Until he arrived at the cabinet the next day, Lu Lingxi was still a little bit overwhelmed.
Because of Sui Zhou's words, he tossed and turned all night, and inevitably, he lost sleep again.
It is undeniable that Sui Zhou's words shocked him.
What kind of feeling is it to be able to give up everything for the other party, even the heirs
Frankly speaking, although Lu Lingxi also knew that he had an admiration for Tang Fan before, he never thought about the issue of becoming a biological child, or, in his unaware thoughts, becoming a biological child and having a relationship with Tang Fan. It is not contradictory to come close.
However, Sui Zhou's words woke him up.
His head has successfully turned into a mess, and the original smart and agile thinking now seems to be walking into a dead end, and he can't turn it out.
What if he and Big Brother Tang really had a heart-to-heart relationship
Will he give up marrying a wife and having children for Big Brother Tang, and giving up on continuing offspring
Lu Lingxi was reluctant to think about this answer, but he probably knew deep down that he might not be able to do this for Tang Fan.
There are many reasons. He was born in a noble family and has many family ties. The elders of his family would not allow him to do this. Furthermore, if he was an ordinary prostitute, he would just have fun. It's a matter of elegance, but Tang Fan is different. That's not a character he can play with. Conversely, it's almost the same for the other party to play with him. Step back 10,000 steps and say, to Lu Lingxi, Tang Fan is like a character like the breeze and the bright moon. It should not be blasphemous at all, and it is even more impossible to compare it with a prostitute.
But these reasons are not reasons in front of Suizhou.
Except that the other party was not a civil servant, he was not inferior to him at all, even the official rank was higher than him, not to mention that he was a relative of the queen mother, who was highly valued by the heavenly family.
The most important thing is that Jin Yiwei is the eyes and ears of the emperor, and he is in charge of arrest and criminal investigation. Ordinary people will be a little bit scared when they hear it, and officials are even more afraid to provoke them directly.
And such a person is willing to give up marrying a wife and having children for Tang Fan's sake.
So Lu Lingxi was reluctant to admit that he was inferior to Suizhou.
Tang Fan naturally didn't know Lu Lingxi's tangled and tortuous inner journey. He was busy dealing with the official duties accumulated yesterday, and some tasks that needed to be dealt with by others were directly left to Lu Lingxi to deal with, and only let him ask when he didn't understand. At the end, he buried himself in the official documents, completely official, rigorous and serious, completely different from his usual private appearance.
However, it is precisely such two-sidedness that makes Tang Fan's personality more plump and attractive. In front of his friends, he is just a lazy, witty and witty Tang Runqing, but in front of his colleagues and subordinates, he is gentle and amiable in his spare time, discussing matters. Tang Xiang, who was always forgetting to eat and sleep.
Looking at Tang Fan's expressionless face and lowering his head to review the side of the dossier, Lu Lingxi found that just looking at each other like this, he was also dazzled and dazzled.
After a while, it seemed that his neck was a little sore. Tang Fan couldn't help but stretched out his hand and pinched the back of his neck. He raised his head and saw that Lu Lingxi was still on the spot. He couldn't help but look surprised: "Why are you still here?"
Lu Lingxi: "...Tang Xiang, you just asked me to wait here and said you wanted to show me a manuscript for cultivating the law."
In the cabinet, he always pays great attention to safeguarding Tang Fan's face, and never uses the title of Big Brother Tang, but instead refers to Tang Xiang.
Tang Fan patted his forehead and smiled apologetically at him: "Yes, I forgot!"
He glanced quickly, identified what he wanted from the stacks of files, picked up one of them, and handed it to Lu Lingxi.
"That's it. Take it and see it when you have nothing to do. You should also talk about it during the cabinet discussion in the afternoon. You should be allowed to listen in. You may as well listen to it more, it will also help you in the future."
Generally speaking, people are not allowed to sit in the cabinet, even if Lu Lingxi and the others serve in the cabinet, but for some less important meetings, even if Lu Lingxi and the others stay next to them, no one will chase them away. Those who are listening to the study can take advantage of the opportunity to help with tea and water to stay there.
