Back in the hall of the west pavilion, the luggage has almost been moved. This is a small independent courtyard, and in the courtyard is the Bachelor's Pavilion. It is said to be a Bachelor's Pavilion, but it is actually just a three-bay hut.
From the chilling White Tiger Festival Hall to this simple three-bay hut, it seems that I have come back to the original place again.
Officials of different levels in the Bachelor's College have their own accommodation specifications. For example, the bachelor's college in southwest China lives in a room per person.
As for the Confucius Academy and the Chushi Academy, each official has a desk, and there is not even a desk.
It's quite like an office building, where part-time workers sit in a cubicle, the boss has an office, and the boss lives in a suite.
The second bachelor's hall is the suite. The central one is where guests are treated, the one to the east is reserved for Zhang Yue to rest on weekdays, with tables placed inside, and the one to the west is where his attendants wait for orders. .
Among Zhang Yue's disciples, Li Kui was preparing for the imperial examination, Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong were illiterate. So Peng Jingyi and Huang Haoyi stayed in the academy to help him deal with some things.
By the way, Huang Haoyi's elder brother and Zhang Dun's brother-in-law Huang Haoqian was recommended by Cai Que as the supervisory censor Li Xing.
Cai Que introduced Huang Haoqian to Zhang Yue a few days ago. After Zhang Yue entered, Peng Jingyi had arranged everything.
There is a large table and viewing platform in the center. Behind the table are more than twenty wooden cabinets filled with manuscripts. In front of it are several chairs with backrests.
Peng Jingyi made tea for Zhang Yue, and then asked the courtyard officials to clean up the two rooms. Huang Haoyi stood aside and joked with Peng Jingyi.
The three of them are all from the same hometown of Jianzhou, and sometimes they use hometown slang that has a different meaning. Zhang Yue sat behind the eucalyptus and enjoyed this moment.
Compared with the days when we had 100,000 soldiers on Xihe Road, who had to be on tenterhooks at all times, walking on thin ice, now that we have returned to the capital, our burden is lighter.
Xihelu is an incompetent general who has exhausted the three armies. The lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are in his hands. If he can't do well in the capital, the worst he can do is be an outsider.
Sometimes I think that if Zhang Yue had not become an official and was just an ordinary scholar, he would have lived in poverty and been scolded by his wife for being poor every day. But the advantage is that no one knows you, there are no social activities, and there is no need to drink. All the time Be yourself.
In this way, I can read some books and chat with a confidant like Senior Brother Guo, and this life will be enough.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue felt that he was a bit pretentious. Now that he had taken this position, why did he envy the life of ordinary people Xianyun Yehe?
Now that I am in the Bachelor's Academy, being an official is more like walking on thin ice than before, and I am even more cautious. The capital city is not as good as Xihe, and the Emperor Tiangao in the northwest is no different from the Earth Emperor.
But in Bianjing, no matter how high the official position is, there is always someone higher than you. Even if you are as high as an official, you still have to watch the faces of the empress dowagers of the two palaces carefully.
But as the lady said, if you don't implement your political views, align your political ideals with the development of the country, and dare not let go of everything, then your career as an official will be in vain.
What's there to be afraid of? I am an upright Jinshi, and I am the number one scholar appointed by Emperor Renzong as well as the imperial minister. I have supported Emperor Yingzong and his son, so what should I be afraid of?
At this time, the court official asked Zhang Yue: "Qi Duanming, would you like to hang some words in the hall?"
"Okay." Zhang Yue thought about it and immediately picked up a pen and ink and wrote a few words on the paper. Yes. Repaying kindness is not as generous as repaying kindness, and being resentful is not as high as enduring shame.
