Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Someone yelled, "It's time for lunch." Then the crowd dispersed, each took their lunch and heated it up on the stove.

The Tongzhengsi is a place for the elderly. Considering that the Tongzheng envoys and councilors are old and high-ranking, the imperial court also treats the Tongjinsi very preferentially. The heating is non-stop for 24 hours, and the ground dragon is very hot. Opened up the supply.

To prevent water leakage in the future, open flames cannot be seen in the imperial city, and naturally there is no such thing as a kitchen.As a result, eating is a big problem.

In the imperial city, there are six departments and various courtyards, and there are hundreds of people of all kinds. If they all go to the street to eat at noon, the order will be very chaotic.Therefore, most of the petty officials who worked inside brought their own dry food, and just warmed it up on the stove.

At this time, Su Mu and Mr. Wu felt a little dumbfounded.It was the first time Mr. Wu was an official in the imperial city, and when Su Mu was serving the prince in the East Palace of Xiyuan, the eunuchs would rush to get whatever he wanted to eat.It was only then that the two of them remembered that they didn't bring any food today.

There was no other way, and the two of them, Weng and his son, had no choice but to return to their respective jobs in a dull mood, pouring cups of tea into their stomachs.

Mr. Wu is okay, he has a high official position and has a separate office.Poor Su Mu had to be in the same room with the other five governors. Seeing everyone eating deliciously and spitting up one after another, I felt that this day was really miserable.

Fortunately, hunger doesn't last long, as long as you get through it.

After holding back for about twenty minutes, I finally recovered.

Su Mu took a closer look, and found that the meals of the five governors were very simple, mostly vegetables and tofu. It was obvious that life was not very good.It is true that these people have outstanding talents, but they are not the noble sons of some wealthy and noble families.Otherwise, he would not be an official in the General Secretary, and would have gone to a place with plenty of oil and water to grow his hair.Or, simply study at home, and then enter the official career after winning the Jinshi.

It is precisely because of this that they have talent in their stomachs but no money in their hands, and most of the governors are full of complaints. Seeing Mr. Wu's unscrupulous background and having been a transfer envoy to high-level officials, they are envious and jealous, and it is not surprising that they are the same as him. .

They probably classified Su Mu into the camp of Mr. Wu, knowing that he was not in the same way as everyone else, and had no reason to talk to Su Mu.

Su Mu didn't care, so he took out a booklet and read it.

It's really interesting to see this.

This note is related to a Fengyue case. It is said that because of a poor family, a woman was rented by her husband to an old bachelor in a neighboring village.It is said that after the child is born, it will be returned.As a result, after the woman gave birth to a child, she probably felt that the old bachelor was not bad, so she refused to go home. The old bachelor was happy to have a woman for nothing, and said that he was willing to pay for the woman.The woman does not follow her husband, but she is also greedy for the money of the old bachelor.After getting the money and writing the contract, he suddenly turned his face and got into a ball with the old bachelor.This matter finally got to the government, and the county government also found it difficult to handle, so it reported to the central government for how to deal with it.

"This matter... so bloody!" Su Mu regained his energy, and searched for a long time in the booklets. He only picked this kind of content to read, and he didn't feel hungry.

After lunch, everyone took a break for about a pot of tea.After a day of trouble, it's time to deal with official duties.

Because he was a novice, Su Mu didn't talk too much, just observed from the side.

Even Mr. Wu came over to familiarize himself with the work, and as usual, he received blank stares.

In general, the work of the Experience Department is divided into two parts: first, to classify, record, and file the documents handed over by the ministers, and then hand them over to the relevant yamen.After the cabinet or other ministries have finished processing, it will be handed over, and then transferred back by the Secretary of General Administration.Second, according to the booklets of the contacts and the writing of the residence newspaper.

The shortest of the five governors has been working as an experienced officer for two months. He is already a proficient hand, and he is very quick to handle the paperwork. It reminds Su Mu of the letter sorter in the post office. It is just repetitive labor without any technical content. .

On the contrary, it is very interesting to write a residence newspaper. Not only must you have a good writing style, but you must also have a good sense of politics.

This job naturally fell to the most talented governors, including Duan Jiong.

Although Dibao carries a newspaper character, it is not the kind of newspaper in later generations.Strictly speaking, it should be a magazine.

Su Mu has also read many mansion newspapers before, this thing is a bit like the internal reference for later generations, and only officials above the seventh rank are eligible to read it.Of course, this is not an official rule. Others can get it if they want to see it.So, after each issue of the mansion newspaper is distributed, many people in political centers like the capital will copy a copy and sell it to those who need it through their own channels for profit.

The main content of the mansion newspaper mainly has three parts: first, the imperial decree of the emperor; second, the recent major events in the court; third, the notice of appointment and dismissal of officials.

In the year of the Dabi, the list of Chinese Jinshi and the top three articles are also published.

According to the imperial decree, Empress Dowager Zhang implements the rule of inaction, and the civil servants rely on inertia to manage the country, but there is no decree.However, recent appointments and dismissals of court officials have been unremarkable.

Su Mu walked behind Duan Jiong with his hands behind his back, looked intently, and nodded secretly in his heart: Good handwriting, although the governor is annoying, but the knowledge is very good, this handwriting, even if you go to the palace examination, you can get a good rank.Moreover, the article is also well written.

He is writing a briefing on major events in the court this month.

After reading it for a long time, Su Mu felt admiration in his heart, and stood behind another governor who was writing a newspaper, and the content he wrote was not so good-looking.That is to say, a list of appointment and dismissal of officials, nothing more than: Jiangxi Xuezheng xxx, Fujian Xuezheng xxx, Guangdong Xuezheng xx during the transition period of metaphorical value.There is no need to replace Sichuan Xuezheng xxx, etc., Jiangsu Xuezheng xxx went to Anhui... and so on.

The ancients did not use punctuation when writing articles, but ordinary stereotyped essays are fine.This kind of thing that is purely a list, after a long time of looking at it, the eyes are dazzled.

What a shrewd person Su Mu is, he knew what to do with this experience department after only watching for a moment.

After a busy afternoon, at four o'clock in the afternoon, a mansion newspaper was finally finished.

The matter was not over yet, the edited residence newspaper was picked up by a book office, and it was transferred to Zuo Tongzheng envoy Huacha for review.

The Huazuo envoy will add and delete some content as he likes, write down his opinions, and return it to ask everyone to re-do it.

In this way, it is finalized after repeated several times.

Then, the final draft was handed in for printing and distribution from above.

However, Huacha slipped away early in the morning after the morning court. If he wanted to wait for his reply, he would have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest.

After a day of hunger, I finally got off work, and the weather was cold. When Su Mu and the old man returned home, their faces turned pale, and they asked Xiaodie at the same time: "Is there any tea and food, please use some first."