Back In Time For Imperial Examination Chapter 243

The Jinyiwei drama was performed with great fanfare, causing a sensation in the capital, and the authors were both successful in their careers and reputations, which was the greatest joy in their lives. Although the scripts were all written under false pretenses and no one could take them off for a while, the authors could not help but feel a little secretly happy when they saw the essays, books, notes, and comments circulating all over the capital.

When the play was halfway through, there was another piece of good news - the "Veritable Records of Emperor Xianzong" of the Hanlin Academy was completed and presented to the emperor on August 24th.

Compiling the Veritable Records was the most substantial achievement of the Hanlin officials, and all those who participated in the compilation would be promoted after the completion of the compilation. The Ministry of Personnel planned to promote the officials who supervised the compilation of the Veritable Records by one rank: for example, Liu Shoufu was promoted from the Grand Secretary of the Jinshen Palace to the Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace; Xu Xueshi was promoted to the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace and concurrently the Minister of Households; Li Dongyang was still the Secretary of the Imperial Tutoring Palace, and was not qualified for promotion, so he only served as the Junior Secretary of the Taichang Temple and received an additional salary.

Ryan Cui, a sixth-rank editor, happened to get the position of tutor vacated by his predecessor, and was promoted to the sixth-rank in just four years. A 20-year-old sixth-rank official in the imperial court, and in a prestigious government office like the Hanlin Academy, was much more valuable than the highest fourth-rank councilor before his father was dismissed.

The young man was a brilliant man with a promising future. Even Prime Minister Liu had the urge to recruit him as his son-in-law after seeing his name on the memorial. However, thinking of his relative Prime Minister Wan and Prime Minister Yin Sanfu who was impeached, the Prime Minister suppressed his thoughts and wrote a blue note "It is advisable to approve" after the memorial to the Ministry of Personnel.