rebirth first official

After the palace examination, Gao Zhanming became the second Jinshi in the dynasty to win three consecutive awards.

After the palace examination, there will be banquets for new scholars such as acquaintance banquets, wedding feasts, and tail-burning banquets, so that Jinshi can get to know each other.Cultivate feelings.Gao Zhanming, who is the number one scholar in this subject and has won three consecutive awards, is naturally a star. He also wants to take this opportunity to expand his network, but he finds that things are not going so smoothly.

The emperor was very dissatisfied with Gao Zhanming's repeated criticism of Gao Zhanming's article that day, and the other nine scholars on the spot all witnessed it.However, just when everyone thought that Gao Zhanming's results in the palace examination were not satisfactory, they immediately got the news that Gao Zhanming was appointed by the emperor as the number one scholar, and the three yuan and the first place.Those people couldn't figure it out at first, but they are smart people who have passed the Jinshi exam. What's going on here can be figured out after a little deduction: the emperor didn't like Gao Zhanming, but under pressure, he had to appoint Gao Zhanming in person. top spot.Where is the pressure coming from?Who dares to put pressure on the emperor?Who else?Gao family chant!

This can be done in the palace examination, but isn't it the case in the previous general examination and rural examination?how can that be possible!The three yuan on Gao Zhanming's head must have been planted on him by the Gao family!

It is a good imperial examination. Everyone has to study hard for several years or even dozens of years before they can go to high school. They have all suffered a lot.That Gao Zhanming is young, has only just grown up, and has not yet grown all his hair, and he grew up in rich clothes. These conditions alone are enough to make people envious.If Gao Zhanming was directly under the shadow of his family, he would be granted a fifth or sixth rank official position. Anyway, he couldn't ask for it, but Gao Zhanming wanted to compete with them for the imperial examination.Scholars with nowhere to go in the world, the dream of a lifetime is to pass the imperial examinations. For this, these hateful children of the rich and powerful will come to compete with them.

However, after all Jinshi are different from the disciples of the Gao Family School.Those dandies rely on the fact that their ancestors have been high-ranking officials for generations. Although Gao Zhanming is a child of the Gao family, he has no father after all, and his mother has no background and is unreliable, so they dare not take Gao Zhanming seriously, and even treat him Bullying, beating and scolding.But the Jinshi have not yet established their heels, and no one is stupid. Even if they grit their teeth with hatred for the Gao family, they will not make it difficult for Gao Zhanming. He has everything in his tongue, and there are many people who trip him up secretly.

Gao Zhanming wanted to win over everyone, but the ones who took the initiative to put on him were flattering villains. Those people wanted to wait for Gao Zhanming to dress and take off his boots, and even waited outside to hand him toilet paper when he went to the toilet, but Gao Zhanming also knew in his heart that even if these people were talented, they were unreliable villains, and he would definitely trample him into the dirt if he got the chance; rolled their eyes; there were also those with long-term vision, who felt that the Gao family might not be able to last for many years, so they all avoided Gao Zhanming, unwilling to get involved with him too much.Therefore, Gao Zhanming did not feel very comfortable in the Jinshi circle.

After getting in touch with him a few times, Gao Zhanming also gradually discovered that the dignitaries in the imperial court always said that Jinshi is frivolous. Although there is prejudice against family background in it, it is not an unreasonable slander.

Some Jinshi study hard in the cold window, and once they enter high school, they immediately feel ecstatic. They don't know what their surname is or who they are.It's really "it's not enough to boast about the filth in the past, but now there is no limit to debauchery".Naturally, there are good ones too, but in a short period of time, those good ones may not be willing to have a deep friendship with Gao Zhanming.

That night, Gao Zhanming returned to the mansion exhausted after finishing a feast for the new scholars. As soon as he entered the room, the maidservant said: "Master, someone sent a letter to the young master today, and the maidservant is on the table." .”

Gao Zhanming asked absent-mindedly: "Where did you get the letter?" After he became a Jinshi, congratulations came from all over the world. These days, his uncles and cousins ​​who he doesn't know who are outside Beijing have sent countless congratulations Letters and presents came.

The servant girl said: "The servant girl doesn't know either."

Gao Zhanming said: "Okay, I'll see for myself, go fetch water for me."

The maid went out of the room, Gao Zhanming came to the desk, but saw a letter lying quietly on the desk.To his surprise, the letter was very plain and did not indicate who the letter was from.

He turned over the envelope, only to see an elegant but strong word "Yong" written on the back cover.That day before Li Jingruo left Beijing, he wrote him a letter to meet him, and also wrote Yong on the envelope. Could it be that this letter was sent by Li Jingruo?

Gao Zhanming tore open the envelope.

There are only two lines of poems in the letter: the road to fame can only be learned from articles, and the road to difficulty can only be walked by the brave.

Gao Zhanming thought about it and smiled.Carefully folded the letter and put it in the drawer.

These Jinshi hadn't been free for a few days, and the arrangement of the household department came down, and Gao Zhanming was assigned to the Imperial Academy as an editor of the Imperial Academy.

