Madam, protect me!

Zhongshu Province.

Some time ago, Li Xuanjing cleaned up the court, and many officials from various departments were demoted and beheaded. Zhongshu Province was less affected.

Except for the two Zhongshu Sheren from the Wang family who participated in the purge of the court, who were beheaded in public by the Dali Temple for treason, no other officials were implicated.

One reason is that other officials did not participate in the action led by King You.

Another reason is that the Zhongshu Ling, who was also the left prime minister of the court, was the mentor of Li Xuanjing, the Dali Temple Minister.

Although the relationship between the teacher and the student had broken down twenty years ago, there was still a layer of affection.

The officials of Zhongshu Province were not only not implicated by King You, but also benefited a lot.

Jingzhao Yin committed suicide out of fear of crime, and a Zhongshu Sheren took his place.

Many officials aimed to enter Zhongshu Province and serve as Zhongshu Sheren because Zhongshu Sheren had great decision-making power over court affairs.

They only had a fourth-rank official position, but they also had to nod their heads on the memorials submitted by the third-rank chief officials of various departments.

However, this kind of decision-making power is more like a castle in the air.

It is not like Jingzhao Yin or Dali Temple Minister, who have the real power of life and death. Their power cannot bring much benefit to themselves.

So Du Yu envied Zhang Sheren very much, who picked up such a big bargain for nothing.

In the Zhongshu Province, above him, there are two Zhongshu Shilang, one Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Sheren of the same level as him, and five others.

But in Jingzhao Prefecture, Jingzhao Yin can cover the sky with one hand.

The entire Jingji Province, tens of millions of people, are under his jurisdiction.

After a while of feeling envious, Du Yu continued to review the memorials. When he picked up a memorial from Dali Temple, he subconsciously glanced at the signature. He couldn't help but sit up straight and read it carefully.

Although he has the final power to determine whether the memorial is passed, he is also responsible for it. If there is a mistake, he may be impeached.

Especially the memorials of important officials must be taken seriously.

This memorial was handed over by Dali Temple Minister.

The Dali Temple rarely submitted memorials to the Zhongshu Province. He didn't have to give an explanation to the court for killing someone through the Mingjing Department.

Things that made him submit memorials or personally appear were generally related to his son.

For example, the establishment of the Anti-Thief Department was after his son wiped out the thieves.

Another example was the rejection of Princess An Ning's choice of a son-in-law... Princess An Ning is now his daughter-in-law.

This time, he submitted a memorial to ask for credit for his son.

In this memorial, the Dali Temple pushed all the credit for solving the Donggong case onto his son, and it was obvious that he wanted the Zhongshu Province to promote his son.

If what he said was true, it was indeed a great achievement.

But it was only two months since his son was promoted last time.

Even a newly-appointed Jinshi with a strong background had to wait for three years before he could get a chance to be promoted, and that was when his rank was not high. From the fifth rank to the fifth rank, it normally takes more than five years.

If he was promoted, those officials who had not been promoted for many years might have objections.

If he is not promoted, the Dali Temple Minister will definitely have an opinion.

Du Yu did not want to cause such trouble, so he handed the memorial up as usual and let the higher-ups make a decision.

Faced with this memorial, the two Zhongshu Shilangs were also undecided, and passed the memorial to Zuo Xiang, who was Zhongshu Ling.

When the Zhongshu Zuo Shilang took the memorial and walked to the door of Zhongshu Ling's yamen, he happened to see an old man walking over with his hands behind his back. He stopped and bowed slightly, saying, "Meetings, Right Xiang."

The two walked into the yamen together. Zuo Xiang was reviewing the memorial that Zhongshu Sheren and Zhongshu Shilang had already reviewed and approved. Zhongshu Zuo Shilang stepped forward, handed the memorial up, and said, "Sir, this is a memorial handed over by Dali Temple Minister Li. We are undecided, please make a decision."

The Zuo Xiang took it with his hand, and after reading it, he handed it to the Right Xiang.

The right prime minister glanced at him and said slowly: "He was promoted two levels in half a year. His promotion speed is much faster than his father's."

The left assistant minister of the Zhongshu thought to himself that Li Nuo's promotion speed was of course faster than Li Xuanjing's, because Li Xuanjing didn't have such a powerful father.

The right prime minister closed the memorial and said: "Did Li Nuo really solve the Donggong case, or did Li Xuanjing force him to take the credit?"

