Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Jia Hu just put on the official robe and started his official career in the Hanlin Academy. The newly recruited Shujishi who had been recruited for a few years had not yet arrived, but the officials appointed by the emperor earlier had already gone to the Ministry of Officials. The formalities have left one after another, and the Hanlin Academy is now at its busiest time.Therefore, the general number one scholar was awarded the title of Xiuzhuan, and it happened to follow the seniors during this blank period to contact the tasks that the general newcomers who stayed due to lack of manpower could not touch at all.

It is also a benefit of being the number one scholar to get in touch with the power center earlier than ordinary sages and understand the secrets of officialdom.Now Jia Hu came in without passing the Shu Jishi, and happened to follow along with him.

Today, there was a banquet lecture in the study room, Mr. Zheng from the Hanlin Academy came to comment on the historical records for the princes, Tang Bin and Jia Hu were sent there to make records—now the Hanlin Academy is full, this task is At the very least, it can be handed over to newcomers, even if there is a small mistake, it doesn’t matter. Although the task itself is irrelevant, even the princes who have already received errands will come to listen to today’s Jingyan lecture. The two new recruits, Tang Bin and Jia Hu , to be able to have close contact with the prince, and maybe even get the favor of the other party. Speaking of which, the seniors of the Imperial Academy really took good care of them.

Jia Hu and Tang Bin were all grateful, Tang Bin had a crazy temperament, but thinking of Kong Duan's thoughtful thought of paving the way for him earlier, it was rare for him to pull down his face and ask Jia Hu about the rules in the palace. It's a trivial matter to be punished. It's not good to embarrass Kong Duan.

"The teacher is so kind to me, and he has worked hard for me. If he loses his reputation outside, I really deserve to die." Tang Bin learned the etiquette in the palace, and silently remembered Jia Hu's words about the princes several times in his heart. He said to Jia Hu, "Thanks to you, otherwise I'd be a bit worried about going into the palace with this impromptu etiquette."

Jia Hu was a little strange: "Don't be nervous, isn't it just going to the palace to record, we are not the protagonists today, those princes can still notice us? It doesn't matter if you make a small mistake, Mr. Kong is not such a stingy person , it’s pretty good on the whole.”

Tang Bin glanced at him and hummed, "I see."

But what Jia Hu thought was wrong, on the way to the palace, he closed his eyes and meditated, he didn't say a word, and didn't know what to think.In the past, he liked to joke the most. No matter how boring things were, they became funny when he said them to him. He listened and chatted along with the discussion, and the time passed in no time.Now that he is like this, the carriage seems to be panicked.

Jia Hu guessed that he was afraid of something on his mind, and wanted to make him feel relieved, so he smiled and said, "Why didn't you see Xiyan today, but you are holding a pen to serve you?"

Xiyan is Tang Bin's personal servant who writes. Xiyan is handsome and gentle, with a smile that makes people feel very comfortable.However, many people around Tang Bin wanted to come to Xiyan to follow him, so he stayed at home to wait on the pen, because Xiyan's temperament was suitable for accompanying Tang Bin, if he wanted to write, he would offend others if he was not careful.

Jia Hu was just asking casually, but Tang Bin's face darkened instantly as soon as he said it, and he said gloomyly: "Xi Yan wanted to come out to serve me, but now his legs are broken, and he can't even stand." If I can’t stand up anymore, I can’t work.”

Jia Hu was taken aback, and seeing the flames in Tang Bin's eyes, he couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Both legs are broken? How did this happen? The fall was..."

Tang Bin said coldly: "I was beaten." He stopped talking.

Jia Hu didn't talk about people who like to inquire about people's private affairs. Tang Bin didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask. You have to take care of yourself. I have the best plaster in the army, which is specially used to treat fractures and bone diseases, and I will send it to you later."

Tang Bin squeezed out a smile and said sincerely, "Thank you very much."

Jia Hu shook his head, didn't bother him anymore, and fell silent.

Xi Yan is a servant who has been with Tang Bin for more than ten years, and his deceased mother picked him for him in the early years. After more than ten years, the relationship between master and servant is different. It depends on the master when beating a dog. Who wouldn't give it to Tang Bin? To save face, someone actually broke Xiyan's legs?

All the way to the upper study room, Mr. Zheng walked over under the guidance of the servants. Looking at the direction, he came from the main hall. He thought he was going to greet the emperor first.As for Tang Bin Jia Hu's current rank, if he hadn't been summoned by the emperor, he wouldn't be eligible to meet Sheng Jia.

None of the princes was late, and they were all waiting. When Jia Hu entered, he saw the third prince Tu Youzhao and the fourth prince Tu Youhao in the lead. They were wearing python robes, which were worn by the princes. Afterwards, they were accompanied by the familiar third prince. Wang Mingtong from the Wang family, Rong Ming from the Rong family, and Han Yan who looked unhappy and didn't want to listen to the lectures—this kid never liked these things, but Mr. Zheng was famous for being traditional and conservative. The most rogue, Han Yan can bear it.

