Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is seriously ill and invites himself!

Although when the news spread all over the capital, there were still officials who persevered and continued to write impeachment, but more people remained silent, and even the small drama that was originally renovated in the market stopped for a while. After the Tai Hospital, which was seriously understaffed, sent a doctor to diagnose and treat him, Zhu Houzhao quickly approved Min Jue's resignation. However, perhaps because the little emperor forgot, or maybe because Min Jue is now seriously ill and unable to move, the gallop escort that the minister Zhishi will give as usual to escort him back to his hometown is not mentioned.

Although the case is still being tried, Min Jue has all been judged, and this matter is naturally not as sensational as before, and the court officials are more concerned about the selection of the secretary of the criminal department, especially those who are now serving as the deputy capital of the imperial history or the three officials of the squire.

Among the six departments, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War are the most important, and the Ministry of Rites is the most noble, and the penal department and the Ministry of Industry are at the bottom. However, compared with the complexity of the Ministry of Industry, the Criminal Department still has the authority to audit the world's cases, and it is not impossible to transfer to another department at that time. So, as usual, when the court pushed, one by one the names were proposed, and the quarrel was dark, and in the end, only three candidates were decided.

Jiao Fang, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Tu Xun, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, and Wang Hua, the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

In the eyes of most people, among these three people, Tu Xun, who has served as the right attendant of the Criminal Department and the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and Tu Xun, who has been in the Criminal Department for eight years, is naturally expected, and the remaining two people are just good-looking foils. After all, Jiao Fang has never worked in the Criminal Department, and he should not be interested in the Criminal Department, and Wang Hua is even less qualified. But there are also a few people like Xie Qian who feel that Wang Hua is more sure, after all, his sons Wang Shouren and Zhu Houzhao have half a division, which has now spread.

However, the list of Tingtui was sent to the imperial front, but the next time, the Zhu batch of the imperial pen was sent down, and the result surprised everyone - Zhu Houzhao neither chose Tu Xun nor Wang Hua, but hooked Jiao Fang with a big stroke!

When the news reached the ministry, Jiao Fang, who was in the straight room, suddenly lost his temper and the pen in his hand suddenly fell, and the ink smeared the list of county orders that had just been sent from the new jinshi was everywhere. He hurriedly packed up his things, and then he reluctantly calmly asked Du Jin, the master of ceremonies who came to report the news, "Father-in-law...... Is my father-in-law serious? ”

Du Jin, who had just been promoted to the celebrant and the courtier, was now Li Rong's confidant, knowing the friendship between his ancestor and Jiao Fang, he immediately smiled and said: "Naturally, the ancestor personally sent the list to the emperor, and the emperor personally hooked it, how can this be bad?" Congratulations to Master Jiao, it will be the main hall of the Criminal Department, the dignified chief priest! ”

"Where, where ......"

Jiao Fang absentmindedly said a few perfunctory words, and then arched his hand and said a few polite words to Du Jin, and after the people left, he couldn't help but sit down, and there was still half a smile on his face.

Of course, he knew that he was on the list of Tingtui before, but in his opinion, Tu Xun was promoted to Shangshu with a possible surname of sixty percent, Wang Hua with thirty percent, and he was only one percent at most, but the possible surname of this one fell on his head! Finally stepping into the threshold of a main hall is naturally worth being happy about, but he went to such a yamen in the Criminal Department that is now in chaos, and there is a left waiter Tu Xun who was supposed to be a Shangshu, but he was robbed of him, how can he live well! It's better to see when Ma Wensheng will be boiled down in the ministry, and he will be able to become a heavenly official immediately!

And Ma Wensheng, the official secretary who also got the news, was stunned at first, but immediately ordered someone to call Zhang Cai over, and then couldn't help laughing. Zhang Cai was inexplicably laughed at by this old minister, but when Ma Wensheng said what happened, he suddenly felt refreshed.

"What does the ministry mean is that as soon as Jiao Fang goes back to the Criminal Department this time, this ministry will not want to come back?"

"Even if he wants to come back, the old man won't let him succeed easily! His old man will clean up one by one and clean up this department! When Ma Wensheng said this, he looked at Zhang Cai for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh a little, "It's a pity that you don't have enough qualifications, and you can't take the position of the left attendant of this ministry anyway, otherwise the old man will have a real right-hand man." ”

There is a hurdle between the fifth and fourth grades, and another hurdle between the third and second grades, which is the moat that most Beijing officials must cross. Zhang Cai thought to himself that he was shallow, and he didn't know that Ma Yuefang could cross these two hurdles gently in the Year of the Monkey, so although he felt that Ma Wensheng was joking, his face also showed a little gloom. However, when he returned to the straight room, he stayed until he left the yamen of the ministry, but a small servant from the family greeted him.

"Master, Lord Xu sent a letter to the house, saying that there was a banquet tonight to send a person, and you were invited to the banquet together."

Giving people a banquet?

Zhang Cai, who was at a loss, couldn't think about it, but when he thought about it, when Zhu Houzhao summoned him before, he only asked one sentence and sent him away angrily, he didn't talk to Xu Xun, and he still had some ups and downs in his heart, and he agreed after hesitation. When he got into the carriage with the help of the little servant, he fell into deep thought at the sound of the wheel.

