Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Got it, let's go!" Liu Shoufu waved his hand.

"Yes, Shoufu." The secretary retreated.

"Mr. Jian?" Xie Qian looked at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian: "I called Su Mu here. Didn't Your Majesty tell him to work in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

"Mr. Jian." Xie Qian moved his lips, but closed them with a sigh.

Li Dongyang: "Mr. Xie, Mr. Jian has his own measure."

Liu Jian also nodded: "Talents are rare. The so-called vitality of a country is actually composed of talents one after another. Let me leave."

After speaking, Liu Jian felt a little depressed suddenly, and walked slowly for a while with his hands behind his back, and came to the duty room of the Ministry of Officials, and saw Su Mu sitting in his room upright from a distance.

I don't know how long he has been there, but he is still as tall and straight as a pine tree, and Liu Jian praised him in his heart.Then he walked in with a smile: "Zi Qiao, you are already here."

Su Mu stood up and bowed: "Su Mu has met the chief assistant."

"Sit, sit, sit, you and I haven't seen each other for a while, and we old guys often mention you these days! Say yes, it would be great if you can try this year. With your talent, if you order Hanlin, It is also convenient to meet each other. Fortunately, one year is not long, and it would be better to go to Enke.” He helped Su Mu up, and while talking, Liu Jian said to an official in the room: “You retreat Come on, let me talk to Su Mu."

When only Liu Jian and Su Mu were left in the room, Liu Jian said with a smile, "You must know why I called you here today."

Su Mu sat on the stool and nodded slightly: "I probably know a little bit."

Liu Jian nodded, picked up the pen, and wrote a line on a notebook, then opened the drawer and stamped it.

When Su Mu saw this situation, his heart skipped a beat. If he guessed correctly, this should be a letter of appointment.

As far as the political system of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the rank of the cabinet members alone is actually not high, and a deputy minister, that is, the six ministers, is eligible to join the cabinet.

At the beginning, the original intention of the Ming Dynasty to set up the cabinet was to use the cabinet as the emperor's secretary.But later, the cabinet became more and more powerful because of its confidentiality, and cabinet members became de facto prime ministers.It would be outrageous to let the servant into the cabinet again, and he couldn't restrain Tang Zi.

Therefore, later on, most of the elders of the pavilion also served as the six ministers.

For example, Liu Jian was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites within a few years after entering the cabinet as the Minister of Rites.After he served as the first assistant in the 11th year of Hongzhi, he was transferred to the official secretary.

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six ministries, and Shangshu is also known as the Heavenly Official.

Shangshu is in charge of the promotion of officials all over the world, and he cannot be the chief assistant.

After finishing writing, Liu Jian put the official ticket on the case, and said: "Su Mu, you were born poor, and you are white, and you have no salary. Emperor Xiaozong mentioned this matter in front of me, and it is because of this that you let me You got a job as a walker in the Eastern Palace."

"The kindness of the first emperor, Su Mu will always remember it in his heart." Hearing Liu Ge mentioning Emperor Hongzhi, Su Mu was also a little sad, and went forward to pick up the official ticket.

Liu Jian: "If the Emperor Hongzhi didn't have a great career, there are still a few days before the examination. When you become a Jinshi and become an official, you can support your family with your salary. But now the Jinshi Department has been postponed until next year. Jingcheng Residence, University It’s not easy. Your Majesty has granted you an official position, so that you can serve the country, and you won’t have to run around for a living.”

He gently exhorted: "Su Mu, although you and I have no teacher-student status, we have a teacher-student friendship. With your talent, it is possible to become a Jinshi in the future and make great use of it. It's just that you have studied for twenty years. In the next year's book, people are young, but they don't know much about the world and human relationships. The ancients said: Prime Ministers start from states and counties, and fierce generals come from the battlefield. Going down to be an official this time is also a kind of training."

"What the chief assistant said is that the students have been taught." Liu Jian said truthfully, and Su Mu's heart felt warm, and he bowed again, but he didn't care about seeing the official ticket.

Seeing Su Mu's calm and gentle face, Liu Jian liked it even more in his heart, and thought to himself: I don't like things, I really saw him right.

He stroked the beard on his chin: "Zi Qiao, open it and have a look, this position is good."

Su Mu laughed secretly in his heart: nonsense, a doctor in the household department is in charge of at least a quarter of the world's wealth, this mother is the director of the Development and Reform Commission of later generations, naturally it is excellent.

He unfolded the official ticket, and after only one glance, there was a buzz in his head, almost exploding.

But it was written impressively on it: take up the post of promotion official of Yangzhou government.

The so-called push officials are the officials in charge of prisons at the prefectural level in the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, they are equivalent to the chief of the public security bureau, the president of the court, and the captain of the armed police corps in the prefecture-level cities of later generations.

Speaking of this official position, it is also very prestigious, and it can be described as a local tyrant.

But the problem is that the grade is not high, but the seventh grade.

What's more, it is far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

Su Mu obviously heard Emperor Zhengde say that he was going to be the doctor of the household department, but he was a senior official of the fifth rank.It's good now, he was directly sent out of Beijing to become the police chief Shan Dawang, and this psychological gap made him unacceptable for a while.

