Prime Minister

Chapter 888
After the official Ren Yanghui accepted the decree as a scholar of Hanlin, he sat in the first hall of scholars, followed by Zhang Yue, Wang Lian, Chen Yi, Zeng Bu, and Zhang Dun.

After Zhang Dun arrived at the academy, the Academy arranged for Suzhi, but there was one thing that surprised everyone.

It turned out that after Zhang Dun arrived at the hospital, he refused to accept the fee for the brush. One day, another official wrote an imperial edict to him for the fee, but Zhang Dun refused.

The other party thought so, and insisted that Zhang Dun accept it.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dun actually hung the pen fee directly on the beam of the house.

After several court officials heard about it, they immediately reported it to Yang Hui.

Yang Hui looked at the anxious looks of these court officials, and added a few bad words to Zhang Dun with embellishment, and he knew that they had no good impression of Zhang Dun.

Because the pen fee is divided up and down, not only the academicians, but also the academicians have their own benefits. Zhang Dun's refusal to accept it made them dissatisfied and cut off the other party's financial resources.

Yang Hui immediately summoned Zhang Dun for questioning.

Yang Hui said: "Although Hanlin bachelors have a high status, if they don't have part-time jobs, they don't have salary, so the official salary is not high."

"Yang Danian, a big brother from Zihou's hometown, wrote poems to laugh at himself. He pretended to be a servant of Ganquan, and ended up as Ruo Ao's discouraged ghost. The servant's illness is not good, and Fang Shuo is dying of hunger."

"Therefore, the late emperor favored Hanlin scholars to accept the fee for retouching pens. What's the controversy?"

Zhang Dun said: "Of course I know this, but Han Chang, when Wang Xianggong was appointed as a Hanlin scholar in the second year of Xining, he decided to abolish this bad habit. At that time, Wang Xianggong and all Hanlin scholars refused to accept embellishing pens. Why is this abuse still banned today? Inexhaustible?"

The officials of the court helped Yang Hui one after another and said: "Who is Wang Xianggong? He is an unreasonable person, otherwise he would not be dismissed. Without the fee for the pen, how will the upper and lower members of the Han Academy live?"

Zhang Dun reprimanded: "How many of us are talking? What qualifications do you have to talk."

Yang Huidao: "Zhang Neizhi has something to say."

Zhang Dun said: "Wang Xianggong wanted to get rid of the current disadvantages in the academy, because after Xining, all Hanlin scholars had part-time jobs, so Wang Xianggong thought that since all Hanlin scholars had part-time jobs, it would be unreasonable to take this retouching fee, so he took the initiative to refund the money. , but also want to set an example."

"Bachelor Zu Zezhi (Zu Wuze) received this commission, what will happen to Zu Zezhi in the future? Doesn't Master Han know?"

It is true that several Hanlin officials in the academy have part-time missions. For example, Zhang Yue is a part-time missionary for a bachelor's degree.

Yang Hui saw that Zhang Dun couldn't help but said: "If you want to do it, do it yourself, and don't forgive others in the future."

Zhang Dun saluted and said, "Thank you, Mr. Han."

Yang Hui was furious in his heart. After Zhang Dun's move, how the Hanlin scholars would get money was an offense to his authority.

Yang Hui immediately sent court officials to find Zhang Yue for discussion.

Zhang Yue was serving the driver at this time, so the court official told Peng Jingyi the reason of the matter and Yang Hui's attitude.

It was also because Zhang Yue was willing to throw money away. The court officials were very considerate to Zhang Yue, and any news was passed to him as soon as possible.

After Peng Jingyi learned about it, he reported it to Zhang Yue who returned to the academy after the feast.

Zhang Dun had a conflict just after he was admitted to the hospital, which was what Zhang Yue expected.

It's just that Zhang Dun, as the last Hanlin in the Academy, not only provoked Yang Hui, the head of the Hanlin, but also challenged this customary rule, which was really beyond my expectation.

To be honest, he didn't like the bad rules of making money.

In fact, the money is not all given to the officials. Most of the money is distributed by the court officials. Even the grooms get a share. small talk.

This dignified academician still depends on the face of the court officials to act?
However, there are so many Hanlin scholars who have not challenged this rule. After all, no one wants to cause trouble. This position is only one step away from being in power.

Peng Jingyi said: "Brother Dun really lives up to his name, and his actions are unpredictable. I met him in the Imperial Academy the day before yesterday, and I didn't expect him to remember me."

When Peng Jingyi and Zhang Yue were the second generals in the private school, they were often mischievous and caused troubles for their respective families.

"Brother Dun gave me a good look back then. Speaking of which... Sanlang, if you had been like what you were later, Brother Dun probably wouldn't have hated you and me so much."

Zhang Yue took a look at Peng Jingyi. Everyone thought that they had changed their appearance after the emperor's uncle was expelled from school, but in fact...

Zhang Yue said to Peng Jingyi: "Peng Da, sometimes the more difficult the family is, the people who harm you are often not outsiders but your own family."

"I am seeking an official position from a poor family. I know how many difficulties and difficulties this road has, but no matter what, I don't want to blame my family!"

After Zhang Yue walked to Yang Hui's room, the two met.

Yang Hui then talked to Zhang Dun about Zhang Yue, and Zhang Yue saw that Yang Hui was angry and said: "Zhang Zihou didn't report to Ming Han and acted on his own, it really shouldn't be."

After a while, Zhang Yue said: "This Zhang Zihou just likes to tease things."

"But now the officials in the academy are really lacking in rectification. On the surface, they seem to be obedient. We bachelors will do whatever they say, but they only do what they say. They are really arrogant and negligent."

"There are even some old officials who have been around for a long time, and they can't do anything about it, but they say strange things there if they don't pay a penny."

Yang Hui took it for granted that every yamen had problems, and the Hanlin Academy was no exception.How difficult it is to drastically reform the administration of officials.

Yang Hui sighed: "It's true, these court officials have too many faces and are too familiar with things. But how to change them?"

Zhang Yue said: "It doesn't matter how many of us did it, no matter who it is, it's an offending matter, but as long as the matter becomes serious, the Zhongshu will definitely intervene. If the time comes, please order the Zhongshu to arrange it properly, and the court officials will not be able to return it." Will it be difficult to go to Zhongshu?"

Yang Hui heard the words and said: "It's still Duzhi who is good at planning. It's just that Zhang Zihou is cheap, and he has the reputation of getting rid of bad habits..."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Zhang Zihou seeks benevolence to obtain benevolence in the future, and seeks to be hammered to be hammered. This is also the destiny. For example, isn't Wang Xianggong the same?"

Yang Huidao: "What I'm talking about is that at the beginning I was friendly with Wang Xianggong, and later he became the national exempt law. I thought it was wrong to write the ten disadvantages."

"Now that I think about it, my words were too aggressive. Wang Xianggong's reform has both disadvantages and advantages, but there are more disadvantages than advantages. Only the latecomers can comment."

Zhang Yue heard the words and smiled and said, "Mr. Yang is not satisfied with the method Lu Xianggong mentioned a few days ago?"

Yang Huidao: "That's exactly the case. This practical law makes people's homes full of land, chickens, pigs, pigs, and livestock. If there is any concealment, people will report it and reward one-third of the seized assets. How is it different from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's suing method?"

What Yang Hui said was that Lu Huiqing proposed a very controversial new law today.

The main content of this real law is to strictly declare the property of the common people. Specifically, every chicken and duck must be reported to the imperial court.

Zhang Yue knew that Yang Hui didn't miss Wang Anshi's kindness, but thought that a crab is not as good as a crab.

(End of this chapter)