After breakfast, the sun is already old.

At this time, Ming Weiran was in Hanfang Garden, the garden was not big but exquisite, and there were all kinds of flowers, Ming Weiran asked while walking.

"Qingyu, what is this pink and white flower?"

"Primroses are also called primroses and seven-story buildings." Qingyu glanced at the flower, and then watered the flower to herself.

"What about this...... Ming Weiran pointed to the huge plum-red flower, the petals of this flower were layered and stacked.

"Camellias." Qingyu raised her eyes again and said.

……

"Qingyu! Okay? I'm not here to watch you water the flowers. Ming Weiran finally got impatient.

Qingyu wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and smiled, "Okay." ”

"Don't water the flowers in the future, I'll change you to an errand." Ming Weiran said and walked to the marble round bench under the pear blossom wood and sat down.

Qingyu said and sat down and said, "This is not good, I am usually alone here, and I can meditate and cultivate if I have nothing to do...... There is also a garden full of spring colors......"

"I ask you, what should be my first step."

"I want to go home so much." Qingyu raised her eyes and glanced at Ming Weiran and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I'm going to tell you about the current situation." ”

Ming Weiran's face was focused.

"I think you already know something about the central bureaucracy here."

"Yes, there are six ministries and a cabinet here."

"The cabinet of the Yong Dynasty has existed for more than a hundred years, from the original simple emperor advisory body, because of the absurd government of several generations of emperors during the period, has now developed into the core of the operation of the entire Great Yong Dynasty, and its first assistant is equivalent to the prime minister, although the Yong Dynasty has never had a prime minister since the founding of the country."

"I know this, the same as the Ming Dynasty." Ming Weiran should arrive.

"Okay, then let's go straight to the topic, now the first assistant of the cabinet is Xu Si, the second assistant is Xu Tian, the two are called two Xu, the first assistant of the cabinet has been in the cabinet for ten years, Xu Tian is the cabinet that entered seven years ago, from the Zhongji Hall to the Wenyuan Pavilion, from the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of Officials." [Compared with the Ming Dynasty, there were six cabinet scholars, the middle pole hall was the last, the Wenyuan Pavilion ranked second, and the East Pavilion scholar was the first assistant. 】

"What about the official book?" Ming Weiran asked.

"It's Xu Si, this official is known as the Heavenly Official, but he can influence the ...... of the imperial court's employment" Qingyu frowned, and thought for a moment before speaking: "The other four are Ming Xiansong, Feng Yong, Yu Moxue and Zou Yongzhi. ”

"Yu Moxue, is it a woman?" Ming Weiran was a little puzzled when she heard this name.

"Male, only twenty-nine years old, became the secretary of the Ministry of Works, although he has some courage, but mostly because his father quelled the Northwest Uprising for the first emperor."

"Eat the food of your ancestors?"

"I can't say that, after all, the cabinet doesn't have anyone in his family." Qingyu looked at Ming Weiran and said suspiciously: "Why don't you ask who Ming Xiansong is?" ”

"Who is he?"

"Your uncle, the head of the household department and the servant of the Ministry of Rites."

"It's a high authority." Ming Weiran smiled, there are many relatives who are officials, thinking of this, but there is one thing that makes her not understand, "Qingyu, this queen's father, uncle, and master are all such powerful people, even if this emperor doesn't like it, he has to take care of the face of these people." ”

"That's the point." Qingyu nodded, "The affairs of the court are treacherous, let's take your master Wei Ziqing being demoted, outsiders say that it is the emperor who favors Concubine Yan, but in the officialdom, it is the emperor who is destroying Xu Si's arrogance." ”

"How?" The more Ming Weiran listened, the more interested she became, and she suddenly had the feeling that Zhang Juzheng and Yan Song were powerful ministers, strategizing, manipulating in the dark, and mastering the overall situation......

"Wei Ziqing is Xu Si's apprentice, and he was also recommended by Xu Si to become an official in the court."

Ming Weiran nodded, and said, "Why does the emperor want to extinguish Xu Si's arrogance." ”

"Here I want to talk about it well, Xu Si is sixty-five years old this year, he has been an official for forty years, and he is already a veteran of the three dynasties in today's sainthood. In the early years, when the emperor was still the prince, he had gone to Mobei, the emperor was only seventeen years old that year, Xu Si was half a military division and a supervisor, entrusted by the emperor to protect the emperor, I didn't expect this battle to be a year and a half, during this year, the two of them were the monarch and ministers, in fact, they were masters and apprentices, after returning from the war, the emperor respected him very much, so he was very attentive to the emperor's words and deeds, especially after the emperor ascended the throne, he was more outspoken many times......"

"The emperor is a little bored?" Ming Weiran had more admiration for this Shoufu in her heart, and she was also sincere.

"Not really...... A few days ago, fortunately, that is, two months ago, several ministers jointly wrote a letter, saying that the emperor favored his concubine and killed his wife, and the emperor was annoyed......" Qingyu said intermittently, in fact, he himself did not understand the emperor's thoughts.

Ming Weiran smiled: "Could it be that it's really because of this queen?" ”

"Hehe, maybe, and ah, don't talk about this queen and that queen in the future, the queen is you, you are the queen."

Ming Weiran interrupted Qingyu: "I am this queen, but this queen is not me!" ”

"Okay......" Qingyu thought for a moment, and then hesitated to speak: "Weiran, do you look down on this queen very much?" ”

Ming Weiran's attention was not on this issue, and when he heard the "Weiran" smile, he said casually: "Yes." After speaking, he shook his head, "No, it's not ......."

Regardless of whether she really looks down on this queen or not, she can't admit it, after all, she is her.

Ming Weiran changed the topic and said, "You can talk about the second assistant." ”

"Well, the second assistant Xu Tian, is a farmer, his family was extremely poor when he was young, and at the age of twenty-seven, he was born as a Jinshi and has since entered the court as an official" said Here Qingyu paused and asked: "Do you think he is a corrupt official?" ”

Ming Weiran frowned, a little caught off guard by this sudden question, "Corrupt officials!" ”

Although Xu Tian is a peasant, but people from poor backgrounds are afraid that they can't pretend to be the world in their hearts, although they can glorify the lintel.

Qingyu shook her head and said: "Ming Weiran, you remember, there are only a few absolute clean officials and corrupt officials, and there are only a few who can not be greedy for a penny, how many do you think there can be in ancient times." ”

"That's what I said, but I think ah, whether the official is clear or not, should depend on whether there are people in his heart, Ming Zhang Juzheng in order to eradicate the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, did not hesitate to be with the villain, and his life was luxurious, but it still does not affect the evaluation of future generations of him - there is no Zhang Juzheng in the world." Ming Weiran said thoughtfully.

Qingyu nodded: "Okay, it's best if you have your own opinions, this Xu Tian is indeed a corrupt official, and he is very greedy, these are not enough, what is worse is that he abuses power and misleads the country!" ”

"It's not his turn to abuse power and mislead the country, isn't there a Xu Si on it?" Ming Weiran asked.

"Having said that, Xu Si can't solicit the affairs of the whole country, and Xu Si has been in the cabinet for ten years, but he has only done his job, and he has not done anything big, and the people below have a lot to say about him, he is only a dutiful official, but this person is very disgusted with greedy ink."

"If you enter the court as an official, you don't want to work hard, but you want to have no faults, you can be considered a good official......," Ming Weiran said.