There is a Deyangju outside Xuanwu Gate, which is a famous restaurant in the capital. According to legend, Yongle often came here for private clothes. Two hundred years later, Deyangju has become a century-old brand today, and its business is quite good. A few years ago, the owner of Deyangju bought two nearby yards and decorated them for quiet customers.

Of course, the price is not cheap. Normally, a meal at Deyangju costs seven or eight taels, but if you eat in the yard, it will start with ten taels. This price is not less than that of the famous Yuanxinju in Beijing, but guests have always been there.

Today, a table of guests was dining in Deyang East Courtyard. From their decent clothes and manners, we can see that these are not ordinary people.

It is indeed not an ordinary person. The treats were Lord Cheng Zhengji, who had just been promoted from the head of the Ministry of Personnel to the Wailang, and Lord Mao Shilong, who had just been transferred to the position of the Criminal Department.

The guests were also quite famous. There were Yang Sichang, who had just been promoted from the head of the Fujian Department of the Ministry of Revenue to the Chief of the Jiangxi Department of the Ministry of Revenue, Hong Chengchou, who was promoted from the Qing Department of the Ministry of Justice, Lu Mingde, who was promoted from the Department of Works, Sun Bixian, who was promoted from the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department, Jiang Tianxiu, who was promoted from the Yunnan Censorate, Song Chengqing, who was expected to be appointed as the inspector of Fujian, and Ge Xiuwen, who was appointed as the Ministry of War.

In addition, there are two other Jinshi Ma and Ruan Dacheng who passed the imperial examination together this year. The former is planned to be appointed as the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, while the latter is already appointed as the pedestrian.

This is not the first time these 11 people have dinner in Dongju, Deyang. In the past year, these people have to come here to gather almost every half month.

There is no need to contact each party specifically. As soon as the time comes, each family will come to Deyang East Courtyard by themselves. If you feel that the time cannot come, you only need to send someone to hand the post to Mao Shilong and Cheng Zhengji who are hosting in name.

The cost of the dinner does not require everyone to contribute, and will be reimbursed by the Maritime Office and Zuo'anmen Office of the Inner Office.

They were young talents who went to Xishan to attend the first symposium of reform patriots in more than a year and were affectionately called "the future of the empire" by Eunuch Wei.

Because they were very disgusted with the party members, these young talents called their eleven-member small group "Restoration Society". They intended to learn the thoughts of Eunuch Wei through this meeting, promote the Ming Dynasty to grow industries and build businesses as soon as possible, maintain and strengthen the country, eliminate the accumulated problems in the court, and seek benefits for the people.

Every Reform and Dining dinner has a theme. The last theme was about the war in Liaodong, and this time the theme was about the reform.

The changes in the theme represent changes in current affairs and courts. The 11 people here also knew the situation of the war in Liaodong much earlier than the officials in the capital.

Almost every day, the Zuoanmen Office will send a sealed Liaodong war report to these eleven Reformers. These war reports are sent from the front line of Jianzhou, and they are not following the Tangbao Post and Post System of the Liaodong Dusi, but the special message from the Maritime Office.

Eunuch Wei once called for a hundred flowers to bloom, so the topic of each dinner was determined by 11 people. As long as 6 people voted, the theme of the next dinner could be determined.

The theme of "reform" this time was proposed by Yang Sichang, who had just been promoted to Chief Secretary, and was approved unanimously.

Yang Sichang was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli. With his qualifications, he should have been promoted to Wulang. His father Yang He was also the governor of the three sides. But I don’t know if it was because one or two Jinshi were too popular, or because Yang Sichang was too upright, or if someone in the court did not want another governor of the Yang family to be promoted, so Yang Sichang was never promoted to the Ministry of Personnel.

Until, Eunuch Wei gave him three thousand taels.

"There is nothing shameful about buying an official. If you don't buy an official, others will buy it. Those who are not as good as you buy an official who is bigger than you, and they don't know anything, and they still point fingers on your head, asking you to face east and west, but you can't refuse, and you can't even complain. Is this the so-called upright and fair person who deserves?... We don't think so. Our family supports you to buy official positions, buy official positions for the prosperity of the people, buy official positions for the strength of the country, and buy official positions for the realization of faith, not for our family!"

"As long as you can be good officials, be high-ranking officials, never forget your original aspirations, and always serve the people, it is our greatest contribution to our Ming Dynasty!"

“……”

At the Xishan Conference, every word that Eunuch Wei said is still engraved in Yang Sichang's mind. Yang Wenruo never thought that a eunuch could have such amazing insights, write such shocking selections of writings, put forward such bold slogans, and put the interests of the people first.

When I heard it suddenly, Eunuch Wei said something very wrong. But carefully combined with the current court situation and the chaotic court that has been chaotic for decades due to the party struggle, Eunuch Wei’s words are so heartwarming and so touching the depths of the soul.

Yes, as long as you are dedicated to the welfare of the people and the strength of the country, buying an official is not only shameless, but also a proud thing!

In his letter to his family, Yang Sichang did not tell his father that he was an official who paid for money, and he did not even talk to his father about any matters about the Reformation Society. However, he sent his father one to six volumes of "Wei Gong's Collection", and at the same time, he also sent dozens of pages of the "Huangming Daily" published in the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region.

He believed that his father should be able to understand his meaning and would support his choice.

As long as everything is only for the public, will the means be criticized? What is it?

In the world, only the public is the only one who is important, and why bother with the details?

According to past rules, everyone had a meal first and finished it. Cheng Zhengji, who had already told Ma Shiying a good news, that was, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, who was originally scheduled to be the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, was changed to the Hanlin Academy's relatively inner-level book Wenhua Hall to write articles.

This is really good news. Anyone with the Nei Shu Culture Hall usually serves as an official of Youchunfang, and Youchunfang is an official of the Eastern Palace. This means that Ma Shiying may be able to be a lecturer in the imperial lecture and the prince's teacher in the future.

"Thank you, and thank you comrades!"

Ma Shiying was a little excited and wrote a compilation to the reform comrades sitting there.

"Eunuch Wei's move has a profound meaning, and the East Palace can't have an east anymore." Hong Chengchou, who has been promoted to the Ministry of Justice, looked at the direction where the East Palace was very meaningful.

"Restoration requires the East Palace, but it also needs a core. This core can only be, and it must be our Xishan Restoration Society! And our Restoration Society also needs a core!"

Cheng Zhengji touched his not-so-long beard. Because he drank a few cups, Lord Cheng looked a little bit fumigated.
Chapter completed!