Liu Yutang looked at Gu Yanzhong with an indifferent look, stood up, his face was full of melancholy, paced back and forth in the room, and said anxiously: "Why aren't you in a hurry, not in a hurry?" You're poking the basket big now, but what to do, what to do! ”

"Brother Liu......" Gu Yanzhong shouted, Liu Yutang was still anxiously scurrying around the room, Gu Yanzhong walked over, pulled Liu Yutang to the table and sat down, brought the teacup to his mouth and said, "Brother Liu, drink a cup of tea and speak slowly, speak slowly!" ”

Liu Yutang didn't drink tea, and kept talking about all the things about the visitors to Zhangdun's Mansion.

The doormen of the Song Dynasty were not like the doormen of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The doorman of that period, in other words, was a strategist.

The doorman of the Song Dynasty said that he was a doorman if it sounded good, and if it was ugly, he was a high-level slave who didn't have to do rough work.

There were about two or three hundred disciples in the Chapter's house, and the doormen were roughly divided into three factions. There are three levels: high, medium and low, the level is different, and the yard where you live is not the same.

The high-level doorman lives in a single room, and there is a carriage to travel outside, and he can go anywhere in the Zhangdun Mansion, while the low-level doorman lives in a Chase bunk where more than 20 people sleep together, and can only move in his own yard.

The senior doorman is a person who arranges officials in the imperial court after taking the Jinshi examination, and the officials who are suspected of abandoning the officials and do not do it, defect to the Zhangdian, and plan to take the exam again, or wait for a vacancy to re-establish a good position.

Intermediate doormen are generally people who are famous in Sun Mountain, and they have not passed the exam for two or three consecutive years. These people have two plans, one is to continue the exam, and the other is to pass the exam for five years, according to the special system of the Song Dynasty, if they fail to pass the exam for five years, they can also be crowned officials.

There are all kinds of low-level doormen. Compared with the miscellaneous servants who do rough work in the Zhangdun Mansion, they know a few more words. Or someone who has never taken the imperial examination.

In fact, these three kinds of people have only one purpose, to rely on the big tree of Zhangdun to achieve their own political careers.

Basically, everyone has their own things. Each doorman also has his own accomplices. Only Gu Yanzhong, single-handedly, was alone.

Most of the things that the high-level doormen and middle-level doormen have to do is to read, and the low-level doormen have to do all kinds of work in the Zhangdun Mansion. Certainly not menial work like cleaning.

There are their own camps between the high-level doormen and the middle-level doormen, and these people are divided into three circles with Zhangdian as the central point.

Most of the innermost circles are Zhang Dan's cronies, and their status in Zhang Dan's mansion is very important.

As the saying goes, there are seven officials in front of the prime minister, and their status in Bianliang City is also extraordinary.

Zhang Dian managed his own disciples according to the method of managing officials of the imperial court, and his cronies also took this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the affairs of the ministry.

In ancient terms, it is equivalent to the Ministry of Officials established by the Zhangdun Mansion itself, and in modern terms, it is also equivalent to the personnel department of a commercial company.

They were in the Zhangdun Mansion and were mainly responsible for keeping a record of the people in each imperial examination. At the same time, it also helped Zhang Dian find people who could be used among the doormen.

No matter who it is, as long as he is a doorman in Zhangdun's mansion, after he reaches high school, he will naturally become a pawn of Zhangdun's power to the government and the opposition.

When Zhang Dian set up banquets and entertains at his own home, he often acted as a companion, so that he could get to know more people in the court.

After they pass the exam, they often have a certain relationship with Zhang Dan, holding such a big tree, who will let go?

The importance of the middle circle is average, and when the chapter sets up a banquet, he is responsible for some ceremonial activities of the banquet.

There are no seats for them at the small feast, but they can sit in a row at the back of the big feast, and only have a listening share.

At best, he can know what position a certain adult has in the court, and who Zhang Dian usually associates with.

These people in the outermost circle are dispensable to Zhang Dian.

There is nothing to do on weekdays, and I regularly bring out Zhangdun's calligraphy, paintings, and ancient books to bask in the sun. No matter how idle you are, you can play couplets, play chess, compose poems, and talk about Fengyue.

There is an open secret among the doormen, it doesn't matter if it's a dragon or a worm, the key depends on what you're capable of.

Even if you are an earthworm, as long as you can move to Zhang's side and mix with the cronies, sooner or later you will have a bright future.

Or the cronies of his cronies, because after the cronies are in high school, he will definitely recommend another person to take his place. If you are a close confidant, of course, it is understandable who will inherit this position.

Although there are many people in Zhangdun doormen, it is not a simple thing to become a doorman of Zhangdun in general, and most of them are introduced by doormen.

Gu Yanzhong listened to Liu Yutang's words and exhaled a long breath, he didn't expect that this chapter was more complicated than he thought.

However, since ancient times, there has only been one official position, and if you want to take the position of Fang Tianruo's first guest in the mansion, sooner or later you will offend him. Some things should be done sooner rather than later.

Gu Yanzhong shrugged his shoulders and pretended to be calm and said, "It's a big deal, he doesn't arrange anything for me, isn't it okay to be happy?" ”

So that's it! He said secretly in his heart.

In the first few days when Gu Yanzhong first came, there were guests who invited him to dinner every day, and later he even looked down on himself. He also knew the difference between the doorman and the guest through observation before, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big cat.

