Rise From the Humble

Before leaving the Hanlin Academy to go to the Ministry of Punishments, Zhang Bo, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, stopped Zhu Pingan, poured him a cup of tea and handed Zhu Pingan a gift list.

Looking at Zhu Ping'an's puzzled expression, Zhang Bo smiled slightly and explained, "Before Ziwei leaves, please let me help you with your human relations. This gift list is for our Imperial Academy during your vacation."

Favors?

Zhu Pingan was startled for a moment, and then he understood that a relationship is a gift, no matter in ancient times or now, how little is there in the officialdom, and there is no indecent relationship, these are the unspoken rules in the officialdom . There are many "rituals" in ancient officialdom, including congratulatory gifts, festival rituals, thank you, etc. I have ignored this point, but Zhang Siwei is worthy of being from a family, and he has considered all these things in advance.

"I'm causing trouble to Brother Zhang." Zhu Ping'an took the gift list and thanked Zhang Bo.

"It's just a little effort." Zhang Bo shook his head and smiled slightly.

Zhu Pingan glanced at the gift list after thanking him, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips. There were really many items. Zhang Bo's list of gifts is very detailed: Yuan Wei added a son, one liang; Zhang Song's routine inspection, two liang; Note at the back: Except for Li Shangshu who refused to accept it, I all accepted it.

Well, it's only been more than half a month and I've already received six taels of silver. If Li Mo hadn't accepted the gift, it would have been more than ten taels. No wonder so many officials think that the salary is not enough, this kind of people please come and go, let alone the official salary of Ming Dynasty is not high, even if it is higher, it is not enough to exchange favors.

Of course, if you have a higher official position, you can definitely profit a lot from this unspoken rule of human relations. Relationships are often disguised transactions of power and money. Perhaps, there is a golden house in the book, which has a lot to do with this.

When they first entered the officialdom, their official position was low, and most of them gave a lot of gifts to make ends meet; when they got a high official position, why didn't they use the unspoken rules to recoup their capital or even make a fortune.

Corruption is often the next step in human relations. Some officials fall into corruption with the fallacy that human relations are not considered corruption. After officials become corrupt, the decline and corruption of Ming Dynasty is inevitable.

I can't stand it, but I'm not sure.

This unspoken rule is not something that I can break now, so I can only go with the flow for the time being.

After leaving the Imperial Academy, he touched his empty purse. Zhu Ping'an felt that it was time for him to find a way to make money. Although he still had a lot of savings, he couldn't help it in the long run.

The Imperial Academy is not far from the Ministry of Punishment. Zhu Pingan arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment within a few minutes after leaving the Imperial Academy. The Ministry of Punishment is different from such an important institution as the Imperial Academy. Convict cases and manage prisoners. The Yamen of the Ministry of Justice are much more impressive than the Hanlin Academy. The tall stone lions and red lacquer gates make people awe.

There is a peach wood couplet hung in a prominent position at the door, which reads, "Powerful ministers must not let grudges and grudges serve as a basis for entry and exit, and the emperor must not place joy or anger as a priority."

Zhu Pingan glanced at the couplet, curled his lips in disdain, the couplet is a good couplet, and fits the positioning of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but it is too idealistic, and the judiciary cannot be truly independent of politics in modern times, let alone the feudal Ming Dynasty.

It’s just a facade!

Zhu Ping'an cursed, then walked up the steps and entered the gate of the Criminal Department.

"My lord, please stop. I don't know what your lord's purpose is when you come to the Ministry of Punishment. I want to report to you." As soon as Zhu Pingan entered the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, he was stopped respectfully by an official in a low-level official uniform. He is the official responsible for registration at the Criminal Department.

Zhu Ping'an stopped when he heard this, turned around, and bowed his hands slightly in return to the official at the door.

very young!

