The highly pragmatic worker who sharpened his knife and chopped firewood was no joke. Three days later, he began to write.
He would not stop writing, but once he started writing, he could not stop writing. He stayed at his desk writing for half a month, still making the hospital his home. He even took baths in the Hanlin Academy, which can be said to be a waste of sleep and food.
Half a month later, he had completed all the tasks assigned to him. He spent another two days proofreading and the manuscript was completed.
After that, Gao Pragmatic began to fully exercise the power of editor-in-chief of the General Directorate. While urging the editors to speed up the progress, he also acted as a reviewer to help them correct mistakes.
Of course, he was relaxed, civilized, and pragmatic, and he did not exploit them. He also ordered his family to send some late-night snacks every night, and to bring good ginseng tea and other items, all at his own expense. Although all the Hanlin officials criticized Gao's pragmatism and strict requirements, they had to admit that this man was indeed generous. The rumors that he had a millionaire fortune seemed to be true.
In just one and a half months, the revised draft of the Ming Dynasty Conference was completed, breaking the record for the fastest revision of the previous editions. By the sixth day of July, Gao pragmatically submitted this manuscript to Chen Siyu, the academician of the Hanlin Academy, for review.
Chen Siyu was so surprised that he even asked twice, "Are you sure the manuscript has been completed?"
Gao pragmatically answered affirmatively, "The manuscript has indeed been completed and will be submitted to the Supreme Court for review."
Although Chen Siyu couldn't believe it, at this point, he could only accept the manuscript and review it himself.
This does not matter. In less than three months since Gao Pingshi took over as chief editor, he made a large number of corrections, additions and deletions to the previous draft of the Ming Dynasty Code. If the framework was not still there, Chen Siyu would almost think that this was the case. They are two completely different drafts.
In terms of details, this version of the Ming Dynasty Hui Dian is also much more rigorous. At least Chen Siyu even found more than a dozen mistakes-prone places. There are no mistakes in this draft. It not only explains in detail the changes and evolution of the system, but also details the changes and evolution of the system. He even pointed out the reasons for these changes and evolutions concisely and concisely, which can be said to be a very impressive skill.
Although Chen Siyu has always had prejudices against Gao Pangshi, the direct descendant of the Practical Learning Sect, he has to admit that this son's rigorous scholarship and efficiency in work are actually the only person that Chen Siyu has seen in his twenty-year official career. .
In this case, then submit the manuscript to the cabinet. The cabinet has urged it several times. Although it should be a routine urging, it cannot be ignored. It is better to submit it early than not to submit it late.
"He is worthy of being ranked number six, he is indeed a prime minister."
This is the unanimous evaluation given by the three vice presidents of Huidian Compilation, Shen Shixing, Yu Youding and Xu Guo, after reviewing this draft.
On July 19, the Ming Dynasty Ceremony was presented to the emperor.
The next day, the emperor had Zhu's approval to promulgate and send it to Nanjing for archival purposes. Two pounds of fresh persimmons each were given to Mr. Guo, the assistant minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and his assistant ministers, who were also responsible for the compilation and editing of the canon.
The next day, the Ministry of Rites submitted the notes on the ceremonies of the Ming Dynasty. On the first day, the table table was set up in the east of Danbi in the Huangji Hall, the book table was set up in Danqi, the Baoyu Xiang Pavilion was set up, and the Zhonghe Shaole was set up in front of the History Museum. And great happiness as usual.
Early that morning, Jin Yiwei set up a lu book drive, compiled official equipment, court clothes, held books and placed them in a treasure cart.
The emperor was dressed in a leather bean suit and was in the Imperial Palace. The official guide of Honglu Temple welcomed Baoyu, covered it with drums and music umbrellas, compiled and repaired the official, followed Yao'er Bridge, walked to Yao's left gate of Huangji Hall, entered Danqi, held the book in the library and placed it on the case. When the music stopped, Baoyu Xiangting Pavilion retreated, and the official of Honglu Temple played the deacon to salute. After that, he asked for promotion to the palace. The conductor plays music in front of the conductor.
The emperor's imperial palace was filled with civil and military officials, each with their own service teams. The joy stops and the whip is sounded. The editor-in-chief joined the class and enjoyed composing.
The official of Honglu Temple praised "bowing down four times" to be happy, calm and happy.
