My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 10 Prestige Value Guess
Su Ze looked at Shen Yikuan. He didn't expect that Zhu Dashou would recommend Shen Yikuan.

Others may not know, but Su Ze knows the relationship between Shen Yikuan and Zhu Dashou.

Shen Yikuan's uncle, Shen Mingchen, was a famous commoner poet, and was one of the Ten Friends of Yuezhong, along with Zhu Dashou.

Because of this relationship, Zhu Dashou has always been very caring towards Shen Yikuan, and even personally served as Shen Yikuan's guiding scholar.

This is just like the ministry where Su Ze worked in his previous life. Wherever there are people, there is the world of martial arts. The world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

Does anyone know which big boss’ relative or disciple that taciturn colleague is?

What's more, this is the Hanlin Academy, a place for cultivating talents for the country, and the interpersonal relationships are even more complicated.

Even Su Ze, a time traveler, could not figure it all out, so he had been hiding in the Hanlin Academy these days, biding his time.

But Zhu Dashou actually allowed Shen Yikuan to join the History Museum?
Shen Yikuan had a bitter look on his face. Now he and Su Ze were in the same boat. If a "Records of Emperor Ruizong" was really published, his reputation would be as bad as Su Ze's.

Shen Yikuan couldn't understand why Zhu Dashou, whom he regarded as his uncle, wanted to force him into the History Museum, even though this was a disaster that all Hanlin scholars wanted to avoid.

Seeing Su Ze's calm demeanor again, Shen Yi Guan said anxiously:

"I heard from the scholars that His Majesty has issued an order to establish a history office inside Zuo Shunmen. We'll be working there in a few days! Brother Zilin, aren't you in a hurry at all?"

The cabinet is located inside Zuoshun Gate, and this area is strictly considered the forbidden area.

Those who compiled history could enter and leave the Forbidden City, and the elders of the cabinet would often come to inspect, and even the emperor would sometimes visit the History Museum. This was indeed a good opportunity to show up in front of the big guys and make your presence felt. No wonder the Hanlin scholars in the past were vying to compile history.

If it weren’t for the incident involving Jiajing.

Shen Yiquan continued:
"Once the History Museum opens, we will all be despised by the officials!"

Su Ze said calmly, "I have long been despised by all officials. Aren't there enough people impeaching me these days?"

Shen Yiguan was stunned for a moment, then he said immediately:

"Brother Zilin, you're joking."

Shen Yiguan's eyes turned, and he remembered something else. He lowered his voice and said:

"Brother Zilin, do you know that a few days ago, Lu Shude, the Imperial Censor of the Ministry of Revenue, led several censors in submitting a petition impeaching you, but it was withheld by His Majesty."

"From this, it can be seen that Brother Zilin is in the emperor's heart."

Leaving the letter unsent means that the emperor has read it but not replied, which is an ambiguous attitude.

Su Ze thought about it carefully and felt that he had no dealings with Lu Shude, the Minister of Revenue, let alone any personal grudges between them. He also didn't know why the other party wanted to impeach him.

Shen Yi Guan also understood the meaning of the words, and he said:

"This Lu Zhengyan and Zilin are half-fellow villagers. He is from Songjiang Prefecture in Southern Zhili. His brother Lu Shusheng is currently the Minister of Personnel. It's rare for a family to have two Jinshi (Jinshi) graduates in one.

Su Ze, who had worked in ministries for many years in his previous life, immediately understood the meaning of Shen Yikuan's words.

The Secretary of the Household Department was a censor. The Ming Dynasty liked to use ancient official titles to refer to officials, and Zhengyan was the title of the censor in ancient times.

Lu Shude was from Songjiang Prefecture, and the most famous official from Songjiang Prefecture in the current court was naturally the Prime Minister Xu Jie. Furthermore, Zhang Juzheng's insertion of Lu into the History Bureau was also based on Xu Jie's interests; it was Xu Jie's attempt to suppress Lu Shude.

Of course, for a cabinet chief like Xu Jie, he would naturally not personally order his subordinates to suppress himself, a small seventh-rank official.

For political animals like Zhang Juzheng who regard politics as an instinct, they will naturally know what to do without Xu Jie's instructions.

But when did he offend Xu Jie?

Su Ze was a little confused, but since he had already offended him, he was not afraid.

If history had not changed, Xu Jie would have resigned and returned home this year.

Even if history had changed, Su Ze had the [Portable Ming Dynasty Court] in his hand. At most, he could accumulate more prestige points and send Xu Jie back home directly!
But it is easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the little devils. It is really not a big deal to have these censors impeaching me all day long.

Moreover, Su Ze has been studying the system these days and has also come up with some guesses.

The so-called prestige value refers to one's prestige in the court.

When the system forcibly enforces national policies, this "prestige" is deducted.

"Petition to Cancel the Morning Court" deducted 50 points of prestige, which is why Su Ze became a target of public condemnation.

On the contrary, if you do something that brings you a good reputation, can you also increase your "prestige value"?

Will these censors impeaching me all day long also affect my "prestige"?
Shen Yi Guan gave him such important information, so Su Ze naturally returned the favor and comforted Shen Yi Guan by saying:
"This time, the president of the History Museum is Lord Chen. We are here to help Lord Chen. Brother Jianwu, don't worry too much. Lord Chen is an old official of the Qian Palace, so he will naturally know his limits."

Hearing Su Ze's comfort, Shen Yiguan's expression became even uglier. He said:

"It is precisely because Lord Chen is an old official of the Qian Palace that he will certainly obey the orders of the Supreme Being. We, ah!"

Shen Yi Guan didn't say the rest of the sentence, but Su Ze understood what he meant.

Chen Yiqin was an old official in the imperial palace, so he would definitely obey the emperor. After all, he was an old man who was about to retire, and he had already become a minister in the cabinet, so naturally he didn't care about his reputation.

And these young Hanlin scholars still have to work in the officialdom. If they really make any records of Ruizong, it will be a lifelong stain.

Su Ze could only comfort Shen Yikuan again and finally sent the sighing Shen Yikuan away.
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On April 20th, the emperor officially issued an edict, ordering the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion to also compile the national history and serve as the chief executive of the History Institute. He established the History Institute inside Zuoshun Gate and compiled the Veritable Records of the reigns of Ruizong and Sejong.

Luo Wanhua, the top scholar in the second year of the Longqing reign and a compiler of the Hanlin Academy, and Su Ze, who had just been promoted to editor of the Hanlin Academy, together with ten scholars including Shen Yikuan, entered the History Museum and participated in the work of compiling the Veritable Records.

Based on Su Ze's experience in his previous life, this meant setting up a national project team and drawing personnel from the Hanlin Academy to work together.

Since they were leaving the Hanlin Academy, the top academician Yin Shidan and the second-in-command academician Zhu Dashou were also at the Hanlin Academy to see them off to their new posts.

Just like in his previous life, after sending his subordinates out to work, Yin Shidan also delivered a speech, which was nothing more than singing high-sounding slogans, encouraging everyone to assist Chen Ge Lao in compiling history, to complete the instructions of the emperor and the cabinet, and to compile a reliable history that conforms to the Confucian values ​​​​of the Ming Dynasty.

Except for Luo Wanhua, who was excited, everyone else was forcing themselves to smile.

Immediately afterwards, a young official from the Ministry of Rites walked out from behind Yin Shidan and led everyone towards the Zuo Shunmen Gate.

(End of this chapter)