Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Even if he hadn't heard the content, Lu Ci could already foresee it. The extra grace alone was enough to cause a lot of trouble among the scholars.

After listening to the content, Lu Ci, who didn't know what the "Jixian school management" was, naturally didn't show any surprises.

He thanked him neither humble nor overbearing, took the imperial edict from the increasingly familiar Lin Neichen, watched him get on the carriage and left, and then hurried back to his room.

It wasn't until he looked it up in the list of official positions he had prepared that he figured out what kind of errand it was.

Naturally, the pavilions are not as simple as the palace collection and school books. They are also important places for "reserving and nurturing talents and cultivating consultants" as clearly stated by Emperor Taizong.

As long as one is among them, it is really worth a hundred times, which is extraordinary.

In the past, even if the Shinke Scholars were the number one scholar, if they wanted to enter the pavilion, they had to hold other official positions for a period of time, and they had to pass the assessment before they could be recruited into the ranks as the last grade of revision.

It was good to fall on Lu Ci. Not only did he not ask to take up other official positions to increase his qualifications, but he also took a sudden step and was mentioned as the second-class school manager.

It should be noted that Jixian School Manager has never had a fixed post, and most of them are selected from the Beijing officials to take the exam. In order to arrange Lu Ci, the officials also worked hard, and took advantage of this loophole to add a special post for him. .

This wave of airborne is more than just another wave of hatred for him?

It was simply put on the fire by the emperor forcibly.

Lu Ci helplessly rubbed the center of his brows, feeling that he had kicked a hot potato in his arms.

Shengen is like this, there is no reason for him to refuse, only to face difficulties.

If you think about the good, you have to be thankful that the officials didn't play too much and directly assigned him to the Academy of History with a lot of responsibilities, but only to the Jixian Academy in the third library, which only has a library?

Lu Ci sighed.

When I thought about returning to ancient times, I had studied hard for many years, and it was nothing more than not being able to go to the local government to be a parent official far away from the emperor. However, I was forced to stay under the noses of a group of big bosses who controlled my life and death, and entered the National Library. Started a survey job that has nothing to do with the specialty...

Lu Ci felt more and more subtle.

In modern times, he, who probably visited the library less than ten times in total, can actually be involved in the work of compiling and reviewing books?

No matter how you look at it, it is incredible.

But such a mysterious thing just happened so naturally.

One step late when Lu resigned, and the other people who got the news through the public list were still in shock, the person concerned had calmed down, and calmly rushed to the dentist's office in the remaining three days before taking office, and went to work vigorously. I bought a small house near the land, packed my bags immediately, asked the landlord to cancel the lease, and brought people in.

The earliest pavilion government office was located in the northeast of Youchangqing Gate, but it was too noisy because it was too close to the market, and the houses were also small and dilapidated, making it hard to shelter from the wind and rain. It soon attracted the attention of Taizong, who valued book collection.

Under Song Taizong's personal supervision and design, the new third hall was built in the northeast of Zuosheng Longmen in just one year, and has been expanded and repaired many times since then.

In terms of the conditions of the work unit alone, the pavilions are much better than those dilapidated local government offices that dare not repair them.

Of course, every inch of land in Bianjing is expensive, not to mention the houses located in the Zuosheng Longmen area.

Lu Ci entered the door with [-] coins in his pocket, but only half of it was left when he left, so he bought a small courtyard enough for five people to live in, and he couldn't help but sigh at the high housing prices in Bianjing.

After he finished his work on moving, the time came in a blink of an eye to May 28, the day he joined the company.

Even if it's just a noble and idle job, Lu Ci knew how many eyes were watching his every move, waiting to find out his mistakes, so he got up very solemnly early in the morning, and put on the green and forgiving official uniform issued by him , Put on a black official hat, step on black official boots, hold a wat in hand, and set off on horseback.

Even though the house was chosen close to each other, it was still a distance that was not suitable for walking around.

