After leaving the Ganqing Palace, the ministers Wang Jiaping, Lin Yanchao, Lu Guangzu, and Yang Junmin were not good-looking.

Lu Guangzu and Wang Jiaping were talking in front of him, as if they were trying to persuade him.

Faced with the conversation between the Minister of Personnel and the Chief Auxiliary, Lin Yanchao and Yang Junmin were tactfully away from it.

Lin Yanchao and Yang Junmin walked side by side, looking at each other and saying at the same time.

"The affairs of Lianghuai Salt Industry..."

"This court..."

The two smiled awkwardly. Lin Yanchao said, "Grandmaster, please tell me first."

Yang Junmin smiled and said, "Actually, I and Da Zongbo thought of the same place. The salt industry and the government are two to one, one to two things."

Lin Yanchao said: "The Grand Secretary’s farmer Gao Jian, and Lin also thought so."

Yang Junmin nodded and said, "This salt matter is face, and this government is the inside. The inside cannot support the face, so of course nothing can be done."

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "This metaphor for the Grand Secretary is really the most appropriate. The prosperity of politics lies in following the will of the people, and the abolition of politics lies in opposing the will of the people. As long as it happens naturally, things will be done."

The two of them walked and chatted. At this time, everyone walked to the gate of the Ganqing Palace. The officials' entourages stood outside the door waiting for their masters.

Wang Jiaping stopped and sighed: "Today, you have seen that you are not loyal to the emperor, but you really don't use the minister. I am a servant who is not obedient, so take one step first!"

Lin Yanchao and Wang Jiaping have worked with him for many years, and it is rare to see him like this. Although Wang Jiaping maintains the prime minister's demeanor on his face, he must be uncomfortable in his heart.

After Wang Jiaping became the chief minister, the emperor never gave him the power to sit in the sedan chair in the palace, so he left with his followers. Lin Yanchao watched Wang Jiaping and felt a sense of desolation in his heart.

At this moment, Lin Yanchao and Yang Junmin also said their own farewells.

Lu Guangzu said, "Zonghai stayed!"

Lin Yanchao was stunned. At this time, he winked at Yang Junmin.

After Yang Junmin left, Lu Guangzu said: "Zonghai accompanied me to walk a few steps in the palace!"

Lin Yanchao said: "This is a honor for Lin," he said.

Lu Guangzu smiled, and the two of them immediately walked slowly outside the palace along the corridor of the palace.

Lin Yanchao peeked at Lu Guangzu's face. Lu Guangzu's eyes were slender and bright, and looking at people with squint eyes always made people feel a bit vicious. But this time when they got along in private, the other party seemed kind-hearted.

"Just just now, Yuan Fu and I said something, and I already wanted to retire. I still want to come to Yuan Fu as an official for decades, but in the end, the emperor asked him to retreat with one word, and he had to retreat. In fact, when I waited for this step, my glory and wealth were no longer taken seriously. What I wanted was to be an official for a few years and do more to the court and the people, but all this must be relied on the Holy Will."

Lu Guangzu suddenly mentioned the holy meaning, what was the implication? He seemed to be afraid of something.

Lu Guangzu continued to say earnestly: "I'm afraid I've been in power for a while when I saw Yuan Fu leave. I'm the most powerful minister and have a lot of illness recently. Today I've asked Zong Hai for something."

After Lu Guangzu said that, he took out a brocade handkerchief and covered his mouth and coughed a few times.

Lin Yanchao saw that Lu Guangzu had always been arrogant and refused to give in at all, so for some reason he was repeatedly polite today.

【.】 "Dazai is so serious. Please give me any instructions."

Lu Guangzu said: "I have been sick since I was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, for fear of dying in office like my previous Duke Zhuang Min of Song."

Lin Yanchao changed his expression when he heard this: "Dazai is in full swing, how could he say such things?"

Lu Guangzu smiled and said, "I have already seen it openly, why should Zong Hai be mindful? If there is one day, then I will ask Zong Hai for Zong Hai on behalf of my children and grandchildren. You are the Wenzong of the present day, and there is no one who is right in the world in terms of talent and articles. Therefore, I want to ask you to write an inscription for me. I wonder if Zong Hai can agree to this unhappy request."

When Lin Yanchao heard Lu Guangzu's words, he thought that the meaning of this sentence was too deep.

This inscription is about setting a final conclusion for a person.

Generally, after the death of a high-ranking official in the court, he would ask an official with an identity and status similar to his during his lifetime to write an inscription for him. For example, Lu Guangzu's level was at least a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. Lin Yanchao was still a little short of being the Minister of Rites.

At the same time, there is another meaning to ask officials to write the inscription.

For example, the inscription of former Prime Minister Zhang Siwei was written by Shen Shixing. At that time, Zhang Siwei had a bad relationship with Shen Shixing. After Zhang Siwei was worried, he always planned to return to the court and even pushed Wang Jiaping into the cabinet to mix sand for Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing was also guarding Zhang Siwei on the open and secret, for fear that he would rob him of the chief minister of the court, so he asked the emperor to grant him the highest title of Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Zhongji Hall Grand Secretary. However, after Zhang Siwei's death, his two sons came to ask Shen Shixing to write an inscription for his father.

Why? Here is a story, that is, the matter between Yao Chong and Zhang Shuo, prime ministers during the Tang Dynasty.

Yao Chong was about to die at that time. He told his son, Zhang said that this man was narrow-minded and I offended him back then, so after I died, he would definitely take revenge on you. To resolve this matter, there is only one way. When he comes to pay his respects, you will put all the rare treasures in your family on your own. If he is satisfied, you will give it to him immediately. This person will definitely take greed for money.

