The rise of the poor

Chapter 400 The Umbrella
It was drizzling in the early morning, and as soon as Zhu Pingan opened the door, he saw the raindrops falling down in a diagonal weave, like water mist transpiring from the air, and the coolness fell on his face was very refreshing.

A bunch of unknown wildflowers in the yard were tossed about by children. I don’t know when it has quietly bloomed, and the branches are full of flowers. Small red and blue flowers are blooming under the roots of the trees, like a rainbow surrounding the roots.

"Uncle, go out after breakfast."

The little maid of Baozi came to Zhu Ping'an's small courtyard early with an oil-paper umbrella, carrying a food box, and a paper umbrella.

The breakfast was as good as ever, and after eating, the little maid of Baozi forced the extra paper umbrella into Zhu Ping'an's hand before she was willing to leave with the food box.

Zhu Pingan went out with the oiled paper umbrella in his arms, but didn't open it. The light rain was as fine as ox hair, so there was no need for an umbrella.Zhu Pingan just took off his clothes and sleeves, and went out leisurely to the Imperial College. Today is the day when Zhu Ping'an and his new officials will perform the dish release ceremony. The venue for the release ceremony is the Imperial College and the Confucian Temple.

The dish ceremony is the last procedure for the upstarts of imperial examinations to enter the officialdom.

After the cooking ceremony, Zhu Ping'an and the others can change into the official uniforms prepared by the Ministry of Officials. From then on, they officially leave their status as civilians and formally enter the officialdom. They become officials and enjoy the state's salary and power from then on.

When Zhu Pingan was about to arrive at the Imperial College, he met Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, and the three entered the Imperial College together.

At this time, Guozijian was the highest institution of learning in Ming Dynasty, and also the most advanced institution of higher learning in the whole world. It was not one of them, and its influence was much greater than that of Harvard and West Point in modern times.In countries such as the Western Regions, the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, if someone can study in the Daming Imperial College, he can immediately become a high-ranking official when he returns home.

Guozijian is located in the Dongcheng District of the capital city. The street in front of Guozijian is called Guozijian Street. Next door to Guozijian is the Confucian Temple.

This is Zhu Pingan's first visit to Guozijian.

Not far from the Guozijian, there is a Dismounting Monument. All people, regardless of their official positions, must dismount when they come here.

There are two tall archways in front of Jixian Gate, which are exquisite and majestic. The main decoration is yellow colored glaze, which is very luxurious in Daming.The front of the archway is engraved with the words "Wuqiao Jiaoze", and the back is engraved with the words "Xuehai Festival View". The first word means that there are many teachers in the Guozijian, and the second word means that there are more people listening to the classes in the Guozijian.The inscription on the archway is the same as that of later generations. It can be seen that the inscription on the archway of the Guozijian in the Qing Dynasty was copied from the Ming Dynasty. According to history, it was written by Emperor Qianlong himself. Now it seems that the Qing Dynasty revised the history books and erased many things from the Ming Dynasty.

The Guozijian is dominated by red tones. As soon as Zhu Pingan, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen entered the Guozijian, the architectural style of the red bricks and red tiles of the Guozijian rushed to the face.

After entering the Guozijian, many people came to greet Zhu Ping'an and the others in the same year, and Zhu Ping'an also returned the salute one by one.When Zhu Ping'an and the others greeted each other together, many of the students studying in the Imperial College were far away, watching with envious eyes.

The supervisors all knew that the newly promoted Jinshi would come to hold the dish release ceremony today, so they took up their seats early and watched from a distance, watching with envy and hatred.

After Zhu Ping'an and the others came for a while, Ouyang Zishi walked in surrounded by a group of newly promoted Jinshi. If there are people in the court who are good officials, this is most vividly reflected in Ouyang Zishi.Zhu Pingan and the others have been here for a long time and haven't seen the leaders of the Imperial College, and the leaders of the Imperial College have not shown up. Here, Ouyang Zishi just entered the Imperial College for a few minutes, and the Imperial College's Jijiu, Si Ye, Jiancheng, and several Xuezhengs appeared .

The former Guozijian sacrificial wine was Xu Jie. After Xu Jie was promoted to Minister of Rites, the current Guozijian sacrificial wine went through Yan Song's back door, so he was able to serve as Guozijian sacrificial wine.Therefore, Guozijian Jijiu was very enthusiastic about Yan Song's nephew.

In this dish release ceremony, the number one scholar Zhu Ping'an should be the protagonist of course, but this time the dish release ceremony, Ouyang Zishi became the protagonist.

Although every time Zhu Ping stood in front of the crowd, the protagonist was Ouyang Zishi who was taken care of by the Imperial Academy, and Ouyang Zishi also showed off his sense of superiority in front of Zhu Pingan from time to time.

On the way to Confucius Temple, the drizzle in the sky gradually became larger.

Several officials from the Imperial College led the way, and the rest of the newly promoted Jinshi followed.The Jijiu of the Guozijian and the Cheng of the Siyejian walked behind, talking with Ouyang Zishi and others, taking care of Ouyang Zishi a lot.

Zhu Ping'an, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen walked together. They hadn't arrived at the Confucian Temple yet, so there was no need to sort them out.

"Is it raining a little bit?" Ouyang Zishi said as he walked, and then looked at the umbrella under the arm of Zhu Pingan who was walking in front intentionally or unintentionally.

Ouyang Zishi's eyes, Guozijian Jijiu all saw it in his eyes, Ouyang Zishi was Yan Ge's nephew, and Guozijian Jijiu also heard that Yan Ge wanted to marry his daughter to Ouyang Zishi, now he treats Ouyang Zishi To show goodwill, that is, to show goodwill to Elder Yan Ge, whether you can raise your grade in the future depends on Elder Yan Ge's attitude.

"Ahem, is that safe?" Guozijian came to Zhu Ping'an's side and asked.

"I've seen the sacrificial wine, the student is Zhu Ping'an." Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands.

"Well, okay, you don't need that umbrella?" Guozijian Jijiu asked again, "Ouyang Zishi is unwell and can't stand the rain."

Zhu Pingan smiled when he heard Guozijian offering wine, and then sent the umbrella in his arms to Guozijian offering wine with both hands.

You can't even wet your clothes in such a heavy rain?Unwell?I see your complexion is very ruddy!Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen who were beside Zhu Ping'an were unwilling, and they all looked at Ouyang Zishi behind him with strange eyes, faintly complaining for Zhu Ping'an.

"Ahem, how embarrassing is this? Isn't that Zihou going to get caught in the rain?" Ouyang Zishi took the umbrella handed over by the Guozijian Jijiu very artificially, and looked at Zhu Ping'an and said deliberately refusing.

It seemed that if Zhu Pingan didn't nod his head, he wouldn't continue.

Then, Guozijian Jijiu turned his gaze to Zhu Ping'an, with a hint of pressure.

"This little rain doesn't hurt me, I'll give you the umbrella." Zhu Pingan comforted Ouyang Zishi very straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Guozijian stroked his beard in satisfaction, and Ouyang Zishi took the umbrella halfway, opened it and held it on his head, looking proud.

Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen didn't understand why Zhu Pingan gave the umbrella to Ouyang Zishi so readily, but when Zhu Pingan said a word, they laughed.

Because what Zhu Ping'an said was: "If he doesn't lift, it will be sunny."

(End of this chapter)