In the midst of the chaos and chaos in the court, the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Longqing arrived as scheduled.

The streets of Beijing are very lively. Many people go to the streets to buy new year's goods, and every household puts up Spring Festival couplets to welcome the new year.

Since Xu Jie left office, the cabinet has officially entered the Lin Haoran era. Policies such as registering unruly people, taking multiplication tests, and focusing on industry and commerce have benefited the people, resulting in a significant improvement in people's lives.

As the per capita income of people's families has increased, they have more spare money to buy new year's goods, making this Spring Festival more and more festive.

“I can finally eat meat this year!”

"Haha... my family not only eats meat, but also makes new clothes for the children!"

"What are you talking about? The Zhao family next door are very stupid, but they are going to light fireworks this year!"

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People in this era don't pursue much, and there aren't that many careerists. Many people are very satisfied as long as they have a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year, but today's quality of life is obviously better than this.

United Bank has also shouldered a historical mission. In the past few days, it worked with major businesses in the capital to send warmth to the poor households in the capital.

A long strip of Wuhua oil, a pound of salt, ten pounds of polished rice, a load of honeycomb briquettes and a piece of Leizhou cloth are enough to make the people living on the poverty line burst into tears of gratitude.

United Bank's ability to gain a firm foothold in Beijing and even successfully weave a financial network across the country is inseparable from their support for charity.

China is actually a very emotional nation. When you care about the people in your heart, the people will find ways to repay you tenfold.

This year's Drum Tower Lantern Festival is still very lively. Even though last year's total sales reached a record high, this year it still reached a new high, highlighting the prosperity of this era.

Just different from the Spring Festival for the common people, the Spring Festival for the royal family and officials presents a different scene.

At the New Year's Day banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Long Qing, who had made a lot of money from confiscating the Xu family's homes, once again spent a lot of money and held activities such as the Long Live Aoshan Lantern in Meridian Square, which added color to the excitement of the capital.

This time is when officials are most active.

Not only officials in Beijing and the area around the capital, but also many local officials come to Beijing to pay homage to the mountain at the right time. Therefore, the number of officials at this time is often more than double that of usual times.

Their focus is not on eating, drinking and having fun, nor on family reunions, but on weaving a network of relationships in every possible way.

Since this year is the year of the Beijing Police, the threshold of the Lin Mansion has been trampled to pieces, and many officials in the capital or Nanjing want to embrace Lin Haoran's lap, even if they are just familiar with each other.

Although the first assistant in the current cabinet is Li Chunfang and the second assistant is Guo Pu, everyone knows very well that the one with the greatest say in personnel matters is actually Lin Haoran.

In this Beijing inspection, whether you want to pass the customs smoothly or want to get to a higher level, getting Lin Haoran's favor is already the most important factor.

"Huang Hua, the minister of Guanglu Temple, wishes Mr. Lin Ge a happy new year!"

"Yang Sizhong, the political envoy of Xiaguan Youtong, wishes Lin Haoran New Year's greetings!"

"Xiaguan Taipu Temple Minister Zhu Daqi wishes Mr. Lin Ge New Year's greetings!"

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During the Spring Festival, almost all officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital visited Lin Haoran's residence. Their postures were as humble as they wanted.

Lin Haoran also had a very clear view of these officials in the capital who were bent on power, but he did not win over all the officials like Xu Jie did.

However, whether it is to enhance one's own strength or to promote survival of the fittest, a group of officials from the capital need to be eliminated next year and replaced by more capable officials.

Following the different perceptions of many officials, he actually felt that officials who served through local governments were more capable, so he would make some local officials vacate their positions.

Just like this, although many interceding officials were faced with it, they did not intend to accept everything as ordered, but they were able to push back and forth, and some officials were destined to be dismissed or sent to other places.

For example, Huang Hua, the minister of Guanglu Temple, will be dismissed from his post, Yang Sizhong, the envoy to the right government, will be promoted to the envoy to the left, and Zhu Daqi, the minister of Taipu Temple in Xiaguan, will be sent to another place to serve as governor.

Although the Beijing inspection has not started yet, some things have already been quietly promoted.

It was March and the results of the Beijing Examination were released as scheduled.

When the results of this inspection of officials from the two capitals and local governors were announced, they saw that the number of officials dismissed by the Beijing Inspectorate was as many as 86, which immediately caused an uproar.

But when they looked carefully at the list, many officials were relieved. After all, the remnants of the Xu Party and the Shanxi Gang accounted for most of the eighty-six people. For example, if Xu Zhi, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, was dismissed from office, no one would object.

