Being an official in the Ming Dynasty had three levels of importance.
The third class is for those who have a Jinshi background, and those who excel in learning will lead to officialdom. The Jinshi's background is naturally very important, but it is listed in the third class because it is not that important.
For example, Yan Shifan, who was only a supervisor, was able to become a minister of the Sixth Department.
Or perhaps the current Luo Fengxiang was just born in Juren, and relying on Yang Bo's path, he was able to become a young minister of Dali Temple with Chen Dong, a young man born in Yijia.
Therefore, the second most important thing is to support party members and friends.
Of course, having noble people to support you in your official career is something you can only encounter but cannot ask for. Most people don't have connections like Yan Song or Yang Bo. After all, they have their own children, nieces, and sons-in-law.
One's birth cannot come through hard work.
Therefore, there is the so-called first-class importance, being able to rely on oneself.
That is, fame!
Although in the Ming Dynasty there was no longer a saying about promoting filial piety and integrity and promoting talents, the role of reputation now has a new form of expression.
It was precisely because Wang Shizhen was so famous in the literary world that the late emperor gave Wang Shizhen, who had been a commoner for seven years, a favor and pardoned his father's crimes.
Similarly, Lu Shusheng resigned from office many times, and his reputation in the Qing Dynasty became more and more prosperous. Now he can occupy the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Even if he does not come to take up the post at all, no courtier will say anything wrong.
Historically, he was highly regarded by scholars because "in the sixty-fourth year of his ascension, his official rank was not as high as one."
Of course, there are also positive examples, and that is Hai Rui.
He often offends his superiors and remonstrates with his father, almost becoming the embodiment of morality, and no one in the court can challenge him.
These people have accumulated a good reputation in different ways and through different channels, intentionally or unintentionally, and then gained influence in the officialdom that far exceeds their official positions.
Even if these famous people disappear for a while, the officials will always remember them and appear on the emperor's desk when recommending worthy persons.
Therefore, this is also the direction that most officials today are striving to go further.
For example, Wang Daokun, the minister of visual reading, who also held literary meetings and loved associations.
Or Tu Xiying, the minister of Honglu Temple, who "can give up being an official for a day, but cannot stop learning for a day."
Of course, these are too complicated for most people to play.
Therefore, the more common way is to cater to colleagues and gain reputation with the emperor and ministers.
Wang Shizhen ridiculed Yan Song back then, and Hai Rui bluntly said he was guilty, so it was natural that he could gain prestige.
The imperial staff's cutting of records shocked the world. It was almost an assembly line for court officials in this era.
Those who can commit the crime are the true heroes!
Those who have little ability offend the court officials, such as Tan Lun, Wang Guoguang, and Zhao Zhenji.
The emperor dared to eat at the banquet when he was sick, he dared to cough due to lung disease during the court meeting, and he did not take a nap while sitting at work. Don't worry about how small the matter is, and then scold him.
Those who have great ability will offend the cabinet, such as Yan Song, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng.
Corruption, power grabbing, monopolization, don’t care if there are any of these things, just hear about it! Don’t care if the dictatorship was deliberately delegated by the emperor, check for leaks and fill the gaps!
It’s your cabinet that’s being criticized! What are the seven deadly sins and the ten deadly sins? They’re all about fame.
And those who are outstanding and have the highest ability will naturally offend the emperor.
There's a lot more that can be said.
Shizong was a ruthless person. In order to avoid this kind of thing, he would beat people to death directly, which would make his ears more clean.
The late emperor was different, he was soft-tempered.
Therefore, in order to take advantage of Emperor Mu Zong's royal stick, the court officials scolded him extremely unpleasantly and only said, "Be careful not to die on a woman's belly."
Path dependencies cannot be changed for a while.
As long as you can get affirmation and approval from your colleagues after committing a crime, there will always be people who keep doing this kind of thing.
Naturally, it was inevitable for the Wanli Dynasty to have people test the waters.
It is time for Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing, who are kneeling outside the Wenhua Hall today, to work hard for their reputation.
It is precisely because Zhu Yijun is very aware of the twists and turns involved.
Therefore, he did not use the power of his blood to control the imperial staff, but rather thoughtfully added clothes to others.
Not only that, when Zhu Yijun appeared outside the Wenhua Palace, he entered the scene faster than the people outside the palace.
More than a dozen common people lined up in a row, with Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing leading the way. They knelt under the steps of Wenhua Palace and bowed their heads to ask for the performance.
When they finally heard that the emperor had come forward, everyone was ready to make a move and started to make noise.
Zhu Yijun climbed down the stairs.
"His Majesty."
"His Majesty."
