Although Pei Guangting fell ill at the end of last year, and even took leave of absence several times, after all, he came back after the opening of the election door in the first month, so most people did not expect that the prime minister in the prime of life would die suddenly. And when the court was giving Pei Guangting a funeral, Dr. Taichang Sun Wan was even more surprised when he was formulating Pei Guangting's nickname, saying that Pei Guangting used the method of following qualifications, and there was a way to misuse talents. The dignified prime minister was going to be liquidated like this after his death, Pei Guangting's relatives and friends were shocked, but seeing that Yan Linzhi was exiled because of the official list, there were more people who were silent, and no one dared to speak for a while.

Near dusk, a middle-aged man who seemed to be drunk turned into a cross street in the middle of the square, suddenly held on to the fence on one side, and slashed his throat and vomited violently. When he finally stood up straight, he couldn't help but show an indescribable look on his face. After ten years as an official, he was finally promoted to Zuo Shizhi and became a veritable minister of the Son of Heaven, but because he was recommended and appointed by Pei Guangting, Pei Guangting died this time, and he was also subjected to Yang, it is said that someone caught him when he was the first county lieutenant, and a murder case that had been broken was a bad pool, not to mention Zuo Shizhi, I am afraid that he will be degraded, and I don't know what poor mountains and bad waters he wants to nest in

"Why is this the end of my Tang Ming, I'm not reconciled"

"Unwilling to do anything, unwilling to be demoted out of Beijing with stigma on your back, or unwilling to be unknown from now on?"

The sudden voice in his ears brought Tang Ming back to his senses, and he looked around blankly trying to find the person who was speaking, but after drinking too much wine, he almost lost his concentration and most of his senses, and no matter how he looked, he couldn't find the other party's location. When the person who didn't know where the road was hiding repeated this again, he finally got carried away and # shouted: "I don't care about the stigma for a while, but I don't want to bury my poor background in this life, and I finally became a left-handed pick-up, I am not willing to do nothing again and again for the sake of the examination Xiao Xiangguo was born in a famous family and has brilliant military achievements, why can't I tolerate a small left-handed pick-up?" ”

This is the sixth person Xianyu Zhongtong has seen in two days. Du Shiyi bluntly told him the task entrusted by Xiao Song, and also bluntly said that he wanted to select and select from among them to see if there were any available people. As for the selection criteria, Du Shiyi didn't say anything, he could only figure it out by himself. At this moment, hearing that the other party was desperately venting his resentment, he was secretly glad that this new Zuo Shizhi was poor and the house was also in the most remote place among the Chang'an squares, so he was silent for a while and asked in a deep voice: "You said that Xiao Xiangguo can't tolerate you, then let me ask you, what do you think you have great ability?" ”

Without waiting for the other party to answer, he added: "Don't fool people with any clichés such as brilliant writing, now there are clear and beautiful words in the court, such as Zhang Zishou and Zhang Shilang, and there are also side expeditions such as Du Junli and Du Zhongshu, even if you can overshadow the literary brilliance of those two, you think you may write a good sentence that you can't see the sad white hair of the high hall and the mirror, and the court is like green silk and twilight into snow, so that people can't make it easier to say a word?" ”

Although it is not as long as Zhang Xing has followed Du Shiyi, Xian Yu Zhongtong has been exposed to it for most of the year, and gradually tasted Du Shiyi's way of employing people - that is, practicality. Although celebrities such as Li Bai, Meng Haoran, and Wang Zhilian, Du Shiyi did respect them very much, and the same was true of Wang Changling and Gao Shi before, Du Shiyi also helped Wang Changling seek official positions, and funded the two of them to travel to the Western Regions, but this kind of help is not without limits. On the contrary, when Shiquan was drafted this time, Du Shiyi gave beauty and lack among many candidates, and it was often those who had a skill.

Therefore, he directly knocked out the other party's conceit, so he waited for the other party's reaction unhurriedly.

"I ...... I ......" Tang Ming didn't expect that every sentence of the other party poked his sore spot, although he was still drunk, but the most so-called good sentence that could not be changed word, he also failed to find a rebuttal sentence, so after he barely stood up straight against the wall, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "When I was the county lieutenant, both of them were thieves and captains, so every year the thief theft case was all concluded by me personally." Yonghui has memorized it well, and hundreds of judgments have been written, and although those book judgments of the Diocesan Department seem wonderful, they are definitely not as good as the six years of experience of my two thieves hunters."

"Since you can have a skill, as long as you don't lose hope, you may not sink into obscurity. If drinking is entertainment, it is okay, if it is to eliminate sorrow, will it not be even more sorrowful to use wine to dispel sorrow? If you want to have a chance to make a comeback in the future, drink less."

Tang Ming listened to this advice, only to feel that his eyes were blurry, and his heart was even more sour. He didn't know that he had come to this point, and getting drunk was just to anesthetize himself, but what could he do as a small person? In the haze, he only felt that there was a person holding his arm and walking forward, although he tried to identify it, but he only found the young age of the other party, but he only saw the other party's appearance vaguely. When he entered the house, the two little boys came out to help him when they heard the news, and he tilted his head and didn't know anything.

Within five days, Xian Yu Zhongtong and Zhang Xing met one person after another almost non-stop, and finally, the two people standing in front of Du Shiyi handed over their respective lists.

