Lin Chengyi's words moved Lin Yanchao's heart. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After more than ten years of master and apprenticeship, Lin Chengyi is still so upright and upright, which is admired by Lin Yanchao. In terms of personal morality, Lin Chengyi, Lin Yin, and Lin Yan, the teachers who taught themselves, can be said to be almost perfect, and they can be called a true Confucian.

However, several of them acted squarely, but they were not satisfactory in their careers.

Lin Yin, the chief of the mountain, was excluded from his official position, and then resigned in anger and could only go home to teach.

Although Lin Yan is the smoothest of the three, it is also because he offended Zhang Juzheng and his career is hopeless, so he also resigned twice at home. As for Lin Chengyi, Lin Yanchao glanced at the cold situation in the room, and couldn't help but feel sorry for himself as a teacher.

In fact, the days of his teacher who were really happy were not for a few days, and it was easy to take the head of the case, marry a wife and have children, but for the sake of fame, he became a prisoner of the country, and he left his hometown to live in the Beijing Division.

But Lin Yanchao couldn't see the decline on Lin Chengyi's face at all.

Lin Yanchao walked into the house, and sat on the only wide chair in the room that could be seen, with a layer of mattress on the chair, and after sitting down, the wide chair swayed from side to side, and the bottom was a little uneven.

Lin Chengyi was busy lighting a charcoal basin for Lin Yanchao, and said with a smile while ordering: "I forgot to light a charcoal basin when I got up early today, but I didn't feel cold at all when I was reading. ”

Lin Yanchao glanced at Lin Chengyi's frozen hands, thinking that this is where he forgot the cold and heat, and he was clearly reluctant to use charcoal fire.

Lin Yanchao couldn't say anything, so he could only nod sadly.

Lin Yanchao was busy for a while, the charcoal basin was lit, and the smoke of the charcoal fire was very large, obviously inferior charcoal. And what he uses every day is the red charcoal given by the palace salary. Red Luo charcoal is produced in Tongzhou, Zhuozhou and other places, and is made of hardwood. Hongluo charcoal burns durably, has no smell, does not smoke, and uses this charcoal in the palace of the Queen Mother of Heaven on weekdays.

Lin Yanchao is because he serves the big inside, so he will also give charcoal to the salary. Lin Yanchao brought twenty catties of red Luo charcoal to Lin Chengyi this time.

The smoke in the charcoal basin was uncomfortable, but Lin Chengyi didn't notice it at all, and after sitting down, he asked Lin Yanchao about some things about his daily work.

Lin Yanchao answered one by one, of course, this is what Lin Chengyi likes to hear, as for Lin Yanchao collected thousands of taels of silver through bad habits, if he said it to Lin Chengyi, it is estimated that he will be blasted out of the door.

Lin Yanchao told the story of his official affairs in the past few months, and Lin Chengyi couldn't help but look happy for himself when he heard it: "Entering the cabinet and participating in the privy affairs, this is what many scholars dream of. ”

Lin Yanchao said, "What Mr. said is that the disciple remembers. ”

Seeing that Lin Yanchao was a eunuch, he was still respectful in front of him, as he used to be a student and a teacher, Lin Chengyi couldn't help but smile all over his face.

After Lin Chengyi asked questions for a while, Lin Yanchao asked: "How is the matter of the teacher waiting for the election?" ”

It turned out that after Lin Chengyi failed the test, he was a little disheartened, feeling that he had reached the age of not being confused, and there was little hope of seeking a jinshi background again, so he planned to go to the ministry as a prisoner to elect officials. However, it is more difficult for the prisoners to go to the Ministry of Officials to elect officials, as far as Lin Yanchao knows.

Jinshi was born in the tiger class, and he will fill the vacancy.

The person is born to go to the ministry first and then listen to the election of the candidate, as short as seven or eight years, more than ten years, almost to fill the vacancy of the official to take office.

As for the prisoners, it's a little more difficult than lifting people. Originally, the appointment of prisoners was limited to the length of time they had been in prison in Guozijian, but later it was changed that prisoners who wanted to become officials had to go to various yamen first, and the calendar was equivalent to an internship, and they were allowed to pull out their careers only after the internship period expired.

After the calendar is selected, that is, after the end of the prison calendar, the registration and selection of the book is made, and the officials are selected in order, which is also a vacancy. There is no need to raise fewer people to spend this time. If Lin Chengyi does not leave the relationship, he will be able to fill the vacancy in ten years, and this speed will already beat 90% of the country's national prisoners.

But listening to Lin Chengyi: "Three months ago, I was assigned to Daxing County to do some honorary texts, Charlie books, and calculate the number for the yamen every day. ”

Lin Yanchao frowned when he heard this, and was assigned to the Daxing County calendar, this is a miscellaneous calendar, it belongs to the next way, it seems that it will be increased from 90% to 98%.

