After Zeng Xian was beheaded, Xia Yan also went to the Jinyiwei prison to judge the crime.

From this point alone, we can see that in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, Xia Yan was more guilty than Zeng Xian.

After all, Zeng Xian was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice before his conviction, but Xia Yan was imprisoned in the imperial prison.

Since the imperial edict has been issued, countless ministers have entered, and how many have come out alive?

This is naturally a thing worth celebrating for Yu Yansong's party.

As a "members" of the Yan Party, Zhao Wenhua was praised by Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and made a comeback among Yan Song's many godsons.

As long as Xia Yan dies, this court will be the court of the Yan Party, and Xia Yan's disciples and old officials will no longer cause any storm.

Zhao Wenhua felt that he was much closer to the position of Tongzheng Envoy.

He returned to his mansion, took a comfortable bath, and was about to have sex with his newly married concubine, but at this time he received a letter from Hangzhou.

The letter from home was written by his younger brother Zhao Wenjie.

Zhao Wenhua thought the letter was just a chat, but who would have thought that Zhao Wenjie cried in the letter that the Zhao family was bullied in Hangzhou. He was also beaten by Governor Zhu Wan in the hall and blamed for forty boards. Not only did he not get out of bed for a month, but he even lost all his face.

Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but be furious.

Although Zhu Wan hit Zhao Wenjie's butt, she slapped him Zhao Wenhua's face.

A mere governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is so powerful that he doesn't take the Zhao family seriously at all.

Zhu Wan didn't open her eyes and saw who Zhao Wenhua was. Now who has the final say in the court.

This guy is really seeking death!

Zhao Wenhua thought about it carefully and found that Zhu Wan and Yan Dang had no intersection, so he would completely lose his worries and could let go.

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...

There are many Zhejiang officials living in the Zhejiang Association of the Capital.

Most of the officials living here are new officials who have just been appointed as officials and have very poor family backgrounds.

The capital is expensive and it is not easy to live in a big place.

They can't afford to buy a house, so they live here for the time being.

Cui Lu is one of them.

He was a Jinshi in Jiajing for 26 years, but now he still can't afford a house after he passed the imperial examination for a whole year.

This is naturally a shameful thing. You must know that it is impossible to buy a three-entry house in the capital with this salary alone.

In desperation, Cui Lu chose to surrender to the Yan Party.

It is easy to enjoy the cool under the big tree. With a backer, it is not only easy to get promoted, but also easy to make money.

Of course, a seventh-rank official like Cui Lu cannot contact Yan Song.

The Beijing officials who were rushing to give gifts to Master Yan could be arranged from Yan's mansion to the outside of the yard gate. How could it be his turn to Cui Lu?

The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door would not even look at him directly.

To settle for the second best, Cui Lu chose to surrender to the Yan Dang's number one tycoon Zhao Wenhua.

This is Master Yan praised his godson. If Zhao Wenhua said that he was the second best in the matter of licking dogs, no one dared to say that he was the first.

Of course, even Yan Song's godson has a great appetite.

Even if Cui Lu’s salary is bought, he can’t give it even if he buys a shabby gift.

But Cui Lu has the power in his hands.

The Ming Dynasty's supervision system was very complete, and supervision officials mainly relied on censors.

The subject refers to the six subjects and the subject refers to the thirteen supervisors and the subject refers to the censors.

The Thirteen Supervision Censors are responsible for supervising the various provincial governing departments, and the six departments are responsible for supervising the six departments.

But the rules are that dead people live.

It does not mean that the censor can only supervise the local area, nor does it mean that the six departments can only supervise the six departments.

In fact, the officials can not only impeach local officials, but also impeach and persuade the emperor.

If it was placed in the Hongzhi Dynasty, the emperor's imperial edict was often rejected and the emperor's shortcomings were pointed out from time to time.

But in the Jiajing Dynasty, the right to give to the officials was basically useless. Except for those ruthless people who deliberately deceived the court stick to earn a reputation, who would have nothing to do with their future? If they might even be beaten to death by a court stick.

To put it bluntly, the censors bully the weak and fear the strong. When they saw that Emperor Hongzhi was easy to bully, they rushed over and spit out stars. Seeing that Emperor Jiajing was cruel, they obediently became a minister.

After all, the ritual stick of the Ming officials broke the backbone of the Ming Dynasty.

You can't criticize the emperor, but others still can't help but criticize them.

Zhao Wenhua valued Cui Lu's power to swear and recruited him under his command.

Today is a day of rest, and Cui Lu finally had time to rest.

He was in a good mood while drinking tea and eating oranges in the Zhejiang Guild Hall.

At this moment, he saw a luxurious sedan parked at the entrance of the guild hall and became interested.

The sedan chairs of Beijing officials are strictly regulated, and they are strictly prohibited from exceeding the system of the grade.

Those who sit in luxury sedans like this are all seniors of fourth grade or above.

A robe official walked out of the sedan chair soon. Cui Lu felt familiar, but it was too far away to see clearly.

What's even more amazing is that the official in the robe walked straight in his direction.

It's getting closer and clearer.

Soon Cui Lu saw the face clearly.

Isn’t this Zhao Wenhua, the most domineering member of the strict party?

"Zhao Tongzheng is here, and the humble house is full of glory!"

Cui Lu greeted him with a smile on his face, and bent his waist like a shrimp.

Zhao Wenhua coughed and said, "Cui Bingke has always lived in this Zhejiang Guild Hall?"

Cui Lu smiled and said, "The officials are reluctant to part with these fellow villagers."

Zhao Wenhua thought to himself that you can’t afford to buy a house, and he said so righteously.

"It is rare for Cui Bingkegui to keep his roots in mind."

Cui Lu quickly stretched out his arm and asked, "Zhao Tongzheng has passed the award, please come in."

Zhao Wenhua was not polite either, and held one hand behind him and walked in front.

Cui Lu followed him step by step, always half a position behind Zhao Wenhua.

When Zhao Wenhua walked to the front of the house, Cui Lu hurriedly pushed the door open for him.

As soon as Zhao Wenhua entered the room, a moldy smell came towards him, which made Zhao Wenhua frown and pinch his nose.

“How come this smells so heavy?”

"Hehe, this room is covered with shade and the rent is cheap..."

Cui Lu explained a little embarrassedly.

"Zhao Tongzheng, please sit down."

Zhao Wenhua glanced at the room and found that there were only two chairs in total, and there was nothing to choose from.

He picked a robe and sat down. He was about to have a cup of tea when he saw the orange peel on the small table, and for a moment he had no desire.

The sanitary conditions of this house are very worrying!

"What order does Zhao Tongzheng have? Just ask someone to summon him. Cui is on call. How dare you trouble Zhao Tongzheng to come to the humble house in person?"

Zhao Wenhua thought to himself that you were talking about a humble house, as if this house was really yours, and it was not rented.

He was determined to act like a polite and rude man, cleared his throat and said, "Cui Bingke is a pillar of the country, don't look down on yourself. You must know that God will help you."

Cui Lu quickly climbed up the pole.

"What Zhao Tongzheng said is very true. Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years!"

After a moment of pause, Cui Lu thought to himself that there was nothing to entertain Zhao Wenhua, so he picked up an orange and handed it to Zhao Wenhua and said, "Zhao Tongzheng, come and eat an orange."

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...The Great Way of Heavens
Chapter completed!