Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 184 Li Gan's Response, He Shen's Return to Beijing
"Cai Jing? He called the six ministers and the servant?"

In the East Nuan Pavilion, Li Qian frowned as he listened to the report from the eunuch below: "After Cai Jing returned, those people gathered again..."

You don't need to think about it to know that the only person who can attract the attention of the servants is the position of deputy examiner.

Li Gan only thought for a moment before guessing what Cai Jing was thinking.

"No wonder... no wonder he just left in a hurry as soon as he couldn't hear it. It turns out that there are such calculations..."

Apart from the test, what else can attract Cai Jing?
Book six!

It can even be said that the six volumes of Shangshu are far more important than the general examination.

What Cai Jing hit was the idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone.

Li Gan was half lying on the soft couch, holding a yellow porcelain teacup in both hands, like a retired veteran cadre holding a thermos.

At this moment, he was a bit big-headed, and Cai Jing's trick really made Li Qian feel very tricky.

At this moment, he has to make a choice.

Either continue to support Qin Hui, let him fight with Shangshu Liubu, and order Zhongshu and his servants to fight for the position of deputy examiner.

But doing so will gradually push the originally neutral servants to Cai Jing's side.

Another way is to immediately give up cooperating with Qin Hui and announce that the deputy examiner will still be selected from the six departments.

The advantage of this is that Cai Jing's plan can be bankrupted, and he will lose the reason to continue to win over the other servants.

But the disadvantages are also very obvious. If Han Mulu becomes the deputy examiner, the exam may be messed up by these people.

Those without talent and virtue go up, and those with talent and virtue go down.

Moreover, the few people that Li Gan valued more might be disturbed by Cai Jing because of this.

Don't think about what else will try next time, Li Gan never felt that he was obliged to die in the court for three years, waiting for him, the emperor, to reuse him.

There are so many vassal states in Dagan, any place may become a place where these people shine...

And the second option has other disadvantages, that is, it will offend Zhongshu and Menxiaxing.

After all, he was the one who asked people to run as deputy examiner, and he was the one who turned around and refused to be elected.

This kind of behavior that gives hope first and then makes people despair is very hated.

Faced with such a predicament, Li Qian sighed lightly, Cai Jing is indeed not a simple character.

He just made a slight move, but he came up with such a trick to deal with it.

"By the way, Your Majesty, Mr. Cai still had diarrhea after returning home, so he went to Guanglu Temple to ask for soup."

"Well, I see."

Li Gan nodded and waved his hand to signal the little eunuch to go down.

This kind of information is useless information. How can Li Gan care about whether Cai Jing has diarrhea?
He almost put all his thoughts on breaking the situation.

"Do you want to call He Shen back..."

As both Shangshu Pushe, He Shen may be able to control the current situation.

Moreover, the Ministry of Rites was not Cai Jing's domain in the first place, and when He Shen came back, he would have no legitimate reason to influence the Ministry of Rites.

At that time, not only will there be more leeway in the selection of deputy examiners, but even if the ministers of the Sixth Department of Shangshu are selected, as long as they are the ministers of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry, they will not be easily influenced by Cai Jing...

Li Gan pondered for a moment, and felt more and more feasible that this method was feasible.

Now disaster relief, dike repair and other things are gradually on the right track, and the disaster area is not as inseparable from people as it was at the beginning.

After thinking about it again, Li Gan sat up, picked up a pen and wrote a letter himself, and handed it to the old eunuch beside him.

"Have someone give it to He Shen."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The old eunuch bowed, and rushed out of the palace with His Majesty's secret letter...

What Li Gan didn't know was that at the time he was writing the letter, other changes had also taken place in the capital.

After hearing the news from Qin Hui, Zhongshu and the four servants under the door naturally wouldn't just wait, waiting for the name of deputy examiner to fall on their head, they had already started to act...

Yan House.

The room was as warm as spring, and the big fat man Yan Shifan was only wearing a long blue silk gown, which was half-opened, revealing white and greasy fat, half-lying on the bench with his eyes squinted.

Two beautiful maidservants like flowers and jade were kneeling and sitting at his feet, stretching out two pairs of jade hands to help him massage his fat thighs...

bang bang~
There was a knock on the door of the room, and a cautious voice came from outside the door: "Master, the two servants are here."

