Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The other one restores the old concept of mansion reporting, and publishes major state affairs. It is only read by officials of the seventh rank and above in Beijing and other places, and it is used as a reference for governing the country.

It is called internal reference materials. Officials above the seventh rank must sign and mark them before reading them. After reading them, they must submit them in a unified file on time.

To open up the way of speech, so as not to block the disadvantages of speech and clear discussion.

The two residence newspapers are parallel, each takes its own convenience, and the best of both worlds.

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As soon as this note was published, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

The officials jumped out to attack Jiao Fang one after another, and the charges were all kinds of strange.

Jiao Fang is an old-fashioned Jinshi and was born in the Imperial Academy, but when she was in the capital, she had a lot of trouble with her colleagues in the Imperial Academy, and her reputation was not good.

Now he is in the hot and important position of Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Officials. If he is overthrown, he will not only gain a great reputation, but also please the vast majority of officials in the court. Why not do it.

Therefore, the speech officials rallied to attack, as if they would not stop until Jiao Shilang was brought down and made a stink.

It's a pity that they have forgotten one thing, this Jiao Fang's combat power can at least rank in the top three in Zhengde Dynasty, and even better than Xie Qian and Li Dongyang in terms of eloquence alone.

Moreover, this person has an extreme personality, but he can do anything.

As far as Su Mu knew, when Jiao Fang was seeking a bachelor from the Imperial Academy, Peng Hua, a cabinet scholar, omitted his name when he recommended candidates for promotion.When Jiao Fang heard the news, she took a dagger and waited every day on the way off from get off work for Master Peng, saying that if he didn't add his name, she would have a white knife in and a red knife out with Master Peng.

When Peng Hua heard the news, he was so frightened that he had no choice but to add his name.

Therefore, Jiao Fang is not an ordinary civil servant.

There was a turmoil in the mansion, and when the officials came to the door, Jiao Fang just sneered and said something: it is enough for the officials to know the state affairs and government affairs, and the people can let them know, but not let them know.People who lead cars and sell pulp can talk about government affairs, so what do we scholars do?Moreover, if a scholar fails to be a Jinshi or become an official of the imperial court, it is because of lack of knowledge and morality. It is better to study for a few more years, cultivate one's morality and family, and then consider governing the country and the world!

Most of the famous scholars in ancient times had the ideal of taking the world as their own responsibility, and they had long regarded themselves as masters in their minds.When I think about it, indeed, it is enough for scholars to know about important national affairs, and it is enough for farmers, industry and merchants to be exempted.The so-called social harmony can only be achieved when scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants all return to their respective positions.

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In the war of words, the officials were defeated one after another.

As for the cabinet, they were happy to see the success of the residence report, and they were too lazy to draw the fire on themselves, so they kept silent.

Soon, Emperor Zhengde made a final decision and carried out according to Jiao Fang's proposal.

Now that the emperor said so, the cabinet had no other opinions, and the officials also stopped talking.After all, they can't beat Jiao Shilang with words alone.As for the split of the Dibao into two, in fact, thinking about it, it would be nice to have an internal reference, so I won't talk about it anymore.

Compared with this matter, the court has more important things to do.

That is Enke, who was in the first year of Zhengde.

Zhengde's first suicide since he took office, passed without any disturbance.

Duan Jiong has been very active in the past few days, constantly using the news reported by the mansion to provoke Su Mu's bad luck.

Seeing that the famous Su Ziqiao didn't reply with a single word, he felt even more proud.

But when he heard that Jiao Fang, the big backer behind him, suddenly appeared in the hall, he immediately thought of a sap, and his whole body was taken aback.

I couldn't hold my head up in front of my colleagues just now.

Fortunately, Su Mu didn't beat the dog in the water.

Su Mu wondered: Why did this Jiao Fang jump out, did she get the emperor's will?

No, no.

Soon, Su Mu bowed his head and denied this idea.Jiao Fang is not yet in the eyes of Emperor Zhengde, and Zhengde will not be so confused as to directly give instructions to a civil servant. If it is spread, it will be no wonder that he is not scolded to death by the officials.

Then, the biggest possibility is that the emperor handed over this matter to Liu Jin, and Liu Jin chose Jiao Fang.

Well, the possibility is very high.

In real history, Jiao Fang joined the cabinet because she took refuge in Liu Jin.

From this point of view, Liu Jin and Jiao Fang hooked up in advance because of me, Su Mu, a butterfly.

Interesting, very interesting!

Enke is the most important matter related to the major forces in the DPRK and China. Zhengde DPRK civil servant interest groups are subdivided into more than a dozen large and small, all of which are linked by the relationship between the teacher, the house teacher, the same year, and classmates.In terms of political aid to each other, and in terms of interests, they are closely related.

And all of this is based on the imperial examination system.

Compared with the provincial examination, the students admitted by an examiner are only different in their merits. In the general examination, once their own students are awarded Jinshi, they can directly become officials.

No one knows whether there will be a cabinet minister among the students he admits. If he does, he will make a lot of money.

Also because of this, the emperor personally acted as the chief examiner for the general examination and palace examination in the Ming Dynasty. Once a Chinese-style Jinshi, he was also called a student of the Son of Heaven.

