"Xinjiang affairs," King Gong smiled reluctantly, "I remember, Yixuan said that he set up a military order - for himself and for Zuo Zongtang, this year - within six years of Tongzhi, Xinjiang will definitely return to **** Wanghua." And also said...... What's going on? Oh, 'Jin Ou has been lacking and must be filled, and when the time comes, the minister will take Xinjiang and congratulate the two queen mothers on New Year's Day for the seventh year of the same reign'. If so—"

After a pause, "Zuo Jigao's bachelor will be available by the end of this year at the latest." ”

"When the time comes," Bao Jun said, "not only the Military Aircraft Department, but even the Cabinet will be 'his' people!" - At least, there are almost no one who can disagree with him! Sixth Master, this situation is ...... to think about Shocked! ”

King Gong was silent for a moment and said, "What happened to the General Administration over there, what happened later?" ”

Bao Jun was stunned: "Ah, look at me, this talk was originally from the General Administration, and it went around in a big circle, but the General Administration was put aside!" ”

After a pause, "Wen Bochuan cut the General Administration to the fullest, and finally went to the North Street of Chaonei, I don't know how the two of them talked about it, in short, in the end, they did talk about a 'merge into one', but it was not the General Administration and the Advisory Committee that 'merged into one', but the General Administration and the newly established 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' 'merged into one' - hey! ”

"The 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' is in charge of diplomacy," Bao Jun continued, "and those that have nothing to do with diplomacy will naturally be separated, that is, the General Administration will be split in two!" Where's the piece that was peeled off - put it on the advisory board! Well, this time, it's finally 'one' with the advisory board. ”

"But," Bao Jun smiled bitterly, "I have cut a round first, the diplomatic part." It was merged into the 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs', how much is the rest of the belongings worth? Throwing it into the advisory committee, it really made a sheep into the tiger's mouth, grunted a few times, and there was not even a bone left! ”

There was a pause. "On the side of the north street in the inner street, it seems to be generous, saying that the advisory committee was originally also engaged in diplomacy, and this piece should also be taken out, and it should also be put into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 'unified power'!"

"'Unification of powers' is the way it should be," King Gong said. "The question is, who will be in charge of the 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' after the 'unification of powers'?"

"Ahh Bao Jun said loudly, "Sixth Master, what you said is to the point!" ”

After a pause, "The 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' has a prime minister, who is in charge of his duties. There is one minister in charge of the conference, and then down. It is a book, and the grade is equivalent to the six books of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers. ”

"Chaonei North Street is pretending," Bao Jun sneered slightly, "said that he wanted to ask for an order to send Wen Bochuan to be the 'prime minister', but Wen Bochuan resolutely thanked him." It is said that diplomacy is the first major plan of the militaristic state, and the minister who is not in charge of the king cannot lead it, so he pushes and concedes, and in the end, the north street of the inner is 'reluctantly as invited'. He sent his own 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Prime Minister, Wen Bochuan, as the deputy minister of the conference office. ”

"The Minister of Parliament?" King Gong sighed lightly, "There is a prime minister, there is a book, Bo Chuan, the minister of the meeting, I'm afraid...... It's not easy to do. ”

"Isn't it?" Bao Jun said, "The Shangshu below, naturally everything looks at the eyes of the Xuan Mansion, the so-called 'Minister of Meeting' is just an ornament!" ”

After a pause, "However, it's still good-looking-Prince Xuan's deputy!" ”

"If Shangshu ......," King Gong said in a deep voice, "by the way, has the person from the 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Shangshu been chosen?" ”

"It's decided, the money is set."

This name is not very familiar to King Gong, he was stunned for a while, and then remembered: "Ah, Qian Dingfang...... Qian Dingming, this is ...... It's a real lineage. ”

"This money is fixed," Bao Jun said, "and it is also a famous family." He is the thirtieth grandson of Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue, and his father Qian Boyu, that is, Qian Baochen, served as the governor of Hunan and Jiangxi. Qian Boyu and Lin Wenzhong had a very close relationship, Lin Wenzhong banned opium, and he praised it vigorously; Lin Wenzhong belittled Xinjiang, he was sick and retreated together - he was a famous minister of the Daoguang Dynasty. ”

King Gong showed a look of surprise and said: "I know Qian Boyu-but, I don't know that Qian Dingfang is his son, and I don't know that their family is actually King Wuyue's ......."

"I didn't know it originally," Bao Jun said, "When Qian Dingfang came to Beijing from Shanghai, he was silent, and he didn't see this person on the table, at that time—"

Speaking of this, he sneered slightly: "He presided over the 'Dispatch Division' in the advisory committee - Sixth Master, you know the tricks of this 'Dispatch Division', right?" ”

King Gong nodded.

