Chapter 467: Taboos in the DPRK and China (1st Update)
The errand work is done by Zhou Fatzi, Shen Xi is only responsible for moving his mouth, and all he can do is to let Song Xiaocheng go over to help.
It is said that Song Xiaocheng has been living in an inn for the past few days when he came to the capital, and he belongs to the kind of bored people, and he has been begging Shen Xi to find something to do for him.
The dignified car and horse gang boss, thinking that he was going to do something big in Beijing, only to find that there was no after coming, and the gap in his heart was huge, and he wanted to walk around, and knew that the capital was not the head of Tingzhou, and any person who bumped into him on the street could be a six- or seven-grade official, and there was no room for any presumptuousness at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
“…… The sixth brother should not act too publicly, the capital is the territory of the Zhou family, if you don't understand something, just ask the Zhou family. Shen Xi arrived at the inn and told Song Xiaocheng earnestly, "Help the imperial court transport disaster relief food, there is no room for the slightest mistake, and the sixth brother should not be rash." ”
Song Xiaocheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't you even know the basic rules?" No matter what Zhou Dangjia arranges, I just listen to it, but ...... In this capital city, the accent is not familiar, so I'm afraid that there are some things we don't understand. ”
Shen Xi nodded.
The reason why Song Xiaocheng became a soft insect when he arrived in the capital is that the different accents and customs are also one aspect. The Hakka dialect of western Fujian is very different from the official dialect, and you may not feel it on the ground in Fujian, but when you get to the capital, it is difficult for others to understand when you go out to speak, and even if you understand, the people in the capital are also prejudiced against outsiders.
Shen Xi said: "There are many people from western Fujian under the Zhou family, and he himself understands Hakka, after all, he is playing the name of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, you went to assist him, you don't have to bow down to obey orders in everything, you are the representative of the Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, you must have the momentum of our Chamber of Commerce, and you can't give the initiative to others." ”
Song Xiaocheng didn't quite understand, but he nodded in response.
After Shen Xi went back, he said to Xie Yun'er that this lady who had just come to the capital but was no stranger to everything here felt that the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce should not be involved in the struggle for power in the imperial court, let alone help the imperial court transport grain, it was purely asking for trouble.
"Don't you think that the Chamber of Commerce is at ease to develop in the south, and Emperor Shangao is far more reassuring?" Xie Yun'er frowned slightly.
Shen Xi didn't think so, and shook his head: "The Chamber of Commerce is developing in the south, and it has to deal with the government. The bigger the business, the easier it is to be targeted, and in the past, a county yamen would also make things difficult for the chamber of commerce, let alone the prefect's yamen or the political envoy. If the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce is blessed by the Ministry of Households, at least it will not be plucked by geese in the locality. ”
At the beginning, Gao Mingcheng and An Rusheng completely regarded the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce as a cash cow, Shen Xi remembered it vividly, although it was best to say that the Chamber of Commerce had better deal less with the government, but in this era, the official is the fundamental, and the business must revolve around the official, otherwise no matter how big the family is, a piece of paper can make you bankrupt.
At present, Shen Xi is only from the Hanlin of the Six Grades, and it cannot play a protective role in the Chamber of Commerce.
Xie Yun'er also understands the helplessness of doing business in the Ming Dynasty, when the Xie family was prosperous, she offended Li Dongyang and almost ended up with a broken family, but fortunately, she took the initiative to stand up and support the family business, so that the Xie family finally got out of the embarrassment.
Now with the imperial ink treasure that Shen Xi won for the Xie family, the Xie family sees that ZTE is hopeful. But Xie Yun'er didn't want to be so selfish, she would rather use Mobao in Lu's pharmacy, in her heart, she had long been one with Hui Niang and the Zhou family, and the future of the Xie family was also closely related to the fate of the Chamber of Commerce.
Shen Xi didn't say anything more to Xie Yun'er, picked up the brush and began to write.
