The leaves of late autumn have been falling for a long time, and the weather in the capital has become colder and colder, and as the time enters October, the capital ushered in the first snow.

As the day of the scientific examination approached, countless scholars had already lived in the capital, gearing up, waiting for an exam that would determine their fate, and it was also the first Enke since they ascended the throne.

Bei'anmen is an important place to enter and exit the capital, this cold day, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians, but it is also in such days, but there is a team of people who always stand outside Bei'anmen despite the cold, looking at the dress, it seems to be a person in the court.

In the distance, a quaint carriage came slowly from a distance, the carriage looked a little shabby, but what attracted people's attention was that around the carriage, there was another team of soldiers to escort it, and the person who led it was riding on a horse, but he was wearing a green robe, and he was obviously also a petty official.

But as an official, he can only be a guide in front of him, and he can't help but wonder what kind of big man is in this quaint carriage.

The carriage stopped leisurely in front of Bei'an Gate, and after a while, a thin old man came down from the carriage, wearing an ordinary cotton robe, covered with a plain wide-sleeved straight body, dressed like an ordinary scholar, but even if it was an ordinary dress, it was difficult to hide the old man's temperament.

"It's been ten years, and the capital is still the same capital, and it hasn't changed at all!"

Brushing his beard, the old man's expression was complicated, and he spoke softly.

"Ye Xianggao, a junior in the next generation, has seen Yu Gong!"

The carriage stopped, but a team of people and horses who had been waiting outside Bei'an Gate for a long time quickly greeted them, and everyone was crowded, thinking that the big man in the scarlet robe stepped forward quickly, making a junior salute, and said respectfully.

And behind this person, there was a younger young man, but unlike this person, the young man was wearing a eunuch's robe, and he also arched his hand, and said.

"Our Wang An, I've seen Yu Gong!"

Yes, the old man outside the Bei'an Gate is the new pavilion elder Yu Shenxing, who has been famous in the capital for a long time but has not seen him, and in front of him are Ye Xianggao and Wang An, who were specially sent by the Son of Heaven to greet him.

"The wind and snow are cold, so the two of you have been waiting for a long time! The old man Yu Shenxing, I have seen Ye Shangshu and the prince! ”

Yu Shenxing came back to his senses and carefully looked at the two people in front of him.

Although he lives in his hometown, he is not a rich man who does not listen to the affairs outside the window, and he is still quite concerned about the current affairs of the court.

After a pause, Yu Shenxing arched his hand again.

"The old man is grateful to His Majesty for not giving up, and he is promoted and used, although he is a few years older than Ye Shangshu, but since he is an official in the same dynasty and works in the same cabinet, he does not pay attention to his predecessors and juniors, the old man has been away from the dynasty for several years, and he still needs the help of Ye Shangshu and the prince in the affairs of the court!"

When the words fell, Ye Xianggao was fine, and Wang An suddenly smiled.

To tell the truth, these days, Jinyiwei's reputation outside is indeed a lot better, but as a eunuch, Wang An is despised by civil officials a lot on weekdays.

Especially some senior and elderly ministers, the more they don't have a good face for eunuchs, so when they took the order and came over today to greet Yu Shenxing with Ye Xianggao, Wang An was already ready to be a transparent person.

Although he is the chief butler next to the Son of Heaven, he has not even entered the celebrant eunuch, and Yu Shenxing is the first and auxiliary candidate in the heart of the Son of Heaven.

But what Wang An didn't expect was that Yu Shenxing not only treated him politely, but also treated him and cabinet ministers like Ye Xianggao equally, which suddenly made Wang An's perception of Shenxing greatly better.

"Yu Gong is polite, Yu Gong is Gao Dezhao, our family can have the honor to be ordered to greet Yu Gong today, it is a blessing for our family, Your Majesty has a life, after Yu Gong enters Beijing, he can enter the palace to reply to the decree, the weather is cold and snow is cold here, Yu Gong will go to the palace with our family!"

The so-called sedan chair was carried by everyone, and Yu Shenxing treated Wang An with courtesy, and Wang An naturally did not neglect him, and instantly became enthusiastic.

"Into the palace? So anxious? ”

Yu Shenxing's brows twisted slightly, and he asked softly, but Wang An's expression suddenly froze, and after a while, he smiled and said.

"Duke Yu doesn't have to worry, His Majesty the servants of Duke Yu's mansion have already been rewarded, and if I go to the palace today to restore my will, I can go back and settle ......"