Some were sad and angry, some were choked with sobs, some were sincere, and they all saluted.
Zhu Yijun swept through the crowd of common people.
I can’t help but sigh, everyone is doing great, everyone is doing great!
Needless to say, Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing were the two characters who used their reputation as teachers of Zhang Juzheng in history.
As a student, I directly denounced Zhang Juzheng for violating the ethical principles - not observing filial piety is a violation of ethical principles, and students scolding teachers is naturally a contingency.
The two are also known as "those who dare to criticize and admonish".
At the Sutra banquet just now, he might as well be giving Zhang Juzheng a vaccination.
It’s not easy to use a king or a father, so don’t take your identity as the master’s teacher too seriously, lest you get angry.
Huang Hongxian in the back is also an old acquaintance, but his methods of raising hopes are much more classic than those of the first two.
Last year, when a comet passed by, I read a book called "Be Careful in Friendship and Practice to Respond to God's Will" to let myself reflect and learn from my past mistakes.
Although I don’t know what my past mistakes were as I was only eleven years old at that time, but anyway, I gained a lot of reputation by this guy.
I heard that a while ago memorials were printed and distributed everywhere.
In addition to this person, there is also Li Shengchun kneeling next to Huang Hongxian, who is also a hero.
Although there are no signs of it now, it unfortunately has not passed the test of history.
Historically, when Wanli wanted to collect commercial taxes, Li Shengchun, then governor of Baoding, petitioned the emperor not to compete with the people for profit.
Later, the censor discovered that this guy was setting up a card to intercept and secretly collect business taxes in the local area.
These people are now kneeling outside the Wenhua Palace. Zhu Yijun becomes more and more happy as he looks at them.
I'm afraid they hit it off immediately and came here to gain reputation.
Zhu Yijun glanced at him roughly, without squinting, and said sincerely: "You are upright and righteous. In all matters related to the country, you must base your opinions on what is right. If you don't want to do something you don't want, even if you show your dignity, you can't avoid it."
"This is the character I should have as a Jinshi."
No one dared to say anything.
Shen Shixing glanced at the emperor, wouldn't he impeach himself?
After Zhu Yijun said this, he stretched out his hands, one to the left and the other to the right, to personally help Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing up.
"Zhao Qing, Wu Qing, please get up quickly. Regarding Xiong Dunpu's matter, I will definitely give him justice later."
"The second minister was so unyielding that he remonstrated with Yan Zhizhi. I am very relieved."
"Come to Xiyuan tomorrow and teach the scholar in the middle school."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone showed joy. Zhao and Wu looked at each other, their eyes full of excitement.
This result is not bad. You can gain reputation by speaking out and being open-minded.
Moreover, the people in Zhongshushe today are different from before.
In the past, I was a supervisory officer and a benefactor official. I was promoted to the position and did boring clerical work. My status was not high and it was completely inconsistent with my status as a Jinshi.
But since Jinshang moved to Xiyuan, the status of the people in Zhongshushe has been changed to Longevity Palace and Wenhua Palace, and their status is very different!
Regardless of anything else, just the treatment of being "same as studying in the Hanlin Academy" immediately made the people in Zhongshushe feel better.
Being able to serve the emperor and hold a certain amount of authority will not delay his qualifications for the Hanlin Academy. Where can I find such a good thing?
And the rate of promotion has been significantly accelerated.
Deng Yizan, who ranked third in the first class, was promoted to Zuo Chunfang and Zuo Zhongyun after serving for one year.
Zheng Zongxue, who ranked in the top 105, is now a professor and a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy.
The position of Zhongshu Sheren has inexplicably increased.
Now it’s handed over to me!
The bet was right!
Zhao and Wu were overjoyed and quickly thanked them and were about to say something.
I saw that the emperor had let go of him and walked towards Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian.
When he walked up to Li and Huang, Zhu Yijun's face, which had been smiling just now, suddenly dropped and became extremely ugly.
"Zhao Qing, Wu Qing and other Hanlin editors are so sincere and loyal that they have no way to submit memorials, but I can still understand them."
"You Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian, who were appointed officials respectively and assigned to the Criminal Division, are also in the palace!"
"Why, is it because the General Administration Department is closed and the memorial cannot be delivered?"
Among the Jinshi, the young ones, usually in their twenties and thirties, are selected as Shujishi.
Then he studied at the Hanlin Academy for two to three years.
Those with the best performance will stay in the Hanlin Academy to continue their training, with the second-level students being taught editing and the third-level students being taught review.
If the performance is slightly better, it will be given to Shi Zhong, censor.
Only ordinary shujishi would be promoted to state and county officials.
