Idle courtiers

Chapter 303

On the second day, someone handed a letter to Zhou Nan.

When I opened it, I saw that it was the first book published by the Li family and his son, with calligraphy and paintings signed underneath.

Zhang Juzheng moved so fast, Zhou Nan praised in his heart: "Sure enough, it is vigorous and resolute!"

One can imagine what the Li family father and son have experienced, how many talents and how shrewd they are in the royal family, and there are two idiots who are greedy for profit and have no position. They will have a sad life in the future.

Forget it, today is the fifteenth day, and it is the day when the elders of the court rest and take a bath.

Zhou Nan took his trust and went to Xu Jie's mansion, and when he asked about the family, it happened that Xu Jie was at home.

Zhou Nan was overjoyed: "Please hurry up and report, just say that Zhou Nan has urgent matters to see the old man."

At this moment, a sedan chair stopped at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Zou Yinglong walked down from it with a heavy heart.

Zhou Nan hurriedly cupped his hands: "I've seen you in Shizhong, and you also came to see the old man?"

"It turned out to be Zimu. It's a coincidence that I have something to see my teacher." Zou Yinglong saw Zhou Nan and forced a smile: "There is no need to inform, you and I will go to see the elder together."

Zhou Nan: "I have something important to report to the old man in the middle of the matter. It's not convenient for me to be an official, so I should wait in the porter's room?"

Zou Yinglong: "No, today's matter is also related to you, let's go!" Since Zhou Nan became the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau, he is already a member of the Xu Party, and he doesn't have to avoid many things.

"Respect is worse than obedience."

Zhou Nan followed Zou Yinglong to the inside, and along the way wanted to ask Zou Geshizhong, what did it have to do with him today?But seeing that he didn't want to speak, he had to close his mouth, almost suffocating to death.

Xu Jie was reading a book in the library, and he was surprised to see Zou Yinglong and Zhou Nan coming together: "Did you make an appointment to come together, or did you happen to be together?"

Zhou Nan: "Old man, Wansheng happened to meet me at the door."

Xu Jie: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zou Yinglong gritted his teeth tightly and didn't say a word.

Xu Jie: "Zimu, the old man only knew about your dismissal, but for this matter? It's just an acting ambassador, and it's not officially dispatched. It's been since returning to the People's Department. The old man also knows that your life is hard, It’s really not easy. Qingshui Pond doesn’t raise fish, so you can go to Yunqing’s place in a few days. Yunqing has just obtained the post of Chief Secretary of the General Administration.

The Yunqing he was talking about was Zou Yinglong.

Zou Yinglong is an engineering student of Zheng Qipin, following the way of promotion for officials in the Ming Dynasty.After his term of engineering is over, if he wants to go further, he has to leave his job as a public officer and take up a real job.

He is now transferred to the Secretary of General Administration as the left counselor, this is an official of the fifth rank.The official position has been promoted by two ranks at once, and the next step is to consider sending him down to be a governor.

Zhou Nan was envious in his heart, it really is someone in the court who is good at being an official!Just because Zou Yinglong has such a good teacher, from the first day he entered the officialdom, he rushed to be a feudal official and a minister of the ministry. Why didn't I have such a fate?

However, it would be nice to have an experience at the General Administration Department.

The main responsibility of the Department of General Affairs is to receive and inspect internal and external memorials and appeal documents.That is to say, all the memorials had to be screened in the department before being handed in, and if there was no problem, they would be handed over to the cabinet. Although the oil and water were not big, the power was not small.The most important thing is to be able to grasp the political trend of the court in the first place. Xu Jie placed Zhou Nan and Zou Yinglong in the General Administration Department, which is to let them be the eyes and ears of Xu Ge.

The experience that Zhou Nan went to do is the seventh rank, which can be regarded as a formal official of the imperial court, and has completed the most important step in the officialdom.Once you step into the threshold of a seventh-rank official, you will see a vast sea and sky.

Think about it, it would be cool to be a county magistrate or magistrate at the local level after completing his term in the Secretary of General Administration.

This is a great opportunity, old Xu is really interesting!When you think about it, the reason is simple.Zhou Nan is Xu Jie's man now, and he was kicked out by the Yan Party's people in the Military Weapons Bureau, and there is no end to it.

If Old Xu doesn't make arrangements for this boy from the Turtle Party, who will be willing to serve you in the future, Old Xu Ge?
The hearts of the people are cold, and the team is not easy to lead.

Zhou Nan felt ecstasy in his heart, and naturally he agreed.As a pedestrian, it sounds good to say that he will be able to do well in the future if he becomes a Jinshi, but how easy is it to be a Jinshi?
Now that I can do the seventh grade right now, I don't have to go to the trouble of taking the exam anymore.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir..."

Before Zhou Nan could finish speaking, Zou Yinglong suddenly called out: "Men, isn't this Huai Zimu's future for you? Absolutely!"

Zhou Nan was furious, and thought to himself: Zou Yinglong, it's none of your business, you are the future of Mr. Bad Ben.Don't talk nonsense, don't disturb my good business, if you miss this village, there will be no such shop.

Xu Jie nodded: "That's right, the future of the Department of Political Affairs is not as good as that of the Department of Pedestrians, and the imperial examination is the right way."

Zhou Nan hurriedly opened his mouth to speak.

Suddenly, Zou Yinglong yelled: "Teacher, the strict party has gone on a rampage, harming the country and the people, yet you, an old man, don't say a word, and you are obedient to Yan Song."

Xu Jie said indifferently: "The world slanders me, slanders me and laughs at me, let him go, and you will see him again in 20 years."

Zou Yinglong: "As the second assistant of the cabinet, my teacher is justified in eradicating these treacherous national traitors. If you raise your arms and call out, followers will surely gather. The students are willing to be the pawns of the teacher, and never die with the strict party traitors!"

Xu Jie's face sank: "Yun Qing, why did you come to see the old man today to say that?"

Zou Yinglong: "The student's words have been stuck in his throat for many years, and he can't spit them out quickly."

"What do you know?" Xu Jie snorted.

The two teachers and students pushed up the bull, but left Zhou Nan next to them in the cold.

Zhou Nan was bitter in his heart. As for me, my official position, you can talk about my end first: "Mr. Ge, Yunqing..."

Zou Yinglong: "Zimu, don't talk."

Zhou Nan was so angry that he almost vomited blood: Zou Yinglong, what are you doing, can you let me finish the sentence?Everything has to be said on a first-come, first-served basis, right?

Xu Jie asked Zou Yinglong: "Yunqing had a bad time in the Ministry of Industry, what happened?"

Zou Yinglong had a look of humiliation on his face: "Teacher, student, students really don't want to hear people talking about you behind your back. Everyone says you are just Yan Song's concubine. Teacher, students can't stand this humiliation."

Master, master, Xu Jie is like his father in his mind.

Being compared to a concubine, Zou Yinglong had tears in his eyes.

In the end, he finally fell down, choked up and said: "Master, a scholar can be killed, but not humiliated."

Xu Jie still had a calm face: "Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Zou Yinglong: "This morning, the students heard from the Ministry of Industry that Zhou Zimu had been dismissed as the temporary ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau, so they went to ask about it, but they didn't want to..."

(End of this chapter)