Detective in the Red Chamber

Seeing that the yamen servant was leading him and was about to go to the main entrance of the household department, Sun Shaozong hurriedly stopped him, saying that he still had to visit the household department.

The yamen servant obviously knew about his relationship with Yu Qian, and he didn't go in to pass the news as before, and then led Sun Shaozong in, but took him directly to a secluded courtyard in the northeast corner of the yamen.

The courtyard was not big, but a side door about Zhang Xu wide was opened in the corner, which faintly indicated the detached status of the speaker in the matter.

Throwing a piece of silver to the yamen servant who led the way, he stepped into the middle of the main room amidst the thanks of the other party, and saw an empty gongan, which was placed diagonally opposite the gate.

"what?"

At this time, Yu Qian, who heard the movement, came in through the curtain from the inside, and saw that Sun Shaozong was face to face, and couldn't help being surprised: "Why is uncle here?"

But he suddenly realized: "Could it be that you are here to ask for money?"

"Just came out from Zhao Shangshu."

As Sun Shaozong said, he tapped the koan with his chin, and wondered: "It has been settled so soon?"

The words sounded endless, but Yu Qian immediately understood what he meant, shook his head and said, "It's just that he will arrive before the end of the month, and the specific candidate should not be decided yet."

But it turned out that Sun Shaozong saw that the table was polished and shiny, and it was empty without any sundries on it, so he guessed that it was the new Shizhong who was about to take office.

Yu Qian led Sun Shaozong into the inner room, poured the tea himself, and then divided the guests and hosts into their seats.

Since they are relatives, they don't need to pay attention to those who bring tea to see off guests. Sun Shaozong happened to waste a lot of saliva just now, so he took up the tea bowl and poured most of it into it before opening his mouth.

"Wufeng Maojian, a tribute from Huguang? Is it a reward from the palace?"

If it was any other tea, Sun Shaozong might not be able to taste it to the end, but he is used to drinking this Wufeng Maojian.

However, after this thing is delivered to the capital, it will be much more expensive. Except for those who are related to the palace, other idle officials will not be blessed to enjoy it.

"A few days ago, I won a lottery in front of His Majesty."

Yu Qian smiled slightly, but then he leaned forward and said seriously: "Did Zhao Shangshu say when the funds will be allocated?"

"Three days later."

Sun Shaozong held out three fingers, but his face showed doubts, and he asked in surprise, "How come? Could it be that Ting Yi didn't participate in this self-examination by the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Seeing Yu Qian nodded silently, Sun Shaozong couldn't help frowning.

Just now Zhao Hong, Minister of the Household Department, told Sun Shaozong that the self-inspection of the Household Department has not yet ended, so it is temporarily inconvenient to transfer funds.

But since it is a self-examination, how can we get rid of those who are responsible for supervision?

This is not only unreasonable, but even illegal.

Suddenly, Sun Shaozong suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "Did Ting Yi ever report to the court about being excluded?"

"The two memorials will not be published."

It seems that it was really ordered by the emperor!

Just now, what Sun Shaozong thought of was that on the day of Wanshou Festival, Emperor Guangde summoned him in private and asked about Zhou Chang, the right servant of the household department.

Although there is no clear evidence, Sun Shaozong determined by intuition that there must be a connection between the two.

In addition, Yang Kui was promoted by the Siwu Office who poisoned Lu Mingsi, and was also handed over to Beizhen Fusi before. The involvement in this is definitely not small.

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong hurriedly reminded: "You only need to do your duty, and it's best not to delve into this matter."

Yu Qian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to ask more questions, but after a little hesitation, he closed his mouth again.

"correct."

Sun Shaozong took the opportunity to express his intention of coming: "I have a memorial here, and I would like to ask Ting Yi to help me polish it."

As he said that, he informed Yu Qian of his general idea that he was going to write to the imperial court and take the lead of Dali Temple to carry out the activities of popularizing the law to the countryside.

After Yu Qian finished listening, his frown, which was originally frowned, became even tighter.

He deliberated for a while, and then said: "Uncle, a few days ago, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Wang, just wrote a memorial, saying that the situation of my officials and officials is getting worse and worse. In addition to pros and cons."

Why is this old man Xue Pan crazy?

You don't even want to join the cabinet as a prime minister, but you want to take the initiative to gnaw on this hard bone?

