Under the sunset, the departing carriage looked a little desolate and lonely, and an old minister who officially ascended to the court in the eighth year of Wanli ended his political career.

Yan Chenhao stood in the wind, silent.

Li Ruhua's last words lingered in his heart.

Why didn't he want to protect himself? But there were some things that he had to do.

He could feel what the Emperor was brewing.

The reason why Zhu Changxun seized that article was nothing more than three points.

I don't want the completion of the water conservancy in northern Xinjiang, which will make his reputation rise further.

In my heart, I think that these people can be manipulated at will, without thinking about their livelihood, is the second. (Yan Chenhao sneered, it seems that he has completely denied what he taught before, and plans to act according to his own wishes)

What I don't understand now is the third point......

Most likely, it's not a good thing.

For the sake of selfishness...... Did he put Li Min under himself?

He sighed softly.

For this current disciple, he felt unfamiliar.

Could it be that it was really wrong to help him to take the position back then?

However, he was not like this at all......

……

In the Ming Dynasty, the existence of Changle Bookstore is well known to everyone.

Even if they are not readers, but ordinary citizens in the market, they also know that there is such a place where books are published daily, and its branches are all over the country.

In fact, Changle Bookstore has been equivalent to the newspaper industry in later generations, at that time, it was a newspaper, published every day, and widely publicized all kinds of information under the Great Tomorrow, which has been extremely influential, even if it is renamed "Daming Daily", it is not an exaggeration.

The daily gain is also an astronomical amount.

Many people have thought of it, and there has even been a prince who wants to take it by force.

But in the end, he retreated and did not dare to attack him again. Interested people even noticed that not long after that, many of the fields of the Duke of Naguo were inexplicably changed their names.

At that time, everyone knew that the water in this bookstore was very deep.

is more capable, and when he inquired about the name of the owner of this Changle Bookstore, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

At this time, in the southeast, Ningbo Fuzhong, the headquarters of Changle Bookstore.

In the lobby, a middle-aged man sat upright, and in front of him there was a white-faced and bearded man, pointing and spitting.

The middle-aged man is the leader of this Changle Bookstore, Yan Zican.

As the head of the world's largest "newspaper industry", although he is hidden behind the scenes, he actually has a pivotal position in the Ming Dynasty.

However, his life is not easy now, to be precise, since the emperor had a falling out with Shoufu a few months ago, he has been put in a tight hoop.

As the biggest beneficiary of public opinion, this emperor naturally knows the power of public opinion, after all, when he was able to ascend the throne, the support of public opinion was indispensable.

So since he was a little detached from Yan Chenhao, he sent his confidant eunuch from Beijing as a supervisor to "review" the content of Changle Bookstore.

Some time ago, there was a shadow of this eunuch in the current discussion about the Northern Expedition, and he had to make a big deal of it, exaggerating that victory, and hiding the advice of other courtiers, and the contributions of many people of insight were also vetoed by him.

I can't help but listen, people have an official background, although Yan Zican also has a backstage, but Yue Guogong will not go to the emperor because of such a trivial matter.

These days are really difficult, and this eunuch has to ask about every issue.

And now, here he is again.

"Li Ruhua, an old horseman, dares to go against His Majesty."

The eunuch obviously had his own channels, learned about some things that happened in the palace, and was venting his anger at this time:

"Master Yan, isn't this issue going to report on the silver? simply relied on this Li Ruhua and made him taste great! ”

The eunuch was full of malice, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to curry favor with the emperor:

"Just say...... All the silver was embezzled by Li Ruhua, so there would be such a thing. ”

"Father-in-law, you and I both know what's going on, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Yan Zican frowned and rejected his proposal.

The eunuch choked slightly, but then said:

"Why, do you want to learn from that old horseman and go against Your Majesty? Is it crooked? He dared to disobey the Holy Lord's command, even if the matter was blamed on him, what was wrong? ”

These days, the eunuchs have not pulled the emperor's banner to button his hat, so Yan Zican is also used to it, shook his head without changing his face, and said:

"Don't dare. It's just that it can't be so outrageous after all, and everyone is afraid that everyone won't believe it...... At that time, the reputation of Changle Bookstore will be gone, what is the point of my father-in-law coming here? ”

"Even if you receive grace for a while, it will end up ...... I'm afraid it's not too good. ”

The eunuch was stunned when he heard this.

That's right, although he is far away in Zhejiang now, the emperor's favor is undiminished, and there are rewards from time to time, and even the eunuchs who are compared to the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuchs, he is not too bad, doesn't he rely on the monitoring of the current theory of Changle Bookstore?

If the credibility of Changle Bookstore declines, everyone will not believe it...... So what's the use of him? Even if you can please Longyan for a while, but in the end, you have no foundation, won't you still lose your favor?

Thinking of this, the eunuch's tone suddenly softened:

"What does the owner mean?"

Yan Zican didn't answer, but tapped the table with his knuckles and pondered.

Direct reporting is definitely not good, although he said that the eunuch will not smear Li Ruhua, but he will not allow him to "talk nonsense", otherwise he will come in vain.

"Just say that 'officials at all levels have acted actively, grain, grass, materials, etc. have arrived on time, and the project is progressing smoothly', mainly praising the performance of all parties involved in the project, and only mentioning at the end of the article that the money has not yet arrived, what do you think?"

Don't seek to be vigorous, just seek no merit and no fault.

The eunuch was not an expert in this way after all, and Yan Zican, who had received relevant education from Yan Ling since he was a child, couldn't think of a better way for a while, so he also agreed.

Soon he took his leave.

When the eunuch walked away, the cronies around him immediately came over and said with some dissatisfaction:

"Master, when will this eunuch leave? Eat and drink every day, and give him gold and silver bribes, that's all, pointing at us every day, it's really aggrieved! ”

These days are also very uncomfortable for them, and there is another person on their heads who doesn't understand anything and insists on taking care of things.

Moreover, in order to avoid exposing their powerful intelligence capabilities, the intelligence of Changle Bookstore has been cut again and again these days before it is handed in, and a lot of fierce information cannot be exploded, and they are also itchy!

Yan Zican heard this, but he could only shake his head.

He doesn't know!

At least for now...... This is not the time to disobey the emperor's orders.

(End of chapter)