After becoming a court official, Zhang Yue's daily schedule was different from before.
In the past, when I was a Beijing official, I was only qualified to participate in the great court gatherings, that is, the great court gatherings such as Zhengdan and Winter Solstice.
After becoming a court official, except for the ten-day break, he had to go to the palace to pay homage to Wende Palace every day. If he couldn't go to the imperial censor's desk, he had to report the ultimatum.
This is very painful for Zhang Yue, because his family lives far away from the imperial city and he has to get up before dawn.
This is a hard life for Zhang Yue, who likes to sleep for more than five hours a day. Therefore, whenever there is a certain minister in the court, or a certain clan member dies, and the emperor wants to stay in court for one to five days, Zhang Yue cannot help but...
Every day in court, Zhang Yue would follow hundreds of court officials to the Zhengde Hall. The prime minister would escort them, and they would pay homage to the officials before they dispersed.
Although the Chang Dynasty required a prime minister to supervise the ban, the four Zhongshu prime ministers were often not present, and sometimes the censor Zhongcheng was the superintendent.
Especially Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang and Zhang Yue Changchao almost never saw these two prime ministers appearing in front of the Zhengde Hall. Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang usually arrived late when they asked the prime minister to tell him something. According to the order of arrival, they seemed like real emperors. .
This move lasted until the fourth year of Zhiping, when Wang Tao, the censor, impeached Han Qi for being disobedient. Zeng Gongliang said, "I will not be detained for violating the story."
But now it can be seen that the power of the prime minister in the Song Dynasty was high, and it can also be seen that the Chang Dynasty is of little significance, and the form is more important than the content, because officials cannot discuss matters in the Chang Dynasty, but in daily life. Zhang Yue had just been promoted to a court official, so his position was the farthest away from Wende Palace. Not to mention the outline of an official's house from a distance, he couldn't even see the palace gate clearly.
Only after five days of daily living could Zhang Yue enter the palace and see the official's golden face.
But because the official family had just taken over the government, they still paid more attention to the formality.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but hate formal content. He heard that the late emperor was not in good health during the later period of his reign, so he was happy to avoid formal rituals like Chang Chao's.
However, today's officials seem to like the routine of the Chang Dynasty. All kinds of rituals must be complete, and they often change this set of etiquette today and the set of etiquette tomorrow in detail, and they never tire of it. In addition, officials Speeches of thanks and other cumbersome etiquette are often delayed until the end of the year.
Seeing that the sun was getting high, Zhang Yue felt really tired, and other officials also complained endlessly.
Officials also discussed that officials who supervise and preside over official affairs in Beijing can set up their duties in the Zhengyamen, and they only need to come to worship once every five days during daily life. They do not need to come to Wende Hall to worship every day.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that this suggestion was good, as he only had to go to court once every five days, but this suggestion was rejected by the officials.
However, ordinary people look at phenomena, and experts look at logic. Zhang Yue saw some clues from the officials' endless fussing with etiquette. Some officials said that they were fond of Confucianism before they ascended the throne. Could it be that they used etiquette to show that they were proficient in Confucianism?
Zhang Yue and other low-ranking court officials waited outside the palace. When the door closed and shouted "Don't sit down," the officials, who had been tormented by red tape all day, had to leave the court.
And in the palace.
Han Qi and other prime ministers were all present, Chang Ding was the official who was allowed to enter the palace, and they took turns to talk about the war in Xixia.
Zhang Yue left the palace at this moment and went to the banquet of the same year. Zhang Yue was deeply moved by attending such a banquet of the same year.
The same age is the most important relationship in the officialdom, because both of them first entered the officialdom in the same year, so there will not be much difference between them in their future official careers. But the reason why Zhang Yue lamented was the disparity in status.
This may be Zhang Yue's constant worry. There are not many friends who can accompany you all the way.
For example, among the classmates of the county school in the past, there are probably only one or two people who are now Jinshi.
And among the students from Taixue, how many of them went to the capital without relying on their ancestors?
As for the middle of the same year, he was the only official in the court.