"That's a 'small official' made up of the North Street of the Inner Sea!" Bao Jun said, "Doing the work in the corner of the pry department, you can naturally be as low-key as you can - 'make a fortune with a muffled voice'!" ”

"It's different now, 'Acting Foreign Affairs Books'! Hehe, everyone will ask, who is this Qian Dingming? Haven't heard much of it before? Why, overnight, the position of prime minister? Isn't this too fast? In order to calm the mouth of Youyou, it is natural to publicize the ......'origin' of his people. ”

"Qian Dingfang's move to the left," said King Gong, "is indeed a little faster." ”

"But," said Bao Jun, "if you look at the grade of your resume, you can't hold his shortcomings!" ”

After a pause, "This Qian Dingfang started with the Xuan Mansion with long hair, and has been staying in the curtain of the Xuan Mansion, but whenever there is a 'guarantee case', there must be his sum, and when the Xuan Mansion came back from the United States, he had already secured it to the Senate." ”

"I have beaten back bandits and twisted bandits, and I have added the rank of inspector; I fought in Japan and rewarded the second grade; From Shanghai to Beijing, he joined the advisory committee, presided over the 'Dispatch Division', and added the title of squire - his 'Shangshu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' is 'acting', not 'really excepted', with his current grade, at most he has only been upgraded by one level, and it is not too much on the table. ”

King Gong let out a soft "um".

"Sixth master, step by step, people go fast, but steadily, not shaking! At most, others muttered to themselves, Xuan Di 'appoints a private person' or something, on the countertop. There's no way to attack him and ruin the imperial system. ”

After a pause, "Also, the establishment of the 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' was unanimously applauded by the countries of Tessie - this is not unusual; What is strange is that Qian Dingfang's appointment as secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also unanimously applauded. Say what...... Oh, and 'a heartfelt welcome' – that's a bit of a surprise! ”

"Perhaps...... Is it to look at the face of the small street in the north of the inner street? ”

"In the beginning," said Bao Jun, "I thought the same thing, but if I think about it more carefully, it is not quite right, England, the United States, Prussia, Austria, these countries are for the face of the North Street of the Inner Peninsula—needless to say; But what about other countries? France and Russia also applauded, could they. Also generally give face to the north side street of the inner house? This doesn't make sense! ”

"This ...... Also. ”

"I privately consulted a 'first secretary' of the French legation, and he said that this Master Qian, when he was in Shanghai, was in the 'diplomatic circle', and he was a little famous. Xuan Di deals with foreigners, a lot of things. It was all handled by Qian Dingfang, and he was familiar with the consuls of various countries in Shanghai. ”

After a pause, "It is said that first, Qian Dingfang is a foreign character that I don't understand." In order to deal with foreigners, people who are almost forty years old have learned from scratch, and after a few years, they speak English and French. actually learned everything to him, and he can speak a little Russian, this layer, in the foreigner's 'diplomatic circle', can be regarded as a good story - at this point, no matter which country's foreigners, they all admire him! ”

"Oh......"

"From Shanghai to Beijing, don't look at Qian Dingfang, who doesn't interact with the courtiers much, but in private, he is a frequent guest of ministers from various countries, and they fight fiercely with each other! - Sixth Master, you said, he was appointed as the secretary of the 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs', how could the foreigners not 'express their heartfelt welcome'? ”

"That is to say, over there, there is already a ......"

"Yes, it's already arranged! Sixth master, look at it, this calculation, isn't it a 'national hand layout'? ”

After a pause, he continued: "When 'he' first arrived in Beijing - I mean, when 'he' just joined the direct military plane, he didn't bring a single henchman, and now it's okay, but he has been trying to install his own people, especially in the past few months - and nothing else, just this alone, it's not right!" ”

"These months ......"

"In the past few months, the 'western' has not been there, only the honest 'eastern' has made a 'yellow and white fold' system, and it is not what he says, what is it? God-given opportunity, don't you grasp it? After this village, there is no such shop! ”

After a moment of silence, King Gong asked again, "'He'...... Do you still have any people of your own? ”

"Many! For example, the Criminal Department! ”

"The Criminal Department?"

"Fang Ziying is in the Criminal Department," Bao Jun said, "It's a good job to be a deputy hall, we originally thought that he could make up for the lack of the main hall, but I didn't want that a few days ago, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites was vacant, and the 'boss' transferred Ziying to the Ministry of Rites, this matter, Sixth Master, you already know." ”

"Hmm."

In the "Gong Department", Fang Dingrui's situation is very similar to Cao Yuying and Xu Gengshen, both of whom are from the military aircraft Zhang Jing, and their roles are similar, they are all strategists. In the Xinyou coup, he was also the same as Cao and Xu, and he kept it secret. Xu Gengshen and Cao Yuying have successively "rebelled" to the "relationship", and Fang Dingrui's position in the "Gong Department" is invisibly more important.

