Act like a spoiled child

A few days later, Mingshen went to Yushitai to report.He skipped the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, followed Bu Yu directly from editorial to full-time, and jumped to Yushitai, where he became his sixth-rank junior censor and started his working career.

For Yushitai, Mingshen's only thought is: there are many people.

As big as officials of the second rank and above, such as Dafu and Yushi Zhongcheng, as small as Mingshen, a small inspector of the sixth and seventh ranks, a large group of people work in Yushitai and Qinglisi, and they have the most presence in the court. The strong group of civil servants are all here.

After Mingshen went to work for a few days, his second thought was: noisy.

The officials of the censors kept in mind the word "remonstrance" and the word "mian". In front of each desk case, there was a statue of Xiezhi with wide eyes and wide eyes, and the four characters "Qingming justice" were engraved on it.Under Yumin's rule, although there are many officials who talk about seniority, they don't shy away from junior officials jumping out and shouting loudly. .

Mingshen doesn't know how to scold others when he is in a hurry, so he can only stare blankly.When he was in court, he could only stand in a corner among a large number of Beijing officials according to his rank. Although his stature was not bad compared with his peers, Bu Yu was in front of him, who was a few points taller than him. In front of him was a tall man, Shang Shu, a dwarf from the south who had just turned seventeen this year and finally accepted the fact that he was not tall enough.

When he went to the court for the first time, he couldn't even see the top of Yumin's head, he could only hear his voice.The surrounding ministers stood solemnly and neatly, and he didn't dare to stand on tiptoe. After listening for a long time, the more he listened, the more his scalp became numb. Arguing endlessly about the matter of the Empress Dowager, Zhang Nianjing and his party made a big fuss about a "violation of the ancestral system", saying that Yumin's biological mother was not even a concubine; Sooner or later, the crown prince appointed by the emperor before the Zen throne, his biological mother and younger sister will be entrusted separately, which is not a violation of the rules.

People on both sides quarreled, with subtle logic and fierce words, but in the end, the wheels came and went, and there was always nothing to argue about.Yumin obviously didn't bother to listen to nonsense, and only said that the imperial seal was "considered in the long run", and then Zhun Buyu made a statement about the abolition of the Tongzi Section.

Mingshen had heard Yumin talk about this matter before, so he didn't find it strange to announce it now.

However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as Bu Yu finished playing, he immediately became agitated-this time, he was also divided into several groups. Most of the young officials showed joy on their faces.

The origin of child prodigy has been around for a long time. At first, the country gentry from all over the country recommended "child prodigies" and internally set the number of officials.

Bu Yu's proposal is equivalent to directly abolishing the guarantee that these people rely on.

The spearhead of the court meeting was immediately shifted to Tongzike. After a long morning of quarreling with no results, no one could figure out Yumin's attitude. Later, when the sun was high, he waved his hand and left the court.

Before leaving the court, he specially called this year's No. 27 Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua to the court to praise them.Mingshen had hoped that Yumin would praise him in public, but after thinking about it, his [-]th place in the second class is really not an impressive achievement. A little naive.

Until the end of the dynasty, Ming Shen was still a little dazed.

Bu Yu walked with him, seeing how distracted he was all the way, and said with a smile: "Scared? Your Majesty has always been like this since he ascended the throne, and there is no end to the quarrel."

Ming Shen said: "Your Majesty is a little different from what I think, although it is still the same fierce, but I don't know what is different."

Bu Yu smiled: "The emperor you think of should be planning strategies and killing decisively, and saying one thing before the court, is that so?"

Mingshen thought for a while: "It seems to be." Bu Yu said so and he understood: "I know, brother Min is in that position now, because he is the king, every step must be carefully considered, because everyone thinks the emperor is the king. You can’t make mistakes, and even if you make mistakes, you can’t take them back, or everyone will doubt the ability of the monarch. You can’t be too decisive, making people feel that he doesn’t listen to opinions, and you can’t waver, making people feel that he has no opinions. To do this, you have to balance the various factions and achieve what you really want...Being the emperor is really difficult, I thought Brother Min would be very hard, but I didn't expect him to be so hard."

Bu Yu smiled: "It's not that what you originally imagined didn't exist, but now the foundation has been ruined, and it's not an exaggeration to describe it as a mess. Your Majesty is trying his best to correct the current atmosphere, and you have seen it. The first step. If you had come to Beijing a few years earlier, you would have known that His Majesty is indeed decisive when he does things."

Mingshen became curious: "Know what?"

Bu Yu glanced at him: "I won't tell you." After speaking, he patted him on the head and said, "Go back to Yushitai, Lord Ming, and make yourself free tonight. Your Majesty ordered my ministers to choose you outside the palace. I decided to buy a house, and I looked at three places, but I was a little unsure, so His Majesty paid for all three places. Do you want to go with me to see at night?"

Mingshen was stunned: "Huh?"

Bu Yu said: "You make a decision tonight, and you can live in it immediately. If you want to live in the palace, you can live in the palace, and if you want to live in your home, you can live in your home."

Mingshen hurriedly said: "No, why are there three residences?"

Bu Yu said: "Your Majesty means that in the future, when you marry your brother, you will choose a place to separate your family, so you have two spare mansions facing each other; later, your Majesty thought of taking back and repairing your childhood home, so it became three. , presumably Master Ming has always wanted to buy back the original old mansion?"

Ming Shen said: "But I—"

Bu Yu continued: "Your Majesty also said that if you want to shirk, you should tell him in person. The money is not worth mentioning in His Majesty's eyes. The whole world belongs to His Majesty, and the emperor and empress are equally respected. It's yours, so don't worry about it."

