The next day, the scorching sun hung high, and the whole city of Beijing was like a small furnace.

Gao Yao is a white fat man, and he has always been very afraid of this kind of hot weather. When others were not looking, he secretly transported ice cubes to the signing room, making his room very cool.

Naturally, this kind of thing can't be hidden, those subordinate officials are shrewd people, although they didn't break it directly, but they also stayed in the room for a long time and refused to leave, and some scribes came to report the situation in every detail.

Gao Yao knows that it is not good to "show off his wealth" like this, but since ancient times, it has been "from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift", he can no longer live the kind of hard life like staying in the oven room.

Gao Yao was wearing a single shirt and sitting in front of the official case to dispose of the official documents, a servant was fanning him hard, and there was a bowl of sour plum soup on the case, which was resolutely the style of a rich man.

Although he did not successfully "trample Lin Haoran to death" this time, it did not affect his good mood.

Now he is the head of the household department with the title of prince of the prince, and he has a good cooperative relationship with the second assistant of the current dynasty, and he also has the great record of "overthrowing" the original secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Shan, which is the time when the spring breeze is proud.

"Lord Ministry, the military department has come to ask for military salaries again, how should this be?" A foreigner from the Shaanxi Qing Officials Division pushed the door and walked in, looking embarrassed.

Gao Yao took a sip of sour plum soup very calmly, and replied calmly: "Didn't you already say that you would give it in July?" ”

"This time it's for the border army in Shaanxi to ask for military salaries!" The outsider felt the coolness in the room and replied unhurriedly.

Gao Yao's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked up impatiently and said, "You tell the people in the military department!" Now there is no money in the household, and the arrears of military salaries will be paid in July! ”

"The subordinate obeys!" The outsider gave up, and then reluctantly pushed the door and left.

Gao Yao sighed lightly, although he curried favor with the emperor for the Holy Lord to rebuild the Wanshou Palace and build the Sanqing Taoist Temple and the Temple of Heaven project, but the Taicang silver deposit was already stretched.

He took another sip of sour plum soup and felt a lot more comfortable. He was somewhat relieved that there was no news of floods and droughts this year, and that there should be a good harvest of summer grain.

May is the harvest season, but it takes nearly two months for rice grain to be transported from the local area to the capital, and it will not be until July when the rice grain is put into storage or turned into cash.

The household department has long since lost the wealth of the early Jiajing Dynasty, and the current finances are already stretched, and even "heavily indebted". Only in the summer and autumn tax seasons can the household department be richer and solve some urgent needs.

It was at this moment that the front of the door was pushed open with force.

A eunuch swaggered in from outside, and when he saw Gao Yao, who was sitting comfortably in front of the public desk drinking sour plum soup, a look of jealousy appeared on his face, and he said coldly: "The emperor's dictation!" The tall man immediately entered the palace to face the saint! ”

The emperor wants to see me?

When Gao Yao heard this message, his face was suddenly shocked, and he had a faint bad premonition.

He was able to climb from a small head of the criminal department to the position of the head of the household department, and naturally had his sleek way of doing things, and the dignified household secretary hurriedly left the position, and invited with a smile: "Father-in-law, you have worked hard for a trip, please drink a bowl of sour plum soup to quench your thirst first!" ”

"No need! Our family has to go back to the palace to restore their lives, so you can enter the palace with our family! The eunuch greedily glanced at the pot of sour plum soup on the table, but urged him.

Gao Yao had already come to the eunuch's side, stretched out his hand and grabbed the eunuch's hand, stuffed a piece of silver without a trace, and said, "Father-in-law, I don't know what happened when the Holy Lord suddenly summoned him?" ”

The little eunuch held the silver tightly in his hand, his eyes immediately brightened, and his face softened and replied: "Our family doesn't know, but the emperor rarely summons ministers, so it must not be a bad thing!" ”

Gao Yao heard this, except for the three ministers, other officials in this court wanted to see the emperor, but it was extremely difficult. And now that he can be summoned by the emperor, it is already very important.

Maintaining a happy mood, Gao Yao hurriedly put on his official uniform and followed the eunuch to the Wanshou Palace in Xiyuan. It's just that he hasn't seen the emperor yet, but his mood suddenly became terrible.

As the saying goes, the road is narrow.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing a third-grade official uniform, was already standing at the gate of Wanshou Palace one step in advance, waiting to be met there, and when he saw Gao Yao, he looked at him with a smile.

Looking at this handsome young man with red lips and white teeth, not only has an unattainable background, but also is now a third-grade Shuntianfu Yin, Gao Yao can't help but feel jealousy.

In the dispute over Mrs. Zhang's case just now, the two sides undoubtedly formed a grudge, and with the intensification of the conflict of interests between Huaiyan and Yueyan, the relationship between the two is almost irreconcilable.

It's just that officialdom is like this, even if it is incompatible, but when they meet, they can still enthusiastically shush and ask for warmth.

Lin Haoran watched Gao Yao arrive, as if the two of them were not unhappy, and arched his hand at Gao Yao: "Xiaguan has seen Gao Shangshu!" Gao Shangshu has been doing well recently, but my father-in-law mentioned you the day before yesterday? ”

"Really? The official is okay, Brother Jing is okay lately? Gao Yao originally wanted to serve the shelf of the Hubu Shangshu, but Lin Haoran suddenly mentioned Wu Shan, causing his momentum to weaken immediately, and he responded embarrassedly.

Lin Haoran looked at Gao Yao, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law occasionally felt cold, and he has been recuperating at home for ten months, and his condition is almost recovered, if Master Gao can go to visit, his old man will definitely be happier!" ”

"Huh...... This official has been busy with official business recently, and he really can't take a break, so if he has the leisure to go and visit Brother Jing! It's you, the son-in-law, don't take care of the official duties of the government all day long, and lose your filial piety, then don't blame me, as an elder, for joining you again! Gao Yao is an old oilman in the officialdom, and he quickly adjusted his mentality, and even preached directly to Lin Haoran as an elder.

Lin Haoran watched this fat man react like this, knowing that he didn't have the slightest remorse at all. As far as he knew, Gao Yao did not hesitate at all in dealing with Wu Shan, and he could be regarded as a smiling tiger in officialdom.

"Two adults, please come in with me!"

A little eunuch came out of it and said calmly to the two.

Knowing that he was about to see the saint, the arrogance on Gao Yao's face immediately disappeared, and he stretched out his hand and hurriedly sorted out his clothes, looking respectful.

Lin Haoran glanced at Gao Yao, and found that Gao Yao, a fat man, was not good-looking, but he had a natural affinity with Xu Jie, especially the smile that seemed honest and simple.

It's just that I shudder to think that this fat man stabbed his father-in-law without hesitation.