"The Five Elements Chronicles says: If you don't think about the Tao, disaster will burn down the palace. A Taoist husband respects Heaven and the Dharma Patriarch, is close to the virtuous and far away from the traitor, has few desires to protect himself, and is just a bitch to be virtuous..."
"Your Majesty loves the imperial concubine, so he should do the right thing for you. Today, everyone in the world regards the imperial concubine as the official of the imperial concubine, and your majesty has violated the imperial concubine and made it his fault. How can your majesty entrust the imperial concubine to the world..."
"Your Majesty, try to introspect yourself, and you will find that you have no desires or few desires? As the saying goes: 'If you want others, don't hear them, it's better not to do them'. Your Majesty should sincerely reflect on yourself and cultivate it..."
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Su Hao, who was dressed in a peacock uniform, stood in the court hall, listening to a group of ministers quoting scriptures and debating with saliva, and felt extremely bored. In his previous life, it was not that he had never participated in long and boring meetings, but in those meetings At least, he can sneak around and take a nap or something. And in this court, there are countless pairs of eyes looking for trouble all the time. If he is found to have any disrespectful expression, I'm afraid there will be another violent storm. A lot of criticism is coming towards him.
After the Battle of Ningxia, Su Hao promoted the cooperation between Ningxia Wei and Bu Shitu and Zhuli Tu, which brought rare peace to the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he also found a way to make money for the ministers in the DPRK and China. These achievements finally won him the recognition of all the ministers in the court, and everyone no longer cared about his relationship with the eunuch Li Long. Wanli took the opportunity to promote Su Hao to an official position and appointed him as the censor of Qiandu in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the fourth rank. officials, who are considered to be on the verge of high-level officials.
Due to the outstanding performance of the Survey Battalion in the Battle of Ningxia, the Ministry of War further expanded the establishment of the Survey Battalion, bringing it to a scale of nearly 5,000 people. Su Hao continued to serve as the chief general of the Survey Battalion as the chief military officer, and Deng Kui He received the title of General and served as the deputy general of Kanyu Camp.
Following the order of the Ministry of War, the Survey Battalion sent more than a dozen teams to the nine borders to conduct map surveying. The detailed layered and colored topographic maps they produced played a positive role in consolidating the Ming Dynasty's border defense.
The Kanyu Camp was engaged in surveying and mapping outside, and the conditions were very difficult. At this level, Su Hao naturally no longer had to do everything personally and followed the officers and soldiers. He returned to the capital with the command department of the Kanyu Camp. Coordinated various affairs and lived a comfortable life with his mother, Mrs. Han Qian and Mrs. Lu Xiuer.
After returning to the capital, the only thing that made Su Hao feel uncomfortable was that as a court official, he had to attend daily court meetings. At first, he thought it was a great achievement to be able to attend such central-level regular meetings. After going to court, he discovered that the topics that everyone debated every day in the court meeting were basically boring and trivial matters. The ministers were not so much discussing national affairs as they were showing off their knowledge. Killing time by talking nonsense.
"Mr. Wang, do you talk about these trivial matters every day in court?"
When coming out of the court meeting, Su Hao quietly pulled Wang Xijue, the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet, and asked him about the unspoken rules in the court. In the past period of time, the personnel in the court have also undergone some changes. Shen Shixing suffered from physical reasons. After becoming official, Wang Xijue became the chief assistant. In addition, Wang Yi'e, the Minister of the Ministry of War, passed away, and Shi Xing, the former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took over his position and became the immediate superior of Kanyu Camp.
"It's not like this every day," Wang Xijue said. "Sometimes the matters discussed by the ministers can still affect the national economy and people's livelihood."
"This is such a boring thing. With this time, can't everyone do something valuable?" Su Hao muttered.
Wang Xijue smiled and said: "Change it, you still have to learn the knowledge of this official career. You think what they say is boring, but you don't know that everyone's words have profound meaning. Through these words, you can know who is who and who is.
Whoever is from the same party is at odds with whom. If you can't figure out the relationship between them, it will be even more difficult to be a good official in the court."
"Uh... forget it, I'd better go back and lead my soldiers. It's really hard for a student to be an officer like this." Su Hao retreated knowing the difficulty.
Wang Xijue knew Su Hao's character and didn't bother to reprimand him. In Wang Xijue's view, it was normal for Su Hao to be a little rebellious because he was still young. He would mature after continuing to hone himself in the officialdom for a while. Su Hao's talent and
Wang Xijue admired his enterprising spirit very much, and he was willing to provide a protective umbrella for Su Hao in this complicated officialdom.
The two of them walked and chatted. After leaving Chengtian Gate, Wang Xijue went to the Ministry of Personnel to handle matters, while Su Hao went to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. Su Hao's current title is that of the Censor of the Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He nominally has the responsibility of supervising all officials, but for no reason.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate will not trouble the officials without any reason, so this position can be regarded as a casual job.
Yesterday, Shen Yaozhong, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, sent a letter to Su Hao, saying that the Ministry of Punishment had confiscated a map made by a demon. It was very strange, and he wanted to ask Su Hao to identify it. Su Hao had nothing to do today, so he stopped by the Ministry of Punishment to take a look.
