The so-called six departments of Jinling City refer to the six departments of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and work that were still retained in Jinling City after Emperor Chengzu of the Dasheng Dynasty moved the capital to the capital.
Each department has only one minister and two ministers.
The six yamen of Jinling City must sign "Jinling X Department" when writing documents.
Dasheng State implemented a dual-capital system. Jinling City, like the capital city, had six ministries, including the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the Hanlin Academy, and the Imperial College. The levels of officials were also the same as those in the capital.
The capital is located in Shuntian Prefecture, and the Jinling City is located in Yingtian Prefecture, collectively known as the Two Capital Prefectures.
Although it is a dual-capital system, the six ministries in Jinling City do not have much real power.
It can be said that it is just empty shelf.
Once any important minister offends the emperor today, he will be "exiled" to Jinling City for retirement by this method of promotion and demotion.
This is the so-called "out of sight, out of mind".
As long as anyone with a brain thinks about it, they can understand that they are all "assigned" to Jinling City.
Far away from the center of power in the capital, what real power do those so-called six ministers have?
We must know that the closer the place is to the emperor, the greater the power.
Otherwise, those eunuchs would not have such great power.
Now Wang Mingyang, who has made great achievements, is sent to Jinling City to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War.
It is something that only a monarch from a prosperous country can do.
After all, the monarch of the prosperous country risked the disapproval of the world, and even the heroes who had made great contributions to the country and the country were killed with a knife regardless of the wishes of the people in the world.
What more outrageous things could they do?
That is to say, scholars are extremely obsessed with fame and fortune. Otherwise, who would risk their lives to take the imperial examination and enter the so-called officialdom?
You should know that there is an old saying: Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger.
If it weren't for fame and fortune, who would want to stay with a person who is suspicious by nature and might swing a long knife at you and kill you with a "click"?
The reason why Huang Tinghui entered the imperial examination was just to protect the people around him.
It's just that the people around him have slowly changed his aspirations a lot.
The current minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs named Yan Song was originally a student of Guozijian, and he and Wang Mingyang were in the same ranking as Jinshi.
However, Yan Song did not have Wang Mingyang's background, so he could only pursue the creed of "self-reliance" in officialdom.
Now that he was on the Little Emperor's car, Yan Song couldn't miss it.
Although Zhang Julu, the chief minister of the cabinet, still looks like he has all the power, Yan Song, who is in the Ministry of Personnel, has discovered the increasingly sharp contradiction between the chief minister of the cabinet and the little emperor.
Prime ministerial power and imperial power!
The dispute between the two is inevitable, and since ancient times, the power of the prime minister has been legally suppressed by the imperial power.
Although Zhang Julu, the chief minister of the cabinet, has a very high reputation, he is ultimately just a civil servant without military power.
Therefore, Zhang Julu cannot be Cao Cao. It is precisely because of this that as long as the little emperor is given time, Zhang Julu will definitely lose in the end.
Therefore, it is not difficult for Yan Song to make a choice.
The only difficulty is how to sell well in front of his new master and let his future new master remember that there is a guy named Yan Song among the courtiers who is loyal to him.
And he is only loyal to him.
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Huang Tinghui knew nothing about these battles in the court at this time, and he had no interest in knowing about them.
After all, at this moment, not to mention a small official like him, but what about Wang Mingyang, the governor of the capital who controls the troops in the north?
As a feudal official, Wang Mingyang, the governor of the capital, hasn't he become a chess piece that can be manipulated at will?
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
The carriage made a clear and rhythmic sound, but Huang Tinghui lay on the carriage and fell asleep.
He seemed to be trying to make up for all the sleep he had lost in the past few days.
Even on this rugged and bumpy road, Huang Tinghui was able to sleep extraordinarily soundly.
This is really admirable.
Looking at Huang Tinghui sleeping soundly, even Zhang Cheng couldn't help but interrupt his sleep.
I don’t know how long the carriage drove forward. It was still some distance away from the capital when it suddenly stopped.
