At the end of June, the days are long and the nights are short, and the sky and the earth are already bright at this time.

In the square in front of Fengtianmen, more than 1,000 officials stood in their respective positions in an orderly manner, and sitting in the center of the corridor at this moment was a young official wearing a five-grade official uniform.

Sun Jiao is a native of Huguang Anlu, a young man with an ordinary appearance, in fact, Sun Jiao is his original name, and his current name is Sun Jiao.

In the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between teachers and students is the first priority, and teachers and students with good relationships are not only teachers who pave the way for students, but can even change their names.

Because the township was valued by Qiu Jun, Qiu Jun knew that Sun Jiao was a talent that could be created, so he renamed this astute and clever student Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao's luck not only stopped there, but also became Xu Pu's protégé because of his high ranking in Chenghua's seventeenth year high school.

As soon as he entered the official career, he had two mentors who were at the top of the minister, which was a good thing that a non-commissioned officer dreamed of.

It is thanks to the support of Xu Pu and Qiu Jun that although Sun Jiao has only been in the officialdom for a few years, he has now been stuffed into the most critical ministry and served as the most important member of the Ministry of Officials.

The member of the Wenxuan Division, Wailang, is only an official position from the fifth grade, but the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials is the promotion of officials below the fourth grade, which can be described as a humble and powerful position.

At such an age, he is in an important position, it can be said that he has a bright future, as long as he survives honestly, although he will not have the opportunity to enter the cabinet in the future, but he will not be able to win the six books.

It's just that receiving the favor of the teacher has a price after all. In particular, Xu Pu has hanged himself, and now only the thick thigh of Qiu Jun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, remains, so he naturally has to hold it firmly.

Sun Jiao, as a member of the Wenxuan Division who is responsible for the assessment of hundreds of officials, is also an authentic Anlu person, so he is indeed the most suitable person to stab Liu Zhong in the back.

Indiscriminate killing of innocents, this is the biggest hat he gave Liu Zhong, and Liu Zhong may not be able to take it off.

The face of Qiu Jun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was gloomy, and he suppressed the resentment in his heart at the moment, and his eyes looked at the emperor sitting on the throne.

If it weren't for this emperor Hu Lai, who gave Shang Fang's sword indiscriminately, and even liked to appoint officials like madmen, his nephew would not have died.

However, he naturally couldn't blame the emperor in front of him, but for Liu Zhong, who killed innocents indiscriminately, he would definitely make this bastard pay the corresponding price.

This time, even if he gambled on his future, he would let Liu Zhong, the villain, go to hell.

This......

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, saw that the early dynasty was out of control again, and the person who jumped out to do things turned out to be an official of the ministry, so he couldn't help but turn his head and look at this subordinate resentfully.

Now that he is deeply encouraged, as a result, this damn subordinate actually jumped out to make trouble, even if His Majesty believes that he did not instruct him, His Majesty will feel that he is not effective in running the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials.

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, seemed to see through Li Yu's thoughts, and immediately quickly conducted self-reflection, and decided to go back and beat their subordinate officials well.

"Your Majesty, Liu Zhong indiscriminately killed innocent ministers, please punish him!"

"Your Majesty, Qiu Jing is a Ming Zheng five-grade official, how can he be innocent and killed?"

"Your Majesty, Liu Zhong is acting brutally in the local area, and these evil ministers should be immediately recalled to the capital to ask for their crimes!"

……

There were officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Officials who stood up and echoed, and it seemed that they had ventilated in advance, so they pointed the finger at Liu Zhongdao one after another.

This......

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, were sympathetic to Li Yu just now, but now they saw that some officials from their yamen also stood up to make trouble, and immediately wrote down their names with gloomy faces.

Under the leadership of Wailang Sun Jiao, a member of the Ministry of Literature, seven or eight officials stood up, but they all pointed the finger at Liu Zhong, the governor of Huguang.

Although Liu Zhong has Wang Yue's courage, he doesn't seem to have Wang Yue's wisdom.

Slaughtering the dignified An Lu Zhizhou just because of a small crime, even if he was holding Shang Fang's sword, but this practice was inappropriate after all.

Zhu Youzhu sat on the throne, looking at the group of officials who jumped out one after another, and found that he seemed to be thinking wrong.

Originally, he deliberately kept the officials of the department and did not carry out rectification, first, the officials in this world and the officials of the world did not intersect, and the second was that he needed the officials of the Qingliu camp to balance the power of the six Shangshu.

It's just that Qingliu is the biggest villain after all, but because he is led by his own teacher, he dares to repeatedly jump out and contradict his emperor.

Liu Zhong, this is his own sharp knife to clear the acres of the field, but the gang wants to force themselves to take back the sharp knife, so that the work of Huguang Qingzhang and the acres of the acres will be abandoned halfway.

