Prime Minister

Chapter 865
Back in the hall of the West Pavilion, the luggage has almost been moved.

This is a separate small courtyard, and the courtyard is a scholar's pavilion. It is said that the scholar's pavilion is actually a three-bay hut.

From the majestic Baihu Festival Hall to this simple three-bay house, it seems to have gone round and round and returned to the original place.

Officials of different levels in the academy have their own dormitory specifications. For example, in the academy in the southwest, they live in one room per person.

As for the Kongmu Academy and the Shishi Academy, each official has a table for each person, and there is not even a table.

This is quite like an office building, where part-timers sit in square grids, the little boss has an office, and the boss lives in a suite.

The second bachelor's hall is the suite, the central one is a place for entertaining guests, the east one is reserved for Zhang Yue's daily rest, and there are wooden tables in it, and the west one is a place for his entourage to wait for orders .

Among Zhang Yue's disciples, Li Kui was preparing for the imperial examination, while Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong couldn't understand writing.

So Peng Jingyi and Huang Haoyi stayed in the academy to help him with some things.By the way, Huang Haoyi's elder brother, Huang Haoqian, Zhang Dun's brother-in-law, was recommended by Cai Que as the supervisory censor Lixing.

Cai Que recommended Huang Meiqian to Zhang Yue a few days ago.

After Zhang Yue entered, Peng Jingyi had already arranged everything.

In the center there is a large table and grass table, behind the table are more than [-] wooden cabinets, which are full of manuscripts, and in front of the table are a few backrest seats.

Peng Jingyi made tea for Zhang Yue, and then ordered the officials in the courtyard to clean up the two rooms. Huang Haoyi intervened and joked with Peng Jingyi.

The three of them were all from the same township in Jianzhou, and sometimes they used some slang words from their hometown, which had a different meaning.

Zhang Yue sat behind the case and enjoyed this moment very much.

Compared with the days when there were [-] soldiers on Xihe Road, they were always trembling and trembling like walking on thin ice. Now that they have returned to the capital, the burden will be lighter.

Xihelu is an incompetent general who exhausts the three armies to death, with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians at his fingertips. If he doesn't do well in the capital, the worst thing he can do is to be a foreigner.

Sometimes I think that if Zhang Yue was not an official and Zhang Yue was just an ordinary scholar, he would live in poverty and be scolded by his wife for being poor every day. be yourself.

In this way, I can read some books, and then chat with a confidant like Senior Brother Guo, this life is enough.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue felt that he was a little hypocritical. Since he had this position, why did he envy the life of the ordinary people and the wild cranes?

Up to now, being an official in the academy is more like walking on thin ice than before, and it is more trembling.The capital is no better than Xihe, and in the northwest Tiangao Emperor is far from the Tudi Emperor.

But in Bianjing, no matter how high the official is, there are people who are taller than you, even if you are as respected as an official, you have to watch the faces of the two empress dowagers carefully.

But as the lady said, if you don’t promote your political views, align your political ideals with the development of the country, and dare not let go of everything, then the official is useless.

What is there to be afraid of?
I was born as a Jinshi of the Zhenger Eight Classics, and I was the number one scholar and imperial edict handpicked by Emperor Renzong, and I have made meritorious support for Emperor Yingzong and his son.

At this time, the court official said to Zhang Yue: "Report to Duanming, do you want to hang some words in the hall?"

"it is good."

Zhang Yue thought about it and immediately picked up a pen and ink to write a few words on the paper.

The court officials on the side read it, but saw what Zhang Yue wrote.

The kindness of the market is not as high as the reward of virtue, and the shame is not as high as the shame.It is better to be famous than to escape from fame, and to be true is better to be honest than to be hypocritical.

The court official looked at the characters first and praised: "Duanming is really a good character. No wonder Yu Duanming's calligraphy in Bianjing is hard to find. Good, really good!"

Immediately, the court official tasted the poem again: "The words and sentences are good, indifferent, peaceful and distant. The villain is hanging on the wall here."

Zhang Yue said to the court official: "You don't need to hang it here, just hang it in my resting room."

The court official was taken aback when he heard the words, it turned out that the word Zhang Yue was not posted for others to read.

Zhang Yue looked at the court official's expression and thought it was funny.

There is a joke that [-] out of [-] companies with "good morals carry things" will go bankrupt. If "good morals carry things" is combined with the words "Heaven rewards hard work", the bankruptcy rate will reach [-]%.

Because of this kindness, God rewards hard work, it is for oneself to show it to oneself.If you hang it up for others to see, then it will be like not fighting back if you beat me or scolding me, and God will reward you for me.

The court official asked in a low voice, "What other utensils does Duanming need?"

Zhang Yue said: "No need."

The court officials looked at Zhang Yue's luggage and utensils, which were extremely ordinary, almost the same as those used by scholars, and there was no luxury at all. Who would have thought that this person was a nobleman in front of the emperor, a dignified Hanlin scholar, and a former scholar. What about the princes?

The court officials thought to themselves, they often heard that this scholar Zhang was an upright official, and he did not lose the true qualities of a humble family, so he was afraid that flattery would be useless, and that he could only please him by doing things honestly.

Thinking of this, the court official withdrew.

A moment later, an official came in and invited Zhang Yue to the Privy Council for a meal.

Why did Zhang Yue go to the Privy Council instead of eating in the academy? It turns out that this is a rule left over from the Five Dynasties.

Because the prime minister had too much power at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Privy Council and the Hanlin Academy were established to divide the power of the prime minister.At that time, the Privy Envoy was also a Bachelor of the Golden Temple.

By the time of the Five Dynasties, the most powerful power was the Privy Council, and the prime ministers had to listen to the wishes of the Privy Envoys. Therefore, in order to limit the power of the Privy Envoys and also to supervise them, Duanmingdian Scholars and Privy Direct Scholars were selected from the Hanlin Scholars during the Five Dynasties. The Privy Council serves as an officer.

Duanmingdian Bachelor and Privy Direct Bachelor are not only the emperor's confidants, they can see the emperor at any time, and at the same time, they also go to the outer court to participate in the decision-making of the Privy Council.

In the Song Dynasty, the status of the Privy Council declined, and the Duanming Palace bachelors were idle.

However, the rule of eating in the Privy Council hall is still there.

Zhang Yue, Huang Haoyi and Peng Jingyi went out to the Privy Council.

As the second yamen in the world, there are towering trees in the Privy Council, and a few inconspicuous rooms are located in it.

The officials of the Privy Council saw that Zhang Yuezhi was a newly-appointed Duanming Palace scholar, and everyone knew that Zhang Yuezhi was the son-in-law of the dignified Privy Council envoy, so they respectfully led him into the hall.

When Zhang Yue entered the hall, he saw the Privy Council envoys Chen Shengzhi, Wu Chong, Privy Council Deputy Envoy Cai Ting and Privy Council Chengzhi Zeng Xiaokuan had arrived, and court officials were serving soup.

Zhang Yue met with several Privy Council officials.

Chen Shengzhi smiled and said: "Old man Duzhi has been waiting 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 that you were destined to be rich and honored. Now that I am in the same hall, I have fulfilled my wish back then."

Except for Cai Ting, everyone present was from Fujian.

Chen Shengzhi, Zhang Yue, and Wu Chong are all from Jianzhou.

Wu Chong on the side smiled and said: "Whether it is rich or not, it will all be taken care of by the elders in the future."

Chen Shengzhi smiled at Wu Chong: "You and I don't talk about each other, come, sit down and talk!"

Ps: Two updates tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)