I was compiling the daily records during the Wanli reign

Chapter 86: Hitting the Heart! Historians' Quarrel
The story of Hai Rui's reinstatement.

It was like a loud thunder exploding in the Ming Dynasty officialdom and among the people.

Before the person arrived, some officials who felt guilty were already trembling with fear and began to examine themselves and fill in the gaps.

The common people were very excited.

We look forward to the King of Hell spreading like wildfire and destroying those privileged officials and businessmen who are sucking the blood and sweat of the people.

Zhang Siwei, who was handling official business in the cabinet as usual, seemed not to take the matter to heart, but in fact he had made many arrangements in private.

He knew very well that once Hai Rui opened a hole.

There are many officials in the court who want to push him out of this position, and some of them may have even begun collecting evidence.

……

On the first day of July, the weather was hot and dry.

Although many government offices in the capital were equipped with ice coolers, some officials still found the heat unbearable and had to fan themselves with their own palm-leaf fans from time to time.

And this moment.

In the entire capital, apart from the Forbidden City, the coolest place is the History Compilation Institute in the southwest corner of the Hanlin Academy.

There are at least two huge ice jars in almost every room.

Daily supplies such as tea, snacks, wine and food, pens and ink, paper-made items, fruits, large and small ivory book rings, etc. are not only timely but also of high quality.

This is the unique treatment for editors!
For the compilers, revising the "Da Ming Hui Dian" was not only an honor, but also a shortcut to promotion.

It is common to receive frequent rewards during the participation process.

More importantly, as a historical book of system, "Da Ming Hui Dian" covers the rituals and national policies of the world.

During the compilation process, the compilers will gradually become familiar with the methods of governing the world.

Their understanding of policies on land, household registration, land tax, horse administration, finance, criminal law, salt tax, etc. is much higher than that of ordinary officials.

Without any modesty -

If you spend three years compiling the "Da Ming Hui Dian", you can easily become a doctor or a director in any of the six ministries, or a prefect or a co-magistrate in some place.

Being familiar with national policies and being able to strictly implement them is the main criterion used by Zhang Juzheng to assess whether an official can be reused.

Controlled national policy.

He would have touched the pulse of the court's operation and would have had the opportunity to dominate the destiny of the entire Ming Dynasty.

This is also the main reason why Hanlin officials are most likely to be promoted as exceptions, become officials of the six ministries, and even enter the cabinet.

Of course, compiling the "Da Ming Hui Dian" was also very hard work.

The editors not only needed to endure the physical exertion, but also needed to discuss and debate constantly.

Some rules and regulations are contradictory, and the compilers need to refer to multiple historical materials and compare and revise them to ensure correctness.

Heated debates often occurred in the History Museum, sometimes lasting until late at night.

If reconciliation is difficult, the vice president must gather the editors to discuss and deliberate, and finally submit it to the three chief executives of the cabinet for verification and revision.

Although Shen Nian's compilation is not large in volume.

But every time I entered the History Compilation Office, saw the vast volumes of documents, and saw the compilers spitting or writing with swift strokes, I felt like I was back in the difficult and arduous days of studying.

However, no matter how hard or tiring it was, the editors still felt that this was a great job and that if they were chosen, their future would be limitless.

……

On the eighth day of July, the weather was hot in the afternoon.

Official kitchen, the meal is over.

Shen Shixing and Shen Nian returned to the History Museum one after another.

The reason why the two of them traveled together.

Shen Nian wanted to take a day off to stay home because Gu Yue'er was about to give birth and there was a high probability that she would have a baby in the Shen family tomorrow.

This kind of "maternity leave" is generally not approved.

Because some officials had many wives and concubines, sometimes they could even have a baby every two months, and had children quite frequently.

Besides, there is no point in going back.

Therefore, even for the officials of the Gu family in the capital, it was considered lucky to have one or two hours off when giving birth.

But Shen Nian is different.

Shen Nian's child will be named by the emperor. When the child is born, Shen Nian must immediately submit the birth date and time for the emperor to give the name.

Shen Shixing agreed immediately.

The two were walking.

Suddenly, I heard a heated debate coming from the room in front where a group of people were reviewing.

Although I couldn't hear the specific content, I could tell that the debate was very intense.

Shen Shixing stroked his beard lightly, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Ziheng, these reviews are very much to my liking. They just finished their meal and didn't even take a break before getting back to discussing it. How diligent!"

As the vice president of the "Da Ming Hui Dian", Shen Shixing likes to see the diligence and hard work of his officials the most.

This way, he can have some free time.

Shen Nian nodded and said with a smile, "Zhao Rushi (Zhao Yongxian) and Wang Yinchang (Wang Zudi) are both impatient. With them around, we can ensure that the content sent by the editors and compilers will not be left overnight."

Wang Zudi, Zhao Yongxian, Liu Chuxian and Liu Kezheng reviewed the documents.

Although he was also a compiler.

But it mainly focuses on the direction of verification and reference, that is, dealing with the contents compiled by the compilers and editors.

Zhao Yongxian and Wang Zudi were both tough guys who used their toilet time to do official business. It was normal for them to not drink tea or go to the toilet for half a day.

Under the leadership of these two big brothers.

Liu Chuxian, who is a bit slick, and Liu Kezhen, who is determined to stay in the museum all year round, cannot slack off.

at this time.

Suddenly a loud voice came from the room.

"Zhao Yongxian, you are nothing but a fat louse curled up in the pages of a book. What qualifications do you have to slander me?"

Shen Shixing and Shen Nian immediately recognized the voice as that of Hanlin editor Shen Yikuan.

The argument intensified, but the noise was too low to make out the specifics. Soon, another loud voice was heard.

"Shen Yikuan is your mother's maid!" This voice came from Hanlin reviewer Liu Kezhen.

