Pei Gonggui

These words usually only express appreciation, but in Mei Linyu's ears, it has more meaning than before.

He swallowed the wine in his mouth, and hastily interjected: "The prince has wonderful eyes, the prince is wise. Brother - he is extremely talented and knowledgeable, unparalleled in the world, and he is also first-class and righteous. He will definitely help the prince to become a hegemon..."

Mei Linyu's flattery babbled endlessly, because she wanted to avoid suspicion for Pei Jun.Pei Jun didn't think it was wrong at first, but when he heard him say it now, he felt it was funny. He glanced at Jiang Yue, who was gradually showing embarrassment in Mei Linyu's words, then glanced at Mei Linyu, and raised his hand to interrupt. He said: "That's enough. Those who become the overlords are also the heroes of ancient times, with a clear mind and eyes like a torch. If Pei is such a genius, how can he suffer from Lao Cui now?"

Cao Luan sighed, "You trust him too much."

"Aren't we all?" Fang Mingjue wiped his forehead and sighed, "Looking at Old Cui's stern face all the time, he is also a man of few words at home. Who would have known that he had such a habit? Now it's alright, We took great pains to fill the vacancy in the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment is vacant again, so who should we fill in this time?"

Yan Yuliang said: "Cui Yu was recommended by us at the beginning, but now a scandal has happened, which makes the court look ugly, so if we mention anyone again, the cabinet will have a reason to refuse." He looked at Jiang Yue again, Look at Pei Jun again: "I think I know why you invited Prince Jin here today."

"Yes. Prince Jin mentioned one person. I didn't think it was appropriate." Pei Jun picked up a chopstick of toon sprouts and put them in the bowl. After looking at them for a while, he put down his chopsticks and sighed. See you."

"The third son of the Zhang family, heir to the law school, the number one scholar back then, the current fourth-rank censor Duancheng," Fang Mingjue raised his hand and bowed to Jiang Yue, "he is still a student of the prince of Jin. This background must be passable, but—"

"It's just that the seniority is not enough." Yan Yuliang gently shook the wine cup in his hand, frowned and said to Jiang Yue, "My lord, the official department evaluates each year. If you make a great contribution and suddenly promote him to the third rank, I am afraid that if he is passed on to the local people, he will not be accepted by many people."

"Yan Shangshu's words are reasonable." Jiang Yue nodded, "Although officials outside Beijing have experienced many people, they can only think that only Zhang San's background can solve the dilemma of the two cases in the court." He said, Then he also talked about the truth of "stones from other mountains".

"But my lord, forgive me for saying something more. It's not Zhang Duancheng's seniority that I'm worried about." Fang Mingjue respectfully poured Jiang Yue a glass of wine, put it down and said slowly, "In the past, some people said that my seniority is not enough, If he was too young, the minister asked for an order to go to the mountains to investigate the tax evasion for half a year, and found out tens of thousands of taels of silver. Isn't this also a way to climb up through merit? Therefore, seniority and resume are minor things, so what is the most important thing about the person. I am thinking, although Zhang Duancheng is good at learning and background, but will his background ruin our affairs in the end?"

He changed his posture and sat by the table, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if the lord and everyone here have heard that the third son of the Zhang family got married earlier, and he personally handed over the post of household division to the household department. The taxes are all planned to be separated from the Zhang family. Please create a separate book. But this post is still on hold in our household department. As soon as it is handed in to the cabinet, it will be rejected. Recalculate. Let me say something disrespectful - all these years, as long as I have passed the account in the hands of the minister, I have never made a mistake. Zhang Duancheng has only been in the class for a few years, and there is no room for a few things to be miscalculated. It is conceivable that it must be because someone above does not allow Zhang Duancheng to separate his family, but if you look at the cabinet, who else can have this person?"

After hearing this, Pei Jun thought of Zhang San's troubled and hesitant appearance on the day of his wedding, so he frowned and looked at Jiang Yue: "Does the lord know about this?"

Jiang Yue lowered his eyes for a moment, and finally nodded: "I know. Otherwise, there are complicated affairs in the army, and Gu may not have rushed all the way back to Beijing to attend that banquet."

Pei Jun realized: "So that's how it is."

Fang Mingjue sighed softly because of this: "So if I dare to ask Prince Jin, Zhang Duancheng's family is not enough, so why is it enough to help us and go against his father's wishes?"

Jiang Yue seemed to have expected this question, and said with a calm expression: "Mr. Fang probably forgot that in order to prevent the clan relatives from occupying the amount of the official's tax reduction and tax evasion, the government ordered the officials who are above the third rank to be recorded. The family cannot be separated from the same household as the ancestors, so once Zhang San enters the Ministry of Punishment and becomes the third grade, the Zhang family will have to follow the law and let him go out and pass alone. It will not be enough for Fang Shilang to ask this question. For worry."

As he said that, he turned to Pei Jun and said, "Since Mr. Pei wants to use Zhang San's power to let him solve the difficulties of the Six Departments, he should help Zhang San first as a replacement. Besides, isn't this also helping Pei Jun?" My lord himself?"

