"Five Elements Chronicles" said: Jun does not think about the road, and the disaster burns the palace. The husband is the Taoist, respects the heavens and the ancestors, is pro-virtuous and far away, has little desire to protect himself, and is only cautious and virtuous......"

"Your Majesty loves the concubine, so you should treat it well. Today, all of them are too noble concubines to be canonized, and Your Majesty is therefore dependent on her faults, why does Your Majesty entrust your concubine to the world......"

"Your Majesty tried to introspect himself, but if you have no desire, you have little desire? Yuyun: 'Don't hear it, don't do it'. Your Majesty should be self-reflective and cultivate ......"

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Su Hao, who was dressed in a peacock suit, stood in the court, listening to a group of ministers quoting scriptures and spitting and arguing, and he only felt extremely bored. In his previous life, he hadn't participated in long and tedious meetings, but in those meetings, he could at least sneak around and fall asleep. And in this court, there are countless pairs of eyes looking for fault all the time, and if someone finds out that he has any disrespectful expression, I am afraid that another storm of criticism will come at him.

After the end of the Battle of Ningxia, Su Hao facilitated the cooperation between Ningxia Wei and Bu Lost Rabbit and Zhuli Rabbit, which made the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty obtain rare tranquility, and also found a way to make money for the ministers of the court. These achievements enabled him to finally win the approval of the courtiers, and everyone no longer cared about his relationship with the eunuch Li Long. Wanli took the opportunity to promote Su Hao to an official position and appointed him as the imperial history of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and an official of the fourth grade, which was close to the edge of high-level officials.

Due to the outstanding performance of the survey battalion in the first battle of Ningxia, the military headquarters further expanded the establishment of the survey battalion, bringing it to a scale of nearly 5,000 people. Su Hao continued to serve as the chief general of the Kanyu battalion as the chief military officer, and Deng Kui obtained the title of general and served as the deputy general of the Kanyu battalion.

On the orders of the Ministry of War, the Survey Battalion dispatched more than a dozen detachments to the nine sides to carry out map surveying and mapping work. These detailed layered and colored topographic maps surveyed and mapped by them played a positive role in consolidating the border defense of the Ming Dynasty.

The survey camp was engaged in surveying and mapping, eating and sleeping in the open air, and the conditions were very difficult. When Su Hao reached his current level, he naturally didn't need to bow down to everything, and followed the officers and soldiers to climb and fight. He returned to the capital with the command department of the survey camp, coordinated various affairs in the center, and lived a comfortable life with his mother and the two ladies of Han Qian and Lu Xiuer.

After returning to the capital, the only thing that made Su Hao feel uncomfortable was that as a court official, he had to attend the court meeting every day. At first, he also felt that it was a great achievement to be able to participate in such a regular meeting at the central level. After going to the court, he found that the topics that everyone argued about at the court meeting every day were basically boring trivial matters without oil and salt. The ministers were not so much discussing national affairs as they were showing off their academic skills and killing time.

"Mr. Wang, do you talk about these idle things every day at the court meeting?"

When he came out of the court meeting, Su Hao quietly pulled the newly appointed cabinet chief assistant Wang Xijue and asked him about the unspoken rules in the court. In the past period of time, there have also been some changes in the personnel in the imperial court, Shen Shixing has become a minister due to physical reasons, and Wang Xijue has become the first assistant. In addition, Wang Yiyu, the secretary of the military department, passed away, and Shi Xing, the original secretary of the household department, took over his position and became the top boss of the Kanyu battalion.

"Not every day." Wang Xijue said, "Sometimes the things discussed by the ministers can still be related to the national economy and people's livelihood. ”

"How boring is this, can't you do something worthwhile with this time?" Su Hao muttered.

Wang Xijue smiled: "Change, you still have to learn the knowledge on this career." You think what they say is boring, but you don't know that there is a lot of meaning in everyone's words. Through these words, you can know who is in the same party and who is having trouble with whom. If you can't figure out the relationship between them, if you want to be a good official in the court, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult. ”

"Uh...... Forget it, I'd better go back and lead my soldiers, this kind of officer, students really can't be here. Su Hao retreated.

Wang Xijue knew Su Hao's surname, and he didn't bother to reprimand him. In Wang Xijue's opinion, Su Hao is still young, and it is normal to be a little rebellious, and when he continues to sharpen himself in the officialdom for a while, he will mature. Su Hao's talent and enterprising spirit are very appreciated by Wang Xijue, and he is willing to open a protective umbrella for Su Hao in this complicated officialdom.

The two of them chatted while walking, and after leaving the Chengtian Gate, Wang Xijue went to the Ministry of Officials to do business, and Su Hao went to the Criminal Department. Su Hao's current title is the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he nominally has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, but for no reason, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not go to trouble the hundred officials, so this position can be regarded as an idle errand.

Yesterday, Shen Yaozhong of the Criminal Department sent a letter to Su Hao, saying that the Criminal Department had confiscated a map made by a demon, which was very strange, and he wanted to ask Su Hao to identify it. Su Hao happened to be idle today, so he stopped by the Criminal Department to take a look.

Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate also has the responsibility of judicial supervision, Su Hao is familiar with the officials of the Criminal Department. As soon as he walked into the gate of the Criminal Department, a scribe greeted him and greeted him warmly: "Yo, it turned out to be Su Tongdu, I don't know which gust of wind blew you here." ”

The scribe who greeted him was almost 60 years old, but he still called Su Hao, who was in his early 20s, "you old", and Su Hao is now used to this title. He smiled at the scribe and said, "It's Lao Zhang, may I ask if Shen Langzhong is there?" ”

"Su Tong is polite, how dare the villain call an old word in front of Su Yandu? In the future, you can call the villain Xiao Zhang. The old scribe said with a smile on his face: "Shen Langzhong is waiting for you, the little one will take you over." ”

"Then it's going to trouble Scribe Zhang." Su Hao said, took out a palm-sized silver-edged small round mirror from his arms, handed it to the old scribe, and said: "By the way, I heard that your granddaughter is going out of the cabinet a few days ago, and I don't have any gifts for her. ”

The old scribe hurriedly took the mirror and said, "Ouch, the little granddaughter's matter actually makes Su Yan think about it, it's really a villain." On the day of the little granddaughter's wedding, if Su Yan was not busy, please take the time to enjoy the light and drink a glass of wedding wine, and the villain asked the little granddaughter to come out to salute her Grandpa Su's wine. ”

Grandpa Su...... Su Hao couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his head, there was no way, this is how the seniority was calculated, and he had no choice but to refuse.

A scribe like this in the yamen is 108,000 miles away from Su Hao in terms of level, and Su Hao didn't have to be so polite to them. If you are a other official, you can smile at these little officials, you are already very approachable, how can you give a small gift from time to time like Su Hao. Su Hao did this, in fact, out of his own instinct, as a traverser, he is more accustomed to equality between people, watching others respect him, he always feels a little uncomfortable.

Of course, Su Hao's doing this also won him praise from many lower-level officials, making it more convenient for him to do various things. The position of the small officials in the yamen is not high, but the power is not small, because the officials only grasp the policy in general, and the specific work is done by these small officials, so some people say that the power of the Ming officialdom is actually in the hands of the small officials.

The two of them were gossiping, and after a while, they came to the public hall where Shen Yaozhong worked. The old scribe went in and reported, and then Shen Yaozhong greeted him with a smile.

"Oh, Su Tong is here, I'm really embarrassed, Xia Guan was supposed to go to Su Tong to listen to the instructions, but I heard that Su Tong is not usually in the public office, so I had to work hard Su Tong Du and personally come to Xia Guan to talk about things, it's really rude, rude."

Without waiting for Su Hao to say anything, Shen Yaozhong hurriedly apologized.

Su Hao said with a smile: "Where did Shen Langzhong say, Su is young, why not take a few more steps." I've always wanted to find an opportunity to go to the Criminal Department to ask Shen Langzhong for advice, and today is exactly this opportunity. ”

"Su Yan is polite, come on, come on, please come inside." Shen Yaozhong said and let Su Hao into the reception room on the side.

The two sides sat down, and the old scribe diligently poured tea for the two, and then quietly withdrew, standing outside the door and waiting to listen to the instructions. After Su Hao and Shen Yaozhong exchanged a few words, Su Hao asked, "Shen Langzhong, you asked someone to bring a message yesterday, saying that you confiscated a map, can you let Su Mou see it?" ”

Shen Yaozhong said: "That's right, this is a case transferred from the Nanjing Criminal Department, saying that there are demons preaching in Nanjing, degrading Buddhism and destroying Taoism. The demon was arrested in Nanjing and sent to Yanjing to be convicted. Among the evidence of the demons' crimes, there is a strange map, and the lower officials heard that Su Tong is an expert in maps, so he wants to ask Su Bai to help identify it. ”

Shen Yaozhong said this, but what he thought in his heart was something else. In a small case like this, the Criminal Department can handle it by itself, and there is no need to trouble the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Shen Yaozhong took a map and asked Su Hao to identify it, but in fact, he just wanted to find an opportunity to get close to Su Hao. Since Su Hao finished the battle of Ningxia, the courtiers' views on Su Hao have changed, and many people are optimistic about Su Hao's political future, so they want to find opportunities to contact him. Shen Yaozhong's move this time is such a purpose.

Shen Yaozhong greeted the door, and after a while, the old scribe came in with a roll of paper. Shen Yaozhong took the roll of paper, spread it out on the case, and said to Su Hao: "Su Yandu, look at it, this is the map confiscated from that demon, what kind of map do you think this is?" ”

Su Hao casually followed Shen Yaozhong's instructions, and after just one glance, he was stunned: Eurasia, the Atlantic Ocean, the Americas, the Pacific Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope...... All these places are available on this map, and they are all marked with Chinese names. In other words, this turned out to be a Chinese version of the world map!

"What country are you talking about as a demon? Where is he now? Su Hao asked Shen Yaozhong excitedly. (To be continued.) )