Before Lin Haoran walked to the main hall, he heard Yang Futian and Ning Jiang arguing, because of a small seat problem. According to the ranking of the two of them, Yang Futian should be at the top, but Ningjiang is the first.

These two people are undoubtedly like fire and water, and Lin Haoran has already seen it, so when he entered it, he said: "Don't fight, let's fight together, and get you something good to eat later." ”

When Yang Futian and Ning Jiang saw Lin Haoran appear, their anger immediately extinguished, and they followed Zhang Wei to salute Lin Haoran.

The four of them sat around the table, and everyone began to play horse hanging, and before the end of the game, Ning Jiang opened a topic and said: "Our military department Shangshu Xu Yan has been burdened by Yang Shun's case, and has been dismissed by the imperial court for the people!" ”

The three of them all knew what was going on with the Yang Shun case that Ning Jiang said, because Yang Shun, the governor of Xuanda, was greedy for ink, and last winter he even designated the 3,000 border people killed by me as bandits, not only concealing this disaster, but also claiming military exploits.

It's just that this incident was recently revealed, and the saint was also furious, and immediately ordered Jinyiwei to go to Xuanfu Town to arrest Yang Shun and others. Now, I'm afraid it's entered the penalty stage.

"You're so happy! Even if the position of the secretary of the military department is vacant, it will not be your turn to sit! Yang Futian played a card and immediately taunted him.

Ning Jiang glared at him fiercely, and said with an unkind face: "Why can't I be happy?" Now that the government has set things right, the treacherous ministers are subduing the law, which is really happy! ”

"Actually, this incident is not worth rejoicing about, this incident can only prove that the military strength of our Xuanfu is empty, so I am like entering a no-man's land, slaughtering 70 forts and killing 3,000 border people." Lin Haoran dropped a card and added: "Now that the Xuanfu military is empty, this is the focus that the imperial court should care about!" ”

After Zhang Wei heard these words, he dropped a card, gave Lin Haoran a thumbs up and said, "Senior brother is really in a word!" Although Yang Shun and others are gratifying, it also exposes the big problem of the emptiness of the military strength of our border towns. ”

"In fact, if you think about it carefully, the military spending given by the imperial court to the nine sides is indeed a little less, so the north has always been mainly defensive, so it is becoming more and more rampant! However, what Yang Shun and others have done is really deserved! Ning Jiang's tone was softened, but he shook off a card vigorously.

In the past, he only looked at many things from the eyes of outsiders. But when I really participated in it, I found that the weakness of the Ming army was multifaceted, and we could not simply blame the incompetence of the generals and the greed of the sergeants for life and fear of death.

But no matter what, his attitude towards Yang Shun and others did not waver in the slightest.

"Who doesn't know that Yang Shun should be punished? But then again, in your eyes, how many officials in this court should not be punished? Yang Futian was slightly sarcastic, and dropped another card and said: "But have you ever thought about how to solve the problem of the emptiness of the military strength of the Xuanfu?" Will your military department increase the military spending of the Xuanfu to solve this practical problem? ”

"It's not because your Ministry of Industry knows how to repair this and that all day long, which makes our military budget stretched!" As if he wanted to eat Yang Futian, Ning Jiang gritted his teeth and accused: "Has your Ministry of Industry been crazy recently, and the timber collection funds in Guizhou Province are 1.38 million taels?" ”

One million three hundred and eighty thousand taels!

When Lin Haoran and Zhang Wei heard this number, they also raised their heads and looked at Yang Futian in surprise, which was undoubtedly an astronomical number.

"It's your turn!" Yang Futian reminded Lin Haoran to play his cards, and then said lightly: "Wood is needed to rebuild the three major halls, wood is needed for shipbuilding, and wood is also needed for the Taoist buildings on the Holy Ground." It's not that you don't know, now you have to go into the deep mountains and old forests to get a hundred years of good wood, and the cost of this felling is getting higher and higher. ”

"Do you want to add more? You might as well die! As if he was about to crush his teeth, Ning Jiang glared at him angrily and said, "Last year, the silver in Taicang was only two million taels, and you are simply a bunch of maggots!" ”

"You go and reason with Yan Donglou! It's useful to hold me a little intern director, is it useful? Yang Futian was not angry, and then looked at Lin Haoran and said, "Senior brother, the yamen of your Hanlin Academy is probably the most harmonious, right?" ”

Lin Haoran motioned to Ning Jiang, whose neck was swollen red, to play the card, and shook his head slightly: "Hanlin Academy looks like a Qingshui Yamen, but in fact, it is also strict. I heard that Mr. Li was going to move, and now the repair and inspection hall seems to be calm and calm, but everyone is looking for a way, and they are trying every possible way to drill into the lecture hall! ”

"What about you? Is it possible to move it up? Ning Jiang's anger disappeared a lot, and he dropped a card and asked with concern.

"Me? Do you think it's possible? Lin Haoran met the concerned eyes of the three and said with a dumb smile. In fact, he was moved at first, but after some thought, he knew that there was no hope.

"Is there really no chance?" Yang Futian frowned, looking a little unwilling.

Ning Jiang thought for a moment, then looked up at Lin Haoran and said seriously: "You should have some possibilities!" First, you are the Wenkui of Lianzhong Six Yuan; Second, you have military exploits! ”

When Yang Futian and Zhang Wei heard this, they also looked up at Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran shook his head lightly and said, "Impossible! I was originally young, and the Hanlin Academy happened to be the place where the most qualifications were emphasized, and the only merit was to look at the revision of history, but the revision of history was the most costly. In addition, if anyone proposes to promote me to the rank of Hanlin Attendant, I bet our teacher will be the first to jump out and oppose it! ”

"Why would our teacher object?" Yang Futian asked puzzled.

"You pig? The senior brother was his student, and he was a bachelor of the Hallym Academy, so he had no objection to how to explain to the other revisions of the Hallym Academy, and how to defend the traditions of the Hallym Academy. Ning Jiang glared at Yang Futian and said disdainfully.

"If the teachers are all against it, then there is really no possibility of promotion!" Zhang Wei also sighed.

This conclusion is undoubtedly a bit disappointing. The three of them have already regarded Lin Haoran as a brother, and they really hope that Lin Haoran can go further, but unfortunately the reality is a little cruel.

Zhang Wei found that the three of them were looking at him, so he smiled bitterly and greeted their gaze and said: "Wu Shilai and Zhang Chong have been demoted to the border, how dare we act rashly here in the procuratorate, we have been inspecting the wind direction recently!" ”

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads helplessly, no one in the officialdom was stupid. Even if you want to step on the throne of the minister, you must choose the right time, rather than rushing into the fire one after another.

Lin Haoran actually knew that this was Xu Jie's deliberate silence after some temptation, showing that the saint was weak. If you attack again at this time, it will be counterproductive.

In the afternoon, the housekeeper came over to say that the things were ready, and Lin Haoran asked them to go to the dining room, saying that there were good things to share with them, which immediately aroused Yang Futian's interest.