Everyone in the Lin Party had agreed on everything, and everyone stood up to leave.
When Lu Gao was about to leave with everyone, he was stopped by Lin Youwei.
Lu Gao stayed behind and politely said goodbye to everyone before following Lin Youwei to the backyard.
After the other Lin Party members left, the smiles on their faces suddenly disappeared.
"Lu Gao can really say that he really thinks he is a talent." The left minister of the Ministry of Industry said with a look of disdain.
"He said he is a talent, right? After all, you are not the one who was demoted?" the right minister of the Ministry of Industry said mockingly.
"How come they are not talented people? Emperor Shun was the number one scholar in three years, and in fifteen years he became the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was appreciated by Lin Shangshu and betrothed all his daughters to him. How many of us can compare?"
The head of the gold department said neither yin nor yang.
"The reason why he is appreciated by Mr. Lin is not because he has no footwork.
It is convenient to control. Can you collect money properly for Mr. Lin?
Now that something really happened, wouldn't he be the first to be abandoned?
As for a son-in-law who is not a son-in-law, what’s the use?
Whoever was before Lu Gao was also the son-in-law of Lord Shangshu." The left minister of the Ministry of Industry said sarcastically.
"You guys should stop making sarcastic remarks now, and Lu Gao might still treat you as colleagues in the future. Do you really think that Lin Shangshu deceived Lu Gao?" The Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was walking in front, turned around and scolded the people behind him.
people said.
"Sir, can this Lu Gao really be able to become the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue?" After hearing the words of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, several people were stunned.
The Minister of Industry, said: "Otherwise, what do you think? This time Lu Gao not only sacrificed for us, but also sacrificed for all the officials.
Everyone must bear this sentiment, and everyone must remember it.
In this way, when Minister Lin is ready to use Lu Gao again, everyone will have to return the favor."
"What else can I do if I don't pay it back?" asked the head of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry sneered: "Lu Gao came here by giving gifts. Do you think this favor will be repaid? Do you think Lu Gao will be a dead man?"
"hiss."
The three people all took a deep breath after hearing what the minister of the Ministry of Industry said.
At this level, they really didn't expect it.
"In this case, Lin Shangshu really intends to cultivate Lu Gao." When the head of the Jin Department said this, there was unconcealable jealousy in his tone.
Lu Gao is the right minister of Hubu, and he is the head of the Jin Department of Hubu.
If Lu Gao is dismissed, he is the most likely to take over.
Now that the Minister of Household Affairs, Zuo Shilang, is old, it will be a matter of time before he retires and returns to his hometown.
He originally thought that Lu Gao was a victim and he should be able to take over smoothly, but now after listening to the analysis by the Minister of Industry, it seemed that nothing would happen without him.
"We'd better not guess what Lin Shangshu thinks.
Only Lin Shangshu himself knows the thoughts in Lin Shangshu's heart.
We are just trying to find a way to pass the current test, and the results of the rest will be known later."
Lin Youwei and Lu Gao were having a Q&A with almost the same content in the back garden.
"Lu Gao, do you think that I want to abandon you as an outcast because you haven't followed?" Lin Youwei asked, turning his back to Lu Gao.
Lu Gao lowered his head and replied: "Lu Gao has never thought of it that way."
Lin Youwei turned around and looked at Lu Gao: "You can think so. But I won't do it.
You don't have heels, but you don't have heels, but to me, it's the best.
I would rather have someone without a foothold come to the position than have two voices appear in the household department.
So this time, I just want everyone to agree with you.
Then when I push you again, they will have to agree."
"Lu Gao, thank you sir." Lu Gao bowed deeply and said gratefully.
Lin Youwei's tone suddenly became colder: "If you don't understand, you can ask me.
But you are good at making opinions and recommending Cao Xing to Ning Chen because you want to tell me that we can fight to the death at any time and go to Dali Temple together to accept torture? "
Lu Gao quickly explained: "Sir, I really don't mean this.
It's just that Ning Chen asked in a hurry, and he refused to accept the money, so I made an impromptu decision and recommended Cao Xing."
Lin Youwei snorted, but his tone was still cold: "Whether it was your impromptu decision or not, this is the last time you will make your own decisions.
Forget it this time, if there is another time, you will have no chance to stand in front of me again."
Lu Gao bent down and said, "Sir, I know my faults despite my humble position."
Lin Youwei's tone softened a little: "Lu Gao, you should know that I have always been optimistic about you.
I even trained you as my successor, and even betrothed my daughter to you as your wife. I really treat you as my own child."
After speaking, Lin Youwei patted Lu Gao on the shoulder and motioned Lu Gao to stand up.
"Go back early. If you go back too late, Ning'er will come to me again to ask for someone." Lin Youwei said to Lu Gao.
"Yes, father-in-law, my son-in-law has taken leave."
After Lu Gao left, Lin Youwei's eyes flashed with a cold light.
…
Wu Zhao presided over the second day of the morning court.
The atmosphere today is particularly harmonious.
Lin Dunxin suggested to Wu Zhao that the new version of the examination should be implemented immediately from the capital.
