On April 15, this day was the day when Ji Ning officially reported to the Confucian Temple in the capital.

Although he is the same as the person who took the Chinese Temple examination in the current term, in the Temple of Literature, there is no such subdivision, everyone goes to the Temple of Literature at different times to report on their work, and he is the champion who is escorted into the Temple of Literature at that time, and will report on the morning of April 15, which belongs to the early assignment errand.

With the experience of going to the Temple of Literature first, he entered the Temple of Literature this time and already had a clear understanding of the layout of the Temple of Literature.

This time he went directly into the Renxiao Hall, and inside, waiting for him was Ma Heng, a scholar from the Confucian Temple in Beijing.

Between Ji Ning and Ma Heng, although there is a huge difference in identity and status, the two are no longer very strangers.

Ma Heng glanced at Ji Ning and said, "Young man, sometimes you have to know how to do things, so I won't tell you more, you write the deacon card and the corresponding record, and the old man has other things to do......"

Ma Heng handed over a few pieces of paper to Ji Ning, just like a form, and asked Ji Ning to fill it out.

Ji Ning was already familiar with these things, and he had filled them out when he first reported to the Temple of Literature, but this time it was relatively more formal.

He picked up the pen, and Ma Heng didn't look at it at all, but the bachelors or trainee bachelors behind Ma Heng were all looking at Ji Ning.

The last time Ji Ning came, he gave a few taels of silver to a person, according to the rules, this time Ji Ning came to report again, and he still had to give these people a banquet, even if there were many people who came to report to the Confucian Temple these days, this kind of banquet could also be lined up first, and they could almost drink and eat every day these days.

After Ji Ning finished adding all the forms on hand, he handed them to Ma Heng, Ma Heng took them in his hand and read them, and saw that Ji Ning filled them out neatly, and said: "Yes, stay in the capital for the time being, after you come back from the province, you will be transferred to the place in about half a year, during this time, study and summarize well, don't live up to the teachings of the saint and the teacher......"

What does it mean to live up to the teachings of the saints and teachers?

Ji Ning thought to himself, I came to let you teach me, not to let those dead people teach me knowledge, if I let these people teach me, it means that I have to teach myself, so what do you want to do?

Ma Heng felt that what he said was no problem, in the Temple of Literature, all the standards of doing things were not given by the living, but by those who were dead.

Ma Heng took the deacon card and record filled in by Ji Ning and left Renxiao Hall, as soon as he left, many people came to congratulate Ji Ning.

said that it was a congratulation, but in fact, he wanted Ji Ning to have a banquet quickly, because Ji Ning was the first to report to all the newly promoted apprentices and bachelors of the current year, and these people were waiting for the triennial bachelor's supplement, and they were already waiting for the eyes to be seen.

But Ji Ning didn't want to drink with these people, because he came late, these people were his bosses, once he drank with his boss, he didn't always need to toast, and if others wanted to drink, he also had to accompany him?

If he had to drink every cup, it would be difficult for him to get out of the liquor store if he wasn't drunk today.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today I have entered the Temple of Literature, and I have not had time to bow to the saints and ancestors, and I also ask you to take you to the office first, and when you are familiar with your errands, you will be treated well!" Ji Ning first expressed his attitude, don't come over and let me invite you to drink, I'm here to report to work, take me to see an errand first, what do I need to do in the future, where do I work, who is my direct boss, you explain it to me first, all of them come to me as seniors, I won't talk to you!

Hearing Ji Ning say that they should be treated well, these people believe it, after all, Ji Ning took out a lot of silver money to give them as "road money".

In these years, the emperor was mediocre, the official mansion was relatively dark, and even the atmosphere in the Temple of Literature was not very good.

A lot of people are talking about money and relationships, and without these, they won't get the courtesy that others deserve.

Rich and easy to do, after Ji Ning said that he wanted to be entertained, someone immediately took Ji Ning to see his new "office", speaking of which, it was actually a very inconspicuous study in the Confucian Temple in the capital, called Liren Study.

"Master Ji, after coming here, you are a member of the Confucian Temple, and you will sort out the articles of the sages here in the future, and now the Liren Book Hall is the largest study hall in the Confucian Temple in the capital, and it is responsible for sorting out the posthumous works of the previous generations of sages, if it is sorted out well, or if there is anything present, after reporting, you will get the corresponding rewards, which will be very helpful for you to be promoted to a formal bachelor in the future!"

Ji Ning's direct boss, Wu Songzhang, the head of Liren Library, said to Ji Ning.

Wu Songzhang is about fifty years old, and he is still a bachelor, not because he is not qualified enough, but because his literary name is indeed not advanced, but because of his high qualifications, he is a bachelor in the Temple of Literature.

If he is assigned to a place, maybe he can still be a temple or a corresponding position, at least he doesn't have to stay in the capital and be controlled by others everywhere like now.

"Thank you Master Wu for the reminder!" Ji Ning saluted.

"It's okay, your seat is in the No. 2 seat of A, which was originally the seat of Master Song, but after he was transferred to Jiangnan last year, he has already driven to the west, and you should inherit his legacy......

Wu Songzhang's words made Ji Ning very unhappy.

He thought to himself, no wonder this seat looks like no one has sat in it for a long time, feelings are the seat of the dead, such an unfortunate seat can't be changed, with a new table, chair and bench?

But he was new after all, and he didn't have much say on this kind of issue, so he ignored it.

Wu Songzhang gave Ji Ning a general introduction to some rules for sorting out the posthumous works of the previous generation of sages, in general, that is, someone took these posthumous works out of the sealed warehouse, and each person divided a few copies, to judge from which school of thought and proposition these people had, and then reported the essence of the article, and then the master and a few deputy head of the hall bachelors to decide, which articles are desirable and which are not, and finally all the articles are sorted into a book, and then reported, and the boss decides whether the booklet is qualified. and then decide whether it needs to be reorganized and compiled.

Ji Ning felt that he was not here to be a scholar of the Temple of Literature, but as if he was here to be a librarian, because his errand also included the scattered work of sorting books into categories.

"Master Ji, is there any problem?" Wu Songzhang finally asked.

In the Temple of Literature, except for a few scholars and the nominal title of scholars, the rest of the people are bachelors, and their status is not judged by a title.

But Ji Ning knew that he belonged to the lowest level bachelor with the lowest status in the Temple of Literature.

"No problem!" Ji Ning smiled and said, "You can come to work on an errand tomorrow!" ”

(End of chapter)