"Chen Lian Zining has seen Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" Lian Zining was about to kneel, but Yun had already ordered the eunuch to hold him up, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Lian Qing seems to be a little darker." ”

Lian Zining originally had a lot to say to Yun, but when he heard His Majesty speak like this, he immediately understood that there was no need to say the words he had prepared, so he replied with a smile: "Zhejiang is in the south of the capital, the sun is more poisonous, and the ministers are often outside the yamen, so they are tanned." ”

"It's good to be dark," Yun said as he sat down, "It's dark, it looks more manly, not like a weak scholar." ”

When Lian Zining heard this, he laughed twice and did not answer, but said again: "Your Majesty, the minister has been in Zhejiang for five years, and Zhejiang has ......."

Lian Zining originally wanted to show his performance first, but Yun interrupted his performance. "Lian Qing, I also know a little about your achievements in Zhejiang in the past five years, although I don't know everything comprehensively, but I know a lot, I know that Aiqing has worked hard in the past five years, and I will definitely be rewarded."

"But I want to talk about the errand I want to give Aiqing to the court this time."

Lian Zining is his cronie, so Yun didn't hide what he said, and said straight to the point: "Violent Aiqing is old, I plan to transfer it to an idle errand and appoint Li Ren as Xia Auxiliary Official, and the vacant Ministry Shangshu will be taken over by Qi Tai, and Chen Di will be transferred to the Hubu Shangshu." I intend to appoint you as the Scholar of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Your Majesty, what the minister did in Zhejiang, is there anything Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with?" Lian Zining heard Yun's words, was silent for a moment, and then said.

"Why did Aiqing say this?" Yun seemed to have anticipated his reaction, and at this time he was not very angry because he was offended, but asked a relatively calm rhetorical question.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in the post of political envoy of Zuobu in Zhejiang, everything that His Majesty ordered has been completed, and there has never been any delay. The affairs of the political envoy of Zuobu were also handled in accordance with the charter, and there were no omissions or mistakes. ”

"Is it because His Majesty sent his ministers to such a retreating yamen as the seal officer?"

Yes, distribution, Lian Zining thinks that the errands of the Ministry of Rites are useless, although they should not be revoked, but he is not willing to take charge of such a yamen and do something useless every day.

Moreover, he was the secretary of the Ministry before he served as the political envoy of Zuobu in Zhejiang. Although the nominal status of the Ministry of Rites is the head of the six ministries, because the real power is small, in fact, the Ministry of Officials is the highest status of the six yamen, let him, who once served as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, let him be released, he can also understand that let him accumulate some local experience and qualifications as officials, but after returning to the dynasty, he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he was unwilling.

"Even if I am asked to be the secretary of the household department or the military department." Even if the military department is now counted as a military attaché, Chen Xingshan is also the person in charge of the military attache yamen that His Majesty trusts very much, and there is always the household department. Lian Zining thought in his heart.

"Lian Qing, the Ministry of Rites is not a retreating yamen, but also has practical practices, such as the upcoming Ying Tianxiang Examination and next year's General Examination, and the palace examination is also organized by the Ministry of Rites."

"Besides, could it be that Aiqing thinks that sacrifices and other things are not important?" After Yun finished talking about the practice of the Ministry of Rites, he deliberately asked rhetorically.

"I don't think so." Lian Zi would rather not dare to admit it, even if he thought so in his heart. "Your Majesty, of course, the sacrifice to the heavens and other sacrificial things are very important, and the minister has always been very respectful to the person who serves as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the official who is in charge of the sacrifice of the Ministry of Rites."

"Danchen has never run errands in the Ministry of Rites, and the errands he is familiar with have nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites. The minister also thought that he had some talents, but these talents had nothing to do with the errand of the Ministry of Rites, so the minister asked His Majesty to order another errand for the minister. ”

"Lian Qing, all the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are in charge of the officials of the various departments and yamen below, you don't need to have previous experience, serving as a scholar in the Ministry of Rites is the same as several other departments." Yun said again.

He looked at Lian Zining and was about to speak again, and hurriedly said, "And I also have an errand to arrange for you to do at this time when I appoint you as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"First, since the beginning of the New Year Dynasty, after arresting many officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, although the investigation of this case has now been stopped, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple are also panicked, and they are far worse than before. When Aiqing arrived at the Ministry of Rites, she first appeased the officials of the Ministry of Rites for me, so that they no longer had to worry about running errands with peace of mind; Second, it also improves the efficiency of the officials of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Speaking of this, Yun smiled and said: "When Aiqing was Zuobu's political envoy in Zhejiang, I already knew the method of urging his officials to do errands with their hearts, and I think it is very good, and Aiqing must implement it in the Ministry of Rites." ”

"The second thing I want to tell you has to do with the imperial examination." He continued: "The township examination has been held this year, and next year will be the year of the general examination, and the general examination will be held in February, so it is less than seven months away. I want to reform the rules of the temple exam. Aiqing's cooperation is required. ”

Speaking of this, he asked Lian Zining to lean over and whispered his thoughts in his ear.

"Your Majesty, this is insulting to Sven!" Lian Zining listened to Yun's words and said subconsciously.

Yun Deng's face sank. "This is something that the sages of the past generations have taught, and you actually say that it is insulting to Sven!"

"The minister lost his words, please forgive your majesty." Lian Zining immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty. Although he doesn't have a good temper, he is not stupid, he knows when he can be hard-tempered and confront the emperor, and he knows when he must take it. When he was still an official in the capital, he knew that Yun did not like white-faced scholars, and he could even say that he was very disgusted with scholars who 'could not lift their hands or shoulders'; from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, a series of reforms were also made to make the future civil officials and Guozijian prisoners move more and be more healthy. So what he said would make Yun very angry, and he could only kneel down immediately in order to save his image in the emperor's mind.

Yun stared at him for a while before saying, "Aiqing is also an unintentional mistake, get up." I forgive you for your innocence. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." Lian Zining hurriedly said.

After he stood up, Yun's anger also subsided a little, and after taking a sip of water, he asked, "Aiqing, are you willing to do this for me?" ”

His words are very straightforward: do it for me. Although the palace examination is nominally an emperor examination, it is actually organized by the Ministry of Rites, and after the announcement of the palace examination reform that is 'insulting to Swen' in the eyes of traditional literati, the literati do not dare to publicly scold the emperor, but can only scold the officials of the Ministry of Rites, especially Shangshu, and the pressure on Lian Zining will be very great at that time. However, because of this, Yun ordered Lian Zining to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Although Lian Zining has a big temper, he is hard inside and out, and he can withstand greater pressure and not collapse.

"Yes." After thinking about it for a while, Lian Zining agreed. 2k reading web