Jiang Rin just glanced up at him, and continued to look down at the official document in his hand.

Bai Jingze didn't feel that he was being treated coldly at all, he took the teapot and poured a cup of buffalo to drink, and continued: "Brother Jiang, you said that you are a first-class and third-class Tanhualang, why do you want to serve in the Imperial City Division? Although the six grades are one grade higher than the editor, but that place is colder than the cold palace, what future can it have? If you enter the Hanlin Academy and stay in that noble place for a few years, with your ability, you may be able to enter the six departments and become a waiter in three or five years! ”

Jiang Rin drew a mark in a noteworthy place in the file and looked up at him, "Oh? Do you think Rokubu is a good place? ”

"That's not ......" Bai Jingze obviously doesn't like the twists and turns in the officialdom, otherwise he wouldn't stay in Wangjiang Tower all day. To be honest, the six parts are really not interesting, and they are very boring...... But the reputation of the Imperial City Division is too stinky......"

The predecessor of the Imperial City Division was the Imperial Guard Division set up by Emperor Taizu, at the beginning, the position of the Imperial Guard Division in the imperial court was not too prominent, but it was because it was a little special to directly obey the emperor's orders. Their duty was to monitor, detect, and suppress the wrongdoing of officials, and they were a force independent of the bureaucracy for the emperor's own use.

At first, the Gong Wei Division was only responsible for "inspection and arrest", and did not have the right to interrogate prisoners, and the suspects who were caught had to be handed over to the Three Law Divisions for trial, but in the later period, they were powerful and had their own prisons.

With the deliberate support of Emperor Taizu, the power of Gong Weisi developed rapidly, and the scope of investigation became very wide, monitoring various political forces such as courtiers and celebrities, and reporting directly to the emperor. Even if the imperial court will try major cases and torture repeat offenders, Gong Weisi will send people to hear the trial. Each yamen of the imperial court had guards on duty to monitor the courtiers' every move.

Not only that, Gong Weisi usually takes over the gang struggles in the rivers and lakes and has long been wanted by the government, and at the same time has considerable friendships with various major factions, and has decisive power in the court and the rivers and lakes.

As the power gradually grew, some people within the Gongwei Division gradually began to seek personal interests for themselves, often fabricating charges and falsely accusing good people, and then they bent into tricks and took the opportunity to extort. What's more, they framed and falsely murdered good ministers, and artificially created a large number of unjust, false and wrongful cases, which had a very bad impact on the imperial court.

It has to be said that although the establishment of the Gongwei Division has an objective anti-corruption effect and greatly strengthens the imperial power, the drawbacks in the later period are also very obvious. Therefore, after the first emperor ascended the throne, he deliberately weakened the rights of the Gongwei Division, until it became the "cold palace" Imperial City Division that everyone avoids today.

Now that Jiang Rin has gone to such a place to take up a post, how can it not be incredible?

Not only did Bai Jingze think so, but many people even thought that it was because of this that his relationship with the Qing family had not been decided.

"Brother Jiang, did you hear what the people outside said?" Bai Jingze saw that Jiang Rin was indifferent, and continued to say in a fierce manner: "Those people's mouths are really bad. even said that even if Brother Jiang was appointed by the emperor to explore the flowers, he was only an empty title, and the thief background was a stain that you can never erase, and he couldn't stand the emperor's weight in the end, so he was sent to that kind of place. ”

"Oh? What else? ”

"Some people also say that the emperor is going to rectify the Imperial City Division and completely eliminate this shortcoming, because Brother Jiang has been a bandit, so the emperor sent you to collect them."

"Well, anything else?"

"That's not enough?" Seeing that Jiang Rin was still careless, Bai Jingze didn't sigh, and then said: "But it's nothing, if Brother Jiang can't stay in the Imperial City Division, it will be good to go to my father when the time comes." ”

At that time, after Bai Jingze was rescued, he wrote a letter to his father with tears in his eyes. When the king of Jinghe County heard this, he not only sent the house and land, but also took Jiang Rin under his command to teach him personally. It's just that Jiang Rin refused without thinking about it, and was determined to fulfill the last wish of Xiucai's father, and went to Beijing to take the exam. However, the king of Jinghe promised to wait for Jiang Rin's remorse at any time, even if it was to provide for him.

Jiang Rin put down the pen in his hand, leaned on the brocade cushion behind him, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "What is the matter with you coming to me today?" ”

Bai Jingze immediately came to his senses when he heard this, "It's a little something, you just went to the Imperial City Division, I want to borrow a convenience!" ”

Jiang Rin said with a smile: "There are still a hundred people who oppose me going to the Imperial City Division, and now I am rushing to borrow it?" ”

Bai Jingze awkwardly said, "I know that no matter how much I persuade you, I can't say that I can't move you, but it's just a waste of words." ”

Jiang Rin knew that he was a simple talker, and he also knew what he was interested in, so he said, "Do you want to investigate the case that caused a sensation in the capital recently?" ”

Bai Jingze's eyes suddenly lit up, comparable to the first morning star to light up at night. "Brother Jiang, who knows me, is also! So, the Imperial City Division really asked about this case? ”

"All the case files will be handed over to the Imperial City Division, but the Imperial City Division is now a street rat and does not want to come forward."

