Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 157 0152 [Dean]

Before dawn, Zhu Ming, Bai Chongyan, and Min Zishun were eating.

Then they went out with a lantern, Zhu Ming rode his own horse, and Bai and Min took a taxi.

When we arrived at the imperial city, it was already dawn.

Occasionally meet officials along the way, all of them are going to attend the court meeting.

There were four types of dynasties in the Song Dynasty——

First, the Dachaohui.

It is only held on New Year's Day, the first day of May and the winter solstice every year. All officials must come and bow down.

Second, Chang Chaoyi.

That is to say, the daily morning meeting of the company is formalistic, and officials are often absent. It was abolished by Song Yingzong.

Third, live regularly.

The tea party held by the emperor every day, officials need to greet and play.Sometimes the emperor came every day, sometimes only after one or two months, and it was basically abolished in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Fourth, the instrument of entering the cabinet.

It is held on the first and fifteenth day of each month, which is probably for the internal team building of the company, and after worshiping the emperor, it will take care of the meal.

Today, on the first day of the new year, taking advantage of the ceremony of entering the cabinet, I was conferred the official position of Xinke Scholars by the way.

Zhu Ming followed the civil and military officials and waited outside the Hall of Wende.

Song Huizong also got up very early and took a carriage to Changchun Hall to rest.Shuangxiu was exhausted last night, and he didn't have a good rest. The emperor kept yawning.

Qin Hui's third uncle, Li Qingzhao's third uncle, Empress Zheng's brother-in-law, Cai Jing's number one political enemy, and the privy envoy Zheng Juzhong, came to Changchun Palace to report as usual: "Officials, all officials have arrived."

Song Huizong yawned and stood up: "Let's go."

Therefore, Zheng Juzhong led the way in front, and the emperor and eunuchs followed behind, all the way to Wende Hall to prepare for the court.

"The emperor ascends to the palace!"

With the sound of ceremony and music, all the officials straightened up the queue.

Another series of procedures, all officials began to enter the palace, and the new Jinshi also followed.

Civil and military officials stood on both sides, and Xinke Jinshi stood in the hall.

Holding the wat board in his hand, Zhu Ming saluted with all the ministers.Two prostrations, inserting wat, dancing, three prostrations without kneeling.

Song Huizong just wanted to go back and sleep soundly. At this moment, he couldn't get up any energy. He leaned on the throne and said a few words casually, and then asked the Ministry of Officials to announce the appointment of officials.

Liu Huan, Cai Jing's party feather and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, came out to read the situation: "He Su, the No. 1 Jinshi in the present science, is awarded to Xuan Yilang and the Secretary of the provincial school!"

He Su came out to thank you.

Xuan Yilang was dispatched from Bapin Jingguan (Jiluguan), and Secretary Provincial School Secretary Lang was dispatched from Bapin.

The number one scholar is different, and he is directly awarded a Beijing official for the first time.

"Pan Lianggui, the second Jinshi in the current department, was awarded Wen Linlang and Cao Canjun, a scholar from Guizhou."

When this appointment was given, all the officials looked sideways.

The grades of Jiluguan and dispatch are correct, but throwing them to Guizhou is a bit of suppression.

Pan Lianggui smiled wryly and came out to thank him, he knew what was going on.

He is almost 30 years old and has not yet married a wife.A few days ago, Cai Jing wanted to marry his granddaughter to him, but Pan Lianggui flatly refused, and the end result was to throw him directly to Guizhou.

This is nothing, Wang Juzheng, the second in the next Jinshi list, was thrown to Jiangxi to be the county magistrate, so angry that the second in the list resigned directly.

"Ju Ming, the third Jinshi in the current department, is awarded Wen Linlang and Taixue Xuezheng!"

Zhu Ming went out to thank the emperor, and couldn't help but look at the emperor.

