The Hanlin Temple is located on East Chang'an Avenue, and the gate is open to the north.

The three of them casually found a restaurant to have a lunch, and when the yamen went to work, they came to the gate of the Hanlin Courtyard, showed the guards the letter issued by the officials, and went in unimpeded.

After passing through the triple gate, the first entrance is the hall, which is a hall with seven bays. There are seats for bachelors, attendants, and lecturers. Now that Li Mo is not there, he is the two bachelor directors who are studying and speaking.

The bachelor's degree is nearly fifty years old, his name is Yuan Wei, the word Maozhong, and he is from Cixi. The waiter is a little younger, in his early forties, his name is Li Chunfang, the word is real, and he is from Yangzhou. The former is the seventeenth year of Jiajing's exploration, and the latter is later in the second year, and is the champion of Jiajing's twenty-sixth year...... The least rare thing in the Hanlin Academy is a high degree of education.

So in front of the two old-timers Ding Jia, the three of Shen Mo are all late-born juniors in that respect, and they only stand obediently to listen to the training.

But the two bachelors are not Li Mo's kind of bulls who cover the sky with one hand, so naturally they will not treat the three new Dingjia slowly, and politely invite them to sit, serve tea, and talk.

Shen Mo did not lose his temper because of Li Mo's humiliation, nor was he fluttering because of the courtesy of the two bachelors, he said politely: "I waited for the end of the evening school to enter and get lucky, I am really scared, the two masters must not be tortured again." Zhu Dashou also smiled gently: "Yes, master, the rules can't be messed up." Tao Dalin also said: "Let's stand." ”

The two bachelors couldn't help but praise secretly: "It is said that the three Dingjia in this subject are young and ambitious, but there is no arrogance at all, which is really rare...... "Everyone is born in the first class of three in three years, and there is naturally an indescribable sense of intimacy."

Li Chunfang said gently: "Then let's get down to business, the errand for your Hanlin Academy, the most important thing is the banquet ceremony, but it will be held in the autumn, so you don't have to be busy now." It is said that the regular work is to write a history, compile, edit, collate the actual records, hadiths, the Benji, the jade and other book histories, and all of our Hanlin will each have a piece. For example, I have been usurping the Records of the Martial Sect for the past two years, and Master Yuan is also proofreading the current Hadith, and this is our main job. ”

Yuan Wei took over and said: "You will also have corresponding errands, but because our errands are very important and can only be assigned by the master of the academy, I will not arrange errands for you in the next few days, so let's wait for Lord Li to make unified arrangements." ”

The three of them had heard that most of Hanlin's errands were to read and drink tea to kill time, so they were not surprised, they went to work for a few days in a regular manner, comfortably holding fragrant tea and reading books, and when it was time to get off work, they would meet and drink with the same year in the yamen of each department, talk about the world, and talk about what they saw and felt in Yanjing City, such as 'Zhongcheng pearl and jade splendor, Dongcheng cloth and silk and corn and corn, Nancheng poultry, fish and flowers and birds, Xicheng cattle and sheep firewood and charcoal, and Beicheng well-dressed thieves. Wait, this is a foreigner who wants to live in Beijing, you must know, of course, everyone's identity is determined, and the most talked about each time is the story of their respective yamen. These Jinshi, who were originally very simple, gradually knew that the original doorway in the officialdom was much more complicated than the Four Books and Five Classics, and those predecessors who also read the sage books and entered the ranks had already forgotten the morality of Confucius and Mencius, but thought of ways to make money...... Even the six subjects with the least oil and water in the original impression are not exempt from vulgarity. They also summarized on their behalf, 'Officials and Officials, Household Food, Military Paper, Engineering Charcoal, Criminal Soap, and Rites', and incisively named the sources of wealth for each section. In this kind of laughter and scolding, imperceptibly, the power of the Jiuqing Yamen and the warmth of human affection are entrenched in the chest one by one, and it is of great use to these newly promoted officials in their future affairs. Even if you are a quiet and self-defending Qing official, you must know these things, otherwise you will have to help count the money if you are sold.

This kind of saying is really a race against the living immortals, at least until they are not tired of it. But who would have thought that after only three days, the good days would come to an end!

This is said to be Hanlin bachelor Li Mo ordered by the three of Xinke Dingjia to revise the "Yuan History"! Six-month deadline! Overdue demerits, put in the file!

As soon as the news spread, the seniors who were bragging looked at the poor three newcomers with a look of compassion and schadenfreude...... I've heard that the master of the courtyard is going to make three new arrivals, but this is too ruthless, right?

