At that time, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was completely silent, and a gust of autumn wind blew in, causing the lanterns hanging high on the door to swing left and right and make a tinkling sound.--^^

Yan Song's appearance really shocked all the civil and military officials in the hall and Jiajing. Even Yan Shifan, who was beside Yan Song, looked at Yan Song with great confusion and wanted to stop him.

Why?

Zhang Cheng and Zheng Yao were sworn brothers. They had known King Jing since they were in Shu, and had cooperated with Zheng Yao many times to handle problems for King Jing. Needless to say, in the eyes of Yan Song's party, Zhang Cheng was King Jing's

People, and Prince Jing has always been against Yan Song, then it is obvious that Zhang Cheng should also be a thorn in Yan Song's side!

However, what Yan Song is doing now is exactly the opposite!

In the early Ming Dynasty, prefectures were divided into three levels according to the amount of tax and grain they paid: the prefect of Beijing was the third rank; the prefect of Shangfu who paid more than 200,000 shi was the third rank; the prefect of Shangfu was the third rank; the prefect of Shangfu was the third rank if he paid less than 200,000 shi.

The magistrates of Zhongfu were classified as the fourth rank; those with less than 100,000 shi were classified as lower prefectures, and the prefects of lower prefectures were classified as the fourth rank. However, soon all the prefects were changed to the fourth rank. At that time, there were more than 150 prefectures in the country.

Although the prefect of Xi'an is not the prefect of Beijing, he still has an important position and still has the official title of the third rank. So when Yan Song recommended Zhang Cheng to be the prefect of Xi'an, not only other people, but also Zhang Cheng himself felt that this was

Dreaming.

Yan Song recommended himself to be a third-grade official! Is this normal?

At this moment, Zhang Cheng and Liu Yan, who were standing in the back row, couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief, as if they were completely puzzled by Yan Song's move. They were discussing which drama Yan Song was acting in.

At this moment, Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Where is Zhang Qing's family?"

As soon as he heard Jiajing calling his name, Zhang Cheng immediately took a step sideways, stood in the middle of the hall, then bowed and said: "Report to the emperor, I am here!"

"Zhang Qing's family, please raise your head!" Jiajing looked at Zhang Cheng, who was dressed in colorful official uniforms with a smile, bowing his head, and his tone seemed very easy-going.

Zhang Cheng was his hand-picked top pick and the third in liberal arts, so he was naturally impressed. Moreover, he had also heard from Ning An that he was a loyal man. He was a rare talent and would be the future pillar of the country. In addition, he was

riThe envoy from Annan came here to get back the "Three Prefectures Iron Coupon". It was only Zhang Cheng and Liu Yan who went to Annan in person to resolve the matter and save the face of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, when he saw Zhang Cheng, his previous sadness temporarily dissipated.

"Very good! The person recommended by Yan Aiqing is really good! Zhang Aiqing has both ability and political integrity, and is loyal and just, just as Yan Aiqing said, he is the best choice! Okay, I'm here to ask you, is Zhang Aiqing willing to go to Xi'an to help me solve my problems?

?”

Jiajing looked at Zhang Cheng inquiringly and said, perhaps in Jiajing's opinion, Zhang Cheng is indeed a talent, and if he wants to be a wise king, he must cherish his talents.

Zhang Cheng was really flattered by such a courteous and virtuous corporal. Zhang Cheng could not help but bow his head again and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty! When you serve your Majesty, I should die with my whole body dedicated to you!"

Nonsense, are you still going to refuse when I'm offered a third grade? But don't forget that Zhang Cheng is just an editor of the Hanlin Academy, and it was because of the recommendation of Prince Jing and others that the trip to Annan solved the crisis, and Gu Ruzhi specifically applied to be

Their official positions were promoted to the fourth rank, and Yan Hao followed Zhan Guang and was promoted to the third rank, but after all, they were still not as high as Zheng Yao, a third-rank official who was the top scholar in martial arts.

So being promoted from a fourth-rank official to a third-rank official at once is something that most people can only meet but cannot ask for!

"Your Majesty! I have something to report!"

Just when Zhang Cheng finished speaking and Jiajing nodded with satisfaction, he saw King Jing suddenly speaking, and his tone sounded a little excited and a little tough.

Jiajing suddenly turned his head. He looked at Prince Jing and said, "If your brother has anything to say, you might as well say it directly."

At this moment, everyone turned their attention to King Jing again. To everyone, King Jing's move was undoubtedly strange. After all, in the court, King Jing and Yan Song had always had their own opinions.

There will always be endless arguments over trivial matters. Now that Yan Song spoke first, Prince Jing was bound to express his own opinion.

