Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 178 Li Gan: Hello Cai Jing!He is fine...

Li Gan sat back on his seat again, seeing Qin Hui's expression seems to be more and more appreciative: "Qin Xiang, if all the officials in the world are as dedicated to public affairs as you are, have a sincere loyalty and are willing to share my worries for me, how can Dagan be like this now?" Trouble?"

Qin Hui cupped his hands modestly: "Your Majesty, I just rely on His Majesty's grace, as long as His Majesty sends me, I will do whatever I want."

Hearing this, Li Qian waved his hands with a smile: "The dispatch is not really counted, but I have another good thing for you."

He said with emotion: "It's you, Prime Minister Qin. If it were someone else, I wouldn't even say it."

Seeing His Majesty the emperor's appearance of "You've made a lot of money", Qin Hui's heart skipped a beat.

It's just that he has been trapped by the words now, and he can't refuse directly.

Li Qian smiled lightly and said: "Qin Xiang, it's a pity that you can't be the chief examiner of the examination. In this case, I can only choose a Zhongshu servant to be the deputy examiner of the examination."

Qin Hui was startled when he heard the words, and subconsciously stopped when he wanted to refuse.

Li Qian was still feeling emotional: "It's a pity, if Prime Minister Qin also served as the chief examiner, and each of you is the chief examiner, then I can feel completely at ease about this exam."

"His Majesty……"

Qin Hui's face was a bit heavy: "According to the usual practice, the chief examiner of this examination should be Mr. Cai Jing. Don't you think His Majesty is worried about Mr. Cai?"

Li Gan shook his head: "Of course I'm not worried."

"Cai Qing's family is a very good person. He handles government affairs very well. He can deal with the messy affairs of the Six Departments of the Shangshu Province by himself. He never caused me any big trouble."

"Furthermore, he is frugal, never corrupts the law, and never abuses his personal power on those close to his clan. In addition, he is good at promoting underachievers..."

Qin Hui was sweating profusely when he heard this, and thought to himself, how much does His Majesty bother Cai Jing?
"All of the above are not the best."

After talking for a long time, Li Qian pondered for a moment, and said: "The best thing about Cai Qing's family is that he has a wide network of contacts, no matter whether it is in the ruling and opposition parties, or in the vassal states, there are friends of Cai Qing's family. "

He said with emotion: "With such a minister here, how much thought and trouble can the court save?"

Qin Hui nodded, expressing his approval: "Your Majesty's words are very true, and I also think that Mr. Cai is really a great minister. He has many things to do with the vassal states. It really can't be done without Mr. Cai."

I don’t need eye drops at this time, so what time are you waiting?
Li Gan nodded: "Well, it is precisely because of this that I am a little hesitant."

He said with some concern: "Lord Cai makes friends with others and treats others with sincerity and openness. He is a complete gentleman. This is good anywhere, but only in the position of the chief examiner of this exam...not so good."

Qin Hui was startled, and instantly understood what His Majesty the Emperor meant.

Make friends widely and treat people with sincerity. Doesn't this mean that Cai Jing may secretly communicate with others and do things in the test?
Qin Hui secretly admired Li Gan's eyesight, Your Majesty, you are so accurate.

In fact, when a new emperor came to the throne in the past, the ministers would avoid messing around in the examination.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, he will have the first examination and palace examination. He must be very fresh and pay more attention to it. If he wants to do things in it at this time, the risk of being discovered will definitely increase greatly.

If you want to do it, you have to wait for the first time to try it, and His Majesty the Emperor has no novelty to come back again!

It's just that this unspoken rule was slowly changed later.

Maybe it's because of the greed in my heart.

If it's everyone else's turn to do it, if you don't do it, then you won't suffer?

The examination is held every three years. According to theory, it takes 12 years for the four examiners to take one round. Even if it takes six or nine years in practice, it is still long enough.

If you don't do it this time, are you sure that you will still be in this position six or nine years later?

The chief examiner is like this, not to mention the assistant examiners, they are more uncertain than the chief examiner, and even the position is bloodily determined among the competitors, can't they do it?Who would?

Taking a step back, even if you can still get it three years later, six years later, or nine years later, will the result be the same?

In a place like officialdom where seniority is considered, if you pass the Jinshi examination three years in advance, you can pass the examination one more time, and you can get three years more seniority.

At that time, their students will be the directors of the office, and your students will still be members of the department just after being admitted. Will it be the same?

