In the Longwan Ferry in the capital, a boat that was about to leave for the exiled prisoners to the north, Cao Zizhuang and Liu Yuquan were sitting opposite each other. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Zizhuang said: "Who would have thought that I would be exiled just because I happened to say a few words when the emperor left the palace!" ”

Cao Zizhuang was arrested in the county government after Yunxi's order to deal with it, and then spent a few days in the prison of the Criminal Department, in which he also learned the content of his punishment, and then was executed and exiled today. Unfortunately, Liu Yuquan was also exiled on the same day, and the two of them sat on the same boat that crossed the river.

Liu Yuquan listened to Cao Zizhuang's words, came up excitedly and grabbed Cao Zizhuang's clothes, and shouted: "It's all you!" If it weren't for you, how could I be so far apart! ”

Liu Yuquan forcefully broke away from his hand and pushed Liu Yuquan aside. Liu Yuquan has been in prison for a long time for the past few days, and he hasn't eaten much food in prison, so he has no strength to be pushed away by Liu Yuquan at once.

Liu Yu straightened his clothes and said, "You have to figure it out, if I didn't bend the law for personal gain at that time, I didn't have any, but your fate would not be much worse." That's why I'm being burdened by you. ”

"Besides, what's the use of you talking about this now! It's just adding to yourself. Think about what to do when you get to the place. I heard that you were exiled to Ganzhou? It's not a good place, the local people are fierce, and you are careful to be a rabbit master. ”

Cao Zizhuang listened to Liu Yuquan's words, and was about to pounce again. Liu Yuquan was about to knock him down again, when a strong man walked in from outside, pushed Cao Zizhuang to the ground, and said, "What is the fuss!" Stay honest! ”

Then the strong man said to Cao Zizhuang and all the other exiles: "I can tell you, I will be responsible for sending you to the other side of the river, and then I will not care, you will be honest when you are on the boat, and whoever dares to make trouble, I will make you worse than dead!" ”

Cao Zizhuang shouted: "I am a dignified court official, even if I am demoted at this time, I am still ......."

The strong man kicked Cao Zizhuang, who had not finished speaking, and said, "What kind of court official, don't pretend here, I don't eat this!" ”

"If you are really officials, even if you are relegated to the margins, can you get on my ship? My ship is a ship for exiles. ”

Then he scared Cao Zizhuang a few more words, and the bluffed Cao Zizhuang didn't dare to speak anymore. Then he turned his head to Liu Yuquan and said, "I heard what you said outside the ship just now, and I have never heard an exiled official say such a thing, so calmly. ”

Liu Yuquan smiled and said: "I am originally from northern Shaanxi, and I was exiled to Liaodong, which may not be worse than my hometown, at least there will not be so much sand!" So although it is a pity that I lost my office, but fortunately, my parents have passed away, and my wife has just settled down and has not yet married, so I have nothing to worry about, so I am waiting to start a new life in Liaodong! ”

The strong man who drove the boat was amused by him and said, "Aren't you worried that the daughter-in-law you just set will run away with someone?" ”

Liu Yuquan said: "What are you worried about, she must have run away." Our northern Shaanxi is different from the capital, not to mention the daughter-in-law who has not passed the door, that is, she has already passed the door, I heard that I will go with others like this. Our northwest is not like the capital, and there is no concept of observance. ”

When Liu Yuquan said this, he was also indifferent.

The strong man laughed and gave the order to sail. Then, as soon as the boat was sailing, he came in again, with a jug of wine in his hand.

The strong man said: "Liu Yuquan, your name is this, I checked the roster." I see that you are a very temperamental person, not a sour and rotten literati, so give you some wine to taste. But you can't drink too much, otherwise you won't be able to pick up people in Jiangbei. ”

Liu Yuquan took the wine and drank a bowl. The strong man also drank a bowl and said, "My name is Li Zhiliang, I think you must be able to mix it up in Liaodong." When you are developed again in the future, remember that you still owe me Li Zhiliang a bowl of wine! ”

Liu Yuquan said: "Okay, when I get mixed up in Liaodong, I will have the opportunity to go back to the capital, and I will definitely return your wine." After saying that, the two of them laughed, but neither of them took it seriously at this time.

Also in Xinyang, there is also a person who walks on the road of demotion of officials. Liu Rongjie, the former governor of Xinyang Prefecture, was approved by the Ministry of Officials and demoted to the chief secretary of the Dezhou Prefecture in Shandong.

Liu Rongjie was reluctant to resign, a person like him who was demoted could resign, but he was reluctant, and he thought that he would be promoted again in the future.

But he still accumulated a lot of resentment towards Yun Xi, and when he left Xinyang, he looked in the direction of the capital and said hatefully: "I hope I have a chance to be happy!" ”

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Yun Xi didn't know that someone was cursing Da Ming, so he still worked every day step by step. Yunxi appointed Huang Huai, a scholar from the middle school around him, as Shangyuan Zhi County, and prepared to inspect Huang Huai.

The magistrate of Jing County is the most difficult to do, and Yun Xi also knows this. So he took out this position to test the ministers around him. See if they have the ability to actually get things done, don't just talk about it. Huang Huai has been a scholar since Zhu Yuanzhang's time, and he often praises Yunxi, so Yunxi decided to give him a chance.

