Lin Qingran was slightly stunned when he saw the visitor, then stood up and bowed gently, "I am the new Left Minister of Rites, Lin Qingran, I don't know what you call him?"

The person who came was a little old man with fair skin, but there was less pride on his face, and a hint of jealousy appeared faintly on his eyes. He looked very unnatural and bowed back and said, "I am the new right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Huang Yangmeng!"

In fact, when he first saw Lin Weiran, he guessed Lin Weiran's identity. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only Lin Wenkui, who was famous all over the world, was a slutty person who was as charming as a monster.

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"It turns out that he is Mr. Huang, who is disrespectful!" Lin Weiran suddenly realized and kept bowing gently.

Yangzhou and Nanzhili are not far apart. If the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue has not been delayed by anything, I guess he should have arrived in Beijing at this time.

"I thought I would be in front of Mr. Lin, but I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be six or seven days longer than me!" Huang Yangmeng unconsciously relied on his seniority and said with a taste of food.

After receiving the appointment, he was worried that there were too many dreams, so he ignored the favor of local officials, even if he didn't even sell the face of the Governor of the Valley Transport and the Governor of the River.

They rushed to the night, but they didn't expect that they were still far behind Lin Qinran, and they could take over the military affairs of Tongzhou City naturally, thus making a huge advantage.

If he could go to six or seven days soon, then the military command of Tongzhou City would fall into his hands, and the victory of Tongzhou North Gate was a great contribution.

Lin Qingran naturally didn't know that the other party had such thoughts, but just maintained the false flattery of the officialdom, and responded neither humble nor arrogantly: "The emperor has an order, and he traveled lightly all the way, so he dare not delay any delay!"

Although Huang Yangmeng was dissatisfied with Lin Qiran's "grabbing" his victory in the North Gate, he knew that the status gap between him and Lin Qiran was quite different, so he didn't dare to show any expression.

The two of them were not familiar with each other at first, but now they don’t talk much, so they just sit here together without saying a word.

I sat here for an hour without any reply in the palace, which made Lin Qingran have enough reason to suspect that Jiajing hid in the West Garden for more than 20 years and did not attend morning court, so he did not want to avoid ministers. It was obvious that he wanted to sleep in every day.

Today is still a cloudy day, so it is impossible to tell the time. After a while, a eunuch finally came in and said, "The emperor told me to ask Mr. Lin to come to Wanshou Palace to express his gratitude!"

Lin Qiran couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He thought that Jiajing would not even see several ministers of the Shang Dynasty, and he might not meet him, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, but he didn't expect the emperor to let him in.

"Where is me, this father-in-law?" Huang Yangmeng was also slightly stunned and hurriedly pointed at his nose and asked.

The eunuch looked up at him and said contemptuously: "Mr. Huang, please come back!"

Huang Yangmeng was like a slap in the face. Although he knew that this would be the result, everything had to be compared. Why was Lin Qingran able to express his gratitude to the saint, and he could only be turned away?

"Mr. Huang, I've lost my companion!"

Lin Qingran greeted Huang Yangmeng, and followed the little eunuch into the palace to meet the saint.

The palace roads in Xiyuan are still the same as before. They have not been thoroughly repaired over the years, so they reveal a sense of familiarity everywhere. Only when they enter Wanshou Palace can they faintly realize that the sandalwood here looks much thicker.

Lin Weiran bowed and thanked Jiajing inside through the thick curtains and expressed his self-worthiness.

"You went south to rectify the salt administration and will not let my expectations down! I promoted you to the Left Minister of Rites. It was because you made contributions in the salt management. I also used this to warn all officials to take you as a model!" Jiajing seemed calm and calm.

Said lightly.

Lin Qingran dared not really take this official position as he deserved, but he seemed loyal and said: "I have received the favor of the Emperor Shengming, and I must do my best to do my best to do my best to not disappoint the emperor!"

It seemed that it was this response that ordered Jiajing to open the curtains, and the king and his minister were able to meet each other.

Lin Xuran took the opportunity to take a look at Jiajing and found that Jiajing was less hypocritical when he first met, and his whole body had a hint of old age, especially his hair became much whiter.

Jiajing also looked at Lin Weiran and found that Lin Weiran was very mature and asked casually: "What do you think about the matter of Zongfan Lumi?"

Lin Xuran sighed in his heart. This seemed casual, but it was already affected by the rumors and revealed a delicate intention. If one responded improperly, his left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites might not be transferred so quickly, but he was afraid he would leave.

This is not far away.

