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Lin Yanchao sat in the straight room, looked up at the sudden heavy rain outside the door, so he got up and closed the door halfway, so as not to wet the mountain of public piercing on the table.

The official documents sent to the cabinet by the various yamen were all sent in the morning, and Lin Yanchao was busy all morning, and he was only a little free in the afternoon.

Lin Yanchao has been busy in the past five or six days, often working in the cabinet for one day, far exceeding the ten hours of work of officials. This is completely different from the leisure time when I drank tea for a day in my previous life, read the newspaper for a day, and waited for a corpse vegetarian meal.

However, despite being busy, Lin Yanchao felt fulfilled and meaningful, firstly, because he liked this kind of life, and secondly, this was his first time in contact with the center and understood the operation of the entire empire.

For example, if a whip law is now being implemented to the world and the matter of clearing the acres of land, Lin Yanchao will obtain first-hand information through official correspondence.

In addition, in the lawsuit between the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Officials about the ownership of the acting power of the Linqing Banknote Customs, Lin Yanchao also got a glimpse of clues from the official correspondence between the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Officials, as well as the chats of colleagues, and learned that the imperial court's determination to collect taxes from the central government was unshakable.

So he quietly told Chen Zhiwen that the household department would win in this competition. After Chen Zhiwen learned about it, he immediately changed his original plan to be a fellow governor of Linqing, sought another job, and kept his promise to send Lin Yanchao 1,000 taels of silver.

This money was recorded and Lin Yanchao made a fortune.

Now that Lin Yanchao has finished his errand, when he was calculating when to go to the office after the public case, a cabinet official came to Lin Yanchao's duty room and said, "Lin Xiu, the second assistant invites you to go to the duty room." ”

Lin Yanchao listened to the other party's tone and asked a little strangely, "Is there anything important about the second assistant?" ”

"You'll know when you go." The cabinet official had a smile on his face, but his tone was light.

Listening to the other party's businesslike words, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, so he put down his pen and put it on the case and said, "Then I'll go." ”

After speaking, Lin Yanchao put the official documents on the table in order, then locked the door of the duty room, held up an umbrella and walked to Wenyuan Pavilion, and came to ask Lin Yanchao, a cabinet subordinate, to follow Lin Yanchao from beginning to end.

Lin Yanchao entered Wenyuan Pavilion and put down his umbrella, and walked to the innermost room through the verandah, which was Zhang Siwei's duty room.

A subordinate official in the duty room opened the door to Lin Yanchao and said, "Lin Xiu, the second assistant is inside!" ”

After speaking, the other party came to the inner room and opened the door for Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao entered Zhang Siwei's official room, but when he saw that the other party was writing big characters on the case, he took off his official hat and put it aside. Zhang Siwei's duty room was not as hot as Zhang Juzheng, and Shen Shixing's duty room used an ice bucket to cool off.

I heard that Zhang Siwei is more afraid of cold than heat, and would rather not use an ice bucket to cool down. Lin Yanchao sounds a bit similar to modern times, people who are outside to 38 degrees in summer and refuse to turn on the air conditioner indoors.

However, Zhang Siwei did not look afraid of heat at all, his figure was a little thin, but his spirit was very good.

"Lord Jifu, Lin Xiushu has arrived."

Zhang Siwei raised his head and glanced at it and said, "Lin Xiushu will sit down first, and I will finish writing." ”

At that moment, Lin Yanchao was sitting under Zhang Siwei, and as for the subordinate who led the way in, he poured tea for Lin Yanchao and Zhang Siwei, and then went out.

Lin Yanchao waited quietly, and with his experience, he seemed to smell a little bit of the meaning of the bad people.

In the cabinet of the Sanyang period, the vote of the chapter was drafted, and several cabinet ministers were co-ordinated, and then presented to the Son of Heaven after agreement, and several cabinet ministers did not have a distinction between priority and subordination.

