After the beginning of the next year, Jin Tong is still busy in the Ministry of Officials, Yu Wenqin, who is also a child of the clan, has entered the Ministry of War.

Speaking of this military department, Yu Wenqin added it, it is also a puddle of troubled water, originally Yu Wenqin and the Chen family girl set up a marriage, that is, Chen Shilang is the next military department Shangshu, can provide assistance for Yuwenqin, but after the former old Shangshu stepped down, the two squires fought like black-eyed chickens, but the emperor did not want anyone, but ordered the former Shanxi governor Zeng Qichang to parachute into the capital to take over the post of military secretary, which exploded the eyes of many people.

The governor of the third grade entered Beijing to take over the post of the second grade Shangshu, this is not just a promotion, it is simply a skyrocket, how can the governor of Shanxi be able to do it, why does the emperor favor him so much!

Don't really say it, people have this virtue and ability, Zeng Qichang is a rare practical civil official in the court, and has always been a magistrate, he was born in a poor family, twenty-five years old, and he is also a young man, but the Beijing sergeant clan is flourishing and there are many factions, and the Beijing official is a radish and a pit, and it is not easy to talk about foreign students who have no background and want to stay in Beijing as officials. Non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet, Zeng Qichang was the forty-fifth in the second class at that time, if this rank is a child of the family in Beijing, how can he enter the Hanlin Academy to be a pen poster, just because he is a poor student from other places, how can the Hanlin Academy have a place for him to stand, as soon as the list is released, he was assigned to Yunnan Heiling as a magistrate.

However, that kind of poor countryside has not been able to block the light of Zeng Qichang, he built water conservancy to help the people's livelihood during his tenure, an official often eats and lives with the workers and peasants in the fields, he has developed a set of water collection and water diversion methods in Yunnan's arid climate and rugged terrain, which was originally the idea of benefiting the people, but was stolen by his Shangguan Wei Long, and reported to the imperial court, without mentioning Zeng Qichang's contributions, Zeng Qichang is only a small county, and he does not even have the opportunity to go to the front of the emperor, how does the emperor know that there is such a person.

The imperial court praised Wei Long, allocated money to build water conservancy projects, but Wei Long was greedy for most of them, to Zeng Qichang's hands it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and half of the water conservancy project was shelved, and later because Wei Long's old enemy in the officialdom was red, he was praised by the saint, and he didn't believe that he could come up with such a good way with a pig's head, so he went deep into Heiling to investigate, and found that he took the credit of the officials and embezzled the money for the water conservancy project.

This person exposed Wei Long's evil deeds, and Zeng Qichang also came to the front of the people in this way, at that time, he was the first to ascend the throne today, eager to clean up the moths in the court, and promote the officials of the practical faction, he let Zeng Qichang take the position of Wei Long, and really made good achievements in the area of Heiling. The emperor knows how to make good use of people, and does not want to waste this good seedling, Zeng Qichang has been an official in various places over the years, and most of them are poor and remote places that need to be developed and built, these places have to send capable people to govern, Zeng Qichang is able to work hard, and has repeatedly made meritorious achievements, and he has a more sacred heart than the officials stationed in those prosperous places.

Zeng Qichang has been tired for many years, and now he has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, because he has been tossing and turning all these years, and the children under his knees have not been well educated, compared with the children carefully taught by several major families in Beijing, there is a gap, and they are not very good at marrying. Now the children of Zeng Qichang's grandchildren are also older, and the emperor can't treat people as cattle envoys, and he delayed the children and grandchildren of others, so he was transferred back to Beijing and served as the secretary of the military department, becoming one of the six assistants of the cabinet, and the children of the Zeng family are also deeply favored by the palace, and the girls of the Zeng family have returned to Beijing many times to be guests, and play with the princesses and county lords, and the queen also personally gave the upbringing of the grandmother to the Zeng family, and the Zeng family has become the second most popular family in the capital after the Zhenguo Mansion.

Now the two pillars of the DPRK and China, the military general should be the Zhenguo Gong, and the Wenchen is this Zeng Qichang, but the Zhenguo Mansion is flourishing and the descendants are becoming instruments, the Zeng family is only supported by Zeng Qichang, several sons are mediocre and incompetent, and there is no special outstanding among the grandchildren, this is the disadvantage of the cold family, the Zeng family has no one in Beijing, otherwise Zeng Qichang has been working hard outside these years, so he should let his wife take the children to socialize in Beijing to build momentum, instead of taking his wife and children around, now Zeng Qichang is back in Beijing and is deeply favored by the emperor, and the ladies and girls of the Zeng family go out to the banquet, is still incompatible with the ladies and nobles in the capital, and there is a small family spirit on his body.

The emperor transferred Zeng Qichang back to Beijing to serve as the secretary of the military department, there were many ups and downs at the beginning, and the courtiers were more opposed, especially the civil officials, and they clung to a rule that non-Hanlin did not enter the cabinet, and Zeng Qichang was not allowed to enter the cabinet.

The emperor choked them: "Is it great that the Hanlin Academy came out?" Zeng Qichang's merits are comparable to those of you from the Hanlin Academy? He has worked hard all these years, how can you Beijing officials who live in the splendid pile experience the hardships, who of you dare to count your own merits and compare with him, you can compare him, I will give you the book! ”

The courtiers all shrank their heads, Your Majesty can't say that, Zeng Qichang has no good background, he can only work hard and work hard, their family branches are lush and deep-rooted, and the in-laws of each family are in the same spirit, one is prosperous and one is lost, so naturally there is no need to fight alone.

The squire of the military department still tried his best to fight for one or two for himself, "Lord Zeng has indeed worked hard and made great achievements, but he has been in office for many years, and he is proficient in the art of the wall and the people's livelihood, so he is a little unfamiliar with this central matter, and the military department is directly linked to military affairs, which is different from the general civilian yamen, I am afraid that Lord Zeng is not competent." ”

The emperor nodded: "Chen Aiqing's words are reasonable, it is true that Zeng Qichang's previous work was not very related to the Ministry of War, he was most related to the Ministry of Households, why don't I give him the Book of Household Affairs?" ”

Hube Shangshu frowned in his heart, he didn't want to be Zhishi now!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the affairs of this officialdom are all well understood, Master Zeng is a genius and works hard, where is there an official who he can't do well, there is such a successor, the minister thinks that Qin Shangshu can also retire with peace of mind."

The other four Shangshu hurriedly agreed, Zeng Qichang wanted to take over as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and they were at the same level, if they didn't agree, in case the emperor transferred Zeng Qichang to other departments to knock out one of them, it would not be good, if he wanted to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, let him do it, what does it have to do with them.

The two waiters of the military department tightened their teeth, and secretly scolded these old foxes, who should have been good when they received gifts before, and they must have supported them, but now they all defected.

The two waiters of the military department have been fighting for the position of Shangshu for a long time, and Chen Shilang married the Dejun Wangfu again, originally thought that the victory was in hand, but who knew that Zeng Qichang was killed halfway, but now it is good, both are defeated, and outsiders are cheaper. The Dejun Wangfu was also very depressed, and originally wanted to marry a daughter of Shangshu Mansion for his son, but Chen Shilang didn't win, a squire's daughter, marrying Yuwenqin can be regarded as a high climb, they will inevitably be dissatisfied, fortunately, they haven't married yet, and everything is still going to turn around.

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