The bureaucrats of the Imperial Academy have no rank, and are responsible for drafting urgent edicts and writing poems for the emperor, serving the emperor directly.However, although the officials of the Imperial Academy have a high status and are respected by others, they do not have much real power in their hands. ?Shangshuxing, Menxiaxing, Zhongshuxing, and Yushitai are the real court machines, but they are all firmly controlled by foreign relatives.

The reason why Gao Qiang arranged Gao Zhanming into the Hanlin Academy naturally had her reasons - the officials of the Hanlin Academy were always scholars who were selected by the imperial examination. literature and history.The Gao family did not have any sons who entered the imperial examination, and the people in the Imperial Academy were always under the control of Su Yu. I heard that the emperor often consulted with the people in the Imperial Academy. She had no idea what the people in the Imperial Academy were thinking about all day long.By doing so, it was equivalent to placing Gao Zhanming next to the emperor as the Gao family's eyeliner.

Gao Zhanming did not expect that his first official position would be so leisurely.

Staying in the Imperial Academy every day, if the emperor and the empress dowager are not summoned, and there are no festivals, birthdays or celebrations, he only needs to read books.The advantage of being in the Hanlin Academy is that the collection of books in the Imperial Academy is vast, far beyond what Li Wan's study can match, but he can definitely find any book he can think of.At the beginning, he fell into the pile of green vegetables like a rabbit, and he was like a fish in water. He read from morning to night every day, wishing to copy all the books and take them home.

Seeing him, the elders of the Hanlin Academy often sneered and advised: "Newcomers, don't worry, take your time, there are plenty of times."

After a long time, Gao Zhanming gradually felt that the days were boring.He finally knew where Su Yu's rocky and elegant literati temperament came from - it was all honed out!The old officials in the Hanlin Academy work slowly, even walk a little slower than others, and gradually become more graceful.

When Gao Zhanming was having lunch, he heard two Hanlin editors discussing next to him, and one said: "When do you think the emperor will order to re-edit the history books of the previous dynasty?"

Another said: "It was just completed ten years ago, and it has not been decades, so there is no need to repair it. I'm afraid we won't be able to wait."

One said: "Then when will we study the Thirteen Classics again?"

The other said: "Come on, Su Yu took us to repair it five years ago, let's wait another 50 years."

One said: "There are no books that can be repaired?"

The other said: "Su Yu has already finished repairing what can be repaired in the past seven or eight years. Let's wait for a concubine in the harem to celebrate her birthday. The emperor will call us to write an imperial edict."

"Okay, I'll write it this time, you're not allowed to rob me."

"Okay, okay, I won't rob you."

Gao Zhanming let out a long sigh.

After lunch, the other Hanlins set up small bamboo beds and fell asleep leisurely. Gao Zhanming saw a young eunuch secretly waving to him outside, and he suddenly felt dizzy again. The eunuch went to Xianju Hall.

After entering the Xianju Palace, Gao Qiang chatted with him and asked him, "What's the emperor doing lately?"

Gao Zhanming was an official in the Imperial Academy, and the officials of the Imperial Academy were responsible for compiling history, not only the history of the previous dynasty, but also the history of the current dynasty, so if there was any trouble with the emperor, they would immediately record it.Furthermore, when the emperor was bored, he would often call academic scholars to accompany him in reciting poems or playing chess. As Gao Qiang's eyeliner, Gao Zhanming had no choice but to bite the bullet and keep up.When Li Changzhi saw him, how could he have a good face? While playing chess with Su Yu, he beat around the bush and scolded him, and even wrote poems to mock him.Gao Zhanming didn't go to chew the emperor's tongue in front of the empress dowager when he had nothing to do, and finally ended up with a frowned upon.

Gao Zhanming said: "The emperor showed Su Hanlin a poem written by him."

Gao Qiang asked, "What poem?"

Li Changzhi wrote a poem about flies, talking about flies stinging everywhere, and deliberately showed it to Gao Zhanming, obviously satirizing Gao Zhanming's eyeliner.

Gao Zhanming secretly sighed in his heart, and said: "It's nothing to sing peony."

Without waiting for Gao Qiang to ask questions, Gao Zhanming said, "Auntie, can I...please call out of the Imperial Academy?"

Gao Qiang said: "Do you think the life of the Imperial Academy is too leisurely?"

Gao Zhanming nodded honestly: "Orphan, my nephew is not afraid of suffering, and wants to experience more."

Gao Qiang said: "You stayed in the Imperial Academy for a year or two, but it's just for your qualifications. After a few years, the Ai family will let you become a scholar of the Imperial Academy, no worse than that Su Yu."

Gao Zhanming was startled: "Does the Empress Dowager intend to let me stay in the Imperial Academy?"

