During the period of newlyweds, Shen Yichen was able to sink into a gentle township, and personally experienced what it means to be "the spring night is bitter and the day is short, and the king will not be early from now on." ”

But the days of "depravity" were not happy for long, and soon Shen Yichen received the will of the palace to let him go to work and go to the East Pavilion to study.

Although the East Pavilion ranked last among the four palaces and two pavilions of the Ming Dynasty, it was the starting point for many cabinet ministers who leaned towards the government and the opposition. And entering the East Pavilion to enter the academic training means that he will be trained as a reserve cabinet minister, which will be of great use in the future.

Since the imperial court cultivates reserve "cadres", it is naturally impossible to reserve one person, and as many as ten people have entered the East Pavilion with Shen Yichen to enter the academic training, including Liu Yan, the champion of the orthodox seven-year Renxu Branch.

From this point, it can also be seen that Shen Yichen's holy family is in full bloom, and it has been three years since the last palace examination, and the champion has only been given the opportunity to enter the East Pavilion for training.

However, Shen Yichen made steady progress and directly smoothed the three-year seniority gap. It's no wonder that the ministers at the wedding banquet felt incredible after hearing the holy decree, and indeed this step was a bit big.

Early in the morning of May 28, after Shen Yichen ate two bites of breakfast made by Chen Qingtong, he hurried to the East Pavilion next to the Zuoshun Gate of the Forbidden City.

After all, it's the first time to report on the "value" in the East Pavilion, and now that I'm in the limelight, it's not good if I am late and leave an impression of arrogance.

What Shen Yichen didn't expect was that he thought he was early enough, but when he arrived at the palace gate of the East Pavilion, he happened to see nine people waiting for him, so he became the last one to arrive.

"Alas......"

Seeing this scene, Shen Yichen sighed helplessly.

When I first participated in the imperial examination, the group of students who took the examination each time arrived earlier than the other.

Many times, Shen Yichen couldn't help but wonder if this group of goods was laid in front of the Gongyuan at night, and they didn't go back at all?

As a result, now that he has become an official, he can still encounter such a similar scene, obviously he is not late and came on time, but every time he has an illusion of being late!

"Seniors, junior Shen Yichen is late."

Since there is an unspoken rule that "non-Hanlin is not as good as the cabinet", the title of scholar of the four halls and two pavilions has basically been rounded up by the Hanlin officials.

Therefore, the newcomers who can be selected to enter the East Pavilion for academic training today are all from Hanlin officials, so they naturally have to be called according to the rules of the Hanlin Academy.

Compared with the previous group of Jinshi who were still young in the Hanlin Academy's Duty Hall, except for Liu Yan, the champion of today's group, the others are basically orthodox Jinshi who have not studied for four years, or a few years earlier.

They have been in the office for many years, and they have long been smoothed out by officialdom, so they are naturally not so cynical.

Seeing Shen Yichen, a "red man", coming over, they all bowed their hands and saluted back: "Shen Zhongyun, I have admired my name for a long time." ”

Even many people were even more embarrassed when they saw Shen Yichen's young face. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, a generation of new people replace the old ones, and they have not yet shown their strength in their careers, and they are about to face the challenge of rising stars.

Liu Yan, the champion of the last session, was particularly touched, and he sighed towards Shen Yichen: "Shen Xiu is really a young talent, and in comparison, we are already a yellow flower of tomorrow." ”

Although Liu Yan is the champion of the orthodox seven-year Nonxu Branch, theoretically one year higher than Shen Yichen, he can be said to be a late bloomer, and he is only the champion of high school at the age of forty-nine.

Compared with the youthful vigor of Shen Yichen, Liu Yan's beard is white and old. What's even more outrageous is that his official rank is still in the Hanlin revision of the sixth grade, and Shen Yichen is now the Zhongyun of the right spring fang of the Zhan Shifu of the sixth grade.

If it weren't for the rule that the Hanlin Academy had a rule that those who enter the museum first would be called seniors, and when Liu Yan saw Shen Yichen today, he would have to salute first and call himself a lower official.

"Senior Liu is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, why do you say this? In comparison, the younger generation is less and more important, and you need to learn more from your predecessors. ”

As soon as Shen Yichen's words came out, this group of Hanlin seniors was really a little surprised, and Liu Yan couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

You must know that on the day of entry, after Shen Yichen pressed people with "officials", he squatted in the book hall to repair books, and he didn't show up like an invisible person.

