Chapter 432: The turbulent officialdom (Part 2)

"...The cold orange and pomelo, the autumn color of old sycamore trees. Who is thinking about the north building? I miss Xie Gong in the wind." In the small pavilion deep in the bamboo forest, Tang Guoming, wearing a white dress in light silk, sat on the railings of the pavilion, leaning against the pavilion pillar, holding a green fishing rod in his hand, facing the pond with a rather bleak feeling, singing and singing as if lazy, with a relaxed charm of the Jin people, and his feet with a thousand-layer cloth shoes were still slid on the water surface casually, creating layers of ripples, and were extremely relaxed and comfortable.

"Mr. Tang is so free." Yun Zhen, who had already walked into the pavilion and stood silently for a long time, finally couldn't help but break the elegant taste in the pavilion and said softly.

"When people are happy when they are happy, isn't the prince also proud of his youth?" Tang Guoming laughed, put away his fishing rod, turned around and looked at Yun Zhen and said.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from?" Yunzhen said with a wry smile: "I am confused, so please give me some advice."

"What's the difficulty? Tang said to the prince in front of him, but it's okay to go there. Sixth master will naturally give the prince good. Now the prince has probably obtained this benefit, but..." Tang Guoming paused and said, "But these benefits may not be all good things."

"Oh?" Yun Zhen was stunned for a moment and said, "Why, is there any conspiracy here?"

"Conspiracy? Haha..." Tang Guoming burst out laughing, but the laughter was full of sadness. After laughing, he glanced at Yun Zhen, who was confused and said quietly: "There is no conspiracy here, it's just an open conspiracy."

"Only Conspiracy?" Yun Zhen muttered softly, and thought for a while, but he still couldn't see through Yinzuo's layout.

"If the power is slightly less than that, you should win by conspiracy. If your strength is far superior to your opponent, you only need a dignified army to decide the outcome. Why use conspiracy? The Sixth Master gives the prince power is just a declaration of victory."

"This..." Yun Zhen's brows suddenly locked, and his already cold face suddenly became much ugly, and he stared at Tang Guoming blankly.

"Prince, if Tang guessed correctly, the Sixth Master must have handed over the Ministry of Revenue to the Prince again. Well, or even gave the Prince one or two killer moves. Is that right?" Tang Guoming asked lightly.

"Well. So what? I have been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for a long time. Most of the food channels below are the ones I have used. Could it be..." Yun Zhen paused for a moment, shook his head, and then said, "Is Lao Liu not afraid that I will secretly cultivate the power to wait for the opportunity?"

Tang Guoming shook his head and looked at Yun Zhen with pity and said, "Fear? Haha, if the Eighth Master was still there, the Sixth Master might be afraid, but now.... Hey, under this situation, the Sixth Master's dictatorship has been achieved. Not only has the Eight Banners been suppressed, but he holds military power. Even the regime is all in charge of the Military Affairs Office. The cabinet is just a service agency. If it makes a mistake, it will be beaten. If it is done, it will only be praised. What can I fight for?”

"Then..." Yun Zhen frowned and said, "Then I will not be ordered, so I will not be able to make wedding clothes for others."

"Haha, it's too late, it's too late." Tang Guoming didn't explain why it was too late, but just smiled miserably and said, "Apart from the Ministry of Revenue, the Master of the Emperor has any other explanation?" Tang Guoming had quietly changed the Sixth Master to the Emperor of the Emperor in his words, but this subtle change could not be hidden from the careful Yunzhen. The Emperor of the Emperor came out. Suddenly, Yunzhen was like a basin of cold water pouring down from the beginning, and he was a little stupid. He looked at Tang Guoming silently for a while before speaking: "Well, the sixth brother plans to send the eldest prince to assist me."

"Well, this is just a matter of what is in the title, and it is not a rare thing." Tang Guoming said casually without thinking.

Yun Zhen asked curiously: "Hmm? How to solve it. Couldn't this Hongli be here to monitor this king's land?"

