On June 20, the third year of Shaowu in the Ming Dynasty, Qi Biaojia, the new governor of Jiangnan, brought Zhang Sunzhen, the same new governor, and Xie Qikun, the censor, to take office.

Qi Biaojia got off the boat at the canal pier ten miles away from Suzhou. Looking at the Suzhou city wall not far away, she was so moved. Just half a year ago, she was Governor Su Song of the Lu Wang camp, but now she has transformed into the Governor of Jiangnan of the enemy back then. She has a real fate!

When Zhang Sunzhen, who was walking with him, saw Qi Biaojia staring at the city wall in a daze, he couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Sir Futai, why are you in a daze? Are you still missing those old friends of Lu Ni?"

Zhang Sunzhen and Qi Biaojia are mortal enemies. When Qi Biaojia was dismissed from office, it was Zhang Sunzhen's contribution. Although Qi Biaojia is Zhang Sunzhen's superior, he dare not accept Zhang Sunzhen's words. If Qi Biaojia admits missing those old friends, it is to be in love with the old master and plot against rebellion. Zhang Sunzhen can give the emperor a memorial tonight, and impeach Qi Biaojia is unstable.

If Qi Biaojia doesn't admit that he misses his old friend, you will immediately change the family as soon as you come from Luwang Group and forget your former colleagues and friends. This further proves that Qi Biaojia is a guy who has breasts and is just a mother.

Zhang Sunzhen asked badly, but Qi Biaojia was also an old official, so he could fall into Zhang Sunzhen's trap. After hearing him say that, Qi Biaojia snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Zhang, in terms of official positions and qualifications, you don't need to care what I want, right?"

Although Qi Biaojia is about the same age as Zhang Sunzhen, he is much older. Qi Biaojia passed the Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and Zhang Sunzhen passed the Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen. What's more, Qi Biaojia is now a governor, and is one level older than you Zhang Sunzhen, so there is no problem in speaking to him in this tone.

Zhang Sunzhen was speechless by Qi Biaojia's words, and was so angry that he shook his sleeves and stopped talking. The two of them had a bad relationship and had nothing to do with fighting, but it was a pain for Xie Qikun, who was walking with him.

Xie Qikun is older than both of them, and Xie Qikun is a fellow villager of Jiang Yueguang, and has some relationship with the Donglin Party. Relying on his old age and deep qualifications, Xie Qikun acted as a lubricant between the two along the way. Now Xie Qikun saw that the two were going to fight again, so he quickly stepped forward and persuaded him: "Two, you and I will be the three of us in the same city as the officials in the future, so we should work together!"

After Xie Qikun finished speaking, he looked at the shore. A middle-aged fourth-rank official was standing on the dock to greet him and quickly said, "Two, that official should be Chen Zilong, the governor of Suzhou. Please go ashore!"

Qi Biaojia glared at Zhang Sunzhen, and then was the first to walk to the dock. At the dock was the governor of Suzhou Chen Zilong. Today he came to welcome the three Shangguans. As the governor of Jiangnan, Ma Cheng has a higher official position than these three, so he naturally doesn't have to go to the dock to greet him in person.

Chen Zilong and Qi Biaojia are both Donglin Party, but their relationship is not good. When Qi Biaojia was in charge of the army, he quickly occupied Nanjing, but Chen Zilong said he would stay in Suzhou to stand firm. It would be fine if Chen Zilong was a military general, but Chen Zilong was a civil official and Qi Biaojia's junior brother. This made Qi Biaojia feel that Chen Zilong deliberately demolished his own platform.

When Chen Zilong saw Qi Biaojia and others coming up, he quickly saluted and said, "Chen Zilong, the magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture, pay homage to Lord Qi of Futai, Lord Zhang of Fantai, Lord Xie of Nietai!"

Qi Biaojia looked behind Chen Zilong. There was no one except two small officials in the green robe. Perhaps these two small officials were the county magistrates of Wuxian and Changzhou in Suzhou. But what about Ma Cheng?