Song Huizong was also funny, covered his mouth and yawned, then raised his hand and smiled at Zhu Ming.Obviously, this official position was hand-picked by the emperor, and it has something to do with his recommendation of Xue Daoguang.

Wen Linlang was selected from the eighth rank to the third rank (jiluguan), and Taixue Xuezheng was dispatched from the ninth rank (Taixue teaching director).

"Guo Xiaoyou, the fourth Jinshi in the current department, was awarded Deng Shilang and the professor of Shenzhou State Studies!"

Guo Xiaoyou felt very helpless when he came out to thank him.

From No.4 onwards, all second-class Jinshi were state school principals. It can be seen that there were so many officials at this time that there were no good positions for Jinshi.

Most of the top three Jinshi are state soldiers, master books, and county lieutenants.

The top four Jinshi, all teachers of state studies.

There are a very large number of Wujia Jinshi, all of whom are awarded to Di Gonglang (the lowest ones are selected from the ninth rank).There is no dispatch yet, and you need to go to the exam.

This is the case for Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun. The good news is that they have become Di Gonglang and can start to receive wages.The bad news is that there is no specific official position, and the competition for the test is fierce. It is very likely that there will be no official position within two or three years.

At noon, the emperor gave a banquet, and all officials ate in the corridor.

Holding the wine glass, Qin Hui sighed. Although he became the grandson-in-law of the late prime minister, the Privy Councilor is still his wife's third uncle.But his third uncle is fighting Cai Jing, and the official department is in the hands of Cai Dang.

When he was appointed as an official, he didn't get any preferential treatment, so Qin Hui was thrown to Mizhou to be the principal.

Zhu Ming drank and ate meat heartlessly, while Pan Lianggui sitting in front of him didn't think about eating or drinking.

"Brother Yirong, who did you offend?" Zhu Ming poked Pan Lianggui's back with his chopsticks.

Pan Lianggui said in a low voice: "Cai Jing wanted to recruit me as his grandson-in-law, but I politely refused. Alas, even if I am following others, how dare I tarnish the Pan family tradition?"

Zhu Ming was surprised: "Brother Yi Rong, Gui Geng, 29, has not yet married a wife?"

Pan Lianggui said: "I missed my marriage because I was too lazy to study. I also had a marriage contract. My wife, who had never married, died of illness after being dissatisfied. I hit it off with her, and I couldn't be interested in other women, so I declined many marriage proposals." people."

Zhu Ming said: "Unexpectedly, brother Yirong is still an infatuated man."

The two chatted and ate while Cai Jing sat at the front to eat.

After swallowing a few mouthfuls casually, Cai Jing got up and left, and his sons followed him out of the palace.

Cai Wei, the fifth son who did not enter the court, handed over a private letter.

After reading the letter, Cai Jing sighed and said, "Things in the northwest are about to go wrong. Tong Guan and Zheng Juzhong are eager to make contributions, and act too hastily. Wang Fu is also greedy for military pay, and the soldiers in front will inevitably be full of resentment. Use resentful soldiers to attack If the enemy's fortified city is not mobilized to respond with Liu Fa's army, most of the soldiers will be lost."

The eldest son Cai You said happily: "Once the front is defeated, Zheng Juzhong, Wang Fu, and Tong Guan will be punished by the officials, and my father will regain military power and financial power!"

Cai Jing shook his head: "The worse the defeat ahead, the less favored I will be, and the officials also want to save face."

The sons were very surprised, and it was true after thinking about it carefully.

The current military situation was arranged by Song Huizong alone.Even if the front is defeated, the emperor will help Tong Guan and others hide it for the sake of face.

Cai Jing's situation at this time was very bad. In order to divide his power, the emperor asked Zheng Juzhong to be a privy envoy and Wang Fu to be the secretary of the household department, and took away all the military and financial power in Cai Jing's hands.

Feeling this change, Tong Guan also drifted away from Cai Jing.Because Tong Guan led the army to fight, he had to cooperate closely with the Privy Envoy and the Minister of the Household Department (after Yuanfeng's restructuring, the money and grain affairs of the three divisions were assigned to the Household Department, and the military rations needed to be raised by the Household Department).

