Time quietly came to the end of July, and the city ushered in a clear and good weather. The noon sun shone like a storm of light in the streets and alleys of the city.

People living in this era are very hardworking. Men work outside to make money, while women are also busy at home, working hard to manage a simple family together.

They do not have much comparison, no pursuit of luxury goods, nor do they have the ambition to go to great lengths to get rich, and only have the idea of ​​living steadily.

The invasion of 60,000 Tartars of Shanxi caused the capital to panic. Because of the fear that the Tartars would come from Shanxi, the rice prices in the capital also rose in response, but increased their living costs.

Fortunately, Lin Qingtian, who used to be like a legend in the play, actually commanded the Ming army on the nine sides to defeat the Tartars for the first time, and achieved unprecedented victories.

This incident seems to have nothing to do with them, but it is actually related to them.

As Altan fled back to the prairie after losing a crushing defeat, it was said that the Tartars would not dare to invade the Ming Dynasty again, and the rice prices in the capital also dropped back, even lower than before, and their lives returned to normal.

"I hope Master Lin can become the chief minister smoothly, and don't be really humiliated by Xu Jie!" Chen Laoshi is an ordinary capitalist, but he sincerely prayed with the rice he just bought.

There are many people who have the same idea as Chen Laoshi, especially many people have already considered Lin Qinan a good official as the prefect of Shuntian as Lin Qinan. Now they naturally hope that Lin Qinan will gain power and thus gain more benefits for them.

People are often simple. If anyone truly protects them and treats them with great sincerity, they can even repay their lives.

Of course, the reason why the public opinion in the capital supports Lin Weiran so much is that although Lin Weiran has always done what he has done, especially this great victory that hits the rice price in the capital, it is also inseparable from the efforts behind Kang Wanrong.

Human hearts are complicated things, but they can sympathize with you for bad things, but they can't stand you for good things.

Lin Weiran has made unparalleled achievements now, and has responded to the nine sides. He is slowly mastering the killing weapon of this country, but he already has the taste of "high power over the master".

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, although there was a precedent for the cabinet ministers to serve as Minister of War, there was no second one for the court bosses with military merits and prestige like Lin Weiran.

As for Hu Zongxian, the hero who fought against the Japanese, and Wang Shouren, who pacified the rebellion of Ning Wang, he had several positions, after all, the location of the place has always been in the court.

Lin Weiran wants to maintain his current power now, the best way is naturally to "sell miserable", so that the people below will not only not be jealous of his power, but will also constantly sympathize with him.

It is precisely because Kang Wanrong has also constantly put forward the "Xu Jie Persecution Theory" in the capital, so many people have begun to worry about Lin Qingran's stay or leave.

As for Lin Junran's current status and power, and the significance of his great victory, few people pay attention to it anymore.

At this time, Lin Qinran's vision was also reflected. The saying that had been circulating in the Ming Dynasty, "Talent is better than Guo Jia, and his life is not as good as Zhou Gongyu!" undoubtedly also gave him a guarantee, so that everyone would sympathize with Lin Qinran more.

The tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. This is an eternal truth, and Lin Weiran will no longer be foolish in making "show wood".

At this moment, undercurrents were surging under the city of Beijing.

Xu Jie, wearing a python robe, led many officials such as Jiuqing to welcome him at the city gate. There was a smug smile on his lips, looking gloating at the carriage coming from the official road ahead.

"He is here!" Zuodu Censor Wang Ting looked at the imperial flag in the convoy and immediately stepped forward and reminded in a low voice.

Many things have long been tacit, and now Lin Qingran is at its most glorious time, so the best way to deal with him is naturally to "praise and kill". Even if the emperor cannot be afraid of Lin Qingran, he still wants Lin Qingran's threat theory to appear in the capital, so they have come here without hesitation to "welcome" Lin Qingran.

"Gei Master Lin, I have been waiting here for an hour with all my colleagues. It can be regarded as a welcome to Mr. Lin. Please get off the car and talk!" Xu Jie said aloud with kind face and looked very happy.

After seeing Xu Jie and others, Tiezhu also asked the carriage to stop slowly.

Lin Qingran was wearing a first-class official uniform, revealing some official power, so he pulled open the curtain and crawled out. However, when he heard Xu Jie's words, he knew that this was deliberately praising him, especially "one hour" was a small foreshadowing.

"According to the emperor's oral instructions, I will lead the nine ministers here to welcome Master Lin's mediation!" Xu Jie raised his hand to the place where he browned his hand and bowed to the place where he was.

