Gu Qinghuan and Yang Rongan had a fight in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites.

"What if I ask her for a kiss? It's my delusion, but I also have the right to be delusional! What do you have to do with it? Gu Qinghuan! Where am I sorry for you? Why do you accuse me?"

Yang Rongan was also ruthless, scuffling with Gu Qinghuan, and fighting back at the fist he picked up. Both of them are powerless scholars, who have no experience in fighting, and only blindly tear and pinch each other, staring and rolling on the ground. Gu Qinghuan was completely let go, and Yang Rongan also broke out.

"How did your father use my father? Did you tell any reason when the Gu family dealt with my father? Do you think I don't know all this? Gu Qinghuan, I treat you as a friend and a brother, how did you treat me? You are sorry for me! It is your Gu family that is shameful and hateful!"

"You have no right to accuse me! Don't say that I didn't marry her, even if I really marry Jiang Xiange, what can you do?"

Gu Qinghuan roared angrily, flipped up suddenly, put one arm against his neck, and freed his other hand, grabbed the stone inkstone placed on the corner of the public case and slammed it on Yang Rongan's forehead......

Yang Rong'an stared at him in horror at that moment, screamed, and was suppressed by him and couldn't move or breathe, only to feel that at that moment, it was not Gu Qinghuan in front of him, but a crazy demon.

Between the lightning and flint, the heavy stone inkstone smashed down, and the flowers fell next to his head, and the cold ink and stones splashed on his forehead.

The expected blow did not happen, he was almost suffocated, he felt the coldness on his forehead, reached out to touch it, opened his eyes and found that it was black ink, not red blood, only to exhale heavily, and as soon as he took his hand away, he saw that Gu Qinghuan gritted his teeth and opened his eyes angrily, and he was trying his best to restrain himself.

Yang Rongan fully believed that Gu Qinghuan would really slap him on the head at that time, but in the end, he still didn't do such a fatal blow to him......

The movement in the court was heard by the agents outside, and the first person to hear it was Fang Aixing, who happened to come here at this time to urge Gu Qinghuan to move. As he ran towards it, he shouted, "Lady Squire, Lady Squire, what's wrong!"

Listening to the voices on the corridor getting louder and closer, Gu Qinghuan, who was riding on Yang Rongan, had not had time to get up, and Fang Aixing had already rushed to the door......

The two with blue noses and swollen faces and disheveled clothes glanced at each other in panic, Yang Rongan reacted quickly, hugged Gu Qinghuan's waist, tore his already loose collar, hugged his neck, and rubbed his back......

Gu Qinghuan understood what he meant in an instant, responded keenly, hugged him, pulled each other's clothes, his upper body was half-naked, his limbs were entangled, and he rolled on the ground together, his movements were violent...... Glamorous ......

As soon as he stepped in, Fang Aixing, who saw this scene at a glance, seemed to be blinded by the lightning, and his mouth was wide open.

However, a person like him, who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, will not be so panicked, and his reaction is more alert than the two in the court, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately turned around and flashed out of the waiter's court, and brought the door very interestingly, blocking the door in time to stop the others who ran over, "It's okay, it's okay, Lord Shilang and Lord Langzhong will come out immediately, leave immediately, what should you do!"

In the event of an amnesty, the two people in the court were relieved, stopped their strange movements, let go of each other, and lay on the ground exhausted to gasp for breath, looking at the roof of the court, they couldn't help laughing for a while.

“…… Did you kiss me?"

"Not really!"

"Then I must have been gnawed by a dog on my neck......"

"You're the dog......"

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Gu Qinghuan slowly got up from the ground, tidied up his clothes, rubbed his wounds, felt weird, and secretly glanced at Yang Rongan a few times, he was still lying on the ground and did not move, Gu Qinghuan kicked him: "Eh, get up, it's time to go to the ministry." ”

Yang Rongan sat up, wiped the ink and sweat on his face, hugged his clothes, and put away his belt, "Forget it, I won't go, you can preside over it." If the two of us go out together like this, we will definitely be seen fighting. ”

Gu Qinghuan thought for a moment, stood up, and dusted off the ashes on his body, "Okay, let's talk about it later." ”

"We ...... Yang Rongan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, as if he was ignorant.

