"Your Majesty, are you awake? This servant is here to help you change your clothes."
A sudden voice pulled Han Du out of his comfortable enjoyment.
When he turned around, he found a maid standing beside his bed. The maid lowered her head and held the official uniform. The maid has an ordinary appearance, with a big round face and slightly dark skin.
She doesn't look like the charming palace maids in the legends, but more like a hardworking farm girl.
Han Du thought carefully and understood that legends can only be legends. There are so many beauties in this world. Even if there are really thousands of charming beauties, it is impossible for them to appear on the outskirts of the East Palace. Haven't they been included in Zhu Biao's harem long ago?
Food and sex are the nature of those who eat and drink!
Suddenly startled by the maid, Han Du pulled up the quilt to cover himself in embarrassment and asked dissatisfiedly.
"Who are you?"
"My lord, this servant is the maid of the East Palace. I am here to change your clothes." The maid lowered her head and answered.
Han Du glanced at the clothes she was holding in her hand and asked, "Is this an official uniform? What about my clothes?"
"Back to your lord, your clothes are, um... quite old, inconvenient, inconvenient... His Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone to send your lord's official uniforms." The maid stammered in her words. , vague.
But Han Du understood what she meant.
Isn't it just because my clothes are sour and smelly? You can't blame yourself for this. After staying in prison for so many days, it would be strange if they don't stink.
Even so, Han Du was not used to being served and dressed. If it's a beautiful woman, that's fine. Maybe Han Du is interested in enjoying the depravity and corruption of feudal society.
Since she is an ordinary-looking maid, well, forget it. It's not as comfortable as doing it yourself, at least there won't be someone standing next to you, making you uncomfortable.
"Put down your robe, I...I will do it myself."
"yes."
The maid turned around, put down her official uniform, and left.
Han Du stood up and put on his official uniform according to his memory. Of course, these were regular uniforms, not official uniforms worn in the morning and evening.
The regular clothes are well cut and look a bit majestic on Han Du. However, the color of the regular uniforms is a bit eye-catching. The official uniforms of Baochao Tiju are of the eighth rank, and the official uniforms of the eighth and ninth rank are green.
You must know that modern men are more taboo about the color green. The first thing to do is cuckold, followed by green clothes.
But fortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not have this statement, as long as Han Du could get over the hurdle in his heart.
Officials' regular uniforms are patched, and Sidi, who holds the treasure banknotes, belongs to the Ministry of Household Affairs and is considered a civil official. Han Du's patch is a square pattern on his chest with two quails embroidered inside.
Han Du looked at the two quails and his expression was not very good. Forget about the quails, I don’t know who designed this pattern and made the two quails slightly fatter.
"Hey, forget it, quails are just quails. Fat ones are good, fat ones are festive." Shaking his head, Han Du let go of his thoughts.
Han Du opened the door and was greeted by a young eunuch.
"Sir, this is His Highness the Crown Prince's wish. In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince has ordered this servant to accompany you to the Ministry of Justice." The little eunuch waved his hand towards the table.
Han Du followed the little eunuch's hand and saw a formal document placed on the table.
When I opened it, it was about Han Du's appointment and the treatment of his family.
Prince Zhu Biao assisted Lao Zhu in handling government affairs, so he could naturally appoint Han Du. But at the same time, Zhu Biao also had many things to do. If he were an ordinary eighth-grade official, he would not take him seriously.
He was able to ask Prince Zhu Biao to help him with his affairs, and Han Du felt a little appreciative of Zhu Biao's friendship.
Han Du saluted solemnly and thanked him: "I would like to express my gratitude to His Highness the Crown Prince. Thank you for your service, father-in-law."
The eunuch Han Du next to Lao Zhu needs to be careful to respect him, and he also needs to be careful to respect the young eunuch next to the prince. Otherwise, if he meets a vengeful eunuch, he might not even know how he died.
This does not mean that eunuchs are just perverts who will hate others for their entire lives just for trivial matters. People are divided into groups, and no matter what kind of group they are, there will always be good people and bad people.
It's just because eunuchs are a group that has fewer things than ordinary people, so the probability of being perverted is indeed higher. As for good people, there are some, but they are just too few.
Accompanying the young eunuch to the Punishment Department, after negotiating, Han Du followed a junior official from the Punishment Department to the prison.
Han Du was not as prestigious as the eunuchs beside Lao Zhu. He was not personally accompanied by Hu Zhen, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, and was only accompanied by a minor official.
A small official is enough. As soon as this small official arrived at the prison, he was greeted by the smiling face of the prison chief.
"Hey, little Liu Kui has met you, sir. Why are you free to come here today?"
When the junior officer faced Han Du, he could still greet him with a smile, but the greeting he received from the prison boss was just a cold and arrogant nod.
At this time, Han Du came out from behind the clerk.
When the cell leader saw Han Du, the surprise in his eyes almost overflowed, "Isn't this Mr. Han? He was in prison waiting for execution yesterday. Why is he wearing official uniform today?"
