My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 9 Blue Props
As disciples of Confucianism, their goal is to "make the king as great as Yao and Shun."

As a subject, one naturally hopes that the monarch will be diligent in his work.

After much difficulty, the Jiajing Emperor, who had refused to attend court, died, and the new emperor diligently attended court.

How could someone like Su Ze persuade the emperor to be lazy and stop court?
If this isn’t treachery, then what is!
Moreover, the only privilege for these old Hanlin scholars who have been in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years is to be able to see the emperor from afar during the morning court session. This is also why Beijing officials are nobler than local officials!

Su Ze, this treacherous villain, actually wants to deprive us of even this!

The Hanlin scholars circulated the document one after another, and then all glared at Su Ze!

It turns out that you became a regular employee thanks to the words of treacherous people!
Su Ze didn't expect that after traveling through time, he would encounter workplace bullying that he had never encountered in his previous life.

Fortunately, upon hearing the commotion, the Imperial Academician Zhu Dashou stepped forward and suppressed the protests of these old Hanlin scholars, which finally gave Su Ze some peace.

Of course, compared with the online exposure of box opening in later generations, the combat effectiveness of this group of scholars is still a bit low. At most, they can isolate Su Ze and engage in verbal violence and cold violence.

As a time traveler, Su Ze's attention was not on these colleagues at this time.

——Host: Su Ze——

Age: 25
Birthplace: Taicang County, South Zhili

Official Rank: Hanlin Academy Editor, Rank 7 (Prestige +2 per day)

Prestige: 1 (+2 per day)

Number of simulations: 0/1 (1 per month), cooling down
Ming Dynasty: 77 years

Mission: Promotion

Mission Reward: Purple item lottery chance*1
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First of all, I got promoted, and my daily prestige increased.

Secondly, Su Ze also understood the role of prestige. For example, if he lost 50 points of prestige at once, he would become a pariah in the Hanlin Academy.

Is this the price for forcing a memorial through?

Another thing that concerned Su Ze was that the Ming Dynasty's national life span had actually increased by 1!

Now is the second year of Longqing, which is 1568 AD, and the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644 AD, the year when Chongzhen hanged himself on the crooked tree, so the Ming Dynasty lasted for 76 years.

He submitted a memorial to the emperor requesting the cancellation of the morning court session, and this actually extended the Ming Dynasty's reign by one year!
how did you do that?
When Su Ze was wondering, the "Settlement Report" popped up on the [Portable Ming Congress].

After the early morning court session was cancelled, Emperor Longqing's life span increased by half a year.

[Emperor Longqing's life span was extended by half a year, and the Ming Dynasty's reign was extended by one year.]

ha?
That seems to be true. Longqing's health was not good to begin with. Wouldn't getting up at five o'clock every morning to attend court shorten his life?
But Longqing lived for half a year longer, so how did the Ming Dynasty's reign increase by one year?
Yes, Emperor Longqing was succeeded by Emperor Wanli. If Longqing lived half a year longer, the fat boy Zhu Yijun would have been in power for half a year less. Wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty’s reign have been extended by one year?
Reasonable! So reasonable!
Su Ze was in a good mood after figuring out how to use his cheat code and completing the system task by accident.

Su Ze hurriedly began to study the mission rewards, which was the [Initial Props Gift Pack].

[Do you want to open the initial props gift pack?]

"Open!"

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the items "Memory Hu Bing (Blue)" and "Model Writing Brush (Blue)".]

Su Ze hurriedly checked the two props, and his expression looked a little strange.

[Memory Hu Bing] (Blue): A disposable item, this looks like an ordinary Hu Bing. After eating it, you can remember what you have read in the past three hours.

[Model Writing Brush] (blue): This brush looks very ordinary, but it can be used to write standard fonts.

Su Ze thought to himself: "System, you replaced the memory bread with the memory pancake, and you thought I wouldn't recognize it?! Isn't this too perfunctory!" But when he thought about the functions of these two props, which were exactly what he needed, Su Ze suddenly felt "really happy" again.

