Ma Jin showed his might and attacked Yan Jin's arrogance, but Yan Jin was not easy to mess with, so he immediately launched a counterattack in the capital.

Moreover, the methods were extremely vicious and attacked Yan Yi's back nest. According to news from the capital, Qian Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Yan Jin, interacted frequently in the past two days.

Qian Ji has been in the Ministry of Revenue for a long time, and Yan Yi has only been in the office for a year, and his power in the Ministry of Revenue is far less than him. According to the channels from the capital, Yan Yi's power in the Ministry of Revenue has begun to show signs of being excluded by other officials of the Ministry of Revenue.

This is very likely due to Qian Ji's instructions, and Yan Yi can't sit still now.

Most of his forces are in the Ministry of Revenue. If the Minister of Revenue is attracted by Yan Jin, he will not play anymore.

Not to mention anything else, just Qian Ji pulls Yan Yi's hind legs, he is exhausted to deal with it, so why not fight with Yan Jin?

Yan Jin's move was extremely cruel, and he immediately grabbed Yan Yi's seven inches.

...

Yan Yi had no intention of following him, so he hurriedly packed his luggage and prepared to return to Beijing. Not to mention going back to win over Qian Ji, at least he would have to restrain him and defend the power of the Ministry of Revenue, otherwise he would compete with Yan Jin.

Yan Yi found a reason to take leave from Emperor Jingkang. Emperor Jingkang probably also received the news and immediately allowed it. Yan Yi and his men rushed back to the capital overnight.

Ma Jin continued to stay in the palace, and for the first time, he had no reason to ask for leave to return to Beijing, and he was not Yan Yi's subordinate.

Secondly, this time Yan Yi mainly competed with Yan Jin for the authority of the Ministry of Revenue. He was the attendant censor of the Censorate and could not help. Besides, he didn't know much about the Ministry of Revenue, so he should stay in Qinglong honestly.

However, he was not without a task. Yan Yi told him before leaving, asking him to try to win over several censors from the Censorate to join him.

Ma Jin of course agreed that if there were any censors who defected to Yan Yi, they would all be colleagues in the same yamen, and they would naturally become alliances, and he was no longer a lonely man in the Suwang Party.

...

However, Ma Jin obviously overestimated Yan Yi's personality charm. Although Yan Yi's situation is good compared to other princes, King Qing's popularity is obviously more popular. He is an old man who can accompany him to leave Beijing. Ma Jin raised his mouth a little and was rejected by others.

Even Gou Qingtong, who had the best relationship with Ma Jin, clearly stated that he was unwilling to participate in the dispute over the throne.

In the Daqian court, there are many such neutral officials. Their idea is very simple. If you let me fight to death, I will not interfere. I will be loyal to whoever is the emperor.

In fact, this kind of thinking is the smartest and wisest thing. No matter how storms are, I will be at ease.

This was also Ma Jin's original idea. If it weren't for Yan Yan, Ma Jin would have picked up a teacup and watched the show happily. It would be like now, and he would have fought and had many murderous intentions.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages. Although neutrality is safe, it also loses the opportunity to be upward. As the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger. If a new emperor ascends the throne, he will generally not be stingy to reward the ministers who follow the dragon.

Maybe a small official under your command nodded and bowed to you all day long and was called around by you, but because he stood in the right team, he became your boss, and his feng shui changed and he went to his house this year.

Therefore, there is never a shortage of people who take risks and speculation in this world.

...

Although these censors politely rejected Ma Jin at present, it does not mean that they are all neutral and will never end. However, the situation is not clear now and these people dare not place bets easily.

Therefore, even if these people reject Ma Jin, they were very polite and left a way for themselves.

Ma Jin tested all the censors of the Censorate this time. Except for Cai Yang and Gou Qingtong's firm attitude, everyone else was waiting and watching.

Ma Jin was prepared for Cai Yang's attitude. He was already the most powerful minister. Anyone who became the new emperor had to rely on him. A court boss like him would never express his opinion clearly, unless it was for the sake of the family and descendants.

Gou Qingtong was not very ambitious about his career, and from the nagging of Yushi Gou, it was obvious that he was a good man who loved his family and would never be involved in such a dangerous battle for the throne, avoiding involvement of his family.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and Ma Jin cannot force it. On the contrary, he envies Gou Qingtong for being out of the matter.

