After Pu Tingnan was taken away, Emperor Jingfeng rubbed his eyebrows and didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere in the imperial study was calm.

Emperor Jingfeng was silent, and the palace attendants who were so frightened that they knelt on the ground before did not dare to get up, time passed little by little, seeing that a little eunuch was kneeling and trembling, and he was about to hold on, while Emperor Jingfeng was not paying attention, Cheng Yan made a gesture to Ning Fuhai silently, motioned for him to come over, and said in a low voice:

"Go and bring the elixir to Your Majesty."

Ning Fuhai glanced at him in surprise: "But the time to serve Dan hasn't come yet......

Cheng Yan insisted: "Go ahead, Your Majesty won't blame you." ”

Ning Fuhai hesitated for a while, but after all, he didn't say anything, and went to take the pills that Emperor Feng took every day.

"Your Majesty, it's time to serve Dan."

Emperor Jingfeng was in a bad mood, and he didn't care about this time difference, so he reached out and took the pill and swallowed the tea.

After serving the Dan, Emperor Jingfeng's face was obviously much better, he sorted out his emotions, looked at the palace attendants who were kneeling all over the ground, raised his hand and said, "Get up." ”

The palace attendants secretly breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been amnestied, and after the little eunuch who was about to hold on to it stood up, he threw a grateful look at Cheng Yan.

Emperor Jingfeng thought back to what happened just now, and said slowly: "The dignified political envoy, the official of the imperial court, and there was no permanent governor in Sichuan before, Pu Tingnan can be said to be the official with the highest status and the greatest power in Shu, and he can also be regarded as a feudal official." ”

"This time, Pu Tingnan was dismissed, and the officials related to him will also be investigated, and the Sichuan officialdom is afraid that it will experience a big turmoil, and the capital will not be affected. The powder keg is about to explode, Qian Xun was the one who lit the fuse at the beginning, but he is the son of the official Shangshu, which is simply the best attack point for others, Pu Tingnan's case is tricky. ”

Most of the clues to Pu Tingnan's crime were found out by Qian Xun, and now that he has not returned to Beijing, Emperor Jingfeng can almost foresee what will happen to the court after Pu Tingnan's matter spreads in a few days.

Cheng Yan was silent for a while when he heard this, and then suddenly said, "Your Majesty just asked why the minister wanted to go to the Ministry of Officials, and this is one of the reasons. ”

The topic jumped too fast, and Emperor Jingfeng didn't react a little: "...... What? ”

Cheng Yan explained: "In the past few months, His Majesty has almost collected the evidence of Pu Tingnan's corruption and perversion of the law, and there is nothing difficult about the case itself, the difficulty is nothing more than that Pu Tingnan has been operating in the southwest and Beijing for many years, and the power network is intertwined, and it affects the whole body. ”

"However, Your Majesty has made up his mind to punish Pu Tingnan, no matter how difficult it is, he can get things done. After Pu Tingnan's case is concluded, there will definitely be a large number of official vacancies, Qian Xun is Qian Shangshu's son, and no matter how Qian Shangshu fills the vacancy, some people will question him for taking the opportunity to install cronies and form a party for personal gain. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Yan smiled slightly: "And now, everyone knows that I am His Majesty's person, if I go to the Ministry of Officials at such a juncture, it means that all the arrangements of Qian Shangshu are approved by you, and no one in the court will say anything anymore." ”

Emperor Jingfeng thought about it, his eyebrows gradually stretched, and he said with a smile: "You kid is doing a good job, I'm afraid that when Qian Xun reported Pu Tingnan a few months ago, you were already playing this idea, right?" ”

Cheng Yan said gently: "At that time, Weichen thought that if His Majesty needed it, Weichen could invite himself to go to the Ministry of Officials, but he never thought that His Majesty would love Weichen so much, and let Weichen freely choose which department to go to. ”

Emperor Jingfeng asked again: "You said that this is just one of the reasons, so what are the other reasons?" ”

