After meeting the three pavilions, Lin Yanchao returned to the office, packed up his things and prepared to go to the pavilion the next day. ∑,

After Lin Yanchao and Liu Yukui were asked to join the cabinet to do business, their colleagues would congratulate the two.

Lin Yanchao and Liu Yukui also agreed and set up a banquet in the restaurant next to the Hanlin Courtyard, and hosted colleagues from all over the country the next day.

Lin Yanchao returned home and just entered the house. He heard the servant Yu Bo on duty say, "Master, many people come to congratulate you today, what ice crystals are there?"

"Ice Crystal?" Lin Yanchao said with a smile, "It's Bing Jing, this is a gift from friends in the officialdom."

Yu Bo smiled and said, "It's the master. When the villain was in the village, he just watched the old master's door. He had never seen a high-ranking official and nobleman. He didn't understand any rules, so he made the master laugh."

"It's okay." Lin Yanchao thought to himself. It seems that everyone in the officialdom knew about his entry into the cabinet, so in the same year in Beijing, fellow villagers came to give gifts.

Although the Hanlin officials in the cabinet are not very high, they have the opportunity to come into contact with the stewardship and confidential official letters, and every day they are all about the latest major events that happened in the empire. Therefore, no matter the Beijing officials or foreign officials will find ways to make friends with them and inquire about some confidential matters in the cabinet.

Lin Yanchao walked to the north room and saw Lin Qianqian sitting in the room and saying to him: "Brother Chao, someone is here to give us a gift today."

Lin Yanchao said: "I heard from Yu Bo, what kind of etiquette is it?"

Lin Qianqian took out more than a dozen letters. Lin Yanchao first read the signatures. In the same year as an official from other places, there were all the governors and governors stationed in Titang, and even officials from the six ministries in Beijing. Even Gu Xiancheng also gave him a gift to him.

Lin Qianqian held a letter and said with a smile: "Brother Chao, you see, this person also wrote a poem. The red sun is as hot as fire, and the master in Beijing sways the brocade fan. He wants to spread his wings in the clear sky, and bring cold jade to your waist."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Don't look at the literary writing, to put it bluntly, I'm sending Bingjing."

"Brother Chao, what is Bing Jing?" Lin Qianqian asked with a blink of an eye.

Lin Yanchao put the letter aside and said, "This is a bad habit in the officialdom. For officials from other places, Bing Jing is nominally a filial piety for the Beijing officials to cool down and cool down."

Lin Qianqian pointed and asked again: "My husband, what does it mean to pass the imperial examination in this letter? "

Lin Yanchao said: "It's just a silver pattern of five liang."

"Why don't you just say five liang?"

"A scholar is ashamed of being profitable, and this is elegance."

Lin Qianqian couldn't help rolling her eyes, then picked up a letter and asked, "Then the eight rhymes of this plum blossom poem are silver bills eight taels?"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Yes, I'll learn from it."

Lin Qianqian was so happy when she heard Lin Yanchao's praise, and then asked: "What is this Dayan?"

Lin Yanchao said: "The words come from the Zhou Yi, and the number of Dayan is fifty."

"Fifty taels? So many, then these two cypresses are one?"

"Two hundred taels of silver."

"Two hundred taels? Who gave you so much money?" Lin Qianqian asked in surprise.

Lin Yanchao glanced at the signature and said, "It's the grain hall in the warehouse."

There are three measurement criteria for how much ice charcoal is respected. One is your official position, that is, what ranks and ranks of officials, the second is whether there are key departments such as the six departments, the third is the relationship with you.

Lin Yanchao added: "This is not the highest, there is also a Qin Pass, one hundred and twenty taels, meaning Hangu Pass is 120 feet high. A Mao poem, three hundred taels, because Mao's comments on the Book of Songs, a total of 305 poems. Of course, the highest is Mengjin's crossing, with 800 silver silver, meaning 800 princes crossing Mengjin to defeat Zhou. This is Bing Jing, the local governor, and the eunuch who wrote the pen."

After hearing this, Lin Qianqian immediately said, "Brother Chao, we can't ask for this money."

Lin Yanchao heard this and asked with a smile: "Is this real money?"

Lin Qianqian said: "Even if it's real money, what if Brother Chao you are arrested by the Jinyiwei after taking bribes, what should I do? When the Taizu was here, officials would embezzle more than ten taels of corruption, and they would... "

Lin Yanchao was moved and amused when he heard Lin Qianqian's plan for him, saying, "It's no longer as good as the Grand Master at that time."

"You can't be careless!" Lin Qianqian said anxiously.

Lin Yanchao looked back at more than a dozen gift slips. The officials gave Bing Jing several times more than Lin Yanchao should have received.

Especially when I sit in the grain hall, I get two hundred taels.

Even if Lin Yanchao accepts these money, he cannot be said to be wrong. Beijing officials rely on these foreign officials to live a life. This is a hidden rule in the officialdom, and no one will report your corruption because of this.

For example, Hai Rui was the most honest minister of the Ming Dynasty, but when he was a foreign official, he also bribed the Beijing officials. He said, "The year of the tribute is the year of the capital officials collecting rent."

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said, "But what you said is that except for the unrestricted favors, other people who are not clear and don't know how to deliver them to you for free will be returned one by one tomorrow. Especially the 200 taels of this food hall must not be required."

Lin Qianqian said without saying a word: "Okay, how can I reply to those who give gifts?"

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said, "That's okay. I'll write a letter to reply to them myself, and it says, "I won't accept gifts during the holiday this year."

However, despite the refund of part, Lin Yanchao also recorded nearly 100 taels of Bingjing once.

The next day.

Lin Yanchao and Liu Yukui went to Wenyuan Pavilion to sit in the hall.

Just before we arrived at the cabinet gate, we saw several rows of benches outside the cabinet gate full of officials from various yamen, waiting to come in and report the matter.

Among the many officials, many officials also sat on the bench.

Seeing this scene, officials from the Jiajing Dynasty would be shocked to drop their chins.

Lin Yanchao still remembers that in the second question of the palace examination, Pei Du reported that the prime minister should recruit talents and advisers from all over the world, and ask for a private discussion.

It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, Pei Du suggested to the emperor that all officials gather in the prime minister's residence to report the matter.

In other words, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty could not meet all officials in his mansion.

The Ming Dynasty did not have a prime minister at all, and the six ministries were directly responsible to the emperor. As for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, he was the emperor's secretary.

The normal procedure for officials from the six ministries to hand over the memorial to the emperor, and the emperor ordered the eunuchs to hand over the memorial to the cabinet, and the memorial to be submitted to the emperor for the memorial to be awarded.

In order to curb the power of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the emperor stipulated that those who enter the cabinet do not have an official office, and those who report to the officials shall not be allowed to report to the officials. The officials shall not be allowed to report to the officials. The officials shall not be allowed to report to the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. The meaning of this sentence is that each yamen cannot ask for advice from the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet before the officials report to the emperor.

However, after the power of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet was established, the votes were almost equivalent to the final criticism of the prize. In order to ensure the approval rate of the memorial, the officials had to report to the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet in advance regarding the memorials and then handed the memorial to the Emperor.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister, and the original intention of the emperor to be directly under the six ministries failed. He became the cabinet ministers to govern the six ministries, and the cabinet ministers were then responsible to the emperor.

After the officials reported to the cabinet, the emperor strictly ordered the cabinet not to give up the officials, which became an empty talk.
Chapter completed!