Tang Guoming smiled and said, "That's just a part of the reason. The Master asked Hongli to come forward, but it was just a balance. The Second Prince went to help the Third Prince rectify the foreign affairs, so he naturally had to give the eldest Prince a chance. The Master held on military affairs with one hand. Not to mention the princes, even his son, the Master, would not let go. Then he had to find a balance in government affairs. What's so strange about this?"

"Well, this is the reason. How should I decide now?" Yun Zhen thought about it and felt that Tang Guoming's words were very reasonable, so he stopped asking about the eldest prince. Instead, he cared about how he should deal with it.

"It depends on what the prince is thinking." Tang Guoming answered concisely.

Yun Zhen was stunned and said, "What do you think? What does this have to do with how I think?"

Tang Guoming put away the smile on his face and said with a solemn expression: "The priest's way is beyond the reach of everyone. Everyone fights and fights, but in the end, the priest wins. If the prince wants to make trouble under the priest's nose, the eighth master's lessons will be there. The priest will not have any chance in one day, but..."

"But what?" Yun Zhen was really anxious and asked quickly.

"The prince should know that Tang has been practicing the Book of Changes since he was a child and is quite proficient in physiognomy. He has seen the prince, but he just can't understand the prince's appearance. According to the facial expression, he should be a person who died prematurely, but... Alas, Tang has repeatedly calculated it many times, but he still can't understand it. However, although the prince is very skilled in martial arts, he will definitely not be a long-lived person. Tang can be sure of this. Today, the prince has no chance in Japan, but if he goes up today, the prince will have a try."

"This..., do you think this is serious?" Yun Zhen was so excited that his heart was pounding, and his breath became tighter.

"It should be true, but the time is not clear. Maybe it's a few years, maybe it's more than ten years, or twenty years. This physiognomy is originally vague, so the prince doesn't have to take it too seriously, but he just has to do what he should do." Tang Guoming nodded and said.

Yunzhen respectfully bowed and said, "Please teach me sir."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be so polite. You are deeply grateful to the prince, and you should be the one who will work hard for the prince." Tang Guoming took a step back and refused to accept Yunzhen's courtesy and said calmly: "Although the emperor has only been three years since he ascended the throne, the princes have already started to fight. The best among them are naturally the eldest prince Hongli and the second prince Hongyang brothers. The other sons are young. They may not be able to participate even if they are willing. The prince is still hesitant, and this is the possible opportunity for the prince in the future. Of course, the prerequisite is that the prince must become a virtuous king first, so that he can have the right to speak."

"The King of Wise?" Yunzhen murmured, and suddenly remembered that he had never gained the upper hand in the battle for the throne with Yinzuo. He had never really done a government matter alone. He couldn't help but feel ashamed, and shook his head with a wry smile, and hadn't spoken for a long time...

"Xiaoyao Inn" is considered to be a time-honored brand in the capital. It has a history of nearly a hundred years and has been in full bloom. However, nowadays, those grand occasions have passed by. The entire inn is originally small, very broken, the doors are not tightly closed, the tiles on the roof are not very neat, and it often leaks when it rains. Most of the people who can stay in this inn are miserable outsiders, and there are very few. The name of Xiaoyao is generally reflected in the group of idle guys who dozed off in the lobby all day long.

"Shopkeeper, store owner." Hongyang, dressed in a scholarly outfit, led a young eunuch dressed in a servant to slowly walk into the lobby of the "Xiaoyao Inn". He frowned and looked in the lobby, and called twice at the shopkeeper who was dozing behind the counter.

"Ah, the customer wants to stay in a hotel. The store has a good room empty, so I'm waiting for you to come old. Waiter, waiter, the customer is here, I really have no eye for you." The shopkeeper who woke up from his sleepiness greeted loudly.

"Shopkeeper, don't be busy. I'm looking for someone, I won't stay in the store." Hongyang smiled by the old shopkeeper's appearance.

"Ah, look for someone?" When the old shopkeeper heard that Hongyang could not stay in the store, he suddenly lost his energy. He yawned and looked like he was about to fall asleep again, but he suddenly stopped yawning and his eyes widened. As Hongyang's hand moved a ingot of ten taels of silver, he kept spinning.

