After the autumn of the capital, the climate is still hot.

The maple leaves in the West Mountain are gradually red, and the autumn water in the sea of ​​Shicha is clear.

Located next to the Forbidden City, Shichahai, there is a saying in the notes of Ming people that "Spring in West Lake, summer in Qinhuai, autumn in Dongting".

In autumn, many officials cruised on the lake. They enjoyed the view of Shichahai on the boat, but saw the shimmering waves on the lake, winding the shoreline, and weeping willows. The smoky afternoon breeze makes people feel that there is a bit of Jiangnan scenery here.

At this moment, a tea shed by the lake.

Chen Ju, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, was sitting in a tea shed, eating snacks and drinking tea, while holding a book of "The Ten Wings of the Book of Changes" in his hand.

Among the several eunuchs in the Silijian, Chen Ju is different from other eunuchs. He has a weak taste and taste, but he only likes reading, but he only reads all classics, history, and literature.

During the Jiajing period, Chen Ju had just entered the palace when he met Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei. When Lu Bing saw Chen Ju, he was amazed and said that this son’s fame would not be my future, but he would be better than him.

Chen Ju came to Shichahai to study when he had time. Today, two little eunuchs stood beside him. Although they left the palace in vain, the people in the teahouse knew that they were not allowed to mess with each other, so they did not dare to disturb them and spoke much lighter.

Chen Ju didn't care about this and focused on the book. Soon a palace servant rushed over and handed Chen Ju a note.

Chen Ju put down the book, read the note and asked in a low voice: "Who is the East Factory catching this time?"

"A few mountain men and slandered ministers who were talking about the court and slandering the ministers, the leader was a man named Le Xinlu. He heard that when the Sili Superintendent Feng Gong was demoted, he had instigated him behind his back. This time, Luo Da submitted a memorial to impeach Shenwu County and it was also related to him."

"To be careful..."

"This Lexinlu and Luo Da are from Linchuan, Jiangxi Province. They have been very close. I heard from the Dongchang that they have been staring at this person for a while. There is another news, but I don't know if it is true or false. This Lexinlu is actually Xu Cifu's confidant. He spreads news in Beijing, in order to make Shenwu County abdicate as soon as possible, so that Xu Cifu can make up for it."

"It's just that I think that the three sheep mentioned in Le Xinlu's Feiyu and Yang Sizhi among the eight dogs were Xu Cifu's disciples... Will this statement be untrue?"

Chen Ju said: "Yang Sizhi probably won't take Xu Cifu seriously either, so it's probably a trick."

Yang Sizhi was the one who impeached Zhang Juzheng when he was in office. At that time, he saw that the emperor wanted to liquidate Zhang Juzheng, so he took the initiative to come forward and list and fabricate many charges (four crimes). Zhang Juzheng embezzled so much money and finally promoted. Then Yang Sizhi relied on his position as a disciple of Xu Guo and bowed to the end of his life under Xu Guo.

Such a bad deed would be unreasonable if he didn't list him among the three sheep.

Chen Ju said: "This time Shenwu County was dismissed from prime minister. Although it was because of the foundation of the country, rumors were everywhere in the capital and flying words were everywhere. This incident even alarmed Your Majesty. Therefore, I guess the East Factory must have been ordered by the Holy Mansion."

The other party said: "Yes, before Shenwu County did not stop prefecture, no one made things difficult for Le Xinlu and the others. However, Shenwu County stopped prefecture, these people were arrested. It seems that someone was going to kill the donkey."

When Chen Ju heard this, he knew what the other person meant, and Zhang Cheng and Xu Guo had long colluded. He did not ask the Dongchang to arrest these people before because Shen Shixing had not fallen yet, but now he is instructing people to arrest people, and on the one hand, he is to serve the emperor and kill people to silence them.

"The people like Le Xinlu are completely controlled by others and will definitely not be able to survive." The other party spoke.

"Who are arrested?" Chen Ju asked.

The other party immediately said a few names, and when the other party said Tang Xianzu's name, Chen Ju asked with a narrow look: "How could he be?"

The other party replied: "This person, Luo Da and Le Xinlu are both from Linchuan, Jiangxi Province. This time, he spared no effort to defeat Shen Shixing..."

Chen Ju said: "You don't know that this person is a friend of the current official Bolin Hou Guan. Do you think this matter will be involved with him?"

The other party said, "This is not true. Shenwu County is the mentor of Lin Houguan. Without Shenwu County, there is no Lin Houguan today. If he is behind the scenes, then..."

Chen Ju knocked on the table with his hand and said, "Our family thinks there is something wrong with this matter. You can go to Dongchang to find out first. We think there is an article in it!"

"Yes, father-in-law."

And at this moment, in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Lin Yanchao was heading to visit Wang Jiaping.

Generally speaking, the first minister has been appointed as the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shi Mansion, the two halls of the Secretaries, the two rooms of the Secretaries, and the officials of the cabinet will wear auspicious robes to the cabinet to congratulate on that day.

What's the matter of congratulations?

That is the joy of moving to the seat.

From then on, you can take the first seat of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

Originally, when Shen Shixing and Xu Guo left, Wang Jiaping was going to move his seat. However, Wang Jiaping said that Wang Xijue was the chief assistant, how could he dare to go more than he did?

So Wang Jiaping still sat in the chair of the assistant, waiting until Wang Xijue refused to become an official in the name of ending his retirement mother.

Only then did Wang Jiaping become the chief minister and holds a seat relocation ceremony.

Half a year ago, Lin Yanchao rarely went to Wenyuan Pavilion due to the disagreement with Xu Guo.

