Chapter 184 183 It is not easy to live in the capital

Wei Guangde was surrounded by Lao Kan and others into the Jiujiang Guild Hall, but when they stepped into the gate of the Guild Hall, a few people dressed in the butler came out from the crowd next to them, all of whom were holding famous posts in their hands to catch up with Wei Guangde.

Well, when he was in the car, Wei Guangde had already thought that this would happen, but he didn't expect that they had arrived outside the gate of the guild hall to wait for him.

After he respectfully accepted these famous posts, he entered the gate of the guild hall before he sat down. Several more people stood up in the lobby of the guild hall, all of whom were sending their own famous posts and invited Wei Guangde to visit the mansion when he was free.

Such a formation made Lao Kan and others confused.

A few days ago, many officials sent people to send famous posts, most of whom were from Jiangxi, and Wei Guangde, Lao Kan and others also took the time to leave several houses.

What happened today? Wei Guangde only sent so many posts and invitations when he came back.

Is Shuji so popular?

Wei Guangde has now respectfully accepted the famous posts. He has always been entitled to the idea of ​​"I would rather offend a gentleman than a villain", so even if the other party's official position and the sender is not high, he will not lose his etiquette even if the post is just a housekeeper or something.

Now he has nothing but a name with a pass on his head.

By the way, there is also a newly released title of Shujishi.

After seeing them off, Wei Guangde already has more than a dozen famous posts in his hand. It is estimated that the news should not have spread yet. I am afraid that more people will send famous posts in the afternoon and tomorrow.

There is no doubt that this is inseparable from Emperor Jiajing's inexplicable promotion of Wei Guangde.

But by this time, Wei Guangde had no intention of thinking about how Emperor Jiajing was going to be. Lao Kan, Xia Kefan and others had already pulled him into the back yard.

Judging from the posts and the positions of officials behind them, they have changed from the previous six or seven ranks to the third or fourth ranks. This span is too large, so they can't help but worry.

When she returned to the house, Xia Kefan couldn't help but ask, "Guangde, what happened today?"

Well, Wei Guangde went to the Ministry of Rites today and obviously asked about his experience at the Ministry of Rites.

Looking at the concerned gazes of the three of them, Wei Guangde shook his head and sighed: "Hey, don't mention it, I'm so dizzy that I can't figure out what the situation is."

Even though he said so, Wei Guangde still told the three of them about the matter.

"This time I went to the Ministry of Rites, and the one who received me was Lord Yan Neyan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. As you guessed, what he gave me was a note to go to the Hanlin Academy to serve as a Shujishi."

After Wei Guangde sat down, Zhang Ji brought tea. Wei Guangde felt thirsty and picked it up. He tried the water temperature and slightly scald. It should be after he came back with Wei Guangde. He saw that he asked the shop to prepare tea when he was receiving those people in front.

The tea cover gently scraped the floating tea leaves, and Wei Guangde picked up a small mouthful of tea to moisten his throat.

Seeing that the three of them were still staring at him intently, Wei Guangde had to speak, "Shishen Yan told me something, you probably wouldn't have thought of it."

Wei Guangde planned to keep a secret, but when he saw Lao Kan's eyes, he immediately extinguished his thoughts and continued: "Jinke, it is said that the Hanlin Academy did not plan to select Shujishi at the museum."

"Um?"

"ah."

All three of them were marveling unconsciously.

"Then why did you say you got the note to the Hanlin Academy?"

Lao Kan just frowned, remembered Wei Guangde's previous words, and immediately asked.

"How could I know? The words of Mr. Yan's words were that the emperor clicked me into the Hanlin Academy. I just saw him twice, and I was not far from the Daoting."

Daoting is a word called Lao Kan. Wei Guangde's score in the exam was not good, so he naturally stood behind and didn't say anything randomly.

"You mean, you are the only one Shujishi in Jinke? No one else?"

Xia Kefan immediately asked what he thought of.

"Why didn't I choose Shujishi anymore? Strange, can the imperial court do this?"

Zhang Ke’s focus was obviously not on the number of Shuji scholars, but on thinking about why he didn’t choose Shuji scholars and what is the rule.

But before Wei Guangde could speak, Xia Kefan said, "There is no school selection for the 29th Jiajing subject. I remember that anyone had calculated it at that time. Speaking of which, since the establishment of the National Dynasty, the imperial examination has been conducted for 52 classes, and the museum selection has been conducted for only 34 times. I just don't know if Guangde entered the Hanlin Academy this time, it is considered a school selection."

After saying this, Xia Kefan, Lao Kan and others looked at Wei Guangde.

In response to this, Wei Guangde could only shrugge and said helplessly: "How could I know this?"

In the afternoon, when Lao Kan came back from the Ministry of Rites, he was naturally trapped by Zhang Ke and Xia Ke. Wei Guangde was watching, and he also wanted to know which yamen Lao Kan was sent to to observe politics.

For new Jinshi, basically, their government offices that are in charge of politics will become places where they will be awarded officials in the future, unless Shangguan’s evaluation of him was very bad during the internship, it is recommended to change his position.

In fact, the new Jinshi must prepare the fifteen articles written in the past, the five latest articles and the court test papers, so that the court can judge which direction the Jinshi is suitable for the Jinshi to be awarded, but it is not just the literary talent of the Jinshi.

"I'm going to the Ministry of Justice to observe politics."

Lao Kan didn't keep it a secret and told him where he went.

"The Ministry of Justice observes politics? This is the way to follow the censor and inspector."

When Wei Guangde heard that Lao Kan was sent to the Ministry of Justice to observe politics, the first thing that came to mind was these two yamen.

The Inspectorate and the Ministry of Justice are actually good departments, and of course the Inspectorate is the best, so it is under ease.

