Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

"In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with your answer."

Qin Yunhe had corrected him several times, but Li Chang still habitually called him "Sir".

"Whether it is sympathizing with Gao Zhong who was wronged, considering the truth and trying to persuade him to reconcile, or following the law to make a judgment, it is understandable. As for assisting the Criminal Department in the judgment, isn't it a normal process? There is definitely no problem with this.

It’s just that the questions are all about laws and regulations, and it’s highly unlikely that the case will be approved, which is a pity.”

Qin Yunhe himself didn't think it was a pity. He was a prosecutor when he first took office, and the only thing he was familiar with was deciding cases. He didn't think much about other things.

About two days later, a messenger came to report that Qin Yunhe was selected by the Censorate to be appointed as the Censor of Henan Province, with a one-year probationary period and to take office on June 18.

This result was not unexpected to everyone, especially for Qin Yunhe, it was the best result.

After receiving the official deed, Qin Yunhe wrote a letter to his family to inform them of the result of the operation and to reassure them. He also asked about the situation of the materials for house repairs at home.

After a few days, when all matters had been arranged, Qin Yunhe sent invitations to He Wenshuang and Han Lu, inviting them to get together during their day off.

Qin Yunhe didn't know much about the capital, so after asking Lin Zhaotang, he found a restaurant with a good reputation near the Yongnian County Government Office and booked a private room early.

He Wenshuang arrived first. He got off the carriage leisurely and saw Qin Yunhe who was looking at the store.

"How are you, my dear brother? Congratulations on your appointment as the Censor-in-Chief."

He Wenshuang has grown a beard now, which makes him look more elegant and dignified, but his demeanor is more casual.

Qin Yunhe looked at He Wenshuang, who was different from the past, and sighed, and also bowed and said: "Thank you, Brother Wenshuang, I hope you are well."

Qin Yunhe invited He Wenshuang into the private room.

"It's been five years. I didn't expect that you and I would be able to meet again in the capital."

"Haha, there will always be a reunion after separation. I'm not surprised. Ever since you handled Jin Biao's case, Masters Han and Lu said that you might be able to come to Beijing in the future."

Hearing He Wenshuang mention Han Lu, Qin Yunhe couldn't help but feel more anxious and wanted to meet the two adults as soon as possible.

Haven't seen you for five years.

He didn't think much of it at the time, but when he really entered officialdom and met so many people and so many things, he realized how lucky he was to have met the two masters.

Qin Yunhe and He Wenshuang were chatting about family matters. After a while, the curtain of the private room was raised and the waiter led the two adults, Han and Lu, in.

Qin Yunhe quickly stood up and walked over to the two men, bowed deeply, and said, "Doctor Han, Mr. Lu, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"

Mr. Lu held up his hand and said, "Haha, why are you still so polite? I am fine, Old Han is fine, and so is Yunhe. Is he fine too?"

Qin Yunhe smiled and said, "Yunhe is fine. Please take a seat, my lords."

Doctor Han said, "I heard that Yunhe has been appointed as the Supervisory Censor. Congratulations."

Doctor Han said with great satisfaction: "You were appointed as a prosecutor when you first took office, and you have also redressed many unjust cases. This is well deserved."

Qin Yunhe was very happy to receive the praise from Lord Han, and felt that he had lived up to Lord Han's advice when he left Beijing.

"Thank you, sir."

Soon, the food and drinks were served one after another. The few people did not drink any wine, but just talked slowly and occasionally toasted each other.

"...Why are you taking up your new post on June 18th? I thought you had to go home first."

"I am also hesitating whether to go back, for fear that I will be in a hurry and delay my arrival at the post."

He Wenshuang said, "There is plenty of time. The capital is not as close to home as Xu Ning's city. If you don't go back now, you don't know when you can go back again."

Qin Yunhe hesitated for a moment, and He Wenshuang asked again: "Are you holding Brother Ruyuan's position?"

Qin Yunhe didn't expect He Wenshuang to bring it up on his own initiative.

He was worried that if he brought up the topic as soon as they met after not seeing each other for several years, it would seem like he came just for his brother's job vacancy, which would be a disgrace to their friendship.

So this time, he didn't even bring his brother with him, nor did he mention the last time when he had troubled He Wenshuang to book an inn for the Spring Examination, but his brother was unable to come in the end.

But I didn't expect He Wenshuang to bring it up like this.

Lu Yuanwailang suddenly realized, "Oh - yes, Wenshuang mentioned it to us. Yunhe's brother also passed the imperial examination this spring and is now learning to walk."

Lu Yuanwailang patted Qin Yunhe's shoulder and said, "Why are you worried about this? Wen Shuang and I are both in the Ministry of Personnel. If there is a vacancy, how can your brother be left out?"

Qin Yunhe looked at He Wenshuang in surprise, feeling both grateful and ashamed. It was Brother Wenshuang who was worried about him again. How could he repay him?

