Rise From the Humble

The chief officer, Hu Zongxian, rode a donkey. Naturally, his entourage would not ride past his master, and they all rode donkeys.

For a moment, more than a dozen donkeys neighed in unison on the official road. To be honest, this formation was much better than riding a horse.

All the officials outside the pavilion were dumbfounded and were shocked to death. Of course, the ones who suffered the biggest blow were Zhang Chufeng, Chu Xiong and others. They looked at the herd of donkeys slowly approaching on the official road. They were so heartbroken that they wished they could skin these donkeys, chew their meat and stew them into donkey hide gelatin soup. The appearance of these stupid donkeys , meaning the loss of their silver. Seeing Hu Zongxian and others on the back of a donkey, they couldn't help but curse in their hearts. It's been 31 years since Jiajing, and you still took office on a donkey. You must have been kicked in the head by a donkey!

These donkeys are so cute, look at their long donkey faces, they look like shining silver notes.

Zhu Pingan looked at the donkeys and couldn't help but smile. When the donkeys were close at hand, Zhu Pingan took Chu Xiong's official hat from Chu Xiong's hand with a smile on his face, buckled it with his backhand, smiled and accepted all the bets, and then cupped his hands. Thank you Chu Xiong and others one by one, "Thank you for your support, thank you for your support."

Chu Xiong's heart was bleeding, and he forced a smile on his face, "Haha, brother Zhu, why are you so polite? Brother, didn't I tell you before the game started that my purpose for this game is to support brother Zhu's team training?"

Zhang Chufeng, on the other hand, couldn't even force a smile, and his face was almost pulled down to his crotch. Facing Zhu Pingan's hand in thanks, he snorted with a pulled face and said coldly, "Humph, you're welcome." !”

"Hu is so virtuous and capable, I thank you all for welcoming me." Hu Zongxian came on a donkey, got off the donkey, raised his hands and thanked the officials outside the pavilion.

"Master Hu, you're welcome."

All the officials returned the favor one after another.

Although Hu Zongxian's official position is only seventh grade, his weight can be seen on this occasion.

The six ministers of the second rank were still putting on airs, but the chief envoys and the envoys of the third rank were no longer so, and took the initiative to talk to Hu Zongxian with the etiquette of equal-ranking officials.

As for the officials of the fourth and fifth grades, when they met with Hu Zongxian, they all paid homage to him.

Zhu Pingan is not exempt from vulgarity.

Regarding this, Zhu Ping'an felt very balanced and was not unhappy to meet him. Firstly, the power and status of the censor is different from before; secondly, Hu Zongxian is a senior. Hu Zongxian was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing. He was a Jinshi in Enke in the 30th year of Jiajing. Hu Zongxian's qualifications are more than ten years older than himself. Well, in the feudal era where seniority was the basis, it was normal for the younger generation to pay homage to their seniors; thirdly, when Hu Zongxian took the route of becoming an official, the promotion of being an official was different from the promotion of ordinary officials. Kedao officials are famous for their accumulation of experience, latecomers and first comers, and they are promoted faster than ordinary officials. Although the level of Kedao officials is low, they are only seventh-rank officials, but as long as they do well and accumulate merit to a certain extent, they can be directly promoted from seventh-rank officials, and can be promoted to full fourth- and fifth-rank imperial servants in the capital. Official positions such as Temple Shaoqing can be directly promoted to political participation from the third rank if they are transferred externally.

Hu Zongxian is a top three Jinshi. In the Ming Dynasty, the first-grade Jinshi entered the Hanlin Academy directly; the second-grade Jinshi except for the chief officials and the magistrates; the third-grade Jinshi except the officials and county magistrates. After Hu Zongxian passed the top three Jinshi examinations, he was appointed magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and was later transferred to Yuyao County Magistrate. After that, Hu Zongxian switched to the route of being a science and technology official. He was transferred from a local magistrate to a science and road official. He patrolled the important border defense towns of Xuanfu and Datong as a seventh-grade censor, rectified military discipline, strengthened border defense, and stabilized the border to a certain extent. Last year, Hu Zongxian patrolled Huguang again and participated in quelling the Miao uprising, which also made great achievements. At the beginning of the month, Hu Zongxian was appointed by Emperor Jiajing as the censor of Zhejiang.

According to the promotion route of Kedao officials, as long as Hu Zongxian makes some achievements, he can be promoted to a fourth-grade Beijing official or a third-grade local official. After conversion, Hu Zongxian is now between the fourth-grade and third-grade local officials.

In addition, Zhu Pingan knew the weight of Hu Zongxian better than anyone present. Zhu Pingan knew that Hu Zongxian would be promoted soon, and he would be promoted continuously, soaring to the sky, becoming the Governor of Zhizhe, Governor of Zhejiang, South Zhili and Fujian Military affairs in other places have become a dominant presence in the officialdom of Jiangnan.

Therefore, when Zhu Ping'an came to see Hu Zongxian, he felt very balanced and had no objections.

Zhu Pingan mingled in the crowd to pay homage to Hu Zongxian, while silently observing this important figure in history. The Hu Zongxian in his field of vision was completely different from the Hu Zongxian in his mind. The image of Hu Zongxian in Zhu Ping'an's mind comes from the standard veteran cadre appearance of Wang Qingxiang in the Ming Dynasty 1566 that he saw in modern times. However, Hu Zongxian looks much more extraordinary than Wang Qingxiang in his field of vision, and his expressions are much richer.

Hu Zongxian is good at dancing and has strong communication skills. He is not humble when facing the six ministers, and is not overbearing when facing low-level officials. He takes care of all officials, big and small, making people feel like spring breeze.

"Master Hu, thank you for your hard work for the long journey." A group of officials exchanged greetings, and several smart lower-level officials rushed to help Hu Zongxian lead the donkey.

"Haha, I'm okay. My donkey is the one who worked hard. On the way south, I almost broke the old donkey's waist with all the fat on me." Hu Zongxian cupped his hands to express his gratitude to everyone and replied humorously.

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After chatting for a while outside the pavilion, everyone welcomed Hu Zongxian into Yingtian to catch the wind and wash away the dust. Everyone rode horses and Hu Zongxian rode a donkey. Hu Zongxian's donkey was very proud. It brayed "um ah ah" from time to time on the road because it found that it ran faster than the horses today. Except for a few horses that kept pace with it, the rest of the horses were slower than it. , eating ashes behind its butt, feeling that the donkey has reached its peak.

The reception banquet was scheduled at the Xunjian Yushi Yamen, and several famous restaurant chefs from Yingtian Mansion were invited to serve.

Hu Zongxian sat at the same table with the six ministers, chief envoys, and inspectors. Other officials were seated according to their grades. Different yamen were deliberately mixed to increase communication opportunities for different yamen, facilitate future work cooperation, and also give officials a chance to get to know each other.

Zhu Ping'an sat at the same table with five officials from the Sixth Department of Yingtian. Because he was junior and young, he stayed at the last seat.

At first, the five officials were quite enthusiastic about Zhu Pingan and wanted to make friends. After all, being able to sit at the same table with them proved that Zhu Pingan was also a fifth-rank official. He was so young and promising, and his future prospects were limitless.

But when Zhu Pingan reported his name, they acted as if they had seen the god of plague, oh, so you are the Zhu Zihou who offended Mr. Yan Ge. They immediately kept a distance from Zhu Pingan, deliberately keeping a distance from Zhu Pingan, and sat down The two officials around Zhu Pingan even moved their buttocks on their chairs and deliberately tilted their bodies toward the distance. In the limited space, they distanced themselves from Zhu Pingan.

Sit your ass in place!

Zhu Pingan twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly.