Jinyi champion

Chapter 961
After Tang Yin was promoted to a Hanlin bachelor, he attended the court meeting for the first time, as a non-voting scholar, and his rank was only after the cabinet ministers and the six ministers and nine ministers.

Being in the court class does not make him feel so honored. After all, it is not the first time to go to the court. The court meeting that day did not involve the topic of the ceremony, so he was fine throughout the whole process.

After the court meeting was over, Tang Yin followed the flow of ministers leaving the palace.

Liu Chun came over intentionally, and extended an invitation with a smile: "Do you have time for Bohu? Have a gathering at the house tonight?"

For a socially aggressive person like Tang Yin, it is almost inevitable for him to go to a banquet, but if Liu Chun invites him...he will have to think about it.

"There is no one else, but there are some affairs in the court, and I want to talk to you, Bohu, and things related to respecting the Tao. I wonder if you will give me face?"

Liu Chun looked gentle.

Tang Yin felt unable to refuse, so he could only nod his head: "We will definitely attend the meeting then."

Liu Chun smiled and walked away.

Tang Yin saw what Liu Chun was talking about with the cabinet members, and he couldn't help wondering, did he regard me as a potential opponent to join the cabinet?

I am a court official who was born in Juren, and I became a scholar of the Imperial Academy. It is already a face given by the emperor. It is impossible for me to join the cabinet. They don't have to worry about it at all.

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At night, Tang Yin still went to the banquet.

Liu Chun didn't call anyone else, and set a table for Tang Yin in his small living room, with simple four dishes and one soup, and the wine was not bad, it was the famous Jiannan shochu in Sichuan, maybe Liu Chun also knew that Tang Yin had no alcohol. It's a pleasure to prepare such a fine wine.

"Good wine."

After the banquet, Tang Yin was only interested in drinks.

Liu Chunxiao asked: "Zhi Tongli, tell me that many of the decisions around His Majesty are made by you and Jingdao. I wonder if this happened?"

Tang Yin drank half a glass of wine and almost vomited it out.

Are you Liu Chun Liu University so straightforward?

There is no beating around the bush at all, just ask questions when you come up?

"Old Liu Ge, I have something to say... I don't know how to say it."

Tang Yin felt that he came to the wrong place.

He originally thought that as long as he dealt with Liu Chun casually, he would treat it as a necessary move in the officialdom, but he didn't know that he was here to be interrogated today.

Then this drink lost its appeal to him.

Liu Chundao: "It's all in such a field. Is there anything else to hide? Bohu can just say it."

Tang Yin shook his head: "I don't do much, if you want to ask, just ask respectfully."

"That's Jingdao, who has been advising His Majesty all the time?" Liu Chun continued to be aggressive.

Tang Yin didn't want to answer.

Although he knew that Liu Chun and Sun Jiao were political allies and were good to Zhu Hao, but Liu Chun was always an orthodox civil servant, and the chief minister of the cabinet was still Jiang Mian. If Liu Chun heard any definite news from him, he would turn around Informing Jiang Mian of the matter would affect Zhu Hao's plan, and Tang Yin would be a sinner.

Tang Yin said: "Why is Mr. Liu Ge so concerned about this matter?"

"Ugh!"

Liu Chun sighed, "I am ashamed to say that when I entered the cabinet, I felt that among the candidates, I had no reputation and no qualifications.

"The old man has been thinking hard for the past two years, but he found that many things seem to be destined in the dark. I wanted to support Jing Dao, but who knew that my comrades told me that when I joined the cabinet, Jing Dao would help me behind the scenes... How do you let this old man know?" In the middle of the court?"

When Tang Yin heard this, he thought to himself, is Sun Zhitong so real?

Even such a confidential matter was disclosed to Liu Chun?
Or does Sun Zhitong think Liu Chun is a trustworthy person?

Tang Yin thought that Sun Jiao had said everything, but he didn't know that Liu Chun was just testing him.

Tang Yin sighed: "As you said, Jingdao has been planning for His Majesty for the past two years, but with his official position in the court, what he can do for His Majesty...is limited."

This is already a very evasive speech, trying to excuse Zhu Hao.

But regardless of Liu Chun's honest appearance, his experience in dealing with people and dealing with things may make even Sun Jiao stand aside.

Liu Chun listened.

Zhu Jingdao is working for the emperor behind his back?
Even you Tang Yin said that... Doesn't that mean that Zhu Jingdao is really the emperor's number one advisor?Isn't the expert behind the emperor that Yang Jiefu had been thinking about before he left was Zhu Jingdao?

Liu Chun said: "Come, drink, drink."

Tang Yin felt that Liu Chun was not bad, so he simply asked, and didn't continue to ask. He had a good impression of Liu Chun, so he relaxed his vigilance and continued to drink with Liu Chun.

But he didn't know that he fell into Liu Chun's "trap".

If Tang Yin wanted to tell the truth, he would definitely have to drink a few more glasses to let him utter the truth after drinking.

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After drinking for three rounds, the two continued to drink.

The specification of four dishes and one soup was a bit poor, and then Liu Chun arranged for another four dishes, but Liu Chun warned that no one should come near this banquet living room.

Liu Chundao: "It's cold, and drinking is just a good way to warm up your body. Bohu, you are from the south. If you are an official in the north, you must pay more attention to your health."

Hearing this, Tang Yin felt even warmer in his heart.

"By the way, Bohu, on top of the proposed selection of the cabinet votes, the part about the old man is actually a choice made by Jingdao, right? It's really difficult for him."

