Yan Song's duty room is actually a small study, and the air is filled with a strong sandalwood fragrance, similar to the taste of Wanshou Palace.

There are some discrepancies with the image of the great traitors of later generations, without a mean face and no eyes full of cunning. After his observation during this time, he was just a diligent old man.

"Xiaguan meets the elder!" After Lin Haoran entered the duty room, he saluted respectfully towards Yan Song.

Every successful person is worth learning, saying that Yan Song rose to the top by Fengying Jiajing, but it is actually biased. Yan Song is very diligent, devotes almost all his time to government affairs and green words, and is more intelligent than many people think, and is a good hand at handling government affairs.

Jiajing's Taoist architecture cost hugely, the plague in Jiangsu and Zhejiang intensified, the north was repeatedly harassed, and the national tax revenue showed a downward trend, and now the overall pattern of the Ming Dynasty is stable, Yan Song does have some credit.

Yan Song's throat was itchy, he coughed lightly, but there was no phlegm, he raised his head and glanced at Lin Haoran, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "You sit first!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Haoran gave up his hand and carefully sat down in the chair. Following the way of being an official in later generations, his ass sat on the chair, but he didn't dare to really sit down.

After Yan Song drafted a notebook, he looked up at Lin Haoran and said, "Although you have been promoted to the position of Hanlin Attendant, there are not enough personnel in the cabinet, so for the time being, you still have to take on Si Zhilang." ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Lin Haoran gave up his hand, and he was not disgusted in his heart. Although Si Zhilang's work is a little hard, he enjoys it and can get in touch with the core secrets of the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Song nodded lightly, coughed dryly, and then said: "The city wall of the outer city is being built, you don't report to the cabinet tomorrow, go directly to the outer city to inspect the situation, and then ...... the situation Tell me! ”

"Is it to check the progress of the construction period, or is it the use of building materials?" Lin Haoran hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Yan Song and asked.

This time, he couldn't guess Yan Song's intentions, so he made a side knock.

If Yan Song asked him to supervise the progress of the project, then he would inspect the Ministry of Engineering to see if there was any slacking work; If Yan Song asked him to check the materials, it would be to supervise whether the Ministry of Industry had cut corners.

The former is a relatively normal duty, and it is enough to go to the construction site to convey Yan Song's attention; In the latter, things are undoubtedly more complicated, and you need to keep your eyes open to see if there is any greed for ink.

Yan Song put down the notebook, looked up at Lin Haoran and said solemnly: "I only got the silver from this scraping together, so every penny has to be spent, do you understand?" ”

"Xia Guan understands!" Lin Haoran solemnly bowed his hand, and had already comprehended Yan Song's intentions.

Although Yan Song is undoubtedly a big corrupt official, he knows how to be restrained. This time, he was sent to supervise the work outside the city, but in fact, he wanted to warn some people and make those people rein in.

After Lin Haoran left, Yan Song slowly raised his head and sighed deeply.

This Si Zhilang is too powerful, he regrets it now, and he should have let Lu Ben preside over the exam in the first place. If that is the case, this person will be used for himself, and he will be able to carry the burden of Daming in the future.

The next morning, Lin Haoran did not report to Xiyuan, and went directly to the outer city in a sedan chair.

The layout of Beijing City is square, it is a hollow-shaped building, divided into three levels: the outer city, the inner city and the Forbidden City. This kind of urban layout also divides the high and low people, and the outer cities are full of poor people and nomads.

Coming out of the Chongwen Gate, the sedan chair went directly to the city wall somewhere in the outer city.

Hundreds of soldiers and conscripts were carrying bricks, and some officials of the Ministry of Works were directing craftsmen to repair the crumbling walls.

Lin Haoran pulled open the curtain of the bridge and came down, today he was wearing a brand-new official robe, squinting at the enthusiastic scene here, knowing that there was probably no slacking off here.

"The lower officials see the waiter!" An obese official wearing an eight-rank official uniform walked over and saluted respectfully towards Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran looked at this dark-skinned obese official, and said with a smile hidden between his eyebrows: "Brother Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you want to be transferred to the Criminal Department so much?" ”

"Don't mention it, the original silver two was simply a purchase of sin, and now my intestines are repentant!" Yang Futian also smiled, wiping the sweat on his forehead with a silk scarf and complaining.

Previously, he thought that the Ministry of Industry had a lot of oil and water, and he was assigned to the Ministry of Industry as a trainee supervisor, and he was quite happy. It's just that after a period of hard days of serving tea and delivering water in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, I didn't expect that the hard work was still behind and was dispatched to the construction site to supervise the work.

Over the past few days, he has realized the hardships of the low-level officials of the Ministry of Industry. Exposed to the sun and rain every day, his body lost more than a dozen pounds, and his previous fair face directly became a Baolongtu, which was really miserable.

On the other hand, Lin Haoran in front of him, living a good and idle life comfortably in the Hanlin Academy, although he was pretending to be a grandson in the cabinet, he was able to sit with them in the Ministry of Works, and he was promoted to the top of the Ministry of Industry in a few days.

However, Yang Futian knew that after Lin Haoran was promoted, he was happy in his heart. He always felt that Lin Haoran had a great future, and with his skills, he would definitely be able to become the first assistant in the future.

In addition, he felt that hugging Lin Haoran's thighs was even better than hugging the thighs of the Ministry of Works.

Since they didn't get together on the fifteenth of this month, the two hadn't seen each other for nearly a month, and they chatted happily. Yang Futian said something about the Ministry of Industry, while Lin Haoran talked about the causes and consequences of his promotion.

From Feng Bao's mouth, Lin Haoran also knew about the scene that happened in the Zichen Hall that day. Yan Hao did not support Cao Dazhang, Xu Jie did not support Xu Beichen, and Wu Shan did not oppose him, and he finally picked up this big bargain.

Of course, the price he has to pay is not small, and he will be helped by Wu Shan, the most powerless chariot.

As they spoke, the two climbed the stairs to the city wall. This section of the city wall has been repaired, the green bricks are neatly paved, and there is a smell of rice, which can be seen from both sides.

Outside, there are open flat land and distant mountain forests, while inside are houses.

As they were walking on the city wall, the two of them suddenly saw several soldiers gathered in front of them, and their faces turned red and looked down.

When they looked down, they couldn't help but be stunned, but they saw that the carriage was swinging rhythmically. The two looked at each other and tacitly continued to admire.

The carriage was large and luxurious, with some colored scarves hanging on the outside, and around the carriage there were soldiers standing guards, showing the extraordinary status of the owner of the carriage.