Then the Heavenly Official said to Chen Yunjian, the foreign minister of the examination department: "You can recite it for me."
Chen Yunjian stood up, took the list, and read without emotion:
"After investigation, those who were found to have insufficient talents and careless behavior include Qian Yiben, the censor in charge, Gu Yuncheng and Zhang Nabi, the directors of the Ministry of Rites, Xue Fujiao, assistant teacher of the Imperial College, and Gao Panlong, the Xingrensi Xingren."
Others who had no prior knowledge were not very surprised at first when they heard these names.
The names that have been read out so far are all from the Qingliu force, but this is too normal.
After all, this is a elimination list led by the Lin Party. It would be strange if someone from the Qingliu Party was not on it.
But after listening to it, everyone felt a little weird, and they always felt that something was wrong.
Only Gu Xiancheng, a member of the Literary and Selection Department, heard these names one after another, and his head exploded with a bang.
Then he felt dizzy and was shaky in his seat.
At this time, someone finally came to his senses and shouted, "Gu family class?"
The term "Gujiaban" was coined by Lin Tailai four years ago. It mainly refers to the officials from Changzhou Prefecture, especially Wuxi County, who have been around Gu Xiancheng and have recently been promoted to Jinshi in two or three subjects.
If compared with the original history, we can find that the "Gu Family Class" is highly overlapped with the Eight Gentlemen of Donglin who will appear soon.
People who serve as officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs may not have the ability to distinguish themselves, but they can know the factions of officials in the DPRK very well.
When someone called out "Gu Family Class", everyone immediately realized why this list seemed weird.
Most of those "killed" by the Lin Party were people close to Gu Xiancheng in Wuxi and Wujin counties in Changzhou, and Gu Yuncheng among them was Gu Xiancheng's biological brother!
After thinking about it, everyone couldn't help but look at Gu Xiancheng.
Lao Gu, what on earth did you commit? You actually provoked the Lin Party to squander an opportunity to investigate and destroy your personal team.
To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to using hundreds of kilograms of heavy artillery to blast mosquitoes. What a blessing is this?
The opportunity to lead a Beijing inspection is so precious. Without Lin Tailai's approval, Lin's party would never dare to "waste" it like this.
You know, according to the way officialdom is played today, being dismissed from office and leaving the court may not be the end, but sometimes it is seniority.
But being dismissed from office because of outspoken opinions, offending dignitaries or the emperor, and being dismissed from office because of lack of talent and imprudent behavior are two different things!
If it's the latter, it's equivalent to being stigmatized and certified by the official as fatuous and incompetent! With such a reputation, how can you maintain your status in Shilin after you leave the country?
Liu Yukui, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, looked at Gu Xiancheng with great sympathy, and his heart was full of guilt and regret.
Some time ago, Gu Xiancheng claimed that he had been deliberately targeted by Lin Tailai for a long time.
But Liu Yukui didn't believe it at the time, and even laughed at Gu Xiancheng for being sentimental. But now that he saw Lin Tailai's hard fight against Gu Xiancheng with his own eyes, he finally believed it.
I really don’t know what evil this Gu Xiancheng did in his previous life, to be targeted by Lin Tailai like this?
"Unfair! This is unfair!" Gu Xiancheng used all his strength to stand up against the table.
Chen Yunjian, the official who was reading the list, wanted to retort a few words, but was stopped by Official Wang Laotian.
Then the Heavenly Official said kindly to Gu Xiancheng: "The list is published to allow the world to comment.
The list still needs to be reported, and it is not necessarily the final result. If you have any comments or opinions about the list, you can point it out to me."
Everyone also heard the overtone of the words of the Minister of Personnel - You can comment as you like, and submit comments if you want, but the Ministry of Personnel will not change the list.
Gu Xiancheng looked eagerly at Liu Yukui, the left minister, but Liu Yukui shook his head gently at Gu Xiancheng.
Chapter completed!