Wan An was shocked when he heard this, and looked left and right to see that no one was paying attention, so he said: "Now that the officials are ruling Qingming, the country and the people are safe, all rely on the merits of Your Majesty, we are just a small official of the Hanlin Academy, how can we secretly put our beaks." ”

Liu Jue glanced at Wan An with disdain, and after getting along for a long time, he saw Wan An's true face, sleek and cowardly, with a sweet mouth and a sword, and a real villain, how could he be with such a person?

"Your Majesty's move is unpopular, many people from the Six Ministries and Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have written to refute it, and my Hanlin Academy must not be left behind, how about I wait for a joint letter today?"

As soon as Liu Jue's proposal came out, Liu Ji and Yin Min clapped their hands and said yes, Wan Anshi didn't want to get involved, but he was a little embarrassed on his face, and turned his head to see that Zhao Yan hadn't expressed his position yet, so he asked, "What does Gome think?" ”

People can be ruthless, and Zhu Qizhen has been with him for more than a year, Zhao Yan is very sympathetic to Zhu Qizhen's situation, but he is just a petty official of the Hanlin Academy, if he writes a book alone to complain about Zhu Qizhen, he will only anger Zhu Qiyu, and the king is like a tiger, in case Zhu Qiyu does something atrocity to himself in anger, then where can he reason with himself?

It's not okay to go to the book yourself, but what if you write it together? After all, the law does not blame the public, at most it is just a deduction, but he can use this to reduce the guilt of Zhu Qizhen in his heart, which cannot be bought with money at present.

"Count me in."

Wan An saw that Zhao Yan agreed to come down, so he had to join in against his will, and then the next day, Liu Yu was in charge, and Zhao Yan, Liu Ji, Yin Min, and Wan An were sent to the cabinet.

The cabinet is now a bit chaotic, the former first assistant Cao Nai and Zhang Yi died in the civil battle, and then Chen Xun Jin became the first assistant of the cabinet, followed by Miao Xin in February this year Jin Bing Shangshu as the second assistant, but he then sent to the office in August, and Gao Gu became the second assistant.

Then Peng Shi and Shang Shi entered the cabinet to participate in the maintenance of the aircraft with Hanlin repair, and became a bachelor, but Peng Shi's father died in the first month, and he disobeyed the emperor Zhu Qiyu in order to return to his hometown to guard the system, and it was uncertain whether he could return to the cabinet after the expiration of the system, and the last person to enter the cabinet was the right servant of the household department, Lang Jiangyuan.

So now the cabinet members are Chen Xun, Gao Gu, Shang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan, among which Shang Xun is the youngest, and now he is only thirty-six years old.

After Zhao Yan and the others handed it over, Jiang Yuan picked it up and took a look, and he didn't take it to heart, in recent days, there has been a lot of uproar about the New Year's Day pilgrimage to the emperor, and there are countless notes about this matter, according to the convention, just hand this kind of note directly to the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu sat in the Maoqin Hall to review the recital, and Jin Ying assisted on the side.

Zhu Qiyu is actually very concerned about other people's opinions about himself as the emperor, so although he was angry after seeing the refuting that he was not allowed to allow the emperor to participate in the New Year's Day worship, he was usually mild-mannered, and he still forced his anger to suppress himself.

Jin Ying handed the last book of the day to Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it a few times, only to see that it was written: The ministers are lonely and sinful, blessed by heaven and earth, and they are afraid all night, thinking about serving the country......

With a snap, Zhu Qiyu couldn't hold back any longer, he threw Song Shu on the dragon case with hatred, and shouted in his mouth: "Bastard, they all said that I was wrong, where was I wrong?" They are not me, and they dare to talk nonsense without knowing what I think in my heart, what is the difference between them and the day of the rabid dog barking? ”

Jin Ying glanced back at Xing'an, Xing'an understood, and stepped forward and said: "What Your Majesty said is that these officials like to talk nonsense, in the name of inviting them, and ask the slaves and maids to say that they should all be killed with a knife, so that they can be quiet, but then again, it is the duty of the officials to hear about it, and if they are offended because of this, it will only fulfill their reputation, it is better to just ignore it, and they will naturally stop saying a few words when they are tired." ”

Zhu Qiyu glared at Xing'an and shouted: "If it is a Yanguan book, it will be fine, you see, even the Shu Jishi of the Hanlin Academy actually said that I am not here." ”

Jin Ying and Xing'an glanced at each other, and then Jin Ying picked up the song and looked at the last signature, the first one was Zhao Yan, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and the next few were Shu Jishi, Liu Ji, Liu Jue and others.

Zhu Qiyu took Song Shu back from Jin Ying's hand, he looked at Zhao Yan's name and pondered for a moment, and asked, "The name of this Hanlin Academy editor looks a little familiar, do you know who he is?" ”

Jin Ying didn't dare to hide it, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this person is the one who returned to Beijing with the Emperor Taishang, and His Majesty later promoted him to the Hanlin Academy, and he also had a thanksgiving recital." ”

Zhu Qiyu was already extremely sensitive to Zhu Qizhen's affairs, and when he heard this, he slammed the table and said angrily: "Little Xiaobianxiu, dare to bully me." ”

"Passing on the decree ......" After Zhu Qiyu calmed down, he felt that he couldn't make too much of a fuss, but he might as well take this person as an example of killing chickens and monkeys, and thought about it: "Zhao Yan, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, does not learn and has no skills, listens to rumors, and ignores Jun'en, I want to dismiss his official and take away his fame, but I read that he has the merit of escorting, so I asked the officials to find a suitable place and release it as a county order." ”

Zhao Yan didn't expect Zhu Qiyu to be so cautious, but he had nothing to say, he was already branded with Zhu Qizhen on his body, and he rushed to scold Zhu Qiyu, isn't this looking for death? blamed himself for drinking and fainting that day, how could he agree with Liu Ji and them to sign themselves on the song?

