My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare! Chapter 424 - 286 "Promotion

Secretariat.

Recently, Li Xuanjing had purged the court, with many officials from various departnts being demoted or beheaded. The impact on the Secretariat was relatively minor.

Apart from two secretaries of the Wang family who participated in cleansing the emperor's side and were executed by the Ministry of Justice for plotting rebellion, no other officials were implicated.

One reason was that other officials had not participated in the actions led by King You.

Another reason was that the Director of the Secretariat, who also served as the current Left Pri Minister, was the ntor of the Minister of Justice, Li Xuanjing.

Even though the relationship between this ntor and ntee had broken down twenty years ago, there was still a layer of sentint involved.

The officials of the Secretariat were not only unaffected by King You's actions, but they benefited greatly.

The Capital Governor committed suicide out of fear of his cris, and a secretary from the Secretariat took over his position.

Many officials aid to enter the Secretariat, serving as secretaries because they had significant decision-making power over court affairs.

They held only fourth-rank official positions, but even the morials from the heads of other departnts, who were third-rank, required their agreent.

However, this kind of decision-making power was more like a castle in the air.

It was not like the Capital Governor or the Minister of Justice, who had genuine authority over life and death. Their power could not bring them significant benefits.

That's why Du Yu envied Scheeren Zhang, who had casually picked up such a great advantage.

In the Secretariat, above him, there were two Assistant Ministers and one Director of the Secretariat, and among his equals, there were five other secretaries.

But in the offices of the Capital Prefecture, the Capital Governor alone could overshadow all else.

Millions of residents throughout the Capital Road were under his jurisdiction.

After a mont of feeling envious in his heart, Du Yu continued to review morials. When he picked up a petition from the Ministry of Justice, he glanced at the signature subconsciously and couldn't help but sit up straight to read it seriously.

Although he had the final authority to decide whether to approve the morials, he was also responsible for them. If there were any errors, he could be impeached.

Especially the petitions from important officials required serious consideration.

This petition was submitted by the Minister of Justice.

The Minister of Justice seldom sent petitions to the Secretariat. The people he decided to execute through the Spiegel Bureau didn't need to be justified to the court.

Matters that made him submit a petition or appear personally usually related to his son.

For example, the establishnt of the Anti-theft Bureau happened after his son had wiped out the Thief Sect.

Or like vetoing the proposed Prince Consort for Princess Anning... who was now his daughter-in-law.

This ti, he submitted a petition to request rit for his son.

In this petition, the Minister of Justice attributed the credit for solving the case in the Eastern Palace entirely to his son, clearly aiming for the Secretariat to promote his son.

If what he said was true, it was indeed a great achievent.

However, it had only been two months since his son's last promotion.

Even for an Advanced Scholar with a strong background, it would take at least three years to wait for a chance to be promoted, which was under the circumstances of lower ranks. But to go from Secondary Fifth Rank to Standard Fifth Rank would normally require more than five years.

Promoting him could cause discontent among officials who had not been promoted for many years.

Not promoting him would certainly displease the Minister of Justice.

Du Yu didn't want to invite this kind of trouble, so he habitually passed the petition upwards, letting those above him decide.

Faced with this petition, the two Assistant Ministers of the Secretariat were also indecisive, so they passed it to the Left Pri Minister, who was the Director of the Secretariat.

As the Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat approached the entrance of the Director's office with this petition, he saw an elderly man walking by with hands behind his back. He stopped, bowed slightly, and said, "Greetings, Right Pri Minister."

The two entered the office together. The Left Pri Minister was reviewing petitions already examined by the secretaries and Assistant Ministers. The Left Assistant Minister approached and handed over the petition, saying, "Sir, this is the morial submitted by Minister of Justice Lord Li. We cannot decide, and we ask you to make a ruling."

The Left Pri Minister took it, read it, and then handed it to the Right Pri Minister.

After a quick glance, the Right Pri Minister spoke slowly, "A two-grade promotion in half a year, his pace of promotion is much faster than his father's back in the day."

The Left Assistant Minister thought to himself that of course Li Nuo's promotion was faster than Li Xuanjing's back then because Li Xuanjing did not have such a powerful father at that ti.

Right Pri Minister submitted his morial and said, "Regarding the case at the Eastern Palace, did Li Nuo truly solve it, or was the credit forcibly attributed to him by Li Xuanjing?"

Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat said, "In relation to the case at the Eastern Palace, the Ministry of Justice has submitted a detailed report to the Secretariat. The Pri Minister of Honglu Si indeed played a key role. He unexpectedly beca involved in several related cases. It was after joining Honglu Si that he accidentally discovered sothing suspicious about the death of the Pri Minister of Guanglu Si. Then, from the archives of Honglu Si, he found the directory of officials from the Eastern Palace of that year and detected sothing fishy from it. It can be said that without him, the Eastern Palace case might still be unresolved..."

