Gao pragmatically followed Zhu Yijun on an imperial mission this time, including the delay in Tianshou Mountain. In less than five days, he returned to the capital and still received a reward. But it's not a serious official promotion, it's just a promotion of Wensan rank. It's not of much use to be promoted from Chengwulang to Scholarlinglang. Both of them are from the sixth rank. If we use the terminology of later generations to make a forced analogy, the Scholar Man is roughly equivalent to the Senior Undersecretary Man.
For Gao pragmatically, two shi of lumi and a few feet of cloth a month are nothing like drizzle.
Apart from that, there was nothing special. He plunged into the pile of old papers again, and together with Xiao Liangyou, Wang Tingzhan and a group of Hanlin Academy editors, compiled and reviewed, they began to sort out the documents and compile the canon.
On the way to Tianshou Mountain this time, Zhu Yijun discussed the compilation of the ceremony with Gao Pragmatic. He hinted to Gao Pragmatic that the compilation time could be shortened this time, because it is estimated that it will have to be revised again in the future, so Gao Pragmatic " It doesn’t matter if you miss something, as long as there are fewer mistakes.”
Only then did Gao Pragmatic realize that Zhu Yijun brought up the matter of compiling the guild this time just to take credit for himself.
But think about it, since Gao Gong’s New Deal, there have indeed been many modifications to the state and dynasty system, and the reform is still in progress. Although Guo Pu is prudent and seeking stability, there will still be some system adjustments, so in fact, the revision is now It is very likely that the Huidian will be out of date in a few years, and it will indeed need to be revised by then.
However, being pragmatic is not without its troubles. The main trouble is that there is really not enough manpower.
When Gao Gong proposed revising the canon, he mobilized a large number of senior scholars. As a result, after several years of revision, only a first draft was produced. Gao Gong himself unexpectedly passed away. Later, Guo Pu's main energy was involved in stabilizing the overall situation after Gao Gong's death. The matter of revising the canon has slowed down.
Then Gao pragmatically joined the Hanlin Academy. Zhu Yijun tried every means to give him some credit, so he brought up the matter of revising the code. The Hanlin Academy had to force the submission of the manuscript. Guo Pu and others knew the emperor's thoughts and directly gave the manuscript to the Hanlin Academy. I called back and said it was not up to par and asked to start over.
This must be a very shocking thing. As a result, some senior Hanlin officials are not willing to do the actual compilation of canons. The Imperial Academy itself has always had an unresolved problem, that is, if the canon revision is successful, everyone will be promoted to a higher level.
Then this leads to an implicit problem. Since everyone has to upgrade to a higher level after completing the cultivation, if I study a hundred volumes, I will be upgraded to a higher level, and if you only study one volume, you will be upgraded to a higher level. Why should I do more?
We all came from academic backgrounds, and there were only a few real nerds, so we all worked hard, working as little as possible. Two monks carried water to eat, and three monks had no water to eat. After a few years, I didn’t make up. over.
This group of people are also annoyed. They feel that if they haven’t been promoted to an official rank after a few years, they might as well do something else. Even if they have to endure seniority, it is better than doing this. So if you can find a way, you can use money. If you can make money, use money. You can either find a way to lecture on the day, or find a way to join the cabinet, or even if it doesn't work, you have to sneak into the inner study hall to teach the eunuchs. In short, it is better than staying in the Imperial Academy. The academy is strong in cultivating ethics.
As a result, Gao pragmatically has fewer people to use. There are no Jinshi scholars left in the Longqing period. They are all Hanlin officials who were awarded the gold medal in the second year of Wanli and the fifth year of Wanli, and then they are the Gengshi. Chenke Sandingjia.
Not to mention the three of them, Gao Jingshi, the Hanlin officials in the first two divisions of Wanli don't have much "work experience". Most of them have just left the academy, and several of them started compiling the Ming Dynasty Canon. An errand.
So now it is equivalent to a bunch of novices who are presiding over the compilation of national systems, and they are quite motivated. I am afraid that mistakes and omissions are inevitable.
