Rise From the Humble

After meeting the three big bosses of the cabinet, Zhu Pingan followed Li Chunfang to meet with several senior officials of the Si Zhi cabinet, and then became familiar with other officials of the Si Zhi cabinet. It was not until about ten o'clock in the morning that he finally settled down.

Zhu Ping'an was assigned to Li Chunfang's office room. In addition to Li Chunfang, there were three other officials in the room. Including Zhu Ping'an, there were five people in total.

This room is mainly responsible for clerical matters, such as drafting clerical edicts, presenting dedications, sorting memorials, etc.

On the first day, Zhu Ping'an, the newly-minted Cabinet Secretary Zhilang, was in Wuyi Hall, just like he used to go to the court for internship as a senior, asking for advice, watching, and learning from Li Chunfang and others in handling memorials, uploading and issuing documents, and other matters.

Oh, and running errands.

The cabinet is equivalent to the political center of the Ming Dynasty. Many orders are issued from here to the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, factory guards and other institutions. In ancient times, there were no telephones, faxes, emails, etc., so they could only be conveyed manually.

Zhu Pingan ran two errands today.

The first leg was to the clan's mansion to deliver the documents from Emperor Jiajing to the kings. Because all the kings donated silver to support the army, among them: King Zhu Tingqi presented 5,000 taels of silver, your king Zhu Youcoff presented 3,000 taels of silver, King Zhu Zaicong of De had presented 1,000 taels of silver and eight war horses, and King Zhu Zai (Tulun) of Hui Province presented one thousand taels of silver. , the lieutenant of the Fuguo State of Prince Ninghua presented a thousand taels of silver to help pay for the border. Emperor Jiajing was pleased to reward the kings who contributed silver.

Another trip was to the Ministry of Punishment to check the files on the Yang murder case. This is a death penalty review case.

Our country can be said to be the most cautious country about the death penalty. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, any death penalty case will be reviewed at all levels by the state, county, prefecture, (Tao), province, and Ministry of Punishment, and finally must be approved by Emperor Jiajing. The death penalty may be carried out.

Now the Yang family murder case has come to Emperor Jiajing. Of course, Emperor Jiajing's matter is the matter of the cabinet, so the case was transferred to the cabinet.

Without investigation, there is no right to speak, so Zhu Pingan was sent to the Ministry of Punishment to review the file information.

When he arrived at the Criminal Department, Zhu Ping'an looked confused when he looked at nearly ten kilograms of case files. Fortunately, a chief of the Ministry of Punishment asked the officers of the Ministry of Punishment to help Zhu Pingan be delivered to the gate of Xiyuan. However, Xiyuan can only rely on Zhu Ping'an to find his way through the door.

By the time Zhu Ping'an arrived at Wuyi Hall with a ten-pound dossier in his arms, sweat was pouring down his back and his hands were sore and weak.

After delivering the file to the designated office room, Zhu Pingan returned to his seat, picked up the tea cup, and drank a cup of herbal tea. He felt the herbal tea flowing in his throat and abdomen, as if he had been reborn.

"Haha, Zihou must be exhausted." Li Chunfang asked with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhu Pingan gasped and replied.

"Haha, it's better to be young. I just went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and now my leg is almost broken. Here, this is for you. This is one of the few benefits we have." Li Chunfang joked with a smile, and then He handed Zhu Pingan a folding fan.

"Thank you, Mr. Li." Zhu Ping'an's eyes lit up when he saw the folding fan. He thanked Li Chunfang and took the folding fan politely. He opened it and fanned it twice. A gust of cool breeze followed, which made him feel much cooler.

After a while, Zhu Pingan came to his senses and asked Li Chunfang for advice while trying to sort out the memorials.

