Zhang Yuan feels that he is in a crisis of trust.

The emperor mentioned the merits of many people and would be promoted next. The corresponding frustrated man Gao Feng will step down from the position of eunuch of the Sili Supervisor. He was also warned by Zhu Houzhao to deprive him of the Sili Supervisor of the Seal. He had many complaints in his heart, like a thorn in his throat.

After leaving, Zhang Yuan was extremely depressed, but he could only send someone to Nanjing to summon Zhang Yong to Huai'an Prefecture City as Zhu Houzhao ordered.

"How could Your Majesty suddenly regain my competitor? It's probably because my eldest nephew was making trouble behind the scenes! Maybe it was because I didn't obey his instructions recently, or because I didn't discuss things with him, so I was angry and took the matter of Zhang Yong to retaliate against me." The person who was most jealous and worried about in Zhang Yuan's heart was Chen Xi, who could control his position in the court.

Zhang Yuan returned to the yard next to him, which was the temporary office of the Silijian. He also lived in a spacious yard with local officials who were filial to him. Unexpectedly, he saw Li Xing walking out as soon as he came back.

Zhang Yuan reached out to stop Li Xing.

Li Xing had no choice but to greet him and complimented: "Eunuch Zhang is so dedicated. It's almost midnight and I'm back to do things."

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "Isn't Eunuch Li the same? I've only left now?"

Li Xing smiled and said, "It's different, it's very different... You just came but were leaving. How can you compare? Or Eunuch Zhang is more diligent."

Zhang Yuan said with a dark face: "Are you blind? You only came to see our family when you see it? We have only visited the saint. We gave His Majesty some suggestions, including showing your merits for you... Your Majesty happily agreed, saying that you will be valued after returning to the capital, and that you may not necessarily become the chief pen at any time..."

"Yeah?"

Li Xing was shocked, but did not dare to question Zhang Yuan's words, so he had to follow the other party's wishes, "I will learn more from Eunuch Zhang in the future and help you manage the errands of the Silijian."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "No need. Our family is just that. How can we compare to some people who are flattering in front of His Majesty, and ignore the bottom line for small profits..."

When Li Xing heard this, he felt something was wrong. Zhang Yuan cursed him too directly. Li Xing couldn't figure out how he had offended Zhang Yuan in the past few days, so he asked the other party to criticize him.

Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty wants to summon that old man Zhang Yong back, but he may be in charge of the rituals and rituals... Gao Feng has passed away..."

Li Xing asked in surprise: "When will it happen? Eunuch Gao... Is this the hell?"

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "It's good to die, but unfortunately I just returned to the field to support my old age... Your Majesty ordered him to retreat from the court, and everyone knew who he was. Now Your Majesty personally led the troops to quell the rebellion, and was famous. He was about to take the opportunity to gather the power of the government, so he would value the Shen family even more... At this time, let Gao retreat, you didn't think of anything?"

Li Xing felt ashamed.

After all, in terms of interest relations, he is closely related to Gao Feng. Behind Gao Feng is the interests of his relative Zhang. Now Li Xing is also moving closer to the Zhang family.

If Gao Feng retreated, the Zhang family would be cut off, and it would be difficult to have an impact on the affairs of the court. With the rise of Shen, Zhang's faded out of the historical stage, which means that Li Xing would lose the biggest backer in the court, and it is very likely that he would be liquidated by Chen Xi because of his help to Zhang's relatives for a while ago.

Even if Chen Xi doesn't take action, some eunuchs and officials who are interested in getting closer to the emperor and Shen Xi will suppress him.

Li Xing couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yuan, feeling that the other party's words were warning him... Even if the people in the court did not add Zhang Yuan to the Chenxi faction, they knew that Zhang Yuan was very close to Chenxi.

Li Xing said cautiously: "Even if Zhang Yong comes back, don't you still have to listen to you? Even if you want to take office, it will be a matter for the future. For the time being, you will have the final say in the Sili Supervisor or Eunuch Zhang!"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "Everyone can say beautiful words. I hope you will stand with our family in the same way, otherwise we won't blame our family for being polite."

“Yes, yes.”

Li Xing agreed quickly.

Zhang Yuan said again: "Your Majesty also said that you are a little knitted to the eunuch who is on the throne, but you don't need to be on duty in the Sili Supervisor. He will tell His Majesty if you have anything to do. You are not unaware of this little thing with Zhang Yong. The two of them can be said to form a political alliance. It will be difficult for our family to ask them to do things in the future... In the future, you and I will be in the Sili Supervisor General..."

Li Xing showed a look of distress on his face and blurted out: "Isn't it said in the future..."

He originally wanted to say that the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor would fall into the hands of Zhang Yonghe in the future. Li Xing would no longer have a chance, but he could not say this in front of Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan said disdainfully: "It's good to know the crisis. The four of us are the most powerful in the Silijian. They are already grasshoppers on the same rope. If you don't join our family and insist on flying solo and stand with the uncle, then you will not be far from death... Our family is giving you a chance, don't be ungrateful."

