The morning sun has sprinkled on the civil and military officials of Fengtianmen Square, but some people feel that today's sunshine is clear and dazzling, but in fact, it makes people feel that the world is spinning for a while.

Now Zhu Youji's question is thrown to the meritorious examination division, and Fan Yi in the meritorious examination division is suddenly sweating, and their meritorious examination department is not only evaluating Qiu Jing's evaluation as superior.

The development of events made him feel like he was suddenly standing on the edge of a cliff.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" Chen Baigui, the head of the Gong Gong Division, glanced at Fan Yi, who was stunned, and suddenly said loudly.

Zhu Youzhu felt the sharpness of this young principal, so he said lightly: "Quasi-play!" ”

"Qiu Jing, born in Gongsheng, is a person from Qiongzhou Prefecture, and has since served as the magistrate of Wuyuan County, the general judge of Anqing Prefecture and the governor of Anlu who has just performed his duties for less than a year. During his tenure, he did not make any outstanding achievements, but he was promoted faster than the Jinshi officers who were born in the professional class. However, Fan Yi wanted to be rated as one of the four best prefectures in the world last month, and Weichen questioned it at the time, but he ignored Yu Chen, and Li Feng, a member of the examiner, insisted on rating Qiu Jing as one of the best four prefectures in the world. The minister carefully observed Qiu Jing's political achievements, and Qiu Jing categorically did not deserve one of the four states in the world, which must be caused by the favoritism of the two people! Chen Baigui, the head of the Examination Division, stood up and pointed the finger at his two superiors.

Gongsheng? One of the four prefectures?

The officials present immediately looked at each other, and immediately realized that Qiu Jing's promotion was indeed unreasonable.

Although it is not for nothing that Gongsheng was promoted to the prefect, and even the first secretary of the Ministry of Industry who was appointed by a person in this dynasty appeared, but people have both merit and qualifications, but what about Qiu Jing?

Qiu Jing's Anlu Prefecture is a mess, and now he has only been in office for less than a year, and the governor has been promoted to the prefect of Ganzhou.

Li Feng, the member of the merit test, didn't expect his subordinate to stab himself in the back, and immediately defended: "Chen Baigui, this official and Fan Langzhong have always been loyal to their duties, you don't want to spray people with blood here!" ”

"If you really have no selfish intentions, then the lower official will ask you again in front of His Majesty now! Qiu Jing is only a tribute student, what are his achievements, how can he be rated as one of the four prefectures in the world? Chen Baigui, the director of the Gong Gong Division, immediately argued with reason.

This......

Li Feng, the foreign officer of the merit test, didn't expect this subordinate to be so sharp-tongued, and he was immediately speechless.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Qiu Jing's affairs were boring, so he looked at Fan Yi and Li Feng, the member of the merit exam, and said: "Meritorious service, then you can talk about it well, what kind of merits did Qiu Jing, who was born in Gongsheng, do?" In other words, the Ming Dynasty's talent ceremony can no longer search for talents, and it is already necessary to select talents from the tribute students! ”

"Your Majesty, this matter should be investigated!"

"Your Majesty, the non-commissioned officers can come out in large numbers, and this matter must be caused by someone's favoritism!"

"Your Majesty, how can such a mediocre tribute student be the prefect of Ganzhou, please investigate thoroughly!"

……

The officials present were basically non-commissioned officers, and they also realized that there was a cat here, and when it came to the reputation of the entire non-commissioned officer group, they immediately jumped out and expressed their opinions.

For a while, the situation changed suddenly, and everyone pointed the finger directly at the Ministry of Officials, and at the two most important officials of the Department of Meritorious Service who engaged in favoritism and fraud.

I...... I didn't teach!

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, saw that the blow of his side was unexpectedly missed, and now not only Liu Zhong was not damaged at all, but he was caught with a pigtail on his side, but he couldn't help muttering to himself.

With such a clever resourcefulness and such a skillful power trick, is the emperor in front of him really the obedient student who was submissive to himself in the East Palace back then?

"What are you doing in a daze, Your Majesty is asking you!" Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, was deeply dissatisfied with the misconduct of the Gong Si and immediately reprimanded him.

Fan Yi faced the pressure of Li Yu in the examination of the merit shiro, and also defended himself head-on: "Your Majesty, Qiu Jing is a prisoner with excellent moral character when he studies in Guozijian, and he is also diligent in serving in the local government and loves the people, and he is deeply loved by the local people during his tenure in Anlu Prefecture, and Anlu Prefecture has a sage ...... him."

"Enough! When did our ministry not look at the achievements of officials and the results of the administration, but listened to the local sages to evaluate the officials? Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, was furious, and immediately blamed him directly.