Especially when it was close to the market, Lu Ci didn't want to let the brand-new official uniform be stained with road dust that the Qing Daosi hadn't had time to wash off before he arrived.

Riding a good horse, they arrived at the place in a short while, and Lu Ci was undoubtedly one of the first people to come.

He got off the horse with peace of mind, handed over the reins to the official, let him lead him to the stable, tied it up, coughed lightly, and walked into it.

The first thing I had to do was to go to my immediate superior, Su Song, an academician of Jixian Academy, to report.

Because Lu Ci came too early, after waiting for nearly an hour, Su Song came slowly.

"You are Lu Ci?"

Su Song casually took Lu Ci's Huang Yiguan, but he didn't respond to Lu Ci's polite response.

After finishing reading Chi Huang, he raised his eyes and stared at Lu Ci for a while, anger and jealousy quickly flashed across his eyes, and he snorted softly, as if he had checked his identity.

"Go." Su Song still had the lingering smell of alcohol on his body, sat lazily on the seat, and then sent Lu to resign: "If you don't understand anything, ask the Song family father and son who are in the same position."

When Lu Ci was waiting, he had already observed the environment in Jixian Academy.

The books were placed neatly, but many of them had accumulated dust, which obviously hadn't been touched for a long time.

Lu Ci closed his eyes slightly, nodded in response, and quietly took his orders and left.

Su Song squinted at his handsome and handsome back, and couldn't help but snorted again.

Just as Lu Ci expected, although the position in the library is noble and aspirational, not all officials will devote themselves to their duties seriously.

Especially in the boring and endless proofreading, unless there is an urgent proofreading task assigned by the imperial court that must be completed within a certain period of time, in this noble place, there are also perfunctory people who don't care about their duties.

After all, in this pavilion, there are talented people who will be favored by the sky in the future, famous officials and ministers who are famous all over the world, but most of them are still buried in the scrolls every day without a name. , the little official who went back and forth between the three halls.

In particular, it still mainly collects books, unlike the Jixian Academy, which has many functions such as a history museum and consultants, and is like an old pool with dry wells, where even people seem to walk slower.

It is not only a dream place for those who love to learn and love ancient times, but also a place for paddling salted fish.

Lu Ci raised his eyes and saw that there were endless ancient books, but he had no desire to read them, and only patiently searched for the "father and son of the Song family" mentioned by Su Song just now.

Both Song Gao and Song Shou worked in the library, and they were a good story for a while. Lu Ci did some research and understanding in the few days before he took office, and of course he knew the details.

Now the two Song Dynasties are both Jixian school administrators, and even Zi Song Shou has been in the pavilion for seven years, which can be called an old seniority.

After Lu Ci found the third floor, he found Song Shou, who was holding a book and reading it fascinatedly, by a bookshelf by the window.

Hearing Lu Ci's voice, he was so shocked that he almost dropped the book in his hand, and finally caught it, and then he said with lingering fear: "Oh! You are Lu Ci and Lu Yuyu, the one in Sanyuan Jidi?"

Lu Ci: "..."

It seems that the title of Sanyuan Jidi will not be washed away for a while.

Song Shou was addicted to books, and although he hadn't been promoted for many years in the pavilion, he was satisfied. He was also very friendly to Lu Ci, and joked: "A few days ago, when the academicians talked about you, no one believed it. I don’t know, if you want to enter the library, you need someone to recommend you, and you have to try again? Who knows that the officials love you so much, and they really made it happen.”

Lu Ci smiled: "I feel ashamed to be such a holy family."

"I'm usually the only one who comes to the third floor in the museum. Ordinary people don't come up here. You don't have to be too restrained." Song Shou laughed and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you that the government always loves young talents. You are not the first person to be promoted to this pavilion by His Majesty himself, so there is no need to be so frightened."

