Shen Xi's current official position has officially become the right edict of Zhan Shifu and the right attendant of Hanlin, the official of the East Palace, the official of the day, and the official from the five products.

The biggest difference from the original is that the Hanlin revision has become a Hanlin attendant, and the lecturer in the East Palace is added to the Japanese lecturer.

For Shen Xi, it does not make much sense for the Hanlin Revision or the Hanlin Attendant, the original Hanlin Revision is mainly responsible for compiling and revising the history books in the Hanlin Academy, while the Attendant Lecture is to give lectures to the emperor and the crown prince, and at the same time it is necessary to sort out some literary and historical materials, and occasionally to compile edicts and documents for the emperor.

Serving in the Hanlin Academy, the things he did were basically the same, and his daily life was nothing more than writing blessings, treasures, edicts, inscriptions, and sacrificial texts, etc., and at the same time compiling and repairing the actual records, books, and jade, and inspecting the history books, records and other copywriting work.

Strictly speaking, all the errands in the Hanlin Courtyard can be done by anyone, and there is no need to distinguish them in detail, but the two official positions of the East Palace Lecturer and the Japanese Lecturer have completely different meanings.

In the Ming Dynasty, how close you are to the emperor, how much power you have, in fact, to put it bluntly, the cabinet scholar is the emperor's secretary, and the eunuch is the emperor's servant, why is there a situation where power is tilted towards the government and the opposition? Without him, he is close to the emperor.

On the basis of doing their own work, the lecturer of the East Palace went to give lectures to the prince, and the Japanese lecturer lectured for the emperor, so it can be said that they can all have access to the emperor's position, which means that they are people around the emperor, and their power is naturally far greater than that of ordinary officials.

The emperor has no children, or has not yet canonized the crown prince, or the prince has not yet been enlightened, the East Palace speaker can not be appointed, and even if it is established, it is only symbolic and will not become full-time. Only after the prince left the cabinet to study, no matter what errand he used to have, as long as he had the status of a lecturer in the East Palace, his main responsibility was to give lectures to the prince, from the original part-time to full-time, and as for his own work, he had to put it aside.

At present, Shen Xi is a lecturer in the East Palace, so in addition to lecturing to the prince, he is only on a temporary basis, whether he is a right-hand edict, or a writer or a waiter.

As for Shen Xi, who is now appointed by the imperial court as a daily lecturer, it is also a "part-time job", because the daily lecture is not carried out every day, there are many daily lecturers, and the emperor occasionally comes to the place where he wants to summon a few daily lecturers to give lectures.

But in any case, being able to serve as both a Japanese lecturer and an East Palace lecturer at the same time means that in the Hanlin Academy system, he has already survived his head, and he has learned to be affirmed by the government and the opposition, and he can already be regarded as a close minister of the emperor. In the future, if you enter the banquet again, you will basically wait for a few years of seniority to serve as a young secretary, a young Zhan Shi, and a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and then be a temple secretary, a Zhan Shi, and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and even more, he will directly jump to the cabinet and become a Zaifu.

The cabinet scholars of the Ming Dynasty were basically from the banquet officials, the Japanese lecturers and the East Palace lecturers, including the current cabinet iron triangle, all of whom were the lecturers of the Hongzhi Emperor.

Because the officials that the emperor has the most contact with on weekdays are the speakers of these days, and the prince has the most contact with the speakers of the East Palace before he ascends the throne. The crown prince inherits the throne to govern the country, if he doesn't even trust his husband, who else can he trust?

Shen Xi had just been appointed, and before he left the yamen of the ministry, there were a large number of officials who came to congratulate him.

The youngest champion of the Ming Dynasty, who has been an official for less than two years, has been from the fifth grade, and has been appointed as the official of the East Palace and the official of the day one after another.

Before Shen Xi, Li Dongyang, known as the youngest and promising genius in the history of the Ming Dynasty, was also an eighteen-year-old Zhongjinshi, and was promoted to a waiter at the age of twenty-seven, a banquet official at the age of twenty-nine, a lecturer in the East Palace at the age of thirty-seven, and a Japanese lecturer at the age of forty-five. After Li Dongyang served as a Japanese lecturer for three years, he joined the cabinet as a scholar of the Auxiliary Political University.