These words obviously show mercy to help Pei Dang, but they don't allow Pei Dang to gain nothing. It's just like putting on the airs of Prince Jin.Pei Jun glanced at Jiang Yue, knowing that he was acting, so he sighed and satirized him: "My lord is really eager to love his disciples. Seeing that our six departments are trapped in the situation, this is a bit of a robbery." Don't let Zhang San suffer."

"I have no objection to this matter." Yan Yuliang's eyes signaled him to stop being sarcastic, and just looked at the audience and asked: "Leaving aside the family background, Zhang Duancheng's knowledge and character are dignified, and he can still be qualified for this position after a bit of hard work. What do you guys think?"

After Fang Mingjue heard his expression, he stopped talking for now.On the other hand, the Ministry of Industry and Mr. Jiang used to have no opinions, and they all looked at Pei Jun.

Pei Jun pondered for a while under the eyes of everyone, and said lightly: "The three of them are not bad, it doesn't hurt to try this matter."

Fang Mingjue folded his arms and said, "You have to think about it. You should know whether the members of the Zhang family believe it or not."

"Of course I don't believe in Zhang San. I believe in the Prince of Jin." Pei Jun lowered his brows for a while, then cast his eyes on Jiang Yue, and continued to play the trick, "Since we are allies, this time we will be with Jin for the second time." The prince expresses his sincerity. I hope that the prince of Jin will remember the covenant and cooperate with us for mutual benefit. Don't let go of the burden. As for Zhang Sannian's lack of funds, it is not difficult to solve - but to drive him out of Beijing to make a great contribution That's all. In my hands... there is a good place for him to show his ambitions."

"Where?" Jiang Yue asked.

Pei Jun asked Qian Haiqing to bring him a pen and paper from the next door, raised his wrist and wrote down two names and several addresses, and handed them to Jiang Yue:

"These are two businessmen who often travel around the five counties in the suburbs of Beijing to sell salt. The official salt guides they carry are fake. It was a trivial matter, but Jingzhao took them two years ago and did not investigate carefully. , I read the document, but saw that there was no account for the purchase, so I guessed that it was just running errands for others, and there must be a higher-ups. Seeing that it was implicated in a big case of salt smuggling. I couldn't help but let the Cai family seize the salt fields for profit, so I let him go first. From time to time, I sent people to watch the whereabouts of the second dealer, and I was going to take the salt field by myself when I was free..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that in just a few months, his state of mind was completely different, and he couldn't help sighing: "Forget it, now it's just paving the way for future generations, and there is no injustice."

Jiang Yue read the note and raised his eyes to look at him: "This is a case that you figured out. Throwing it to Zhang San is just asking him to investigate it. Even if it is done, how can it be said that it is his credit?"

"How can the lord say that? The case was given by the minister, but it depends on Zhang San's own ability to find out." Pei Jun said impartially, "It's just that the minister has two conditions."

He dragged Qian Haiqing to Jiang Yue, patted Qian Haiqing on the back, told him to stand up straight, and then continued: "First, Qian Sheng must go together."

Qian Haiqing opened his mouth: "Huh?"

Jiang Yue was slightly surprised for a moment, and when he figured it out, he shook his head and smiled wryly: "It seems that Mr. Pei is also eager to love his apprentice... Qian Sheng has not yet entered the class, but he is the first to arrange a way for him to become famous."

However, Pei Jun looked at him with a smile and said, "My lord is absurd. Qian Sheng entered the class, and no matter how late it would be after the palace examination, it won't be far away. Besides, when it comes to getting fame... the lord is too worried. After all This case was originally to be handed over to Qian Sheng to handle by himself."

Although Pei Jun's words sounded modest, in other words, he was saying that Zhang San, who was the number one scholar and was once a prime minister, had this big case to investigate because of the credit of Qian Haiqing, who was not in the class.

Jiang Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, and his expression became more serious when he heard the words: "So, Gu should thank Mr. Pei?"

"My lord, please be polite." Pei Jun didn't dare to argue with Jiang Yue as fiercely as before, and he stopped when he saw it: "I'm afraid at the right time, I'm afraid that I will ask you to ask for more money. This should be the minister's first priority." Thank you, my lord."

Only then did Jiang Yue's complexion soften a little, and he stopped arguing with Pei Jun, but at this time, he was about to ask about the case in detail, but someone from outside reported that someone from the Prince Jin's mansion had come to find Jiang Yue go back.

"Perhaps the evidence of Li Cunzhi's case has arrived." Jiang Yue was quite sure, "Li Cunzhi hid the evidence near Jingzhao, Xiao Lin sent someone to get it quickly the day before yesterday, and it should arrive today." After thinking for a while, he said Standing up suddenly, "The solitary will leave first, and after seeing the evidence with Xiao Lin, I will come back to discuss with Mr. Pei."

When the people at the table saw him get up, they also stood up.Pei Jun knew that Jiang Yue should not be kept at this time, so he could only take a step forward: "Then you guys talk first, I will send the prince off."

The two walked to the corridor one after the other again. Pei Jun looked at Jiang Yue's straight back, feeling a bit reluctant in his heart, and sighed in a low voice before taking two steps: "You have to leave again."

Jiang Yue's back twitched when he heard the words, and before he turned around to speak, he heard that Pei Jun was already beside him and said again: "Jiang Yue, when will you stop leaving?"