In the forty-second year of Jiajing, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Jintaifang, Lin Mansion.

Wang Honghai, Wang Jun and the other four came here early, followed the subordinate officials of the Shuntian Mansion who arrived first, and then handed a letter of worship to the porter in an orderly manner.

In the unspoken rule of New Year's greetings in officialdom, it is also to respect early, and the earlier you come, the more it reflects the importance that the visitor attaches to this official.

Many officials try their best to pay homage to this family, and immediately rush to the next family to visit, and if it is noon, they are embarrassed to continue to pay New Year's greetings.

It is said that Lin Haoran should go to visit the teacher Wu Shan today, but the two have a relationship with Weng and their son-in-law, so they decided to take their mother Wu Qiuyu to Wufu Province tomorrow.

This even the teacher didn't go to visit, and it was inconvenient for other court bigwigs to go again, especially Xu Jie and Wu Shan were sitting in the same alley, so they simply didn't participate in this kind of New Year's greeting activity.

Seeing several protégés, colleagues and some officials who did not have face-to-face students come to visit the New Year, Lin Haoran also personally warmly entertained them and said some words of encouragement to the four protégés.

Wang Honghai is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, a noble minister, and the main thing is to honestly study in the Hanlin Academy, so he encouraged him to study in the Hanlin Academy.

Wang Jun is a criminal jinshi, and because he is a quasi-speech official, he wants him to have more contact with the dark side of officialdom and learn to observe more, and encourages him to maintain his true heart in officialdom.

Liu Fushan and Shen Tao are the trainee directors of the Sixth Department, and they will soon face the life hurdle of becoming regular, so they are encouraged to be indifferent and continue to do their jobs.

Although Lin Haoran is only 22 years old this year, he has been in the officialdom for five years, and he has experienced a lot of officialdom experience, and he does have the qualifications to be a teacher.

Wang Honghai and others admired this young teacher from the bottom of their hearts, and after listening to this teaching, they also wrote it down carefully, and took the initiative to leave after eating.

In the afternoon, unlike the mansions of other officials, the Lin Mansion welcomed another group of guests.

Yang Futian and others greeted the big guys in the north of the city, and after discussion, they chose to come to the Lin Mansion to eat and drink, and this place resolutely became their second home.

Lin Haoran was quite helpless about this, but Hu Niu had already returned to Guangdong, and Wu Qiuyu and he both liked to be quiet, and they had no plans to go out to play. Seeing the arrival of the same year, he gave up the plan to read the book and let the housekeeper Lin Jinyuan hold the banquet.

"Senior brother, didn't you see that scene, the Huaishu Hutong is really crowded!"

"Huh...... I looked at that scene, it was really a little more lively than last year's Yan Mansion! ”

"Xu Jie, this person is really hypocritical! What kind of virtuous appearance is clearly a treacherous appearance! ”

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Yang Futian and the others naturally went to the Wu Mansion in Huaishu Hutong early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings to their teacher, but when they got there, they were once again blocked out of the Hutong by the officials who visited the Xu Mansion, but it took a lot of effort to break through the officials in front of the Xu Mansion.

Xu Jie is the first assistant of the current dynasty, and this year happens to be the year of Jingcha, so his court is naturally conceivable.

Xiao Jinian listened to Ning Jiang's complaints, and even labeled Xu Jie as a traitor, and immediately reminded him seriously: "Brother Ning, be cautious about this, don't forget that this year is the year of Jingcha, beware of disasters coming out of your mouth!" ”

If the most important thing in officialdom last year was external inspection, then the most important thing this year is Jingcha.

Jingcha is the inspection of Beijing officials, a six-year inspection, carried out in the year of Si and Hai, after the inspection of officials above the fourth grade, or promoted or deposed, by the emperor himself, the retirement, demotion, dismissal and dismissal below the fifth grade are different, in order to distinguish from the external plan of the inspection of foreign officials, also known as the internal plan.

If Ning Jiang's words entered Xu Jie's ears, then Ning Jiang would probably "die" in Jingcha.

Ning Jiang still couldn't let go of the disaster caused by Xu Jie's elimination of Hu Zongxian at the end of last year, but he drank all the wine in his hand, and said loudly with a hard face: "I, Ning Qinghe, think that I am conscientious in my duties, if Jingcha dares to give me an unscrupulous rating, I will fight for my life!" ”

"You have really been in vain all these years, when has this officialdom been reasonable, and now we should think about how to survive this catastrophe!" Yang Futian's brows furrowed, and he seemed to hate the iron and blame the authentic.

Xiao Jinian and the others nodded in agreement, but their eyes fell on Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran met everyone's eyes and said his plan: "Tomorrow Zhang Yongming will be a guest at the teacher's house, and I will take the opportunity to investigate the situation in the Metropolitan Inspection Institute, and even let Zhang Yongming take care of our side directly." The day after tomorrow, I will officially visit Guo Pu to find out his true attitude towards our side! ”

The Beijing inspection plan is presided over by the Ministry of Officials, and after the assessment level is drawn up, it is submitted to the cabinet to be retained, or sent back to the ministries and courts for reconsideration of whether it is appropriate, and then the book is made and submitted to the emperor after the ruling.

After the end of the Jingcha, the impeachment of the retained officials by the Yanguan is called a gleaning. Officials who have been dismissed because of Jingcha have their political lives ended and cannot be used, and no one is spared from the officials who have been attacked by the relics.

It is worth mentioning that although the Holy Lords today have many protections for the ministers who started from the ceremony, Jingcha is the only one who strictly enforces it.

Although the instructors Wang Jue, the Guanglu supervisor Qian Zixun, the Yushi Yu Shou, and the Suizhou Tongzhi Fengfang, who were dismissed for Jingcha, were once flattered and welcomed by Sejong when he was the son of the king, Sejong still did not make an exception.

Even if Zhao Wenhua, an official who was demoted because of Jingcha, was finally reinstated due to Yan Song's protection, Jiajing deliberately reprimanded him.

It is precisely because of this that once an official is dismissed from his post by Jingcha, he is almost sentenced to death, and there is no hope of a comeback for the rest of his life.

Before Jingcha, there was still a crucial link, which was to conduct a Jingcha visit.

The so-called interview is a questionnaire of the imperial court, which collects information extensively to determine the scientific nature of decision-making. In order to ensure the fairness of the Beijing Inspection, the questionnaire was sent to the officials in Beijing to fill in the deeds and virtues of the officials they knew.

In the official system, the Xu Party already occupies half of the country, and Zhang Yongming, the imperial history of the left capital, has become very important, so this one is also a figure that needs to be conquered.

"That's the right thing to do! It's just that Guo Pu and Xu Jie are very close, once Xu Jie wants to investigate us, Guo Pu probably won't make a move! Zhang Wei is already in a high position, and he looks at the problem more thoroughly, but he said pessimistically.

Xiao Jinian listened to Zhang Wei's judgment, but couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lin Haoran worriedly. Xu Jie is really good to Guo Pu, comparing his heart to his heart, if they are Guo Pu, it is impossible to easily fight against Xu Jie.

Lin Haoran picked up the wine glass, although he also felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he knew what the group wanted at this moment, so he said confidently: "Until the end, no one knows who will kill the deer!" If Guo Pu really doesn't have any affection at all, I don't mind tearing off his ugly face like last year! ”

Xiao Jinian and others couldn't help but think of the scene when Guo Pu was disgraced by Lin Haoran last year, and when they heard Lin Haoran being so confident, it seemed that they already had Guo Pu's grasp in their hands, and they couldn't help but feel relieved.

Everyone drank and talked together, and then made an appointment to get together, and then they left one after another.