Wushan was a Tanhualang in the 14th year of Jiajing. He served as an editor of the Hanlin Academy, the Left Minister of Rites, and the Left Minister of Personnel. He moved step by step from the Hanlin Academy to the Minister of Rites, and was the most orthodox Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Wushan was an upright person and did not flatter the powerful and powerful. He was a role model for Qingliu officials. If Yan Song had not interfered with it, Wushan would have already joined the cabinet and become the prime minister, and now he would have naturally become the secondary assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

But luck made people so badly. Wu Shan first wrote a memorial to the emperor for his solar eclipse, and then persuaded the emperor to build the Three Pure Taoist Temple, which made the emperor dislike, and eventually ended up staying idle twice.

Now that Wu Shan is the Minister of Revenue, although he is not very outstanding, he is still a conscientious official, and he is carefully approved of every court's financial expenditure.

But I never thought that such an extremely upright minister of the Ministry of Revenue could not escape the persecution of the party struggles. Now he was forced to submit a memorial to resign, which made many officials feel sighed.

If all such virtuous officials were forced to leave, leaving only villains like Xu Jie and Guo Pu, then what else would you expect in this court? How could the Ming Dynasty restore its prosperity?

But no matter what, Wu Shan's memorial has been submitted. As long as the emperor makes a reply, Wu Shan will leave the capital sadly and put an end to his career.

However, with Lin Weiran's situation, when the news of Wu Shan's resignation came out, dozens of officials submitted memorials to request the emperor to keep Wu Shan in a very short time.

Usually at this time, the influence of an official can be seen, and Wu Shan’s amazing influence is also reflected.

I was a little bit Yongfang, Yuanfu.

The officialdom is like a complex spider web that involves every official, and the dignified Ming Jisu is naturally no exception.

Yuan Wei was the Tanhualang of the 17th year of Jiajing. His early career seemed mediocre. He was still a sixth-rank Hanlin attendant until the 35th year of Jiajing. But it was this year that he created an unprecedented promotion speed in the Ming Dynasty, which can also be called Yuan Wei's speed.

In the 35th year of Jiajing, Yuan Wei was promoted from a Hanlin attendant of the sixth rank to a fifth rank to a bachelor of the rank. Two months later, Jiajing issued a direct edict to move Yuan Wei from a fifth rank to a right rank to a third rank to a right rank of the Ministry of Rites, and then to a left rank of the Ministry of Rites. He became a cabinet minister the year before yesterday and served as the second auxiliary of the Ming Dynasty last year.

Yuan Wei was different from Yan Song and Xu Jie who often stayed in Xiyuan. If there was nothing important, he would leave Xiyuan and return home.

Although his wife serves his parents in his hometown, he has already taken two beautiful concubines in the capital, both of whom are good at poetry and lyrics, and lives a happy life.

I returned to the mansion in a sedan chair, but followed Wushan's habit. The first thing I did when I got home was to change into a set of home clothes and then go to the pavilion in the back garden to taste tea.

As March is approaching, vitality appears in the flowerbeds in the back garden, and even a few flowers and plants have already bloomed, making the spring here even stronger.

"Xiaoguan Lin Qingran has met Mr. Yuan!"

Lin Weiran, wearing a third-rank official uniform, came to the pavilion in the back garden and looked respectfully polite.

Yuan Wei is in his fifties, has a short figure, has fair skin from Jiangnan people, and a pair of bright eyes, but it is obviously a thin physique for scholars.

Yuan Wei put down the teacup in his hand, but stared at the long wooden box held in Lin Fu's hand and asked with a smile: "Ruoyu, what have you brought to me this time?"

Lin Fu cooperated to open the exquisite wooden box, and Lin Weiran took out a bamboo shoot-like object several feet long from the box and presented it to Yuan Wei with a smile on his face.

Yuan Wei stood up from his seat, looked at the bamboo shoots for unknown reasons, and found that it turned out to be a copper product. He looked at Lin Qingran in confusion and asked, "What is this?"

"This object is a telescope!" Lin Qingran smiled slightly and explained again: "Through this channel, you can see things farther away. It is a strange thing like Shun (reading glasses)!"

Yuan Wei is completely different from the old-fashioned officials like Wu Shan. He is unruly by nature and has always been careless about details. He is very enthusiastic about new things, especially those strange and playful things.

Listening to Lin Weiran's introduction, he couldn't help but become more interested.

Lin Weiran placed the telescope on a shelf and nodded gently at Lin Fu. Lin Fu understood and ran quickly towards the Moon Hole Gate there.

Yuan Wei had seen the miraculous effect of Ling Yan before. At this time, he watched Lin Fu run away and vaguely guessed Lin Weiran's intention.

Following Lin Fengran's guidance, he squinted his eyes and looked at the lens. At first, he felt a dazed moment in front of him, but when he saw Lin Fu's face, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Yuan Wei looked at Lin Fu right in front of him through the telescope, but after leaving the telescope, Lin Fu stood at the moon gate in the distance. After several comparisons, his mouth couldn't help but open.

Lin Weiran saw Yuan Wei's shock in his eyes and explained: "This telescope is conducive to navigation! If you are in an endless ocean, if you have this object, you can discover islands, continents or ships faster, which will be conducive to ship supply or discover dangers!"

"Can it be used to explore military information?" Yuan Wei suddenly felt a sudden move in his heart and asked seriously.

Lin Xuran was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that Yuan Wei could contact him for military purposes so quickly, so he nodded seriously and said, "Yes! If there is such a thing, the enemy's movements can be discovered faster."

"Why didn't you take it out earlier if you have this thing? Could it be that you really have to let you out and the Governor of the Southwest before you dare to take out this treasure to help you accumulate military achievements?" Yuan Wei carefully put the thing back into the box, and said with a blaming look.

Lin Qingran smiled bitterly on his face and explained seriously: "This thing has been popularized in Guangdong, but the officials do not understand why it has not been spread to the capital yet!"

"Yang Weiyou (Yang Bo) just thought about how to control the nine borders, and he didn't even think about completely solving the border problems in Mongolia!" Yuan Wei frowned slightly and immediately accused him.

Lin Qingran looked at the angry Yuan Wei, but he didn't know whether it was because of the opposition between the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Business Group and the Shanxi Business Group, or because he had resentment towards Yang Bo, it was not the first time he had criticized Yang Bo in front of him.

Yuan Wei covered the box, looked up at Lin Qiran and made a promise, saying, "You are not wrong with having a headlight meeting! I think Huang Jun is really full and full. I will help you speak in front of the emperor!"
Chapter completed!