Scholar and old attack

On the next day in the court hall, Jiang Jingyuan's face was a little ugly.

Although he is the Minister of the Household Department, he can make decisions on most of the affairs of the Household Department, but that is only a small part, and more important national affairs still need to be played in the early court.

There were other ministers in the ruling and opposition parties who opposed this play.

If they objected and could give reasons for their objection, then he would feel more comfortable, but there are such a group of people who will object no matter what you say.

Oppose the emperor above, and oppose the ministers below, and no one can do anything to them.

That is the Yanguan, also collectively referred to as Yushi.

"Master Jiang mentioned that newspaper officials should be set up all over the country. Excuse me, I can't agree with you. Now that the imperial court has finally regained some vitality, Master Jiang has started to waste money again. Even if you have a reputation for collecting money, Master Jiang, if this official If the salary cannot be paid out, Mr. Jiang has done bad things with good intentions."

The head of the speech officer, Yuan Jie, looked upright and mighty, and began to persuade Jiang Jingyuan with grief. He was speaking to Jiang Jingyuan clearly, but he was speaking to the emperor in secret.

He was persuading and demoting him secretly, but he just didn't want Jiang Jingyuan to open this newspaper, and it was all about money.

Jiang Jingyuan sneered in his heart. Money can only be counted as real money if it is in circulation. Otherwise, if it is put in the treasury, it will add something for the mice to play with.

Moreover, the national treasury is not full. In the past few decades, the emperor has borrowed money from wealthy banks several times, and of course the borrowed money must be repaid.

It's just that no one dares to ask the emperor for this rich and noble bank's account.

But he took over the household department, but it doesn't mean that he can ignore the loan. As the saying goes, it is easy to borrow and repay. Even the royal family and the court should not break their trust with the people.

Otherwise, who else can trust such a country.

When the common people don't trust the officials, the imperial court, and the emperor, the country is at a time when the wind and rain are bleak, and it is not unheard of in history to rise up and become a king by themselves.

But if the Ministry of Household Affairs wants to make money, it must first increase revenue, and blindly reducing expenditure will only make the court poorer and poorer.

After listening to Yuan Jie's words, Jiang Jingyuan stood up not to be outdone, with a sneer spreading from the corner of his mouth, "Master Yuan is a bit premature, how does Master Yuan know that my household department cannot pay the salaries of all the officials?"

All the officials above the imperial court were silent for a moment. The salary of the officials of the Ming Dynasty was low, which was agreed by all officials. Otherwise, why the entire court and the public could not find a few people who were not corrupt and accepting bribes during the last purge.

The reason is not that the salary can't support a large family at all, and it is inevitable to have entertainment after becoming an official, whether it is going to a restaurant outside or at home, the first condition is to have a dignified venue.

It costs money to go to a restaurant, and it also costs money at home.

Rewarding servants asks for money, and going out to do errands asks for money.

In short, there is money everywhere, but the salary is so little, if you don't think of a way, how can you survive.

Now that their salary issues have not been resolved, they have added a lot of burden to the court. Not to mention that the officials disagree, some ministers are also unwilling to agree.

But thinking that Jiang Jingyuan is now in full swing, it is not an exaggeration to regard him as the most popular person in front of the emperor. If he is against him, he is against the emperor, so they didn't say a word, watching Yuan Jie and Jiang Jingyuan's mutual hatred quietly.

"Ahem, Jiang Aiqing, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run."

At this time, the Son of Heaven, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked coldly at Jiang Jingyuan and Yuan Jie's bows and bows, and came out to smooth things over.

It is not impossible for Jiang Jingyuan to set up a newspaper office, but now is the time for the court to recuperate, and the emperor also wants to wait for the court to recover before implementing Jiang Jingyuan and other plans.

"Your Majesty's lesson!"

Seeing that the emperor did not object this time, Yuan Jie finally showed a good face.

Jiang Jingyuan was about to be laughed at by this stinky, hard and unreasonable old man. He had clearly explained to him the importance of the newspaper, but he was still generally considered unadvisable by the other party.

But Jiang Jingyuan's arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

"Master Yuan, you keep saying that this newspaper is not desirable and that it is harmful to the imperial court. Can you make a bet with Jiang."

Once the competitive spirit in Jiang Jingyuan's heart was provoked, he would not be outdone.

"I don't know what Mr. Jiang wants to block me with."

Yuan Jie's curiosity was also aroused by Jiang Jingyuan. He didn't know what trick Jiang Jingyuan was going to play.

