As time goes by, Beijing is like a pool of stagnant water, and only people from Shilin appear more and more frequently.
If we want to talk about the biggest news in Shilin recently, then it must be the personnel changes in the Imperial College.
Dongfang Jian, a famous scholar in the capital, got his wish and became the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, and his popularity was unprecedented.
At this time, in the Imperial College, there was an old man standing outside the Mingwen Hall, it was Dongfang Jian.
Listening to the students in Mingwen Hall reading aloud, Dongfang Jian shook his head, his head stretching and shrinking, like the black head of a turtle.
An elegant figure rushed past like a ghost. Dongfang Jian frowned and said in a deep voice: "Wen Siye."
Wen Qi stopped and turned around, expressionless: "Oriental sacrificial wine."
Dongfang Jian, who had just been announced by the Ministry of Rites as the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine yesterday, frowned more and more because Wen Qi did not take the initiative to salute.
There is a saying about giving gifts, which is divided into front and back. Young people give gifts to older people, and those with lower status give gifts to those with higher status.
According to age and official position, the younger Si Ye should take the initiative to offer wine to the older ones.
But, the name of the Imperial College Secretary of the Great Zhou Dynasty was Wen Qi. Theoretically speaking, even if he saw the emperor, Comrade Wen could pretend not to see him and do whatever he was supposed to do.
In fact, he did the same thing when he was at the villa before, and he didn't take the emperor seriously.
Lao Ba is very generous and thinks this is a normal thing. He has only been emperor for a few years. The Wen family has defeated many emperors for generations. He is only six.
Lao Ba's magnanimity belongs to Lao Ba's magnanimity, but some people are not like this. For example, Dongfang Jian is not only not generous enough, but also lacks self-awareness.
"Siye Wen is in prison, why won't he teach his lessons?"
Dongfang Jian was looking for trouble as soon as he said this. As we all know, Wen Qi never went to class, and no one asked him to go to class.
There is a reason to find faults. The old masters headed by Gong Han all ran away, leaving only a few academic officials who were as crooked as melons and dates. After Dongfang Jian was appointed as the sacrificial wine, the Ministry of Rites also found people from among the scholars in the capital. A few so-called "celebrities" filled the vacancies left by Gong Han's people.
Yesterday was Dongfangjian's first day at work. Everyone from the Imperial College came to say congratulations and listened to the leader's instructions. Only one person didn't come, and that was Wen Qi.
At that time, Dongfangjian thought Wen Qi was busy. After all, the latter was also a historian. Unexpectedly, after asking someone to inquire, he found out that this guy had gone to make a nest by the river. What made him most angry was that he had returned to the Air Force.
Wen Qi looked at Dongfang Jian with calm eyes and said in one word, concisely and comprehensively, no.
"Could it be that I am getting old and have misremembered? I remember that the Imperial College Secretary Ye has the ability to teach."
Dongfang Jian frowned and told the truth, Si Ye could indeed take classes.
"yes."
It’s still one word, concise and concise.
Dongfang Jian asked calmly: "What is it."
"It's because you're old and you remember it wrong."
Dongfang Jian almost choked to death at this sentence and blew his beard angrily and glared: "Wen Siye, are you not convinced that I am serving as the Imperial College's sacrificial wine!"
Wen Qi's expression that had remained unchanged for thousands of years finally showed a smile, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, like a warm man: "No."
"Since you are convinced, why do I think you are arrogant?"
Wen Qi said nothing, and took out a bamboo slip from his arms. After unfolding it, he looked thoughtful, and then his eyes lit up: "I understand."
"Know something."
"I know how to write you down in the history of the Zhou Dynasty. After all, you have now become the Secretary of the Imperial College."
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Jian's breathing quickened.
You must know that "literati" like them care most about reputation, whether while alive or after death.
Although Dongfang Jian was a little unhappy with Wen Qi, he had to admit that the "history" written by the Wen family was the real history. When he heard that the other party wanted to leave a few strokes for him in the history books, he would be lying if he said he was not nervous.
"I don't know... I don't know Wen Siye..."
Dongfang Jian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked slightly awkwardly: "I wonder, Wen Siye, how would you evaluate me?"
"In the second year of Xingde, there were some grandstanders, like clowns, who served as Imperial College officials to offer wine."
Dongfang Jian was stunned, and then became furious. Before he could get angry, Wen Qi closed the bamboo slips and left with his hands behind his back.
It turns out that what Comrade Xiao Wen said "no" was not that he was not convinced that Dongfang Jian would serve as the sacrificial wine, but that he "no" took the old guy lightly and treated him like nothing.
When Dongfang Jian was about to curse loudly, the bell rang and the door of Mingwen Hall was pushed open. The academic officers and students came out and saluted one after another, and he could not get angry again.
