Xia Yan fell inexplicably again. This time he fell more unfairly than last time. Last time, he at least knew that it was Yangming's lineage that was against him. This time he didn't even know that it was Yang Cong and Lu Bing.

Of course, this does not mean that he is a political idiot. He doesn't even know that someone is cheating him. The main reason is that Yang Cong's plan is too unexpected this time, and Lu Bing's performance is even more unexpected. He has always been loyal to Jiajing. Who would have thought that this fire was something he could let go.

Xia Yan didn't expect that Jiajing naturally couldn't expect that not only did Jiajing not notice that Lu Bing was secretly making trouble, but he even felt that Lu Bing had performed very well recently.

This titty brother is not bad. He found out in less than two hours that two old cases were found. The official tent caught fire, and he was extremely calm and was not affected by the fire at all. He was always waiting outside his imperial tent. This behavior was enough to take on the great responsibility.

Therefore, after returning to the capital, he immediately promoted Lu Bing to be the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, responsible for the guards of the entire palace and the imperial city. This position seemed to be about the same age as his father Lu Song, but in fact it was much larger than his father's commander-in-chief, because Lu Song was just taking on a idle position, while Lu Bing was a real position, and all five of the seventeen guards of the Jinyiwei were under his jurisdiction, almost 30%.

Lu Bing didn't expect that he just sued the wrong person, then set fire to the fire, and was promoted. When Yang Cong asked him to do these two things, he felt a little nervous.

Because of these two things, Lu Bing was promoted, but Xia Yan was almost thrown into the cold palace.

Xia Yan was really clumsy about these two things. He asked him to recommend an official to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. He actually recommended a corrupt official and asked him to be responsible for the memorials. He actually burned all the memorials!

Can such a performance allow him to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet?

This guy will float like this once he succeeds. He won’t float to the sky without giving him some lessons!

After returning to the capital, Jiajing appointed the Crown Prince Grand Tutor, Minister of Personnel, and Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace as the chief minister to show his warning to Xia Yan. Not only that, he also promoted Zhan Ruoshui, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing to the Minister of Works, replacing the elderly Lin Ting'ang. He was also warning Xia Yan's party to make them all sober and not to think that this court was their world.

Jiajing's magical operation really made Yang Cong very happy. He didn't expect that the two evil moves could have such an effect. Such a great situation should not be missed.

At this time, he thought of Wang Xuan and Hu Zongxian. The two of them had not had the best results in the palace examination. Hu Zongxian was only ranked second and second, and Wang Xuan even fell directly to third. They did not have the qualifications to enter the Hanlin Academy in the later court exams.

If they don’t help themselves, they are likely to be sent to the local area to be magistrates or even state judges. This will be more troublesome to be promoted in the future.

How can I help with this?

It’s very simple. Just find the Minister of Personnel, Li Shi, the current chief assistant of the cabinet!

As soon as Jiajing promoted Zhan Ruoshui to the Minister of Works, Yang Cong submitted a letter of worship and asked to meet with Li Shi, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

This guy, a newcomer who has just entered the officialdom, actually went to find the prime minister of the cabinet in the dynasty. Will people pay attention to him?

It’s okay, he just submitted his visit to the post. In the afternoon of that day, Li Shi sent someone to reply, and if he had time, he would like to ask for a lecture tomorrow afternoon.

Yang Cong was not vague. The next afternoon, as soon as he came back from work, he came to visit Li Shi with a generous gift.

Li Shi was also very polite to him. When he heard that he was coming, Li Shi actually ran to the gate of the inner courtyard to greet him. This was already very polite. Generally, it was less than the level of the Six Ministers of the Secretariat, so it was difficult for the chief minister of the cabinet to stand up to greet him. Li Shi actually welcomed him at the gate of the inner courtyard, which was beyond the treatment of the Six Ministers of the Secretariat.

However, Yang Cong knew that Li Shi did not give him face, but Jiajing, or the Lu family, because the news that he and Lu Ling'er were about to get married had spread in the capital. In addition, Jiajing obviously "inclined" to support the Yangming lineage during this period, so the officials in the capital all felt that Jiajing had regarded Yang Cong as his own because of Lu Ling'er's relationship.

Of course, Yang Cong knew that Jiajing was not flirting with him because of his relationship. The main reason was that Xia Yan was cheated by him during this time, which made Jiajing feel that Xia Yan had become arrogant because of his favor, so he pulled up the Yangming lineage to deal with Xia Yan's party.

Simply put, Jiajing actually wanted the Yangming family to have the strength to compete with Xia Yan's party, so that both sides could fight without any hindrance!

Of course, he would not tell Li Shi about these things. On the contrary, he would make Li Shi feel that Jiajing really regarded him as a confidant.

After the two of them had greetings, Yang Cong said directly: "Sir, the Chief Minister, the Xiaguan is here to visit this time, mainly because he wants to be honest and invite the Chief Minister to preside over the Xiaguan's wedding. I wonder if Xiaguan has this honor?"

this!

Aren’t you a rising star in the Yangming lineage? You asked me to host the wedding. What do you mean? Is there no boss in the Yangming lineage?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be.

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, then seemed to understand something again. This might be the emperor's intention. After all, the chief minister of the cabinet was the most important minister, and if he went to host the wedding, the Lu family would be more faced.

Perhaps the emperor felt that it was a bit ridiculous to give a holy edict for such a private matter, so he asked Yang Cong to say it himself.

The emperor's face could not be swept away. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with interest: "Your marriage with the little girl from the Lu family was held in the capital. Speaking of which, I have known the little girl from the Lu family for more than ten years. When I first saw her in the palace, she was only five or six years old. In this flash, more than ten years have passed."

What he meant is that as long as your marriage was held in the capital, I would be fine if I asked me to host the wedding.

Of course, Yang Cong knew that the old man had misunderstood, and he didn't point it out, but said awkwardly: "This, the marriage between Xiaguan and Ling'er was held in the capital. However, Xiaguan had already decided on a marriage when he was in his hometown. The so-called poor and humble wife should not be forgotten. Xiaguan planned to do it together this time, haha, haha."

Damn, marrying two at a time, your heart is really big, thanks to the Lu family being able to agree.

Li Shi said curiously: "Oh, which girl is it that she can actually win the favor of the top scholar."

Yang Cong said embarrassedly: "It is the daughter of Lord Zhang Yue, the right censor of the Censorate."

Li Shi fainted after hearing this. Zhang Yue's daughter was still a poor wife. It was rumored that the emperor was about to promote Zhang Yue to the left deputy censor of the Censorate. After Tu Qiao arrived, it was estimated that Zhang Yue would be the head of the Censorate.

This kid is really not simple. Not only did the emperor not object to this marriage, he also promoted Zhang Yue. What a great favor!

He didn't know that this was the result of Lu Bing asking Li to go to Jiajing to Guan. Of course, Jiajing didn't want to see Yang Cong marry two at a time, but the wet nurse had spoken, so he couldn't care about them anymore.

As for promoting Zhang Yue, that was a long time ago, Jiajing had the idea, but it was not implemented due to the hindrance of Zhang Cong. Now Zhang Cong is almost burping, so naturally there is no problem.

Li Shi didn't know that there were so many twists and turns in it. He only thought that Jiajing had regarded Yang Cong as the key training target, otherwise it would be impossible to be so good to Yang Cong.

This kid has a bright future. Even if he doesn’t do it for himself or for his descendants, he still needs to make friends with him!
Chapter completed!