Chapter 363: Beyond Interests
Coming out of the Wuyi Palace, Lin Haoran looked at the courtyard bathed in sunlight and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This time, he can be regarded as the sinister leader of the officialdom.
In his plan, he first pushed his future father-in-law Wu Shan into the cabinet, so as to establish the "Wu Party", and then he went to Yuwangfu as an attendant to pick up this "Gong from the Dragon".
Once these two things are done, then he has the capital to compete in the officialdom of Daming, and he doesn't need to worry about Xu Jie's settling accounts with him in the future, and he will be able to compete for the position of first assistant in the future.
Things were going very smoothly, and Yan Shifan almost took the bait, but as a result, he killed Xu Jie, and pushed the emperor to "release" him.
This undoubtedly disrupted his plan to push his future father-in-law into the cabinet, and made him miss the opportunity to pick up the "Gong from the Dragon".
Especially the latter, after all, he is only seventeen years old, and it is impossible for him to obtain a high position or enter the cabinet in this dynasty, and his future belongs to the Longqing Dynasty. That's why it's extremely important to bet on Yuwang early now.
Take Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng as far as possible, it is not because of the "skill from the dragon" that they can successively become officials and first assistants.
But this time, he also blamed him for taking it lightly, when Xu Jie's plan to push him for the palace examination answer sheet, he was not even vigilant, and he couldn't see through Xu Jie's naked "revenge" against him.
First, Xu Jie was originally a forbidden sea faction, although his attitude was not as firm as Wu Shan's, but he never expressed his intention to open the sea. But this time, he suddenly chose to support Kaihai and became the leader of the Kaihai faction.
Second, Xu Jie adjusted his plan to return Dianbai County, which owns Dianbaigang, to Leizhou Mansion, instead of directly pushing Gaozhou Mansion, which can also be seen here.
Now that he thinks about it, if he can be a little more vigilant, then he can guess that Xu Jie is going to give him a "fatal blow". If you take precautions in advance, you don't need to be so passive, and you won't let Xu Jie's plan succeed.
But fortunately, his previous layout still had some effect, and this time he was able to ask Yan Song to take action for him, so as to avoid the tragic fate of "being released".
After this time, he can be regarded as seeing the sinister of officialdom, and he has also seen Xu Jie's political skills, he really doesn't do it, and he can kill people as soon as he makes a move.
From this point of view, Yan Song was replaced by Xu Jie, and there is really a certain inevitability.
Lin Haoran did not return to the official hall, but walked directly towards the palace gate. Now he not only retains the task of overseeing the work, but also has the glorious task of developing a new Sanhe soil, so there is no need to stay here for someone to send.
It's just that when he left the Wuyi Palace, he followed Xu Jie, who came back from the Wanshou Palace, to take a look.
"Xia Guan has seen Xu Ge Lao!" Lin Haoran paused and saluted respectfully towards Xu Jie.
No matter how much he hates the thin old man in front of him, he still has to pretend to be respectful on his face, and if he wants to mix well in officialdom, wearing a mask is a compulsory course.
"If you are foolish, you don't need to be polite, your body hasn't healed yet!" Xu Jie stepped forward to stop him and looked at him gently. When it comes to wearing a mask, Xu Jie is obviously the ancestor of the master, and he is resolutely an image of a kind and kind old man.
"Xie Ge Lao cares, the lower officials are already very good!" Lin Haoran's wrist was grabbed by him hard, and he replied with gratitude.
"That's good!" Xu Jie seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and then asked pretending to be puzzled: "But you haven't recovered yet, you should recuperate at home more, why are you in such a hurry to come back?" β
This seems to be a concern, but it is actually a clichΓ©, and I want to know the reason why Lin Haoran suddenly returned to the cabinet.
"There are some official matters that need to be reported to the elder as soon as possible?" Although Lin Haoran's political wisdom is not as good as this old fox, he is not a stupid person, and said with a sincere face.
Xu Jie showed a sudden realization, and asked again: "The affairs of the outer city project?" β
"Yes, that's what it has to do with it! No, Elder Yan Ge asked me to go to the outer city again! Lin Haoran nodded, and then spread his hands again.
Xu Jie seemed to believe his words, and his hand loosened slightly, and said gently: "Yuanfu's matter is important, then my old man won't pull you to the duty room to talk about it, you go on an errand!" β
"Then the official will retire!" Lin Haoran saluted respectfully to this pavilion elder who had no shelf.
As he was leaving, he obviously felt that there was a pair of eyes behind him staring at him, but he didn't want to expose anything, so he kept the same pace and walked slowly towards the palace gate.
Although he had already asked Yan Song to make a move, he didn't want to expose too much, and he couldn't let Xu Jie be alert and make another move. If the holy decree is issued, even Yan Song will not be able to come forward to help him.
When he came out of Xiyuan, he took the carriage and went home directly.
In fact, he originally wanted to find Wu Shan, but considering that there were many people in the Ministry of Rites, and it was not a place for discussions, he planned to go back to Wu Mansion in the evening and tell Wu Shan the results of today's meeting.
Walking through the deep alleyway, Lin Haoran returned home and found that the girl Hu Niu was drying her clothes in the courtyard with great interest, so she asked suspiciously: "Hu Niu, why did you search out all my winter clothes and clean them?" β
Hu Niu turned around and saw Lin Haoran, her eyes immediately brightened, and her whole face was red and asked, "Brother, are you going to be transferred back to Leizhou as the prefect?" β
"Who did you listen to?" Lin Haoran was stunned at first, not understanding how this girl knew.
"I found this in the room! Brother, am I right? The tiger girl took out a small piece of paper from the gap in her belt, and looked at Lin Haoran with expectant eyes.
Not only the tiger girl, but Ali on the side also looked at Lin Haoran and wanted to know the truth of the matter.
"You'd love to go back?" Lin Haoran looked at the excited face and asked seriously.
"Of course I do!" Hu Niu stuffed the small piece of paper back and said with a serious face: "When I wrote the letter the day before yesterday, I actually wanted to take Ali back to Changlin Village to have a look, but I didn't want to leave you here alone, so I didn't tell you!" β
Lin Haoran's brows frowned slightly, when he learned that he was going to be released, he only considered his own interests and losses, but he didn't see that this matter also hid great benefits.
If he returns to Leizhou as the prefect, he will undoubtedly be quite close to Changlin Village, and he will be able to reunite with his own people.
Although this girl doesn't worry about eating and drinking in the capital, and there are many places for her to play, after staying in the capital for a long time, I am afraid that she will also miss the people and things in Changlin Village. Now, this girl doesn't mention homesickness for him, and he hasn't considered this little girl's willingness from beginning to end.
At this thought, his decision suddenly wavered, and he realized that it was not all bad to be released.