At first glance, Gao Yue didn't know what Liu Yan meant by "begging for fish", and before he could open his mouth to ask, Si Fenglang next to Liu Yan then quipped, "You can also draw blue flies." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yan's entourage laughed.

This "begging for fish" and "painting blue flies" must be the ridicule of this group of officials on the work of Jixian orthography, and they ridicule them, I can't ridicule them, after all, this group of people has long been scarlet and clothed, and they have just started a family.

"The fish must be begged for well, and the blue flies must also be painted with heart." Gao Yue replied - he understood that even Liu Yan, including Yang Yan, who was demoted to Daozhou as Sima, all started from correction, and their ridicule was well-intentioned and should not be taken seriously.

As a result, Liu Yan and Ling Huxiang continued to laugh, and many officials in the Xianchefang of Guangzhai Fang were curious to watch from the sidelines, and they didn't know why the dignified officials Shang and Si Fenglang were so happy to talk and laugh with a green shirt orthography.

"Well, Yun Jun asked me to send you a message, when you are idle in Jixian Academy, you can concentrate on studying the Kaiyuan Ceremony, Huang Tingjing, and the records of the previous generations, don't waste it." Liu Yan restrained his smile at this moment, and said earnestly "for" Gao Yue Seat Lord Pan Yan.

Gao Yue was respectful and said that he had written down Liu Yan's words.

Soon, Xiao Xin, Pan Yan, Dou Shen and even Chang Gon and other permanent staff officers arrived one after another, they all came to participate in the court meeting, and their expressions were different for this little orthography standing under the wall...... The gate of Daming Palace is wide open, under the supervision of many imperial histories and eunuch temples, Gao Yue ranks at the end of the crowd shift, hangs the general registration on the palace wall, and then follows the dismount bridge, walks into the Guangfan Gate, Zhaoqing Gate, and finally comes to the Daming Palace Jixian Courtyard.

The court meeting has nothing to do with him at all.

Between Jixian Temple and Guangshunmen Street, there is a wooden bridge connected, surrounded by clear canals, Gao Yue walked across the wooden bridge, reported his identity to the doorman, and walked in.

The first to appear in the eye, is the horizontal corridor, its right is the "Zhiyuan Bachelor's Hall", that is, the "Middle Hall of the Middle Courtyard", the office inside is the "big guys" of Jixian Academy, its left until the open space between the south wall, then plant more than 100 fruit trees, compete to open in the spring, the purple and red, fragrant and pleasant, Gao Yue straightens the clothes, and other several orthography Ding Ze, Lu Shiyue, Wang Xu, etc. at the same time turn right, go to the hall to pay homage to the bachelor of the Zhiyuan.

However, in fact, there are only two resident bachelors, one is seventy or eighty years old, the famous calligrapher Xu Hao, and the other is Chen Jing, the judge of the court, who is about fifty years old.

Although Xu Hao is old, his spirit is very strong, when Gao Yue and others came in to pay respects, he also unfolded hemp paper on the bookcase to write a large pen, and although Chen Jing is the specific person in charge of the entire Jixian Academy, he still pretends to be a junior in front of Xu Hao, and sits respectfully beside him.

"Oh, oh, it's all here. You have come from afar to work hard, and after the release of the brown, you will inevitably have to bend in this province for a year or two, and then delay your arrival in the palace of the minister. When Xu Hao saw them, he put down his pen very enthusiastically and greeted.

Gao Yue and the others hurriedly saluted and said in unison: "I am a petty official and a humble official, and I am under the care of the chief minister. ”

Xu Hao then turned around, looked at Chen Jing with a smile, and motioned to the person with Zhuxin Zhengzi to familiarize himself with the working environment.

So next, Chen Jing calmly led a group of orthography, walked around Jixian Courtyard, and explained the relevant matters:

Originally, Jixian Academy was set up by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, whose real name was Lizheng Academy, and the people who originally gathered here were all bull-level figures in the political and academic circles, such as Zhang Jiuling, Zhang Shuo, Lu Jian, Kang Ziyuan, Wei Shu, etc., all of whom served as bachelors of Lizheng Academy together, and for a time they were known as "bachelors are all in Lizheng". Later, Emperor Xuanzong sealed Zen and invited all the scholars to the Jixian Palace, and then changed the Lizheng Academy to the Jixian Academy.