Jiang Jingyuan kept his eyes calm, walked steadily, and stepped forward slowly, "I will not move a single bit of the user department, and start a newspaper office in the capital first. If after three months, the household department benefits and the newspaper office is successfully established, Mr. Yuan will no longer If the decision to impeach us fails, how about our household department willing to give an additional [-]% of the salary to the officials of the court."

Hearing the last point, all the officials in the imperial court were a little bit excited, wishing Yuan Jie could take the bet and wait for their salaries to increase in three months.

But Yuan Jie didn't like Jiang Jingyuan's tricks. He was a stinky and hard-nosed speaker. Once he found the truth, he wouldn't change it easily.

"No way, why did the old man accompany you in this encounter? Mr. Jiang needs to know that an official should focus more on the people's livelihood, instead of blindly using the government and the opposition as a gambling table."

Sure enough, it was smelly and hard, Jiang Jingyuan couldn't do anything about it.

"I agree with Mr. Jiang's point of view. We have also weighed the advantages and disadvantages of this newspaper that Mr. Jiang said before. If this newspaper is really beneficial to my Ming Dynasty, then there is no harm in giving it a try."

This time, the left and right prime ministers stood up. When Jiang Jingyuan and Yuan Jie were arguing, they were thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

At the beginning, when they heard Jiang Jingyuan say that they wanted to open all over the country at the same time, they also disagreed in their hearts. It was too extravagant, and the current court could not afford it.

But if it is first tested in the capital, they can see whether it is good or bad. It is really as good as Jiang Jingyuan said, and it is not impossible to vigorously promote it.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't expect that there would be someone to speak up for him in the end. He thought that what happened to him last time made Manchao Wenwu quite resentful.

It can be seen that people who can become prime ministers are not too narrow-minded.

With the unanimous approval of the left and right prime ministers and Jiang Jingyuan, this matter became a certainty, even if Yuan Jie was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, there was nothing he could do.

After discussing this matter, Jiang Jingyuan pulled out another folder from his sleeve and handed it to the emperor. The emperor just glanced at it and gave a quasi-play.

When going down to court, Jiang Jingyuan deliberately took a step slower, blinked at Yuan Jie who was about to jump up and curse, and walked past him with a smile.

When Yuan Jie saw Jiang Jingyuan's flamboyant expression, he blew his beard and stared even more, but he couldn't help him, so he could only go back to his mansion angrily.

In the Household Office, several officials are sitting leisurely drinking tea and chatting.

They thought that after Jiang Jingyuan took office, their life would not be easy, but they didn't expect that Jiang Jingyuan looked like a hard persimmon, but he didn't expect it to be soft when squeezed.

It's been a month since I took office, not to mention that the new official has no fire after taking office. He can do whatever he wants every day, and it's still the same as before.

After they were tense for a while, they began to return to their usual leisure, thinking that Jiang Jingyuan was not as scary as outsiders said.

The three most leisurely among them are Luo Xiangrong, Chen Dongyang, and Wu Xiaoxuan.

The three of them were both doctors of the household department, and they had no contact with each other on weekdays, but since Jiang Jingyuan took the position of Minister of the household department, these three people walked together inexplicably.

The relationship is getting deeper day by day, and I often go out to drink after working out.

"Master Chen, we're going to drink after we're out of Mao today, and Master Wu will join us."

Seeing that noon was approaching, Luo Xiangrong's mind came alive.

Wu Xiaoxuan wanted to write that he drank with the two of them until midnight last night, but he was a little hesitant when he found Chi Mao today.

Chen Dongyang didn't care so much, "Let's go."

As soon as Wu Xiaoxuan heard that Chen Dongyang had gone, it would be a bit bad for him not to go, so he nodded his head, looked at the sun outside and said uneasyly, "Will Master Jiang blame us for this?"

Wu Xiaoxuan was still a little afraid of Jiang Jingyuan, and wanted to write that the last time the two of them went to the grassland together, Jiang Jingyuan's strategizing appearance made him sweat profusely.

"What are you afraid of? Jiang Jingyuan has been in office for more than a month, and he still can't get a new official to take office three times."

Luo Xiangrong said indifferently that he had ulterior motives in wooing Wu Xiaoxuan and Chen Dongyang.

The two of them didn't take it to heart after thinking about it, and planned to go out for a drink at noon.

As soon as Jiang Jingyuan turned his head, he returned to the office with a gloomy expression. Seeing that it was almost time to go down, Jiang Jingyuan didn't ignore it as usual and called all the officials of the household department together.

The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs were a little resentful, not knowing what Jiang Jingyuan meant by doing this. Only Pan Yuquan knew that the strong wind belonging to Jiang Jingyuan had finally come.