Praise for the music of "Enter the Book", and the preface class held the calligraphy case to show the middle way. Promotion, official promotion from left to right.
The preface class placed the calligraphy table in the hall, enjoying themselves. Entering the east gate of Ban Guan Yao Hall, he praised "kneel down" in front of the case.
The editors and editors all knelt down and enjoyed the composition. They praised "prone" and were happy, flat and happy.
The class officer was reset and praised the music of "Enter the Biao".
The preface class raised the table and placed it in the hall, enjoying themselves.
Like "declaration" and "kneel down"
Honglu Temple's exhibition, announcement, and completion.
Praise for "prostrate", excitement, and music.
Praise the "Four Bows" for prosperity, peace of mind, and happiness.
The preface class holds table cases and writing cases slightly east of the hall, and the clerk who enters and retreats to the east class to serve. All civil and military officials entered the class and bowed as usual.
Once the ceremony was completed, the Ming Dynasty Ceremony was officially promulgated to the world.
When Gao Jingshi and other editors returned to the Hanlin Academy, everyone was talking about it. They all thought that the speed and success of the compilation was really due to the talent of Gao Jingshi, the chief editor.
Previously, everyone thought that the origin of Gao Pingshi, the sixth number one scholar, was a little unfair. It was probably caused by the emperor's concern for his companions. However, after this nearly three-month revision, the nobles of the Imperial Academy had nothing to say anymore. So they all thanked Gao pragmatically.
I have to thank you. After several years of compilation, the code was successfully completed in less than three months after arriving at the General Directorate of Gao Pragmatic Affairs. This is the credit of Qi Qi’s promotion to the next level. To put it bluntly, it’s free of charge. It's worth it.
Gao Pangshi knew the inside story of this matter, so he did not take credit for it. Instead, he kept thanking his colleagues for their great help. In his words, it was his colleagues, including other colleagues who had previously participated in the compilation, who accounted for 90% of the success. Jiu's credit was actually that someone higher than him took advantage of everyone.
Originally, the transferred old editors and editors were a little angry and resentful when they saw that the ceremony was actually compiled and issued in three months. They always felt that they were the ones who worked hard to plant trees, but their descendants came to take advantage of it. Now I heard Gao Gao After saying this pragmatically, I somewhat relieved my anger.
Gao Pragmatic also said that he could not repay the work of his seniors and colleagues, so he had to invite everyone to Wanglong Tower for a casual meal to express his gratitude.
Now everyone is even happier. Although the Hanlin officials are noble, they do not have enough money. Of course, we are not people who rely on regular salaries. Our daily expenses mainly rely on allowances such as firewood, soap, silver, and Zhitang silver.
For example, Gao Wuzhen is now a sixth-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, and his monthly salary is eight stones. However, these eight stones have never been given to him since the Hongwu Year. , that is, one stone of rice per month, more than two taels of silver, and a few rags and silk. Gao is very pragmatic, and he has never received his salary until now.
But with this little money, the Ministry of Revenue, which has been short of money in the past few years, often deducted, defaulted, or even refused to pay. Later in Ming history, it was said that "official salaries have never been as thin as this since ancient times."
In fact, this is not entirely correct, because in addition to regular salaries, officials in the Ming Dynasty also received many other subsidies and subsidies. In terms of firewood, firewood, soap and silver, as a sixth-rank official, Gao Pragmatic could dispatch four civilian servants for free. Later, the court converted the hired servants into money, one tael per person per month, and four people were equal to four taels.
This is equivalent to the court giving you four taels of silver every month. Logically speaking, you are allowed to use it to hire servants, but in fact it is up to you whether to hire servants. This money is released by the Ministry of War every month. People like Gao Pragmatic have a lot of servants at home. They have to hire servants and there are officials who save money. They don’t hire servants at all. This money is not saved. Out
In addition to Chaixinzao silver, there is also Zhitang silver. The so-called Zhitang Yin means that for each yamen, the imperial court stipulates the number of officials and servants in the Zhitang, and then allocates salary according to this number.
The way here is very simple. After that, each government office deliberately hired fewer officials and gave the saved money to the officials, which was called Zhitangyin. The amount of Zhitang silver per month ranges from one tael to a few taels, or even more than a dozen taels. In short, it all depends on the income-generating ability of each yamen. This money was equivalent to the unit bonus in later generations, and was put into the hands of officials by various yamen.
