The trouble encountered by Lin Haoran is not big, but it is not small.

For example, Wu Shan was just admonishing the saint from the beginning, but he was fueled by others behind his back, which ruined his impression in the saint's heart, and finally he was dismissed.

Now there is a certain controversy about Lin Haoran's handling of Mrs. Zhang's case, if Lin Haoran is really labeled as "young and unusable", it will leave a bad impression on the saint.

Although the matter will not be dismissed, it is inevitable that in the next attack, Lin Haoran will be demoted and released, and he will be re-"reinforced" from the prefect of the fourth rank or the deputy envoy of the inspection.

Lin Haoran saw all kinds of sinister things, and he had been busy with the government test a few days ago, and he didn't think about anything or do nothing, but had already begun to plan.

At this moment, facing Wu Shan's kindness, his eyes met Wu Shan's gaze, and he said incomprehensibly: "The son-in-law hopes that the father-in-law will not do anything at the moment!" ”

Don't do it?

When Wu Shan and the others heard this answer, they looked at Lin Haoran even more suspiciously, not understanding what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"Of course, you don't want to do anything in the open, but you have to help your son-in-law in private!" Lin Haoran faced everyone's puzzled gazes, and said with a resolute look on his face.

Although he doesn't have a full chance of winning, but everyone has already bullied him to the doorstep, so it is naturally impossible for him to be cowardly. The most important thing is that the Yan Party and the Xu Party are about to go to war, and it is difficult for the Lianghuai Chamber of Commerce headed by Gao Yao to rely too much on the strength of the Xu Party.

That's why it's a good time for him to choose to fight now.

Rest day is a holiday for officials to take a holiday, but in essence, it is the hardest day.

They seem to have released all the energy they had cultivated by drinking tea in the Yamen in the past two days, frequently haunting the mansions of the bigwigs, weaving a network of relationships that belong to them.

In front of the Yan Mansion, people came and went, a thriving scene.

With Wu Shan being ordered to sit idle, Yan Ne, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, resolutely became the most popular candidate for the new Ministry of Rites, and even taking over was already a sure thing.

In addition to Yan Song and Xu Jie, Yan Ne is one of the four masters who write the best words. Yuan Wei successfully entered the cabinet, and Guo Pu became a heavenly official, so it was naturally impossible to compete with him for the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The only variable is Li Chunfang, who is the left servant of the ministry. It's just that Li Chunfang has just taken up the important position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and he is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 26 years, and his qualifications are still shallow, far less qualified than Yan Ne.

It is precisely because of this that those officials in the capital who are good at tending to the flames are like locusts that smell blood, and they have visited the Yan Mansion one after another, intending to curry favor with this upstart in the officialdom.

Unlike Wu Shan, the original Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Ne's green words are well written, and he is deeply respected by the saints. This Ministry of Rites is just a springboard, and within two years, he will definitely be able to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister and become the high-ranking cabinet elder of this dynasty.

From the officials of the six yamen, to some feudal officials who happened to be in the capital, and many relatives and friends, they have come to the door in the past two days, and there is a great momentum to crush the threshold.

Yan Ne is a native of Suzhou, Jiajing for 20 years, from Shu Jishi step by step to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and immediately took over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the official career is undoubtedly very smooth.

His temperament is somewhat similar to that of fellow villager Xu Jie, they are all very easy-going people, but no matter how big or small the official is, he tries his best to treat every official who comes to visit with courtesy.

After sending off a group of officials again, the smile on Yan Ne's face disappeared, and he was obviously a little tired.

"Dad, please use tea!"

Yan Ne's son Yan Cheng was born white, and his facial features have the grace of a southerner, although he is not very handsome, but he is undoubtedly ugly, and he is very obedient and brings the tea to the road.

He followed the children of many high-ranking officials, and went to study in the country because of the official cuteness. Although at the beginning, he wanted to enter the officialdom through the imperial examination, but he failed in the township test in Nanzhili last year, so he had to face the naked reality.

There are so many scholars in the world, and he still has to compete for the fame of the people from Nanzhili, and in the future, he will compete with the scholars of the world for the fame of the scholars, this road is too difficult.

is also the case, he has given up the road of the imperial examination, and instead wants to enter the official Meng Meng.

Yan Ne took the teacup, splashed the tea lightly with the teapot, and then took a sip of tea gently, the whole person was like a long drought and a sweet rain, and couldn't help but spit out a breath of turbidity.

"Dad, our family has been really beautiful in the past two days, and several Jiuqing have come!" Yan Cheng was also helping, but there was no sickness on his face, and he looked energetic.

Yan Ne suddenly stopped drinking tea and looked up at Yan Cheng. Yan Cheng was elated, but when he found that his father was having a straight face, he couldn't help but show a confused expression on his face.

Yan Ne put down the teacup, and suddenly looked at his son and said: "In the year when he was established for his father, he was named on the gold list, ranking eighth in the second class, and was elected as a Shuji to enter the Hanlin Academy. However, when people are cold-eyed and ridiculed, do you know why? ”

Yan Cheng is a filial son, and he has always been proud of his father. But it was the first time to know that his father had such a bumpy experience, and most of the joy in his heart was immediately dispersed, and he asked with empathy: "The child doesn't know, please teach my father." ”

At the age of thirty, he was already on the gold list, and he still entered the Hanlin Academy as a scholar, what a potential, but it was still looked down upon, which was a bit incredible.

Yan Ne saw his son's reaction in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved, but he stretched out his index finger and pointed at his face and said: "This is because your father gave birth to this pockmarked face, so everyone knows that it is difficult to become a father." Unexpectedly, the saint believes in Taoism, is good at green words, and devotes himself to his father, and uses green words to do things to the saints, so that he has today's glory. ”

In the current Ming Dynasty, it has never been a capable minister, but a virtuous minister. attaches great importance to a person's appearance, and Yan Ne's pockmarked face has become a great obstacle.

If it weren't for the encounter with Emperor Jiajing, who believed in Taoism, an emperor who liked the minister of Qingzi, then Yan Ne would have been transferred out of the country, and it would be impossible for him to be promoted to the Ministry of Rites.

"Holy Heaven!" Yan Cheng was secretly surprised in his heart, and said with heartfelt emotion.

Yan Ne nodded lightly, and looked at his son and admonished seriously: "Among the people who came to our house to congratulate today, there are actually people who ridiculed their fathers in the past!" Therefore, if the people who can call you brothers and sisters at the moment, if our Yan family is in trouble one day, they will also laugh at the Yan family and laugh at your father's pockmarked face. Finally, he pointed to the clearly visible pockmarks.

"Son, listen to his father's teachings!" Yan Cheng suddenly woke up, put away his arrogant heart because his father was about to ascend, and seriously gave a long bow to Yan Ne.

It was at this time that the housekeeper announced: "Xu Fan, the young secretary of the Great Servant Temple, asks to see!" ”