Gao Qiang sneered, and said: "Good boy, you took part in the imperial examination this year, which gave the Ai family an idea. The Jinshi selected by this imperial examination are all superficial, far inferior to the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the past. The Ai family always wanted the emperor to abolish the imperial examination. It is a pity that there are too many people who oppose it, and it has been difficult to implement it again. You are in the Imperial Academy, and the Jinshi scientific examination is in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy. After the Ministry of Rites examines the papers, it will be sent to the Imperial Academy. Writing questions, reviewing questions, and formulating examination rules are all done by the Imperial Academy. Especially since you are a Jinshi of the third Yuan Dynasty, you are more convincing than others when you submit papers about the imperial examination."

Gao Zhanming said in surprise, "Auntie wants to..."

Gao Qiang said: "This year's imperial examination fraud incident is a mess, and there are already voices of criticism from the people. The Ai family of the Ministry of Rites has already arranged people. When the time comes, you and the people from the Ministry of Rites should cooperate internally and externally to smash the imperial examination for two more times. Once, when the time comes, the emperor will have to cancel even if he doesn’t want to cancel it.”

Gao Zhanming was speechless for a while.He said to Gao Qiang that day that if the case was investigated for him, the imperial examination would be criticized for fraudulent incidents. He just wanted to use Gao Qiang's power to clear his innocence. Unexpectedly, Gao Qiang really moved his idea to this .He was the first to disagree with the abolition of the imperial examination.The inspection and nine-rank Zhongzheng system are all determined by the officials who recommend them, and there is no fair measurement standard. It is more beneficial for the wealthy and prominent families to consolidate their power, but it is unfair to the many students in the world.

Gao Qiang said: "It's not been a day or two since Ai's family has bothered Su Yu, but it's a pity that he has never been able to figure out his fault. As a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, he can directly speak to the emperor, and he doesn't have to look over Ai's eyes. Those frivolous scholars used slander to bluff without knowing how deep they are, saying that they want to open Enke more and elect untouchables to join the court, but they will squeeze out those veterans who have made great achievements. You are in the Hanlin Academy, staring at the emperor and the Ai family. Su Yu and those Hanlin, if there is any movement, they will come and report to Aijia."

Gao Zhanming was even more helpless.He participated in the imperial examination because he wanted to separate himself from the influence of the Gao family, but Gao Qiang firmly held him in his hands, trusting him so much that he even entrusted him with the job of being a spy.

Gao Zhanming was perfunctory, changed the subject, and said, "Aunt, can you read the brochure my nephew gave you a few days ago?"

Gao Zhanming, as a member of the Hanlin Academy, was able to directly submit papers to the emperor, but Li Changzhi would definitely disdain to use the papers he submitted. Anyway, Gao Qiang trusted him, and he also had the opportunity to see Gao Qiang often, so he turned to Gao Qiang for advice.As early as when he was still in business in Wu County, he had always wanted to change the system and change the law. He studied hard and devoted himself to being an official because he wanted to fulfill his ambition of making a living for the people of the world, not because he wanted to intrigue with that force.

Gao Qiang didn't seem to care much: "Look, didn't you already hand over a copy of the same booklet to Aijia before?"

Gao Zhanming laughed dryly: "That was a month ago." Gao Qiang didn't give him any response for a month.

Gao Qiang said: "You are very interested in land and taxation. Those are not urgent matters, so don't spend too much time on those things." He added, "I heard that the Duke of Pingyang County..."

Gao Qiang complained a lot about the Zhao family to Gao Zhanming, but Gao Zhanming was absent-minded and didn't listen much.Gao Qiang had no interest in his political views at all, and Gao Qiang was willing to use him only because he said something that hated the Zhao family earlier, and he did have some talents.

Gao Qiang said: "Tomorrow, you go and write an excerpt, accuse that Concubine Zhao of spoiling her so much, and force the emperor to set up a reserve earlier, hand it over when you finish it, and Ai's family will find someone to pass it on tomorrow."

Gao Zhanming was upset, he responded perfunctorily, got up and went back.

Not long after Gao Zhanming came out of the Xianju Palace, it was a coincidence that he met Jin Tianyou and several other new scholars this year.Gao Zhanming knew that these people had been appointed Lang Guan and was waiting in front of the hall, and was about to go up to greet them, but he saw a new Jinshi next to Jin Tianyou suddenly shaking his head, waving something with his hand, as if there was something on him insects.

But he saw that Xinke Jinshi took a look at Gao Zhanming and said, "Where did the flies come from?"

Gao Zhanming was taken aback.

The Xinke Jinshi pretended to wave it away twice, pretending that he had only seen Gao Zhanming, and said with a warm smile: "Gao Hanlin."

Gao Zhanming had no interest in arguing with him, so he smiled perfunctorily, turned around and went back to the Imperial Academy.

As soon as Gao Zhanming returned to the Imperial Academy, he bumped into Su Yu as soon as he entered the door.After Gao Zhanming saluted him, he hurried in, Su Yu looked Gao Zhanming up and down, when the two passed by, Su Yu said solemnly: "Gao Hanlin, you are a Hanlin scholar handpicked by the emperor, you should be headed by the emperor. Don't neglect your duty."

Gao Zhanming didn't argue a word, walked into the room and slumped on the chair.

Alas, this day can't go on like this.He must find a way to change his situation!