This group of Hanlin seniors all serve in different departments and halls on weekdays, and they have never met Shen Yichen. As for his impression and cognition, he basically understands it from the mouths of the juniors in the duty hall, which is nothing more than a smear like flying and domineering and having no respect for his elders.

thought that Shen Yichen was late, which just confirmed the pride and arrogance of this son. As a result, I didn't expect to behave and talk so modestly and respectfully, which was very different from the image circulated in Hanlin Academy.

Is this the reason for the rumors, or is this kid a good cover-up?

But no matter what kind of factor it is, anyway, these words came to Liu Yan's heart, what he cares about most is his age, and the "Spring and Autumn Peak" can be called crooked.

With a good start to communication, Shen Yichen's long-sleeved dancing skills were brought into play, and the follow-up dialogue can be described as enjoyable.

During the conversation, an East Pavilion official came to everyone and saluted: "Ladies and gentlemen, please follow the little one into the cabinet." ”

is worthy of being able to mix into the East Pavilion as a clerk, and his emotional intelligence is indeed superior, and this sentence "entering the cabinet" contains a pun.

Sure enough, after hearing this, everyone except Shen Yichen instantly became excited, and they entered the East Pavilion to enter the academic training, so that they could enter the cabinet one day?

The eldest husband should be in the world to make meritorious service, and meritorious service is comforting his life!

The group stepped into the East Pavilion under the leadership of the officials, and as soon as they entered, they saw an official over half a hundred years old wearing a scarlet robe sitting on the top public seat.

In addition to the name of a palace, the East Pavilion also has another name, which is called the Cabinet Chamber.

On paper, it means that he is responsible for drafting and writing the emperor's edicts. But in fact, the work of the East Pavilion also includes the translation of edicts and foreign documents, the unveiling of stickers, the discipline of the military department, and the investigation of the base book.

Even if the elders in the Wenyuan Pavilion office were too busy, they would send some unimportant pieces over to the group of "interns" who were studying in the East Pavilion to practice their hand drafting.

This is why the reward for the East Pavilion to enter the academic training is no less than that of promotion to knighthood in the eyes of everyone. The reason is that this kind of internship experience is the basis for becoming an important minister of the DPRK and China in the future. Even if there are not so many positions in the cabinet in the end, the guarantee will have to be reused in six departments.

Since it is a cabinet cabinet, the official who can sit on the main seat of the East Cabinet and also wear a scarlet robe is undoubtedly a cabinet member.

According to the practice of receiving interns in the East Pavilion in previous years, the cabinet elders who were the last to enter the cabinet were sent to come forward. And the cabinet team of the orthodox ten years, the most junior is Gao Gu, who has just entered the cabinet this year.

So after Shen Yichen and the others stood together, they saluted Gao Gu and said, "The lower officials will meet the high school hall." ”

The title of Gao Gu is also in accordance with the rules of the Hanlin Academy, "after the person enters the cabinet, it is called the middle hall". If you change to an ordinary non-Hanlin official, you have to call Gao Gu the elder of the pavilion.

Looking at the saluting crowd in front of him, Gao Gu nodded and said: "Seeing you and others today, this official can't help but think of the scene when he entered the cabinet some time ago, and he is also so high-spirited and excited. ”

Gao Gu has only been in the cabinet for a few months, and he can naturally empathize with the state of mind of Shen Yichen and others.

However, after saying this, Gao Gu admonished: "Your feelings can be understood by the official, but remember that the palace is an important place in the imperial court, and there is no room for a little carelessness, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"This official hopes that in the future, you will fulfill your duties, strive for perfection, and live up to Your Majesty's imperial grace."

Gao Qi's words were like a basin of cold water, which made the interns who were originally a little restless in the East Pavilion calm down in an instant.

Indeed, there can be no mistake in the office of a place like Dongge, just like a decree, in case of writing a wrong word to change the meaning, it is possible to kill the head and copy the house.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and you should walk on thin ice in the future in order to be stable.

"The lower officials strictly follow the teachings of the middle hall."

After admonishing him, Gao Gu encouraged him again, and used all the carrot sticks, and the methods of high-ranking officials were fully displayed in just a few words.