Zhang Yue had to quickly change out of his crimson court clothes and silver fish bag when he met the same year party. On this occasion, he must not show off, but rather suppress his sense of superiority.
I remember a class reunion after college. There was a classmate who started talking about a project worth hundreds of millions. At that time, Zhang Yue was young and ignorant and could not help but lament that except for the movement to create humans, he had never heard of numbers of such a large order of magnitude, so he treated his classmate It was a look of worship.
Although Zhang Yue went out of Donghua Gate to fight his horse in a hurry, he was still late when he arrived at Fanlou in Jingmingfang.
There was a boy waiting outside the door, and Zhang Yue went to report as soon as he arrived.
Han Zhongyan personally greeted him.
That day they were in the west building of Fan Tower, which happened to be on the third floor. They used to sit here and overlook the imperial city, but now people are not allowed to look at it.
Those who can eat and drink on the third floor of the West Building of Fan Tower must be rich or noble.
The private room in Fan Tower is called Ge'er. Han Zhongyan and Zhang Yue were walking when they suddenly saw someone walking out of Ge'er.
When the other party saw Zhang Yue and Han Zhongyan, he said with joy on his face: "Dongge, it's been a long time, bachelor."
Zhang Yue said: "Isn't this He Qi?"
Han Zhongyan didn't remember this person at first, but he remembered it now after hearing Zhang Yue's words.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but think of his experience copying books at the Wu Mansion with He Qi. This man was almost expelled from Imperial College due to fraud, and later he owed a large gambling debt to Wang Kui.
Until last year, He Qi spent a lot of effort to find a wealthy family member in the capital. This member admired He Qi very much and married his only daughter to him.
At the beginning of the year, a member of the gang was robbed and killed by bandits when he was out doing business. He lost both his people and goods, and his wife was seriously ill and was unable to do anything. He Qi is now in charge of more than a dozen shops.
It was heard that He Qi's father-in-law died under mysterious circumstances. His wife's relatives reported the matter to the Kaifeng Mansion, but it was said that He Qi didn't know any means and the case was not pursued.
He Qidu was quite ashamed of his conduct among his classmates.
Seeing He Qi's attentive look, Zhang Yue felt sick to his stomach, so he simply said something. When Han Zhongyan saw that He Qi could go to the west floor of Fan Tower to have a drink, he became interested and chatted with He Qi for a few words. When Han Zhongyan was playing with Yulian, he asked He Qi to take over. The two had some old friendship.
He Qiji was good at talking, and after some flattery, Han Zhongyan laughed.
After He Qi left, Zhang Yue said to Han Zhongyan: "These people don't care what he does."
Han Zhongyan said: "Du Zhi, you are too noble. How could I not know that He Qi's character is corrupt, but villains also have their uses!"
Zhang Yue said: "I really disagree. Let's leave quickly!"
Han Zhongyan smiled and said: "Hey, considering your current status, you'd better make others wait for you. A gentleman is neither important nor powerful."
Zhang Yue scolded: "If you are not late, you will not be powerful!"
They both laughed together.
Han Zhongyan said: "It's still the same old rules. I've paid for this meal, don't compete with me!"
Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "You still have the same temper, it doesn't matter, all my money belongs to my wife."
Han Zhongyan laughed and said, "It's really embarrassing to be an official like this."
The two walked and chatted when they reached the pavilion and pushed the door in. They saw Chen Mu, Wang Zhichen, Kong Wenzhong, Liu Fengshi, Wang Juan and other old and same-year old people were there. There were two big tables with more than thirty people. people.
But I saw that the pavilion was decorated with beaded curtains, and the four walls were hung with famous landscape paintings and green silk curtains. Several singing girls were playing the zither on the side of the house, and a man in Tsing Yi was performing and dancing in the pavilion, so that he could go to a place of wealth.
The fellow students stood up as soon as they saw Zhang Yue, and no one was hesitant.
Zhang Yue glanced over and saw plates of food on the table, but no one moved their chopsticks. Apparently they were waiting for Zhang Yue and Han Zhongyan to arrive before starting the meal.
