Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 922 Troublemaker, Yan Donglou

"The crux of His Highness's current predicament lies in the Sui Ci. After the Sui Ci is resolved, His Highness's plight will not be solved by medicine. The head of the household department is in charge of distributing the Sui Ci. The minister's uncle and the household secretary Sun Yingkui are old friends. The minister can arrange for the family uncle Pay a visit to Sun Shangshu, and make sure to promote the distribution of the yearly gift."

  Yin Shidan stood up first, saluted King Yu confidently, and put forward his own suggestion.

Yin Shidan was going to take the upper-level route. He used the name of his uncle to visit Sun Yingkui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The truth, coupled with his own eloquence and the relationship with the clan uncle, must be able to promote the distribution of Yu Wang's yearly gifts.

  Everyone said that Yin Shidan was unparalleled in poetic talent, but in fact Yin Shidan was more confident in his eloquence compared to poetic talent. What's more, it is only natural for King Yu to receive the gift of the year, and the reasons are all on his side.

  Yin Shidan was confident in persuading Sun Yingkui.

After listening to Yin Shidan's suggestion, King Yu's face couldn't help being happy, and his eyes lit up. What Yin Shidan said made sense. Every time he sent people to collect the old gift, he always talked to the middle-level officials in charge of the household department. The docking was rejected every time by the middle-level officials of the household department. If Yin Shidan could see and persuade Sun Yingkui, Shangshu of the Household Department, then the Shangshu of the Household Department had spoken, and would the people below dare not to implement it? !

  But before King Yu was happy for a second, Gao Gong poured cold water on him.

   "If Sun Shangshu was young, Mr. Yin's method might work, but now."

  Gao Gong shook his head shortly after Yin Shidan's voice fell behind, disagreeing with Yin Shidan's suggestion, and couldn't help but sigh at the end.

   "Master Gao said"

  After hearing Gao Gong's words, Yin Shidan rolled his eyes and thought of the key point, and the confidence in his eyes dimmed.

"Master Gao is right. When Sun Shangshu was an admonisher in the early years, he was not afraid of the powerful, honest and upright, and had a good reputation; but now that Sun Shangshu is old, he would rather not do anything than offend him. The rich and powerful have long lost their reputation." Chen Yiqin also shook his head and sighed endlessly.

This kind of thing was not a problem at all when Sun Yingkui was an official in his early years. Even if King Yu didn't need to say it, Sun Yingkui would make people pay King Yu's yearly gift according to the rules, but it can't work now. Sun Yingkui is old. All that has been eroded by the years is gone, and now Sun Yingkui's actions are based on the main purpose of seeking peace, not seeking merit and not being afraid of faults, as long as he does not offend those in power, as long as he can retire smoothly.

   "So, why?!"

  After listening to Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin's words, the light that had just lit up in King Yu's eyes instantly went out, and his face was once again shrouded in sorrow.

   "Actually, the key to distributing the yearly gift is not the Ministry of Households, but the Yan Mansion." Gao Gong looked up at King Yu, and said in a low voice.

   "Yan Mansion?! So the rumors are true?!" Yin Shidan lost his voice.

  Although Yan Song and his son did not clearly stand in line and express their support for whom, they secretly supported King Jing. This is already known by Sima Zhaozhi and Yin Shidan. In the past, Yin Shidan had also heard the rumors that Yan Song and his son hinted that the Ministry of Finance withheld King Yu's yearly gift many times, but Yin Shidan did not believe it. If so, wouldn't it be obvious that they support King Jing? ! Therefore, although Yin Shidan had heard this rumor many times, he was unwilling to believe it, and he was surprised when he heard Gao Gong say this.

Chen Yiqin was different from Yin Shidan, he didn't seem to be surprised by Gao Gong's conclusion, nodded at this moment, and said softly: "It should be. Last month, I went to the Ministry of Households to urge the New Year's gift, and the Ministry of Households replied He said that this year is an eventful year. The northern captives invaded the border, the southern Japanese invaded and harassed. The Household Department can’t be the master either. I asked them who could be the master, but they just talked about him. Thinking about it now, they were referring to the Yan Mansion.”

  Zhu Ping'an was not surprised by this, because Yan Shifan withheld King Yu's yearly gift, which is already clearly recorded in history books.

  However, to Zhu Pingan's surprise, King Yu was not surprised at Gao Gong's words, and seemed to have known the news a long time ago. That's right, after all, King Yu is the son of the emperor, and Yan Shifan secretly ordered the Ministry of Households to withhold the three-year-old gift, so it is impossible for King Yu not to get any news.

  The next second, King Yu's words also confirmed Zhu Pingan's guess.

"What Master Gao said is true. Gu also got the news not long ago. Feng Bao and Eunuch Feng in the palace are well informed. He told me the truth, saying that without Yan Shifan's permission, the Ministry of Households would not dare to give the Gu a new year's gift. "

   King Yu sat up straight, and said with a gloomy face.

  The information obtained by King Yu is more accurate, and it is clear that Yan Shifan instructed the Ministry of Households to withhold the old gifts.

  After Zhu Pingan heard the words, he tapped his finger on the table slightly. Feng Bao sent a letter to King Yu. It seemed that Feng Bao had already moved closer to King Yu secretly. Not bad, as expected of Feng Bao, the political sense is really sensitive enough.

  Zhu Ping'an thought that if he hadn't known that King Yu would win the dragon chair, he would not dare to put the treasure on King Yu at this time.

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  If Feng Bao knew what Zhu Pingan was thinking, he would be blushing and bewildered. He just believed in Zhu Ping'an's judgment. He had always been interested in King Jing before. It was only when he saw that Zhu Pingan tried his best not to become a lecturer in King Jing's mansion, but came to King Yu's mansion as a lecturer in Yu Wang's mansion not long ago, Feng Baocai began to change Heart, secretly close to King Yu.

  Zhu Ping'an aspired to be the No. 1 scholar in a weak year, a feat that surpassed the Ming Dynasty. You must know that Yang Ting and Mr. Yang, the elders of the four dynasties, were only nineteen-year-old Jinshi. Moreover, Feng Bao has long been impressed by Zhu Ping'an's talent and ability after going through the flop strategy of serving the bed, playing to kill Zhao Daying, and finding out about Taicang after he became famous.

  Feng Bao has self-knowledge. He knows that he is inferior to Zhu Pingan in terms of intelligence and ability, and he also knows that Zhu Pingan never does anything he is not sure of. Since Zhu Pingan bet on King Yu, he just follows.

  Of course, Feng Bao still has his own little plans. He is just flirting with King Yu, and he has not put the treasure on the bright side. This not only left a good impression in King Yu's heart and occupied his seat, but also left room for redemption if something could not be done.

   "Yan Donglou is really daring!"

  When Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan heard that King Yu said that Yan Shifan was behind it, their expressions suddenly changed, and they said angrily.

  (end of this chapter)