As night falls, the north wind blows even harder.

The pedestrians on the blue brick streets in the north of the city were almost gone, but the lights of every household quietly lit up, and noisy sounds came from many houses.

With Lin Qingran's return, the Lin Mansion became crowded again. In addition to Yang Futian's group of friends of the same year, there were also Wang Honghai, Wang Jun, Liu Fushan and Shen Tao, and a large group of officials who were inseparable from contact were visited.

Different officials naturally have different ways of treating them.

Yang Futian and his group were directly led to the banquet in the flower hall in the same year, and some important officials would be taken to the study room to meet, while other irrelevant officials could only be turned away.

Lin Weiran sent away several old subordinates from Shuntian Prefecture, and then walked towards the warmer pavilion. From the corridor, he saw Yang Futian and a group of people who were instructing the country in the same year.

Some relationships have actually been decided at the beginning of the officialdom. The imperial examination is not only an entrance ticket to enter the official career, but also a certificate of origin. In recent years, the relationship between teachers and students and the same year has even been above the same hometown.

For example, when Guo Pu was appointed as the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Personnel, he recommended Ma Sen, Li Dengyun and Zhang Shunchen and other friends of the same year. Dong Fen, the current left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, recently recommended his friend Huang Yangmeng as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Senior brother is here!"

"Senior brother is now a master of the ministry, so he is really envious of his junior brother!"

"This is what the senior brother deserves. Do you think there is anyone in the court who has such ability to solve the salt ills?"

...

Zhang Wei and others watched Lin Qingran come in, and stopped the topic just now and greeted Lin Qingran, as if a pile of sand had found its backbone again.

When I saw Lin Weiran in the dragon pool, my eyes were more complicated. He is now the Minister of Rites, and his official career was smooth, but Lin Weiran has now become his immediate boss.

Lin Qingran naturally did not show off his airs and returned gifts to the same year who was surrounded by him, and greeted enthusiastically: "We brothers do not need to be polite. Let's sit down first, and eat and talk while you have something to do!"

There was already a good banquet here, and everyone sat down according to the already fixed seats, while Lin Fu brought a few maids to deliver sumptuous dishes.

Wei Shiliang raised his glasses with everyone, and wiped off the wine stains on the corner of his mouth with excitement. He looked up and sighed loudly: "Cheer, I haven't been as happy as today in a long time!"

Since Lin Junran left Beijing, although they still had exchanges and gatherings with each other, at most three or five people gathered together, and it was impossible to gather together like tonight.

Now that Lin Xuran has returned, they immediately found the happy days of the past and liked the current atmosphere very much.

Xiao Jinian and others were a little more implicit. Although they also liked such gatherings in the same year, they did not shout as loudly as Wei Shiliang, but there was a clear smile on their lips.

"Not only talk about the salt affairs of the Prime Minister who left Beijing like my senior brother, even if I go to Jiubian to inspect military affairs like my brother, it is better than staying in this capital to deal with those trivial matters every day!" Zhou Youqing drank three glasses of wine, and that was the first time he was to go to the 10th anniversary of the 10th anniversary of the 10th anniversary of the 10th anniversary of the 10th anniversary of the 10th anniversary of the 10th

He said in a long-winded manner.

Everyone laughed at Zhou Youqing's complaint. If they want a bright future, they can only endure the experience in the six ministries. Only by enduring hardships can they become the best.

As for Ningjiang's military situation to inspect the Jiubian, it was actually just an occasional arrangement by the Ministry of War. Ningjiang had to return to Beijing to continue to maintain his qualifications after a few days.

For the officials at the bottom, the capital is undoubtedly a boring place. Although there seem to be many important things every day, if you really want to be serious, there seems to be nothing big.

For example, this time, the martial law in the capital was seven days, but a group of Tartars went outside the city to show their power. The soldiers of the Beijing camp hid in the city early and closed the city gate to defend the capital, but neither side actually shot a single arrow.

The topic went around a lot, and in the end everyone's attention fell on Lin Qinran. They were excited to know Lin Qinran's experiences this time.

To the local Prime Minister Yanshi as an imperial envoy, it must be quite interesting to them.

