Shen Yi had foreseen Chen Yu's promotion, but even Shen Yi, who was mentally prepared, never expected that the Jiangdu prefect would be able to jump into the Sixth Department, and be the official among the Sixth Department!
Each of the six departments is divided into four departments, and each department has three levels of supervisors: Langzhong, Yuanwailang and chief.
The so-called Lang Zhong and Yuan Wai Lang are the Director and Deputy Director.
Although the prefect of Jiangdu is promoted from the fourth rank, and Yuanwailang is only promoted from the fifth rank, officials in the capital are generally promoted by two ranks. Local officials like Chen Yu are not in the same system as the officials in the capital. Even if they are promoted, they should be Be promoted to the province, not to the court!
Moreover, compared with the power of the prefect of a prefecture, it is at least seven or eight times worse than that of the official wailang!
Therefore, Chen Fuzun's promotion this time was a serious promotion, or an extraordinary promotion.
After hearing the news, Shen Yi was slightly surprised.
It seems that His Majesty the Emperor in the Imperial City has not been dazzled by the word "Northern Expedition". After Yang Xiang left office, he has already begun to support the people on Yang Xiang's side to "standby" and prepare to pull him in at the appropriate time. He rose up to be the tool of balance in the court.
Speaking of which, there are old grievances between Shen Yi and Chen Fuzun, but there are also some good ties.
The so-called old grudge is naturally due to Chen Yu's connivance with the Jiangdu magistrate's office and almost unjustly killing Shen Yi, and the good relationship is that the last time Shen Yi returned to Jiangdu, he pointed out the current path for Chen Fuzun.
After Zhao Jizhou took a big sip of wine, his face started to turn red. He looked at Shen Yi and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "It stands to reason that Old Man Yang has resigned. Even if Chen Yu and others don't follow him, they will be gone." Regarding his future, I don’t know what kind of connections Chen Yu has found and what kind of high branches he has climbed to. Not only can he be alone, he can even rise to the top!"
"There is really no room for reasoning!"
Although Zhao Jizhou is not an official in the imperial court, he grew up in Jiankang. He can be said to be well-versed in official positions and routines in the imperial court, and he can also speak fluently about matters in the imperial court.
What he said is normal.
Usually there are two factions fighting in the court. One faction goes out of office, and after the other faction comes to power, they will madly suppress the officials of the other faction.
Originally, Chen Yu would have been suppressed by the new ministers in the court, but Chen Fuzun embraced the palace early and not only escaped from the whirlpool, he was even promoted and made a fortune.
Shen Yi stretched out his hand to toast Zhao Er with a glass of wine, and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the waiter on the first floor of Deyue Tower saying hello.
"Young Master Yang is here. Please come upstairs, Mr. Yang."
Soon, a familiar voice came: "Have you prepared all the dishes I ordered? Today we are inviting distinguished guests. Don't lose my face."
The waiter quickly lowered his head and said: "Young Master Yang has ordered that the shop does not dare to neglect. It is already prepared. You can serve it just by saying hello."
Mr. Yang said a faint "Yes" and walked upstairs.
The room he booked happened to be next to Shen Yi.
Zhao Jizhou, who was sitting opposite Shen Yi, raised his head and drank from the glass of wine, and sneered slightly: "My father has lost his official position and still dares to show off like this. Sooner or later he will suffer a loss!"
Although Zhao Er said harsh words, his voice was not loud enough for people outside to hear.
Shen Yi offered Zhao Jizhou a glass of wine, smiled and whispered, "We won't blame him for his losses."
Zhao Er said "Hey" and had a drink with Shen Yi: "That's right. Whether his family is unlucky or not is not our brother's business. We brothers just drink with him."
The two brothers were drinking in their private room, and not long after Mr. Yang Yang Fan sat down on the other side, a middle-aged man in plain clothes was also welcomed to the second floor by the waiter and brought into Mr. Yang's private room. .
After entering the room, the middle-aged man bowed his hands in a polite manner, lowered his head slightly and said, "Senior Brother Yang."
The person who came was none other than Chen Yu, who had already received the imperial decree for promotion.
In other words, he has not been back to Jiangdu much since the New Year. After meeting the emperor, he went to the Ministry of Personnel, and then stayed in Jiankang to wait for his post.
The errands of the Jiangdu government office have been temporarily taken over by Jiangdu Tongzhi.
Chen Yu was a student of Prime Minister Yang Jingzong, and he was a few years younger than Yang Fan. It was reasonable to call him senior brother.
Yang Fan, who had always been very domineering in Jiankang, was very enthusiastic now. He stood up from his chair, came to Chen Yu, then pulled Chen Yu's sleeves and led him to sit down.
