After Wang Zhongzheng came out of Beijing, Deng Wan and Zhang Dun also took up their posts in the academy. Deng Wan was the censor Zhongcheng, and Zhang Dun was sentenced to military weapons supervisor. Both of them had part-time jobs. Zhong Yuan Jiang, who was originally a Hanlin scholar, was sentenced to the third division. Only Zeng Bu, Wang Lian, and Zhang Yue did not have part-time jobs now.
In order to balance the power of Deng Wan and Zhang Dun entering the bachelor's academy, Han Jiang also appointed Yang Hui and Chen Yi as Hanlin bachelors.
After Yang Hui and Chen Yide became Hanlin bachelors, they caused a sensation. Yang Hui and Chen Yi are both well-known and honest ministers. They have a very good reputation and popularity among officials. This shows that Han Jiang's method of employing people is to select officials with integrity rather than For example, the former Xianggong and the current Xianggong were all promoted by people affiliated with the Party.
Just like when Han Qi and Fu Bi were appointed prime ministers, officials congratulated each other because they thought they had won people. Promoting officials based on public opinion and promoting officials from above are completely two-tier employment styles. Han Jiang has been prime minister for less than a few months and brought a new atmosphere to the court. All officials praised him for his fairness in handling affairs.
However, including Yang Hui and Chen Yi, there are actually eight "Hanlin Bachelors" in the Bachelor's College, which is really overcrowded.
According to the rules, the Hanlin bachelor and the censor Zhongcheng and the three secretaries knew that Kaifeng Mansion was not allowed to serve in the palace, so Deng Wan and Yuan Jiang were not in the bachelor's college.
However, as long as the official name carries the number of the imperial edict, even if the court is judged, it still has the duty of writing the imperial edict. After Yang Hui was admitted to the hospital, he was dismissed by the emperor as a Hanlin bachelor. Yang Hui was appointed as a Hanlin bachelor and the imperial censor Zhongcheng in the third year of Xining. Because of his disagreement with Wang Anshi, he was dismissed from his post as the governor of Bozhou. Now he has returned to the Hanlin. According to the order of admission to the Bachelor's College, he became a Bachelor of Chengzhi Hanlin.
This made Wang Lian, who had been secretly fighting with Zhang Yueming to become a scholar of Chengzhi, like a punch that failed.
He tried every possible means to compete with Zhang Yue for the position of inheriting the imperial decree, and then waited for the chancellor to be the prime minister. Unexpectedly, everything came to nothing when Yang Hui arrived.
In this way, the ranking of Hanlin Academy of Bachelor's Degree is Yang Hui, Zhang Yue, Wang Lian, Deng Wan and Zhang Dun at the bottom. On the contrary, the most emotional person at the reception banquet was Yang Hui.
At the banquet, Yang Hui said to Zhang Yue: "When the Imperial Academy was interpreting the examination, Caiyuan and I were still your examiners, and now we go in and out of the Yutang together." When all the officials heard that Yang Hui was still the examiner of Zhang Yue's examination, they all thought that This is a grand event, and officials who like to take notes for home letters can write this down.
Zhang Yue said a few words of humility. Thinking of the provincial examination, he was more impressed by another examiner, Li Dalin. When it came to the Sansheren incident, he and Su Song were demoted together for opposing Li Ding's appointment as censor.
Seeing everyone's interest, Yang Hui said to the people around him: "At that time, he was ranked third in the interpretation test, and Wang Junmin was ranked first. This man's articles are flashy, and everyone knows what will happen to him in the future. This man is greedy for wealth, and finally His reputation has been ruined, and although Du's articles are not as good as his, his words are thorough and convincing, and judging from literature, you can see that he has a honest character." Yuan Jiang on the side smiled and said: "What the commander said is very true." Zhang Yue said humbly: "I dare not take it." Yang Hui said this as if he had a profound meaning: "We have been officials for a long time, and we all know that morality is the first priority. Some people take shortcuts, play with a little cleverness, and even betray their relatives and betray their righteousness. Unfortunately, even if his official career goes smoothly for a while, his reputation will be ruined." After Yang Hui finished speaking, some people were already looking at Zhang Dun, who was at the bottom of the ranking. Everyone present knew that he had turned against Zhang Yue brothers. heard about it.
