Locking the copper cabinet, Lin Yanchao walked out of Wenyuan Pavilion, and saw Liu Yukui, who was also a straight Hanlin, walking over with a notebook. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lin Yanchao saw Liu Yukui and nodded.

But seeing Liu Yukui pick up the handbook of the Ministry of War in his hand, he said to Lin Yanchao with a complaining face: "Zong Hai, look at the handbook handed by the Ministry of War, what is the writing, the handbook of the salary, the words on it have been altered, how can this be made?" It must be sent back for a retrial, so that they will not dare to commit it again next time. ”

Liu Yukui said this, but Lin Yanchao didn't know that his move was out of public and selfish intentions.

He knew that the scribe had a habit of embarrassing others, by deliberately cutting out a word from the report, filling in another word, and then reporting that the article had been altered and sending the manuscript back.

The same is true for Liu Yukui at the moment, but whether he is intentional or not, God knows.

As a scribe, the operation is very great, especially the power of the sword and pen officials who are critical to the yamen, for example, when a foreign official goes to Beijing for the first time, others have to mention him 'Before going to the Son of Heaven, come to the scribe first'.

And even the dignified household secretary had to pay a bribe to Lin Yanchao, which was also one of the reasons.

In fact, even if Lin Yanchao doesn't collect money, he won't embarrass the other party. But you have the power to harm others, whether you use it or not, you have to be taken care of.

Therefore, it became normal for officials to pay bribes to the Yamen clerks, and over time it became a common practice.

When the norm arrives, it becomes a fixed income, and if you give it, you should give it, and if you don't give it, you will be rectified, and all bad habits come from the norm.

After dealing with things for a day in Wenyuan Pavilion, Lin Yanchao hadn't finished handling the matter, so Lin Yanchao returned home with a bunch of routine words in the cabinet, ready to continue reading.

Out of the Forbidden City, Lin Yanchao was about to get into the carriage and go home, when he saw Chen Jichuan coming in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "Master, master." ”

Lin Yanchao was already in the carriage, saw Chen Jichuan and asked, "You are not at home, what are you doing here?" ”

Chen Jichuan hurriedly said: "Master, you are not at home today, there are several groups of guests at home, all of whom want to congratulate the master!" ”

"Michiga?" Lin Yanchao understood that the news of his first day of becoming a subordinate official in the cabinet must have spread all over the yamen in the capital, which also means that the rhythm of officials bribing gifts has begun.

"Do they have a post to send to your door?"

"There is." After speaking, Chen Jichuan took out a stack of posts and gave Lin Yanchao a look.

Lin Yanchao saw that there were seventeen or eighteen posts. So Lin Yanchao picked up the posts and read them one by one, including the Guozijian Division, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the Wanping County Warden. After reading it, Lin Yanchao suddenly said in his heart, what kind of miscellaneous officials are this, I am really sorry for my dignified identity when I see it.

"To see or not to see?"

So Lin Yanchao said: "You go back and tell them first, and say thank you for your kindness, but I, Lin Yanchao, am selfless for the officials, and I am not invited. I won't tell you directly, for fear of hurting my face, and I will tell Uncle Yu that the same will be true in the future. ”

Lin Yanchao came to work in the cabinet, and he openly went to the court, and it would affect his reputation too much, so he would rather not see it. Besides, although these miscellaneous officials are all small and powerful in the capital, but just like that, it doesn't make much sense to make friends with themselves.

"Yes, sir." Chen Jichuan suddenly understood, so he went back to send him away.

Next.

Zhang Siwei arrived at the cabinet, and among the three elders of Wenyuan Pavilion, he was the first to come.

When he arrived at the duty room, he first instructed the internal servant to open all the doors and windows of his duty room to breathe in the air, and then let the internal servant clean it.

Zhang Siwei was standing outside the duty room, and after standing for a while, he saw Lin Yanchao coming.

Zhang Siwei couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and after seeing Lin Yanchao saluting him, he asked, "What is the matter with you coming to the cabinet early in the morning?" ”

Lin Yanchao said respectfully: "If you go back to the elder, there are many things that the lower officials don't understand when they first take office, so before going to the room, I asked the old man about today's affairs and what explanation he had for the lower officials?" ”

Zhang Siwei was surprised, Lin Yanchao was very good, if every cabinet subordinate had his comprehension, then the cabinet would be ten times easier.

However, Zhang Siwei would never say these words to Lin Yanchao. Zhang Siwei looked too lazy to speak, and said to Dong Zhongshu, the confidential Chinese scholar on the side: "You talk to him!" ”

Dong Zhongshu nodded, in front of Zhang Siwei, he restrained his arrogance, calmly explained today's important matters with Lin Yanchao one by one, and finally said: "Today afternoon, the cabinet and the six sections will meet, and you will come to the meeting to meet the secretary minutes." ”

The Cabinet and the Six Divisions are two very strange departments, first of all, they can't be found in the Ming Dynasty.

The second two departments are the only ones that belong to the yamen located in the Forbidden City. Needless to say, the cabinet is the six departments of the seven products, which directly supervises the six departments, and is only responsible to the Son of Heaven, holding the power of advice and impeachment.

Therefore, the six Shangshu books must be sold to the other party for three points of face.

The third is that both departments have a lot of power.

As for the meeting, it is the regular ventilation meeting between the cabinet and the six sections, which has been continued since the beginning of the country, and according to the regulations, the cabinet and the six departments need to meet twice a month, which is a confidential matter.

So Lin Yanchao said: "Write it down, what else does Zhongtang command?" ”

Zhang Siwei shook his head, even if he replied, Lin Yanchao immediately saluted Zhang Siwei and then retired.

In the morning, he was busy in the duty room, and in the afternoon, Lin Yanchao came to the cabinet room.

Only then did I push the door, and there was a burst of laughter in the room, but I saw more than a dozen six subjects gathered together to talk and laugh.

The official system of the Ming Dynasty was habitually small and large.

For example, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites is still the second product, but he is a high-ranking official, and he belongs to the pension official, and his influence on the court is not as good as that of the six branches. What is the most feared thing for the six subjects? It's a promotion.

It is bizarre, but it is so, there is a sentence in the officialdom that describes the promotion of six subjects in the matter, which is called 'the official is promoted to the seventh level, and the potential is reduced by ten thousand points'.

Because of the promotion in the middle of the matter, it is not a first-level promotion for Hanlin officials like Lin Yanchao, but directly from the seventh rank to the third grade, and he is promoted to seven levels in a row, but in this way, he still complains that 'the official is promoted to the seventh level, and the potential is reduced by ten thousand points'.

These dozen or so six subjects gathered together in the middle of the matter, waiting to talk and laugh, waiting to see one person open the door and enter the house. Everyone couldn't help but stop talking slightly, and looked towards the door, there were a few people who saw Lin Yanchao for the first time, but they felt that they had a new face when they came in.

But seeing that several colleagues next to him stood up and bowed to each other, they were worried about being rude, so they also got up and made a gesture, and then asked and learned that it was Lin Yanchao.

So the people in the matter smiled and continued to laugh and chat, while Lin Yanchao walked to the table in the landlord's corner and sat down.

There is also a table in the west corner, which belongs to the Chinese book in the west room.

At present, Lin Yanchao is doing the work of meeting minutes, which is not new, but in the last life, he participated in small meetings in the yamen, and discussions were trivial matters, and he occasionally helped record them.

For example, today is a high-level meeting, this is a meeting between the Cabinet and the six sections, and every word mentioned is a major event in the world. (To be continued.) )