It's just that in his eyes, he can't help but have a little more dodge.

Instead, Ye Xianggao smiled bitterly, hesitated for a moment, and his face slowly became solemn, and said.

"Don't hide it from the public, today's capital is already a mess, I must have heard it when the public came, Zhu Ge Lao, a scholar of Wenhua Palace, and Li Ge, a scholar of Dongge University, and His Majesty are angry, and now Du Men is not out, ignoring the government and politics, and now Lord Yuanfu has already sent a minister, the cabinet is six to three, plus the group of dragons has no leader, it has already been busy, and in addition to the cabinet, Xiao Shangshu and the six departments of the Criminal Department also have many officials who have been reprimanded by His Majesty's decree, and they are also closed in a rage. It's really hard to deal with, so I have to work hard after the public reinstatement today, and I have to join the cabinet to do things! ”

Ye Xianggao said frankly, and in just a few words, he roughly explained the current situation in the capital, and in just a few days, the evil results of the fight between the monarch and the minister have been revealed.

Although the cabinet worked overtime, even Ye Xianggao, the reserve cabinet was temporarily on top, and he stayed up in the cabinet day and night, but the lack of manpower is not enough, and now that the scientific examination is approaching, all kinds of government affairs are piled up together, and there is less old chief assistant in the cabinet, and many things are troublesome to handle, which makes these ministers busy, and I wish to go to Beijing as soon as possible. It's also good to share some of the pressure.

However, Ye Xianggao's words made Wang An's face sink, obviously a little unhappy, but in the end, Wang An's lips also squirmed for a moment, and he didn't speak, just looked at Yu Shenxing's gaze, which was silent because of Ye Xianggao's words, but suddenly became sharp.

In fact, of course Wang An knew what Ye Xianggao said, but it was precisely because he knew that he was in a hurry to pull Shen Xing into the palace.

Not for anything else, he's in a hurry!

Although the Son of Heaven is extremely calm every day, like a person who has nothing to do, but after being by the Son of Heaven's side for a long time, Wang An naturally knows how bad the current situation is.

This may be the most difficult challenge encountered since the accession to the throne today, and the Wenchen Group has thoroughly shown its edge, and it has also made Wang An feel for the first time why the previous emperors were so tolerant in front of Wenchen.

Although it seems to be a stalemate between the monarch and the ministers now, in fact, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Son of Heaven, because the longer this situation drags on, the greater the impact on the operation of the imperial court, the deeper the grievances between the people and the court, and the more difficult it will become to solve them.

Of course, having followed the Son of Heaven for so many years, Wang An also believes that the Son of Heaven is not unprepared.

And this preparation obviously lies in Shen Xing's body!

As a candidate recommended by the former first assistant Wang Xijue before his death, as a famous minister who is famous in the government and the opposition, and a minister who has been restored to the highest official position since the enthronement of the Son of Heaven.

A cautious attitude is crucial!

At the time of the previous decree, the Son of Heaven promoted four ministers to replace those who resigned to threaten him, but three of them did not come out of the door, saying that they could not afford to be sick, which made the face of the Son of Heaven ugly.

And they are not the most critical, after all, among the three, two are Taoist officials and one squire, none of them are up to the level of Shangshu, to put it bluntly, they are not willing to be the son of heaven and change to two more.

But Yu Shenxing is different, as soon as he was reinstated this time, he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and on the way to Beijing, he was directly ordered to enter the cabinet, which can be regarded as an extremely honorable favor, and when he reaches the level of Shangshu, he can't just take out one casually.

If he is like those people, he can't afford to be sick and Du Men doesn't come out, and the face of the Son of Heaven will be lost!

From then on, the authority of the Son of Heaven will also plummet, so Wang An will be in a hurry to cook the raw rice into rice, as long as Yu Shen enters the palace and reinvents the decree, whether he wants to or not, he can be regarded as taking over the burden of the cabinet assistants, and the Son of Heaven can also take this opportunity to launch a counterattack against the courtiers!

That's why Wang An was very dissatisfied with Ye Xianggao's approach, because in this way, Yu Shenxing was likely to refuse to reply to the decree because of the discussion of the government and the opposition, but the situation had reached this point, and Wang An had no choice, in front of the public, he couldn't tie Yu Shenxing into the palace......

"Yu Gong?"

