After Emperor Chongping dismissed the court, he returned to his inner study. He did not review the memorials. Instead, he held a cup of tea and sipped the tea with his head down. There was a beautifully bound book clearly placed on the mahogany table, which he was reading.
With.
The words "Three Kingdoms" are clearly visible on the blue cover. This book can almost be said to be one of the few recreational readings that Emperor Chongping used after his busy schedule.
At this moment, Xiang Daiquan from the Daming Palace came closer and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Military and Aircraft Jia Heng is asking for an audience outside the palace."
Emperor Chongping was surprised for a moment, took his eyes away from the book in his hand, looked up, and called out: "Xuan."
Not long after, Jia Heng entered the palace, paid homage to Emperor Chongping, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, regarding the situation of Mr. Li Ge in Peiping, Fei Ge sent a letter to Jinyi Mansion. After interpreting and compiling the military information, I also asked your Majesty to send it to you urgently."
Royal View."
As he spoke, he raised the book in his hands with both hands, handed it to the case in front of Emperor Chongping, and then slowly backed away.
This is a subsequent military intelligence report compiled by the generals of Jinyi Mansion based on the information sent by Fei Ge.
Emperor Chongping's eyes fell on the book in Jia Heng's hand. His heart moved. He reached out to pick it up and read it attentively.
After a while, the middle-aged emperor's cold and hard face was almost covered with frost, and he said in a deep voice: "Tang Kuan has been in Ji Town for several years. He was arrogant and cruel to the people. Due to border affairs, I decided to punish him.
I have tolerated it again and again, but I have been guarding Jizhou for several years, but my efforts have been fruitless. Previously, when the Eastern invaders invaded the northern border of the invaders, they even retreated to the city and watched the bandits wreak havoc. Now they are sent to the capital, where they should be handed over to the ministry for discussion and severe punishment will not be spared!"
Jia Heng listened to Emperor Chongping's angry words below with no expression on his face.
He secretly thought that if he worked hard and failed in the war against the captives, he would probably end up not much better than Tang Kuan.
As Emperor Chongping said this, he put the book aside, raised his head again and asked Jia Heng, and whispered: "Zi Yu, Ji Town is the gateway to Peiping, facing the barbarians. Now that Tang Kuan has been escorted to Beijing, Zi Yu has chosen Ji Town's general soldier.
, but if there is someone you like, who should take over?"
Jia Heng's face straightened, with a thoughtful look on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "I think we need to wait for Mr. Li Ge to sort out the people in Peking before we can make any calculations about this matter. Nowadays, many of the generals in Beijing are not familiar with the enemy's situation and need to be screened."
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As the commander-in-chief of the north, Li Zan was in charge of northern personnel affairs and was familiar with the defense of the north. Naturally, he had a stronger say in the commander-in-chief of Jizhen. Of course, he also had people in mind to recommend him, but in front of Emperor Chongping, he naturally still had to do so.
Mainly Li Zan.
Of course, as a military aircraft, he also has a greater say in hiring people.
Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "Then we will wait for Mr. Li Ge's memorial to be delivered and discuss the matter. You will also help inspect the matter in the capital and recommend good generals."
Since Tang Kuan was captured and sent to the capital, the channels in the Jinyi Mansion only gave a brief account of what happened, and Li Zan was bound to have to report to Emperor Chongping of Shu Chen about his arrangements for Peking's defense and the adjustments to the relevant generals.
Emperor Chongping suppressed the matter, looked at the young man in python suit across from him with a pair of calm eyes, and asked: "Your father-in-law Qin Ye, who was previously recommended by the court and recommended by the court officials, was moved to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zi Yu.
What do you think?"
When Jia Heng heard this, he looked surprised for a moment, paused and said: "I don't dare to say anything about the personnel of the six ministries. As for my father-in-law, even if I want to avoid suspicion, I can't say much."…
Because he originally thought that Emperor Chongping would put aside the recommendation and ask him for his opinion again. He didn't want to have already decided on the candidate, so the answer would be easier.
Emperor Chongping looked at the young man across from him and said: "Qin Ye is also your father-in-law. You should have some understanding of his character and conduct. There are only you and me, monarch and minister, so there is no need to keep silent."
