Idle courtiers

Chapter 167 The Care of the Immediate Boss

After talking about the ins and outs, Zhao Jing carefully reminded Zhou Nan: "You and I hit it off right away. Pedestrians live in this yard, and I will not accept it for the time being. Pedestrians can move as soon as possible if they have connections."

After sending Zhao experience away, Zhou Nan was in a bad mood.I only brought 200 taels of gold and more than two hundred taels of silver with me when I came to the capital this time, which already filled a large box, and I couldn't carry any more.This is his one-year living expenses and daily social interactions. Now [-]% is spent on buying a house and real estate. If something happens, the loss will be huge.

The former owner of the yard probably heard the wind and sold the house ahead of time.Otherwise, why would it be sold so cheaply.

Could it be that Feng Chuan knew about this a long time ago and joined forces to make money for himself.If one is not careful, he falls into a trap, which is tolerable or unbearable.

After thinking about it, Zhou Nan felt that Feng Chuan didn't have that much courage either.After all, it was a transaction of more than 1000 taels, and he was a small citizen who dared to participate in the affairs of officials.

The biggest possibility is that this guy was greedy for the agency fee of more than ten taels of silver, and the investigation beforehand failed.

This person's professional quality is really bad, and his character is also hot!

Now that the raw rice has been cooked, it is meaningless to go to Feng Chuan again. Could it be possible to send him to Wanping County?At that time, the county government will investigate, ha, this house is the property of the emperor, and it will be handed over to the two adults, Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong, for disposal. There is no place for you to cry.

What Zhao experienced just now was right, this matter must be done as soon as possible.He can only guarantee that he won't come here to make trouble for a short time, but if the higher-ups clean it up, there's nothing he can do about it.

At this moment, Zhou Nan doesn't know anyone in the capital at all, let alone going to activities, even if he wants to inquire about news, he has no way to do it.

There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Since this problem cannot be solved at present, there is no need to bother about it.

It's been three days since I've been in Beijing, I've settled down, and it's time to report to the Pedestrian Department and go through the lock-off procedures.

Early the next morning, Zhou Nan ordered Huang Dou and Wotou to keep an eye on the door, and hired a sedan chair to go to the pedestrian department.

In the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Department of Pedestrians was originally affiliated to Honglu Temple, and it was an extremely small department.After Yongle, considering that this yamen would take on a role similar to that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was upgraded to a higher level, and was in charge of Zhengqipin, which was a good place for Jinshi to look after.

Because of his low official position and his retreat, the Pedestrian Division was not set up in the courtroom of the imperial city, but was left far away in a remote corner of West Chang'an Avenue.

Speaking of Pedestrians, the scale was quite large in Hongwu years, with 340 pedestrians, mainly because the pedestrians at that time were all running errands.Later, after it became a shortcut for Jinshi and promotion, the staff was reduced to 37 people, which was very deserted.

The place is also small, just a piece of low blue-brick one-story house. After passing Yimen, there is a small yard in front of you. There is a thin layer of snow on the ground. Several sparrows rummage in the snow for grass seeds. fly away.

The person who received Zhou Nan was the deputy of the right department surnamed Gao, who was in the hall of the pedestrian department.

It has to be said that people who can win Jinshi these days are all good-looking.This person is about forty years old, with a face like a crown jade, with clear eyebrows, and a handsome uncle.

The reason is also very simple, once a scholar has won a Jinshi, he must at least be awarded a seventh-rank county magistrate, and you have to wear a dignified face to shock the common people.If he looks like Ge You, everyone will laugh at the first sight, and the court will lose face.

According to the imperial court system, Zhou Nan handed over his official photo when he was the governor of Huai'an Mansion and the appointment of the imperial court. Deputy Gao Si was still smiling at the beginning.But looking at his resume, he was just a scholar, and his face turned livid immediately, and he shouted: "It's ridiculous, a small scholar wants to be recruited, why didn't I receive the letter from the Ministry of Officials?"

Because he didn't know the details of the surname Gao, and knew that the officials of the Department of Pedestrians had a very good future, Zhou Nan could only suppress his anger and said patiently: "It should be a favor issued by the imperial court, without going through the cabinet and the six ministries. I was an official in the early years Ups and downs, the former fan has achieved meritorious service, and he was transferred to the Pedestrian Department to send his name. After locking the hall, he will go to participate in the rural examination next year, and the imperial court will not come to the post until he is a Jinshi."

