The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1161: Morning Court (Part )

It was the third quarter of an hour before the morning court session began, but all the officials who had not asked for leave were already present.

Those standing in the first few rows were all high-ranking officials of the imperial court, dressed in red and purple official robes and wearing goldfish bags.

When the Minister of Personnel Chen Xiangzhu saw his colleagues greeting each other, he immediately took a few small steps, approached the Minister of Revenue An Suiyun, and patted him gently on the shoulder.

"Master An, has your Right Assistant Minister not returned to the Ministry of Revenue to report on his work yet?"

Hearing this, An Suiyun hummed slowly, opened his eyes slowly and looked over, "We have two assistant ministers in the Ministry of Revenue, but unfortunately, none of them are here now. I, the Shangshu, have to do the work of three people, and the only thing left is a nice name!"

Before he could finish his words, he started spitting again.

  Chen Xiangzhu rolled his eyes and thought: Sure enough, this old man is still the same!

Recalling the recent court events, Chen Xiangzhu couldn't help but admire An Suiyun's courage and ability.

Ever since Sheng Wenzhen was assigned by the imperial court to take up an important position in the Five Military Commander's Office, there has never been a shortage of weird colleagues in front of An Suiyun.

But no matter how these people talked and mocked, none of them was so foul-mouthed as to speak bluntly. After all, An Suiyun was the head of the Ministry of Revenue, and any department that wanted to allocate funds needed An Suiyun's seal!

It's okay to be petty and say sour words sometimes, but if you really want to get involved in a big fight... then be prepared that your department will not get the funding!

Although the Ministry of Revenue is only a transit station for the national treasury, An Suiyun, the old stingy man in the Ministry of Revenue, is a smiling tiger. This guy looks friendly, but he is actually full of bad intentions. If you mess with him, he has plenty of ways to make people suffer within the law.

Therefore, even when faced with his habitual complaints, the cabinet ministers could only shake their heads and sigh without taking it to heart.

Chen Xiangzhu waited until An Suiyun had almost finished pretending to be stupid, then he made a gesture with his mouth to signal him to pay attention to the side behind him.

"Master An, do you know that the group of censors in the Censorate want to impeach Minister Sheng?" An Suiyun didn't even blink when he heard this, and waved his hand indifferently: "If Minister Chen wants to curry favor, he should go find the Marquis of Yongxing. I only care about the Ministry of Revenue."

Chen Xiangzhu was not angry about An Suiyun's refusal to buy into his ideas. After all, they were in a different place and he wouldn't always be nice to them.

"Master An, do you think that the Censorate only impeached Minister Sheng?" Chen Xiangzhu looked at An Suiyun with a smile, "You are the head of the Ministry of Revenue, and you are in charge of Ministers Wen and Sheng... As the saying goes, punishing without teaching is cruelty. As the head of a ministry, you naturally have the responsibility to teach your subordinates."

"..." An Suiyun didn't expect that the people from the Censorate would actually target him? !

He cursed silently and looked at Chen Xiangzhu.

Seeing that his attitude was different this time, Chen Xiangzhu smiled.

Sure enough, when it comes to myself, my attitude and attitude are different!

"Sir An, I'm just making a suggestion... It's time to remind Minister Sheng to report back to the Ministry of Revenue. Although the Emperor has asked her to concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the Five Military Command Office, he has not asked her to be transferred out of the Ministry of Revenue! Don't let such a talented civil official become a military man!"

Chen Xiangzhu reminded quietly: "Sir An, I have no problem with the military commanders, but there are many people in the court eyeing the vacant position in the Ministry of Revenue. If Sheng Wenzhen doesn't show up, it will be difficult for you as the Shangshu!"

Although An Suiyun felt that the people from the Censorate were looking for trouble, he also had some reservations about Chen Xiangzhu's good intentions.

This is not him judging others by his own mean character. The truth is, ever since the emperor devoted himself to cultivation and gave all his power to the empress and the princess, the court has begun to make waves with attempts.

He has always been a pragmatic person and has no interest in following the emperor. All he wants is to be "wise throughout his life" and it would be best if he could be included in the biographies of famous officials in the future!