At this delicate time, the impeachment of Cui Chengxiu's first bird was attacked, Yang Weiyuan's housekeeper reported to the Beicheng Terracotta Division, and the second day it was known to the whole dynasty, and the Wucheng Terracotta Division naturally knew the severity of this matter, and immediately sent someone to protect Yang Weiyuan's mansion, and began to investigate on the same day, many people thought that Cui Chengxiu did it, but I heard that Yang Weiyuan did not testify against Cui Chengxiu, and at the same time, there was a hundred households from Shandong, one person repelled three murderers, saved Yang Weiyuan, and heard that he was also injured, But everyone only knows about him.

At this time, Chen Xin was in the secluded courtyard of Zhengdongfang outside Chongwen Gate, listening to Lu Donkey's narration.

"Yesterday, after we got out of Fangjia Hutong, we first went to Biandan Hutong, changed our robes on the way, and then went from a Hutong to Chongwenmen, and then went back to Chongwenmen Street after going to the light market. On the road, according to what you said from the eldest brother, the three of them walked separately, ten steps apart. I made three U-turns in the middle and didn't find anyone following. When I got here, I only came in every once in a while. ”

"Have you taken care of your clothes?"

Qin Lufang said: "I walked through the Xuanwu Gate into the inner city and threw it near Mingyufang, where Cui Chengxiu was." ”

"Okay, you're all doing a good job." Chen Xin approvingly, "The people we are dealing with now are all powerful people in the imperial court, we must be careful in everything, we would rather spend more time, and we must be safe first." ”

Zhang Dahui and Hai Gouzi also nodded, after all, they all knew that it was a felony to beat the imperial court officials, and Chen Xin told them to change their clothes on the way, disperse and walk, and detour around the most crowded light market, in order to eliminate the characteristics that might be investigated, which made the three of them feel very novel.

"From this day forward, all three of you are here not to go out, Ritsuya."

Qin Lufang replied, "What's the matter, my lord." ”

"You can only buy one person's food every day, and other people's food can be prepared in advance."

"It's ready, according to what the adults said, buy more every few days after arriving in Beijing, it's not eye-catching, but it's only enough for three people to eat for a month."

"That's enough, you're doing a good job. You still go out to drink tea and watch the play every day as you used to. Don't be different. ”

"Understood, sir."

Hai Gouzi asked with a smirk: "Brother Chen, we won't go out, what should you do if you meet Qingpi or something." ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "Big brother beats the three of you alone, and I'm afraid of green skin"

The four of them laughed when they knew what he had said about yesterday.

Chen Xin smiled before saying, "There are also Dai Zhenggang and Zhu Guobin, don't worry." ”

Lu Donkey asked Chen Xin a little puzzled: "Big brother, what is the effect of beating Yang Weiyuan like this?" Did the eldest brother save him, and the emperor wants to promote you to an official? ”

Chen Xin shook his head: "The emperor is not so easy to promote you to an official, and all promotions in the Ming Dynasty have a canonical system, and it is not that you can be promoted if you want to." ”

"Big brother, aren't we out of business."

"Yes, but there's one more thing to do."

"What's the matter?"

"Scolding the street!"

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The military department on the west side of the thousand-step corridor is divided into military selection and clearance divisions, car driving clearance divisions, staff clearance divisions, and arsenal clearance divisions. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was a five-army governor's office, responsible for the management of the national guard, when the army was sent out by the military department to temporarily appoint the commander-in-chief, awarded the general seal, and returned from the expedition to hand over the seal, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the guard was eroded, and the civilian status had long suppressed the military attaché, the position of the military governor's office had become the military attaché's office, and the military regime was fully returned to the military department, and even directly intervened in the command of the front-line commander, which was the highest management and command body of the Ming armed forces.

At this time, it was just afternoon, and the officials wearing all kinds of military and civilian uniforms came and went at the gate and lobby of the military headquarters, which seemed to be no different from usual, and the appearance was very calm.

