The Ming Dynasty started with caution

This time, Li Dongyang chose Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren said: "Kong Rong is the twentieth generation grandson of Saint Kong. He is quite famous. However, he ordered the royal family to kill the upright official Li Gu by issuing an edict for Liang Ji, a foreign relative of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. His reputation was ruined, so he cannot stay here." Confucius Temple.”

Yan Chengjin kept raising his hands high, but Li Dongyang never called him again. Instead, he called other Hanlin who did not raise their hands.

By noon, the assessment was finally over.

The selection of officials in the Hanlin Academy is related to promotion, so it seems that I need to prepare early.

Most of the six ministries and five monasteries, including the Imperial Procuratorate, almost select officials from the Hanlin Academy.

cabinet? Not qualified yet.

Among the six temples and five temples, Yan Chengjin looked down on the five temples. They were either offering sacrifices or offering rituals. Even Dali Temple, one of the three Buddhist temples, was rarely used by His Majesty. It was too difficult to be promoted through meritorious service.

Among the six departments, the Household Department was the worst. It often had to worry about extravagant expenses. Emperor Hongzhi was so picky that he might even pay for it.

As for the Ministry of Punishment, there is no business in these peaceful times.

The Ministry of Etiquette looks good, but in fact it is not good either. If you want to serve as an imperial examination examiner, you will be criticized for asking questions if you are not careful. Not only that, in the future, you may have to teach Zhu Houzhao and his son, but Zhu Houzhao has no son.

Except for Ma Wensheng, few of the Ministry of War's subordinates were in the capital. They often had to travel, either at the frontier fortress or on the way to the frontier fortress.

As soon as the Ministry of Industry starts working, it will be drowned in overwhelming saliva. If the Ming Dynasty can also send blades, it is estimated that the Ministry of Industry can call itself the best knife shop in the world.

There is serious intrigue among the four departments of the Ministry of Personnel, and everyone wants to get involved with the officials of the Ministry of Personnel when it comes to promotion.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that only the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the best.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is independent of the six ministries and is directly subordinate to the emperor. It has considerable power. Even the emperor can impeach officials. Very few people dare to impeach officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Yan Chengjin suddenly had an idea in his mind.

When leaving the palace, he saw Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, walking towards the palace.

Yan Chengjin often came to the house to inquire about news about Zhu Houzhao, and he was considered an old acquaintance. Yan Chengjin smiled and said hello: "Commander Mou, I haven't seen you for many days, and you are getting more energetic."

Mou Bin smiled and began to exchange business compliments: "I am almost the same age as your father, so how energetic you are, but you are wearing this official uniform, I can hardly recognize you."

As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Mou Bin thought he knew Yan Chengjin thoroughly. After Wang Yue and Cheng Minzheng went to the Yan Mansion, one became a legendary gentleman and the other became the Qingshan Lord.

He was curious if there was any deal between the three of them.

After observing for a while, I found that this boy was even lazier than the prince. He rarely read a few books a day and fell asleep at midnight. Such a person would still be in the third grade.

In a sense, he did not treat Yan Chengjin as a human being.

Just when he had a problem in his mind, he called out to Yan Chengjin: "My dear nephew, wait a minute. Uncle Shi has something to ask you scholars, but... I ask my dear nephew to keep it a secret."

Just now, I returned to my original position, but in the blink of an eye, I turned into Uncle Shi?

Yan Chengjin looked at the top of his head. Did he have the word "nephew" written on his head? Why did everyone call him "nephew".

Yan Chengjin bowed his head and said, "Since it's a confidential matter, Master Mou, it's better not to tell this official. Your mouth is leaking, so I'll take my leave." He rubbed oil on the soles of his feet and ran away.

Mou Bin is faster!

He grabbed Yan Chengjin's arm and dragged him to an unknown corner.

"Uncle Shi knows that you have an upright nature. I have said a lot of good things to you in front of His Majesty before. Now that I need my nephew, my nephew is really not willing to help me?" Mou Bin said sincerely, as if Yan Chengjin didn't want to help. Just worse than animals.

Mou Bin sighed: "This matter is not a secret in the palace. Your Majesty is very concerned about the family of Empress Dowager Ji. Not long ago, he also ennobled a person from the clan of Empress Dowager Ji to be the commander of the Imperial Guard. Now someone else is saying, It’s from the Empress Dowager Ji’s clan. Your Majesty ordered me to investigate, but to be honest, Uncle Shi can’t find anything.”