Lin Qingran did not intend to have a deep discussion, but simply said: "In addition to the publicly recognized official salt priming price, I also saw two major problems: private salt and priming.

As you can see, I intercepted 10,000 stones of salt from a group of private salt smuggling gangs, and then took the opportunity to introduce the salt statute and received support from the court." After a pause, the conversation changed and said, "But in

When I returned to Tongzhou, I was fighting with the Tartars!"

The great victory in the north gate of Tongzhou City did not spread in Beijing. Especially the gate of Beijing City had just opened, and some things in Tongzhou need to be verified, so it is temporarily limited to some people to know.

"Is this actually happening? Senior brother, what's going on, please tell me!" Yang Futian and others immediately became interested, looking at Lin Qingran curiously and said.

Lin Weiran took a sip of wine and smiled in front of everyone's attention: "When my boat arrived in Tongzhou, news of the Tartars entering the pass came from Jizhen. However, the Tartars were still visible.

, Tongzhou City was under martial law, and this made me very angry at that time..."

From ordering the city gate to open and let thousands of people outside the east gate enter the city, to the thrilling situation encountered by the north gate, the two sides finally launched a fierce battle, and all of them were revealed.

Lin Shiran's expression ability is very good, making everyone feel as if they are in the same situation. Many things are empathetic with Lin Shiran, and they are very supportive of Lin Shiran's actions.

"Actually, the same is true in Beijing, which is really infuriating!"

"Luckily, my senior brother, if not, I wouldn't have known how many people these Tartars would slaughter!"

"Now it is harder to find a soldier as brave as Zhang Jun who dares to fight than to pick up gold on the road!"

...

When Xiao Jinian and others heard about Lin Weiran's experience in Tongzhou, they immediately expressed their opinions in anger.

Lin Qingran saw everyone excited, took a sip of wine, and continued, "The next day, the governor of Ji Liao, Yang Xuan, came to reinforce Tongzhou with his men. I am not familiar with him, so he will not come to pay my respects to me,

I was too lazy to pay attention to him, but I didn’t expect that he actually sent me a celebration letter!”

"Huh? I remember that this time, except for the great victory in the North Gate of Tongzhou, there were no other achievements in the military!" Zhou Youqing was a minister in charge of the Ministry of War, but when he heard this, he immediately said in confusion.

Yang Futian looked at Lin Weiran and said with certainty: "Of course, there are no other military achievements. Yang Xuan was attracted by the great victory of the Northern Gate of Tongzhou. He must have gotten a share of the pie!"

"Senior Brother, you won't really give it to him, right?" Long Chi's eyes flashed with anger, and he immediately asked unwillingly.

Lin Xuran faced the attention of everyone, shook his head gently and said, "Of course not!" Seeing that everyone was very interested in this topic, he said the story of that night.

"He is really not ashamed!"

"We cannot fight in the Ming Dynasty, but we are the best in the world when we take credit!"

"Senior brother is a good person, so you can't spoil the turtle bastard like Yang Xuan!"

...

When Xiao Jinian and others praised Lin Weiran, they also indignantly condemned Yang Xuan's behavior.

When Zhang Wei heard Zhou Youqing scolding Yang Xuan as a turtle bastard, he immediately warned seriously: "As far as I know, Yang Xuan has a strong support from Yang Bo. You should be careful about your words!"

"I'm afraid of a bird! If I don't say it, I'm not afraid of Yang Xuan's revenge. I'm all friends of the same year that I, Zhou, can trust. I don't believe that this can be spread!" Zhou Youqing said quickly.

Everyone looked around and shook their heads helplessly. Although it was inevitable that people's hearts would be separated from each other, there was indeed no bad words circulating here in the past few years of getting along.

As if I suddenly thought of something in the dragon pond, I said seriously to everyone present: "I accidentally heard from people doing business in the yamen today that the way the Tartars could enter the pass this time is the way led by Duoyanwei!"

"I have heard of it, but I don't know whether it is true or false!" Xiao Jinian immediately echoed.

"If this matter is true, then Yang Xuan will definitely be finished!" Zhou Youqing seemed happy to see him.

