Cabinet office.
Several important office in the imperial court were built around the imperial city.
The cabinet is closest to the palace, and it can even be said that the cabinet was originally a part of the palace.
This place was designated by the founding emperor from the palace and handed over to the cabinet for office use.
So the cabinet has the most important position.
Lin Jiancheng wore court clothes and walked into the cabinet's greenhouse.
It is now November, and autumn has already arrived, and the hot kang has already been lit in the conservatory.
There were originally three seats in the office, the main seat was the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and the remaining two seats were the two second assistants.
However, Lin Jiancheng's current cabinet only has him as a bachelor.
So there is only one main seat in the cabinet office.
Although only Lin Jiancheng is a cabinet scholar, there are still quite a few officials in the cabinet.
In addition to the officials, there are also three scholars in charge of the book in the cabinet.
They are all of Jinshi (Honor → Top few in Imperial Examination) background, and the most important thing is that the articles are well written.
The job of a scholar in charge is to draft imperial edicts for the emperor, and it's also a fairly important job.
Zhang You, Xue Cheng, and Li Wenxuan are the names of the three masters of calligraphy.
They also have separate offices in the cabinet.
The three script masters all stepped forward and saluted Lin Jiancheng.
Although the master of calligraphy is directly responsible to the emperor, Lin Jiancheng is the chief assistant.
They naturally also showed a respectful attitude.
Lin Jiancheng is the only chief assistant with great power, and the three scholars in charge naturally don't want to offend him.
There are only a few scholars, and the rest of the cabinet are officials.
In the Great Xia Dynasty, scholars and officials were completely different.
The official is the official position of the imperial court and enjoys a salary.
Moreover, the status of an official also has many privileges, which can be regarded as a scholar.
In other words, officials are regular workers who eat money and is involved in politics.
However, scholars are different, scholars cannot be promoted to officials normally.
In theory, every official has the possibility of promotion, but scholars are different, they have almost no way to be promoted.
There are a large number of scribes in the cabinet, who are responsible for copying and transmitting documents.
It sounds like an official, but in fact it is like a typist in a large institution in the past.
However, among the scholars, there are also those with greater power.
Zhongshu Wufang's scholar business, this position is quite important.
The Zhongshu Wufang scholar position is responsible for connecting with various departments.
The cabinet is the most important department of the Great Xia Dynasty, but the cabinet is only a decision-making department.
The orders of the cabinet also need six departments to complete.
As for Zhongshu Wufang's scholar business, it is responsible for transmitting cabinet orders to the six ministries.
At the same time, Zhongshu Wufang is also responsible for supervising the six departments and implementing the orders of the cabinet.
Therefore, although this position is an scholar, it is very important.
The former Zhongshu Wufang official has resigned along with the former Chief Assistant.
The current Zhongshu Wufang official is Lin Jiancheng's disciple and his confidant Lin Fan!
Lin Fan can be regarded as a distant relative of Lin Jiancheng. After failing the imperial examination in his early years, he took refuge in Lin Jiancheng.
Appointing Zhongshu Wufang for official duties can also be regarded as the power of the cabinet chief assistant.
So Lin Jiancheng appointed Lin Fan to do the official work of Zhongshu Wufang.
After the cleaning clerk left, Lin Fan said: "Master, I heard that there are many papers written on the Imperial Censor Division to impeach you."
Lin Jiancheng snorted coldly and said: "L Li Fang said that she was sick and stayed in the capital because he wanted to see my joke. You don't need to guess who is behind these censors."
Li Fang is the assistant minister and has a wide network of contacts.
These censors wrote a letter to impeach Lin Jiancheng together, and Li Fang might not be able to escape behind it.
However, Lin Jiancheng didn't know that it was the Eighth Wise King hiding behind the scenes who organized these censors to impeach Lin Jiancheng.
And Li Fang just pushed the boat along with the current situation and fanned the flames.
If Lin Jiancheng goes down, he might be able to come back.
So Li Fang said that she was sick and stayed in the capital and did not leave.
Lin Fan said worriedly, "I just don't know what His Majesty thinks."
Lin Jiancheng also sighed, the ass of the chief minister of the cabinet is not hot yet, of course Lin Jiancheng doesn't want to move his seat.
But if the emperor does not support himself, the civil officials of the Imperial Dynasty can also spray him down.
At this moment, the scribes outside the door became noisy.
Only a few eunuchs were seen walking into the cabinet carrying the memorial.
"Master Chief assistant, this is the memorial His Majesty reviewed yesterday."
Xiao Dezi smiled and handed the memorial to Lin Jiancheng.
Collecting and distributing memorials is also an important function of the cabinet.
After Lin Jiancheng received these memorials, Xiao Dezi left the cabinet with the eunuchs.
"Master, let's see how His Majesty reviewed it!" Lin Fan immediately reminded.
The chief minister of the cabinet has the right to watch the memorial.
When the first emperor was seriously ill, there were even times when the chief assistant read the memorial first, wrote a reply, and then gave it to the emperor for approval.
However, after Li Xian succeeded to the throne, he took away the right to revise the memorials.
These memorials were for the impeachment of Lin Jiancheng, and he should not have read them in order to avoid suspicion.
But Lin Jiancheng's curiosity overcame everything.
He opened a memorial of the censors and turned to the end at once.
I only saw words criticizing: "On the first day of taking office of the Chief assistant, he was dishonored. So, all those who impeached the Chief assistant, half year salary will be fined!"
Lin Jiancheng rubbed his eyes.
His Majesty even punished the censor!
Lin Jiancheng continued to read other memorials, and they all received exactly the same approval.
Now Lin Jiancheng was completely stunned.
"My lord, my lord, what did His Majesty approve?"
Lin Jiancheng finally came back to his senses, sighed and said, "The emperor's grace is mighty!"