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Chapter two hundred and thirty seventh: holding talent and pride

After noon, Zhu Jun accompanied the concubines to lunch, and went to the eunuch of the Ministry of Personnel and presented a book. Zhu Jun calmly took it. It was Wang Chengzhi's merit test file. So he spread it out and looked at it carefully. Wang Chengzhi was originally a minor official in the Ministry of Works's supervisor, and later transferred to the department for services. Then he was transferred to the department for some reason by Shuntian Prefecture's yamen to be a civil servant. The more Zhu Jun read, the more strange it was. It would be good that ordinary minor officials could change positions in their lifetime. This person was better. He changed three departments in less than three years, and the subsequent examinations were all the best.

Zhu Jun looked down again, and the next thing was the comments from the chief officer when he was resigning, and they were all excellent. What surprised Zhu Jun the most was that he should have been promoted early with his merit exam, but this person applied for transfer when he was about to be promoted and went to another department to be a minor official.

"How strange, how strange!" Zhu Jun murmured. There are really all kinds of people in the world, and this person seems to have some arrogant capital.

The eunuch who went to take the merit test case saw Zhu Jun saying amazement and thought he was talking to him. He quickly continued, "Emperor, there are even more strange things. This person is well known to everyone in the Ministry of Personnel. When I went to ask the head of the merit test for the Ministry of Personnel, the chief official heard Wang Chengzhi's name and immediately stroked his beard and said, "If Chengzhi doesn't make a sound, it will be awesome."

I was too talkative, so I asked him, did the lord know Wang Chengzhi? The chief official said, how could he not know? Is Wang Chengzhi, who is a civil servant in Shuntian Prefecture now? I became curious and asked a few more questions, thinking that the emperor might be useful when he went back and forth to the palace to communicate.

"I realized that Wang Chengzhi was originally a businessman. A few years ago, he was still a down-and-out man. He opened a workshop in Haidu Development Zone in just two years. There were more than a dozen sea boats in the port. In the second year of the new year, he suddenly sold all his property and said that the business path was narrow and could not show his life's ambitions. Therefore, he went to participate in the imperial examination and then worked as a minor official in the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works mainly calculates money and goods and supervises the construction of ordnance projects. This person worked for several months and achieved remarkable results.

, Unexpectedly, he changed his mind and said that he would focus on the case every day, so he transferred to the department for several months. During these months, he not only handled government affairs, but also studied the laws of the Ming Dynasty in his spare time. Until a few months ago, he said that he would go to Shuntian Prefecture to be a civil servant. The head of the Ministry of Works advised him a few words, but he refused to listen, so he had to report to the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel's merit examination department checked his files and found that he had transferred one position before, so he ignored it and sent him back an application to let him do the job honestly in the Ministry of Works."

The eunuch was excited when he said this, just like a climax of the story: "Who knew that Wang Chengzhi was anxious and went to the Ministry of Personnel to theory. The Ministry of Personnel was the head of the six ministries. When ordinary yamen saw that officials from the Ministry of Personnel were not despised. The first time he saw someone coming to scold him, several officials of the Ministry of Personnel deliberately made things difficult for him. Shuntian Prefecture was mainly responsible for handling the Haidu case and maintaining public order. Therefore, the chief officials of the Ministry of Personnel asked him the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chengzhi folded his hands and recited the 100,000-word Ming Dynasty law in front of dozens of officials of the Ministry of Personnel, and quoted the scriptures and talked about which law is good and which law needs to be supplemented or abolished. From noon to evening, the officials could not stand him. They admired him and had a headache. They quickly appointed him as a transfer case and asked him out."

"From then on, the head of the Ministry of Personnel's merit examination department paid attention to him. This man did a good job in Shuntian Prefecture. Although he was a civil servant, he relied on the judges. He wanted him to be present in all criminal laws. He could tell them clearly what kind of articles and chapters he had violated, and even the defendant was convinced."

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "This person is really interesting, but it's not a false statement."

The eunuch nodded quickly: "The chief official also said that if there is no accident in this promotion to the imperial examination, Wang Chengzhi must be the top of the list and join the cabinet as a counselor. Sometimes, it will only be a matter of time before the emperor can become a senior secretary with his wise knowledge of people."

Zhu Jun laughed, the official in charge had some vision. This person is indeed a talented person. There must be one among the top three, but he ranks high. Zhu Jun had this idea, but now he has changed his mind. This person is proud of talent. If it were normal, Zhu Jun might continue to let him be a minor official to destroy his arrogance. However, the cabinet does need talents now. This person can memorize the laws of the Ming Dynasty and write out the policy of equality between scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Become a counselor of government affairs in the cabinet and find a good helper for Yang Side, but Zhu Jun still wants to suppress it. Anyone who is too smooth is not a good thing and is prone to be arrogant. Therefore, it is impossible to be at the top of the list. Give him a third place.

Zhu Jun made up his mind and sent the merit test paper back to the eunuch and asked him to send it back to the Ministry of Personnel. Then he rushed to the Donghunting Pavilion to take a nap.

