Chapter 1031 Substitute Cabinet
Prepare two dinners at a time, making it clear that Shen Xi will have supper when he stays up late, and Xie Qian's arrangement is also thoughtful. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAs a young man, Shen Xi and the old Xie Qian can't be compared after all, Xie Qian may not be hungry for a day after eating a meal, but Shen Xi is the time when he grows his body, and he is hungry if he doesn't eat a meal.
As soon as Shen Xi finished eating, the sky darkened, there were only two people in the room, of course Xie Qian couldn't do chores, and Shen Xi also needed to do it for him.
There is nothing else in Wenyuan Pavilion, there are many candles, and those who can do the cabinet scholars are all old guys who are over half a hundred years old, no matter how big or small the matter is in the recital that day, the cabinet always needs someone to be on duty, these old guys read the recital at night, and they don't light up the room, and they can't even read the words clearly.
If one is not bright enough, you need to order a few more, anyway, the candles are public, so there is no need to save.
Xie Qian took a closer look at the notebook, looked up from time to time to ask Shen Xi's opinion, and then lowered his head to consider the words and write the ticket well.
Shen Xi was also flipping through the notebooks in the three small boxes.
These transcripts were all submitted to the emperor for approval, and even the emperor and cabinet scholars did not see it, but he knew the contents of them first, which gave people the illusion that "the world is in his hands".
By the time of the last shift, Xie Qian was already powerless, picked up a notebook, read it first, and felt that his mind was messy, so he simply handed it to Shen Xi, and asked Shen Xi to give suitable suggestions directly, and then wrote the ticket according to the inscription, which was equivalent to handing over the errand of reviewing the manuscript to Shen Xi.
Shen Xi is not ambiguous at all, Xie Qiansheng is experienced, knows the preferences of Emperor Hongzhi and the eunuchs, and Shen Xi also has his strengths, that is, his control of the current situation and interests.
For example, what the imperial court needs now, what it does not need, whether the local report is what the Hongzhi Emperor cares about, how to arrange money, food and materials, how to make the emperor feel satisfied, and how to maximize the interests of the imperial court......
Shen Xi's head is like an encyclopedia, when he seriously substitutes himself into the role of a cabinet minister, his ability has a super level.
What Xie Qian can think of, Shen Xi will say, and what Shen Xi thinks of may not be what Xie Qian can consider. In the end, Xie Qian found that it seemed useless to stay in the duty room, so it was better to let Shen Xi review the recital by himself, not to mention the speed, he could also rest.
Before the second watch, Xie Qian stood up and said, "The old man is busy with business during this time, he is anxious, and his spirit can't support it, so I'll leave it to you here." You write down the suggestion inscription on paper, be sure to sandwich it in the recital and the inscription, and the old man will get up tomorrow morning and read it. Don't stay up too late, there are a lot of backlogs and questions here, you don't have to deal with them all, just choose the important disposal! Haha, the old man went to rest first. ā
is worthy of being a cunning old fox, after explaining Xie Qian, he went to the side courtyard behind the duty room, leaving Shen Xi alone to deal with official documents in the room.
Shen Xi was finally able to sit in Xie Qian's seat and deal with the notebook, and said to himself: "Xie Lao'er said that I should choose the important disposition, since they are all the upper sparse of the Son of Heaven, which one is important and which one is not?" If you want me to sift through it, don't you have to read all the books? You will use people, here four or five hundred sparse, when do I want to see? ā
Shen Xi just complained, his ability was completely able to deal with these scripts.
In the Ming Dynasty, the playbook has a fixed format, not to mention the complexity, but the number of words in the playbook is controlled within 300 words. Even if you count according to the many, 500 copies of the book, the total number of words is only 150,000 words.
At the beginning, Shen Xi reviewed the articles of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, but in less than ten days, he read the test papers of 20 or 30 million words of candidates, and distinguished the advantages and disadvantages from them.
Others review the township examination articles and only read the four books, while Shen Xi reviews the township examination papers, which is to read through them first, grasp the key points in the article, and judge whether the person's article is suitable for the topic, grasp the key points, and then consider the writing and intention, if these are not qualified, they will be brushed down directly, but if everything is fine, then he will continue to go deeper. This can only be done with professional speed reading training.
Shen Xi looked at the script, and it was basically the same process.
However, he did not say that he would finish the matter after reading it, he had to quickly grasp the theme of the book, make his own judgment, and then write down his own opinion questions, which was actually more complicated than reviewing the essay of the township examination.
After all, the township test article is just a circle and a fork problem, and this piece must be written down with pertinent approval opinions, and some must also record the follow-up process of the six functional yamen in detail, which takes extra time.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, but Shen Xi's spirit was getting stronger and stronger, until the fifth watch drum sounded outside, and he still didn't feel sleepy when he raised his head.
"It's nice to be young."
Shen Xi stood up and stretched, still in good spirits.
The fifth watch day is the time when Shen Xi's review of the recital ends, and half an hour is the time when the palace gate is opened, after all, it has not yet passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the sky will be bright in the middle of the fifth watch.
At this time, although it was dark outside, Shen Xi was ready to leave the palace, but he still packed up the notebook first, and sandwiched all the notebooks with the corresponding approval slips.
