After the officials were dismissed, Mei Hanlin - at this time, he was no longer an ordinary Hanlin, but the president of the Hanlin Academy.
Su Xueshi, the former bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, had already resigned during the last time he was forced to go to the palace. The emperor agreed, and now he has retired and returned to his hometown.
Scholars from Su University were not the only ones who were transferred or demoted from the Hanlin Academy because of their opposition to the new law.
In this case, Mei Hanlin, who was originally a humble person, took advantage of it and was promoted to the head of the Hanlin Academy.
In fact, people who are more senior than him and have higher official positions than him have been demoted one after another.
On the contrary, he, who had always been unknown, got a free advantage and was promoted to the head of the Hanlin Academy.
If it hadn't been for this incident, how would he have gotten the position of Head of the Court?
After being off duty, Headmaster Mei Hanlin took the initiative to find Fan Zhongyu, the Minister of Rites, and invited him: "Servant Fan, you have nothing to do when you go home. Why don't you go and sit in the Qingfeng Tower?"
Fan Zhongyu glanced at Mei Hanlin and asked, "Oh, is Mei Zhangyuan treating you? If you want to treat me, I will go."
Mei Hanlin smiled and said, "I'll invite you to be my host today. I'll invite you, Minister Fan!"
The two of them went to Qingfeng Tower together. When they arrived at the private room on the second floor, Fan Zhongyu discovered that there was someone else in the private room.
Those two people were officials from the Ministry of Punishment. Seeing this, Fan Zhongyu's face suddenly showed a thoughtful look.
The four of them sat down and chatted. Not long after, officials from the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Household Affairs, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of War arrived one after another.
After everyone arrived, there were actually more than a dozen people.
Fortunately, this is an elegant room, and the dining table is huge, so there is no need to worry about not being able to seat it.
Among these dozen officials, there are no senior officials such as bachelors or ministers, but they are all middle-level officials in various ministries.
Mei Hanlin looked around and couldn't help but ask: "Why didn't Jia Cunzhou, a foreign minister from the Ministry of Industry, come? Didn't you invite him?"
Jia Cunzhou, a foreigner from the Ministry of Industry, was Jia Zheng.
It turned out that these people were drinking together and invited Jia Zheng to come too.
Then I heard Kong Xiangjing say: "I also invited Jia Cunzhou, but Jia Cunzhou excused himself because of family matters and never came."
In fact, these dozen of officials were drinking together, but in fact they were in contact, and to put it further, they were friends.
They must have invited Jia Zheng here out of good intentions and wanted to take advantage of Jia Zheng.
And Jia Zheng was a man of integrity and a defender of morality. He would definitely come when he heard such a rally opposing the New Deal.
However, Jia Zheng was locked up at home by his mother for three full days because he wanted to participate in a sit-in to force him to have an abortion last time.
As a result, the three bachelors and former ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who sat in to force the palace were directly forced to retire and return to their hometowns by the Supreme Emperor. Others were also liquidated in various ways afterwards.
Jia Zheng was frightened by that incident and was secretly terrified. If his mother hadn't locked him up at home for three days, he would have participated, and he would have been liquidated afterwards.
Therefore, Jia Zhengcai did not dare to come when Kong Xiangjing invited him this time.
Mei Hanlin thought for a moment and said, "It would be a shame if he didn't come. What he is planning this time has something to do with Cun Zhou. If he comes, it will be hard to talk to him."
Fan Zhongyu couldn't help but ask: "Mei Zhangyuan asked me to come here, it must be for the New Deal."
"We are just opposing the New Deal. All the bosses did not come forward. Instead, they asked me to wait in front and charge into the battle."
"If you succeed, it's all thanks to all the bosses. If you fail, we, the pawns, will be liquidated. Doesn't this give us a chill?"
After Fan Zhongyu said this, other officials agreed.
Mei Hanlin smiled slightly and said: "Don't you know, Mr. Fan, that you, the elders, can't come forward easily? When we charge into battle, even if we are suppressed afterwards, we will still have the protection of you, the elders."
"And if something happens to you gentlemen, we will be leaderless and we will become a piece of scattered sand. Doesn't Mr. Fan understand that even if the skin is gone, the hair will be attached?"
Kong Xiangjing couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty and the two bachelors are very determined to promote reform, and they are unstoppable!"
"I'm afraid it won't help if we try to stop you. I don't know what you, the bosses, think when you order us to stop you desperately."
Mei Hanlin said: "Don't be anxious about Kong Jijiu. I invite all my colleagues here this time just to solve this matter."
"What Kong Jijiu said is absolutely true. Your Majesty and the two bachelors are very determined to promote reform. We really can't stop him."
"But, we can make a fuss about the selection of county officials in Ping'an County."
Fan Zhongyu couldn't help but sneered: "Mei Zhang Yuan, what we are fighting for in the court is the position of Ping'an County Magistrate? You haven't said it for a long time."
Mei Hanlin smiled and said: "Servant Fan, don't be anxious, because the candidates we decide to recommend next are people from their own faction, so they can't refute."
Hearing this, Sun Fu couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on his face, and he couldn't help but ask: "I wonder who Mei Hanlin recommended?"
Mei Hanlin said: "It is Jia Huan who is the new champion. He passed the sixth grade and has a brilliant poetic talent. His majesty praised Jia Sheng for his promise is worth a thousand gold. His article for the top scholar said: We are not afraid of destiny, and our ancestors are not enough. Law, people’s words are not enough.”
"Just imagine, is there any more suitable candidate than him? If we all recommend this person to be the magistrate of Ping'an County, what do your colleagues think the chance of winning will be?"
After Mei Hanlin finished speaking, all the officials couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
The people present here are all high-ranking officials of the imperial court. They may not have practical talents, but they have extremely rich experience in court struggle, and all of them are old Yinbi.
As soon as Mei Hanlin named Jia Huan as the candidate, they immediately understood Mei Hanlin's sinister intentions.
The candidate that the reformists actually wanted to promote was Feng Qi, the magistrate of Ze County. This man came from a poor family and loved the people like his own son.
He is also well versed in government affairs and manages the administration of Ze County in a harmonious and harmonious manner so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
His evaluation was also top-notch and he was about to be promoted.
Since Ze County is the middle county and Ping'an County is the upper county, transferring him to Ping'an County will be a good promotion.
If the reformists are really allowed to appoint Feng Qi as the magistrate of Ping'an County, maybe Feng Qi can really successfully promote changes in Ping'an County. This man himself is extremely capable.
Therefore, Mei Hanlin simply introduced another candidate. This candidate is also from your reformist camp, and has a louder reputation than Feng Qi, and is more upright than Feng Qi.
But the only thing is that Jia Huan is only fifteen years old this year, no matter how smart he is, how evil he is, or how good his writing is.
But where did he get his practical ability?
No matter how evil a person is, there is always a limit.
He did not have Feng Qi's experience as a local official.
As long as Jia Huan is pushed to the position of the county magistrate of Ping'an County, and they are behind all kinds of troubles, it will be good for this fifteen-year-old boy to be able to secure the position of the county magistrate.
It is absolutely impossible for him to promote change.
(End of chapter)
