winter solstice.

The Winter Solstice in the Ming Dynasty was an important festival, but it was not just about eating a bowl of dumplings. There is a saying in the southeast that "the winter solstice is as big as the New Year, and there is no ancestor return." Compared to the New Year, more families choose to worship their ancestors.

Nowadays, there are many Southeast officials in the court. Except for Sun Piyang, who has already visited Fujian, Suiyuan is all Southeastern, and naturally attaches great importance to the winter solstice.

Lin Feng brought two roast ducks from Quanjude on the roadside and entered Suiyuan, causing Xian Yuan, Lu Yipeng and others to sarcastically, "Who doesn't know that Lin Feng is now Quanjude's boss."

The outer room and the main hall were lively, while the few people in the side hall looked grim and were whispering to each other.

Over the past month, the six ministries in the central government of Beijing, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War have been vacant one after another. The Minister of Works Zhao Wenhua is shaking, and the Minister of Justice Feng Tianyu is a disciple of Xu Jie. He is trying to go further. The Ministry of Revenue is peaceful, and Fang Du has never been involved in party disputes, but only cares about the affairs of the ministry.

Yan Song's death was the source, and this trend swept the court, from Emperor Jiajing to Xu Jie to the heads of the six ministries, everyone was involved in it, and no one would be affected by this.

Suiyuan is naturally no exception.

It has been nearly four years since its establishment, and it has been officially a political force for three years. Suiyuan has taken Qian Yuan and Xu Wei as its leader, and has gained His Majesty and King Yu’s trust. He can make achievements and gather talents from the lower level. He has also attracted the attention of the court and the country.

How could such political forces not be affected?

Even if there are big men like Xu Jie and Li Mo in the court will never turn a blind eye to Suiyuan and listen to it... although the guy who gave them a headache is not in Beijing now.

Qian Yuan was not in the capital, and Xu Wei was the spokesperson. He carefully tested the attitudes of several new ministers, but never paid attention to the lively cabinet now... Although Xu Jie got the right to vote, he did not have enough prestige to overwhelm Wu Shan, Li Mo, especially the latter.

"It's not bad." Wu Dui whispered: "Prince Fengquan is strict, upright and resolute, and has a strong spirit. He summoned each other today and specially mentioned Qi Yuanjing, Qi Jimei, Lu Bin, Zhang Yuanxun and others, which were quite praised."

Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Suiyuan relied on Emperor Jiajing and Prince Yu's mansion, but its foundation was in the southeast and was in business. As long as Qian Yuan and his confidants were still in charge of the Southeast, they would not be afraid of bad things. Wang Bangrui summoned Wu Dui today, which was obviously an act of comfort.

You should know that the whereabouts of generals like Qi Jiguang and the Ministry of War cannot make a decision, but the Ministry of War has the right to assign guerrilla-level generals such as Lu Bin, Zhang Yuanxun, Qi Jimei and Yang Wen.

Seeing Xu Wei looking at him, Yang Quan shrugged, "Yang Wei made an appointment to be transferred to the Ministry of Personnel, obviously he didn't know about it in advance... He was a little busy and had not summoned him yet, but his nephew Zhang Siwei privately handed the letter, and the previous appointment remained unchanged."

Xu Wei snorted, and he naturally knew that Zhang Siwei and Qian Yuan had made an alliance... Now Shanxi merchants are leaving as soon as they get the advantage.

There were only four people sitting in the side hall, except for Yang Quan and Wu Dui, there were Sun Yan. The first two faced the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and Sun Yan was in the Hanlin Academy, but Sun Sheng, the Minister of Rites, was his father.

"Zhan Cai once said that Xinzheng's magnitude is narrow..." Sun Yan sighed: "This time he was the Minister of Rites, he must be angry."

Xu Wei sneered: "Brother Duanfu entered Prince Yu's mansion the day before yesterday and saw Gao Xinzheng insulting his colleagues with his own eyes... Hu Zheng suffered this humiliation and angrily resigned from office and retired."

Sun Jian hesitated for a moment and whispered: "My father... wants to retire. He has been sick for the past few years and has never improved. Wen Chang, so I sent a letter to Zhan Cai to ask?"

"When will Mr. Ji Quan retire? I still need to ask Zhan Cai?" Xu Wei shook his head and said, "There is no reason. Let Mr. Ji Quan decide on this matter."

