The Shaanxi Qingli Division of the Ministry of Justice was operating as usual. The criminal case files from Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, as well as the Rear Army Governor's Office, the Pedestrian Division, the Jingfu Army Rear Guard, the Hedong Salt Transport Division and other places were compiled here and carried by minor clerks to be distributed to the officials present.
There are a lot of files, but too many lice are better than a burden. The officials of the Shaanxi Qingli Division have long practiced a leisurely working method. With a pot of tea, a court newspaper, and a case file, they drink tea, read the newspaper, and review the files, and time passes slowly.
Overall, the work seems busy, but the officials are still quite idle.
The officials of the Shaanxi Qingli Division of the Ministry of Justice were leisurely in the midst of their busy schedule. The Minister of Justice He Ao had already returned from Yan's residence. When the clerk whispered a reminder to the doctor Zhai Juntao in his ear, Zhu Ping'an, who was sitting at the door, had already read it through the clerk's lip movements.
However, doctor Zhai Juntao did not make any comment, and Zhu Pingan did not point it out.
About half an hour after He Ao came back, the doctor Zhai Juntao sent someone to ask the Minister of Justice He Ao again. The clerk brought a reply, and Zhai Juntao waved his hand to let the clerk leave.
"Someone, serve tea to Lord Zhu. Ping'an, don't be shy, just treat this as the Hanlin Academy. Minister He will send someone to notify us when he's done with his work." Doctor Zhai Juntao smiled and ordered someone to serve tea to Zhu Ping'an, asking Zhu Ping'an to be calm and seem very enthusiastic.
"Thank you very much, Master Zhai, for your peace."
Zhu Pingan stood up and bowed his hands to express his gratitude. He curled his lips slightly and smiled with disdain. Zhu Pingan could not hear what the clerk said just now, but he could read it through lip reading. The clerk's reply was to leave him alone first.
Haha, staying up all night to watch the eagle? Is this psychological warfare
As expected, those who can reach the position of Shangshu are not easy to deal with. Sometimes waiting is the most tormenting. The Ministry of Justice sent several reminders, which made people feel that the matter was urgent. However, when I came to the Ministry of Justice, they ignored me and did not even mention the petition. They just let me wait. The urgency and anxiety will slowly ferment while waiting. The longer the wait, the more the defense line in my heart will collapse.
Then, the other party can take advantage of the situation and naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, maybe Minister He doesn't take himself seriously at all and does this just out of habit.
If it was an ordinary young man who had just entered the officialdom, he would probably do as they thought and wait until he collapsed... But unfortunately, he met Zhu Ping'an.
Zhu Ping'an was more leisurely than the officials of the Shaanxi Qingli Division. He sat comfortably at a table near the door. His well-fitting official uniform made him look even more energetic. On his desk was a volume of Zhu Yuanzhang's "Admonitions for Officials" which he had just borrowed from the Qingli Division. He would occasionally flip through a page.
While flipping through the pages, he would hold a cup of hot tea in his hand, holding the teacup in his left hand and the tea lid in his right hand, occasionally flicking the rim of the cup. The Longjing tea leaves in the cup would fly up and down, and the tea would become more fragrant as it flew.
In modern times, Zhu Pingan rarely drinks tea, and even when he does, he is not particular about it. When watching TV, he was puzzled by the fact that the ancients always flicked the lid of the tea bowl when drinking tea. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that he understood the reason.
Drinking tea was an elegant thing for the ancients. They paid attention to observing its shape, looking at its color, smelling its aroma and tasting its flavor. Using the cup lid to move the edge of the teacup will cause the upper layer of water to stir and form convection in the teacup, making the tea leaves fly like in the tea ceremony, making the tea more flavorful and the tea aroma more intense. If you like to drink light tea, then move it a few times less; if you like to drink strong tea, then move it a few more times.
In addition, modern teacups have a metal filter to filter tea leaves to prevent you from drinking tea leaves. In ancient times, there was no such device. The ancients used the tea cover to move the teacup to the other side to avoid drinking a mouthful of tea leaves while drinking tea.
