Ye Xiaotian made up his mind, so he took the official document issued by the official department, accompanied by Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi, went to the official department in Nanjing, and came back with the complaint and official uniform. Early the next morning, Ye Xiaotian changed into his official uniform, and led Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi to the Ministry of Officials.
Ye Xiaotian was wearing a green robe, with a horned frieze on his head, and a magpie embroidered on the patch. This is the pattern on the supplementary uniforms of civil servants who are not in the mainstream. Going up in order, the first and second ranks are quails, the first and second ranks are orioles, the first and second ranks are orioles, the first and second ranks are 鸂鶒, and the first and second ranks are egrets. Nei turned the little magpie in front of his chest into a heron with long legs and thin neck. Even if his "beast" is successful in training, he can embrace a beautiful woman.
In fact, there were not many official positions in the Ming Dynasty, not even many full-time officers who received salaries from the imperial court, so the yamen at all levels had a large number of supplementary services and assistants. If you can afford it, you can naturally have a lot of companions.
Therefore, Ye Xiaotian bought two sets of slave uniforms for Mao Wenzhi and Hua Yunfei, and the two of them accompanied him to the official department. With such a small rank, not to mention Shangshu, even the servants will not meet him, even the Langzhong and Yuanwailang don't need to meet him, but Ye Xiaotian doesn't know if it is because he received Zhang Jiangling's special attention that he was received by Guo Shun, the official doctor .
Guo Langzhong was very polite to Ye Xiaotian, he asked him about his resume with a chat and a smile, and then sent him out with a pleasing face. Looking at the back of Ye Xiaotian walking out, Guo Langzhong stroked his beard and smiled, thinking to himself: "What kind of person is old friend Gu? But I don't know why, but I have a feud with such an official who is as big as a sesame and mung bean. Anyway, it is rare for him to speak once, so I will help him. He has never been able to turn over."
It was a book office named Wang Qingshuo who led Ye Xiaotian to meet Guo Langzhong. This Wang Qingshuo didn't know the details of Ye Xiaotian, he was quite jealous when he saw him stepping up to the sky, but now seeing him arrive, he was unexpectedly received by Guo Langzhong, thinking that he had something to do with Guo Langzhong, the words became much more intimate.
Ye Xiaotian came out of Guo Langzhong's signing room, and said to Wang Qingshuo: "Wang Shuban, I don't know what I am responsible for when I raise an official?"
Wang Qingshuo said with a smile: "Ye Tiju, no wonder you don't know that our official department has never promoted such an official position at all. As long as there is an official rank in our official department, the minimum is a sixth-rank. In fact, there is no one who is not in the top class." Miscellaneous official, but Ye Tiju was specially taken care of by the imperial court, so I set up a special promotion position for you. This is the first time in our official department, so I don't know you What exactly are you responsible for?"
When Wang Qingshuo said this, he stopped, pointed to a small signing room in front of him and said: "Here, this is where your office is. Ye Tiju might as well walk around and get familiar with his colleagues. In two days, there will be a dispatch from Guo Langzhong."
Seeing that he spoke politely, Ye Xiaotian hurriedly said politely: "I'll take care of Wang's book."
After Wang Shuban left, Mao Wenzhi said: "Brother, Laotang really guessed it. He really took a job to support you. Let me tell you, we might as well go back to Hu County. No matter how small your official is there, you are still the leading figure in the county, but here you are an official who is older than you, which is so boring."
Ye Xiaotian glared at him and said: "Stop talking nonsense, do you think I don't want to leave? However, you have to find out the situation here first. I think it's not easy to go from a small place to a big place, but who to go from a big place to?" It must be very easy to go to a small place that I don’t even want to go to. But the premise is that we have someone who can talk.”
Hua Yunfei said: "Brother, Mr. Zhang Hongyan's father is the Minister of the Ministry of War. If we follow his path..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Zhang Shangshu's connections are naturally possible, but after all, his place is the Ministry of War, across the Yamen. Asking him for help for such a small matter is a waste of friendship. Don't worry, let's think about it for ourselves first. If there is no way, please ask Zhang Hongyan for help."
As the three brothers said, they only went to their small signing room for a while, and then came out to wander around. When they came to a waiting room with an open door and window, they suddenly saw a seventh-rank official sitting inside, as if Waiting for some important person to meet.
The two servants on the corridor outside the door looked at the seventh-rank official and talked in a low voice, and one of them said, "Isn't this Bai Hong, the magistrate of Jiangpu County?"
The latter person said: "Isn't it him? There is a proverb in the countryside: termites cross the border, and no grass will grow. This cruel official, why did he come to the official department to meet him? Does he still want to be promoted?"
The former person said: "My brother, be careful with your words, don't lightly say that officials are clean, corrupt, upright and evil."
The latter person said disapprovingly: "What's the matter, who doesn't know his reputation? This person is always climbing up, never caring about the life and death of the people. But he never reports disasters in disaster years. He just blindly threatens the people to pay taxes, causing his wives and children to be separated." , Whoever wants to file a complaint will be put in prison by him, and he even threatens the people to give him the Umbrella of the People, he is a cruel official wearing the hat of an upright official!"
The former person was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, so he hastily interrupted him and said: "If you are not in your position, you don't seek political power. Talking nonsense is annoying. Since he came to the official department to report on his duties, it shows that the higher-ups have a good impression of him, so it is better to speak carefully." .”
