In the small hall next to the Baifu Flower Hall, Zhang Changyi was displeased, and Jiang Lin, the new servant of the Ministry of Officials, was sincerely afraid of giving up.
Because the two brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong are now the empress and concubine of Wu Zetian, the status of the Zhang family has risen, and their little cousin Zhang Changyi was appointed as the Luoyang Commander at a young age to take charge of the Gyeonggi region of Kyoto.
Zhang Changyi himself is in a high position, and his two cousins are the most eloquent people in front of the emperor, so there is naturally an endless stream of people who ask Zhang Changyi to entrust him.
Among the Zhang brothers, this Zhang Changyi is the most greedy for money, so there are the most people who go to him to run for official positions.
Two days ago, an alternate official surnamed Xue waited for an opportunity to meet Zhang Changyi, presented him with fifty taels of gold, and asked him to help him find an errand for himself.
This surnamed Xue is an alternate officer, and he has the qualifications to be an official, but because of the limited official position, he can only be an alternate when there is no vacancy.
Zhang Changyi accepted the gold, agreed to the man's request, and turned around to inform Jiang Lin, the servant of the ministry, of the matter.
Jiang Lin relied on the support and recommendation of Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong to get the position of Tianguan Shilang, so naturally only the Zhang family was the first to look forward, but the problem was that when Zhang Changyi told him about it, he was going to go to the early dynasty. participated in the morning court meeting, and when Jiang Lin returned to the ministry, he found that he had forgotten the name of the person surnamed Xue who Zhang Changyi had given him to arrange an official position, Jiang Lin was embarrassed, and it was not good to say it bluntly to Zhang Changyi.
Jiang Lin originally wanted to borrow the joy of the banquet, and it was in someone else's house, even if Zhang Changyi was displeased, he would not be angry, and then tell him his name, who knew that Zhang Changyi was furious when he heard it: "A certain thing to explain to you, you are so contemptuous, dare to love you don't take Zhang in your eyes at all" Jiang Lin said in a low voice: "Ling Yin Yan is serious, not deliberately neglected, but really old, it is not good to remember the surname, at that time, after listening to Ling Yin said the name and surname of that person, he went to the court, but the court played a lot of work, and after the court meeting, he forgot the name of this person." ” Zhang Changyi smiled coldly and said: "I forgot my surname so much, I think you are really old, since you can't remember such a trivial matter, how can you serve the imperial court, it is better to return to your hometown as soon as possible."
Jiang Lin was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Ling Yin forgiveness, please give the door a chance to redeem, and please Ling Yin tell the door the name and surname again, and the door will do it as soon as he returns."
Zhang Changyi said angrily: "There are so many people who are looking for a certain person every day, how can a certain person recognize it, and how can a certain person remember their name and surname, at this time, you come to ask me, where do I go to find that person again?"
Jiang Lin hesitated: "What should I do about this, otherwise after the end of this election, if that person loses, he will definitely come again, and when the time comes, Yin will tell his name and surname to his subordinates, and when the subordinates elect officials again, they will arrange him first, and they will only wait for a year, and arrange a first-class prefecture and county for him in the coming year to make up for it, presumably he is also willing." ” Zhang Changyi said categorically: "No, he is willing, Zhang is not willing He is now asking for me to be entrusted to my Zhang's door, but this time he lost the election, hey, after this matter spreads, what will others think of me, Zhang's reputation will be ruined by you, isn't it at least a year, no one will ask me to come to my door again" Jiang Lin said with a sad face: "Then how should that be?"
Zhang Changyi thought for a while and asked, "How many people are surnamed Xue in this election?"
Jiang Lin said: "This election, there are a total of fourteen people surnamed Xue, and the subordinates have called up the list of these fourteen people, and after repeated inspection, I really can't remember which one of them is the one who asked Ling Yin to entrust him, otherwise please Ling Yin take a look, maybe there is some impression."
Jiang Lin said and took out a note from his sleeve, Zhang Changyi didn't answer it at all, and said: "You can't remember the people who do things, where do you remember to go and now you want to remedy it, there is only one way, among the candidates in this issue, everyone surnamed Xue will give him an official to do."
Jiang Lin was shocked and said: "Ling Yin Wan must not be a candidate for official like a carp crossing the river, but the vacant positions in the imperial court are limited.
This time, there are not many vacant official positions in the state capitals and capitals of the country, and there are always people who have been waiting for many years to take care of all aspects. ” Zhang Changyi pointed to his nose and said: "You messed up the matter, naturally you have to find a way to make it like this, give him all the surnames Xue to do as an official, and you can't damage Zhang's reputation."
At this time, Zhang Tongxiu laughed loudly in the flower hall and shouted: "Changyi is coming, General Yang has arrived" Zhang Changyi said coldly: "You look at it, either the fourteen people surnamed Xue are all officials, or you Jiang Lin resign and get out" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and walked to the flower hall.
Jiang Lin was stupid in place, stunned for a long time, and then sighed: "Under the eaves of people, how can you not bow your head?"
