Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

To be honest, Su Mu was unwilling to meet the envoy.He made it clear that he didn't like Wu Shiqi, and when he went there, it was difficult to get in, his face was ugly, and his words were hard to speak.

Today, the main officials of the General Administration Department are all here. There are five people in total.

When he reached the ground, after meeting his boss, Su Mu raised his head. Seeing this, he was startled and almost cried out, "Have I arrived at a nursing home?"

The Tongzheng envoy introduced himself as surnamed Liang, his hair and beard were already grey, and he looked to be in his sixties at least. He was from Wu County, and his speech was so soft and sticky that it was difficult to hear.

You Tongzheng is also quite old, his face is full of wrinkles, and his temples are shining with silver light.

As for the left and right councilors, although their hair is not white and their wrinkles are not deep, they are not young, they should be 50 years old.

These people went to court early in the morning and only returned now, all of them were exhausted.The left and right counselors and right tongzheng didn't even talk to Wu Shiqi and Su Mu, they just stood there with dull faces, making Su Mu suspect that they were asleep with their eyes open.

On the other hand, Zuo Tongzheng Huacha, who was directly in charge of the experience hall, looked younger, with a bright face, and he spoke with confidence.

After hearing this name, Su Mu couldn't help but smile in his heart: This is a good name, Huacha, Huacha!

Hua Cha, a native of Wuxi, named Ziqian, was born as a Jinshi.Back then, he was only one step away from becoming a good scholar, and he didn't do well in the officialdom, so he was sent to the Secretary of General Administration.

After the meeting between the two parties, Liang Tongzheng said a few clichés and then shut up, leaving Hua Cha talking alone.

It was okay at the beginning, but gradually became severe, with a lot of disdain in his eyes.He probably also heard about Mr. Wu's ugly behavior when he was in Cangzhou. After finishing speaking, he waved his sleeves and told him to go out without waiting for Wu Shiqi to refute.

Su Mu originally thought that with his fame, he could be looked up to by his superiors no matter what.But today they regarded them as invisible, suddenly thought, it seems that my Su Mu's reputation in the literary world is nothing in the eyes of the court officials.In the officialdom, what matters is your background. You are not an imperial scholar, or even a Jinshi, and others will not regard you as a character. This is the reality.

I was so angry with my boss that Mr. Wu's fingers kept trembling after he came out first.

Su Mu felt sympathetic: "Mr...."

Wu Shiqi sighed suddenly: "I was blamed at the beginning...but for the common people, Wu has a clear conscience."

Su Mu nodded: "Enen, it doesn't matter what you do. My lord, the central government is different from the local yamen, so bear with it! By the way, today is your first day in office, old man, and there are still many things to do. How to allocate work, and even how to allocate the house of the experience department must be decided by you, otherwise it will really be messed up."

Wu Shiqi: "That's right."

Just as he was about to leave, he saw the five adults coming out of the house just now, and then he was surrounded by his subordinates and left the Secretary of General Affairs.

Su Mu was curious and asked, "Mister, where are you going?"

"Where else can I go, let's go home!" Wu Shiqi was so angry that his face turned blue: "The corpse is a vegetarian meal, and the court gives them so much salary every year. Is it possible that they are called to come to the morning court every day? No, I have to impeach this group of people." Mediocre official!"

Su Mu smiled: The main leader comes to the unit early in the morning to show his face, and then he can't see anyone for a whole day, it's the same in ancient and modern times!Especially for the Qingshui yamen who have nothing to do like the General Secretary, who is patient to stay here all day?

This is still the Ming Dynasty, if placed in the modern society, Mr. Wu would not know how angry he would be when he saw the idleness of those social groups who were fed by officials.

Hearing that this pedantic old man impeached several high-ranking officials of the General Administration Department, Su Mu was taken aback and hurriedly said: "No way."

"Su Mu, you are also a student of Sheng Xianshu. Don't you understand the truth? That's right, they are my superiors. If you submit an impeachment report, you can imagine that I will be retaliated by them. But Mencius once said Guo: Where the Tao is, even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there. You don’t have to persuade me.”

Su Mu was so angry that he almost laughed out loud, old man, you are at odds with the governors who are not involved in specific matters, and now you are going to offend your boss to death.It doesn't matter if you make such a fuss, how can I control the experience department and handle the tasks assigned by the queen mother and the emperor?

He said: "My lord, it's not that Su Mu doesn't support you to do this. The reason is this, but have you ever thought about it, old man? Of course, the officials can win the reputation of a straight minister and a gentleman by hearing about it. But your lord The current reputation is not very good, I am afraid that the imperial court will not take seriously the impeachment papers you submitted."

"Ah..." Wu Shiqi yelled, opened his mouth for a long time, and then dejectedly walked forward with his hands behind his back, his back was desolate and lonely.

Su Mu felt a burst of sympathy when he saw it, and when he returned to the hall of the Experience Department, he heard several governors talking and laughing loudly as soon as he got outside the window.

"It's unlucky for me to wait. If I meet a villain as my boss, I will be in trouble in the future."

"That's right, the scandal of Mr. Wu being in Cangzhou has spread throughout the court, and he looks like a villain. However, this kind of person was also a transshipment envoy at the beginning. He was in charge of one side, just like a feudal prince. Arrogant I'm used to it, I'm afraid I don't know how to torment me when the time comes?"

Someone sneered again: "To toss us, things are not so easy. The big deal is not to be a secretary. I haven't paid attention to the governor of the eighth rank. I don't want to stay in the center of the capital. I don't want to be at the foot of the emperor. It’s just the prosperity of the city and the leisure of the Secretary of the General Administration, otherwise, it would be happier to be a county magistrate for the local government back then.”

"That's right, we all know our minds well, and we are not easy to bully."

Everyone laughed and laughed.

Suddenly someone said: "By the way, Su Ziqiao is so famous that he was praised by Shilin as the second Xie Jin. But judging from his situation in the past two days, it seems that he and Mr. Wu are of the same mind. Like attracts like, it can be seen that this person's character is also very good." not so good."

"Good poetry doesn't mean good writing, and good writing doesn't mean good conduct. For this kind of crazy life, my brother keeps a respectful distance."

Su Mu was really annoyed when he heard it, but it was inconvenient to attack, so he had to go into the house with a cold face.

When everyone saw Su Mu coming in, he was still a disapproving figure as if no one else was there.

After a while, Wu Shiqi, who had been sulking in the room for a long time, came over and began to arrange specific affairs.

The first is to divide the house.

The Tongji Division is very large, and there are many empty houses.

Mr. Wu occupied one room, and then opened up a hall as the office space for the governors.Then there is the dormitory of each person. The Secretary of the General Administration goes to get off work at [-] o'clock in the morning, and the later generation does not get off work until [-] pm Beijing time.Although there is nothing to do in the yamen, people have to be on duty at night, and they also need a room to rest.

The place where there are many intellectuals is troublesome. It seems that they deliberately opposed Mr. Wu. In order to fight for the house, the five governors quarreled again, and it was not settled by lunch time.

Looking at this group of eloquent subordinates, Master Wu felt like he was going to collapse.

At this time, even he knew that there was no way to continue this work.