He raised his head and looked at Jiajing, and responded for granted: "This matter is a wise and wise ruler, a wise and father, a wise minister, Xu, and Yuan, two masters of the cabinet, are good at governing and capable, and the Ministry of Rites and Shangshu Li, the emperor, leads the overall situation on this matter for the emperor.

, I have no opinion on this!"

"Haha...you're a slippery person!"

Jiajing was worried that Lin Xuran would really not know how to advance or retreat. Facing Lin Xuran's words, he couldn't help laughing. Although he pointed out that Lin Xuran was slick, he had no intention of blame.

Lin Weiran secretly breathed a breath of turbidity in his heart, but responded seriously: "I am not a fool, this is my heartfelt words!"

Seeing the emperor like this, he was indeed in his heart that the matter of reducing the vassal and rice was absolutely impossible to touch. If Jiajing had this idea, he could have tried it, but Jiajing had no idea at all.

"Don't worry, I just want to hear your opinion, but it's okay?" Jiajing didn't want the matter to be revealed so easily, but stared at Lin Qingran and asked.

Lin Qingran felt a headache. He, a person who had always been slandering the reformists, could not open his eyes and ignor the burden of dragging down the Ming Dynasty's finances. He had to bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, then I will say some indifferent views.

If we look at the matter of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the capital from the finances of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the year, the vassal of the vassal of the year spent eight million stones a year. Although the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the va

Huge expenses. In the foolish opinion of the minister, the current finances are already in short supply. Not only does the minister want to share the worries of the emperor, but the royal family also has no choice but to pay the money and rice should be reduced as appropriate."

The disadvantages of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the Zhu family are actually very obvious. The Ming Dynasty's finances cannot afford the rich and elegant food of the royal family. The most effective method is to reduce the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of the vassal of

Children use their capital to do business or buy land to live the life of small landlords.

"How much is your salary?" Jiajing looked up at Lin Weiran contemptuously, but suddenly asked.

Lin Qingran was slightly stunned and immediately responded: "Report to the emperor, I am a third-rank official now. As usual, the monthly salary of 35 shi of rice is not the case, but the actual amount is not."

"In this way, you have more than 300 stone rice a year. Why don't you say you want to reduce the salary of your officials to share my worries?" Jiajing asked in a cold voice with contempt.

Lin Qingran did not expect that Jiajing would take the salary of all officials to talk about it, so he responded: "If the emperor wants to reduce the salary of all officials, please think twice! Weichen and others are one person who raises a family, and everyone in the family is

Being able to support oneself is not comparable, and this move will only aggravate the corruption of all officials."

Although he has long since lived on a regular salary, and all kinds of legitimate subsidies are quite large, this does not include the various excuses of filial piety from the officials below. However, it does not include some honest officials, if all officials are really reduced, they will be reduced.

Salary, many lower-level officials cannot even guarantee the most basic life.

At first glance, his third-rank official had more than 300 stones of rice in name, which was more than 200 stones than the lowest-ranking lieutenant of Fengguo. However, the officials not only had to support a family, but also had a normal expense.

Not to mention anything else, not everyone has so many houses like him in Beijing, and many officials cannot even afford to rent a decent house with these salaries.

"I naturally know that this move is inappropriate, so you can go on!" Jiajing has been in charge of the Ming Dynasty for forty-two years, so he naturally knows what he can't touch, so he waved his hand lightly.

"I'm going to leave, long live my emperor!" Lin Qingran secretly sweated and immediately said politely.

When he left, his eyes did not turn, and he secretly observed Jiajing's side. He found that beside Huang Jin, Chen Hong was also accompanied by it, but he did not see Feng Bao.

Naturally, he would not show any signs of having sex with the eunuch, and he left Wanshou Palace in no way.

Just after leaving the palace gate and facing the cold wind blowing towards him, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Obviously, Jiajing was not keen on reducing the vassal of the clan, but hoped to continue this secret deduction. In fact, this is also very consistent with Jiajing's style of conduct. It has deducted the vassal of the clan, but it does not have to bear the destruction of the clan.

The infamous system.

However, his situation was very bad. Some people pushed him into this fire pit, hoping to make him, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, who has always regarded himself as a reformist, fall into a big fight.

"Zhang Siwei, an editor of Xiaguan Hanlin Academy, pays homage to Linbutang!" Zhang Siwei happened to go to Wuyi Palace to do business. Facing Lin Weiran who was coming towards him, he also respectfully bowed.

Lin Weiran didn't expect to meet Zhang Siwei here, but he had no intention of putting on airs. He helped him up and asked Zhang Siwei about his recent situation with concern, and then left with sternness.

Zhang Siwei stood there and watched Lin Weiran leave, but looked at this different kind of charm from ordinary people, but his eyes could not hide his envy and jealousy.