Jia Heng frowned and said: "My father-in-law is over sixty years old. He worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Industry and became a doctor. I think he can do it, but I don't know much about it, so I dare not say anything.
Official, my father-in-law is as clean as water and has a breeze on his sleeves. I can vouch for this. My father-in-law has almost no money left in his family."
He must be honest and honest as an official, neither corrupt nor taking advantage of others, otherwise Qin Ye's family would not be so poor.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "Incorruptible as water, with a breeze on his sleeves, he is worthy of this. I don't know how much better than the ministers who have been recommended today. Now he is responsible for the Ministry of Works and is responsible for the affairs of the Ministry. If he can lead by example, he will come to work."
There will be no more matters regarding Gongling."
Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, for your trust."
After Emperor Chong Ping finished talking about Qin's business, he did not continue to go further and warned: "Now that Li Ge is in the north, it will take a lot of money and food to rectify the border affairs. The court must not be short of it. Recently, the Jinyi Mansion and the Internal Affairs Bureau
The government confiscated the property of officials and sold it in silver to put it into internal funds for allocation. You have to train your troops well recently. There is nothing major in the Military Aircraft Department now, so you can focus more on going to the capital camp."
Jia Heng's face straightened and he said: "I have been going to the capital camp frequently to supervise training in the past few days. The soldiers of the 12th regiment have been reorganized one after another, and the relevant troop levels have been replenished. However, there is a lack of actual combat. I will dispatch them according to my wishes."
Several groups of soldiers and horses are in Henan, Shandong and other places to suppress the bandits entrenched in the mountains and forests. Not long ago, the Henan Dusi reported that they were mobilizing the troops of the Dusi Guard Station to suppress the bandits in Jigong Mountain. I was thinking about the long sparse battle formations of the local guards.
, it may not be appropriate to swarm the army with the old, weak, sick and disabled. I am planning to send troops from the capital camp to Henan, firstly to practice the attack battle, and secondly to help suppress the bandits. I don’t know what the Lord’s intention is?”
The rectification of the Beijing camp has not stopped since Jia Heng took over as the military governor of the Beijing camp. Although he has not relaxed his supervision of military appearance and military discipline, after all, it has not been through actual combat, so it is difficult to say how much combat power it has.
Jia Heng's implication was to send soldiers from the Beijing camp to Henan to assist in the suppression and to train troops.
Emperor Chongping pondered for a moment and asked: "The Henan Dusi is currently suppressing arrests. I heard that the Fifth Army Command has also sent generals to Henan. Is it necessary to send more soldiers? You and Shi Jie's Military Aircraft Department will discuss this matter with the cabinet.
Let’s make further calculations.”
In this era, there was no custom of standing drills, so Jia Heng's proposal would probably not be approved by the cabinet.
After all, the capital of Henan has dispatched a large army of guards to suppress the bandits. The Beijing camp sending troops to Henan is tantamount to sending troops repeatedly. If it is not a waste of money and food, what is it?
When Jia Heng heard this, he frowned and was speechless for a moment.
In fact, he was also worried about the situation in Henan. Niu Jizong and some generals from the Fifth Army Governor's Office went to Henan to supervise the suppression of bandits. Others did not know, but he did not know what level Niu Jizong was?
I am slightly worried, I am afraid that the bandits will attack more and more, and if something unexpected happens, it will be difficult to deal with...
Now we have no choice but to turn around and ask Jinyi Mansion to send more manpower to Henan to investigate Henan affairs.
Emperor Chongping didn't know Jia Heng's hidden worries, so he also asked about the training of troops in the Beijing camp.
At noon, Jia Heng left the Daming Palace. Following Emperor Chongping's previous decree, he did not return to Wuying Palace. Instead, he planned to go back to the palace to have dinner. He would first go to Beijing Camp to stay for an afternoon, and then return to Wuying Palace in the evening.
The palace is on duty in a military aircraft.
Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall
At this moment, the hall is filled with red peach and green willows, surrounded by pearls and emeralds, and birds and birds gather together.
Jia Mu is sitting on the Arhat bed with a smile. Behind her are the maids Yuanyang and Hu Huo, who are holding their shoulders and serving tea. Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and Feng Wan are sitting in a row on the left side and on the embroidered pier on the right side.