Since these two sums of money did not go to the Ministry of Accounts, they were easily overlooked by people, thinking that the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was only regular salary. In fact, as far as Gao Pangshi knew, the worst officials in their Hanlin Academy could earn hundreds of taels a year.
But an annual income of hundreds of taels is not enough to spend money at Wanglong Tower. That place is one of the most expensive restaurants for banquets in the capital, and the location is good, especially the top floor of the Accord. It is said that you can see the cornices of the Huangji Palace. , so it’s called “Wanglong Tower”.
Eating in this gold-selling cave-like place and having a drink for two people will cost you 40 to 50 taels. If you are a friend and have a meal and have a few drinks, one or two hundred taels of silver will be enough to wave goodbye to you, so you are very pragmatic. After this move, no matter what everyone said, they were still willing to accept his love.
Two days later, the report of meritorious service proposed by the cabinet to the emperor was approved by Zhu Yijun.
First, in terms of the cabinet, Guo Pu was added as Taifu, Zhang Siwei was added as Shaoshi, Shen Shixing was added as Prince Taishi, Yu Youding and Xu Guo were added as Prince Taifu, but the remaining officials remained unchanged.
As for the Hanlin Academy, it's the big head. First, Chen Siyu, the Young Master of Zhan Shifu and the Imperial Academy's Bachelor of Science, was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. Now when you see Chen Siyu, you can no longer call him a Bachelor of the Academy, but Shao Zongbo. .
Accompanying this appointment was another appointment, which was to promote Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude and Chen Jingbang to the post of bachelor's degree in charge of the academy and still serve as a lecturer on Jingyanri.
Chen Jingbang is an old acquaintance of Gao pragmatism. He has been Zhu Yijun's daily lecturer since the Longqing period, and he is also Gao pragmatism's teacher. However, at that time, he was just an editor of the Hanlin Academy. Over the years, he has been promoted all the way, and finally reached the stage where he is a bachelor's student and takes charge of the affairs of the academy. Generally speaking, the next step is probably to be a minister of a certain department. His future is relatively clear, which is gratifying. .
Next it was the turn of Gao pragmatism and Gao Xiuzhuan. His appointment was "to be promoted to the Hanlin Academy to compile Gao pragmatism. Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude was still a former official and served as a lecturer on scriptures and banquets."
In fact, this sentence should be broken, because there are three meanings. He was promoted to Zuo Chunfang and Zuo Yude, and continued to serve as editor and editor of the Hanlin Academy, serving as a lecturer at banquets and banquets.
This is amazing, and it’s not even just a matter of upgrading two levels in a row.
Zuo Yude of Zuo Chunfang was promoted from the fifth rank, and from the sixth rank of Hanlin Academy, Zuo Yude was promoted to Zuo Yude from the sixth rank. It was indeed two levels in a row. There is no problem. It is relatively rare to continue to serve as editor of the Hanlin Academy, but it is not a big problem. The big problem is that he has become a lecturer.
It is extremely rare for a person to be a Jinshi to directly serve as an official. For example, Chen Jingbang, the newly appointed head of the Hanlin Academy, was favored by Gao Gong, a distinguished teacher in the 44th year of Jiajing's 44th year, and was able to serve as the Prince's Jingfengri Lecturer, but that was only the second year of Longqing.
As for Gao pragmatism, this scholar who was a Jinshi had only been working in the Hanlin Academy for three months, and he was actually working as a full-time official.
You must know that being a full-time official is not only to be valued by the emperor, but also has a prerequisite, which is cabinet nomination. There are two situations for cabinet nomination.
The first is that the assistant directly nominates, which is nothing to say. Even the assistant has the power to recommend ministers to the cabinet, let alone nominating officials on the same day.
Second, several ministers raised their hands to vote. Now there are five people in the cabinet. When voting by a show of hands, more than three votes count as cabinet recommendation.
The problem is that Gao Pragmatic estimates that Teacher Guo will not take the initiative to nominate himself as a lecturer on Jingyanri so early, so his recommendation by the cabinet should be a decision made by a cabinet minister and then voted by the cabinet.
And the cabinet minister who made the motion should not be his uncle Zhang Siwei. He would definitely consider avoiding suspicion. Who could it be?
Could it be Xu Guo? He should be very likely. He is both Sanbo's disciple and his teacher when he was a companion.
It seems that I need to find out.
