Idle courtiers

Chapter 365
On the second day, according to the procedure of making offerings, it was time to give alms.

Zhou Nan didn't have to go to Xiyuan to meet Jiajing for the next two days. What happened in these two days made Zhou Nan realize that Jane's plan to become the emperor's close minister in the emperor's heart had completely failed.But instead of being disappointed, he felt a sense of relief.

A companion is like a tiger, with such a master on the stall, plus Xiao Wanli, maybe one day I will lose my life inexplicably.

It's better not to tease the emperor before he has won the rank of Jinshi and squeezed into the ranks of civil servants.

Let's just mess around, let's talk about it until Qiu Wei.

Speaking of which, there is still more than a month left before the Shuntianfu Township Examination.For the past two days, I have only cared about Xiyuan's affairs, and I am exhausted, and I haven't reviewed my homework for a few days.When things are over here, it's time to enter the exam state.

Zhou Nan was nominally in charge of the donation on this day, and because it involved a huge sum of tens of thousands of taels of silver, the Daolu Department's Mother-in-law Ritual Department also sent a chief over.

The Ministry of Rites is Xu Jie's basic board, and many of the officials in it are his protégés and old officials, and the chief surnamed Huang is no exception.

In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Nan is Xu Jie's disciple, and he and Master Huang belong to the same family.

But the core members of the Xu family all know that Mr. Zhou has fallen out with Mr. Xu Ge.

Therefore, Chief Huang's attitude towards Zhou Nan was very rude today. When he saw him, before Mr. Zhou came forward to make out, he coldly cupped his hands, and after a word of reprimand, he stopped talking to him.

Zhou Nan was a little angry in his heart, everyone is the sixth grade.Yes, you are the head of the Ministry of Rites and a faction with real power, but you can't look down on people like this.You ignored me, and you didn't bother to post your cold ass with a warm face.

In addition to Chief Huang from the Ministry of Rites, several other yamen in the capital also sent officials.

For example, a Fengli Lang came to Taichang Temple. Taichang Temple is in charge of group sacrifices in the mausoleum, rituals, music and rituals. Today's affairs are within the scope of their work.

A commander from Xicheng Bingma Division came to take charge of law and order.

Even Qin Tianjian has a deputy supervisor, which is strange. You, a person in charge of watching the stars, have nothing to do with Taoism.

There are so many, six or seven yamen, a large group of officials, sedan chairs, and royal ceremonial staffs, it is very lively.

Zhou Nan seriously suspects that these yamen are here to attract attention.

He is a person who likes to show off, leading such a big battle, he doesn't feel proud of himself, the unhappiness caused by Chief Huang's indifferent attitude towards him just now disappeared in a short while.

Gather the whole team and march forward mightily.

In line with the principle of moving from near to far, Zhou Nan headed west all the way, and the first thing he went to was the Huoshen Palace on Di'anmen Street.

The Taoist priests in the palace knew that Lao Zhou was their God of Wealth, so they received him very attentively.

After a lively ceremony, they burned incense, drank some herbal tea, and threw down 2000 taels of silver. The officials continued to move forward amidst the Taoist chanting, and came to Luzu Hall on Beishuncheng Street.

It's still the same program, and there's nothing to say about it.It's just that the sun has risen so high, everyone is sweating and a little tired.Seeing the shade in the temple and eating iced drinks, I don't want to move my nest.

The Taoist of Lu Zudian is a well-informed and knowledgeable person, so he said, my lords have worked hard.There is nothing else in the trail, except that there is a well in the back hall, which produces good spring water, and the ink-made tofu tastes very good.It's noon, you might as well have some vegetarian food here first.

The city of Beijing now has millions of residents, and the water for so many people's lives is groundwater.However, the waste water is directly discharged randomly. After decades, the taste of groundwater is a bit wrong.Therefore, the water used in the palace is taken from Yuquan Mountain outside the city.

The only well in the city that has Lu Zudian's well water is very sweet. Zhou Nan saw that all the officials were tired and wanted to be a good person, so he nodded: "Alright, let's have lunch at the Taoist priest's place."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Huang shouted: "Master Zhou, you and I are ordered to give alms. There are so many palaces and temples in the capital, and you are tired after only two of them. I don't know when you will finish? If you are such a negligent This official has never seen a lazy politician. Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly. Otherwise, this official will impeach you."

These words were rude, Zhou Nan's expression changed, and he was about to explode.Seeing that the situation was not good, several other officials hurried over to persuade them, and managed to persuade the two of them.

There was no way, the team continued to move forward, walked through three Taoist temples, and finally arrived at the Pantao Palace.

It is already two o'clock in the afternoon, the ancients all got up early, and the little carbohydrates eaten at Mao's time have already been digested without a trace.Everyone was thirsty and hungry, and the team began to disperse.

Seeing that everyone couldn't stand it anymore, Zhou Nan ordered the Taoist priests in the Pantao Palace to prepare lunch, and asked, Taoist priest, is there any problem with the food for 100 people?
The Taoist replied with a smile, Mr. Zhou, I despise that there are more than 30 people in the village on weekdays, and 100 more people eat, that is, add more rice.If I had known that the adults would be coming today, Xiaodao would have asked someone to buy the five-chambered sheep, which is marinated, and it only needs to be cut up to be good.

Zhou Nan was overjoyed, and hurriedly told him to cut up the mutton quickly, and no longer pursued the matter of monks eating meat.

I enjoyed this meal, probably because I was very hungry, everyone ate too much, and they were sleepy after the meal.

Seeing that it was very shady and cool in the view, Zhou Nan ordered everyone to rest for half an hour before leaving.

At this time, Chief Huang jumped out again and reprimanded Zhou Nan, saying that my lord is negligent in his administration, and leave immediately, otherwise the official will impeach you with a bullet.