, Chai Dai, welcoming the spring, exploring the spring, Yunxiu is sitting in a row, Baoyu is also sitting in front of Daiyu and Xiangyun.
In the past two days, because Jia Zheng came to entertain his colleagues from the Ministry of Industry who came to congratulate him, and because he was familiar with the various affairs of the General Affairs Department, he had no time to talk to Baoyu. Therefore, Baoyu finished the review and handed it over to Jia Heng for review, and Jia Heng won
He was allowed to pass the customs, but he didn't even go to the ancestral hall to kneel down.
At this moment, everyone in the Rongqing Hall cast curious eyes on an old woman wearing coarse clothes.
The old woman was wrapped in a blue turban, her hair was as silver as silver, and her face was full of grooves. When she smiled, even the folds on her face spread out, and several black gaping teeth appeared in her mouth.
It is Grandma Liu.
Last winter, because the family's livelihood was difficult, Grandma Liu and her grandson Ban'er came to Rongguo Mansion to look for Sister Feng. Sister Feng asked Ping'er to withdraw twenty taels of silver to Grandma Liu's family for the New Year.
During the Chinese New Year, Grandma Liu led Ban'er to see Sister Feng again and kowtow to Sister Feng. After that, more than two months passed in a flash.
In the past two days, Jia's mother was very happy because of Jia Zheng's promotion.
Sister Feng knew that Jia Mu liked to be lively, and it was quite interesting to see Grandma Liu talking and responding to her. Yesterday, she asked Zhou Rui's family to call Grandma Liu to come to the house to laugh and relieve Jia Mu's boredom.
Sure enough, Jia Mu met Grandma Liu and listened to her talk about farm affairs in the farmland. She was of a very high-spirited nature, with a kind face and a cheerful smile.
Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others were also smiling and looking at the old woman intently. Even Mrs. Xing had recovered from the "sorrow" of Jia She's exile in the past few days.
Grandma Liu of silver.
This is probably due to a sense of superiority.
"My dear, how have the harvests been in the fields these past few years?" Jia Mu asked with a smile.
The smile on Grandma Liu's face faded a little and she said: "In the past few years, the weather has been unfavorable and the harvest has not been very good. This winter, there was a heavy snowfall. I guess it is a good sign. We farmers can only rely on the weather."
When it comes to eating, if God doesn’t do anything nice on this day, he’ll just eat and drink the northwest wind.”
Jia Mu nodded and said, "The weather is abnormal these days. It's very cold in winter, and the hot days in summer are extremely long."
"What your relatives said is that sometimes there is no snow in winter and it is dry and cold." Grandma Liu said with a smile, "It's better in summer. Although the sun is a little bit poisonous, you can bathe in the river in the farmland and catch fish.
Snails, touching fish or something.”…
Seeing Grandma Liu describing a pastoral scene, the girls were fascinated by it. Like Xiangyun and Daiyu, there was a look of yearning on their faces. Baoyu's face was even more startled, and he sighed: "Pastoral songs,
Go out early and come back late, this is what happens all your life, so you can take advantage of it."
Xiangyun smiled and said, "Brother Ai, are you going to be a hermit?"
When Baoyu heard the name "hermit", his face gradually turned bitter, and some painful memory fragments clearly emerged from the depths of his mind. The look on Man Yue's face became a bit unnatural for a moment.
At the beginning, Jia Heng once criticized Baoyu in the Rongqing Hall for saying "study is useless" and reprimanded Baoyu for being a worm in a vat with the words of a hermit. The words of the past were so fierce that they still linger in his ears, almost as a pain in Baoyu's memory.
Daiyu picked up the handkerchief and pursed her lips, her starry eyes sparkling as she also remembered the past.
Baochai turned to look at Baoyu, took the tea cup from Ying'er, lowered her head and took a sip.
Here, Grandma Liu smiled and said: "I heard that there was a happy event in my house not long ago?"
Jia Mu smiled and said, "My relatives also know?"
"I just heard about it, so I came here to feel happy." Grandma Liu said with a smile.
Mother Jia naturally liked hearing this, and she smiled and said, "It's not worth mentioning it all the time. It was originally promoted from the fifth rank, but now it has been promoted to the fourth rank."
