Idle courtiers

Chapter 366

The so-called Xuande Lang is a kind of Wensan class, which is the sixth grade.

Sanjie is not an actual official position, but specifically refers to the rank of officials, which is equivalent to the rank of soldiers in later generations.There were 42 grades of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, from Special Jin Guanglu Doctor to General Shi Zuorang, and Xuan Delang was the sixth rank.

Generally speaking, officials will be awarded Rulin Lang after reaching the sixth rank.However, Zhou Nan is a miscellaneous person, and it is obviously inappropriate to be awarded the Confucian Lang, so he became Xuan De Lang.

Because Zhou Nan came from a miscellaneous background, since entering Beijing, his official position has been constantly changing, and he has been on duty in a yamen for almost a month or two, which caused him a headache when the Ministry of Officials issued him an official license.

Ordinarily, his Sanjie should have been settled a long time ago, because he was suddenly at the eighth rank, suddenly at the ninth rank, and suddenly became the sixth rank, it was like a child's play.

The Ministry of Officials didn't know what position Mr. Zhou would be fixed in the end, so he simply ignored him.And the matter of his ranking was delayed like this.

To be honest, before this matter was implemented, Mr. Zhou's justice was really unreliable.After all, the name is not right, and the words are not right.

As soon as this decree was announced today, his sixth-grade position was considered stable.If any government wants to remove him from this position in the future, it's not impossible, but it needs to go through complicated organizational procedures, and it can't be done by a big man with a single sentence.

Although becoming Xuan Delang did not bring him real benefits, it was also a beautiful thing, equivalent to the administrative level of later generations.Now, Zhou Nan can finally enjoy the treatment above the level of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Nan was overjoyed, and said to the eunuch: "Heaven's grace is great, and my minister, Zhou Nan, can only do things honestly to repay the king's father. If you dare to ask your father-in-law's name, it's hard work in this hot day. Please eat a bowl of mung bean soup to relieve the heat." .”

As he spoke, he secretly stuffed a piece of silver over.

But the eunuch didn't answer, and said: "Your surname is Chen, Mr. Zhou is busy with government affairs, so it's important to finish the emperor's errands."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands politely and galloped away on horseback.

Seeing that Zhou Nan had set a rank, the middle officials were very polite to him, and all the officials were stunned: a moment ago, Chief Huang kept impeaching Zhou Sizheng, and the cabinet even withheld his three-year salary in one go.In the eyes of the people in the officialdom, it was so pitiful that anyone could step on it.How did you get the gift of rank in the blink of an eye?
Another clever official thought to himself that when the eunuchs in the palace came out to pass on the imperial edict, especially this kind of good news of ennobling an official to a noble, they would usually charge some happy money.Just now this Eunuch Chen was very polite to Mr. Zhou, he didn't even accept the red envelopes.Obviously, Zhou Nan has already caught the emperor's favor... By the way, Zhou Nan was in front of the palace two days ago, and he heard people say that his poems are good, maybe it's because of his Qing Ci that he won the emperor's favor?
Master Zhou really knows how to drill.

While everyone was envious, they were also somewhat disdainful, especially Mr. Huang, who only had a sullen face: "Master Zhou, finish the errand as soon as possible."

Zhou Nan immediately understood that the reason why he was rewarded by the emperor was probably because Princess Jiashan was persuaded by him to properly handle the matter of the female official, and Longyan was very happy.

Mr. Huang was so hateful, Zhou Nan didn't bother to pay attention, snorted, and ordered the team to move on.

After entering a Taoist temple, everyone was tired just after giving away the silver, and they were having tea in the alchemy room with the Taoist priest in the temple.Suddenly, the door of the meditation room opened, and a group of people walked in.The leader is still an eunuch, holding an edict in his hand; "Which one is Zhou Nan and Zhou Sizheng?"

When Zhou Nan saw it, his heart trembled: Could it be that you came to make me an official again, right?
The eunuch met Zhou Nan in Yuxi Palace the day before yesterday, and without waiting for Master Zhou to reply, he grabbed his hand and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, the emperor ordered you to be a member of the court, thank you...cough , It’s a hot day, our house is thirsty to death.” After finishing speaking, he sat down on the head of the house, picked up a cup and poured air into his mouth regardless of whether he was clean or not.

Unlike eunuch Chen just now because he was serious about setting ranks for officials, this position is not that important. He seemed very casual, and he happily accepted the red envelope that Zhou Nan secretly stuffed in.

The job of the Chaohui Banzhi is very simple to say, it is to stand beside the emperor every morning at the court, adorn the guard of honor, and maintain order.Banzhi is divided into two types: Wenchen and Wuchen, and Wuchen is Jinyiwei.Because I have to attend court meetings every day, it is a good job to get acquainted with the emperor.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing has not been in court for more than 20 years, so it is impossible to get acquainted with it.But it was a decent job anyway, everyone was amazed and said with a smile, Zhou Sizheng, did you read the almanac when you went out today, and you have been rewarded by the emperor one after another, it's really enviable!

However, Zhou Nan had a bitter face: "This job is so hard, can I not accept it?" Yes, after taking up this position, I would have to get out of bed every day before dawn, and I would have to enter the imperial city every day.It's okay in summer, but I'm afraid people will freeze to death in winter, and they don't get a penny more in salary.The most annoying thing is that I can't sleep in from now on.

Hearing what Zhou Nan said, everyone was dissatisfied. Mr. Zhou, you pretended not to be like that.

Chief Huang despises in his heart: What a smug villain!

