More than a month later, the Zongren Mansion outside the left gate of Chang'an was moved to the vicinity of Dali Temple.

The original official office of the Zongren Mansion was vacated and given a brand new yamen.

At the beginning of the morning, a sedan chair appeared on the north side of Qipan Street.

The family with the sedan chair walked to the side of the sedan curtain and flattered: "Master, the little one has come to visit in the past few days, and many sedan chairs have been carried to the door of the six yamen, and the one who came down may not be a red-robed official."

"Get off the sedan now. Go back to your house." From behind the curtain came a solemn command, with a Fujian accent.

"Ah, yes, sir." The family responded, and the sedan driver stopped.

Hong Chengchou stepped out of the sedan chair with his official robe, tidied up his appearance, and walked north.

This 29-year-old native of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, is a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli, with a career of six years, excellent merit in the examination, and has become an official to a member of the Criminal Department.

At this point, Beijing officials generally have to be sent to provincial-level administrative units, accumulate some political achievements, and then return to Beijing to continue their promotion.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly summoned him, and after asking some ordinary questions about the performance appraisal over the years, he asked the officials to directly promote him to Shaoqing.

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to ask on the spot in front of the emperor that day, and he thought in his heart, his official reputation was good, and Bi Ziyan of Taifu Temple had just been promoted to the household department, so he was not the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple?

That's a great event!

I never thought that on the way out of the palace, Cao Huachun's henchmen and eunuchs directly said to him that this Shaoqing was not his Shaoqing.

This Shaoqing is the Shaoqing of the newly established State Temple, and Mrs. Zheng, the Secretary of State Temple, has been signed.

Ah......h

Although Hong Chengchou was in the Criminal Department, the news was so closed that he didn't know who Zheng Haizhu was, and he immediately felt that it was dark in front of him.

So, he became the first civil official to be a subordinate of a woman since Ariake?

The Liushang Bureau of the Inner Court of the Ming Dynasty is not without female officials, and the rank of the bureau is higher than that of male imperial doctors, and his subordinates lead a bunch of small fires.

However, the little fire people are eunuchs, and he is Hong Chengchou, and he is a dignified second-class jinshi!

However, in the end of the eunuch for six years, he is no longer a young boy, how can the old Hong Yuanwailang lose his temper in front of Cao Huachun's cronies.

Hong Chengchou endured the complicated situation in his heart, and only after leaving the Forbidden City did he return to the mansion with a frosty face and a tense face, but saw a young man dressed as a prisoner of the country sitting in the living room.

Youth Daily left the house, it was Dong Qichang's eldest grandson, as a junior, to send some family rituals for Mrs. Zheng, and a pair of couplets written by Dong Qichang.

Hong Chengchou went to see the Tuyi, a box of dried tofu, and an inkstone.

Let's look at the couplets unfolded by the servants: white tofu, tofu white, being a man and being a man is easy and erudite Li Bai; Black inkstone, black inkstone, black for the official iron bone Ding when the package black.

Dong Ting delivered the gift and brought the words, and then said goodbye and left.

Hong Chengchou stared at the gifts and couplets and pondered for a long time.

After that, Mrs. Zheng's side, there was no movement, until today, the Yamen of the State Temple was listed and sealed.

In the morning sun, Hong Chengchou walked quickly with his sleeves on his back.

The first to pass through is the Ministry of Rites.

Not long ago, Jingzhong "in the same year" also revealed to Hong Chengchou that after the Ministry of Rites controlled by Donglin was slashed by the Zheng family in the matter of Du Mu, Zhao Nanxing took a fancy to Hong Chengchou and wanted to operate him to go to Zhejiang and replace Qian Qianyi as a school official.

Hong Chengchou is not Donglin, and he doesn't look down on Zhao Nanxing and them, so thinking about it, his hat of "Shaoqing of the State Temple" that flew out of thin air came in time.

When Hong Chengchou slowed down in front of the ceremonial department, the officials on duty passed by him one after another.

In this area, there are more blue-robed civil officials from the fifth to the seventh grade, but there are more sparrows foraging on the roadside, and the Criminal Department has always worked in the Three Law Divisions in the west of the city, so there are no imperial colleagues who know Hong Chengchou.

There are constantly discussions with a curious tone, ringing in my ears.

"The rarity of the Ming Dynasty is really a race over a day, I thought that the palace maid who was twenty years older than the emperor in the past could be a concubine, which is already strange

Smell."

"Hey, Concubine Wan is just an anecdote in the inner court, and now this is a joke in the court. The cabinet bosses don't know what to think."

"What do you think? I want to think about it. What do you say, the woman who is in the Holy Eye?"