"Recently, some people in our household department have become more and more inactive. Up to now, no one has learned the lesson of the previous household minister, and they are still muddling through every day. Now it is time for our household department to clear up."

Jiang Jingyuan's indifferent eyes swept over all the officials in the hall, some of them immediately felt like they were facing a big enemy, while others took it calmly.

Luo Xiangrong was a little dumbfounded, because Jiang Jingyuan was looking at him indifferently, feeling like he was being targeted by a poisonous snake.

Could it be that Jiang Jingyuan has already noticed what he did?

No, it's impossible, Jiang Jingyuan has no way of knowing!

Luo Xiangrong wiped away the cold sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, feeling terrified all over his body.

Wu Xiaoxuan and Chen Dongyang next to him also cast their eyes on Luo Xiangrong. Jiang Jingyuan's posture seemed to be coming towards them, which made them anxious.

"I have already informed His Majesty that the officials on the following list will be dismissed. If you have any questions, please go to the Ministry of Officials to ask."

Jiang Jingyuan's eyes swept over Luo Xiangrong and the others vaguely.

The note given by his senior brother clearly stated that Luo Xiangrong was supported by the Xu family, and his purpose of wooing Chen Dongyang was to find out more about Wutong County.

It was Chen Dongyang who asked Luo Xiangrong about the tomb.

And Wu Xiaoxuan was just incidental.

Some people just reminded him over and over again not to be a fool, but he just couldn't listen to it. Dogs still can't change their eating shit.

"Luo Xiangrong, Chen Dongyang, Wu Xiaoxuan, the three of you are on the list. There will be no positions for you in the Ministry of Accounting in the future. Please be wise."

Jiang Jingyuan would not allow these moths to stay in the household, since he refused to listen, he had no choice but to pull them out one by one.

The faces of the three turned pale in an instant, and Luo Xiangrong grinned even more, and said extremely dissatisfied, "Jiang Jingyuan, what qualifications do you have to dismiss my position?"

"Just because I am the Secretary of the Household Department, just because the emperor asked for a promise! Luo Xiangrong, you have been late every day for a month, and you have brought Chen Dongyang and Wu Xiaoxuan to the restaurant every day. I have seen the three of you often whispering in the office many times. If you don’t do business all day long, even if you come to the office, you will be full of alcohol, since you don’t want to go to the office, then you should never come to the office, just stay at home.”

Jiang Jingyuan is not a temperless person either, his family will always be his weakness, he doesn't mind giving them a little flair for anyone who touches his family.

Chen Dongyang and Wu Xiaoxuan saw that Luo Xiangrong had given up, they sat on the ground in a hurry, this time it was really over.

As the saying goes, a phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, and these three people have no threat without a layer of official skin.

The Xu family always wanted to use dark means to deal with them, so he dealt with the Xu family openly, to see who had the last laugh.

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After pulling out the hidden nails of the Ministry of Households, the number of officials in the Ministry of Households has decreased a lot, so the Ministry of Officials can also operate. Those who should be promoted will be promoted, and those who should be promoted will be appointed.

And Jiang Jingyuan's big challenge was also publicized by the Ministry of Officials.

On the outskirts of Beijing, in Xinghua Village, Juren Chen Yiming was engraving the wood in his hands boredly. There was a deep scar on his face, which looked quite scary, but his eyes were extremely gentle and focused on what he was doing.

After carving a wooden figure, he would look up at his book again, and whenever he touched a book, his eyes would always flash with pain.

He was a Juren six years ago. He was originally expected to be a Jinshi. However, due to bad luck, he fell from the mountain and saved his life, but scratched his face. He has since missed the imperial examination.

A Juren status can still have some status in an ordinary village, but at the foot of the emperor in Kyoto, where there are so many scholars, Juren is really nothing.

Because of his face, he couldn't find any good jobs. When he was an official, he would not be picked on by others. It was a bit scary to be an accountant.

Fortunately, collecting rent can barely support the family, but after all, I still feel a little bit uneasy, so I can only use this wood to polish my restless heart.

"Brother, good news. Mr. Jiang from the household department of the capital is making a big selection. Do you want to try it?"

The second sister's joyful voice came from outside the door. Chen Yiming's eyes brightened for a moment, and then dimmed again. He pursed his lips and touched the deep scar on his face.

Because of it, I saved my life, but lost my life goal. Even if there is good news in the capital, can this terrifying scar make me choose smoothly.

"I won't go, and I won't be able to choose if I go."

Chen Yiming put down the book in his hand heavily, and there was a saw in his heart, which made his heart ache.

"Brother, try it, you might be selected." The second sister kept persuading, "If you miss this opportunity, you will really have no chance in the future. I heard that the new minister of the household department is only the second. In his early teens, this is the first such a young minister in thousands of years, maybe he doesn't care about color when employing people."