Sun Yan smiled on his face. His father always had some opinions about himself and his second brother Sun Ying entering Suiyuan. The key was that he was afraid that the fierce political struggle would implicate the Sun family, and even more afraid that Qian Yuan would tie the Sun family to a chariot... Now it seems that he is judging a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

You should know that if Sun Sheng could enter the pavilion, Suiyuan's backbone would definitely be stronger. After all, the eldest son is the backbone of Suiyuan, second only to Qian Yuan, Xu Wei, and the second son Zhizhen Maritime Affairs, and is a hub figure in Southeast trade.

"This is the winter solstice, not long before New Year's Eve, Zhan Chu refused to return to Beijing?" Yang Quan whispered: "It may not be a good thing to be away all the time."

"Shaanxi measures sweet potatoes, and the per mu of potato yield has been completed, with a per mu of 16 stones. The Ministry of Revenue issued a document to promote it in the northwest. The former Duke of Shaosi Nonglin rushed over, and Zhan Cai was there to help." Wu Dui whispered: "Now that the storm in the morning has been mostly pacified, so it doesn't matter when Zhan Cai will return to Beijing."

Xu Wei looked gloomy and said without saying a word, but Sun Jian said, "I'm back soon, if I don't come back... I'm afraid I'll kneel on the washboard when I come back."

Well, Xiaoqi is about to give birth.

Yang Quan laughed out loud. He was elected as a magistrate of Yihuang when he passed the Jinshi. He only met Xiao Qi once after returning to Beijing. He couldn't help but ask, "Is Zhan Cai really afraid of him like a tiger?"

Wu Dui, Yang Quan and Sun Jian laughed and talked, but Xu Wei did not get involved, and his thoughts drifted further and further away.

On the first day of Qian Yuan's return to Beijing in the first half of the year, he was frightened by Emperor Jiajing and was furious. Later, he had a deep conversation with Xu Wei about Emperor Jiajing... and analyzed the character characteristics, methods of acting, etc. one by one.

In addition to not following rules, likes to play checks and balances, does not regard most of the ministers as human beings, and is particularly fond of face. He is so lustful that he has taken a thirteen-year-old concubine this year... etc., Emperor Jiajing's biggest personality trait is paranoid.

What you don't let him do, what he insists on doing...

What you want to do, he won't let you do...

Whatever I want to do, it is useless for my minister to advise me...

For example, in recent years, Xu Wei has seen with his own eyes that Emperor Jiajing's health has been getting worse day by day, but in addition to occasionally dealing with military and national affairs, the decision of the Secretary of the State and the level of the cabinet minister, Emperor Jiajing's greatest energy is to practice Taoism and refine alchemy.

There are two types of cultivation and alchemy. Practicing alchemy has nothing to do with Xu Wei, but practicing Taoism... Emperor Jiajing practiced a lot of Taoism, and he still wanted to practice Taoism every night?

In fact, the key to Emperor Jiajing’s practice of Taoism lies in the Qing poems and sacrificial texts, and Xu Wei won his favor with his wonderful writing.

After serving this person for four years, Xu Wei had already figured out the preferences of Emperor Jiajing in Qingci. He had kept many wonderful Qingci in his hand, and he would submit them once he had something to do.

But it has been more than a month... No, it's thirty-six days. Xu Wei submitted twelve Qing Ci poems, from relatively ordinary to those who he thought were outstanding... but he has not been summoned by Emperor Jiajing at all.

Xu Wei's deep eyes fell outside the window, and an electric snake suddenly flashed through the black sky. Rumbled thunder followed one after another. After a while, a drizzle of drizzle fell from the sky. A moment later, the tiles on the top of his head were sounded by the heavy raindrops.

Not only himself, Xu Wei has already tested it. Except for Li Chunfang, Guo Pu, who was in charge of the Western Garden, Yan Na, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Yuan Wei, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, these two people are favored by Qing Ci. Even if they join the Six Divisions, they often submit Qing Ci, and have not been summoned during this period.

For most court officials, Emperor Jiajing lived in the West Garden for a long time, and was rarely seen in other people except the cabinet. Even if he became a minister, he would be rarely seen. This is not surprising.

But Xu Wei felt something was wrong.

"Uncle Shi has arrived." Tao Dalin knocked on the door and did not come in, and said at the door: "The banquet will start soon."

Qian Zheng happened to walk into the hall outside and could hear Lin Feng's greetings.
Chapter completed!