However, in everyone's opinion, Zhang Cheng was from Prince Jing's faction, so Prince Jing should strongly support Zhang Cheng. However, Prince Jing's tone was like this, which naturally surprised everyone.

Prince Jing took a step sideways, then looked at Zhang Cheng and said: "Reporting to the emperor, in my humble opinion, Mr. Zhang is not suitable to be the prefect of Xi'an!"

boom!

King Jing's words were truly shocking and shocked others.

No one expected that King Jing would do this and not support one of his own people to become a high official. This is completely unreasonable and unreasonable! And King Jing's attitude in answering was still so decisive, without any hesitation at all.

The meaning of leeway.

Jiajing was confused, all civil and military officials were confused, and even Zhang Cheng himself was confused. How could Prince Jing treat Zhang Cheng like this?

Only Yan Song had a smile on his face, not caring at all. As for Liu Yan beside Zhang Cheng, he kept staring at Yan Song. Ever since Yan Song spoke in the hall, he had always felt that there must be something fishy about this matter.

Would Yan Song take the initiative to recommend someone from King Jing's lineage to take up an important position? I wouldn't believe it even if I killed him! Don't forget, it's not easy to be the prefect of Xi'an. The previous four officials all died without illness, and their deaths were too strange.

.

"Haha, Your Majesty, this is not right!" Yan Song smiled faintly, then looked at Prince Jing and continued: "Before, Your Majesty always impeached me for abusing my power and cultivating direct descendants. I feel really aggrieved. But since Your Majesty said this, I must be

official

It was caused by inadequate performance. So I specially recommended Mr. Zhang, who is not a direct descendant, to take up an important position. This is an explanation to the prince, and it is also a show of loyalty to the emperor! Now that the prince still has objections, then I really have no objection.

That’s enough to say!”

Yan Song talked endlessly about the reasons why he recommended Zhang Cheng, and what he said was so serious that it made all the important ministers nod their heads. It seemed that Yan Song really had good intentions, but was rejected by Jing.

The king thought he had a plan.

At this moment, Jiajing, who was standing on the stage, also turned his head and looked at Yan Song. He felt that what Yan Song said was indeed reasonable. Could it be that Prince Jing was too paranoid?

"What an amazing Yan Song! He can actually speak so grandly." After listening to this, Liu Yan couldn't help but murmur to himself.

It's better that Yan Song didn't say anything. Once he did, Liu Yan saw through his true intention. Liu Yan's intuition told him that Yan Song had deliberately recommended Zhang Cheng to go to Xi'an. It seems that he had already made a comprehensive plan, and perhaps there was something more in it.

Big conspiracy!

"Sir Yan! I have absolutely no intention of targeting anyone! I am just discussing the matter! Not to mention that the Hanlin Academy is currently short of manpower and cannot find anyone else to replace Mr. Zhang's position. Just talk about the time when Mr. Zhang entered the officialdom.

He is not qualified to serve as the magistrate of Xi'an. Of course, I am not looking down on Mr. Zhang's ability, but Mr. Zhang is still young and has little experience.

, and the position of prefect of Xi'an is a very complicated official position. There are so many experienced officials in Shaanxi who have been officials for many years. If they are appointed in such a hasty manner, they will definitely cause dissatisfaction and exclusion from local officials, which will definitely be detrimental to Mr. Zhang.

In this case, let alone whether we can get to Xi'an, even if we actually get to Xi'an, we may not be able to handle things there properly!"

King Jing was not to be outdone in the face of Yan Song's plausive words, and also gave a lot of reasons. Jiajing who was listening on the side nodded again, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

Yan Song said again: "Your Majesty! What you are saying is too unreasonable. I believe in Mr. Zhang's ability and can definitely handle everything! Please also ask the emperor to issue an order immediately so that Mr. Zhang can take office as soon as possible!"

Prince Jing disagreed and continued: "Master Yan is too simplistic to think so. I feel that Master Zhang is not suitable to serve in Xi'an. Please think again!"

"Yan Song wants his eldest brother to go to Xi'an so hard. What kind of medicine did he buy here? It would be great if the third brother were here. I believe that with his intelligence, he can definitely see through Yan Song's thoughts."

Liu Yan was helpless for a while, and could only watch King Jing and Yan Song arguing here, but he couldn't do anything to help.

Now he couldn't help but think of Zhengyao. Maybe with Zhengyao's intelligence, he could know how to deal with it.

"Your Majesty, please issue an edict!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

…

For a moment, the only sound left in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was the argument between Prince Jing and Yan Song, as if two orioles were noisy to each other, endless and noisy.

Yan Song?

Prince Jing?

Who is right? How should we choose?

Jiajing suddenly fell into deep thought and remained silent for a long time.
Chapter completed!