"Your Majesty, Qiu Jing is my Daming dignified five-grade official! If they are slaughtered and poked just because of a small mistake, the local officials of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be in danger in the future, and the local officials will have no upright officials in the future, and please Your Majesty severely punish Liu Zhong! Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, glanced at Qiu Jun, and immediately stood up and stabbed the knife.

Hey?

Li Yu couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, jumping out, daring to love that this was Liu Jian leading these officials to force the emperor into the palace!

It's just that Liu Zhong really did too much this time, after all, he is an official of the fifth grade, how can he be beheaded because he released a few Diao people who hindered Qingzhang?

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that Liu Jian couldn't wait to jump out.

If it weren't for their own investigation in advance, if they hadn't seen this Qingliu's face clearly, I'm afraid they would have really punished Liu Zhong according to their wishes.

It's just that Liu Zhong's identity is not only his own person, but also a sharp knife for his own fields.

Zhu Youji's gaze fell on Sun Jiao, and he asked lightly: "Sun Jiao, you said that Liu Zhong is slow, do you know why Liu Zhong is slow?" ”

Sun Jiao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to ask this question, and couldn't help but secretly glance at his mentor Qiu Jun, but he didn't get any hints, so he said cautiously: "I don't know!" ”

Li Yu and other officials had limited information and looked at Zhu Youzhu in confusion.

Zhu Youzhu knew that he was facing more than just a Sun Jiao, so he looked at all the officials present and said, "Qingzhang Tianmu, this is the imperial mission I handed over to Liu Zhong!" When Liu Zhong arrived in Huguang, the first stop he chose was Anlu, and he had arrived in Anlu a month ago, and then Liu Zhong personally took people to the fields to clear the acres! ”

"Your Majesty, now we are talking about Liu Zhong's indiscriminate killing of innocents, which has nothing to do with what Liu Zhong did when he went to Anlu!" Liu Jian's brows furrowed, but he affirmed the authentic theme.

"Liu Shilang, what are you anxious about, Your Majesty has his own explanation!" Xu Qiong had long been unhappy with Liu Jian, and even reprimanded him with Shangguan's shelf.

Zhu Youzhu turned his head to look at Liu Jian, the former lecturer of the East Palace, and said lightly: "The Qin Messenger sent by the imperial court to control the land of Huguang on behalf of the emperor was attacked on the way to Anlu, and Li Hu, a hundred households in brocade clothes, died!" Liu Zhong has been in Anlu Qingzhang for more than a month, and he has been frequently obstructed by the Diao people, and the state government has frequently disobeyed orders. A few days ago, Liu Zhong was set on fire at the post station and almost died, and his concubine was buried in the fire! Such an Anlu, so uncooperative with the imperial decree, I want to ask if An Lu is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty? ”

At the end of the conversation, he looked at the officials present and said it aloud.

Li Yu and other officials originally felt that Liu Zhong had done something wrong, but after hearing Zhu Youji's words, they immediately rethought it.

Although it is inappropriate to say that Liu Zhong killed the dignified Zhizhou for a petty crime, the problems existing in An Lu are indeed not small, especially Qingzhang Tianmu is indeed the new policy of the imperial court, how dare a small Zhizhou obstruct it like this?

This......

Liu Jian and Qiu Jun didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to give An Lu such a characterization, and they couldn't help but look at each other worriedly.

Sun Jiao found that his mentor was looking at him, and when he straightened his chest and said, "Your Majesty, even if the land of Anlu is not peaceful, Liu Zhong cannot slaughter Qiu Jing of Anlu Zhizhou. Qiu Jing is diligent in government and loves the people, and is deeply loved by the people in the minister's hometown, and is a model of Ming officials! ”

The officials who had just jumped out to show solidarity said yes one after another, and they still clung to the charge of Liu Zhong's indiscriminate killing of officials.

"Diligent government and love the people? When Liu Zhong was in Anlu Qingzhang, he was constantly obstructed by Diao Min, and Qiu Jing repeatedly refused to listen to orders! Liu Zhong led the governor's escort team to arrest 300 troublemakers before and after and threw them into the state government prison, but Qiu Jing released some Diao people, he was sheltering traitors, right? Zhu Youzhi has already learned the skills of these officials to play with words, even if they point to the facts.

Although Liu Zhong's charge of beheading Qiu Jing seems reckless, if Qiu Jing should not be beheaded, it is also untenable. Just obstructing the imperial court to clear the acres of fields, this Zhizhou is already damned.

"Qiu Jing dares not to listen to the governor's order?"

"Such an act is simply disgusting!"

"Qin sent to arrest people, he released people, he really loves traitors like children!"