After half a year of inspection, the search of the Xu family has been completed, and the value of the property confiscated is far higher than that of the Yan family.

It is precisely based on this tone that Xu Party and Shanxi officials almost have no place to stay in the capital, and they are either sent to other places or dismissed from office.

With the help of the wind from Jingcha, the general cleaning was completed in a grand manner.

Wang Xilie, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, is an out-and-out CI minister. He once presided over the Shuntian Mansion Examination, and his future is limitless. If nothing unexpected happens, he will have the opportunity to join the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the future.

It's just that because Wang Xilie was Xu Jie's disciple, he was promoted and cultivated by Xu Jie. Even though Wang Xilie was not among the imperial guards, he was transferred to Nanjing Hanlin Academy as a bachelor's student.

If the Imperial College still has some authority, but going to Nanjing Hanlin Academy is indeed a complete retirement, but there is no future at all.

There were many similar fates to Wang Xilie's. Even if they were ministers, all officials involved with Xu Jie were sent to other places or to nursing homes in Nanjing.

This matter was not entirely due to Lin Haoran's party-wide opposition, but because the property of the Yan family, Xu Jie's wealthy enemy, had been confiscated, and people closely related to Xu Jie would naturally be implicated.

It is worth mentioning that if Zhang Juzheng, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, was not Long Qing's imperial master, just because of his relationship with Xu Jie, he might not be able to stand in the court anymore.

Although Zhang Juzheng has now retained his position, his reputation has still been affected to a certain extent.

After all, without Xu Jie's promotion, how could Zhang Juzheng have served as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy for two years and then joined the cabinet to become the prime minister in three years? Even Zhang Juzheng's entry into Prince Yu's Mansion to lecture was the result of Xu Jie's recommendation.

Because of this, Zhang Juzheng not only lost the political resources of the Xu Party left to him by Xu Jie, but also lost the possibility of aspiring to the throne of chief minister.

It’s just that the wheel of history has been rolling forward, and the momentum of rise has become unstoppable.

After the inspection and house raids were over, the entire court seemed to have opened the shackles on China, and China's economy was like an awakened dragon looking eagerly at the ocean.

As Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and Leizhou opened overseas routes, a large amount of goods flowed to the East China Sea, Southeast Asia and the West, in exchange for a steady stream of gold, silver and goods from other countries.

More and more Chinese local forces or adventurous adventurers are setting sail in pursuit of overseas property, making the opening of the sea irreversible.

On the other hand, the United Trade Group became the pioneers of the Chinese nation, deeply rooted in Australia, and transported the highest quality iron ore back to the Ming Dynasty.

After all, this is an era of great navigation, and if China wants to truly rise, it must ride the wind and waves and seize the opportunities brought by the era of navigation.

The four major shipping companies are all performing their respective functions. Facing more and more goods flowing overseas, their income is filling the fiscal deficit of the Ming Dynasty.

Even though Long Qing was reluctant to make up his mind to reorganize and reduce the financial system of the clan Lumi, who had been attached to the Ming Dynasty and sucked the essence and blood of the Ming Dynasty, the improvement of the Ming Dynasty's finances was equally obvious.

Time quietly came to June. Under Lin Haoran's control of the overall situation, the entire Ming Dynasty became more and more focused on development, slowly showing a scene of prosperity.

As the great man said, "development is the last word." As the Ming Dynasty paid more and more attention to development, many contradictions became less acute.

In the past, two villages fought over water. However, with the promotion of drought-tolerant crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the development of handicraft industries in various places, local methods of resolving conflicts have become more gentle.

After being reminded by Li Fang, Long Qing once intended to call Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, back to check and balance the cabinet headed by Lin Haoran, but he was rejected by Zhao Zhenji.

It's not that Zhao Zhenji is unwilling to seize the chancellor of the Ministry of Etiquette or even join the cabinet, but he knows that the current officials are following Lin Haoran, and he has to fight against the cabinet headed by Lin Haoran when he returns to the capital, which is simply asking for death.

With the current situation in the court, we have long lost the opportunity to compete with the civil service group headed by Lin Haoran. Today's civil service group is unprecedentedly powerful.

Long Qing was actually a whim, and he was essentially an emperor with little desire for power. It had been nearly five years since he ascended the throne, but he rarely summoned officials on his own initiative and always focused on enjoying himself in the harem.

Because of this, Longqing had almost no sense of existence. All national affairs were handled by the cabinet, and many government orders were undoubtedly written by Lin Haoran.

Forbidden City, Golden Palace.