Although Xiao Song claimed to want to kill all the people who were promoted by Pei Guangting, he did not mean everyone who was related to Pei Guangting, for example, the Zhongguan Pei family had several officials in the court. Xiao Song's goal is to be promoted from outside Pei Guangting, or to be promoted and appointed from the adjutant of Chixian and Jing County, and now those who are still of lower grade are picking up the missing and making up for the que, as well as some of the imperial histories of the Imperial History Terrace, as for the high-ranking officials who want to move, they are only in the Ministry of Affairs. These are all lowly and powerful beauty shortages, every time the prime minister is changed, the people in these positions will almost experience a big change, but this time Xiao Song's actions are extremely fast.

"This is the person you selected?" Du Shiyi looked at the list of six people added together on both sides, and saw Xian Yu Zhongtong and Zhang Xing nodding at the same time, so he stood up and said, "Okay, for the rest, I'll figure out a way It is because Pei Shilang also thinks that it is too hasty to shoot down such a rod, so I can win these five days, and I have worked hard for the two of you." ”

Seeing Du Shiyi give up his hand, Xian Yu Zhongtong hurriedly returned the courtesy, while Zhang Xing said with a smile: "Zhongshu is not afraid that we are just perfunctory, and we may not be able to select real talents from them?" ”

"For five days, even if you are wrong, you must have done your best. What's more, everyone has marked what they are good at, and I don't think you will even look away from this. Most of all, I can trust you. Du Shiyi saw that both of them showed moved expressions, so he bowed his head and said, "It's been hard work for days, so you can rest first in the next few days." ”

The positions of the provincial servants and the Huangmen servants are all vacant, naturally there are many coveters, everyone knows that if you want to choose a new appearance, according to the previous rules, the biggest possibility is that the Shangshu Shilang of the six departments of Shangshu Province and the left and right of Shangshu, however, before that, the question of Pei Guangting's nickname is still unresolved. Dr. Taichang's advice proposed by Sun Wan is too harsh, this is a fact that everyone knows, but although Pei Guangting has been an official for many years, because of his temperament, there are not many officials who have intersected with him, and his relatives and friends are frightened by Xiao Song's iron fist, and not many people dare to argue with reason. As a clan brother, Pei Sijian is fighting, but how can he, a martial artist, resist many literati?

Under these circumstances, Du Shiyi sent a letter to Gao Lishi, and in the evening of that day, Li Longji sent a message ordering him to go to Pei's house to send the official to the sacrifice. It was not the duty of the Zhongshu people to give sacrifices, so when Du Shiyi came to the door, the Pei family was very surprised. Pei Sijian, who came to help with the funeral, saw Du Shiyi saluting in the funeral hall, and suddenly stopped Du Shiyi after Pei Zhi, the mourner, returned the salute.

"Du Zhongshu, you and I have a relationship in Daizhou, can you take a step to speak?"

Du Shiyi and Pei Guangting almost couldn't talk about friendship, and the Pei family in Pingkangfang was also here for the first time, so Pei Sijian suddenly shouted such a sentence, and Pei Zhi couldn't help but be stunned. However, his mother was unable to see anyone because of grief, and he was in charge of the family inside and out, and he didn't quite understand the reason why his uncle kept Du Shiyi, and when Du Shiyi agreed, he only felt incredible.

His father, who is quite admired, although he seems to be sick and weak, but his martial arts are strong, does he have any friendship with Du Shiyi?

Pei Sijian saw that Du Shiyi agreed, and said to Pei Zhen: "Dao'an, you are your grandfather's only son, and there are some things that require you to be present." Can you borrow your grandfather's study to speak? ”

Although he didn't know why, Pei Zhi was a child of a family after all, and the most basic things such as observing words and emotions would not be lacking, so he finally agreed. When he entered the study, he saw that Pei Sijian had ordered his servants to guard outside, Pei Zhi couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, but the next moment, Pei Sijian said something that made him incredible.

"Dao'an, I won't tell you the truth, before Du Zhongshu was the acting governor of Shi, he once covered up a scandal for my middle-loved Pei clan that was enough to ruin the name of the clan."

Pei Sijian used such an earth-shattering sentence as the opening remark, and described the events of the day vividly in 1510, seeing that Pei Zhi was surprised and grateful, he actually gave Du Shiyi a deep sigh, and he also took the opportunity to sincerely bow his hand to Du Shiyi and said: "Du Zhongshu, I know that you have always been a righteous gentleman. My brother has just died, Xiao Xiangguo is so aggressive, and even the name of the clan brother has to be calculated, this is really too deceitful Du Zhongshu is so good, can't he speak up this time? ”

is worthy of Pei Sijian, and he directly squeezed it up with the eight words of a righteous man and a gentleman

Du Shiyi saw that Pei Zhi immediately looked at him with the same expectant expression, so he shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to help, Xiao Xiangguo does have something too much this time." However, it is not the most appropriate way to fight with outsiders in this matter. I just want to ask Pei Gongzi, do you want to dare not underestimate the former prime minister's court after Pei Xiangguo's death, or rely on the shadow left by Pei Xiangguo, and live the second half of his life in such a mediocre way? ”