Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, Fan Hongdao wanted to return to the Nancheng Branch Office of Daxing County before the city gate was closed, so he said goodbye to the county lord Zhu and headed towards Chongwen Gate. On the way, Fan Hongdao frowned and was worried.

As a personal guard, Li Xiaoniang of course followed closely at this time, and when she saw this, she asked, "Why is Mr. Fan so anxious? ”

Fan Hongdao sighed: "Inexplicably, I was asked like this by two people, and the two sides are not the same as each other, and I am almost at a loss, how can I not be annoyed?"

The authorities are fascinated by bystanders, and Li Xiaoniang is now very familiar with Fan Hongdao, so she replied: "Actually, in the final analysis, it is because Mr. Fan you have something in your heart, so you are troubled, right?"

Fan Hongdao seemed to be awakened by this sentence, "Yes!

If you can help others become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, then when you take the exam in three years, it may be very rewarding, and this is a temptation that cannot be refused for any scholar. If there is no desire, there will be troubles, so Fan Hongdao's troubles are essentially worried that he will make the wrong choice and then lose the opportunity in vain.

"Then who should I help?" Fan Hongdao said to himself subconsciously.

Little Lady Li couldn't help but laugh and said: "Why is Mr. Fan so confused today? Aren't people looking for you to tell Shen Ge Lao about the item, and they don't let you choose people, you just tell Shen Ge Lao about the candidates on both sides, and then you have your own judgment of Shen Ge Lao, why do you bother with anything?"

Fan Hongdao patted his head, I have to say that his mentality is a little inflated now, and he is almost lost in his phantom, and he can also worry about the selection of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?

Others can politely boast about themselves and exaggerate their influence, but they must not take it seriously, and if they are regarded as the norm, they will end up as a joke.

The real purpose of others is probably to spread a word through the mouth of the "meritorious hero", if Shen Shoufu is interested in someone, he will naturally summon him, and he does not need Fan Hongdao to make a decision. So it's better to be honest and be a messenger, thinking too much is asking for trouble!

However, from the bottom of his heart, Fan Hongdao is not much interested in the unskilled work of simply passing words, and he is too lazy to run errands. He decided to find another outsourcer.

When he returned to the branch office in the evening, Fan Hongdao was reprimanded by Shen Yongmao for a quarter of an hour because of absenteeism. Fan Hongdao explained: "There are two friends who have to meet and want to seek the official position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and ask me to go and see it in detail. ”

Shen Dagongzi's mood was very complicated, and the sour water began to bubble out again-someone actually looked for Fan Hongdao for this, so why didn't anyone come to him? Wasn't his father the first assistant of the cabinet? Could it be that Fan Hongdao was heavier than him Shen Dagongzi?

Fan Hongdao has been dealing with Shen Dagongzi for so long, and he can figure out Shendagongzi's mentality, and immediately said: "Actually, when they came to me, they also asked me to bring a message to Tangzun, and ask Tangzun to say a kind word in front of the elder." ”

The subtext of this sentence is: In the final analysis, you are still the great son of Shen! So Shen Yongmao's vanity was satisfied, and it turned out that the purpose of others looking for Fan Hongdao was still himself, and he was more important than Fan Hongdao.

Fan Hongdao easily subcontracted the task of "piggybacking", and he didn't have to run errands to go to the Shen Mansion to toss around, so why not do it?

And the next day, the "heavy responsibility" of Shen Dagongzi returned home, and conveyed the two requests of Shen Xing and Zhu Geng to his father Shen Shixing. When Shen Shoufu heard this, he scolded: "What are you doing with this kind of nossy?"

Although the six books were theoretically elected by the public recommendation system and approved by the Son of Heaven, they ostensibly had little to do with the cabinet. However, since the expansion of the power of the cabinet, the cabinet scholars have also had a great influence on the selection of foreign scholars, and the Son of Heaven will generally consult the first assistant if he approves the selection of scholars.

Therefore, in the past few days, Shen Ge Lao has received a lot of requests from various channels, all of which are related to the official position of the Ministry of Rites. Unexpectedly, my son came home today, and he also came for this.

It's not surprising if you think about it carefully, the eight immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers, snakes have snakes, rats and rats, and who is not trying to use all means to compete for the book of the Ministry of Rites?

Scolded by his father, Shen Dagongzi only felt bored with himself, and was about to retreat after a salute, and said casually before leaving: "It's just that Fan Hongdao asked me to pass on a word." ”

"Wait!" Shen Shoufu stopped his son, and after a little thought, he said, "You mean, this is Fan Hongdao who asked you to deliver the message? If so, you ask Fan Hongdao to come to see me as soon as possible!"

Shen Dagongzi was unbalanced again, and thought indignantly: He passed on his own words, and his father didn't take it seriously at all, but I heard that it was Fan Hongdao who passed the word, and my father attached so much importance to it, who is the own son?

When Shen Dagongzi returned to the branch office and told Fan Hongdao, Fan Hongdao was also surprised. In his mind, to spread the hearts of Yu Shenxing and Zhu Geng to Shen Shoufu's ears, even if the task is completed, what is the use of Shen Shoufu summoning him?

With this doubt, Fan Hongdao had no choice but to work hard to enter the inner city again and go to Xicheng Shenfu to meet Shoufu. I happened to be going to the inner study hall tomorrow to take classes, and I came out of the Shen Mansion to find a hostel to sleep in for the night, and I got up and went directly to the palace, without running back and forth between the inner city and the outer city.

Without too much politeness, the old Shoufu immediately asked: "Do you think, who is more suitable between Yu Zhan Shi and Zhu Shilang?" Fan Hongdao was stunned, he didn't understand what Shen Shoufu meant, what does it mean to be more suitable?

Shen Shixing saw that Fan Hongdao didn't react, and asked again: "The old man wants to ask you, which of these two is more suitable to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? Didn't you recommend these two to the old man?"

Fan Hongdao continued to be stunned, because it was really unbelievable! Shen Shoufu actually asked for his opinion, could it be that he Fan Hongdao agreed when he said it? That was the Ministry of Rites, and he Fan Hongdao was just a small prisoner!

"This, this, I don't know. Fan Hongdao, who has always been able to speak well, seemed to be dumb at this time, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence.

Strictly speaking, Fan Hongdao was very rude to this answer. Shen Shoufu remained silent and continued: "Since this is the case, then after you go back, think about it carefully, who do you think is better, and then come and tell the old man, the old man should be as good as he goes." ”

At this time, Fan Hongdao was not stunned, but stupid, what does the old Shoufu mean? What does it mean to be good? Could it be that if you say who is better, Shen Shoufu will listen to his own opinions and support whoever is on top?

In other words, it is to leave the decision on the selection of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites into one's own hands? Is there any mistake! Isn't this like child's play? Shen Shoufu is only in his fifties, so he shouldn't be confused!