The edict in the palace soon spread to the cabinet, and then soon to the six branches, and then all the bigwigs of the court got the news from various channels, so on this night, because of the two wills issued by the inner court one after another, all the bigwigs lost sleep gorgeously......

In a house in the west city of Jingshi, as soon as it was dark, the lantern in front of the courtyard was lit, illuminating the two words on the plaque in front of the door, Li Mansion.

Although the courtyard is not big, but the dougong vermilion lacquer, colorful flower carving, all show the identity of the owner of the house, but there are only two old servants in front of the door, which looks very simple.

A group of people and horses hurriedly walked towards the courtyard with lanterns, and stood still in front of the door, and an old man with a calm temperament came down, but his face could not hide his impatience.

"Is your master at home? Ye Xianggao came to pay a visit! ”

The old man looked worried, but in the face of the two old servants, he was still calm and said politely.

The two old servants were obviously knowledgeable with the old man, and hurriedly made a gesture, and went in to make a bow, and after a while, a young man in his twenties walked out of the room, bowed his hand, and said in an eager tone.

"Uncle Ye, you can come, my father has been hiding in the study since he came back, and his mother and little nephew can't persuade him, go and persuade him!"

After saying that, he led Ye Xianggao into the courtyard.

For the Li Mansion, Ye Xianggao has long been familiar with it, he and Li Tingji are friends, and it is common for them to visit each other, but at this moment, under the impatience in their hearts, they don't care about any etiquette, and when they arrive at the door of the study, they push the door directly and enter.

"Brother Ye Xian?"

There was silence in the study, Li Tingji sat on the chair and was distracted, and only then did he wake up when he heard the door being pushed open rudely.

Ye Xianggao was not polite, and asked people not to disturb their deliberations, so he closed the door with his backhand, sat directly in front of Li Tingji, and asked through gritted teeth.

"Today's matter, should Brother Li give an explanation to the old man?"

"Is Brother Ye Xian coming, or is he here for someone else? Let the old man guess, who said that Brother Ye Xian, Fang Congzhe? Or Han Yi? ”

Faced with Ye Xianggao's menacing questioning, Li Tingji asked calmly.

Ye Xianggao's eyes narrowed, and his momentum was slightly retracted, but there was still a look of righteous indignation in his expression.

"It's not important, the important thing is what happened at today's court meeting, the two wills that Your Majesty issued today are clearly dissatisfied with you to the extreme, and the foreign court all say that you are greedy for power, impetuous, attacking the cabinet ministers in front of all the courtiers, ignoring the overall situation, only competing for merit, and committing public anger in the court meeting, which will make Your Majesty so angry, but the old man doesn't believe it, you have always acted steadily, how can you be so ignorant? Brother Er Zhang, what happened in today's court meeting? If someone slanders in front of His Majesty, the old man will accompany you to make it clear in front of Your Majesty! ”

Ye Xianggao obviously held back for a long time, and his mood calmed down a little, and the words kept going on like a cannon, one question after another made Li Tingji smile bitterly, and after a while, Li Ge Lao sighed heavily, and his voice was full of gloom.

"What they said is right, the old man did accuse Shen Li of ignoring the court situation, talking about misleading the country, and his words were not very polite! Then he argued with Zhu Geng over the selection of the Qin Mission, which made people laugh at it plainly, if I am not mistaken, Your Majesty must be extremely angry at this moment. ”

"This ...... This...... Brother Li, you ......"

Seeing Li Tingji admit the matter so lightly, Ye Xianggao was shocked, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After a while, Ye Xianggao lowered his arm weakly and sighed.

"Brother Li, why do you bother, in today's cabinet, many ministers are already dying, Brother Li only needs to wait patiently, you can take advantage of the trend, and now you are going against the trend, provoking the displeasure of the court, and the Son of Heaven is angry, why bother!"

Yes, Ye Xianggao doesn't understand very much, he doesn't understand Li Tingji's eagerness for quick success, in today's cabinet, Shen Zhu and the others have already passed the age of seventy, or they will face Zhishi in a few years.

Li Tingji, as the leader of the imperial party and the teacher of the Son of Heaven, hardly has to spend much effort, and after they become officials, they can carry the position logically, saving both worry and effort, why bother to confront the two in a hurry now, causing an uproar in public opinion!

"Naturally, it's for Your Majesty!"

Li Tingji breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and his expression was a little more complicated.

"Jinqing, you and I were placed in Jinling, which is like exile, if it weren't for Your Majesty's wisdom and wisdom, and respected the two of us as teachers, how could we have a bright future today?"

Ye Xianggao was stunned for a moment, and he also sighed.

Yes, although he was in Nanjing Guozijian with Li Tingji, he was much younger than Li Tingji, so he didn't feel so deeply, a promising Hanlin Qingliu was thrown to Nanjing Guozijian for no reason, although the official position is still Qingliu, but it is not much worse than the editor and banquet lecturer who accompanied the emperor.

Not to mention that this Nanjing Guozijian has no real power at all, and it can't be compared with the rest of the servants who came out of the Hanlin Academy and became in charge of a squire.

On top of the official career, step by step, Li Tingji is thirty-eight years old, he is no longer young, he has been in the Hanlin Academy for four years, in the Beijing Division Guozijian for four years, and in Nanjing Guozijian for four years, he is already fifty years old.

But at that time, how could Ye Xianggao not know that he was in Nanjing Guozijian with him? The yellow posts of the Nanjing Ministry have been printed, and his Li Tingji's comment is that he is middle and upper, that is to say, he cannot be promoted, he can only continue to work hard, and he does not know when he will come out.

If you hadn't entered the palace and become the teacher of your majesty today, how could you enter the fast lane of your career.

You must know that he jumped from the prince of the country to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and then stayed for less than half a year, and was ordered by the first emperor to enter the cabinet, which is a unique thing in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

But only because he Li Tingji is an old minister of the palace and a mentor of His Royal Highness the Prince, so the royal family can use this to reward him, so that he can make up for the past few years and become the youngest cabinet minister in the cabinet, and he is even expected to be in this life, no, it should be said that as long as Li Tingji does not make any big mistakes that are angry and resentful, becoming the first assistant is a sure thing!

And all this was because of a visit from His Royal Highness King Shou today.

Now that I think about it, I still remember the interview at the beginning, but now, because of that seemingly informal visit, the trajectory of their lives has changed......