The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

This afternoon, officials from various ministries and agencies were not in the mood to work. They were all discussing and digesting the shocking gossip about the exposure of two secret memorials from the first and second assistants.

The contents of the secret memorials alone were very explosive, not to mention that the exposure of the secret memorials was itself full of suspense.

But when the officials were discussing excitedly, a new big news came from the inner court.

Zhao Si in the cabinet angrily accused Wang San of "being mean and having no bottom line" and "breaking the rules", and Wang San relied on his youth and strength to attack Zhao Si.

A full-scale fight was almost about to take place in Wenyuan Pavilion, but fortunately it was stopped by the Zhongshu Sheren who was present.

The big fun of the cabinet shocked the officials of the outer court. Who would have thought that two respectable and noble university scholars would fight face to face.

Shen Da and Wang Er were both exposed, and Wang San and Zhao Si also started fighting. Can this cabinet still function?

You know, if Shen Da and Wang Er step down, Wang San and Zhao Si will be the future first and second assistants.

As a result, the future Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister have already fought before they even took office.

As for whether Wang San was furious and angry, many people were half-believing and half-doubting. Now everything was very strange and no one dared to confirm the truth casually.

As the weather was cold near the end of the year, Emperor Wanli moved from the Qianqing Palace, where it was difficult to heat, to the Yude Palace.

Sun Xian, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the governor of the East Factory, kowtowed repeatedly and begged the emperor: "Sun Yong has committed a heinous crime and is unforgivable. I only beg the emperor to spare his life!"

Emperor Wanli had a blank expression on his face, but he comforted Sun Xian in his mouth: "You are all my close ministers, how can I not care about you?

This time the secret letter was leaked, mainly involving foreign ministers, and it is not easy to keep things quiet.

Therefore, you should detain Sun Yong first and take good care of him. When the situation is clear, you can see how to forgive him."

Sun Xian could only thank him first, which was the best situation at present.

Emperor Wanli looked at the other eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department and asked, "Who is willing to investigate this matter?"

Investigating cases is usually the business of the East Factory, but this time it involves Sun Yong, the godson of the factory master Sun Xian, so Sun needs to avoid suspicion and is not suitable to come forward.

But none of the other eunuchs said a word, and they did not have the style of competing for credit at ordinary times.

So Emperor Wanli personally appointed the eunuch Chen Ju, the fourth eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, and said, "You go to the secret room and investigate!"

Chen Ju stepped forward to receive the order and smiled bitterly in his heart.

There is nothing more absurd than this in the world. It was here last night that the emperor ordered him to do something small.

Today, the emperor asked him to investigate this matter again. What is this? The thief crying "Catch the thief"?

The saddest thing for a eunuch is this. There is no possibility of refusing or opposing the emperor's will.

If the civil officials don't want to do it, they can just give up and run away, but if the eunuchs don't want to do it, they will die.

In the Shen Mansion, Shen Yongmao looked at his father Shen Shixing and didn't dare to breathe.

From the time the news was reported to now, his father had been sitting still for half an hour. Shen Yongmao had never seen his father like this before.

Fearing that his father would die of suffocation, Shen Yongmao had no choice but to call him softly a few times.

"Hahaha." Shen Shoufu suddenly laughed, "The books always talk about wise rulers and virtuous ministers, what a joke."

Shen Yongmao carefully replied, "Is it really as Lin Tailai guessed?"

Shen Shixing said gloomily, "Someone wants to force me to be Yan Song."

How did Yan Song become the chief minister? It can be said that he was obedient to the emperor and flattered him without any bottom line.

Whatever the emperor wanted to do, he would help the emperor with the infamy; if the emperor did something bad, he would stand in front and take the blame first.

Thinking of this, Shen Yongmao couldn't help but say, "Father, don't do that!"

What is the reputation of Yan Song and his son? It's no exaggeration to say that they will be infamous for thousands of years!

Prime Minister Shen slammed the table and said, "Why not?"

Although Shen's mansion is very deserted today, no outsiders come to visit, even Shen Shixing's followers dare not come to the door at this time.

But elsewhere, there are countless gatherings of officials in Xicheng tonight, even to the point of not avoiding suspicion, probably avoiding suspicion or not is meaningless.

Left Censor-in-Chief Lu Guangzu, Left Vice Minister of Personnel Liu Yukui, Left Vice Minister of Revenue Sun Yu, Right Vice Minister of Revenue Yang Junmin and other core figures of the Qingliu Party and Shanxi Gang visited Wang Jiaping's mansion together.

This unexpected accident disrupted all the plans, and everyone talked about it for a long time.

In general, everyone tends to be optimistic about the situation, after all, it is the political enemies who are embarrassed and unlucky.

Wang Jiaping looked at the others and reminded them, "The first and second assistant ministers are not worth mentioning, but Zhao Zhigao is very worrying."

Lu Guangzu hesitated for a while and said, "There are no outsiders here. Can you tell us whether the leak of the secret memorial is related to you?"

Wang Jiaping: "."

This is really outrageous. How can even his own people doubt him?

But the explanation still needs to be explained. Wang San, the third elder, said very firmly, "It has nothing to do with me!"

Then he gave his own analysis, "The leak of the secret memorial this time should be due to the error of the eunuch in the document room."

Everyone believed Wang San's judgment. If there was no problem with the cabinet, then the problem could only be with the eunuch in the document room.

