A Timely Wife

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was surnamed Bai, and he didn't know where he came from. He was very selfless. When he took office, he punished Xiong Ruofeng in front of the courtiers, saying that he was not worthy of being an emperor. At that time, they thought that The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was on their side, and he was going to show his favor to them. As a result, unexpectedly, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials not only spoke harshly about the emperor, but also scolded them all one by one. They said that they didn't know how to be ministers and were not worthy of being ministers. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials had offended both sides as soon as he took office. Xiong Ruofeng was better. This person has no worries about officials, and Xiong Ruofeng was unhappy when he was said, but he also understood that what he said made sense, but the courtiers were a little confused, whether they were on the side of the emperor or the courtiers, or both. Xiangbang is completely neutral, and it is not clear which side this person is from.

After getting along for a while, they gradually figured out that this Minister of the Ministry of Officials was neither from the emperor's side nor from the courtiers' side, let alone the so-called neutral faction. He formed his own faction and was a man of the law. , Everything must be measured by the law, and the law is used to speak. Those who do not break the law generally do not open their mouths. Once they break the law, they will never show any mercy, no matter who they are Lesson, since the Minister of the Ministry of Officials took office, no matter who they are, a lot of people have been cleared out. It is not that they do not want to resist, but the Minister of the Ministry of Officials can directly deal with those below the fourth rank according to the laws of Southern Chu. Evaluation, appointment and dismissal of officials is the right granted by the law to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not dare to do this. After all, this right is not so fun. Get your own people involved.

Bai Shangshu is different. Bai Shangshu is a lone minister. He doesn't rely on anyone at all, and he doesn't need to rely on anyone's lone minister. He can't even find out his family situation. They have spent a lot of manpower and material resources to check this person's background. In the end, it was all a waste of water from a bamboo basket, and it was already depressing enough to find nothing. Later, Bai Shangshu would directly call out who and who at the court meeting. When did they check him, they almost thought that this person had clairvoyance Omniscient.

However, the administration of officials has become much clearer. In the past, there were more or less corruption and perversion of the law. Under the circumstances of Xiong Ruofeng and Bai Shangshu's joint rectification, whether it was sincere or false, whether it was on the surface or from the heart, In short, not many people dare to blatantly violate the things that are strictly prohibited in the laws of Southern Chu. Bai Shangshu is like a canon of laws of Southern Chu that can walk. The law, he can say it immediately, together with the punishment, people who often play tricks have to accept the punishment, because they are worried that when one of them does not conform to the provisions of the laws of Southern Chu, Xiong Ruofeng has been in power for the past two years. Those who are officials in Chu memorize the most firmly, and also get the most thorough.

After Xiong Ruofeng's death, when Chengdong and Li Ruosong started to clean up the spies in Southern Chu, many ministers immediately joined in the petition, saying that Bai Shangshu's identity and origin were unknown, and he didn't know how he got into this position. They suspected that he was not People from Nanchu, but people from other places, Chengdong heard it, just smiled slightly, and told them that Bai Shangshu belonged to him, and he belonged to him many years ago, the section chief Bai who was in charge of quality management in the arsenal.

Speaking of Bai Shangshu, not many people know about it. Speaking of Bai Section Chief, there are not many people in Nanchu who don’t know. This Bai Section Chief who only hears his name but doesn’t know him is the most grateful person in the hearts of all Nanchu people. It is also a nightmare for all the staff in the arsenal. His insistence on the standards is simply outrageous, and he does not accept even a centimeter of error. All flaws will be sent back for redoing. Chengdong is very optimistic about Section Chief Bai. Finding that this person is not only familiar with the relevant standards of the arsenal, but also open-mouthed about the production standards in other factories, he directly promoted Section Chief Bai, and promoted him from the quality management personnel of the arsenal to the position of general quality control , Usually his job is to check whether the products produced by various factories meet the standards.

Although Section Chief Bai does a lot of things, he usually walks around randomly, and withdraws after the inspection, and never shows up in front of people. This has led to Section Chief Bai working for several years, but few people have seen him. Later, when Chengdong recommended him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, not to mention Xiong Ruofeng, even Xiong Ruoshan didn't recognize Section Chief Bai. Section Chief Bai was nearly 40 years old, with a pitiful expression, and for some reason he never got married. Chengdong checked his past before recommending him, only to find that Section Chief Bai was from Qingjiang Prefecture, a native of Southern Chu, his lover died at the hands of Dahe people, and he did not choose to follow his lover after his death. Others continue to live together, but he lives alone. He spends all his time on work, so whether he does things or does work, he is admirable.