Chen Yiming frowned. Of course he had heard of the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department. It was already rumored in the capital. Sweat profusely and vomit blood.

In addition to his gold-pointing master who made the Ming Dynasty talk about it, what is also interesting is his too young age.

I heard he was only 22 years old!

How many people are 22 years old and haven't even passed the child's birth test, but they have reached the top position of Shangshu!

This can be said to be a legend!

"Then try it, maybe this time it's really different."

Thinking of Mr. Jiang's methods, Chen Yiming felt a different emotion in his heart. Maybe Mr. Jiang's selection method is different from other adults.

On the day of the big election, Jiang Jingyuan led Xu Shuizhou to the household office.

Xu Shuizhou was a little nervous, could he participate in this kind of thing?

Jiang Jingyuan looked at Xu Shuizhou who was so nervous that he was about to fall on him, smiled knowingly, and patted his head, "Why are you panicking, you have to learn from Fang Xinli, you even passed the imperial examination."

"..."

Xu Shuizhou was speechless for a moment.

"Master Jiang."

As soon as Jiang Jingyuan entered the courtyard of the Ministry of Household Affairs, all the officials inside greeted him one after another, and Jiang Jingyuan nodded in response.

"Master Jiang, everyone is here, shall we start now?"

The official department also sent an official out, and when he saw Jiang Jingyuan coming, he had a flattering expression on his face.

Jiang Jingyuan looked up at the more than 200 Juren standing in the square. They were fat, short, tall and thin, and they were all about 30 years old.

"Well, go down and prepare a test table for everyone."

Jiang Jingyuan said in an ordinary voice.

The person in charge of the official department was a little puzzled when he heard this, "Master Jiang, what do you want to test the table for?"

In previous years, the big picks were just straight picks, and whoever was pleasing to the eye counted. In short, 100% of the good-looking ones would be picked away, and the bad-looking ones...seek good luck.

Jiang Jingyuan gave him a slanted look, the man closed his mouth tactfully, and trotted down to find someone to prepare the exam table.

Standing beside Jiang Jingyuan, Xu Shuizhou was completely relieved to see that no one was paying attention to him, and looked around with interest at Juren in the square.

Chen Yiming, who was standing under the stage, was very anxious at the moment. Seeing that the officials of the Ministry of Officials had gone away, his eyes kept falling on the young man who was too young in the scarlet official uniform.

It's really too young, too young. Compared with the wrinkled faces of other officials next to him, Jiang Jingyuan's face is so tender that water can be squeezed out.

That is, most of the Juren present can be his uncles.

But it is such a young man who has reached such a peak at such an age. There is no one before or after. Is he really chosen differently from others?

Jiang Jingyuan sat at the head of the square, sipping tea calmly, completely ignoring the scrutiny of the more than 200 people below.

Not long after, the person in charge of the official department ordered someone to move the examination table, and this delay lasted for half an hour.

All the candidates were puzzled. Isn't this a big challenge? Why do you need a test table?

More than 200 tables were placed in front of all the candidates. Jiang Jingyuan stood up and said calmly, "My household department selects candidates, regardless of birth or color, just the same."

Said Jiang Jingyuan took a piece of rice paper full of questions from Xu Shuizhou, "Just see who can answer the questions on this question well. This time, [-] places will be admitted first, that is to say, only the top [-] can be admitted." pick on."

As soon as Jiang Jingyuan's words came out of his mouth, the people below immediately became noisy. This kind of provocation was unheard of.

Some people are happy and some are sad. The most joyful ones are Chen Yiming, who has a bad color. It is better to lose to knowledge than to lose to other people's faces.

The most worrying thing is that I thought I could easily become an official with a good face, but I didn't expect to rely on strength in the end.

Of course, there are some who are not convinced, but what can they do if they are not convinced, can they make trouble here?If you still want to take the road of becoming an official, you have to hold back no matter how unconvinced.

Xu Shuizhou handed out the examination papers he brought one by one, and seeing a young man with a deep scar on his face sitting in the front, he couldn't help but take a second look.

Seeing this brother staring at the scar on his face, Chen Yiming felt even more disturbed. Could it be that he still has to look at his face after the exam?

"Ah Zhou, come here."

Seeing Xu Shuizhou staring straight at him, Jiang Jingyuan felt so jealous that he couldn't help calling Xu Shuizhou back.

It was fine if Jiang Jingyuan didn't say it, but when he said it, all the eyes of the audience were on Xu Shuizhou.

What did Lord Shangshu call this brother just now?