After the new emperor ascended the throne in August, there was no change of officials at the beginning, but it can be seen from the continuous temptations of the eunuch party that the shape shì is still delicate, although the eunuch party occupies most of the power departments, but the emperor occupies the Taoist system, and more than a month after Chongzhen's accession to the throne, the advantage is slowly shifting. Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has submitted his resignation twice, although the emperor did not approve it, but the officials of the various departments of the Ministry of War are all old sparrows in the officialdom, and they know that it will not be so simple.

Sure enough, on the 17th, an order was suddenly issued, and Jiang Shiying was promoted to Zhejiang, and Liu Jiayu was the deputy envoy of Huguang, and these two divisions were the most important departments of the Ministry of War.

And yesterday it happened that Yang Weiyuan wrote again to impeach Cui Chengxiu, and was assassinated on the way to work, everyone knows about it, in the current sensitive period, everyone thinks that Cui Chengxiu is very suspicious, according to the convention, Cui Chengxiu may need to defend himself and resign. When some of the imperial historians heard about this, they began to prepare for another impeachment.

The new director of the Military Election Department Qian Yuanwei recuperated in the lobby of the Military Election Division, Jiang Shiying was transferred, and the Martial Election Division was temporarily taken over by Qian Yuanyu, this position is a fat shortage, he is ready to make a fortune, but if you want to make a fortune for a long time, you have to understand politics, and it is very important to stand in the right position, Qian Yuanyu did not make up his mind, he planned to wait and see again, but Cui Chengxiu seemed to be able to fight.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Qian Yuanyu squinted and glanced at it, and a tall military attache wearing a hundred household uniforms walked in with a smile.

"Vulgar Warrior!" Qian Yuanyu still scolded in his heart, and closed his eyes to recuperate, such a six-grade military attaché is similar to sweeping and cooking in his eyes, although he is also a six-grade military attaché.

A clerk next to him said lazily: "What's the matter with this person?" ”

"The rank of subordinate military officer." Chen Xin said with a smile.

The clerk asked, "What is the rank?" ”

Chen Xin scolded secretly in his heart, obviously he was blind in the official uniform of a hundred households, but he still said kindly: "The lower officials are a hundred households with real jobs, and they want to accept thousands of households." ”

"Well, the documents can be issued, and the receipt of the household payment can be received."

Chen Xin took out the paperwork from his arms, held it with both hands, and sent it to the bookstore. The clerk reached out and took it, and felt a hard piece underneath. He touched the size, about five taels, these hundred households knew the general situation, nodded lightly, and quietly took it.

The clerk looked through the paperwork, there was no problem, he gave Chen Xin a look, and gently waved his head towards Qian Yuan. He said: "This is the head of the Wuxuan Division, and the matter of the level is in charge of Lord Qian." ”

Chen Xin knelt on the ground with a puff: "It turned out to be Lord Qian, and the lower official went to Beijing, and he didn't know Mount Tai with his eyes, so he was rude." ”

Qian Yuanyu didn't even open his eyes, and snorted from his nostrils. This Qianhu still knew that he was noble and martial, so he didn't ask him to get up, and said lightly: "Although the documents are complete, but the official character and affairs involve the official body of the department, even if it is replaced, it is necessary to test the military merits of the bow and horse, and it is necessary to have virtue and ability." ”

What Qian Yuanwei said was the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, at that time, the military attache had land and population, high and powerful, and bullying civil officials often happened, but now it is the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a fart to test the bow horse, Chen Xin said loudly: "Xiaguan is skilled in bow horses, but he has not read many books, and he will ask the adults for advice in the future, but the lower officials do have a heart of loyalty to the monarch and serve the country, and I hope that the adults will be successful." Chen Xin said as he handed over the document respectfully, and the deceived Dongzhu was in his hand.

Qian Yuanyu still closed his eyes, leaned his head on the back of the chair and said leisurely: "In the future, the military position will be used, and the level below 1,000 households will not be allowed to hold a substantive position above 1,000 households, have you figured it out?" ”

"After thinking clearly, the lower official's mind is just to fight for the face of the ancestors."

