At the end of the month, the sky was pitch black.

A lone carriage moved slowly from south to north, the sound of its wheels turning, the sound of horses' hooves making it clearer in the silent streets, and the occasional shouting of vendors or the clashing of fists in liquor shops on both sides of the street.

It's just that all this didn't disturb Lin Haoran, who was sitting in the car. After four years of tempering in officialdom, he seems more mature, his face has completely taken off his childishness, and he is resolutely thinking seriously.

Compared with the promotion of Wu Shan into the cabinet, who will present the sword at the moment is undoubtedly more urgent. In the same way, one by one personnel flashed through Lin Haoran's mind.

"Me?"

Adhering to the principle of self-interest, Lin Haoran naturally thought of himself, and he personally presented this bronze sword to Jiajing.

It's just that there are two sides to everything, and there are pros and cons to this approach.

On the bright side, of course, he was able to take it a step further. He is very likely to replace Huang Zhongda and take charge of the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, becoming the youngest Zhengsanpin substantive official in the Ming Dynasty.

On the bad side, it will bear the evil voice of a minister. If Jiajing can really live forever, it would be fine, he would be able to call the wind and rain in Jiajing, but in essence, Jiajing only had four years of life left.

Sun Jixiang knew very well that this was a move that outweighed the losses, so today he mistakenly thought that he was personally offering the bronze sword to the saint, and immediately stood up to dissuade him.

He is only twenty-one years old this year, and Jiajing only has four years left to live, so the era that belongs to him Lin Haoran is not in the Jiajing Dynasty, but should consider the next dynasty.

With his age and background, as long as he takes care of his reputation, it is a high probability event to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister. And at the moment, for the sake of short-term interests, he is saddled with the notoriety of a minister, which is really worth the loss.

If you go to the Longqing Dynasty, this matter will inevitably become a point of attack for political enemies, and even in this life, you will not have a chance to be on the throne of the first assistant. After all, there are still a few emperors who act arbitrarily, and the normal emperor will still implement the set of "Ming Jun and Virtuous Minister", and choose a "virtuous minister" to serve as the first assistant.

"Yin Tai?"

After denying himself, Lin Haoran adhered to the principle of maximizing returns, and immediately thought of Yin Tai, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, who was in the second grade, a teacher who was expected to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister.

It's just that with Wu Shan's "lesson" in front of him, Yin Tai may not necessarily choose to agree, so Lin Haoran is not absolutely sure that he will be able to successfully persuade Yin Tai.

In fact, there are still some problems here, and even if the persuasion is successful, I am afraid that it may not necessarily turn into a good thing.

Yin Tai's foundation is still shallow, and he is in a nursing home in Nanjing, so I am afraid it will be difficult to enter the cabinet directly in one step. It is likely that like Yan Song in the past, he needs to overdo it in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

There is another factor that cannot be ignored, Yin Tai has just served as the chief examiner of the examination, and there is a "gift" from the saint in it, and this bronze sword may have the possibility of "repaying debts" when it is sent, and its effect will actually be discounted.

If Yin Tai wants to be too much in the position of the Ministry of Rites, then there will be an extremely difficult question here, where should Wu Shan, who is currently the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, go?

Wu Shan may not succeed in entering the cabinet because of this, and it is more likely that Yin Tai will make room for him, and Yin Tai will be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he Wu Shan will be transferred to Nanjing as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

If this first result is obtained, then this bronze sword not only failed to exchange for benefits and benefits as a whole, but instead obtained a very bad result, which is equivalent to indirectly destroying Wu Shan.

After all these calculations, he turned out to be a pit for his backer, so he, Lin Operator, became the world's No. 1 joke.

Lin Haoran did not give up, and seriously deduced it a few times. It turned out that Yin Tai's offering of the bronze sword, although it seemed to be the greatest reward, the actual risk was also very large, and it was not a wise choice.

"Who should that be?"

Lin Haoran felt that the carriage had begun to bum, and knew that he had left Xizhimen Street and turned into the old street of Rizhongfang, but there was still no good candidate.

According to the principle of maximizing returns, it is natural that the higher the grade, the better, so that you can get a higher official position, and a person like Hu Niu who has no official position and no position to give a treasure is simply a tyrannical thing.

Except for Wu Shan and Yin Tai, the most suitable candidate is undoubtedly only Wang Bai, a magistrate from the second grade.

Bang!

The carriage seemed to have hit something, the carriage leaned to the side, and Lin Haoran was thinking about things. Caught off guard, the whole person fell to the side, and his forehead hit the car board hard, making him grit his teeth in pain.

Lin Fu and the other guards hurriedly patted their horses and hurried over, scolded the coachman Dumb angrily, and then asked the carriage with great concern: "Uncle Nineteen, are you okay?" ”

Lin Haoran is the most outstanding clansman of their Changlin clan, and it is also the protector of their Changlin clan, once something really happens, they really can't explain to the old clansmen, and they are even more ashamed of the ancestors of the Changlin clan.

"I'm fine! What happened? Lin Haoran covered his sore forehead and asked casually outside.

"Lord Qiyu, the wheel of the car has fallen into the pit!" A guard outside checked the situation and reported to him.

Lin Haoran sighed helplessly, although this is the imperial capital, the road conditions in some remote streets and alleys are very worrying. It's just that with the financial situation of the Shuncheon Prefecture, I am afraid that it is not able to explain this problem.

Lin Fu watched Lin Haoran get out of the carriage and hurriedly stepped forward to help him down.

Lin Haoran found that he was in a fork, the road in front of the carriage was dark, and the road on the left had a few lights shining on the blue brick road, and the road looked very wide.

With the help of several guards, they pushed the carriage out of the puddle with ease.

Lin Haoran was about to get in the car and continue to hurry, when he suddenly pointed to another road in confusion and asked, "Why don't you take this road, I remember that this road has passed, and I will be able to get home soon?" ”

Lin Fu looked in the direction that Lin Haoran was pointing, his mouth opened slightly, and he found that this was really the case, so he turned his head to look at the coachman and said, "Dumb, why don't you take this road?" ”

Dumb is a member of the Changlin clan, although his head is not bright, but he is honest, so he became Lin Haoran's full-time groom, and then replied honestly: "It's a market over there, and the carriage can't pass through at all!" ”

When Lin Haoran heard this answer, he was speechless for a while, and Lin Fu immediately said angrily: "It's a market during the day, but there is no ghost at night, you ...... You're a pig's head! ”

"I'm ......" Dumb's eyes widened, and he reacted.

Lin Fu was still angry, thinking about the sin that Lin Haoran had just done, poked Dumb's forehead and said with hatred: "You...... Why are you so inflexible? ”

Hey?

Lin Haoran was about to get into the car, when suddenly a white light flashed in his mind, and he faintly captured a very key word.