Chapter 639 [Another possibility](1/2)
During breakfast the next day, Zhan Zhao took out the list of the Taishi who drew circles for everyone to show.
The Grand Tutor had a total of four people. Zhan Guard did not know any of them. Not only did they not know them, but they had never even heard of their official positions.
Everyone thought about the directory carefully.
"Is the doctor in the examination... a doctor? a doctor in the Ministry of War... a doctor in the permanent garrison of the Ministry of War?" Zhan Zhao asked.
On the side, Gongsun squirted out a mouthful of porridge.
The little fourth son handed the handkerchief to wipe his father's mouth.
Bai Yutang asked Zhao Pu, "What kind of official rank are they all?"
Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, "Who knows, they are all civil servants."
Everyone was helpless, and Zhao Pu was familiar with all the official positions in the army.
"Who can figure out those official positions?" Zhao Pu curled his lips, "There are hundreds of people and six departments alone, and the names are long and difficult to pronounce."
While chatting, Pang Yu and Bao Yan ran out with textbooks, holding the textbooks in their hands, preparing to go to the Imperial Academy after dinner.
Zhan Zhao picked up the list and asked the two, "Do you two know what official position is for the doctor of the exam?"
Bao Yan blinked and said, "He is an official and an officer of the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Personnel."
Everyone looked up - there are many departments in the Ministry of Personnel? The first time I heard about it.
The young marquis held the bowl of porridge and said, "The doctor in the exam is responsible for the review of civil and military officers and personnel promotions, etc. Generally, there are recommendations and promotions, and they must pass the review there."
Everyone looked "so that's it".
Zhan Zhao asked, "Is it a big official?"
Xiao Baoyan shook his head, "Brother Zhan, sometimes the official and official rank are not necessarily equal to their power."
Zhan Zhao touched his chin.
Pang Yu gave an example, "Doctors basically come from fourth-rank official positions, and their rank is not as high as yours. But no one is afraid of you except for fugitives who violated the law, so naturally no one comes to flatter you. It is different for doctors to take the exam. That is the position that determines the future of many officials and officials. Who has no small flaws in life? There is a big difference between turning a blind eye and lying to death!
Bao Yan nodded along the way.
"Oh..." Zhan Zhao understood.
Bai Yutang pointed to the second name and asked, "Where is the doctor of the Ministry of War?"
Xiao Baoyan asked, "Which doctor in the Ministry of War? There are four doctors in the Ministry of War, two doctors in Sima and two doctors in the Ministry of War."
Everyone opened their mouths wide - there is still this way of division?
Pang Yu shook his head straight, and these people had no common sense at all. He explained, "The two Sima Langzhong of the Ministry of War are in charge of military officer rank and dispatch. The two Yuanwai Langzhong are in charge of tribute and election of the court, and they have real power."
Zhan Zhao and others looked at each other-oh...
"Where is this Southwest Pacifier?" Zhan Zhao continued to ask.
"The placing envoys are all part-time." Bao Yan held an egg cake, "There should be other official positions in Beijing, mostly bachelor's degree, and most of them are civil servants."
"I know the appeasement envoy," Zhao Pudao, "our dynasty has deposed the military governor and the observation envoy, and all local affairs are handed over to the magistrate, but the magistrate is too small and cannot control many things. Therefore, there is a pacifier in every place to manage it. The Southwest Pacator means that if something happens to the prefecture in the southwest region, I ask him for instructions in advance."
Pang Yu nodded, "The Southwest Pacifier is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy."
"The last one..." Zhan Zhao frowned, "receive Chang Pingsi..."
Bao Yanyi smashed his mouth, "He promoted Changping to take charge of the methods of exempting service, market, courtyard, river ferry, and water conservancy."
Everyone nodded, it was a very important feeling...
"To put it bluntly, Changpingsi is a person who sets rules. He formulates various commerce and transportation rules based on the annual harvest situation to benefit people's livelihood." Pang Yu said.
Everyone looked at the two children wearing Taixue robes and couldn't help asking, "Do you know how to teach this?"
Bao Yan shook his head, "I read them all in the books, I only know what official positions are responsible for, I don't know who they are in charge." As he said that, he pointed to Pang Yu beside him, "You ask him, he knows it."
Everyone looked at Pang Yu again.
Pang Yu nodded while biting the egg cake.
The little Sizi was very curious, "Xiao Xiaopang, do you know all these people?"
"It's almost the same." Pang Yu said.
Everyone raised their eyebrows - the friendship is vast!
Pang Yu looked at the sky, "My father is in charge of the Sixth Ministry. There are not too many officials and officials who come to visit each other during the holidays. Every one of my father will tell me in detail what he is doing, and it is not too difficult to remember."
Zhan Zhao subconsciously looked at Bai Yutang - isn't it difficult to remember?
Bai Yutang laughed and asked him to read the secretary's official position like Bao Yan, but it would be too difficult to get him to get the title one by one.
Everyone also sighed that they were worthy of being the son of the Grand Tutor.