"A small group of officials is also involved in the recruitment process. This is chaos. I am ashamed to be with you. The appointment and dismissal of officials is a public tool. Go to the Ministry of Officials!" Deputy Gao Si jumped up and shouted repeatedly Ask the book office to drive Zhou Nan out.

The anger in Zhou Nan's heart could no longer be contained: This guy is purely insane. I was appointed by the court, and I didn't ask you for a penny salary. Face, what right do you have not to accept the organization arrangement?

Yes, he does have this power.

Thinking about it this way is really annoying.

It turns out that the central power structure of the Ming Dynasty is generally divided into two parts-imperial power and prime minister power.

Since ancient times in China, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats have ruled the world together, and the world is governed by the world and the people in the world.Many things are not decided by your emperor alone.

The imperial power is the rule of law, that is to say, the emperor is equivalent to the constitution and is the arbiter.

The specific governance of the country should be the scholar-officials and the prime minister.

The representatives of imperial power are violent institutions such as the army, prisons, and secret agents, while the representative of prime ministerial power is the civil service system.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Ming Dynasty, imperial power and ministerial power struggled and restricted each other, maintaining a delicate balance.Only in the Qing Dynasty, when the emperor of the Qing Dynasty turned all the people in the world into his slaves, did the struggle for imperial power finally decide the outcome.In the end, the Manchu Qing regime also collapsed completely under the powerful guns of the Westerners.

In the Ming Dynasty, the power of the emperor was greatly restricted.For the government affairs of the imperial court, after the minister's papers are handed in, the ministers of the cabinet must first draw up a draft and write down the handling opinions before they can be implemented.If the emperor bypassed the cabinet and directly issued an order, the ministers could retreat directly, and the emperor had nothing to do.

This is the rule of the political game of the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats and civil officials, a holy son should be "ruled by the arch." You can still be a clay bodhisattva in the temple and accept our incense offerings, and don't worry about other things. .

Zhou Nan was not a Jinshi, so he couldn't be a Zhengyin official.The Huai'an incident happened, and the opinions of the Ministry of Officials and the cabinet were to transfer him to Linqing Prefecture to pass the judge, to be promoted to the first rank, and to continue to be a miscellaneous job, which is also in line with the national employment system.

But Emperor Jiajing directly ordered him to come to the Pedestrian Division, which is already a big taboo of the civil official group.

Zhou Nan was thinking about how to get rid of the bad breath in his heart, when suddenly, a group of officials entered outside, about [-] people, all wearing green official attire, no need to ask, they were all officials from the Pedestrian Department.

The leader is dressed in a red robe, about fifty years old, judging by the patch on his chest, it is of the seventh rank.No need to ask, this person should be the pedestrian Si Sizheng Qin Liang.

Deputy Gao Si hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and saluted: "I have seen Si Zheng."

Qin Liangchao nodded, looked at Zhou Nan again, and said, "Everyone is here, let's discuss the matter!" He sat down on the chief seat.

The other [-] or so pedestrians stood on both sides, Zhou Nan was on the right, and naturally formed a group with these colleagues.

He looked around and sighed in his heart, he was indeed the proud son of heaven, his spirit was completely different from that of the local officials, all of them were too young to speak.

But I saw that the oldest of these passers-by was in his early forties, and looked 21 or [-] years younger.They straightened their backs one by one, with the spirit of pointing Jiangshan and berating Fang Qiu on their faces.

Zhou Nan thought that he was a person of temperament, and he was really an outlier among this group of elegant Jinshi.

Qin Liang glanced at Zhou Nan again, then glanced at the crowd, coughed lightly, and said slowly: "Don't be too impulsive, you all read the books of sages and sages, and you will naturally know the truth. If something happens, I will never take it lightly Forgive me."

A passer-by was annoyed, stepped forward, and shouted: "Si Zheng's words are good. He has read the books of sages and sages all his life. Do you understand the truth? Since ancient times, I have never heard of the principle of the imperial court competing for profit with the people, and it has been passed on. , isn't it a joke?"

Someone started, and immediately two other passers-by stood up: "Li Xingren is right, how can we bear the imperial court's random orders, it must be that Si Zheng wants to use this opportunity to make a difference. Si Zheng has high ambitions, and the officials admire him." !"

In these words, he was already sarcasm and sarcasm at his immediate boss.