Gu Yanzhong filtered the situation in his heart in the past few days when he came to Zhang Dan's mansion: he followed Zhang Dan to the mansion as a doorman, and he had a bit of a fox and a fake tiger taste. Later, when I saw that I had nothing to do all day, I began to ridicule myself.

Gu Yanzhong let out a long sigh, "Thank you Brother Liu for reminding me." ”

There was something unpleasant in Gu Yan's center, he slowly picked up the tea, looked at the tea, put it to his nose and smelled its fragrance, nodded, smiled slightly, and two words popped up in his mind: good tea.

Liu Yutang said with a dry mouth, picked up the tea, and drank it in one gulp.

Gu Yanzhong saw that Liu Yutang drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp, but he smiled in his heart, he knew that Liu Yutang couldn't taste tea, and he could drink it as much as he liked.

Gu Yanzhong played with the teacup in his hand, and squinted at Liu Yutang from the corner of his eye. Liu Yutang is like drinking tea with him, and he can see the bottom of the cup at a glance.

Liu Yutang slapped his hands on the table and said loudly: "Things are not so simple, when you came, didn't you see the doormen up and down the Zhang Mansion, all studying?" Fang Tianruo ran towards Master Zhang's study one by one, why is this? ”

Gu Yanzhong looked at Liu Yutang suspiciously.

Liu Yutang poked his head out, saw that there was no one around, hurriedly closed the door, and said, "Lord Zhang, every year on August 15, there will be a wonderful competition in Zhang's mansion. ”

"Competition?" Gu Yanzhong was full of energy, stared at Liu Yutang and said, "What kind of competition?" ”

Liu Yutang leaned into Gu Yanzhong's ear and whispered: "It's the annual doorman election!" ”

Every year on August 15, Mid-Autumn Night, Zhang Dian holds a banquet at home, and it is also an opportunity for various guests to show their talents.

At the banquet, Zhang Dian will ask questions about the doormen, and will also ask some national events to test the thoughts of the doormen, the key is to see whether the ideas of the doormen are consistent with him, so as to exclude dissidents.

There is a big feast every three years, that is, exactly the year before the imperial examination. If there is an outstanding person at the banquet, he will definitely be at the top of the imperial examination. It is also a person who is reused by Zhangdun.

This year, although it was a small banquet, the scale of this year's banquet was also very large. It is said that the position of the secretary of the ministry was vacant, and Zhang Dian wanted to choose one of his disciples to go to the ministry.

Therefore, I want to choose the right person through this competition.

The so-called suitable person is not only to have good literary skills, but also to be flexible, and more importantly, to understand Zhangdun's heart.

The autumn night was silent, the sky was high and the fog was thick, the bright moon was incomplete, and a deep gray cloud obscured the faint silver light.

Gu Yanzhong was lying on the bed, holding his head with both hands, looking at the ceiling, unable to sleep.

"Huang Lu is the right secretary of the ministry, and the position of the secretary has been vacant." Liu Yutang's words during the day were repeated in his mind like an old monk chanting scriptures.

This chapter is like a unit of two or three hundred people, but the nature of the work of this unit is very different, and it is neither a career nor a civil servant.

Gu Yanzhong couldn't find a suitable word to compare for a while, so he didn't bother to think about it, and his heart was tumbling with Liu Yutang's words during the day.

The reason why Fang Tianruo is called the first guest in Zhangdun Mansion is not only because he is the leader of this year, but also because when he was in Zhangdun Mansion before, he was talented and always the first in the annual family banquet competition, so he had this title.

Looking at the current momentum, the vacancy in this ministry must be Fang Tianruo's.

Gu Yanzhong thought of this, and suddenly turned over and got up, I must have beaten Fang Tianruo.

The officials are a piece of fat, if I can get the official position recommended this time, why should I wait for three years? Even if you can't get the position of the ministry, for the sake of your future status in the Zhangdun family, you can't ignore it.

However, Zhang Dian recommended that this is inevitably different from his style recorded in the history books.

History once commented that Zhang Dian had four sons, but he never used his power to help these four sons get a position.

Of his four sons, only the youngest son was a high school champion, and the other three were only Jinshi. Even the youngest son of a high school champion is said to not have a very high position.

"Is this news fake?" Gu Yanzhong suddenly sat up from the bed, put one hand on his knees, and leaned against the wall on the inside of the bed.

He muttered in his heart again: Liu Yutang's time in Zhangdun Mansion is not short, looking at him like that, he is loyal and honest, not like a lie. This may be my chance to move to Fang Tianruo.

Gu Yanzhong thought about it and couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, he exhaled deeply, feeling a little out of breath.

He got up and walked slowly to the window, opened the window, the stars were shining, the night wind was blowing, and there was a chill.

The light in Liu Yutang's room is still on, he reads with the door open on weekdays, but the weather is getting colder and colder, and he no longer leaves the door open. Through the screen window, you can see him in the room, holding a book, immersed in perusal.

He turned his head again to look in the direction of Fang Tianruo's room, the light in Fang Tianruo's room had been turned off, and with a "bang", Fang Tianruo pushed open the window and stared at Gu Yanzhong.

In the vast dark night, the two stared dryly across the courtyard.

Fang Tianruo glared at Gu Yanzhong fiercely and closed the window again.

Gu Yanzhong also glanced at Fang Tianruo and went back to the house to sleep. One night, Gu Yanzhong's mind was both sober and confused, as if he saw the scene of his game with Fang Tianruo.

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