But thinking about the eunuch who came from the palace last night, Mr. Hu was alarmed. He must be a big shot, maybe he was sent by your majesty.
If His Majesty has met Young Master Han, then Young Master Han may really become an official.
In the morning he was a farmer, and in the evening he ascended to the Emperor's Hall! This is imperial power!
Of course, the prison head didn't know that "in the morning he was a farmhouse man, and in the evening he ascended to the emperor's hall", but he knew that Mr. Han must be a popular person around the emperor now.
Fortunately, I have always taken good care of Master Han's family and have never offended them. A smile like a chrysanthemum bloomed on his face, "I've met Mr. Han. Mr. Han is fine."
"Okay, Liu Tou is fine." In a good mood, Han Du smiled and nodded to the prison chief. The prison boss was a pretty good person, and he didn't feel sorry for himself when he was in prison. Han Du didn't mind showing his kindness to the prison boss.
After all, I am just doing meritorious service now, while my father and younger brother will continue to stay in this prison. It would also be good to gain some favor from the prison boss and allow him to take care of his father and younger brother.
"Ahem," the clerk cleared his throat and said seriously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has issued an order to release Mr. Han, his mother and his sister."
It turned out that he was with His Highness the Crown Prince, but why did he only release his mother and sister? What about the other two?
Although the cell leader had doubts, he would not be foolish enough to ask on the spot. Instead, he smiled and replied: "I obey, little one."
Seeing that the matter had been given, the clerk cupped his hands towards Han Du and said, "Master Han, please help yourself. I will go back to resume my duties now."
"Thank you." Han Du said politely.
"It's okay, it's just a trivial matter. I'll take my leave now." After the clerk said that, Feng seemed to have fled. When he turned around, Han Du saw him covering his mouth and nose with his hands.
It seems that he can't stand the filthy place of prison, Han Du shook his head and thought.
After coming back to his senses, he stretched out his hand toward the cell leader and said, "Liu Head, please."
The cell leader quickly replied: "I don't dare, Master Han invites you first."
Han Du was not polite and took the first step and walked in.
Arriving outside the familiar cell door, the commotion suddenly started as the cell leader opened the cell.
Han De, who had fallen into a deep sleep, suddenly woke up, and when he woke up, he saw Han Du in official uniform.
"Du'er, you, what are you..."
Following my father's exclamation, my mother, brothers and sisters all woke up.
Looking at Han Du's clothes, his mother was pleasantly surprised and asked: "Du'er, what's going on with you? Why are you wearing official uniform? Has His Majesty pardoned my sins?"
Han De knew in his heart that this was not his Majesty's pardon of his crimes at all, but that Han Du's blood letter was seen by his Majesty. This was Han Du's credit.
Faced with his father's gaze, Han Du hesitated and said, "Your Majesty has appointed my child as the Treasurer of Treasure Banknotes, with full authority over the production of Baobao Banknotes."
Han De was very happy after hearing this, and said: "The promotion of the treasure banknotes of the eighth rank by the Si Tiju is pretty good. Even if you have the title of civil servant, even if you go to elect officials, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will not give you the rank of the eighth rank. , not to mention that this still allows you to directly take charge of a department. It is enough to show that His Majesty really loves you."
Although Juren can become officials, they are completely different from Jinshi. If you want to be an official, you have to wait for the officials to choose. When are the officials selected? Naturally, I will only choose when there is a vacancy.
How pitiful will it be to select officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs? I won’t say anything else, I’ll just say one thing.
Don’t be ugly!
This is the first point and the first big pitfall in selecting officials for the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If you are ugly, I still advise you not to go for office selection, as you will definitely be rejected at the first opportunity.
If you are dissatisfied and think this selection of officials is unfair? Then take the Jinshi exam. Being a Jinshi is fair and you don’t have to choose if you want to be an official.
Even if you pass all these extremely bizarre official selection processes, don't be too happy too early. People are usually promoted to officials starting from the lowest level, that is, from the ninth grade. If you have a backer and a stepping stone, you may be able to directly get a position at the ninth level.
Even so, you can only serve as the chief officer's deputy, and it is impossible to become the chief officer yourself.
A person like Han Du, who became an official of the eighth grade as a Juren, and who was also a Baochaoti Jusi, could be regarded as the chief official of an important department in the capital. This was unique since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
"After staying in this prison for so many days, I can't stay for even one more day. Since His Majesty asked you to take charge of the production of treasure banknotes, His Majesty must have forgiven our family's sins. Come, help me up, let's Go home." Han De stretched out his hand towards Han Du.
Forgiveness, go home.
The Han family did not know how many times they had dreamed of these words in their midnight dreams.
When they suddenly heard it, Han Du's mother, brothers and sisters simply couldn't believe their ears. The eyes of several people suddenly became extremely bright, and they no longer had the decadence and despair of the previous days.
Han Du looked at his father's hand and did not take it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty asked the child to serve his crime, so Your Majesty only allowed my mother and sister to go back with me."