After writing a letter to Yan Yi, he explained the matter clearly, and Ma Jin put the matter aside.

...

On the first day of October, it is the birthday of Emperor Jingkang, and the officials who accompanied him must present gifts to the emperor.

Ma Jin picked up a long time but couldn't pick up a suitable birthday gift, so he simply wrote a copy of "Long Lives" and handed it over.

But Ma Jin didn't know that, as soon as his birthday gift was delivered, it was specially collected by the eunuch, and sent it to Emperor Jingkang's bedroom. When Emperor Jingkang came back from the birthday party in the palace, he saw the scroll on the dragon table, and his eyes were filled with joy.

These Tianma Jin completed all the requests of Yan Yuan and others. He smashed them out with tens of thousands of taels of silver without blinking, but only the original Wu Daozi that Emperor Jing Kang wanted was gone, which made Emperor Jing Kang a little injured.

What does it mean? My brother-in-law and mother-in-law both spent a lot of money to coax him, but my father-in-law had no expression. Do you think I have a good temper?

At this time, Ma Jin's good teammate, the understanding and understanding Eunuch Hua, comforting Emperor Jingkang, saying that the emperor's birthday was coming, would Ma Jin want to use the painting as a birthday gift and present it on the birthday to celebrate the emperor's birthday?

When Emperor Jing Kang thought that there was such a possibility, he was not in a hurry and was happily waiting for the arrival of the tenth day of October.

At the birthday party just now, Emperor Jingkang heard the people below that the gift given by Ma Jin was indeed a scroll with calligraphy and paintings. Emperor Jingkang was so happy that he hurriedly ended the birthday party and returned to the bedroom to see his "Wu Daozi".

Emperor Jingkang didn’t have many hobbies, especially his favorite paintings, but he was not very good at it, so he liked to collect famous paintings for viewing.

As the emperor, Emperor Jingkang lived all over the world. It can be said that he has collected countless masterpieces, but there is only one regret, that is, there is no genuine work of the painting Saint Wu Daozi.

This made Emperor Jingkang feel depressed. He asked Ma Jin to collect Wu Daozi's original works, but it was just a little difficult for him. Ma Jin would be very happy if he handed in a fine imitation of Emperor Jingkang.

But Emperor Jingkang did not expect that Ma Jin took this matter seriously. Nonsense, who dared not take the emperor's words seriously, and he kept slowing down. This made Emperor Jingkang misunderstand, thinking that Ma Jin might be able to do this matter.

After Ma Jin bought the mutton fat jade Guanyin that Xianfei liked, it further increased Emperor Jingkang's confidence. The most important thing is that Ma Jin had a "good teammate" Eunuch Hua, who had always spoken good things for Ma Jin.

A lie will become the truth even if it is told ten thousand times!

Similarly, with Hua Zixu's constant and beautiful words, Emperor Jingkang created a cognitive misunderstanding, and he already believed that Ma Jin could find the original work of Wu Daozi.

This is really not Hua Zixu's point of harming Ma Jin. Hua Zixu is a eunuch. He grew up in the palace and doesn't like to collect calligraphy and paintings. How could he know the scarcity of Wu Daozi's original works?

Emperor Jing Kang knew, but he would not explain to a eunuch how precious this painting was.

So this caused a misunderstanding. Hua Zixu felt that with Ma Jin's financial resources, he could not buy any paintings in the world, and then presented them to the imperial court.

So his starting point is really for Ma Jin, but the consequences are...

...

Jing Kangdi opened the gift box excitedly and saw the scroll in the gift box. Jing Kangdi was filled with excitement.

This is the original work of the Painting Saint, and there is only one known in the world...

Untied the thin rope that tied the scroll, Emperor Jing Kang slowly unfolded the scroll, but the more he opened it, the more he felt something was wrong.

This painting paper is a bit new, not very similar to the ancient artifacts of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also pure and flawless, without the vicissitudes of ancient paintings.

When he opened halfway, Emperor Jing Kang's face was already very ugly. No matter how slow he reacted, he could tell that this was not the original work of Wu Daozi, but a new character.

However, Jing Kangdi did not stop, but instead spread the scrolls. Looking at the four big characters flying dragons and phoenixes on it, Jing Kangdi's face turned ashen.

However, he still had a glimmer of hope. It might be that the eunuch under him took the wrong hand, but when he saw the signature of the letter, the powerful words Ma Jin were furious.
Chapter completed!