Although Lin Yanchao thought so in his heart, he said with a smile on his face: "With the talent of Mr., the history of Daxing County is condescending. ”

Lin Chengyi said with a smile: "Don't give me a high hat, I have studied for my teacher all my life, I always want to serve the country, I don't want to be a lifelong scholar, and I am just a scholar who has been suffocated by a pile of old papers." ”

Lin Yanchao heard Lin Chengyi say this, so he joked: "Mr.'s words are an eye-opener for the disciple, but Mr. didn't say this to the disciple before." ”

"Oh, what did I say then?" Lin Chengyi asked.

"At that time, Mr. said that studying is not for rice and grain, not for wealth, and not for being an official! Fang Cai also said that he would not ask me to be an official like Zhang Jiangling, but I also wanted to be Haigangfeng. ”

Lin Chengyi pinched his beard and said: "You are wrong, as a teacher, you have said that studying is to stand up, not to seek rice and grain, and not to draw from wealth, but as a teacher, you have not said that studying is not for officials." Scholars are keen to be officials, so what's wrong with even being an official residence? ”

Lin Yanchao smiled slightly.

Lin Chengyi said seriously: "In the eyes of a teacher, it is not bad to study and become an official, and it is not that you have no ambition to be a big official, but you need to ask yourself what you are seeking for an official?" If you are an official to do something for the world and seek the well-being of the people, then the bigger the official does, the more you can benefit the people. Didn't Zixia say that if you are good, you will learn? ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but nodded.

Speaking of this, Lin Chengyi said: "For the official, you must be ambitious, have the world in mind, and do not seek personal interests for yourself, if you are an official for the people, for the world to do what you can do, then for the teacher to expect you, you must be an official, you must be a big official, like Zhang Jiangling for the people, for the well-being of the people." ”

Lin Yanchao listened to Lin Chengyi's words, and immediately his chest was full of enthusiasm, and he immediately bowed to Lin Chengyi and said, "Sir, the disciple has been taught." ”

Coming out of Lin Chengyi's house, I don't know when it snowed outside.

Lin Chengyi's house was leaking everywhere, and it was extremely cold in the wind and snow. Lin Yanchao walked to the entrance of the alley, looked back at Lin Chengyi's old house standing in the cold wind, and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable for the teacher from the bottom of his heart.

This is a real Confucian student, who lives in such a dilapidated house, but still thinks that 'there are thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy.' ’

Lin Yanchao stood for a while, Zhanming got out of the carriage and took a fox fur and put it on Lin Yanchao and said, "It's cold outside, master, put on your clothes, let's go home!" ”

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said, "Let's not go home in a hurry, let's go to Guozijian." ”

Although Zhanming didn't know what Lin Yanchao was doing when he went to Guozijian, he didn't ask much after listening to his instructions, so he got into the carriage.

Lin Yanchao glanced at Lin Chengyi's house again, and then lifted the curtain and entered the car.

The carriage galloped on Jingshi Avenue, and soon Lin Yanchao arrived at Guozijian.

In front of the gate of the Guozijian, Menzi immediately came up and asked, "Who is it, don't you even know about the Guozijian?" Dare to run around? ”

Zhan Ming stepped forward and scolded: "Presumptuous, don't you even know the dignified Hanlin?" ”

"What Hanlin?"

Lin Yanchao took out his tooth card and showed it to Menzi, and the two Menzi immediately weakened their legs when they saw it, and hurriedly said flatteringly: "It turned out to be the master of the Hanlin Academy, and the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so he should fight." Dare to ask what is the important matter of the master of the revision of the country? ”

Lin Yanchao said lightly: "Is the Xu sacrificial wine there?" ”

Menzi hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, here, Lord Sacrificial Wine is in the wing." ”

"Take the official to him."

"Yes."

So Menzi led Lin Yanchao into the Guozijian, the Guozi Supervisor Wine Wing, and the Siye Wing was located behind Yilun Hall.

Lin Yanchao went to the sacrificial wine room, the door entered the hall first, and Xu Guo, the priest of the young country, stood by the door and said, "Zong Hai, why are you here?" ”

Lin Yanchao walked to the bottom of the steps by the door and saluted Xu Guo: "Labor sacrifice wine is out to welcome, and I passed by here in my late life and came to visit my seniors." ”

Xu Guo is a forty-four year jinshi of Jiajing, and is currently the country's son of the priest wine, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Xu Guo is seven subjects higher than Lin Yanchao, and according to the rules of the Hanlin Academy, more than seven subjects must claim to be a late student.

Although Lin Yanchao and Xu Guo both served in the Hanlin Academy, Xu Guo was in the lecture hall before, and Lin Yanchao was in the review hall, and the two did not communicate. So the two didn't have a deep relationship, they only met a few times.

