The news of Shen Xi's promotion spread far and wide.

In the past, Shen Xi's colleagues in the Hanlin Academy met to come over to congratulate him, but because many people in the Hanlin Academy still had prejudices against Shen Xi, not many people came over, but fortunately, Zhu Xizhou, Wang Zhan, Lun Wenxu and other familiar people came to have a banquet together in Shen Xi's mansion.

At the beginning, the atmosphere was quite warm, everyone had to maintain a superficial and harmonious atmosphere, and the banquet was full of laughter. But after drinking, the wine came up, and many people looked at Shen Xi with the wrong gaze, in addition to envy, jealousy and hatred, it was self-pity, why can people be promoted, and I can only be unknown in the Hanlin Academy, wasting time?

Because the imperial court did not make public the matter of Zhang Lian's corruption and the fact that the Buddha was a man, Shen Xi's merits were only circulated among the middle and high-level officials in the imperial court. In the eyes of Zhu Xizhou and others, the reason why Shen Xi was promoted so quickly was inseparable from the fact that he was about the same age as the crown prince and was an official in the East Palace.

If the Hanlin official wants to get ahead, he can only squeeze his head to fight for the positions of the banquet official and the Japanese lecture official, who can often contact the emperor, answer difficult questions for the emperor, and show his talent and ability.

However, the requirements for the banquet officials and the Japanese lecturers were extremely strict, and the Hanlin background was only a basic condition, and the moral character and talent had to be outstanding, and they had a certain prestige in the Confucian academic circles...... Even if Shen Xi is a good learner, he is not qualified, but he has taken the **** luck and becomes a lecturer in the East Palace, and the requirements for this position are much lower.

But except for Shen Xi, the other East Palace lecturers are all old scholars who have served in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten or even twenty years, and these people have also worked hard for a long time to come out, and there is no one like Shen Xi who has been so smooth.

"Shen Yude, recently, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and the priest of the country, Mr. Xie, arrived in the capital, I heard that you and Mr. Xie have an old relationship, I don't know when we can visit together?"

Zhu Xizhou wanted to go with Shen Xi to visit Xie Duo, and looked at Shen Xi expectantly after speaking.

Xie Duo is the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and at the same time he is a close friend with Li Dongyang, a scholar of the Cabinet University, and is a representative of the Chaling Poetry School, plus he has devoted half his life to education, and his protégés are all over the world, making Xie Duo's reputation in the Confucian world unrivaled, and when Xie Duo comes, everyone wants to visit.

However, Xie Duo hated those things in the officialdom that invited him to a banquet, and after arriving in the capital, he still maintained the state he had when he was in Nanjing.

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to help, it's really that Mr. Xie doesn't like to meet guests, if I have the opportunity in the future, I can go to visit with you." ”

Zhu Xizhou didn't like to force others, and when he saw that Shen Xi was embarrassed, he didn't mention it.

After the banquet was dispersed, Shen Xi personally sent people out of the house, one by one, Hanlin, who was usually gentle and elegant, staggered when he went out, and there was no shape at all, this happened to be an old man at the corner of the street, seeing such a situation, he covered his nose, and then retreated to the side of the wall...... The Son of Heaven still avoids drunkards, let alone an old pedant?

Zhu Xizhou and the others didn't know who was coming, they just thought it was Shen Xi's family and helped each other back.

When the people walked away, the old man glanced at Shen Xi, shook his head and said, "Wine can be disorderly, it is better to drink less." ”

Shen Xi saluted respectfully: "Thank you for the lesson." ”

The person who came was none other than the great Confucian Xie Duo that Zhu Xizhou and the others could see, and Xie Duo was followed by a pretty little girl, who was Ning Er in men's clothes.

Seeing Shen Xi, Ning Er lowered her head a little shyly.

Shen Xi glanced at Ning Er a few times, but didn't see any changes in her eyes, forcibly suppressed the curiosity in her heart, and accompanied Xie Duo into the courtyard.

Xie Duo looked around, with a little envy: "The place where you live is spacious and elegant. ”

Shen Xi knew that Xie Duo's biggest heart problem in his life was the housing problem, and now that he was in the capital, Xie Duo could only temporarily live in the official residence equivalent to the public housing of later generations in the Guozi Prison.

