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Chapter 206 The Bachelor Enters the East Palace

The Political Affairs Hall was almost empty all at once. There had not been such a big deal in many years, and the news spread very quickly. Not only did Xu Ping and Wang Yaochen who had returned to Luoyang, but Li Di, Chen Yaozuo and others rushed back to Luoyang after getting the news.

The dew on the grass was not dry yet. Xu Ping, Yan Shu and others welcomed Li Di and Chen Yaozuo in Longmen Town and returned to the left-behind office yamen. Li Ruogu was really sick and recently asked to leave his resignation for recuperation, but he had not yet responded. He had completely handed over the affairs of Henan Prefecture and the left-behind office to Wang Yaochen, and he would like to thank the guests in the door and rest assured. The troubles in the court had nothing to do with him and did not come out to greet him.

After serving tea, Xu Ping and Yan Shu asked about Li Di and Chen Yaozuo's hard work, and then a few of them talked about the recent major events in the court.

Yan Shu introduced the news he heard and said with lingering fear: "I didn't expect such a change to happen suddenly. If I hadn't gone to Dengzhou to gather for discussion, I would have rushed back to the capital a few days in advance."

Yan Shu didn't say the rest, and everyone knew his mood. Without Dengzhou's discussion, Yan Shu would not be determined to go against Lu Yijian's intention. If he went back at that time, he would object as soon as he submitted an appeal, and he found that Lu Yijian had changed his mind and didn't know how embarrassed it would be. He offended Xu Ping and the officials of Jingxi Road this side, and did not please Lu Yijian, and he was not a human inside and outside.

Chen Yaozuo smiled and said, "Bachelors have always been cautious. As the saying goes, be careful, no big mistakes. This time, be careful!"

Yan Shu nodded repeatedly, but his heart was mixed. If he had known this, he would have helped Xu Ping quickly. Not only did he become a favorable person, but he also lost many worries. How could he use it as he is now? Instead, he became a villain for Lu Yijian.

After joking for a few words, Chen Yaozuo said to several people: "Now, only Zhang Xiyan is left in the Political Affairs Hall. Who do you think will be the prime minister?"

Li Di shook his head and said nothing, Yan Shu lowered his head and thought.

Chen Yaozuo looked at Xu Ping and said, "Xu Longtu, before leaving, Xianggong Lu and Xianggong Wang had already decided to pilot the new policy of Jingxi Road. This matter cannot be separated from you. No matter how personnel changes, you will definitely be of great use!"

Yan Shu nodded: "Yes, the things decided by the two dukes will not be overthrown no matter what!"

Xu Ping smiled: "It is not necessarily necessary for me to try the new policy. "Plan for Rich and Safeguarding the People" has been compiled and will be introduced to the court in the next two days. As long as you do things according to what the book says, what is the difficulty of the new policy?"

Li Di said: "I have read the book too. If you say that it is better to do things accordingly, it's not that simple. Not to mention others, the two husbands argued at that time, in fact, they were mentioned in "The Provisions of Rich and the Country and the People". Today, when it comes to national affairs, who can compare with the two husbands, King Lu? Even they have differences, how dare you hand over this matter to others?"

Chen Yaozuo held his hands: "Yes, we can't guess other personnel, but it's a foregone conclusion that Xu Longtu will be used! Longtu, if you come to Beijing to preside over the new policy, guess who will be the prime minister?"

Xu Ping looked at several people and shook his head: "We are ministers, why are we so confused about the thoughts of the emperor?"

Seeing Xu Ping's cautious look, the few people couldn't help laughing together.

At this moment, a man came over and said, "Grandpa Chen, someone came from outside. He said that it was the ninth prince of your mansion. I don't know if he met him?"

"Oh," Chen Yaozuo stood up, "Let him in quickly! I think there is something at home, so let him talk to me!"

After a moment, the gatekeeper brought a young man in his twenties or thirties in, worshiped Chen Yaozuo, greeted everyone, and said, "Xiao Ke, Chen Xigu, because of the urgent matter at home, he specially rushed to Luoyang to take the liberty!"

After giving the ceremony, Chen Yaozuo asked, "Jiulang, what's going on at home? You're rushing to come?"

Chen Xigu said: "What happened at home is not easy to disturb my husband's quietness. Sir, let's talk elsewhere."

Chen Yaozuo claimed guilty, took his son's hand, and walked under a big willow tree not far away, left everyone, and asked in a low voice: "What the hell is it? So sneaky! Can't others tell me?"

Chen Xigu looked at the people in the distance and lowered his voice, "It's not good to fall into other people's ears. Sir, you want to rule the East Mansion!"

Chen Yaozuo was stunned and looked happy. He remembered that he was in the yamen of the left-behind corps and was ecstatic. He asked Chen Xigu: "Where did you hear the news? Is it accurate?"

"When Mr. Lu met the official family, he personally recommended the adults as prime minister. There will never be any mistakes in this matter!"

Chen Yaozuo only felt his heart beating violently. Although he was much older than Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, who had stopped prime minister, he was ambitious and wanted to sit in the position of prime minister. Unexpectedly, the opportunity finally came today. Lu Yijian, who had stopped prime minister, spoke very seriously. Since he recommended himself, the top ten people would not be able to escape.

Although Chen Yaozuo was not a member of Lu Yijian, his relationship was always close, and it was natural to recommend himself at this time. He didn't know the real reason why Lu Yijian recommended him, and his relationship was second to second. The most important thing was that Lu Yijian guessed that Wang Zengshi's ** would recommend Li Di, so he recommended Chen Yaozuo. Both of them were officials on Jingxi Road, especially Chen Yaozuo, who had always supported the new policy and recommended him to Zhao Zhen to show that he did not oppose the new policy. Lu Yijian's real thought was his evaluation of the two. Li Di was loyal and able to grasp the overall situation, but he was rough in his work and often made mistakes. Chen Yaozuo was very ambitious and unlucky in dealing with complex government affairs. He was a good prefect in the local area, but he could not become a good prime minister when he entered the court. When two people like the government affairs hall were paired up, they didn't know how many chaos they would have to happen. At that time, I'm afraid that Lu Yijian would come back.