Xie Yun'er found that Shen Xi did not deliberately avoid her, and knew in her heart that this was a trust in her, but she didn't lean over to look at it, and asked casually: "What is Xianggong writing?" ”
Shen Xi pretended to be mysterious: "This is a little bit of thinking, and it may be useful for the future development of the Chamber of Commerce." ”
Xie Yun'er pursed her lips and smiled: "The princess continued to be busy, and the concubine went to clean up her things." ”
When Xie Yun'er walked away, Shen Xi realized that at some point, the feeling of a couple between the two was getting smaller and smaller, but there was still an inexplicable gap in the middle, and it was impossible to make a heart-to-heart relationship.
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When Shen Xi arrived at Hanlin Courtyard the next day, he heard that the imperial court had sent Sun Jiao, Wang Shouren and others to Henan, Shandong and other places for disaster relief.
What the Hanlin people paid attention to was always who the imperial court sent, which department these people were in, what their current rank was, and what the imperial court's intentions were. As for how much grain the imperial court was going to allocate and how this grain money would be transported to the disaster area, the Hanlin people were not interested in it at all.
In fact, doing Hanlin is more about learning the art of scheming, rather than doing practical things, and Shen Xi is different from his colleagues in terms of focus.
"The imperial court sent so many people, but no one was transferred to the Hanlin Academy."
These words came out of Zhu Xizhou's mouth, and as a historian who was about to be promoted to the rank of attendant of the Zhengliupin Hanlin Academy, he said this, which made others feel a little wrong when they heard it.
It's a pity that we haven't done anything yet.
There are several people who have been in the new branch of this year, but it is not the turn of us, the previous few years, who have been polishing their qualifications in the Hanlin Academy for some years, when will it be the head?
Wang Zan looked at Shen Xi and thought thoughtfully: "Maybe Your Majesty wants to compensate this new science and technology jinshi." This sentence suddenly made the Hanlin people feel a lot more comfortable.
If you haven't selected a scholar and can't enter the Hanlin Academy, you won't have the opportunity to enter the cabinet in the future.
Soon Zhong Hanlin returned to his respective positions, because Xie Qian came again soon after work.
The elder of the pavilion is not staying in Wenyuan Pavilion, and when he comes to Hanlin Academy, he must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace. Xie moved into the gate of the Hanlin Academy, but did not go directly to the official room in the backyard, but went to the side of the office...... It should be that the Hanlin Academy drafted a few edicts that were not in line with Emperor Hongzhi's wishes, and sent them back for redrafting.
Since Shen Xi entered the Hanlin Academy, this kind of thing has not been done once or twice.
The person who used to be in charge of the edict was Cheng Minzheng, who was recognized as a "master craftsman of articles". Cheng Minzheng is deeply in line with Emperor Hongzhi's intentions, and now that he has been imprisoned, others must not only understand Emperor Hongzhi's thoughts, so that there are no mistakes, but also make Emperor Hongzhi appear brilliant, this errand is really not easy.
However, Cheng Minzheng's knowledge alone is indeed far beyond the reach of ordinary people, otherwise he would not have participated in the revision of the "Records of Xianzong" in the early years of Hongzhi, and later served as the vice president of the "Daming Huidian".
Emperor Hongzhi was accustomed to seeing Huazhang, and suddenly saw an edict of only medium quality, and naturally felt that it was boring, unable to show the majesty and momentum of the Son of Heaven, and it was inevitable to send it back for rewriting.
Xie Qian went to the office hall to make a cup of tea, and just as Hanlin in the backyard office was secretly wondering why Scholar Xie was visiting, Xie Qianren appeared at the door, and everyone Hanlin hurriedly got up and saluted.
"Don't be polite, the old man is just here for a walk, and you are all busy with your own business."
Xie Qian said it lightly, but who didn't know that he was famous for hiding a knife in his smile?
Xie Qian is good at talking on weekdays, but he is notoriously difficult to get along with, Xie Qian is different from Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in that he is likely to do things in a state of laughter and laughter, and people can't get off the stage.
Let's just say that this time Emperor Hongzhi sent an edict back to rewrite, and he actually laughed as a cabinet scholar who supervised the Hanlin Academy, who knows if he will take the opportunity to make trouble.
"Shen Xiu, come out."
