As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Ru naturally knew Yang Xu. His figure was looming behind the ups and downs of the court in the past few days. Now that he had received the emperor's personal order, he did not dare to neglect it. He left the Jinshen Palace.
Then he asked the guard at the door softly about Yang Xu.【】
Not far away, Xia Xun was fully dressed and was telling a story to Princess Baoqing. I don’t know what he was talking about. Even the pretty girl about ten years old next to her was listening with interest.
As soon as the guard pointed it out, Rucai knew that this person was Yang Xu. This person had been supported by the Shanwang Mansion in the Wu Zhizhi a few days ago, and was favored by the emperor. He was also appreciated by the emperor in the North and South Battle, and this time the emperor personally ordered him to do a little
The future of an eighth-grade swordsman.
Ru speculated that this man must be very favored by the emperor, and he was so familiar with the little princess. He was clearly playing with the princess when he was tortured just now. Ru couldn't figure out how deep this Yang Xu's background was, but he didn't dare
Treating him like an ordinary military attache, he shouted around. He stood still and said in a loud voice: "Are you Yang Xu? I have been ordered by the emperor to transfer you to Shandong Prefecture on errands. Come with me."
Xia Xun was surprised, but he didn't feel comfortable asking. He hurriedly ended the story of Sun Wukong causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace with a few words. Xu Ming'er led the reluctant Princess Baoqing away. Princess Baoqing hadn't heard enough yet and felt itchy.
It was hard to scratch my head. I kept thinking about the Dinghai Shenzhen, which can be thick or thin, long or short, and weighs 13,500 kilograms, so I wanted to get a stick and dance with it.
Xia Xun hurried to Ru. Master Ru smiled slightly and said kindly: "I have been ordered to transfer you to Shandong Mansion for work in the near future. Come on, I will make arrangements for you."
Xia Xun knew as soon as he heard that Xu Ming'er had helped him a lot. When he turned around, Xu Ming'er was cooperating with the little princess Baoqing and making gestures in her hands while turning back towards him.
Xia Xun stood still and bowed to her in a very solemn salute. The little princess pursed her lips and smiled, then turned her head away.
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment reported that he was ill and was recuperating at home. Now the minister, Bao Zhao, is in charge of the daily affairs of the Ministry of Punishment. Although the Ministry of Rites is nominally the first of the six departments, the Ministry of Personnel is actually the first of the six. When he heard that the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel had arrived in person, Bao Zhao
Zhao didn't know what happened, so he quickly dressed up and came out in person.
He welcomed Ru politely into the hall, served him hot tea, and listened carefully to the purpose of his visit. He found out that he was actually planning the future of a small eighth-grade imperial sword officer. He felt a little startled, and after thinking about it, he tried
He said: "Ahem, Sir Ru, is this Yang Xu... a junior of your... kin?"
Ru quickly waved her hand and said: "Hey, Master Bao, please don't make random guesses. I am neither related to Yang Xu nor have any acquaintance with him. He..."
Ru pointed to the sky and said mysteriously: "The emperor personally ordered this. Do you think I can't come?"
When Bao Zhao heard this, his heart skipped a beat: "The transfer of a mere eighth-grade official requires the emperor to personally instruct the Minister of Personnel, and the Minister of Personnel to personally send the person to him? Why is he here? How to arrange for him?
Is it in line with the emperor’s wishes?”
Bao Zhao cautiously asked for advice, and Ru said: "I don't know what this person's background is. Geng Jie, the emperor's tone is that he wants to send him to Shandong Mansion to do work. We don't need to ask what the emperor wants to do.
, let me arrange a proper identity for him and let him make the trip smoothly."
Just because this was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, the temporary transfer of an eighth-rank official made two first-rank and powerful adults feel uneasy. Zhu Yuanzhang was just because Ru happened to be around and he was a member of the staff.
Minister, this kind of cross-government and cross-industry transfers must go through him, so I simply gave him the order directly.
It turns out that Ru is just like the examiner in "Continuously Promoting to Level 3". The examinee who was sent by Jiu Qiansui personally said that he is not a relative of Jiu Qian Sui. Do you believe it? Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang said that he just asked Yang Xu to go to Shandong Mansion temporarily.