The left assistant minister of the Zhongshu said: "Regarding the Donggong case, the Dali Temple submitted a detailed report to the Zhongshu Province. The Honglu Temple Secretary did play a key role in it. He was unexpectedly involved in several cases related to this case. It was after he arrived at the Honglu Temple that he accidentally discovered that the death of Guanglu Temple Secretary was strange. He also found the list of Donggong officials in the Honglu Temple's case library and found clues from it. It can be said that if it weren't for him, the Donggong case might not have been solved until now..."

The left prime minister thought for a while and said: "In this case, he is suitable Ministry of Justice."

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang echoed: "Honglu Temple Cheng has a talent for solving cases that ordinary people don't have. The Sifangguan case was also found out by him. Otherwise, the court would not be able to explain to Chu."

Zuo Xiang was silent for a moment before saying: "They are indeed very good at solving cases. Let him go to the Ministry of Justice. The doctor of the Ministry of Justice..."

Before he finished speaking, You Xiang waved his hand and said: "I think it's not possible. Dali Temple already has Li Xuanjing. If he goes to the Ministry of Justice, Daxia's criminal law will be completely controlled by the father and son of the Li family. How can the court officials feel at ease?"

Zhongshu Zuo Shilang pondered for a while and felt that what You Xiang said was not unreasonable.

When appointing officials, the court will try to avoid this situation.

In the same department, officials from different parties and different forces must check and balance each other, otherwise it is easy to have an office or an affair that is controlled by the same force from top to bottom, and the court cannot intervene.

The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple actually have this kind of restriction.

If Li Nuo enters the Ministry of Justice, the lives and property of Daxia officials, big and small, will all depend on the two of them. Even if Li Nuo is not like his father and can be absolutely fair, it cannot eliminate the panic in the officials' hearts.

This is obviously not conducive to the stability of the court.

This tacit rule was originally intended to prevent those aristocratic families from controlling the government.

Although the Li family is not an aristocratic family, the fact that the father and son are in the court together has indeed caused a lot of trouble to the court.

Therefore, from the beginning, the right prime minister would rather be criticized than let him, who is the champion of the six subjects, enter the core department of the court.

It was also his decision to let the champion of the six subjects serve as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites.

However, clear rewards and punishments are also a principle that the court needs to abide by. The left assistant minister of the Secretariat asked: "What position do you think he should be given..."

The fifth rank is different from the fifth rank. The fifth rank officials are almost all core officials of the powerful departments.

The right minister thought for a while and said: "Since Li Xuanjing tried every means to get his son promoted, just give him a promotion. From now on, the rank of the Honglu Temple Secretary will be promoted to the fifth rank..."

Honglu Temple.

Li Nuo was still practicing martial arts when the imperial edict of the Secretariat arrived.

This imperial edict was for his promotion.

In order to reward him for his great contribution to the cracking of the Donggong case, the Secretariat decided to raise his official rank by one rank, from the fifth rank to the fifth rank.

However, after the promotion, he was still the Honglu Temple Secretary.

Because the rank of the Honglu Temple Secretary was also promoted by one level with him.

The former Honglu Temple Secretary was a fifth rank official position, but now it has become a fifth rank.

The rank of a certain official position is not fixed. Sometimes it will be promoted, sometimes it will be demoted. The ranks of almost all official positions have changed, but this time, the rank change of the Honglu Temple Secretary was abnormal to Li Nuo...

Before the promotion, he was responsible for funerals.

After the promotion, he still handled funerals.

There was no change in his duties.

He was promoted, but it was the same as if he had not been promoted.

Li Nuo had reason to suspect that someone was deliberately targeting him.

It was not difficult to find out about this matter. Li Nuo asked Wu Guanjia to investigate and soon found out the root cause.

The order to raise the rank of the Honglu Temple by one grade was issued by the right prime minister. In addition to His Majesty, only the left and right prime ministers had such power.

At the same time, Li Nuo also learned that it was the right prime minister who made him the deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Li Nuo and the Right Prime Minister had only met once. Thinking of the old man who looked majestic without even getting angry, he couldn't help but ask, "Have I ever offended the Right Prime Minister?"

Butler Wu coughed awkwardly and said, "The young master didn't offend him, but the old master did."

Li Nuo looked at him, and Butler Wu continued to explain, "Many of the scholars who were killed back then were disciples of the Right Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister. Over the years, some of the Right Prime Minister's other disciples also died at the hands of the old master..."