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded when he heard that, aren't these passers-by afraid of being put on shoes for contradicting their superiors like this... Hey, they are really not afraid.They are all appointed officials by the imperial court, even if you, Qin Liang, want to take revenge, you can't fire me.Moreover, Pedestrian Siben is a Qingshui yamen who runs errands for the emperor. If you wear small shoes for me, at worst you don't send me on a business trip, so you can enjoy yourself leisurely!
Seeing that everyone was going to make a fuss, Deputy Gao Si's face was livid, and he was about to explode.

Qin Liang didn't think it was disobedient, and waved his hands: "The speaker is innocent, and the one who hears it is a warning... By the way, who is this person?" He pointed at Zhou Nan.

More than 20 pairs of eyes looked over at the same time, all of them were puzzled.

Zhou Nan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty Zhou Nan, I came to report to the Pedestrian Division today and met Qin Sizheng."

"You are Zhou Nan. I heard that you were born as a scholar and also worked as an official. You have suffered a lot. It is not easy to enter our department this time, it is not easy!" Qin Liang sighed loudly.

After hearing about Zhou Nan's background, all the passers-by were in an uproar.

"Ridiculous, how can a scholar be a pedestrian?"

"I'm still an official, I'm ashamed to work with him!"

"This is chaos, gentlemen, the country has its own system of employing people, how can such absurd things be allowed to happen?"

"Shoot out this lowly official!"

For a while, the sound of shouting, beating and killing was endless.The faces of the passers-by were both contemptuous and angry.

Zhou Nan's forehead was sweating. He also expected that he would be squeezed out by his colleagues when he came to the pedestrian department today, but he didn't expect such a situation.

Two fists can't match four hands, and a good man can't hold back many people.If he starts to fight later, he might really be beaten to death.

He hurriedly yelled: "Listen to me, gentlemen, Zhou Nan knows that only the fame of a scholar is not enough to take on the position of a pedestrian. Therefore, the court has another order, and the official locks the hall to participate in the imperial examination. In this way, it is not a bad thing for the court. employment system."

"Shut up!" A pedestrian pointed at Zhou Nan with a halberd: "You villain, you know that your virtue is not worthy, and you just don't want to be ordered by the court. In this way, the world will praise you as 'a noble man!" Coming here is clearly greedy for profit, treating me like nothing!"

Not to be ordered by the court, not to be an official, to put it lightly!The anger in Zhou Nan's heart can no longer be restrained, you are all Jinshi, if you don't accept official positions, you can gain fame yourself.In the end, maybe he will be a bigger official.I am a miscellaneous official who refused to be appointed by the imperial court. If I miss this village, there will be no shop: "Didn't the official say that the lock hall will participate in the imperial examination? What do you want?"

It is obvious that today's affairs cannot be good, and a gentleman cannot stand under a dangerous wall.Wait a moment and say that you can't put the two down first, and kill a bloody way to escape his mother.

At this time, Qin Liang suddenly said: "Everyone is quiet, Zhou Nan, you don't need to lock the hall, and you just have to work in the department. The emperor Taizu Gao's hadith: You are paid and paid, and everyone is anointed by the people. Since you are an official of the court You should be loyal to the king. Where in the world is it just to take the rank of the food and not to do anything? Immediately take up the post in the department, and the official will send you. All of you are colleagues in the department, so naturally you have to help each other in harmony .It's not proper to attack and provoke each other like this."

Zhou Nan was stunned, why did Qin Sizheng stand by my side and speak for me kindly?I have nothing to do with him!Could it be because of Tang Shunzhi's old Tang's face?

With a sudden turn of his mind, he went through Qin Sizheng's resume in his heart, and immediately came to his senses.It turned out that Qin Liang had a strong background, but he was born as a Jinshi awarded in the 26th year of Jiajing.

His contemporaries are doing well now, among which Li Chunfang and Zhang Juzheng are the most famous.

These two are now giving lectures in Prince Yu's Mansion, and they are the core figures of the Prince's Party.Even a fool would know that once King Yu succeeds in the future, Zhang and Li will join the cabinet as ministers.

The reason why Zhou Nan was able to increase in value was because of the east wind from Zhan Tong, the power outside the palace.

Therefore, he is also Yuwang party now.

Once the same-year relationship in the Ming Dynasty is confirmed, it will be accompanied for life. It is not surprising that Qin Liang took care of Zhou Nan, the younger brother of Zhang Juzheng's younger brother.

Now the chain halls are not needed, it is too much face to be an official directly.

It is really a pleasure to have a boss who takes such good care of me.

(End of this chapter)