The disadvantages of excessive officials and overstaffing are difficult to eliminate even for future generations, let alone the more intricate ancient officialdom?

Seeing Sun Shaozong's puzzled look, and even forgetting to respond to his own words, Yu Qian could only further explain: "In my inference, Wang Shangshu probably just abandons the truth if he wants to. Now that he is making up the cabinet, he must resign Then take up other positions concurrently, but now in the imperial court, there are only a few idle positions that can be moved."

It turned out to be the case.

Among the six ministries of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the ministers of household, rites, soldiers, engineering, and punishment could all be concurrently held by cabinet scholars, but the heavenly official of the official department could not concurrently serve as a rule.

Naturally, this is to avoid a certain elder from becoming too authoritative.

Wang Zhe was originally at the bottom of the cabinet when he entered the cabinet. If he were to hold a part-time job, his real power would be greatly reduced.

Otherwise, he wouldn't engage in this trick of retreating to advance.

After understanding the cause and effect, Sun Shaozong responded to Yu Qian's worry: "Ting Yi can rest assured, I don't expect the court to appoint another official to promote the plan of promoting Buddhism."

"Uncle, do you want the local officials to serve concurrently?"

After hearing this, Yu Qian didn't relax his brows at all, but frowned even tighter: "I'm afraid it's not feasible. Officials in most places are afraid that they will only obey and obey, and finally procrastinate to nothing."

"Of course I wouldn't count on them."

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said: "According to what I mean, I want to let the prefectural and county students take turns concurrently. Firstly, it will not take up the number of officials, and secondly, it will also allow these reading seeds to truly understand the sufferings of the people."

After a pause, he added: "As for the reward, it can be calculated within the four tributes and supplemented with a small amount of salary."

The so-called prefectural students refer to scholars who study in prefectural public schools.

As for the four tributes, they refer to Yougong, Engong, Bagong and Suigong respectively.

To put it bluntly, it is to select the best students from prefectures and counties through various methods, and transfer them to the Imperial College.

This is still very attractive to many students.

And a small amount of material rewards can also attract many poor students.

"As long as this method is effective, I will continue to suggest to the imperial court to add the strength and effect of law popularization to the education test, and the Dali Temple will send officials to conduct the test."

Hearing this, Yu Qian finally came to a sudden, and blurted out: "It turns out that uncle is a drunkard, not because of drinking, but because he wants to revitalize the game of Dali Temple!"

"Do not."

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "It should be said that it kills two birds with one stone."

Speaking of this, he sighed helplessly: "At first I just wanted to find a breakthrough, so that I, the young minister of Dali Temple, would not have to eat a vegetarian meal in the corpse, but after seeing the statistics, I realized that this matter has reached the stage of shaking the country." Ben's place."

Seeing that Yu Qian heard this, he seemed a little disapproving.

Sun Shaozong added: "You were born in a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River, and you don't think so, but in the northwest and southwest, the wind is getting stronger and stronger. This is not a concealment by the local government."

"If things go on like this, the villagers hold the Unity Party. They only know their uncles and brothers, but they don't know the laws of the court. Once there is a famine, the old things of the White Lotus Sect will be repeated, and the harm will be even greater."

Chapter 792 Questions Are Not Human 【Part [-]】

the second

Just when Sun Shaozong was setting up the household department, a young woman was also talking about him all the way, rushing to the Beijing Palace in a hurry.

To be precise, it cursed him all the way.

Because this young woman who missed him was none other than Xia Jingui who was pushed into a predicament by his unreasonable behavior a few days ago.

That day in front of the gate of Dali Temple, after parting ways with Princess Beijing, Xia Jingui was afraid that Princess Beijing would scold him, so he didn't dare to go to the door for several days.

The reason why she rushed to the palace this time was because Wei Ying took the initiative to send someone to invite her so that she could no longer back down.

"It's all caused by Sun Shaozong!"

The more Xia Jingui thought about it, the more angry she became, but she had nowhere to vent it.

Although she holds Sun Shaozong's handle, it is a handle that will hurt both sides. Unless it is time for the fish to die, how dare she throw it out easily?

Not only that, in order to maintain the friendship with Sun Shaozong, he forced a smile in front of him, smashed his teeth and swallowed it.

"Damn man!"

