Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 292 Hai Wenren’s promotion

With curiosity, Hai Wenren took the answer sheet and opened it to read.

After a long time, Hai Wenren finished reading the article, thought for a while, and asked: "You said that this article coincides with your friend's ideas. Could it be that he wrote this article?"

"No, the student's friend had already been on the gold list a few years ago, but later he chose to resign." Han Hua shook his head.

Hai Wenren's face softened a bit when he heard that the article was not written by Han Hua's friend.

When Han Hua took the examination, he was the deputy examiner.

There were two excellent articles written at that time, and Hai Wenren recognized that one of them was written by Han Hua through the style of writing.

In order to avoid suspicion, he supported choosing the owner of another article as Huiyuan.

Hai Wenren was very worried that Han Hua would choose his friend as Jieyuan because he recognized his article.

Once this kind of thing is taken advantage of by someone with intentions, it is difficult to explain clearly.

"Are you showing this article to me because you agree with his ideas?" Hai Wenren asked.

"Students understand." Han Hua said.

Han Hua was a little embarrassed when he heard this and said: "Teacher, the student asked someone to copy a copy and brought it to the teacher. I don't know who wrote it."

"Thank you, teacher!" Han Hua bowed.

"The student's good friend is named Wang Shao, Zi Zichun, who was Jinshi in the second year of Tianyou. Zichun likes military affairs and has been studying the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. He has mentioned to me before that the Liao and Xia kingdoms are strong. Liao is strong and Xia is weak, so we should first Easy and then difficult.

And if you want to take Xixia, you must take Hehuang now. Once you take Hehuang, it will not only make Xixia vulnerable to enemies from both sides, limit the development of Xixia, but also lay the foundation for planning Xixia.

He recommended this article to Hai Wenren, firstly because he felt that the person who could write this article was a talent.

"Yes." Han Hua nodded and said: "Under the influence of Zichun, the students have also become interested in military affairs. In the past two years, they have also learned about the Liao and Xia countries carefully and feel that Zichun's words are very reasonable. The teacher often accompanies the official, and the student would like to ask the teacher to submit this article to the official for review."

Based on Han Hua's age, those who could become friends with him should be about the same age.

Since he participated in the imperial examination and became an official, it meant that he was interested in an official career, so why did he resign?

However, what they read were all copied. They had to compare the original answer sheets to confirm that they were correct, and then uncovered the anonymity before they could know the name of the scholar.

After failing the production test the year before last, he resigned directly.

The students once advised him, but Zichun said that his ambition was not to govern, but to go to the northwest border to understand the situation in the northwest and the situation in Hehuang. After perfecting your ideas, you submit a letter to the officials. "Han Hua said.

Hai Wenren pondered for a while and said: "Although I once served as secretary-general under Grand Prime Minister Fan, I have a little understanding of military affairs, but I am not proficient in it. In this way, I will leave this article for now, and I will take it to you tomorrow. Mr. Han will take a look and see what he says."

Hai Wenren was a little surprised when he heard Han Hua say that his good friend had resigned.

"By the way, who wrote this article?" Hai Wenren asked.

"Why did he resign?"

"Don't have too much hope. Even if Mr. Han agrees, the officials should have no intention of understanding this at this time." Hai Wenren said.

After he and the two deputy examiners selected the successful answer sheets, they selected candidates to understand Yuan.

Secondly, I also want to see the official attitude towards this article.

If the official is not happy, he can persuade Wang Shao when he is ready to submit a letter.

Before Han Hua could check it, he hurriedly came to Hai Wenren with the copied article.

Hai Wenren shook his head slightly and said: "You are thirty years old, but you are still so unstable. You have worked hard during this period, so go back and have a good rest."

"Yes!" Han Hua bowed and retreated.

……

Early the next morning, Hai Wenren had breakfast and headed to the imperial city with the article.

Arriving at the Chancellor's Desk, he was informed and taken to the office of Mr. Han Daxiangong.

"Mr. Bo, why are you here?"

Han Zhang asked Hai Wenren to sit down, waited for the entourage to serve tea, sent the person away, and asked.

"Haha, didn't my student serve as the examiner of this provincial examination? Yesterday he sent me an article to read, and I showed it to the Grand Prime Minister." Hai Wenren said, taking out an article from his sleeve. Chapter folded paper.

"Oh?"

Han Zhang smiled and said: "Being favored by Bo Xian, it seems that this person has the talent to be the number one scholar."

Hai Wenren shook his head slightly and handed over the article without explanation.

Han Zhang took it, unfolded it and read it. When he saw the beginning, Han Zhang frowned slightly and read it carefully.

