Located next to the north gate of the city, Hengshan Liquor is a large-scale restaurant, covering an area of three acres, consisting of two 'L' shaped buildings, both of which are three-storey, which can accommodate hundreds of people to dine at the same time, because the liquor store is close to Ziwei Palace, it has become a place where officials often gather, especially at noon, you can often see groups of officials meeting to come to the restaurant for dinner. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At noon on this day, the Hengshan wine shop was full of guests as usual, and it was very lively, and at this time, four young officials came to the gate, which was Chu Suiliang and others.

In addition to Chu Suiliang, Lu Han, and Xu Jingzong, there is also a young official who came with them, named Zhao Siliang, a native of Liucheng County, and also this year's new science and technology jinshi, who was also assigned to Honglu Temple, and has a good relationship with Lu Han.

Perhaps they are all young people, and because they are fellow scholars, Zhao Siliang, Chu and Xu hit it off at first sight and quickly became familiar with each other.

The four of them walked into the wine shop, the bartender hurriedly greeted him, the bartender dealt with various officials every day, and had already refined a pair of fiery eyes, he could tell through the official uniform, temperament and demeanor that these four people were new branch jinshi, just entered the officialdom, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the four Jinshilang for being awarded the new official, the small shop has a special Dengke wine, you must have a pot!" ”

Lu Han is twenty-five years old this year, the oldest of the four, and has some experience in officialdom, so the other three all look at him, and when he saw that the lobby on the first floor was already full, he asked a little worriedly: "Is there still a seat now?" ”

"The four of you came very coincidentally, there happened to be a table of guests by the window on the second floor who had eaten and left, please come with me!"

When the four of them heard that there was a seat by the window, they were all happy, and followed the bartender to the second floor, and sure enough, there was a square table by the window, and there was a soft seat underneath, which could seat four people, and the bartender smiled: "If you want to get a good seat when you come to the shop to drink, you must either come early or late, and the four come a little late, so there is a seat by the window, please sit!" ”

The bartender re-laid out the mat, and the four of them sat down at will, although they sat casually, but there was also a rule for dining in the restaurant, that is, the people who invited guests to settle the bill generally sat on the east side, which was convenient for the bartender to distinguish and would not be embarrassed, so Lu Han sat down on the east seat first, and everyone couldn't hinder his enthusiasm, so they had to smile and say: "Next time we will take turns to treat guests!" ”

The bartender first brought them a pot of Dengke wine, the bottle was red, and the words 'Dengke wine' were written on it, Chu Suiliang picked up the wine bottle and looked at it, and asked the bartender with some puzzlement: "How do you know that we are new branch jinshi and have just been awarded a new official?" ”

The bartender smiled: "The four are wearing new official uniforms, although each official has two sets of official uniforms, but all four of them are wearing new official uniforms at the same time, so I know that the official uniforms of the four have just been put on, and from the perspective of demeanor and official character, the four should be the new branch jinshi this year, and if I guess correctly, this is the champion Lang Chu Gongzi!" The bartender pointed to Lu Han.

The four of them were stunned, and they all laughed, Lu Han touched his chin and smiled: "Why do you say that I am Chu Gongzi?" ”

"Because the official character of the envoy is the highest."

The Northern Sui judged the official products mainly from three aspects, the first is to look at the color of the clothes and belts, the official uniforms above the third rank are dark purple with gold belts, the official uniforms of the fifth to fourth grades are light purple with silver belts, the official uniforms of the seventh to sixth grades are dark red with silk belts, and the official uniforms below the seventh rank are crimson with leather belts.

The second is to look at the jade inlaid on the belt, which is mainly to distinguish the specific official products, the higher the official products, the more jade they are, the first grade of high-ranking officials is nine pieces of jade, and the nine-grade minor officials have only one piece of jade.

But the jade on the belt is also divided into the main jade and the secondary jade, the main jade refers to the jade in the middle of the waist, that is, the position of the navel eye, and the other jade is the secondary jade.

For example, Lu Han is a six-grade official, then there are four pieces of jade on the ribbon around his waist, and Lu Han's main jade is round, which means that he is from the sixth grade, if Lu Han's main jade is square, then he is a six-grade official.

In addition, if a military general enters Beijing and wears an official uniform, he must wear a riding uniform, that is, the style of the official uniform is different from that of a civil official, and the other colors and belts are the same as Peiyu, which is a necessary common sense in officialdom, and of course the bartender in the store who deals with officials every day also knows.