Thinking of this, Xia Jingui threw the purple clay pot next to her on the mattress. Seeing that the purple clay pot was unharmed, she grabbed it again, regardless of whether there were pedestrians outside the car window, she raised her hand and threw it out!

click

The crisp crackling sound came as expected, and Xia Jingui finally relieved his annoyance, but then fell into endless anxiety.

Why did Wei Ying come to her this time?

Is it to ask the teacher to blame?

Then how can I prevaricate so that she doesn't care about the things I played tricks on before?

Speaking of it, Xia Jingui really didn't understand, Wei Ying was about to be willing to be humiliated again, why did Sun Shaozong suddenly change his mind, and went up to ask questions without saying a word?

Is it that Wei Yingsheng is not beautiful enough?

Or is the identity of Princess Beijing not exciting enough?

Anyway, if Xia Jingui were a man instead, he would definitely not miss this opportunity. Instead, he would humiliate Wei Ying in every possible way, and plant a wild seed in her stomach by the way, so that his blood can inherit the throne of King Beijing!

Thinking about it, the uneasiness in his heart turned into excitement, and he wished that he would not be able to reach the palace, so he pressed Wei Ying under his body and ravaged him.

However, such inappropriate thoughts disappeared the moment they entered the Beijing Prince's Mansion.

The rest are still anxious.

I don't know if the excuse I thought of can be fooled.

Thinking like this, she was taken outside the door of the piano room by the palace maid.

Seeing that the maid bowed to the side, obviously not intending to follow, Xia Jingui took a deep breath, and also repelled Baochan beside her.

She took two steps forward, and when she saw that she was about to step up the steps, she stopped suddenly, lowered her head and rearranged the corners of her clothes.

When he raised his head again, the smile on his face was finally sincere.

Then Xia Jingui walked into the piano room eagerly with small steps. While thinking of Wei Ying and saluting, she said: "Sister, I think of me. After the little girl returned from Dali Temple that day, she was locked up by her mother." , if my sister hadn't sent someone to invite me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get away now."

This was the reason she thought over and over on the way. Although it sounded lame, she really had nothing else to think about.

After she finished speaking, her heart was also tense, anxiously waiting for Wei Ying's response.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long while, there was no movement at all.

Xia Jingui looked up suspiciously, only to see Wei Ying who was kneeling behind the qin platform, his eyes were blank, obviously he didn't hear her words just now, and he didn't even notice her coming.

"Sister? Sister!"

Helpless, Xia Jingui had no choice but to raise his voice and shouted twice.

Wei Ying's two beautiful eyes stared at Xia Jingui's face for a moment, then gradually came to his senses, and blurted out, "When did my cousin arrive?"

Damn it, she didn't hear it!

It's a pity that I have been brewing emotions for a long time, waiting for her response in fear!

Xia Jingui felt resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, he was holding back his breath, and repeated what he said just now, never thinking of Wei Ying, but he lowered his head and picked up the strings.

And the sound of the piano is obviously very pleasant, but it makes people feel more and more irritable.

Xia Jingui originally wanted to wait for her to finish playing before opening her mouth, but she couldn't help being so excited by the sound of the piano, so she could only ask cautiously: "My sister came to me today, do you have any orders?"

咚

The sound of the piano subsided in an instant, and Wei Ying raised her head and looked at Xia Jingui for a few more times, then sighed suddenly and said, "If you want to, my previous promise to Lan Geer is still valid."

About Wei Ruolan's promise?

Xia Jingui was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that Wei Ying had said that if she could sacrifice her life to save Wei Ruolan, they would be able to make a good relationship between Qin and Jin in the future.

But Xia Jingui had declined at that time, how could he agree now?

Shaking his head right now, he said, "Let's forget it, I'm already a broken body, how can I still be worthy of my second cousin."

"You are also clear about Lan Ge'er's character." Wei Ying shook her head and said, "If he knows the inside story, he will only be grateful to you and will never dislike you."

"Please do not!"

When Xia Jingui heard what she meant, she wanted to tell Wei Ruolan the whole story of the fairy dance.

If this is the case, she would not be too worried about how Wei Ruolan treats her. She is afraid that Wei Ruolan will have a conflict with Sun Shaozong.

At that time, if things get serious, wouldn't it be me who is unlucky?