When many people mention Wen Qi, they always think of Si Ye or a historian. They inevitably overlook another thing, that is, Wen Qi is like a mantra lasso walking upright. If you want to know something, you just need to know something. If you find the right person, then the found person will tell the "truth" no matter how reluctant he is. Once he tells a lie and Wen Qi finds out about it, his reputation will be completely ruined. Even the Wen family historian would dare to lie. Talking about being an official, you can't do it as a human being.
So Wen Qi had long known what Dongfangjian and his group were doing. They made frequent moves, praising the third brother for taking the lead, and then led Shilin's people to let Dongfangjian take the lead. In the end, these people made Shilin a mess. He even wanted to make the court a mess.
Looking at Wen Qi's leaving back, Dongfang Jian's chest heaved up and down. After suppressing the anger in his heart, he decided to promote something in advance.
"Come, go and find His Royal Highness King Zhao."
When an Imperial College minister offers wine, he does not use "invitation" but "seeking". This is the role of reputation.
You must know that in the previous dynasty, Dongfang Jian was just a small director of the Ministry of Etiquette.
After the former emperor came to the throne, he did many "unruly" and unruly things, such as making the foreigner Ma Rulong a general, including his father's concubine into the harem, and the father and son became like-minded, and many times Drafts and so on, most of these things make the Ministry of Rites lose face and look like decorations.
However, many officials from the Ministry of Rites stood up and were chopped down by the Yi Dao Guards.
Dongfangjian also "stepped up" at that time, but not all of them. After gaining a reputation, he took the initiative to submit a letter to resign.
It can also be seen from this that Lao Deng is very good at sizing up the situation. Until he could no longer survive in that kind of environment in the court, he brushed off his presence and left the court without waiting for the Yidao guards to clean him up. He was really a scholar in the capital. Among them, he vigorously promoted his reputation.
In the past, there were many people like Dongfang Jian. Until they could no longer survive, they would vigorously improve their reputation and then resign immediately. They had to control their time well. If they hesitated at the slightest moment, Yidaowei would easily come to them and cancel their accounts.
These people who gained reputation and quit the court began to work in Shilin after gaining fame, talking about state affairs, court, and world affairs all day long. While continuing to build reputation, they were waiting for the emergence of the new court, waiting for the ups and downs, etc. He was conquered by the imperial court.
In fact, Dongfang Jian almost returned to the court, and he had already earned enough fame, but he was just a little short of it, just a stone's throw away.
Originally, during the scientific examination in the first year of Xingde, that is, last year, Dongfang Jian had already appeared in front of the emperor, and he had agreed with his friends to recommend him to the court. However, he chose the wrong stepping stone because the stepping stone's surname was Han.
Han You gave the candidates of the scientific examination a lot of trouble and led the candidates on foot from the capital to the villa.
Seeing that the opportunity had come, Dongfang Jian took a group of friends and so-called scholars to the villa in person to meet the emperor and court officials and seek justice for the scholars in the world.
As a result, when the old guy arrived, the candidates had already been hung up on the pole.
Those who cheat, are ignorant, and cheat to buy test questions can be said to be a disgrace to scholars all over the world. Under such circumstances, if Dongfang Jian and others want to "ask for justice" for the candidates, then he will easily die, Han You. But the scholar who is not used to that problem and specializes in various models and styles did the same thing after the scientific examination. Dongfang Jian is a thief, so he did not dare to commit crimes.
Even during that period, Dongfang Jian was not considered a scholar leader in the capital.
Things took a turn for the better after Han You left Beijing, that is, at the end of the new year.
At that time, Dongfang Jian was already disheartened. If the emperor who had just ascended the throne did not recruit the officials of the previous dynasty who were in opposition in the first year of his reign, there would be no chance for him in the future.
The desperate Dongfang Jian was ready to return to his hometown. Unexpectedly, because he drank a little too much wine and cursed Yi Daowei and Han You in public, the gears of fate began to turn.
In Beijing, it has been a long, long, long time since anyone dared to call Han You by his first name in public, and it has been a long time since anyone dared to scold Han You in public.
It is because of these two unintentional "scolds" that Dongfang Jian's image and persona of not being afraid of death and speaking out for justice were completely established.
After that, Dongfang Jian seemed to have found the password to wealth. His scoldings became more and more fierce, his reputation became more and more famous, and more and more people visited him. In the end, he became the leader of Jingzhong inexplicably. The leader of scholars.
The question is, everyone has a big mouth. If you can become famous by scolding Han You, why don't others do the same?
The answer is simple. The risk is very high, almost 100%. It is okay to scold Han You, but you need to bear the price, a big, big price.
Dongfang Jian is not a fool. He has just scolded him. It is better to go all the way to the dark side. The more he scolds, the harder he scolds. He will have a bright future, become famous all over the world, become an immortal golden body, and even become a prince. Young Master, Imperial Master, as long as he keeps scolding him, even if Han You comes back one day, he will still have the trump card to fight against Han You.
A Western philosopher once said that if Pangu wants to destroy people, he must first make them crazy. Dongfang Jian is now very crazy. Not only does he want to marry Han You, he also wants to promote his third son to become the prince!