Liu Jian smiled again and said: "The salaries of the officials in my court are extremely low, which is very unreasonable. The court also tacitly allows the officials to raise funds locally by themselves, and it is considered a good job to put officials in charge of the lawsuit, that is, one year. Time, getting familiar with the local people will be good for you in the future."

Su Mu didn't know how the good Hubu Langzhong turned into an official pusher, he was puzzled, and looked at Liu Jian with his mouth tightly shut.

Liu Jian usually doesn't talk much, and he is called Liu Mutou, but for some reason, when he sees Su Mu, a proud disciple, he becomes talkative.Thinking of what Li Dongyang said earlier, he felt a little sorry for Su Mu.

Sighing, he explained: "Su Mu, you are not a juren. According to the court system, non-jinshi are not allowed to be court officials, and can only be officials below the seventh rank. This is the rule, and the rules cannot be messed up. Moreover, you are Your Majesty. As an old man in Longqian, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are watching you. If you become an official of the fifth rank or above without passing the imperial examination, wouldn’t it be an opportunity for the treacherous villains in the court to advance. The Son of Heaven is young and impetuous by nature. We veteran ministers want to stabilize the court situation. After weighing up and down, at least I will give you a grade seven, which is already an exception."

Su Mu's heart trembled, and he suddenly understood.

Mr. Liu Ge must have known about the fact that he was going to implement a whipping method when he entered the household department. It seems that he had already thought about denying the emperor's favor.

It's not because I, Su Mu, and Elder Liu Ge have any personal grievances. In fact, I, Su Mu, and Elder Sange love each other as teachers and students. Support me.

But the problem is that the emperor is still young, and now he is issuing decrees repeatedly, and it is another whipping method, and the appointment of personnel in key departments, which shows signs of pro-government.

Let a mere candidate be a doctor, and he may even become a minister and join the cabinet in the future.

This has touched the interests of the entire civilian group.

Before he became a Jinshi, Su Mu was an outsider to the civil society.

Moreover, this still involves the rights of scholar-bureaucrats and the struggle for imperial power.

In the eyes of officials, the emperor is a constitution-like existence, it only needs to be placed there, and it is enough to be an arbitrator at critical moments.The specific politics must be decided by everyone.

The higher-level law is used to see the appearance, and the higher-level law cannot affect the lower-level law.

The question is, how could I, Su Mu, be assigned to a local government?If you want to fight the emperor, that's your business, what are you trying to do with me?

As for a whip, whether you implement it or not is none of my business.Writing that statement is based on an imperial decree, do you think I think so?

Thinking of this, an evil fire suddenly rose in Su Mu's heart.

Xindao: I am going to Yangzhou to do something, it is not interesting.Officials go to the local government and cannot bring their family members with them. Is it possible that I will be separated from Xiaodie and Hu Ying for a year?And Ms. Wu... isn't she just a seventh-rank official? It's okay if I don't do it, right?Anyway, I have money on hand now, and I don't live on my salary.At worst, stay in the capital, write books to make money, and review homework at the same time, maybe you can get a Jinshi in the future!

However, if he fails the exam next year, wouldn't he just miss this opportunity to be an official.

……

Su Mu's face was uncertain, and he couldn't make a decision for a while, but his hands trembled slightly.

It really surprised him that this matter turned out like this.

"Zi Qiao, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Su Mu standing there with a strange expression, Liu Jian asked with concern.

Su Mu thought for a while: "Yangzhou is definitely not allowed to go. If a doctor of the sixth rank becomes a judge, if it gets out, where will my Su Mu's face be put? People have a face, and a tree has a skin. Really If I go to Yangzhou, I, Su Mu, will not be reduced to a laughing stock of others in the future. I should stay in the capital, grit my teeth and prepare to participate in next year's Enke. Only by winning the Jinshi can I be accepted by the entire civil official group. It is not difficult to find a good official position when the emperor is in charge next year."

Thinking of this, Su Mu had already made up his mind, and handed back the official ticket: "Thank you for your kindness, but it's a pity that Su Mu can't accept it?"

"What?" Liu Jian knew that Su Mu was dissatisfied with not entering the household department. He thought Su Mu was a person who admired power, and felt a pity in his heart. Take the straight, don't ask for the straight, blindly take shortcuts, but you will be despised by the world. Su Mu, you can't take this evil path!"

Su Mu cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "Shoufu, Su Mu has also been taught under the sect for many days. Could it be that Liu Xiang is not clear about the student's temperament, but he was born late by mistake. In fact, as early as many days ago, Su Mu had already taken over According to His Majesty's favor, let me take the post of household doctor. Now Enxiang has asked me to go to Yangzhou to be a judge. These are also the love of His Majesty and En's relatively late life. How can I not let Su Muming feel it. But..."

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and just now he had figured it out that his appointment was designed to involve the power struggle between the ministers and the emperor, and there was no room for compromise at all.

Moreover, the emperor is not yet 16 years old and cannot be in charge of the government. His imperial decree, such as Liu Jiande, the minister of Gu Ming, has the right to directly reject it.Since Lao Liu intends not to let himself be a doctor, there is no way for the king of heaven and Lao Tzu.

That being the case, it's better to show a high profile: "Actually, Wansheng has figured it out in the past few days. Whether it is an appointment from His Majesty or a dispatch from the Ministry of Officials, students must refuse."

"What?" Liu Jian was surprised, his eyes widened.