On errands, he would have to be transferred back to the avant-garde of the government army after returning to Beijing, otherwise Yang Xu would become Zhang Haogu's second best, and might be arranged by Ru and Bao Zhao to retire in a position that was both dignified and leisurely.
Bao Zhao and Ru were both honest and capable officials. They usually admired each other and were congenial. Their friendship was already good. This matter was personally ordered by the emperor. They were both related, so they started studying it together.
Bao Zhao said in embarrassment: "Our Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the world's criminal administration, approving and enforcing laws, judging cases and convicting people, and managing prisoners. There are thirteen Qing officials under it, each in charge of the criminal administration of a province. Generally, the local generals file criminal records
He was escorted to the capital and re-tried by the Ministry of Punishment. Only when major cases occurred in the local area and involved many things, it was not appropriate to transfer the case to the capital, would the Ministry of Punishment send people there and take the initiative to send errands to the local area, but they were rare. What kind of errand could I give him?
What’s appropriate?”
Ru pondered and said: "I heard that due to the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in Shaanxi, your Ministry of Punishment has sent personnel to the thirteen provinces to supervise and arrest bandits?"
Bao Zhao said: "There is such a thing, but everyone has left. The dispatches of each department are all led by the foreign ministers of each department. They are officials from the fifth grade. This Yang Xu... I'm afraid he is not qualified.
, if he is only allowed to be a follower, the emperor will not look good."
Bao Zhao thought for a while, and suddenly had an idea, and said: "Since the Emperor has not appointed our Criminal Department to handle the matter, how about letting him go to Shandong under the guise of the Metropolitan Procuratorate? The Metropolitan Procuratorate has envoys to patrol the places.
The roving inspection system is the most suitable."
When Ru heard this, she suddenly became enlightened. She raised her big finger and said, "Geng Jie, what a good idea. I won't delay any longer and will go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
Bao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up to see him off. Ru then rushed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate happily.
Ru once served as the deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it was easier to talk there than in the Ministry of Punishment. When he arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate and explained the situation, the Imperial Envoy Wu Youdao, Mr. Wu, immediately smiled and said: "Brother Liangyu needs to come in person to tell this matter."
Well, how about sending him a patrol envoy?"
If you have served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you naturally understand the terminology he is talking about. The Metropolitan Procuratorate can send personnel to local areas for official duties. According to the responsibilities of inspecting local areas, they are divided into two types: special envoys and patrol envoys.
The special envoy is a full-time supervisory official who supervises ten kinds of powers respectively. The first is to inspect the army; the second is to supervise the school; the third is to inspect the salt affairs; the fourth is to inspect the tea and horses; the fifth is to inspect the water transportation; the sixth is to inspect the water transportation.
Inspecting customs and defenses; the seventh day is supervising the management of transportation; the eighth day is checking the troops and horses; the ninth day is farming; the tenth day is supervising the army. In addition to these ten special missions, there are also missions to support the army, provide disaster relief, supervise the capture of thieves, and collect money and food for soldiers and horses.
This is not the case for the patrol envoys. The patrol envoys do not have a clear goal of supervision. They can observe everything from official administration, criminal names, money and grain, public security, archives, schools, farming and mulberry fields, water conservancy, customs and people's privacy. Major events are reported.
Judgment, making decisions on trivial matters. The emperor will make the decision if the evidence is clear and the emperor is above the fifth rank. Those below the sixth rank who are obviously greedy and cruel can be questioned immediately. In case of military problems, the patrol has the right to participate in the discussion; if "thieves" appear in the local area,
, the patrol magistrate has the power to order conquests, praise good people, eliminate arrogance and stupidity, correct customs, uphold discipline, political gains and losses, and benefit the military and civilians, all can be directly investigated and avoided.
Therefore, the patrol envoys have great power and can move freely. What's even better is that these imperial envoys are similar to those of the Sixth Section. Although they have great power, their official positions are not high. The highest supervisory envoys are only seventh-rank officials.
Xia Xun is now an eighth-grade official, and he is qualified for this position without promotion.
