"Your Majesty, are you awake? I will help you change your clothes."
A sudden voice pulled Han Du out of his comfortable enjoyment.
When he turned around, he found a maid standing next to his bed. The maid lowered her head and held her official uniform. The maid had an ordinary appearance, with a big round face and slightly dark skin.
She doesn't look like the charming palace maids in the legends, but more like a hardworking farm girl.
Han Du thought about it carefully and understood that legends can only be legends. There are so many beauties in this world. Even if there are really beautiful beauties, they cannot appear on the periphery of the East Palace. They have not been included by Zhu Biao long ago.
Is there a harem?
It is the nature of food and sex!
Suddenly startled by the maid, Han Du pulled up the quilt to cover himself in embarrassment and asked dissatisfiedly.
"Who are you?"
"My lord, this servant is a maid from the East Palace. She is here to change your clothes." The maid lowered her head and replied.
Han Du glanced at the clothes she held in her hand and asked, "This is an official uniform? What about my clothes?"
"Back to your lord, your clothes are, um... quite old, inconvenient, inconvenient... His Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone to send your lord's official uniforms." The maid stammered in her words.
, vague.
But Han Du understood what she meant.
Isn't it just because my clothes are sour and smelly? I can't blame myself for that. After staying in prison for so many days, it's only strange that they don't stink.
Even so, Han Du is not used to being served and dressed. If it is a beautiful woman, that's fine. Maybe Han Du is still interested in enjoying the depravity and corruption of feudal society.
Since she's an ordinary-looking maid, well, let's forget it. She's not comfortable doing it herself yet, at least she won't have someone standing beside her, making herself uncomfortable.
"Put down your robe, I...I will do it myself."
"yes."
The maid turned around, put down her official uniform, and left.
Han Du got up and put on his official uniform according to his memory. Of course, this was regular uniform, not the public uniform worn when attending court in the morning and evening.
The regular clothes are well cut and look a bit majestic on Han Du. However, the color of the regular clothes is a bit eye-catching. The official uniform of the treasure banknote lifter is the eighth rank, and the official uniform of the eighth and ninth rank is green.
You must know that modern men are more taboo about the color green. The first thing they are afraid of is green hats, followed by green clothes.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not have such an argument, as long as Han Du could overcome the hurdle in his heart.
Officials' regular uniforms are patched, and the treasure-bearing Sidi belongs to the Ministry of Household Affairs and is considered a civil official. Han Du's patch is a square pattern on the chest with two quails embroidered inside.
Han Du looked at the two quails and his expression was not very good. Forget about the quails, I don’t know who designed this pattern and embroidered the two quails to make them a little fatter.
"Hey, forget it, quails are just quails. Fat ones are fine, fat ones are festive." Shaking his head, Han Du let go of his thoughts.
Han Du opened the door and was greeted by a young eunuch.
"Sir, this is the wish of His Highness the Crown Prince. In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince has ordered this servant to accompany you to the Ministry of Punishment." The little eunuch waved his hand towards the table.
Han Du followed the little eunuch's hand and saw a formal document placed on the table.
When I opened it, it was about Han Du's appointment and the treatment of his family.
Prince Zhu Biao assists Lao Zhu in handling government affairs, so he can naturally appoint Han Du. But at the same time, Zhu Biao is also busy with everything. If he is an ordinary eighth-grade official, he will not take it seriously.
Being able to ask Prince Zhu Biao to help him with his affairs, Han Du felt a little appreciative of Zhu Biao's friendship.
Han Du saluted solemnly and thanked him: "I would like to express my gratitude to His Highness the Crown Prince. Thank you for your service, father-in-law."
The eunuch Han Du next to Lao Zhu needs to be careful to respect him, and he also needs to be careful to respect the young eunuch next to the prince. Otherwise, if he encounters a vengeful eunuch, he may not even know how he died.
This does not mean that eunuchs are all perverts who will hate others for their whole lives just for trivial matters. People are divided into groups, and no matter what kind of group there are, there will always be good people and bad people.
It's just that the eunuch group has something less than ordinary people, so the probability of being perverted is indeed higher. As for good people, there are some, but they are just too few.
Accompanying the young eunuch to the Punishment Department, after negotiating, Han Du followed a junior official from the Punishment Department to the prison.
Han Du was not as prestigious as the eunuchs beside Lao Zhu. He was not personally accompanied by Hu Zhen, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, and he was only accompanied by a minor official.
A small official is enough. As soon as this small official arrived at the prison, he was greeted by the smiling face of the prison chief.
"Hey, little Liu Kui has met you, sir. Why are you free to come here today?"
When the junior officer faced Han Du, he could still greet him with a smile, but when facing the prison boss, his greeting was just a cold and arrogant nod.
At this time, Han Du came out from behind the petty official.
When the cell leader saw Han Du, the surprise in his eyes almost overflowed, "Isn't this Mr. Han? He was in prison waiting for execution yesterday. Why are you wearing official uniform today?"