After knowing Lao Kan's whereabouts, Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan didn't have to continue to surround him. Now they were both guessing where they were going, guessing where the Ministry of Rites would give them a note.

In the evening, Wei Guangde called Zhang Ji into the house and began to ask about his experience of seeing houses in the capital these days.

Before, although Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to go out to see the house, it was not very urgent, because the Guanzheng Yamen had not been assigned, and Wei Guangde was not sure of his last possible official position. He was also considering whether he should buy a house near the Yamen.

But now it’s different. Hanlin Academy has been on the bench for three years.

After three years, Wei Guangde felt that he should consider buying a yard near the Hanlin Courtyard to live in, and he could not delay any further.

Although the Jiujiang Guild Hall would never drive them out of the Jinshi, living here is always inconvenient.

When Zhang Ji heard Wei Guangde ask about the house, he was also energetic.

Before, he followed the man from the tooth shop and almost broke his legs. He looked at several yards in the inner city and more from the outer city.

Yaxing was introduced by the shopkeeper of Jiujiang Guild Hall. They also sat in Jiujiang merchants' business for a long time, so they were very familiar with each other.

"Young Master, are you buying a house near the Hanlin Academy?"

After hearing Wei Guangde's request, Zhang Ji said it was very simple, just a house near the Hanlin Academy.

"Young Master, there is Nanxunfang to the east of Hanlin Courtyard, and there is a yard there, just behind Zhan Shi Mansion."

Zhang Ji has traveled all over Beijing City during this period and has seen many houses, but few people sell houses in the inner city.

Fortunately, Wei Guangde's place was Hanlin Academy, which was located on Chang'an Street in the east of the inner city, and was close to the imperial city. Later, Wei Guangde became a high-ranking official, so it was very convenient to go to court.

However, since there are naturally some flaws in the inner city, at least Zhang Ji didn't like this yard at the beginning, it was too small.

Seeing Zhang Ji's expression, Wei Guangde became curious, "Tell me, what's wrong with the yard."

"Young Master, the yard is actually not a big problem, it's just. It's just that, it's too small, with only seven rooms, four front yards and three back yards. The price is very expensive, and it costs 1,500 taels of silver."

"Seven rooms, one thousand five hundred taels of silver?"

Wei Guangde was also shocked when he heard this. The price was a bit expensive.

Just the house in the outer city where they live now, and the yard of Jiujiang Guild Hall, there are eleven houses, and the shopkeeper said the market price is only more than one hundred taels.

"How big is the yard? Does it have a large garden?"

Wei Guangde thought that it was normal for the houses in the inner city to be more expensive than those in the outer city. Even if it doubled, the yard should not be larger than the ones they live in now. The price is so high, maybe it is the same as the house he bought in Jiujiang, does it have a big garden?

If there is a large garden, the high point will be high. You can build a few more rooms in the garden in the future, which is not bad.

"The yard is only one acre in size, but there is a rockery pond and the garden is not big."

Zhang Ji said in a recollection.

"Just one acre? Isn't that the size of this yard?"

The yard where Wei Guangde and his friends now live covers an area of ​​at least one and a half acres, and there is a large garden in the middle. The ratio of green space in later generations is more than 50%.

"The yard is a little compact, but the things are all in one go. There is a small stable outside the yard, so our carriage has a place to put."

Zhang Ji was still recalling what he saw in the yard of Nanxunfang where he had been to, "I remember there were two entrances in front and back of the yard, four rooms outside, three rooms inside, and a rockery pool on the right side of the yard. If you don't have this pool, you can build another room."

When Wei Guangde heard Zhang Ji still talking there, he was very curious. What kind of house dared to ask for 1,500 taels of silver?

"Stop talking. You will go to Yashang tomorrow morning. If it is appropriate, take me over to see the yard. Then we will talk about the price."

Wei Guangde interrupted Zhang Ji and said.

"Young Master, that yard is very expensive, 1,500 taels. The courtyard in the outer city is about the same size as that yard. As long as it is possible to make a hundred taels of silver, it is enough."

When Zhang Ji heard that Wei Guangde wanted to visit the yard and had been with Wei Guangde for more than ten years, he naturally knew that this man would not bargain. He would just take action as long as he liked it. It didn't matter if he bought it expensive.

In Wei Guangde's words, the young master is rich and noble people buy expensive goods.

"I want to see what the yard that dares to ask for a thousand taels of 1,000 taels is like? It's made of gold?"

I wanted to persuade him again, but I saw that Wei Guangde had waved his hand and refused to let him continue talking. Thinking of the things Wei Guangde liked, they usually demanded a big demand. No matter how big it is, I guess the young master should not look down on that house.

I lowered my head and thought about other houses in the inner city. It seemed that nothing was better than Nanxunfang. The houses in the inner city were concentrated in the Chaotian Palace Xifang and Jinchengfang. There was a house that was not there, in Lingchunfang, but there was a yard nearby. According to Yajiemen, it was a clean room and a place where eunuchs were cut.

It would be unlucky to think about it. Zhang Ji naturally wouldn't tell Wei Guangde that house, and it was not close to Hanlin Academy, which obviously did not meet the requirements of the young master, so it would be better not to say it.

After Zhang Ji went out, Wei Guangde walked to the desk, turned the wick of the oil lamp, and illuminated the desktop to a brighter point. Then he took out the paper and pen to start grinding the ink.

Today, my arrangement was made and I had to live in Beijing forever. Wei Guangde was preparing to write a letter to go back after his situation in Beijing.

The next morning, Zhang Ji had breakfast and left the Jiujiang Guild Hall, went to find the Yashang people and contacted to see the house.
To be continued...