My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 15 Circle
Anyone who has worked in the workplace knows that when a leader assigns an impossible task, the best approach is to make it bigger and drag the entire department into suffering together.

Then when the mission fails, you don’t have to take the blame alone.

To use Su Ze’s words from his previous life, this move is called “shit explosion”.

When your boss gives you a shit pot, if you don't say anything, you will be the only one to eat the shit.

If you blow up the entire toilet at this time, everyone will have to eat shit together.

There are two such big pits in the history of Ming Dynasty, and these two big pits are much more serious than the problems of Jiajing's father.

Needless to say, Zhu Di's Jingnan Rebellion was a big trouble, and Zhu Qizhen's coup d'état was also a big trouble.

Su Ze first wrote a letter to the emperor requesting the revision of national history, and asked the emperor and the cabinet to agree to compile the history of Ming Dynasty.

Then these two big bombs were ignited and pushed to the cabinet for discussion.

How should this memorial be written?
Do you have any opinion on Chengzu's Jingnan Rebellion?

Do you still think there is something wrong with the Duomen Incident?
These are all major issues involving the legitimacy of the throne.

But if we pretend not to see it, we can’t create another Hongwu 35th year when compiling the history of Ming Dynasty, right?

Wouldn't this be laughed at by future generations?

As for what Zhu Qizhen did, his son Zhu Jianshen rehabilitated Yu Qian. So what about the Chronicles of Emperor Daizong?
It's impossible to let Zhu Qizhen use the Yingzong reign title during the years he was hunting in the Oirat Mongols. That would be too much.

Lu Shude and his gang of officials usually wrote eloquent memorials to impeach others, but when faced with these two difficult questions, they could not utter a single word.

Lu Shude grabbed his hair. How on earth should he write this unfortunate memorial?
In the National History Museum, Su Ze sat leisurely in the public housing, reading the book in his hand.

However, the book in his hand was just a cover-up. In fact, Su Ze was checking the "Settlement Report" that popped up on the [Handheld Ming Congress].

After two months of debate among the ministers, there was no progress in compiling the national history.

In June of the second year of the Longqing reign, Xu Jie, the chief official of the National History Bureau, resigned, and the compilation of the National History Bureau was suspended. After the death of Emperor Longqing, the National History Bureau was disbanded.

As Su Ze expected, faced with the two thorny issues of the Jingnan Rebellion and the Duomen Rebellion, the official history of the Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to be compiled.

Like many major projects that Su Ze had participated in in his previous life in the ministry, when the work could not be advanced, the working group would gradually become paralyzed, the transferred personnel would return to their original positions, and then the names would be removed and the group would be disbanded at the appropriate time.

I don’t have much work left at the National History Museum, so now it’s time for me to relax and slack off.

And this time the system settlement gave Su Ze an unexpected surprise.

Xu Jie was about to fall in June of the second year of the Longqing reign.

In Su Ze's view, Xu Jie's downfall was inevitable.

The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet and foreign officials were all called "Xianggong", but in fact they could not be compared with the real prime minister.

The Ming Dynasty Cabinet was only an assistant minister, not a real prime minister.

If a prime minister is able to exercise power, it is always in special times, such as when the emperor is young and the cabinet ministers are assistants, and often they also have the status of regents, such as Zhang Juzheng during the Wanli period.

Even Zhang Juzheng had to give up power after Wanli grew up and took power. This was because Zhang Juzheng died suddenly, otherwise the conflict between him and Wanli would have been inevitable.

Emperor Longqing was already in his thirties, and Xu Jie was only the chief minister, not a regent, so he could only use the ancestral laws to suppress the emperor on weekdays.

However, ancestral laws are inherently open to debate. When Emperor Longqing recalled Gao Gong, Xu Jie was already at a disadvantage. A chancellor without the emperor's support was vulnerable; a single attack from a censor could drag him down from his position.

It is only a matter of time before he is dismissed from his position as prime minister.

In other words, Xu Jie will be dismissed from his position as prime minister in a month. Should I submit a memorial to impeach the prime minister?

Su Ze thought about it and decided to wait and see. After all, he was only a Hanlin, not a censor. Impeaching the Prime Minister would not benefit his qualifications at all, but would instead make people wary of him.

At this moment, Shen Shixing, looking dejected, pushed the door open and came in. He looked at Su Ze and said:
"Brother Zilin, you've really hurt me."

Su Ze certainly knew what Shen Shixing was talking about. The emperor asked the cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Sciences to report three matters in national history. Shen Shixing was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites, so he was naturally asked to submit a memorial.

Shen Shixing had no idea how much hair he had pulled out in the past few days. When he saw Su Ze, the instigator, leisurely reading and practicing calligraphy in the History Museum, he naturally became angry.

Shen Shixing was dejected, but Shen Yiguan pushed the door open happily, shouting:
"Brother Zilin! Those guys in the Ministry of Justice are in such a plight! I heard they've been cooped up at home writing memorials these past few days, and Lu Shude's hair has turned white with worry!"

Shen Yiguan then saw Shen Shixing, whose face was full of resentment, and he quickly said:

"Brother Su's move was powerful, but it accidentally injured the Minister of Rites. There will be more people outside scolding you."

Su Ze laughed, but didn't take it seriously. At this time, Luo Wanhua also walked into the public housing.

Luo Wanhua bowed to Su Ze, then placed a pile of books on the table and asked:

"Brother Zilin, I've finished reading the books you mentioned. Are there any others?"

Su Ze casually mentioned a few more book titles, and Luo Wanhua wrote them down carefully. He sighed and said:

"Brother Su is indeed knowledgeable and has a strong memory. I am truly ashamed of being the top scholar."

If someone else said this, Su Ze would think they were showing off, but Luo Wanhua was an honest man and he was really praising Su Ze.

Su Ze felt a little ashamed. His erudition and strong memory were naturally due to the consumption of the [Memory Pancake]. As for his attitude towards learning, Luo Wanhua was indeed much more rigorous than himself.

Su Ze also figured out why Luo Wanhua asked to join the History Museum. This top scholar really likes academic research.

Su Ze had also met such colleagues in his previous ministry. They often had no desires and only wanted to satisfy their curiosity.

This kind of people are the easiest to get along with. They look down on you because they think you are incompetent, but once you show stronger abilities, they will obey you wholeheartedly and respect you as a teacher or friend.

Unconsciously, a small circle with Su Ze as the bond has formed in the National History Museum.

In Su Ze's opinion, this circle is full of gold content. There are two top scorers alone, Shen Shixing and Luo Wanhua.

There will also be two prime ministers in the future. In history, Shen Shixing and Shen Yikuan both served as prime ministers.

Luo Wanhua also became the Minister of Rites, which was also a high-ranking official.

Su Ze is very dedicated to this circle. The four of them are actually newcomers to the workplace. The friendships formed at this time often transcend interests and political factions and are more pure and sincere.

While the four of them were chatting, the doorman suddenly announced:
"Master Zhang is here!"

Zhang Juzheng is here?
The four of them quickly stood up, straightened their robes and walked out of the public housing.

Needless to say, Zhang Juzheng was indeed coming for Su Ze. Zhang Juzheng, with a handsome long beard, walked up to Su Ze.

(End of this chapter)