"In this case, please ask Brother Jiang to lend me the case file to take a look, I want to go to the Zhao family tofu shop in person. Why don't you go with me? Maybe if the case is solved, it can also reverse the situation of the Imperial City Division. ”

"I just arrived at the Imperial City Division, and I haven't figured out the situation inside, so it's not appropriate to be in the limelight."

"In that case, forget it." Bai Jingze didn't say anything when he refused, and said happily: "Anyway, I also have a companion who goes with me!" ”

Jiang Rin raised his eyebrows, there was someone who was willing to be the companion of this talker? "Do you have any other acquaintances in the capital?"

If you want to talk about acquaintances, Bai Jingze is quite familiar with everyone, Jiang Rin just said it more tactfully, what he actually means is, do you have other friends in the capital?

Bai Jingze did not have any other friends besides Jiang Rin, but he had a good impression of Qing Ruxu and decided to develop it. "Today in Wangjiang Tower, I met a little brother surnamed Song, he was very interested in this case, and said that he wanted to go to Zhao's tofu shop with me to have a look."

"Surname Song?" Jiang Rin's heart jumped, "When did you meet?" ”

"It's just Fang Cai, before I came here!" Bai Jingze didn't know why Jiang Rin was so interested in his own affairs, and said proudly: "He went to listen to me deliberately." ”

The corners of Jiang Rin's mouth twitched, remembering that Xiong Yishan said that Qing Ruxu asked about wanted criminals at the city gate, and "Song" was Qing Ruxu's motherhood. The calculation time is about the same...... Did she deliberately go to Wangjianglou to listen to the causes and consequences of the case? What is this girl going to do?

"When are you going to go?"

"It's just the day after the two of us."

"Early the next morning, you came here to find me. If I am all right, I will go with you. ”

"Huh?" Bai Jingze was a little confused: "Didn't you just say that it is not appropriate to be in the limelight?" ”

Jiang Rin's face did not change: "I was suddenly a little curious, and I just wanted to go and see it." ”

"Oh...... Well, I'll look for you the day after tomorrow. ”

………………

In Songhe Hall, the old lady had already started a heated argument with Qing Hong about Jiang Rin's appointment.

"Alas, mother...... "Qing Hong sat on the chair with half of his ass in arrears, looking helpless, "The imperial city is in the imperial court, just like a beauty with a scar on her face, someone has to clean it up and heal it, and help the emperor with this heart disease." If you do a good job and get the emperor's attention, your future may not be worse than that of Hanlin Academy! ”

"You're light! If the errand of the Imperial City Division was so easy to handle, someone would have broken the head a long time ago! The old lady raised the family law in her hand and knocked on the table: "But the place of the Imperial City Division is extremely feared by the courtiers. Even if it is not spurned by thousands of people, it is also a very guarded place, and in the past, there were many acts of wanton disobedience to the law and lax discipline, which was criticized, and sometimes some ministers wrote to impeach other. Going to that kind of place is like a concubine being beaten into the cold palace! Isn't it so easy to do it? ”

Qing Hong had a bitter face: "No matter how bad it is, it is no achievement, didn't my mother expect him to have a bright future at the beginning?" ”

"How can that be the same? Since it is a good seedling, it is not possible to pickle it into dried pickles! "The old lady is not angry, her son is becoming more and more disagreeable, if it is someone else, it is just that, the son-in-law she likes is her own student, and she doesn't even help show the way!" It stands to reason that the top three have to enter the Hanlin Academy to be edited by the seven grades, and they stay honestly for three or five years. A noble family is indispensable, and Xu Er's face also has light. But why did this go to the Imperial City Division? Didn't you come up with the idea? ”

"It's not...... There is no ......," Qinghong hurriedly denied.

"Hmph." The old lady was angry when she saw her son's appearance: "Then what are you going to do now?" ”

Qinghong was stunned for a moment: "What to do?" ”

When the old lady saw his stupid virtue, she pulled it up, and the family law fell on Qinghong, making a "snap" sound, which was very loud. Qinghong was pumped a spirit: "The relationship between the two of them is out of the news, it is not good to change, and it is not good for Xu Er's reputation." Besides, this Imperial City Division may not be a quagmire fire pit, mother, take a look! ”

"Hmph, I have to see it."

Outside Songhe Hall, Qing Ruxu covered her mouth and laughed a few times, "Let's go, let's go back first, and come back later." ”

Lan Zhou and Shizhou pretended not to hear about the old man's beating, and they were not relieved until they left the courtyard of Songhe Hall. Lan Zhou said: "Girl, is the Imperial City Division so bad?" ”

"It depends on the emperor's attitude. The Imperial City Division is directly under the orders of the emperor, and the commanders are generally served by the emperor's close confidants and generals...... In fact, they are more like an organization, integrating martial arts masters, secret agents, fast catchers and killers. The actions are strange, the methods are fierce, and the big cases are handled, and there is no chaos, whether it is an important minister of the court, or a petty official, they are afraid of being targeted by them. During the reign of Emperor Taizu, the people widely recited the majesty and terror of Gong Weisi, and most people avoided it. ”

"Huh?" Lan Zhou looked around and whispered, "Isn't that the Imperial Court Eagle Dog?" ”

"Well, you can say that, so you can say." At first, Emperor Taizu's purpose in establishing the Gongwei Division was to completely solve the remnants of the previous dynasty and the green forests in various places.

Shizhou was surprised: "Then why did Jiang Gongzi go to such a place?" ”