Qi Biaojia glared and asked, "Where is Ma Cheng? Why didn't he come to welcome me?"

Chen Zilong felt distressed when he heard Qi Biaojia's question, and quickly explained: "Mr. Futai, Master Supervisor is ill, so let the humble official come to welcome him on his behalf! Please invite a few adults to the city!"

"What? Ma Cheng didn't come?" Qi Biaojia said angrily: "Don't he know that this official is the Minister of War? I don't know this

Is the official who directly takes charge of his superiors?"

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the supervisor was the first-rank official, and his official position was far above the governor of the second-rank official. At the same time, the supervisor usually served as a grandson, while the governor only served as the assistant minister of the six ministries, so the governor was under the management of the supervisor.

But Ma Cheng is an exception. He is just a short-selling commander and does not hold any civil positions. He has many military positions, such as Guiyang Marquis, the Grand Commander of the Central Army, etc. However, there is one disadvantage in military positions, that is, no matter how high the official position is, it must be managed by the Minister of War.

Qi Biaojia's civil servant was the Minister of War. Although he was a part-time job, he should be able to manage military generals according to the rules in the officialdom. At the same time, there was an unwritten rule in the late Ming Dynasty that civil servants should be higher than military generals. So, although Ma Cheng is a first-rank official, according to Qi Biaojia's understanding, he should be managed by himself. Now that the direct supervisor of Shangguan is coming, Ma Cheng, a first-rank general, does not come to greet him. No wonder Qi Biaojia is angry.

Zhang Sunzhen is Ma Shiying's hardcore, so he naturally has to speak for Ma Cheng. After hearing Qi Biaojia say that, he sarcastically said: "I didn't expect that Master Futai is so powerful. Do you want to avenge the defeat?"

Zhang Sunzhen really doesn't open any pot. The defeat of Lucheng two months ago was Qi Biaojia's lifelong shame. Now he is being brought up by Zhang Sunzhen's old story again. Qi Biaojia was so angry that he scolded: "You villain framed me back then, let's see how I repair you!" After Qi Biaojia said that, he was about to rush up and fight with Zhang Sunzhen.

There was a tradition in the officialdom in the Ming Dynasty, that was, ministers fought. Not to mention that all the stinky old men were all five or six, they were actually not much better than street hooligans. When the reason was too low, taking action became the most reasonable way to solve the problem. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were several battles in court meetings. Those old men such as the Minister of the Pavilion could not control their anger, let alone local officials in their forties like Qi Biaojia.

When Xie Qikun saw that the governor was about to take action, he quickly stepped forward and stopped him and said, "Mr. Qi, no! This is a dock. Pay attention to the prestige of the officialdom and don't let the censor catch the excuse!"

Officials fight at court meetings, and they can fight in the yamen, but it is a bit embarrassing to fight in public. Qi Biaojia turned around and saw the crowd on the dock, and could only suppress the anger in her heart.

Not taking action does not mean that Qi Biaojia has finished the calculation, but Zhang Sunzhen is a third-rank governor. He has no right to deal with Zhang Sunzhen. There is no way Qi Biaojia has to get angry with the unlucky Chen Zilong.

"Chen Zilong, the court did not write a document to let you continue to serve as the prefect of Suzhou. It would be good if you don't punish the criminals like you, you will offend them. Go home!"

After Qi Biaojia said that, she shook her sleeves and left, Xie Qikun followed her, but the governor Zhang Sunzhen did not leave. He stepped forward and patted Chen Zilong on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, he is not a local official, and he has no right to deal with officials at all levels in the province. I will protect you!" Chen Zilong didn't know whether offending Qi Biaojia was a blessing or a disaster, so he had no choice but to bow to thank Zhang Sunzhen.