Xu Guo nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's go into the house and talk!" ”

Lin Yanchao entered the room and sat down under Xu Guo, and Xu Guo picked up a purple clay pot from his hand, poured two cups of tea and handed a cup to Lin Yanchao, and then said: "This is pineapple tea, taken from Huangshan, brought from hometown, Zonghai, you can taste it." ”

Lin Yanchao thanked him and took a drink, and suddenly felt that the taste was mellow and sweet, and the aroma was like an orchid, so he said: "Good tea, really good tea." ”

Xu Guo smiled and asked, "Oh? What a good law, but the official has to listen to it. ”

Lin Yanchao put down the teacup and said: "Famous places in the world, there must be famous products, there must be famous grass, this pineapple, Wu's tiger hill, Qiantang's dragon well, can all be compared to the goose!" ”

Xu Guo suddenly laughed when he heard this: "Okay, you Lin Sanyuan, what you said is from Xu Cishu's tea sparse, but you have learned and sold it in front of this official." ”

Lin Yanchao saw that he was told by Xu Guo, so he simply admitted it generously, and said with a smile: "The predecessor is really knowledgeable, and the subordinate is really embarrassed." ”

Xu Guo smiled slightly and said: "When it comes to erudition, who in the world can match you Lin Sanyuan, if you like this tea, there are still three catties in the official's house, and let the family send it to your house tomorrow." ”

Lin Yanchao got up and said after hearing this: "Xu sacrificed wine and gave it generously, and it is better for the lower officials to be respectful." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Lin Yanchao saw that the atmosphere was good, so he said to Xu Guo: "Senior, in fact, the lower officials came to the door this time to ask for something. ”

Xu Guo said with a smile: "It seems that the official expected it was good, Zong Hai must have something to come, but the official didn't think of something?" ”

"Dare to ask the seniors what is the matter?"

Xu Guo saw that Lin Yanchao's teacup was empty, so he poured it on him again and said: "Zong Hai is a proud protégé of Shenwu County, and now he is in the cabinet, how many officials in the capital are afraid of you." What else can't you Lin Zonghai do, come to ask for this official? ”

Lin Yanchao hurriedly said, it was really embarrassing for the seniors to say this. The late-born Meng Shilin is sincere and righteous Fuzhou Mansion Xue Bagong is a prisoner, and is now working in Daxing County. Later in life, he came for his second teacher.

Xu Guo smiled and said, "It turned out to be him, this person and the official remember." ”

"It turns out that the seniors remember the teacher who was born later."

Xu Guo smiled slightly: "How don't you remember, on the day you knocked on the queen of the Zhonghui Yuan to thank Shi'en, and it was passed on as Shilin Meitan, who in the Guozi Prison didn't know that this Lin Chengyi was your former Mr. Lin Sanyuan." ”

Lin Yanchao sighed: "I didn't expect this matter to follow up with such waves. The teacher's kindness is like a mountain, and it is difficult for the disciple to reciprocate. In such a late life, he said bluntly, the teacher is already not confused, and he is determined to serve the court, so he asked for the calendar not long ago, and wanted to listen to the selection of officials in the ministry after pulling out the calendar. ”

Xu Guo nodded and said: "That's right, the selection of the prisoners, the eunuchs and the eunuchs can be invited to the yamen after three years of imprisonment, and after the calendar, they can go to the ministry to listen to the election of the candidates, which all have regulations." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "The late student wants to ask the seniors to directly pull out the late teacher's teacher, avoid the merits of the calendar, and go to the ministry to listen to the election." ”

Xu Guo laughed and said: "It turns out that this is the case, you have come to the wrong place for that Zonghai, you should go to the Ministry of Officials instead of looking for this official." The prisoner donated two taels of silver to exempt himself from the work of the class, how many taels of tribute the prisoner paid, and how many taels of the prisoner paid by the assistant prisoner, all of which need to be consulted by the Ministry of Officials. ”

Donation is money, and the imperial court has a regulation on how much money the prisoners pay, so they can skip the time and go directly to the ministry to listen to the election. This system began in Jingtai Nian, and it was forced by the emptiness of the treasury, so that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to come up with this method.

Lin Yanchao shook his head when he heard this, and said: "It would be nice if you could do something with money, and I would go to the Ministry of Officials to help the teacher clear the way." ”

Xu Guo was stunned and asked, "What do you mean, the teacher refuses to donate to avoid the matter?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "That's right, if the late student donates to the teacher, the teacher will blame him when he learns about it, so the late student can only ask the sacrificial wine to come forward and find an excuse to pull out the calendar for the teacher." ”

Xu Guo was stunned when he heard this, and then pinched his beard and pondered.

Lin Yanchao quietly took three silver tickets from his sleeve, handed them over from the case and said, "Senior, for the sake of the late life, help the late born once." ”

Xu Guo glanced at the silver ticket on the case and thought, it is three hundred taels, this is a big deal. It is only one hundred taels for the prisoners to go to the ministry to donate and exempt them, not to mention the tribute prisoners. But compared to money, Lin Yanchao's dedication to Mr. is more commendable.

This Lin Yanchao has a promising future, he is a champion, and he is so shrewd and capable, it is only a matter of time before he enters the cabinet, so why not sell his personal favor to him.

Thinking of this, Xu Guo made up his mind and said: "This matter is not difficult, the Lingshi is usually the best in Guozijian's schoolwork, and the points of the six classes are also among the best, and the official can hand over the book to the ministry, in the name of promotion, exempting the time of the Lingshi." ”

With Xu Guo's consent, Lin Yanchao was immediately overjoyed and said: "It's really good, thank you seniors so much." (To be continued.) )