Chapter XIII
"Sir, are you awake? I will wait for you to change your clothes."
A sudden voice pulled Han Du out of his comfortable enjoyment.
When I turned my head, I found a maid standing by my bed. The maid bowed her head and held her official uniform. The maid looked ordinary, with a big round face and a slightly dark skin.
They don’t look like the charming palace maids in the legend, but more like the hard-working peasant girls.
Han Du thought about it carefully and realized that the legend can only be a legend. There are so many beauties in this world. Even if there are really beautiful women, they will never appear on the periphery of the East Palace. Haven’t they been included in the harem by Zhu Biao long ago?
Food and sex are the nature!
Suddenly, he was startled by the maid. Han Du pulled up the quilt to block him in embarrassment and asked dissatisfiedly.
"Who are you?"
"Sir, I am the palace maid from the Eastern Palace. I came to change clothes for the adults." The maid lowered her head and replied.
Han Du glanced at the clothes she was holding and asked, "Is this the official uniform? Where is my clothes?"
"Sir, my clothes are quite old, inconvenient, inconvenient... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone to bring the official clothes of his grandfather." The maid stuttered in a vague way.
But Han Du understood what she meant.
Isn’t it just because your clothes are sore and smelly? You can’t blame yourself. It would be strange if you don’t smell bad after staying in prison for so many days.
Even so, Han Du was not used to being served with clothes. If he was a beautiful woman, it would be fine. Maybe Han Du was still interested in enjoying the depravity and corruption of feudal society.
Since he is a maid with an ordinary appearance, so forget it. He is not as comfortable as doing it himself. At least he won’t stand alone and make himself uncomfortable.
"Put down your clothes, I...I will do it myself."
"yes."
The maid turned around and put down her official uniform and retreated.
Han Du got up and put on his official uniform according to his memory. Of course, this is a regular uniform, not a public uniform when he was reported in the morning and evening.
The regular clothes are properly cut and they are a bit majestic when worn on Han Du. However, the color of the regular clothes is a bit annoying. Baochao Tiju Sidiju is the eighth rank, and the official clothes of the eighth rank and ninth rank are green.
You should know that modern men are more taboo about green. The first thing they bear is the cuckold, and the second is green clothes.
Fortunately, there was no such statement in the Ming Dynasty, as long as Han Du could overcome the hurdle in his heart.
Officials' regular clothes have tofus, Baochao Tiju Sidi belongs to the Ministry of Revenue and is considered a civil servant. Han Du's tofus is a square pattern on his chest, with two quails embroidered inside.
Han Du looked at the two quails, his face was not very good-looking, so he just forgot about the quails. I don’t know who designed the pattern, which made the two quails a little fatter.
"Oh, forget it, just quails. It's chubby, it's chubby, it's festive." Shaking his head, Han Du let go of his thoughts.
Han Du opened the door and a little eunuch came up.
"Sir, this is the intention of His Highness the Crown Prince. In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince ordered me to go to the Ministry of Justice with you." The little eunuch waved his hand to signal to the table.
Han Du looked at the eunuch's hand and saw a formal document placed on the table.
When I opened it, I saw it about Han Du's appointment and his family's disposal.
Prince Zhu Biao assisted Lao Zhu in handling the government affairs, so he could naturally appoint Korean Do. But at the same time, Zhu Biao was also busy with all kinds of things. If he was an ordinary eighth-rank official, he would naturally not take it seriously.
The prince Zhu Biao can help him with his own affairs, and Han Du took Zhu Biao's friendship a few times in his heart.
Han Du bowed seriously and thanked him: "I thanked the Crown Prince for your behalf, and I am a laborious father-in-law."
Han Du, the eunuch around Lao Zhu, needs to be respected carefully, and he also needs to be respected carefully. Otherwise, if he meets a eunuch who holds revenge, he may not know how he died.
This does not mean that eunuchs only hold grudges against others' perversions for trivial matters. People are divided into groups, and no matter what kind of group they are, there will be good people and bad people.
It’s just that the eunuch group has fewer things than ordinary people, so the probability of perversion is indeed higher. As for good people, there are also many, but there are too few.
He accompanied the eunuch to the Ministry of Justice. After negotiations, Han Du came to the prison with a minor official from the Ministry of Justice.
Han Du is not as good as the eunuch beside Lao Zhu. Without the personal accompanying Hu Zhen, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, he is only a minor official.
A minor official is enough. As soon as this minor official arrives at the prison, he is greeted by the head of the prison.
"Oh, the little Liu Kui has met the adult, why did he come today?"
When the minor official faces Han Du, he can still greet Han Du with a smile, and the greetings from the prison head are just a cold nod.
At this time, Han Du walked out from behind the clerk.
When the prisoner saw Han Du, the surprise in his eyes was about to overflow, "Isn't this Mr. Han? He was still waiting for execution in prison yesterday, why did he put on his official uniform today?"