Saw it.
Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate also has the responsibility of judicial supervision, Su Hao is familiar with the officials of the Ministry of Punishment. As soon as he walked into the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, a clerk came forward and greeted him with a warm salute: "Hey, it's Su Hao from the capital.
, I wonder which gust of wind brought you here."
The scribe who greeted him was almost 60 years old, but he still called Su Hao, who was in his early 20s, "your old man." Su Hao was now used to this kind of address. He smiled at the scribe and said, "Yes."
Lao Zhang, may I ask if Doctor Shen is here?"
"Su Qian is too polite. How dare you call me old in front of Su Qian? From now on, you can just call me Xiao Zhang." The old scribe said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Shen is waiting for you.
, I will take you there, little one."
"Then I'll bother Secretary Zhang." Su Hao said, took out a palm-sized round silver-rimmed mirror from his arms, handed it to the old clerk, and said, "By the way, I heard about your granddaughter a few days ago.
When she is about to leave the court, I don’t have any gifts to give her. Although this small mirror is not worth much, it is liked by little girls, so consider it a congratulatory gift from me."
The old scribe quickly took the mirror and said: "Oh, Su Qian is still worried about the little granddaughter. It's really embarrassing. On the day of the little granddaughter's wedding, if Su Qian is not busy, please spare some time.
Let’s enjoy the wedding and have a glass of wedding wine. I asked my granddaughter to come out and toast Grandpa Su’s wine to her.”
Grandpa Su... Su Hao couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his head. He couldn't help it. This was how seniority was calculated. He couldn't refuse even if he wanted to.
Such scribes in the yamen were far different from Su Hao in terms of rank. Su Hao didn't have to be so polite to them. If it were other officials, it would be enough to smile at these minor officials.
He is very approachable, how can he give small gifts from time to time like Su Hao. Su Hao does this out of his own instinct. As a time traveler, he is more accustomed to the equality between people. Looking at
He always feels a little guilty when others treat him with respect.
Of course, Su Hao's doing this also won him praise from many lower-level officials, making it easier for him to do various things. The junior officials in the yamen do not have high positions, but their power is not small, because the officials only have overall power. These petty officials were responsible for controlling policies and performing specific tasks, so some people say that the power of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom was actually in the hands of petty officials.
The two people chatted and soon arrived at the court where Shen Yaozhong worked. The old scribe went in and announced, and then Shen Yaozhong came out with a smile.
"Oh, Su Qian is here. I'm really sorry. I should have gone to Su Qiandu's place to listen to instructions. But I heard that Su Qiandu usually doesn't work in the public house, so I had to do Su Qiandu's favor. It is really rude and disrespectful to come to Xiaguan in person to discuss the matter."
Before Su Hao could say anything, Shen Yaozhong apologized hastily.
Su Hao smiled and said: "What did Doctor Shen say? Su is young, so there is nothing wrong with taking a few more steps. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to come to the Ministry of Punishment to ask Doctor Shen for advice, and today I have this opportunity."
"Su Qian is so polite, come on, come in, please come in." Shen Yaozhong said, letting Su Hao into the reception room aside.
The two parties sat down separately, and the old scribe poured tea for them diligently, then quietly left and stood outside the door waiting for instructions. After Su Hao and Shen Yaozhong exchanged a few words, Su Hao asked: "Mr. Shen , you asked someone to send a message yesterday, saying that you had confiscated a map, could you let Su look at it? "
Shen Yaozhong said: "Yes, this is a case transferred from the Nanjing Criminal Department. It is said that there is a demon preaching in Nanjing, denigrating Buddhism and destroying Taoism. The demon was caught in Nanjing and sent to Beijing for conviction. In Among the evidence of the demon's crime, there is a strange map. I heard that Su Qian is an expert in making maps, so I want to ask Su Qian to help identify it."
Although Shen Yaozhong said this, he was thinking about something else. The Criminal Department could handle such a small case by itself, and there was no need to bother the Procuratorate. Shen Yaozhong brought a map to Su Hao. In fact, I just want to find an opportunity to get close to Su Hao. Ever since Su Hao finished the battle in Ningxia, the views of the court officials on Su Hao have changed. Many people are optimistic about Su Hao's political future, so they all want to Find an opportunity to contact him and build a relationship. Shen Yaozhong's move this time was for this purpose.
Shen Yaozhong said hello to the door, and not long after, the old scribe came in holding a roll of paper. Shen Yaozhong took the roll of paper, spread it on the case, and said to Su Hao: "Su Qiandu , look at it, this is the map confiscated from that monster, what kind of map does it look like?"
Su Hao followed Shen Yaozhong's instructions casually. After just one glance, he was stunned: Eurasia, the Atlantic Ocean, the Americas, the Pacific Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope... all these places are on this map, and they are all there. It is marked with a Chinese name. In other words, this is actually a Chinese version of the world map!
"Which country is the demon you are talking about? Where is he now?" Su Hao asked Shen Yaozhong excitedly.