While talking, Song Shou carefully put the half-read book on the desk at one side, and then led Lu Ci to walk around the building, taking the opportunity to visit.

And because it was rare to meet someone who could talk, he started to chatter: "Are you seventeen? In fact, you are not the youngest in the museum at your age. Li Shu two years ago, He got the official examination, was given the birth of a boy, and was the secretary of the provincial school. It was a sensation. But this is the only thing he has done. There has been no change in the past two years, and he has not been asked by the officials; ..."

Lu Ci listened carefully to Song Shou's suffocated gossip, nodding his head from time to time in response, which could be regarded as satisfying Song Shou's desire to speak happily.

When Song Shou first took a look at Lu Ci, he was pleasing to the eyes of this smiling and very handsome young man, and now that he was willing to listen to him chatting for a long time, he felt even happier.

He intentionally introduced Lu Ci to his father, but the two of them visited Jixian Academy all over, but they couldn't see anyone.

Song Shou was a little embarrassed and muttered regretfully.

He was thinking about the book he hadn't finished, so he got up early today and went out alone.

Could it be that dad got up late and hasn't arrived yet?

Because Song Gao did do similar things a few years ago, and was impeached by the censor, it was not easy for him to ask the officials, so as not to lose ground.

Lu Ci saw his embarrassment, and said empathetically, "After walking for a while, I have roughly understood the situation. Why don't you let me try to deal with some daily affairs, and delay Brother Song for a while, please stand by for a little supervision?"

In fact, with regard to the affairs of the Jixian Academy, if Lu Ci can be troubled, then he will be called a ghost.

It was just to let Song Shou have a step to go down, and to change the subject openly.

Song Shou smiled knowingly, and replied: "You must never call me Brother Song. When you see my father in a while, what do you want to call him? Since they are of the same position, they should be called by their names, so as to avoid confusion of seniority. .”

Lu Ci readily followed suit.

Song Shou happily led Lu Ci to the first floor where they usually work. The desk assigned to Lu Ci had been wiped spotless by the careful officials in advance, and the chairs were also new. Neat and tidy, it makes people feel good at first glance.

Song Shou said, "You're new here, so I'll teach you everything slowly—"

"Is Principal Lu here?"

Song Shou's words had just begun when they were interrupted by officials who broke in suddenly.

"Why don't you knock first?"

Song Shou asked in displeasure.

The official was dedicated to Zhiji Xianyuan, and at this time he came with Su Song's order, and Lu Ci had just arrived, so he inevitably had a contemptuous attitude and wanted to deceive students.

Unexpectedly, Song Shou defended this newcomer Lu Ci so much that he frowned, and after secretly saying something bad, he still pleaded guilty respectfully.

Song Shou's expression softened slightly: "But Academician Su has instructions?"

"Exactly."

After the official conveyed Su Song's words, he left in a hurry.

Song Shou frowned, and said inexplicably, "You were only admitted to the hospital the day before, and the courtiers are not familiar with it. Why did the academician arrange for you to do this matter?"

If it wasn't for the fact that walls have ears, and that this is indeed a part of the school management duties, Song Shou almost wanted to say it clearly, then Su Song might have made things difficult for Lu Ci on purpose.

The collection of books in the pavilion, not only the officials of the pavilion deliberately read it at will, but also courtiers and other officials working in Bianjing can borrow it for use.

It's just that many books are borrowed, but few are returned on time.After three to five years, even the officials found that "a lot of books in the palace were lost, and most of them were borrowed by courtiers", so they began to pay attention to the affairs of supervising and returning.

But it's easier said than done. The officials in the pavilion are proud and arrogant, and they don't want to take on this thankless job, and the officials who come to the door are not taken seriously by the courtiers who borrowed books, so they are easily perfunctory.

This comes and goes, causing the problem to remain unresolved.

Now the first task that Su Song deliberately assigned to Lu Ci was to ask the third-ranked and No. [-] Scholar, who had just entered the official position and had a discredited situation in the court, to urge the officials who had borrowed books for a long time to return them.