There were also those standing behind, there were clan disciples and attendants brought by them, all of them were full. When they saw Mr. Zheng coming, the princes bowed slightly, and the clan disciples made a half salute. As for Wang Mingtong and others, They all bowed deeply: "Master Zheng."

Elder Zheng insisted on saluting the prince, everyone waited for a while, the eldest prince and the second prince rushed over, and they all apologized to Elder Zheng first: "Busy with errands, I kept Elder Zheng waiting for a long time."

Now the eldest prince and the second prince are no longer the teenagers who went to the study. They each have a family and a son. The game of power struggle behind them has made them smooth and capable, and they are no longer open guns. After all, which of the two sons he likes more is the impulsive boy. When they met, the two were actually very affectionate. The second prince cared about the eldest prince's body: "Brother, you don't look very good, do you?" There are too many things in the Ministry of Criminal Justice? The emperor is the same. Why did you let someone like the elder brother go to a place like the Ministry of punishment? How can the elder brother get used to the mess there? Or, I will intercede with the emperor and let him Are you transferred to the household department?"

The eldest prince appreciated it very much: "It's okay, I've done it well, the errands of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are just like that, it doesn't matter, but in every case, I deal with it according to the law, just like the case of missing salary in the army last time Son, if it wasn't for the strange death of the lieutenant's brother-in-law, he wouldn't have pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and let the truth surface. Thinking of those soldiers who fought for the country, and someone still deducted their money and food, I couldn't be angry Hit one place, although it is hard work, it may bring down those who are vegetarians, and I will admit it no matter how tired I am."

Last year, a man was killed inexplicably. The government found the murderer after checking the name of the criminal. The strange thing is that the official bank was found in the deceased’s home. The eldest prince looked through the dossiers presented by the local authorities, and was checked by others, but it was the Xia family who took advantage of Concubine Shu's power and became more and more domineering, even daring to covet military pay.The First Prince knew about this, so naturally he would not be soft-hearted, and the matter was reported to the Emperor. It was Concubine Shu who begged hard, and the Emperor let the Xia family go. However, Mrs. Xia, Xia Zheng and others still took the lead from the eldest brother. .

The first prince is in a good mood these days, no matter how the second prince stabs him, he is still leisurely, but the second prince, being pushed back by him like this, choked and blushed.

After talking for a while, he officially began to lecture on the scriptures. Although Boss Zheng is a bit old-fashioned, he is very knowledgeable. Speaking of Shiji, there are many arguments that make Jia Hu sigh to himself, and can't help but want to have a good talk with Tang Bin. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Tang Bin staring at a young man sitting in the field. The man raised his head and looked at Mr. Zheng.The complexion is fair, the eyebrows reach to the sideburns, the eyes are long and narrow, and there is always a smile on his face, looking very gentle.

Jia Hu had met him before. He was the eldest son of the Tang family and the nephew of Prince Ke's eldest concubine. Tang Ning, who barely ranked last in this year's class, had won the Jinshi degree.

"How did he get in?" Jia Hu asked in a low voice. An occasion like today was not a place where Tangning, a small unemployed Jinshi, could come.

Tang Bin didn't answer him directly, but only lifted his chin, and asked Jia Hu to look at the one sitting next to Tangning, "That's my aunt's eldest son, the eldest grandson of Prince Ke's residence."

That's the one who brought Tangning into the palace. Jia Hu glanced at Tang Bin's clenched fists in a loss of composure. On the day of the palace examination last time, Tang Bin was able to hold back his anger so that no one could see his emotions. Er is so impulsive, in front of everyone, there is anger on his face, this is the palace, let people see, that day is resentment against the court, that would be bad, quickly turned his elbow and said in a low voice : "Calm down, but just a Jinshi, even if there is Prince Ke's mansion behind you, you are still afraid."

Tang Bin sneered: "I will be afraid?!"

Jia Hu took a pen and wrote vigorously: "Since you know it, hurry up and record it. Mr. Zheng has already said a lot."

Sure enough, Tang Bin turned his ears to listen to Mr. Zheng's lecture, and quickly recorded it on the paper, but when Mr. Zheng finished a sentence, Tang Bin and Jia Huju all put down their pens. When Tang Bin sorted out the manuscript, he said lightly: "Wash Yan waited for me to go out and came back, and accidentally bumped into him in the garden, and he didn't say anything, so he broke Xiyan's leg!" Thinking of this, Tang Bin's heart became very depressed, and he said out loud After a while, he turned and left.

Jia Hu sighed, this Tang Ning was clearly trying to make things difficult for Tang Bin on purpose, just to make him lose face, but pity for such a smart person as Xi Yan.

When the lecture was over, Jia Hu and Tang Bin packed up their things and wanted to leave. Tu Youhao called out to Jia Hu, and Tang Bin hated to leave first. Jia Hu hadn’t spoken yet. Tu Youhao frowned and watched Tang Bin go Looking at the back, he said dissatisfiedly: "Just now I saw that you didn't listen at all, and just talked to the person next to you. Why, do you have a good relationship?"