Chapter 246: Rise and fall secretly
"this……"
After thinking about Zhang Sheren's words, everyone felt that they were indeed feasible.
Being promoted within half a month of taking office is not unprecedented in the history of the court, but it is extremely rare.
The last person who was promoted right after taking office was his father Li Xuanjing.
He couldn't turn around and blame the court for promoting him.
His current official rank is the sixth rank. If he is promoted one level higher, he will be at the fifth rank.
Many chief officials of marginal government offices happened to be of the fifth rank.
This time he was promoted within two months, so it is understandable that it will take a little longer next time.
Du Yu had obviously agreed with Zhang Sheren's suggestion. After thinking it over, he said, "Where should we promote him to?"
Three provinces and six ministries is definitely impossible.
He could cause such a big stir in a place like the Ministry of Rites. If he were sent to the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, or any of the three provinces, wouldn't there be chaos everywhere?
Some of the nine temples can be considered.
Especially those who have very little power but a lot of things to do are most suitable for him.
One of the officials' eyes lit up and he said, "Why not let him go to the Honglu Temple? The Honglu Temple Secretary is a fifth-rank official. It is reasonable for him to be transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Honglu Temple. No one can find any fault with it."
The Honglu Temple was in charge of foreign guests and court ceremonies, and had extremely close ties with the Ministry of Rites and the Taichang Temple. Officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple were often transferred and promoted between the two ministries.
But compared with the Ministry of Rites, the power of the Honglu Temple is much smaller.
They are only responsible for managing envoys from other countries.
To be precise, it is not management but service.
Envoys from other countries are not considered subjects of Great Xia.
The imperial court of Daxia had no power to manage them. Even if envoys from other countries broke the law within Daxia, they would generally be handed over to their own countries for handling.
For example, in the last Sifangguan case, the real culprit behind the scene was also handed over to the State of Chu to deal with.
The most important thing is that the Honglu Temple cannot control officials from visiting prostitutes.
His work in the Ministry of Rites and the Secretariat was not easy, and neither were the officials in the court.
He went to the Honglu Temple and was nice to everyone.
Du Yu held Zhang Sheren's hand and said, "Master Zhang, I won't say any more. If this thing can be accomplished, I will pay for your consumption at Lelai Building next time..."
As the official in charge of the Ministry of Rites, he was really frightened by that man.
He just wanted him to be transferred out of the Ministry of Rites. It didn't matter where he was transferred to, as long as he was not allowed to submit memorials to him again.
Zhang Sheren smiled and said, "We are all colleagues. Lord Du is being too formal."
Soon, the gong sounded to signal the end of the office, and the officials of the Secretariat left the office one by one.
Zhang Sheren walked out of the yamen and returned to his residence on foot.
The Zhongshu Sheren was an official of the fourth rank and was in charge of important government affairs. The court was very generous to officials who served as Zhongshu Sheren. Every Zhongshu Sheren, when taking office, would be given a mansion not far from the Secretariat.
However, they only have the right to reside in this mansion.
When the Secretary of State was transferred or demoted, the mansion would be taken back by the court.
When Zhang Sheren returned home, a figure wearing an apron came out of the kitchen, wiped his wet hands on the apron, and said, "Wait a moment, the meal will be ready soon."
During the meal, when talking about the disturbance in Chang'an in the past two days, the woman said: "It's a good investigation. Those brothels and music houses should be closed down, so that you men will not neglect your families all day and only think about finding those unclean women..."
Zhang Sheren ate a few bites of the food his wife cooked, and then said, "It's not that simple. Behind these cash cows are either royal relatives or relatives of the emperor. How can they be shut down so easily? To put it another way, the existence of these brothels also has its meaning. At least, most of the extra energy of the dignitaries can be consumed here. If there were no brothels, with their power and means, some things would be unthinkable. Otherwise, why do you think the court has always turned a blind eye to these things..."
The woman snorted coldly and said, "These are all excuses you men make. I can tell you that I don't care if you socialize, but if you bring any disease home, I won't forgive you!"
Zhang Sheren defended himself: "How is that possible? Every time I go there, I just try my hand at it..."
"You still got the upper hand?"
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When serving in the court, one cannot be too upright, otherwise one will be easily ostracized. Madam, you don't want your husband to be ostracized, do you?"
"you!"
"Don't be angry, I am telling the truth..."
After finishing the meal in a chaotic manner, Zhang Sheren returned to the study, rubbed his waist which had been pinched several times, and smiled slightly, saying softly: "Master, I have tried my best..."
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Ministry of Rites.
It was a long time after leaving the yamen that Li Nuo walked out of the room.
The entire Ministry of Rites does not have enough memorials, and we have to ask them to purchase some more tomorrow.
After leaving the government office, Li Nuo did not go home but went to the Song Mansion.