Compared with Song Shou's worries, Lu Ci didn't care. He even had a little interest in meeting historical celebrities because the person who borrowed books and didn't return them, and the person who had been at the top of the black list of Jixian Academy for a long time was named Yan Shu.

He smiled and said, "Song Ziyuan doesn't have to worry, I'll just run for a while."

The author has something to say: Notes:

Let me fill in the 2 that I missed yesterday because I thought you knew it.

Another point to explain is that although the time of this article is set in the 8th year of Dazhong Xiangfu, some humanistic backgrounds, due to the lack of historical data and continuous changes in policies (especially the imperial examinations, which can change every few years) changed) I can basically follow the timeline strictly, so I will; if the materials are really limited, I will simply use the Southern Song Dynasty.

But it will definitely not go beyond the scope of the Song Dynasty, so I will trouble you to treat it as a small bug for the convenience of the plot...

1. Jiaozi:

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, sixteen wealthy households joined together to establish "Jiaozipu", which printed and distributed a paper-based "Jiaozi".Merchants in Sichuan only need to pay cash to Jiaozipu, and they can exchange it into Jiaozi of equivalent value. This is called "please hand over the money";Jiaozi can also be converted into cash at any time through the Jiaozi shop, as long as you pay a 3% handling fee, which is called "see delivery money".Jiaozi at this time is similar to bank notes.As a bank note, as long as it is guaranteed to be exchanged normally, it will not depreciate itself.

However, it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that it was circulated nationwide.It was mostly popular in Yizhou before.

2. About movable type printing

As some readers noted at the end of the last chapter, movable type was not widely used at first.However, in the 80s of the 28th century, Mr. Huang Kuanzhong, a Taiwanese scholar, found in Zhou Bida’s collection of essays that Zhou wrote to Cheng Yuancheng saying: “Recently, Shen Cun’s Chinese method was used to replace the imprint with clay and copper plates. [-] things, first read. There are still more than ten things, which will be updated and continued as soon as they are recorded. It is too late to reminisce about the past." From this, it can be seen that Bi Sheng's method has been handed down and improved in the future And development.

And Lu Ci is a modern person!Of course, the method he provided was not entirely invented by Bi Sheng, but was improved by later generations. It’s just that I didn’t write it carefully to avoid suspicion of irrigation.Bi Sheng's can't, but Lu Ci's can be widely used.

And then today's note:

3. Pavilions and pavilions must be called for examination before being removed, but a very small number of people can still enter without examination due to the emperor's special favor or reward for meritorious service.

4. In addition to the specific duties of compiling national history, actual records, and calendars in the History Museum, Zhaowen Museum and Jixian Academy only have bookstores, and the appointment of officials is not systematic.

5. The old site and the new site of the pavilion were designed by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. For details about the three pavilions in the article, please refer to "Research on Collation of Pavilions in the Song Dynasty".

6. Song Shou, Song Gao, father and son, and Li Shu are all real people, and their age, position and experience have also been verified. "Research on the Collation of Pavilions and Pavilions in the Song Dynasty"

7. The passive sabotage of people in the pavilion is mentioned in "Mengxi Bi Tan" "Many clerks in the old school did not care about their duties, but they used the word Moman from old books and re-annotated the old characters on the side as daily lessons. ", Ouyang Xiu also pointed out that "...there is no job, and most of them don't enter the museum...the seats are full of dust, like a ruined bureau."

8. Courtiers borrow books and do not return them:

In the 2nd year of Emperor Zhenzong Xianping (999), "inspected the books in the secret cabinet of the third hall, Sifeng Langzhong, Zhizhigao Zhu Ang, etc., the four books were lost, and today they are 460 volumes borrowed by the courtiers. Xu Xu In addition to copying the copy by the palaces of the kings, the rest will also be supervised and returned."