The 16th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Taiguang

Just after the Lantern Festival, Ma Jin convened all the middle and high-level officials of the compilation hall of the "Qiankun Ceremony" and held the first meeting.

Because the Ministry of Works had not had time to start construction at the compilation hall of the "Qiankun Encyclopedia", Ma Jin placed the location of this council meeting in the original compilation hall of the "Geographical Chronicles" in Chaoyang Lane.

At the same time, because the compilation hall of the "Qiankun Ceremony" could not be built for a while, after asking Yan Yi, Ma Jin temporarily placed the office location of the compilation hall in the original compilation hall of the "Geographical Chronicle" and moved it into the new yamen after the completion of the work department.

So, just yesterday, it was the Lantern Festival of the second year of Taiguang. The plaque on the compilation hall of the Geographical Chronicles was officially changed, and the three words "Geographical Chronicles" in front became the four words "Canton Chronicles".

Moreover, because this place is very close to the future editorial hall of the "Qiankun Encyclopedia", in the future, this temporary office location is likely to be directly incorporated into the future editorial hall of the future editorial hall.

In other words, the compilation hall of "Dagan Customs, Humanities, and Geography" that stood in Chaoyang Lane for five years has become history yesterday...

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Editorial Hall

The officials had already arrived and each sat down, waiting for the final appearance of the chief Ma Jin.

A moment later, Ma Jin was wearing a purple official uniform and a pheasant embroidered on his chest, which symbolized his identity as a second-rank civil servant, and walked in with a light step.

As soon as Ma Jin appeared, the officials sitting in the hall also stood up and greeted Ma Jin together under the leadership of the two deputy chief editors.

"I've seen the adults."

"You guys don't have to be too polite, just sit down."

Ma Jin walked to the main seat, bowed to the officials around him to show his return, and spoke up to everyone to sit down.

Although Ma Jin was kind to him, his boss stood, and everyone dared not sit down directly. Until Ma Jin realized everyone's thoughts and sat peacefully in the main seat, the officials gave in to each other and sat back to their seats.

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After everyone sat down, Ma Jin took the initiative to chat for a few more words, and everyone held them together. After a few greetings and clichés, Ma Jin also talked about the serious matter.

"Our yamen is newly established, and this is the first time that we have held a meeting of deliberations. There is no constitution for details. I thought about it privately and simply don't do any serious meetings.

Before the editing of books officially begins, let’s take a relaxing opportunity to come to a group council within the compilation hall.

Today I will gather here, and you can speak freely. If you have any good suggestions for our compilation library’s future work, you might as well just talk at the meeting. I and the two deputy chief editors are here, so you can also discuss this.

Don’t be restrained or burdened. Even if there is any inappropriate opinion, it doesn’t matter. I said that this time it is not a serious discussion on official business. Everyone will be happy and smile and pass by.

Of course, if you really have any good opinions, as long as it is beneficial to our compilation library, my official will directly adopt it, or even if it is very beneficial, my official will report to the emperor and remember it for you."

As soon as Ma Jin said this, some slight commotion appeared in the hall, and many officials couldn't help discussing Ma Jin's words with colleagues he knew.

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Regarding this phenomenon, Ma Jin smiled and said nothing. Leng Qingshu frowned but didn't say anything. Instead, Liu Motian, who was beside him, glanced at Ma Jin's expression, and felt moved. He slapped the back of the chair with his hand and scolded the officials loudly.

"Don't you dare to make noise in front of you, shut up."

There were one officials sitting there, including Ma Jin. No one expected that on the first day of the yamen discussion, Liu Motian, the deputy chief editor who was not very concerned at first, actually showed his presence in front of everyone, and took advantage of a little reason to get angry.

In fact, there are many officials in the compilation hall who are not very old and have simple qualifications, and seem to be based on the relationship of "not showing off", and they are not very awe-inspiring, or even don't take it seriously at all and look down on it.

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In the hearts of everyone in the compilation hall, Ma Jin, the chief editor, is undoubtedly the boss of the yamen. He is the only one who has to be honest in his official position or status, and he dare not be slackened at all.

Going further down, Leng Qingshu, the second-in-command in the compilation hall, let alone the master's qualifications, everyone dare not be arrogant in front of him.

The bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the stern leader, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites, just picked out one of them, all of which were they who could not afford to provoke, let alone the old friendship between Leng Qingshu and Ma Jin. According to rumors inside the editorial hall, Deputy Chief Executive Leng was the general whom Lord Ma personally ordered to the emperor. Lord Ma regarded him as his right-hand man and who dared to be a pig?

After adding up twice, who dared to provoke him as if he had lost his heart...

The three chief editors and editors, Ma and Leng, were able to convince the public in terms of identity and qualifications, but only Liu Motian did not convince the people below.

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Even in the eyes of some officials with extreme attitudes, Liu Motian is just a vase, and when he comes to compile the museum, he is a gilded relative. He relies on his "good fate" to occupy a high position. Anyone with a slightly higher spirit will naturally feel uncomfortable when he sees himself as a subordinate for such a person who is not compatible with his morality.

However, this matter was decided by the emperor today. No matter how dissatisfied everyone, they could only complain in private and dare not discuss it in person. However, this does not mean that everyone is afraid of Liu Motian's "vas".

You have to say that Liu Motian was honestly working as his vase, without any interference, and received his own share when he was equally divided, making a fortune in silence. Even if everyone was dissatisfied, they could tolerate it. After all, who told them not to have a "good father"?

But not only did Liu Motian not make a fortune honestly, but instead regarded himself as their boss, jumped out and shouted at them, and was domineering.

Who can stand this?

If Emperor Jingkang was still in power, with his support, no matter how he did this identity, no matter how much Liu Motian did, everyone would not dare to offend him and swallowed his anger. But now the key point is that Emperor Jingkang has passed away and Yan Yi is in power.

The father has passed away. No matter how filial the son of the successor is, he cannot treat his illegitimate son as a brother. He does not treat him as a gangster. This is considered generous and unwilling to care about it.

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Although the officials were not very clear about Yan Yi's specific senses of Liu Motian, they could not resist the general guess that Yan Yi was a little disliked.

Otherwise, Yan Yi would have ignored the recent rumors in the court and the exclusion Liu was in Honglu Temple after Emperor Jingkang's first death, so he would let it go.

Moreover, another point is that although Yan Yi directly promoted Liu Motian to three levels and gave him such an important position as the deputy chief editor of the compilation hall of the "Qiankun Encyclopedia", he seemed to be very concerned about Liu, but in fact, the more Yan Yi did this, the more he took Liu Motian on the fire.

If Yan Yizhen wanted to take care of Liu Motian, he would not have been so rude and directly promoted to three levels in a row, which would have caused dissatisfaction among the ministers. Instead, he should have arranged his promotion step by step, just like Emperor Jingkang did at the time.

Now that I do this, I guess in addition to wanting to directly fulfill Emperor Jing Kang's last wish, Yan Yi may also have some ideas to rectify Liu Motian, the "good brother"...
Chapter completed!