Wang Maolin was certainly not stupid for being able to climb to this position. He glanced at the noble master with a knowing look, but this was something that the left minister of the Ministry of Rites had told him, and even the emperor had to find him out.

He did not hesitate too much and immediately expressed his position: "I will obey your orders!"

It’s over!

Chen Pu fell to the ground, and he suddenly felt that a disaster was coming. The noble man's mouth opened slightly, but in the end he did not reveal his identity. His whole figure was like an eggplant beaten by frost.

After all, Lin Haoran did not have any deep grudges with the other party, and he did beat Chen Pu and others at Hezha, but he did not want to appear too unreasonable. After all, he, the second chief of the Rites Yamen, had to pay attention to himself.

conduct.

After he ordered the matter, he said gently to everyone present: "No need to be polite, everyone, please get up!"

"Thank you, Lord Budang!" The officials had been kneeling for a while, but they didn't have any complaints in their hearts. They responded respectfully, and then stood up from the ground cautiously.

As Lin Haoran revealed his identity, Lin Fu and others appeared stronger and took security work seriously.

"I don't know that Young Zongbo passed by Liaocheng and was not able to greet me from far away. I feel uneasy. I would like to ask Young Zongbo to settle down in the government office. I will prepare a banquet to welcome you!" Wang Maolin had a flattering smile on his face. Although he had experienced

Although he was unhappy just now, he also hoped to take advantage of this rare opportunity to curry favor with Lin Haoran and extend an invitation.

Li Juzuo and other officials also looked at Lin Haoran eagerly, with flattering smiles on their faces, hoping that Lin Haoran would accept their invitation.

Lin Haoran's gaze went directly past Wang Maolin and fell on a young man wearing a seventh-grade official uniform. This young man had a strange expression from beginning to end.

Lin Haoran has a very good memory, especially when it comes to recognizing people. Especially this official, Yan Na, whose face was pockmarked, greeted him gently: "Brother Zhinan, we haven't seen you in many years. How are you?"

The eyes of officials such as Wang Maolin and Li Juzuo fell on the young official with a pockmarked face, who was already Liu Zhinan, the official of Changdong Prefecture.

The relationship between the officialdom is so intricate. Chen Pu became an official in Changdong Mansion in the same year, and Lin Haoran also became an official in Changdong Mansion in the same year, and Liu Zhinan, the official in Changdong Mansion, was the top three Jinshi in the 37th year of Jiajing.

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It's just that their fates are completely different. Lin Haoran has now reached the rank of Liubu Tang official, while Liu Zhinan is still struggling to get promoted to official position in Changdong Mansion.

It's not that he didn't want to climb up, but he was born in a poor family and had no connections in the capital. Although he was more dedicated to the affairs at hand, he was despised by the superior officials in return.

Not to mention that compared with the most dazzling Lin Haoran, other classmates have gradually improved to a higher level, but he is still stuck in the same place, and because of the pockmarks on his face, his future is bleak.

But what he never expected was that after nearly six years, the most dazzling Jinshi in the same field and now a senior official in the Sixth Ministry would still remember him, an unknown junior.

Liu Zhinan endured his excitement and responded to Lin Haoran respectfully calmly: "Everything is well, my subordinate. I'm sorry, sir, I'm worried about you!"

Wang Maolin and Li Juzuo looked at this official who had always been low-key in surprise, but they did not expect that there was such a relationship. They seemed to be familiar with Lin Haoran, but they couldn't help but re-examine this official below.

Lin Haoran walked directly to Liu Zhinan, patted his arm eagerly and said: "We haven't seen each other for many years, we should have a good chat, but because my brother was called to Beijing for this trip, I didn't dare to delay, so we can only meet next time.

Let’s sit down and have a drink and talk! Now I’m going to leave by boat, would you like to take me to the pier?”

The dignified Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Etiquette invited him and spoke so politely that Wang Maolin and others were immediately stunned.

Liu Zhinan knew very well that with Lin Haoran's "attention" to him, even if he could not be promoted to another level, his situation in the Changdong government office would be better in the future, so he responded gratefully: "Senior brother, this is for the next official."

pleasure!"

"Okay, let's talk while walking!" Lin Haoran raised his hand slightly, showing that he valued Liu Zhinan very much.

Lin Haoran originally planned not to spend the night in Liaocheng, but now that something like this happened, he didn't want his whereabouts to be completely exposed. Even if he planned to leave Liaocheng, he planned to return to the capital as soon as possible.

Locally, he, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, can cover the sky with one hand, but if he wants to defend his position or take a step further, he must return to the capital where there are open and covert attacks.

As for inviting Liu Zhinan, firstly, he knew the importance of winning over lower-level officials, which would reduce resistance to anything he did in the future; secondly, he knew that Liu Zhinan was indeed a good official and could help him.

mean.

In the officialdom, there must be people not only at the top, but also at the bottom. Especially to reach the highest position, there must be a group of available people at the bottom. Even Yan Song in the past had people like Hu Zongxian under him who could take on big responsibilities.

Upon learning of Lin Haoran's appearance, officials from both levels of Liaocheng's yamen mobilized one after another to respectfully send Lin Haoran to the dock, and then watched Lin Haoran board the ship and leave.

Although many high-ranking officials pass through Liaocheng every year, big figures like Lin Haoran are rare. It is not that there are no Liubu Ministers passing through Liaocheng, but Lin Haoran, the Liubu Minister, is even more special, and his status and potential make people look up to him.

and marveled.

As the official ship gradually disappeared, Wang Maolin and others slowly withdrew their gaze, and finally strode around Liu Xiangnan, asking about his relationship with Lin Haoran and what they had just talked about.

Liu Xiangnan felt unprecedented attention. Just thinking of Lin Haoran's words, he shook his head gently and refused to reveal anything, knowing that he would not stay here for a long time.

Li Juzuo watched Liu Xiangnan turn around and leave without saying a word. He just wanted to reprimand him a few words, but when he thought that he had already climbed up to the dignified left minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

When you are a local official, your power is not determined by the position you hold, but by whether you have people in the court.

The cold wind blew on the river, making it look clearer, but the person's face hurt more and more.

After passing Liaocheng, you will soon be able to follow the water down to Tongzhou, and the capital city is already in sight. But as the capital city gets closer, Lin Haoran's face becomes more solemn.

"Master, the identity of that young master has been found out!" A figure hurried over and saluted respectfully.

Meng Zhao and Wang Shiju happened to be standing here with Lin Haoran. When they heard that the identity of the noble young master had been found, they also cast a curious look at the visitor.

Lin Haoran looked at the long river in front of him, and seemed to have the answer in his heart: "Luoyang Mansion is not the provincial capital, nor is it the hometown of any big shot in the court. How can such a perverse young master appear, and he can only cover it up like this?
Chapter completed!