Not only Wang An was worried, in fact, when Ye Xianggao said this, he was also worried in his heart, it should be said that from his heart, he was also reluctant to say this, although he was a little sorry for Yu Shenxing, but this is the case, the situation of the court can not be dragged on any longer, and as an old minister of the Son of Heaven, Ye Xianggao is naturally towards the Son of Heaven.

But he had to say this, not for anything else, but for one reason......

These words were told by the Son of Heaven to be said!

Speaking of which, Ye Xianggao was also puzzled, but this is the case, when he entered the palace today and was ordered to greet Yu Shenxing, the Son of Heaven raised his face and personally instructed him to explain the current situation of the court to Shen Xing before taking Yu Shenxing into the palace, and let Yu Shenxing decide for himself......

Regarding the Son of Heaven's approach, Ye Xianggao vaguely guessed, the Son of Heaven may want to take a look at Yu Shenxing's position, but the situation is already in crisis, but the Son of Heaven still has the leisure to play tricks on such an important matter, but Ye Xianggao doesn't know whether to praise the Son of Heaven for being calm and calm or young and frivolous.

Of course, no matter what, for the order of the Son of Heaven, Ye Xianggao must be carried out to the letter, he has said everything that should be said, and how to choose next depends on Yu Shenxing......

"In this case, the old man will follow the two into the palace to reply to the decree, but it is late today, I am afraid that I will not be able to do any court affairs even if I go to the cabinet, the two will allow the old man to settle down for a day, how about entering the cabinet tomorrow?"

Yu Shenxing pondered for a while, not for a long time, but Wang An and Ye Xianggao's palms were faintly sweating, for fear that Yu Shenxing would say something they didn't want to hear, fortunately, after a while, Yu Shenxing glanced meaningfully in the direction of the imperial city, but a warm smile appeared on his face, half-joking.

"Thank you Yu Ge Lao!"

Ye Xianggao breathed a heavy sigh of relief and bowed deeply.

As long as Yu Shenxing is willing to enter the palace to reinstate the decree, it means that he has accepted the rise of the Son of Heaven, and the two of them finally did not mess things up, in contrast, whether they can enter the cabinet today is secondary, anyway, they have been busy for so many days, and it is not bad for half a day.

Wang An also smiled, didn't say much at the moment, led Yu Shenxing into the city gate, and rushed to the imperial city......

At the same time, in the temple of nourishing the heart.

Zhu Changluo was lying on the soft collapse, holding a note in his hand, but his mind had already flown to the city gate.

When the time comes, Yu Shenxing is almost time to enter the city, but he wants to see if Yu Shenxing, who was recommended by the old Shoufu as worthy of a great responsibility, has the idea of sacrificing himself for the overall situation, just like the old Shoufu......

"Your Majesty, there is news, the prince and Lord Ye have already received the Duke Yu, and they will be able to enter the palace in a while to reply to the decree!"

Just when Zhu Changluo was absent-minded, Chen Ju walked in outside, with a relieved look on his face, and spoke.

"Oh? How is the situation, in detail! ”

Zhu Changluo's eyes narrowed, put down the music in his hand, and asked with burning eyes.

Chen Ju settled down, and then told the scene at the city gate in detail.

"Enter the palace to reinstate, will you enter the cabinet tomorrow?"

After listening to Chen Ju's description, the corners of Zhu Changluo's mouth hooked up a touch of arc and muttered to himself.

It seems that this is not simple!

In a short period of time, he saw his intentions, and he really deserved to be the person who was recommended by the old shoufu, but ...... This is just the beginning, Yu Shenxing, Yu Ge Lao, let me see, what you can do......

Straightening up, Zhu Changluo opened his mouth and commanded.

"I'm tired of the eunuch, after they entered the palace later, the eunuch led them to restore their will, passed on my message, and let him go back to the house on his own, as for when to enter the cabinet to do things, let Yu Ge Lao decide for himself!"

"This ...... Didn't Your Majesty see Yu Ge Lao? ”

At this moment, Chen Ju didn't expect it, and couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Changluo looked in a good mood and said.

"You don't have to see it, it's better not to meet at this time, but it's okay, if this Yu Ge Lao is really as outstanding as Yuan Fu said, after listening to the dictatorship, he will understand what I mean!"

"Yes, please give me an edict!"

Hearing what the emperor said, Chen Ju had no choice but to suppress his doubts and said respectfully.

But Zhu Changluo smiled slightly and said.

Then the eunuch will say so......