The news that Tang Yin was appointed as the ambassador of Guangjiku of the Ministry of Revenue was officially distributed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs that afternoon. Tang Yin finally completed the most important change in his life.
Become an official.
Everyone didn't know whether to congratulate him or not. At least Tang Yin's expression was very strange. Even a man like Jiang Lun, who always talked a lot, knew that Tang Yin was not a "high promotion" when he was the ambassador of Guangjiku of the ninth rank. He didn't even say congratulations.
Dare to say it.
"Mr. Tang, from now on, as ministers of the same palace, we must cooperate sincerely and serve His Majesty!"
Only Zhu Hao said something similar to congratulations.
Tang Yin nodded.
There was originally a banquet in the evening, but because Tang Yin suddenly became an official, he was afraid that he would misunderstand that everyone was entertaining him, so the banquet was canceled directly and will be held another day.
As a result, only Zhu Hao and Tang Yin had dinner together.
Tang Yin poured himself a drink and drank a lot. He was drunk, shook his head and sighed: "If I really wanted to be such a low-ranking official, I would have gone there many years ago. Why did I have to wait until today?"
Zhu Hao picked up the jug and poured a glass for Tang Yin: "Sir, didn't you see that no one congratulated you today? Because everyone knows that this is not a good thing for you. Everyone hopes that you can be as carefree as before.
"Tang Bohu, a romantic and talented man who excelled in both poetry and painting."
"hehe."
Tang Yin smiled bitterly, "Then you still want me to join the court? Now your wish has come true, right?"
Zhu Hao said: "Sir, becoming an official in the court is the first step for you to assist the government in the future. Do you want to live without fame and wealth in your life? If you want to do things in the future, you will be unjust and unjust. As long as you do this in checking the river engineering accounts.
If you make some achievements, His Majesty will have reason to promote you... The speed of your career promotion will be the envy of most people in the court."
Zhu Hao was basically telling Tang Yin that when I help you embark on an official career, I am not deliberately changing your principles of life, but I am sincerely doing it for your own good.
Tall buildings rise from the ground. Only with this first step can there be a series of subsequent steps.
Tang Yin sighed: "I finally understand. You can obviously read these accounts quickly and even deal with them properly in time, but you have to wait until today. It seems that you are paving the way for me. Zhu Hao, I don't know what to do."
Should I thank you or hate you? It’s all in the wine..."
Tang Yin complained that Zhu Hao had changed his principles of conduct and entered the officialdom and became a minor official, but at the same time he knew that Zhu Hao was helping him.
As Zhu Hao said, now he can be recognized by the emperor if he does something. As long as he can break the rules set by the civil servants, it is possible even if the new emperor makes him a minister.
The difficulty lies in how to break through the constraints in an officialdom that emphasizes seniority.
Even being the ambassador of Guangjiku required Zhu Hao to make suggestions and target Yang Tinghe before he could get it. Tang Yin really couldn't figure out how he could climb to a high position as an ordinary person.
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Zhu Si came that night.
Zhu Si did not shy away from anything and congratulated him when he came up, which made Tang Yin feel very upset.
Zhang Zuo reminded: "Your Majesty, with Mr. Tang's great talent, this mere ninth-grade official is simply a humiliation to him. How can I say congratulations?"
Zhu Sidao: "Zhu Hao said that this is only the first step, and it is also a necessary step. Without the position of Ambassador Guangjiku as a stepping stone, how can I entrust you with important tasks in the future? Don't worry, Mr. Tang, Zhu Hao will definitely design it for you."
How to achieve meritorious service so that those ministers have nothing to say."
Tang Yin hurriedly saluted: "I have no intention of striving for fame and profit."
Zhu Si waved his hand: "I'm not asking you to compete for fame and fortune, but to assist me. If you are not an official and I want to use you, others will say that I broke the rules, just like I used Zhu Hao."
Tang Yin nodded and said nothing.
Zhu Si looked at Zhu Hao with a smile: "You don't know how ugly Mr. Tang's face looked when I mentioned it to Mr. Yang Ge today. Thinking about it now makes me feel relieved."
Zhu Hao said: "There is no need to argue with each other. It's just to help Mr. Tang get a formal official position as early as possible, so that he can officially move from behind the scenes to the front."
Zhu Si lightly hummed and said: "Let them inquire about the inside story of Prince Xing's Mansion if they have nothing to do. Now I will push Mr. Tang out and let them take a closer look. Apart from Zhu Hao, Prince Xing's Mansion will have no secrets from now on. Let's see how he can cause trouble for me."
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Yang Tinghe was puzzled by how Zhu Si knew that he had learned Tang Yin's identity.
In fact, Tang Yin's "exposure" was deliberately planned by Zhu Hao. Zhu Hao discovered that Yang Shen's people were inquiring about the situation in Prince Xing's palace, and immediately arranged for people to leak the information about Tang Yin. Yang Shen thought that he relied on his own ability.
According to the investigated information, they did not know that Zhu Hao's move was to "abandon the car to protect the commander", and let Tang Yin come out as a cover, so that Yang Tinghe and his followers would not doubt whether there was an aide behind Zhu Si.
This is a way to protect Zhu Hao himself.
And Tang Yin's move from behind the scenes to the front desk is also part of Zhu Hao's plan. We can't let Tang Yin be a shadow staffer for the rest of his life, right?
Even Sun Ru and Gongsun Yi had to wait for official vacancies, but Tang Yin, who was so highly regarded by Zhu Youqi and whose status in the palace was equal to that of Yuan Zonggao, had never been able to have an official career. This was very unfair to Tang Yin.
Even if Tang Yin does not have the title of Jinshi, he can still gain a firm foothold in the court by being promoted to an official position and performing meritorious service.
