In the third year of the Great Shengjinghe, the new emperor had not yet ascended the throne. There were many factions in the court and undercurrents were surging. Shen Yanci entered the official position as a prostitute. He originally wanted to use his talents to find a leisurely official position. He would drink tea and read the newspaper every day. When he became an official, his life would be complete. However, he was born in a Qingliu family, and it happened to be a reshuffle in the court. He had just turned down a fat job from the Ministry of Officials, and was thrown to the Ministry of Accounts to settle accounts. He faced a room full of confusing account books and senior officials with high eyesight.
He originally wanted to lie down and lie down, but he always inadvertently uncovered the secrets of the court: taking the blame for his colleagues actually brought it to the attention of the new emperor, clearing out the secret secrets of the feudal king, and even going to a restaurant to eat a bowl of noodles, he would run into people from the Yushitai secretly investigating corruption.
From a minor official in the Ministry of Household Affairs to working in front of the imperial court, Shen Yanci's road to success became more and more eccentric. While he relied on gags to resolve the turmoil in the court, he survived in the cracks of the real historical torrent (such as the water transport reform, the new salt and iron policy). He doesn't want to be a roller, but he is surrounded by roller kings; he doesn't want to take sides, but he is always pushed to the forefront of factional disputes.
While laughing and cursing, he relied on a set of "bastard style" survival rules to survive step by step in the turbulent court. From an idle official who just wanted to live his life, he became a presence in the court that no one dared to ignore. Even the new emperor smiled and called him: "My court will lose a lot of fun without this 'bastard'.