Yan Shifan opened his squinted one eye: "Let them in."

"Yes." The servant turned and left, and led two men in winter clothes to come in after a while.

"Young Master." The two treated Yan Shifan very cautiously, without showing the slightest casualness.

"sit."

Yan Shifan nodded and pointed to the seat next to him: "Wait a few more people."

The two servants under the door looked at each other, and sat down quietly in their seats.

These two people are Ding Rukui (kuí) and Wan Cai (cài), the left servants of the sect, and they didn't see each other in Yan's mansion. They took a sip from their teacups and chatted with Yan Shifan with a chuckle.

"Master Yan, how is the disaster relief going at Prime Minister Yan's side? I heard that the foundations of the dikes in several places have been laid, and the repairs are in full swing."

Yan Shifan nodded, and just as he was about to speak, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Come in." Before the door was knocked, Yan Shifan shouted to the outside.

The person's footsteps seemed to have paused, and then there was a creak, the door was opened, a gust of cold wind came in, and three people in brocade winter clothes also came in one by one.

"It's still warm in the house!" The person who walked last grinned his teeth in the cold, and threw off his icy velvet coat as soon as he entered the room.

"Have a cup of hot tea." Yan Shifan kicked the beautiful maid at his feet, straightened up, pointed at the table beside him, and smiled at the three of them.

Needless to say, the first two are Yan Song's second Heng Ha generals, Yan Maoqing and Luo Longwen.

As for the last person, Zhao Wenhua, Minister of Taichang Temple, was a little younger, with a fair face and two mustaches around his lips. He was running to the table quickly, and poured a cup of hot tea into his mouth.

Pfft~ Zhao Wenhua yelled out after being scalded.

"Look at your stupidity!" Yan Shifan laughed at him ruthlessly: "You dare to pour boiled tea into your mouth."

"Aren't I too cold?" Zhao Wenhua pulled his lips, gasping for air hissingly.

It can be seen that he is very comfortable in Yan's residence, just like his own home.

Because this guy recognized Yan Song as his foster father, and Yan Shifan as his foster brother, the relationship is naturally closer.

"Okay, sit down quickly and talk about business."

Yan Shifan turned his head and looked at the two servants under the door: "How sure are you two of winning this deputy examiner?"

The two looked at each other with some hesitation on their faces.

Finally, before Yan Shifan got impatient, Ding Rukui frowned and said, "About... [-]%?"

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing looked sideways, as if surprised at such a low success rate of [-]%.

Yan Maoqing couldn't help but said: "Since this is the first year to choose the deputy examiner from Zhongshu and his sect, it's almost a default decision to choose from among the four of you, right?"

"Even if Prime Minister Yan is not in the capital, the two of you don't necessarily have such hopeless hopes. There must be about [-]% of them..."

"Forty percent? Even two percent is too much!"

Yan Shifan said impatiently: "You two add up to less than [-]%."

"According to me, there is no need to bother with this at all, just watch them fight!"

The cold wind is howling outside the window, and the interior is warm as spring.

Two maids in white cotton silk skirts came to the table slowly from the side room, and the maid walking in front turned around and picked up the teapot from the tray of the maid at the back, and poured tea for everyone.

Everyone present was stunned for a moment by Yan Shifan's words.

"Less than ten percent?"

Zhao Wenhua couldn't help exclaiming: "This is too low!"

"Master Xiang, this... Could this be your wrong thinking?"

Ding Rukui also frowned: "It's good that Qin Xiang is powerful, but even with the influence of Shangshu Liubu, our winning rate will not be less than [-]%!"

"You are wrong." Yan Shifan shook his head: "Did you only see the pie under your nose and forget something?"

"I..." Ding Rukui and Wan Cai were startled.

Yan Shifan took a sip of tea, and continued to say to himself: "Do you think the four of you can round up the assistant examiner this time?"

Wan Cai frowned: "Master, why not?"

"The Ministry of Zhongshu said that this time, it is almost certain that someone from Zhongshu and his subordinates will serve as the deputy examiner, and His Majesty also likes people from our two provinces very much, and will secretly support..."

