Chapter 160: The new Minister of Personnel Kou Zhun

Outside Wancheng, Kou Zhun stood beside the carriage, looked at Wancheng, and murmured with a smile: "I finally got back after years of separation."

"Master, our family has no house in Wancheng, where will we live tonight?" At this time, Liang leaned out and told Kou Zhun that although Kou Zhun had been an official in Wancheng for a while, he was still a small doctor in the Ministry of Personnel and had not been a few days before he became a prefect in Jiangxia, so he did not buy any property in Wancheng.

Kou Zhun smiled and said, "That's not simple. The Ministry of Rites has an inn. We will stay in an inn tonight. After we meet the king tomorrow, we will buy a small house to stay in."

After Kou Zhun and his family settled in the inn, he came to Anling Hou’s Mansion, which is Deng Yong’s mansion.

When Kou Zhun was a doctor in Wancheng, the Minister of Personnel was Deng Yong at that time. Now that Kou Zhun came back, he immediately came to visit this old boss.

At this time, Deng Yong was playing with his grandson in the house. Now, after he took off the heavy responsibility of the Zhongshu Ling, he teased his grandson at home all day long.

"Mr. Marquis, Kou Zhun, the new Minister of Personnel, asked for a meeting." The housekeeper came to Deng Yong and spoke.

"Oh? Kou Zhun is here? Please invite me quickly, I'm here now." Deng Yong said happily when Kou Zhun was here, then let go of his grandson and headed to the front hall.

Kou Zhun was sitting in the front hall waiting. At this time, Deng Yong's footsteps came. Kou Zhun looked up and bowed quickly and said, "I have met the Marquis."

Deng Yong approached and helped Kou Zhun up and smiled and said, "No need to be polite. Kou Zhun, you haven't seen each other for many years, and you haven't changed much. You're still so polite."

"The Marquis laughed. After many years of separation, the Marquis is still in style. Are they in good health recently?" Kou Zhun said.

"Okay, very good, come, please sit down!"

After the host and guest sat down, Deng Yong smiled and said, "You haven't returned to Wancheng for so many years, but you're still used to it?"

Kou Zhun said: "It's still the same thing. But after I came back, I heard that the Marquis stepped down as the Minister of the Secretariat, so I came to visit me. The Marquis was very good at this Secretary of the Secretariat, so why did he suddenly retreat?"

Kou Zhun originally thought that Deng Yong retreated because of his physical condition, but now it seems that Deng Yong has no physical problems. He can't understand why Deng Yong retreated. He is the head of the three prime ministers of the court, one person, more than ten thousand people, and many people can't get it in their entire lives. Now Deng Yong actually said that he would retreat.

Deng Yong smiled and said, "What's so strange? I'm already sixty-four years old. Why don't you stand for it? Why don't you retreat early and give up your position to young people, and enjoy family happiness. Wouldn't that be happy? Besides, if I don't retreat, can you become the Minister of Personnel?" Deng Yong was very generous, and at the end he even joked about Kou Zhun.

"Mr. Marquis said, Kou Zhun is not as good as the Marquis's mind." Kou Zhun said embarrassedly. Deng Yong was right. If Deng Yong did not retreat, Cui Hao and Zhang Bin would not be promoted. How could Kou Zhun return to Wancheng and become the Minister of Personnel, the head of the six ministries.

"Okay, it's rare to come here today. I'll be here to have a drink of water and wine with me." Deng Yong said.

"Then it's better to obey your duty than respect."

After drinking and eating, Kou Zhun left the Anling Marquis Mansion.

The next day, Deng Sheng formally appointed Kou Zhun as the Minister of Personnel. After the court was dispersed, Deng Sheng invited Kou Zhun to Ganyang Palace.

"I, Kou Zhun, pay homage to the king, I, Wang for thousands of years!" Kou Zhun bowed to Deng Sheng.

"Kou Qing is exempt from courtesy!"

"Thank you, King!"

"Kou Qing, I wonder what is going on in Jiangxia now?" Deng Sheng asked Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun said: "Don't worry, Jiangxia is in good condition..." Then Kou Zhun explained Jiangxia's situation in detail.

Deng Sheng nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and said, "Kou Qing is worthy of being a minister of the country. Kou Qing can achieve today's prosperity, and Kou Qing is indelible."

"The king has praised it, I am ashamed of me!" Kou Zhun said humbly.

