Chapter 185 184 Qing Ci

Wei Guangde, Lao Kan, and Zhu Shilong and a few of them who were fine went to see the yard together.

To be honest, it is indeed small, but the location advantage is also great. It is really close to Hanlin Academy, a ten-minute walk away.

Perhaps this is the reason. From Yaren, I learned that the owner of the yard bit 1,500 taels of silver to death and refused to let go.

Regarding such a high price, Lao Kan, Zhu Shilong and others didn't say much, so they asked Wei Guangde to consider whether to buy it himself.

It was already afternoon when they returned to the Jiujiang Guild Hall, and Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan also returned from the Ministry of Rites.

The two of them were still very surprised when they returned to the guild hall and didn't see the others. When they saw them coming back and asking, they realized that they were following Wei Guangde to the inner city to see the house.

“Inner city housing prices are not cheap.”

Xia Kefan has been in the capital for a long time, so he naturally knows that the housing prices in inner cities are several times the housing prices in outer cities.

In fact, he had also planned to buy a house in the outer city, but the cheapest yard costs dozens of taels of silver, and it was very remote, and it was not convenient to travel and his financial conditions did not allow it, so he gave up.

Well, Xia Kefan can't afford to buy a house in Beijing now, but this does not affect his envy of Wei Guangde's financial resources.

"One thousand five hundred taels are not allowed, but the house is indeed well-built."

Zhu Shilong said behind him.

The Zhu family has money, but they don’t have the financial resources to buy a house in Beijing.

Of course, if needed, the family should be able to make up the money, but the family's businesses will definitely be greatly affected.

"By the way, where do you go to observe politics after you get the notes?"

Lao Kan sat down and asked, "Today, these two went to the Ministry of Rites to get notes, and he was also very concerned about the places where these two fellow villagers go."

"I am just like you, the Ministry of Justice will be in the political arena and I will be released in half a year."

Xia Kefan shook his head and said, but then he was shocked. He looked at Wei Guangde and Lao Kan and laughed: "Guess where Jinqing is?"

Jinqing is Zhang Jinqing, that is, Zhang Ke.

When Wei Guangde and Lao Kan heard Xia Kefan say this, they both blinked and stared at him, and Zhu Shilong and others were also interested.

"I won't really be able to observe politics in the cabinet."

Then Lao Kan joked, "A college student in politics, hehe. But Jin Qing's calligraphy is really good. If you work harder, you may become a master of calligraphy."

Zhang Ke's calligraphy is the best written among this group of people, which is that the rankings in the Imperial Examination and Palace Examination are slightly lower, otherwise he would be one of the strong competitors of the Hanlin Academy Shujishi.

It’s just a pity that the Hanlin Academy did not recruit people this year, and Wei Guangde didn’t know what luck was, which made Emperor Jiajing look at him with admiration and sent him to that place.

"Jinqing, tell me, where are you going to observe politics?"

Zhu Shilong asked in the jam.

Outside, Wei Guangde, Lao Kan, Zhang Ke and others also had to pay homage to the Jinshi master's title, so they naturally could not pretend in front of their fellow villagers.

"A little unexpected, I'll go to Zhongshu Department."

Zhang Ke didn't take any turns and directly told him where he was going.

"Zhongshu Department? I'm good, Zhongshu Sheren?"

Zhu Shilong screamed in shock when he heard this.

"You're really in the cabinet?"

Lao Kan was also extremely surprised. He didn't expect that he would just go to the cabinet to observe politics. It seemed that Zhang Ke had really gone there.

The Ming Dynasty's shepherds were divided into five types: Zhongshu Keshe, Zhongshu Sheren in the east room of the Wenhua Hall, Zhongshu Sheren in the west room of the Wuying Hall, Zhongshu Sheren in the cabinet, and Zhongshu Sheren in the cabinet, all of which are from the seventh rank.

