Chapter 155: The Banquet (1)
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Officials from various departments in Hangzhou gathered together and set up a banquet for the town guards and eunuchs to receive wind and dust. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xie Shen didn't know how to write this scene if it was written by Secretary Shi, was it a reprimand, or was the Spring and Autumn penmanship a shame for His Holiness?
However, at least for the moment, the atmosphere in the flower hall is still very harmonious, and the big and small officials led by Governor Liu De are all smiling, waiting for the arrival of the eunuch Liu Wen.
Xie Shen glanced at it and found that Xue Ju, the political envoy of Youbu, was sitting under Governor Liu De, and sitting opposite him was Lu Yuan, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Prosecutor.
The arrangement of the seats is very particular. As the governor of a province, Liu De, who is the supreme official of a province, naturally has no problem sitting at the top. There is no problem with the political envoy and the deputy envoy sitting separately. However, Xie Shen found that the position next to Lu Yuan was empty, didn't the commander come to the banquet?
After some narration by my aunt, Xie Shen really didn't have a good impression of Xue Ju, the political envoy of the right side. I didn't expect it to be a human-faced beast with a beast's heart, and he did such a beastly thing to the official prostitutes of the Teaching Workshop Division.
Xie Shen even had the idea of hoping that my aunt would return to Hangzhou and stab Xue Ju again. But he also knew it couldn't be. Xue Ju will inevitably increase his surrounding defenses after an assassination, and if my fair lady turns back again, she will inevitably fall into the net.
Xie Shen could see that although my fair lady hated Xue Ju to the core, she was not carried away by hatred, but always kept her sanity.
Avenging the sister is a very important thing for my aunt, and since it is important, she can't gamble everything. At least at the moment of the disparity in power, my fair lady needs to be patient and choose the opportunity to move again.
As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood.
It is said that the people do not fight with the officials, but then again, if the people are really forced to be anxious, it is not impossible to fight for a jade stone, and the fish will die and the net will be broken.
However, most of the officials are well-dressed people like Xue Ju, which makes people sigh.
Although Chen Fangyin and Mr. Chen are fourth-grade officials, they are in charge of learning and politics, and their status is much worse, and their position is slightly off. But there are advantages to bias, at least you don't have to tout each other with your colleagues, and you can settle quietly.
Xie Shen also has a lot of understanding of this.
To say that the scholar is really an official position with little oil and water, and Mr. Chen's mansion is not very luxurious. But the subtle thing is that don't look at the real power of the school official, but there are countless protégés under his name.
Especially in a province like this province, which is strong in the imperial examination, the township examination selects the elite among the scholars. These people went to Beijing to participate in the big competition, and the proportion of middle jinshi was very high.
Although the seat teacher who can take the test is more important than the township test, it does not mean that the township test seat teacher is completely useless.
These connections are all hidden resources, if one or two scholars or cabinet ministers come out of the new jinshi, then Chen Fangyin will definitely follow the nobles.
Therefore, the scholar is the most admired official, and even the governor Liu De will not easily offend him.
Xie Shen had also experienced a lot of banquets, and felt that the official banquet of the governor's yamen was not very special compared to other private banquets, and just when he felt that he was in a hurry, he heard a sound of footsteps.
Looking up at the moon gate again, I saw a group of relatives striding towards Liu Wen, the new eunuch of Hangzhou.
That Liu Wen has a slender figure and a fair face, and he looks no different from ordinary people. If it weren't for the bare chin and no trace of beard, Xie Shen really didn't dare to be sure that this person was the new Hangzhou town guard eunuch.
In the Ming Dynasty, Confucian scholars, especially officials, will definitely grow beards. There are generally two kinds of people who do not have beards, one is a young man who has not yet weakened the crown, and the other is a eunuch.
Like Xie Shen, he is only thirteen years old, and naturally has no beard.
To Xie Shen's surprise, this Eunuch Liu was not wearing an official robe, but was wrapped in a dark brown jacquard silk shirt.
In this huge flower hall, only Eunuch Liu and Xie Shen did not wear official robes, and neither of them had beards......
Xie Shen felt bitter in his heart.
Fortunately, the officials of the various departments didn't notice such a small role as Xie Shen at all, and their attention was on Eunuch Liu, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.
Eunuch Liu was not polite, walked straight to the top, and sat down beside Governor Liu De. The two of them talked a few words without smiling, and then sat down on their own fronts.
It was too far away, and of course Xie Shen couldn't hear what the two said, and only guessed that it was polite words.
"Today, the RB official set up a banquet for Liu Gonggong to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and all colleagues should have fun!"
The banquet was set up by Governor Liu De, so naturally he had to start the conversation.
Liu De cleared his throat, and a short sentence could be regarded as announcing the start of the banquet. This kind of banquet actually wants to be a sensational effect. After all, Eunuch Liu was not familiar with the officialdom of Hangzhou when he first arrived, and he couldn't even recognize the names of people, so he wouldn't make too many comments at this time.
In addition, the eunuch himself is to monitor the ministers on behalf of the Son of Heaven, so Eunuch Liu naturally will not speak out too much on such occasions.
Being able to serve as the eunuch of Hangzhou proves that Liu Wen still has a way in the palace, but I don't know which boss he is in the same vein as the celebrant eunuch.
With Li Guang's temperament that is bound to take revenge, he is bound to avenge his righteous son. Xie Shen offended Li Guang, and although he had Xu Guan's support, he was still a little afraid. I only hope that the new eunuch Liu Wen will not be in Li Guang's lineage, otherwise he will really suffer it.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Shen noticed that Dou Xiao, the commander of Renh County, had been talking to the Great Grandmaster Chen Fangyin, so he also paid attention to it.
It turned out that the eldest son of Ren H County Ling Dou Xiao had just passed the examination last year, but this year's big competition was unsuccessful. Although Dou County's order was tactful, it probably meant to let the great grandmaster take care of it more.
However, Xie Shen was very puzzled, on weekdays, Ren H County Ling Dou Xiao and the Great Grandmaster did not have a chance to talk about it, but there was no need to rush to the doctor.
If you talk about the township test, the great grandmaster will naturally have the opportunity to sell his favor to this Ren H county order, but there is nothing to do about this test of the great grandmaster. Could it be that this Old Master Chen has his hands and eyes to such a point that he can influence the results of the Beijing division thousands of miles away from Hangzhou?
This idea was vetoed by Xie Shen himself as soon as he was born.
This is absolutely impossible. If Chen Tixue had such ability, he would not be willing to be trapped in this province as a first-class scholar.
So, is this Dou County Order dizzy for a while, pinning his hopes on the number of connections of the great grandmaster?
If you want to talk about ordinary county orders, Chen Fangyin really doesn't necessarily pay attention to them. However, the county orders of Renhe and Qiantang counties are different. These two counties are directly under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Prefecture, and their status is much higher than that of ordinary counties. In addition, Chen Fangyin spends a lot of time in Hangzhou every year, so it is inevitable that he will deal with Dou County's order, and he will not make the relationship very stiff.
What surprised Xie Shen a little was that the Great Grandmaster's attitude towards this Dou County Order was surprisingly enthusiastic, could it be that there were any hidden words in that conversation that he didn't hear?
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