Shen Xi said: "This is the old house of the house in the house, and after redeeming it, I will temporarily live here." If you don't dislike it, you can move in. ”

Xie Duo waved his hand and smiled: "What is this like, will I come over without knowing each other to disturb the love between your husband and wife?" Let's go and talk inside, I haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm very embarrassed to hear people talk about what you did in Quanzhou City...... You're an anomaly......"

Is that a compliment?

Xie Duo's way of praising people is really unique, and he actually praises people as "different".

In the large living room of the outer courtyard, Xie Yun'er was helping the maid clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when she saw Shen Xi accompanying an old man in, she couldn't help but be a little surprised...... This is just a batch of send-offs, why did another one come in?

However, as Shen Xi's main room, after seeing the guests, she naturally came over to make a blessing ceremony, and Shen Xi introduced with a smile: "Master Xie, this is the house." Yun'er, Xie Shi is the Xie Lao sacrificial wine that I often mention, and now he is the right waiter of the official residence and etiquette department, and at the same time serves as the Guozi priest wine. ”

Xie Yun'er had a little joy on her face, and hurriedly saluted again: "People from the same sect have seen Mr. Xie." ”

"Tongzong? Haha, Shen Xi, it turns out that you married the daughter of the Xie family, okay, okay. Xie Duo had a pleased smile on his face, people with the same surname had a feeling that they were a family five hundred years ago in these years, and they unconsciously felt more cordial with each other, Shen Xi as the "son-in-law of the Xie family", Xie Duo felt that the relationship between the two was a little closer.

Shen Xi said: "Master Xie smiled. ”

Shen Xi accompanied Xie Duo to the study in the living room and sat down. Xie Yun'er hurriedly asked the maid to make tea, originally there were guests at home, and as a family member, she should avoid it, but since it was the elders of the Xie family who came, and she was so kind to her, Xie Yun'er immediately showed the respect that a junior should have, and personally served tea to Xie Duo, so she retreated.

When they came out of the study door, Xie Duo said with a smile: "Shen Xi, I came here this time to ask you about Quanzhou, I heard...... Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou, did you investigate it? ”

Shen Xi said the general situation, Xie Duo sighed, "If you want to talk about Zhang Lian, his knowledge is still good, I have read his article that was a middle jinshi back then, it was called a flower cluster, but it was a pity that he went astray." If you make a mistake and become a thousand years of hatred, you must take it as a warning. ”

Shen Xi responded respectfully, and when he looked up, he saw Xie Duo's face full of relief, and he should be glad that he didn't misunderstand him.

Shen Xi knew that Xie Duo would not come to his house for no reason, even if he wanted to see him, he just sent someone to send an invitation, and there was no need to go through such a big effort. Shen Xi suddenly remembered that Ning'er's deed of sale had not yet been handed over to Xie Duo, so he told him about it, and Xie Duo had a little shame on his face: "The old man is not here for this matter. ”

It's just that the ordinary title of "old man" shows Xie Duo's attitude: I'm already old, what you think hasn't happened, I just treat Ning'er as a maidservant.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Even if Master Xie doesn't say it, there is no reason for students to give gifts and keep half of them." ”

Shen Xi got up and called Xie Yun'er in front of the door, asked his wife to bring Ning Er's deed of sale from his room, and then handed it to Xie Duo with his own hands, Xie Duo glanced at it and folded it away, which at least showed that Ning Er was still very decent by his side, which made him satisfied.

