Fortunate Young Gentleman

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Qing'er grew up in the Zhong Mansion since she was a child. Every day, she faced Zhong Yi and the maids and servants of the Zhong Mansion. She had simple interpersonal relationships and had never seen the dangerous world outside. Her mind was pure to the extreme.

She had no scheming, and she spoke without restraint, but she was also telling the truth.

Of course, there were also some nonsense that little girls didn't know how to say.

Princess Anyang was pierced by Qing'er's glass heart and left in anger. The master and servant looked at each other. Tang Ning patted her head and said, "You can't be so straightforward in the future, even if you are telling the truth, understand?"

Qing'er nodded and said cutely, "Qing'er knows."

Tang Ning kept his distance from Princess Anyang, not only because he didn't like such occasions, but he was now the Minister of Personnel. He was in the court and didn't do things as he wanted before.

Students in the capital area will occupy a large part of the court in the future. As the Minister of Personnel, it is naturally inappropriate to meet them before the imperial examination.

After all, his position as the Vice Minister of Personnel is different from the previous Deputy Vice Minister. He is the second-in-command of the Ministry of Personnel who truly holds real power, and he should be more concerned about some malicious rumors than before.

Tang Ning has already completed five of the six ministries of Personnel, Revenue, Rites, Military Affairs, Criminal Law, and Works. He only needs to complete the last Ministry of Works to complete his mission.

The Ministry of Works has the lowest voice among the six ministries. In the court, the status of the Minister of Works is even lower than that of a Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue.

Although the Ministry of Works has a low voice and does a thankless job, there is one thing that the other five ministries cannot compare to.

That is, the Ministry of Works has plenty of money. The construction of palaces, the maintenance of city walls, the excavation of canals, the construction of roads, and the development of various mineral deposits are all under the management of the Ministry of Works.

Which of these projects does not require money? Although the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the national treasury, it only has the right to dispatch but not the right to use. The Ministry of Works is different. These funds are allocated and implemented by the Ministry of Works. It is naturally easy for officials of the Ministry of Works to make some moves in it.

"Your humble servant welcomes you..."

When Tang Ning arrived at the Ministry of Works, the officials of the Ministry of Works stood at the gate of the government office and warmly welcomed his arrival.

The Ministry of Works has four departments under its jurisdiction, namely the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Tuntian, the Ministry of Resources, and the Ministry of Water Resources. Above them, there is a vice minister and a minister who are in charge of all matters.

This is Tang Ning's first visit to the Ministry of Works today, but he did not see the Minister and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works.

He looked at the doctor of the Ministry of Works and asked, "Where are the two adults, the Minister and the Vice Minister?"

The doctor of the Ministry of Works glanced at him and muttered in his heart, why are the Minister and the Vice Minister not in the Ministry of Works today, does this Lord Tang really have no idea?

He has come all the way from the six ministries, with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood behind him, but his official position has been rising. When he was still the head of the department, he could defeat the Vice Minister. When he was promoted to Vice Minister, even Prime Minister Feng packed up his bedding and returned to his hometown. Every time he went to a department, that department would be in turmoil, without exception. If the Minister and the Vice Minister had a little bit of brains, they would know that they should avoid his edge during this period.

He looked at Tang Ning and said with a smile: "The Minister went to the north a few days ago to supervise the construction of the post road. It will take several months for him to come back. The Minister is ill and is recuperating at home. They are not in the government office today..."

So, he is the only one in power in the Ministry of Works.

What makes Tang Ning happy is that the Minister and the Minister of Works are not in the government office for a reason. It is not because they are hiding from him. Those people are not clean under their butts. Instead of looking for the reasons from themselves, they blame him. It is simply wrong. The court does not need such people with wrong values ​​and wrong butts.

The absence of the Minister of Works means that Tang Ning can occupy a duty room by himself in the next few months, which should be quieter.

After entering the Ministry of Works, the officials returned to their own rooms. Tang Ning turned his head and looked at the person behind him, saying, "Sir, long time no see."

