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Great Merchant Palace.

King Yunyi walked out, and in front, carriages from Prince Buyi's Mansion and Duke Haiqing's Mansion came one after another.

In front of the palace, Li Ziye got off the carriage and saw King Yunyi who was just leaving the palace ahead, with a smile on his face.

It seems that it's done.

In front of the palace gate, King Yunyi looked at the two people who came one after the other, and said, "King Commoner and Lord Hai Qing, Your Majesty has already rested, let the two go back first, if there is anything, we will talk about it in the court tomorrow."

Li Ziye didn't find it strange when he heard King Yunyi's words. Emperor Shang had already met King Yunyi. At this time, if he was still willing to see them, there would be a problem.

Of course, after listening to King Yunyi's words, Hai Qinggong, who was in a hurry to face the saint, didn't look so pretty.

"Since Your Majesty doesn't want to meet, then I will go back first, King Yunyi, see you at the court tomorrow."

Li Ziye apologized politely, then turned around, got into the carriage, and left in front of the palace.

"King Yunyi."

After Li Ziye left, Lord Hai Qing suppressed the anger in his heart, fixed his eyes on the head of the big business prison in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Why?"

"Mr. Haiqing, this king is only acting according to the law."

King Yunyi responded calmly, and said, "Everyone in the city knows about the troubles in Jingmu. This king, I cannot and dare not play favoritism."

Mr. Hai Qing's face changed again and again, and he looked back at the carriage going away, his expression became more and more gloomy.

Only now did he understand why the commoner king made such a big fuss a few days ago, and the whole city knew about the trivial matters.

This is forcing His Majesty and King Yunyi to deal with this matter seriously.

At such a young age, his scheming is so deep!

On the street, the carriage rumbled past, Li Ziye closed his eyes, quietly thinking about the next arrangement.

The two elders later on are the most difficult to deal with.

Calculating this kind of thing is most useful when dealing with people who have plans. Like the two elders, Lu Siqing and Zhang Qizheng, they are clean and upright officials, and there is almost nothing to use.

However, it is a matter of human effort, if one of the two elders wants to push Xu Hanlin to Jing Mu's position, he can be sure of it.

Of the two, Zhang Qizheng was the more stubborn, probably not easy to deal with.

Pick up the persimmons and pinch them hard, let's try the attitude of Master Zhang first.

reason?

It's only close!

Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a simple mansion, and the young man opened his mouth and reminded, "My lord, Mr. Zhang's mansion has arrived."

In the carriage, Li Ziye recovered from his thoughts, opened his eyes, and walked down. .seven

Zhang House.

A servant came quickly and saluted respectfully, "My lord, the Commoner King begs to see you."

In the study, Zhang Qizheng was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses after a while, and said, "Please."

"Yes!"

The servant took the order, turned and left.

Not long after, under the leadership of his servants, Li Ziye walked over and saw the admonisher Zhang Qizheng in the study at a glance.

In my 40s and nearly 50 years old, due to years of hard work, most of my temple hair has turned gray.

"Master Zhang."

Li Ziye entered the study room, clasped his fists in a salute, and said politely.

"The commoner king."

Zhang Qizheng immediately stepped forward, returned a salute, and said, "The King of Commoner is here, and I am far away to welcome you. I hope the King of Commoner will forgive me."

"Master Zhang is too serious."

Li Ziye said calmly, "This king came here uninvited to bother Mr. Zhang."

Speaking of this, Li Ziye paused without beating the bush, and said directly, "Master Zhang, I am here to ask for something."

Hearing the words, Zhang Qizheng showed surprise on his face, and said, "What's the matter?"

"Candidates for the post of Jing Mu."

Li Ziye said truthfully, "Your Majesty Zhang must have heard about Jingmu. King Yunyi has already verified Jingmu's criminal evidence. Dismissal from office and imprisonment is inevitable. This king wants to recommend someone to be the next Jingmu, but this person is now Just now, being promoted to the position of Jing Mu directly will cause opposition from many people, especially Mr. Hai Qing and his disciples."

"Commoner King, the appointment of Jing Mu is up to His Majesty. As subjects, it's better not to overstep."

When Zhang Qizheng heard that the commoner king in front of him wanted to take the opportunity to develop his own power, a trace of impatience suddenly appeared in his heart, and said.

"Master Zhang misunderstood."

Li Ziye said calmly, "Although the person I want to recommend has some relationship with me, it is definitely not what Mr. Zhang thinks."

After finishing speaking, Li Ziye handed over some files and said seriously, "Your Excellency Zhang, you can take a look. The political achievements of the people I want to recommend are here."

Zhang Qizheng frowned, took the file, and read it carefully. Gradually, a look of surprise appeared on his old face.

With such excellent achievements, 12 years later, he is still just a foreigner.

"The things on these files can be easily found out. Xu Hanlin's political achievements are more than enough to be promoted to the post of Jing Mu. However, because of his poor way of being an official, he has not been promoted once in the past 12 years. Mr. Zhang, the court selected officials to say It is meritocracy, but in fact there are many twists and turns, most of them are nepotism, if this king does not recommend him, Xu Hanlin will not have any chance of promotion in this life."

Li Ziye stared at the old minister in front of him, and said seriously, "Master Zhang should be very aware of the darkness in it all the way. As the saying goes, Xu Hanlin needs this opportunity, and the Great Shang Dynasty also needs Xu Hanlin. A courtier who is as upright as Master Zhang!"

After hearing what the former said, Zhang Qizheng fell silent for a long time, and said, "If the commoner king wants to promote this person, he can do it step by step. If he reaches the sky in one step, it will break the rules of the court."

"Master Zhang, what are the rules?"

Li Ziye asked rhetorically, "Rules are for the development of things for the better, not for restricting talented people to stand out. When the king was appointed as a marquis, he also broke the rules. Why did no one object? That's because there are two King Wu supports this king, and now, Xu Hanlin is only Jing Mu who has been promoted from the sixth rank to the fourth rank, so it is so difficult, the reason is not because of any rules, but because Xu Hanlin does not have a strong backing and background."

"The Commoner King is determined to promote him?" Zhang Qizheng asked with his eyes narrowed.

"Yes."

Li Ziye said in a deep voice, "Tomorrow in the hall, this king will definitely do his best to push Xu Hanlin to the position of Jing Mu."

"If the old minister doesn't help you, what do you decide to do?" Zhang Qizheng asked.

"Go to Master Lu."

Li Ziye didn't hide anything, and said truthfully, "Master Lu and Master Zhang have the highest prestige among civil officials. If Xu Hanlin can get the support of either of you, the resistance to being promoted to the post of Jingmu will be lessened." Much smaller."

"What if Lu Siqing doesn't help you?" Zhang Qizheng continued.

Li Ziye was silent for a while, and after a while, he said softly, "If the two lords just sit back and ignore it, then it will be meaningless whether Xu Hanlin is promoted to Jingmu or not. This imperial court can no longer see any light."