Cheng Yan looked calm: "Of course, because the Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, the authority is the heaviest. Outsiders all say that Weichen has the trust of His Majesty, and he has the same grace and honor, and he has the appearance of a 'favored minister'. Now His Majesty has given Wechen such an opportunity, if Wechen doesn't make good use of it and go to one of the most important departments, wouldn't he live up to the name of this 'favored minister'? ”

Emperor Jingfeng was coaxed by his words, and said with a smile: "Okay, I will follow you, go to the ministry, go to the ministry!" ”

"You were previously studying for a bachelor from the five-rank Hanlin Waiter, and since you have been promoted at the end of your term, even if you can't be a scholar, you shouldn't have a low rank...... In this way, how about transferring you to be the secretary of the Ministry of Literature? ”

There are four divisions in the Ministry of Officials, namely the Anthology Division, which is in charge of examination and promotion; the Seal Inspection Division, who is in charge of the Lord and the worldly office; The Auditing Department is in charge of Ding Wei and Zhishi, and the Meritorious Service Department is in charge of the performance evaluation of officials.

From the functions, it can be seen that the Department of Literature and Selection, which is in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials, has the greatest power, and is actually the head of the four departments.

In the ministry, Shangshu is the highest official, and below him are the left and right attendants, and below it, there is the Langzhong of the four divisions, and the official rank is five grades. If Cheng Yan is the Lang Zhong of the Anthology Division, he will say that in addition to Shangshu and Shilang, he is the most powerful person in the entire ministry.

Cheng Yan decisively knelt down towards Emperor Jingfeng: "Thank you for your grace." ”

"Get up, go to the Ministry of Officials and do things well, don't live up to my expectations of you."

After talking about Cheng Yan's official position change, Emperor Jingfeng's eyes fell on the artichoke sent by Pu Tingnan on the table, and his heart moved slightly: "Speaking of this artichoke, it is indeed a good thing, if it is popularized in Great Xia over time, it will definitely be able to relieve the people from many famines, and make my Great Xia national strength go to a higher level." ”

"As for Gu Yunji and Fan Li, who discovered the introduction of artichokes, they must give them great credit, and reward them for their good students. Fan Li is actually easy to do, he is a businessman, even if he is casually given a nominal official position and let him get rid of the merchant's lowly status, it is enough to make him grateful to Dade. ”

"It's Gu Yunji, I haven't thought about what reward to give him yet......" Emperor Jingfeng rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.

With Gu Yunji's political achievements, it is enough to transfer him back to Beijing to take up a post, but Emperor Jingfeng doesn't want him to return to Beijing so soon, he is only in his twenties, which is the age to sharpen outside. But if he didn't return to Beijing, the arrangement of the position became a problem, and Emperor Jingfeng couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this time, Cheng Yan took out a book of a request from a local official a few days ago, silently put it in front of Emperor Jingfeng, and said with a smile: "For an official, the best reward is, of course, a promotion. ”

Emperor Jingfeng raised his eyebrows: "This is just when you arrived at the Ministry of Officials, and you started to seek personal gain?" ”

Cheng Yan lowered his head slightly, and deliberately showed a shy smile: "As the saying goes, a person who has attained the Tao chicken and dog ascends to heaven, and Weichen has fallen on the towering tree of His Majesty, if he is no longer 'pampered and arrogant' and seeks a little personal gain, wouldn't it be too much of a waste of His Majesty's love for Weichen?" ”

Emperor Jingfeng laughed when he heard this: "There are a lot of pampered and arrogant people, but I haven't seen the second one yet." In this regard, Cheng Yan, you can be regarded as a talent! ”

Emperor Jingfeng is the Son of Heaven, he doesn't have anything, he is not afraid that Cheng Yan will be selfish, after all, everyone has desires, and only when there is desire can he handle it. If Cheng Yan really doesn't ask for anything - it doesn't mean that he has no desires, it can only mean that his desires exceed the scope of Emperor Jingfeng.

On the contrary, it is like this now, and Emperor Jingfeng feels more down-to-earth.

He waved his hand generously: "Then according to your wishes, give the vacant position to Gu Yunji." ”