The next morning, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Officials, came to inform Liu Mingcheng of his appointment, and it was exactly as Yao Nai's prediction. Liu Mingcheng received the confession and official uniform, his face was calm, and his performance of not being shocked by this kind of pampering made the outsiders who came over look at it twice.

When he returned to the room, Liu Mingcheng let go of the palm he had been clenching, and his palm was already soaked with sweat. He let out a cloudy breath, nervous even though he had been prepared. After all, this was a turning point in his official career, from the local to the capital, and it also provided an opportunity for further rise in the future. After the servants waited and changed into official uniforms, he sat in a hired green cloth sedan chair and went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take up his post in a low-key manner and meet the officials.

When he arrived at the Imperial Palace, he was enthusiastically led by a young imperial historian to the public house of the imperial historian of the left capital. "Lord Liu, the lower official Yu Ke, was allowed to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate by His Majesty last year, and has been assisting the right deputy Lord Yu Shiyu to deal with some affairs. In the future, I will ask Master Li for more advice. ”

Liu Mingcheng smiled and arched his hand, and replied a little kindly: "Where, where!" Brother Yu followed Lord Yu, and his future was limitless. Although the foolish brother is a few years older, he has also wasted his years. If Brother Yu is free, Brother Yu will be the boss after the shift, let's go out and have a talk. ”

Yu Ke was born in poverty, and he had just joined the company for less than a year, and it was the time when he was shy. After all, it is not easy to live in the capital. Although he rarely sees meat when he eats on weekdays, he is most afraid that others will look down on him. There was a slight embarrassment on his face, and he hurriedly said, "Where can I let Brother Xian break the bank." Brother Xian just came to the capital, and today is the first day to come to the Imperial Court, and it is time for the foolish brother to take the wind and wash the dust for Brother Xian. When he spoke, he still had some sore teeth, and secretly pinched the money in his sleeve that had just been sent this month, and secretly said that it seemed that he was going to spend his days with water cabbage again this month.

"Hey, how can I give up this! Brother Fool is not just trying to invite Brother Xian to eat and drink, but also to ask Brother Xian to tell me about the affairs of the Imperial Court. After all, the foolish brother is also a newcomer, if he offends his predecessors, or violates any taboos, then he will have no face to continue to stay. Hahaha......" Liu Mingcheng deliberately said the reason, and then laughed heartily.

Sure enough, Yu Ke's face also relaxed, and he thanked him: "That foolish brother is better to be respectful." The relationship between the two has suddenly become closer.

"Please also ask the virtuous brother to teach me!"

The two of them talked, and after crossing the corridor, they came to a short distance outside the Imperial History Mansion in Zuodu. Yu Ke asked Liu Mingcheng to stay for a while, and then went to ask the familiar guard on duty, walked back and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, I have good luck today." Lord Yu Shi Ling of Zuodu is handling official business in the public house. The younger brother has already let people enter the report to Lord Ling, and he asked the virtuous brother to stay for a while. ”

Liu Mingcheng thanked him and said, "Brother Yu, you go and get busy first, you don't need to accompany you here." When it's time to get off duty, let's meet at the Drunken Immortal Building not far from the Metropolitan Courtyard. ”

After Yu Ke left, a smile appeared on Liu Mingcheng's face. He thought of the change in the expression on Yu Keke's face just now, and knew that this person could be co-opted. He has also experienced the days when a new official took office and was shy in his pocket, and he knew that this kind of taste was not good, and he also knew that this time was the easiest time to go astray. After thinking about it, he looked up at the Tsing Yi Yushi and the gray-clothed officials who came and went in the courtyard and walked in a hurry, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled again. Seeing them busy, he became more and more fond of the taste of power, and liked to control and control the fate of others.

A quarter of an hour passed, and Zuodu Yushi still didn't let him in. However, he was still calm in his heart, which was the so-called dismounting, which he had done in the past when he was in the local government. What the superior wants most is not how capable his subordinates are, but to be obedient enough, and the dismount is to declare power. Although he has changed his role now, he does not feel embarrassed because he knows that one day he will reach that position, or even higher.

After a while, the official came over and asked Liu Mingcheng to enter the public room, saying that Zuodu Yushi was invited. He adjusted his expression, his face changed from the original calm to sincere fear, and then followed the officials step by step and cautiously, doing what a new person should look like when he entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Entering the public room of Zuodu Yushi, he raised his head and glanced at the official sitting behind the desk, full of righteousness and a long beard, and hurriedly bowed his head and respectfully greeted: "Xiaguan Liu Mingcheng, meet Lord Ling." ”

"Hmm." Ling Qingqiu made a sound from his nostrils, then picked up Liu Mingcheng's confession and the official documents of the officials and read them, and did not speak.

Liu Mingcheng still bowed respectfully, looking down at the ground, he knew that Ling Qingqiu must be looking at him at this time.

Ling Qingqiu was looking at Liu Mingcheng with the rest of his eyes, and when he saw the other party behaving like this, he secretly said sensible in his heart. Then he said slowly: "Mingcheng, this official understands your situation, and knows that you have outstanding achievements in local government, are good at soothing the people, and are superior in assessment. However, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for imperial history, and its actions are quite different from those of the local people, so I hope you can adapt to it as soon as possible after you join the company. ”

"Thank you, my lord, for your advice, the lower officials must keep it in mind and be cautious in their words and deeds at all times. In the future, if there is something that the lower officials do not do well, I hope that the adults will not hesitate to correct it! Liu Mingcheng lowered his posture very low, and he was completely in the tone of being a latecomer, and he didn't look like he had been a member of the government at all.

Ling Qingqiu listened, nodded slightly, and then asked: "As an imperial history, the most important thing is to stand upright and upright, so as to maintain law and order, deter Xiaoxiao, and convince hundreds of officials." I ask you, what should you do if someone deliberately destroys the testimonies? ”

Liu Mingcheng raised his head and said with a resolute face: "My lord, the lower officials should be worried about the king's food, if someone regards the national law as nothing, the lower officials must speak impartially and not let anyone be the voice of the horse." ”

Ling Qingqiu put down his right hand, which was brushing his beard, and said, "Okay! This is the foundation of the imperial history. Wangjun is worthy of what he said today. After speaking, he waved his hand and asked Liu Mingcheng to take Liu Mingcheng to meet the right capital Yushi, the left and right deputy capital Yushi and others, and then sent him to the public house used by Sun Yongcheng before.

After more than half an hour, Liu Mingcheng arrived at his public house. After the clerk left, he scratched the mahogany desk that had been wiped down and translucent, flipped through the few documents on the table, and made up his mind: "I will definitely not leave the capital, I will only rise step by step until I press Ye Nanqing to a low level." Hehe, teacher, look at me, I am your best disciple. ”