It is normal to have a mistake when hundreds of imperial edicts and memorials are transmitted back and forth every day, but this time the first and second assistant ministers happened to be unlucky.

Lu Guangzu couldn't help but sigh: "We have been fighting with Shen Wumen for many years, but we have never been able to defeat him.

But I didn't expect that Shen Wumen would step down because of such an accidental accident. It can be said that fate is playing tricks on us."

Then he said to Wang Jiaping: "Zhao Zhigao is obviously deliberately stirring up trouble. If Wang Xiang ignores Zhao Zhigao, he will be in trouble.

There is no basis for sewage. The more you talk about it, the more unclear it becomes. The more you talk about it, the hotter it becomes. It is better to treat it coldly.

In addition, several censors were asked to impeach Zhao Zhigao and his chief assistant, and they tied Zhao Zhigao to the notorious Shen Shixing and criticized them as similar people to counter Zhao Zhigao! "

Liu Yukui, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, asked Lu Guangzu again: "The general constitution is the most experienced person in planning, what should we do now?"

After Lu Guangzu thought deeply, he gave instructions: "At this time, we must be more calm, we cannot be too showy.

What we should do is sixteen words - observe calmly, hold our ground, deal with it calmly, and make a difference. "

Everyone said: "This is a great thing to say!"

After all, the "enemy" has "self-destructed", so they can just go with the flow and don't need to do anything more.

While many officials were working together, Zhao Zhigao, the fourth assistant who was supposed to be a central figure, was sitting alone in his hall.

This lucky old man who was considered to be about to become the second assistant, but his family was as deserted as the self-destructed Shen Shoufu.

It's not that no one came to visit Zhao Mansion, but that they were all rejected by Zhao Zhigao.

Old man Zhao felt that he did not need these ignorant soldiers and crabs to join in the fun in the future.

Nowadays, few people in the capital know the truth.

What's even better is that no one knows that they have seen through the truth, which is their greatest advantage.

Old man Zhao also felt that his mind was unprecedentedly calm, and he had a mysterious feeling that everyone was drunk and I was awake alone.

Could it be that Lin Jiuyuan was in this state when something happened? Did he accidentally learn to ask Lin Jiuyuan's spirit to possess him?

When I looked up, I saw Hu Yinglin, a famous literary critic and fellow from Lanxi County, rushing back from outside excitedly.

Next year's competition in the capital will be held. Hu Yinglin came to Beijing to take the exam and stayed in the Zhao Mansion.

"Everyone else is running around outside, why are the seniors so calm?" Hu Yinglin asked in surprise.

Old Man Zhao smiled and replied: "Just prepare for the exam and don't worry about the other things outside."

In fact, Zhao Zhigao is not just sitting around in a daze. He is waiting for a Zhongshusheren, a cabinet Zhongshusheren who is insignificant in politics, a humble person who became a Zhongshusheren by donating money.

After sending Hu Yinglin away, Huang Zhengbin, a scholar in the cabinet, was invited to the Zhao Mansion until nearly midnight, but he came in quietly from the side door.

Huang Sheren felt honored. It was the first time that a big shot valued him, and it was the first time that a big shot valued him like this.

Even in the low-level political ecosystem of Shusheren in the cabinet, he is the one at the bottom.

Most of the others came in through kindness, most of their fathers, ancestors and uncles were pavilion elders, ministers, ministers, princes and the like, but he came in through donations, so he was absolutely despised.

Now, at such a critical moment, I was really flattered to be invited to my home by my future assistant.

Although Zhao Zhigao is an old bastard in the eyes of upper-level officials, he is still a big shot in the eyes of lower-level people.

At this time, Mr. Zhao Sige acted like a courteous corporal, asked Huang Zhengbin to take a seat, and said:

"I remember that a few years ago, you were cited as a scholar in the cabinet by Xu Guo, the second assistant at that time? I was still in the Ministry of Personnel at that time."

Huang Zhengbin replied cautiously: "That's true."

He and Xu Guonai were from the same hometown in Huizhou. After making some money from business, they began to think about becoming an official.

Then he went through the back door of Xu State and became a scholar in the cabinet through donations.

I just didn't expect that I would still be looked down upon by all kinds of people. The chain of contempt within the officialdom was even worse than among the people.

Especially after his backer Xu Guo was dismissed from office, his life became even more difficult.

Zhao Zhigao asked again: "I heard that you have a lot of complaints about the world. You are often ashamed of being an official relying on wealth, and you are often worried about not being able to make a name for yourself in the world?"

Huang Zhengbin felt that he had been seen through, and he didn't know what to say, so he saluted and said: "Please give me some advice!"

Zhao Zhigao took advantage of the situation and said: "Now that a scandal has broken out about Shen Shoufu, you are the first to impeach and expose him. Isn't it the right time?

You work in the cabinet, and you must know more things than those censors, so your power and reputation must be greater than those censors.

When the time comes, everyone will praise you for upholding justice and having integrity. By the way, you can also vent your anger on Xu Ge, your ostracized fellow countryman, so why not? "

After Huang Zhengbin received the guidance, he suddenly became enlightened and said goodbye with gratitude.

On the other hand, maybe this is because the future deputy minister is preparing to cultivate cronies in the cabinet, but he was selected because he had no backing.

Zhao Zhigao watched Huang Sheren leave, but it was like looking at a dead person.

No one can guess what else the cabinet mascot who hypnotized himself into the body of the Nine-Yuan True Immortal wants to do.