Grandma Liu smiled with her black teeth showing sincerity, and asked: "We often talk about the Qipin County Grand Master. How big is the county magistrate when he travels? I don't know how big an official he is compared to the Seventh Grade.
Is it smaller than the seventh grade?"
As he spoke, he clasped his fingers and whispered: "Four, five, six, seven, is this three ranks lower than a seventh-rank official?"
Grandma Liu's move did not make people think that she could not speak, but made everyone in the hall find it very funny. Even Mrs. Wang had a reserved smile on her face.
A faint smile appeared on Sister Feng's charming face, and she explained with a smile: "Grandma, I don't know something now. The officials are not arranged in this order. They are arranged from small to large, with the first rank being the largest, and the ninth rank being the largest.
The youngest, but there are also subordinates among them. We common people often say that these seventh-rank officials are officials as big as Zhilan Mung Bean. The fourth-rank officials are comparable to the seventh-rank officials, and are six ranks higher."
Grandma Liu said with a smile: "I didn't expect there to be so much elegance here? The seventh-grade one is the size of a sesame seed and a mung bean, the fourth-grade one is probably as big as an apple, and the first-grade one is as big as a pumpkin.
I’m an official now.”
As he spoke, he raised his arms and made a gesture like a pumpkin.
Seeing Grandma Liu being so serious, everyone chuckled, but Grandma Liu was stunned by her laughter.
Xiangyun smiled and said: "Brother Heng is a first-class official, isn't he an official as big as a pumpkin?"
When everyone heard this, they started laughing even more, who had not thought of it at first.
Under Daiyu's smoky brows, her starry eyes curved into crescents, and she seemed to find this kind of thing a bit funny compared to the usually dignified and solemn Uncle Heng.
Baochai also smiled softly, and Shuilan's apricot eyes flashed under her eyebrows like two curved green feathers, and she thought to herself, I wonder what Brother Heng's expression would be like after hearing this?
After everyone had laughed, Jia Mu smiled and said: "In this sacred city, there are dignitaries everywhere. They are just fourth-rank officials. There are not any high-ranking officials. I'm afraid there will be no one in this street."
If you hit it with a carrying pole, you will be a fourth- or fifth-rank official.”…
I still clearly remember what Jia Heng said before that only third-grade officials, in this sacred city where dignitaries are everywhere, can serve as officials.
Grandma Liu smiled and said, "What did the old lady say?"
While everyone was talking, someone suddenly came from outside to report, "Old lady, second madam, Grandma Wang Jiayi is here with Miss Zi."
The smile on Jia Mu's face faded a little, and she thought to herself, what is Wang Yi's wife doing here? Last time, the whole family was in trouble because of Yuanchun's wedding. Every time she came here, there was no less trouble.
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The nanny added: "She said she came here to see the second wife, and to celebrate the second master's happy event, she brought some congratulatory gifts."
Mrs. Wang stood up and said, "Old lady, I'm going to greet my sworn brother and his daughter-in-law."
Grandma Liu looked at this scene and was a little surprised, especially when she noticed that the joy on Jia Mu's face had faded a little, and she thought to herself, could it be that an unhappy relative came to visit?
Not long after, I saw Wang Yi's wife leading her daughter Wang Zi, and following a group of nuns, they walked into Rongqing Hall.
This woman is twenty-seven or eighty years old. She has an oval face, fair skin, and good looks. She is wearing a green skirt and a bun with a jasper phoenix hairpin between her pink hair.
The little girl next to her, Wang Zi, has a pretty face and childish teeth. She is wearing a pink jacket and a plain underskirt. She has curved eyebrows with willow leaves, her eyes are black and white, and her cheeks are fair and pink.
Wang Yi's daughter-in-law came forward, bowed to Jia Mu Yingying, smiled and said: "Old lady, aunt, I wish you a happy birthday. Yesterday I heard that my uncle was promoted to the General Administration Department, and I wanted to come over to say happy birthday.
But I have been tied up by something at home, and I couldn't get away. Now I finally got away and came over to take a look."
This can be considered as an explanation for why I didn’t come here two days ago.
Reaching out to stop hitting the smiling man, Jia Mu also smiled and said, "My step-brother and daughter-in-law are so polite. I saw grandma who came to greet me yesterday. Please sit down quickly."
