Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 236 Chapter 230 Chapter [-] Wang Zhaowen Restoring His Reputation

Just when old Yan Song was heartbroken for his son in the prison, Wang Daoqiu ran out of the Longevity Palace.When he came outside, it was still early, and he didn't want to go home so early and lie on his stomach.

So he first went to the Ministry of Personnel and visited his old colleagues Yu Maojian, Li Xiang, Gao Gong and Gao Yi.Although Wang Daoqiu only spoke politely to the Ministry of Personnel and guaranteed on behalf of the Ministry of Revenue that the Ministry of Revenue would never default on the money that should be allocated to the Ministry of Personnel.

If Wang Daoqiu's attitude is so upright, then Wang Daoqiu and his father, Wang Zhaowen, have a formal promotion document in the Ministry of Personnel?Now that Wang Daoqiu has come in person, how can Wang Daoqiu's old colleagues in the official department have the nerve to delay?So he stamped all the seals that needed to be stamped on the spot and handed the document to Wang Daoqiu.

After getting his father's promotion certificate, Wang Daoqiu happily went to Taicang, Hube.

Entering Taicang, he asked the secretary, who told Wang Daoqiu that his father, Wang Zhaowen, was having lunch with Hu Zongxian in the duty room.

Hu Zongxian was transferred back from Xuanda University by the imperial court last time together with Yan Shifan.Because he was identified as an accomplice of Yan Shifan, his former unit, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suspended him for review.

At that time, Wang Daoqiu was entrusted by Yan Song to help Hu Zongxian be transferred to Taicang, Ministry of Revenue, and let him pass the internal review of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Now that Wang Daoqiu and his father Wang Zhaowen can have dinner with Hu Zongxian, it seems that the relationship between the two is good.

Following the instructions of the Taicang Secretary, Wang Daoqiu came to the check-in room where the two of them were eating.The two of them ate with the stove burning beside them, but they didn't close the door.Wang Daoqiu looked around and saw that the lunch for the two people on the dining table was very simple, just four ordinary dishes and one soup.

At the dinner table, Wang Zhaowen greeted Hu Zongxian warmly and said: "Come on, come on, you really good brother, you are welcome, this is the chicken that my bitch raised by herself. The small wild bamboo shoots used to stew the chicken are also pulled from the mountains where we live, but It’s chewy, so I’ll enjoy this bite.”

"Hahahaha, Brother Zhaowen is so polite, Madam-in-law is really hard-working. A dignified Madam of the first rank, her son is still a first-rank cabinet bachelor, but she grows vegetables and raises chickens every day, which is rare."

"Hey, dear brother, please don't mention this matter. I get angry when I mention it. It's all because of that scoundrel in my family, who allowed his mother to shovel the backyard garden and do what we do in the countryside. It's fine now. It used to be a picturesque place with small bridges, running water, green trees and red flowers, but now it is a vegetable patch, with hundreds of chickens, ducks, and several pigs and cows raised. The house now stinks all day long, which makes me so angry. What's even worse is that my bitch wife often takes the vegetables grown at home and the eggs laid by chickens and ducks to the market to sell. Dear dear brother, you said that the mother of a dignified cabinet bachelor often squats on the street. Selling vegetables and eggs at the same time, how do you think this is inappropriate? It makes me so angry!"

When it comes to the fact that Wang Daoqiu, the mother of a bachelor in the cabinet, grows vegetables at home, raises pigs, cows, chickens and ducks, and sells vegetables on the street, Wang Zhaowen feels that this is inappropriate and ridiculous because of his instinctive world view as a scholar.

After hearing Wang Zhaowen's words, Hu Zongxian asked in amazement: "Such an unseemly matter, does the Grand Tutor not care about it?"

"What do you care? That scoundrel is used to his mother being like this. Every time I stop her, I say that I want to change the backyard garden back. That scoundrel instigates her daughter-in-law to help her mother, and it makes things worse. I always come back feeling miserable.”

"Oh! It's strange that the Tutor is helping his mother. Logically speaking, the wife grows vegetables at home, raises pigs, cows, chickens and ducks, and sells side dishes on the street. The one who is most injurious to her dignity should be the Tutor! After all, he is The imperial cabinet bachelor is still working hard, and people will say he is unfilial behind his back!"

"Who can say otherwise? I don't know what madness caused that scoundrel. Anyway, his brain is not what scholars like us should have."

Every time Wang Zhaowen was at home, he wanted his wife Xu to be a standard official wife, stop doing farm work, let alone show up on the street and be embarrassed.But every time Wang Daoqiu would join forces with Shen Xiangning to suppress him. He really couldn't speak more than three words in one mouth!
Especially with Shen Xiangning, the daughter-in-law, beside him, and Wang Zhaowen, the old father-in-law, it was really hard to lose his temper!So every time Wang Zhaowen tried to reform the Xu family, he was rejected at the decision-making stage. It was helpless!

While Wang Zhaowen was complaining to Hu Zongxian, Wang Daoqiu, who was eavesdropping outside the door, walked into the check-in room with a smile.

