Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

In the past few days, Su Mu's affairs in the Department of General Affairs still haven't improved. As the ostensible direct descendant of Mr. Wu, thanks to the old man's bad reputation as a villain, Su Mu was excluded by his colleagues.

In fact, being isolated by everyone is no stranger to Su Mu.Back when he was in Cangzhou Changluyan Division, he was also regarded as a different kind by Gu Huasan and the others.It's just that, when they were in the yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy, Gu Run and the others directly put down their picks and tried to drive Su Mu away with heavy official duties.

Fortunately, Su Mu is shrewd and capable, and with his own strength, he can barely maintain the operation of the entire salt company.

Indistinctly, it is instead a monopoly of power, turning the enemies into a joke.

The situation is different now, Governor Duan and the others have the ears to turn Su Mu and Wu Shiqi into deaf people -- a display.

Every day when Su Mu arrived at the Department of General Affairs, he was ordered by Governor Duan and others to run around the yamen and deliver documents.The Ming Dynasty was a huge empire. Almost all the documents and documents had to be handed over by the Secretary of General Administration to make a record. The documents sent every day were at least one meter high.

By the time all the documents were delivered, the whole day would have passed.

In addition to running weakly, Su Mu is still unfamiliar with the affairs of the General Administration Department and finds it difficult to get started.

At this time, he suddenly realized that these governors were torturing me, Su Mu!

A few days ago, Su Mu sent and received messages, with the idea of ​​being familiar with the process and getting acquainted in various ministries.Now, he has basically figured out the other yamen, and it doesn't make any sense to do this kind of job as a postman.

Moreover, if the power of compiling the newspaper cannot be grasped as soon as possible, the ghost knows what kind of messy things will be published in the newspaper.At that time, it will be a big trouble.

No, still have to think of another way.

Sitting in the room for a while, Ren Sumu was considered to have an outstanding IQ and insight beyond that of the ancients, so he couldn't think of any solution.

There is a very interesting point of view in Murphy's theory of later generations: as long as everything can go wrong, it will definitely go wrong.

As the saying goes, it is: good spirits do not work, bad spirits.

On this day, Su Mu came to the Department of General Affairs before dawn as usual, and after he sent the documents in hand to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Lifan Academy and the Ministry of Industry, it was still very dark.

There is little work today, so Su Mu suddenly relaxes.

Sitting in the hall and having two sips of tea, he picked up a booklet and read it.

Probably because Su Mu was too leisurely, Duan Jiong, Governor Guan and Governor Weng glanced at each other.

Governor Weng walked up to Su Mu, put a copy of the residence report in his hand, and said kindly: "Governor Su, this is the sample draft of the residence report for this issue, please send it to Master Huazuo Tongzheng."

Governor Weng is in his early forties, the oldest and most mature among the governors.Although he still disapproves of Su Mu in his heart, at least he maintains this basic courtesy on the surface.

Su Mu took the mansion newspaper and nodded, "Let's go."

Then got up and left the hall.

A few days ago, Su Mu also read the sample draft. In fact, the biggest news in this issue of the mansion newspaper is the adjustment of a few students' academic, political and official positions. The other contents are not worth reading.It's just that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the governors and adults from all over the country sent forms to the Queen Mother Zhang and the emperor to congratulate the Queen Mother Zhang and the emperor on the New Year's Eve in advance.

The Department of General Affairs is just a communication room and a letter and visit office, which is of little use to the imperial court.The greatest power is to edit the newspaper. Therefore, every time the governors compile and submit the newspaper, Huazuo Tongzheng will call it down several times and ask everyone to revise and polish it several times before signing and agreeing to publish it. practice.

Today's Dibao is the third draft, and it should be passed logically, and it will be signed and stamped when Xiahua Chaxia returns from the morning court.

Su Mu also knew that this issue of the residence newspaper was not very interesting, and he still browsed while walking because of his responsibilities.

When I saw this, my eyelids twitched, and I cried secretly: "It's not good."

It turned out that the full text of the third draft of the Mansion Newspaper published a remonstrance made by a speech officer on the Imperial Envoy's Platform, which was aimed directly at the Empress Dowager Zhang and the emperor.

In the excerpt, the speaker first pointed the gunfire at Emperor Zhengde, saying that since he took the throne, he has been absurd and nonsense. Are you saying that Emperor Zhengde is fooling around?

Also, "Today, there are many government officials, but the source of your majesty's illness is drowning in joy. Your majesty's chaos in politics will not reduce the season of the six generations... Heaven and man are indignant, and a catastrophe is about to happen."

He kept saying that he compared Emperor Zhengde to Shang Zhou, and said that if he didn't make corrections, the world would be in chaos.

In fact, such frightening words are not so important. Emperor Hongzhi heard many more words when he was alive, and laughed them off.

With the further growth of the power of civil officials in the Hongzhi Dynasty, "non-jun" has become a shortcut for civil officials to get their names. As long as they scold the emperor a few words, they can immediately become famous all over the world and get the name of a minister of admonishment.Emperor Hongzhi also saw that these ministers were here to deceive the court staff, so he simply ignored them.

Therefore, it is not a big deal that there is a letter of advice in the residence newspaper.

But today's situation is different from the past. After scolding the emperor, this book pointed the finger at Empress Dowager Zhang, saying that Empress Dowager Zhang listened to the government behind the curtain, controlled the court, and refused to return the power to the emperor, with ulterior motives.

This is no longer a "non-jun" buying a name, but a direct political struggle.

Su Mu took a breath, didn't care about anything else, and ran directly to Wu Shiqi, and after explaining the situation clearly, he said: "Master Wu, this brochure must be taken from the mansion newspaper anyway, otherwise, if it is sent out, it must be A big storm."

The experience department is responsible for compiling the Dibao, and Wu Shiqi can decide what articles to use.Huacha only has the right to review and cannot directly intervene in specific affairs. This is also the rule of the game in Ming Dynasty politics.

Wu Shiqi read that article for a long time, and suddenly applauded: "Not bad, not bad, it's really well written! The reasoning is also clear, there is no need to withdraw it. Otherwise, the hearts of scholars will be chilled, and in the future, who will dare to write a loyal and upright person?" say?"

Su Mu: "There is still one month left, and the Empress Dowager will return the government to the emperor. At this time, some people use this matter as an excuse for nothing. I'm afraid they want to mess up the situation of the court."

Wu Shiqi shook his head: "Zhezi's theory is correct, if there is something, change it, if not, encourage it, the way of a sage."

Su Mu laughed angrily: "Think about it, my lord. At this juncture, it's fine if someone writes this book. The Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager probably won't post it. But if it is published in the residence newspaper, I'm afraid there will be someone who provokes the saint, mother and child." Suspicion of family affection. I rule the world with filial piety. My lord, if the mansion report is sent out, won’t the people all over the world feel that the queen mother is refusing to return the power to the emperor in order to control the government, and that the mother in this palace is not loving and filial. How can His Majesty and the Queen Mother be so embarrassing? If Your Excellency does this, wouldn't it be against the way of a saint?"

Wu Shiqi was startled: "That's right, that's the reason, this manuscript cannot be published." He stretched out his hand and pulled out the article.

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief: "At the time, Huazuo Tongzheng should have disbanded and returned to the Secretary of General Affairs. I will send it over to ask him to review it."

Wu Shiqi said solemnly: "No, I will go and tell him in person."