After meeting Gao Qian, Shen Yichen and the others withdrew from the main hall and were taken to the rooms on both sides by the officials.

The so-called room is the corridor room and wing room around the high hall, and in the future, Shen Yichen, a group of Hanlin officials who entered the East Pavilion to study, will have to work in the room on duty.

Compared with the separate desk in the Hanlin Academy's duty hall, the East Pavilion room can be said to have been upgraded to an independent office. Each room looks like a dozen square meters, with tables, chairs, bookshelves, and even a small bed, and the treatment has been qualitatively improved.

The corridor room assigned to Shen Yichen was the first room on the right side of the main hall of the East Pavilion, and the one on the left side was given to Liu Yan. Although Shen Yichen is a late-born junior in terms of title, the champion is the champion after all, and his status naturally surpasses that of other Hanlin officials.

When he came to sit down in front of the public case, Shen Yichen was about to come to Ge You to lie down and relieve his muscles, but a green-robed official walked in outside the door, which frightened him and immediately sat up.

I saw the visitor bow and salute: "Xia Guan is Zhao Ranyuan, a scholar from the middle school, and he will meet Shen Xiu. ”

"Oh, Zhao Zhongshu, what's the matter with you?"

"Xia Guan is an assistant assigned to Shen Xiu, if there is anything, you can give orders."

Hearing this, Shen Yichen understood, just like the Hanlin Academy assigned an official like Cao Xuan to be an assistant, the East Pavilion arranged an assistant for the middle scholars.

However, unlike the officials, the Zhongshu Sheren has an official body from the seventh grade, and is naturally not as inferior as the officials.

"I didn't have an order, I just wanted to ask Zhao Zhongshu, what is the official going to do next?"

The office was empty, not even a book to look at. It is impossible for Shen Yichen to be cheeky and lie on a small bed to sleep on the first day of joining Dongge, right?

In case it is seen by the old ministers passing by, fortunately, the Xueba character set created by Sanyuan and the first will collapse?

"Back to Shen Xiu, there is nothing important for the new recruit today."

Nothing to do?

Hearing this, Shen Yichen was a little disappointed.

After all, today can be regarded as entering the power center of the Ming Dynasty in a sense, even if you don't have much right to point fingers, you can still have some sense of participation in military affairs.

As a result, I have nothing to do, do I have to sit and wait for the end of the day?

After thinking for a while, Shen Yichen spoke: "Zhao Zhongshu, this official just has something to do, I don't know if I can trouble you to run your legs?" ”

"Shen Xiu, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

He also bothered Zhao Zhongshu to go to the book hall of the Hanlin Academy to find a clerk named Cao Xuan. It is said that the official is now on duty in the East Pavilion, and asked him to bring the information and manuscript of the "Universal Tongzhi" over. ”

"Shen Xiu, this is going to continue to revise the "Universal Chronicles"?"

Hearing Shen Yichen's words, Zhao Ranyuan was a little surprised.

You must know that transferring from the Hanlin Academy to the East Pavilion for further study and training is almost equivalent to changing departments, and the previous work can naturally be put down.

I really have a strong sense of responsibility, and it's okay to plan from beginning to end, but it also depends on what kind of work it is.

The book "Huanyu Tongzhi", not to mention the famous sinkhole in the Hanlin Academy, even the palace scribes are like thunder. After all, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are really few cases of Hanlin Academy being dismissed and exiled because of book repair.

Zhao Ranyuan couldn't imagine that Shen Yichen, the champion of the three yuan and the first, would be arranged to fill the pit of "Huanyu Tongzhi".

The question is that it's just a matter of filling it in, and now that he can justifiably get out of the sea of suffering, he still plans to continue to jump in?

"Yes, it's okay to do anyway, so let's continue to fix the book."

Shen Yichen now regards book cultivation as a work to hone his mind, just like others choose to practice calligraphy and painting.

And in his heart, he doesn't think that the geographical chronicle of "Huanyu Tongzhi" is a sinkhole, on the contrary, the importance of this kind of engineering books, in Shen Yichen's opinion, is far more than the "sage book" that interprets the Four Books and Five Classics.

If you leave it alone now, the book "Universal Chronicles" will at least have to wait until the next new Kehanlin enters the museum before anyone takes over.

And there is no knowledge reserve beyond the times, and it is difficult to guarantee the quality of the book "Huanyu Tongzhi", and Shen Yichen has no way to give up.