Mingshen was completely speechless.

He followed Bu Yu around, and he didn't finish his old residence after half the night.This is the sad place of the Ming clan. Yu Min ordered people to renovate it, and it looked like a new one, but it kept many old traces—such as the lotus platform that Ming Shen had mentioned to him. The hoarse voice told him stories.His mother fanned them by the side.

Ming Shen's appearance follows his mother's, delicate and charming, lively and fragrant, and his temper follows his mother's, very stubborn, but a little heartless; Huo Bing looks like his father, with long and narrow phoenix eyes and squinting, he is the one who fascinates all living beings Good-looking, with a little shrewdness.Mingshen could hardly remember what his father looked like, but he only remembered that when he was held in his arms when he was little, he caught a glimpse of the end of his father's eyes. He didn't know if the makeup hadn't been removed or what, but it was slightly red. It looks like a piece of peach blossom is attached to it, which is very beautiful.

Later, when he heard that Huo Bing looked like his father, he automatically thought that Huo Bing and his father looked exactly the same, and drew the picture layer by layer. It was Huo Bing holding him as a cub and telling him stories.

This is also the reason why he quickly got close to Huo Bing in just two years.

He was about to write a letter to Huo Bing immediately, but Bu Yu gave him another surprise: "Master Ming, Brother Ling will be able to enter Beijing tomorrow, and we have notified him in advance."

Mingshen was so happy that he was at a loss, and repeatedly asked Bu Yu to confirm: "Really? My brother is really coming tomorrow?"

Bu Yu confirmed with a smile.Mingshen cheered, and immediately set off to look for Yumin, he looked at the sky before calming down: "It's getting late, I won't bother Brother Min today, I'll go tomorrow."

After a while, he became entangled again: "Brother Min seems to be very busy recently, and I don't seem to be able to find him right now... Well, I don't want to look for it anymore, just write a Xie En brochure and upload it, so as not to delay Brother Min's time." time."

Bu Yu glanced at him, didn't say anything, just left with a smile.

That night, Ming Shen rested in his original home.It's just that the mansion was empty, and he didn't know the new servants well, living in a big empty house was a bit scary, Ming Shen had a nightmare of being scratched by a cat, and it was early morning when he woke up.

The rule established by Yu Min is to go to court on the third, sixth, and ninth day, and it is almost when the previous day is two days off. During the time when the court is not in court, the officials in the capital go to work at their respective posts.

Mingshen got up and went straight to Yushitai, first wrote a note thanking Yumin for setting up the mansion for him, and waited for a long time with the note, but the person from the cabinet who came to pick up the note was still late, so he had to start working hard.

It was also at this time that Mingshen realized how far the distance between him and Yumin was - just like when he went to court and couldn't see Yumin, it was the distance between the ruler and his subjects.

He whispered: "One day I will be very close to brother Min, maybe I can join the cabinet."

Bu Yu beat him, and told him in a low voice: "Lord Ming, you are now the empress, and you married His Majesty on the third day of the first lunar month, do you remember?"

Ming Shen: "..."

The Clean and Official Department is currently counting the results of the Beijing inspection for the previous year, and Ming Shen, who jumped in line halfway, is naturally speechless.His immediate boss, Bu Yu, assigned him another task: clearing up official drafts, that is, to put forward preliminary opinions on how to deal with the memorial.

Originally, the cabinet took full power over the drafting of votes, but this year, the words and officials have become more and more verbal, and there have been more and more meaningless car wheels. The people's papers are deliberated, and the gossip is typed back, and the approved ones are sent to the draft.

The proposed members of the Qing Officials' Court were a small group, and some of them were still on their way to Beijing after the Chinese New Year, so Ming Shen was pulled over to be a strong man.

Ming Shen started to work.He read it for a long time, and felt that every letter was nonsense——take it apart and look at it, such as "I found a good book and recommended it to the emperor", "I heard that the emperor doesn't like to eat leeks, it's not good", "Is the emperor okay?" ? The recent Anzhe only has the word An, and the handwriting is vain, do you need a kidney-tonifying pill?"

Mingshen crossed them all, but Bu Yu circled them all, and told him: "As long as there are no repeated or wrong readings, they will be handed over to Zhongshu for review."

Bu Yu told him again that this is a high-end technique of playing Tai Chi with mud, try not to refute the memorial, and don't show any position, Ming Shen immediately understood: "Oh."

Later, he mastered the knack and knew how to judge.Later, I saw a note scolding Yumin for being extravagant: "I heard that the emperor would eat nine dishes in the morning, which is too extravagant." So Mingshen crossed it out without hesitation, knowing in his heart that this note would still be sent up, But in his heart he felt sorry for Yumin: his elder brother Min was so busy all day long that he would be scolded for eating nine stacks of side dishes.

After thinking about it, he reluctantly changed it to a circle, so as not to increase the workload for Bu Yu.

He decided to go to Yumin tomorrow and help him deal with these unnutritious notes.

Thinking about it carefully, he and Yumin haven't seen each other for three to five days.

On the other side, Bu Yu suddenly said: "The person who received the post from the cabinet has not yet come to report, and it will take several days for the copy of the memorial to be handed over to the cabinet. After a while, the names of the Jingcha will be sorted out. Mingshen, you represent me. Enter the palace and report to the emperor."

There were people coming and going around, but Bu Yu's tone was very steady, no one heard anything unusual, when Ming Shen looked over, he saw Bu Yu waved at him, and went on to write his dossier.