Jinyi champion

Before Tang Yin returned to the capital, he felt the respect from the civil servants.

Zhu Hao unfortunately hit the mark.

From Tang Yin's point of view, the government should focus on clean streams, disdain to form cliques, but he doesn't know that the civil society is a place that pays attention to interests. When Tang Yin first became an official, there were wolves in front and tigers in back, and no one wanted to see them. Even if he later became the Governor of Inner Sanguan, as a lucky minister, others would not think highly of him.

But now that he has military merits and the trust of the new emperor, even if he becomes an official, others will think that he will be reactivated soon, and they will try their best to curry favor with him. This is the "ritual society" that literati follow.

Feudal officialdom, for thousands of years, basically said one thing and practiced another. The feudal system remains unchanged, and official etiquette will not change.

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Beijing.

Zhu Si sent a brigade of Jinyiwei to pick Tang Yin back to the capital early on, as Zhu Hao mentioned before, now that Tang Yin has no official and a light body, he can easily be taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao.

to be honest.

It is that Tang Yin has ruined the interests of many nobles and ministers. When Tang Yin was the governor, others dared not do anything to him, but now that he has resigned, those who have been offended by him will try to get rid of him. Sending people to assassinate him is a Something that seems extreme but very likely to happen.

Zhu Chen, the commander of Jin Yiwei, personally greeted Tang Yin at the gate of the city, and escorted him all the way to the palace to meet Zhu Sixiang.

Even if all civil servants knew that Tang Yin entered the palace as a grassroots citizen and broke the rules by entering the palace directly without going through the court, they would have nothing to do with this pair of monarchs and ministers.

Tang Yin arrived at the capital at [-]:[-] noon, and did not come out of the palace until it was completely dark.

After leaving the Donghua Gate, before Tian got on the carriage back to the mansion, there were no less than three groups of people holding invitations to invite him to the mansion for a banquet.

One is Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling heard that Tang Yin came back, and he is not yet an official. He thought he was an awesome person, and wanted to win over Tang Yin and ask Tang Yin to advise him. Get it back little by little.

The second one is Sun Jiao.

The purpose of Sun Jiao's invitation to Tang Yin to come to the mansion is fairly simple, purely to reminisce about the old days.

The third person is Li Kun, the right servant of the Ministry of War.

Li Kun is acting on behalf of the Ministry of War, and he came out to invite Tang Yin to report on his work and have a banquet at the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

No matter which faction Tang Yin belonged to, at least the leader of the army was outside, and he was coerced by the Ministry of War. He also needed to hand over some work with the Ministry of War, especially to explain in detail the rewards for military merits, so as to help the Ministry of War complete the final confirmation process.

But Li Kun listened to Peng Ze, and Peng Ze did not ask Yang Tinghe for instructions on inviting Tang Yin.

It was purely Peng Ze's invitation to invite guests in the name of the Ministry of War to help Yang Tinghe win over Tang Yin. Even if it failed, he could still drive a wedge between Tang Yin and Zhu Si's relationship as a monarch and minister, and Peng Ze also had plans for his own future.

In the second year of Jiajing, almost everyone in the court could feel that Yang Tinghe was already at sunset. If Yang Tinghe continued to hold power and gradually forced the little emperor to the point where civil servants made decisions, the civil servants and generals would never think of Yang Tinghe It will lose power.

But the current situation is that Yang Tinghe is gradually losing control of the court, and the decision-making power of the new emperor is gradually expanding, but Yang Tinghe has stumbled in many matters one after another. What should I do.

Did he follow Yang Tinghe to become an official?
No matter who is the chief assistant of the civil servants or who is the official minister, the emperor does not seem to change for the time being. It is more important to establish a good relationship with the emperor than anything else.

It's useless to go directly to show loyalty to the emperor, so it's natural to move closer to the backbone of the new emperor's faction, such as Tang Yin.

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Tang Yin originally didn't want to get involved in court affairs, but in his opinion, if he retreated, he would retreat, and he should be fine.

I don't even want to get involved in court disputes.

As a result, three groups of people came to invite him...

that……

I'm quitting
Are you promoted or promoted?

I'm afraid that others think that I am retreating to advance, and I will resume major tasks after a few days of recuperation?
I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding!
Tang Yin politely declined the invitations of the three groups of people, because he still had a dinner appointment to accept, which was to drink with Jiang Lun who returned to the capital about ten days earlier than him.

Tang Yin met Jiang Lun in Sixianju.

At this time Zhang Zuo was actually there.

Tang Yin was very surprised, Zhu Hao was not in the capital, how could Zhang Zuo come out of the palace and come to a place like Sixianju to meet them?Could it be to convey something for the emperor?There is something that has been said in the palace before, and the monarch and his ministers summoned each other alone, is it still inconvenient to say it?
"Mr. Tang, our family is presenting you a congratulatory gift on behalf of the Empress Dowager."

Zhang Zuo said with a smile.

Tang Yindao: "I am begging my old man to return to the farmland. I am really happy and congratulated if my wish is fulfilled, but there is no need to give gifts, right?"

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Even if it is returning to the field, it is also an honorary retirement. The queen mother is grateful for everything you have done for Xingwangfu, and now you are leading the army and running the army for our Xingwangfu. The queen mother said that if this If you don’t reward them properly, everyone may think that Xing Wang’s Mansion is not a place where rewards and punishments are clearly defined.”

"Then... thank the Queen Mother for me!"

Tang Yin could only accept it.