Shen Nian is very familiar with these four words.

At that time, he was borrowing a book by Liu Kezhen and found these four words circled with a brush, so he remembered them in his mind.

Later I found that using these four words to vent emotions was very satisfying, so I often used them when no one was around.

This is clearly not a debate!

Immediately, Shen Shixing and Shen Nian walked over quickly.

Once inside.

The two of them saw Shen Yi Guan pointing at Zhao Yongxian and Liu Kezheng, cursing loudly: "You two are stupid people with black noses, black mouths, and noisy hearts. Apologize immediately, otherwise, there will be no one but you in the History Museum!"

"Shut up!" Shen Shixing shouted loudly with a gloomy face.

When Shen Yikuan and others saw Shen Shixing, they all bowed and saluted.

"Come to my duty room!" Shen Shixing said with a glare, then flicked his long sleeves and walked outside.

His biggest headache is dealing with such things.

There were also quarrels among officials when the Veritable Records were being compiled last year, but they were far from being as vulgar and mean as they are today. Judging from the words used in the quarrel, they must have read a lot of idle books and novels.

immediately.

Shen Yikuan, Zhao Yongxian, Wang Zudi, Liu Chuxian, Liu Kezheng, and Shen Nian all walked towards Shen Shixing's duty room.

Shen Nian was very surprised.

Liu Kezhen can be regarded as the most honest historian in the entire Hanlin Academy. To be able to force him to say "your mother is a maid" must mean there is something hidden.

……

After a while.

In the duty room of the Vice President of the History Museum.

Liu Chu first explained the whole story.

About a quarter of an hour ago.

After lunch, Zhao Yongxian and his three companions met Shen Yikuan.

Zhao Yongxian was eager to work, and asked Shen Yikuan about the progress of the compilation and when the documents compiled today could be handed over to them in the afternoon.

Hearing this, Shen Yiquan was a little unhappy.

He believed that Zhao Yongxian was neither the official in charge of the compilation nor his superior, and therefore had no right to urge him.

Immediately, Shen Yiguan said: "When it's time to send it, it will be sent!"

This remark caused strong dissatisfaction among Zhao Yongxian, so he argued with him on the grounds that "revising the rules is an important matter and cannot be neglected."

Shen Yi Guan relied on his higher rank and status as a daily lecturer to scold Zhao Yongxian for being rude.

After the two sides argued for a while.

Zhao Yongxian believed that Shen Yiguan's mind was not on compiling the classics at all. Considering his recent behavior at the History Museum, he angrily asked, "Are you here to compile history? Or to form a clique?"

Clique-building is a crime that would make any official's hair stand on end.

This remark immediately angered Shen Yikuan, and became the fuse that turned the "debate" into a "war of words".

When it comes to verbal skills, Shen Yikuan is far superior to Zhao Yongxian, so he began to scold Zhao Yongxian.

Wang Zudi and Liu Chuxian were unable to get a word in to persuade him.

Liu Kezheng couldn't help but chime in on Zhao Yongxian, saying, "Editor Shen, you spend every day wandering around the History Museum, talking at length about our ancestors' laws and regulations. When you meet people who share your views, you make friends with them, but when you meet people who disagree, you gang up on them and suppress them. Isn't that forming a clique?"

These words hit Shen Yiquan right in the heart.

He looked at Liu Kezheng coldly and said, "You are a barbarian who can't even speak coherently. If it weren't for Shen Ziheng, how could you be qualified to be here?"

Hear this.

Liu Kezheng was so angry that he couldn't help but say, "Shen Yiguan is your mother's maid!"

……

The key points of this quarrel can be summarized simply as follows:

Zhao Yongxian's question "Are you compiling history? Are you forming a party?" made Shen Yiguan break down. Then he first insulted the fat and unsociable Zhao Yongxian as a fat louse curled up in the pages of a book, and said that Liu Kezhen spoke incoherently and was a barbarian, and that he was able to stay in the Hanlin Academy because of Shen Nian.

All three of them made personal attacks.

After hearing the whole story, Shen Nian felt that it was not unfair for Shen Yi Guan to be scolded.

Compared to Shen Nian who is high-profile in his work and low-key in his life, Shen Yi Guan is a person who is very high-profile in both his work and life.

He likes the feeling of being praised by everyone.

Since joining the History Museum, he has been relatively low-key because of the work of Zhao Zhigao, Wang Jiaping and others.

He is older and more talented, and he considers himself the number one person under the vice president.

His logic in doing things is: first gather like-minded people together, and then do things, so as to continuously improve his voice in the History Museum and make it easier to do things.

In the eyes of Zhao Yongxian and Liu Kezhen, such behavior is party-building.

As for Liu Kezhen, he started cursing.

This was because Shen Yiquan violated two of his taboos, one was his accent and the other was his place of origin.

After listening to this, Shen Shixing scratched the back of his head, thinking about how to smooth things over.

This kind of verbal abuse would make it difficult for the three judicial officials to enforce justice.

He first looked at Zhao Yongxian and said, "Zhao Jiantao, there are officials to expedite the progress of the history compilation. You are committed to compiling history, and your intentions are good, but you must pay attention to the methods from now on!"

"I understand!" Zhao Yongxian bowed.

"Liu Jiantao, you must not speak vulgar language in the History Museum. Also, you need to practice your official language diligently. Nothing is more concerning than what others think of you."

"I understand!" Liu Kezhen bowed.

"Editor Shen, from now on, when you speak or act towards your colleagues, you must not be overbearing, and you must not insult them."

After saying this, Shen Shixing did not wait for the reply of "I understand". When he looked up, he saw Shen Yikuan who had rolled up his official sleeves and was preparing to rebut.

(End of this chapter)