Now that Wang Jiaping is promoted to the chief minister, the two have formed a friendship since the Hanlin Academy, Lin Yanchao of course needs to move more.

On that day, Lin Yanchao walked to Wenyuan Pavilion and paused when he walked into the corridor.

Originally, the three people who were paying for Shen Shixing, Xu Guo and Wang Xijue were all locked.

That's right, Shen Shixing and Xu State have returned to their hometown, but the imperial edict says that they are in poor health, so the emperor is kind to you to go back to your hometown for a while and then return to the court to work after your body is well prepared.

Of course, this is purely polite words. Shen Shixing and Xu Guo should not come back, but the rules are still there.

The chief assistant, the second assistant just left, you sorted out the other person's room, which is a bit bad. So Shen Shixing, Xu Guo's room has a door locked, and the inside remains the same. As for Wang Xijue's room, there will be no one moving.

However, there are still some spare rooms in the cabinet. There are six rooms in the prime minister's room, which can be said to be a carrot and a pit, which is exactly the same as the number of Grand Secretary of the Four Halls and Two Pavilions.

Although I occupied four rooms, there were two more.

Lin Yanchao saw that there was an official guarding the door in front of a duty room in the west. That must be Zhao Zhigao's duty room. Lin Yanchao remembered this duty room very clearly that it was used by Zhang Siwei back then.

As for the ownerless room, it was the duty room that Lin Yanchao’s other teacher, Yu Youding, used by that year. If nothing unexpected happens, this room will be vacated for Zhang Li, who is still on his way to Beijing.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao felt a little moved that tea is a constant rule in the officialdom.

The personnel transfer is so ruthless, but for Lin Yanchao, I wonder if he will have a room to accommodate in Wenyuan Pavilion in the future, and who will use the room to use then?

When Lin Yanchao thought of this, he couldn't help but feel that he was thinking too far. After calming down, he immediately walked towards Wang Jiaping's pay room.

After the Secretariat of the Office reported the news, Wang Jiaping immediately greeted him with a spring breeze on his face.

"Brother Zong Hai!"

"Xiaoguan Lin Yanchao has met Yuan Fu!"

"Hey, there is no need to make trouble for these false gifts."

After saying that, Wang Jiaping helped Lin Yanchao up, but Lin Yanchao still abides by the rules of the subordinates.

Although Lin Yanchao and Wang Jiaping are both second-rank officials, because Wang Jiaping is a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Lin Yanchao still has to follow a lower etiquette when visiting each other.

After the two of them took their seats, Wang Jiaping sighed: "Zonghai is coming just right, I have a lot of bitterness to tell you."

Lin Yanchao said: "Why did Yuan Fu say this?"

Wang Jiaping said: "I am not to hide it. In recent years, I have had many conflicts with Your Majesty because of the national skills. Now I am the minister of this title. It is not because Your Majesty believes that he has entrusted state affairs. It is because there is no one in the cabinet, so I will temporarily replace him."

Lin Yanchao understood that what Wang Jiaping said to him was no secret, and that was something that all the civil and military officials in the court knew.

"So I am the chief minister, and I will not be the six ministries. The officials below are very slanderous!"

Lin Yanchao immediately said: "Yuanfu, I don't know what other officials in other temples are like, but I can rest assured in the Ministry of Rites."

Wang Jiaping said happily when he heard this: "You were my confidant in the Hanlin Academy and served the emperor together. Now you are my helper in the court."

Speaking of this, Wang Jiaping sighed and said, "But even if Zong Hai helps me, I am still trembling! Now the emperor does not need the cabinet's ticket, and Shi Dongming from the Ministry of War is also... no one of the officials can tell these things."

Previously, Yang Junmin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, wanted to implement the outline and transportation method in Huaibei. Wang Jiaping expressed his support to the fellow villager, but when he arrived at the emperor, there was no further information.

There is also the Ministry of War. The most important thing at the moment is to prevent the invasion of Japanese pirates and the war with Huoluochi in the northwest. However, Shi Xing had frequent conflicts with the cabinet in these two matters.

This is of course Shi Xing's usual style, but in Wang Jiaping's eyes, your Shi Xing's behavior is a bit unconscious of me, the new prime minister.

Therefore, Wang Jiaping felt very frustrated in the past few days since he became the prime minister.

Wang Jiaping continued: "At present, I don't fight or rob anything. I don't ask for the eunuchs and concubines inside, and I don't offend the wise and officials outside. I don't have any hidden information in the court, and I don't have any private guests at home. I stand in the court, but I just want to be worthy of my heart and my confidant."

Speaking of this, Wang Jiaping couldn't help but say seriously: "It's just that I should uphold the law and not follow the rules. I want to unite the superiors and subordinates, but I am not a person who follows the trend."

After hearing Wang Jiaping's words, Lin Yanchao summed up several meanings.

After I became the prime minister, I would not do anything that would offend most people without making friends with the inner court, nor would I have formed a party or a private matter, but I would say whatever I had in the court and realize my political proposition.

Lin Yanchao remained silent when he heard this.

"What are the insights of Zong Hai?" Wang Jiaping asked.

"I don't know how to say anything."

Wang Jiaping said: "You and I were Japanese officials and served the emperor's daily life together. That was a friendship for many years. I will definitely rely on you in the future as a country. So I would like to ask Zong Hai to say frankly and let me rely on my brother's plan?"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll say it bluntly. If Yuanfu really did this, I'm afraid the position of this minister is a bit unstable."
Chapter completed!