Therefore, after some people fouled at the beginning, gradually more people made small moves.

Many of them were leaked, and then accidents happened, but the temptation to try was too great, and the officials couldn't help it!
Someone once said that meat-eaters are contemptuous and have no long-term vision, which is not entirely true.

Maybe it's because these carnivores have too far-sighted vision, seeing benefits that ordinary people can't imagine, and then being fascinated by this benefit...

Perhaps this is part of the reason why Qin Hui wanted to avoid the chief examiner of the examination.

Cai Jing was unlucky, it just happened to be the emperor's first test after he ascended the throne, and according to the current situation, His Majesty the emperor was obviously eyeing the test, and seemed to have really noticed something.

Wade in at this time... It may not be a good thing.

It's just that now that he has said so, how can he refuse?
Seeing that Qin Hui was lost in thought, Li Gan didn't bother him, but sat behind the table and quietly sipped the tea in his cup.

"His Majesty."

Qin Hui raised his head suddenly, frowned and said, "I want to share your majesty's worries, but I'm afraid this matter will not be that simple."

Li Qian's heart moved: "Is there any difficulty for Prime Minister Qin?"

Qin Hui cautiously corrected: "Your Majesty, it's not that I have difficulties, but that other people may have difficulties."

"In recent years, the position of deputy examiner of the general examination has been held by the minister of the sixth department of the Shangshu. Now if it is changed to the minister of the Ministry of Zhongshu, I am afraid they will have a lot of complaints."

Li Gan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Of course it is not directly changed to Zhongshu Minister, but let the four ministers from Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province participate in the selection of deputy examiners."

"We are all servants. It is impossible for them to be the only ones who can stand for the election every year, and let the four colleagues of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province watch? This is too unfair!"

In this way, the voice of opposition from the six servants will be much smaller.

It's not that they completely stripped away their hopes, but just added four more people, you are all twelve, don't be too mean, too stingy.

Of course, as for how to choose... the right to interpret the event belongs to the emperor and the right minister.

Qin Hui had a toothache: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter will not be so simple..."

Li Gan chuckled: "President Qin, don't worry too much."

"Could it be that the four servants of Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng don't want to be deputy examiners?"

"This..." Qin Hui held back what he was about to say again.

Anyone who thinks with their ass knows, they sure do!

Who wouldn't want to be able to get half of the Jinshi students as disciples?

Don't talk about being afraid of accidents, even if you can clearly see the risks involved, but with such great benefits in front of you, who is willing to ignore them?

When Qin Hui heard about the chief examiner, his mind paused for a moment. If it wasn't for the fact that there was too much resistance to being re-elected as the examiner, he would definitely have to fight for it.

Now how will the servants react when they hear the news?

Li Gan looked at Qin Hui who was in deep thought with a smile.

When you can share the benefits, you are naturally a good boss, but if you block the way of your subordinates, it will be a matter of whether they recognize you or not.

Qin Hui sighed suddenly, cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, I understand, I will go back and tell them about it."

Li Gan smiled and nodded: "Okay."

"You can rest assured, Prime Minister Qin. I told you about this matter. If there is any accident, as long as it is not too involved, it will not affect too much."

Even if something happened, as long as the servant you sent over is not confused and not too much, he will not be involved.

Qin Hui frowned, as if he had made up his mind, he immediately bowed and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Gan nodded: "There is also Menxia Province. Now that Prime Minister Yan is not here, you can also speak to the two servants on your behalf, and let them prepare."

Qin Hui's face was bitter again, obviously knowing Li Gan's intentions.

But with the words just now, he still nodded in response: "Your Majesty, I understand."

"Okay." Li Gan looked at him with a smile: "I won't waste your time any longer, Prime Minister Qin, go slowly."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Hui stood up, bowed and saluted, and then slowly exited the small study.

Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi came out from the side room, and they sat around Li Qian respectively.

"Your Majesty, can this be done?"

Lu Zhi said worriedly: "No matter what, Shang Shu Sheng has twelve servants. If they really work together, Zhong Shu and the four under his sect may not be able to compete."

Li Gan also sighed: "You have to try anyway."

Don't look at what he said just now, but this matter is not only a matter of the deputy examiner of the first department, but also concerns the overall interests of the six ministers.

What if it becomes a routine in the future after doing something like this this time?There are already many servants in the Six Departments. Once every three years, twelve people compete for the job. How difficult is it?