The dignified Chief Minister gave this gift, undoubtedly a great compliment to Lin Yueran.

"The subordinates welcome Mr. Lin to mediate and make unparalleled contributions to our Ming Dynasty!" Wang Ting, the left-level censor, knelt down and bowed in unison without waiting for Lin Junran to react.

In theory, there is no level three difference in the quality of the two sides, but there is no need to kneel down to greet them. However, Lin Qingran made such a great contribution, and they said that they were not rude to kneel down, after all, it tasted like kneeling down to fight.

However, this action fell into the eyes of those who are interested, and undoubtedly Lin Weiran had "conquered" all officials. He would be the first powerful minister of the Ming Dynasty.

That's right, this seemingly respectful high-standard move has a murderous intent.

Although Xu Jie did not bring Guo Pu and Gao Gong, the expected effect had been achieved, and the corners of his mouth could not help but bend a beautiful curve slightly.

Lin Weiran shouldn't have acted so late, and shouldn't have been so high-profile in first-class official uniforms. These things are clearly "superbing merits and being arrogant", and they will definitely be criticized.

"Master Yuan Fu is a robbery of the lower officials. It is the lower officials who should accompany Yuan Fu and ask you to leave the cabin here!" Lin Qingran helped Xu Jie up with one hand and claimed the crime.

Xu Jie's brows frowned slightly, and he was also talking. But since the purpose has been achieved, no matter how much Ren Lin Ran quibbles, he cannot change the fact that they were waiting for an hour here.

After Lin Qingran helped Xu Jie up, he raised his hand to Wang Ting and others kneeling on the ground and said modestly: "You are so serious. I am just doing my duty as a minister this time. This trip is also full of thrilling, and I almost can't come back. Please get up quickly!"

Huh?

Xu Jie's face still maintained a smile, but after seeing Lin Weiran's behavior, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

ah?

Wang Ting got up from the ground and felt proud. He just saw Lin Junran's good image as a humble gentleman, and suddenly he was stunned.

In the autumn sunshine, the white bandage wrapped in Lin Weiran's hand was extremely conspicuous and he looked injured. If he hadn't blamed him for not riding a horse, it would have been impossible to ride it.

The most important thing is that since Lin Weiran returned with injuries this time, Xu Jie and others were waiting for him here for an hour, which seemed not too much.

"Didn't he say he wasn't injured?"

"This kid's injury must be fake!"

"It's so despicable, I actually used a bitter plan!"

...

Wang Ting and others looked at Lin Weiran's extremely exaggerated white bandages, and couldn't help but question them, and even complained about Lin Weiran.

But no matter how they guessed it in their hearts, they didn't have the courage to pull away the white bandage of the Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Palace, and they didn't even dare to question it.

If Lin Junran really cut a slit in his hand and you dare to question whether this hero was injured, then the future would probably end here.

Lin Weiran saw everyone's reaction and smiled at Xu Jie and said, "The lower-ranking official has injuries on his hands. You cannot give Yuan Fu a gift. Please forgive me!"

Xu Jie had great doubts about Lin Qiran's scars, but he knew that Lin Qiran was assassinated, so he didn't blame him for making a big fuss about it.

Just as he failed to achieve a plan, he came up with another plan: "Mr. Lin's annihilation of tens of thousands of Tartars this time can be said to have severely damaged Altan's vitality. I will be worry-free in the next ten years of the Ming Dynasty!!"

"Master Yuan Fu, this statement is absolutely inappropriate!" Lin Qingran immediately rejected it seriously, and then explained loudly: "This time the Tartars invaded the Ming Dynasty in the south, there was the idea of ​​seizing the city! Fortunately, the soldiers of Shizhou City used their lives. Jizhou General Qi Jiguang led his troops to rescue him in time, so that the land of Shizhou could be protected. However, they could lead 60,000 invasions this time, and maybe 100,000 next time, so we should not take it lightly, but should be as careful as before to prevent the shame of Tumu Fort from repeating the shame!"

"What Master Lin said is very true. We cannot underestimate the enemy because of the war, in order to prevent the shame of Tumu Fort from repeating it!" The Minister of Revenue Ma Sen seized the opportunity and immediately stood up and responded.

Most of the officials present also smelled a trace of gunpowder when they listened to the conversation between the two bigwigs.