After he received the gift, he asked him to write the inscription and immediately presented it to the emperor for the imperial examination. This person was late for me when he thought it through. After he figured it out, he would definitely ask for the inscription. At that time, you told him that the inscription had been shown to the emperor and was engraved on the inscription.

The Zhang family was also afraid that Shen Shixing would take revenge, so the Zhang family asked Shen Shixing to write an inscription.

What does Lu Guangzu mean now that he asks himself to write the inscription?

First, he once again emphasized that he would definitely promote himself as prime minister after entering the cabinet.

Secondly, I also use what Yao Chong said to tell myself, "I am guarding you for one's sake." Just like Yao Chong said to Zhang for guarding you for the sake of Zhang."

But what Lin Yanchao didn't understand was why Lu Guangzu was so afraid of him.

Compared with Lu Guangzu, his power was not at the same level as his official qualifications, his connections in the court, and the power held by the Ministry of Rites.

It is natural that Lu Guangzu really wants to join the cabinet to be the prime minister.

So what is the reason why Lu Guangzu fears him?

Lin Yanchao was a little confused and glanced at Lu Guangzu.

Lu Guangzu smiled. At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark, and there were already palace servants carrying lanterns in the Forbidden City.

Lin Yanchao glanced at the sky and suddenly realized that he finally understood why Lu Guangzu was so afraid of him.

That is the holy will!

Although he is far inferior to Lu Guangzu in terms of power, the emperor favors him more than Lu Guangzu.

If Wang Jiaping resigns from the emperor this time, then the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet will inevitably be added.

If Lu Guangzu intends to compete for the position of prime minister himself, he will definitely be what everyone wants as the Minister of Personnel.

But I am hard to say. If there is oneself on the court’s list of recommendations, although I am definitely not as good as Lu Guangzu in terms of rankings, the emperor can completely bypass Lu Guangzu and instead use accompanying recommendations instead.

Isn’t Lu Guangzu a waste of money in this way?

Therefore, for Lu Guangzu, he had to hold himself down.

So when he was in Qianbulang, he was testing whether he had any idea of ​​competing for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. If he spoke a little about his intention to compete for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, then the two of them would be political enemies from now on.

Although Lin Yanchao and Lu Guangzu are both injustice and injustice, there is no way to talk about this in the officialdom.

After Li Shizhi became prime minister during the Tang Dynasty, Li Linfu was worried about fighting for power with him, so he told him that there was a mine in Huashan, and you could tell the emperor.

After Li Shizhi told Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang asked Li Linfu. Li Linfu told Emperor Xuanzong of Tang that I had known this for a long time, but Mount Hua is His Majesty and is a mountain of native destiny. It is not suitable to be digging, so I didn't tell you. From then on, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang alienated Li Shizhi.

Li Linfu and Li Shizhi had no selfish grudges. The reason why they wanted to hurt him was just afraid that he would hinder his power.

So if Lin Yanchao revealed his idea of ​​joining the cabinet in front of Lu Guangzu, then don’t ask any more questions below, and the two will be political enemies from now on.

It was just a test, but this time it was a warning.

If Wang Jiaping wants to resign from his preface now, will he be moved and have the idea of ​​joining the cabinet and becoming the prime minister?

This idea is human nature and is very dangerous for Lu Guangzu. If he does not take action against Lin Yanchao, then Lin Yanchao will have to take action against him in the future.

After understanding Lu Guangzu's meaning, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but smile and asked directly: "Dazai asked me to write the inscription. Could it be that he was afraid that Lin would not be able to learn from Zhang?"

But it was said to be in the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor was reading the memorial after sitting in the imperial case.

After writing for a while, the emperor suddenly stopped and asked Zhang Cheng beside him: "Parent Zhang, is there any reason why you said what Wang Jiaping advised me just now? Have I been lazy in the government recently?"

Zhang Cheng lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the inner minister thinks it is Mr. Wang just now... He is a little confused, so he speaks without saying anything. Please don't take it to heart."

The emperor shook his head and said, "No, when Mr. Wang was an official, I still liked to listen to him preaching the scriptures and history for me, but since he entered the cabinet, he once and twice returned my imperial edict. I am very disappointed with him..."

When the emperor said this, he sighed and said, "I am really tired. These facts of the country are all in all directions. How can I really govern the country? I just govern people, and then I will use people to govern things. If Mr. Wang goes, I don't know who can entrust state affairs to? Forget it, Zhang Cheng, read the memorial to me, and I will combine my eyes!"

Speaking of this, the emperor leaned on the imperial chair.

After receiving the imperial edict, Zhang Cheng picked up the memorial in front of the emperor and recited: "The Minister of Rites Lin Yanchao submitted a memorial, and the examination is imminent. The Ministry of Rites' Rules for the Secretariat are as follows.

A main text style will not be accepted by those who are not pure and elegant.

The second agenda records are all based on the original text of the scholar.

For the third specialty, examiners must read the scriptures.

The four different font sizes, and the five scriptures should not be mixed.

Five-core ink scrolls, those who are not fully qualified should not have Chinese style.

Six public filling out the list, and no changes shall be arbitrarily introduced when explacing the paper.

The emperor closed his eyes and said, "I just asked the Ministry of Rites to conduct the assembly examination yesterday, and it was discussed so quickly?"

"Report to Your Majesty, since Lin Yanchao was appointed as the Minister of Rites, he submitted memorials very diligently. He often wrote memorials every three days and every five days. They were not indiscriminate comments. They were all urgent. For Your Majesty's subordinates' instructions, the Ministry of Rites would have a charter to report the instructions of His Majesty's subordinates in two days."

The emperor squinted his eyes and nodded, "It's rare!"
Chapter completed!