Then there was a "cracking" sound of firecrackers exploding, and Huang Tinghui woke up from his sleep in a daze.
He stretched out, opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out. What appeared in front of him were Lian'er, Lu Qiaosi, Lu Daoming's parents, and his Uncle Erzhu and Aunt Erzhu.
Before Huang Tinghui could react, he heard Lu Qiaosi's clear and pleasant voice coming over, "Daddy, daddy!"
"Daddy, daddy, you are finally back, you are finally back, I miss Qiaosi so much, I miss Qiaosi so much!"
"Woooooooo..."
"Woooooooo..."
"Woooooooo..."
Lu Qiaosi, who was usually very out-tempered, looked at Huang Tinghui's appearance, her eyes were red and her tears couldn't stop falling down.
When I saw my daughter, who was usually very out of touch and always tried to trick me, she burst into tears and burst into tears. Huang Tinghui's fatherly love suddenly overflowed to the point of being out of control.
Huang Tinghui quickly took two steps and held Lu Qiaosi in his arms.
He comforted Lu Qiaosi and said, "Little Qiaosi, isn't your father here?"
"Why are you crying?"
"Don't cry!" Huang Tinghui said, scratching Lu Qiaosi's nose.
"Yeah!" The little girl was extremely sad. After all, she heard that her father went to the battlefield. At first, Lu Qiaosi didn't know what going to the battlefield meant, but later he learned that he might die if he went to the battlefield.
Lu Qiaosi was immediately frightened.
Now that he saw his father appeared intact, Lu Qiaosi naturally put all his worries behind him.
I saw Lu Qiaosi tightly grabbing her father's clothes, and then using Huang Tinghui's clothes to wipe her nose and tears.
There's no way she looks like a lady.
Seeing Lu Qiaosi's appearance, Huang Tinghui couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.
"Little Qiao Si, you must have wiped your nose and tears on your father's clothes on purpose!"
"It's so bad!"
"Your father's clothes have been stained by you!" Huang Tinghui pinched Lu Qiaosi's little face and said.
Hearing what Huang Tinghui said, Lu Qiaosi pouted and said, "Daddy is such a careless person that he makes Qiaosi and mother worry all day long!"
"You still know how to go home!"
"snort!"
The little girl snorted very proudly, and everyone laughed after hearing this.
Huang Tinghui pinched Lu Qiaosi's little face twice more, and then he looked at the little girl standing not far away.
"Lian'er!"
"But do you miss your husband?" Huang Tinghui suddenly asked in front of everyone.
The little girl looked at Huang Tinghui just now. After all, they hadn't seen each other for such a long time, and she was fascinated for a while.
When Huang Tinghui asked, she subconsciously nodded and said, "Yes!"
Soon, the little girl realized that she was not alone here, there were so many people here, and she responded to her husband like this.
It was so shameless. Thinking of this, the little girl shook her head desperately.
Seeing the little girl's cute performance, Huang Tinghui couldn't hold it back for a moment and burst out laughing.
"Lian'er, you are nodding and shaking your head again!"
"Is it true or not?" Huang Tinghui couldn't help teasing the little girl. Anyway, Huang Tinghui was thick-skinned and he didn't care what others thought of him.
What's more, the people standing next to him at this time are all people very close to him.
Seeing Huang Tinghui teasing the little girl like this, Uncle Erzhu, Aunt Erzhu and Lu Qiaosi's grandparents also laughed.
The little girl, who was already very thin-skinned, immediately blushed with embarrassment. She lowered her head and said in a very low voice, "Husband, you are so bad!"
"Jing will bully Lian'er!!"
After whispering a few words, the little girl's ears turned red, and she did not dare to raise her head and look directly at everyone.
Huang Tinghui knew that the little girl was shy, so he looked at everyone and changed the subject: "Uncle Erzhu, Aunt Erzhu, godfather, godmother!"
"How did you know I was going back to Beijing?"
"You're still waiting for me here?" Huang Tinghui asked his strange and curious question.