According to the rules, after each great unification, the newly established dynasty will compile and revise the history books for the replaced dynasty, so in the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to edit the "History of the Yuan", which was compiled by President Song Lian of the Yuan Dynasty, after two compilations, a total of 210 volumes, but it lasted only 331 days before and after it was completed with lightning speed.

Obviously, this was a very political action, because the completion of the "History of the Yuan" also meant the end of a dynasty, thus dispelling the illusion that the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty would restore the country and consolidating the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule.

But in less than a year, it is obviously too hasty to record a complex and chaotic dynasty. Moreover, because of the rush of time, this set of history books was written by many historians at the same time, so it inevitably had many shortcomings, and it has always been criticized by scholars...... As far as information is concerned, after a long period of war, many historical books have been lost, and it is difficult to collect and complete them for a while; The information that has been collected has not been fully utilized, limited to translation conditions. Even because of the lack of copied information and the lack of overall planning, there are a lot of repetition of content, contradictory records, inconsistent names of the same place, personal names, and translated names, and so on.

The list of problems is so numerous that it has been intimidating to many official and non-governmental scholars who want to reconstruct this set of historical books, and it is still the same today.

The Hanlin people all knew about these problems, so when they heard that the three newcomers would have to revise the Yuan History, it would have to be completed within six months, and their first reaction was that it was better to kill the three of them!

Tao Dalin and Zhu Dashou are both erudite people, and naturally they also know the problems of "Yuan History", and their legs and stomachs are spinning for a while, and they only feel that the sky is dark. But they have always looked at the horse with a silent horse, so they are not in a hurry to speak.

The silent reaction was beyond everyone's expectations, he calmly accepted the order of the academician in charge, and said unhurriedly: "Obey." ”

Tao Zhu and the others didn't have a seizure on the spot, but on the way back, they finally couldn't help but say, "Humble words, how can you agree to this?" It's not that you don't know that this job is too difficult, even if you mobilize the whole hospital, you can't complete it in half a year, let alone the three of us! ”

"People are doing it, and the sky is watching." Shen Mo suddenly lowered his voice.

"You mean?" Both of them were extremely smart, and when they heard this, they knew what they meant: "Your Majesty is watching us? ”

Shen Mo nodded and said, "Jinyi Wei is everywhere, the emperor even knows what I eat at noon, how could he miss our current situation?" ”

"And what do you mean?" The two of them suddenly said: "The heavens will descend on the people?" ”

"You must first work your mind and your muscles and bones." Shen Mo smiled: "Isn't this quite understandable? ”

The two of them turned from sorrow to joy, and said in their hearts that since it was His Majesty's test, they could not slack off. He agreed with Shen Mo that he would go early and return for an hour every day, in order to complete as many tasks as possible.

Silent smiled and agreed, and sent them home.

The two didn't know that because of Li Mo, Jinyiwei would not report the situation of the Hanlin Academy in time, so unless Emperor Jiajing asked, they would never know their situation.

For Emperor Jiajing, who was busy cultivating, whether he could still remember his Shen Liushou, Shen Mo was really not sure. As the backbone of the three people, he must always be optimistic, even if it is blindly optimistic, so that this small team will not be shrouded in disappointment and failure.

However, he is not a person who sits idly by, he has repeatedly scrutinized the situation in the capital in his heart, and actively looked for a breakthrough to defeat Li Mo, but he has not found it yet.

As soon as the Hanlin Academy opened the door the next day, the three of them rushed into the Yuanmeng archives and documents warehouse in the library with dry food and water.

When I opened the door that had not been cared for for a long time, I looked around silently, only to see that the towering trees outside the house blocked the sunlight, and the storeroom was dim and hazy, almost occupying the entire room, the bookshelves were mottled with red paint, and most of the books and scrolls on the shelves were old and yellow, so that the air was filled with a breath of history and vicissitudes.

Looking at the vast archives, Tao Dalin couldn't help but groan: "Mom, so much!" , I can't see it in half a year! "In the 170 years since the founding of the country, a steady stream of materials and classics from the Mengyuan period has flowed into this warehouse, especially the six northern expeditions of Chengzu, and a large number of historical materials of the Mengyuan and Yuan dynasties have been seized, but because the "History of the Yuan" has been completed twice, it is too late to quote. Of course, the more important reason is that the compiler does not understand Mongolian, and the skill of the examination is insufficient, so these precious historical materials have not been used in the history books.

"In the next six months, we will devote ourselves to this pile of old papers and see if we can sort it out!" The Hanlin Academy was silent.

(To be continued)