Lu Han smiled, "Although I am a new science and technology jinshi, I am not a champion, do you know what the reason is?" ”

The bartender groaned for a moment, and suddenly realized, "It must be because the envoy was already an official before the imperial examination." ”

This is a special provision of the Northern Sui Dynasty, all officials below the seventh rank can also participate in the imperial examination, and after passing the examination, they can be promoted to another level on the basis of the normal jinshi award.

Generally speaking, the top three in the imperial examination are awarded the seven-rank official, and the rest of the first-rank jinshi are awarded the seventh-rank official, and the second-list jinshi is awarded the eighth-rank official, Lu Han is the last in the first list, so he should be awarded the seventh-rank official, but he was previously in the army to join the army, so he was promoted to the sixth rank after he was admitted to the first list of the imperial examination, for the sixth grade, but this situation is very rare, and it is generally difficult for officials who are not from the imperial examination to be admitted to the jinshi, and Lu Han is a special case.

Lu Han smiled again: "Actually, you guessed well, the champion Lang Chu Gongzi is indeed among us, guess who it is?" ”

The bartender rolled his eyes, and immediately bowed deeply to Chu Suiliang, "Zhuang Yuanlang came to the small shop, making the small shop flourish, according to the rules of the small shop, this meal is free at noon today, and the four of them can order wine and food." ”

Chu Suiliang has three pieces of jade around his waist, the main jade is square, he is the seventh grade, Xu Jingzong is the fourth place in the imperial examination, although the waist is also three pieces of jade, but the main jade is round, he is from the seventh grade, the bartender can easily judge who is Chu Suiliang, as for Zhao Siliang, he is a member of the second list of Jinshi, awarded the official position of the eighth grade.

Everyone laughed again, Chu Suiliang nodded and smiled: "Then we're welcome!" ”

The four of them ordered seven or eight dishes, asked for a pot of good wine, pushed the cup and drank it.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhao Siliang sighed: "I didn't expect that an official uniform would be so elaborate and so complicated." ”

Xu Jingzong said: "The officialdom is strictly hierarchical, of course the official position setting will be very complicated, in fact, in addition to the official rank, there is also the difference between the rank of the loose official and the title, for us, the rank of the loose official is important, it is related to our official residence and Yongye Tian, but that depends on the qualifications, let's boil it slowly!" ”

Zhao Siliang was a little puzzled, "Aren't the official and the loose official equal?" For example, I am now the main book of the Honglu Temple's Pawn Bureau, and the official is from the eighth grade, and the loose official is also from the eighth grade, is it not the same as the dispersion? ”

"Of course it's different!"

Lu Han shook his head and said: "That's because we have just joined the ranks as officials, so the official is the same as the loose official, and it will be different after five or ten years, for example, after fifteen years, you will be promoted to a young eunuch of a certain temple, a five-grade official, and the loose official is a doctor in the middle of the mountain, and it is also a five-grade treatment, but because you are very capable, the Son of Heaven has exceptionally promoted you to be a waiter of a certain department of the fourth grade, and Yu Lu has also been added, but your official residence and Yongye Tian can't be added, because your loose official has not gone up."

Why can't the officials go up? The reason is that your qualifications are not enough, you have to be an official for 20 years, and your loose official can be promoted to the fourth rank of the main doctor.

After 30 years of being an official, you may still be a fourth-grade servant due to various reasons such as background background, but your loose official should be boiled to the third-grade Yinqing Guanglu doctor.

Officials look at ability, background and background, and loose officials only look at years and qualifications, this is the rule of officialdom, of course, except for Xiangguo, unless you are corrupt and pervert the law, or your son-in-law commits a crime, otherwise the loose official will not be easily deprived or demoted, as for the title, it is a treatment that can be passed on to children and grandchildren, and it can only be obtained by going to the battlefield to work hard, and it is not what we scholars can count on. ”

Zhao Siliang nodded silently, he finally understood a little, and then Chu Suiliang smiled and said: "Let's not talk about this, by the way, Brother Lu, have you helped me find the house, I have been living in the teacher's mansion, I always feel inconvenient." ”

Lu Han smiled: "You are really stupid, you live in the Imperial Doctor's Mansion, where to find such a good thing, you still want to move out." ”

Chu Suiliang scratched his head, "I always feel inconvenient." ”

Xu Jingzong next to him winked and smiled: "It's because of the daughter-in-law of the Yu family!" (To be continued.) )