The edict asked Li You to take office before 20 October, and this time was quite relaxed. Originally, Li You could take office immediately, but it would take some time to apply for the tooth card for entering and leaving the palace and find another place to live.

It's not that the guild hall is not good to live in, but it's because the location of the guild hall is too southeast, and it is convenient to go out of the city, but it is too far to enter the palace. As a scholar in the cabinet, he must often go in and out of the palace, and it is not convenient to be too far away from the palace after all.

Of course, there has always been a saying that the inner city is rich in the east and expensive in the west, and Lord Li can't get anywhere, so he just wants to find a small mansion to rent in the south of the imperial city. As for the military department Lu Shangshu Mansion, who was once invited to stay, with Li You's sensitive position now, it is still difficult to disturb.

Regarding the matter of finding a new residence, Li You sent Han Zong, who had served in the capital, to do it, and he couldn't get out of it for a while. Although these days are not called the court and the city, there are often officials who come to the hall in the name of Nanzhi townsmen to take the initiative to visit, and by the way, they are invited to banquets.

Zhang San, who guarded the gate for Li You, regained a little bit of the feeling he had when he was in Suzhou Mansion.

If you want to have something to do with Master Li out of nothing, there is only one excuse for your fellow villagers, and your classmates in the same year must be blank. But even if you are not a fellow villager and want to visit, you have your own way, just pull a Suzhou person to go with you. I can't find Suzhou people, and the neighboring Songjiang people and Changzhou people can also make do.

These people are neither too big nor too small, they are all below the fifth grade and above the seventh grade, and they are also the backbone of the major yamen. The scientific name is a priest or a subordinate official, to distinguish it from the court officials such as Shangshu or Shilang Zhengqing, as well as the chief official of the ** product.

Those big officials still can't put down their bodies or look down on Li You, and the little miscellaneous officials of the ** product are not qualified to visit, and there is no need for that.

The characteristic of the officials is that most of them are responsible for one or two specific affairs, and they are the main force in the yamen, such as Zhu Fanghe, a foreigner, who is in charge of school affairs. And it is also the main force of uploading and disseminating, so it is necessary to take the initiative to warm up with the freshly baked sub-ticket book.

At the very least, you have to get acquainted with Master Li first, and introduce your work a little, and add some hints that you know. Otherwise, if Lord Li, who came to the capital for the first time, didn't notice it for a while, and confusedly distributed the music related to his own affairs to the elders, who had too many different political views, wouldn't it be more distracted.

However, it was said that Li You spent seven or eight consecutive days at the banquet, and he did not leave the wine twice a day. Seeing that October 20 was approaching, he hurriedly moved to live in the grass rope alley in the southwest of the imperial city, and closed the door to recuperate in the new apartment.

Indulging in entertainment is not because Li You is greedy and impetuous, but because he has benefited a lot from chatting with those people, which can greatly make up for his lack of experience in the court. There are also some interesting things to observe.

For example, although Yuan Ge Lao is a scholar of Wenhua Palace, who ranks third in the cabinet, he is actually not very popular with Beijing officials. It is generally reflected that the old man of the cabinet is too harsh in his handling of things, and he is strict with others and lenient with himself.

and Yuan Ge's son-in-law, Ma Yushi... It's just a matter of the new science and technology jinshi to do the clear stream of the science road, and he also became the most powerful seven-grade official in the world to patrol the imperial history, can it not be eye-catching? And this patrol is not low-key enough, a scandal with the eunuch almost caused a civil unrest, and a while he directly impeached the minor minister, can the publicity be even less eye-catching?

Therefore, many officials have said that they should not assign their own performances to Yuan Ge Lao, lest Yuan Ge Lao be too hard to rest for the country.

These circumstances can probably explain from the side the reason why Yuan Ge Lao was unable to make up for the position after the first assistant recuperated and the second assistant became a teacher.

He rested at home for three days, and on the morning of October 20, Master Li left his apartment with a tooth tag and went to look at the imperial city.

The choice to take office today is also after careful consideration. After all, the position of the book in the sub-vote is too sensitive and eye-catching, and all kinds of discussions are indispensable. The person who went early seemed impatient and had no bearing, and the person who went late seemed proud and sluggish, so it was better to arrive on October 20 according to the edict, and those who wanted to find fault did not say anything.

First go to the right gate of Chang'an, check the tooth plate, and then pass the right gate of Chang'an, walk a few steps along the east of the Royal Street (Chang'an Street in the 21st century), and then arrive at the main gate of the imperial city.

Looking up at Chengtianmen, which is much simpler than the impression in his previous life, but still does not lose the majesty, even Li You, who has always been very rational and realistic, can't help but have an inexplicable feeling, which can't be waved away for a long time.

The officials of all sizes who passed here saw a strange and young official standing in the south of the Jinshui River, staring at Chengtianmen in a daze.

A Tobu Lang Zhong Cao, who had invited Li You to drink a few days ago, passed by, called a few times to wake Li You up, and asked in surprise, "Why did Master Li stop here?" ”

"Because it's called Chengtianmen." Li You sighed, but added in his heart, "Instead of being renamed [***]." ”

Of course, Cao Bulang didn't understand what Li You was feeling, and it happened that he was going to the Inner Court Household Branch to do something for the middle office, so he invited Li You to go with him.

Cross the Jinshui River into Chengtianmen, check the tooth card, register, and release; Continue to go straight north to the end gate, or dental check, registration, and release; Then go straight for 80 zhang, arrive at the main gate of Miyagi, that is, the noon gate, it is still a dental examination card, registration, and release. Cao Bulang also received a wooden plaque, which he needed to return when he came out, while Li You belonged to the forbidden Wenchen and did not need to receive a wooden plaque.

