At the 16th hour of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Qingfeng, the first morning court of the new year officially began. At the morning court, Guo Chong officially issued an imperial edict and appointed Lin Jue as the envoy of Great Wednesday. Although Lu Zhongtian, Yang Jun and others strongly opposed it on the spot.
.But Guo Chong was unmoved and overcame all opinions and issued the imperial edict.
Lin Jue's appointment has set many precedents. First, he is the youngest Third Secretary Envoy since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. Lin Jue is only twenty-three years old this year. At such an age, he has entered the core of the Zhou Dynasty among the two governments and the Three Secretaries.
He served as the chief of the three main officials, which had never happened before. It broke the official record held by Fang Dunru, who was appointed deputy prime minister at the age of 31.
Secondly, Lin Jue only became an official for three years, and then he rose like a rocket to the rank of second-rank official in the imperial court. This also set a record for the shortest time to become an official, but the fastest promotion. In fact, if you look carefully at Lin Jue's
If you look at his resume, you will find even more exaggerated facts. His experience was not all smooth sailing. The dignified Number One Scholar was once just a seventh-grade idle official, and he almost lost his job as a storyteller in the Chongzheng Palace. After that, he was transferred to the Ordinance Department and was demoted back to Chongzheng Palace.
He was promoted to the Storyteller Office of the Government Palace, and then to the Yamen of the Kaifeng Prefecture, where he was promoted to the Criminal Division. It was not until the outbreak of the Qingjiao Rebellion that Lin Jue was completely pushed onto the political center stage. From Kaifeng Prefecture, he was promoted to the Third Division Envoy
In fact, Lin Jue only spent a short year in his high position.
It would take an average person at least twenty years to go from being appointed as a local criminal officer to the position of Third Chief Envoy. If you are lucky, it would be at least ten years. But Lin Jue took the position in just one year. This speed can be called a rocket-like rise.
Unparalleled.
Of course, all this relies not only on ability and luck, but also on the strategy of seeing through the situation and taking advantage of the situation, and also requires luck. Many people believe that the reason why Lin Jue became successful so quickly was actually due to the Qingjiao Rebellion.
He had the opportunity to rise up in the chaos. This is true. If it were not for the chaos of the political reform and the rebellion of the Qingjiao, Lin Jue might not be able to show his talents. Just relying on those poems and articles would not be enough. Poetry these days
The article can only fascinate those scholars, young literary girls, and brothel singers, but it is absolutely not an absolute factor in being promoted to an official position. Being able to turn the tide in a chaotic situation really gave Lin Jue a lot of points.
However, just relying on the merits of Ping Qingjiao was not enough. In the predicament after Yan Fang and his wife committed suicide, Lin Jue struggled to survive, using small levers to move the earth, and taking advantage of the suspicion planted by Guo Chong's suspicious character.
Seeds, and seized the opportunity to boldly donate medicine, cured Guo Chong's disease, and successfully gained Guo Chong's attention. Let Guo Chong choose himself when choosing the balancing power of the court. This is the key to the problem. If these factors did not occur
Function. Lin Jue was at best a mid- to high-level official in the imperial court. Although serving in the East Room of the Privy Council under Yang Jun was an extremely important official position, it was obvious that under Yang Jun, Lin Jue would never get ahead.
Some people tend to ignore the importance of luck. They think that luck is a vague thing, and success depends entirely on hard work. As everyone knows, without luck, no matter how hard you work, it will be in vain. And luck, to put it bluntly, is nothing.
It is the ability to seize opportunities, an invisible and intangible soft power. Or a strategy. It is obvious that Lin Jue seized the fleeting opportunity at the most difficult time and made the best decision.
The strategic response has achieved quite good results.
Although becoming the Third Secretary-General does not mean that everything will be fine, but it will officially push him into a position of confrontation with Lu Zhongtian, Yang Jun, Wu Chunlai, Guo Xu and others. But
, being able to get this opportunity for a head-on confrontation is already an achievement. In the past, Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun may not have regarded Lin Jue as an opponent from the bottom of their hearts, but now they have to face up to Lin Jue. A young man with cunning methods
A ruthless, omnipotent opponent. This person even has no scruples in doing things that even they are afraid of. As the saying goes, evil people are afraid of being tortured by evil people. When a group of people with no bottom line encounter an opponent with even less bottom line, what will happen in their hearts?
Don't be afraid.
After the morning court, Lin Jue returned to the private room of the Privy Council to pack his things and officially took office. Before leaving, Lin Jue went to Yang Jun's public room to say goodbye.
After the morning court, Yang Jun was in a bad mood and was sitting upright drinking tea. However, when he saw Lin Jue coming in, he stood up and bowed his hands in greeting. He laughed and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Lin for being promoted to the third envoy. I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be so
You will soon be on an equal footing with me. It took me twenty years to become Privy Councilor."
Lin Jue smiled and saluted: "How dare I sit on an equal footing with Privy Yang? The emperor thinks highly of me, but I am actually frightened. I come to say goodbye to Privy Yang today, and at the same time I also come to thank you, sir."
Yang Jun chuckled and said: "Thank you, old man? I'm afraid you want to scold me. I oppose your promotion, shouldn't you scold me?"