Deng Sheng was very satisfied with Kou Zhun's attitude and said, "I know what Kou Qing is like, but I still have something to worry about, that is, who should take over the position of Jiangxia Prefect?"

In fact, Deng Sheng had long planned to make Pang Ji the prefect of Jiangxia, but Pang Ji was just a small county magistrate. In the eyes of ordinary people, Deng Sheng did not know Pang Ji at all. If he rashly appointed Pang Ji as the prefect of Jiangxia, it would be suspicious, so he hoped that Kou Zhun would propose it.

Kou Zhun did not disappoint Deng Sheng, and said, "I am just about to tell the king about this matter. Regarding the prefect of Jiangxia, I have someone to recommend it."

"Who? Kou Qing, come quickly." Deng Sheng said.

"Pang Ji, the magistrate of Xiling County, has outstanding talent and an honest official. Moreover, when I was the prefect of Jiangxia, Pang Ji made many achievements in Jiangxia's government affairs. He is very familiar with Jiangxia's government affairs and has many ideas. I believe that if he becomes the prefect of Jiangxia, he will definitely take Jiangxia to a higher level." Kou Zhun introduced.

Deng Sheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, since Kou Qing admires this Pang Ji so much, I will order him to come to Wancheng and investigate it myself. If it is true as Kou Qing said, he will be the prefect of Jiangxia."

"The king is wise!"

After Kou Zhun left Ganyang Palace, he first visited Zhang Bin, the Minister of Personnel. After understanding the situation of the Ministry of Personnel, he came to the official office of the Ministry of Personnel and officially took charge of the Ministry of Personnel.

"Sir, this is the list of officials for this year. According to the rules of previous years, before August every day, our Ministry of Personnel will complete the inspection of officials in Wancheng. Before October every year, we need to send people to various places to inspect the political achievements of officials. This is the inspection of Wancheng this year." The minor official of the Ministry of Personnel told Kou Zhun about the inspection of officials this year.

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "Let go first, if there is anything, I will call you."

General Kou passed the situation of officials from all over the country. He thought it was just a formality, but he didn't expect that Kou Zhun would find the problem, so he hurried to find Deng Sheng.

"What! Do you think there is something wrong with the officials in Shangyong's inspection?" Deng Sheng told Deng Sheng about the discovery of Brigadier General Kou in Ganyang Palace. Deng Sheng was shocked. He had never heard Zhang Bin talk about it.

Kou Zhun nodded and said seriously: "King, this is the investigation of Shangyong. You see, the entire Shangyong, from the prefect, issued an order to the county magistrate and county magistrate, were all the same. This is too strange. Even if the entire Shangyong officials have outstanding political achievements, they cannot be so similar."

Deng Sheng looked carefully and found that as expected, his face turned dark and he said, "Come on, I'll send Zhang Bin."

"My minister, Zhang Bin pays homage to the king!"

Soon, Zhang Bin came to Ganyang Palace, but found that Deng Sheng's face looked ugly.

Deng Sheng ignored Zhang Bin, but threw Shangyong's investigation documents directly in front of Zhang Bin, suppressing his anger and said, "Look, tell me what happened."

Zhang Bin picked it up for no reason. When he opened it, he couldn't find any problem at first, but the more he looked, the more he became more and more panicked. After reading it, he fell to the ground and apologized: "I am not in a moment of observation, please punish the king!"

Deng Sheng said angrily: "Your temporary misconstraint is likely to make Shangyong people resent. If Kou Qing had not discovered this, I would not know that Shangyong actually looked like this."

"I am guilty!" Zhang Bin lay directly on the ground to apologize.

"King, I think this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Xiang, and the most urgent task is to re-examine Shangyong." At this time, Kou Zhun spoke.

"Huh!" Deng Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Zhang Bin, you can handle this matter personally. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice will do their best to assist you. I hope you can give me an answer that satisfies me."

"Don't worry, I will be punished by the merits." Zhang Bin said.

"Go down." Deng Sheng waved his hand.

After Zhang Bin and Kou Zhun walked out of Ganyang Palace, Zhang Bin glanced at Kou Zhun and said dissatisfiedly: "Shu Kou is really capable."

Kou Zhun was not afraid of Zhang Bin, so he replied directly: "Zhang Xiangyan is so serious, he is just serving the king."
Chapter completed!