Specifically, why did Emperor Xuanzong set up Jixian Academy? In addition to decorating the Taiping with words, it is also because the secretary province of the original collection of books is located in the imperial city, which is too far away from the East Palace and the Daming Palace, and it is inconvenient to read books, so it is convenient for the Daming Palace to set up the Jixian Yuan and share the responsibility of collecting and reading books for the secretary province, and later it also became a permanent institution.

"Well, this is where the four book pavilions and the paper and pen miscellaneous warehouses are located, and there are six shelves in ten rooms." Chen Jing first took Gao Yue and others to the west, and when Gao Yue saw that the main entrance of the library was painted with the image of Confucius sitting and the disciples holding scriptures and asking questions, and there were all books placed on the shelves inside, but there were many lost positions, so he asked Chen Jingdao: "Dare to ask Chen Zhiyuan, are the books in the pavilion dissatisfied?" ”

Chen Jing replied to the young man: "Yi Song is right, on the day of the opening of the heavens, Jixian Academy had a total collection of 81,990 volumes, but after the catastrophe of Yan Thief and Xifan, most of them did not exist, so some elderly people in this courtyard have also been away for many years, bringing money to collect the lost books. Immediately, if a lone copy is delivered, you will proofread and transcribe it in the hospital. ”

Oh, Gao Yue nodded secretly, it turned out that it was like this: those of us who have just passed the Jinshi examination, who have not undergone special training in the inheritance of ancient texts, are afraid that if we go out, we will not know those precious books scattered among the people, so we can only stay in the courtyard and do ready-made things.

Walking through the four book pavilions, Chen Jing pointed to a longhouse opposite and said, "This is the West Courtyard, with twenty rooms and four shelves, where the scholars and corrections of the Jixian Academy do things. Gao Yue took a look, and sure enough, under the corridor and in the room of the west courtyard, there were all calligraphers, or copying something, or walking back and forth with the case, busy.

Hey, no, since there are so many hand-transcribed books, what are we doing with this group of orthography?

Before Gao Yue could think clearly, Chen Jing pointed to the left (south) and said that it was a group of monks who occupied the observation platform; Then he pointed to the right (north) and said, "This is the scholar and the Bachelor's Kitchen - Ladies and gentlemen, after the morning is over, you can have a meal (dinner, working meal) under the north corridor next to the Bachelor's Kitchen in the middle of the day, and then you can go home in the afternoon." ”

These words almost didn't make Gao Yue fall: that is to say, the workflow of Jixian Academy is to work in the morning, eat at noon, and go home in the afternoon.

It seems a bit easy!

Thinking about it, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong, at least Cui Zhongcheng, who he is familiar with, rides back to the house every afternoon, except for being straight (on duty).

Then Chen Zhiyuan led the number, and walked down the north wall, Gao Yue saw sideways that the north wall was painted with clusters of green bamboo, and a pair of white cranes soared in the meantime, lifelike, and then they turned around and came to the easternmost hall "Bachelor's Hall", even if they completed the tour of Jixian Palace.

It's finally time to work!

Gao Yue and other digital orthography offices, together with the calligraphers, are all in the large west courtyard. However, the west courtyard is divided into front and back, there are corridors connected, and they live in the backyard, that is, "Jixian West Outer Courtyard".

When Gao Yue sat behind the bookcase, he rubbed his hands and waited for the bookkeeper or other officials to arrange affairs for him.

And then

And then

And then......

An hour passed, and in the courtyard opposite, the calligraphers still came and went, but Gao Yue still sat in front of the desk, as if time stood still here, the West Outer Courtyard.

"Orthography, nothing at all, wow!" Gao Yue suddenly discovered this secret and said in amazement.