Fan Yi knew that this reason was indeed untenable, but at this moment, there was suffering.

People in officialdom actually do a lot of things out of their own hands. I am a member of the civil service group, but when I enjoy the benefits of this group, I naturally have to bear some obligations.

From a certain point of view, Qiu Jing has actually made great achievements. Liu Zhong has been in Anlu Prefecture for nearly a month, and his progress in clearing his acres of land has been slow, and even he has to say thank you to Qiu Jing as an official from Huguang.

It's just that now that the matter has fallen to the emperor, can he say that Qiu Jing has merit in stopping Liu Zhongqing and Zhangtianmu?

Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, looked at Fan Yi who was already sweating profusely in the examination of the merit, and he couldn't give a reasonable explanation until now, but he knew that it must be caused by favoritism.

"Your Majesty, Qiu Jing is the son and nephew of Qiu Jun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Sun Jiao, the outer lang of the Wenxuan Division, is Qiu Jun's teacher, this matter must be caused by someone favoritism!" Zhao Liang, the director of the Ministry of Officials, was in charge of the official files, and in order to protect himself, he also jumped out to report.

Hey?

The officials present learned that Qiu Jing was actually the nephew of Qiu Jun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and immediately showed a sudden realization expression.

Sun Jiao saw that this colleague actually pointed the finger directly at himself and his teacher, and immediately said angrily: "Zhao Langzhong, you don't want to spray people with blood!" ”

"If this is not the case, the Wenxuan Si Yan in charge of you can push such a mediocre tribute student as Qiu Jing to the position of the prefect of Ganzhou, and no one cares about the Jinshi officials in the world?" Zhao Liang, the director of the Ministry of Officials, knew that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, so he questioned.

Sun Jiao knew that he couldn't be buttoned up this hat, so he expressed his attitude to Zhu Youzhu above: "Your Majesty, the ministers select and appoint people according to the regulations, please be clear!" ”

"Your Majesty, there must be favoritism and malpractice among them, please ask Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!" Zhao Liang, the director of the Ministry of Officials, also knelt down and made a request to Zhu Youji.

"Li Qing, what do you think should be done?" Zhu Youzhu naturally knew that Qiu Jing's unusual promotion must be inseparable from Qiu Jun, so he turned his head to look at Li Yudao, the secretary of the ministry:

Everyone looked at Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, but they knew that Li Yu's attitude was very important.

Li Yu knew that the emperor valued himself so much, so he solemnly said: "The minister is in charge of the selection of hundreds of officials, and there is such an unreasonable promotion in the Ministry of Officials today, and the Minister also asks for a thorough investigation and purge the people who engage in favoritism and fraud from the Ministry of Officials!" ”

The officials of the Ministry of Officials suddenly felt a chill, but they knew that a storm was coming against their officials.

"In that case, let's check it out!" Zhu Youzhu glanced at Sun Jiao and the others lightly, and called to accompany Qin Congguidao.

Qin Conggui was just about to go down to arrest people, and Fan Yi, the meritorious officer, suddenly took the initiative to confess: "Your Majesty, Qiu Jing is rated as a first-class matter, this matter is instructed by Li Ao, the secretary of Guanglu Temple, and the minister feels the grace of Li Ao's recommendation back then, and asks Your Majesty to investigate!" ”

When Li Feng, a member of the merit examination, saw Fan Yi's confession, he also chose to confess: "Your Majesty, Qiu Jing is rated as a superior matter, this matter is entrusted by the minister, and your Majesty is also asked to punish the crime!" ”

Recruited?

When the officials such as Li Si, the head of the household department, saw that the examination department had confessed, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

It's just that this matter can't be hidden, a small Gongsheng is so unreasonably promoted, and he is promoted from the inactive Anlu Zhizhou to the Ganzhou prefect, how can it not be explained.

When they saw the confession of the Examination Division, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Sun Jiao, a member of the Anthology Division, and now it is up to this Anthology Secretary Wailang to make such a choice.

After a little consideration, Sun Jiao, a member of the Wenxuan Division, admitted his mistake and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended Qiu Jing to be promoted to the prefect of Ganzhou based on the evaluation of the meritorious department. ”

Hey?

When the officials present heard this, they immediately re-examined this young official who was not good-looking.

No wonder it was valued by Qiu Jun and Xu Pu successively, and they did not panic at this time, but gave a somewhat reluctant and reasonable explanation.

Although he took the initiative to take the charge of not noticing, compared with favoritism and fraud, this crime is too light, and it also indirectly protects Qiu Jun.

"The Anthology Division is to refer to the performance evaluation of the Examination Division, but it is impossible not to look at Qiu Jing's resume completely, you obviously want to blame all the faults on the Examination Division!" Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, frowned slightly, and couldn't help but stand up and accuse.

