Then Lao Zhu picked up the last of these five excerpts, and the excerpt reported by the Ministry of Officials was titled 'Completing the three, six, and nine-year term of office in the second half of this year, and the fifth grade will be transferred or retained from the seventh grade official', and said to Yun Xi: "Yun Xi, I have a vast land and a large population in the Ming Dynasty, and our Zhu family alone can't manage it at all, so we must appoint officials to replace the royal herdsmen." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In this case, it is very important to appoint the right officials to the right positions. ”

"But there are also many officials in the world; There are more than 20,000 civil officials in total, including 12 political envoys (Note 1) in the Ming Dynasty, more than 100 prefectures, dozens of prefectures, and more than 1,000 counties, plus various ministries, courts, temples, and prisons of the central government. In addition to the generals, the total number of officials is always as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people, and if all of them are appointed by the grandfather, the grandfather will not be busy, so the grandfather can only directly appoint the officials above the fourth grade, and the other officials below the fifth rank can only be handed over to the ministry to appoint, so it is very important to be able to appoint really capable and honest officials and servants. ”

"As for the list of officials appointed and dismissed from five to seven grades like this, it's good to take a look, because basically you don't know these people, and you don't even know who they are. At this time, just name a few people and ask Jinyiwei to check whether they really have the experience or merit as stated on the fold, so as to verify whether the officials of the ministry have bent the law for personal gain. ”

Then Lao Zhu probably skimmed through the folds, then wrote a few names on a piece of paper, and threw the folds into the box with the words 'Ministry of Officials'.

Yun Xi also roughly browsed the folds and found that there was indeed no one who knew him. It is said that Yun Xi has been trained in both the household department and the military department, and he also knows many officials of the fifth and sixth grades, but he does not have a name that he knows on this.

Then Lao Zhu took out a few more notebooks to tell Yun Xi how to approve the folds more efficiently, instead of being surrounded by the words of these civil officials.

Because Lao Zhu considered that Yunxi was in contact with this aspect for the first time, Lao Zhu was very patient, which also led to the fact that it was dark without talking about a few excerpts.

Lao Zhu left Yunxi to eat in the Jinshen Palace, and sent him back to the Wenhua Palace. On the one hand, it was because Yun Xi was going to preside over the exchange of treasure money tomorrow, and asked him to prepare for it at night; On the other hand, it is also because it is too slow to review the excerpt while telling Yun Xi, Lao Zhu thinks that it is better to talk slowly little by little, otherwise the excerpt will not be finished today.

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Just as Yun Xi was being taught by Lao Zhu on how to make folds, Wang Bu was following Yun Xi's instructions to visit Qilu Noodle Restaurant and Li Ya's home.

Wang Bu first went to the Qilu noodle restaurant to meet Boss Tang and his wife. When Wang Bu came to Qilu Noodle Restaurant, the time had not yet reached the unitary hour (5 o'clock to 7 o'clock in the afternoon), and the noodle restaurant had not yet reached the time of the Venerable, so Boss Tang and his wife seemed quite idle.

At this time, Tang Bohe was guarding the counter of the noodle restaurant, and saw Wang Bu walking in with the guards, busy saluting.

According to the rules set by Lao Zhu at this time, eunuchs are not allowed to accept gifts, and Wang Bu is also very cautious, so how dare he accept his gifts, and he is busy stepping forward to help. And said: "I am here on behalf of His Highness, and His Highness does not want to show off." "He pinched on the psychology of such ordinary people.

As soon as Tang Bohe heard this, he hurriedly stopped his body that was about to bend down, and led Wang into the inner room. He thought about it and felt that his bedroom was relatively clean, so he took him into his bedroom.

Entering Tang Bohe's bedroom, Wang Bu asked, "I don't know if your lady is here, Your Highness has something to tell you two." ”

Tang Bohe didn't care that Wang Bu was a eunuch and came on behalf of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson. He immediately ran to the backyard and brought his wife, Mo, over.

Wang Bu waited for his husband and wife to arrive, and said: "Your Highness has something to say, Tang Bohe, Mo and his wife, save the lonely life, the lonely is very grateful, and today I will reward you and the husband and wife with a pair of jade and a string of pearls to show their gratitude." In fact, this sentence was completely made up by Wang Bu himself, and Yun Xi didn't say anything at all; The things were taken out of the palace.

Tang Bohe and his wife had already knelt down when they heard 'His Royal Highness has something to say', and when they heard what Wang Bu said, Tang Bohe was about to thank him, Mo stabbed him, and said: "Princess, Your Majesty has rewarded us with a hundred taels of gold, a set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and personally handwritten 'Qilu Noodle Restaurant' four big characters to my family, and also promised the future of my family's eldest son hereditary thousand households, and has been rewarded very much, how can I be rewarded by His Royal Highness again." ”

Wang Bu said: "Your Highness said that Your Majesty's reward is Your Majesty's, how can you not express it to your life-saving benefactor?" Don't shirk it, just accept the reward with peace of mind. Mo Fang and Tang Bohe were rewarded.

Then Wang Bu walked out of the noodle shop under the farewell of Tang Bohe and his wife, and walked towards Li Ya's residence.

Li Ya's residence is not easy to find, he was originally just a cook, although it is the dark line of the Chang family, but he is not rich, and now His Majesty has given him the future of a hereditary hundred households and gold, but he can't move for a while.

Wang Bu inquired about several people and wandered around for a long time before finding Li Ya's house, Li Ya was staying at home, and when he saw Wang Bu and them coming in, he immediately saluted to greet him, and Wang Bu excused himself as usual.

Then it was the same as in Qilu Noodle Restaurant, Li Ya first excused himself, and then accepted.

Later, when Wang Bu returned to Miyagi, it was already dark. He walked into the Wenhua Palace, and Wang Xizheng was having dinner with Wang Jin, Wang Gong and others. When Wang Xi saw Wang Bu coming back, he asked with a little surprise, "You are not with Your Highness?" His Highness found someone to send a message back, saying that he was eating in the Jinshen Palace, and we thought that you were also in the Jinshen Palace, so we didn't wait for you. ”

Wang Bu hurriedly washed his hands, also took a pair of dishes and chopsticks and sat on the table, and replied: "When Your Highness came back from the Yamen of Jinyiwei outside the north gate today, he asked me to give things to Tang Bohe and his wife and Li Ya in Qilu Noodle Restaurant, so I didn't stay with His Highness." ”

Wang Jin said: "No wonder His Royal Highness asked Chen Xing to buy some gadgets outside the palace and send them to Wenhua Palace, I'm still strange, it turns out that you have something else to do." ”

Wang Gong asked: "Hey, why do you say that Your Majesty gave Tang Bohe's family a reward for Namodo, and what he gave to Li Ya was only a hereditary future and fifty taels of gold?" Supposedly, they have about the same credit. ”

Wang Jin said: "Then you still don't understand? Li Ya is a member of the Chang family, how can Your Majesty be comfortable? And he is also a member of the Wenhua Hall in the palace; And Tang Bohe's family is an ordinary person. ”

Although Wang Jin's words were not too clear, Wang Gong was not stupid, and he also understood Wang Bu's words, so he immediately stopped talking about this topic and turned to some interesting topics.

After a while, the four of them finished their meal and went about their own business; They just took over the entire Wenhua Palace, and they are still very busy. They were busy until Yoon-hee returned.

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Note 1: At this time, the Qiangui Political Envoy Department had not yet been established, and the Qiangui area was under the jurisdiction of the Yunnan-Yunnan Political Envoy Division.