His handwriting has always been his weak point, but now with the [Model Writing Brush], at least he won't be a hindrance when writing official documents.

And [Memory Hubing] is also a very powerful thing. The Hanlin Academy has a rich collection of books, including historical materials, memorials and replies, and court documents after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Those who have worked as civil servants know that these are valuable information for those who are new to officialdom.

For example, Zhang Juzheng studied diligently in the Hanlin Academy for several years, accumulating his understanding of government affairs, and immediately became successful as soon as he came out of the mountains.

The second task of the system, "promotion", is also Su Ze's pursuit.

To enforce memorials, prestige is required, and the growth of prestige is related to official position.

The last time, the "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court" was executed with only 50 points of prestige. This was probably because Emperor Longqing himself did not want to attend the morning court, but was held back by his ministers.

If you want to execute a memorial that has greater resistance, you will need more prestige points.

Get promoted, accumulate prestige points, get promoted again, and then submit a memorial again.

Su Ze has already figured out his path to promotion.

So as long as my prestige is high enough, can I become regent?
Or just hold a ceremony of abdication?
However, looking at my current official rank and thinking about the fact that I can only carry out a national policy simulation once a month, this wish seems to be a distant dream.

Forget it, let’s take it slow. If I can ensure that one memorial is effective every month, that would be very powerful!
As for being bullied and isolated by his colleagues, he didn't take it to heart.

How can these insects in the Hanlin Academy know how to govern a country!

I'm a loyal minister who helped the emperor live for another six months! You civil servants who want to work the emperor to death are the treacherous ministers!

I, Su Ze, disdain to associate with this bunch of insects!
In this way, Su Ze's days in the Hanlin Academy seemed to be no different from before, even his colleagues would point fingers at him.

But Su Ze didn't care. He just studied and practiced calligraphy in the Hanlin Academy every day. Such a peaceful life made him feel at ease.

But this peaceful day did not last long, and Shen Yikuan came up again.

Su Ze actually had a new respect for Shen Yikuan. These days, he was hated by everyone in the Hanlin Academy. The old Hanlin would curse him as bad luck when he saw him, but Shen Yikuan actually dared to get close to him.

As expected, when an old Hanlin passing by saw Shen Yikuan approaching Su Ze, he cursed him as "birds of a feather".

"Brother Jianwu, my classmates are avoiding me, why are you still looking for me?"

Su Ze teased, but Shen Yi Guan said bitterly:
"Brother Zilin, stop joking. You don't care about those mediocre people's words, and neither do I."

Su Ze looked at him with a higher opinion again. This classmate really had a good temper and could withstand any pressure. No wonder he could become the Prime Minister under Wanli.

Shen Yiguan then explained his purpose. He said, "Brother Zilin, the scholars recommended me to join the History Museum. Do you have any rules for this matter?"

Was it because of this?
Su Zecai then remembered that Zhang Juzheng had specifically asked him to join the History Museum to help the Cabinet Grand Secretary Chen Yiqin compile the Veritable Records of Emperor Shizong and Emperor Dezong.

Of course, something like compiling the Veritable Records cannot be accomplished by just a few people, so the Hanlin Academy needs people.

But what I didn’t expect was that Zhu Dashou actually recommended Shen Yikuan as well.

You should know that the Hanlin scholars all avoided the task of compiling the Veritable Records for Jiajing's "father" Emperor Dezong.

Just because Su Ze asked the emperor to cancel the morning court session, he became a traitor in the Hanlin Academy. If he helped the emperor to get his grandfather into the Veritable Records, wouldn't he be a great traitor who would be remembered for all eternity?

As Hanlin scholars, they naturally value their reputation. Since Shen Yikuan has also entered the History Museum, he and Su Ze are on the same boat.

At this moment, he did not care about Su Ze's bad reputation. If he failed to write history well, his future would be ruined.

So seeing that Su Ze remained calm these days, Shen Yikuan couldn't help but come over to ask for advice.

(End of this chapter)