The eunuch, surnamed Niu, heard what Zhou Nan said, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, this is the grace of the Holy One, how can I resign."

Just as he was about to say a cliché in official Chinese, there was so much excitement outside, another eunuch led people in and rushed in. Seeing Eunuch Niu, he was stunned: "Eunuch Niu is here too?"

"Eunuch Ma, our family issued an edict for Long Live, what are you doing here?"

Eunuch Ma: "Look for Si Zheng Zhou Nan from the Daolu Department."

Zhou Nan: "The next official is Zhou Nan. Dare I ask Eunuch Ma what he can teach you?"

Eunuch Ma: "Your Majesty's order, I heard that Zhou Nan is a man of morality, and he will enter the inner school to teach from now on."

Hearing this decree, Zhou Nan broke out in a cold sweat.Entering the inner school, isn't that going to make me a eunuch? No, no, I'm just a young man.

Seeing that Zhou Nan's face changed, Eunuch Ma knew that he had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, His Majesty is very satisfied with your article, and praised you as a rare talent, so let you teach in the inner school? Maybe our nephew I want to be your student too, please teach me strictly."

"Ah, come to the inner study hall to teach?" Now, the meditation hall was so quiet that only the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard.

The so-called Neishutang is the advanced administrative study class for eunuchs.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent internal officials from monopolizing power, Taizu did not allow eunuchs to read and write.

But later, the emperor found out that the civil servants of the outer dynasty were not all of one mind with him, so the servants of the inner court reassured him.As a result, the eunuchs began to enter the political arena.

A great man once said: An army without culture is a stupid army.

The eunuchs have a low level of education and can't even understand official documents. How can they manage the country and serve the emperor?
Therefore, the emperor set up an inner study hall in the palace, and selected clever young eunuchs to study in the school.The number of students ranges from 300 to [-], and the schooling period is ten years.After layers of elimination, a dozen or so elites were screened out, and re-entered the major yamen of the Inner Palace for key training and were used as senior reserve cadres.

These selected eunuchs are indeed worthy of the word elite, because they have very powerful teachers: six bachelors from the Imperial Academy.

According to the Ming Dynasty system, Neishutang has six professors, all of whom are bachelors of the Imperial Academy.

These people are either the top three in the first class, or the best scholars, or the top one in the world, and they will be cabinet ministers and ministers in the future.The students taught by such a teacher can still be bad, let alone six people.Just ask, can ordinary people have such strong teaching staff?

It is precisely because the academic education of Neishutang is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and the Imperial Academy is known as the "clear and important place", not only because since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, "non-jinshi cannot enter the Imperial Academy, and non-Hanlin cannot enter the cabinet", but also because the Imperial Academy Many Hanlin students had the opportunity to become teachers in the inner school, and some of the eunuchs they trained might enter the supervisor of ceremonies and become eunuchs of the supervisor of rites, holding pens, or accompanying the hall.

For a foreign official to become a senior official, he must enter the Imperial Academy.If a middle official wants to stand out, he must enter the inner school.Therefore, the official boards of the Thirteen Yamen will also be proud of their origins, and they will call themselves outside the Hanlin.

As for the teacher-student relationship between teachers and eunuchs, it is also an important resource in the officialdom.

Zhou Nan really didn't read the imperial calendar when he went out today, he ignored the dog shit, and was promoted to a noble without a break, but now he has become a teacher and can freely enter and leave the imperial city.

It is conceivable that if he teaches in the inner school for ten years, he does not know how many big names will be produced among the students,
At that time, even if Mr. Zhou has no official position, no one will be able to provoke him.

If you mess with him, maybe a few internal physiognomy students will be involved.

Jealousy, intense jealousy, Lao Zhou's opportunity, it's really not enough to eat him a big meal is not enough to calm our hatred.

At this time, even the Niu eunuch who had been fooling around before jumped up with a hush, and bowed his hands respectfully: "Congratulations Zhou Sizheng."

Zhou Nan felt as if he was going to float to the sky. He really enjoyed everyone's envious and jealous eyes so much that he couldn't help mocking Mr. Huang: "Master Huang, if you write an impeachment paper, the emperor will reward you." This officer once, why are you confronting Long Live, and how will you deal with yourself in the future? By the way, is Master Huang going to impeach me, Zhou Nan?"

Master Huang was so annoyed that his face was livid: "The imperial court has its own system, and the instructors in the inner academy must be Hanlin. Dare I ask Master Zhou what his fame is?"

Our Master Zhou looked disdainful: "Where did the imperial court formulate the rule that the teaching in the inner school hall must be a Hanlin rule? Who stipulates that scholars can't be teaching. Show me it? It must be written in black and white to take it seriously. If there is, Zhou Without saying a word, I returned His Majesty's order."

That's right, not really.

The reason is simple, the civil service system has always been incompatible with eunuchs.In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor ordered Hanlin to teach in the inner palace, the scholars were deeply ashamed to be in the company of eunuchs, but the emperor's order was hard to violate, so they could only enjoy it in silence.

Therefore, from a legal point of view, there is no such provision.

Besides, from the subconscious level of the civil servants, they still hope that the court will choose an illiterate old man to teach a group of stupid students roughly!In this way, in the political arena, civil officials can also cover the sky with one hand and promote the so-called righteousness in their mouths.

In the reign of Chongzhen, the imperial court abolished the factory guards, restricted the power of the supervisor of ceremonies, and no longer sent people to the inner book hall.As a result, the Ming Dynasty fell.

Master Huang was so bullied that he couldn't speak, and cursed in his heart: What a disgusting villain, I killed the old man with anger!
(End of this chapter)