The lobby of Xu Mansion was naturally filled with many people.

These people are all important figures in the court, including ministers, ministers, and some officials from the supervisory and shaoqing side.

Thirty percent of the high-ranking officials in the court are sitting here. Such a scale is enough to hold a court meeting.

Everyone came in without saying a word and just drank tea. Quite a few of them were from Zhejiang Province, and many were disciples of Wang Xue. Naturally, there were also some "newcomers" who had noticed the current situation and felt that Xu Butang was more important.

If there is something he can do, he eagerly comes to help him, so that he can gain a future for himself in the future.

After all, when they are at this stage, they seem to have perfect merits and the lowest rank, which is also a high-ranking official from the third rank. But what others think is one thing, and only you know whether it is good or bad. Everyone has ambitions and wants to go further, but

It's not that difficult to climb up to the sixth, seventh or even fourth or third ranks. Even if you don't find a big tree, you can slowly gain seniority. As long as you live long and persist for a few years or even ten years, you will be promoted sooner or later.

thing.

But when you reach the third level and above, it no longer depends on luck and so-called qualifications. If you want to go up, it is extremely difficult. I don’t know how many people have not saved for more than ten years. There is no way. There are fewer people and more people. If you want to go up, it will be a trap.

There are so many, everyone is waiting, and they all have qualifications, why should they be given to you?

Moreover, there is no rule in the imperial dynasty to retire when one reaches sixty, and the older ones are often getting stronger with age, and are eager to use their remaining energy until death. If you want to be promoted, you must first live longer than others, and you must also hope that others will die early, and then,

There is a gap. Only then do you realize that you are already surrounded by a pack of wolves.

And many senior officials here are facing this situation. On the one hand, they have no chance, no luck, everything is enough, but they are just a little bit behind, but it is a world of difference. Besides,

, you still have to hug your thighs, Chaozhong’s thighs are limited after all. In the past two years, there are just two, one is Yang Ting and the other is Yang Yiqing. After Yang Yiqing is gone, only Yang Tinghe is left, but you have to understand that everyone hugs him

The final result is that it is better not to hug his thighs. There are only three or four missing in a year, but there are hundreds of people who want to lick his boots. Yang Tinghe is not a fool for these thighs. Of course, they are for his closest confidants.

A close confidant who others wanted to lick their boots but couldn't get. First I felt helpless, then annoyed, and finally annoyed.

I don’t want to serve you anymore.

What should I do if I don’t serve you? Find another way to make a living. Isn’t there a ready-made Xu Butang? Now he is in full swing, and people who follow him. There are also many people who have been promoted, although they are not in charge of the official department. But all fools know that if the new system is implemented,

In the tax system, the Ministry of Household Affairs will definitely expand greatly. It will set up a tax bureau, an inspection department, and a money and grain bureau. In addition, it is said that the imperial court will also set up a patrol department. These are all yamen to be built, and these yamen are all related to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It is closely related. Although the selection of officials is a matter for the Ministry of Personnel, the officials selected by the Ministry of Personnel must be approved by Mr. Xu. If you don't approve it, if you let it out, even if it is selected by the Ministry of Personnel, do you dare to take office? So the current situation is,

Yang Gong has the right to choose, but Xu Butang has the right to veto. If the officials can choose, he can decide. With this right, everyone can climb high.

Moreover, Xu Qian is by no means alone. The royal party is now spread across all ministries, colleges, and monasteries in Zhili and Southern Zhili. People who become Xu Qian’s people will naturally become glorious members of the royal party. In the past, the royal party was seen by everyone.

Fight, but it is different now. The upward trend of the royal party is obvious now, and the future is promising.

People in the officialdom should never be described as shameless or powerful, because officials are inherently shameless and snobbish. With official positions, there is rank, and the intuitive expression of official rank and rank is in this power. Everyone who is an official

, just for the sake of power and benefiting the world. That’s a lie, because changing families and hugging thick legs are normal. If no one hugs you, it only means that you are not strong enough, not how good other people’s integrity is.

Xu Qian was drinking tea slowly. Now, all he needed to deal with Yang Yiqing was the last straw. The anxious Yang Yiqing had almost no capital left, but it was not enough. He still needed the last bit of heat.

He said with a smile: "My family was assassinated last night, and everyone came to express my condolences. Xu is really embarrassed. You are so polite. Fortunately, Xu has some good tea here, so we won't let everyone come in vain."

Everyone burst into laughter, Zhang Zilin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, smiled lightly and said: "Xu Butang's tea is indeed good tea. I can attest to this. When I appeased the envoy on the sea route, this kind of tea is worth at least 700 taels of silver per kilogram. Everyone

, all the time you spent talking, hundreds of taels of silver are just gone."