Therefore, Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian are different from Wu and Zhao in their work.
However, these words are too strong. Calling someone by name in person is no different from swearing.
The emperor had just treated Zhao and Wu with courtesy and granted him the title of Zhongshu Sheren, but now he suddenly turned against him.
Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian were dumbfounded on the spot when they were treated differently.
Huang Hongxian subconsciously defended: "Your Majesty is aware of this! My previous memorial was ignored by the two palaces and rejected by the cabinet. I had no choice but to make this move!"
This is also nonsense.
He simply redressed Xiong Dunpu's injustice, and no one could stop him.
But this guy took the opportunity to say that the Ministry of Personnel was unfair in handling affairs. It was strange that the impeachment of Shen Shixing and the Ministry of Personnel should be postponed and become a law. The cabinet did not reject it.
Huang Hongxian's move was to deliberately use Shen Shixing to boost his reputation and cater to the courtiers who were dissatisfied with the examination law.
Zhu Yijun pulled his face and said coldly: "Then you should go to Xiyuan, and look for the two palace palaces outside Qianguang Hall or Yuanxi Yannian Hall."
Putting aside the facts, he has not yet taken office.
The two palaces were searched for in the previous chapter, and the two palaces should also be searched for in Fugu.
Why are you making so much noise outside the Wenhua Hall?
After saying this, he looked at Li Shengchun again, with a look of disgust on his face and said: "Wu Qing and Zhao Qing are just trying to avenge Xiong Dunpu. How can you, Li Shengchun, have the face to do this as an official?"
"There was a dispute over the promotion or demotion of officials. You did not check for any omissions and fill the gaps when the incident occurred. You remained silent and silent. But now you shamelessly come to Fuque!"
"I also impeach the official Shen Qing!"
"As long as you, Li Shengchun, know the shame, you should first remove yourself from the official position and give him a new position!"
"Wu Qing and Zhao Qing's passion for fist-fighting, how can they allow you to borrow it to gain fame, or to sell it outright!?"
The more Zhu Yijun spoke, the more intense his words became and the more excited his expression became.
At the end, without waiting for Li Shengchun to defend himself, he snorted and turned around.
Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian learned this lesson.
His face was filled with panic and fear.
No, we all came to Fuque together. Why is it that the leader is the heart of the fist, and he is a member of the official school, and they are just fishing for fame and reputation, so they should be scolded!?
Those words are so serious, there is no way you can keep your official position!
If the official position is gone, it will be gone. The problem is that the reputation has not been gained!
The basic condition for gaining reputation is to have a villain.
Whether he is an authoritarian chief minister or a mediocre emperor, he can be this villain.
What's going on with them now?
It was the emperor who listened to the advice and rewarded Wu and Zhao. After a scene of a monarch and his ministers enjoying each other, he turned around and scolded them!
This is completely different from the fact that the emperor refused to listen to advice and was dismissed from office!
Only the emperor's imperial staff that was used for his own purposes had a direct name.
Being scolded by an emperor who humbly accepts advice will only result in a bad reputation.
Some people want to say that the emperor is headstrong? Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian are probably the first to disagree!
It is no worse than receiving the imperial staff to remonstrate directly and return the prestige between the monarch and his ministers!
All the good reputation went to Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian, and he became a villain who took advantage of them!
Zhu Yijun doesn't care what these people think.
This is the effect you want.
When he walked up to Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian who looked unnatural, he seemed to have calmed down.
He said in a warm voice: "Wu Qing, Zhao Qing, all the Hanlin officials, please follow me to the palace to discuss Xiong Dunpu's matters."
"Everyone, please confront the Confucian scholars of Song Dynasty first, let me distinguish right from wrong, and then discuss the rest."
After saying that, he helped everyone get up.
His kind expression makes people feel like they are taking a breath of spring breeze.
Shen Shixing watched the emperor's actions from the side with a strange expression on his face.
He turned around and followed the emperor while no one saw him. He looked at the emperor's back and curled his lips.
The little emperor learned bad lessons from the combination of elimination and beating.
Then Shen Shixing quickly followed the emperor.
Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing are both in their thirties after all, so the city government is more or less good.
Although the emperor's behavior was somewhat unexpected, the two naturally would not show it immediately.
Wu Zhongxing thought more deeply and even walked up to Li and Huang. After appeasing them for a while, he followed Zhao Yongxian and followed the emperor.
Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian looked at the concubines who came with them, and they passed by themselves and entered the Wenhua Hall.
His face was ashen.
It was impossible to follow him shamelessly. The emperor's intention to relegate him was already obvious.
This trip was really a waste of money.
Thinking of this, Huang Hongxian's waist suddenly softened and he lay directly on the ground.
