dressed as a scholar

Fang Yu was appointed an official, and now he only knows that his salary is not high, but in fact there are many ways to be an official that he doesn't know.

Although the royal salary is small, there is still a lot of money and foreign money in the department. You can earn some from your own department. The merchants outside will give you a lot of subsidies. They are very sensible, and they just send things during the New Year and holidays, and they hardly know how to do things. My son, if you want to do something, even if it is a big deal, you will be offered ten times the official salary for the convenience of the official.

It can be regarded as serving dishes when meeting people. The higher the official rank, the richer the money for filial piety.

So as long as the outside water is collected properly, life will still be prosperous.

But this is also a department, like Fang Yu's current department, those who love can't help themselves, and those who hate can't avoid it.

The Hanlin Academy, also known as the Poor Hanlin, is a Qingshui yamen with clearer water than the Ministry of Rites. If you want to get foreign water, it is basically a dream, and there are very few ways.

Do some translation every day, accompany the emperor on hunting trips, revise the books to record the gains and losses of the dynasty, and help the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the examination. Looking at these errands, where is this going?

Even if you are willing to help helpless merchants and households who have nowhere to ask for help, they still don’t care about you.

Let’s talk about why the Hanlin Academy is loved by officials again. This Imperial Academy can be called a cadre academy, a national public university, and a reserve talent pool selected by the emperor.There are two words that officials and eunuchs like, Qinggui.Many officials will use the Hanlin Academy as a stepping stone, and officials with this work experience will look up to you in any other department.

Officials in the court and eunuchs have ways to become officials by enshrining shade and donating officials, which is much wider than the way for ordinary people to become officials, that is to say, these children can become officials without taking scientific examinations.

But the civil servants are clear, these people have money and power. They always feel that they are not excellent talents and high-ranking officials who have been selected through scientific examinations. They cannot get the most intuitive proof of their abilities. Jinshi was born in the Hanlin Academy.

Except for this level, although the official ranks of the Imperial Academy officials are not high, due to the nature of their daily work, it is easier than other departments to meet the emperor, and it is easier to get appreciation and promotion than other departments.

Naturally, these can only be seen by officials with a long-term vision and rich family background. Those who are short-sighted and forced by life are eager to let it go directly to the local government.

Little do they know that to make political achievements at the local level would make one's scalp tingle, but it would be better to get a noble resume, get in touch with the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and learn about the emperor's preferences, the future is much clearer than the future.

After the emperor's appointment of officials, with a wave of his hand, the head of the Imperial Academy came to lead the people.Fang Yu then went to his future position. It's not that he will stay on duty today, so let's take a look around to find out where he is, and it will be embarrassing if he can't find a place to continue his job when he comes back.

Following the top Hanlin scholars into the Hanlin Academy, first they saw the piles of history books and classics, and then some people came out to watch the excitement, and the newcomers came out the same from ancient times to modern times.

Fang Yu met with his colleagues one by one, and when he was introduced by the attendant to the bachelor's degree, he saw that strange yet familiar handsome face, and the air suddenly fell silent.

Thinking that they would never see each other again, but there was a will of God in the dark, Fang Yu politely saluted: "Master Yu."

He remembered that Qiao Hezhi had told him before that Yu Zhefeng was working in the Imperial Academy, but he did not expect that after three or four years, Mr. Yu was still serving in the Imperial Academy~

Yu Zhefeng has the attribute of green tea, but he is not happy with being alone, he doesn't talk too much, and he knew that Fang Yu would come to his department, and he met his new colleagues with a normal face.

This was just an episode. After visiting the Imperial Academy, Fang Yu went to the Ministry of Officials, that is, the Personnel Department of my court, to apply for leave.Because he will not return to his hometown, he will inevitably bump into people from the official department in the inner city. At that time, he will say that he deliberately slacks off and refuses to renew his job. months.

When he finished tossing around and left the palace, the departments that did not work overtime were already off work, and a lot of carriages, horses and sedan chairs had already gathered at the entrance of the palace, and the servants waiting for his lords stood in front of the carriages.

The number one scholar Bai An is from the capital, and he has some family background. Because he knows many adults in Beijing, he left him and Tanhua Mei Changqing at the gate of the palace to socialize. Fang Yu and Mei Changqing looked at each other. With a friendly smile, they each bid farewell and left.

Fang Yu vaguely saw a familiar figure when he was looking for his carriage, but before he could see the figure clearly, he quickly got on the sedan chair and left.

"My lord, this way."

Fang Yu saw his servant when he heard the sound, he didn't chase after the person who had just gone to see him, he just walked over.

In the end, he could be lazy, he climbed into the carriage and let it loose, he really had to be careful in everything in the palace, he was really not used to it because he was not used to it.

After leaving the palace today, they don't need to transfer for more than an hour to go to the outer city. They have already moved into a new house, and they can go home directly in a sedan chair after walking out of the Forbidden City, and they can reach the door of their house in less than half an hour.

This commute is impressive!