Sun Jiao, a member of the Wenxuan Division, did not argue with Du Ming, but still confessed his mistake to Zhu Youji: "Your Majesty, the minister did not show favoritism because Qiu Jing was the son and nephew of his teacher, and he did not get any instructions from his teacher, please be careful!" ”

The corners of Qiu Jun's mouth rose slightly, not only happy that he was able to escape the crime, but also proud of his own eyes.

If it weren't for bad luck, he would have not been able to preside over an exam. If you have the opportunity to preside over the examination, with your own vicious vision, you will definitely be able to select a group of outstanding students for your own use.

Now, as long as his disciple puts all the blame on the Gong Si, even if the emperor in front of him is suspicious, there is nothing he can do.

This......

Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also saw the mystery, and immediately felt very tricky, Qiu Jun's shrewdness ahead of his disciples might really be able to escape this catastrophe.

"Wang Xiang, Sun Jiao will be handed over to you Jinyiwei for interrogation! Since he keeps saying that he will handle it impartially, then you immediately take someone to search his house carefully, and I also want to know whether he is in business or private! Zhu Youzhu looked at this eloquent slippery official, and said lightly to Wang Xiang, who was waiting for his life.

This has been the case since ancient times, but it is not possible to judge who is loyal or traitorous by eyesight. Only by stripping them of their clothes and taking off their masks can we truly see them for what they really are.

As for the Wenxuan Division member Wailang in front of him, he also wanted to take a good look at whether such an obvious act of favoritism had really wronged him.

Jinyiwei raided the house?

When officials such as Li Si, the head of the household department, heard this, they knew that the emperor wanted to investigate this self-proclaimed innocent Wenxuan secretary Wailang.

"Your Majesty, you ...... Why did you search Wechen's home, ...... It's not right! Sun Jiao panicked in his heart, but he wanted to stop him.

Hey?

When Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, saw that Sun Jiao was suddenly out of shape, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and couldn't help but look at this Wenxuan secretary in surprise.

His Majesty did not immediately discuss the serious crime, but investigated and punished, which can be said to be a grace. As a result, this person actually wanted to stop it, but it showed that there was something wrong with him.

"It's not just you, the other two directors of the Anthology Division have checked together, I want to know if the current ministry is still not my ministry, and can I still use my ability fairly!" Zhu Youzhu didn't take a small outsider seriously at all, so he commanded lightly.

Wang Xiang has always been grateful to Zhu Youzhi for his promotion and reuse, and even arched his hand: "The minister's decree!" ”

Sun Jiao saw that he was about to be taken away by Jinyiwei, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen just committed the crime of not noticing, and please ask Your Majesty to directly condemn Yu Chen, just a family...... There are indecent books at home, it is not appropriate to publicize them, and please take back your life! ”

"Indecent books, I'm afraid there are shady letters! Your Majesty, please go with us, and you must check this person carefully! Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was unhappy with Sun Jiao's confrontation just now, so he asked for his life.

Officials such as Hubu Shangshu Li Si couldn't help but wonder what Sun Jiao's house was hiding, although he was also ready to move in his heart, but he was unknown.

"Quasi-play!" Zhu Youzhu trusted Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, very much, so he happily asked with satisfaction.

Qiu Jun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, found that Sun Jiao threw a gaze for help at him, as if he suddenly wanted something, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, such a mistake to search the courtier's house is not the way of serving the Magi, please take back your life!" ”

"Qiu Shilang, what are you anxious about? Sun Jiao kept saying that he was innocent, His Majesty was just investigating his house, could it be that there was a letter you wrote to him in it? Du Ming's mood in the Criminal Department was just right, even if he was disdainful.

"The ministry is my ministry, not some people's ministry. In the future, whoever dares to disturb the regulations of the Ming Dynasty for the selection of talents and talents, and whoever appoints his relatives for personal gain and in violation of regulations, I will not be spared! Zhu Youji's gaze swept over all the officials present, and he issued a warning.

Li Yu and other civil and military officials knew that the imperial cave in front of them was like watching fire, and immediately responded in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming, keep in mind the ministers!" ”

"Take it away!" Wang Xiang came to Sun Jiao's front and immediately waved his hand.

Sun Jiao suddenly felt a chill, but when he thought of the letters in his study that had not been burned, even if he sat on the ground, he knew that he was really finished.

The right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Lang Qiu Jun, saw his protégé's reaction, and now his request was directly ignored by the emperor, and he was suddenly struck by lightning.

The radiant morning sun fell on Fengtianmen Square, but there seemed to be ghosts hidden among the more than 1,000 officials, Qiu Jun, Sun Jiao, and a group of officials in charge of the Ministry seemed to suddenly disappear.

(End of chapter)