"Hahaha……"
"You have been too tired these past few days, so Zhang Cheng has always been by your side to take care of you!"
"The brothers in Zhangcheng are very good at riding. It will take them at least one day earlier than you to get back to the capital on horseback."
"After all, we are all concerned about your safety!"
"So we know the news that you are going back to Beijing from their mouths!" Lu Qiaosi's grandfather explained to Huang Tinghui, and he continued to say to Huang Tinghui, "We thought that we won a big victory in the north, and others didn't know that Zheng Zheng was guarding the city.
Who is Huang Zisong in the county, but we learned from the brothers in Zhangcheng how dangerous the battles these days are!"
"Now that you have returned to Beijing in triumph, others don't know your merits and won't come to help you clean up your dust!"
"We will buy some firecrackers together and wait for you on your way back to Beijing. We will put a bunch of firecrackers for you to catch the wind and wash away the bad luck!"
"We also welcome you back to the city!"
After hearing what Lu Qiaosi's grandfather said, Huang Tinghui finally understood why they knew his whereabouts in advance.
"The battle in Zheng County may seem dangerous, but in fact it was just a near miss!"
"Uncle Erzhu, Aunt Erzhu, godfather, godmother and Lian'er, you don't have to worry too much. I'm back fine now, right?"
Huang Tinghui had just finished speaking, and Lu Qiaosi was a little dissatisfied. She muttered her little mouth, waved her little hands and said, "There's me, there's me!"
"And little Qiaosi, and little Qiaosi!"
Hearing Lu Qiaosi's expression of unwillingness to be outdone, Huang Tinghui pinched Lu Qiaosi's little face lovingly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, daddy missed one of the most important things!"
"And my Qiaosi!"
Seeing Huang Tinghui and Lu Qiaosi playing with each other, everyone burst out laughing.
At this time, the clouds of war dispersed a lot with the withdrawal of the Mongol people.
Everyone was naturally in a particularly relaxed mood at this time.
After getting on the carriage, the group of people quickly returned to the capital.
In the capital, Huang Tinghui had already purchased two large houses.
Anyway, Huang Tinghui is not short of money right now, but he doesn't have time to buy too many things.
It was Li Zisong's sister and Lu Qiaosi's grandparents who helped buy a lot of things, giving this place the appearance of a wealthy family.
After entering the mansion he purchased, Huang Tinghui felt that he had gone to the wrong place.
In the mansion, many servants are busy.
He had the air of a wealthy family, which made Huang Tinghui feel like he was in another world.
Sure enough, money, the most evil thing, works no matter what era it is.
If you have money in your hands, you will live a happy life.
Huang Tinghui thought secretly.
"Tinghui, you must be hungry after traveling for so long, right?"
"I've already prepared food for you, and I'm just waiting for you to come back!"
"All these foods are steaming in the pot, and they are still hot!"
While talking, Aunt Erzhu called the servants to bring out the dishes cooked in the kitchen.
To be honest, Huang Tinghui is indeed a little hungry right now.
After all, the frontier is a bitter and cold place, and it would be good to deal with it if you have a stutter.
Especially during the march and war.
In addition, Huang Tinghui was thinking too hard during this period and did not get a good night's sleep or a good meal.
When he first saw everyone, his face had lost a lot of weight, and he had lost at least twenty kilograms.
Now that I heard that there was something to eat, I couldn't help but twitch my index finger.
Soon, the meals that had been prepared long ago were brought out.
Tang Zihu, who seemed to have returned to the capital ahead of Huang Tinghui due to the smell of rice, appeared in front of Huang Tinghui.
At this time, Tang Zihu no longer looked like the handsome young man he had been before. He looked at the table full of food and sat down unceremoniously.
Following Wang Mingyang during this period of time, although he has not been on the battlefield in person, it was also an experience for Tang Zihu.
After being tempered by the flames of war, Tang Zihu became much more mature than before.
Even Huang Tinghui was somewhat impressed by Tang Zihu.
"Tinghui, you don't know!"
"I have lost more than ten pounds during this period!"