In order to protect his future, Zhang Changyi's request must be agreed, and this time he must overturn the original arrangement, but every time the general election officer is concerned by the government and the opposition, involving the interests and relations of all aspects, every time he moves a person, he must take into account the reaction of the forces of all parties involved, let alone move so many people at once.
Where did he still have the heart to eat and drink, so he had to go back to the yamen to rearrange, because Jiang Lin didn't go to the flower hall, went out directly from the main entrance of the small hall, called a Baifu family ding, and asked him to inform Bai Yishou, so he hurriedly returned to the yamen of the ministry, and operated according to Zhang Changyi's requirements, and all those surnamed Xue were official affairs.
I don't know if the ancestor surnamed Xue is in the sky, those alternate officials surnamed Xue are all looking forward to coming to "Ganlin" this year, such a matter of entering the office according to the surname, throughout the ages, that is, there has been such a case in the Wu Zhou Dynasty.
Yang Fan was accompanied by Bai Yishou into the flower box, and introduced the guests one by one for him, Zhang Tongxiu and other Zhang family brothers seven or eight people, some of whom Yang Fan has seen, and some are still acquaintances for the first time.
Next is the personnel of the Erzhang faction, many of whom are children of wealthy families in Kyoto, and now there are brothers such as Zong Chuke and Zong Jinqing who have official positions and high status, as well as Li Zhenxiu, a member of the Fengge House, and Jiang Lin, who originally had a servant of the Ministry of Officials, who had returned to the Ministry of Officials to clean up the mess.
These people are also very friendly to Yang Fan, many of them have a higher status than Yang Fan, but they are so polite to Yang Fan, which is not quite in line with Zhang Dang's always high-flying and domineering style, which makes Yang Fan a little strange, but he quickly figured out the truth.
Now that I think about it, Zhang Yizhi's placement of Lu Maofeng to Qianqi is just his first step, and it is also a temptation, Yang Fan is so cooperative, so that he has the idea of recruiting Yang Fan, it seems that it is not impossible for him to recruit Yang Fan.
This Zhang Yizhi's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he actually wants to swallow Qianqi in one bite and turn it into his power.
Yang Fan secretly made plans in his heart, and had a chat with all the guests, and while he was talking, someone came to report that the Zhang brothers had arrived.
Bai Yishou and Bai Yiding brothers hurriedly got up, and Bai Yishou first raised his voice and ordered: "Come here, please ask the old lady and the lady to go to the front door to greet each other."
Yang Fan was secretly surprised, this Bai Yishou is also a member of the third grade, so it is a little too disrespectful, why do you need a female dependents to greet the Zhang brothers, especially to ask his wife to greet him, and he actually has to work his old mother to greet him.
After a while, Mrs.
Zhang helped the white-haired mother-in-law out, and everyone was busy seeing the old lady and Mrs., seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's fate, they were all dressed up, presumably they had already been prepared, waiting in the back house to welcome the guests together.
Subsequently, the Bai brothers and Zhang Tongxiu, Li Zhenxiu, Zong Chuke and others, plus Bai Yishou's wife and wife greeted the mansion together, Yang Fan was naturally among them, and when a group of people arrived at the front of the mansion, they saw three ox carts in front of the door, and dozens of slaves in fresh clothes and angry horses lined up on both sides.
The two Bai Yishou brothers took the lead in laughing and greeted them out: "Wulang, Liulang, Brother Bai is late to greet him, rude, rude" The second Zhang did not enter the door, Zhang Yizhi turned around and gave a shallow salute to the first light car with a curtain, and said respectfully: "Mother, the White Mansion has arrived."
Yang Fan suddenly said: "No wonder Bai Yishou dragged the old lady and his wife out to welcome the guests together, it's not so shameless, it turns out that Zhang Yizhi's mother has also arrived." ” As soon as the curtain was lifted, a picturesque little maid helped a woman in a brocade dress and a colorful skirt to come out.
Before they could see the woman's appearance clearly, the two Bai Yishou brothers took a long look: "I've seen the old lady."
Bai Yishou is now fifty years old, Zhang Yizhi is a weak-crowned young man, Zhang Yizhi's mother is now less than forty, much younger than him, but he thinks that he is a subordinate of Zhang Yizhi, and he naturally wants to call Zhang Yizhi's mother an old lady.
Yang Fan Dingqing looked at it, and saw that although the middle-aged woman supported by Zhang Yizhi was a, her charm still existed, and she could give birth to a handsome young man like Zhang Yizhi, how could her mother's appearance be bad.
This woman is also from a famous family, known for her education, and her gestures are natural and elegant.
Zhang Yizhi helped his mother get out of the car, and then said with a smile to everyone: "Yizhi serves in the court, can not often serve under his mother's knees, his heart is very uneasy, now he has the opportunity to go out of the palace, and he is reluctant to let his mother sit at home, but there is a group of friends here who are not seen, and they are in trouble.
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