He couldn't calm down. Chen Yaozuo turned around several circles in the same place before asking his son: "Is this the people from the Lu family telling you personally? Don't believe the rumors like this!"

Chen Xigu said happily, "It was the Lü family's eldest son who found me personally. He told me that there would be no falsehood? This time, Mr. Lu was demoted from the court. Who knows how to do it in the future? The Lu family needs someone to take care of him in the court, so how dare you joke about such a thing!"

Chen Yaozuo patted his son's shoulder heavily: "Okay, okay, you will be by my side these days and go back to Beijing together in two days!"

After talking for a while under the big tree, Chen Yaozuo's mood finally calmed down temporarily and returned to his original position to sit down.

Yan Shu said: "I saw my husband full of spring breeze, but what happy events are there at home?"

Chen Yaozuo waved his hand: "I have another grandchild at home, and I have an extra mouth to eat, which is a happy event after all!"

Several people hurriedly congratulated Chen Yaozuo together and made an appointment to send someone to congratulate him in a few days.

Chen Yaozuo is a capable person. He has ten sons and dozens of grandchildren in his family. Among the people of the same status, he is just as inferior to Zhang Qi. He has a job of adding a grandchild at his family almost every year, and he will not be missed anyway.

While a few people were busy, the gatekeeper came to report again that a Chinese envoy from the capital had arrived, saying that there was an edict to let everyone go out to welcome him together.

When we went out together, we saw an eunuch in his thirties standing outside the door with his entourage. When he saw Li Di and others coming out, he hurriedly bowed and bowed: "I have seen you all, because I am not good at ceremonies because I am not good at ceremonies, so I will forgive you if you are guilty!"

The person who came was Lan Yuanzhen. The status of the eunuch in the palace was only considered to be the middle and lower class, but his status was not high, and the status of his father and brother was not small. His father Lan Jizong was originally a small eunuch in the Southern Han Palace. When he was twelve years old, he returned to the Song Dynasty in the Southern Han Dynasty. He went to the palace to be an eunuch. After a long time, when Jing You retired in the first year of the first year, he became the first minister and the inner master. At that time, the official position was still under Yan Wenying. However, he did not participate in the affairs of the foreign government and was not involved with the ministers. His elder brother Lan Yuanyong started from the small yellow gate in the palace because of Enyin. This year he has become an eunuch guard, and he is still above Shi Quanbin. This is a strange phenomenon in the Northern Song Dynasty. The eunuchs adopted sons, inherited their father's business, and followed the emperor from generation to generation. However, the phenomenon of eunuchs on seniority has reached the extreme. Unless he has made great contributions outside the palace, he will be the one who will live long.

After the greetings, Lan Yuanzhen was welcomed to the courtyard of the left-behind officials' yamen and announced the verbal edict. The verbal edict was just not written by the priest of the Zhengshi Hall, and it was also necessary to write it, and the emperor's seal was also used. The officials of the Song Dynasty would not listen to the people from the palace who were saying anything, but no one would recognize it. In this extraordinary time, there was no one in the Zhengshi Hall, so it was normal for the verbal edict to be heard.

The content of the oral edict was Xuan Li Di, Chen Yaozuo, Yan Shu, Xu Ping and Wang Yaochen entered the capital, and they did not say what they did. However, at this time, everyone knew that it was related to the new personnel layout, but they just didn't know the specific position.

As Li Di and Chen Yaozuo, the top ten is to enter the court as prime minister, but I don’t know who is the leader and who is the second. Chen Yaozuo is old, but his qualifications are not as deep as Li Di, so he couldn’t help feeling uneasy. He turned around and thought that although the relationship between the two people was very average, he had been at Jingxi Road for the past two years and could still accept it.

After Xuan stopped his edict, Lan Yuanzhen said to Wang Yaochen with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to the magistrate Tonglongtu, the Tongzhi Jianyuan. When he left Beijing, the imperial edict had already been sent to the Imperial Edict. He was able to take up his new position when he returned to Beijing this time!"

Wang Yaochen was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Lan Yuanzhen. He touched his body, but he didn't bring anything valuable, so he had to turn his head to Xu Ping on the side for help.

Xu Ping's family had money, and he was always generous. He specially cast money and silver at home to deal with this kind of scene. He touched ten gold and silver from his body and handed it over to Wang Yaochen.

Wang Yaochen handed the money to Lan Yuanzhen and said, "Thank you for your hard work, how much money will be used to buy wine!"

Lan Yuanzhen thanked happily. How could he not love money as an eunuch? They also have wives and children at home, so they have to buy houses and land to live. They all rely on these extra money. How much money is enough for their salary?

The Zhilongtu Pavilion is the Zhilongtu Pavilion, which is similar to Xu Ping’s Zhijiao’s Dragontu Pavilion, but its status is far different. However, the Zhilongtu Pavilion is the leader of the Zhizhen Pavilion. The next step is to be a servant. Even if you have a seniority, you can still be a servant minister. Therefore, it is particularly precious and is called a "fake dragon". However, if you are not lucky and have not survived, you will be called a "dead dragon".

Lan Yuanzhen collected the money and turned to Yan Shu and said, "Congratulations to the scholars. After returning to Beijing, he entered the East Mansion and ordered the scholars to make the grass. Is it still the words I passed on in the past? It's absolutely impossible to be wrong!"
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