036 Chen Xun's Luncheon
"It's a bit simple, but fortunately I haven't been abandoned for many years, so I can barely live there." Ye Bao looked very embarrassed.
This attitude made Sun Yuanjun a little crazy.
The fifth-ranked thousand households are not abnormal, but very problematic.
But I didn't know that when I arranged a residence, not only did I say anything in the palace, but Eunuch Cai also specially found the commander of the Jinyiwei. Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu also gave Ye Bao a handwritten note, so how could Ye Bao not pay attention to it?
It can be considered a ready-made one in such a short time a night, unless someone gives up the house.
But keep a low profile.
So it is really not easy to have such a house.
Sun Yuanjun had no luggage, and before the official move of the books at home, she only brought twenty taels of silver, some clothes, etc. In fact, if she and Bai Minghe gave a single-house courtyard, according to later calculations, it would be enough to have more than 100 square meters of a farmyard.
The yard in front of me can almost be used as a football field using the calculation method of later generations.
Moreover, there is no need to demolish the house, the vacant land in the front yard alone is barely enough.
Sun Yuanjun hurriedly thanked, but Ye Bao said, "Thank you but don't worry. Please hand me the letters of Mr. Bai." Sun Yuanjun quickly took them out of the bag. There was a profit distribution plan for the Match Factory, a memorial written by Jinjie, and some suggestions and ideas for opening a store in Beijing.
After Ye Bao left, Huai Yu, who was still reserved, ran into the yard like crazy: "Brother-in-law is really amazing. Once an official becomes an official, there will be such a big yard."
"Do you think this official is easy to be a good official!" Sun Yuanjun was a little worried, and closed the door while talking.
On the other hand, Bai Minghe had been taken to the mansion by the people of Chen's mansion. Chen Xun formally met Bai Minghe in the main hall behind, and then personally brought Bai Minghe to his study.
"I will inform you of a message first. I will submit a letter to you as the Secretary of the Cabinet. Long live your post, and you will be from the seventh rank!"
Bai Minghe didn't respond, but just gave a very regular gift. He became more and more confused.
Chen Xun pointed to the file on the table: "You may do this? Sit down and read it slowly, don't worry. I have time today, so do you! The palace and the clan mansion know that you have come to my mansion!"
Yongding River renovation case!
(Yongding River was called Hunhe in the early Ming Dynasty, also known as Wuding River. In order to facilitate readers, it was used in a modern name)
Bai Minghe looked at it calmly. He originally thought that this was the renovation of more than 700 companies in Quanhe, but who would have thought that it was only the part of Beijing. And it was all trivial small jobs. But after thinking about it, he was originally white, and maybe because he had some function in storing water in Xiaquan Village, he gave himself such a job.
Seeing Bai Minghe put down the file, he took a deep breath.
Chen Xun, who had been observing the Bai Minghe, could not help but feel a little excited.
He observed carefully. From the beginning to the end, Bai Minghe's expression did not change at all. It can be said that he had read this file very seriously and calmly, or the key part of the file.
Bai Minghe stood up again and came to Chen Xun's desk: "Sir, the chief minister, the official has finished reading it."
"I won't talk about what to do about this matter, I will just talk about what you think about taking this matter. To be honest, even if I have some crazy words, I will allow it!"
"Yes!" Even though Bai Minghe came from later generations and was somewhat crazy in front of his peers, the elders still abide by the etiquette. After first responding with his fists, Bai Minghe replied: "I first looked at the name on the file, and the lower officials thought it was the entire Yongding River to be renovated. I felt a little happy. This river gradually took five to eight years, layered and structured, and it was still easy to add tens of thousands of taels of silver to the treasury every day."
When Chen Xun heard this, his hands couldn't help but tremble.
Bai Minghe was still talking down, not paying attention to this detail. He just continued:
"After seeing the content, the officials were somewhat disappointed. But then they thought that the officials were young and had just entered the officialdom. These little things about sesame and mung beans can be polished, and they can also adapt to the officialdom. The most important thing is that no matter what the job is, they serve the Ming Dynasty, and naturally they need people to do it. Therefore, the officials are determined to plan in detail, spend the shortest time, the least manpower investment, and the greatest silver return as much as possible, and submit this test paper for entering the officialdom!"
The white-famous crane is rumored to be a madman.
When Chen Xun saw him today, he was scared, but it was not because of his madness.
You should know that if it was not for the Baiminghe exam, the entire Yongding River affairs would probably be sent to the Water Affairs Department of the Ministry of Works, and then cooperated by Shuntian Prefecture, at least a fourth-rank official would be in charge of the matter.
But Bai Minghe said that the trivial matter of measuring sesame and mung beans is used to polish his temperament.
In fact, Bai Minghe's words are not nonsense. In the modern era of later generations, a section of urban rivers dredged and reinforced river embankments. To be too big, it is the matter of the district-level government. To put it in a small way, even the street office will fix this matter.