If it were just for the Mongolian cavalry to enter the pass, it would not be a serious crime. After all, the Great Wall defense line is so long that it is inevitable that the Mongolians can take advantage of a loophole.

But if the cause is Yang Xuan's strategic mistake, the blame will be set separately, and even Yang Xuan may be beheaded.

Zhang Wei took a sip of wine and knew more about the inside story. He nodded gently and said, "I have heard this rumor, but the matter was suppressed by Yang Bo. Yang Bo should still want to save Yang Xuan."

!”

"I think he may not be able to suppress it!" Yang Futian put down his wine glass and said mysteriously.

Zhang Wei attached great importance to Yang Futian's opinion and immediately asked seriously: "How can I see it?"

"The relationship between Xu Jie and Yang Bo is only on the surface, and the two have already had a rift! Yang Xuan has made such a big mistake now, even if Yang Bo wants to protect him, Xu Jie will disagree!

"Yang Futian said with great confidence in facing the curious eyes of everyone.

After hearing his analysis like this, everyone knew that Yang Xuan was afraid that he would be in big trouble.

Life seemed to be back to the past all of a sudden. Everyone continued to drink and chat here, but from the beginning, they soon talked about various gossips in the capital.

Since we will go to the yamen as usual tomorrow, everyone left one after another when they had almost finished drinking. At the end of the show, only Zhang Wei and Yang Futian were left.

The three of them went from the warm pavilion to the tea hall in the study to use tea. Yang Futian followed Lin Xuran to explain the situation and said: "The capital city is still as harmonious as before, but all parties are secretly fighting!"

"How can I tell?" Lin Weiran's face suddenly became solemn, and he said seriously to Yang Futian.

Zhang Wei seemed to continue drinking tea calmly, but he couldn't help but glance at Yang Futian.

Yang Futian took a sip of tea and said seriously: "Xu Jie's position is far from as unbreakable as Master Yan. The emperor did not express any signs of Xu's birthday last month. According to my observations over the days

, Many people are already ready to move!"

"If this alone is the position of Master Xu's assistant, I'm afraid no one can shake it!" Lin Weiran shook his head gently after listening to Yang Futian's judgment.

The favor Xu Jie naturally cannot be compared with Yan Song, but he undoubtedly has a considerable trust from the emperor. In addition, the two fellow townsmen, Yan Ne, Minister of Revenue and Yang Chunfang, made Xu Dang still deserved the first village.

party.

Neither the Zhejiang Party with Yuan Wei and Dong Fen as the core, the Jin Party with Yang Bo as the core, or the New Jiangxi Party with his father-in-law as the core, they were able to challenge Xu Jie's position.

Unless Xu Jie makes a big mistake in doing things, or if he loses the imperial heart, Xu Jie can be defeated by others.

Zhang Wei is now the right senator of the Tongzheng Department and is also very thorough in viewing the issue. Listening to the conversation between the two, he picked up the teacup with a wry smile, and he was even more inclined to Lin Shiran's judgment.

"Senior brother, in this way, does our teacher have no chance yet?" Yang Futian's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he asked seriously.

Lin Qingran pondered for a moment and responded: "Since Xu Jie can pull Master Yan off the horse, we can naturally pull Xu Jie off the horse. But now the teacher wants to get the position of the chief assistant, I am afraid that he will have to solve the problem before.

Where is Yuan Wei!"

Things in the world are impermanent. In the past, Wu Shan was Yuan Wei's obstacle, but now Yuan Wei has become Wu Shan's obstacle. If Xu Jie is pulled down, then the biggest beneficiary will be Yuan Wei.

With Lin Qingran's return, Yang Futian's mind seemed to be active, hoping to push Wu Shan to the throne of the chief minister and let them replace Xu Jie's conservative school.

The three of them talked about the situation in the court for a while and talked about some secret matters in the capital. Then Lin Qingran asked Lin Fu to arrange the two of them to live in the house, and then returned to the back house to take a bath and rest.

The two of them hadn't seen each other for nearly a year, and Wu Qiuyu was waiting for Lin Qingran like a bride. As the candlelight was blown, after a strange noise from a low-quality wooden bed, the two had already changed from unfamiliarity to the most honest intimate person.
To be continued...