Ru Xian was overjoyed, but thought about it and thought it was inappropriate, and said: "When you first take office as an imperial envoy, you can only go on small missions when you are taking the test. When you pass the examination, you can be appointed as a special missionary, and finally you can serve as a major missionary and serve as a patrol officer. Let's do this
Isn't this a violation of the rules? This is a hunting patrol on behalf of the emperor."
Wu Youdao smiled slightly and said: "What's so difficult about this? Send a patrolling envoy who doesn't care about anything, and let Yang Xu serve as his deputy and interviewer. In fact, he can make his own decisions, right? Hehe, the rules are human.
Sure, a living person can be choked to death by urinating?"
Ru was overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed and said: "You have a way, you really have a way, hahaha..."
Xia Xun didn't even know where the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate opened, so he went to work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate inexplicably, and got a job as an interviewer. Three days later, he went to Shandong with the imperial envoy Huang Zhenhuang. However,
Mr. Ru and Mr. Wu both thought that he was on an errand under the emperor's secret order and were given an interview envoy. Who knew that he was going to pick flowers on the order of the emperor?
Xia Xun listened to Master Ru's instructions in a daze, and then hurried home in a daze, preparing to pack up and take office. It's true that there are people in the court who are good at becoming officials, while others have been living in poverty for ten years, and thousands of troops have come out to be the top Jinshi.
Come on, let's wait a few more years and finally get a position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. I don't know how many years it will take to get the lucrative job of serving as an imperial envoy, but Xia Xun accidentally got it.
When Xia Xun returned home, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief. Xiaodi was not sensible, but Manager Xiao was different. Hearing that the young master went to ask the emperor for leave, he was so frightened that he didn't eat breakfast or lunch. Finally, he saw the young master come back.
, then my heart dropped.
Ximen Qing was waiting at Yang's house. He first went to see his long-awaited sweetheart Nan Feifei. They rubbed their hair together and made love. Then he reluctantly left and came to see Xia Xun. Unexpectedly, he rushed to his house when he arrived.
Empty.
It just so happened that Xie Luchan was here, so Ximen Qing didn't feel lonely. Traditional Chinese painting is about connotation, and Xie Luchan's paintings tended to be realistic, so they were considered inferior and were not popular with others. Ximen Qingxue
No, he is just a dabbler. He is very knowledgeable about medical books but has limited knowledge of calligraphy and painting. When he saw such lifelike paintings, he greatly appreciated them.
Xie Luchan immediately introduced him as a confidant, and after a conversation, there was great speculation. Therefore, although the male master of the Yang family was not around, Xie Luchan was with him, and the two of them drank and talked freely, feeling at ease.
When Xia Xun came back, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Ximen Qing had arrived at his home. He held a banquet to welcome him again, because in front of Xie Luchan, Xia Xun could not talk about returning to Qingzhou to find Peng Ziqi.
, so they only talked to him about goodbye and separation. After the banquet was over and Xie Luchan went back to his room to continue painting, Xia Xun took Ximen Qing to the small study.
After hearing Xia Xun's words, Ximen Qing was surprised and said: "What a coincidence, I just came here, are you going to leave?"
Xia Xun said: "No, it's a mistake, but it doesn't matter. When you go back, I may not come back yet. By the way, why are you here this time? Are you really here to purchase medicinal materials?"
Ximen Qing became nervous and said hurriedly: "Of course not, it's just to find an excuse to see Feifei. Brother, do you think women become particularly clever when they encounter this kind of thing? I think...
I thought my excuse was pretty good, but when I went out, Xiaodong hesitated to speak. His look in his eyes made me feel guilty. I couldn't eat well or sleep well. I always felt...
She seems to have discovered something? I didn’t reveal anything."
Xia Xun was stunned for a long time, then asked slowly: "Brother Ximen, the way to do business is to sell at a high price and buy at a low price?"
Ximen Qing said blankly: "Nonsense, why else do we do business?"
Xia Xun said: "So... do you think the medicinal materials in this place, the imperial capital of a country at the foot of the emperor... will be cheaper than in Yanggu County?"
"Snapped!"
Ximen Qing slapped himself hard, gritted his teeth and said, "I finally know where the problem is!"