Troubled Times Survival Raiders

Zhang Jue did not break his promise, he came to the Ministry of Officials to report even after years had passed.

Wu Junyi had explained in advance that he would not be so polite to an old official like Zhang Jue, and how to use it as he wanted, Wu Junyi quite straightforwardly handed over the title of Taiwei to him.Deng Xian was in power inside, and Zhang Jue was in charge of the outside, Wu Junyi was very relieved.

As for those celebrities who retired, they were handed over to Zhou Kuang and Deng Xian.After Zhou Kuang heard about his mission, he patted the table and laughed, "Since Your Majesty values ​​the veteran so much, the veteran will live up to his trust."

Wu Junyi also mentioned asking him to write an article, preferably praising border soldiers for protecting their families and defending the country, in order to change the current atmosphere.Zhou Kuang responded coolly, but he had something to say first: "This article is easy to write, but one article has little impact. It is better to wait for many literati to be invited out of the mountain, and the ministers will gather together and write articles together. One book."

Wu Junyi responded immediately.

He went to the Martial Arts Arena before closing his pen for the Chinese New Year. Xu Bin respectfully asked him to inspect him. After he had a fit, Xu Bin counted the number of people. Also go home, send to a nursing home, or stay behind.The soldiers are full of energy, and they are very skilled in drawing bows and fighting, which is quite different from two months ago.

And Yao Zhijian was submissive under Zhang Jue's control, and made the imperial army look like an iron bucket.It directly caused Wu Junyi to sneak out of the palace without saying hello to him in advance.

Deng Xian must be the happiest about Zhang Jue's return.Although Deng Xian expressed his joy in a special way: on the day Zhang Jue arrived at the Ministry of War, Deng Xian handed over all the impeachments of military discipline, lack of military supplies, and proposals for disarmament, all tied up and handed over to Zhang Jue.

"Ziyu, Brother Yu finally wants you back! I'll leave these to you, and it must be a trivial matter for you."

He called Zhang Jue's name so affectionately, but Zhang Jue didn't even bother to give him a look. "Deng Shangshu, please make room, don't block the way of the next official."

"Ziyu hurts my heart. We used to work together, why should we be so polite and alienated?" Deng Xian raised his eyebrows and smiled angrily.

According to the principle of using literature to control military affairs, the Minister of the Ministry of War is regarded as a civil official, and Deng Xian is higher than Zhang Jue.How they actually got along, of course, is another story.

This also reminded Wu Junyi that the Daqi law of Tai=zu year system followed by the court is actually somewhat out of date.At least, in some respects it's anachronistic.

As in the past, the aboveboard emphasis on civility over martial arts, or only in the prosperous age, the tolerance and neglect of corruption and bribery, is absolutely unacceptable now.

He also consulted Zhao Qing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Zhao Qing honestly submitted many prison cases in recent years, proving that according to Wu Junyi's thinking, due to the passage of time, many places in Daqi Law need to be repaired.

"The most notable thing is the regulations attached to the Empress Dowager of the Daqi Law. It has become a dead letter. Not only the Ministry of Punishment, but Dali Temple is also full of worries."

Zhao Qing not only talked about their worries, but also gave a few examples.For example, a few days ago, the servant of the eldest princess of Jiaguo drove a carriage into a commoner and killed him. According to the law, if a slave injures a commoner, he should be hanged.However, in the regulations, there is a precedent of Princess Zhao's soldiers wounding people, ten lashes and ten gold fines.According to the law and punishment, the First Princess of Jia Country will definitely be dissatisfied and make a big fuss.

However, Princess Zhao Guochang was a female general who joined the Taizu's army back then, and she was punished in the first place because of the military merits of her subordinates.If he forgave the evil slave who galloped his horse to hurt people like this, Zhao Qing couldn't swallow it.

Wu Junyi frowned again and again, he didn't have a good impression of Princess Dachang.His aunt was born with a pair of snobbish eyes. From the Qianjin Palace, she was devoted to clinging to his imperial brother, and she was indifferent to him, the beloved little prince, and didn't have many good words.Later, after he established the crown prince, the eldest princess changed her previous style and became close and friendly.

As for his cousin Li Ting, he is not a good thing either.Wu Junyi had long planned that he would be the one to make an example of others.Right Guard General Li Xianzong is an honest man, but the more honest he is, the less he can restrain his wife.

"According to the law, I will deal with the eldest princess of Jiaguo."

Zhao Qing happily agreed.

Wu Junyi asked about revising the law again, but Zhao Qing's tone hesitated a lot: "Your Majesty, revising the law is a major event. It may be a bit reckless to propose to revise the law rashly after you have been enthroned not long ago."

This man was too honest, and he said the words of rejection so directly.Wu Junyi also didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he was not angry and asked him to retreat first.

Although Wu Junyi summoned Jinshi to the Hall of Martial Arts to discuss matters, to a certain extent emptied the functions of the Ministry of Education, who was in charge of discussing with him the drafting of cases and drafting government orders, but such things as rebuilding the law cannot be bypassed by the department responsible for reviewing government orders. You can't get around the Prime Minister if you go to the province.

"Where is your majesty going?" Shen Yu asked.

He has gotten used to their majesty not playing cards according to common sense, leaving the palace quietly from time to time, and he is also used to being the unlucky guy who is always caught and followed. Maybe it is because he always attends the time of the majesty. The longest one - except for Li Qi.

"Let me ask you, what kind of lawsuits do people in Beijing deal with in their daily lives?"