The next day, I was promoted to the third place of the scientific examination and met with Tingxuan. Zhu Jun did not like the fun. He only let Yang Side be with him. The first place was Liu Yangxin. He was already an old man. The second place was Ouyang Mu. He was also a fifty-year-old man. His eyes were bright and he seemed to be a general. The third place was

It was middle-aged, with a rebellious look on his face. He seemed to have no idea. However, he had made the first two-year list after the list. He thought that he was the best to do his own strategy. Although the articles of the other two were full of flowers, the content was too pedantic. Although he had wonderful ideas, he still lacked the foundation for the wealth of the country. Therefore, he felt that the court was not fair to him.

After the ceremony, an eunuch came to promulgate the imperial edict and ordered them to be the counselor of the cabinet and assist the Grand Secretary in military affairs. There was a lot of encouragement behind it. Liu Yangxin and Ouyang Mu were thriving in blood. They suddenly became a teenager in the morning and became a farmer in the morning and entered the Junzi Hall in the evening. Although they were not farmers before, they were officials of the Six Ministry, but they soared into the sky and entered the center of the empire. As long as they were good at doing land, they could be converted to Grand Secretary. This sentence is really not wrong.

Wang Chengzhi also looked excited, but he was much less powerful than Liu Yangxin and Ouyang Mulai.

"I'm thanking you!" Several people bowed and kowtowed together. After the ceremony, they got up and dusted their robes, with a gentle look on their faces.

"Yang Qing, these three people will be your assistants in the future. They can leave some things to them to do, so that they can be more proficient and proficient, so that they will no longer have to be wronged in the future." Zhu Jun smiled and turned his head to Yang Sidedao on the side of the case.

Yang Side nodded while stroking his long beard mixed with black and white, and looked at the three of them, feeling very satisfied.

Zhu Jundao: "The cabinet is the center of the court, and all the decrees are issued by the cabinet. The title of the counselor is tentatively set to be the seventh rank. You and the three of you must work hard to assist the Grand Secretary in handling official duties. Do you understand?"

The three of them bowed together, and returned to the ministers and others to understand. Zhu Jun finally turned his eyes on Wang Chengzhi and asked him: "Wang Aiqing, what you said in your policy theory is that the country is not established without a scholar, not stable, not strong, not rich in labour, advocates equality among the four people. I also think God believes that this theory of equality is too false. There is no equality in the world. What should you do if I ask you to take charge of the government?"

When Wang Chengzhi heard the emperor call him, he immediately cheered up. He was full of knowledge. He was waiting for the day to sell with the imperial family. So he hurriedly said: "It is the world's business. The people are uneven and the quality is uneven. There will naturally be a difference between the top and bottom. What the court needs to do is just treat everyone equally, and there is no need to be too demanding of equality."

Zhu Jun smiled silently and said undeniably: "I heard that you have transferred three subjects and two departments a year. My dear will not be a cabinet counselor for a year and then leave again? If so, I will be in vain for the imperial examination and seek talents."

Zhu Jun's sentence was originally a joke, but Wang Chengzhi became serious: "Good birds choose good trees to live in good talents and serve them. Your Majesty is a virtuous lord, are you still afraid that you cannot attract talented talents? I was in the Ministry of Works first, and I knew the matter of money and grain supervision. Therefore, I was seconded to Shuntian Prefecture to familiarize myself with the law. This is exactly the way for me to study. The cabinet is the center of the world, in charge of the six ministries and nine ministers, and I have learned a lot. The minister is stupid and I only hope that I can see if I live a stable life. The emperor does not have to worry."

Zhu Jun nodded, feeling that Wang Chengzhi was very decent every time he dealt with it. He didn't have that kind of arrogance in his words, but what he exuded was that kind of arrogance. He originally wanted to teach him a lesson, so that he could restrain himself and do things well. Unexpectedly, he could not find any attention to the comments, so he could only smile and give up and said to the three of them: "Let's do it, from tomorrow, go to the cabinet on time to do the job, and don't miss it."

The three of them thanked each other and said goodbye to the palace. Only Zhu Jun and Yang Side were left in the Donghunting Pavilion. Yang Side seemed to see Zhu Jun’s thoughts: “The emperor is interested in Wang Chengzhi?”

Zhu Jun nodded: "This person is a talented person and extremely intelligent. If he is trained, he will still be a right-hand man sooner or later. It's a pity that his eyebrows are too arrogant and seem a little arrogant."

Yang Side understood it and bowed: "He will be the cabinet counselor in the future. He will temporarily handle the cabinet affairs and will persuade the emperor. It is inevitable that young people will be proud of their talents, just like Zhou... Yang Side originally wanted to give Zhou Mubai's example, but it was hard to say it halfway through the words, so as not to leave a name for slander.

"Are you talking about Zhou Mubai?" Zhu Jun smiled cheerfully. Wasn't Zhou Mubai very proud back then? He was just a cabinet bachelor who had been a cabinet for several years and became more and more stable. Especially after he was appointed as a cabinet representative development zone, he seemed to be much more cunning. He was polite when he saw people and smiled all over his face. People who don't know would think that they were profiteers from where they came from.

Yang Side also laughed. Two years ago, he and Zhou Mubai were fighting to the death. Now they are alone in the cabinet to handle government affairs. Instead, they feel much lonely. They wish Zhou Mubai could take it out of the development zone to help. The grudges of the past have long faded a lot.
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