In the second year of Jingtai, the twenty-third day of the first month, the early dynasty.

Headed by Wang Hao, the civil officials of the Qingliu Dynasty will take the final exam, and they will take the final exam, and they will raise their sons and white names and cranes, and how can they be officials. If the time comes, the white name of the crane falls to Sun Mountain, won't the court be ridiculed by the people of the world!

Therefore, the Qingliu people issued a strong protest, and they were not allowed to enter the official examination unless they were examined.

Daizong Zhu Qiyu sat on the imperial seat very upright, and he knew that there would be such a result when he arranged for Bai Minghe to be an official. So he didn't care, and several officials were arranged above the court to help him speak.

Peng Shi Shi was out of the list, Zhu Qiyu was overjoyed, this Peng Shi's tirade was just used to deal with the imperial history.

He is definitely an emperor who knows how to use people.

Just when Zhu Qiyu was expecting Peng Shi to say something he liked, he saw Peng Shi take out a transcript: "The minister thinks that if you don't take the imperial examination, you won't be admitted to the office, and the minister will take back the official!" ”

Zhu Qiyu almost vomited blood on the spot, what are you Peng Shi, you actually put me together.

"Long live, the minister thought that what Peng Shi said was the voice of all civil officials. Only those who have gone through the formal imperial examination can enter the court as officials. The white crane is just a move, and it is the second-to-last result in Shaanxi. So I think that the white crane is just a rhetorical person! ”

Yang Ning stood up, and the limelight immediately changed.

Gao Gu touched his beard at this time, this Yang Ning is afraid that he wants to take the position, is it possible that he is still counting on the third division and the third young waiting for him?

Thinking of this, Takaya's gaze turned to Shang Chen.

With just a glance of contact, the two have already reached an acquaintance, so let's press Yang Ning down first.

In the end, the two of them looked at Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, Chen Xun, who was originally not involved in the struggle of these factions, he was a scribe, a real scribe. So he was conflicted in his heart.

On the one hand, he resented Qingliu's empty talk. On the other hand, he also did not support Yu Qian's attitude of not being subservient and employing people. At the same time, I am also disgusted with Gao Gu's practice of living a mixed life, boiling qualifications, and not seeking faults but seeking faults.

At this time, the three factions were fighting in the court, and it can be said that they were all seeking his opinion.

Today's controversy is so sudden that it can be said that each faction has not had enough time to communicate privately.

However, Yang Ning, you have played too much, and you want to use this incident of the white name crane to give an official to increase your reputation, and then increase the number of your faction in the name of the main exam, then you will make the Ming court out of balance. Even if he does not support Yu Qian's approach, he recognizes Yu Qian's efforts for Ming Zhongxing.

Thinking of this, Chen Xun did not respond to Gao Gu and Yu Qian, but directly made an example.

"Long live, the old minister has a few words to say!"

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty at this time did not have the strength of the cabinet in the late Ming Dynasty to overwhelm the six departments, but the first assistant of the cabinet was the first assistant after all. Chen Xun made an example, and the court immediately fell silent.

After receiving permission, Chen Xun said: "Long live, Da Ming Law." Someone can be an official. ”

Chen Xun's words set the tone for this matter, lifting people themselves can be officials, why can't the emperor arrange a petty official, you are making noise here, do you not put the Ming law in your eyes, or do you not put the Ming Dynasty in your eyes.

Yang Ning was stunned, he had considered Gao Gu and was too humble, but he didn't expect Chen Xun to come out to speak in person.

"Long live, since the Ming Dynasty has been in the past hundred years, many people have sat in the government first and then come to participate in the Beijing examination. Jinshi is naturally better, but Jinshi is also from the examination. Long live the discerning eye, and the minister thinks that the white-named crane must be a talented person. So long live the minister, the number of people in the cabinet system is insufficient, and the minister thinks that the white crane can make up for it! ”

Yang Ning had an urge to kill.

When it comes to playing rules, he really can't compare to Chen Xun, an old minister.

In the middle school, the two subjects need to be born as a scholar. As for the two rooms, it doesn't matter, many officials' children also work here, and they don't ask for the status of Jinshi.

To put it bluntly, the cabinet is responsible for copying confidential documents, and has no real power. From the rank of the seventh grade, it is just a good sound. Only the people of Zhongshu Keshe and Wenhua Hall have the opportunity to go up, and the rest, even if you work until death, you are from the seventh grade.

Of course, if you die, it may rise some, the comfort of the six pins.

"Minister's Honor!" Gao Gu smiled coldly at Yang Ning, and said in his heart Yang Ning, you are still young, let's experience a few more years.

Yu Qian also made an example: "The minister is attached to the ceremony!" ”

In an instant, more than half of the ministers above the court seconded the proposal, and Zhu Qiyu happily agreed, praising Shoufu for always grasping the best direction at a critical time.

After the rear, Yang Ning's face was pale, his idea was very simple, only Jinshi could be an official, and he didn't know how many protégés he would have, and he also gave a signal to the scholars that only by studying seriously and doing a good job in the imperial examination is the way out. Like the white-named crane, a person with a false name will not be able to enter the Ming officialdom.