However, thinking of a eunuch who came to the palace last night, I was shocked by Mr. Hu, and I think he was a big shot, maybe he was sent by His Majesty.
If His Majesty had met Mr. Han, then Mr. Han would really be an official.
In the morning, I am a farmer and ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening! This is the imperial power!
Of course, the prison head didn't know that "the court was a farmer and the emperor's hall was in the evening", but he knew that Mr. Han must be a celebrity around the emperor now.
Fortunately, I have always taken good care of Mr. Han’s family and have never offended him. My face squeezed out a chrysanthemum-like smile, "I have seen Lord Han, so I am fine."
"Okay, head Liu is good." Han Du was in a very good mood and nodded to the prison head with a smile. The prison head is pretty good. When he was in prison, he did not feel sorry for himself. Han Du didn't mind showing good things to the prison head.
After all, I am just making meritorious contributions now, and my father and brother have to continue to stay in this prison. It is also good to be able to get a little favor from the prison chief and allow him to take care of my father and brother.
"Cough," the little official cleared his throat and said seriously: "Your Highness the Crown Prince has an order to release Lord Han's mother and his sister."
It turned out that he had been with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but why did he just release his mother and sister? What about the other two?
Although the prisoner was confused, he would not be foolish about asking questions on the spot, but replied with a smile: "Little one obeys the order."
Seeing that the matter had been ordered, the minor official bowed to Han Du and said, "Please let me do it myself. The official will go back and report it now."
"I'm working hard." Han Du made accusation.
"It's okay, it's just a trivial matter. The official will say goodbye now." After the minor official said that, Feng ran away as if he was about to turn around. When Han Du turned around, he saw him reaching out to cover his mouth and nose.
It seems that he can't stand the filthy place of the prison, Han Du shook his head and thought.
He came to his senses and reached out to the prison head, "Please, head Liu."
The prison head quickly replied, "I dare not, Lord Han asks you first."
Han Du was not polite either, so he took the lead and walked in.
When I came to the familiar prison door, the noise suddenly started as the prison head opened the cell.
Han De, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly woke up and saw Han Du in official uniform as soon as he woke up.
"Du'er, you, you're..."
With my father's exclamation, my mother and younger brothers and sisters all woke up.
Looking at Han Du's clothes, his mother was surprised and asked, "Du'er, what's going on with you? Why did you wear official uniforms? Did Your Majesty pardon the Master's sin?"
Han De knew in his heart that this was not His Majesty’s retribution for his crime, but that Han Du’s blood letter was seen by His Majesty. This was Han Du’s credit.
Facing the father's gaze, Han Du hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty appointed the child as the Baochao Tuo Shushi, and the abbot was fully responsible for the production of Baochao."
Han De was extremely happy when he heard this and said, "It's good to have a rank of eighth-rank Baochao Tuju. Even if you have the reputation of a juren, even if you choose an official, the Ministry of Personnel will not give you the rank of eighth-rank, let alone you directly take charge of the department. It is enough to show that Your Majesty really loves you."
Although a juren can be an official, it is very different from a Jinshi. If a juren wants to be an official, he has to wait for the Ministry of Personnel to choose. When will the Ministry of Personnel be selected? Of course, he will only choose when there are vacancies.
How pitiful will it be for the Ministry of Personnel to select officials? I won’t say anything else, just say one of them to know.
Don't look ugly!
This is the first step in the Ministry of Personnel’s selection of officials and the first big pit.
If you are ugly, I would advise you not to choose an official, and you will definitely be defeated as soon as possible.
If you are dissatisfied and think it is unfair to choose an official in this way? Then go and take the Jinshi exam. It is fair to be an official in Jinshi and you don’t have to choose it.
Even if you have all passed these extremely strange official selection process, don’t be too happy too early. Juren usually starts at the lowest level, that is, from the ninth level. If you have a backer, you may be able to directly get a position of the ninth level.
Even so, you can only be the deputy of the chief official, and it is impossible for you to be the chief official by yourself.
Like Han Du, who is an official in the eighth rank as a juren, and like the Baochao Tujus, he is also considered the chief officer of an important department in the capital. He has been unique since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
"I have been in this prison for so many days, but I can't even stay for a day. Since Your Majesty asked you to preside over the production of treasure money, Your Majesty must have forgiven our whole family for the sins. Come, help me up and let us go home." Han De extended his hand to Han Du.
Absolute, go home.
The Han family has dreamed of these words in midnight dreaming of them.
When I suddenly heard it, Han Du's mother and younger brothers and sisters couldn't believe their ears. The eyes of several people instantly became extremely bright, and there was no longer the decadence and despair of the previous few days.
Han Du looked at his father's hand and did not go to pick it up. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty asked the child to make meritorious service, so Your Majesty only allowed his mother and sister to go back with me."
Chapter completed!