He Wenshuang smiled and said, "I originally wanted to ask Mr. Lu to transfer Brother Ruyuan to the Ministry of Personnel, but then I thought, since Mr. Lu and I are in the Ministry of Personnel, Brother Ruyuan will definitely be needed if there is a vacancy, so there is no need to transfer him here specially."

I was transferred here specially to do him a favor. It would be troublesome if I met someone like Qin Weilai again.

He Wenshuang didn't say it explicitly, but Qin Yunhe understood it.

Qin Yunhe felt mixed emotions: "I'm sorry to trouble Brother Wen Shuang again."

Lu Yuanwailang continued, "Which department is your brother in now to learn how to walk?"

"My brother just transferred to the Ministry of Rites."

"Oh——" Doctor Han suddenly realized: "Could it be Qin Si, whose courtesy name is Ruyuan?"

"Exactly. Doctor Han knows?"

Doctor Han stroked his beard and said, "I've heard of him. He's not bad, either."

Lu Yuanwailang laughed and said, "How can you say that? You don't know. Since you left, Old Han's standard for evaluating new Jinshi who come to learn how to walk is how they compare to you. If they are not worse than you, then they are very good. Hahahaha."

Qin Yunhe Rang felt a little embarrassed when he said this.

Doctor Han said: "It's not that I want to use Yun He as a standard, but I haven't met a new Jinshi who can learn to walk more steadily than Yun He."

"Hey, so Yunhe's brother has good evaluations. Does that mean it's difficult to handle? Yunhe, don't worry. There will be a batch of vacancies in a few days. If your brother has good evaluations, it should be no problem for him to get a job."

Qin Yunhe was grateful in his heart and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Lord Lu and Wen Shuang to take care of it."

He Wenshuang patted him on the shoulder and said, "These are all trivial matters, no need to be polite. So don't worry about it. Now that you have time, take this opportunity to go home.

Auntie must be thinking about you all the time at home, and the longest vacation is usually seven days, so it’s not certain when she will be home next time.”

Qin Yunhe was very touched that He Wenshuang had thought so much about him, but he felt that it would be hypocritical to say thank you any more, so he just nodded.

The four hadn't seen each other for several years and had a lot to talk about. They toasted each other until the end of the afternoon, then said goodbye to each other in a slightly tipsy mood.

After getting the promise from He Wenshuang and others, Qin Yunhe finally felt relieved and returned to Yongnian County Government to tell his brother the good news.

"I'm really sorry to trouble you, Brother Wenshuang." Qin Si felt very embarrassed. In fact, He Wenshuang was a few years younger than him, but he was much more thoughtful in what he said and did.

"Last time, Bai asked him to prepare for the Spring Examination, and this time I have to trouble him to arrange a position. How can I repay him?"

Qin Yunhe naturally felt the same way in his heart, but he comforted his brother: "Wenshuang and I are close friends, so I won't ask for anything in return. Just focus on learning how to walk and wait for the job vacancy to be released."

Now that his brother's job has been found, Qin Yunhe has no intention of wasting this rare vacation any longer.

He Wenshuang is right. Beijing is far from home. If I don’t take advantage of this holiday to go back, I don’t know when I will be able to go home next time.

Even if I have holidays, I will be sent to inspect other places and I probably won’t have time to go home.

Qin Yunhe immediately packed his luggage and asked Zhuzi to harness the carriage. The three of them then hurriedly set out on their journey home.

Now Qin Yunhe is no longer as immature as he was when he first returned home after being appointed to the post. When he meets local officials who want to make friends with him on the way, he knows how to deal with them and decline, so he did not waste much time on the journey and returned to Fengle Village in less than ten days.

The family had received the good news that Qin Si had passed the imperial examination last month, and the house was bustling with activity again.

The Qin family had another Jinshi, and in the future there would be another official. The surrounding villagers heard the news and came to congratulate and make friends with people one after another.

The last time Qin Yun passed the imperial examination, Qin Si was responsible for all the arrangements and responses. Now Qin's mother also has some experience.

Whenever someone came to visit her or invited her to tea, Qin's mother would simply say that her son had not returned yet and was still waiting for a vacancy in the capital.

As for the congratulatory gifts, all the ordinary ones should be accepted and Yu Ru should take note of them.

If it’s expensive, return it and just say that you don’t accept gifts, the gift is appreciated.

Originally, Qin's mother had been very supportive of Qin Yunhe's plan to build and renovate a house. Now that she saw that her eldest son had passed the imperial examination and was going to become an official, she naturally became even more motivated.

Now that both sons are not at home, Qin's mother called Qin Chong's nephews and discussed with them how to make the house bigger so that her sons would not have to expand it when they became high-ranking officials in the future.

The Qin family had two successful Jinshi graduates in succession, which was an honor for Qin Chong and others, so they naturally agreed with Qin's mother's ideas.

Qin Yunhe rushed home overnight, and as soon as he got off the car, he saw a lot of house repair materials piled up on the open space near his home.

