Zhao Jun was handling government affairs in the Constitutional Court at this time.
The itinerary for departure has been set, and the first stop is to take a boat to Nanjing.
This Nanjing is not the Nanjing Jinling in later generations, but the Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture in the Song Dynasty, which is Shangqiu City in Henan Province in later generations.
Then take the land route to Bozhou on Huainan East Road.
Since it is not too far from Bianliang, it will probably take two or three days to get there.
At that time, I will travel around Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road, stay for two or three months, deal with the affairs in Huainan, and then go to Hangzhou.
Generally speaking, I will first visit Huainan and Jiangdong, then I may go to Guangdong to inspect foreign trade, and finally go from Guangzhou to Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan to inspect the agriculture and economy of the entire south.
Soon there was a knock on the door. After a "Come in", the eunuch opened the door and said, "Master, Bao Zheng is here."
"Um."
Judging from the current situation, he couldn't go to the north for the time being. The border areas were sparsely populated and full of fighting, so going there would only cause more trouble. The south was the economic and agricultural center, so it was the most suitable place for him to go.
When Zhao Jun learned that Bao Zheng was coming, he had Bao Zheng brought to the Political Bureau. He then asked someone to go to the Ministry of Personnel to get Bao Zheng's information, and then went to the small conference room to read the information while waiting.
He was exhausted from the journey and still had a bewildered look on his face. When he saw Zhao Jun, he was slightly surprised at first, but then he bowed and said, "Bao Zheng greets the prefect."
"sit."
Zhao Jun put the information in his hand aside and looked over.
Bao Zheng walked into the meeting room.
However, they are not as black as charcoal as in history, but their skin color is slightly darker, and overall they are still closer to the skin color of yellow people.
I think people are good at deifying people.
Zhao Jun gestured for him to sit opposite him, and then waited until Bao Zheng sat down before he began to look at him.
There is no crescent on the forehead, and the face is indeed a little darker than that of ordinary people.
"Bao Zheng, when you were the magistrate of Jianchang and the tax inspector of Hezhou, you achieved remarkable political achievements and were very talented. You are a rare talent in the imperial court."
Zhao Jun sighed, then said, "It's a pity that you only served for less than three years, and you were not in office for more than seven years. Your lack of experience is a pity."
Because Bao Zheng was not afraid of the powerful and enforced the law impartially when handling cases in Kaifeng Prefecture, the people passed on his slightly darker skin through word of mouth, and the image of him was later evolved into the image of black charcoal with a crescent moon.
At least Zhao Jun now saw with his own eyes the historical Bao Zheng, who was just an ordinary middle-aged man with slightly darker skin and a serious and resolute face.
Zhao Jun asked, "Now, each of these people is a key official. Han Qi is the Right Censor, in charge of the Censorate. Wen Yanbo was the Magistrate of Jiang Prefecture two years ago, and at the end of last year, due to his outstanding performance, he was promoted to Censor. Wu Yu is now the Director of the Audit Department. They are all pillars of the country. Don't you regret it?"
“No regrets!”
Bao Zheng said with a serious face: "It is natural to be filial to one's parents. Bao Zheng does not regret that he has been in office for a short time. He only regrets that he has not been able to spend enough time with his parents and cannot fulfill his filial duties for a few more years."
"But this will affect your promotion. I remember that Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, and Wu Yu seemed to be the same as you, all of them were first-class Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng."
Zhao Jun praised him, "Filial piety is the most important virtue. It is the principle of being a human being. Your filial piety shows that you have high moral character and are worthy of my trust."
The reason why Bao Zheng was still a low-ranking official when he was nearly forty years old was not because he did not perform well in the exams or had poor political achievements, but because he wanted to support his parents.
Bao Zheng shook his head: "The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, the son wants to support his parents but they are no longer there. Compared to being an official, being filial to one's parents is more important."
"good!"
The whole trip took eight years, and he was already far behind Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Wu Yu and others who were on the same list in terms of qualifications.
Those people are currently basically around the fifth or sixth rank, which is equivalent to department-level cadres in later generations, and because of their qualifications and political achievements, they have a bright future.
In fact, he, like Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Wu Yu and others, passed the imperial examination and became a first-class Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng.
However, because his parents were already old, he resigned from his position as tax inspector after less than a year and returned home to honor his parents. In the following years, his parents passed away one after another, and he had to observe mourning for several more years.
This is a rather regrettable place.
At least Zhao Jun felt that he really needed a principled person like Bao Zheng to assist him, which would make it much easier for him to handle many things in the future.
In a few years, they will have the opportunity to step into the position of a fifth-rank red-robed official. For example, Han Qi became the deputy prime minister and assistant minister of state affairs after only five years, Wu Yu also became the deputy prime minister after seven years, and Wen Yanbo after ten years.
It can be said that the reason why Bao Zheng did not become the prime minister in history and only served as the prime minister at most was not only because he was impartial and offended many powerful colleagues, but also because of the lack of experience in these eight years.
Upright.
just.
But this is also the charm of Bao Zheng.
Filial piety.
At this moment, Bao Zheng still maintained a resolute expression and did not show any joy because he was valued by the head of the Constitutional Court.
For him, the most important thing about being an official is to complete his duties, rather than to seek personal gain, curry favor with superiors, and gain more power.
Have principles.
Otherwise, he would not be the Bao Zheng, the Justice Bao, who is famous in history.
Bao Zheng bowed in agreement.
The magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture was a seventh-rank official, and his previous tax inspector was an eighth-rank official. It was obviously a promotion, and he was promoted three levels in a row.
Zhao Jun pondered for a moment, then said, "You can go to Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as a judge first."
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