"Poor Shaoqing, I heard that he was promoted by Wailang, a member of the Criminal Department, and his career resume is very impressive, now it's okay, listening to the orders of a cousin who was born as a businesswoman, and it has become a laughing stock."

"Didn't you resign in anger? Mother, what kind of official addiction does this have to be to endure it."

Hong Chengchou followed quietly, and saw them enter the Ministry of Rites, Qintianjian, Household Department, Ministry of Industry and other yamen.

For a moment, he felt that the words of these colleagues were better than the women they looked down upon.

The new Wupin Shaoqing finally walked to the door of the State Temple.

Sicheng, the main bookkeeper and the two Guan Zheng, when they looked at the white pheasant on Hong Chengchou's chest, realized that this was the deputy hall honor, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and wanted to lead Hong Shaoqing to the duty room.

"Has Siqing arrived?"

"Not yet."

"Then I won't go in first, and wait for Siqing here."

Si Cheng and the master bookkeeper looked at each other, and they were surprised in their hearts.

The good deeds of other ministries and institutes have come over to look at the new yamen in this gossip, and the expressions on the faces are really not good.

Seeing that there are more and more lively officials from afar and near, Hong Shaoqing is not afraid to be a monkey and give people pointers?

Hong Chengchou shook the sleeves of his robe and walked to the plaque of the "State Temple".

After a while, he realized that there was no one beside him, and immediately lowered his face, turned his head and scolded softly, "Do you still have any rules? What do you do behind the threshold? Why, is it more unsightly to work for my Daming Hall and Four-Rank Yamen than to be a thief? Come out!"

Only then did Si Cheng and the chief bookkeeper realize that they were really stupid, and they were busy confessing, while picking up their official robes and walking down the steps, bowing down and standing behind Hong Chengchou.

Fortunately, soon, a red-robed figure appeared in the south.

Zheng Haizhu's pace is not procrastinating, but there is no hurried rhythm either.

When she met the oncoming gaze, she also bowed her hand to the owner of the gaze, and after receiving embarrassing gifts from the masters several times, more green robes and blue robes pretended to be faceless.

Zheng Haizhu walked to the gate of the State Temple, and said in southern Fujian dialect to the person who asked Zhu Changluo to come in person: "Hong Shaoqing, from today onwards, you and I will not only be fellow villagers in Zhangquan, but also fellow comrades in Xinya."

Hong Chengchou returned the salute and stood behind Zheng Haizhu's left.

Soon, the celebrant came to announce the decree, the officials came to give the seal, and the temple and the young secretary followed the Ming etiquette system, thanked and received the seal, and then led the subordinate officials and the clerks to enter the yamen and officially start the office.

Hong Chengchou came to Zheng Haizhu's duty room and said straight to the point: "That couplet, Hong has hung in the house."

Zheng Haizhu also said bluntly to him: "Hong Shaoqing, I am not admitted to the imperial examination, I am a person who does not have a seat master and nepotism of the same year. Therefore, I can only find helpers from my fellow villagers. Right now, Jingguan

, the six-grade civil servants in the Zhangquan area, who are in the prime of life and can have outstanding official reputations, are the only ones. But I am from Zhangzhou, and I am not familiar with Quanzhou, so in order to show my sincerity, of course I will send someone to Quanzhou to inquire about the old things of your youth, and send the right gifts."

Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes.

When Dong Ting came to send Dong Qichang Mobao that day, it was the couplet between himself and his former mentor Hong Qiyin, Hong Chengchou had already admired Zheng Haizhu's style.

At this moment, listening to her sincerity and no intention of showing off, the heart's response to being an official under a woman has dissipated a little.

Those who know the times are handsome, and so are officials.

In front of the palace and in the cabinet, his female boss is obviously at ease.

Standing on her, a fellow Fujian villager with a good brain, should have a better prospect than Zhao Nanxing's old winter.

Hong Chengchou then gave up his hand and thanked him in Hokkien: "Duocheng Siqing recommended that the complement on Hong's chest be changed so quickly."

Zheng Haizhu smiled.

There was no fuss about refusing to be promoted that day, and being able to stand at the gate of the yamen to greet Shangguan today shows to some extent that Hong Chengchou has passed the threshold in his heart.

Zheng Haizhu did not continue to talk about the friendship of his fellow villagers with this famous figure in history, but began to go through the coastal defense of Fujian and Denglai, the captivity between Houjin and Mongolia and other matters.

At the end, she said to Hong Chengchou, "By the Holy Lord's commandment, I am about to leave for Daning Town, and all the affairs of the State Temple will be handed over to you during this period."

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