The ministers all agreed one after another.
Naturally, Wu Zhao couldn't say anything, so she directly issued the first edict issued by her acting father.
The matter of taking exams naturally fell on Ning Chen.
Naturally, Ning Chen didn't care if there was anything going on here, and he happily stepped forward to accept the order and express his gratitude.
As soon as the court ended, Ning Chen went straight to the Ministry of Personnel to get the records of all the officials in the capital, so that he could start working immediately.
Seeing Ning Chen's enthusiasm for work, no one in the official department knew where Ning Chen got his motivation.
This was obviously a job that would offend others. Others were afraid to avoid it, so Ning Chen rushed straight up.
Moreover, they have long known about some transactions between Zuo Xiang and the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.
Therefore, in their view, this is not only an offence, but also a life-threatening job.
So they really don't know what Ning Chen will think if he knows that the faster he does it now, the sooner he may die.
Faced with Ning Chen's urging, the official department specially arranged a few people to cooperate with Ning Chen's work.
Two people are responsible for selecting the materials, two people are responsible for reviewing the materials, two people are responsible for sorting the materials, and finally it is left to Ning Chen to determine the final grade.
"You guys need to sort it out first, I'll go to the Imperial College, and when I come back, I'll do the grading." Ning Chen gave instructions to the six people, and hurried to the Imperial College.
After Ning Chen arrived at the Imperial Academy, Kong Jijiu was already waiting for Ning Chen.
However, Kong Jijiu did not immediately give Ning Chen any Confucian classics, but said to Ning Chen: "I already know what happened in the court.
I also have a rough idea of the affairs between Lin Youwei and Lin Dunxin.
Do you want me to go find Xiao Wu Zhao and ask him to find someone else to do this for you? Just think of me as returning the favor to you."
When Ning Chen heard this, he jumped up: "No, absolutely don't. You finally owe me a favor, but it's not worth using it in this place."
Kong Jijiu coughed lightly and said, "Can you say that I owe you two favors?"
"Two favors? Is this such a good thing?" Ning Chen looked at Kong Jijiu and asked uncertainly.
"I keep my word, if I say it's two favors, it's two favors.
So if you use this favor, I still owe you one."
Kong Jijiu proudly said to Ning Chen.
Although I don’t know what’s going on, Ning Chen feels that it’s quite stable because You Kong offered wine to get two favors.
"Then if someone really wants to kill me because of this, can you save me?" Ning Chen asked Kong Jijiu.
Kong Jijiu said proudly: "This is natural. In this capital, I don't want you to die, and no one can take your life."
After hearing Kong Jijiu's words, Ning Chen felt more at ease and went to do something.
"With the words "Jijiu", I feel relieved. When they really want to kill me, Jijiu, you can save me in time?" Ning Chen said to Kong Jijiu.
After hearing Ning Chen's words, Kong Jijiu suddenly said: "Are you planning to use this method to leave a good impression on Xiao Wu Zhao? Are you really attracted to Xiao Wu Zhao? You can use two favors, I will let you marry Xiao Wu Zhao
.”
After hearing this, Ning Chen said unhappily: "Isn't marrying Xiao Wu Zhao just a favor yesterday? How come it has become two favors today?"
Kong Jijiu explained: "One favor allows you to marry Xiao Wu Zhao, and the other favor allows you to marry someone other than Xiao Wu Zhao.
If you take another concubine, I will ensure that this concubine of yours will not be killed by Xiao Wu Zhao."
This... Ning Chen can only say that this deal is so considerate and so reasonable.
But Ning Chen is not in a hurry about marrying Xiao Wuzhao.
Ning Chen's first priority now is to survive.
"We'll talk about this later. Let's read a book first. Do I have anything else to do when I get back to the staff department?"
Seeing that Ning Chen had made up his mind, Kong Jijiu stopped trying to persuade Ning Chen.
Once again, he pulled out a Confucian classic out of thin air and asked Ning Chen to read it.
This time Ning Chen watched for almost two hours.
It's not that there's a lot of stuff this time, it's actually that it's a bit more obscure this time.
After watching it, Ning Chen once again briefly summarized the classics he watched this time.
Because I didn’t look very deeply into it, there was nothing like the last ceremony.
However, it was still recognized by the sage book.
After completing today's mission, Kong Jijiu didn't spend much time with Ning Chen.
After Ning Chen returned to the staff department, six people had sorted out the situation of a bunch of officials for Ning Chen.
Because Xiao Wuzhao had clear evaluation criteria this time, Ning Chen didn't need to think too much.
Just rate the officials directly based on their performance.
From noon to midnight in the evening, Ning Chen graded all the officials of the sixth rank and above in the capital.
There were too many officials below the sixth rank left. Ning Chen was too lazy to rate them personally, so he just asked these six people to rate one first and then give it to him to take a look at.
"This is really a fulfilling and satisfying day. I will give the list to Xiao Wu Zhao tomorrow. They'd better hurry up and join me the day after tomorrow. If you delay it too long, it will be bad after the next settlement day." Ning Chen said on the side
Thinking about it, I got in the car and went home.
