Chapter 88: Chain Link (1)
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In this way, he left the Ming Gate, walked through the long Qianbu Lobby, blushed and anxious, passing through the yamen of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue before returning to the Ministry of Rites.
He waved his hand to repel the lower-level officials who wanted to report to the public affairs, and walked straight to a public office on the right with anger.
Just so happened that the office room was opening, revealing a rather elegant and 40-year-old smiling face.
"Weizhe, just came out of the palace?"
Seeing the man smiling, Xia Yuanji gritted his teeth and said, "Li Yixing, you have caused me a lot of pain!"
"This?" The official who called Li Yixing was stunned. He quickly looked around, pulled Xia Yuanji into his room, closed the door and asked, "What, something happened?"
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The big name of Li Yixing is Li Zhigang, and he is the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.
The Ming Dynasty regarded the left as the emperor, so he was half a rank lower than Xia Yuanji's official rank, which means he was the third-rank figure of the Ministry of Rites.
In his early years, after he was a Jinshi in high school, he was recommended to serve the former crown prince Zhu Biao in the East Palace. Later, he was exiled to the local area for making mistakes. He then made contributions to the local area and went through the right senatorship of the Central Plains Province, and now he serves as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.
This is a talented person, but he is too focused and can lower his posture. Although he is only half a square lower than Xia Yuanji's grade, he always follows the other party's lead and follows the advice.
Xia Yuanji's memorial was actually written by him. The reason was as if Zhu Yunyu had thought in his heart. The Minister of Rites was replaced by Ren Hengtai, and they could only stay still, so they wanted to write a letter to the emperor to seek favor.
"You've been cheating me!" Xia Yuanji gritted her teeth and told the story of the court.
When Li Zhigang heard this, he also changed his color and stood there on the spot.
"Why did I believe you?" Xia Yuanji stomped her feet, "I have lost all my face in this life today..."
"Wait, Weizhe! Let's have someone to make fun of it!" Li Zhigang said hatefully, pressing Xia Yuanji on his seat, "Think about it, if this note is directly reached in front of the emperor, even if the emperor disagrees in his heart, wouldn't he have made such a big fight?"
Xia Yuanji was stunned. Thinking about it, this is the truth.
At most, the emperor summoned him privately and scolded him a few words. How could he not leave any face in front of the civil and military officials inside and outside the imperial city like today?
"Our memorial should be directly in front of the imperial court. It must be that those people in the South Study Room read it first, and deliberately took it to the emperor and said something, which made Long Yan furious!" Li Zhigang whispered again, "Our original intention is to know that the emperor would not write the memorial that was built at this time. At that time, the emperor would say a few words indifferently, and we would like to praise the holy grace. In this way, the emperor would understand our loyalty and would naturally look at him with admiration."
His plan was very clever. He found an excuse to ask Zhu Yunxi to say a few words, and then wrote a letter to praise the merits, and then the government and the country praised the wise and wise monarch...
"They saw your and my intentions and deliberately interfered with it!"
"Hiss!" Xia Yuanji looked at him with a deep hatred. He stroked his long beard and frowned. He was not a person who had no scheming in his official career for so many years. He just didn't think so much in his panic just now. Now that Li Zhigang was trying to do so, he suddenly realized it.
"But, those people in Nanshufang... are unreasonable to do this! Everyone is the same court as ministers, why do they do this?"
Li Zhigang sighed halfway, "I was negligent. Hou Yong was in the southern study room. When I was in Henan, I was often dirty when I was in Henan." As he said, he said with hatred, "It must be him, hum!" As he said, he whispered, "I can't say I have other thoughts!"
"And?" Xia Yuanji became more and more surprised.
"The new Shangshu Ren Gong Zhuang Yan Lang of our Ministry of Rites is the same year as Yan Zhenzhi, the chief censor Yan Zhenzhi, and Yan Zhenzhi and others, as Hou Yong and Baozhao and others, were both subordinates of Mr. Ling. You should know that the reason why the former Shangshu Zheng resigned was that Mr. Ling... Weizhe, you have always been close to Zheng's house before..."
Xia Yuanji browed deeply, "What do you mean? Can't?" As he said that, he paused, "This bend is too big. Although I am not familiar with them, I am not sure..."
"Hey, you humble gentleman, how can you think of people's hearts being sinister? You and I are in the Ministry of Rites. The Minister of State is now being held by us. They naturally regard us as enemies and we are blocking their way!" Li Zhigang said with a heartache.
"This..." Natsuharaji smiled bitterly, "I have so many enemies for no reason?"
"There is no way out!" Li Zhigang whispered.
“What are the advantages of conduct?”
Chapter completed!