Gu Qinghuan blushed inexplicably and added, "Our chord song matter!"

He turned around and walked out directly, and Yang Rongan said to his back: "I really love her too!" But Qinghuan, I don't want to lose you because of my feelings for her......

Gu Qinghuan paused, didn't look back, opened the door, closed it again, adjusted his mood, and acted as if he was fine.

As soon as he took a few steps, he bumped into Fang Aixing again, at this time Fang Aixing was no longer afraid of him, he looked at him with a meaningful gaze, smiled slyly, and deliberately asked, "Why did Master Gu get hurt?"

"Can't you wrestle?"

Fang Aixing squeezed his eyebrows, stroked his mustache, yin and yang weird: "Then you have to be careful, if you fall, you will fall, don't knock down Lord Shilang......"

Looking at the corner, there was no one on this corner of the corridor, Gu Qinghuan gritted his teeth, pushed Fang Aixing against the wall, and looked at him with a very fierce gaze: "What did you see just now?"

Fang Aixing was stupid, and said in a trembling voice: "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that Master Gu, you accidentally fell in the Shilang Pavilion, who hasn't accidentally stumbled?"

Gu Qinghuan let go of him, hooked the corners of his bruised lips and smiled, "Yes, it's not weird, what's the big deal? There's nothing worth saying, isn't it?"

Fang Aixing nodded obediently: "Yes, there is nothing to say." ”

Gu Qinghuan helped him pat the wrinkled official uniform on his chest and glanced at him: "Then let's go, go to the ministry." ”

The imperial court clearly stipulates that officials who fight in the official office will be severely punished, and those who are above the fifth grade will be punished with demotion and fines, and those who are serious will be directly removed from their posts.

At this juncture, he couldn't get out of this situation, Yang Rongan was calmer and more generous than him, so in the end he tried to help him resolve this crisis.

One is to be punished immediately, and the other is at most rumored to be criticized, and everyone is ashamed to say it on the surface, without evidence, and no one wants to offend Shangguan and destroy his future.

In short, it is a sentence, turbid officialdom, big fights, small broken sleeves.

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The official office of the Ministry of Rites and the official office of the Ministry of Officials are only a few miles apart, but the senior officials of the two ministries still travel with horse-drawn carriages and ceremonial guards.

Because the rectification of the scientific examination is the top priority of the two ministries, they have been discussed and studied together for several months, and the final decision will be made today, which will be led by Gu Qinghuan, who was the first to draft the case, to decompose the details, and then Zuo Si Cheng Du will go to the Ministry of Officials to discuss and make decisions with the two departments, and the rectification and reform adopted by the Zuo Si Cheng will be directly used in the next scientific examination, and open up a new autumn system.

Yang Rongantuo did not come forward, the highest level on the side of the Ministry of Rites was Gu Qinghuan, and he would face the battle between the Zuo Si Cheng Department and the Ministry of Officials alone.

He has been preparing for today for a long time, even if he walks into the Shangshu Hall of the Ministry with a bruised face, he does not lose his calm demeanor, and he is polite and polite in the face of his superiors and subordinates, who are both raw and familiar, friends and enemies.

Gu Qinghuan took out the strip Chen placed in the brocade box and presented it to Du Wanwei, this was his hard work for several months, and finally came to the moment when the matter was completed.

Du Wanwei admires Gu Qinghuan more, and because of Gu Qingxuan, he will fully cooperate with Gu Qinghuan.

He sat on the right seat in the Shangshu Hall of the Ministry of Officials, took the heavy final page of the paper, and opened it to read.

But it was closed again a moment after opening, and the action was slightly shocking, and the sound was startling.

Everyone was puzzled, and when they saw that he didn't look like he was angry, they calmed down.

Zheng Zhiyang, the secretary of the ministry next to him, asked: "Dare to ask Lord Si Cheng, is there anything wrong?"

Du Wanwei's gaze swept over Gu Qinghuan and the neat officials of the various ministries under the hall, hiding his embarrassment, and only shook his head and smiled: "Gu Langzhong's book is not the final version of the revision, right? I'm afraid that it was confused with the previous wrong version, and I took it wrong, so let's discuss it again after changing." ”

Gu Qinghuan was a little surprised, at a loss, took a piece of Chen paper from his hand, opened it and only glanced at it, he himself was really shocked, and hurriedly closed it to stabilize his emotions.

