The official road of the farmer

Lieutenant Liao knocked on the door of Ye's house with two jars of wine at dusk.

When the distinguished guests came, the Ye family naturally treated them solemnly.

Ye Junshu asked people to prepare a large table of dishes and entertained them warmly.

Ye Junshan's children were guilty, so they didn't go to the table.

There is a huge table of dishes, only Ye Junshu and Liao Lieutenant come and drink with each other.

"Come on, try, my old man's collection of fine wine, I managed to steal it out, I have to drink it all before he finds out, hehe!"

Lieutenant Liao's face was full of color and showing off. He obviously felt that it was a great thing to steal good wine from his father, and he couldn't wait to share it with Ye Junshu.

"I heard that you don't get drunk after a thousand cups, and you have never had a chance to have a drink. Tonight we won't get drunk if we don't drink!"

Ye Junshu had too many things to do back home, and it was not convenient to drink on the way, so he never had a good chance to see Ye Junshu's drinking capacity.Now that you are invited, you know the opportunity has come.

Ye Junshu watched with a smile as Lieutenant Liao filled the two large bowls on the table with wine, "I will accompany you to the end."

This time I invited Lieutenant Lieutenant to come to the mansion, besides thanking him for his care along the way, I also asked about Xiao Shan and his two soldiers as soldiers.

But this matter is not urgent, now is not a good time to talk about it.

While chatting with Ye Junshu and Deputy Liao, they exchanged one bowl after another, and the rich dishes on the table didn't move much.

It wasn't until he was drunk, Lieutenant Liao smelled of alcohol, and his words became a bit tongue-in-cheek, that Ye Junshu said casually, "I heard from Xiaoshan and the others that you seem to invite them to serve as soldiers in the barracks?"

"That's right!" Deputy Lieutenant Liao replied without hesitation, "These two children in your family are made to be soldiers."

"When those two cubs arrive at our military camp, they must be well cultivated. Besides, based on your relationship with the third son, don't they feel as comfortable entering the camp as going home?"

Lieutenant Liao was also keen on talents. When he was competing with the two cubs and went hunting in the mountains, he could see that they were agile, quick-witted, calm and not aggressive, so he casually mentioned this matter to them. At that time, they didn't fully agree. , but obviously moved, just said to ask the elder brother's opinion first.

Lieutenant Liao also wanted to find a gap to talk to Ye Junshu about this matter, but now Ye Junshu was the first to mention it, and Liao Lieutenant talked all over, and persuaded Ye Junshu.

He knew that in recent years, Da Xia had always prioritized literature over martial arts. Families with a little background would choose to let their children learn literature, and those who practice martial arts were basically only the descendants of generals.

A military officer is far inferior to a civil servant in terms of status. He is not valued so much in the court, and his life is at risk.Lieutenant Liao was really worried that Ye Junshu would not let the two children join the military.

Deputy Lieutenant Liao was frothing, and Ye Junshu slowly refilled him with a bowl of wine.

When he came to an end, Ye Junshu interjected, "I respect the children's choice, and I have no objection if they want to be soldiers." He smiled, "It's just that as a parent, I have to get a deeper understanding. I heard that the mighty The military system is strict, and it is not possible to enter through the back door. How can they enter? If because of the two of them, the system of the mighty army is destroyed, I am not willing."

Ye Junshu thought a lot, if the Mighty Army is the elite among the military elites, a large part of the army is carefully selected from other armies, and it is still led by the Li family.

If two recruits are suddenly stuffed in, others will know at a glance that they came in through the back door. What if they are attacked and reported as a small report?Ye Junshu was unwilling to drag others down.

"You don't have to worry about this." Deputy Lieutenant Liao waved his hand, "Our barracks will add a batch of soldiers in the near future. At that time, the bastards will go to sign up. With their qualifications, they will definitely pass the examination. I will pay attention at that time. of."

When Ye Junshu heard this, he immediately felt relieved.It's not as good as blatantly going through the back door, but their military camp has done a good job of keeping secrets, and no news has spread until now.

And from Deputy Lieutenant Liao's tone, it seems that he will participate in the recruit assessment, and with him secretly taking care of him, as long as Xiaoshan and the others have good qualifications, it is a matter of iron nails to enter the Mighty Army.

Thinking of this, Ye Junshu raised his bowl and said respectfully, "Deputy Lieutenant Lao Liao is bothering you."

Lieutenant Liao's eyes were all red, and he raised his bowl in return, "You're welcome, you should."

After eating a dinner until the willows on the moon, until Lieutenant Liao drank until he fell into a coma, Ye Junshu ordered someone to take Liao back in a carriage and clean up the mess. Ye Junshu was only slightly drunk.

He soaked in a hot bath, the smell of alcohol evaporated, he slept soundly, and was refreshed the next day.

He has already returned to Shangjing, and it would be unreasonable not to go to the Imperial Academy to report.

So Ye Junshu had a breakfast early in the morning, then rushed to the Imperial Academy to sell his vacation, and then went to work.

The Hanlin Academy is only separated from the imperial city by a wall, located in the eastern part of the inner city.Basically, the six major ministries of the imperial court are all in this area.

This place is not very far from Ye Jun's calligrapher's house, and it takes only half an hour to ride a horse.

Now he is only an editor of the Imperial Academy, a seventh-rank official, and is not qualified to go to court to listen to politics, so he only needs to arrive at the Imperial Academy at Maoshi.