He left a word of impeachment, and another sentence of impeachment, which finally made Zhou Nan really angry. This guy has been targeting himself from morning to now, whether he can bear it or not, so he shouted: "Master Huang, this time the charity is presided over by the official." , has nothing to do with you. Is it wrong for me to be sympathetic to the officials?

Seeing Zhou Nan being so tough, Mr. Huang was so angry that his face was livid, and he went up against the case.

After another persuasion from the officials, they separated.

Seeing Mr. Huang angrily going down to write a letter of complaint, some officials said to Zhou Nan worriedly, Mr. Zhou, you care about the bones of us old people, and cherish the soldiers below, we all accept your love.It's okay for everyone to be a little tired, anyway, it's only two days, why do you have to get into trouble with Mr. Huang, it's not worth it?
Zhou Nan was annoyed, it wasn't a question of whether to take a nap or not at all, this man surnamed Huang was clearly trying to please Xu Jie and toss my lord.

Someone asked Zhou Nan carefully again, saying, Mr. Zhou, aren't you Xu Xiang's favorite student? Mr. Huang was always his teacher when he was taking the Juren examination. They were originally a family, how did they become so angry today? evil?

Hearing their question, Zhou Nan's heart moved. For his own future, he should break away from Xu Jie.

Of course, it was a bit embarrassing for me to have turned against him, and it would be a bit embarrassing if I said it myself.

Let them guess the inside story of this matter.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan held his breath until his face turned red.Pretending to be so ashamed: "Isn't it because Xu Ge's granddaughter wanted to marry Yan Song's grandson, I strongly opposed it at the time... It was my fault, I behaved badly, and I was ashamed of Xu Xiang... I The official has done something wrong, and I wish I could die just like that... Don't ask any more questions, everyone."

The marriage between Xu Jie and Yan Song had caused a lot of uproar in the beginning, and the Ninth Young Master has become so famous recently that it is almost as if Li Qingzhao is still alive.But at this time, a rumor spread that the poems written by Xu's granddaughter were ghostwritten by Zhou Nan. Otherwise, why are the styles of their poems so similar?
Seeing Zhou Nan's strange expression now, and remembering the rumors about Mr. Zhou's lustful nature, everyone's hearts were moved: Could it be that Zhou Zimu and Xu Jie's granddaughter had selfishness, otherwise, how could such a shrewd and powerful disciple Xu Xiang be willing to drive him out?

No, this matter needs to be checked carefully.

Everyone was excited, and the soul of gossip was burning.

Now, there is no need to take a nap, and all the officials gathered together to discuss happily.

Just as he was talking happily, suddenly, a cabinet clerk came over and said that the cabinet had received a report from Chief Huang to impeach Zhou Nan for his negligence and negligence.Xu Xiang ordered that Zhou Nan be fined for one year's salary.

What a harsh punishment, what a quick move!
Everyone couldn't help taking a deep breath. According to the procedure, the official's paperwork must first be sorted by the General Administration Department, and then sent to the old man in charge of this area by category. red.

After Xu Jie's instruction this time, he sent it directly without mentioning the procedure, which shows how much he hates Zhou Nan.

This kind of hatred can only be the hatred of killing one's father and seizing one's love.

It seems that it is true that Mr. Zhou and Miss Xu Jiajiu have an affair.

All the gentlemen present were wonderful.

After the lunch break, the team continued to march.

Then I went to the Yuhuang Pavilion, and Mr. Huang started to criticize again, saying that Zhou Nan violated the system when presiding over the donation, and wrote an impeachment note on the spot and asked his subordinates to send it to the cabinet quickly.

When Zhou Nan and the others went to Ninghe Palace, the cabinet's instructions came down again, and Zhou Nan was fined for one year's salary.

Zhou Nan was fined one year's salary by Emperor Jiajing yesterday, and now he is fined by Xu Jie for two years.

In other words, in the next three years, he will work for the old Zhu's family, and he will bring his own food.

Of course, Mr. Zhou doesn't rely on his salary for a living, but it's just that Lao Xu put the conflict between the two of them on the table in such a blatant manner, is it appropriate for the majestic second assistant to deal with a small sixth-rank miscellaneous official?

Zhou Nan couldn't laugh or cry.

This is exactly what Mr. Zhou wants, so he is not angry.

This is the end of the day, and I go home to rest.

On this day, the Taoist temples in the city finally finished their cards.Next, we should go to several Taoist temples outside the city, such as Baiyun Temple.

Director Huang came to trouble Zhou Nan again. When he was at Baiyun Temple, he wrote an impeachment letter directly at the gate of the mountain and asked people to send it back to the capital, impeaching Zhou Nan for disrespecting Sanqing.

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded, "Old Huang, you are so ruthless. I haven't even entered yet, so you impeach me for my inappropriate words and deeds, isn't it too unskillful?"
Yes, continue to fine the salary for one year.

Zhou Nan was almost numb.

There is no way, the errands have to continue, and at worst, I will deduct two years' salary from Lao Xu.

After leaving Baiyun Temple, Zhou Nan and the others walked back.By this time, the job was almost done.There are still a few small Taoist temples in the outer city, so that is not too important, just perfunctory.

As soon as he entered the outer city, he saw a fast horse galloping towards him: "It's from Daolu Sibushi, where is Mr. Zhou Nanzhou?"

It was a eunuch who asked the question.

Zhou Nan hurriedly went up to meet him: "Your Majesty, Zhou Nan, do you dare to ask your father-in-law what is your order?"

The eunuch stretched out an edict and read: "The emperor's edict said: Zhou Nan, the director of Daolu, is of high character and cleanliness, diligent in political affairs, and specially bestowed on Zhou Nan the title of Xuande Lang."

(End of this chapter)