"Please forgive the lower official for negligence, this is indeed not the final version of the article that the lower official is preparing to submit today. ”

Gu Qinghuan could only admit it according to Du Wanwei's words, otherwise how else could he explain?

The original complicated and lengthy content of the document has been replaced with a picture of the Spring Palace of Living, Color, Sheng, and Incense, and he personally presented it to Lord Sanbu Sicheng in front of everyone?

It's ridiculous!

The swelling on his face began to ache from the moment he saw the contents of the article, as if he had smashed a finger-thick document directly into his face, and he could hardly imagine how he would have collapsed if it weren't for the considerable improvement in his self-control.

Fortunately, Du Wanwei deliberately covered it up for him, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

In this case, he couldn't mess with himself, so he hurriedly took back the documents and put them in a brocade box and sealed them.

The people in the Ministry of Officials were naturally not happy to hear him say this, Zheng Zhiyang already had the intention of accountability, and lowered his face and said: "Gu Langzhong, is this how your Ministry of Rites does things? Today, Lord Si Cheng personally came to review your regulations, it is related to scientific research, the rectification of the rule of officials, and the major policy of the country, how can you be careless? These two ministries and the Zuo Si Cheng Office gathered at the moment and took the matter seriously, and your Ministry of Rites treated it with such an attitude?"

Tiao Chen was replaced, the original Tiao Chen is missing, and now even if it is said that it is in vain to find it, it cannot be postponed any further, otherwise Zheng Zhiyang's accusation will be more implemented. They must not be allowed to use this "old version" for the time being, otherwise they will find out......

There is no way to advance or retreat, and the problem is current.

Gu Qinghuan's face did not change, he was independent of the hall, and he bowed to the officials who were above him, and said calmly: "Everyone, don't be impatient. Just as Zheng Shangshu said, today's deliberations are of great importance, and for this reason, the whole department of rites has worked hard for several months, exhausted their efforts, and made perfect preparations, and they dare not be slack off or negligent in the slightest. ”

Zheng Zhiyang only felt that he was arguing with strong words, and said indifferently: "Hmph, to put it lightly, your rectification and reform is something that our Ministry of Officials and your Ministry of Rites discussed and revised together, but you didn't even bring the final revision, more than 100,000 words of documents, more than 300 articles of scientific reform regulations, there is no document comparison, how can we discuss?

"What if I remember them all?" he said.

Zheng Zhiyang choked, full of doubts.

He only glanced at Zheng Zhiyang and said with a smile: "The reason why Xia Guan proposed not to use the document is because Xia Guan is here, and the document is useless.

This is simply a fantasy for them, but Gu Qinghuan didn't think so, and directly started to memorize the first word of the article, first cited the first article, guided them to discuss, and then immediately synthesized the public opinion, worded the words, and let the documents be recorded on the spot, and one was counted.

He did not pause, immediately moved on to the next article, which was a good exposition, analyzed and explained in detail, preached his ideas to them, calmly and calmly responded to their doubts and corrections, and if anyone asked questions and argued, he also answered them clearly and clearly, so that they all accepted and agreed with each content, and wrote it down in writing, and did not change it after writing.

In this way, it is extremely efficient, and it is easier and more direct than the usual case of asking questions and arguing with them.

Gu Qinghuan was independent of the hall throughout the whole process, and the officials in the hall spoke all around, he advanced and retreated in a measured manner, and the answers were fluent, not only patient but also had a strong force that people couldn't help but obey, and he couldn't tolerate anyone dragging his feet, he pushed the entire agenda, mastered the rhythm, drove everyone's emotions and ideas, and while instilling their own ideas in them, he was also driving them to keep up with his pace.

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"Article 135 is attached to three notes, the autumn examination period is fixed, the examination is held every six months, spring is February, autumn is September, and the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the division...... The examination date is finalized, and the release date is to be determined...... What is the point of discussing this article?"

"Gu Langzhong, September coincides with the comprehensive review of the political performance of the Ministry of Officials, if it is carried out at the same time as the Autumn Festival, I am afraid that it will be ......inappropriate."