While speaking, Zhang Yuan patted Li Xing's shoulder heavily, and the intention of winning over was obvious.

"After going down, you will definitely follow Eunuch Zhang!"

Li Xing hurriedly agreed, but he had a wishful thinking in his heart: "If the Empress Dowager is not worthy of surrendering to Zhang Yuan, it is better to obey Lord Shen directly? In the future, Lord Shen basically has the final say in the court... He is not in the capital, and someone needs to support him in the court. It is just right for our family to surrender..."

Obviously Li Xing was not very convinced by Zhang Yuan, because Zhang Yuan was a sarcastic person, stingy and stingy person, and had no personal charm in his words and actions... This is related to Zhang Yuan's strong mentality of a small citizen and his low cultural level. He was no longer capable of besides currying against the emperor and could not stand the appearance of the Silijian.

Zhang Yuan didn't know about it, thinking that he had successfully shocked Li Xing, and shook his sleeves: "Some things must be settled before returning to Beijing. When you arrive in the capital, there will be no place for you, Li Xing, to speak!"

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Xiao Guozi was approved by Zhu Houzhao, and he jumped from being a eunuch who was only a member of the rank of the Sili Supervisor to become a eunuch who was on the pen. He was overjoyed... Zhu Houzhao had previously revealed that he would promote and reuse him, but he did not expect that he would be such a high position.

Xiao Taozi has always been very clear about what he is in the court and knows that he has serious lack of qualifications... The emperor asked him to serve in the Sili Supervisory Office as more of an identity certification and did not have much real power. This time he suddenly obtained the position he had dreamed of, and no one dared to underestimate him again.

Even if he cannot go to the Silijian to handle memorials in the future, he has greater authority than ordinary eunuchs, because he can directly notify the emperor of the memorials that require the Yuan Lijian to be criticized, which is equivalent to saying that the emperor is placed in the Silijian's suspicion, and his status is even higher than that of Zhang Yong.

Xiao Tiaozi and Zhang Yuan are evenly matched. His current promotion has allowed him to stand firmly in the confrontation with Zhang Yuan.

Zhu Houzhao was tired for a day and had to continue traveling around Huai'an Prefecture the next day and went to bed early.

Xiao Taozi didn't need to be on duty that night, so she walked to the side courtyard with Tang Yin. A row of wings over there was the accommodation and office space for Xiao Taozi and Tang Yin.

In order to facilitate Tang Yin to listen to him, Zhu Houzhao made an exception and let Tang Yin live and travel.

"Mr. Tang, I am so grateful. Your Majesty has to rely on your tips to get lucky. You are really the villain's rebirth of your parents."

Xiao Twist's mouth was so sweet that he complimented Tang Yin as soon as he entered the yard.

Tang Yin said in fear and fear: "You are polite, how can you bear to thank you?" He did not say a few words to His Majesty. If Your Majesty really touched and made a decision, it would be the result of Secretary Chen's advice... Even if you want to thank you, you should thank Secretary Chen."

Xiao Guozi smiled and said, "I should thank you all... I have to rely on Lord Shen for giving Xiao a chance. To be honest, Eunuch Zhang Yong and Zhang have a good relationship. Before he went to Xincheng, he had to promise Master Shen, so he had the previous memorials and let His Majesty make a decision... This time, when Zhang Yong comes back, he will serve Xiao in the Sili Supervisor, and he will definitely be rewarded. What will happen inside and outside the capital in the future? Please trouble Lord Tang to say a few more beautiful words in front of Lord Shen..."

Tang Yin suddenly understood and thought to himself: "This father-in-law clearly regarded me as Shen Zhihou's eyeliner and intermediary before His Majesty, and wanted to flatter Shen Zhihou through me."

Tang Yin hurriedly said: "In the future, I will work in the court, and I will rely more on your father-in-law to help you. However, communication between foreign ministers and eunuchs has always been inconvenient."

"It's okay."

Xiao Taozi quickly explained, "If it were just a greeting, no one would be ignorant of each other. The court was relatively open-minded, and no one would be willing to take some trivial matters... Besides, who would not know the merits of Lord Tang's advice to His Majesty? This time, Lord Tang made great contributions to the rebellious king, and His Majesty, the Queen of Returning to the Court, would definitely use Lord Tang with great importance."

Hearing this, Tang Yin's face suddenly felt a little sad.

Others were promoted one by one, either fulfilling their wish to return to the emperor to serve, or receiving military rewards, and their land and houses were as bad as silver and money. However, he only received a blank check, and still worked in front of the emperor as a seventh-rank civil servant, but he was reluctant to get promotion.

Tang Yin's face was full of disappointment: "After returning to the court, I may still have to start from the grassroots level."

Tang Yin's words meant some complaining.