But everyone understands that the emperor is high above the others, but he just has the name of the chief examiner.The ones who really decide his life and death are the examiners and the examiners of the Eighteenth Room, who are his de facto mentors.

This kindness will naturally be remembered on their heads.As for the emperor, who cares.

The candidates for the chief examiners of the examination, the candidates for the [-]th house teacher, and even who will be sent for the transcription and seal are all very important.

As a result, the civil servants were gearing up to let their own people join in, trying to share a cup.

Naturally, there was another noise.

Soon, the matter reported by the mansion was forgotten by everyone.

According to the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, the chief examiner of the examination was the emperor himself.In addition to the emperor, there are two to three deputy examiners, who are the actual hosts.There are two deputy chief examiners this year. Generally speaking, they should be officials below the cabinet assistant minister and above the six ministers.

Usually, the examiners of the [-]th room and the outer curtain officials such as transcription and Mifeng are selected from the Hanlin Academy and the six department officials. If the number is not enough, the imperial court will select a few servants to serve as ministers.

In the court hall, the officials quarreled for more than half a month, and finally decided on the list.

Then make a list and make it public.

Seeing the relevant text, Su Mu was taken aback. According to him, the best candidate for the deputy chief examiner should be Yang Tinghe.Lao Yang has been raised in the Hanlin Academy for many years, and his reputation is in full swing.

But I don't want to, but this time there is no his name.

Thinking about it carefully, Su Mu also understood that Mr. Yang presided over the Shuntian Mansion Township Examination last year, how could he preside over the general examination again.

This time, one of the examiners presiding over the examination and Su Mu are also old acquaintances, and it is the new household secretary Wang Zhi, a master of stereotyped essays.

I think that when he was in Xiyuan, Su Mu did not miss the old master's subjects.

If it is said who writes stereotyped essays the best in the world today, Mr. Wang will do his part. If he is the chief examiner, no one else dares to refuse.

As for the other deputy chief examiner, it was surprising that it was Jiao Fang, Duan Jiong's big backer.

After half a month of languishing, Governor Duan suddenly regained his energy when he heard the news.

Jiao Fang is the same year as Duan Jiong's father, and the relationship is also very close.

The reason why Governor Duan was able to get the position of Governor of the General Administration and not starve to death in the capital was also due to Mr. Jiao's relationship.It can be said that as soon as Duan Jiong entered the officialdom, the name Jiao Fang was engraved on his forehead.It would be even more beautiful if Master Tongjiao became a teacher and student if he was selected as a Jinshi this time.

Jiao Fang is now the left servant of the Ministry of Officials. He has a high position and authority. With his care, what official position can't be obtained after becoming a Jinshi?Moreover, Mr. Jiao's current prospects seem to be very good, and it is possible to become a heavenly official in the bureaucracy in the future.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you must be able to win Jinshi.

Duan Jiong is still very sure of being able to pass the test.

But the facts are not absolute, who knows what will happen in the examination room.

If I can...go visit Mr. Jiao...

Thinking of this, Duan Jiong became short of breath.

However, if you go there rashly, with Mr. Jiao's temper, I'm afraid Duan Jiong will be kicked out immediately.

Although Mr. Jiao has an extreme personality, he has a high moral character, so naturally he can't see this kind of fraud.The last time I couldn't live anymore, I wrote a letter to beg him to find me a job. As a result, Master Jiao misunderstood that I was willing to degenerate, so he came and disappeared behind closed doors.After explaining for a long time, I fully apologized.This time I came to the door again, I'm afraid that the boss will turn his face... But, wouldn't it be too bad for me to leave such a big one for convenience?

He thought again: When I visited Mr. Jiao a few years ago, I talked about the style of writing, and said that people in the Imperial Academy now like extravagant and exaggerated style of writing.If you write such an article, it is definitely possible in normal times.But this time Master Jiao is the examiner, he doesn't like the composition style of southern literati?

What kind of article should I write?

For a moment, Duan Jiong fell into deep thought.

Like Duan Jiong, Su Mu was also thinking about what style of writing he should use for this meeting.

What Su Mu thought about was not Jiao Fang's taste, but what he paid more attention to was the article master Wang Zhi.

Su Mu has studied under Mr. Wang for several months, and he is very clear about his preferences.

Mr. Wang is from Dongshan, Wu County, which is the modern city of Suzhou.Like all Jiangnan literati, he likes gorgeous writing and is good at it.

His articles are elegant, his discussions are clear, his achievements are extremely high, and his influence is great.It can be said that if you go to the street and buy a collection of contemporary essays, there must be a model essay by Wang Zhi in it.

Under the influence of his outrageously gorgeous articles, the style of writing in Hongzhi Zhengde's year has changed, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a new generation.

"It seems that we have to put more effort into rhetoric in this test. But..." Su Mu couldn't help sighing: "Gorgeous rhetoric may be a negative word in the eyes of future generations, but if you want to write gorgeous but It’s not that easy, it requires a solid foundation in writing and knowledge. Otherwise, it’s just self-defeating to blindly imitate.”

It has only been more than a year since Su Mu began to systematically study Chinese studies and stereotyped essays, and he became a monk halfway.Stereotyped essays focus on the meaning and format of the scriptures, and only seek to avoid the slightest mistake.As for writing skill, it cannot be made up for by short-term efforts.

It seems that this test will be more difficult than expected.