Lu Lingxi took the dossier and hesitated: "Tang Xiang..."
Tang Fan lowered his head again, and only hummed slightly when he heard him speak, his tone raised, expressing doubts, but did not raise his head.
Lu Lingxi's long-awaited words came to his lips, but he didn't say it after all: "No, it's nothing, you'll be busy first."
He went back to his table, sat down, and opened the file.
Tang Fan's handwriting is not as gentle as he appears to be, on the contrary, it appears strong and powerful, and the upright regular script is also written with distinct muscles and bones.
Lu Lingxi was still a little absent-minded, but as he watched, he gradually devoted his full attention to it. It wasn't until noon that Tang Fan called him to have a meal and rest, and he put down the dossier, rubbed his eyes, and sighed, "I just found myself at this time. Your fame is actually a white test!"
Tang Fan laughed: "Why do you feel this emotion?"
Lu Lingxi: "For ten years, I have read the Four Books and Five Classics, and I have listened to great principles, but I don't know how to govern the country and bring peace to the world, how to govern the law, and how to level the law. Now, looking at your regulations, I read it word for word. I have to think over and over again, and it is very laborious, so it can be seen that I usually think very highly of myself, but in fact I am just a rotten Confucian.
Tang Fan smiled and said: "Don't be arrogant, your starting point is much higher than that of ordinary people, and you are not comparable to those who only know how to study hard. What you lack is only the experience accumulated over time. There is a purpose, those who can become the jinshi are not necessarily the talents of governing the country, but all the talents of governing the country are all Confucian scholars who have read poetry and books, you must keep this in mind.”
Lu Lingxi was taught in awe.
Although the age difference between the two is not too big, the best comes first, whether in officialdom, in learning, or in life, Tang Fan is more than enough to be his teacher, and Lu Lingxi even feels that he can follow Tang Fan every day. It is also a kind of happiness to listen to his ears and face life by my side.
However, thinking about his wish that he would be extinguished in the swaddling clothes before it was fulfilled, Lu Lingxi felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart.
Before he could completely pack up his mood, the afternoon cabinet meeting began.
The emperor's body is getting heavier and heavier now, and the day is not as good as the day. Everyone knows what is in their hearts, and they don't break it. They just silently do what they should do to prepare for the prince's upcoming enthronement.
However, the world will not stop functioning because the emperor's dragon is sick, and what should happen is still happening.
In June, Hubei flooded.
In July, there were earthquakes in Lintong and Xianyang.
According to the news from the Datong garrison, there are signs that the Tartar side is ready to move.
Since the orthodox Tianshun year, the coastal defenses have been empty, and the traces of Japanese pirates have appeared frequently. At this time, there was a trade agreement between China and Japan, and the Japanese pirates used the name of tribute. , and then take advantage of its unpreparedness, it will kill and loot, and even the merchants and ships of the Ming Dynasty have been repeatedly harmed by it, and there are many people along the coast who cannot bear it.
This piece by piece, passed through the locality and reported to the Minister of Communications, is all the important tasks that the Da Ming Zaifu people urgently need to deal with.
Lu Lingxi and several other Hanlins who were working in the cabinet watched, and then they deeply realized the significance of the cabinet as the highest power center of Ming Dynasty.
The emperor is wise and talented, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to determine the world in one sentence, but if there is an emperor like today's son, the role of the cabinet will become very important. The rich experience in local administration, the experience of serving in the six ministries, and the talents selected by the imperial examination, can deal with these troubles that can make these new Hanlins dumbfounded and helpless.
And several Hanlin, including Lu Lingxi, also saw the shrewd and capable side of the cabinet elders.
Like Liu Ji, although he was nicknamed Liu Mian by the officials, if he was really useless, he would not have been in the cabinet for so many years. There is a difference between not wanting to work and not being able to work. After Wan An and others fell, Liu Ji was worried that he would be the next one. In contrast to the mediocre style of the past few years, he became vigorous overnight. He even made Yan Jin's remonstrance several times, exhorting the emperor to stay away from alchemists and not indulge in losing. The sadness of Concubine Wan and so on, the style of painting changed too fast, making everyone stunned.