Of course, this requires Zhu Hao's help.
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Just when Zhu Si finally became an official for Tang Yin and felt that he would have a strong helper in the future, Yang Shen was screening the leakers around him.
Yang Shen held a banquet and invited several people who had informed the news yesterday. They made some insinuations, but no one was willing to admit that they had leaked the news.
The banquet is over.
Yu Chengxun called his brother-in-law to the back hall, shook his head and sighed: "If you ask me this, who is willing to admit it? Do you have any doubts about Yongxiu?"
Yang Shen said: "Why do you think I asked so many people to come today? In fact, I just told you this news, and Dafu and two others."
"ah?"
Yu Chengxun was really surprised, and then hurriedly said, "I didn't leak a word to anyone, not even to my wife, I didn't mention it."
Yang Shen shook his head: "Of course I believe you, but Dafu..."
Yu Chengxun said: "Do you doubt Yang Dafu?"
Yang Shen said: "Previously, my father asked me to mobilize Hanyuan's new scholars to jointly submit a memorial to persuade Your Majesty to give up the matter of bringing Princess Xing to Beijing. I only told you and him. Unexpectedly, this news soon became known to Your Majesty... Is it too much?
Too much of a coincidence?"
Nowadays, the two people Yang Shen trusts most, besides Yu Chengxun, are his good friend Yang Weicong.
At this time, Yang Weicong still didn't know that even though he had done nothing, he was listed as a key suspect by Yang Shen.
Not being a mole, but being treated as one.
Yu Chengxun seemed puzzled: "Dafu has never had any contact with Prince Xing's Mansion. With his character, he will never come into contact with anyone from Prince Xing's Mansion. How could he..."
Yang Shen shook his head and said: "You know people, you know faces, but you don't know hearts!"
Then he looked at Yu Chengxun with a meaningful look, as if to say, you are excusing him and think he is impossible, do you want me to doubt you?
Yu Chengxun wanted to think about whether there might be someone on the new emperor's side who knew things well, but seeing Yang Shen's attitude, he couldn't bring it up anymore.
He said too much, as if he was defending Yang Weicong. Even if he was related to the Yang family by marriage, Yang Shen's words of "knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts" were also a warning to him, indicating that the Yang family was not very confident about him.
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"Go back and test it again. Tell him something that is nothing and see if His Majesty still knows about it. Then you will know."
Yang Shen would not rashly conclude that Yang Weicong was a traitor.
The test method he designed was to inform Yang Weicong of something that the new emperor's camp would not think about or predict in advance. Not even Yu Chengxun said anything, and no third party knew about it. Looking at the reaction from the new emperor's side,
Then we know whether Yang Weicong is really an undercover agent inserted by the new emperor into our camp.
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at night.
Zhu Si returned to the palace early.
Zhu Hao had a long talk with Tang Yin that day. Zhu Hao informed Tang Yin about the conversation with Yu Chengxun and Yang Shen in the morning.
Tang Yin said: "I tell you, you are really good at calculating. The time is stuck so well. Here Yang Shen is testing my affairs with you. On the other side, His Majesty mentioned to Mr. Yang Ge that he would give me an official. You
Did you calculate the time and deliberately make them think that someone inside leaked the information?"
Zhu Hao shook his head: "I didn't deliberately stick to the time, but Yang Yongxiu asked someone about you yesterday, so I knew he should have informed his father about your situation last night."
"How do you know?" Tang Yin asked.
Zhu Hao shrugged: "It was Dongzhu Su who told me... Dongzhu Su has a wide network of contacts in the court, so I asked him to help keep an eye on the two young masters of the Yang family to see who they usually come into contact with."
Tang Yin was speechless: "If you don't keep an eye on Mr. Yang Ge, why would you keep an eye on his two sons?"
The two young masters of the Yang family mentioned by Zhu Hao are Yang Shen and Yang Dun.
Zhu Hao said: "As the prime minister, Mr. Yang Ge often doesn't have the time to investigate those trivial matters, and he can't fully trust outsiders, so he will naturally ask his two sons to do things. Besides...do you think Mr. Yang Ge will go there in person?
Are you looking for the minister of Prince Jiexing's palace?"
Tang Yin thought about it and immediately felt that Zhu Hao had thought carefully.
Indeed, when Yang Tinghe wants to investigate the matter of Prince Xing's Mansion, it is obviously inappropriate to approach a high official in the court. Letting people know that he is investigating Prince Xing's Mansion, as a minister, no matter how powerful and prestigious you are, it is still a kind of transgression.
In order to avoid being gossiped about, it is of course best to let the two sons investigate.
This was calculated and targeted by Zhu Hao.
Tang Yin said: "Then who do you think Mr. Yang Ge will suspect?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's not that Mr. Yang Ge is suspicious of someone, but that Yang Yongxiu is suspicious of someone... As far as I know, Yang Yongxiu's right-hand man is Yu Chengxun and Yang Weicong. Yu Chengxun is his brother-in-law and one of his own, so there is no need to doubt him. I guess.
Yang Weicong...haha, I'm afraid I'm going to be questioned."
Tang Yin shook his head and said: "You have been obsessed with scheming since childhood, which will not be of any benefit to you as an official. Uh... So Yang Dafu has been alienated by you?"
While teaching Zhu Hao a lesson, he was deliberating on Zhu Hao's specific plan.
Zhu Hao said: "I guess Yang Yongxiu's next plan is to test it secretly. He will tell Yang Weicong alone about something we would never expect, and then see if we know about it to determine whether this person can still be trusted."
"It's over!"
Tang Yin sighed, "You've gotten me to this point. I guess Yang Dafu's career is in jeopardy. He entered Hanyuan at the second place, and his future was originally unlimited... I'm afraid no one who quarrels with you will end well."