Among the six departments, except for those who stayed in the government offices before going to court, they are all low-ranking officials. Those with slightly higher grades enter the palace to wait for the court, and those with higher grades enter the Taiqian Palace to discuss politics. However, each government office will leave one official to sit in charge. senior officials.
The one left by the Ministry of Household Affairs today is Situ Yu, the left servant. He was sitting in the squad room handling official business. Hearing from the subordinate officials that a young man wearing a Confucian robe had arrived, he came to the government office as if he were entering his own house. Everyone was still there. Don't know who this is.
Situ Yu walked out of the class room and saw Han You who had just come out of the Moon Gate.
Situ Yu is extremely young, thirty-five, which is not considered young for ordinary people, but among officials, not to mention the third-rank Zuo Shilang, even the Right Shilang is basically over forty.
Everyone in the court and the public knew that if Sun Shouting, the Minister of Household Affairs, resigned, Situ Yu would definitely take over.
Exactly thirty-five, wearing a dark red official robe, with a third-grade jade belt on his waist, and spotless official boots. He has a tall and straight figure and regular facial features. He is also one of the very few officials who does not have a beard. He cannot be said to be handsome or ugly. He has the temperament to be an official at first glance. He is elegant, somewhat calm and self-confident, and is very lively in the hall.
Han You was walking away with his hands behind his back when he suddenly noticed Situ Yu's sharp gaze. The two met each other's eyes, and Han You took the initiative to smile and nod in greeting.
"It turns out to be Commander Han."
After speaking lightly, Situ Yu lowered his hands without any sign, waiting for Han You to salute first.
If others don't know Han You, how can Situ Yu, who is the left minister of the household department, not know him? Not only does he not know him, but he also has a very deep impression.
The first time was when Han You went to Taiqian Palace to deal with business taxes.
The second time was in the western suburbs, because of the summer resort that had not yet been renamed.
The third time was outside Majiazhuang because of a sick horse.
Except for the first time, in the last two incidents, he was accompanied by important officials from the court, so he naturally knew Han You.
"Master Situ."
Han You stepped forward quickly, hugged his fists, and did not salute.
Judging from the grade, both of them are from the third grade, but Han You, who is from the third grade, has a lot of water, no, not very much, it is all water.
But even if it is all water, the grade is still the same. Han You is the emperor's personal soldier. When he sees people like Prime Minister and Minister who are treated with courtesy even by the emperor, he will definitely say that students dare not neglect them, but if they meet It depends on your mood.
It can't be said that Han You is rude. Again, he is the emperor's personal soldier. In a sense, he represents the emperor. When he sees an official, he calls him "big brother" and "big brother". It is not his face that is embarrassed. , is the face of the old man.
It can only be said that the starting point is too high, and Han You cannot be humble even if he wants to.
Han You had no impression of Situ Yu, but he knew that there was such a person.
After all, he was going to stay in the Ministry of Revenue for a while, and Han You had all the information about the important officials in the Ministry of Revenue in his mind.
Situ Yu can be said to be the descendant of a famous family. The Situ family is divided into two branches, one is east and the other is west, also known as East and West Situ.
Dong Situ is also a branch of Situ Yu. The most glorious period was between the Baode and Longde years more than fifty years ago. The fourth generation of the family produced a minister and two ministers.
As for the Xi Situ branch, that is, the head family, they are not officials, but engage in education. They open schools, private schools, etc. The Situ Academy of the Situ family has the name of the Imperial Academy of the Western States, which can be understood as the three primary schools in the West. Imperial College, they are not officials, but a breeding base for officials.
The East and West are both wealthy families, but their relationship has gradually become estranged in the past twenty years, because the Xi Situ family, originally a side branch, has become more and more influential in the court. The main family always asks for this and that, and the two families It’s not like a few decades ago when helping each other was always based on the main family.
Situ Yu, who came from Dong Situ, can be said to have become famous at a young age, but he is also a bit of a late bloomer. This late bloomer is mainly said to be an official in the imperial examination.
