May, it's the season of enthusiasm.

After clearing the obstacles and having a great chance to get rid of Xu Jie, Yan Shifan stretched out his hand and hugged the beautiful Su Niang next to him, continuing to live a drunken life here, enjoying this extremely luxurious boutique life.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, who is the most beautiful contemporary Yanei, Yan Shifan can be said to be the best.

He was born in the family of Shoufu and was doted on by his mother since he was a child. Although he could not embark on the road of entering the imperial examination, he easily entered the officialdom as an official, and successfully served as the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and once controlled the appointment and dismissal of officials in the world.

At present, as long as the one-year filial piety period is over, he can return to the cabinet in the name of serving his father, participate in the actual voting affairs, and become a small cabinet elder above the hundred officials.

At this moment, Yan Shifan is looking forward to time being slower so that he can stay in this beautiful country for a while, but he also hopes that the days will pass faster so that he can return to the cabinet as soon as possible.

The capital is like a huge whirlpool, spinning every moment, and it seems that it will swallow people at any moment. The officials who live here are not at peace for a moment.

In the living room of Xufu, the air was filled with a faint cloud of melancholy.

Although today is not a day off, there are already seven or eight officials sitting here, many of them high-ranking officials. In addition to Xu Fan, the Shaoqing of Dachang Temple, there are also Hu Song, the left attendant of the military department, Qiao Yushi in the Ministry of Officials, and several protégés of Xu Jie.

Xu Jie presided over the 32nd year of Jiajing's examination, but the top three of that year were not in a good situation.

During the period when the champion Chen Jin served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, he was ordered to canonize the feudal government, but after the appointment, he overstayed his post due to illness and was let off as the governor of Huizhou, thus losing the qualification of the prime minister early. Cao Dazhang put the place out early, and Tanhua Wen Yinglu should die of illness.

Among many protégés, the lineage of Cichen is in decline, and the most outstanding is Zhang Juzheng, a disciple of Xu Jie's teaching and training in the Hanlin Academy.

Zhang Juzheng's lips are red and his teeth are white, he has a standard Guozi face, and the whole person looks personable. He was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 24 years, and he entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, and then emerged step by step.

Now, he holds the position of secretary in Guozijian, although he is only a small official of the fifth grade, but he is taking a road to heaven, but his status seems to be transcendent.

Not to mention, the current cabinet minister Yuan Wei was just a scholar from the five-grade Hanlin Academy three years ago, but after the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, he directly entered the cabinet to pay respects.

After Zhang Juzheng took the line of Xu Jie, he often entered and exited Xu Jie, but often received Xu Jie's allocation. Knowing that the emperor had sent Dong Wei, the left deputy capital, to Songjiang Mansion to investigate the case of destroying the embankment and flooding the fields, he immediately rushed to the Xu Mansion.

"Why did the saint agree to let Dong Wei go to investigate, don't you know that Dong Wei is a minion of the Yan Party?" Xu Fan's heart was already holding back a wave of anger, and he complained in front of everyone at this moment.

Everyone also smiled wryly when they heard this, and they all knew that Dong Wei, the left deputy capital, was an important member of the Yan Party. If he was sent over to investigate, even if the Xu family didn't do anything to destroy the embankment and flood the fields, Dong Wei would find a way to pour dirty water on the Xu family, and even fabricate evidence to frame the Xu family.

"How can the emperor not know, but Yan Ge is afraid that he is relying on the old and selling the old, and the emperor will fulfill his wish. Last year, Wu Wanli (Wu Peng) went to work, and Yan Ge also recommended his brother-in-law, who was really virtuous and did not avoid relatives! Supervising the imperial history Zou Yinglong replied, and at the end of the sentence, it was obviously a bit mocking.

Zhang Juzheng and others were also helpless, although Yan Song was already old, he was still deeply favored by the emperor, so that this obviously "unreasonable" request could be satisfied.

Wu Song, the left attendant of the military department, looked honest and serious, took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Let's stop complaining here, let's think about what to do now!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately shut up.

Because Yan Ne, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was not present, and Wu Song, the left squire of the military department who was affiliated with Nanzhi, had already become the backbone, and he was the official with the highest official position and the oldest qualifications here.

Xu Fan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately proposed: "Otherwise, let's go up together to impeach Dong Wei, and ask the Holy Lord to remove Dong Wei and ask for someone else to go!" ”

"Xu Shaoqing, don't say whether the Holy Lord will agree, who do you say is appropriate to send now? Who can really make a fair decision? Zou Yinglong responded unceremoniously.

As soon as these words came out, not only Xu Fan himself, but also others were speechless.

If they send people from their side, the Yan Party will definitely not agree, and will even accuse their side of trying to cover up the truth. Just sent an intermediary over, not to mention whether this person dared to offend the Yan Party, this person didn't want their side to be unlucky.

In the current imperial court, the party has long become the mainstream, and it is even more difficult to find a selfless person as iron-faced and selfless as Bao Longtu than to find a three-legged frog.

Xu Fan's heart moved, and he blurted out: "How about we propose to send Lin Ruoyu?" ”

"Old man is sure that kid is the one who wants your father to fall the most! Xu Fan, don't forget, this matter was provoked by that kid! Hu Song put down the teacup and looked at Xu Fan, and said with certainty.

Zhang Juzheng, who had been silent, also said: "Although Lin Ruoyu has the reputation of Qingtian, his ambition is greater than anyone else. If he went to Songjiang Mansion to investigate the case, with his wisdom, we would really lead the wolf into the house! ”

"In comparison, Dong Wei is even better than that kid!" Zou Yinglong looked sarcastic.

It's just that they themselves probably don't know that the kid who was despised by them in the past has now become an extremely tricky character in their subconscious, and even has made them afraid.

In fact, if Lin Haoran hadn't lit this fire, they would not have fallen into such a difficult situation, and their party leader Xu Jie would most likely have stepped down in this catastrophe.

Xu Fan found that everyone simply regarded him as a punching bag, and immediately spread his hands and said: "This is not good, that is not good, then you can tell me, what should I do now?" ”

Hu Song and the others stared wide-eyed, and suddenly they were like deflated balloons, even if they were in trouble. This Dong Wei is obviously not a suitable candidate, but even if they stand up together to oppose it, it seems that they cannot find a suitable candidate.

Zhang Juzheng saw that everyone had no opinions, and said slowly: "Otherwise, let's wait for the teacher to come back first and see what his old man has to say, right?" ”

As soon as everyone nodded, a servant hurriedly reported: "The master has returned home!" ”