My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 8 Am I the treacherous one?

Those who knew Su Ze, such as Shen Yiguan, looked at him with puzzled eyes, as if asking, "When did you offend Lord Zhang?"

Su Ze cried out in his heart that he was wronged!
How could I, a mere scholar-official, offend the elders of the dynasty?
Of course, Su Ze didn't know that his "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court" had been sent back to the cabinet this morning with Emperor Longqing's red-ink comments. A small morning court incident became Gao Gong's charge to "launch Longqing's New Deal" and launched an attack on Xu Jie's position as the Prime Minister.

As a disciple and number one henchman, Zhang Juzheng naturally had to share his teacher's worries.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Luo Wanhua and Su Ze who came out of the crowd, and his inner emotions were somewhat complicated.

Deep down, Zhang Juzheng still loved talents. He himself was a Jinshi at the age of 23, ranked ninth in the second class, and was a famous young genius.

Luo Wanhua is 32 years old this year, and Su Ze is 25 years old, which is considered young among Jinshi.

Zhang Juzheng also read Su Ze's "Petition to Cancel the Early Morning Court Session". Although the handwriting was a bit ugly, the article was still well written.

What was the first question you submitted when you first entered the Hanlin Academy and became a Shujishi?
It seems to be from Ben Qing Ci.

Moreover, Zhang Juzheng himself did not quite agree with his teacher Xu Jie's approach of sticking to the ancestral laws in everything. On the contrary, in terms of political views, Zhang Juzheng was more in favor of Gao Gong's idea of ​​​​drastic reform.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng wanted to reform, not to be Gao Gong's deputy, but to lead the reform himself.

Political struggle is a life-and-death struggle. Regardless of whether Su Ze is Gao Gong's follower or not, he will be suppressed.

As for Luo Wanhua, he was suppressed by Zhang Juzheng after he came to the Hanlin Academy. This was also to demonstrate his majesty as a cabinet minister. If he couldn't suppress a small Hanlin Academy editor, the censors in the outer court who were as fierce as wolves and tigers would pounce on him like hyenas.

Zhang Juzheng, who had experienced the struggle to overthrow Yan, naturally understood this truth.

Zhu Dashou looked at Luo Wanhua and Su Ze. He knew that Luo Wanhua had offended Zhang Juzheng, but what about Su Ze?

However, in order to compile the Veritable Records, Chen Ge Lao had to transfer people from the Hanlin Academy to serve as the Historian, which was also the main job of the Hanlin Academy. Zhang Juzheng only personally selected two people, and Zhu Dashou had no reason to object.

He had no choice but to say:
"Why don't you thank Lord Zhang?"

Su Ze could only bow to Zhang Juzheng helplessly. On the contrary, the top scholar Luo Wanhua seemed a little excited and seemed very satisfied with the job.

This top scholar has some mental issues, so I'd better stay away from him.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Su Ze carefully again, as if he wanted to remember his appearance, then exchanged a few words with Zhu Dashou and left the Hanlin Academy.

Just as everyone was about to leave, the doorman came to announce:

"Scholars, the angels from the Ministry of Pedestrians have arrived."

Zhu Dashou frowned. What was going on in the Hanlin Academy today? Things were happening one after another.

The Xingrensi was the government office responsible for delivering the emperor's edicts. Ming Dynasty officials liked to use ancient official titles to refer to their positions, so officials of the Xingrensi would be called angels. If they were senior officials of the Xingrensi, they would be called archangels.

Zhu Dashou sighed and ordered the officials to set up the incense table and prepare to receive the imperial edict.

I saw a small official in a green robe walking into the Hanlin Academy holding an imperial edict.

Although the other party was just a minor official in a green robe, Zhu Dashou still went to greet him in person because the duties of the Xingren Division were special.

Unexpectedly, the pedestrian officer said:
"Dear scholars, where is Su Ze, the Hanlin Academy scholar?" Are you looking for Su Ze again?