The lack of Han Shangshu in the Criminal Department has been empty, and the full Shangshu Lin is mediocre and mediocre, and he can't manage things, and the affairs of the Criminal Department are actually handled by Fang Dingrui. King Gong and Bao Jun's abacus was originally very good: after a while, the heat was almost over, so they thought of a way to ask Fang Dingrui to make up for the lack of the main hall and really hold the criminal department in their hands.

Fang Dingrui adjusted the Ministry of Rites, this time, the previous efforts were abandoned.

But you can't find any shortcomings in the "top" arrangement, because on the table, Fang Dingrui is not only transferred at the same level, but can even be considered to be promoted by half a level.

Among the six departments, officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, in terms of status, the officials are the first, and then it is the turn of the household department and the ritual department. The household department is in charge of the world's wealth, and the importance is naturally above the Ministry of Rites, but if it is said that the Qing Dynasty wants to be noble, the Ministry of Rites is above the Ministry of Rites that deals with copper coins all day long, so it is customary that the status of the Ministry of Rites is higher than that of the Ministry of Households, second only to the Ministry of Officials.

The status of the Criminal Department is still behind the Ministry of War, so Fang Dingrui was transferred from the waiter of the Criminal Department to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, in terms of personal career, although it was a level-level transfer, it could be regarded as a "left move".

Further up, though, it's a different story.

Fang Dingrui has the possibility of receiving the main hall of the Execution Department. However, there is no possibility of receiving the main hall of the Ministry of Rites. This is because the Ministry of Rites attaches great importance to qualifications, and those who can sit in this position must be the bigwigs who respect Shilin, and the background of Hanlin is the minimum requirement, Fang Dingrui is the same as Cao Yuying and Xu Geng. However, from a background, the Jinshi has never been hit, let alone "Dianhanlin".

"Who will take over Ziying's shortage," Bao Jun said, "Sixth Master, you probably don't know, right?" ”

"I don't know."

"This person," Bao Jun said, "you haven't heard of Qi Mingtang. Qi Bingrong. ”

King Gong frowned slightly and said, "Qi Bingrong? Seem...... A little impression, but ......."

Shaking his head: "I really can't remember." ”

"But," Bao Jun said, "if you talk about Qi someone's original lack of points, you can probably think of the Jiangsu Anti-Corruption Commissioner." ”

"Ah...... It's ...... him."

This is another "real lineage".

"At the beginning," Bao Jun said. "Xuan Di has come up with a trick of a 'commissioner of integrity', let's talk. I thought it was 'interesting'. Originally, in the imperial court system, there was no such title, and it was all up to the sixth master to advocate that Jiangsu was able to break this case, but I didn't expect that——"

Speaking of which. A sneer: "Now, this Qi dwarf actually stepped into Beijing and stepped on our heads!" It's called—"

After a pause, "Raising tigers is a problem!" ”

Raising tigers? This Qi Bingrong. It's not the biggest "tiger", is it?

King Gong sighed in his heart, but said on his lips: "Pei Yu, words can't ...... You don't have to say that – one moment, another. Also, what 'dwarf' is not 'dwarf', this is not good. ”

"I'm not here with you," Bao Jun said, "When you leave Biyun Temple, you will naturally call him 'Qi Mingtang'." By the way, when the word 'dwarf' is mentioned, there is still a lot of heading, and the current officialdom in the capital has spread! ”

"Oh?"

"This Qi Bingrong was originally the main hall of Zhenyang County, but later lost his errand because of the deficit - however, now everyone outside is saying that the deficit in Qi someone's tenure is actually not his own business, it was the 'flow stall' to his head, and he couldn't pay for it, so he was withdrawn."

"Tired of amortization? - How much? ”

"About a thousand pieces of silver."

King Gong Daqi: "Can't pay a thousand pieces of silver?" Zhenyang ...... It's the first county of Taicang Prefecture, right? It's a land of fish and rice. ”

"I don't know if it's true or not, but that's what I say."

After a pause, Bao Jun sneered: "Only in this way can it seem that people are incorruptible!" - Otherwise, how to be a 'commissioner of integrity'? Now everyone outside is saying: Qi County ordered the queen to grow vegetables, and the lady spun cloth for clothes, who in Taicang doesn't know? ”

“…… Well, that's kind of interesting. ”

"What's really interesting is in the back - after the evacuation, after a while, Qi Mingtang took a letter from Xu Yinxuan 'Eight Lines' and went to the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu to ask to see Xuandi."

"Xu Yinxuan-Xu Tong?"

"Yes-Xu Yinxuan is the seat teacher of Qi Mingtang's township test."

"I didn't expect that."