Only after passing the noon gate with the highest regulations can you enter the palace. In the noon gate, there is also a Jinshui River, Li You's eyes crossed the Jinshui River, through an open field, and saw the Huangji Gate above His Majesty Dan from a distance, which is the place where the Son of Heaven listened to the government during the Chang Dynasty.

Master Li was stunned again, and Cao Bulang only said that it was Li You's first time entering the palace, and he was shocked by the magnificence of the palace.

"Fortunately, it's called Huangji Gate." Li You sighed with emotion again, still making Cao Bulang confused. Of course, Li You added another sentence in his heart, "not Taihemen".

Chengtianmen changed [***], Huangji Gate changed Taihe Gate, all of them are pseudo-Qing systems, and the rest cannot be counted one by one.

At this point, Cao Bulang is about to part ways with Li You. Li You turned east to the Huiji Gate, and Cao Bulang turned west to the Guiji Gate. The cabinet is in the Huiji Gate, and the Six Divisions are in the Guiji Gate.

Under the Huiji Gate, there are 10 internal supervisors on duty who are subordinate to the clerical office of the celebrant who are responsible for receiving the sealed copies of the notes from all parties, and then sending them to the cabinet.

However, in this year, the internal prison has lost power, and being on duty here is just a symbolic job, and passing it over means that the Son of Heaven will release the cabinet to this procedure.

There are also officers and soldiers guarding here, Li You has just arrived, others don't know, or check the tooth card before putting it in, and it is estimated that there will be no need to be familiar with it in the future.

Passing through the Huiji Gate, the left-hand direction is a temple in the north, probably the Wenhua Hall as the Son of Heaven's Palace; On the right-hand side is the back of the hall, which is the famous cabinet seat of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Li You turned right, first passed a memorial arch, there was an inscription plaque of the emperor, and then walked to a closed gate, called the pavilion door. I don't know how many times I have been checked for the dental card, and I opened the door and let him go after confirming Li You's identity.

Li You walked slowly, and when he saw the courtyard, which was not spacious, or even a little narrow. The courtyard is close to the south wall of the palace city, it can be said that it is under the root of the city wall, although it looks very cramped, but it is indeed the center of the operation of the Ming Dynasty's government affairs.

At the north end of the courtyard, there is the Wenyuan Pavilion with doors and windows facing south, with a width of five bays, and the university scholars live.

The east of Wenyuan Pavilion is the East Pavilion transformed from the inner carrier warehouse, where the current Imperial House is located, that is, the place where Li You is about to enter the straight.

To the west of Wenyuan Pavilion, is the additional roll shed house, where the current system is located.

A person with a slightly lower status came out to greet Li You, and introduced the situation while leading Li You to the East Pavilion: "At this time, the Son of Heaven said that the elders of the pavilion have gone to serve and speak, and they are not in the pavilion at the moment. ”

The feasts in the spring and autumn seasons are said to be the Son of Heaven attending classes and studying, and Hanlin and Zhan Shi are mainly serving as lecturers.

After the feast was held on the second and eighth days, the cabinet scholars, the nine secretaries of the imperial court, the ministers of the Hanlin Dynasty, the representatives of Kedao and the representatives of the honorables all attended the lectures, which was very solemn.

In theory, the lecture is held every morning, but in fact, depending on the mood of the Son of Heaven, it can only be given by the cabinet scholars, which is easier than the sutra feast.

But it has nothing to do with Li You, and it is impossible for a person like him to have anything to do with the scriptures.

However, it is said that the East Pavilion, where the Imperial Pavilion is located, was ordered by Emperor Sejong to renovate the five inner chambers originally built here and used them for the Cabinet Imperial Chamber. Because it comes with the function of storing the book of the past years, the place is quite spacious. Li You has a special status and his work is secretive, so he has a small room for separate use.

Besides, there are dozens of Zhongshusheren in the cabinet, although the official positions are all called Zhongshusheren, it seems that they are not subordinate to each other, and they are only responsible to the cabinet elders. But in fact, there is also a gap in the status of Zhongshu people according to factors such as seniority and rank.

The higher one is called the head of the house or the head of the system, and the lower one is called the office, of course, this is an unofficial and informal verbal expression, and it is just a matter of dignity and humility.

Li You is like this, he belongs to a very high existence among the people of the Zhongshu House, and his full official title has the words "Zhizhi Fang", which is more advanced than what is in charge, doing things and the like.

Li You sat behind the public desk in the room, looked around, although the room was so small that he could barely turn around, he reached the porch outside the door with a slight lift of his legs. But he is very content, and being able to have a single room in the center of the empire can be called a blessing that he has cultivated for hundreds of lifetimes.

I don't know what it's like to sit in those rooms of Wenyuan Pavilion.

With a fluttering mind, Li You actually leisurely counted how many doors he had passed through today. Chang'an West Gate, Chengtian Gate, Duan Gate, Noon Gate, Huiji Gate, Pavilion Gate, the last step crossed the door, only to sit here, a total of seven doors... Just as his thoughts were diverging to the boundless, he suddenly heard a thin voice coming in from outside the house: "Is Li Sheren here?" The emperor has a will to summon you to the Wenhua Palace! ”

Li You looked up, but it was a young inner prison standing on the front porch.

The little father-in-law's summons immediately alarmed the entire East Pavilion, and several good deeds came out to see the excitement. Everyone sighed that this Lord Li was really extraordinary, and he had only been in office for less than half an hour, and he was summoned by the Son of Heaven.

Li You himself was hesitant, according to what Fang Cai introduced, it should be time to talk now, and His Majesty the Emperor, who was in class, summoned him to do this little official who had nothing to do with the Four Books, Five Classics and Eight Poles, and had never intersected? The ministers who are talking about it also let it go?

(To be continued)