At this time, grandma moved across the embroidered pier, and when Wang Yi's daughter-in-law was seated, her daughter Wang Zi, who was also greeted by Aunt Xue with a smile, came towards Baochai and called out: "Aunt Baochai.
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Baochai smiled and nodded, took Wang Zi's little hand, and asked softly: "What is Zi'er doing at home these days?"
"I'm learning to be a female celebrity with my grandma." Wang Zi was twelve or thirteen years old. Her voice was childlike, soft, and seemed a little shy. She lowered her head slightly and looked at Xiang Yun from time to time.
Daiyu's sisters.
Baoyu was looking at Wang Zi almost intently at this moment, and he felt somewhat close to this niece who was about the same age as him.
Wang Yi's daughter-in-law smiled and exchanged greetings with Jia's mother. Then she looked at Grandma Liu aside and said with a smile: "This old man looks nervous at the sight of me. I wonder?"
Sister Feng smiled and answered: "Sister-in-law, you are still an old relative of our family."
After saying that, without waiting for Wang Yi's wife, who had a look of surprise on her face, to ask, Sister Feng told Grandma Liu's son-in-law, Wang Gou'er, about his ancestors and the Wang family's ancestry.
When Wang Yi's daughter-in-law heard this, a smile appeared on her pretty face and she said, "It turns out to be Grandma Liu. I saw how friendly she was just now. It turns out we are old friends."
Grandma Liu smiled and said, "I got close to this lady when I saw her."…
"I don't dare to be a wife." Wang Yi's wife said quickly.
Although my mother-in-law was robbed during the war, the master still has several aunts who are still there. It is not her turn to be called a wife yet, and she is just a grandmother at home.
At this time, Jia Mu took over the conversation and asked: "Your father-in-law has gone to Peking now?"
"I've been in Peiping for more than half a month." Wang Yi's wife answered Jia Mu's question and said with a smile: "Why don't you see your uncle?"
Jia Mu smiled and said, "He went to the Yamen, but it's almost noon, so it's time to come back."
"Actually, I have something to ask my uncle for advice this time." Wang Yi's wife suddenly said.
Jia's mother asked curiously: "What are you doing with your step-brother and your daughter-in-law looking for Baoyu?"
Wang Yi's daughter-in-law sighed and said: "To give back to my family, he did some pawnshop business in Xicheng. Shopkeeper Wu in the shop had a son who was reckless. There was a dispute because a customer redeemed an object.
, so he beat the person, and then shopkeeper Wu’s son is now being imprisoned in the Wucheng Military and Horse Department. According to what the Jingzhao Mansion said, he will be sentenced to two years of apprenticeship. The shopkeeper is the right-hand man of my family.
Now that his son is in trouble for the shop, he has no intention of taking care of the business in the shop. In fact, if Brother Heng is here, it can be easily handled. It is just a matter of his words, but he doesn't care much. Last time we wrote
Long's...I heard that my uncle has a disciple who is the general judge in Jingzhao Mansion, and he is the chief judge of this case. Let's see if we can get a lighter sentence."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Rongqing Hall was stunned. They thought to themselves, are you asking the second master to contact the disciple who called Fu Shi and ask someone to come here?
Even Aunt Xue looked a little unnatural and thought to herself, why are you asking for help from her Pan'er?
Faced with the "connotation" of Wang Yi's wife, Jia Mu frowned and said for Jia Heng: "Brother Heng never cares about this kind of thing. I heard from Baoyu and his father that he is now on duty as a military aircraft."
, all they deal with are national affairs."
Seeing that Jia Mu seemed to be annoyed, Wang Yi's daughter-in-law hurriedly smiled and said: "Old lady, I know this. I was thinking that way and wondering if I could pay more money. Please forgive me.
Whether he can stay in jail less, or whether he can be released altogether, we can just leave it to Fu Tongxian."
Seeing Jia's mother pondering, Mrs. Wang said: "Old lady, if this matter is not troublesome, let me talk to Fu Tongpan and see what they say. If there is indeed such a compensation regulation, if we use some money,
It would also be nice to have a lighter sentence.”
Jia Mu frowned, feeling vaguely that something was wrong, or maybe it wasn't as simple as Wang Yi's wife said.
But it was hard to offend Mrs. Wang in front of so many people.
