Ping An Biography

When Zhang Ning was an official in the capital last year, he worked for a few months as a secretary in the Ministry of Rites, and this time he was in the Ministry of Rites again, so he was familiar with reporting to the Yamen.I am afraid that the government office building just south of the imperial city will not change much in decades. He found the place directly, and even met a few acquaintances after entering.

There are divisions and sub-organizations in the yamen, and there are rules about who to go to first and then whoever you want to report and register. People who have never seen the world in this era will definitely get dizzy when entering the government, but Zhang Ning said that there is no pressure.Whether it is studying or working or doing business in previous lives, I have experienced similar processes, such as the student office, academic affairs office, and a piece of paper that needs to be stamped with many stamps;

Zhang Ning will be busy these days, but he has already made reasonable plans in advance.It took half a day to report this morning, and at noon, I went to Lu Zhen's mansion to submit a post, and I went to visit Lu Zhen when he returned home from duty.Tomorrow will be the official Mu holiday once every ten days (the Shu Jishi once every five days), and you can have separate banquets with Yu Qian, former colleague Huang Shiren, etc. to reminisce about the old days.In the meantime, wait for Luo Yaoniang to take the initiative to contact privately, and then talk to Yang Shiqi through her, and then find a reason to meet Yang Shiqi and send the troupe; because Yang Shiqi is different from Lu Zhen, Zhang Ning recognizes Lu Zhen as a teacher, of course You can go to visit directly, but it would be a bit abrupt to go directly to see Yang Shiqi without a word.

After working in the yamen for a long time, I received official uniforms, seals, money, etc., and was assigned to four servants who were paid by the government, including three servants, a groom, and a donkey.Zhang Ning took them to go back first, just in time to help with the things.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the yamen, I saw many officials looking around.I saw a team of Jinyi guards carrying a fat middle-aged man in official uniform to the south towards Chengtian Gate, as if he came from the imperial city.Zhang Ning asked someone who was carrying him, and happened to ask the right person, and the person whispered: "It seems that the crown prince should be studying Li Shimian."

"Why were you carried out by Jin Yiwei?" Zhang Ning asked curiously.

"You don't know about this?" The man looked back at Zhang Ning, who was wearing a commoner coat, in a little surprise.Zhang Ning pointed to the blue official uniform and hat in his arms, "Brother just entered Beijing yesterday, didn't you come to report?"

The official whispered: "I heard that there were several small earthquakes in Nanjing this year. The emperor wanted to transfer the prince to Nanjing to guard people, and use the prince's benevolence and prestige to calm people's hearts. But Li Shimian thought that transferring the prince outside was against the ancestral system. I wrote a letter to object... Now that he looks at his situation, he might be beaten and sent to Jinyiwei Imperial Prison."

Zhang Ning thought, "Nanjing was hit by an earthquake, and people are still panicking?"I just came from there, why don't you know?

Obviously it's another cover, what kind of medicine is sold in it, not to mention ordinary people, even Zhang Ning himself in front of an official can't figure it out.There is really no transparency in politics at this time, and what the higher-ups want to do is basically guesswork.The official who was carried away by Jin Yiwei may have wanted to make some meritorious service, but now he is thrown out of the official and sent to prison. It is not easy to climb up!

Zhang Ning didn't know Li Shimian either, so he couldn't control him, so he avoided the Jinyiwei team before leaving, doing what he should do.

Passed the post to Lu Zhen's mansion, he will take care of some housework in the residence in the afternoon, there are more than a dozen people living in it just after moving in, and everything is complicated.Fortunately, after reporting for duty, I don't have to be on duty for a few days.

In the courtyard of the second entrance, the servants and grooms were placed in the outer courtyard, and the master and family members lived inside. The rules at this time were all like this, and Zhang Ning was not special. He appointed Lao Xu as a temporary housekeeper, and first helped to buy living Supplies arrangement work and so on.However, the dozen or so actors and musicians live in the inner courtyard temporarily, because they are not long-term residents. The outer courtyard of this kind of courtyard is very small in depth, and there are not many houses; obviously there are loose rooms in the inner courtyard, Zhang Ning thinks it is unnecessary to let them A dozen people crowded outside.It is said that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and managing more than a dozen people requires some brains, otherwise every meal will cost you a few taels of silver, and you don’t know how to spend what you bought. Zhang Ning’s current economic situation will not last long .So he appointed Xu Wenjun to supervise the accounting, and Zhao Erniang to be in charge of purchasing, and the hatchback was restrained; in contrast, the old Xu, grandson and grandson were more trustworthy, and the few people brought by the Ministry of Rites did not know each other.

After roughly assigning everyone what to do, Zhang Ning asked someone to boil water, take a bath and change clothes, changed into a moon white dress with a square scarf as a scribe, and prepared to go out to visit Lu Zhen.If you visit with a personal friend, you cannot wear official robes.

Bringing some gifts to Lu Zhen, Zhang Ning thought it would be bad to go in with the things in his arms, he had to find someone to follow him, and it would not be so conspicuous for the followers to carry the things.But the work has just been assigned, and the people in the yard who just moved are busy with other things, otherwise the lack of quilts, lack of charcoal or some unexpected things at night will always affect their lives; he looked around and said to the little girl: "You Go and recomb your hair, change into Wen Jun's clothes, and go out with your brother in men's clothes."