In the early morning of this day, all the officials came here to attend the morning court as usual. They stood there in an orderly manner, and every official looked focused.

Wu Guifang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, waited until the officials in front finished their speech, then stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the internal and external guards of our court are divided into five prefectures. In order to avoid the harm of strong ministers holding troops, we formed a camp to conduct military exercises in the last year of Yongle.

It was unified by the Three Thousand and Shenji Battalions, so it was named the Three Battalions. In the late Zhengtong period, it was changed to the Ten Regiment Battalion, during the Hongzhi period it was the Twelve Regiment Battalion, and during the Zhengde period, the East and West Official Halls were added. In the 29th year of Jiajing, Yan Song suggested that in the fifth year

A Rong government was set up outside the government to control internal and external troops. Later, the Duke Zhu Xizhong and other 20 people requested to receive the military ministers and seals from the Rong government, and they still had three camps. Each of the three camps had a general, who was given an edict, and a civilian minister.

As the Prime Minister, I will stay in the camp for training if there is nothing to do. If there is a police officer, the general will sign up and go out to fight!"

The civil servant group also has its own interests. This time, it already wants to reach out to the three major battalions that protect the safety of the capital and install a prime minister and civil servant among them.

Once the prime minister and civil servants are installed in the three major battalions, then the three major battalions will undoubtedly fall under the control of the civilian group, and they can even directly lead the army in wartime.

All the officials in the palace knew Wu Guifang's wishful thinking, and they couldn't help but look up at Long Qing on the dragon throne.

Long Qing, who was wearing a dragon robe, was sitting upright on the dragon chair, but now his face looked pale, a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his hands trembled involuntarily.

"Your Majesty!" Feng Bao, who was standing nearby, suddenly noticed something strange about Long Qing and couldn't help but call out softly.

The officials in the palace had long been accustomed to this Emperor Longqing who barely spoke a word, but when they saw that something was obviously wrong with Long Qing's face, they couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

"Imperial Physician! Tongzhuan Imperial Physician!" Guo Pu couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw Long Qing's fat body falling to the left.

this……

The officials in the palace were stunned when they saw Long Qing's sudden illness.

Although everyone knew that Long Qing took a lot of love potions and even a lot of elixirs left by Jiajing, they all thought that Long Qing was in his prime and these actions were harmless.

But who would have thought that Long Qing, who was in his thirties, would actually fall ill, and it seemed to be very serious.

Long Qing's head ached faintly, and he said to Feng Bao who was supporting him: "My head feels uncomfortable, send...send me back to the palace!"

"Go back to the palace!" Feng Bao received the order and hurriedly conveyed the order.

After hearing the news, a group of young eunuchs came and first carried Long Qing away from here, then put him on the jade chariot and sent Long Qing directly back to Qianqing Palace.

The imperial doctor on duty quickly rushed to the Qianqing Palace, but after Long Qing lay on the bed, it seemed as if nothing had happened just now, and his whole body suddenly returned to normal.

After careful examination, the two imperial doctors also gave a diagnosis: Long Qing's health was fine, but he had not had a good rest recently. He could take some soothing decoctions and get more rest.

Faced with this diagnosis, many officials couldn't help but secretly heave a sigh of relief. They thought Long Qing might die suddenly, but they didn't expect it to be a false alarm.

"Fortunately, I almost thought that the emperor..." Chen Yiqin breathed a sigh of relief, but he swallowed it back halfway.

Li Chunfang and others naturally knew what Chen Yiqin wanted to say, but it was difficult to reveal it. Li Chunfang noticed Lin Haoran's serious expression and asked, "Mr. Lin Ge, you seem to have something on your mind!"

"Master Yuanfu, the matter of establishing the crown prince cannot be delayed any longer!" Lin Haoran raised his head and looked at Li Chunfang, reminding him very solemnly.

Although this diagnosis was caused by lack of rest, he had a vague feeling that this was not the case. After all, Long Qing died young due to illness. There should be no deviation in the history of love, or even an advance.

He was not sure whether Long Qing died of tuberculosis or a stroke, but no matter what kind of disease Long Qing contracted, it was unsolvable given the medical standards of this era.

From the perspective of national interests, Long Qing's death is undoubtedly a good thing. However, once Long Qing passes away, he will face a serious problem, and there are still certain variables in the future selection of the emperor.

Once the throne falls on the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Yijun, he will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation, and China may repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty that fell to Wanli.

At this point, he knew that if he wanted to kill this possibility, he could only push the emperor's legitimate son to the crown prince position as soon as possible, so that he could control his future and the fate of China in his hands.
Chapter completed!