"What lawsuits?" Shen Yu was really caught up in the question. He thought for a while before answering hesitantly: "I just remember that day, before the children's examination and the township examination, I had to report to the county government office. Is this considered? "

Wu Junyi spoke one by one in front of him, speaking very smoothly, and Shen Yu gradually became less cautious, and the words Xizhi became more and more smooth.

"Just right." Wu Junyi said. "We will take part in the children's examination in the coming year. My brothers and I should also go to the county government office to sign up."

Shen Yu blinked, although she understood what the other party meant, she still felt a little unbelievable.

"Your brother, it's time to take part in the next year's children's test." Wu Junyi suddenly remembered something.Before, Shen Yu asked him to find out about Shen Qi's situation. In fact, he knew the result a long time ago, but he never had a good opportunity to tell Shen Yu about it.

"Yes." Shen Yu said in a low voice.If it was back then, he should have been busy at this meeting, accompanying Shen Qi to familiarize himself with the environment of the number room and simulate a child test.But now he had to learn about it from someone else.

Wu Junyi continued smoothly: "You asked me to check, and I have already found out—Shen Qi's entry into the Imperial Academy is in compliance with the rules. Your uncle is now a fifth-rank Zhongsan doctor, and his son can indeed enter the Imperial Academy .”

Surprise was clearly written on Shen Yu's face.

"Shen Rong, a Baiding who has no fame, is able to join the prime minister's family and rely on self-recommendation to become an official, which is quite capable." After all, Wu Junyi realized in his heart that it was probably because Shen Yu was reused by him.Jia Shengde refused to miss an opportunity to catch him.

You must know that Shen Yu, the number one scholar who passed the examination in an upright manner, is now only a seventh-rank scholar and an eighth-rank school secretary. It is really terrifying that he can easily turn a commoner into a fifth-rank official.

What he could think of, Shen Yu could think of too.Dr. Zhongsan is just a scattered official, and Wu Junyi won't bother with it.However, in Shen Yu's heart, the sense of guilt was heavier than ever.

They did not speak again.Walk towards the nearest county government office.

Wu Junyi said: "Bo Jin, are we a bit older for the children's test?"

"What's the matter?" Shen Yu said with a smile, "Those who haven't passed the entrance examination, even if they have gray hair, are still just children."

They came together, but found that there was an endless stream of people who signed up in twos and threes. Sure enough, as Shen Yu said, there was no shortage of middle-aged people, even people with silver threads, who hurriedly reported the names and birthplaces of the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren. Printed and handed over to the ceremonial room for safekeeping.

While Wu Junyi and Shen Yu were still queuing, they saw the people in front arguing with the clerk in the ceremonial room:

"You have to pay money to have someone write down your name and guarantee you when you enter the venue!"

Wu Junyi stepped forward and questioned: "The imperial examination has never asked about one's background, and there is no fee. Why are you obstructing here and accepting bribes!"

"Hey, seeing you like this, it's the first year to take the exam, right?" The little official looked at Wu Junyi triumphantly, without any panic, "Take the exam twice and you'll be clear. Without security, you can't even enter the gate of the prison. !"

Shen Yu frowned, "We have our own colleagues and teachers as guarantors, just write it down on paper and hand it over to the government, why do we have to ask for a guarantor here?"

After all, he was thinking of the rules of one county, one county, but what he said was no different from questioning.

The little official was really furious: "If you don't want to take the exam, get out! You are still missing one of the admitted students? Stop talking nonsense here!"

The Tong Sheng who started the dispute earlier had honestly found out the broken silver and offered it, but the little official looked down on him, "Just this small amount of silver, do you want to keep it?"

The man gritted his teeth, took out the complete ingot of silver wrapped in the handkerchief and offered it, and then he raised his hand to cover the coin and accepted it.

Some people in the queue at the back were too angry to speak out, and some thought Wu Junyi and the others were troublesome and asked them to make way quickly.Wu Junyi dragged Shen Yu out of the ceremony room. "I don't know that this is the case under the county magistrate Jiang. Okay, let's go beat the drums and complain."

Shen Yu didn't expect to witness the yamen servant blatantly extort Shizi. He saw with his own eyes that the ingot of silver was worth five taels!This is probably the food expenses of the family.

"Jiang Cheng has only been in office for three or five years, and his subordinates have become like this. They are exactly the same as his old man, Zhuang Xiu. They are the lackeys of the Prime Minister." Wu Junyi walked towards the main entrance of the yamen with brisk steps.

"So many officials, do you remember to come here?" Shen Yu asked in a low voice.When talking in the past, Wu Junyi often reacted without thinking when someone was mentioned in the court. Shen Yu was used to it, but this is just a small county magistrate, and he can tell the other party's resume in detail, which is really jaw-dropping.

"The Beijing officials are fine. I really can't remember the ones released outside." Wu Junyi stopped, looked thoughtfully at the plaque hanging high in the county government, and said to himself: "You don't need to write There is no need to spend money on pleading papers, I remember correctly, right?"

As soon as the words fell, he clenched the mallet tightly in his hand and landed heavily on the drum.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Wu Junyi knocked three times, as usual, the county magistrate must immediately go to court for questioning.However, the two waited for a while, only to wait until a group of yamen servants, the leader of the arrester quickly drew his waist knife, and bluffed loudly: "Who? Who is beating the drums here! Don't you understand the rules!"

Wu Junyi held Shen Yu's hand tightly, and pulled Shen Yu behind him.Then, Wu Junyi gave them a cold look, turned his head and said to Shen Yu: "According to the rules, then, it's time to beat the drum to report to the officials."