Zhang Dun's conduct was unreasonable, and this was a matter of public debate among the government and the public. In the past, officials with such unreasonable conduct could not be promoted to bachelor's degree, but now everything has changed.
Yang Hui continued to say with traces of authenticity: "So for us, morality is the first priority. Pursuing virtue is great wisdom. Pursuing profit is not small wisdom, but harms ourselves. Even if we suddenly ascend to a high position, we will still have to go down. This It means climbing high and falling heavy.”
"I cannot agree with the opinion of the commander." Zhang Dun, who was ranked last, drank a glass of wine and said: "I believe that the first priority for an official is talent. The emperor has entrusted me with state affairs, and the most important thing is to run the state affairs well. Otherwise, no matter how good your daily moral articles are, what does it matter? Can they share the country’s worries? Can they relieve the country’s worries? Can they establish a destiny for all the people?”
"But if everything is not done well, it is just empty talk. To establish morality in vain is to make people laugh. In my opinion, Cao Mengde is the only hero in the past. Only he knows that meritocracy is the best." Everyone thought that this was Zhang Zihou's style. What's the point of counterattack in person? Going back, I will never give anyone a chance to be weird.
Just now when he heard Yang Hui criticizing Sang and Huai, Zhang Dun didn't know that the other party was praising Zhang Yue with one hand and belittling himself with the other. Yang Hui smiled and had no intention of quarreling with Zhang Dun.
Zhang Yueze said: "I cannot agree with Zihou's opinion. I think that a gentleman hides his lack of splendor and becomes more and more obvious, while a villain shows his excitement and fades away day by day."
"A gentleman is content and peaceful, and waits for things to come true, while a villain does not cultivate internally or externally. He is eager to do everything, takes risks, and seeks success by luck. If he does not succeed for a while, he will become crazy."
"Therefore, even if a gentleman is of mediocre talent, he can sail a boat of ten thousand years. Even if a villain is outstanding, his boat will capsize sooner or later." After everyone listened to Zhang Yue, the two brothers Zhang Dun found it interesting to quarrel.
Zhang Yue acts like planting a tree, waiting for it to grow tall and lush one day, but Zhang Dun is eager to see success, and will rush it before it ripens and falls.
Faced with Zhang Yue's provocation, Zhang Dun did not fight back. Instead, he sat down and drank another glass of wine, as if he was unwilling to bully the small.
When Zeng Bu saw that Zhang Dun had just been admitted to the hospital, the two brothers started fighting and thought for a while. This time, during the market change, the emperor ordered Zhang Dun to investigate, and Zhang Dun made a decision in favor of Lu Huiqing, which disgraced Zeng Bu's reputation.
Even in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, Zeng Bu still stood firmly on Zhang Yue's side. What's more, Zhang Yue saved his career.
Zeng preached: "Chief Han, use long-term benefits and short-term benefits, and be clear about the use of urgency and slowness. Compared with gentlemen and villains, it is refreshing. Sometimes villains are not bad, but anxious, waiting to see success immediately. That's why he did bad things with good intentions." Zhang Dun narrowed his eyes and looked at Zeng Bu.
Seeing that a dispute was about to break out, Yuan Jiang smiled and smoothed things over and said: "In my dream when I was young, a god once told me: 'When I become a Hanlin bachelor in the future, I need several brothers to be in the Hanyuan together.' Yuan Mou himself I thought that I had no brothers, so I suspected that this dream was not the case. Later, in addition to being a bachelor, I entered the bachelor's courtyard one after another. Han Chiguo, whose name has the character "Xi", Chen Shuhe also has the character "Xi", and Deng Wenyue also has the character "Xi". There is also the element of Han Chang, together with Jiang, a total of five people have begun to understand the theory of brothers in dreams." Everyone laughed when they heard Yuan Jiang's words. It is really rare that all five Hanlin people have the same character in their names.
Yuan Jiang said: "We are all admitted to Hanyuan. Not all brothers should be brothers. Who will be the prime minister in the future? If we don't forget our brothers, we should also promote each other. I wonder what you think?" Everyone laughed and said nothing. There are so many contradictions that there is no room for mutual improvement.
Yang Hui smiled and said, "What I'm saying is, how many of the eight people present here can be in power in the future, and how many can be prime ministers?" ps1: This quote comes from the Internet, and the source is unknown.