Han Zhang read it very carefully. He read it for nearly half an hour before letting it go. He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then opened his eyes and looked at Hai Wenren and said, "What do you think of this article?"

"The Grand Prime Minister should know that I don't know much about military affairs. My student highly praised this article and wanted me to submit it to the officials for review," Hai Wenren said. Han Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Fortunately you didn't submit it to the officials."

"Oh? Is it possible that the Grand Prime Minister is not optimistic about this article?" Hai Wenren asked.

"No!"

Han Zhang shook his head and said: "This article is well written. In fact, after the failure of the Song-Xia War, Fan Daxiangong also mentioned that he should deal with Xixia first. However, the officials felt that the failure of the Song-Xia War was due to the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty. There are too many disadvantages and we want to implement new policies.”

"Xiangong Fan also felt that with the current national conditions of the Song Dynasty, even if he captured Hehuang, it would be difficult to plot Xixia. The only way is to solve the internal problems first and make the country rich and strong. Now the problems in the Song Dynasty are more serious than before, and the officials are establishing a prince. The matter is uncertain, and if you show this article to the officials at this time, it will only make the officials unhappy," Han Zhang said.

"Ugh."

Hearing this, Hai Wenren sighed and said: "The crown prince is the foundation of the country. The officials are uncertain and the people's hearts are uncertain. If things go on like this, it will probably cause great chaos."

"Yes, I have been discussing with you gentlemen recently and am preparing to advise the officials and ask them to make a decision." Han Zhang said.

"Are you confident, Grand Prime Minister?" Hai Wenren frowned.

"I'm not sure, but some things always need someone to do it." Han Zhang shook his head.

"My Lord, it is better to keep him useful and plan for the long term." Hai Wenren advised.

Uniting all the ministers to make suggestions has the intention of forcing the uterus.

If it fails and offends the officials, several people will be demoted.

"We can't wait any longer. Now King Yong and King Yan are fighting endlessly, and the ministers in the court are unsettled. If this continues, something big will happen," Han Zhang said.

"Grand Prime Minister, an internal official has come to tell me that the official has summoned the scholar Hai to see him."

At this moment, a follower's voice sounded outside the door.

"Mr. Bo, the officials have summoned you. Come over quickly." Han Zhang said.

"Well, I'll go first." Hai Wenren nodded.

……

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Hai Wenren followed the internal officials to Longtuge, bowed and saluted.

The official waved his hand and said: "No courtesy, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hai Wenren thanked him and sat down.

"How long have the Qing family been serving in the Hanlin Academy?" the official asked.

Hai Wenren was stunned and said, "It's been eight years."

"It's been so long. If it weren't for what happened back then, the Qing family would have become husband-in-law." The official sighed.

"Your Majesty is serious in your words. I have few talents and little knowledge. Now I have become shameless and condescending." Hai Wenren said.

"Haha, I know the talent of the Qing family very well." The official smiled and said, "I am going to make you the Minister of Rites."

Hai Wenren was stunned and said: "Your Majesty, I am only at the fifth level now. If I am promoted to the sixth level in a row, I may cause criticism."

The Minister of Rites is the third rank, which means he has been promoted to the fourth rank in terms of official position.

However, those below the third rank of Wensanguan are divided into upper and lower ranks from the upright level, which is the fourth level.

He is now a Zhongsan doctor of the fifth rank, and has been promoted to the Minister of Rites of the third rank. Wensanguan will also be promoted to the third rank. From the official rank of Wensanguan, he is the sixth rank.

"I have made up my mind. Zhou Zhiqing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, is old, and I am ready to let him retire. For the position of the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, I can't find a suitable candidate for a while. Is it that the Qing family is not willing to share my worries?" Official Jia said.

Hai Wenren's heart sank when he heard this. Zhou Zhiqing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was only sixty years old this year and was in good health.

According to the usual practice, if an official at the level of Zhengsanpin submits a letter to resign, the official family will reject it.

After three requests and three resignations, the permission will be given.

But he had never heard of Zhou Zhiqing's resignation before this, which meant that Zhou Zhiqing did not resign on his own terms, but on the official's request.

He had heard rumors before that Zhou Zhiqing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, had defected to King Yong.

In the past, the officials turned a blind eye to King Yong and King Yan's efforts to win over the courtiers. Now it seems that the reason why the officials did not take any action was because the officials standing in line were not of high rank and the officials did not care.

And the third-rank minister of etiquette stood in line, which had touched the bottom line of the official family.

Zhou Zhiqing's retirement is quite meant to scare the monkeys.

If this is really the case, it means that the official family has no plans to establish a heir apparent for the time being.

(End of this chapter)