"Are you familiar with these people?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Pang Yu had already finished breakfast, held a cup of tea and thought for a while, "These four are very capable! My father told me that these four people are not only ambitious but also ruthless, so they should be wary of it."
Everyone touched their chins.
"I don't think they are very reliable people." The little marquis shook his head.
"Why is it unreliable?" Bao Yan wondered.
Pang Yu said, "These four of them have daughters at home, and they once wanted to marry their daughter to me."
Everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Pang Yu. Xiao Sizi couldn't help but say, "Little Fatty is so popular!"
Pang Yu twitched the corner of his mouth and pointed to his nose and said, "It's been a few years ago that I'm notorious at that time. Where can anyone be a serious father and I give my daughter to me? Isn't you trying to flatter my father?!"
Everyone nodded, it was true.
Pang Yu shook his head and said, "My father told me before that even if he is so utilitarian, if the emperor is a bastard like me when I was bad, he would not let my sister marry into a princess. It can be seen that those who take the initiative to propose to give my daughter to me as a wife are not good fathers. They don't even have to eat their children. Such in-laws are not allowed! Nowadays, they have to be good people, and some can be bad and some have moral integrity."
Everyone looked at Pang Yu with their arms held back and looked at him for a long time, turned their faces and asked Bao Yan, "Does Mr. Bao have any teachings on you in this regard?"
Bao Yan sat upright, "Integrity, integrity, caring for the world, not afraid of power, if you can't do it, be your talented man, recite poetry and painting, or go back to your hometown in Luzhou to farm."
Zhan Zhao and others were all holding their chins in a daze - these belonged to two completely different ways of being an official.
After Bao Yan and Pang Yu finished their meal, they went to the Imperial College to attend class, leaving everyone to start a new investigation for the day.
No matter what, there are four "suspects" in front of you, but how do you investigate? You can't come to ask.
Zhao Pu came up with a bad idea, "If a father doesn't recognize the dead body, his daughter may not refuse!"
"But..." Gongsun said, "Those ladies of all the families are married and don't go out of the door, so how can they show their portraits?"
"Find a chance." Zhao Pu reminded, "Look for someone to help."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, "Who are you looking for?"
On the side, the little fourth son raised his face and said, "Fat Auntie."
Everyone's eyes lit up - Yes! Ask Concubine Pang for help!
Gongsun wrote a letter to Concubine Pang, asking the fourth son to enter the palace and hand it over to Concubine Pang.
After reading the letter, Concubine Pang discussed with the Empress Dowager. That afternoon, the Empress Dowager issued an imperial edict saying that she had set up a tea party in the harem and asked some officials and wives to come to the palace to have tea and chat.
There are not many opportunities to get close to Empress Dowager Pang in this once in a lifetime. Officials and officials from all families hurriedly sent their wives in. Some of them had girls in their families who had not had time to marry and were so angry that they gritted their teeth.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also entered the palace and found Nangong Ji for help.
Nangong also gave them advice, how could the four ladies see the picture so by chance? In the end, the task was handed over to two people - Xiao Sizi and Xiangxiang.
Concubine Pang specially arranged the four ladies to sit at a table. The arrival of Xiao Sizi and Xiangxiang caused a small sensation, and the ladies were waiting for them to come and play.
The ladies were very happy to drink tea and snacks. The little Sizi finally sat down at the table of the four ladies. As they chatted, they talked about the little Sizi helping Gongsun investigate the case in Kaifeng Prefecture.
One of the wives asked Xiao Sizi what strange cases were being investigated recently? So Xiao Sizi took out the portrait. According to Cui Xin's description of Cui Cheng that day, Gongsun modified the portrait and tried to make the two more similar.
On the roof not far away, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were staring at the four people, and even Concubine Pang and the Queen Mother who were drinking tea were also paying attention to the changes in the expressions of the four ladies.
The four ladies passed on the portrait with great interest, and discussed a few words during the period, but strangely...
Zhan Zhao rubbed his eyes and asked Bai Yutang, "Am I dazzled?"
Bai Yutang shook his head, "It shouldn't be."
Behind him, two voices suddenly came, "Yeah!"
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were shocked and turned around, helpless... they saw that Tianzun and Yin Hou had arrived at some point, and were squatting behind them with their arms in their arms.
At this time, Concubine Pang and the Empress Dowager also looked at each other, with a look of confusion.
Why did the reactions of these four ladies surprise everyone who was observing secretly? Because the four of them had no expressions at all! Or... there were no strange expressions.
The four of them obviously had never seen the person in the portrait. The action of Xiao Sizi sending the portrait was also very sudden. If there was really a relationship, no matter who would have changed his expression in an instant, but these four people did not!
Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Did the Grand Master misjudged this time?"
Bai Yutang frowned—No way...
Behind him, Yin Hou poked the two of them, "It's better to say that the Grand Master has miscalculated it, you two have miscalculated it?"
Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang turned around.
To be continued...