It should be noted that the Zhongshu Department is not called a subject, but to be precise, it should be the Zhongshu Room. It is just that because it is all outside the Meridian Gate and is connected to the official office, everyone is used to not calling it the Zhongshu Room, but the Zhongshu Department.

The Zhongshu Department has a fixed quota of 20 people, and there is no difference between sizes and sizes. However, the seniors usually hold the seals and call them "Sinjun". They become the de facto commanders of the Zhongshu Department. Their job is to write edicts, make edicts, silver books, iron vouchers, etc.

"I will practice calligraphy well in the future. After I passed the Jinshi, I may say that I will be a colleague of Jinqing."

Zhu Shilong joked.

Wei Guangde did not expect that Zhang Ke’s place was where, where the cabinet and the six departments were dealing with all year round, and it was a very important government office. Most of the documents assigned by the cabinet were written by the Zhongshu Department.

This place is where you can often see senior officials of the court. If you perform a little better, your future prospects will be promising.

Although Zhang Ke is a newcomer, he cannot even be considered a person from the Zhongshu Department. He is just a student of the Zhongshu Department, but he can be transferred to the Department in the future, which is a good place for Beijing officials.

Wei Guangde didn't expect that a good handwriting had such great power, so he directly let Zhang Ke enter the yamen, and he could only envy him in his heart.

Well, he is envious of others for having an examiner position, which can be awarded an official position in two years or as long as half a year. But he has to suffer, and stay in the Hanlin Academy for three years before the hall is broken. At that time, it is still possible to be sent to local people to be promoted to an official position or to be awarded a review by the Hanlin Academy.

Wei Guangde's envy was dispelled at night. When Lao Kan and others started to make up the game, Zhang Ke rarely did not participate, and just said that he had something to do and went out.

Wei Guangde saw Zhang Ke with his own eyes at the door of the house, carrying a bulging package out of the door.

Everything fell into his eyes, and Wei Guangde just blinked and then shook his head gently.

If it weren't for Chuan Lu's identity, I'm afraid Wei Guangde would be the same as Zhang Ke.

I just don’t know whose path he is following?

Actually, it’s easy to guess that in the capital, Zhang Ke’s way is probably the only fellow villagers from Jiangxi. Generally, adults from other provinces cannot even get into the residences.

Watching Zhang Ke leave the courtyard, Wei Guangde went to Lao Kan's side, and the war had begun inside.

Just as Wei Guangde was about to go to Hanlin Academy to study, a piece of news made him feel a little petrified in an instant.

On April of the 35th year of Jiajing, an order was reported in Xiyuan: Wu Shan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to the Minister of Rites and the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Mao Zan, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Yuan Wei, the right minister of the Hanlin Academy, and Yuan Wei, the right minister of the Hanlin Academy, and each was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and the former official.

At the same time, the decree was also issued to be promoted to the Hanlin Academy for the lecturer Yan Ne and the editor Li Chunfang and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Regarding Yan Ne and Li Chunfang's promotion, Wei Guangde discovered a tip for the promotion of Hanlin Academy.

Well, there is a Mingfa in the decree, "The right middle of the Youchunfang, Dongfen, is the first to write the Xuanwen, and the other ones to write the work. He specially told the assistant ministers: Nowadays, officials of all sizes use their personal feelings to eliminate countless people, and those who serve the emperor are one or two out of thousands of people.

Ne and Chunfang were promoted to bachelor's degree, and those who valued the Xuanchang were responsible for the work. However, many officials who wrote the poems were abandoned, and their jobs were often devoted to the Xuanshu, so they hoped to make progress."

These two people were all favored by Emperor Jiajing because they were "one or two out of thousands of people" because they were "serious" and thus received this promotion. As for how they served the emperor, they were writing Xuanwen.

The two Hanlins wrote Xuanwen to seek the emperor's reward. As for what Xuanwen is, it is naturally Taoist Qingci.