Wang Yi's daughter-in-law smiled and said: "That's what I was thinking. It's just a trivial matter to my uncle. Now that he has been promoted to a fourth-rank official, he will be of great use in the future."
She helped Yuanchun arrange a lot of marriage arrangements. Although Jia Heng was the one who got in the way, her aunt had to accept her kindness because of her kindness. She couldn't refuse such a small thing.
Baochai listened to the conversation of several people, especially looking at Wang Yi's wife, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed. Every time her cousin came to visit, she never saw anything good...
A smile appeared on Sister Feng's lips, she glanced at Wang Yi's wife and said to herself, she is really a troublemaker.
Jia Mu was somewhat displeased with such interference in lawsuits, but out of sympathy, she said, "Let's wait until Baoyu and I come back."
A few people were talking, and it happened to be a coincidence. At this moment, a nanny came from outside and said, "Old lady, second madam, and second master have left the office. Come over to the old lady's side."
When Jia Mu heard this, the smile lines appeared again on her face, and she said, "It's a little early today, and Yuanyang is setting out lunch."
Yuanyang responded quickly, "Mommy, the maids started to get busy."
Not long after, Jia Zheng, dressed in a fourth-grade official robe, entered the hall with a spring breeze on his face. It was obvious that he had just returned to the court and had not yet changed his clothes, he was talking to Jia Mu.
As the yamen responsible for printing and distributing the Di newspaper, the General Affairs Department circulates information from top to bottom, which can be said to be a place where news gathers. After the candidates were confirmed by the court, Jia Zheng was the first to learn about the results. After dismissing the yamen, he came to Rongqing Hall.
The Jia family and the Qin family are related by marriage, and Mr. Qin is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, so he and the Jia family can help each other.
Everyone looked at Jia Zheng now and were quite surprised to see his face glowing red.
Secretly, could something good happen again?
Jia Mu asked curiously: "Zheng'er, what's going on? You're so happy?"
Wang Yi's wife on the side also looked at Jia Zheng with some confusion.
When Jia Zheng saw Wang Yi's daughter-in-law, he was surprised and asked, "Why is my brother's daughter-in-law here?"
Mrs. Wang, perhaps out of a sense of honor, explained: "I came here to congratulate the master on his promotion to the General Secretary. There is still something to trouble the master."
Jia Zheng's expression paused slightly and he did not ask what the trouble was.
Jia Mu asked curiously: "Zheng'er, what happened outside?"
Aunt Xue also looked over curiously, as she hadn't yet said anything about the happy event just now.
"Mother, there is a message from the General Affairs Department. Recently, Mr. Qin was promoted to the Ministry of Industry as Zuo Shilang." Jia Zheng sat down and said with a smile.
Jia Mu: "."
Mrs. Wang: “???”
The smile on his face froze for a moment.
Minister of Industry?
This...is this a third-grade official?
This... is great, she knows it!
She knew... that Uncle Heng? He would not be so kind to him and have good deeds. As expected, he thought about his father-in-law first, instead of people of the same clan. Fortunately, the master and the old lady were still happy these days.
As if to give me something, Qin Ye was directly promoted from the fifth rank to the third rank, and became a high-ranking official. He jumped several levels in a row!
And what about the master? He is only from the fourth rank, and he clearly regards him as a boss. I can’t explain, but he is just afraid of being criticized.
Otherwise, the Minister of Works obviously has two vacancies, and he can obviously arrange one for the master. Even if he can't, then he can let Qin Ye go to the General Affairs Department, and the master stays in the Ministry of Works. They are of the same clan and clan.
The two characters Jia are.
At this moment, Mrs. Wang felt that the joy of the past two days had been replaced by a feeling of resentment.
Because when I think that Jia Zheng can obviously be sealed with a third-grade imperial edict, and Jia Zheng can be an official for the emperor, I feel so uncomfortable that I can't breathe.
Baochai put down the tea cup at this moment and glanced at Mrs. Wang, whose expression changed and her eyes were complicated. She originally had complicated thoughts about Sister Qin's father being promoted to the third rank. Now that she caught a glimpse of this scene, she inevitably felt a little strange in her heart...
My aunt was obviously greedy and had a hard time satisfying her desires. Instead of thanking my uncle for his promotion, she actually resented him?