Chen Er, who was directing the unloading of wood not far away, turned around and saw Qin Yunhe standing there in a daze. He ran over in surprise and said, "Ah Wen, you're back? Why are you back at this time?"

"Oh, I was just appointed as the Censor-in-Chief and will take up the post next month, so I went home to take a look." Qin Yunhe said, and then asked in confusion: "Why do these materials seem a bit too much? Are you going to build a house too?"

Chen Er smiled and said, "My family won't build it. Yunniang said we'll rebuild it in two years. When Aunt Qin heard that Brother Si was going to be an official, she said she wanted to make the yard bigger to save the trouble of repairing it later."

Qin Yunhe felt a headache when he heard it: "Don't let them remove it first. If they don't repair it, it will be bigger. Just repair it as before. I will talk to my mother."

Qin Yunhe hurried into the house and saw her mother asking someone to use the newly drawn well water to wring out a towel and use it to wash Qin Ci.

Qin Ci twisted and turned, and her mother coaxed her, "Ci'er, don't move. Grandma will wipe you and you will feel cool."

"mother."

"Awen, you're back! I thought we had to wait until the New Year." Mother Qin stood up and looked behind Qin Yunhe: "Where's your brother?"

"My brother hasn't come back yet. He's still in the capital waiting for a job."

"Oh, all right. Chi'er, ask the kitchen to prepare some food. Cun'er, go to your uncle Chong's place and call his wife back."

Mother Qin pulled her son to sit down and said, "Why didn't you tell me in the letter that you were coming back? I thought you weren't coming back."

"I didn't plan to come back at first, but later on when my brother's business was almost done, I came back." Qin Yunhe stretched out his hand to his youngest son: "Ci'er, come here, let daddy see if you've grown taller."

However, after not seeing each other for half a year, Qin Ci already felt a little strange, and just wondered why Qin Yun didn't come over.

"Ci'er, don't you recognize him? This is your father." Qin's mother gently pushed Qin Ci.

Qin Yunhe was worried about building the house. Since his son ignored him, he stopped teasing him and just asked his mother, "Mom, didn't we agree to expand the house a little to the west? Why are we preparing so many materials?"

"You and your brother have achieved great success. In the future, your family will grow larger and larger. When your children grow up, how can that small space be enough to accommodate them? It may not be convenient to expand the house by then. It is better to build a larger one at a time."

Qin Yunhe said helplessly: "Didn't we make it clear when we discussed it? Even if the children are married, this house will be more than enough. Besides, my brother and I are both working away from home, and we can hardly come back once a year."

"Then you and your brother can stay away from home forever. They will have children in the future, and it will be troublesome to expand the house by then, right?"

Qin Yunhe held his forehead in silence: "Mom, my children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We don't know what will happen by then."

"If a family has successful descendants and doesn't build a new house and expand the courtyard, they must hold on to the good fortune!"

"I have just been admitted to the capital, and my brother has just passed the imperial examination. It is time for us to keep a low profile and not be so ostentatious."

"You're talking nonsense. I heard that there's a county magistrate in Guanxi in our county. He built a huge house in Shahe Town. Ours is nothing. We shouldn't show it off. Who would hide their successful descendants?"

Qin Yunhe calmed down and said deliberately: "He was the county magistrate in Guanxi, right? When he took office, I impeached him for building a house beyond the regulations..."

"Over...over the limit...what is impeachment?"

"I'm going to complain to the emperor about him building such a big house."

"Why does the emperor care what kind of house other people build? There are so many people in the country. Can the emperor take care of them all?" Qin's mother was also puzzled as she spoke.

Seeing his son turn around and walk out, he said, "Why are you suing him? We are from the same hometown. When we become officials together, we have to help each other if we meet. Maybe he has many family members..."

Qin Yunhe didn't let Chen Er stop, so he followed Qin Yunhe into the door. After entering the door, he leaned aside to listen to Qin Yunhe and Qin's mother bickering. When Qin Yunhe turned around, he saw Chen Er was being teased so much that he couldn't close his mouth.

Qin Yunhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He grabbed his arm and walked out: "Let's go to the village entrance to cool down for a while. It's so hot."

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Although the Censor-in-Chief is also of the seventh rank, he is not comparable to the Procurator-in-Chief.

One is that he has a lot of power. He can review and examine the case files submitted by the local authorities, monitor and impeach officials at all levels, and has the right to speak out about things he hears. Even if you impeach someone just because you heard a rumor and it turns out to be false, you will not be punished (of course, Qin Yunhe will definitely not abuse this power).

Another thing is the good promotion path and welfare benefits. "After two examinations, you can be promoted to the capital after you have made achievements. Within a month, you can be promoted to the government office. According to the annual regulations, you can be transferred to the government office twice a year." (Promotion to the capital is a promotion path, which probably means that small officials can be given the treatment of the third or fourth grade of the capital.)