All the Hanlin officials began to work hard, and Gao Pingshi was the chief editor, so he assigned the editors one by one according to the general regulations of the reconstruction. Later, compilers from Taipu Temple, Guanglu Temple, Ministry of Industry and other ministries came and presented examples of the new creations of each yamen, as well as watchmaking documents.
The Ming Dynasty Huidian is based on official affairs, with official offices as the outline, and records are divided into departments. Therefore, each yamen must have a compiler to cooperate with the Hanlin Academy in rebuilding the Ming Dynasty Huidian.
In order to get the credit justifiably, Gao Pragmatic had to put more burdens on himself. He was not only responsible for summarizing and editing, but also assigned himself the most troublesome part of the code changes. When other colleagues were assigned tasks, they would check various classics according to past regulations. After comparing them with the classics, they would revise and add them, and cite the sources.
Among everyone, Gao Pragmatic had some foundation in these historical records, statutes, and regulations, so he could look up the regulations fairly quickly. But after all, he mainly gained experience from his previous work as a companion and observer of politics, so he had an advantage in the system of Longqing and Wanli for more than ten years, but if pushed forward, he would be much weaker.
If you are weak, you must strengthen it. He is not good at the ancient laws, so he has to make up lessons. So he made a catalog and asked Liu He to borrow books such as Zhusi Zongzhang, Huangming Ancestors, Ming Dynasty Laws, Ming Dynasty Orders, Ming Dynasty Collection of Rites, Hongwu Rituals, Rituals, and Ancient Records, intending to study them all carefully. .
Then these books piled up like a mountain on Gao Pragmatic's desk.
A reviewer on the side saw this scene and smiled at Gao Pragmatic and said, "Gao Xiuzhuan, the matter of regulations is the most complicated. I'm afraid you will have to work harder for those who can do it."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said, "It's hard to talk about those who are capable. I just need to put in more effort." That's what he said, but he also knew that according to Zhu Yijun's request, he had to speed up the progress and would definitely work overtime. It was estimated that he would have to work overtime. With the hospital as my home, I can't take it easy these past few months.
So Gao Pragmatic picked up the book on the table and started reading. Gao pragmatic is not fast at reading and cannot read ten lines at a glance. Other Hanlin scholars are experts. For them, reading a book is as easy as eating and drinking.
However, being highly pragmatic also has his advantages. His advantage is that the effect is good. He estimates that it may be the impact of time travel, and his memory is quite considerable. It may not be called photographic memory, but it is not too different.
In the review hall of the Hanlin Academy, the sun just fell on the window, and there was a gentle breeze outside the window. The sound of books turning was heard one after another in the hall, and the officials were all immersed in their desks. They were either writing furiously in front of their desks, or searching through the pages line by line.
The weather in the capital is very good today, and the atmosphere is not polluted these days. The blue sky is as clear as a wash, and the clouds are rolling in. Looking up, it always makes people feel a little lazy.
If you don't have a nap habit, this will be a good day.
The classics, history books and department files in the Hanlin Academy are not visible to ordinary people, but here they are placed everywhere. For Gao Pragmatic, many of these things he had never read before. From these historical books, we can see the way of governing the country by the predecessors, and the laws and regulations of the predecessors, every word and every word, are full of painstaking efforts.
Although Gao Pragmatic is a person with a strong purpose in doing things, he likes it very much. Reading history has been his hobby for many years. Although these chapters may seem boring to others, to him, they find them quite interesting. . After reading for a day, there was a mountain of books piled up in front of Gao Pingshi's desk, but they were only slightly thinner.
However, he found an interesting thing, that is, reading these statutes was very helpful for him to understand the context of the development of the Ming Dynasty's system, and these things are likely to help him inherit Sanbo Gaogong's legacy and continue to advance in the future. Reform helps.
Gao pragmatically became interested and planned to fight at night, so he beat Liu He and went to the concierge to tell the servants he had brought with him that he would not go back today and would spend the night in the Hanlin Academy.
Liu He agreed, and not only went to tell the servants of the Gao family, but also bought some cakes and snacks for Gao Jingshi and made a pot of tea before returning home. However, Gao Pragmatic doesn't like snacks. He would rather eat a bowl of noodles at night. You have to tell Liu He about this next time.