If you have no worries for ten years, then Lin Qinran should "abdicate the throne and give way to the wise." But if Lin Qinran speaks, then you should still be cautious in dealing with the Tartars in the future, and let Lin Qinran continue to serve as the Minister of War.

Although many people have never liked Lin Xuran to be in power, they think of the shame of Tumu Fort and the possibility of being surrounded by Beijing, but they feel that Lin Xuran continues to serve as the Minister of War.

Xu Jie's face looked very ugly, but he could not compare with Lin Junran in military terms, so he stopped attacking. After a few greetings, he also informed the emperor to summon him.

In fact, there is no need for Xu Jie to retell, and Lin Qingran also had to go to the palace to meet the saint as soon as possible.

Because Xu Jie deliberately released the news of Lin Qingran's return, the people in the capital had already gathered on both sides of the streets, and they were greeting Lin Qingran with a grand manner.

However, Lin Weiran's palm was injured, but he had sufficient reason not to ride a horse. He lifted the hand wrapped in white bandages and walked through the car window to the people who were kneeling at him.

There are many people on both sides of the street, but there are also many scholars. There are also many scholars who are shouting Lin Wenkui's name frantically and even putting up banners.

As the autumn examination is approaching, candidates from Northern Zhili have also gathered in Beijing to prepare for the exam, making this world's largest city even more lively.

In this era, whether it is the candidates who take the exam, the businessmen in the capital who do literary business, or some related officials, the provincial examination every three years is a top priority.

For Hanlin officials, the originally happy atmosphere was broken, and this provincial examination was a bit scented with gunpowder early on, and the person who started the work was attributed to Lin Qingran.

When Lin Junran was the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites three years ago, he reformed the system of chief examiners of the provincial examination: the Ministry of Rites no longer elected chief examiners of the provincial examination according to seniority, but broke the routine and adopted the method of selecting talents and using abilities.

Although his starting point was good at that time, he also gave room for rent-seeking, which made the competition for the candidates for the chief examiners of this year's provincial examinations extremely fierce, especially the chief examiners of the provincial examinations in the two capitals were even more bloody.

After many competitions, the Xu Party finally won the greatest fruits.

The examiner of Yingtian’s provincial examination was Wang Xilie, and the examiner of Shuntian’s provincial examination was Zhang Siwei, both of whom were Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing, and they were Xu Jie’s disciples.

Wang Xilie mainly followed Xu Jie's route, which can be said to be one of Xu Jie's key training targets. Zhang Siwei grew up with the resources of Shanxi merchants, and has now been pushed to the forefront by Shanxi merchants and served as the chief examiner of Shuntian Provincial Examination, one of the most valuable.

Zhang Siwei was a direct descendant of the Shanxi merchants and a future leader of the Shanxi Gang. He was fortunate to be under the disciple of Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the dynasty, so his resources were "unique".

It is precisely with this condition that in the system of chief examiners of the provincial examinations that "use the virtuous to select the ability" he naturally stood out and became the mentor of 137 new imperial examinations in the Shuntian provincial examinations in the first year of Longqing.

If the entire Shanxi Gang had not been defeated by Lin Weiran, the Shanxi Gang would undoubtedly have the opportunity to rise again, and it would not be difficult to train several prime ministers in the future with their financial resources.

But things were not so good after all. Although Zhang Siwei got this cake, the foundation was digged out by Lin Qiran. It is hard to say whether it was gain or loss.

Xu Jie seemed to be afraid that Lin Qingran would come back and disrupt the situation. These things were finalized at a very fast speed. Xu Jie decisively asked the two students to serve as the chief examiners of this provincial examination.

Although Wang Xilie and Zhang Siwei are the biggest winners on the surface, Xu Jie, the mentor of both of them, is the biggest beneficiary. After all, Xu Jie suddenly has 270 new imperial examination disciples.

But I have to admit that Xu Jie has a strong sense of vision.

Even though he was in power in the face of justice, he made the extravagance normal, and finally revealed his greedy face, but he still had a good reputation as a "virtuous prime minister".

The carriage soon arrived in front of the Forbidden City, which was still so majestic, like a giant lion entrenched here.

Lin Weiran got off the carriage and looked at the palace gate with a squinted eyes. A different feeling arose in his heart. But he didn't stand for too long and stepped firmly into the familiar Forbidden City, but he felt like he was walking back into the adventure forest.

The sunshine in the capital is quiet, but there will always be undercurrents below, and a new wave will surge instantly.
Chapter completed!