Going out with Zhang Ning, she had no reluctance, so she readily packed up.It didn't take long for her to dress up. Zhang Ning was stunned when he saw it. He was wearing Wenjun's blue round-neck narrow gown. It was the first time he saw her wearing dark clothes, which made her skin whiter than jade ; This long dress is relatively narrow, which makes her chest bulge. I usually don't notice that the girl is well developed.Of course, it looks like a woman, but it's nothing. Zhang Ning asked her to wear men's clothes because she didn't want her to pretend to be a man.

Zhang Ning took the long wooden box he had prepared, and the two of them walked out on foot and hired a carriage at the street corner.

As expected, it was easy to be received by Lu Zhen.After Hu Butang resigned, Lu Zhen, who was originally a servant, was promoted to Minister of Rites without any pressure. Now the teacher is a minister-level official. It is impossible for ordinary people to visit his house and want to be received. Otherwise, the old man will be too busy. But Zhang Ning is of course different... The friendship between teachers and students is nothing more than that, not to mention that Zhang Ning’s butt was in the East Palace before, just say that the Nanjing examination room fraud case happened at that time. But playing together with your head up, how can you not keep in touch with each other just because of this?

In the past, Lu Zhen and Yang Shiqi needed to cover up their flirting, but now that the relationship is clear, Emperor Yong Le really didn't wrong him in the eyes of the public, he just had an affair with someone from the East Palace, otherwise how could they get along so well now?

When we met, besides Lu Zhen, there was his son-in-law Zhang He in the living room. Yongle was the head of the household department at that time, so I don't know much about it now, so I haven't had time to inquire about it.

After the etiquette, Zhang Ning remembered that the last time he gave ginseng was thrown aside, he thought to himself: Although my gift today is not very valuable in the eyes of people at the ministry level, it still cost me 200 taels of silver, 10,000+ yuan ah!Don't be treated like rubbish, it's really money spent in a black hole.

He opened the long box and said: "When I was in Beijing last year, my mentor gave my students "Keshu Poetry Collection", and the students studied it all the time..." In fact, I read it, but I never read it after I got it. I know where I lost it.

Lu Zhen nodded lightly.He went on to say: "At the beginning, I didn't understand much, but the more I read it, the more students will be overwhelmed. Between the lines, I express my ambitions, or worry about the country and the people, or gain insight into all things in spring and autumn, and teach people to speak sweet and vulgar. "

Lu Zhen's son-in-law, Zhang He, smiled and said nothing. Although he didn't say anything, Zhang Ning seemed to guess that this guy was laughing at him and flattering him.However, Lu Zhen himself seems to be very useful. If he said ah, your official position is so rich and rich, the teacher must be very upset, but it is another matter to say that he is good at poetry and prose. Zhang Ning feels that he said "disgusting" "It doesn't matter at all.No matter what kind of official the teacher is, he is a literati from Jinshi background, and his knowledge is like anything.

"What is learned on paper is always superficial, and I know that this matter must be practiced. Now that Ping An is an official, he not only needs to read from time to time, but also to apply what he has learned, so that he can live up to his knowledge." Lu Zhen said.

Zhang Ning hurriedly said: "Students, remember the teaching..." He pointed to the things in the wooden box and said, "This time, before the student went to Beijing to take up his post, I occasionally got a few things from the study. It may be useful when talking about the book. A friend of this inkstone said that it was made of tiles in the Weiyang Palace of Han Dynasty. Laughing."

After he finished speaking, he gave the younger sister a look. The younger sister turned pale and looked very nervous, so she picked up the object with both hands and lowered her head and walked over to put it on the table next to Lu Zhen, unable to say anything. Without any etiquette, he ran back to Zhang Ning's side.

Zhang He glanced at the contents of the box, bowed and said: "The inkstone looks like an ancient thing, but it's not a tile from Weiyang Palace, so it's hard to verify."

Lu Zhen said solemnly: "Writing is not based on what kind of inkstone you use. If you don't have any writing in your chest, you can use Han Weiyang Palace tile inkstone, and you will be able to produce beautiful flowers?"

"The teacher is right. This is just a little thought from the student. It is light but sincere." Zhang Ning said.He vaguely felt that Lu Zhen's son-in-law didn't seem to be very friendly to him. He had no relationship with Zhang He before, and it was even more impossible to offend this guy. What kind of madness is he?

Of course it's impossible because today I brought a handsome little girl, objectively speaking, the little girl's appearance is not amazing, that is, she looks relatively pure, and she doesn't have the temperament of a lady, so she behaves like a village girl in this kind of scene Restraint... Zhang Ning himself is the treasure, and it's no wonder that Zhang He is a good-looking person who can be admired.

Perhaps it was the mentality of "competing for favor" in front of Lu Zhen?This is really strange, he is Lu Zhen's son-in-law and he will definitely be covered, it's none of his business if I come to make some connections, what can it affect him?

Zhang Ning murmured in his heart, just guessing, he had no way of knowing what other people thought.But since this guy is not friendly in person, he must be on guard.Zhang Ning decided on the spot to find an opportunity to get to know this person. The relationship between people is really strange. If he didn't feel hostility, he would not be interested in learning about Zhang He at all.