"His Majesty?"

Yan Shifan sneered: "Let me ask you, does he have the final say on the candidate for this deputy examiner?"

Wan Cai was silent for a moment: "...Of course not."

"The candidate for the deputy examiner is finally decided by the Ministry of Rites. If our Majesty had the final say, he would have directly appointed the candidate!"

Yan Shifan sneered: "It is estimated that he never considered you two from the beginning to the end."

Ding Rukui was a little uncomfortable, and Wan Cai's face turned red: "Zhongshu and his subordinates are both together, and compared to Qin Xiang, Yan Xiang is more favored by His Majesty. Our servant should also..."

"That was when my father was around."

Yan Shifan interrupted him unceremoniously: "As long as my father is in the capital, you two have a great chance of becoming deputy examiners."

"But now that my father is away, the two of you have no chance at all! Besides, do you think Qin Hui will be able to snatch the deputy examiner? Where did you put the sixth part of the Shangshu?"

Ding Rukui frowned slightly: "Six and them..."

"It's been said that you let the pie under your nose go to your head."

Yan Shifan said unceremoniously: "Who said that candidates for deputy examiners must be selected from Zhongshu and Menxia Province?"

"The Ministry of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made it clear and clear that they only let the four of you stand for the election. Who said that you were selected by default?"

"You are only able to participate in the selection, so why do you think that four people will be able to compete for the twelve servants of the Six Departments?"

"Six parts!" Both of them were stunned.

Neither Ding Rukui nor Wan Cai thought about this issue, and they subconsciously regarded their competitors as the two servants of Zhongshu Province.

Now that Yan Shifan said it, he realized the problem.

Yan Shifan shook his head lightly: "Did you get carried away after seeing the deputy examiner of the general examination and thinking of so many students?"

It stands to reason that these two can be regarded as conspirators in normal times, but their performance this time was extremely disappointing.

In the final analysis, interests still move people's hearts... Or, subconsciously, they don't want to believe that the servants of the Sixth Department are still threatening.

With a sneer on Yan Shifan's face, he shattered the fantasy of these two people: "This quota is originally for the Sixth Division, and this time I didn't say that the assistant minister of the Sixth Division will not be the deputy examiner."

"Why don't they fight??"

"Even with Qin Hui's help, the two of Zhongshu Sheng may not be able to compete for the servants of the Sixth Department of Shangshu, let alone the two of you?"

"Talk about it yourself, with six films participating, what are your chances of winning?"

"This……"

Ding Rukui's face was a little pale, his lips moved a few times, but he still didn't speak.

On the contrary, Wancai reluctantly admitted the fact: "Really...less than half..."

Yan Shifan nodded with a sneer: "It's good to know, it's all like this, how can I help you?"

"But Young Master..."

Ding Rukui gritted his teeth and said unwillingly, "If we fight, we still have a chance."

"But if you give up directly, there is no possibility at all!"

Yan Shifan stared at him, frowned and said, "This matter is originally a matter of the Ministry of Education and the Sixth Ministry of the People's Republic of China. Why do you insist on meddling?"

"The imperial edict says that servants under the sect can also stand for the election. Naturally, this is a matter of our sect's province, so we can find a reason to get involved." Wan Cai also came to his senses.

Although the hope is slim, the benefits after success are too great.

Yan Shifan frowned, as if he was tired of the incomprehension of these two people.

Suddenly, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Master Guan Peng is here." The servant's voice came from outside the door.

Everyone in the room paused for a moment.

Yan Shifan turned his one-eyed eyes, and said to the outside: "Please come in."

"Yes."

After a while, the door was opened again, and Guan Peng in a scarlet official robe hurried in.

"Huh~"

Yan Shifan slapped his fat hand under his nose a few times, with a disgusted expression on his face: "Old Guan, what are you doing here?"

Several other people also looked at him strangely.

Although this smell is very mild, it is very smelly.

"Don't say it..." Guan Peng seemed to know that the smell on his body was not very friendly, he shook his head with a wry smile, and came to the table, regardless of whether it was hot or not, he picked up a cup of tea and poured it, as if he wanted to take a good wash own mouth.

Yan Shifan moved his chair back and sat a little far away from him: "How is it? What did Cai Jing say when he went back?"

