February 28, Jingcha Day.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, all officials who took the examination in Beijing had to go to the Ministry of Officials to report their posts on the day of the inspection in Beijing. They took turns to go to the official hall to give a brief description of the officials, and then listened to the officials give their own results of the inspection, and then Shi Li left.

It is today that Guo Pu will hold the power of life and death of officials of the fifth rank and below in the capital, and control the fate of many officials in the capital, giving them different ratings.

Guo Pu, as usual, got up early to wash up, and after eating a hearty breakfast, he put on a set of official uniforms and took a sedan chair to the yamen of the ministry.

Although he is already in a high position, even if the emperor does not go to the early court, he still insists on getting up early every day and always goes to the yamen of the ministry on time. Today's important day is no exception.

"Get up!"

After the housekeeper watched Guo Pu get into the sedan chair and sit down, he said loudly to the four sedan chair drivers.

Guo Pu sat in the sedan chair, and soon felt that he was being lifted up, and he was slowly leaving the house. He sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes while his mind began to think about something.

Today, he will suppress the officials of Wu Shan's family, and as for how to treat these people in the future, it is up to Xu Jie. As long as Wu Shanken is gone, he will not go too far.

However, he knows Wu Shan, who is very idealistic about people and things, and is a person who does not have much ambition, and believes that Wu Shan will definitely choose to compromise.

At this moment, he had to start thinking about how he would get along with Xu Jie after Wu Shan left his post.

Whether it's him or Xu Jie, I'm afraid they will have to be wary of each other. Just like he won't be content with the current model forever, Xu Jie probably doesn't want him, the secretary of the ministry, to continue to grow.

He always understood that Xu Jie was the biggest roadblock. The reason why the previous people chose to join forces with Xu Jie to deal with Wu Shan was to get rid of other threats, and secondly, to slowly strengthen themselves.

After last year's external inspection and this year's Jingcha, he already has a team, and even has the possibility of competing for the position of first assistant.

Of course, he doesn't rush it.

He will be like Xu Jie's treatment of Yan Song in the past, first letting Xu Jie's guard slowly give up, then secretly looking for Xu Jie's pain points, and finally giving Xu Jie's fatal blow.

Officialdom is like this, either you are plotting against others, or others are plotting against you.

As long as Xu Jie's solution is solved, Yuan Wei has nothing to fear, and the position of the first assistant must belong to him.

If that time comes, he will be able to show his strengths, change the shortcomings of this court, and become a famous figure in history. As for Lin Ran's kind of character, it is as simple as strangling an ant.

When the sedan chair arrived at Xi'an Street, it followed the official sedan chair of Daming Yongfang and gathered together, and the front immediately became crowded.

Guo Pu was secretly scheming, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he was very satisfied with the current situation. It was at this moment that he found that the sedan chair suddenly stopped, and there was a commotion in front of him.

He knew that this street often happened, so he asked the butler outside the sedan chair, "What happened?" ”

"Back to my lord, there is a large group of scholars blocking the road ahead!" The housekeeper raised his toes and glanced ahead, and immediately replied respectfully to Guo Pu in the sedan chair.

Guo Pu's eyes were still closed, and he was already surprised by the matter of the scholar blocking the way, and said with a little annoyance: "What did they do this time? ”

"I don't know if it's small, but it seems to be...... It's about you, sir! The butler only heard the words in front of him, and replied with some hesitation.

When Guo Pu heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, knowing that there must be nothing good about it.

At this time, the voices of several scholars came from far and near, and a scholar who came here and did not know Guo Pu's official sedan chair also handed them a fierce complaint.

The housekeeper took the complaint, just glanced at it, and his face suddenly changed greatly.

"Give it to me!"

Guo Pu seemed to be able to see through the situation outside, and said lightly.

The housekeeper immediately responded respectfully, and handed the complaint to Guo Pu in the sedan chair with apprehension.

After Guo Pu took the paper from the housekeeper's hand, he looked at the fact that he was denouncing him for not reporting the funeral, his face suddenly turned blue, and he crumpled the paper and threw it on the ground.

It is naturally impossible for him to make such a disloyal and unfilial act, that Steward Liu sent something to the capital, and as for Guo Yuntao's funeral, it was simply that the idiot was teased.

It's just that none of this matters, the important thing is that things are all over the city now, and someone must be behind all this. turned out to be using his father to spread rumors, and he should have been torn to pieces.

However, he also understands that this has always been the case for presiding over Jingcha.

He is in charge of the life and death power of hundreds of officials, although he can give a group of people wealth and glory, but he also has to deal with a group of people, which is naturally regarded as offending people. What's more, there are still various partisanship here.

In the face of these malicious attacks, he was angry, but he was also ashamed. It's a fictitious thing, even if it makes a bigger fuss, it is impossible for a fake thing to become a real thing.

As for who is behind all this, although the rest of the Yan Party is the most suspicious, he is more inclined to that kid. Only that kid would make such a childish means.

The troublemakers in front were quickly driven away, and the sedan chair went to the front, and soon turned to Dongjiang Rice Lane, and went directly to the compound of the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials.

Since today is Kyocha Day, many officials have already arrived at the door to wait.

The presiding officer of Jingcha is Guo Pu, the secretary of the ministry, but Zhang Yongming, the imperial history of the left capital, Dong Fen, the left servant of the ministry, Xu Zhongqing, the chief of the bureau, and Tang Xingde, the head of Henan Province, are also involved.

It's just that the power of the Jiajing Dynasty is an oligarchic model, and often the officials above hold the absolute dominance, and the people below can often only do some errands and other work.

Like when Yan Song was in power in the past, whether it was Xu Jie, the second assistant of the dynasty, or Wu Peng, the secretary of the ministry, in essence, he was mainly a subordinate official who ran errands, and he was unable to compete with Yan Song at all.

"I've seen Lord Tianguan!"

Zhang Yongming and others came to the courtyard together and said to Guo Pu Shili, who came down from the sedan chair.

"Guys, let's get started!"

Guo Pu nodded lightly, and walked towards the Sage Temple inside.

Etiquette has always been the foundation of this dynasty.

Guo Pu led all the officials to burn incense and worship the Confucian saint, and made an oath in front of the statue of the Confucian saint like a township test, and then went to the hall to sit upright and began to interrogate the Beijing officials.

After seven years, Jingcha has finally kicked off, and Guo Pu also plans to take the opportunity of presiding over Jingcha to accumulate a strong capital for his future promotion.

A gust of morning wind blew through the compound of the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, rolling up several fallen leaves in the courtyard, and one of the leaves swirled and hit the face of an official who was in the upper hall.