Oh, yes, in ancient times, teacups did not have metal filters for drinking tea. I just paid my dues in the Hanlin Academy and was thinking about finding a way to make money. If I could "borrow" the invention of the filter and apply it to the Ming Dynasty, would it be possible
Well, in modern times, almost everyone has a cup with a filter. The market has proven that if it works in modern times, there is no reason why it would not work in ancient times. Ancient people also liked to drink tea more than modern people. After all, in ancient times, tea was the only beverage, and people had no choice. It can be said that the market was larger than it is today.
This is possible, of course, and we will consider it later.
While Zhu Ping'an was sipping tea and thinking about the filter, Zhai Juntao, a doctor of the Shaanxi Qingli Division of the Ministry of Justice, looked at Zhu Ping'an from time to time inconspicuously, and then Zhai Juntao was completely shocked.
Zhu Ping'an sat comfortably, sipping tea elegantly, and his absorbed thinking was mistaken by the doctor Zhai Juntao as he was absorbed in reading a book.
Then, Zhai Juntao came to a conclusion that shocked him. This young man who had just entered the officialdom was so calm in such an occasion, and he was as calm as a mountain. Even people who have been immersed in the officialdom for many years may not be able to reach this state. Such a young man could actually achieve such a state of mind in cultivating qi.
After Zhu Ping'an drank three cups of tea and flipped through two volumes of Ming Dynasty laws, Zhai Juntao, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, finally got up and took Zhu Ping'an to meet He Ao, the Minister of Justice.
However, before meeting the Minister of Justice, Doctor Zhai first took Zhu Ping'an to the Ministry of Justice's Zhaomo Office to receive the files regarding Zhu Ping'an's memorial.
There were three officials in the Zhaomo Office, all of whom were of the eighth rank, and about ten clerks. When they saw Doctor Zhai and Zhu Ping'an coming to visit, they all put down what they were doing and came to pay their respects.
The Ministry of Justice's Review and Proofing Office was somewhat similar to the offices of modern governments and enterprises and institutions. It was mainly responsible for organizing and archiving files, accepting documents, reviewing the files of the six departments, reviewing documents, and recording the redemption of stolen goods.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Ping'an smelled the strong scent of ink.
Doctor Zhai always had a warm smile on his face, and he called the officials in the Zhaomo Office by their names in a familiar way, which made everyone feel flattered. If Zhu Ping'an had not known Doctor Zhai's personality through lip reading in the Shaanxi Qingli Division before, he would have been deceived by his friendliness.
But now...
It's nothing more than an actor's self-cultivation.
Coming out of the Zhaomo Office, we went straight to the office of Minister He Ao. The room where Minister He Ao worked was almost the most shabby and dilapidated room in the Ministry of Justice... If we only look at the office environment, He Ao must be an honest official who is selfless and dedicated to his work, but... How can Minister He be honest when he could go along with Yan Song and become a member of Yan Song's gang
He Ao is very famous.
He gained fame from two beatings at court. He was beaten with a stick by two generations of emperors. When Jiajing's elder brother, Emperor Zhengde, wanted to tour the south, He Ao advised against it and was beaten with a stick by Zhengde. In the early years of Jiajing, when discussing the "grand ceremony", He Ao disobeyed the emperor's order and was beaten with a stick by Emperor Jiajing. He was almost beaten to death. He gained fame from two beatings at court.
What a pity.
He Ao was a good person in his early years, but now he has become a member of Yan Song's faction and has become corrupt.
"Why is Ping'an sighing?" Doctor Zhai had sharp ears. When he heard Zhu Ping'an's sigh, he thought that Zhu Ping'an was afraid. He laughed in his heart that he was still young. It was too late to realize that he was afraid now. Why did he submit the memorial earlier
"Nothing." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and shook his head gently.
Doctor Zhai smiled knowingly upon seeing this and asked no more questions.