"Shen Xiu, the book "Huanyu Tongzhi" is not easy to repair, do you want to stop thinking about it?"

Zhao Ranyuan kindly reminded that if Shen Yichen chooses to continue to take over today, it will not be so easy to shake off his hands in the future.

Hearing this, Shen Yichen smiled and said, "It's precisely because it's not good to cultivate that I can't let go." ”

"Xia Guan admires, let's go to Hanlin Academy!"

Zhao Ranyuan bowed to Shen Yichen very solemnly, this kind of selfless and righteous act can only be understood by literati.

The East Pavilion is not far from the Hanlin Academy, or the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy were originally a whole, and the Hanlin Academy was only divided after the rebuilding of the Hanlin Academy in the seventh year of orthodoxy, so Zhao Ranyuan soon came to the book hall of the Hanlin Academy.

At this time, in the book hall of the Hanlin Academy, Ni Qian, a scholar, was handing over the work of repairing the book "Huanyu Tongzhi" with Cao Xuan, a clerk.

Now that Shen Yichen has entered the East Pavilion for further study and training, he will definitely not continue the work of repairing books, and the compilation of "Huanyu Tongzhi" is very difficult, and it is very difficult for other newcomers to Hanlin to take over. Only I took over for the time being, and I will find a learned person to continue in the future.

"Master Neihan, the manuscripts compiled by Shen Xiu during this period are all here, and I hope you will check them."

Cao Xuan held a stack of manuscripts and handed them to Ni Qian, his tone a little lost and low.

The previous experience of working with Shen Yichen in just over a month can be said to be the most relaxed and comfortable time for Cao Xuan to come to Hanlin Academy for more than ten years.

This kind of ease does not mean that the workload is less, on the contrary, Shen Yichen abandoned the book and forgot to eat and repair the book, and he was much busier by the side.

It's a kind of mental relaxation, getting along with Shen Yichen, Cao Xuan doesn't have to worry about being punished for a word of loss, and he doesn't have to wait carefully, for fear of overstepping the rules.

Now that Shen Yichen has been promoted to study in the East Pavilion, Cao Xuan is sincerely happy for him, and there will definitely be a good official in the court in the future. At the same time, I was also very disappointed in my heart, and I might never meet a Hanlin official like Shen Yichen again in this life.

"So much?"

Looking at the thick stack of manuscripts in front of him, Ni Qian was a little surprised.

The first batch of Hanlin Xiu's "Huanyu Tongzhi" was handed over a first edition after several years of "imitation" of the books of the former Song Dynasty.

Now that Shen Yichen has only been cultivating books for more than a month, he can write so much?

With this doubt and doubt, Ni Qian flipped through the manuscript in front of him. Before he had read the contents carefully, when the words with a dignified and graceful hand appeared in front of Ni Qian's eyes, he understood that his suspicions were superfluous.

If you don't have sincere intentions, you won't write the manuscript so neatly and neatly.

With this shock, Ni Qian flipped through the manuscript of Shen Yichen's book page by page, and the descriptions of the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Ming Dynasty seemed to be vivid and vivid on the paper.

Even the terrain map, Shen Yichen has drawn many copies as text supplements, and the map is far more detailed than similar books!

Ni Qian has been in the Hanlin Academy for more than 20 years, from a young man in his early twenties to a young man in his early 50s. He has witnessed several generations of Hanlin official books, and has also seen countless geographical chronicles of all dynasties.

He can say without exaggeration that the level of Shen Yichen's manuscript of "Huanyu Tongzhi" can be called the top three in all dynasties!

"The younger generation doesn't care about their deeds, right and wrong, and their descendants will comment on it."

For some reason, in Ni Qian's mind, the words that Shen Yichen said when he stood in front of the book hall more than a month ago suddenly appeared.

At that time, I couldn't see through the truth of Shen Yichen's words, but this son showed with his actual actions that what is a deed is not careful!

Shen Yichen, is he really a eunuch who chases fame and fortune?

Just when Ni Qian was distracted, Zhao Ranyuan walked into the book hall and happened to see him and Cao Xuan.

As a member of the Zhongshu House, Zhao Ranyuan naturally knew Ni Qian, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "Xia Guan has seen a bachelor!" ”

Non-Hanlin can't use the title of senior or Neihan, so Zhao Ranyuan can only call Ni Qian's official position.

