Qian Jin and Guo Zhangyuan chatted while walking.

Originally, Qian Jin had a deep fear of the old pedant. It is expected that Guo Zhangyuan has dabbled in astronomy, geography, literature and history, art, medical skills, etc., and it is also very interesting to talk about quoting scriptures and classics, which makes him, a person who has traveled from modern times, a little embarrassed.

The two of them walked south along the extension of the imperial road outside the imperial city, and then walked for half an hour to the east, and then came to an antique wooden house. There are two hundred-year-old cypress trees in front of the court, there is a bluestone road sandwiched between the trees, and the main hall of the Hanlin Courtyard is the one that goes inside, and a red lacquered wooden plaque more than half a meter long hangs down from the corner of the complicated house, and the three big characters of the Hanlin Courtyard are inscribed in gold characters on it.

Since Gaozu set the world, this has become a place for Chen Guo to reserve talents. It is a great honor to be selected into the Hanlin Academy, and the Shuji of the Hanlin Academy is even more known as the "Prince", which is unspeakably expensive. Therefore, the Hanlin Academy is very cautious about the things of the Hanlin Academy, not only to have good character, but also to be pure in learning, and it is best to be able to export chapters, and its main responsibility is to revise history, draft edicts, and sometimes accompany the prince's children and grandchildren to read.

In contrast, Guozijian is equivalent to the highest institution of learning in the Chen Kingdom. It is said that when the staff was full, there were 8,000 students, who usually lectured on scriptures and taught righteousness, and at the same time took charge of the affairs of learning and politics in various parts of the country.

Qian Jin has the official title of editor of the Hanlin Academy, but he has never worked here for a day, so it is no wonder that Guo Zhangyuan is annoyed. It's no wonder that if he is allowed to stay in the Hanlin Academy, he will be able to find a high position in a few years. But the most important thing in Chen Guo is officials, after the purge of the capital, a batch was cut, and as soon as the royal grace opened, a new wave of officials grew like leeks after the rain.

At this time, Qian Jin was standing under the gold-lettered signboard of the Hanlin Academy.

Guo Zhangyuan asked on the side: "Why, don't you go in to see when you get to the gate of the courtyard?" His Majesty ordered your Hanlin, but you didn't come to work for a few months, and the people in the courtyard complained a lot. If it weren't for the batch of wine you sent last time, I guess they would all have gone to sue the emperor. ”

"Is it so serious? Then I'll send a few hundred more bottles to press. "Qian Jin Zhengse.

Guo Zhangyuan's face sank, and he scolded: "No matter how much good wine you have, you can't seal the mouths of the two hundred or so people in Hanlin Academy." Please!" With that, he waved his sleeve and took the lead in walking towards the courtyard. Qian Jin hurriedly followed.

The first thing to enter is the main hall of the Hanlin Academy, with the reading and lecture hall on the left and the compilation and inspection hall on the right; Passing through the inner door, what catches your eye is a grand courtyard, which is planted with several locust trees that are thick at the waist, and there are two temples on both sides of the courtyard, namely Changli and Tugu two ancestral halls, as well as buildings such as the Imperial Hall and the Book Hall, which are the inner halls; After the inner hall, there is a back hall, and there are more than ten large and small buildings in it.

Guo Zhangyuan led Qian Jin to walk around the courtyard for half an hour before he had a rough walk around the Hanlin Academy. Qian Jin followed behind him, but his eyes were attracted by the exquisite wood carvings and buildings that can be seen everywhere in the courtyard, as well as the inscriptions left by the great Confucians from Hanlin in the past dynasties.

The two returned to the main hall, and Guo Zhangyuan said with a smile: "How is it, can this Hanlin Academy still be visited?" ”

"Isn't it just shopping? The students were already shocked. Qian Jin complimented.

"Hahaha, don't dare to brag about anything else, if there are more books than books, the entire Chen Kingdom can't compare to me here. It doesn't matter what kind of book it is, as long as it can be named, it can be found here. Guo Zhangyuan stroked his beard and smiled: "If you are willing, I will arrange a room for you, and you can come in the future whether it is morning or evening." ”

"That's very good, the student thanked him in advance." Qian Jin arched his hand and said. He was suddenly less reluctant to enter the Hanlin Academy. If nothing else, if you want to find some books to verify, the library of Hanlin Academy will not disappoint.

Guo Zhangyuan was quite satisfied with Qian Jin's speech and demeanor, and led him to the editorial inspection hall on the right.

As soon as he opened the door, Qian Jin was shocked by the busy scene inside. No wonder there weren't many people walking outside, it turned out that everyone had arrived in this hall. I saw that there were more than 50 tables inside, and in front of each table stood three or four officials, some copying and some checking, and so on. On both sides of the hall, there are more than a dozen bookcases more than two people high, and there are wooden ladders next to them. If an official needs to look for a book, someone will go to the bookcase by number.

When a middle-aged official in a green robe saw the head of the courtyard, he stepped forward and said, "Guo Zhangyuan, the compilation of 8,500 volumes of the "Da Chen Huidian" should not be a problem for the 9,000 copies of the Queen Mother's birthday. ”

Guo Zhangyuan nodded with satisfaction and motioned for the official to step down. He walked into the hall, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice, "Ministers, take a break, and come to know this colleague." ”

When all the officials heard this, they all looked at Qian Jin, looked at Mian Sheng, and asked Guo Zhangyuan with their eyes. Guo Zhangyuan watched his nose and nose, and let Qian Jin deal with it alone.

