"Master, what's wrong with you?"
At dusk, Mrs. Song was preparing dinner.
Seeing Song Gongwen returning home with a tired face after finishing his official duties, he immediately asked.
It was fine before I left this morning, what happened now?
Song Gongwen took off his coat with the help of his servants. After dismissing his attendants, he could not help but say, "I just took office as the cabinet today, and I have already encountered such a setback."
At that moment, he told everything that happened in the cabinet today.
First, the Secretary-General did not take himself seriously at all.
Even the required memorials and documents.
You have to go and get it in person.
After waiting for a long time for the other cabinet members to arrive, I prepared to meet them.
But the other party simply chose to ignore it, and no one spoke to me the whole day.
Song Gongwen knew that he would definitely face some exclusion and dissatisfaction when he took office as the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
But what I didn't expect was that those people didn't even put on a show. Regardless of anything else, at least he had the status of a father-in-law of the emperor.
"Master, don't be angry." Upon hearing this, Madam Song comforted him, "Wasn't it the same when you first took office as the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple? Not to mention now that you have entered the cabinet."
"The cabinet ministers all hold great power and prestige. If you just enter, there will definitely be people who dislike you."
"Once you get familiar with it, it will be much better. Besides, you are a cabinet minister."
"But since he was promoted by His Majesty himself, there's no need to worry too much about it."
Mrs. Song's family also comes from a scholarly family.
Some truths come naturally.
Tell your husband that you have just started the job and it is normal to encounter these things.
"Madam, I understand what you're saying, too," Song Gongwen sighed. "But those people are too arrogant. They won't even let me review important memorials. They even say I'm new and should start by organizing memorials and paperwork."
"Is this what a Grand Secretary should do? They completely treat me as a secretary under their command."
Speaking of this, there was some resentment between Song Gongwen's brows.
He took over Li Fang's position.
Li Fang is the second most important person in the cabinet, second only to the prime minister.
Now, not only did he not inherit the influence of his predecessor, but he was directly regarded as the chief academician.
In fact, he initially didn't care that other cabinet members chose to ignore him.
As long as you are able to speak, things will always get better in the future.
But those people didn't even let him see the memorial.
If you can't get in touch with the core of the cabinet, you will be powerless.
If this goes on, he will become a complete idler, which is worse than being the Shaoqing in the Dali Temple!
"There's nothing I can do. After all, your reputation as an official was not good before..." Mrs. Song started, but didn't continue, fearing that it would sound bad.
Song Gongwen naturally knew what Madam meant. He had been an official for many years. Except for his early years, when he had some positive reputation, the next ten years were all negative.
My colleagues in the Dali Temple used to bring it up secretly as a joke from time to time.
When it comes to the cabinet, the situation will of course become even worse.
If he was just a small fourth-rank official at the beginning, he would not be seen by the cabinet members.
Now he hangs around with them every day, and without saying it directly, he is already giving face to his daughter and his father-in-law.
Song Gongwen had no choice but to approach those people with a flattering attitude, right?
He is also a bit proud, so it is difficult for him to do such a thing.
"Actually, not being liked or anything."
"I don't really care."
At this time, Song Gongwen looked at his wife and said, "What I am really worried about is Your Majesty."
"What's wrong with His Majesty?" Mrs. Song was a little confused when she heard this. No matter what the cabinet was like, how dare they target His Majesty?
"I also read some memorials today. Eighty percent of them opposed my joining the cabinet, and the remaining twenty percent advised Your Majesty to invite Li Fang back. Madam, you should know that officials being promoted seven levels in a row is extremely rare in the 120-plus years since the founding of the Great Wei."
"And these memorials will eventually be presented to Your Majesty. You can imagine that Your Majesty will face great pressure in promoting me."
"I'm worried that if I continue to fail to achieve any political achievements and the censors continue to submit memorials, I will fail the trust of His Majesty."
As he spoke, Song Gongwen couldn't help but think of what Wang Jin had said to him a few days ago.
He said that Your Majesty had high hopes for him and that he would definitely be able to serve as the Second Assistant.
But now that he has just taken office, he is being squeezed everywhere.
It may not be a big deal at first.
Your Majesty is in a position to make decisions on your own, but you can still suppress things.
But in the long run, he has not made any political achievements.
By then, the censors will surely work even harder to submit memorials. Can Your Majesty still hold on?
Song Gongwen felt that he would simply be impeached and removed from office, and his official career would come to an end.
But Your Majesty, you have promoted me against all odds, but I have done nothing. This will betray Your Majesty's trust and greatly damage Your Majesty's dignity. By then, I will be blamed even if I die.
Mrs. Song quickly realized what the other party was worried about and immediately said, "Then... Master, what should we do?"
What she cared about was not that her husband had let down His Majesty, but that she was afraid that her daughter in the palace would be implicated in this matter.
Even if she is the Empress, whether she lives a good life or not depends entirely on the attitude of Your Majesty.
"There's nothing I can do now. If it really comes to that."
"Even if it means risking my reputation, I must gain a foothold in the cabinet."
Song Gongwen sighed and said this.
No matter what, I must not let Your Majesty down.
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