In order to make it more "convenient" for Xie Qian to use, Shen Xi changed his handwriting, imitated Xie Qian's handwriting, and wrote down the ticket draft, so that even if Xie Qian could not rewrite these scripts, he could send them to the celebrant supervisor.
Shen Xi opened the courtyard door and saw a eunuch in his thirties outside who took the initiative to greet him, the eunuch looked at Shen Xi with a smile and asked, "Lord Shen, you haven't rested yet?" ā
"Hmm. What time is it? Shen Xi asked casually.
The eunuch smiled: "Just after the fifth watch, the adults won't want to leave the palace, right?" It's still early, and it's never too late to stay for another half hour or so! Lord Shen, would you like to bring you some ginger tea and come in early? ā
Shen Xi thought to himself, this eunuch is quite good at coming to things, he will send food and drink in the morning, he is just a Hanlin official who is leisurely, staying in the cabinet, and the external statement is that he came to inquire about the etiquette of Xie Qian's palace to pray for blessings and delayed leaving the palace.
Not long after, the eunuch put away the refreshments, and according to custom, he should greet Shen Xi and inform him of his name, but he didn't do so and withdrew, as if he didn't need Shen Xi to remember his merits.
In this regard, the eunuch did a very clever job, which made people impress before they knew it. Shen Xi didn't say much, after drinking hot tea and eating breakfast, his face was slightly hot, but the sequelae of staying up all night began to appear, and his spirit was a little trance, but Wenyuan Pavilion was not a place to rest, and he had to rush home to lie down.
When the window was dark, Shen Xi estimated that the palace gate was almost open, and then dragged his tired body towards the palace gate.
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This side, Xie Qian slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up, this was the most peaceful night he slept on, when he woke up and came to the courtyard of the duty room, through the window to look at his desk in the room full of notebooks, inserted notes, with a little pride in his heart.
"If it's really my good grandson-in-law, after this night, he helped me review all the scripts, and now it's my turn to accept the results!"
Xie Qian walked into the duty room, just sat down, and was about to pick up the notebook on the table to take a look, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, but there was a "rustling" sound behind the screen opposite.
Xie Qian thought to himself: "Isn't it that Shen Xi, this kid didn't leave?" ā
Just as Xie Qian was about to go over to find out, a familiar voice came from behind the screen: "Yu Qiao, it's you?" ā
Xie Qian's eyes immediately closed, and he had the urge to hit his head against the wall, it was actually Li Dongyang!?
In the past two years, Li Dongyang has rarely come to Wenyuan Pavilion so early, and occasionally there is a noon dynasty, but it is also necessary to wait for the noon dynasty to start soon, Li Dongyang is late, and when the noon dynasty is over, Li Dongyang will leave the palace, or go to Wenyuan Pavilion to see, but it will not sit for long.
Xie Qian never expected that Li Dongyang would come over early today.
"Brother Bin, how come you are free?"
Xie Qian walked over, lifted the screen, and saw Li Dongyang standing up from behind the table, holding a copy of the notebook in his hand, and was studying the content of the strips in the notebook.
Between the three desks, there was originally a screen barrier, but Liu Jian and Li Dongyang did not come to the cabinet to take turns before, so they have not been used. Outside the window just now, Xie Qian's attention was focused on the thick stack of notebooks on his desk, and he didn't notice that the screen had been placed.
Xie Qian's mind was in chaos: "What should I do?" I hope that Binzhi is now reading the transcript I reviewed last night, otherwise, he will find that the handwriting is not mine...... But the problem is that there are so many transcripts, and I don't know how long he has been here, how can he know nothing? ā
Two days ago, Li Dongyang had a small quarrel because of Xie Qianjin's statement to "stop the war", but the cabinet scholars can be friends with different political views, and Li Dongyang's status in the cabinet is already higher than Xie Qian's, so Xie Qian naturally will not be angry. Li Dongyang put down the notebook, raised his head and said with a smile: "After reading the several tickets drawn up by Yu Qiao, I am so inspired in my heart!" ā
The words were compliments, and the smile on Li Dongyang's face was sincere enough, but to Xie Qian's ears, it seemed that Li Dongyang's words meant something.
Xie Qian secretly thought: "Binzhi saw that there was a problem with his handwriting and deliberately tested me?" Or did he not notice it at all...... Or is what he saw written yesterday? ā
Li Dongyang handed the recital to Xie Qian, and said: "I have been summoned by His Majesty this morning, and the Wu Dynasty must attend, this is the first time that His Majesty has been ill for a long time, and Young Master Liu will also come over later." ā
Only then did Xie Qian know what was going on.
It turned out that Emperor Hongzhi was going to hold a noon court today, so if he wanted to come to the celebrant side, he should go to the yamen and the ministers' homes to deliver the news, and Xie Qian himself was on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion, so it was not surprising that he did not receive a notice.
"I see."
Xie Qian nodded, "It seems that Your Majesty's condition should improve greatly." ā
Li Dongyang sighed: "Not really, maybe Your Majesty has something that you can't let go...... I heard last night that the governor of Yansui has a copy of the ban and has not been in the cabinet, do you know about it? ā
Xie Qian was stunned when asked, he fell asleep last night, leaving Shen Xi alone in the duty room to write tickets, he didn't know anything about the situation.
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PS: Second update!
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