Zhu Zhongyan went to the upper study and took out the imperial calligraphy brush. He circled Zhao Lin's name and said, "I hope you won't disappoint our family."
Zhu Zhongyan came to the Golden Palace with the list, and many ministers were still waiting eagerly.
When they saw Zhu Zhongyan coming back, these people stretched their necks like chickens and ducks waiting to be fed, and they did not look like important officials of the court at all.
Zhu Zhongyan smiled and said, "My Lords, His Majesty has already chosen the new Governor-General of Jiangbei. Yes..."
All the ministers opened their eyes wide.
"Zhao Lin!"
Deathly silence.
Then.
boom!
"Did I hear correctly, Zhao Lin?"
"Could it be that the wine I drank last night was fake? Why did I hear Zhao Lin's name?"
"I definitely heard it wrong!"
Some ministers couldn't believe their ears.
Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.
Is the emperor crazy?
Li Chengqian, Shao Yutang, and other cabinet leaders stepped forward. Li Chengqian snatched the list from Zhu Zhongyan's hand and saw Zhao Lin's name circled in red. He angrily said, "Zhu Zhongyan, is this your doing?"
Zhu Zhongyan smiled and said, "My dear, don't say such things. I am just a servant serving the emperor. How can I have the courage and qualifications to do such evil things?"
"It's not you, old dog, who's behind this. Why is Zhao Lin's name here?"
Li Chengqian tapped the list with his finger, almost piercing the paper.
Zhu Zhongyan said without any annoyance, "If you gentlemen don't believe me, you can ask the emperor."
"Go find the Emperor."
Li Chengqian took the lead, and everyone rushed to find Cheng**.
Cheng** was having a great time, but when he saw this group of people coming, he immediately looked gloomy: "It's getting dark, why aren't you leaving yet?"
Li Chengqian stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, why was the post of Governor-General of Jiangbei given to Zhao Lin?"
"Who? To whom?"
Cheng** asked drunkenly.
"Zhao Lin!"
Li Chengqian questioned, "The Emperor personally approved it. Don't you know?"
Cheng** had long forgotten whether he had approved it himself and said, "Zhao, Zhao Lin is great. He thinks of me and gives me a copy of everything. He is much better than you guys."
Li Chengqian's nose was about to become crooked with anger.
So it’s because Zhao Lin gave a gift to the emperor?
This bastard, relying on the fact that the money he looted was not his own, gave it to the emperor as much as he could, making the emperor only have him in his heart.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, please revoke your order. Zhao Lin cannot be the governor."
Cheng ** was furious: "I, I give it to whoever I want, whoever I want, what do you have to do with it?"
Li Chengqian earnestly advised, "Zhao Lin is too young to hold the position of Governor. Giving it to him would be harmful to him. Your Majesty wouldn't want him to get into trouble because of the Governorship, would you?"
Cheng** was already quite drunk and couldn't bear to hear any more. He waved his hand and told Li Chengqian to get out.
Fu Chengwang stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, what you said is correct. Zhao Lin is too young to take on the responsibility of being the governor. Please replace him with someone else."
Zhu Zhongyan quickly laughed and said, "What's the difference between one province and two provinces? If Zhao Lin can govern one province well, he can govern two provinces well. Master Fu, don't you still trust Zhao Lin?"
Fu Chengwang said coldly: "It is because I trust him that I cannot let him be the governor."
That kid is too lawless. Who knows what will happen if he becomes governor.
Fu Chengwang wanted Zhao Lin to calm down for a while, as it would be easy for something to go wrong if he rashly ascended to a high position.
Cheng** has already fallen drunk in the arms of the beauty.
The ministers sighed.
Li Chengqian said, "Come back tomorrow."
The ministers nodded.
They had fought for so long and had agreed on all the exchanges of interests, but in the end Zhao Lin took the spoils.
Absolutely not!
Even though Zhao Lin is the prince's man on the surface.
The princelings are also unwilling.
Not to mention the ministers of Prince Yu’s party who were still unaware that Zhao Lin had surrendered to Prince Yu.
Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye left together.
"Why is Your Majesty so kind to Zhao Lin?" Fu Chengwang couldn't help but ask.
Li Xingye said, "Of course, some things touched your Majesty's heart."
They had no idea that this was all Zhu Zhongyan's doing.
I thought Zhao Lin had given Cheng** some benefits again.
Fu Chengwang said firmly, "Zhao Lin is too young. Being a governor is already a stretch, let alone a governor-general. Otherwise, his virtue would be unworthy of the position, and disaster would surely follow."
Li Xingye said, "I think so too. What are you going to do?"
Fu Chengwang said, "I will go to the palace tomorrow and implore His Majesty to revoke his order."
Li Xingye nodded: "Okay, let's go together tomorrow."
…
East Palace.
The prince sighed, "Father is so kind to Zhao Lin."
Zhang Yongzhen said, "If Zhao Lin becomes the governor, wouldn't that be just right for us?"
The Prince's Junior Tutor said, "So what if he became Governor-General? Can he control the two provinces? If he hadn't ruthlessly replaced everyone in the Jiujiang Governor's Office, he would have been sidelined by now. Disaster will surely follow if one's virtue is unworthy of the position."
In fact, the most important thing is that Zhao Lin is not a member of the prince’s core circle.
The prince was just using Zhao Lin.
And the exchange of interests between them has been negotiated.
The prince said, "Tomorrow they will definitely go to the emperor and ask him to revoke the appointment given to Zhao Lin. We will see the situation. If the emperor insists, we will support Zhao Lin. If he is not so firm, we will oppose Zhao Lin."
…
Prince Yu's Mansion.
When Prince Yu returned home, Zhao Mingzhu asked, "How is it? Has Zhao Lin arrived?"
Prince Yu shook his head: "Zhao Lin said that he was frightened by Xiong Guang and became ill. He couldn't get out of bed and couldn't come."
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