Qian Jin complained in a low voice, then snorted, and said to the officials: "Contemptible Qian Jin, salute everyone." ”

When everyone heard this, they began to shout, some dissatisfied and some curious. Two elderly old scholars came up and grabbed Qian Jin and asked, "Qian Editing, the wine you sent last time tasted good, why did you only send two hundred catties?" ”

Qian Jin said shamefully: "These two seniors have worked hard, and the juniors will send another thousand catties when they go back." ”

The two pedants were overjoyed when they heard this: "That relationship is good." Aren't you afraid that we'll make you poor? When the others heard that there was wine, they all gathered around. Everyone, you and I said a word, and the hall was suddenly very lively.

Qian Jin couldn't resist it, and hurriedly said, "Don't get in the way...... Out of the way. As long as you like to drink, the younger generation can send it every day. After that, Qian Jin looked at Guo Zhangyuan, hoping that he could relieve the siege.

Guo Zhangyuan smiled and said nothing. After a while, he saw that Qian Jin was surrounded by water, so he coughed and said: "Qian Bianxiu is coming to the Hanlin Academy for the first time this time, let him go, otherwise he won't dare to come to the Hanlin Academy in the future, and everyone will not find anyone if they want to drink." ”

As soon as the people heard the reason, they dispersed.

Qian Jin straightened out his somewhat messy clothes, walked to Guo Zhangyuan and said: "Zhangyuan, I have also walked around today, and I have also met all the ministers, and the younger generation will say goodbye." ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Guo Zhangyuan stopped Qian Jin and said: "The Queen Mother is going to hold a cocktail banquet to invite strangers in the near future, and it just so happens that the Hanlin Academy is also compiling the "Dachen Huidian". I thought about it for a while, and it happened that the compilation and inspection hall was divided into subjects such as classics, history, children, collections, Taoist classics, engineering technology, agronomy, and medical divination, and each subject produced one person, so I thought it should be enough. ”

Qian Jinxin said that a person's strength is really small. It took me half a month to draw a sketch of a musket by myself, and hundreds of people in the Hanlin Academy could even compile thousands of books. I heard Xu Baolu say that Dou Mali has a wide range of knowledge, astronomy, geography and mathematics; If you are alone, it is indeed a bit troublesome to deal with. With the Hanlin Academy as a support, plus the "Heavenly Skill Examination" written by the second senior brother, it is enough to deal with strangers. It seems that it is a wise choice to come to Hallym Academy this time. Thinking of this, he bowed to Guo Zhangyuan and said, "But according to the orders of the Zhangyuan." ”

"Hmm. You're fine anyway, and you'll be in charge of the contact as soon as you need to. Guo Zhangyuan commanded.

"The student takes the order."

Guo Zhangyuan thought for a moment, and then named ten of these officials. When they all came to him, he said to Qian Jin: "These colleagues are the candidates to participate in the reception. You get acquainted with them first. Then, he said to a middle-aged official among the ten people: "Lin Shiyu, you first take the money to edit and go to the back hall to find a good duty room to settle down." In the future, he will often come to work, and everyone's wine will not be broken. ”

The Lin attendant was overjoyed, so he raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Qian Editing, please come with me." ”

Qian Jin was in a good mood at first, but when he heard that Guo Zhangyuan regarded himself as a free drinker, he didn't answer, and read away with the Lin attendant with a bitter face.

Halfway through, Qian Jin inquired about the origin of this Lin waiter. Speaking of which, he is also a native of Guangdong, and he is a fellow villager, his full name is Lin Ruohai, a jinshi in the twenty-second year of Hongzhi, and he majored in agricultural technology in the "Da Chen Huidian" compiled this time. It seems that Guo Zhangyuan's seemingly careless arrangement is extremely careful.

The two chatted about some family things along the way, and unconsciously came to a courtyard in the back hall. Lin Ruohai found a house on the east side, and asked Qian Jin again if he was satisfied.

Qian Jin glanced at it slightly, and saw that the room was still clean and tidy, so he nodded. After this incident, Qian entered the front hall to say goodbye to Guo Zhangyuan and the officials, and said that he would definitely come to work often in the future, so he was released from the gate of Hanlin Academy. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, glanced back, and muttered: Ghosts will come often, and they will have to peel off their skin once.

Out of the Hanlin Temple, Qian Jin wandered around the Hanlin Temple for a while, and decided to go to the Honglu Temple opposite the extension of the imperial road.

A quarter of an hour later, Qian Jin walked into the gate of Honglu Temple. When the guard of the porter saw his face, he stopped talking. Qian Jin directly threw the Qianhu waist card over, and after the man saw the words on it, he was so frightened that he hurriedly came out and fell to the ground: "The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collided with Shangguan." ”

"Get up and speak."

"Yes...... Dare to ask what Shangguan commands? ”

"There is a man named Doumali, take me to him."

At this time, Dou Marie was playing pool with Sward in the courtyard of the concierge. The sport is somewhat similar to golf. There are also more than a dozen strangers watching next to it, both men and women. Qian Jin watched from the side for a while, no matter who scored the goal, they all applauded hard, and the strangers next to him also echoed. As a result, the two became more and more interested, and they played two more rounds before they were done.

A quarter of an hour later, Swald led Dou Mari to Qian Jin. A foot away, Dou Mali's powerful arms had already opened, ready to give Qian Jin another warm hug. Qian Jin hurriedly took two steps back and said, "Mr. Dou Mali, we have already hugged today, why don't we shake hands?" ”