When he was sixteen years old, Situ Yu took part in the academy examination and became a scholar.
Unexpectedly, this guy did not continue to take the imperial examination after becoming a scholar. Instead, he took the college examination nearly ten years later, that is, in his twenties.
Unfortunately, he only got second place in the college examination and did not become Jieyuan.
When it came time to take the examination, he was still in second place and just missed out on the chance to win.
Until I participated in the palace examination, I was still in second place, that is, second on the list.
Originally, with his ability to continuously win the championship, it can be said that the old lady woke up with a big nose and held it in hand, and it was impossible to remain the second best for ten thousand years.
This can only be said to be a joke. In addition to the provincial examination, there was also a fat guy who took the exam with him. This fat guy was always one place higher than him. The first place in the college examination was Jieyuan, and the first place in the general examination. For Huiyuan.
During the palace examination, Situ Yu was already prepared. He knew that he would get second place. Unexpectedly, the first place he thought he had turned out to be third. The second place in the palace examination was actually won by a student from other provinces.
After the scientific examination, Situ Yu should have gone directly to Shangshu Province due to his strength, but then the enemy he considered to be his lifelong enemy took a step ahead of him and seized the only place for Guan Zhenglang in Shangshu Province. This was like becoming Situ Yu's childhood. , no, it is the fat man with a shadow of middle age, it is Beimen Yuyong, the reception manager of Four Seasons Villa. The fat man has gone to the sea to do business and no longer plays in the court.
Beimen Yuyong knew Situ Yu, but it was just an acquaintance. After all, he was the Zuo Shilang of Hube, so it was just an acquaintance.
Some time ago, because of the commercial tax issue, the Ministry of Household Affairs was under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance. Situ Yu held his breath and worked non-stop to formulate a new commercial tax law. The reason why he did this was because he heard that the Ministry of Finance was also busy. This issue.
Originally, Situ Yu was holding his breath and wanted to compete with Beimen Yuyong again, but then... the fat guy quit and resigned directly.
After Beimen Yuyong resigned from his official position in Shangshu Province, Situ Yu suddenly felt that there was no love in his life. From getting up to going to bed every day, he felt exhausted and felt that his life had lost its motivation.
In any case, Situ Yu must be capable, otherwise he would not be able to serve as the left minister of the household department at such a young age, and he is not familiar with the Ma family brothers at all.
There were two types of officials in the previous dynasty. One was incompetent and followed the path of the Ma family or other aristocratic families.
There is another kind of person, that is, people like Situ Yu who have real abilities and good family background. Even if they don't go out of their way to please anyone, they will still be reused.
The former faint king was faint, but he was not stupid. If the emperor was a drunkard, his empire would not be stable. For truly capable ministers, he prefers to promote them out of the ordinary.
The reason why Situ Yu was able to go from being a young Guanzheng Lang to Zuo Shilang in just over ten years was not only because of his talent and academic ability, but also because of the strong support of his family.
The main government affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs is to collect taxes from all walks of life in the world. Situ Yu is so good at this. He can see through the falsified accounts almost at a glance. Another thing is that he relies on the strength of his family to constantly send people to inquire about various people. The tax and money situation of Daozhou Prefecture was investigated blatantly under the name of the Situ family. Many officials from various places were unwilling to offend the Situ family, and they did not dare to be too blatant even if they were greedy for tax money.
Han You knows all this.
But what he didn't understand was what kind of person this Master Zuo Yu Situ, who was born in the top family of the country, was like.
There are too many capable ministers and officials in each dynasty and each generation. They are respected by everyone in the court and have a good reputation among the people. But when faced with the choice between the dynasty and the family, they will choose the family without hesitation, even if It's traitorous!
In fact, Han You has also thought about this problem. If one day, one side is the interests of the country and the other side is the life of the whole family, how should he choose?
The answer made Han You blush and feel despicable. Therefore, he had to work hard and fight so that this choice would never appear.