Except for Gao Pragmatic, most of the other editors did not finish their errands and had to stay and burn the midnight oil. At night, all the lecture halls and reading halls in the Hanlin Academy were locked, except for the review hall, which was dimly lit.
The sound of fighting came from time to time, and a group of officials in the review hall were immersed in copying books. It was quiet at first, but late at night, mosquitoes began to make trouble, and the buzzing made people uneasy. The room was full of files, and everyone began to complain.
"If you ask me, if you want to copy the classics and indicate the source, you can just find some scribes. Why do you have to use me?"
"That's right. I, Han Chuang, have been studying hard for more than 20 years. I thought I would become famous in the Imperial Academy, but I never expected that I would come here to copy books."
"Yes, my parents at home thought that after I entered the Hanlin Academy, I would serve in front of the emperor and meet the emperor at any time. I was noble and unparalleled. However, they never thought that I and other Hanlin officials were just copycats. On the other hand, Qingcheng Qingchengqingtangwuwei. Water, how can it be expensive?”
"Let's just endure it for now. It only takes a year or two to get through it. Isn't that how we survived the past few decades? It's just to endure it a little longer."
"Brother, you put it lightly. I don't think it will be possible to complete the rebuilding of the ceremony. If this continues, I'm afraid my little daughter-in-law will be able to become a mother-in-law."
Gao Pragmatic wanted to stop these people from complaining, but although he was the editor-in-chief, his qualifications were indeed too low to say anything. He could only cough a few times, but those reviewers were obviously not high-ranking officials. Coming from a family background, I didn't know the majesty of Xiao Ge Lao back then, so I didn't even take Gao Pragmatism seriously.
Gao pragmatic listened to the gossip of these people and couldn't help but shook his head. He knew that these people did not really have no determination. How could they win the Jinshi without concentration? In fact, they just had too much hope before, so they entered the Hanlin Academy. After that, the disappointment will become even greater. There is no way to persuade them. We can only wait and see when they adjust their mentality.
Gao pragmatically finished the pastries with tea, then took off his official robes and put on the uniforms he wore in daily life, took out a book from the mountain of books on the desk, and continued reading.
When I looked at it, I could see it was dawn, and the mountain of books on the koan was only half shorter. He looked up and saw that everyone was already asleep on the koan. He couldn't help but feel sleepy, so he lay on the koan with his eyes closed and planned to sleep for a while.
After sleeping for more than an hour, the sound of the cloud board sounded, and it was already the time to go to the Yamen. Gao pragmatically got up from the office, wiped his face with cold water, and asked Liu He to make a pot of ginseng tea. This was his first time. The fine Liaodong wild ginseng I brought from my house is said to be very effective, just right for these days when I work overtime and stay up late.
However, after a few days like this, Chen Siyu, who was in charge of the college affairs, became a little anxious, because everyone else was writing while reading, but Gao Pragmatic was just reading all day long, but he didn't even see him move his pen.
On this day, he couldn't help but call Gao Pingshi and asked him why he hadn't started writing yet.
Gao pragmatically and sincerely said, "It's not that Xiaguan refuses to write, it's just that Xiaguan is more accustomed to laying the foundation first and forming an overall idea before writing, just like writing an article. If you are not familiar with the four books, you don't understand the text, and you have never read Zhu's notes. , then how can I write it? Please be patient, Master, and I will catch up with the progress in a few days."
Chen Siyu was no better than those reviewers who had little knowledge. He didn't want to offend Gao Xiuzheng on this matter, so he put aside his eagerness and said with a smile, "Since Gao Xiuzan is confident, then this hospital can rest assured. Gao Xiuzan, this hospital is also relieved." We know that it is not easy to revise the code, but now that the emperor and the elders are urging us to do it, we have no other choice but to ask you to work harder."
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said, "Master Zhang, please rest assured that this matter will not drag on for too long."
Chen Siyu was surprised, but he couldn't show it, so he just vaguely agreed and sent Gao Pragmatic out.