It is better to avoid fame than to be famous, and it is better to be truthful than to be pretentious. The court official first read the calligraphy and praised: "Duanming is really a good calligrapher. No wonder Yu Duanming's calligraphy in Bianjing City is hard to find. Good, really good!" Then the court official read the poem again: "This sentence is also good. Well, it's quiet and far away. The villain is hanging on the wall here." Zhang Yue said to the court official: "You don't have to hang it here, just hang it in the room where I rest." The court official was stunned when he heard this. It turned out that Zhang Yue This word is not for others to see.
Zhang Yue looked at the court official's expression and found it funny. There is a joke that seven out of ten companies with the words "Houdude Zaiwu" will go bankrupt. If "Houde Zaiwu" is paired with the words "God rewards those who work hard," the failure rate will reach 90%.
Because of this kind of virtue, God rewards hard work, and it is for yourself to show it. If you hang it up for others to see, then the sign of kindness means not fighting back when hit or scolded, and God rewards those who work hard because I will drag you to death.
The court official asked in a low voice: "What other utensils does Duan Ming need?" Zhang Yue said: "No need." The court official looked at the luggage and utensils that Zhang Yue brought and saw that they were extremely ordinary, almost the same as those used by scholars, and they were completely different. Without the slightest luxury, who would have thought that this person was a noble person in front of the emperor, a dignified Hanlin scholar, and once a prince?
The officials thought to themselves that they often heard that this bachelor Zhang was an upright official and did not lose his character from a humble family. He was afraid that flattery would be useless, so he had to work sincerely to please him.
Thinking of this, the court officials immediately retreated. After a while, an official came in and invited Zhang Yue to have dinner in the Privy Council.
Why did Zhang Yue go to the Privy Council instead of having a meal in the Bachelor's College? It turns out that this was a rule left over from the Five Dynasties.
Because the prime minister's power was too great in the late Tang Dynasty, the Privy Council and the Hanlin Academy were established to divide the prime minister's power.
At that time, the Privy Council was also a bachelor of Jinluan Palace. By the time of the Five Dynasties, the Privy Council had the most power, and all prime ministers had to listen to the wishes of the Privy Council. Therefore, in order to limit the power of the Privy Council, and at the same time for supervision, the Duanming Palace Bachelor and the Privy Council Bachelor were selected from Hanlin bachelors in the Five Dynasties. The Privy Council serves as civil servants.
The bachelors of Duanming Palace and the direct bachelors of the Privy Council were the emperor's confidants and could see the emperor at any time. At the same time, they also traveled to foreign countries to participate in the decision-making of the Privy Council.
In the Song Dynasty, the status of the Privy Council declined, and the bachelors of Duanming Palace became idle. However, the rules of dining in the Privy Council Hall still remain.
Zhang Yue, Huang Haoyi, and Peng Jingyi went out and arrived at the Privy Council. As the second-largest government office in the world, the Privy Council has towering trees and several inconspicuous rooms.
The officials of the Privy Council met Zhang Yuezhi, who was the new bachelor of Duanming Palace. Everyone knew that Zhang Yuezhi was the son-in-law of the dignitary Privy Councilor, so they respectfully introduced him into the hall.
Zhang Yue entered the hall and saw that Chen Shengzhi, Wu Chong, the Privy Council envoys, Cai Ting, the deputy Privy Council envoy, and Zeng Xiaokuan, the Privy Council's envoy, had already arrived, and the court officials were bringing soup and vegetables.
Zhang Yue met with several Privy Council officials. Chen Shengzhi smiled and said: "I have been waiting here for you for a long time." Zhang Yue thought he was late and was about to apologize, but Chen Shengzhi said: "When I first saw you in the village, I knew you had The destiny of wealth and honor, now it can be said that the wish I had in the past has been fulfilled." Except for Cai Ting, several people present were all fellow Fujianese.
Chen Shengzhi, Zhang Yue and Wu Chong were all from Jianzhou. Wu Chong on the side said with a smile: "From now on, whether you are rich or not is all decided by the elder." Chen Shengzhi smiled at Wu Chong and said: "You and I don't speak the same language, come on, sit down and talk!" ps: Two updates tomorrow!