Since the Jiajing Dynasty, the first assistant is powerful, the Son of Heaven is entrusted to the first assistant, from Yan Song, to Xu Jie, to the highest arch, and then to Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant is increasingly powerful, not only above the ministers, but also the status of the second assistant and the third assistant and several other ministers, just like the first assistant subordinate officials, dare not get along with colleagues.

For example, the power of voting, these chiefs and assistants are in their own hands, and they make their own decisions and do not consult with others.

Especially Gao Gongquan was in his hands, not to mention, he was also very arrogant, and Zhang Juzheng, who was the second assistant at the time, gave the emperor a secret advice. Gao Gong knew that he was furious, and scolded Zhang Juzheng, I am Gao Gong in charge of the country, and everything is decided by me and everyone, how dare you Zhang Juzheng whisper to the Son of Heaven behind my back?

Therefore, Zhang Siwei's position is very embarrassing, although he is nominally the second person in the civil office, but it is not his turn to speak for major affairs in the court.

When Gao Gong was in charge, he was also divided into Zhang Juzheng's main household affairs, but when Zhang Juzheng was in charge, none of the six ministries had anything to do with Zhang Siwei, but he was only allowed to act in charge of cabinet affairs. To put it bluntly, the power in Zhang Siwei's hands is at best equivalent to that of the secretary general who manages the cabinet.

But despite this, Zhang Siwei's power is far beyond Lin Yanchao's reach.

Soon Zhang Siwei finished writing him in large characters, and then asked, "Zong Hai, what do you think of the old man's words?" ”

Lin Yanchao stood up and came to Zhang Siwei's case, but saw Zhang Siwei's ten words 'white horse into the reed flower, **** in the silver bowl'.

This is a famous sentence of Zen Buddhism, Lin Yanchao said at the moment: "Xiaguan calligraphy is only rough, but it can also be seen that the pen power of Zhongtang is really the peak." ”

Zhang Siwei listened noncommittally, put down the pen, walked to the sandalwood chair next to Lin Yanchao and sat down, and then patted Lin Yanchao's chair.

Lin Yanchao sat down willingly, but he was just next to the side of the chair, and he didn't dare to sit down.

Zhang Siwei said slowly: "At the beginning, I originally set Zhang Mao to repair the Hanlin Lunzhi Cabinet, but after the Cabinet Department saw your Pingyi edict, I felt that you were a usable talent, so I pushed you to the East Fang Lunzhi." ”

Lin Yanchao listened to his heart and said, this is a mistake, it is obvious that he has won the appreciation of the Son of Heaven and Zhang Juzheng, and he has only entered the cabinet. But Lin Yanchao thought about it, and Zhang Siwei was right. Zhang Siwei is now acting for Zhang Juzheng in charge of the affairs of the cabinet, and he can enter the Wenyuan Pavilion, and the last nod must be Zhang Siwei.

Although he just followed the wishes of the Son of Heaven and Zhang Juzheng, he just pushed the boat along the river.

Lin Yanchao still wanted to put on a grateful look on his face and said: "Zhongtang is very gracious, and the lower officials will remember it in their hearts. ”

Zhang Siwei asked: "The day before yesterday, you handled the official document that agreed to clear the acres of fields, right?" ”

Lin Yanchao went through Zhang Siwei's words in his mind, and immediately said: "It was handled by the lower officials." ”

"You're not mistaken?"

"Xia Guan remembers clearly."

Zhang Siwei nodded and said: "It's good if you are willing to admit it, Zong Hai, you are new to the cabinet, and it is inevitable that you will not have enough knowledge, and you will inevitably make mistakes, which is also human nature." ”

Lin Yanchao immediately asked: "Zhongtang, the lower officials don't understand what you're talking about, please tell me directly." ”

Zhang Siwei stared at Lin Yanchao's eyes and asked, "Zong Hai, do you really don't know, or do you really not know?" ”

Hearing this, Lin Yanchao suddenly felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, in the room, I suddenly heard a sudden explosion of thunder, and it rained heavily outside the window. (To be continued.) )