If it were others, they might not have expressed their dissatisfaction with the emperor in this way, but Tang Yin always had a literary character and his unruly personality determined that he would not choose to hide in many things. Moreover, he also hoped that through the indirect attacks of Xiaotiao, he would go to the emperor to perform his merits for him, so that he could get promoted to his official position.

While speaking, the second one had already walked to the door of the wing where Tang Yin was staying and was about to part.

At this time, the bright moon was in the sky. Xiao Twist looked up at the full moon above his head and leaned over to remind him in a low voice: "Mr. Tang, don't be anxious. As long as those who work in front of His Majesty do not reward you in a short period of time, it means that you will get more rewards in the future... Think about the previous Commander Jiang, as well as Lord Su and Lord Zheng, their current official positions... are not low. If you have military merits, Your Majesty will rely on you very much, and you will not forget... Do not be too rush to do this kind of thing."

Tang Yin nodded. Of course, he knew that doing things in front of the emperor would be beneficial but not harmful. The distance between him and the emperor determined the status of an official in the court. Now even if he is a governor, the governor-level officials should be polite when they see him. The prefects of Yangzhou and Huai'an even regarded him as their ancestors.

Thinking of the prefect of Yangzhou and Huai'an, Tang Yin felt a little angry: "Maybe it would be better to stay in front of Shen Zhihou. At least Shen Zhihou promised that I would get the position of fourth-rank magistrate... Now it seems that even if I return to the capital, I can only be a minor official in the six ministries."

In Tang Yin's mind, if he chose one of the capital and local officials, he would rather be the boss in the local area.

The official positions in Beijing were low and there was not much wealth. He had traveled around Jiangnan over the years and had seen a lot of things. Naturally, he knew how powerful the administrative chief was. Moreover, according to the Ming Dynasty, the official position in Beijing could basically be increased to three levels or more. Tang Yin had longed for being able to release the prefect.

Tang Yin nodded and said, "Thank you, Daddy Tiao, for your reminder."

Xiao Guozi hurriedly said, "In the future, we should not only remind each other, but also remind each other... Lord Tang, you are tired, please go inside and rest. I will come and greet you tomorrow."

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Zhu Houzhao stayed in Huai'an Prefecture City until the 20th day of the first lunar month before continuing to set off for Xuzhou.

The welcome formation prepared for Zhu Houzhao along the Grand Canal by local officials and generals of the garrison were gradually becoming grand.

Zhu Houzhao felt his authority as the emperor. Local officials and generals of the garrison gave things secretly at the beginning. They gradually stopped covering up and even compared with each other. In the end, they formed a convention. Officials and generals at all levels must express their feelings about the emperor's visit, and the tribute list will be handed over to Zhu Houzhao for personal review.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to continue to travel in Xuzhou with Yangzhou and Huai'an Prefecture as low-key. It was impossible for him to spend too much time in Yangzhou and Huai'an Prefecture, so that local officials and generals of the garrison knew about his departure north, and also provided time and various possibilities for the local government to prepare for the welcome.

During Zhu Houzhao's stay in Huai'an Prefecture, Zhang Yuan was the busiest person, and he had to constantly reveal the "will" of local officials and generals to Zhu Houzhao.

Of course, Zhang Yuan is the most proud person.

Local officials and generals of the garrison station have a lot of "filial piety" to Zhang Yuan. Whoever gives more gifts can get Zhang Yuan's key recommendations, but all this is still going on in secret.

Originally, Zhang Yuan did not dare to accept bribes, but when he found out that the emperor had suspicion of him and his status might be lost at any time, his courage began to gain. After all, he knew that he could only make money by relying on this method to support his old age. Now is his most glorious time, but no one can tell how long this glory can last.

In short, Zhu Houzhao began to return to Beijing with great fanfare, and there were more various activities along the way, and the emperor acted more unscrupulously.

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In Shen Xi's view, Zhu Houzhao's behavior was completely a "deathful act".

He originally thought that Zhu Houzhao had made progress, but who would have thought that he would start to make trouble again in a few days?

"If this continues, it will be no different from the Zhengde Emperor who is not doing his job in history. It is likely that there will be problems because of this kind of nonsense."

Shen Xi began to feel vaguely worried.

"I wonder if he would accidentally fall into the water because of a half-way mess... This kid is not very good at water, and is quite conceited, maybe it is really possible."

Chen Xi thought that in history, Zhu Houzhao fell into the water and fell ill on the way back to Beijing after quelling the Ningwang Rebellion. After being rescued, he relied on his youth and strength. He still indulged in Yile regardless of his illness. As a result, he became burping in less than half a year.

Chen Xi was frightened: "Because of my arrival, the butterfly effect has been generated. Although many things that happened in history have happened one after another, the time has been confused... The Ning King Rebellion happened ten years ago, and Zhu Houzhao wouldn't fall into the water ten years ago, right?"

In order to prevent Zhu Houzhao from causing any situation, Chen Xi could only send someone to keep an eye on the way.
Chapter completed!