Mongolian Anda Khan invaded Datong again, and his subordinates captured Du'er and Xin'ai, Xinxing Fort in Liaodong. Military reports were reported everywhere; the second department of household workers reported the amount of silver used for military pay on each border, and reported that the treasury was short of silver, please increase taxes; Xuanfu, There was a severe famine in the Second Prefecture of Datong. People had no food to eat, so they had to use people to eat. The Ministry of War asked the Ministry of War to borrow military pay and silver for relief;

The pirate Wang Zhi sent his subordinates Xu Hai, Chen Dong, Xiao Xian, Maye and others to seduce more than 10,000 Japanese pirates, sailed more than 1,000 ships, landed in Zhoushan and Xiangshan County, Zhejiang, and robbed them. Taizhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing captured the cities and killed the residents. East Zhejiang was in turmoil, and Jiangnan and Jiangbei were in emergency at the same time...

After summing it up, there are three main issues in the memorial, one is the Northern captives, the other is the Southern Japanese, and the third is lack of money.

Ming Dynasty is really suffering from internal and external troubles now. Zhu Pingan frowned when he looked at the memorial...

In the afternoon in Beijing, the sun hanging in the sky seemed to be on fire, baking the heaven and earth. The water outside the courtyard was so hot that it was almost smoky. There was no wind, and it was so sultry that people could hardly breathe. Angry.

After having lunch, Ting Yuxuan's mistress Li Shu had a bowl of homemade ice cheese, and asked someone to go to the ice cellar to get a few basins of ice and put them in the bedroom to cool down, and divided the buns between the little maid and Qin'er. Each big girl has a basin.

With the ice basin for cooling, the temperature in the room is several degrees lower than outside. It's scorching outside, but the inside is cool and comfortable.

Afternoon nap.

Baozi's little maid was on duty in the master bedroom suite. While the young lady was taking a nap, she also wore only her underwear except for her outer clothes. She closed her eyes and squinted for a while on the couch.

Because she was on duty in the suite last night and had insomnia again, so when she closed her eyes, she couldn't help but fall asleep leisurely.

I don't know how long I slept.

By the time Baozi's little maid rubbed her eyes and woke up, the sun outside had already set nearly halfway to the west, and the sunlight was not so poisonous anymore.

Damn it, why did you oversleep? Miss, are you up? Didn’t I make an appointment with Miss Er and the others to enjoy the lotus today?

The little maid Baozi hurriedly grabbed a handful of hair that was messed up by her sleep, and sat up from the couch, extremely anxious.

Just at this time, a little girl came in from the living room carrying a basin of ice. Seeing that the little maid Baozi had woken up, she giggled and said, "Sister Hua'er, you are awake. The lady just saw you sleeping. Xiang, no one called you, so I took Sister Qin'er to the back garden to enjoy the lotus. The lady feels sorry for you, so we asked us not to call you and let you sleep more. We specially gave you a half-day off."

ah?

When the little maid Baozi heard this, she couldn't close her mouth. She felt sweet in her heart when she thought that the young lady was so kind to her.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the living room. The footsteps were a little messy, as if the steps were erratic and unsteady.

Then I smelled a strong smell of alcohol.

Then I saw Zhu Ping'an burping from wine, wearing a blue gauze fragrant leaf crown crookedly on his head, and walking in with swaying steps.

"Uncle, I'm back so early today. The young lady and the second young lady went to the back garden to enjoy the lotus flowers, and they haven't come back yet."

The little maid Baozi subconsciously pulled up the thin blanket to cover her neck. She was only wearing her underwear at this time, and her face was flushed with embarrassment.

"Um……"

Zhu Ping'an nodded and walked to the master bedroom. He stumbled after taking only two steps and almost hit the door.

The little maid Baozi realized belatedly that her uncle had drunk too much, his face was red, and she smelled of alcohol all over her body.

"Uncle, be careful... Zhui'er, go to the small kitchen and bring me a bowl of hangover soup." The little maid Baozi didn't care about her own clothes. She hurriedly got off the couch and supported Zhu Pingan, for fear that Zhu Pingan would be damaged. He fell down and at the same time asked the little girl Zhui'er to go to the small kitchen to bring hangover soup.

"No, no need, I'm not drunk, just help me go to the bedroom and lie down for a while." Zhu Pingan shook his head and waved his hand with his tongue out.