Qian Yuanyu took the paperwork slowly, touched the beads below, his face did not move at all, the salaries of these six Beijing officials are not high, and they are all looking forward to promotion or transfer to a place for fat, and every time there is a real shortage, they will spend a lot of money, so at that time, some officials said that the annual cost of official promotion is a few Liao.

Qian Yuanwei touched it slightly, knowing that it was a good pearl, and glanced at it twice when he looked at the documents, it seemed that it was still Dongzhu, which was produced in Liaodong, and now after being occupied by Tartars, the price of Dongzhu in Kannai has risen a lot, Qian Yuanwei is quite satisfied, because Chen Xin has all the documents, it is just a matter of procedures, and it is very face-saving to have a Dongzhu worth dozens of taels.

"Although it is not allowed to hold a substantive position below the 1,000 households, it is not a generalization, as long as there is virtue and ability, there are exceptions." Qian Yuan's breath relaxed slightly, raised his eyes and saw that Chen Xin was still kneeling, and generously let Chen Xin get up. Every time Chen Xin knelt on these people, he was angry, and the most annoying thing was that he had to pretend to be happy on his face. Especially the civil servant in front of him, he is a sixth-grade like himself, and the shelf is bigger than the third-grade governor.

Qian Yuanyu looked through the document and saw the three words Weihaiwei in the document, and was about to ask the secretary office to check the yellow book of military registration, when he suddenly remembered the rumors of the past two days, and couldn't help asking: "Chen Baihu, are you a military member of the Shandong Health Institute?" ”

"Yes, Xiaguan Weihaiwei left a thousand households and hundreds of households. Two years ago, he was gathered in Weihaiwei, and was promoted to a small banner because of his merits, and in this year's Ningjin War, Xia Guan was promoted to 100 households because of the capture and killing of Jiannu. "The Yellow Book reported to the Ministry of War was made three years ago, and Song Wenxian specifically instructed Chen Xin to say that it was collected two years ago, so that it can explain why the Yellow Book does not have his name.

"Oh, so you don't have to check the yellow book," Qian Yuanyu didn't care about this question, he paused and said tentatively: "When did Chen Baihu arrive in Beijing, have you heard about the incident in Beicheng yesterday?" ”

"Lord Qian, but what did you say about Yang Yushi's assassination? Xia Guan happened to be present yesterday. ”

Qian Yuanyu's eyes opened a little, looked at Chen Xin seriously, and didn't say whether it was good or bad, and asked: "It turns out that the hundred households are you, I heard that you are still injured?" Can it be repeated?"

Chen Xin scooped up the sleeve of his right hand, and there was still some blood stains on the bandaged cotton cloth, and he said: "Master Lao asked, there are some minor injuries, and they are not in the way." ”

Qian Yuanyu believed it now, but he still didn't think there was anything great about this person.

He sat on the chair and pretended to be careless and asked Chen Xin: "You are a little brave in this hundred households, did those thieves leave clues at that time?" ”

Chen Xindao: "Xia Guan is not brave, he is just excited by righteous indignation, and he is justified, and he is so fierce that he is angry, so he is naturally not the opponent of Xia Guan." It's a pity that no one was caught, and the lower officials heard the thief ask Yang Yushi why he impeached an adult and scolded him for being a traitor. The lower official estimated that it must have been the adult who hired the murderer to take revenge. If the subordinate can be slackened, he will also be impeached. ”

Qian Yuanyu didn't dare to ask again, quietly accepted the beads, his eyes rolled, and said to Chen Xin: "Well said, this matter has to be decided by the waiter, you go back and wait for the news, and it will usually come down in a few days." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Qian." Chen Xin saluted and then withdrew.

Qian Yuanyu waited for him to go out before he took out the beads and looked at them carefully under the table. Suddenly, he heard a shout from the hundred households in the lobby of the military headquarters.

"Cui Chengxiu, you traitor!!"

Qian Yuanyu's squinting eyes suddenly widened.