Thousands of calculations, I didn't count Chen Xun's move, and I regretted it.

Zhu Qiyu was full of smiles, this is his success, what did he think in the past, this persuasion and that advice, it was really annoying. It's the plan of Chinese cabbage and radish, which has been discussed for half a month, and there is still no complete result.

In the palace, the office of the Cabinet.

After all, Shang Chen was still young, only thirty-six years old, and he walked all the way back here first. Immediately began to flip through the files that had been reported before, and while they were flipping through, Chen Xun came back, and saw that Shang Zhen was flipping through those files, and asked purely out of curiosity: "Hongzai, what are you looking for?" ”

"Find an extremely difficult case and hand it over to Shira-chan Crane to do!" Shang Shi replied, and his subordinates were not idle.

Chen Xun was a little surprised, is Bai Minghe really a talent?

At the moment, he asked: "How tall is this white-named crane?" ”

"He said to himself that the high places are cold!" Shang Shi still had great respect for this senior, and stood up straight and replied in a half-joking tone. Sure enough, Chen Xun laughed heartily: "What a young madman." ”

When Shang Chen was about to go through it again, Chen Xun took out a bag from under his desk.

"This matter, the old man is also embarrassed!"

took the file and flipped through a few pages, and he was also sweating, which has been a legacy since the Yongle period. And it's a very troublesome question. Many remote, very difficult places, or very poor positions, etc., Jinshi after the examination, and many in-service officials, would rather take advantage of the loopholes of the Great Ming Law to take sick leave, but they are not willing to go to work.

"This, it seems difficult!" Shang Zhen looked through this file and devised a way to deal with it himself.

But there was never a way of thinking that could be considered in every way.

Chen Xun smiled indifferently: "Simple, is it useful?" After that, he took out another file: "This is extremely difficult for many officials. But the old man thought that handing it over to Bai Minghe was to give him credit, and of course he might have sent a lot of silver. ”

Shang Chen glanced at the file.

It's really hard work, tiring work. It is a case of dredging of the Yongding River and repairing the embankment. This case was a case before the civil fort, and because of the trouble, it was decided at that time. (Yongding River was called Hunhe River in the early Ming Dynasty)

After leaving the civil fort, it was naturally put down.

"What Bai Minghe did in Xiaquan Village is not a secret. For so many years, so many Ren Zhi counties have not dared to do it, why? I heard that Yu Shangshu had seen the white crane, and he would definitely say that the white crane would definitely say: The investment is too big and the income is very small, just for tens of thousands of acres of barren fields and more than 1,000 households. Let a magistrate prepare a few thousand taels of silver to do things, and the magistrate is willing. Take a step back, it is your duty to do it well, and it is a sin to do it badly, so naturally Zhixian doesn't want to do it. ”

Shang Shi nodded: "Yu Shangshu has been there, and the results he asked are similar to what you said Gong Chen!" ”

"You hand over a Yongding River to the white crane, and the old man estimates that he can play with you with flowers."

"What Gong Chen said, it's very true!" After thinking about it, it seems that this is the case, the matter of Yongding River, compared with the three villages in Laishui County, although the scale is large, but the matter is simpler.

Chen Xun patted the two case files in his hand gently: "Let Bai Minghe come to see the old man!" ”

"Xie Chen Gong!" The merchant bowed deeply.

At this time, Bai Minghe's ship had already entered the capital, because he was on an official ship, and he had the dual banners of the palace and Jinyiwei, and there was no one to check along the way, and he entered the official dock directly when he entered the dock.

After getting off the boat, Bai Minghe saw Cheng Jing on the pier from a distance.

Just when Bai Minghe was stunned, Cheng Jing bowed to Bai Minghe from afar and left.

Bai Minghe hurriedly returned the salute, even if Cheng Jing couldn't see it anymore, Bai Minghe didn't dare to lose this etiquette. It's just that I am even more confused in my heart, what does Cheng Jing mean.

After standing up straight, Ye Bao came to Bai Minghe's side: "Bai Gongzi, there are three notices on the dock in a row. The first one let Bai Gongzi enter the palace, but the second one was changed, and Bai Gongzi was asked to go to the Ministry of Officials to receive the seal. This third part is when the first assistant of the court asked Bai Gongzi to come to the mansion, saying that he was inviting Bai Gongzi to dinner. And the first two copies are invalid. ”

Chen Xun, when he was the first assistant of the court, in the heart of Bai Minghe, this is the position below one person and above ten thousand.

At least as I saw in the TV series of later generations, Shoufu, what a big official is this.

Of course, at this time in the Ming Dynasty, the functions of the first assistant were still at the level of the secretary general, and did not reach the level of chief prime minister.

Sun Yuanjun did not follow, but was taken by Jinyi Wei to a mansion in the west of the imperial city: "Madame Bai, the original owner of this mansion is an official of the household department, and the house was later raided, and the house was vacant. Since Bai Gongzi is an official in the capital, he will live first. ”

Will it be settled?

Sun Yuanjun stood at the door and looked at the house, just looking at the front yard, it was much bigger than his own three-entry house.