The sky is clear and cloudy.

The people of Beijing were not affected by the changes in the imperial court, and the commercial circles around the Drum Tower in the north of the city and the Liulichang in the outer city made the scene of prosperity and noise here.

The Lin Mansion located in Jintaifang ushered in another wave of guests, and the servants, under the leadership of the housekeeper Lin Jinyuan, had prepared a sumptuous banquet to greet the guests.

"What's so good about him? He still dares to say that he is a disciple of the heart, and he speaks better than he sings, what do you see he has done in the past few days on stage? ”

On the rest day at the beginning of the month, Yang Futian and others will gather in the forest house in the north of the city in the same year. When these people got together in the same year in the officialdom, it was inevitable that they would discuss the affairs of the court, and the new first assistant Xu Jie was naturally the hottest topic at the moment.

It's just that when so many people get together, it is inevitable that there will be differences of opinion, if you meet two people who are both strong temperaments, it will inevitably have a dispute, and Ning Jiang and Zhang Wei, who are also in Guangdong, have a dispute.

"When Xu Ge Lao was in power, he opened up his views widely, which is beneficial to the Holy Hearing, and proves that Xu Ge is determined to clean up the evils of the court!" Zhang Wei's face looked calm and steady, and he seemed to fight in a subdued manner.

Because of the meritorious work of impeaching Yan Shifan, the imperial court also slightly commended this outspoken supervisor of the imperial history, and Zhang Wei had just been promoted from the seventh rank of the supervision of the imperial history to the right senator of the general administration department of the fourth grade.

Although the General Administration Department is not an important yamen, the right senator of the General Administration Department is a genuine Beijing official. If it weren't for the existence of Lin Haoran, a "son of man who defended the sky", Zhang Wei, a high-ranking official from the speech and official system, would already be the best one.

In particular, he was born in the official system, and the next step is to either return to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take up important positions, or to serve as the governor of the local area, and his personal future is already bright.

Although Ning Jiang is still a small head of the military department, he has never been a person who is afraid of power, and immediately argues with reason: "Zhang Hongtu, you can't just speak from the standpoint of a speech official!" In the days that Xu Jie has been in power, he has been winning over people's hearts, and the only measure is to let his protégé supervise the impeachment of the Yan Party by Zheng Luo, the imperial historian, and purge the Yan Party! ”

"That's a mistake! Dali Temple Qing Wan Cai, Criminal Department Attendant Yan Maoqing, Dachang Shaoqing Wan Yulong, Right Tongzheng Hu Rulin, Right Deputy Capital Yushi and Caoyun Governor Hu Zhi, which of these people is not a corrupt person? Zhang Wei is also unyielding, and he read out some of the discredited people who have recently been impeached.

Yang Futian watched the two of them blushing and thick-necked, and originally wanted to persuade them, but he knew that these two were strong temperaments, so he drank the wine in the cup and shook his head helplessly.

Xiao Jinian didn't think it was a big deal, and echoed beside him: "I don't know about other people, but during Premier Yan Maoqing's salt administration in the four regions, he was arrogant and lascivious, repeatedly asked for money from salt merchants, and during the inspection of various yamen, he often spent hundreds of gold on food, which is a big greedy person!" ”

"Yan Maoqing is not a good bird, but I'm afraid the gang of salt merchants in Lianghuai is not much better! Even though Yan Maoqing is greedy for money, people always increase the salt tax for the imperial court, and obviously at the beginning of his tenure, the fire burned the most effective, but Xu Jie didn't do anything! Ning Jiang's wine strength was also on the top, and he immediately retorted loudly.

"How many days has Elder Xu Ge been in power? Now that he has opened up his words and cleaned up the officials, what do you want him to do? Zhang Wei still spoke for Xu Jie.

Ning Jiang looked at Zhang Wei with disdain, and immediately knocked on the table and accused loudly: "Clean up the officials, I think he is clearly the same party and the same party!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but ponder.

Although the rule of officials is the measure of almost every first assistant, after arriving in this dynasty, this "rule of officials" gradually changed its flavor and became the most powerful tool for "the party to fight against differences".

By now, I don't know whether he is governing the same government or whether he is actually fighting in the same party.

"The party is the same and the party is different?" The corners of Zhang Wei's mouth hooked an arc, and he looked at Zhang Wei and asked with a straight face: "Do you know who will take over the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department after Cai Yuncheng submits his resignation?" The imperial court has decided to replace the governor of Caoyun, do you know who will take over? ”

"Brother Hongtu, what do you mean...... Isn't it someone from the Xu Party? Xiao Jinian watched Zhang Wei say so painstakingly, and immediately speculated.

Yang Futian and the others were also unaware of these things, so they turned their heads to look at Zhang Wei one after another, obviously Zhang Wei, who was promoted to the right senator of the General Political Department, was more well-informed than them.

Zhang Wei took a sip of wine unhurriedly, looked at everyone, and then revealed the answer with a straight face: "According to the exact information I have received, Zhang Yongming, the governor of Henan, took over as the secretary of the criminal department, and Shi Yu, the governor of Caojiang, took over as the governor of Caoyun, one of them is Guo Pu's fellow countryman, and the other is Guo Pu's friend of the same year. ”

"This ......"

When they heard the news, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

If Xu Jie's own people were arranged, he could naturally accuse Xu Jie's of being the same party and fighting against others, but these two important positions were arranged by Guo Pu. This is clearly that Xu Jie is eliminating the party for the country, and he is a selfless first assistant.

Lin Haoran saw everyone's reaction in his eyes, but sighed lightly in his heart.

In his original plan, he wanted to bring Guo Pu, Yuan Wei and others together to deal with Xu Jie. In particular, Guo Pu, the secretary of the ministry, was a friend of the same year as his father-in-law, and could be regarded as a natural political ally.

As long as they follow Guo Pu and Yuan Wei to form an alliance, they already have enough strength to follow Xu Jie, especially Xu Jie, who has to face the counterattack of the Yan Party, and there is no need to be afraid of the new Shoufu Xu Jie, who is not very famous.

But I never expected that Xu Jie's coming to power not only did not have great power, but instead threw out a systematic argument to win people's hearts, and even used practical actions to give all kinds of benefits to the bigwigs.

He proposed to the emperor to open up his speech, but he was supported by the speech officials, and threw out the argument of "returning government affairs to the ministers", which was directly supported by the officials of the six ministries.

Now, under these measures, all forces have benefited, and Xu Jie has not only won a good reputation, but also quickly consolidated his position.

If Yan Song is the first assistant who drinks porridge alone and is hated by others, then Xu Jie is the first assistant who shouts at everyone to eat porridge together, who would not like it?

That's right, he doesn't want to pull people to deal with Xu Jie. If he wants to attack Xu Jie, I'm afraid that these people will help Xu Jie's deal with them, after all, they are the ones who eat porridge in the same pot with Xu Jie.

Ning Jiang found that Lin Haoran had been silent, but he had an idea in his heart, and when he pulled him into the battle group, he said: "Senior brother, you are commenting, how is Xu Jie's performance on stage?" ”

Zhang Wei and others also looked at Lin Haoran, knowing that among their gang of the same year, Lin Haoran was not only the one with the best official position and future, but also the most intelligent one.

Lin Haoran looked at Zhang Wei and the others with complicated eyes, but he didn't answer Ning Jiang's question, but told some of the conversations with Yan Song at the Tongzhou Post Station that night.

This......

Yang Futian and the others' mouths opened slightly, daring to love that they didn't have the slightest sense of crisis, and they were actually stuck in the mud without knowing it, especially Zhang Wei and Xiao Jinian had just waved the flag for Xu Jie.