Well, even if it is bigger, the city government will send one or two officials to take charge of the command.
But I don’t know that the Ming Dynasty was not the modern era of later generations after all.
Chen Xun had an impulse and really wanted to do this for Bai Minghe. Let's see how far Bai Minghe could do this.
Especially the last sentence of Baiminghe, the reward of silver.
Chen Xun was confident that he was not old enough to be hard to use his ears, and that sentence was the return of money. Especially before, Bai Minghe said that after renovating the entire Yongding River, he would earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a day. The madman could not say such words. Bai Minghe was really a talented person.
Thinking of this, Chen Xun picked up the teacup and sipped the tea: "Do you think this matter is a little bit smaller."
"The officials dare not, the officials said. Any job is serving the Ming Dynasty, so they dare not pick fat and thin!" Bai Minghe was still saying this, "I, Bai Minghe, didn't say that I would not do it, but this is a small matter."
Chen Xun pointed to the box next to him: "Open, the top file. Sit down and read it quietly! After reading it, I will tell you what happened during the morning court in the Qianqing Palace!"
This time, it was the report of the Ministry of Personnel, which actually happened often as early as the year of Yongle.
Many local officials have a huge gap. It is not because they have no arrangements, but because they have arranged people but are not in office. They have made various excuses and do not take up their posts.
Bai Minghe reads very quickly. After choosing the key points, he will know what's going on. In fact, it's not impossible to solve it. It's just that this is a matter of offending people, and it's not a few dozen people, but most of the officialdom.
Maybe the person who does such a thing will be destroyed before he finishes his work.
A casual smile appeared on the white famous crane's face.
It was this inadvertent smile that Chen Xun was a little impressed. Even a capable minister like Shang Lu dared not take over the case. The smile on the young white-famous He's face was not fake, but a smile from the heart.
"In the early days, Yang Ning, Ministry of Rites..." Chen Xun called out Yang Ning's name, even saving the respectful title of Shangshu Yang. From the process to the result, he only objectively told the process. At the end, Chen Xun asked Bai Minghe: "What do you think Yang Ning is fighting for?"
"Yang Ning represents Qingliu in the faction. He is fighting for Qingliu and is also fighting for his reputation."
"Okay!" Chen Xun slapped the high five lightly.
Bai Minghe is already an excellent person who can see this level.
"Then do you know, the most people in the box under this file are those who are the ones?" Chen Xun asked again.
Bai Minghe felt nervous, but this question had to be answered. After thinking, he said, "As an official in the same dynasty, a superior or a colleague, as for others, I dare not speak nonsense!" After Bai Minghe said that, Chen Xun laughed heartily, so he didn't dare to speak nonsense.
However, Bai Minghe was not wrong, and not daring to speak nonsense also represents the classification and evaluation of these people.
In fact, although Qingliu did not dare to refuse to take office for his reputation, there were still many people, especially the former Beijing officials, who were also dragging them down for the purpose of retreating as an advance, and they also refused to take office. What's more, others!
"Do you dare to answer?" Chen Xun pointed to the box and asked Bai Minghe loudly.
Bai Minghe was stunned. This matter was not a trivial matter. At least it was a senior official like first-rank and second-rank, and even a big man with a title came out to take the lead. He was considered that onion!
The white-famous crane is hesitating and thinking.
Chen Xun continued, "Last year, the Supreme Emperor returned to the capital, and Yu Shangshu established the lord to welcome the emperor with the courtesy of the monarch and his subjects. But the result was not the case. The Supreme Emperor lived in Nangong. This is a taboo topic, and I dare not mention it too much. But I know that your little moves were made with the help of Bai Chongyuan, a seventh-rank official, and he made some small moves."
Bai Minghe immediately stood up and gave a long bow: "Please give me some advice!"
"Some things are not something that cannot be done. Long live my heart, and I can agree with it. But who will come up with this? I dare not recite some reputations, nor can I bear it. If you do it, Yu Shangshu, Shang Fuchen and others, even if you don't have the same power as the same water and fire, you will also draw a clear line. Because you have crossed the line!"
Chen Xun said that he had passed the line and really made the white-famous crane confused.
"Line, please give me some advice. What is this line?" Bai Minghe asked a little anxiously.
Chen Xun was observing Bai Minghe, but he was not surprised that Bai Minghe didn't know this line. Since this has been said, there is nothing to avoid.
"The emperor taught the world with virtue and etiquette. People in the world have something to do, but they don't do it. The Ming Dynasty governed the world with filial piety, but the emperor had no family affairs, let alone..." Chen Xun didn't dare to continue to speak this way. Some words cannot be said too bluntly. Bai Minghe can understand how much it can be calculated.
Chapter completed!