How can there be such a truth in the world?
At this moment, the obedient girl in front of Mrs. Wang in the original work has already regarded Jia Heng and herself as husband and wife, so she naturally considers it from Jia Heng's point of view.
At this time, Sister Feng saw Mrs. Wang's expression in her eyes and smiled secretly in her heart, probably thinking about it.
Mother Jia's face paused and she said with a smile: "That's a good thing. Where's Brother Heng? Why haven't you come back yet?"
No need to think about it, Brother Heng must have used force from behind.
Jia Zheng nodded and said with emotion: "Mr. Qin has been in the Ministry of Industry for so many years, both in terms of qualifications and talents. Speaking of which, my son also feels that Mr. Qin is a bit unqualified as a doctor, and now he has moved to the Ministry of Industry."
The minister of the Ministry of Industry can be regarded as a person who has made the best use of his talents and has gained happiness after all the hardships."
At this time, Jia Mu suddenly asked: "Zheng'er, didn't you say last time that the Ministry of Works was short of two ministers this time? There should be another vacancy?"
This seems like a casual question, but it actually contains a hidden secret.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she raised her ears, but kept a calm expression on her face, paying attention to the candidate for another minister.
Just listen to Jia Zheng say: "This time the palace said that if Zhao Shangshu returns to the Ministry of Directors, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry does not need to have a real vacancy. It is better to have a vacancy than to overfill it. We should wait for a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy."
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was surprised and her mind couldn't help but come alive again.
I have been in the Ministry of Works for so many years. If I wait for a year and a half and then be directly transferred to the Ministry of Works as a third-rank official, it should be okay, right?
From the corner of her eye, Jia Mu caught the change in Mrs. Wang's expression and said deliberately: "Zheng'er, how did you choose this minister? Didn't your previous Yuanwailang also have a chance?"
Jia Zheng frowned and said: "Mother, this is a ministry that attracts the world's attention. My son was only a member of the imperial family before. How can he be so virtuous? If word spreads, I'm afraid my son will be ridiculed by his colleagues and talk nonsense."
Mrs. Wang: “???”
Are you saying that she is a dreamer?
Jia Mu smiled and said: "I think this is also the case. This promotion from the fifth grade to the third grade, even crossing several levels, is extremely rare. Thinking about it, going from the fifth grade... it is even more...
It’s as hard as climbing to heaven.”
She had just asked the question unintentionally, but some people would have paid attention to it, and they would have been unwilling to do so. Then the gossiping gossips would have instigated her, making the house restless and causing trouble again.
Thinking of the "long-tongued woman", Jia Mu couldn't help but glance at Wang Yi's wife, only to see her lowering her head and her pink face in deep thought.
Jia Zheng nodded and explained: "Mother, this time the court recommendations were all recommended by civil servants. Mr. Xu from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Zhao Shangshu from the Ministry of Industry recommended Mr. Qin, as well as several ministers from the cabinet.
The ministers recommended it together, but Ziyu was a military attache and did not even listen."
Later, he would also discuss with Zi Yu what kind of secrets there were.
Originally, he and his disciple Fu Shi speculated that Zi Yu would ask Shi Jie, who also worked in the Military Aircraft Department, to help Ting push. Who knew there was another reason.
Aunt Xue smoothed things over with a smile and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that there are so many ways to select officials in the imperial court. I think they are based on seniority, such as first come, first served or something."
Baochai on the side listened to his mother say something about "first come, first served". Fenglan's face, as white as a pear, paused, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Sister Feng smiled and said: "Isn't this true? In the final analysis, others are just suggestions. In the end, it is the supreme leader in the palace who makes the decision."
Mrs. Wang's face was indifferent, she squeezed the beads tightly and felt cold in her heart.
The palace made up its mind, but how can there be such a coincidence in the world? It happened to be Uncle Heng’s father-in-law?
There must be something fishy in this!
In fact, although Mrs. Wang's expression was complicated and her heart was turbulent, she actually said nothing. Only some thoughtful people would pay attention to Mrs. Wang's face and guess some changes in her mind.
Grandma Liu was listening to the conversation of several people. She listened quietly and thought to herself, "A third-grade official is more powerful than a fourth-grade official. I wonder who Mr. Qin is?"