The governor of the Ming Dynasty was different from the governor of the Qing Dynasty. He was not a local official. The governor of the Ming Dynasty had some central inspectors who could manage local government affairs, but he did not have the right to deal with officials at all levels. The right to appoint officials at all levels in a province was still in the hands of the governor. However, the governor was a central official after all, and it would be enough for Chen Zilong to deal with you if he really wanted to deal with him.

Chen Zilong and Zhang Sunzhen were polite and went to see Ma Cheng immediately after sending Zhang Sunzhen away. Now Chen Zilong has evil with Qi Biaojia. In order to survive in the officialdom, he can only find a backer to support him. Chen Zilong is a good person, but he has been in the officialdom for many years. It would be a bit unrealistic to say that he has no intention of climbing up.

After Chen Zilong met Ma Cheng, he told the story of the dock today. When Ma Cheng heard that Qi Biaojia actually asked him to greet him, he cursed angrily: "This old turtle actually asked the old man to

I'm going to greet him? Don't he know that I'm the supervisor? Is he a first-class?"

Seeing Ma Cheng angry, Chen Zilong quickly explained the rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. When he said that Ma Cheng did not hold a civil service, Ma Cheng was completely stunned.

"Damn it, Qian Qianyi, this old slippery man, was cautious and still said to him!"

Ma Cheng has never been an official in this life or in his later generations. He thought it was not easy to be an official. It was just the rank of what rank you were appointed by the court, just like the governors and mayors in the news of later generations. He didn't expect that there were so many things to say about it.

In fact, Ma Cheng did not understand the official system. Not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in later officialdoms, there were various hidden rules. A small official in the Central Organization Department might be just a section-level cadre, but he could arbitrarily decide on the appointment and removal of senior provincial and ministerial officials. This is the strange Chinese officialdom.

Originally, Ma Cheng thought that becoming the chief lieutenant was the biggest official in addition to the Emperor's Pavilion. Unexpectedly, Qi Biaojia, a mere governor, could take charge of himself just because he had a part-time job as the Minister of War.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng was a little panicked and asked quickly: "Mr. Chen, what should I do now?"

The word "Sir" was not called casually in ancient times. Only by teaching and solving your doubts can you be called "Sir". Chen Zilong was very content to hear Ma Cheng call him "Sir". After thinking for a while, he said, "This is simple. In fact, Yuan Fu has already prepared the candidate for the adults to restrict Qi Biaojia!"

"My father is already ready? Who is this person? Please help me solve the problem for the boy!"

"These are the two people who came with Qi Biaojia, the governor Zhang Sunzhen, and the censor Xie Qikun!"

Ma Cheng knew that Zhang Sunzhen and Qi Biaojia had absolutely no urination in a pot, but is Xie Qikun the Donglin Party? How could he help himself?

Ma Cheng said what he thought, and Chen Zilong smiled and said, "My lord is wrong. Although Xie Qikun was born in Jiangxi, he was not from the Donglin Party. Instead, he was in a state of dissatisfaction with the gentry who was close to Donglin! At the same time, he thought, if Yuan Fu did not agree, how could Xie Qikun be promoted to the Censor?"

Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong explain this clearly. The Ministry of Personnel is under my jurisdiction. If I had not been willing to defend myself, how dare the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department report Xie Qikun's name? Even if it was reported, he would have to write a document from the Ministry of Personnel's Hall and the cabinet. So, Xie Qikun was really the help sent by me?

(After writing this, let me talk to you about the current official selection system in the officialdom. For example, if a bureau lacks a deputy director, if one wants to promote one, the Organization Department will select from many reserve cadres. This ranking is based on the time to become a reserve. If no one does the work, the cadre section chief of the Organization Department has the final say. It is okay to rank forward for his own people. Anyway, there are many reserve cadres, and no one will really track them down to the end. There are usually three candidates. After the Organization Department is nominated to the Standing Committee, the first step is to speak in the Discipline Inspection Commission. If there are any problems, the Organization Department will throw out the candidates. If there are no problems, the Registrar will discuss and then choose one of them. At this time, the top secretary said that
Chapter completed!