This visit can be regarded as waking up Ni Qian in his memory, he glanced at Zhao Ranyuan and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Returning to study for a bachelor's degree, the lower official was ordered by Shen Xiu to go to the book hall to find the clerk Cao Xuan."

Hearing that it was Shen Yichen looking for him, Cao Xuan immediately replied: "The little one is Cao Xuan, I don't know what important thing Shen Xiu is?" ”

"Shen Xiushu asked you to hand over the information and manuscript of the "Huanyu Tongzhi" to me, and he plans to continue to complete this book in the East Pavilion."

"What?"

This exclamation was shouted by Ni Qian, he couldn't have imagined that after Shen Yichen entered the East Pavilion to enter the academic training, he still did not give up his duty of repairing books in the Hanlin Academy.

You must know that "Huanyu Tongzhi" is a difficult point that other Hanlin officials can't avoid, Shen Yichen has been practicing for more than a month now, understands the difficulties of this book, and still chooses to face the difficulties?

Ni Qian's big reaction also frightened Zhao Ranyuan. The first thought in his mind was that Shen Yichen's compilation was too outrageous, and it alarmed all the scholars?

Could it be that Shen Xiu didn't forget to repair the book when he entered the East Pavilion, probably thinking about making up for the loss and making up for the merits.

So Zhao Ranyuan immediately helped Shen Yichen say good things and said: "Serving as a bachelor, Shen Xiushu may have some flaws in the process of repairing the "Huanyu Tongzhi", but after all, he has been in the office for too short a time and has insufficient experience. ”

"Xia Guan believes that Shen Xiuzhu will definitely be able to repair the "Universal Chronicles" during his study in the East Pavilion, and live up to the trust of the bachelor!"

When he said this, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Zhao Ranyuan's forehead, and it was difficult for him to ride a tiger at this time, after all, Shen Yichen had become his own official, so it was impossible to stand by and watch, right?

But when these words came out, he felt afraid, if Shen Yichen didn't cultivate well, wouldn't he be jointly and severally responsible?

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The status of the Hanlin official is noble, and the most he can punish is to be dismissed, and he is a small scholar from the seventh grade, and he can't run away from exile.

Originally, he was assigned an assistant champion Gong, but Zhao Ranyuan thought that he was running from time to time and could hug his thighs. Now it seems that it is a blessing and a curse, a blessing and a blessing to rely on, and life is too bitter!

"Does Shen Xiu really plan to continue to revise the "Universal Chronicles" in the East Pavilion?"

The manuscript is so excellent and neat, it can be said that this is Shen Yichen's business, but now that he has entered the East Pavilion for further study and training, he has not forgotten the matter of repairing the book, which is an extraneous move.

Ni Qian stared at Zhao Ranyuan in front of him, waiting for his answer.

Because the psychological impact of Shen Yichen's move was too violent, Ni Qian never imagined that a young man could really be able to do his deeds without care!

"It's true, the lower officials don't dare to deceive the bachelor!"

"Shen Xiu also said that it is precisely because "Huanyu Tongzhi" is not easy to repair that he can't let go."

Hearing this, Ni Qian was silent for a long time, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

"This is the manuscript written by Shen Xiu, you can hand it over to him."

After handing the manuscript in his hand to Zhao Ranyuan, Ni Qian slowly walked out of the book hall and returned to his duty room.

A ray of sunlight penetrated the windowsill and shone on Ni Qian's official case, and he seemed to hear Shen Yichen's voice asking again: "What is the right way and what is the crooked way?" ”

At that time, Shen Yichen also had a touch of sunshine shining on his face, which was so righteous and heroic.

"This son has a good demeanor, it can't be a member of the eunuch party."

Ni Qian silently read a sentence in his mouth, cultivating books is the most important thing to hone a person's heart.

At this time, he was more willing to believe in his heart that Shen Yichen was a true national warrior who did not care about personal honor and disgrace!

After thinking for a long time, Ni Qian took the duty schedule of the official on the official case, and wrote Shen Yichen's name on the column of the exhibition officer.

"Shen Yichen, the old man's move can be regarded as repaying you for the credit of repairing the book, as for whether it is famous for a lifetime or infamous for eternity, it is in your thoughts."