After both of them sat down, Mr. Yang smiled with a smile on his face and said: "Junior brother is too low-key. It took so long for the official documents to come down, and there was no mention of inviting the brothers from Jiankang to a meal, and that he had to stand in for him. You invite this guest."
Chen Yu looked calm and said with a smile: "Relegated from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, there is nothing to celebrate."
"ha."
Mr. Yang laughed and said: "Junior brother, what you said is a bit too untrue. If you insist on saying that this is a demotion, then there are countless local officials in the entire Chen Kingdom who would dream of being demoted. "
"Junior brother will be the capital official of the Ministry of Personnel from now on. I don't know how many people will demand it from you!"
The Ministry of Personnel is the official among the officials, and the Shangshu is also called the Heavenly Official Shangshu. It is self-evident that the power is great.
"It's a pity that junior brother has not been transferred to the Selection Department or the Merit Examination Department. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to go through so much trouble when we apply for offices by ourselves in the future. We can just come to junior brother for help!"
Chen Yu lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Senior brother, you are joking. I am just a minister. There is also a lieutenant, a minister, and a minister. He is really soft-spoken."
"This is just the beginning."
Yang Fan patted Chen Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Junior brother became a member of the civil service department at the age of thirty-six. We are not without people in the court. We can help junior brother do whatever he wants. In the future, he will become a civil service official. , it is not a difficult task, if you are lucky, in the future, your junior brother will be the official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, with power over the government and the public!"
This sentence seems a bit stupid.
I don’t know if Yang Fan was protected too well by Yang Xiang, or if he has never suffered a loss in these years. It would be better for the two of them to talk about this in private...
Chen Yu turned his head and looked at the seven or eight people already seated in the private room, and sighed secretly.
He did not speak, but bowed his head slightly and said: "Brother, the last time I saw the teacher was a month ago. The teacher is in good health. He will be free in two days. I will visit him again."
Through this promotion, Chen Yu has found his password for promotion.
That is to firmly be a Turtle School or a Yang School.
But even if he is a member of the Yang faction, he doesn't want to play with silly second-generation people like Yang Fan. He wants to hang out with the old man Yang Jingzong and absorb more of the old man's political wisdom and...
political legacy.
"My father is still in good health, but..."
Yang Fan sighed and said: "People's hearts are not as old as before. People nowadays are too powerful. My family used to have a large family, but now, there are not many people left..."
He patted Chen Yu's shoulder again and said with a smile: "It's rare for you to have such thoughts, junior brother. If I know about it, I will probably be even more gratified."
While the two people were talking, Shen Yi and Zhao Er next door were sitting by the wall and listening to Qiang Gen.
While the two of them were listening attentively, there was a knock on the door.
Shen Yi was eavesdropping at the moment. He was startled when he heard the knock on the door. He took a few deep breaths before calming down. Then he slowly walked to the door of the room and asked, "Who is it?"
"I, Qi Dayou."
The voice of Colonel Qi, the inner guard, came from the door.
Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door, looked at Qi Dayou, and asked, "Brother Qi, you want to see me for something?"
Lieutenant Qi shook his head: "Eunuch Gao has a letter to give to you, Brother Shen. It was originally sent to your home, but Brother Shen was not at home, and those too... those eunuchs were too lazy, so they gave it to our inner guards. , let me pass it on to you, brother."
Shen Yi took the letter thoughtfully, thanked Qi Dayou, and wanted to invite him into the house for a drink. Qi Dayou refused, but Shen Yi did not force him and let him go.
After Shen returned to the room, he opened the letter Gao Ming wrote to him. After briefly glancing at it, he immediately took out the fire folder, lit the letter and burned it to ashes.
Zhao Er was a little curious and said with a smile: "What is so important?"
"fine."
Shen Yi raised his glass, took a deep breath, and said, "This is a letter from a big shot. The content in the letter is not convenient for others to see, so I burned it."
Zhao Er looked up at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "If something happens to Zi Heng, our brothers will be here today."
"It's okay today, it's tomorrow's business."
Shen Yi smiled, picked up the wine glass, and said, "Let's drink."
Zhao Er glanced at the next door, raised his head and took a sip of wine, then said: "Zi Heng, I heard that the man surnamed Yang is outside saying that he doesn't like you. How about we drink somewhere else?"
What Zhao Er was talking about was not what happened in the Di newspaper. He was referring to the fact that after Shen Yi wrote two poems earlier, Mr. Yang had publicly stated his position, saying that Shen Yi was trying to please the public.
Shen Qilang shook his head slightly: "As long as I don't cause trouble for him, if he comes to cause trouble for me..."