But now it's more difficult to add four more?People definitely don't want to.

Li Gan said solemnly: "I know that the servants of the Sixth Ministry will not accept it easily, so I asked Qin Xiang to stand up first and see how the situation is."

Wu Meiniang also nodded her head with some seriousness: "Your Majesty, even if the deputy examiner this time is really Zhongshu Shilang, he may not be able to overwhelm Cai Jing in the examination room.

Li Gan sighed softly, and fell on the back of the chair with his hands pillowed: "So this matter is difficult..."

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On the other side, Qin Hui who left the small study room did not stay any longer, but rushed all the way back to Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Qin Xiang."

"Qin Xiang..."

The officials encountered along the way all bowed and saluted, Qin Hui just nodded slightly, and walked past them.

In the value room on the second floor, the windows are closed, and the fine silver carbon is slowly burning in the charcoal basin, releasing raging heat.

Qin Xi was wearing a cotton robe, and was helping Qin Hui sort out the paperwork. Seeing Qin Hui's return, he looked happy, pointed to a food box on the table and said, "Father, just now Guanglu Temple sent fish again, but the shad Replaced with mullet."

Qin Hui loves to eat fish, many people know it, but it's just that it's winter, where do you get shad?

However, mullet is only slightly inferior to shad. This stuff is also a tribute to the palace, but shad is mostly produced in summer, while mullet is produced in winter.

Qin Hui opened the food box on the table, took two bites hastily, then sighed softly, put down the jade chopsticks in his hand: "Take it down."

"Yes." Qin Xi replied with some doubts.

Qin Hui suddenly said again: "By the way, I will invite the two servants here."

"Yes, father." Qin Xi walked out quickly with the fish in his hand.

After a while, the door of the duty room was opened, and two officials in scarlet robes and veils walked in.

"Qin Xiang." The leader had a gray beard and a relaxed smile on his face. This was Zhongshu Zuo Shilang, Wang Ciweng.

The other person has a square face, short beard, and yellow complexion. He is the right servant of Zhongshu, Wan Qi Xie (Mò qí xiè).

"Qin Prime Minister." Wan Qixi also saluted.

There was a smile on Qin Hui's face: "It's getting colder and colder these days, is the charcoal lit at home? Remember to put a water basin in the room, so you don't get poisoned by coal."

This coal poisoning is not syphilis, but gas poisoning.

Almost every year in the capital, people die of coal poisoning. Most of these people are not ordinary people, but dignitaries.

The airtightness of common people's houses is not very good, and sometimes there is air leakage. Such houses naturally have no risk of poisoning, but the houses of noble people are different, with good airtightness, it is easy to be poisoned.

And what Qin Hui said about putting a water basin in the room is the preventive method recorded in "First Aid Prescriptions": "Put a water basin in the room, and make the windows ventilated, and the coal will stink, but it will not cause harm."

Of course, if Li Qian was here, he might point out the mistakes for him.

Gas poisoning is caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, and carbon monoxide is insoluble in water. It is generally useless to place water basins. Instead, it is useful to let the windows have ventilation.

As for Wang Ciweng and Wan Qixie, they naturally regarded Qin Hui's words as the standard, and said with a smile: "Master Qin, don't worry, the family has already prepared for everything to be safe."

Qin Hui smiled, and continued: "Just now when I went to Ziwei Hall to face the saint, I asked His Majesty for another favor for you."

This expression of "you have taken advantage of it" is exactly the same as that of Li Gan in Dongnuan Pavilion just now.

But Qin Hui is not Li Qian, and the two people in front of him are not Qin Hui either.Both Wang Ciweng and Wan Qixie's eyes lit up, but the former still pretended to be helpless and said: "Mr. Qin, why bother waiting for me?"

Qin Hui shook his head with a smile: "Qing Zeng, what's the benefit of not asking?"

Wan Qixi added with a smile on the side: "It must be a great benefit to be able to alarm Prime Minister Qin."

Qin Hui smiled softly: "It's not a big deal, but it's not bad."

"The errand this time is the assistant examiner of this subject's examination."

As soon as the words came out, the value room was quiet for a moment, and Qin Hui could clearly hear the slightly rapid breathing of the two people across the table.

Wang Ciweng's hands trembled, and even a few drops of tea came out. Wan Qixi even subconsciously leaned forward a little: "Mr. Qin, is that really the case?"

Qin Hui sighed in his heart, it was exactly what he thought.

(End of this chapter)