Shen Xi went out of the yamen of the Ministry of Officials in a congratulatory voice, and returned to Zhan Shifu, where there were more congratulations, no matter whether they were on duty or not, they all came to congratulate, Shen Xi went to the Hanlin Academy to handle the handover and debriefing procedures, and those old colleagues of the Hanlin Academy also surrounded him.

Shen Xi suddenly felt that he had become a big star in the Ming officialdom.

Old friend Zhu Xizhou sighed sincerely: "Shen Yude's official road has been smooth sailing in the past two years, but unfortunately he is still only a six-grade waiter, and now he has not entered the East Palace......"

Shen Xi thought to himself, are you asking me to help you dredge up and let you enter the East Palace to speak as an official? At the moment, he smiled bitterly and said, "I don't even know how I was selected as the speaker of the East Palace. What does this mean...... Don't let me help, I don't know who to find for activities, my East Palace lecturer and Japanese lecturer are inexplicable.

Although Zhu Xizhou was a little disappointed with Shen Xi's answer, he still discussed with his colleagues, and finally decided to invite Shen Xi to the wine store to celebrate.

Although Shen Xi's rank from the fifth rank has not changed, but in the Hanlin system, his status has undergone earth-shaking changes, the attendant represents him from the ordinary Hanlin boiled out, jumped to the management of the Hanlin Academy, the Japanese official means that he will be easier to approach the emperor in the future, in the case of the emperor is in the prime of life, this is a shortcut to the cabinet Zaifu.

But Shen Xi knew that Emperor Hongzhi was not in the prime of life, but in the twilight of the West Mountain, and this time he went to the paddock to hunt, and after returning to Beijing, he was sick for half a month, which almost made the imperial doctor think that the emperor was also poisoned, and later learned that it was a pure false alarm.

Colleagues in the Hanlin Academy invited guests, Shen Xi couldn't save everyone's face, in the past, there were many people in the Hanlin Academy who were envious and jealous of him, and there were all kinds of strange things, but now there is a huge disparity in status between them, and more people want to talk to him.

When you arrive at the wine shop, the dishes are served on the table in turn, all of which are expensive, and in the end, it is the land of the capital, and there is no shortage of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Shen Xi didn't want his colleagues who were having a tight time these days to break the bank, so he took advantage of the end of the toast and took the opportunity to go downstairs to settle the wine money.

After the banquet, Zhu Xizhou went to settle the bill, and Shen Xi went downstairs accompanied by everyone.

These Hanlin were all smiling, talking and laughing, telling the scenes when they worked together before, desperately trying to make Shen Xi remember his name, but he felt pain in his heart for the wine money to be settled in the coming day. However, in the officialdom, the money that should be spent still has to be spent, which is why the official can't save money, even if he saves, there are a lot of unknown expenses, who dares to guarantee which minister will not have a birthday banquet tomorrow? Or if a colleague is promoted, even if it is a treat, don't you give a gift? Fortunately, it is also simple on Shen Xi's side, just treat a guest to a meal, and everyone will share it equally, so there is no need to borrow debt.

By the time Shen Xi walked out of the door of the wine shop, Song Xiaocheng had been waiting by car for a while.

Although Shen Xi was a little strange, he remained silent, waved goodbye to Zhong Hanlin, got into the carriage directly after getting into the carriage, and walked out of a section before asking, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Song Xiaocheng stopped the carriage when he heard this, turned around and said, "My lord, something happened." I just got the news that the business in Fuzhou is over, all industries and assets have been seized and detained by the government, and even those merchants who do business with us have been unlucky, the shops have been seized, and people have been imprisoned! ”

Shen Xi had originally drunk a few more glasses, but when he heard this, his mind immediately sobered up and asked, "What about Ma Jiu?" ”

"Lao Jiu's whereabouts are unknown, and some brothers said that he went to Tingzhou to report the news, and Tingzhou should get the news at this time, but the people we rescued should not have arrived in Tingzhou yet...... If the people of the government take the lead, the big treasurer and the family members of the adults......"