In the end, Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi with a smile, Zhu Xizhou and the others glanced at each other after hearing it, and all they thought in their hearts was, could it be that Xie Ge Lao came to Shen Xiu to ask about the case of the Ministry of Rites?
Shen Xi put down the matter at hand, followed Xie Qian out of the official room in a restrained manner, went to the courtyard outside, and followed Xie Qian to the pavilion by the pond, and when Xie Qian sat down, he asked respectfully: "I don't know what happened to Scholar Xie looking for students?" ”
"Haha, don't be nervous, Shen Xi Xiaoyou, do you have to have something to find you? I can come and talk to you once in a while......"
Perhaps even Xie Qian didn't feel credible when he said this, so he immediately changed his words, "Remember the last time Your Majesty asked Hong Wushi?" The note you submitted, but the word 'Jianwen' was written? ”
Shen Xi is a spirit, things have been going on for a while, and now they are coming back to the item, does Emperor Hongzhi have any meaning to express through Xie Qian's mouth?
"Exactly."
Shen Xi knew that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden, the handwriting on his two slips was the same, and Xie Qian would probably understand it after comparing it.
Xie Qian nodded: "Then you say, what do these two words mean?" ”
Ask while knowing the answer!
What can the word "Jianwen" mean? Isn't it the name of Emperor Jianwen, even if he usurps the throne of others, he shouldn't distort and tamper with history!
But from another point of view, as a Hanlin official, you should know what you can and can't say, and since you bring it up, you have to be responsible for it.
Shen Xi said calmly: "According to the student's previous investigation, the imperial court has not officially used the era name from the 32nd year of Hongwu to the 35th year of Hongwu...... Jianwen, Jianwen era name was used for a total of four years. ”
This time it was Xie Qian's turn to be surprised.
You hairy boy knows it in detail, you know it when you know, and you dare to say it blatantly, not afraid that the emperor will blame you?
Shen Xi is really not afraid!
Now that it is no longer the Yongle Dynasty, if this is said at that time, let alone ask for the crime, it is possible to kill the head.
But now it has been seventy or eighty years since the death of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, and the people have long attributed the orthodoxy of the emperor's heir to the lineage of Chengzu, which is an external reason.
The internal reason is that Emperor Hongzhi suddenly proposed the Hongwu affair, and asked this policy, and the question was not about anyone else, but about the Hanlin official, who was known for his learning.
Even if the Hanlin officials close their eyes and listen again, there will always be people who know this history, and Emperor Hongzhi clearly wants to keep the truth from the false, and he wants the truth rather than perfunctory.
Xie Qian smiled deeply: "You kid is a little knowledgeable, so let's go back and write a notebook and submit it to the cabinet." Just these days, it shouldn't be too long. ”
Shen Xi asked, "What kind of book to write?" ”
The smile on Xie Qian's face this time was somewhat narrow: "Do you still need to be reminded by the old man?" You look at it and write it yourself, but I advise you that you must be careful in the choice of words and sentences, don't say that the old man can't help you when you go on a business. This matter must not be faked, and His Majesty does not want to make the matter known too soon...... Weigh it yourself. ”
Weigh the eggs!
Shen Xi scolded secretly, You Kankan is really a cunning old fox, he doesn't leak anything when he talks and does things.
Let yourself write a recital, but don't say what to write, but this recital is related to the old things of Jianwen, it should be ** not far from ten, could it be that Emperor Hongzhi wants to restore the era name for Emperor Jianwen?
Even if Emperor Hongzhi really wants to recover, but it must be timely, you can't say that you want to recover, otherwise this is not overkill, but betraying your ancestors.
Sending Xie Qian away, Shen Xi returned to the official room, and as soon as he sat down in his seat, Wang Jiusi took some books and materials and handed them over, his face was slightly disdainful: "Shen Xiu, this is given to you by Master Wang, let you recheck the classics of the early Ming Dynasty." ”
It was actually Wang Wei, who temporarily received the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, who personally asked Wang Jiusi to send it over, and Shen Xi opened it to see that they were all archives and classics of the end of Hongwu and the beginning of Yongle.
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