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "I'm not that chicken-hearted. Not only Privy Yang and all the nobles in the court who objected, but even I myself think that my talents and qualifications are not enough to take on this position. But the emperor needs me to serve the court.
, I can only do my best, and can’t think too much. Besides, Privy Yang has taken me in for a few months, and I can be considered a person who has gone out of the Privy Council. Privy Yang also has a favor for me. How can I do this?
Could you please thank Privy Yang?"
Yang Jun sneered: "Do you really think so? I'm afraid it's just words. When you impeached me that day, you didn't care about any support."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "How can personal favor be confused with important affairs of the imperial court? I am impeaching you because you were indeed inappropriate in countering the rebellion. That was your dereliction of duty as a privy envoy. If I am falsely accusing you, there are laws of the country."
Punish me. If your Majesty is unhappy, I can understand it. But the important matters of the court come first, so I can only do this. If your Majesty is unhappy, I can't help it."
Yang Jun chuckled and said: "You are so high-sounding, what else can I say? Oh, it's a pity, you can't touch me in the slightest. So what if you impeach me? I am still me, unmoved. Say something you don't like to hear.
, don’t think that you are proud of yourself now and are favored by the emperor. Your teachers Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu were also like this back then. They were in the limelight for a while and seemed unstoppable. But in fact, when the storm came, they ended up committing suicide. You
Don’t follow in their footsteps.”
Lin Jue frowned and said: "Privy Yang, I respect you as an important minister in the court. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to tease me about my late master and Master Yan. The two adults are devoted to the court and have an upright life."
.Their deaths should be lamented by others. The emperor is extremely sad, but Privy Yang seems to be taking pleasure in others' misfortune. Don't you feel guilty, Mr. Yang?"
Yang Jun laughed and said: "What are you sorry for? They have tortured themselves to death, so what do they have to do with me? Reform and reform, they are clamoring for reform every day, and they have made a mess up and down. The reason for the chaos in the Qingjiao is the reform, people
Everyone knows that the emperor is kind and only respects them after their death, but this is not the case for me. I have no obligation to do so.
They died with a sad face, I have my own opinion. What? Do you think I have to accommodate your opinion? It's a joke."
Lin Jue waved his hands and said, "That's all, I won't argue with you. I'm not here to argue with Mr. Yang either. I'm here to say goodbye. I'll leave here now."
Lin Jue bowed respectfully, turned around and walked towards the door.
"Master Lin, stop!" Yang Jun said in a deep voice.
Lin Jue stopped and turned around and said, "What else do you have to say, Your Majesty the Privy Council?"
Yang Jun walked slowly to Lin Jue's side, stared into Lin Jue's eyes and said solemnly: "Mr. Lin, since you are here to say goodbye, I have a few words to say goodbye."
Lin Jue cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some advice."
Yang Jun said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lin, I know that the deaths of Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsheng made you very angry. You must have vented your anger on some people in the country, thinking that these people were responsible for the deaths of Yan Fang and Fang.
That's why you made some unusual moves. I can understand this, and I don't hold a grudge. But Mr. Lin also has to think about it. The deceased has passed away, and those of us who are alive still have to look forward.
If Mr. Lin thinks that you are so proud now that you can do whatever you want, you are totally wrong. My advice is that if you want to gain a foothold in this court, you need to change yourself. Otherwise, you will be unable to move forward."
Lin Jue chuckled and said, "Forgive me for being stupid, I didn't understand what the Privy Councilor meant."
Yang Jun smacked his lips and said: "You are a smart man, why do you still want me to be so straightforward? Well, I will be more straightforward. If you want to fight with me, with Lu Zhongtian, you are asking for death. Don't think so.
The emperor is treating you well now, but that is no shield for you. You must give up some of your inappropriate ways and compromise and cooperate, otherwise your position as the three envoys may be short-lived. The higher you climb, the harder you fall.
If you don’t like to hear it, I’ll still say that, Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu are the precedents.”
Lin Jue laughed loudly and said, "Is Privy Yang threatening me? Lin wants to know how Privy Yang wants me to cooperate with you?"
Yang Jun frowned and said: "This is advice, not a threat. But if you take this as a threat, I don't care. I never mince words and deeds. I actually have no ill intentions towards you. I still remember last year in Xingren Mansion.
Our conversation? After that conversation, I was very impressed with you. I think you are a thoughtful and talented person, and I would like to make friends with you. Unfortunately, you regard me as an enemy. You have gained a foothold in the imperial court.
, what is needed is not only talent and ability, but even the emperor's favor sometimes does not work. You need helpers. You have made too many enemies and have already become the target of public criticism. From now on, you will act in full view of the public.
If you are not careful, you will be in catastrophe. Do you understand what I mean?"
Lin Jue nodded and said: "I understand, I understand. Didn't my mentor just say those few words in private and then he was reported? In the future, I may not even fart too loudly, otherwise I will be reported by some people.
The emperor told me that I fart, which polluted the air in the capital, and that I would be thrown into prison for questioning. Hahahaha."
Lin Jue laughed. Yang Jun frowned and glared at Lin Jue: "I am talking to you seriously, and you are teasing me?"
Lin Jue suppressed his laughter and said: "My lord, continue, my lord, continue, just treat me as a fart."
