then this matter will not find him today.

Du Xiao knew that his father's butt was not clean, so he even proposed: "Dad, why don't you resign?" ”

"It's late! Now only by changing the door and letting go of Yibo, can we keep this black yarn hat and our family's wealth! Du Ming finally understood the deep meaning of the sedan chair stopper's words, and it seemed to be a mixed blessing.

In the evening, an autumn rain arrived as scheduled.

The icy rain sprinkled from the dark sky in the brightly lit Qianqing Palace, the door wall of this dormitory had been closed, and there was only one figure in the Dongnuan Pavilion who was dealing with the music.

Zhu Youzhi has been integrated into the role of the emperor, in addition to checking the content of the next morning court every day, the most important job is to deal with the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Fortunately, Zhu Youji's previous life was an era of information explosion, and he was a patriotic young man who liked to watch news broadcasts every day, so there was not much pressure to deal with these notes.

Due to the cabinet votes, many of them only need to be handed over to the celebrant for approval, and there are not many recitals that really want him, the emperor, to make up his mind again.

"Your Majesty, the slave has brought people back from the Caution Division!" Liang Fang patted off the water droplets that had accidentally fallen on his shoulders, and replied respectfully to Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but sigh gloomily, then stopped the pen in his hand and said with concern: "She's okay, right?" ”

"It's okay, the Caution Division has always been in the hands of the slaves, and everything will be reported as soon as possible! Although it was the crown princess's female official who ordered it this time, the slave maid had already greeted her, so the Caution Division did not dare to disfigure Erya! Liang Fang replied.

Zhu Youzhu didn't expect that woman to make such a move, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Father-in-law Liang, was Concubine Wan also such a woman in the past?" ”

"Concubine Wan has a bad temper, but after all, she is a palace maid, and she is quite measured, otherwise the first emperor would not be so favored!" Liang Fang thought about it for a while, and then said seriously.

Zhu Youzhi actually didn't have any impression of Wan Guifei anymore, and suddenly said with some interest in his heart: "Why did the first emperor abolish it back then?" ”

"On the surface, it was because of the dispute between the Wu family and the Wan Huang Concubine, but the essence was that the first emperor did not believe that the Wu family was too involved with forces outside the palace, so he was reappointed as the Wan Huang Concubine to take charge of the harem!" Liang Fang replied like a jack-of-all-trades.

Zhu Youzhu nodded thoughtfully, and found that this harem was also full of learning, and Emperor Chenghua's "abolished queen" may be to cut off the connection between the harem and the forces outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, although the crown princess has something to do with forces outside the palace, she has not given birth to a prince after all, so things should not be rushed!" Liang Fang hesitated for a moment, and then persuaded seriously.

Zhu Youzhu knew that it was not the time to think about moving the crown princess, so he nodded lightly and asked again: "What has Huai'en moved in the past two days?" ”

"Your Majesty, today Huai En went out of the palace again to meet some people secretly, and the specific list of personnel is recorded on it, as well as all his words and deeds!" Liang Fang took out the secret book from his sleeve and immediately handed it over respectfully.

Zhu Youzhi took the secret book and opened it to take a look, but there were still no big fish on it, so he put it on the desk and said secretly: "I didn't need to be so troublesome originally, but now it's hard for you!" ”

"This is the duty of a slave! It's just that Huai En is going to incite officials to ask for a shrine for him today, how should this matter be handled? Liang Fang said.

When Zhu Youzhu heard that Huai En actually had this idea, he couldn't help but smile dumbly and said, "Haven't I been too low-key recently?" Does he think that I am still the stupid prince I used to be, or does he still not see that I am alienated from him? ”

"Wynn shouldn't have known that the sky had changed, and now he didn't take the slave and maid in his eyes, and even thought that the slave and maid had to obey him as they did back then. As everyone knows, the slave maid was favored by the first emperor, and now His Majesty has let the slave and maid continue to be favored, how can it be inferior to him? Liang Fang speculated.

Zhu Youzhi knew that Huai En was just a clown who jumped off the beam, but he still chose to stand still and said: "If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy!" In addition to the list of officials he contacted outside the palace, I actually didn't know anything, why did the imperial grandmother insist on coming forward to protect him? ”

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that it is not advisable to delve into this matter now, and it is not appropriate to make extraneous matters now. And the matter involves the Empress Dowager Zhou, if you really want to find out, I'm afraid it won't be a trivial matter! Liang Fang seriously dissuaded.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Liang Fang knew more about the court, so he nodded lightly and said, "This matter is not thoughtful, and Huai'en's matter will be hard for you!" ”

"The slave and maid obeyed His Majesty's orders and retired first!" Liang Fang said.

Liu Jin had just gone to bring the test papers of the Thirteenth Division of the Household Department, and nodded to Liang Fang, who was taking a photo, but when he came to Zhu Youji's side, he made a small report and said, "Master, why does Father-in-law Liang still call you Your Majesty, so many births?" ”

"You don't understand!" Zhu Youzhu took the test paper of today's Thirteenth Division of the Household Department, but glanced at Liu Jin lightly.

Liu Jin seemed very concerned about the salutation, and even said seriously: "Master, the slave and maid call you the master in their mouths every day, and they also call you the master in their hearts, so that the slave and maid will be loyal to the master!" It's like Gonggong Liang still calls you Your Majesty, it always feels weird! ”

"Don't worry about these details, as long as you are loyal to me, I will not treat you badly! When the affairs in the palace are dealt with, Gonggong Liang will leave the Forbidden City, you should seize the opportunity to learn more from him now, and be a loyal slave to me! Zhu Youzhu didn't think so, but warned seriously.