Rise From the Humble

When Zhu Pingan caught the big fish with his pole, the wind and rain that had been falling for a day in the capital gradually stopped, and the moist mist filled the capital. The trees and flowers after the rain were looming in the mist, like a fairyland, and the Ming Dynasty was like singing and dancing. .

At this time, the memorial that Zhu Pingan submitted to the Secretary of Transportation before leaving caused quite a stir.

At first, Zhu Ping'an's memorial was not conspicuous among a bunch of memorials praising his virtues. The left and right counselors of the General Administration Department who were responsible for the preliminary review of the memorial were numb. The memorials that were opened were all praising virtues and there was nothing noteworthy about them. This pile of memorials was found in more than ten volumes, so the left and right counselors of the General Affairs Department did not open them one by one for verification and just reviewed them.

The left and right counselors sorted the memorials according to the rank of the officials who submitted the memorial. After arranging the memorials, they were submitted to the superior for review according to the procedures. After review by the superior, they were forwarded to the cabinet.

There are thirty-eight memorials handed in this time, all arranged in order according to level.

"Hey, there is actually a memorial of a sixth-rank official here. Really, why would a low-ranking official of the sixth rank join in the fun?" After the left counselor of the Department of General Affairs sorted the order, he found that the lowest-ranked memorial was only a sixth-rank official. The surprise was more disdain and ridicule.

The youngest officials in the memorial just reviewed were all senior officials of the fourth rank. This was almost always the case in the past reviews. Now that I saw the memorial from Zhu Ping'an, a sixth-rank sesame official, I couldn't help but find it a bit ridiculous.

During the holidays, it is customary for you, those of you who are in the sixth or seventh grade, to send memorials of congratulations.

Why are you joining in the fun now? Really, I don’t even think about my identity.

"Another one who has sharpened his head and wants to take advantage of opportunities." The right counselor of the General Affairs Department also shook his head, with a mocking expression on his face, "It seems that every year there are one or two stupid young people who want to use this to get into power, but they don't know This kind of mistakes are gone, and at most they are just the word 'read', and they will eventually sink into the sea."

For the left and right councilors, there are a few such small official excerpts almost every year. They are all written to praise virtues, auspicious things, etc., hoping to be appreciated and reused by the emperor. However, the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny. This kind of memorials praising your virtues has gone out in the sea, and it is much bigger than your official position. This kind of memorials from small officials are like a drop of water falling into the sea. When they are sent to the cabinet, it is just a word. Your Majesty, this is The discounts are also made up by people’s votes without even looking at them.

There are many stupid young people with beautiful dreams, but none of them have ever been promoted because of them. They have always been a flower in the well.

"Hey, Zhu Pingan? This name seems familiar."

"The names of the officials we saw are all unknown. Maybe they are the people who asked for your help."

"That's right, who cares? For this kind of person, forget it, let him hit the south wall and wake up." Councilor Zuo shook his head and laughed, then handed the memorial to the clerk beside him and ordered him to report the memorial. To General Political History.

The General Affairs Envoy is the highest chief executive of the General Affairs Department, with the third rank (responsible for accepting internal and external chapters, filing memorials and refutations). When the memorial was delivered, the general envoy was working overtime to write Qing Ci. This Qing Ci was assigned by Mr. Yan Ge and he needed to write it before getting off work today and hand it over to Mr. Yan Ge.

In addition, every time Emperor Jiajing held a religious ceremony, there were a bunch of excerpts praising his virtues, and there was nothing to pay attention to. Moreover, it is also out of trust in the councilors below. The officials below have reviewed it, so I don’t have to worry about it. The Qing Ci explained by Yan Ge is still important. So as soon as this batch of memorials was delivered, the general ambassador waved his hand and asked someone to register and seal them and send them to the cabinet for processing.

Therefore, Zhu Ping'an's memorial was mixed in with this batch of memorials praising his virtues. After being registered and sealed, it was directly submitted to the cabinet.

The purpose of registering memorials was to prevent powerful officials from seizing the memorials privately. This was a system established when Xia Yan, the previous chief minister, was in office. All memorials submitted to the cabinet must be handled by cabinet officials and cannot be withheld or confiscated without permission.

The memorial was uneventful in the General Affairs Department, but caused an uproar in the cabinet.

The cabinet was not only composed of Yan Song and the other cabinet ministers, but also had some auxiliary officials. This batch of memorials reached the hands of the auxiliary officials first.

The previous memorials were all about praising virtues, with different kinds of praises. When it came to Zhu Ping'an's memorial, the officials responsible for inspecting it were the same as the officials from the General Affairs Department. They smiled disdainfully, and the junior officials also came to join in the fun. .

"Oh, Zhu Pingan, this is the champion this time, let's see how the champion sings his praises." The official in charge smiled and opened Zhu Pingan's memorial.

After just one glance, the smile on the official's face disappeared and suddenly became serious.

"Mr. Dong, what's wrong with you?" Another official was curious.

The official surnamed Dong did not say anything and passed the memorial to the curious official. When the official received the memorial and looked at it, his expression suddenly changed.

Impeaching a hundred households is nothing, but this involves killing a good person and taking credit for it! Moreover, the war involved was the Gengxu Incident. Last year's war was a fresh scar on the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a scar that caused Emperor Jiajing to lose face.

In addition, this war involves many people.

The Gengxu Incident caused Ming Dynasty to lose all face. Finally, after the Anda soldiers withdrew, the local generals beheaded more than a hundred Anda soldiers, which allowed Ming Dynasty to save some face.

At least that's what the ruling and opposition parties think.

Moreover, the memorial to plead for credit for the generals who beheaded Anda Bing was personally approved by the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Mr. Yan Songyan. In addition, this matter also involves the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel and other departments. In my impression, there seemed to be a Baihu who had made great contributions and was directly promoted several levels. Well, could it be the person who was impeached?

Although it is only the impeachment of one hundred households, the implications are huge and this is a hot potato.

At this time, Mr. Dong and others were full of complaints against the officials of the General Affairs Department. What does the General Affairs Department do? How could such a memorial be uploaded to the cabinet so quickly? They must suppress it no matter what, and wait until the aftermath is dealt with. When uploading the cabinet, you must at least leave enough time.

Verification, review, proofreading, any excuse of your General Affairs Department can take up to ten days and a half.

That's good for you. You handed over the memorial the day before yesterday!

There was no way, the matter was urgent, Master Dong and the others did not dare to delay. With fear, they specially selected Zhu Ping'an's memorial and delivered it to the mansion where the cabinet ministers were staying.

While waiting outside, they heard a faint sound of banging on the table from the room. Master Dong and others who were waiting outside were heartbroken by the sound.

Alas, it’s going to be cloudy again!