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Ze, and Su Ze had no choice but to walk out.

Could it be that the emperor saw his "Petition to Cancel the Early Morning Court Session" and sent the Imperial Guards to reprimand him?

It is not always a good thing for the Xingrensi to announce the emperor's decrees. The emperor would also send the Xingrensi to reprimand his ministers. Simply put, they were the emperor's substitutes.

After clearing his throat, the official from the Ministry of Public Security opened the imperial edict. After a paragraph of four-six parallel prose, Su Ze heard the last sentence.

"Promote Su Ze, a scholar-official, to be an editor in the Hanlin Academy. This is my decree!"

Su Ze was stunned, and the Hanlin scholars present were also stunned.

A promotion just like that?
All the Shujishi showed envious and jealous looks!

Even Zhu Dashou looked at Su Ze in confusion. Such a big commotion must have been caused by Su Ze's memorial. What memorial did Su Ze submit to attract such attention from the emperor? Did he directly make him a regular scholar?
Hanlin was an inner court official and had his own system of promotion.

Another reason why Hanlin was so noble was that there was a strict system for the promotion of officials in the outer court.

Normal officials outside the imperial court first need to be recommended by censors, then recommended by the Ministry of Personnel and sent to the cabinet, and then decided by the emperor.

During this period, even if the emperor wants to promote you, the censors, the Ministry of Personnel, and the cabinet can intervene to stop it.

But the Hanlin officials were different. They were the emperor's poets and private ministers, and their promotion and appointment were decided by the emperor alone.

The so-called three-year selection process actually meant that many outstanding scholars could be promoted to full-time positions with the emperor's grace without having to participate in the selection process.

For example, Zhang Juzheng, after serving as a Shujishi for two years, was officially promoted by Emperor Jiajing because he wrote a memorial entitled "On Current Affairs".

However, Su Ze was appointed as an editor in the Hanlin Academy after only serving as a Shujishi for a month, which is a rare case in the history of the Hanlin Academy!
Many Shujishi quickly realized that Su Ze must have been valued by the emperor because of his memorial!

It is true that “one omission makes it known to the whole world”!
Su Ze was in ecstasy at this time. He was not happy about his promotion, but because his system was really useful!
[Handheld Ming Dynasty Court] It really works!
Although I don’t know how the system does it, but it can ensure that the national policy in the memorial will be implemented. This golden finger is too powerful!
After receiving the imperial edict, a eunuch presented Su Ze with the official uniform, hat and belt bestowed by the emperor. Under the watchful eyes of his colleagues, Su Ze overcame the obstacle of the three-year imperial examination and became an official official of the Hanlin Academy, standing on the same starting line as the second and third place winners!

However, the editor of the Hanlin Academy was only an official of the seventh rank. In the capital where fifth-rank officials were as common as dogs and sixth-rank officials were everywhere, it was definitely not a cause for celebration.

Several of Su Ze's familiar colleagues congratulated him, and peace returned to the Hanlin Academy.

When Su Ze returned to his seat, everyone looked at him completely differently. Even Shen Yikuan, who liked to talk to him the most, did not come forward.

At this time, officials from the Ministry of Public Administration brought in official documents from the cabinet to various ministries.

An old Hanlin who had nothing to do walked over to look through the official documents. The first one was the "Reply to the Memorial Requesting to Cancel the Early Morning Court Session" issued by the cabinet.

After being drafted by Gao Gong, approved by Emperor Longqing, and sealed by the Imperial Household Department, this memorial had become an imperial edict representing imperial power.

This kind of official documents concerning all officials in the capital were copied by the cabinet's printing bureau and distributed to various government offices in the capital, informing them that except for the grand court meetings and the first and fifteenth day court meetings, the regular court meetings would be temporarily suspended.

When the old Hanlin saw this reply, his eyes widened with anger. He rushed directly to Su Ze and said sternly:
"A treacherous villain!"

(End of this chapter)