Of course, in order to prevent him from being completely discouraged, Yun Xi lightly nodded his own purpose and asked Huang Huai to work hard in Shangyuan Zhi County.

also served as a scholar in the Zhu Yuanzhang period, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang. Yun Xi also plans to find a suitable position to let Jian Yi out and try it.

Before Yun Xi could think about it, on this day, Chen Xingshan said to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, the minister has been appointed by His Majesty to be the left squire of the military department, and he is also the judge of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, which is already beyond his strength." ”

"I have the grace of Your Majesty, I am the winter auxiliary officer, majoring in "Taizu Records". Your Majesty is very gracious, and it is difficult for the ministers to repay it. ”

"However, the ministers lack skills and are difficult to take care of these positions, and the "Taizu Record" is really compiled by Xie Zhongshu, and it is difficult for the ministers to pre-judge His Majesty on weekdays."

"I also ask Your Majesty to remove some of the posts of the ministers so that the officials of the court can perform their duties."

Yun Xi listened to Chen Xingshan's words and also thought about it. In fact, he let Chen Xingshan have so many part-time jobs, and the government and the opposition are actually a little criticized, and they all feel that he is too gracious to Chen Xingshan, and the people who are from Yunxi's team are a little dissatisfied. Although no one said such things to Yun Xi, Yun Xi had a brocade guard.

But if you think about it carefully, it is true that Chen Xingshan has too many part-time jobs, and he can't do that very well, so it's time to get rid of some.

Yun Xi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better for the auxiliary ministers in the cabinet to have a recognized Confucian master, but Fang Xiaoru was actually not suitable to be an auxiliary minister, and he would definitely make trouble for Yun Xi.

So Yun Xi said: "Then Chen Qing, I will dismiss you from the position of historian and winter auxiliary officer, and concentrate on being the left servant of the military department and the judge of the Chinese military governor's mansion." ”

Chen Xingshan said: "The minister's order." There was a faint sigh of relief between the words.

At this time, the four auxiliary officers, who had just been established, did not have much real power. Because Yunxi was still more industrious than the emperors of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, he would think about every pretreatment plan they wrote, and then send it out after copying it himself; In addition, Yun Xi personally held the power to assign to which auxiliary officer to deal with what aspects, preventing the auxiliary officer from forming a routine in a certain aspect.

And Yun Xi will also let a few middle scholars share it when there are more twists and turns, which reduces the workload of the auxiliary officials and reduces their power in disguise. Therefore, at this time, the power of the auxiliary officer is not large, not only is it far less than that of the late Ming Dynasty scholars in history, but the current power of the six Shangshu and the capital of the five armies is greater than them, so it is nothing for Yun Xi to remove Chen Xingshan's position as an auxiliary officer.

Yun Xi continued: "In this case, Qi Tai, the head of the household department, is the winter auxiliary official, Li Ren, the left attendant of the household department, is promoted to the secretary, and the director Xia Yuanji is promoted to the left waiter. ”

After Yun Xi finished speaking, he immediately drafted the decree and asked the Zhongshu people to go to the household department to pass the decree. Then Yun Xi smiled at Chen Xingshan and said: "Tomorrow, Chen Qing will not be an auxiliary officer of Dong, and he can go back to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army to deal with things." However, today Chen Qing is still the winter assistant officer, accompanying me to complete these excerpts. ”

Chen Xingshan responded to the promise and began to review the excerpts.

Yun Xi thought about it again, and felt that he was about to rebuild "Yuan History", since Chen Xingshan had quit, then it must be the editor-in-chief of Xie Jin. Then Xie Jin's official position is a little small, the Zhongshu House is only seven grades, and the Hanlin Academy is only seven grades.

Yun Xi then issued an edict: "Draft the decree, and use the Zhongshu Sheren Xie Jin to concurrently serve as the left concubine of Zhan Shifu." ”

Zhan Shifu is now an empty shell, and it is the most suitable for adding titles.

By noon, the excerpt had not yet been approved. But Yun Xi said that after letting the auxiliary officer rest for a while, he rushed to the harem and went straight to the Chengqian Palace holding the qin. Because today is Wen Yao's birthday.

At this time, it can be said that the Chengqian Palace is full of people. Baoqin likes big scenes, but Zhu Yuanzhang was still there before and liked to be thrifty, and she was just a side concubine, so she didn't dare to be too public.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has passed away, Yunxi agrees that she will arrange a little festivity in the Chengqian Palace, so she will be as extravagant as possible.

When Yunxi arrived, everything was already ready, and he was waiting for him to come.

Yun Xi didn't like to be so extravagant, but today was Wen Yao's birthday, so he didn't know what to say, so he walked straight in.

Baoqin took Wen Yao out to meet Yun Xi, Yun Xi smiled and asked them to get up, and said: "How the prince celebrates his birthday, there are no rules in the "Daming Huidian", so you don't have to be formal today, you can live as you want." ”

Hug Qin and promised, and then welcomed Yunxi in.

Then the three of them sat down and talked to each other while enjoying the song and dance. Wen Yao was very excited, Yun Xi didn't talk to him much on weekdays, but today was the day when he talked the most. Yun Xi praised Wen Yao a few more words, which made Baoqin very happy.

Then with rice.

After finishing the meal, Yunxi had to go to review the excerpt in the afternoon, so he couldn't stay long, so he said a few more words of intimacy and left.

Before leaving, he instructed Baoqin: "When you see your mother's family later, don't stay too late." ”