My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 2 [Portable Ming Dynasty Court]

After entering the Hanlin Academy, Su Ze hurried to his cubicle and sat down.

The office area of ​​the inner court is small, and even the cabinet ministers work in a few shabby houses.

Every time a cabinet minister proposed to renovate the office space, a censor would jump out and accuse them of being the leaders of all officials and actually thinking of building an office for themselves!
After these several times, from the mid-Ming Dynasty onwards, no cabinet ever proposed to build a house for itself again.

The cabinet was unable to renovate its house, and as a result, the buildings in the Hanlin Academy became increasingly dilapidated.

There were more and more books and historical materials in the Hanlin Academy, and the office space could not be expanded, so the Hanlin had no choice but to work in cubicles.

That's horrible!
This office environment is not as good as the office I had in the government compound back then!
In addition to the cramped office environment, the Hanlin Academy is also where the royal books are stored, so it has strict fire prevention regulations.

No open flames are allowed in the Hanlin Academy, and braziers cannot be used for heating. In addition, the walls are leaky. Su Ze was amazed that not many Hanlin scholars froze to death during the coldest days of winter in the imperial city. The physique of the scholars in the Ming Dynasty was really good!
After sitting down, Su Ze pretended to pick up the book on the table.

As the country's reserve talents, the top-ranked Jinshi can observe government affairs in important departments.

Among them, the first-class Jinshi, that is, the top three undergraduates, were directly awarded positions in the Hanlin Academy.

The second-class Jinshi were called "Shujishi" and observed government affairs in the Hanlin Academy.

"Ming History. Official Records" records: "Shujishi studied in the Hanlin Academy and were taught by a scholar." To put it bluntly, Shujishi studied in the Hanlin Academy and were taught by a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.

Therefore, the main job of the Shujishi was to study.

Compared with his fellow Jinshi who were ranked lower and were nominally observing government affairs but were actually doing odd jobs in various government offices, Shujishi could indeed be described as "leisurely".

But now Su Ze's attention is not on studying.

[Prestige has reached the required level. Do you want to submit the first memorial? ]

When the prompt sounded, Su Ze couldn't wait to open his golden finger.

Suddenly, a miniature version of the Forbidden City appeared on his desk.

Su Ze instinctively raised his head and looked around. Sure enough, only he could see the golden finger, so he felt relieved.

Otherwise, there is really no way to explain this thing. Spying into the palace without permission is a capital crime!

You secretly made a miniature model of the Forbidden City. Are you planning to assassinate the emperor?
Although only Su Ze can see this model of the Forbidden City, it can be touched and moved, and is very exquisite.

Su Ze even found the location of the Hanlin Academy in the model, and even the position of the trees in the courtyard was consistent with reality.

Of course, Su Ze’s golden finger is not just a model of the Forbidden City that can be manipulated. To be precise, it is a [portable Ming Dynasty court].

In the center of this Forbidden City model, where the Jianji Hall is located, there is a hole in the roof of the palace.

Su Ze had been to Jianji Hall, which is the largest of the three outer halls of the Forbidden City. It was rebuilt after a fire during the Jiajing period and renamed Jianji Hall from Jinshen Hall. Of course, this palace is better known by its later name, Baohe Hall, one of the three main halls of the Forbidden City.

"system."

Su Ze silently read the system, and a dialog box appeared in front of him.

——Host: Su Ze——

Age: 25
Birthplace: Taicang County, South Zhili

Official Rank: Shujishi, no rank (prestige +1 per day)

Prestige: 50 (+1 per day)

Simulation times: once a month

Ming Dynasty: 76 years

Mission: Complete a memorial and increase the Ming Dynasty's national destiny.

Mission Reward: [Initial Item Pack]

Should we submit the first memorial? Should we conduct a national policy simulation?
————This [Handheld Ming Dynasty Court] is the golden finger that appeared after Su Ze traveled through time.

According to Su Ze's research on the system, this is a national policy simulation system. One can submit memorials by himself and simulate the results after submitting the memorials.

In Su Ze's opinion, this golden finger seems a bit useless.

When simulating national policies, I am just a small scholar, not even a regular official. How can I have any great influence on national policies?
But if it really reaches a position where it can influence national policy, then what is the use of this thing?

This is not as good as the cheat codes like "hard skills" in time-travel novels.

As for the system task, Su Ze simply ignored it.

Can the memorial submitted by a mere scholar-official affect the fate of the Ming Dynasty?
Don't joke, this [Initial Props Gift Pack] may not be completed in more than ten or twenty years.

This was because he traveled through time and space to become a Shujishi, the top examinee in the Ming Dynasty.

If I were to travel through time and become an ordinary scholar, I'm afraid I would have no hope of influencing the Ming Dynasty in this lifetime.

But it was a benefit for time travelers after all, so Su Ze drafted a memorial and prepared to give this golden finger a try.

Anyway, when he first entered the Hanlin Academy, his first job was to submit a memorial to the emperor.

Su Ze took the memorial he had drafted from the book box beside the table and stuffed it into the [Portable Ming Dynasty Court].

But just as he stuffed the memorial in, Su Ze's face changed!
He looked at the miniature Forbidden City in operation with a sad face, and only one thought in his mind:

"I made a mistake the first time I used cheat code. I'm so frustrated. What should I do?"

It turned out that Su Ze had nothing to do, so he wrote two memorials.

The first one was a normal memorial, an official document advising the emperor to be diligent in his work and love the people. Most of the first memorials submitted by the Shujishi had such content.

The other one was a petition to cancel the morning court session, which he wrote in anger the day before yesterday after being tortured by the morning court session.

What Su Ze had just stuffed into the [portable Ming Dynasty court] out of excitement was the "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court"!
What should I do?
Is there any need to simulate such a memorial? It will never pass!

——[Simulation Start]——

A day later, the "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court" was sent to the cabinet, where it was criticized by the cabinet chief Xu Jie as "nonsense."

Two days later, the "Petition to Cancel the Early Morning Court Sessions" was annotated by the Imperial Household Department, and Su Ze, a scholar-official, was fined three months' salary for making irresponsible remarks about state affairs.

——[Simulation End]——

As expected, seeing this result, Su Ze lay on the table in despair.

This crappy system only has one simulation opportunity per month, and I'm about to submit a memorial. Isn't this a waste of an opportunity?
Just when Su Ze was in despair, the system suddenly popped up a prompt again:

[Do you want to spend 50 points of prestige to ensure that the "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court Meeting" is carried out?]

what?
Su Ze straightened up suddenly. Does the system have this function?

I was wondering what the heck this prestige value was for? So it actually has this function?

Spend 50 points of prestige? Ensure that the "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court Session" is carried out?

is it possible?

Su Ze's breathing became rapid. If this was really possible, wouldn't it mean that whatever he reported would become national policy?
No, prestige.

This thing requires prestige points. The 50 prestige points that I have accumulated with great difficulty were deducted in an instant. What about next month?
However, thinking that once the "Petition to Cancel the Morning Court" was implemented, he would not have to attend the morning court, Su Ze still chose "OK".

"System, deduct prestige points to ensure that the 'Petition to Cancel the Morning Court Meeting' is carried out!"

[Ding! Prestige has been deducted. Please submit a memorial in real life. The simulated settlement will be carried out after the memorial is executed!]

That’s it?!
(End of this chapter)