The beauty returned to the Song Mansion today. Li Nuo will have dinner at the Song family in the afternoon and then go home with her.
After not seeing each other for a few days, Li Nuo saw Yiren at the dinner table in Song Mansion.
But she didn't even look at him and just kept eating.
Halfway through the meal, Song Zhe suddenly looked at Li Nuo and said, "Your official position may be transferred recently, so you should be mentally prepared."
Li Nuo had been mentally prepared, otherwise he would not have submitted those memorials.
Su Qing asked: "Why so fast? Where should I adjust it?"
Her husband had been an official for twenty years and had only been transferred a few times. She was a little surprised that Li Nuo had only been an official for a short time and was transferred so quickly.
Song Zhe said: "The three ministries have initially proposed that he should go to the Honglu Temple and serve as the Honglu Temple Secretary."
Su Qing had no idea about official positions, so he asked, "Was he promoted or demoted?"
Song Zhe said: "The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites is a sixth-rank official, and the Secretary of the Honglu Temple is a fifth-rank official. From the perspective of official rank, it can be considered a promotion."
Su Qing said: "That's a good thing, why do you look like that?"
Song Zhe shook his head and said, "Although his official rank was promoted, his power was greatly reduced. It can be regarded as a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality. It seems that the rectification of brothels and the strict investigation of officials visiting prostitutes have already caused public outrage, so he was promoted to a marginal government office..."
In terms of power, the Ministry of Rites ranks last among the six ministries.
But it is much better than the Honglu Temple.
According to the custom of the Great Xia court, the Honglu Temple was used for the retirement provision of officials from the Ministry of Rites.
At such a young age, he has to sit on the bench in a marginal government office like the Honglu Temple. Isn't this a demotion?
Other departments still have some power.
For example, the Ministry of Rites is also responsible for maintaining etiquette and laws.
Once the officials of the Ministry of Rites get serious, they can make everyone from the ninth rank officials to the first rank officials feel very uncomfortable.
The daily routine of officials in the Honglu Temple was to meet the demands of envoys from other countries and deal with disputes between envoys from various countries.
Before Li Nuo could say anything, Su Qing had already slammed his chopsticks on the table and said angrily, "This is how you do things in the court. You let the top scholar in six subjects do such a thing. Isn't Li Xuanjing very powerful? He just watched his son being bullied like this!"
Song Zhe explained: "He is the Minister of the Dali Temple and has no control over the court's appointments. However, this is not entirely a bad thing. Under normal circumstances, it takes five years at the fastest to be promoted from the sixth rank to the fifth rank, and more than ten years at the slowest. Some people may not even be promoted in their entire lives. It only took him two months. No matter where he is transferred to in the future, his rank will not be lower than the fifth rank..."
I have a father-in-law who is an official in the Ministry of Personnel. Although he may not have a smooth career, at least he always gets news of promotion in advance.
Although being transferred to the Honglu Temple was something Li Nuo had never expected.
But getting promoted was beyond his expectations.
Just as my father-in-law said, it is easy to be transferred from the position of Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Rites to the position of Secretary of the Honglu Temple, but if you are transferred back, you will no longer be Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Rites.
If he could be transferred a few more times like this, then he wouldn't care where he served as an official.
He still had more than three thousand days to live, so he had enough time to play with them.
After dinner, the lady was called by the old lady to talk.
Song Yiren was practicing sword in the yard. Li Nuo walked past her, but she acted as if she didn't see him.
Li Nuo walked back and asked, "Did I offend you?"
Song Yiren glanced at him calmly and said, "No."
Li Nuo said: "Your attitude towards me was not like this before."
Song Yiren's expression was calm, and she said, "I'm not your wife, what attitude do you want from me?"
Li Nuo was speechless after being confronted by her. She picked up the sword and said, "Get out of the way. I want to practice swordplay."
Li Nuo walked to the corridor. She was practicing sword in the yard.
Li Nuo didn't want to make trouble, so he went home with the beauty after she came back from the old lady.
Su Qing walked out of the room and saw Song Yiren still in the yard. He asked in confusion, "Aren't you going back with them?"
Song Yiren put away her sword and said, "Where are you going back to? That's Song Jiaren's home. Why should I go back there?"
From childhood to adulthood, Yiren rarely talked back to her.
Su Qing could sense the resentment in her heart, but he was not angry. He just said, "You are her sister. Other women can live there, so why can't you?"
Song Yiren was very surprised that her mother was not angry even though she had just spoken to her like that.
She was ready to be scolded by her.
It seems that she is really not the mother she used to be.
Can love really change a person so much?
That's how my mother is.
The same is true for Song Jiaren.
Even the Jade Purity Heart Technique couldn't stop her from falling in love with him.
It's really touching...
From the beginning, she was redundant.
She breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Su Qing, and said, "I'm going back to Sanqing Sect..."
(End of this chapter)
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