Qing Ci is also known as "Qing Ci", "Ceilli", also known as Green Chapter, which is a tribute to heaven during the Taoist Eid Festival. It requires neat forms and gorgeous words.

As a means of praying for blessings, Qingci has two functions: one is to pray for God to change the bad celestial phenomena, and the other is to pray for God to bless you with peace and happiness.

For Emperor Jiajing, who was superstitious about Taoism, a good poem would naturally please him.

In the eyes of this emperor, if the Qing Ci is written well, perhaps if you enter the eyes of a certain god, you will favor him as an emperor and give him the means to obtain the Taoist method he has always dreamed of and the way to immortality.

For those who help themselves practice, in the heart of Emperor Jiajing, they are naturally a great loyal minister.

At this time, the people who hindered him from practicing Taoism were speculators who wanted to climb the dragon and attach themselves to the phoenix. They wanted to bet on the new emperor to gain a future, and they wanted him to die sooner so that the crown prince who they bet could ascend to the throne.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing was almost fifty years old. However, he had been practicing Taoism for more than 20 years and still achieved nothing and could not see any hope for success.

At this time, he did not have any doubts about Taoism's practice of immortality, Taoism, etc. He also believed that Taoism followed nature and could not be forced, but he still felt anxious.

This anxiety is naturally because of his age.

Emperor Jiajing is not confused. How long can the emperors in history live?

Long live?

He has less time left, and he must seize the last time to gain a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, the more he reached the end of his life, the more severe he punished the ministers who advised him to practice.

From his youth to his misconduct, he wishes to kill all these guys with treason.

It was just a decision made on a whim when the Jinyiwei sent someone to post Wei Guangde in the next few days, but when the Jinyiwei sent someone to post a post to Wei Guangde, Emperor Jiajing had other ideas. He wanted to know what kind of thoughts the current ministers were, including his two sons.

Since Wei Guangde was not caught by the big fish when he was called to the Chuanlu, he chose to try it out with the fire.

Wei Guangde naturally didn't know this. He was sending a new guest out at this time.

When he returned to the house, Wei Guangde sighed, and finally there was still trouble coming to the door.

He just sent away the dictionary book of the King of Jing's Mansion, a ninth rank small official, but the trouble is that he represents King of Jing.

When Wei Guangde was in Jiangxi, he knew that King Yu and King Jing coexisted in the capital. Although he had never heard of them fighting each other, he thought that these would happen privately and would never be put on the table.

Now King Jing's Mansion has sent a gift, inviting Wei Guangde to come to the palace for a while. Wei Guangde doesn't want to get into this muddy water, but he still has a flattering expression on his face and is grateful to King Jing for his attention.

Looking at the famous posts on the table, Wei Guangde shook his head. He was really not a competent actor.

He picked up the book "The Supreme Yellow Talisman" on the table and continued reading. Since he learned that Emperor Jiajing liked to promote Hanlin who could write Qing Ci, Wei Guangde's mind was active.

Nonsense, who doesn’t want to be a high-ranking official? Wei Guangde also wants to soar to the sky with Qingci.

There were a few free days left. Wei Guangde went to the bookstore outside to find textbooks for writing Qingci, but he couldn't find it. Finally, he saw some Taoist books in the Taoist temple with related records.

These books are not cheap. Before Wei Guangde had decided whether to buy a house or not, he first spent hundreds of taels of silver to buy books to study how to write Qingci.

The book "The Supreme Yellow Talisman" he is reading is compiled by Jiang Shuyu of the previous dynasty in the words of Taoist Temple.

The book is divided into twenty-four sects, each of which contains many details, listing various rituals in detail, and striving to magnify the ancient sects. Among them, the ancient sects are verified and the origin is rare among all sects. It can be called the complete book of Huanglu sects, which includes very rich content.

A very comprehensive book, dozens of volumes, is not cheap, and this set of books is worth hundreds of taels of white silver.
To be continued...