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

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 moment of feeling envious in his heart, Du Yu continued to review memorials. 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 memorials, 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 establishment 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 time, he submitted a petition to request merit 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 achievement.

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 Prime 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 Prime Minister."

The two entered the office together. The Left Prime 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 memorial submitted by Minister of Justice Lord Li. We cannot decide, and we ask you to make a ruling."

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

After a quick glance, the Right Prime 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 time.

Right Prime Minister submitted his memorial 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 Prime Minister of Honglu Si indeed played a key role. He unexpectedly became involved in several related cases. It was after joining Honglu Si that he accidentally discovered something suspicious about the death of the Prime 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 something fishy from it. It can be said that without him, the Eastern Palace case might still be unresolved..."

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

The Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat agreed, saying, "The Prime 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 Prime Minister fell silent for a moment 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 Prime 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 punishments 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 Prime Minister's words were not without reason.

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

In the same department, 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 same 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 Prime Minister, from the start, preferred to be subject to criticism rather than allowing him, a Six Arts top scholar, to enter the core government 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 punishments is also a principle the court must adhere to. The Left Assistant Minister of the Secretariat asked, "What position does the Right Prime 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 members of powerful departments.

After thinking for a while, the Right Prime 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 Prime 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 commend 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 Prime Minister of Honglu Si.

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

Formerly, the Prime Minister of Honglu Si was a Secondary Fifth Rank position, now it had become Standard Fifth Rank.

The rank of a particular official position is not set in stone; sometimes it is promoted, sometimes demoted. Almost all official ranks have changed, but this change in the rank of Prime Minister of Honglu Si seemed 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 same as if he hadn't been.

Li Nuo had reason to suspect that someone 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 Prime Minister, who, apart from His Majesty, was one of the few with such authority.

At the same time, Li Nuo found out that the initial decision to make him Assistant Minister of Rites was also made by the Right Prime Minister.

Li Nuo had only met the Right Prime 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 Prime 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 Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister. Over the years, some other disciples of the Right Prime Minister have also died at the hands of the Lord..."