"Lord Chen, the comprehensive review of political performance is carried out once every three months, and it is a regular practice, and there is this matter in September, but it is also the most idle time for your ministry, even if you add more colleagues to official business, no matter how busy you are, the Ministry of Rites is fully responsible, and your ministry is only responsible for the trial of officials, and if you have more of this, your ministry will not be able to cope with it?"

"Not ......"

"Then no problem, please sit down. If there is no objection, this article is established, and the clerk ......"

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In the entire Shangshu Hall, in addition to the sometimes relaxed, sometimes fierce discussions, there is only the sound of the manuscript turning the paper. This clerk of the Ministry of Rites Lang Zhongyuan is also an old signator, and his work has always been reassuring, his pen speed is first-class, and his cooperation with Gu Qinghuan is stable, his hands have not stopped, and he has written three bald Mao Feng in the morning.

At noon, when I went to the official office to rest and eat, but everyone in the hall was immersed in the deliberations, Gu Qinghuan was not tired, Du Wanwei did not mean to pause and rest, and the others were not good at shouting to stop, so they could only stay there and continue to deliberate, most of them were focused on devotion, and before they knew it, noon had passed, and they only drank tea to quench their hunger and thirst for most of the day, and some were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, and even chewed tea quietly.

They finally saw that Gu Qinghuan didn't plan to let them go today, and if they didn't plan it out, and if they didn't pass it all, none of them would want to get rid of it.

If you want to say that you are tired, no one is more tired than Gu Qinghuan, who has been standing for a day and talking for a day, if you want to say that you are thirsty, the rest of the officials have no tea and are still enough, if you want to say that you are hungry, then endure it, anyway, they are all hungry together......

The sound of the official office was scattered, and there was still no movement in the entire hall of the official department, but fortunately, the deliberations had come to an end, and the speed of making decisions was getting faster and faster, otherwise they all believed that Gu Qinghuan might have left them for the evening to add value together......

When the day was about to be twilight, the last article was finally discussed, and after the document was checked, the final version was presented, and Du gradually flipped through it, nodded, and stamped.

The others couldn't help but cheer and laugh, while Gu Qinghuan almost cried with joy.

At last knelt down in the hall, listening to Du gradually praising his merits and distributing the tasks of each division, he held the heavy strip with both hands, as if he did not move, and after saluting with everyone, he almost had no strength to stand up from the ground.

The hungry don't know that they're hungry, and the tired don't know they're tired, they just rejoice that it's over, and it's like an amnesty, and the dust has settled.

Gu Qinghuan propped up the table, and when he stood up again, he saw that Du Wanwei was looking at himself, and he turned his head to look out of the hall in confusion following Du Wanwei's gaze.

I saw a person standing under the corridor opposite Shangshutang, and it seemed that he could sense the relief and pride on his face at this time.

"Father's ......"

Gu Qingxuan had already arrived, on this big day of Gu Qinghuan, he quietly entered the ministry, found the most inconspicuous position, watched his son's officialdom, witnessed him from a scholar to a capable rookie who controlled the overall situation, and finally left silently.

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Gu Qinghuan took the brocade box and the new rules and Chen led the people of the Ministry of Rites back to the official office of the Ministry of Rites, and these subordinates did not have his permission, and it was not easy for them to return home first.

Returning to his Langzhong courtyard, he let everyone else go first, leaving only his chief bookkeeper, Fang Aixing.

With an expressionless face, he took out the strip Chen that had been dropped from the brocade box, and threw it at Fang Aixing, smashing it directly into his face, causing Fang Aixing's nose to be blue and his face swollen and screaming again and again.

"Lord Si Cheng didn't blame me, you're quite disappointed, aren't you?" He was very tired and had no strength, so he was particularly cold.

Looking at the unsightly pictures on the paper on the ground, Fang Aixing was also fearless when he was exposed, and shouted angrily: "Yes! I did it! But what can you do with Lord Langzhong? Do you have evidence to punish me? Are you not afraid that I will tell you about you and Lord Shilang?"

Gu Qinghuan blew out a lamp in the hall, turned around and walked out directly: "Okay, you say, anyway, I don't expect you to keep it a secret......

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That night, Fang Aixing went to Luo Hongge to drink flower wine to relieve boredom, and on the way home, the horse pulling the carriage suddenly went berserk and threw him out with the car, he fell to death on the spot and died on the street.