Li Shengchun watched the emperor leading a group of concubines into the Wenhua Palace, his back completely disappeared, and he muttered something inaudible.
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"Your Majesty questioned Li and Huang about the matter. It is appropriate to be sincere. However, although they have selfish motives, they are also compassionate."
Zhao Yongxian followed the emperor and asked for mercy for the two of them.
When it comes to invitations, it's best if you don't step on others who are in the same industry to get to the top. Otherwise, you will easily be accused of being too scheming, which will hinder your good reputation.
Zhu Yijun looked back at Zhao Yongxian.
This guy really has no self-awareness.
Why were you and Wuzhong Xing pushed to the leading position? Isn’t it because Zhang Juzheng was your two teachers, and the students criticized the teacher more forcefully!?
If it weren't for the fear of affecting Zhang Juzheng, even if Zhu Yijun was divided and disintegrated, these two people would not be able to benefit.
After this matter is over, I will have to find a way to go fishing in Fujian.
He was already thinking about settling the accounts after the fall, and Zhao Yongxian was still here interceding for others.
My heart is so big.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but shook his head when he thought of this.
Herein lies the advantage of knowing history well.
Which one is better and which one is worse is clear at a glance.
Who is promoted, who is demoted, who is beaten, and who is even divided and disintegrated, can all be targeted.
It was because of the lack of this golden finger that Shizong could only kill with one stick, losing his subtlety.
I didn't have this ability in my previous life, and I was less likely to be plotted against.
Now that he has this advantage, he naturally has to use a scalpel to peel off the cocoons.
He ignored Zhao Yongxian, but looked at Shen Shixing and ordered: "Transfer Huang Hongxian and Li Shengchun to other places, and then recommend replacements from among the common people in Fucheng."
Shen Shixing hesitated to speak, but finally bowed and responded.
The emperor was talking about transfers, not promotions, so it would have to be done at the same level.
From a seventh-grade local official, he was demoted so cruelly.
Lao Shentou was still feeling regretful, while the few concubines behind him looked at each other and smiled.
On the contrary, Wu Zhongxing frequently looked at the emperor.
They themselves used Xiong Dunpu's incident to impeach Shen Shixing.
Nowadays, the emperor is showing favors and demoting at the same time. He also asked Shen Shixing to recommend him to Shizhong in front of everyone.
Doesn't this make it clear that Shen Shixing may be the leader of everyone present?
It is impossible for all the concubines present to be indifferent - like him, Wu Zhongxing, there are not enough people who can regard the master as a dungeon for advancement.
After the little emperor used this combination of punches, Fugu, who had united to put pressure on the emperor, became docile in an instant.
What a scheming emperor!
Wu Zhongxing was trying to figure out the emperor's thoughts along the way.
Unknowingly, everyone arrived at the side hall.
There was only one person in the hall, bowing and waiting quietly.
At this time, the emperor led a group of people from Wuyangyang in from outside the palace. The people in the palace hurriedly came forward to pay homage: "Song Ru, the head of the Fine Food Department of the Ministry of Rites, pays homage to Your Majesty."
kindness?
When Zhu Yijun saw Song Ru's face, he was stunned on the spot.
no……
He looked at the concubine and said hesitantly: "Are you Song Chunfu and Song Ru? Concubine?"
Song Ru was doing his salute when he heard the little emperor's question and couldn't help but feel puzzled.
After thinking for a while, he still bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I am just a Confucian of the Song Dynasty. I was born in the 212th year of the third class in the fifth year of Longqing. I was born with the same Jinshi. I was a common scholar selected on the 24th day of June in the fifth year of Longqing.
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Zhu Yijun nodded and suddenly looked at Shen Shixing: "Shen Qing, you were Zuo Yude of Zuo Chunfang and an attendant of the Imperial Academy at that time, and were in charge of Imperial Academy affairs, right?"
Shen Shixing didn't know what was going on, so he replied: "Your Majesty, at that time, I was in charge of the Hanlin Academy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yijun suddenly became furious.
He ignored Shen Shixing's manners and cursed loudly: "Shen Shixing! Open your eyes and tell me, how old is this guy!?"
"What kind of idiot gave him a way!?"
"Two hundred and two hundred yuan away from the top three! At the age when he is about to be buried! Why should he be chosen as a sage!?"
"How much did Song Ru bribe you?"
Zhu Yijun pointed with trembling fingers at the thin, energetic old man who was in his late seventies. His face turned red and his saliva flew everywhere. He was obviously furious.
This was the first time for him to meet a seventy-year-old shogun!
Can vote bribery be so blatant!?
Chapter completed!