The two of them walked away after talking, but they didn't notice that their conversation was being listened to by Ye Xiaotian and the three who came from behind. He rubbed his chin and thought about it, and suddenly he made up his mind, hurriedly called Hua Yunfei to him, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Hua Yunfei hesitated and said: "Brother, whether he is a cruel official or not, it has nothing to do with me, why bother to play tricks on him?"
Ye Xiaotian said with a smile: "I was just about to be demoted back to Hu County, and I had to do something to make it happen. You can't make a big mistake, but if you make a mistake, it will be self-defeating. It's just right to make a small mistake. What's more, such a cruel official should be Clean it up."
Hua Yunfei has always been obedient to Ye Xiaotian's words, and when he heard him say this, he nodded and said: "Younger brother understands, go back as soon as you go."
Bai Hong, the county magistrate of Jiangpu, sat upright in the waiting room, his heart was filled with excitement, his palms were clenched with sweat. He didn't hesitate to criticize him, he only focused on the exam, and got excellent evaluations every year, and now he was finally summoned by the Ministry of Officials for a review, and he was about to be promoted, so he was naturally excited.
At this moment, an official came in with two soap servants. Bai Zhixian was about to get up when he saw a cockroach of a miscellaneous official on the official's chest, and the raised buttocks fell down again. , but even though his rank is much higher than others, after all, the official department has a big yamen gate, he still nodded and smiled politely to this miscellaneous official.
Ye Xiaotian walked straight towards him, and said with a smile: "My lord, are you waiting to see me?"
Bai Hong hurriedly said: "That's right, waiting for Meng Shilang to receive him, what's next?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Oh! As for this officer, I am specially responsible for receiving officials waiting to be seen. My lord, if you want to see Mr. Minister, you can't look like this. Look, the hat is crooked, and the robe is still wrinkled. The belt is not neatly tied. Meng Shilang is the most important appearance, you are very rude."
Bai Zhixian couldn't help panicking when he heard this: "Really? This... that... Bai..."
Ye Xiaotian waved his hands and said: "Don't panic, you two, quickly help this lord clean up."
"Obey!"
Mao Wenzhi and Hua Yunfei agreed, and then stepped forward to help the magistrate Bai tidy up, straighten his robes, and tidy up his crown belt. He took off his hat, raised his wrist, and threw a newly caught scorpion into it, and then slammed it on Bai Zhixian's head. Mao Wenzhi on the side saw everything, and Xiang Hua Yunfei grinned.
"It's done! It's much neater now."
Ye Xiaotian looked Bai Hong up and down, and nodded with a smile.
Bai Hong said gratefully: "Thank you for your trouble." After finishing speaking, he took out an ingot of two taels of snowflake silver from the bottom of his sleeve, and stuffed it into Ye Xiaotian's hand: "Bai is still waiting to see you, so I can't leave. Please three brothers Eat a bowl of tea, hard work, hard work."
Ye Xiaotian picked up the ingot of silver, and said with a smile: "This lord is too polite, congratulations for being promoted, hahahaha..."
As soon as the three of Ye Xiaotian walked out, a yamen servant rushed over, stood in the corridor and shouted: "Meng Shilang summoned Bai Hong, the magistrate of Jiangpu County!"
Bai Hong, who just sat down, seemed to have a spring under his buttocks, and it bounced up again with a whoosh, and hurried out.
Mr. Meng, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, is a man over fifty years old with a very dignified appearance. When he is promoted to an official, he often speaks in a few words, and his tone is light, which makes people nervous and sweaty on his forehead. However, he was about to be promoted to the Ministry of Officials in the capital, and he was in a good mood, so when he met Bai Hong, he was very pleasant.
Meng Shilang twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Baizhi County, judging from your previous evaluations, you are very good. Taxes are collected in a timely manner, and there has never been any major security case in the county."
Bai Zhixian raised his brows with joy, and hurriedly bowed his body and said, "Your Excellency's praise, this is all because of the emperor's wisdom, the superiors supported, and the subordinates dare not take credit for it..."
When he said this, Bai Zhixian suddenly frowned, with a strange expression on his face.
Meng Shilang smiled and said: "Hey, why should you be humble? Your county is close to a big river, but there have been no floods for years. Of course, it is God's care, and it is also because of your good governance. I heard that the people in your county even gave you the Wanmin Umbrella , the official voice is very good..."
Bai Zhixian shook his head, Meng Shilang frowned, and said, "Why, what I said is wrong?"
Bai Zhixian was taken aback, nodded his head quickly, and shook his head hastily. He felt as if something had stabbed his head hard, and the pain pierced his bones. The future is decided by this great man, he endured the pain and did not dare to be rude, but his headache was about to split, and under panic, he said without hesitation: "No, no, what your lord said is very true, my lord! The official voice... the official voice is still very good."
When Bai Zhixian said this, the scorpion venom had already begun to take hold, causing his cheeks to twitch incessantly, and his forehead was dripping with cold sweat. Seeing this, Meng Shilang smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said, "Baizhi County, don't be nervous, does this official have that much authority?"
"Oh ha ha... ah ah... ah, ah, ah, ah..." Bai Zhixian couldn't bear it anymore, he jumped up with a cry of pain, his robe sleeve rolled up and turned over the teacup, he didn't care, but danced with his hands and feet, as if Jump up and down like a jumping god.