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu did not behead himself in a fit of anger, although the Qipin County Order in one place is not as expensive as the Qipin Editing and Cultivation in the Hanlin Academy, but it is also a Baili Hou, the emperor is far away, and it may be a good thing to stay away from the sensitive Zhu Qiyu.

Approaching the end of the year, the front of the official department seemed to be much deserted.

Zhao Yan didn't know where he was assigned to be a county order, so he went to the official department today to get the official uniform.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Officials was the head of the six ministries, and was in charge of the appointment, dismissal, assessment, promotion, and transfer of officials across the country. There are four divisions, namely the Department of Literature and Selection, the Department of Seal Inspection, the Department of Auditing and the Department of Examination and Merit. The boss of each division is called Langzhong, the adjutant is a member of the outside Lang, and the subordinate officials have the principal, the history of the order, the history of the book, etc.

The Department of Selecting Officials is in charge of examining the grade of the clerical and listing, awarding, selecting, promoting, and handling monthly selection. The sealing department is in charge of the affairs of knighthood, secular office, grace, difficulty, invitation, and donation. The Department of Auditing and Honors is in charge of civil servants' system, lifelong maintenance, and handling the succession, naturalization, and reinstatement of officials. The Examination Department is in charge of the division and discussion of civil officials, and handles the Beijing inspection and general plans.

Zhao Yan thought to himself that he had memorized the punishment and should go to the examination first, but he was not familiar with the officials, and planned to go around the department before going to get acquainted with it.

Zhao Yan was wearing the regular clothes of a seven-grade official, elegant and indifferent, and when he met people along the way, although the other party didn't know him, he often bowed his head slightly when he saw that he had an extraordinary temperament.

When passing by a duty room, the door was opened from the house, and a middle-aged man in a five-grade official uniform walked out with a tea cup.

The two took a look at each other, Zhao Yan only felt that this person was familiar, but the person shouted: "I didn't want to see each other here today, why did Zhao Xiu come from?" ”

Zhao Yan thought about it, and suddenly remembered who this person was, and immediately arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Li Wenxuan, the lower official was sent to the state and county, and he came here today to receive the official uniform of the seal ribbon." ”

Li Xian was not surprised, he smiled, poured the residual tea in the teacup under the corridor, and then said: "Regarding the matter of Zhao Bianxiu, the old man has heard a little, and the right turn in front is where the Gong Gong Division is located, I will go with you, and after the discussion, Zhao Bianxiu can return to the Wenxuan Division to receive the official uniform." ”

Li Xian was one of the few officials who escaped from the Civil War, because they all experienced the Civil War, and he was very sympathetic to Zhu Qizhen, and Zhao Yan was convicted for it, so he unconsciously had a good impression of Zhao Yan.

Accompanied by Li Xian, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, the discussion in the examination was very smooth, and then Zhao Yan followed Li Xian back to Li Xian's duty room.

After sitting down, Li Xian asked: "Zhao Bianxiu took the Beijing official as a local magistrate, although the two are of the same grade, they are very different, these Zhao Bianxiu should know in his heart, and the old man will not say much." Now there are five counties in the country, but the county orders of three of them have been set, and the remaining two counties are Xinning County, Baoqing Prefecture, Huguang, and Gaoyao County, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong. ”

Is it possible to choose where to be an official? Zhao Yan saw Li Xian looking at him with a smile, and suddenly realized in his heart that since others had released enough kindness to him, he couldn't pretend to be stupid and didn't say anything.

"If Li Wenxuan does not give up, he can be called the official table." Zhao Yan thought about it carefully, he was not familiar with the terroir of Daming, one of these two counties was in Huguang and the other was in Guangdong, his eyes were black, and he didn't know how to choose.

"Please also ask Li Wenxuan to teach me." There is no way, since Li Xian looks like he is in the chest, he must know the situation in these two places, and Zhao Yan can only bend down and ask for advice.

Li Xian smiled and said, "For these two counties, the old man actually doesn't know much. Xinning is under the jurisdiction of Wugang Prefecture, and the state belongs to Baoqing Mansion, Gaoyao is Zhaoqing Prefecture, and the county is governed by Gaoyao City. ”

Zhao Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, he still remembered that when he read novels in his previous life, he often saw a sentence in his previous life, three lives were unfortunate, the county was attached to Guo, and the three lives were evil, attached to Guo Provincial City, full of evil, attached to Guo Jingcheng, this sentence is not difficult to understand, coupled with the words of Li Xian, Zhao Yan has made a decision in his heart.

"Thank you Li Wenxuan, the lower officials are willing to go to Xinning."

Li Xian said again: "The old man forgot to say that Xinning County belongs to Wugang Prefecture, and Wugang is the fief of King Min, can Guomei still go to Xinning?" ”

"The lower officials are willing to go." Zhao Yan didn't know who King Min was, but since Zhu Dijing's success, in order to prevent other vassal kings from following suit, the strength of the vassal kings in various places has been greatly weakened. Let's let Wugang Zhizhou have a headache.

After receiving the official uniform and bidding farewell to Li Xian, Zhao Yan took Li Er and walked home.

In a few days, it will be the New Year, and after the New Year, I will go to Xinning to take up my post, which is a long journey, but I want to get together with my relatives and friends.