Actually Liu Chun didn't drink much, and now he started to play the old fox's essence, taking advantage of Tang Yin's slight drunkenness and began to talk clichés intentionally or unintentionally.

Tang Yindao: "Jing Dao is like that..."

It is impossible to say that Tang Yin is not prepared at all, so all Tang Yin's replies are plausible.

Tang Yin felt that even if I said that in the past two years Zhu Jingdao was helping the emperor to review important memorials, no one would believe it, right?Anyway, Sun Zhitong also told you a lot, so I'll just follow along.

Neither negate nor take the initiative to admit anything, so that you can be watertight.

But he doesn't know...

His words made Liu Chun feel so much turmoil.

Because from Liu Chun's point of view, Tang Yin, the emperor's confidant minister, can speak much more convincingly than Sun Jiao, because Tang Yin knows more about the inside story.

When Tang Yin didn't deny that Zhu Hao had the right to read the memorials, or even decide on the selection of the memorials, even if Zhu Hao didn't personally criticize Zhu Hao, it made Liu Chun feel how high Zhu Hao's status was beside the emperor.

"Jing Dao is so young, but so experienced. All affairs, big or small, have been handled by His Majesty, and all the ministers of the court have praised them. The Ming Dynasty has flourished in the past two years, and Jing Dao has contributed a lot."

Liu Chun was testing again.

Tang Yin said with a straight face: "Jing Dao always makes his own decisions. I have taught him a lesson, but most of the time, he and I are not teachers and students, but friends. He has helped me a lot more than I have given him. After getting along for a long time, he will naturally understand."

"Oh."

Liu Chun smiled and said, "Then Bohu, you are a Hanlin scholar, did Jing Dao help behind your back?"

Tang Yin had already picked up his wine glass, ready to drink.

But when he heard this, he couldn't help but froze there.

In the previous question, he didn't feel that Liu Chun was spying on anything, but these words were obviously asking directly... Did Zhu Jingdao support you?Do you want to listen to him too?
When it comes to this kind of problem, Tang Yin's inner self-esteem is troubled, so he naturally raises his vigilance.

"Bohu, keep drinking."

Liu Chun didn't feel any better.

You answered all the "sharp" questions just now, why are you still silent this time?Could it be...was discovered by you?

Tang Yin said: "Why did Mr. Liu Ge ask such a question?"

Liu Chun said solemnly: "As Zhitong told you, Your Majesty relies heavily on Jingdao, so even if Jingdao is still young, you should let him study for a bachelor's degree, or transfer Liubu to be a doctor, or go further. There is still a lot of room for him to play. Even Bingyong can read for his servants, why not Jingdao?"

Tang Yin said: "This...maybe His Majesty has other deep meanings."

Liu Chun said with a smile: "So, Jing Dao can climb to a high position, but he didn't do it, did he?"

Hearing this, Tang Yin immediately stood up from his seat, and said with a serious face: "Mr. Liu Ge, I came to your house because I respect you. Don't make things difficult for me."

Liu Chun pretended to be puzzled: "Why did the old man make things difficult for you?"

"This……"

It was true that Tang Yin drank a few too many cups, and his head was not bright. When asked by Liu Chun, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Thinking about it, Liu Chun knew that Zhu Hao played an unusual role around the emperor, so why even Zhang Cong could be a scholar in the Imperial Academy, while an "important person" like Zhu Hao was still just a scholar in the Imperial Academy?After all, this was Zhu Hao's initial official position as the number one scholar.

"Bohu, you don't want to say it, no matter what, this old man will definitely not spread this matter to the outside world, alas! It seems that this old man is really wishful thinking, but these two years have been secretly helped by Jingdao. I am really ashamed." Liu Chun sighed. with.

Tang Yin sat down again, but stopped touching the wine glasses.

Liu Chun took a few mouthfuls of food and asked, "Bohu, what are your plans for the future? Do you want to continue to be a Hanlin scholar? Or..."

Tang Yindao: "Earlier, I have explained that even if you are a scholar of the Imperial Academy, you will not ask too much about the affairs of the Imperial Academy, let alone seek other positions. I am just a random person in the countryside. I am an official in the court. Ask for nothing else."

Liu Chun felt that Tang Yin was completely hypocritical.

You have been mixed up to the position of Hanlin Bachelor, but you are just a person, so you don’t ask for anything else?
What a shame to say.

"That's good." Liu Chun said, "The matter of discussing ceremonies originally involves a lot of things, and it often separates the hearts of the people in the court. Now it is a matter of discussing ceremonies. There has been a lot of turmoil in the court, and colleagues have changed one after another. If you can ease the matter Come down, the court will also have some peace."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Tang Yin replied unceremoniously.

Liu Chun said with a smile: "So, the decision on the matter of ceremonies is still not on you, Bohu, but on your Majesty and Jingdao, right?"

When Tang Yin heard this, no matter how much he drank, he understood it thoroughly.

Liu Chun asked so many questions in a roundabout way, in fact, he wanted to get out of his mouth the instigator of the big ceremony.

In other words, Liu Chun wanted to know an answer.

That is, all of this was done by Zhu Hao behind his back.

"Old Liu Ge, I have said everything that should be said, and I really don't know what should not be said. It's late, and I'm too drunk, so I'm leaving."

Tang Yin is still not sure that Liu Chun will firmly stand on the emperor's side, so he can't reveal more to Liu Chun.

When he got up, he found that he could not stand still.

Before he knew it, Liu Chun was filled with alcohol.

"Hey! If you drink too much, stay here and have a good rest. It's not too late to leave tomorrow. Come and prepare a room for Tang Xueshi, and bring him warm water to sober up!"

(End of this chapter)