Ah Zhou?Isn't that Mrs. Shangshu's name?

People who live in the capital can't keep secrets, how many people are there in an adult's family, and their surnames, they are all well-known, and they are afraid that they will accidentally offend the nobleman that day.

Jiang Jingyuan is now in the limelight in the capital. His family has a simple population, and he will be their immediate boss in the future. He has inquired about it in advance.

So it was Mrs. Shangshu who handed out the test papers to them just now?

Do you want to take this test paper back and put it in the ancestral hall for daily worship?

No matter what the people below thought, Xu Shuizhou wanted to find a hole in the ground. Originally, he could be a transparent person, but when Jiang Jingyuan shouted, he became the brightest star in the night sky.

Now everyone is looking at him, sitting on pins and needles in embarrassment, and even the little officials next to him are busy serving tea and water for him after they realized it.

It was a good challenge, but now it has become a sightseeing tour with Mrs. Shangshu and Mrs. Shangshu.

Chen Yiming was a little embarrassed at the moment, because he found that Mr. Jiang's eyes would always fall on him inadvertently, and there was a faint sense of hostility.

It's not easy to meet a grown-up who chooses officials without looking at his face. Is the opportunity just lost in vain?

The questions on the rice paper are not complicated, they are all talking about how to vividly describe the trivial things in the market. For those who write stereotyped essays all the year round, writing this kind of essay is not too difficult.

Soon more than 200 people handed in all the test papers, and Jiang Jingyuan did not let them go. Instead, he and Xu Shuizhou quietly finished reviewing all the test papers.

Finally, the top [-] were selected to stay.

"Wang Lin, Chen Yiming, Qian Chunfeng..."

Finally, amid everyone's fear, Jiang Jingyuan announced the final list.

When Chen Yiming heard that he was really selected, his whole body couldn't help shaking. At this moment, he waited for six years, six full years, and countless times of disappointment, in exchange for this moment of success.

"Okay, let's leave everyone else, and don't be discouraged when you go back. If the capital is doing well this time, there will be another big election in a few months. At that time, there will be more places than now, and everyone will have a chance .”

Jiang Jingyuan also appeased the losers appropriately, one failure is nothing, and there will be countless opportunities waiting for them in the future.

Sure enough, the dispirited losers, when they heard Jiang Jingyuan say that there would be opportunities in the next few months, all of them became motivated again and thanked Jiang Jingyuan one after another.

The remaining 30 people were kept by Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan pointed to Xu Shuizhou and said, "From now on, my wife will be your boss, and he will be in charge of all your official arrangements."

The 30 people were startled, Mrs. Shangshu is in charge, can this work?

Since ancient times, the backyard has not participated in politics, and Master Shangshu is so blatant that he is not afraid of offending Longyan?

"I know what you are worried about. Since I have done it, there is naturally my solution. You just need to do what you should do."

Jiang Jingyuan looked at the disbelief in their eyes and gave them a shot of reassurance.

Only then did everyone look back, and then Jiang Jingyuan threw out another heavy blow, "The distribution of official positions in the newspaper is arranged by the editor-in-chief Xu. I only have one request for you. For the first issue of the main magazine, give me a big report on the Xu family in the south of Jingnan." things, and dig deep into the Xu family's business scandals, as well as the scandals in the backyard."

When Xu Shuizhou heard Jiang Jingyuan's words, he raised his head in a daze. He said why A Yuan was so quiet recently, so he was waiting here!

The author has something to say: I used to be a pretty little girl.

If you have money, you can buy beautiful jewelry.

My family said, why buy that thing? You can’t eat or use it. How good it is to buy and eat, it can fill your stomach.

I have money to buy cosmetics

My family said that it is better to buy and eat, and nothing is worse than buying and eating.

现在

My mother said that the neighbor across the street had a pheasant - I'll buy it!

My mother said that so-and-so caught eel last night-I'll buy it!

My mother said, there is mullet in the so-and-so pond - I'll buy it!

Tonight I drank the last sip of pheasant soup, my mother said to me, you will know how to eat it when you look at it, how many catties you have gained when you come back!

I didn't gain much weight when I first claimed it, only about ten catties...

My mother said, you can't dress up more, wear some nice clothes, buy some nice jewelry...

Then I told her confidently, it was you who told me that it was true to buy those that are not as good as eating, but now I am not allowed to eat, it is too difficult for me!

Then my mother stopped talking to me, and I always felt like I forgot something.

Thinking and thinking, I remembered, oh my god, I am a person who is going to get married and take wedding photos, but I have gained more than ten catties...

Then I thought again, didn't my dad change the wedding date to next year because of an accident, well, I can eat with confidence and lose weight next year!