After contemplating for a mont, the Left Pri Minister said, "Given this, he seems to be fit for the Ministry of Justice."

The Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat agreed, saying, "The Pri Minister of Honglu Si does indeed have an innate talent for solving cases that ordinary people do not possess. The case at the Four Directions Hall was also solved by him; otherwise, the court might have been unable to explain things to Chu Country."

The Left Pri Minister fell silent for a mont before saying, "Both father and son are indeed very adept at solving cases. It would be good for him to go to the Ministry of Justice as the Minister of Justice..."

Before he could finish, the Right Pri Minister waved his hand and said, "I disagree. The Ministry of Justice already has Li Xuanjing. If he also goes to the Ministry of Justice, wouldn't the laws and punishnts of Daxia fall completely under the control of the Li family father and son? How could the courtiers feel at ease?"

The Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat pondered and felt that the Right Pri Minister's words were not without reason.

The court, when appointing officials, would try to avoid such a situation as much as possible.

In the sa departnt, there must be officials from different factions and forces to check and balance each other. Otherwise, it's very easy for a single office or a single matter to be controlled from top to bottom by the sa faction, leaving the court unable to intervene.

The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice have such checks and balances in place.

If Li Nuo were to enter the Ministry of Justice, the lives and fortunes of all Daxia officials would depend on both father and son. Even if Li Nuo isn't like his father, capable of absolute fairness, it doesn't eliminate the fear in the hearts of the officials.

Obviously, this is not conducive to the stability of the court.

Such an unwritten rule was originally intended to prevent those famous families from controlling court politics.

Although the Li Family is not a famous family, the father and son's simultaneous presence in the court did indeed cause a lot of trouble for the court in the past.

That's why the Right Pri Minister, from the start, preferred to be subject to criticism rather than allowing him, a Six Arts top scholar, to enter the core governnt offices of the court.

It was also his decision to appoint a Six Arts top scholar as Assistant Minister of Rites.

However, clearly distinguishing rewards and punishnts is also a principle the court must adhere to. The Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat asked, "What position does the Right Pri Minister think he should hold..."

There is a difference between Standard Fifth Rank and Secondary Fifth Rank officials. Nearly all Standard Fifth Rank officials are core mbers of powerful departnts.

After thinking for a while, the Right Pri Minister said, "Since Li Xuanjing has gone to great lengths to get his son promoted, just promote him then. From now on, elevate the rank of the Pri Minister of Honglu Si to Standard Fifth Rank..."

...

Honglu Si.

Li Nuo was still practicing when the imperial decree from the Secretariat arrived.

This decree was for his promotion.

To comnd his significant contribution to solving the Eastern Palace case, the Secretariat decided to promote his rank by one level, from Secondary Fifth Rank to Standard Fifth Rank.

However, after the promotion, he remained the Pri Minister of Honglu Si.

Because the rank of Pri Minister of Honglu Si also rose along with him.

Forrly, the Pri Minister of Honglu Si was a Secondary Fifth Rank position, now it had beco Standard Fifth Rank.

The rank of a particular official position is not set in stone; sotis it is promoted, sotis demoted. Almost all official ranks have changed, but this change in the rank of Pri Minister of Honglu Si seed very abnormal to Li Nuo...

Before his promotion, he was responsible for organizing funerals for people.

After his promotion, he was still organizing funerals for people.

There was no change in his duties.

Although he was promoted, it felt the sa as if he hadn't been.

Li Nuo had reason to suspect that soone was deliberately targeting him.

Finding out about this was not difficult. After having Housekeeper Wu investigate, it didn't take long to uncover the root of the issue.

The upgrading of Honglu Si's rank was ordered by the Right Pri Minister, who, apart from His Majesty, was one of the few with such authority.

At the sa ti, Li Nuo found out that the initial decision to make him Assistant Minister of Rites was also made by the Right Pri Minister.

Li Nuo had only t the Right Pri Minister once. Recalling the old man with an intimidating presence even when not angry, he couldn't help but say, "Have I offended the Right Pri Minister?"

Housekeeper Wu coughed awkwardly and said, "The young master hasn't, but the Lord has."

Li Nuo's gaze turned toward him, and Housekeeper Wu continued explaining, "Among those Advanced Scholars who were executed back then, many were disciples of the Right Pri Minister and the Left Pri Minister. Over the years, so other disciples of the Right Pri Minister have also died at the hands of the Lord..."