"Sixth Master, there is anything you can't think of!"

After a pause, Bao Jun said, "At that time, Xuandi still gave Xu Yinxuan a lot of face, saying that he wanted to send Qi Mingtang to Suzhou to weave the yamen. ”

"Suzhou weaving yamen? It's a good job. ”

"Yes—but, I didn't expect Qi Mingtang to have other ideas. As soon as he heard the words 'Suzhou Weaving Yamen', his face changed, and he stood up and said, 'The lower officials can't afford the cultivation of adults, and they dare not delay the work of adults, so they will leave,' Yunyun. ”

King Gong was stunned: "Why is that?" ”

Bao Jun said with a smile: "People think that the weaving yamen is a place to support idlers, and they ask themselves, they can still do something practical for the country, and they don't want to sit on the salary-however, this was not said at that time." ”

King Gong's heart shook slightly.

"This Qi Mingtang is indeed not an ordinary person - however, if you don't want to accept Yixuan's kindness, you can make a tactful statement, Shangguan hasn't served tea to send off guests, and he himself will have to brush his sleeves away, which will be too embarrassing for Yixuan."

"Isn't it? Xuan Di immediately became popular, not only slapped the table, but also picked the top of Qi Mingtang - Qi Mingtang's grade at that time was an alternate Tongzhi. ”

"Well, at the time...... Yixuan had just been crowned a marquis and promoted to governor, and when he was young and proud, he naturally couldn't allow a six-rank alternate official to be presumptuous in front of him. ”

"In addition," Bao Jun said, "this Qi Mingtang's description is probably one of the reasons. I have never seen this person, it is said that he is short and fat, and he is described as obscene, and he has a mole on the left side of his face, and there are a few black hairs on it, which is how he got his nickname. ”

After a pause, he smiled, "This dignity is still so big, no wonder the Xuan Mansion is on fire." ”

King Gong's heart moved slightly, and he said, "Hearing you say this, I think of someone. ”

"Hmm...... Yan Danchu. ”

"That's right," King Gong sighed softly, "When Yan Danchu was 'big pick', he was kicked out of the field, wasn't it because he was not well described and it was difficult to get into the eyes of the main exam?" But look at today's Yan Danchu, what kind of courage and pattern? ”

After a pause, "With Qi Mingtang's pride, I had to come to the door to beg, naturally because I couldn't make up for any shortcomings, and I had no livelihood - this probably has something to do with his appearance, right?" But today, it's also the second position! This man - what a shame! ”

“…… That's right, too. ”

King Gong was slightly stunned for a moment, and asked, "What's next?" ”

"Qi Mingtang is very tough," Bao Jun said, "without saying anything, he knelt on the ground, and without bothering Goshha of the Jiangsu Governor Yamen, he turned the top of the clams down." ”

"This man is really extraordinary!"

"At this moment," Bao Jun said, "Another acquaintance of ours, Qian Dingfang, came forward and said in detail that Qi Mingtang was affected by the 'flow stall' and lost the messenger, and 'Qi County ordered the queen to grow vegetables, and the lady spun cloth for clothes, and no one in Taicang knows'. ”

"This ...... Yi Xuan was a little embarrassed - what did he say? ”

"Sixth Master, you never imagined it—Xuan Di stood up, walked to Qi Mingtang, and a Qian'er hit the ground: 'Cousin Ming, I will make amends for you!' ”

King Gong opened his mouth slightly, half loud, unable to speak.

This is the second time Kwan Zhuofan has knelt down "today".

The first time was in front of the spirit of the Uren. This is shocking enough, but kneeling in front of the Wu Ren Ling, no matter how "overqualified", after all, he is facing the first assistant of the country, Shilin Zongjing, and the emperor's seat teacher, who has also bowed and saluted him.

The second time was in front of Qi Bingrong - a six-rank candidate who had lost his mission, had no livelihood, and begged for help.

After a long while, King Gong let out a long, slow sigh.

Person...... Great vulgarity.

The "this person" in King Gong's heart at this time is not Qi Bingrong.

From this time on, King Gong made up his final decision: this person can no longer fight with him.

Now that the most important decision has been made, the mood has calmed down.

"And then?"

"Later?" Bao Jun said, "To Xuan Di, Qi Mingtang is naturally grateful, and he has followed him in life and death!" Xuan Di appointed him on the spot as the 'Commissioner of Integrity' - Sixth Master, you know, this is actually a job that offends people, but Qi Mingtang is really 'acting to death', and he has done it without permission, and after a few years, Jiangsu officialdom, big and small officials, when they mention the word 'Qi Shorty', their legs and stomachs will turn around. ”

After a pause, "Qi Mingtang's entry into the Criminal Department, I think it is just like Yan Danchu's entry department, in the future, there will be a lively look!" ”

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