Cai Jing thought carefully for a moment and said: "After the officers and soldiers are defeated, you can impeach Wang Fu and take back the household department! But you can't impeach him with greedy military pay, which will damage the official family's face. After this war, the finance It is bound to be difficult to support, just impeach Wang Fu for not being good at managing money. In addition, I am afraid that the officials will not give you the position of privy envoy, so don't impeach Zheng Juzhong for the time being."

Then he said: "Let Zhu Xi offer more strange stones to please the officials as much as possible, otherwise the favor of my father and son will not be guaranteed."

Cai You said flatteringly: "Father's temple is like a god, and a mere king can't make any waves."

Cai Jing continued: "The official family is far away from me, and they are very kind to you. My father and son can act in a play, and the father and son are against each other. The official family will definitely like it. But not now, otherwise it will be too fake , I will talk about it after you get promoted."

"Yes!" Cai You cupped his hands and said.

Cai Jing sighed: "The officials took my military power and financial power, demoted the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, and placed people in various Changping divisions. Even the house given to our Cai family has to be lived in by Taoist priests. Alas, this How afraid of me."

The third son Cai Yu said: "The official family cannot be separated from his father. When Zheng Juzhong, Wang Wei and others make many mistakes and omissions, and the official family has no money to spend, they will definitely remember their father again."

"I hope," Cai Jing said with a sneer, "Zheng Juzhong and Wang Fu's generation only know greed, how can they know how to make money?"

The fourth son, Cai Xian, asked again: "Xue Daoguang has lived in Nanyuan and occupied my house. Do you want to drive this Taoist priest away like he did with Wang Laozhi?"

Cai Jing shook his head and said: "Wang Laozhi is too ostentatious. He invites dignitaries to teach the Tao every day, making our house a mess. This Xue Daoguang is different. He refuses the guests who come to seek the Tao, and he just practices in the South Garden. In this case, Just let him stay. You can also visit and learn Taoism on weekdays, and make friends with him a lot, maybe you can make Xue Daoguang one of your own."

Cai You asked: "What about Zhu Ming? Xue Daoguang was recommended by Zhu Ming, and Zhu Ming was awarded the title of Taixue Xuezheng. I heard that the officials are going to conscript his father. Given time, this man will be favored by the officials."

"Juming offended Dasheng's lyricists during the roll call, and offended the officials in public at the wedding banquet. He has a straightforward personality, so I'm afraid he won't be of use to me," Cai Tao said.

Cai Jing thought for a while: "You send someone to propose a marriage to see if you can recruit him as a son-in-law. We have a group of people who have a lot of wine and food, and it's okay to flatter horses, but there are not many who can do things. This Zhu Ming seems to be quite talented. Maybe he can be entrusted with him in the future. Heavy duty."

The Cai family and their son discussed all kinds of things in detail. They have reached the low point of power again, and they must work together to get out.

The next day, the Cai family sent their retainers to the house that Ju Ming rented.

"Cai Xianggong recruited me as his grandson?" Zhu Ming smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Cai Xianggong has all the power in the government and the public, and he is only one of the next ones. He really can't afford it. Please go back!"

The envoy who proposed marriage was furious: "You know it's Gao Pan, but you dare to refuse the marriage, you really don't know the current affairs!"

Zhu Ming said: "He who understands the current affairs is a hero. I am not a hero. I am only a disciple of a sage. I have read all the books of the sages, and there is nothing that teaches people to cling to luck."

The emissary who proposed marriage left in a huff, and the fact that Cai Jing recruited his grandson-in-law twice in a row, but was rejected by the second place and Tanhua, quickly spread throughout Tokyo and became a laughing stock.

And the two Jinshi who refused to be married to Cai Jing became a good talk in the world.

(End of this chapter)