Zhang Hao, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, looked at him with a complicated expression, and said, "This subordinate greets Sir Tang."

Three years ago in Lingzhou, it was also at this time that he, as an examiner of the Lingzhou provincial examination, discovered the difference between Tang Ning's policy essay and that of other candidates. He went against all odds and distinguished his test paper from that of other candidates, thus avoiding his test paper being judged as a failed paper.

At that time, one of them was a doctor of the Ministry of Water, and the other was just a student from a remote prefecture. Zhang Hao admired him very much and even wanted to recruit him to the Ministry of Water.

Three years later, he had become a third-rank official, and when he first appeared in the Ministry of Works, he was his immediate superior.

Three years is not a long time. During these three years, he remained in the position of doctor of the Ministry of Water, while the student from the remote prefecture had already soared to the sky...

Tang Ning had heard of Zhang Hao's name before. Although his official position was not high, he was well-known in the court.

Mainly because he is a straightforward person who doesn't know how to beat around the bush. He often quarrels with others because of different political views, and few officials in the court like him.

Therefore, he has been in the position of the water department doctor for more than ten years. Normally, with his qualifications, he would have been able to climb up a few levels.

However, it was also because of his persistence that Tang Ning's test paper stood out in the state test. If it weren't for Zhang Hao, perhaps his road to the imperial examination would have come to an end when he was in Lingzhou.

To a certain extent, Zhang Hao, the water department doctor, was grateful to him.

"You're welcome, Lord Zhang." Tang Ning smiled and said, "If it weren't for Lord Zhang's support, how could there be Tang Ning today?"

Zhang Hao said with a solemn expression: "Master Tang, you are serious. Zhang just did what Zhang should do. Master Tang can reach this point only because of Master Tang's talent and hard work..."

Zhang Hao, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, is indeed a serious and upright person. Such a person can be a good official, but rarely a high official.

His character and conduct have blocked his path to promotion.

There are many people like Zhang Hao in the officialdom, but most of them succumbed to reality in the end.

Tang Ning is the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Acting Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although he cannot change the rules of officialdom on a large scale, he can still uphold justice on a small scale.

Ministry of Industry, another value room.

The four ministers gathered together and chatted quietly. The focus of discussion was naturally the new minister.

The Tuntian Secretary said: "When Mr. Cui heard that Mr. Tang was coming, he took away the errand that was supposed to be Mr. Zhang's and went to the northwest overnight. He was a little too decisive."

The doctor from the Ministry of Industry said: "It's understandable that Cui Shilang is afraid of Master Tang. How come even Wu Shangshu said he was ill at home? Is Master Wu also afraid?"

"Who is not afraid of the broom star?" The doctor of the Yu Department shook his head and said: "Even Prime Minister Feng is in his hands. No matter how high the official position of Wu Shangshu is, is it bigger than Prime Minister Feng?"

Zhang Hao looked at them and said: "We'd better not talk about you adults behind your back. This is not what a gentleman does..."

The Tuntian doctor looked at him, shook his head, and said: "We are not like Mr. Zhang. We have been kind to Mr. Tang. He can't defeat anyone but you, so naturally we have to be more careful."

The doctor from the Ministry of Works thought for a moment and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhang is kind to Mr. Tang. This time Mr. Tang comes to the Ministry of Works, and he himself is the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Doesn't Mr. Zhang have to stand out?"

The Tuntian doctor curled his lips and said: "Master Zhang can only be a minister if he is promoted. Cui Shilang has already gone to the northwest. You mean that Master Tang can take down Cui Shilang who is far away in the northwest if he is in the official department." , Help Zhang Langzhong up?”

"That's not necessarily the case." The doctor from the Ministry of Industry looked at him and said, "Don't forget, he was far away in the south of the Yangtze River a few days ago, and he pulled Feng Xiang off his horse. What does it mean to be a mere minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

The Tuntian doctor thought for a while and whispered: "He can't be so cruel..."

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