The official in charge of registration at the door saw Zhu Ping'an's appearance clearly and was surprised. He was already at the sixth level at such a young age, and his future prospects were bound to be limitless. So, I became more respectful to Zhu Pingan, brought a chair for Zhu Pingan, asked Zhu Pingan to sit down and register, and poured Zhu Pingan a cup of tea.

"I'm here to present my case to the Ministry of Punishments." After Zhu Ping'an put his name on the visitor list, he asked, "Don't know where to go?"

Zhu Pingan!

The official in charge of registration at the gate saw Zhu Pingan's registered name, and the respect on his face suddenly faded. He had heard the name Zhu Pingan a lot these days, and the Ministry of Punishment sent out three reminders. , how could he not recognize it.

Pity!

Such a young and promising No. 1 scholar with an unlimited future will become history.

These days, the three impeachment memorials have caused a lot of commotion in the capital. There were also memorials to impeach Mr. Yan Ge in the past, but it is rare to impeach Mr. Yan Ge with three memorials, so the commotion is much bigger than before. many. This official is only responsible for the registration of the Ministry of Punishment. His work is simple and he has a lot of free time. If he has nothing to do, he just reads the mansion report and so on. Of course, he will not pay attention to such a big movement of the three memorials.

One person, Mr. Yan Ge, is worth more than ten thousand people. Isn't it too long to impeach Mr. Yan Ge?

The owners of the other two of the three memorials were verified. They were thrown into prison, removed from their official positions, demoted to civilians, and their lives were over.

Zhu Pingan, the owner of this memorial, is naturally no exception.

I'm about to become a commoner. Although I'm not in the top class in the Ministry of Punishment, I'm still an official. Why should I be respectful to you, who is about to become a commoner?

"Enter the door and turn left. The second door is closed."

The official in charge of registration said coldly, reached out and took the hot tea in front of Zhu Pingan, sat aside and drank it by himself, without even looking at Zhu Pingan again.

hehe

Zhu Pingan looked at the actions of the official, and smiled with the corners of his lips curled up. The other party was still respectful just now, but now after seeing his name, his attitude changed drastically. If he still doesn't understand what's going on That's weird.

Zhu Pingan stood up and said thank you lightly, then entered the Ministry of Punishment as he said, turned left, and entered the second door holding the reminder letter from the Ministry of Punishment.

When Zhu Pingan came in, the topic about Zhu Pingan in the Hanlin Academy became more and more heated. Generally speaking, everyone generally looked down on Zhu Pingan.

"Zhu Zihou is still too young and impulsive. He actually impeached a general who shed blood and sweat for my Ming Dynasty, and he was promoted by the elder Yan Ge. Alas, what a pity." A Hanlin said with a little regret.

"That's right, Zihou is the number one scholar, and in the eyes of the Holy Master, his future is limitless, but he made a mistake and lost everything. It's a pity." The other Hanlin nodded and sighed.

"You said it was not good for him to impeach anyone, but he chose to impeach the people promoted by Mr. Yan..."

"Zhao Jin, the censor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Zhou Mian, a doctor in the Ministry of War, were both imprisoned and demoted to serve the people. I'm afraid Zi Hou will inevitably be demoted to serve the people."

"Zihou is the first impeachment memorial. I'm afraid..."

"That's not what he asked for. He won't know who he is after taking the first prize. I think he wants to be famous and crazy." Yuan Wei said to himself gleefully. In Yuan Wei's view, Zhu Pingan was finished this time. When he learned about Zhu Pingan's impeachment memorial, Yuan Wei was surprised at first, and then overjoyed. Originally, Yuan Wei was worried that Zhu Pingan would threaten his status in the Imperial Academy. Zhu Pingan was the number one scholar. ...Now that he is fine, he actually tried to commit suicide. This is really great news.

Of course, not all Hanlins are like this, at least Zhang Juzheng is not like this, Zhang Juzheng who is sitting in the corner looks at the Hanlins who are discussing, showing disdainful eyes.