Among the candidates for the criminal department of Tingtui this time, Jiao Fang was originally the most unlikely to be selected, but why did Jiao Fang go to the criminal department in the end? Could it be because the eunuchs Li Rong and Jiao Fang were a little eyebrow-raised, so they used some means in front of the emperor? It shouldn't be, it is said that Li Rong, the position of the master of ceremonies, is thrilling, how can he have such a great influence! Besides, what benefit does Jiao Fang have for Li Rong if he goes to the Criminal Department?

He went to the Qingfeng Building on the street under the Drum Tower near Shichahai with a stomach full of questions, and there was already a fifteen or sixteen little guy waiting at the door, and after he signed up, the little guy immediately led the way in front of him.

This Qingfeng Lou is not the first-class restaurant in the capital, but now it is said that the beginning of autumn has already passed, but the heat has not completely receded, and it has become a good place to cool off here on the shore of Shicha Sea. At this time, he followed the little guy to the third floor, and as soon as he entered the box, he felt a chill coming to his face, and then he saw that there were several ice basins in the room, and the tables and chairs were extremely chic, and when he saw Xu Xun standing up and bowing his head, he hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to salute.

"Lord Xu...... No, it's time to change your name to Pingbeibo. ”

"Don't scold me. It's all the emperor who wants to be different, this Tartar is not destroyed, how can he say that he is in the north? You are much older than me, so you might as well call me a chaste. ”

"This is too disrespectful, I'll call Lord Xu as usual." Where would Zhang Cai really be so big, and changed his original name as usual. After sitting down, he looked around, and asked curiously, "There are so many ice basins set up at this time, but it really makes the heat completely empty." I don't know what kind of guest Lord Xu invited, but he hasn't arrived yet? ”

"I came a moment early, I wanted to enjoy the shade on the shore of Shicha Sea, who knew you would come early." Xu Xun smiled slightly, and then said meaningfully, "By the way, you should know about the great joy of your officials, right?" ”

"Happy event? Lord Xu refers to Jiao Shilang's promotion to the secretary of the Criminal Department? ”

"Master Jiao has been working on the three products for many years." The corners of Xu Xun's mouth curled, and he said slowly, "He has been thinking about Ma Shangshu's position for many years, and now he has finally been transferred to the main hall, but he has gone to the criminal department, and he doesn't know whether to be happy or annoyed." This is just the court to get such a position, even if Ma Shangshu has an unpleasant quarrel with Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War because of this book, and the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu is vacant, it will not be his turn at that time. ”

Although Xu Xun's speed of speech was slow, Zhang Cai couldn't hear the tone of it, and he was stunned for a while, and only after a while did he tentatively say: "Could it be that this matter is Lord Xu, you ......?"

"Hey, how could I not meddle in such a person!" Having said that, he still smiled heartily, "It's just that I'm not afraid to tell you that Jiao Fang and I have some dislikes." At the beginning, he coveted Ma Shangshu's position, and in the matter of my father's attack on the knight, he deliberately provoked Ma Shangshu to provoke thorns, wanting to make me hate Ma Shangshu's title, I didn't know it at first, but now that I understand, I naturally won't let his cunning plan succeed. You just need to know this thing, and you don't need to tell Ma Shangshu. He's old, and he's so angry. ”

Zhang Cai also remembered that the case of the Earl of Xing'an attacked the Lord last year was in an uproar, and Ma Wensheng did favor the other family, but it was the first time he had heard of such a secret behind it. Thinking about Jiao Fang's surname, it was really possible to do such a thing, he couldn't help frowning, and it took a while before he realized a more important point.

If it is really Xu Xun, then he is really playing a wonderful game with this hand, you must know that even Ma Wensheng is very optimistic about Jiao Fang's transfer to the Criminal Department, after all, Tu Xun is an old Criminal Department!

Before he could speak, a hearty laugh came from outside: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just went to Miyun a few days ago to inspect the border affairs, and after coming back from this trip, I was busy packing up my things and preparing to leave, so let Lord Xu wait!" ”

With this laughter, an old man in a water-colored robe with a right side slanted placket entered the door, it was Yang Yiqing. When he found out that there were other people besides Xu Xun, he couldn't help but be stunned. After Ah Bao closed the door outside, he stepped forward and arched his hand, and after Xu Xun returned the salute with a smile, he pointed to Zhang Cai and said: "Duke An, Zhang Xilu was specially invited by me to see you off." ”

Yang Yiqing passed the name in his heart, and his eyes immediately lit up when he remembered his surname very well: "But Zhang Quancao, the ministry?" ”

The selection of the officials in charge of the Ministry of Literature and Literature can be said to be the most important sub-division of the six departments, and Yang Yiqing knew Zhang Cai, or because when he returned to Beijing to see Li Dongyang, Li Dongyang talked to him about the personnel of the six departments, and specifically talked about Zhang Cai, who praised the military entry in the previous book, and then made such a bunch of troubles, he naturally wrote down Zhang Cai's name and font size, and he didn't want to meet him on this occasion today. Li Dongyang asked him to be more wary of Xu Xun, but after all, he was a robe who had been in the same boat, and he was very unimpressed with this, but at this time, seeing Zhang Xu and Xu together, he couldn't help but think a little in his heart.

Could it be that Xu Xun's hand is so long, and it is really that even Ma Wensheng's confidant and favorite general of the Ministry of Officials have already been enveloped?

(To be continued)