Xie Duo explained his intention: "I read the book you gave me when you were in Nanjing before, and found that there are many merits in it, but unfortunately the printing is too rough and lacks comments, which is not heavy enough...... This time, I would like to consult with you and reorganize it before publishing it. What do you think? ”

Shen Xi was a little surprised, the previous copy was specially printed by his roommate Sun Xiliang in Guozijian to promote his literary name, the total number of printed copies was only one or two hundred, except for a few copies sent to him, the rest were circulated in Guozijian. Now Xie Duo actually had this thought, which flattered Shen Xi, and asked in disbelief: "Master Xie wants to publish a clumsy work?" ”

Xie Duo nodded: "Instead of cherishing yourself, it is better to vigorously promote it and let people know your talents." You are now only under the name of Lianzhong Sanyuan, and many people don't know your literary attainments. After reading those wonderful stories, I feel that in time, your achievements will not be under those Fang families. To do learning, it is necessary to do it as soon as possible, and when I am so old, I will realize that many things are already late. ”

Shen Xi didn't want to be famous as soon as possible, but there were some things that he couldn't rush to make a name for himself in the Confucian academic world, first of all, he had to have a public opinion foundation, maybe Xie Duo could help him make a name for him in front of some celebrities and Confucians, but more importantly, he wanted him to come up with tangible things and let people know that he had real materials.

Xie Duo added, "I have discussed your book with some old friends, and they are all looking forward to you, so I discussed it, scraped together some money, and published the book again...... At first, I didn't need to print too much, but it was mainly given to the famous Confucian scholars in the north and south of Beijing and the members of the DPRK and China. ”

Shen Xi stood up and saluted: "How can the student be able to make Master Xie run for the student's book?" ”

Xie Duo smiled: "This can be regarded as a coincidence, who called you and me fate?" Although you are young, you and I have known each other for a long time, you have some achievements now, and you will definitely make great achievements in the officialdom in the future, but now you are not glamorous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you are a piece of jade. ”

Shen Xi couldn't help but be greatly moved when he heard this, Xie Duo didn't have much money himself, so he actually took the initiative to help him reprint "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" in order to help him, and also used his network resources to help him pave the way for fame in the Confucian academic world, what kind of affection is this.

Compared with Xie Qian, although Xie Qian also helped him a lot, there were more ingredients available after all, and there was no such thing as Xie Duo who didn't care about returns.

Shen Xi said: "In terms of publishing manuscripts, Master Xie doesn't need to worry. The students mainly implored Master Xie to write the preface to the book, and then made some rough comments on each article! ”

"Okay, okay."

Xie Duo was very relieved, obviously writing the preface and annotation for "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", he had already thought about it.

Originally, a book similar to the style of Zhiwei novels would not cause much of a sensation in the Confucian academic circles even after publication, but with a famous writer like Xie Duo as a preface and a comment on each chapter, the Confucian academic community will re-examine the content contained in this book, which will virtually raise the level of the book.

Xie Duo told Shen Xi the details of the book, and said: "The old man invited a few old friends, let them write a preface and comment together, and I will ask Ziyuan to come over when I go back, and he will tell you something about it." ”

The "Ziyuan" in Xie Duo's mouth is He Mengchun, a member of the military department.

He Mengchun was a scholar in the sixth year of Hongzhi, and later became an official to the Ministry of Officials, and was one of the dismissed ministers in the early years of Jiajing.

He Mengchun is also a representative of the Chaling poetry school, he is a native of Chenzhou, Huguang, studied under Li Dongyang when he was a teenager, Xie Duo also taught him knowledge, Hongzhi six years in the jinshi, is half of Xie Duo's student.

Shen Xi immediately felt the many benefits of Xie Duo after he arrived in the capital, not to mention anything else, with Xie Duo's help, Shen Xi's speed of fame in the Confucian world has accelerated a lot.

It is said that things gather people in groups, and Xie Duo's character and knowledge, the people who interact with him are all members of the court and celebrities, and Xie Duo is introduced, so Shen Xi is no longer just a jealous "youngest champion of the Ming Dynasty" in the court, but can make friends with some talented and knowledgeable ministers and establish his own contacts.

"This matter is so decided, the old man should also go back, he is a teacher after he is old, he is really a little powerless, if you have time, go to the Guozijian for a walk, and talk to the old man, in the end, you are also a Hanlin cultivator, it should be very convenient to enter and exit in the country."

Xie Duo and Shen Xi walked out together, and Xie Duo said, "Recently, among the Taixue, there is a student named Yan Weizhong, who is quite good at learning. You have been studying in Taixue for more than half a month, so you should recognize it. ”

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PS: Chapter 3 is here!

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