"Master Wang is capable in his work, but his food is extremely shabby!"
"It's much harder to endure it like this than studying!"
Tang Zihu complained as he picked up the vegetables and put them in his mouth.
It was obvious that this guy was really depressed.
"This dish is delicious, much better than the food in the inn!"
"Sure enough, it's a pleasure to follow you!"
"There are more and more scholars coming to the capital these days, but the food in the inn is getting more and more unpalatable!"
"They are probably not afraid that the scholars who go to Beijing to take the exam will run away. After all, there are not a few scholars who want to stay in inns."
Tang Zihu was talking to Huang Tinghui while eating his food.
This guy looked like he was gobbling up food, but he didn't look like the son of an official.
It can be seen that this war has given Tang Zihu a lot of experience.
"If you think the food in the inn is unpalatable, you can stay here for a while."
"With the National Examination coming soon, you and I can discuss things with each other if we live together. Maybe we can make further progress in our studies."
The relationship between Huang Tinghui and Tang Zihu is much better than when they first met.
It was no problem for Tang Zihu to stay in his newly purchased mansion for a few days.
The distance from here to the examination room is not far, and it is much better than an inn.
"Then respect is worse than obeying orders!"
"I've been harassing brother Tinghui for a while now!"
Now Tang Zihu seemed to have been reborn, and he did not refuse Huang Tinghui's suggestion at all.
I don’t have the slightest respect for Huang Tinghui either.
The two of them were eating and talking.
Looking at this, the two of them look more like old friends who have known each other for many years.
Soon, the meal was finished.
At this time, Tang Zihu and Huang Tinghui sighed, "You and I have been busy on the battlefield these days. Although we have gained a lot of experience, we have also wasted a lot of time!"
"You once said that learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat!"
"Now that I think about it carefully, it still makes sense!"
"You and I have not studied for so long, but we must have been surpassed by countless candidates!"
Tang Zihu said with emotion.
"It's only a few months away. Just try your best this time. Don't worry too much about ranking!"
"As long as you perform normally and win the Jinshi, you'll be fine!"
Huang Tinghui does not have high requirements for himself, so his mentality is extremely relaxed.
Take as many exams as you can, as long as they are on the list.
After all, as long as you pass the general examination, you will not be dismissed from the palace examination.
But Huang Tinghui's only thought was to seek an official position for himself by taking the imperial examination.
Seeing Huang Tinghui's calm look, Tang Zihu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Brother Tinghui has such a mentality, no wonder he can perform well in the examination room!"
"With Brother Tinghui's mentality, it is extremely difficult to fail in this exam!"
Speaking of this, Tang Zihu seemed to suddenly remember something, and he said to Huang Tinghui, "Tinghui, my father has a close friend!"
"It is said that the literary talent and knowledge are extremely high. You and I have fallen behind too much in our studies this time!"
"Why not ask this person for some advice, which may be helpful to our trial?" Tang Zihu suddenly mentioned this point.
Hearing what Tang Zihu said, Huang Tinghui frowned suddenly, as if he had remembered something.
Huang Tinghui's expression became extremely serious. He looked at Tang Zihu and warned him seriously, "Zihu, you need to be extremely cautious at this juncture!"
"You can never be too cautious. If you can't help but visit these prestigious ministers, don't do it!"
"Once you get burned, you will regret it!"
"With the strength of you and me, as long as we perform normally, it shouldn't be particularly difficult to become a Jinshi."
"Don't ruin your future because of this!" Huang Tinghui looked at Tang Zihu and reminded.
When Huang Tinghui went to the capital, his teacher Li Baichong gave him many instructions, lest he fall into the trap of some people.
After all, the examination room is like a battlefield, and some people like to use some off-beat tricks.
Therefore, Huang Tinghui had to take precautions.
If it is because of calling a famous Confucian, this famous Confucian accidentally gets implicated in the exam.
Even if you jump into the Yellow River, you won't be able to wash yourself away.
On this point, Huang Tinghui is particularly sober.
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Chapter completed!