……

When Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and other officials learned of Qiu Jing's behavior in Anlu Zhizhou, they couldn't help but think of Yang Fengyin and disobeying the local officials, and they criticized them one after another.

Liu Jian and Qiu Jun suddenly realized that they seemed to have miscalculated, and not only underestimated the shrewdness of this emperor, but also underestimated the eloquence of this emperor.

I thought that as long as Liu Zhong was dragged and killed officials indiscriminately, no matter how the emperor sheltered, it would be useless, but I found that things had developed beyond expectations.

Sun Jiao knew that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, so he immediately explained: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you don't know something, because of the sharp increase in bandits in Anlu City, which has led to the overcrowding of the state government prison, Qiu Jing released some people!" Even if you do something wrong, it's a small mistake, and you can't be slaughtered! ”

"What kind of excuse is this, this official has been the prefect, how many thieves can there be in a city?"

"If the thieves can make the state government prison overcrowded, it can only be said that this governor should be held accountable!"

"I think Qiu Jing is just looking for an excuse to hinder the imperial court, such a person who does not distinguish between importance and importance, so he can't be killed?"

……

Officials such as Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, are all shrewd people, how can they listen to this obviously flawed statement, even if they have made their positions outstanding.

If Qiu Jing only released some Diao people, he really shouldn't have killed them, but if Qiu Jing was actually obstructing Qingzhang Tianmu, then he should be cut with a thousand cuts.

"Liu Zhong was ordered by the imperial court to do the things of Qingzhang, and he went to Anlu Prefecture for more than a month, but the results were not good! Why? The state Yayang is in violation of the yin, Anlu is causing trouble for the people, and there are even lawbreakers who want to harm Qincha. In such a place, such an official, if you want to be investigated, you should be held accountable to the officials! Zhu Youzhu immediately characterized the matter, and then pointed the finger at the officials.

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, saw that the matter had burned on his head, so he boldly came out and said: "Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, has a negative grace, and asks Your Majesty to surrender!" ”

"The officials are in charge of the election of hundreds of officials in the world, Qiu Jing does not obey the orders of the imperial court, and he cannot protect the people in peace, how can this Qiu Jing be able to live in the position of Lu Zhizhou?" Zhu Youji's gaze fell on Li Yu, and he asked.

When Liu Jian heard this question, he immediately knew that something was wrong, so he turned his head to look at Qiu Jun.

Qiu Jun's face was still stable, but beads of sweat were already on his forehead, but he knew that things might burn to him.

Li Yu's heart suddenly moved, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, although the minister is a secretary of the ministry, local officials below the fourth grade have always been evaluated by the Department of Examination and Selection, and Qiu Jing, the governor of Anlu, was recently elected by the Department of Literature and Literature to be the prefect of Ganzhou!" ”

Yes?

When Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and other officials heard that this Anlu Zhizhou could still be promoted, they immediately felt ridiculous, but they turned their heads to look at the officials of the Ministry of Justice.

Dong Shan, the new right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, noticed that strange eyes were cast around him, and immediately stood up and explained: "Your Majesty, when the Wenxuan Division recommended Qiu Jing of Anlu Zhizhou to be the prefect of Ganzhou, the minister was fortunate to be promoted to the right waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and this matter was recommended by Sun Jiao, a member of the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding officials couldn't help but be happy.

This anthology secretary is under the banner of justice, but in fact he is still doing things like male thieves and female prostitutes.

Anlu Zhizhou, who disobeyed the government order in this way, a local official who made Anlu thieves, bandits and traitors everywhere, was even promoted to the Ganzhou prefect, which is a typical favoritism.

The two directors of the Wenxuan Division were swept away by Li Yu's gaze, and even though they knelt out obediently, they knew that this time they were guilty of the crime.

"If I remember correctly, Anlu Zhizhou was beheaded by Wang Yue last year, this Anlu Zhizhou, who has been in office for less than a year, but I don't know what great achievements he has made, can he even let the Wenxuan Division recommend this person to be promoted to the prefect of Ganzhou?" Zhu Youzhu looked at the officials of the Wenxuan Division headed by Sun Jiao, and asked with a smile.

Beads of sweat oozed from Sun Jiao's forehead, but after searching his intestines and scraping his stomach, he found that Qiu Jing's greatest achievement was to annex the land for his family, and he was also the son and nephew of his mentor.

But, can this be said?

"Since the Wenxuan Division is reluctant to say it, then the Examination Department will say that the Ministry of Officials can promote Qiu Jing to the prefect of Ganzhou, presumably the rating is above the top grade!" Zhu Youzhu saw the reaction of Sun Jiao and the others in his eyes, and looked at the examination of the meritorious service.

At this moment, he knew that it was time to purge this official who was in charge of the promotion of hundreds of officials in the world, and use their heads to alert the officials in the world.

(End of chapter)