Jiang Lun was full of compliments: "Brother Bohu, I heard that after you left the palace today, many people invited you to a banquet? It seems that you are really hot now!"

Tang Yin thought, did Jiang Lun know about this?
Couldn't it be Zhang Zuo who told him?

Zhang Zuo said: "Mr. Tang is retired, and he is in the limelight for a while. In the future, Mr. Tang will go to see someone. There is no need to be taboo. According to your majesty and Mr. Zhu's wishes, since you are retiring, you can go more often as an idler. Make friends with some people, just to see which officials can be used by His Majesty, and help His Majesty find talents."

Tang Yin frowned.

I even quit, and you actually let me have nothing to do with the guests?

Want to select talents for the new emperor?

Needless to say, this was Zhu Hao's evil idea again!

Just say that this kid is digging a hole when he said those words in Xishan. As expected, he didn't intend to let me live a peaceful life!
"By the way, sir, in a few days, Mr. Zhu will return to the capital, and there will be excitement in front of His Majesty at that time. In addition, Your Majesty sent people to build your residence day and night, and it has now been completed. From now on, you will have a formal mansion in the capital. It is also convenient for others to visit... Your mansion must be full of guests."

Zhang Zuo said happily.

Tang Yin saw it.

Now on the surface he has retired, but because of his close relationship with the emperor, many people will definitely make private visits. The purpose is actually very simple, that is to try to curry favor with the new emperor, without getting the bad name of clinging to the court officials .

A retired minister meets with visiting guests, so that both the host and the guest will not have too many concerns.

Tang Yin said: "If I don't see any guests, is it feasible?"

Zhang Zuo was stunned, and smiled wryly: "It's better...or don't you? You rest in peace first, and His Majesty will definitely use it... That's all we said, and we have to go back and report to His Majesty, so let's go."

Zhang Zuosheng was afraid that he would chat with Tang Yin a little longer, and Tang Yin would say something frustrating, or he might simply quit.

Wouldn't he, Zhang Zuo, become a sinner?

It's better to leave early, so that nothing happens...

At least our family wasn't there at that time, so even if he picked him up, it had nothing to do with our family.

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Tang Yin returned to court and became the focus of attention in a short period of time.

Whether it is an official in Beijing or an ordinary scribe, they all want to visit.

On the second day after Tang Yin arrived in the capital, a brand new house was granted...

This mansion was a gift given to Tang Yin by the emperor, Su Xigui and Zhu Hao. The mansion in Wujinyuan had no sign on the door, so it was clearly reserved for Tang Yin to develop on his own...

When Tang Yin and Jiang Lun arrived at their new home together, he almost thought he had entered some palace.

"Wow, so angry

It is brighter than my mansion of Uncle Yutian, it seems that I will come here to eat and drink when I have nothing to do in the future, and you have to prepare a room for me to sleep by the way..."

Jiang Lun didn't look upright, and made jokes with Tang Yin.

Tang Yin's old servant for many years appeared in front of him, with an excited expression on his face: "Master, is this the Tang family's mansion in Beijing?"

Back then, the old servant followed Tang Yin to travel around, and later separated from Tang Yin in Nanchang, reunited with Tang Yin in Anlu, and went south and north with Tang Yin... Suddenly there was such a big house, and it was said to be Tang Yin's new home, old servant It was a little uncomfortable for a while.

The capital is a place where every inch of land is expensive.

Just as he was talking, Luo An brought people in from the outside, and Jin Yiwei behind him carried a lot of boxes.

"It's all new."

Luo An explained, "There are His Majesty's rewards, and those moved from Sixian House...Mr. Tang's previous supplies are all in the old house and have not been moved. Just let me know if you need anything. available for you."

Tang Yin hurriedly said: "Don't dare."

Luo An said: "Your Majesty has ordered Commander Zhu to let me wait for a good life to obey your orders. In the future, you will send brothers to stay here to ensure that you are safe. Here is the silver box that His Majesty rewarded you. Please keep it."

Most of the boxes contained some daily necessities, among which this silver box was the most valuable.

Tang Yin suddenly felt that his retirement life in his later years was simply extravagant.

When the box was opened, the first thing that caught the eye was a pile of land deeds, house deeds, and deeds of sale, and underneath were several bank notes, all of which were just issued by the bank, and each one was worth one white tael... The bank notes belonged to Su Xigui As a gift, the emperor would not engage in such new tricks when giving things away.

The cash reward from the emperor was 300 taels.

But the price of a house, just the land, is worth about 5000 taels... Tang Yin probably also knows that the housing prices in the capital are very expensive. The official residence where he lived before is not bad, but it is still the property of the imperial court, and the ownership is not in Tang Yin's hands. After the house was rewarded this time, Tang Yin could control it freely.

His first thought was to sell the house and return to Gusu to start a garden...

How big can you buy it?

"Fushi Luo Zhen, some of these things are not rewards from His Majesty, right?" Tang Yin asked.

Luo An said: "Some of them were sent by merchant Su Dongzhu. I heard that Mr. Zhu also spent at least 2000 taels of silver for you on this house... It's all his personal expenses."

Tang Yin smiled wryly: "He's quite rich..."

Luo An smiled: "Mr. Zhu's family has been in business for many years, so they still have some money. The brothers in the capital usually receive the most care from Mr. Zhu."

Tang Yin heard it.

Not only was Zhu Hao very generous in buying him a farm this time, but even the old people in the palace like Jin Yiwei also got a lot of benefits from Zhu Hao.

It seems that Zhu Hao is very good at buying people's hearts.