Xu Fan had just visited Wu Mansion, and when he came back, he met Yang Futian and his party, and even when he stopped, his eyes were extremely unkind to Ning Jiang, who was disrespectful.

Ning Jiang has the quality of an orthodox Qingliu official, and he has long held a breath of resentment in his heart for Xu Jie's inaction after he came to power. At the moment, passing by the gate of the Xu Mansion with a long queue, he couldn't help but vent the resentment in his heart, but he didn't want to fight with the Xu family.

If it were an ordinary official, I am afraid that he would be busy apologizing, but Ning Jiang is an unyielding character. Facing Xu Fan's stern gaze, he chose to face it calmly and ignore it calmly.

"Boy, who do you say is famous?"

Xu Fan, who is now in the fourth rank of Dachang Shaoqing, and is the son of the current Shoufu, where would he look at a small official like Ning Jiang in his eyes, and immediately asked indignantly.

Yang Futian, Long Chizhong, Zhou Youqing and Sun Zhengang secretly said that it was not good, Yang Futian immediately secretly pulled Ning Jiang, and stepped forward with a smile and explained: "Lord Shaoqing, what we just said is Gao Feng Liangjie, you must have heard it wrong!" As he spoke, he respectfully made a gesture of please: "Lord Shaoqing, please first!" ”

Long Chizhong pulled Ning Jiang to avoid it slightly, Zhou Youqing and Sun Zhengang were both smart people, and they flashed to the side very cooperatively, making way for Xu Fan, and giving Xu Shaoqing a step down.

Although Ning Jiang was not afraid of Xu Fan, he also understood that more things were better than less, so he let the dragon pool pull aside, and seemed to give way there without saying a word.

Xu Fan was completely different from Xu Jie's thin and short figure, his figure seemed taller, and his temper seemed to be bigger, but he didn't plan to give up, and pointed to Ning Jiang's nose and said unrelentingly: "Did you hear wrong? Lao Tzu just heard it clearly, boy, you have a kind of say it again! ”

Xu Fan was already a focal point, but there was an argument here, and the officials who were queuing up there cast concerned glances, and some officials even came over to find out what was going on.

Ay!

Yang Futian looked at Xu Fan, who didn't choose to settle the matter, and found that this was another Yan Shifan who was alive and well.

"I did say that I was selling my reputation, but I didn't name him, so do you know who it is?" Ning Jiang ate soft rather than hard, and immediately responded stiffly.

As soon as these words came out, Long Chi and the others were shocked, but they felt that everything was reasonable. If there is anyone who has the strongest temper in their group, it must be Ning Jiang.

Xu Fan never thought that Ning Jiang would dare to contradict him, these days can be described as infinitely beautiful, even the six servants are respectful to him, but he doesn't want to be so provoked by a low-level official, so he immediately glared angrily and said: "Very good, do you dare to report your name!" ”

Yang Futian was busy giving him a look, but Ning Jiang replied without moving: "Why don't you dare!" I am Ning Jiang, the head of the Carriage and Horse Division of the Ministry of War! When he said the name, he also deliberately accentuated his tone.

Ay!

Yang Futian and the others sighed deeply, this is really Ningjiang's style, but it has already stabbed a hornet's nest. With the power of the Xu Mansion, Ning Jiang really got into big trouble this time.

"Excellent! I've made a note of you! Xu Fan pointed to Ning Jiang's nose and said hatefully.

An official wearing a four-grade official uniform walked over there, and when he heard Xu Fan's words, he couldn't help but stop, and at the same time looked at Ning Jiang with pity.

Xu Fan was about to leave, when suddenly his eyes rolled, the corners of his mouth turned slightly, and he questioned Ning Jiang: "You are a little six-grade master, I am the Taichang Shaoqing of the fourth grade, don't you also learn that sea pen frame?" ”

is the so-called official who crushes people to death at one level, and there is already a four-level difference between the two. Although the law of the Ming Dynasty did not require lower-level officials to kneel to higher-level officials, with the rampant courtiers of the Jiajing Dynasty, this kind of thing has become an unspoken rule.

Yang Futian saw that Xu Fan was making things difficult for Ningjiang so much, and he already wanted to cut off Ningjiang's future, so he couldn't help but look at Ningjiang worriedly.

"I can't learn Haigang Peak! But I am a dignified Wuwu branch jinshi, and you are just an official and a cute officer, how can I kneel to you! Ning Jiang glanced at Xu Fan contemptuously and replied in a-for-tat manner.

You......

Xu Fan's face turned blue with anger, and he gritted his teeth and stared at Ning Jiang with dead eyes.

In the Ming officialdom, although there are various unspoken rules, many officials attach great importance to the issue of origin.

For example, Huang Zhongda, who is also Yin of Shuntian Mansion, is weaker than Liu Ji, who was born in the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and Liu Ji is weaker than Lin Haoran, which is because Lin Haoran was born in the Hanlin Academy, and he is an unprecedented Wenkui.

In this officialdom, it has long been the norm for non-commissioned officers to reject the lifting officers, so few of the lifting officers can break through the ceiling of the county, and Enmeng Gongsheng's situation is even worse.

Although Xu Fan is too often Shaoqing of the fourth grade, he entered the office as an official, and this background is a stain on his officialdom to some extent. If it weren't for the fact that he was Xu Jie's son, he would have been squeezed out by the group of non-commissioned officers.

If he wanted to label Ning Jiang as "disrespectful to the official" through this incident, the entire officialdom would definitely not react too violently, but would think that Ning Jiang was fighting for the non-commissioned officer.

Ning Jiang didn't kneel because he didn't respect the official, but because he Ning Jiang was a jinshi and the first, and he Xu Fan was only an enmeng officer, so he didn't kneel as a jinshi.

It is precisely in this way that Ning Jiang provoked the problem of his background, which was not only an excellent way to fight back, but also exposed the scars of his background, but he could only be helpless.

But at this time, there was a sudden commotion in front of the door of the Xu Mansion, and an ordinary sedan chair did not stop at the mouth of the alley, but came in directly from the fence set by the Terracotta Division.

"Young Master, Yan Butang is here!"

A servant hurried over to report.

Yan Ne, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a person from Nanzhili, and because of his handwriting, he is deeply respected by today's saints. Although he had a pockmarked face, he was destined to have no chance to serve as the first assistant, but he deepened the relationship between the Xu and Yan families, and he was also the core of the Xu Party.

"You kid wait!"

When Xu Fan learned of Yan Ne's arrival, he immediately put down a sentence and hurried to meet Yan Ne.

Yang Futian looked at Xu Fan, who was leaving in a hurry, but sighed lightly, and turned his head to look at Ning Jiang with concern. It's not good to offend anyone, but it offends a villain like Xu Fan.

Ning Jiang was completely inappropriate, and said to Yang Futian's worried gaze: "It's a big deal!" ”

The head of the Carriage and Horse Division of the Ministry of War is the sixth grade, and this outgoing place is usually promoted to the third level, usually at the prefect level. It's just that there are exceptions to everything, and the officials may only give you a Zhengwupin Tongzhi, or a prefect in a remote area.

But no matter what, it is far worse than being a member of the sixth department. Only by staying in the capital and staying in the six ministries can they, the heads of the six ministries, have a chance to seek a high position in the six departments.

It was when everyone was frustrated and went to Wufu that the fence that was originally blocking the entrance of the alley suddenly opened, and a carriage did not choose to stop outside the alley, but directly asked the soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Division to leave a passage for the fence.