He was a Shujishi of the 32nd year of Jiajing. He had just reached the Hanlin editor and returned home to observe the system for three years because of his mother. However, when he came back, Lin Qingran had already gone to Guangdong to preside over the maritime affairs. Then, he was still young now.

The young master of the seventh rank Hanlin editor, but the other party was already the noble left minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Now he is the editorial branch office who re-recorded the "Yongle Encyclopedia". According to the custom, he will be promoted to the next level after the book is compiled, but it seems that there is still an unattainable gap with Lin Weiran.

At such a young age, he was already the Left Minister of Rites. Standing at the top of the lyrics, it really corresponds to his poem "There are talents in the country and the country have emerged, and they have been in charge of the style for hundreds of years."

Lin Qingran walked out of the palace gate smoothly and saw Huang Yangmeng's carriage still in place from a distance, but he shook his head with a slightly bitter smile. The Minister Huang seemed to have become smaller.

But he still has to take office today. Seeing Lin Fu bringing the sedan chair over, he immediately got out of the sedan chair.

The sedan leaves from Xiyuan and enters the lively Chang'an Street. In this capital city, the most important thing is the official sedan, so the sedan is not too ostentatious.

The Ministry of Rites is located on the east side of the Daming Gate, which is located on the east and west side of the important yamen such as the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel and the Zongren Mansion. The yamen are adjacent to Dongjiang Mi Lane, and the right side is the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Personnel.

"My master is the new left minister of the Ministry of Rites, Lin Xuran. He is here to take office today. Please come inside and report it quickly!" Lin Fu gave the reward to the door and ordered them.

It is impossible for officials in the capital to choose auspicious days like local officials. Usually, they always come to the yamen to report, and they pay attention to the speed of soldiers.

Of course, the officials of the Ministry of Rites would not know nothing. In fact, they had already paid close attention to Lin Shiran's movements, and even knew that Lin Shiran was favored and was admitted to the palace to express his gratitude.

Just after the doormen entered, the officials of the Sisilang Office, dressed in blue, entered one after another, and respectfully knelt down to welcome Lin Yanran from the sedan chair.

Although officials in Beijing would not choose any auspicious days to take office, there is only one process and ceremony to take office.

The layout of the Ministry of Rites is like that of the county government. The seal officer is in the middle, and the two auxiliary officials are on both sides. However, the two sides of the Ministry of Rites are not called the bureau, but they regard themselves as halls. This is also the reason why the ministers are also called the Ministry of Rites.

There are four departments under the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Four Departments are also nominally subordinate to Lin Qingran, so they all followed Lin Qingran to the office ceremony and finally arrived at the southern government office.

In the main hall, an official seal was already placed here.

Official seals are divided into official seals and official seals. The current Minister of Rites Li Chunfang is in charge of the official seals of the Ministry of Rites. Many documents must be stamped with this seal before they can take effect. This is also a concentrated reflection of his power.

However, there was a situation where the main hall and the second officers of the Ming Dynasty supervised and restricted each other. Some documents required a seal and signed by the left and right ministers, so that they could take effect.

The etiquette officer stood beside him and read the appointment decree, but paused slightly, slowly swept over the officials kneeling in the hall, and then he increased his tone and continued to recite.

"First term, compiled by Hanlin Academy!"

"Two ranks, Hanlin Academy's attendant lecturer!"

"Three terms, Leizhou magistrate and Guangdong Shipeng City are recommended!"

"Four ranks, Leizhou magistrate, Guangdong Shipeng City, and Haibei Army Preparation."

"Five ranks, Guangzhou magistrate and Guangdong Shipeng Shipeng!"

"Six terms, Guangzhou magistrate and Guangdong submission of the sea route!"

"Seven entries, Shuntian Prefecture Chief!"

"Eight ranks, Shuntian Prefecture!"

"Nine ranks, left deputy censor of the Censorate!"

"Ten responsibilities, current positions, left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites!"

From the Hanlin Academy to the Guangdong Province, then returned to the Shuntian Prefecture Office in the capital, then went south to Yangzhou to rectify the salt administration, and now he came to the Ministry of Rites to serve as the Left Minister, which has left an amazing resume.

In terms of age and qualifications, Lin Qingran is indeed not enough to serve as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but if he looks through his resume and his political achievements, he has already taken the seal of the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites with justification.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites' Four Secretariat Office were secretly amazed, and they also abandoned some of the previous prejudices and seemed to kneel on the ground more respectfully.

After reading aloud, the etiquette officer proudly looked at the officials present and went through the last process: "Chorus Seal!"
Chapter completed!