No wonder the secret sentry outside the wall did not see Mou Bin this time. It turned out that he was sent to Guangxi by Emperor Hongzhi.

Empress Dowager Ji was the biological mother of Emperor Hongzhi, but she was persecuted by Concubine Wan Gui. In order to save Zhu Youtang's life, she showed that she had no intention of competing for favor and hung herself in the palace with a three-foot white silk ribbon.

She never enjoyed the blessings of the royal family. She was a great mother. Emperor Hongzhi often thought of her.

However, according to Yan Chengjin's knowledge, Han Yongping had already killed everyone during the Dateng Gorge Rebellion. So any relatives or clans that he had were probably fake.

Emperor Hongzhi sent people to find relatives every year.

Yan Chengjin thought carefully and deliberated for a while: "The lower official advised Mr. Mou to be careful. There may be fraud in it. Mr. Mou thought that since it is the clan of Empress Dowager Ji, when His Majesty sent people to search for it, he should have recognized it as well. Yes, why do we have to wait for the first batch of Ji clan members to become officials before the latter batch of Ji clan people come out to recognize each other? They clearly see that this method is feasible and want to imitate it. "

Mou Bin frowned: "But this person has a genealogy of Queen Mother Ji."

Yan Chengjin snorted coldly: "This is even more suspicious. The Empress Dowager Ji is the daughter of a native official of the Ji family. She has a distinguished status. She doesn't even have a genealogy. Where can the genealogy of the collateral line come from?"

At this point, he already understood it very well.

Mou Bin stared blankly, it turned out to be a fake, but how to make His Majesty believe it?

Grinning: "From what my nephew said, there seems to be a way to solve it. You might as well tell Uncle Shi. I will thank you greatly in the future."

Yan Chengjin said: "Master Mou, please let the two of them identify each other first, tell each other their names and life stories. Since they are relatives, they must be familiar with each other. If there is something wrong in their hearts, they will not dare to recognize each other."

"Then, secretly send people to investigate his relatives. They may not be of the same mind as him. If there are many jealous people who benefit from seeing him, it will definitely cause trouble."

"Finally, you can check the genealogy. Since it is recorded in the genealogy, there must be someone. If you can't find a living person according to the genealogy, you can distinguish the authenticity from the false."

Mou Bin's eyes were full of sparkles: "The scholar's thoughts are really prudent and thoughtful. After the uncle solves the case, he will definitely thank my nephew again."

Mou Bin strode back to Fusi Yamen in Beizhen.

At this time, there were only a few Jinyi guards on duty in Beizhen Fusi. In order to reduce costs, His Majesty did not have many Jinyi guards. In addition, some people were squatting in the Yan Mansion, so there were not many people in the Yamen.

Mou Bin ordered several of his men to call the man who claimed to be a relative of Queen Mother Ji and kneel down in the hall.

Mou Bin shouted sharply: "Who are you? Tell me your name."

"The villain is from the Ji clan in Xihe County, Guangzhou. His name is Ji Qing. He is here to recognize his relatives. Why did you bring me to Zhenfusi?" The man named Ji Qing was a little nervous.

Another Jin Yiwei came to the hall, named Ji Zhong, who claimed to be a relative of the Empress Dowager Ji and who had just become a member of the Jin Yiwei.

Mou Bin asked: "Do you two know each other?"

"We know each other, he is my brother, his name is Ji Zhong."

"Yes, yes, sir, he is my younger brother, his name is Ji Qing." The two said quickly.

Mou Bin said coldly: "I have sent someone to invite your relatives. This is Fusi, Beizhen. You know the consequences of being sent to prison. Please bring up the genealogy of the Ji family."

Jin Yiwei handed over an old genealogy from Ji Qing's hand. Mou Bin flipped through the genealogy but could not find Ji Zhong's name.

Mou Bin frowned: "Why don't you have the name Jizhong?"

Ji Qing shivered: "I forgot to write it down..."

Mou Bin picked up the gavel and slapped it suddenly: "In this genealogy, your brother's name is Ji Fang, and his name is Jizhong. Do you think I am a fool? Come on, I'll serve you with dripping water!"

Ji Qing turned pale with fright: "Sir, please forgive me... The villain's name is Li Qing. In the accent of the Guangxi Tu people, Ji and Li have the same pronunciation. I heard that people of the same clan have received rewards, so the villain came to try his luck..."

The Jin Yiwei of Ji Zhong on the side was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.