Generally speaking, it is not considered late to be late before Chen Shi, but Ye Junshu had to go to sell his vacation first today, so he came earlier.

Ye Junshu secretly rejoiced that the house he bought was in the East District, and compared to others, the distance was much shorter, so he didn't have to rush so hard every morning.

Along the way, he met many fellow officials.

Elderly and infirm officials usually ride in carriages or sedan chairs.The riders are basically young and strong.

Ye Junshu observed secretly, and he could tell from the official uniforms that those who ride in carriages and sedan chairs are basically civil servants.

As for military officers, as long as they are not too old to ride, they all go to work on horseback.

Officials who need to go to court have to get up earlier.The officials who are far away probably will go out at Yinshi.

Civil servants are not as physically fit as military officers who have been training for a long time. The reason why they ride in a carriage is most likely because they sleep in the carriage.

Being an official is not easy.

In such a comparison, as a civil servant but riding a horse, he seemed a bit abrupt.

Even though Ye Junshu was noticed because of this, his expression did not change.

Anyway, there is no rule that Wen Chen must take a carriage and sedan chair. He thinks it is more convenient to ride a horse, and he has already decided that unless the weather is bad and abnormal, he will ride a horse to and from get off work at other times.

It's rare to see more strange, but it's not strange to see more.

Ye Junshu had already memorized official etiquette by heart, and there were signs of each family on the carriage. Ye Junshu couldn't tell which one was which. There were so many civil and military officials, he could only judge their ranks from their official uniforms.

But he is a newcomer in the officialdom, anyway, when he meets someone who needs to give way, he is right to give way.

Ye Junshu came back not too early or too late among Jinshi who returned home to visit relatives, and basically most of them had already stayed in the Imperial Academy for some time.

In addition to the three first-class candidates who finally entered the Imperial Academy this time, ten of the other Jinshi after the second-class passed the imperial examination and became Shujishi.

Yu Maolin was still on his way back to Beijing, so Ye Junshu first came to adapt to the environment.

After the leave was sold out, Ye Junshu entered the Imperial Academy under the leadership of his colleagues.

The Hanlin Academy is not as tall as imagined, and the house layout is a well-behaved quadrangle, but it looks more atmospheric.

Ye Junshu passed the arched door on one side, and went to a gatehouse first.

There was a middle-aged man with goatee beard, about 40 years old, when he saw Ye Junshu, he quickly stood up and saluted, "Xiaguan Qiu Palm, met Lord Ye."

Ye Junshu didn't expect that the other party knew him, but he had no impression of him at all.

He glanced at the other party, looked at his official uniform, and knew that he was a ninth-rank servant, so he returned the salute and said with a smile: "Morning, Qiu Shishu, do you want to sign in?"

The court's commute to and from get off work must be done on a regular basis, which is the so-called check-in.

If an official arrives late and leaves early, it will be a stain on his political performance. If he fails the assessment, or fails to get an excellent grade, his salary will not be deducted, but he will lose his chance of promotion.

Therefore, officials dare not arrive late and leave early unless there are special circumstances.

Qiu Shishu hurriedly handed over the paper and pen on the table, "Yes, Mr. Ye, just sign your name here."

This sign-in is naturally not as convenient as modern ones, you can directly swipe your card and swipe your fingerprints.They are signed on paper.

In fact, there is still a lot of practicality in it. Generally, it is only a little late. If you have a good relationship with the person in charge of the sign-in, you can still sign on the sign-in paper for normal work.

It's just that there is a little risk in it.

Ye Junshu wrote his name on it, and glanced at it casually. There were already a dozen or twenty names on this piece of paper, so he came too late.

Ye Junshu returned the pen and paper with a smile, "I'm not late, am I?"

"No, Lord Ye." Qiu Shishu replied.Qiu Shishu, who is usually not very ambitious, finally got this job, and has always been loyal to his duties.It's not because Ye Junshu is younger and has an official position but he is older than him.

Ye Junshu nodded, "Thank you, then I'll go in first."

"This is the job of a subordinate official, Mr. Ye, walk slowly."

After signing, Ye Junshu entered the door.

Walking along the way, I saw someone with a higher official position saluting, those at the same level nodded and said hello to each other, and those who were lower than myself waited for the other party to salute before returning the salute.

The few colleagues he met did not know each other, and they were not in the same class as him.

Ye Junshu glanced at it casually, still secretly wondering, logically speaking, the concubines of the same class should have already arrived, why didn't any of them disappear?

Not long after, he was taken to a seat in a spacious room, where two or three colleagues were already sitting, and he was naturally welcomed when he entered.

But not enthusiastically.

This is not surprising, they are strangers, and they have just officially become colleagues today, and the literati are more or less noble in their bones.

Ye Junshu didn't feel anything, it was better to be ignored than to be hostile and deliberately embarrassing.

He looked down at the contents of his seat.

The four treasures of the study are available, including pens, inks, papers and inkstones. He picked them up and looked at them, and he couldn't help being delighted.

The quality of these items is no worse than the pens, inks, papers and inkstones he carefully bought, or even better.

The imperial court is so generous, this set of office supplies cost a lot of money!

After reading his supplies, Ye Junshu looked around and saw that they were all engrossed in their own business, no one was paying attention to him or disturbing others, so he picked up a book to pass the time.