Hearing the footsteps, he looked up and saw Wang Daoqiu coming. Hu Zongxian stood up and saluted.When Wang Zhaowen saw that it was his son Wang Daoqiu, he still sat there and asked like a proud parent: "Where did you go fooling around last night? I heard from the guard who brought you the horse back, why did you go there in the first place? After arriving at the Duke's mansion, you ate with those distinguished nobles who only knew how to eat, drink, have fun and have fun, and then went to the night market. After that, I didn't see you and your four guards at home all night. Your mother and Xiangning was worried all night. He said, where did you go fooling around last night?"

Wang Zhaowen asked this. It seemed that he didn't know what happened to him last night.With Wang Daoqiu thinking this, he took out the official document and handed it to Wang Zhaowen to change the subject.Seeing Wang Daoqiu hand over an ultimatum, Wang Zhaowen thought it was because his superiors had some work to do!So he quickly took it.

Open it and have a look, damn it!My diploma as a scholar, from the seventh grade, was suddenly promoted to the fifth grade!This made Wang Zhaowen very happy at first.But when he thought about his promotion, his son must have helped him through the back door. This made Wang Zhaowen feel very shameless and inconsistent with his three views.

So after reading the ultimatum, Wang Zhaowen threw the ultimatum on the table with an angry look on his face, and said angrily: "Niezi, what did your father teach you when you were a child? You must be decent as a person, and you must be upright and selfless as an official. But you, but you! Niezi, this is not a good fifth grade, so I don’t want it for my father.”

You can be promoted directly from the seventh grade to the fifth grade. How can you make those officials of a certain dynasty live?After all, in order to get promoted, those people have to worry about their wives, daughters, and conscience. In their world, promotion is the most important thing.

There is no official in the world who doesn't want to be promoted, but in order to be promoted, all officials will do anything and sell out anything. There are only a handful of such dynasties in the history of the world.

The Ming Dynasty like now is not, the simplest example, such as "Zhongzhiguan".The normal procedure for officials in the Ming Dynasty to be promoted was personal performance, the official department assessed and recommended, and then sent to the cabinet, which was approved by the cabinet and sent to the emperor.Finally, the emperor approved it and issued it to the officials for execution.

Officials who are appointed directly by the emperor's orders without the recommendation of the Ministry of Personnel and the drafting of cabinet votes are called "zhongzhi officials".According to the officialdom thinking of a certain dynasty, this kind of "Zhongzhiguan" who is directly appointed by the emperor means that he is the emperor's crony, with a background that no one dares to offend, and represents glory and absolute strength.If you can get along with a Zhongzhi officer, then what kind of conscience do you need?

But it was not in the Ming Dynasty. Basically, officials in the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to be such "central officials".It's not that the emperor doesn't give it, but that the officials don't want it. They would rather not be promoted or even dismissed from office.

Because in the Ming Dynasty, the definition of "Zhongzhiguan" in the officialdom was shameless, a sycophant who was promoted by flattering the emperor.Such officials are looked down upon and marginalized in officialdom.After all, civil officials of the Ming Dynasty talked about integrity, and they wanted face, which was completely different from that of a certain dynasty.

So now Wang Zhaowen thinks that his promotion was obtained by his son Wang Daoqiu through the back door of Emperor Jiajing and helped him!So definitely don't.

Wang Zhaowen's current thoughts are that it is already very embarrassing to be a benefactor officer because of his hard work on his son's achievements. If he has the title of "zhongzhi officer" on his head, how can he still be a human being? ?

Seeing his father Wang Zhaowen's stubbornness, Wang Daoqiu knew that his father had misunderstood.So he hurriedly explained: "Father, to tell you the truth, your promotion is related to me. But it's not that I helped you, but that I caused you trouble. In the end, the bad thing turned into a good thing."

"Are you bringing trouble to my father? You have a high position of power, and you are colluding with those hawks and dogs of the factory guards, covering the sky with one hand. What can you do to bring trouble to my father?"

What is the logic of Wang Daoqiu?This confused Wang Zhaowen, so he asked Wang Daoqiu.

Seeing that his father didn't understand, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly explained: "Hey, father, you have been an official for so long, don't you know that there are many little people in the officialdom, such as the officials and censors of the Ming Dynasty. Their daily dream is to win over someone big, and become famous in one battle, so as to pave the way for their future career. So your son, I have a big reputation, and countless pairs of eyes are staring at me, all trying to find something to do with me, so that I can be pulled down. , and then they stepped on me to get the upper hand."

"And as my father, you are naturally their target, so they usually keep an eye on you secretly, trying to catch you first, and then follow the clues to involve me. But father, you are upright and honest. Guarding the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, you were not tempted by the gold and silver at all, and did not take a tael of silver that you should not have taken. Therefore, those people who have been trying to find excuses for you in the end proved that you are an upright official. Later, This matter was reported to the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and finally both departments rated your performance as excellent and recommended you for promotion to the cabinet and the emperor."

Wang Daoqiu explained the reason for Wang Zhaowen's promotion, which made Wang Zhaowen crazy with admiration. He ignored Wang Daoqiu and immediately snatched the promotion document from the table, hugging it to his chest and crying loudly.He was still mumbling: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you all the princes in the court. I, Wang Zhaowen, did not get promoted through my son. I, Wang Zhaowen, did not get promoted through my son. This is great, this is great."

It’s not because of his son’s promotion that he could make Wang Zhaowen so happy!At this moment, Wang Daoqiu finally understood how much pressure his father would be under if his son was too outstanding.

(End of this chapter)