Shen Xi thought for a while and said: "If Ma Jiu goes back in time, it should be much earlier than the people we sent, and there is Bao Zhifu in Tingzhou Mansion, and there is also the power of the Che Ma Gang, and the political envoy is beyond the reach of the whip chief, and it will take a while to do it...... Oh by the way, do you know the shopkeeper Yin who runs an inn by the White Horse River, how is his family's situation? ”

Song Xiaocheng didn't get much news, so he couldn't answer at all at this time.

Shen Xi said in a deep voice: "Go check immediately, you must not let something happen to the shopkeeper Yin!" After saying that, he took the initiative to jump out of the carriage.

Song Xiaocheng wanted to send Shen Xi home first, but he was forced by Shen Xi's gaze, so he had to hurry away. Shen Xi was blowing the night breeze and standing on the wide street, and his mood, which was originally happy because of his promotion, suddenly became extremely bad...... It stands to reason that Fuzhou will not become his fetters, but because of Yin Wen, a little girl, he felt heartache for no reason.

In fact, when Shen Xi led the expansion of the Chamber of Commerce, he expected that sooner or later he would be targeted by the government, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

If Shen Xi is not an official, it may not attract a thunderous counterattack from the Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy for the time being...... Even if it is a pig, it is necessary to raise the pig to be fattened and then slaughtered, and it will never be so early to attack the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce.

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"Lord Shen, the slave family congratulates you on becoming an official and becoming a knight."

Shen Xi had just walked to the entrance of the alley outside the door, and Yu Niang stood slim in the night breeze and saluted him respectfully.

Shen Xi sighed: "Didn't Yu Niang specifically come to congratulate her, she wanted to ask for some reward money to go back, right?" What do you have to say, but explain ......"

Yu Niang was slightly stunned, shook her head and said, "The slave family learned some news from Fuzhou and came to tell Lord Shen. ”

Shen Xi said: "I already know about the affairs of Fuzhou, and I only hope that Yu Niang will fulfill her promise to ensure the safety of my family." ”

"Lord Shen, please rest assured, the imperial court has placed a lot of fine work in Fujian, even if it is the person who undertakes the announcement of the political envoy in Fujian, he has to give us a little thin noodles, as for Zi Qian...... Her power can't extend to Tingzhou Mansion! ”

Yu Niang's promise relieved Shen Xi of worrying about the safety of his family and Hui Niang, but the knot in his heart was still unresolved.

I only heard Yu Niang say again: "In addition, Lord Shen is preparing for the township exam, and when she went to Quanzhou on business, Miss Yin Jia, who had accompanied Lord Shen, our people also escorted her out of Fujian safely, and now she is coming to the capital." ”

"What did you say?" Shen Xi looked at Yu Niang in surprise and asked.

Yu Niang's face was slightly regretful: "It's just that we can't help Miss Yin's family, and now they are still in prison, but we will find a way to find someone to redeem them through our relationships and connections." As for Miss Yin...... She is safe and sound, and she thinks that she will be able to reach the capital in less than a month. When Lord Shen comes back from the border pass, he will be able to see her. ”

Shen Xi originally had a respectful attitude towards Yu Niang, because of their different identities and positions, and each of them was their own master, so they really didn't have much common language. At this time, Shen Xi couldn't help but be grateful from the bottom of his heart, and bowed: "Yu Niang's kindness is remembered in my heart. ”

"Why should Lord Shen be outside? In fact, everything the slave family did came from Liu Shangshu's confession, even if something happened to the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, it was categorically impossible to let anyone around Lord Shen have trouble. But something...... There are a lot of implications, and Liu Shangshu can't interfere, Lord Shen can't blame him for the old man. ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "No." ”

Yu Niang smiled skillfully: "Then please ask Lord Shen to go with the slave family and go to see Liu Shangshu." ”

"Huh!?" Shen Xi's face was full of puzzlement.

Yu Niang leaned over and said in a low voice: "Actually, Liu Shangshu has been waiting for Lord Shen for a long time, and this time he went to the border gate, saying that Lord Shen accompanied Gao Shilang to go with him, but it is better to say ...... It is to accompany Liu Shangshu. ”

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