As soon as these words came out, the two servants of Menxia Province immediately turned their concerned eyes to Guan Peng.

What to go back?What did Cai Jing do?

Guan Peng put down the teacup and let out a long breath, causing everyone present to frown, and Zhao Wenhua even leaned back covering his nose.

"Your Majesty did not agree to Cai Jing's request, and will still consider letting the servants of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province serve as deputy examiners."

Yan Shifan nodded slightly, seemingly not surprised by the result.

"Really?"

Wan Cai looked at Guan Peng in surprise, "Your Majesty really said that?"

Yan Shifan frowned slightly, Guan Peng also said helplessly: "Don't be too happy first."

Ding Rukui pulled La Wancai's sleeve and said in a low voice, "You forgot what the young prime minister said just now? Your Majesty has always supported Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng."

Only then did Wan Cai come back to her senses, and smiled awkwardly: "I lost my composure."

Guan Peng shook his head lightly, and said, "Although His Majesty did not agree, Master Cai's methods are still very strong."

"He held a meeting directly in the Shangshu yamen. With several of his party members and a few servants who are very urgent for the number of deputy examiners to lead, he wanted to twist the entire Shangshu six parts into one rope to deal with Zhongshu. , under the pressure of the sect and His Majesty the Emperor."

As soon as these words came out, not only the others, but even Yan Shifan was taken aback: "Cai Jing takes the lead? Is this old man so kind?"

Ding Rukui and Wan Cai's expressions became even more ugly: "The servants of the sixth department of the Shangshu? Aren't there many people who can't be deputy examiners? They are also willing to join in and fight for Cai Jing?"

Guan Peng shook his head, recounted the situation at that time to several people, and finally said: "This is no longer a matter of choosing a deputy examiner, but it is related to the choice of deputy examiner every time in the future."

"Cai Jing deliberately guided, and the other servants did have such concerns. They were worried that with this breakthrough, every time the deputy examiner would be snatched away by Zhongshu and his subordinates, it would become a common practice. That's why they are so united."

Wan Cai's face was ugly: "Is this sick? Just mind yourself, what routines do you have time to worry about?"

Yan Shifan listened to what they said, and suddenly slammed the table: "That old bastard Cai Jing is definitely not so kind."

He frowned and stared at Guan Peng: "Old Guan, please tell me exactly what Cai Jing said at that time."

Guan Peng was stunned, his face showed a bit of memory, and he repeated what he remembered one by one...

Unexpectedly, just halfway through the speech, Yan Shifan slammed the table, his one-eyed eyes widened a bit: "I knew he had no good intentions!"

Several people looked over, Yan Shifan frowned: "Now that He Shen is not in the capital, Cai Jing definitely wants to take this opportunity to intervene in the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry, and take these three ministries into his own hands!"

"This..." Everyone was taken aback, even Zhao Wenhua, who was drinking tea, spilled a leg of tea.

The room was silent for a while, and it took a while for someone to speak.

"Little Prime Minister..."

Ding Rukui and Wan Cai looked at each other, the former turned his head, and said to Yan Shifan cowardly: "Since the involvement is so serious, let's not argue..."

Wan Cai also gritted her teeth, and said, "Master, I think so too, so let's not argue."

If Yan Song was in the capital, they would naturally not be cowardly.

But now that Yan Song is not here, it is too dangerous to participate in this kind of planning and confrontation at the prime minister level.

Don't look at the servants who are very powerful elsewhere, they can call the wind and the rain.

But in a confrontation of this level, that's just the vanguard.

It's normal to be cowardly!

Yan Shifan frowned in thought, tapped his thighs with his fingers hidden in his sleeves, stood up and walked a few steps, turned his back to several people, and turned his one-eyed eyes again.

"Actually, if you two really have an idea, it's not impossible to try."

Yan Shifan turned his head, his face was a little dignified, but his one-eyed eyes shone with a certain light: "Although Cai Jing has a big plan this time, he will definitely attach great importance to the assistant examiner of the examination, but don't forget, you are under the door. Your servant is my father's subordinate."

"With my Yan family supporting you behind, what are you afraid of??"

(End of this chapter)