It was mid-hour when we got home, and we could smell the smell of food coming from the kitchen just after we passed the screen wall. When we went out this morning, Qiao Hezhi was sleepy and took his hand in a daze, saying that he would cook the fish himself when he came back from the appointment Feed him, and enter the new house, you have to add some fireworks yourself.

Fang Yu stuffed him back into the quilt and agreed. The weather in the capital is already very warm. Qiao Hezhi is usually in a cheerful mood. Although he is busy and walking around, his body is much stronger. He agreed. Had this meal in the new house.

"My lord, the lord is back!"

Fang Yu took off the beaded gauze cap to the servant, and when Si Yu saw him, she saluted with a smile, turned around and yelled at the kitchen.

"It'll be ready soon!"

Qiao Hezhi's voice came from the kitchen, and Fang Yu smiled lightly as he stepped on the cobbled warm stone road. Who could be dissatisfied with good wine, good food, and a beautiful wife when he came back from get off work: "Don't worry, I'll go back to the house first and put the clothes on." Changed."

After wearing the hat for a whole day, Fang Yu felt that his hair was sweating. The moment he took off the hat, he felt cool. He wondered if there was smoke coming from the top of his head. After the palace, you have to walk in and go to court, and you are covered in sweat.

He changed his clothes and came out of the bedroom, Qiao Hezhi had already prepared the meal in the small hall in the main room.

The layout at this end is a bit like a home in Yuncheng, and it is also such a spring day. The two of them are cooking a table of wine and vegetables, and the evening breeze is blowing, and they have a warm dinner.

"Take a sip of the fish soup first, I have stewed it for a long time."

Fang Yu watched the fried crucian carp's skin turn golden, and the soup with tofu added was milky white. He could smell a strong fragrance from afar. Before he sat down, he picked up the soup bowl and blew it gently. After blowing, I took a sip of the delicious taste of fish soup on my teeth and cheeks.

"It's been stewed for a while, the tofu is already tasty, and the crucian carp is also fresh."

Qiao Hezhi sat down facing Fang Yu: "Why is it not fresh? Si Yu bought it from a fisherman who caught fish by the river when Si Yu stopped him on the road. I can hardly hold back the frisky one. The cook killed it." Stew it for me."

"You are trying this diced chicken to see if it suits your appetite." Qiao Hezhi picked up a piece of skin-on chicken the size of an index finger and brought it to Fang Yu's mouth: "In the past, free-range black-bone chickens were used to make stew Yes, but today I saw this small silky chicken, so I tried frying diced chicken."

Spicy diced chicken is usually fried with small yellow chicken, but Fang Yu tasted the fried silky chicken. It tasted very fragrant, the chicken skin was crispy, the chicken was not old and the meat was not old, and it went well with rice with tender ginger.

Fang Yu likes to eat food and wine, and when he is hungry, he prefers a plate of food with rice, and he can eat several large bowls of rice at a time.

When I was in Yuncheng before, I usually served hot and sour frogs with rice, but today's small fried chicken is also delicious.

"good to eat."

Seeing that Fang Yu had a good appetite, Qiao Hezhi could eat a few more mouthfuls even if he had morning sickness, and the young couple ate happily.

The housewarming was a joy for the two of them. Fang Yu didn't have many friends in the capital. The only Beijing official he knew was the Xuezheng Li family who was in Yuncheng back then. Although he was transferred back to the capital after his term of office expired, he went abroad last year. .

Even so, he still prepared a gift and sent it to Li's residence. Xu Xuezheng passed a letter from his family. Although the Li family had never met Fang Yu, they were still polite, but it was more ordinary. I met countless students during that time, and Fang Yu was just one of them. Now that he was named on the gold list, he was kind to him and returned the gift. At present, he maintains a close relationship.

Households in the capital are far more interested in interests than in small places.

Fang Yu has no family background and is already married. Jinggui can communicate with each other after a little inquiring. He has no power to cling to, and he can't get married. Naturally, no one came forward to warm up.

However, he found peace. He first entered the capital, and the situation in the court was still unclear. Although he knew some of the plots in the original book, he was not in a hurry to enter someone's door before he took office to see the situation clearly, and stood in line so quickly. At that time, it will soon become cannon fodder for the people in the court.

He didn't feel lonely and neglected, but he and Qiao Hezhi tidied up the small mansion together, and the days went smoothly, which was much better than the messy entertainment at the beginning.

Three days later, there was one last event on Fang Yu's itinerary - Qionglin Banquet.

This banquet was held after the Palace Examination for Xinke Scholars to make friends with. The banquet is not considered formal. I heard that all Beijing officials can participate, so you can go there by yourself. There were two years when the emperor visited the Qionglin Banquet in person, but it was probably The emperor had only been enthroned for two years. In order to get close to his subordinates, Emperor Chongming had grown up for a while, and the students came one after another, so naturally he didn't have much interest.

The place where the Qionglin Banquet was held was not in the dreary Forbidden City, but in the adjacent Imperial City, where it was relatively comfortable without losing its nobility.

As one of the protagonists, Fang Yu left home early to go to the banquet venue. When he arrived at the gate, he was slightly surprised to see a man and woman who looked like clouds weaving. They are married.