Chapter 253: Strange Things
When I got home, my ass had just fallen off the chair, and I hadn't caught my breath yet. Jinyiwei came again, and a few men took brooms to sweep the yard when they entered the yard, and some people directly carried a ladder to the house to turn over the tiles, saying that a few of the tiles of Wu Jie's house had been broken and needed to be replaced.
Then, someone brought a cart of cabbage.
Anyway, Ren Boyi and they have never been idle, as long as they work in the yard, they will always take the first step to do it.
The moth was furious, but when it came to this group of cheeky people, there was nothing they could do.
Wu Jie looked straight and shook his head, this situation is really like the People's Liberation Army in later generations helping the people to work, the army and the people are in trouble!
In this way, Ren Boyi was entangled in Wu Jie for two days, Wu Jie really didn't have the time to rub with him, said to Mozi, moved to Xiyuan, and said, maybe he will stay in it for ten days and a half months, and everything at home is decided by Moth.
It's not that he's avoiding Ren Boyi, in fact, it's December now, and according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, at this time of year, the imperial court has to make a budget for the coming year. As a close minister who served by the emperor's side, Wu Jie naturally had to help, and besides, this was also a good opportunity to learn how to watch politics.
Moreover, during this period, he also worked with the emperor to improve the gold system.
This is one of them, and secondly, the examination will be on February 3, only two months from now, this is a major event related to the future of Wu Festival, before that, you have to go to the Ministry of Rites to report your name.
Although Wu Jie now has the position of Wenyuan Pavilion manager and can act in the palace ban, because he has no grade, it is not his turn to discuss military affairs. Therefore, he did not attend the discussion between the cabinet and the celebrant about the gold system. Originally, he wanted to see what Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and others looked like.
It was only later that he heard the general situation of the financial meeting from Huang Jin's mouth, and because the centigold system was extremely involved, as soon as this issue came out, it aroused the strong opposition of the cabinet ministers, Gao Gong. Gao Gong's surname was in a hurry, and he made a fuss first. It's a pity that he is the only opponent, and the celebrant has long known that Jiajing intends to carry out a pilot project in Zhejiang, and as the emperor's domestic slave, he naturally takes the emperor's head as a horse.
As for the cabinet, Yan Song hoped that the power of his protΓ©gΓ© Hu Zongxian could be further expanded. And the second assistant Xu Jie, who has always been careless, has been pressed to death by Yan Ge Lao in the past few years, so naturally there is no objection. Zhang Juzheng, on the other hand, is a pragmatist, and after thinking about it, he thinks that this system is feasible.
Therefore, the system was implemented smoothly without any obstruction, and was issued in the form of a clear text in the newspaper, which was distributed throughout the country.
These superstructure matters have nothing to do with Wu Jie, after walking in Xiyuan for more than ten days and assisting the emperor to make a few accounts, Emperor Jiajing decided to give him a month off, one is to go to the Ministry of Rites to sign up, and the other is to prepare for the exam.
After leaving home for a long time, after returning home, Mozi and others were naturally very surprised when they saw Wu Jie, and shouted "Amitabha, the master is finally back." Looking at the city, there are people everywhere who have come to sign up for the Spring Festival, and I guess that the old man should come back. If you delay for a few more days, I'm afraid it will be too late. β
Wu Jie laughed: "Yes, I went home this time to sign up for reference." By the way, what about the henchmen? β
Wu Jie asked a few brocade guards from Nanya, he didn't ask, but as soon as he asked, Mozi was furious: "Those people are so annoying, they come over at dawn every day, and they refuse to leave when it's dark." Others are afraid that he is a brocade guard, and they don't dare to provoke him. We were also annoyed and couldn't stand it, so we accepted their apologies and sent them back. β
Mozi and Wu Jie originally planned to give Lu Er a little color to see, but they didn't want Lu Wei to let Jinyiwei come out of the top cylinder, which caused a lot of trouble for Wu Jie's family.
Looking back now, Second Master Lu is really a person who doesn't take care of it, he only blindly pushes the committee when he does something wrong, and the Lu family has such a parent, and his future is limited.
These days I have been working in Xiyuan, as a liberal arts student, but I have done the job of accounting in ancient times, and I am really tired.
He talked to the moth for a while, ate something, and went to bed.
This night was naturally a good night's sleep, and when the next day was bright, Wu Jie brought documents and identity certificates, hired a sedan chair, and went to the Daming Gate of the imperial city.
The imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty was mainly divided into two parts: the Imperial City and the Forbidden Center.
Among them, the forbidden city is the so-called Forbidden City, which is the residence of the emperor and his concubines. The Imperial City is the seat of central organs such as the Cabinet and the Six Ministries.
The examination that Wu Festival needs to participate in is different from the township examination, and you only need to register at the Tribute Institute of Shuntianfu, but you should first go to the Department of Etiquette and Etiquette to register.
The ceremonial part is divided into four divisions, the Department of Ceremonial and Cleaning Officials, which is in charge of the ceremony, military etiquette, and management of academic affairs and imperial examinations; The priest of the ancestral sacrifice is in charge of auspicious and murderous affairs; The host and guest clearance department, in charge of the guest ceremony and the reception of foreign guests; The fine food and cleaning officials are in charge of the affairs of the feast and the sacrifice.
Wu Jie thought that he had come early, but in fact it was still late, and when he entered the deep compound where the Ministry of Rites and Ceremonies was located, the courtyard was already crowded with people, and the total number was at least two hundred, crowding a courtyard to the fullest, and it was said that many people were waiting outside the imperial city.
Wu Jie was with the emperor some time ago, and it was extremely convenient to do whatever he did, but no one knew him here. I had to press the impatience in my heart and line up.
The main task of this registration is to verify the identity of the candidates, after all, the candidates come from all over the world, and there are no photos and ID cards in ancient times, which need to be checked one by one, and the speed is naturally not fast.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was noon, and the candidates in the courtyard not only did not go down, but there were a lot more.
I saw that the whole world was full of human heads, and the snow on the ground was also trampled to a mess, and it was dirty.
Wu Jie then remembered that generally speaking, about 300 jinshi, cijinshi and tongjinshi should be taken for each general examination, and according to the calculation of one out of thirty, there are at least 10,000 candidates who come to participate in the general examination. 10,000 meritorious and famous people, think about it and feel terrible, the Ming Dynasty was founded more than 200 years ago, culture and education are prosperous, and there is a great surplus of talents.
When it was Wu Jie's turn, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
I heard that it was Shuntianfu Xianke Xie Yuan, and the little official in charge of registration and recording had a look of envy: "I have heard of your name a long time ago, it is said that Wu Jie, the first name in the undergraduate township examination, in addition to the article, is also very good at writing poetry, but I didn't expect it to be you." β
Wu Jie was secretly proud in his heart, and was about to be polite, but the little official put Wu Jie's documents on the table: "This name can't be reported." β
(To be continued)