In the cabinet, everyone has different temperaments, and their style of work on many things is also different.
Although Tang Fan is at the bottom of the ranking, because he is the youngest, has the best energy, and is the fastest efficient, now he not only has to manage the affairs of the punishment department, but also the military department. It is no wonder that Lu Lingxi is also in the same room. I couldn't find a chance to say a few words to him, because Tang Fan was too busy.
The topic of the cabinet meeting was related to the earthquake. Because of the need for funding, Li Min, Minister of the Household, also attended.
At this time, along with Wan Dang's resignation, the so-called "Liu Shangshu of Clay Sculpture" has almost gone. Li Min asked to leave due to illness. He resumed his remission two years ago and became the governor of Caoyun. Later, he was in charge of the household department. Skilled people.
The process of the meeting was nothing more than Liu Ji mentioned a number and asked the Ministry of Household to allocate funds. Li Min began to bargain, saying that the Ministry of Household did not have so much money now, and was also responsible for food and grass in various parts of the north. Liu Jian, Tang Fan and others interjected and entered several times to participate in the discussion. Everyone was dry-mouthed. Finally, the next number was decided, and Li Min's side allocated the money and grain, and then Liu Jian was in charge of the cabinet. Then find Liu Jian to contact Yunyun.
The new Hanlins have seen a few times that the cabinet discussions are essentially the same as bargaining in the market, and they are all dumbfounded.
Immediately after that, Tang Fan proposed his own draft articles on the new revision of the law to fill in the "Daming Law", but this issue is more difficult than before. Liu Ji is a person who seeks stability in essence, and he has the lessons of all parties. I'm willing to make another slap in the face, because once this kind of regulation is passed, the first assistant will definitely be directly responsible, so even with Liu Jian's support, Tang Fan's proposal was still suppressed by Liu Ji, and he did not directly veto it. , After only one sentence, Tang Fan was helpless, he couldn't grab someone's clothes and urge him to come to a conclusion right away.
Although the whole meeting had nothing to do with the new Hanlin, they watched silently, but they also learned a lot. As for what they realized, it depends on each person's understanding.
Near the end of the discussion, the guards outside came in to spread the word, saying that Sui Zhou, the commander of Jin Yiwei, was ordered by the Queen Mother and had a decree to convey.
Liu Ji hurriedly asked the other party to come in.
After Suizhou came in, he first bowed his hands to all the people in the cabinet to show respect, and then said: "I will go to the Queen Mother to greet the Queen Mother when the official is down. The Queen Mother has an order for me to convey it."
Everyone naturally knew that he and the Queen Mother were relatives, and they were not surprised when they heard the words, so Liu Ji asked, "Commander Sui, please tell me."
Suizhou said: "I don't know if the posthumous title and honorable title for the noble concubine Wan have been prepared?"
Liu Jixu coughed, Empress Dowager Zhou did not want to see Concubine Wan, which is also known to everyone. "The words to return to the Queen Mother have been prepared, and the posthumous title is Ci Xiao Gong Su Duan Shen Rong Imperial Concubine Jing."
Suizhou: "Wan is only a concubine, how can He De get the posthumous title of eight characters? Where is her kindness, and where is her filial piety?"
His expression of questioning on behalf of the Empress Dowager with a cold face was really intimidating, even Liu Ji was frightened, and said carefully: "This is His Majesty's will..."
Suizhou said: "The queen mother has a life, let everyone discuss it again."
This is really a fight between gods and mortals.
Liu Ji was a little helpless, thinking about the lawsuit between your mother and son, what does it have to do with us!
But he couldn't respond like this, so he had to come down.
After Suizhou finished the message, he didn't stop for a long time, turned around and left, but when he passed by Tang Fan, he touched him without a trace, and his fingers brushed lightly on the back of the other's hand.
The action is fast, but very ambiguous.
No one present noticed, except Lu Lingxi.
His eyes widened.
This is too bold!