Return of the Swallow

"Intentionally?" Qin Yining looked at Pang Xiao in astonishment, shook his head and said, "I don't understand, it's good, why did my father deliberately not come back, doesn't he want to pay attention to this stall in the capital?"

As soon as he said it, Qin Yining immediately shook his head and denied his idea: "No, my father is a very responsible person. He would never do such an irresponsible thing, and would never leave his family and run away by himself."

Pang Xiao saw more of her calm and wise side. It seemed that no matter what happened, she could solve it without any hassle. Sometimes she was so smart that he felt that her existence had no effect at all.

Seeing her so bewildered now, I feel very fresh, and I think her expression with frowning frowning and muttering words is really cute, so he stretched his arms around her and smiled: "You are thinking too complicated. In fact, things are very complicated. Simple. It's just that you came to the capital and you don't know anything about Da Zhou. You'll understand as soon as I tell you."

As he spoke, he picked up Qin Yining's tea bowl and took a sip of tea.

Qin Yining didn't mind the heavy arm he put on her shoulder, let alone that he ate her tea and looked at him with bright eyes.

Pang Xiao was so excited by her wet eyes that he almost couldn't help kissing him, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Qin Yining pushed him: "Speak quickly."

Pang Xiao was amused by her appearance, so he laughed out loud, put his arms around her shoulder and said, "Okay, let me tell you, it's actually very simple, Da Zhou has the rules of Jing Cha, I think my father-in-law is waiting for this. ."

Qin Yining asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by Jingcha?"

"The Sage made a slight change based on the old customs of Northern Hebei, and formulated a rule for evaluating officials. All officials below the second rank, and officials in Beijing other than the cabinet, must have a performance evaluation every three years."

Qin Yining heard the words, nodded slowly, and said thoughtfully: "How the Jingcha is carried out, please tell me in detail."

Pang Xiao said: "The performance appraisal of the Beijing inspector is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the reference officer must submit a job report. The content should not boast of his achievements, but should look back on his own shortcomings and what he did wrong in the past three years. There should be no deception or false reporting. After the debriefing is completed, the Ministry of Personnel will conduct a unified examination, and the debriefing submitted in the first stage will become the main evidence in the examination. ."

"So, this year's Jingcha is about to start?"

Pang Xiao smiled and said, "To be exact, it's a new year, the yamen was sealed up years ago,

After the new year, it will start. "

Qin Yining pondered for a moment, his brows gradually eased, and he took a long sigh and said, "So, my father should have passed the New Year, the first phase of the Jingcha is over, and the officials will come back after they have handed in their debriefings."

"Smart." Pang Xiao scratched the bridge of her nose.

Qin Huaiyuan was the leading figure among Dayan's subordinate ministers, and the feud between him and Pang Xiao for killing his father could be used by Li Qitian, so he must be reused after returning to Beijing.

When Dayan came to the capital of Great Zhou, he injected a fresh blood into the court of the Zhou Dynasty. If he came back early, the saint would have to start to reward his merits for the sake of his reputation.

But the courtroom was originally a radish and a pit. Without a good position, the official position of the Yan Dynasty's subordinate group will increase.

If Qin Huaiyuan did not come back for a day, Li Qitian would not be able to start to reward his merits.

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p; He stayed outside, just waiting for the Jingcha to start, the first stage of the exam was over, and a large group of officials handed in their debriefing papers and stated their mistakes when they were officials.

In this way, Li Qitian would have a definite aim if he wanted to find a position for the subordinate ministers of the Yan Dynasty.

Qin Yining determined that Li Qitian would definitely reuse the Yan Dynasty's subordinate ministers, precisely because of the structure of the court in Dazhou today. The old ministers of the Northern Hebei Province occupied most of the civil service positions. And Li Qitian's die-hard loyalists have military power, but they can't compete with the civilian group.

When Dayan Dynasty came to Dazhou, they had no foundation. The only one they could rely on was Li Qitian, and the only way to be loyal to Li Qitian was.

Presumably, Li Qitian also hoped to give Dayan's subordinate ministers a higher official title. Qin Huaiyuan's disappearance just gave Li Qitian a reason to not award a reward for the time being and wait for a vacancy.

"Really..." Qin Yining shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I've been worrying about it for so long, you know that the Jingcha is about to start, why didn't you tell me?"

"Didn't I forget to mention it?" Pang Xiao smiled and said, "You can rest assured now?"

Qin Yining nodded and said, "I've been suspicious for a long time without any news. Even if something really happened, with my father's temperament, I definitely wouldn't give any news to the family. Now it seems that my father is I have made up my mind that I will know the news of Jingcha and analyze the time of his return."

"Yeah, so having a smart daughter is also a blessing for my father-in-law."

Qin Yining blushed at his indirect praise, and said with a smile, "Why is it like smearing honey on your mouth, you are so good at coaxing people today."

"Which day will my mouth not be sweet? Would you like to try it?" As he spoke, he deliberately leaned towards her.

Qin Yining shyly pushed him out, "No serious person, stop making trouble."

Pang Xiao couldn't help laughing softly, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender: "Okay, let's not make trouble. Let's stay quiet for a while. During the New Year, I am afraid that the Holy One will want to have a 'brotherly love', and the Holy One has to work hard. If you find my mother-in-law, I won't be able to see you often."

Qin Yining was startled when he heard the words, sat up straight and asked him, "What kind of mother?"

Pang Xiao's eyes were a little cold, and his tone was full of sarcasm: "What kind of mother? Of course it's my father's wife. My mother is just a maid, and I was born by accident. After learning that my mother was pregnant , Mrs. Pang drove my mother away, and even intercepted her on the way. Thanks to my mother's cleverness, she avoided it.

"In those days, Mrs. Pang should have died together. Who would have thought that the former sage found this person for me. Now that the Pang family has been defeated, and the only mother-in-law has been found, the sage said that there is still a little hope for the Pang family. I am full of young and old. Let me be filial and filial to my mother.”

"Do you still want to take that mother-in-law back to the palace? What about the old lady?"

"If you really take it back, my mother was the maid of the Pang family at first, not even a concubine, so she is naturally a maid now." The corner of Pang Xiao's lips raised a mocking arc.

Qin Yining shook his head and said, "This is not right, we can't let the old man, the grandmother and the old lady be bullied. In my opinion, it's up to two people to tell whether this first-born mother is true. It's better to confine her and check it carefully. It's not a good face to refute the saint face to face, but it's easy to deal with people when they are in your hands."

Pang Xiao looked at her with a smile: "I thought you would persuade my concubines to be respectful and orderly. After all, you are a direct daughter. And I don't even count a concubine, at most an illegitimate child. It's not my turn to be rich."