Being an official in the Ming Dynasty had three levels of importance.

The third class is for those who have a Jinshi background, and those who excel in learning will lead to officialdom. The Jinshi's background is naturally very important, but it is listed in the third class because it is not that important.

For example, Yan Shifan, who was only a supervisor, was able to become a minister of the Sixth Department.

Or perhaps the current Luo Fengxiang was just born in Juren, and relying on Yang Bo's path, he was able to become a young minister of Dali Temple with Chen Dong, a young man born in Yijia.

Therefore, the second most important thing is to support party members and friends.

Of course, having noble people to support you in your official career is something you can only encounter but cannot ask for. Most people don't have connections like Yan Song or Yang Bo. After all, they have their own children, nieces, and sons-in-law.

One's birth cannot come through hard work.

Therefore, there is the so-called first-class importance, being able to rely on oneself.

That is, fame!

Although in the Ming Dynasty there was no longer a saying about promoting filial piety and integrity and promoting talents, the role of reputation now has a new form of expression.

It was precisely because Wang Shizhen was so famous in the literary world that the late emperor gave Wang Shizhen, who had been a commoner for seven years, a favor and pardoned his father's crimes.

Similarly, Lu Shusheng resigned from office many times, and his reputation in the Qing Dynasty became more and more prosperous. Now he can occupy the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Even if he does not come to take up the post at all, no courtier will say anything wrong.

Historically, he was highly regarded by scholars because "in the sixty-fourth year of his ascension, his official rank was not as high as one."

Of course, there are also positive examples, and that is Hai Rui.

He often offends his superiors and remonstrates with his father, almost becoming the embodiment of morality, and no one in the court can challenge him.

These people have accumulated a good reputation in different ways and through different channels, intentionally or unintentionally, and then gained influence in the officialdom that far exceeds their official positions.

Even if these famous people disappear for a while, the officials will always remember them and appear on the emperor's desk when recommending worthy persons.

Therefore, this is also the direction that most officials today are striving to go further.

For example, Wang Daokun, the minister of visual reading, who also held literary meetings and loved associations.

Or Tu Xiying, the minister of Honglu Temple, who "can give up being an official for a day, but cannot stop learning for a day."

Of course, these are too complicated for most people to play.

Therefore, the more common way is to cater to colleagues and gain reputation with the emperor and ministers.

Wang Shizhen ridiculed Yan Song back then, and Hai Rui bluntly said he was guilty, so it was natural that he could gain prestige.

The imperial staff's cutting of records shocked the world. It was almost an assembly line for court officials in this era.

Those who can commit the crime are the true heroes!

Those who have little ability offend the court officials, such as Tan Lun, Wang Guoguang, and Zhao Zhenji.

The emperor dared to eat at the banquet when he was sick, he dared to cough due to lung disease during the court meeting, and he did not take a nap while sitting at work. Don't worry about how small the matter is, and then scold him.

Those who have great ability will offend the cabinet, such as Yan Song, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng.

Corruption, power grabbing, monopolization, don’t care if there are any of these things, just hear about it! Don’t care if the dictatorship was deliberately delegated by the emperor, check for leaks and fill the gaps!

It’s your cabinet that’s being criticized! What are the seven deadly sins and the ten deadly sins? They’re all about fame.

And those who are outstanding and have the highest ability will naturally offend the emperor.

There's a lot more that can be said.

Shizong was a ruthless person. In order to avoid this kind of thing, he would beat people to death directly, which would make his ears more clean.

The late emperor was different, he was soft-tempered.

Therefore, in order to take advantage of Emperor Mu Zong's royal stick, the court officials scolded him extremely unpleasantly and only said, "Be careful not to die on a woman's belly."

Path dependencies cannot be changed for a while.

As long as you can get affirmation and approval from your colleagues after committing a crime, there will always be people who keep doing this kind of thing.

Naturally, it was inevitable for the Wanli Dynasty to have people test the waters.

It is time for Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing, who are kneeling outside the Wenhua Hall today, to work hard for their reputation.

It is precisely because Zhu Yijun is very aware of the twists and turns involved.

Therefore, he did not use the power of his blood to control the imperial staff, but rather thoughtfully added clothes to others.