"Shopkeeper. Is there a Guangzhou visitor named Xiao in this store?" Hongyang asked with a smile while playing with the silver ingot.

"Ah. Yes, yes, yes, just... hehe, just..." The old shopkeeper's saliva was almost gone, but he just didn't say that the guests were in that room.

"I'll give you my reward, tell me." Hongyang threw the silver ingot at the old shopkeeper indifferently. The old shopkeeper was so happy that he laughed. He pointed at a person sitting in the corner of the lobby window and was looking at the book. He looked like a poor scholar in his twenties and said, "Well, that's right, Xiao Yao, someone is here to find you!"

The scholar suddenly heard someone calling his name, and immediately raised his head from the book, looked at the master and servant quickly, smiled slightly, but did not say hello.

"Sir, is Xiao Yao from Guangzhou, Mr. Xiao?" Hongyang walked to Xiaoyaodi with a smile and started politely.

"I am Xiao Yao. I don't know where I know I am a low-key person?" Xiao Yao stood up and politely returned the greeting.

Hongyang Zhan Yan smiled and said, "I'm the surname Yang, Mu Yiyang, and the only name is Hong. I admire Mr. Xiao Jiu's name and come to visit him. Please forgive me."

"Oh." Xiao Yao looked at Hongyang, then looked at the little eunuch dressed in the servant, and suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay, okay, please follow me upstairs and talk?"

"So I wish, I dare not ask for it." Hongyang agreed happily, and followed Xiao Yao up the second floor. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xiao Yao looking at Hongyang curiously and said, "I wonder which prince is the prince, come and find out what is going on?"

"Well, how can I see it?" Hongyang immediately became interested and asked with a smile when he saw that although this person was not guessing, he was not too far away.

"What's hard to guess? Although my friend dresses simply, he is extremely generous in his actions. Naturally, he is from a wealthy family. This is just a white dragon fish suit. Besides, although that friend has never spoken, he is a father-in-law. The only one who can afford his father-in-law is the one in the royal palace. Well, who do you know the reputation of the nobles from me?" Xiao Yao said disrespectfully.

"Oh, I'm talking to Lin Zhongtang and heard Lin Zhongtang mention his name as a gentleman, and came to visit one and two. "Hongyang did not hide it, and directly told Lin Xuanyi.

"Lin Zhongtang? Yang Hong, you are..." Xiao Yao stopped, tidy up his clothes, and respectfully saluted: "Xiao Yao, a juren from Guangzhou, has met the second prince."

"Wait, how do you know Ben Baylor's true identity? Could it be that Mr. Lin had explained?" Hongyang asked curiously.

"No." Xiao Yao smiled slightly and said, "When Lin was studying in the world, he had been classmates with his father for three years, so he was considered an elder of the student. The student originally planned to go to Beijing to compete for the Jincai competition, but he was not lucky enough to get robbed halfway and lost silver. He had to sell his words all the way to Beijing. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Beijing, he was seriously ill and missed Jincai. He wanted to settle in the capital without any trouble, and waited for the next department to complete. He did not intend to visit Lin Xiang, but later Lin Xiang suppressed the rebellion and was injured. He had to come to visit him. To be honest, he had only been talking to Lin Xiang for more than half an hour, and there was no in-depth communication.

"Then how do you know Ben Baylor's identity?" Hongyang nodded and said.

"Haha, that's all that the second prince is too lazy. Yang Hong just recites it backwards and just promotes it. Besides, the only ones who can interact with Lin Xiang are naturally the only princes in the palace. If these two are related, will they come out?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

Seeing that this person's observation and reasoning ability was amazing, Hongyang secretly praised him in his heart. Looking at Xiao Yao who was smiling, he couldn't help but think a little at the moment. Xiao Yao seemed to look at Hongyang thoughtfully. The two of them were not speaking, and the atmosphere in the room became quite strange...
Chapter completed!