Section Chief Bai is a bit like Chengdong’s previous life. They don’t know when it started. They have no pursuit of life and no passion. They are only interested in their work. It seems that work is the only reason for their existence in this world. The reason why Dong decided to give Section Chief Bai a chance is that once people like them have something they want to do and a career they want to do, they will definitely invest [-]% of it. The character of the section chief, there is absolutely no problem in arranging him to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. This person is like a black ink line, black is black, white is white, but he is not an unreasonable person, as long as you do not step on the line, He will never open his mouth. Once you step on the line, no matter whether you are the emperor or an important minister, he will scold you, say what you need to say, and clean up what needs to be cleaned up without any hesitation.

Now, Bai Shangshu stood up and recited the rules of duty with a blank face. Qin Shilang began to break out in cold sweat. He was so complacent that he forgot about Bai Shangshu, a difficult person. Emotional, before Chengdong decided to invent his will, they even questioned the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, asking him why he didn't care about Chengdong's affairs, whether he abolished the public for personal reasons, and ignored him because Chengdong was the one who promoted him As a result, Bai Shangshu just gave them a cold look, and asked them which law said that men are not allowed to cut off their hair. As long as they can find out this law, he will definitely not Let Cheng Dong go, Qin Shilang and the others realized it at that time, good guy, dare to love this Bai Shangshu not only proficient in arresting officials and breaking the law, but also good at taking advantage of loopholes in the law. Indeed, there has never been a law in Southern Chu. The law clearly stipulates that men are not allowed to cut off their hair, and it didn't even say that Shuang'er can't cut off their hair. Growing hair is just a customary rule, but rules are rules, rules are not laws, so Bai Shangshu is really right when he said so.

Chengdong is fine, but they are miserable, because the job system law states very clearly that anyone who is late after the court meeting will be penalized once, and those who show up three times within ten days can go home and eat themselves. That's why after the inspection, they would rather run up with disheveled hair and be told by Bai Shangshu that they were disheveled than be late, after all, if they were late, their jobs would be lost.This is also the reason why many courtiers would rather shorten their hair later. After all, official positions and salaries are more important than hair.

After Bai Shangshu finished speaking word by word, he said to Qin Shilang: "Qin Shilang, I've finished what I should say, is it not clear what you should answer?"

Qin Shilang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "I don't know what Bai Shangshu is talking about?"

Bai Shangshu said coldly: "Are you still pretending to be stupid in front of me? Do you want me to present all the evidence and witnesses one by one, so that you will plead guilty?"

Qin Shilang clenched his back molars and said firmly: "Your official really doesn't know what Bai Shangshu is talking about."

Bai Shangshu ignored him, and asked Chengdong directly: "Master Cheng, do you think it is possible for someone to bring up the evidence? Witnesses will wait first."

Chengdong nodded and said, "Some people don't shed tears when they see the coffin, so they present the evidence. Your Majesty, let's have a good confrontation at the court meeting today. Some things need to be clarified."

Xiong Ruoshan said with a serious face: "Everything is done according to Cheng Aiqing's wishes."

Chengdong gave Zhou Jinyan a wink, Zhou Jinyan took out a stack of papers from his arms, held them in his hands, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cheng, my lords, this is the information collected by the intelligence department, please Everyone, take a look."

Before Zhou Jinyan sent the information to Xiong Ruofeng, Qin Shilang said in a panic: "Wait a minute, there is no excuse for incriminating the crime. You collected the evidence yourself. I don't know at all. It's really hard to frame it. It's too easy, if you insist on accusing me of something I haven't done, I can't do anything about it, I don't accept such evidence, and I won't admit it."

Chengdong smiled and asked, "Qin Shilang, do you think we will frame you? What do you have that deserves our frame? What benefits can we gain by framing you?"

Qin Shilang gritted his teeth, the sweat on his forehead grew more and more, and his face turned pale. He really wanted to say that you are slandering and slandering, because you want to exclude dissidents, because you can't see people who have political opinions that disagree with you, because You guys want to talk about it, but these words, he can think in his heart whether he can get it on the table. The current Qin Shilang only wants to be able to survive or go home instead of being able to turn things around, because the job system law is very clear. Regarding what he did before, it is enough to say that he intends to subvert Nanchu, but intending to subvert Nanchu is a capital crime.