Not only that, when Zhu Yijun appeared outside the Wenhua Palace, he entered the scene faster than the people outside the palace.

More than a dozen common people lined up in a row, with Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing leading the way. They knelt under the steps of Wenhua Palace and bowed their heads to ask for the performance.

When they finally heard that the emperor had come forward, everyone was ready to make a move and started to make noise.

Zhu Yijun climbed down the stairs.

"His Majesty."

"His Majesty."

Some were sad and angry, some were choked with sobs, some were sincere, and they all saluted.

Zhu Yijun swept through the crowd of common people.

I can’t help but sigh, everyone is doing great, everyone is doing great!

Needless to say, Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing were the two characters who used their reputation as teachers of Zhang Juzheng in history.

As a student, I directly denounced Zhang Juzheng for violating the ethical principles - not observing filial piety is a violation of ethical principles, and students scolding teachers is naturally a contingency.

The two are also known as "those who dare to criticize and admonish".

At the Sutra banquet just now, he might as well be giving Zhang Juzheng a vaccination.

It’s not easy to use a king or a father, so don’t take your identity as the master’s teacher too seriously, lest you get angry.

Huang Hongxian in the back is also an old acquaintance, but his methods of raising hopes are much more classic than those of the first two.

Last year, when a comet passed by, I read a book called "Be Careful in Friendship and Practice to Respond to God's Will" to let myself reflect and learn from my past mistakes.

Although I don’t know what my past mistakes were as I was only eleven years old at that time, but anyway, I gained a lot of reputation by this guy.

I heard that a while ago memorials were printed and distributed everywhere.

In addition to this person, there is also Li Shengchun kneeling next to Huang Hongxian, who is also a hero.

Although there are no signs of it now, it unfortunately has not passed the test of history.

Historically, when Wanli wanted to collect commercial taxes, Li Shengchun, then governor of Baoding, petitioned the emperor not to compete with the people for profit.

Later, the censor discovered that this guy was setting up a card to intercept and secretly collect business taxes in the local area.

These people are now kneeling outside the Wenhua Palace. Zhu Yijun becomes more and more happy as he looks at them.

I'm afraid they hit it off immediately and came here to gain reputation.

Zhu Yijun glanced at him roughly, without squinting, and said sincerely: "You are upright and righteous. In all matters related to the country, you must base your opinions on what is right. If you don't want to do something you don't want, even if you show your dignity, you can't avoid it."

"This is the character I should have as a Jinshi."

No one dared to say anything.

Shen Shixing glanced at the emperor, wouldn't he impeach himself?

After Zhu Yijun said this, he stretched out his hands, one to the left and the other to the right, to personally help Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing up.

"Zhao Qing, Wu Qing, please get up quickly. Regarding Xiong Dunpu's matter, I will definitely give him justice later."

"The second minister was so unyielding that he remonstrated with Yan Zhizhi. I am very relieved."

"Come to Xiyuan tomorrow and teach the scholar in the middle school."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone showed joy. Zhao and Wu looked at each other, their eyes full of excitement.

This result is not bad. You can gain reputation by speaking out and being open-minded.

Moreover, the people in Zhongshushe today are different from before.

In the past, I was a supervisory officer and a benefactor official. I was promoted to the position and did boring clerical work. My status was not high and it was completely inconsistent with my status as a Jinshi.

But since Jinshang moved to Xiyuan, the status of the people in Zhongshushe has been changed to Longevity Palace and Wenhua Palace, and their status is very different!

Regardless of anything else, just the treatment of being "same as studying in the Hanlin Academy" immediately made the people in Zhongshushe feel better.

Being able to serve the emperor and hold a certain amount of authority will not delay his qualifications for the Hanlin Academy. Where can I find such a good thing?

And the rate of promotion has been significantly accelerated.

Deng Yizan, who ranked third in the first class, was promoted to Zuo Chunfang and Zuo Zhongyun after serving for one year.

Zheng Zongxue, who ranked in the top 105, is now a professor and a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy.

The position of Zhongshu Sheren has inexplicably increased.

Now it’s handed over to me!

The bet was right!

Zhao and Wu were overjoyed and quickly thanked them and were about to say something.

I saw that the emperor had let go of him and walked towards Li Shengchun and Huang Hongxian.
To be continued...