But thinking about the eunuch who came from the palace last night, Mr. Hu was alarmed. He must be a big shot, and maybe he was sent by His Majesty.
If His Majesty has met Young Master Han, then Young Master Han may really become an official.
Be a farmer in the morning, ascend to the Emperor's Hall in the evening! This is imperial power!
Of course, the prison head didn't know that "he was a farmhouse minister in the morning and ascended to the emperor's hall in the evening", but he knew that Mr. Han must be a popular person around the emperor now.
Fortunately, I have always taken good care of Mr. Han's family and never offended him. A smile like a chrysanthemum appeared on his face, "Young man, I have seen Mr. Han. Mr. Han is fine."
"Okay, Liu Tou is fine." He was in a good mood, and Han Du smiled and nodded to the prison leader. The prison leader was a pretty good person, and he didn't feel sorry for himself when he was in prison. Han Du didn't mind looking at the prison guard.
Goodbye.
After all, he is just serving his crime, and his father and younger brother will continue to stay in this prison. It would be good to gain some favor from the prison chief so that he can take care of his father and younger brother.
"Ahem," the clerk cleared his throat and said seriously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has issued an order to release Mr. Han, his mother and his sister."
It turned out that he was with His Highness the Crown Prince, but why were only his mother and sister released? What about the other two?
Although the cell leader had doubts, he would not be foolish enough to ask on the spot. Instead, he smiled and replied: "I obey, little one."
Seeing that the matter had been given, the junior official raised his hands to Han Du and said, "Master Han, please help yourself. I will go back to resume my duties right now."
"Thank you." Han Du said politely.
"It's okay, it's just a small matter. I'll take my leave now." After the clerk said that, Feng seemed to have fled. When he turned around, Han Du saw him covering his mouth and nose with his hands.
It seems that he can't stand the filthy place of prison, Han Du shook his head and thought.
When he came back to his senses, he stretched out his hand towards the prison head and said, "Liu head, please."
The cell leader quickly replied: "I don't dare, Mr. Han invites you first."
Han Du was not polite and took the first step and walked in.
Arriving outside the familiar cell door, the noise suddenly started as the cell leader opened the cell.
Han De, who had fallen into a deep sleep, suddenly woke up. When he woke up, he saw Han Du in official uniform.
"Du'er, you, what are you..."
Following my father's exclamation, my mother, brothers and sisters all woke up.
Looking at Han Du's clothes, his mother was pleasantly surprised and asked: "Du'er, what's going on with you? Why are you wearing official uniform? Has His Majesty pardoned my sins?"
Han De knew in his heart that it was not His Majesty who pardoned his guilt at all, but that Han Du's blood letter was seen by His Majesty. This was Han Du's credit.
Facing his father's gaze, Han Du hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty has appointed my child as the Treasurer of Treasure Banknotes, with full authority over the production of Baobao Banknotes."
Han De was very happy after hearing this, and said: "The promotion of the Eighth Grade Treasure Notes by the Si Tiju is pretty good. Even if you have the title of a civil servant, even if you go to elect officials, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will not give you the rank of the Eighth Grade.
, not to mention that this still allows you to directly take charge of a department. It is enough to show that His Majesty really loves you."
Although a Juren can be an official, it is completely different from a Jinshi. If a Juren wants to be an official, he has to wait for the official selection. When will the official choose? Naturally, they will only choose when there is a vacancy.
How pitiful is the selection of officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs? I won’t say anything else, but I will tell you just one thing.
Don’t be ugly!
This is the first point and the first big pitfall in selecting officials for the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If you are ugly, I advise you not to go for office selection, as you will definitely be rejected at the first opportunity.
If you are dissatisfied and think this selection of officials is unfair? Then take the Jinshi exam. It is fair to become an official without having to choose.
Even if you have passed these extremely weird official selection processes, don't be too happy too early. People are generally promoted from the lowest level, that is, from the ninth rank. If you have a backer, you may be able to step in.
Directly get a positive ninth-grade position.
Even so, you can only serve as the chief officer's deputy, and it is impossible to become the chief officer yourself.
A person like Han Du, who became an official of the eighth rank as a Juren, and who was also a Baochao Jusi, could be regarded as the chief official of an important department in the capital. This was unique since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
"After staying in this prison for so many days, I can't stay for even one more day. Since His Majesty asked you to take charge of the production of treasure banknotes, Your Majesty must have forgiven our family's sins. Come, help me get up, let's
Go home." Han De stretched out his hand towards Han Du.
Forgive and go home.
The Han family did not know how many times they had dreamed of these words in their midnight dreams.
When they suddenly heard it, Han Du's mother and younger brothers and sisters simply couldn't believe their ears. Their eyes instantly became extremely bright, and they no longer had the decadence and despair of the previous days.
Han Du looked at his father's hand, but did not take it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty asked the child to serve his crime, so Your Majesty only allowed my mother and sister to go back with me."