Most of the people present here have been in the capital for a long time, and have heard about Zhizhe and the sea route pacification envoy Si. They all know that the sea route pacification envoy Si is black, but they did not expect it to be so dark, so everyone laughed.

At this time, someone said: "Mr. Xu was assassinated in his home. The thieves are so rampant at the feet of the emperor. It is simply shocking. It still makes people frightened. I am here to pay homage. On the one hand, I want to pay homage to Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu

It has been so long since I have been in the capital, and I am really ashamed that I could not visit you as soon as possible. But the second thing is..." The man paused here, and then said slowly: "The second thing is this person who paid for the murder. Why?

The truth hasn’t been found out yet? What are Shuntian Mansion and Jin Yiwei afraid of? They haven’t been able to find out such an obvious thing?"

He made a complaint and then got to the point: "In my opinion, these people are afraid, but they are afraid, we can't be afraid. The lower officials are incompetent, and as the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is inevitable to write a letter

Impeach."

Xu Qian said nothing, gave no encouragement or support.

But the meaning was very clear, and everyone said: "It is unreasonable that such a person can be in the cabinet even if he wants to be impeached."

Although everyone was filled with righteous indignation, most people were just expressing their opinions, and they really didn't hate Yang Yiqing to the point of being filled with hatred.

Just...that's enough.

Xu Qian smiled slightly, pressed his hands and said: "I understand what you are thinking, but there is indeed no solid evidence. Mr. Xu also knows some of the rumors from outside. It is said that cabinet ministers paid to kill people, but I think that this

Is this ridiculous? Has there been such a thing in the past dynasties? I still believe that Mr. Yang is innocent. The rumors in the market are not trustworthy after all. However, Mr. Yang does have no evidence of buying a murderer, but I know it here.

I have to explain some things to you."

After a pause, Xu Qian said: "There are rumors that the Yang family purchased more than 70,000 acres of land in their hometown. Who has verified these? Others say that Yang Tao, the second son of the Yang family, bought his reputation as a scholar. Are there any of these?

Are people going to investigate? Also, is Mr. Yang responsible for the tax system? All these can be investigated, found out, and then impeached. As for those things without evidence, it is useless to talk about them. It is useless and will only

It’s just something that makes people laugh.”

On the surface, it was a passionate conversation, but the meaning behind it was already clear. There was no evidence for the murder, and there was no evidence for the evil plot that followed Wang Daozhong's death. However, there were traces of other things, and people usually dare not say it.

, I can’t say it, but now, should I say it? These may be small things, but when they add up, they become big things. Moreover, in the case of a smelly street, it is enough to kill someone.

Everyone understood and stopped talking. They cursed Wang Daozhong for his unjust death, expressed condolences to Xu Qian, and then left each other.

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Early the next morning, countless impeachment memorials appeared in the cabinet like a snowflake.

Yang Tinghe, who was sitting at the desk, breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Xu Qian's wings have really grown hard. In the past, everyone criticized Xu Qian together, but now, he has become the driving force behind the scenes.

, a thought, a look, and countless people will work for him.

There were so many memorials, but Yang Tinghe didn't read them at all, because it made no difference whether he read them or not, and he knew what they said anyway.

This kind of dirty talk in the court can be regarded as a kind of custom. Whoever is an official in the court should not be criticized by others. The more important the person is, the more he will be scolded. Although this time, the scope of the criticism is wider.

Many, and the firepower is ten times that of ordinary people, but after all, Yang Tinghe has seen too much of the world, so he doesn't take it seriously.

The most important thing he wanted to see was Yang Yiqing's reaction. In fact, Yang Tinghe hoped that Yang Yiqing would be the winner of this fight, but he also understood that Yang Yiqing could not win. If he did not come out to stand, Yang Yiqing would face the whole world alone.

Wang Dang, facing Xu Qian, this is not a question of winning or losing, but a question of losing more and losing less.

But obviously, Yang Yiqing lost miserably this time. It was as if he was beaten to the ground by someone else and was kicked hard several times.

Yang Tinghe could only sigh, but he knew that he had more things to arrange, and it was impossible to cause trouble.

He called a clerk and asked, "Is Mr. Yang working in the duty room?"

In the past, because of their good relationship, the two of them worked together in the public room and discussed matters easily. However, recently they were separated, so they went back to their own duty rooms and saw less of each other. Yang Yiqing even did not come to duty.

Yang Tinghe may not even know.

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Chapter completed!