As the name suggests, the position of the book exhibitor among the members of the sutra banquet is the official responsible for the exhibition of books for the emperor. To describe it more simply and crudely, it is a special flipbook.

This position does not need to lecture on scripture and history, which is equivalent to avoiding the possibility of newcomers Hanlin making mistakes in participating in the scriptures and feasts from the source. And turning the book for the emperor means being able to stand very close to the emperor.

How many low-ranking officials have spent their lives in the past, and it is not easy to look up to a holy face. Being able to stand next to the emperor and serve him personally, this is no longer a matter of mixing up a familiar face, If you seize the opportunity, you can even reach the sky in one step!

The exhibition clerk can be described as a low-risk and high-return officer, so it has become a coveted position for countless new Hanlin officials.

Under normal circumstances, the Hanlin Academy wants to hold this position, even if it is a Sanding Jia, it will have to stay up for two or three years before it can come out. Others, such as the Hanlin Academy where the Jishi was born, are even more distant from queuing, and they are not available by chance.

Ni Qian has now arranged Shen Yichen in this position, which is equivalent to giving him a green cloud ladder.

If Shen Yichen was really a treacherous and loyal eunuch, Ni Qian would undoubtedly become an accomplice in this move, so he would be so cautious!

Shen Yichen, who was in the East Pavilion, naturally didn't know Ni Qian's arrangement, let alone knew the other party's psychological thoughts at the moment.

After receiving the materials and manuscripts of the "Huanyu Tongzhi" brought by Zhao Ranyuan from the Hanlin Academy, he continued to revise the book in the corridor of the East Pavilion with peace of mind.

Originally, because of entering the East Pavilion to study, and some impetuous mood, but also gradually calmed down.

On the other side, in the Wenyuan Pavilion, Yang Pu, the first assistant of the cabinet, had just finished the cabinet discussion, and he looked at Ma Yu, Chen Xun, Cao Nai, and others on duty, and an idea suddenly popped up in his heart.

So he said: "Colleagues, today is the day when the new official enters the East Pavilion to study, and it is also a rare double champion selected. If they can successfully enter the cabinet in the future, Wenyuan Pavilion will probably be called the Champion Pavilion. ”

As soon as Yang Pu said this, Ma Yu and several other ministers showed a smile of understanding.

You must know that the criteria for entering the cabinet at the end of the "Three Yangs" are no longer the saying of "non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet", but has become "non-champions do not enter the cabinet"!

Ma Yu, Chen Xun, Cao Nai and others are all the champions of the world. If Liu Yan and Shen Yichen are added to the cabinet, the cabinet will become the "champion cabinet" in Yang Pu's mouth.

I have to say that at the end of his career, "Sanyang" did make a lot of preparations after he had a premonition that Wang Zhenhui would be a eunuch and dictatorship.

Even the selection of cabinet ministers is the elite of the elite, and only the top of the literati can get into their eyes.

It's just a pity that although these ministers are talented, they are too far behind Wang Zhen in terms of political experience and official methods, and they have always been in a state of suppression.

If you want to defeat a traitor, you have to be more treacherous and cunning than him, and talent and ideals alone will not work.

"Now that the government affairs have been dealt with, this official proposes to go to the East Pavilion to inspect it, and the gathering of the five champions can also be called a Confucian event."

"Just according to what Yuanfu said."

The ministers who sat down gave up their hands one after another.

After all, Yang Pu's status and qualifications in the cabinet are now high to the point of being broken. In addition, Ma Yu and others were able to enter the cabinet, and they were carried in by the "three Yangs", and for them, there was also the grace of support.

Combined, who would say anything against it?

So several cabinet ministers walked out of Wenyuan Pavilion and paced towards the East Pavilion not far away.

At this time, in the corridor of the East Pavilion, a group of Hanlin interns were in a state of idleness. After all, there was no task assigned on the first day of duty, and there were no other items in the room to pass the time, so I could only sit in a daze.

Seeing this scene, Yang Pu and the others were not surprised, they also came over like this at the beginning. On the contrary, he also opened his mouth to encourage Zhonghanlin, which flattered many people and moved their hearts.

Soon Yang Pu and the others walked to the outside of the windowsill of Shen Yichen's gallery, and through the unclosed wooden window, they saw Shen Yichen lying on the public case and writing hard, without noticing a group of people standing outside the window.

This scene made several cabinet ministers full of doubts, what is Shen Yichen busy with when the new official is on duty today and has no official business?

With this question, Yang Pu pushed open the door and walked in. The sound of opening the door alarmed Shen Yichen, and when he found out that it was the cabinet chief assistant standing in front of him, he was really a little surprised.

"Xiaguan Hanlin revised Shen Yichen, I have seen Yuan Fu, and I have seen you Zhongtang."

Hurriedly got up and saluted, Shen Yichen didn't dare to slack off in the slightest. In the future, I will have a long time to work under this group of bigwigs, and even if I want to enter the cabinet, I have to be jointly elected by this group of people and the officials, but I can't afford to offend.

"Shen Xiu, the cabinet department saw you splashing ink outside the window, can you tell me a word or two?"

With Yang Pu's status level, there is no need to go around in circles if he has any doubts in his heart, so he just asks.

"Back to Yuanfu, the lower official received the matter of repairing the book in the Hanlin Academy, and today I happen to have no official business, so I want to continue to repair the book when I have nothing to do."

Repairing books?

Hearing Shen Yichen's answer, Yang Pu was a little surprised. The Hanlin officials who were transferred to the East Pavilion have never had multiple positions and needed to complete the revision of the book.

Shen Yichen: What is the situation, has the work of the Hanlin Academy not been handed over?

"Then what book is Shen Xiu cultivating?"

"Return to Yuanfu and revise the "Universal Chronicle".

When this sentence came out, not only Yang Pu was surprised, but the expressions on the faces of several other ministers also changed slightly.

The geographical chronicle of "Huanyu Tongzhi" can be described as a well-known hot potato, and Shen Yichen will take over the work of repairing this book?

What's even more outrageous is that now that they have all been transferred out of the Hanlin Academy, they haven't chosen to give up?

"Shen Xiu, I have also heard of this book, and it is very difficult to cultivate it."

"Now that Shen Xiushu has joined the East Pavilion to enter the academic training, I don't know why he still chooses to continue to study this book instead of giving up?"

Faced with this inquiry, Shen Yichen smiled, without any grandiose words, just said flatly: "There are some things that someone must do." ”

The simpler the words, the more they contained a different kind of power, Yang Pu's expression became complicated, and he felt that he was far from seeing through the young man in front of him.

"Shen Xiu is diligent, and when he takes it as an example, the cabinet department will not bother."

"The lower officials are ashamed and dare not be, send Yuanfu and Zhongtang."

Shen Yichen didn't think much about it, and made a salute to send the elders out, but he didn't know that today's episode laid the groundwork for a major event in the future.

So on the first day of the East Pavilion, he spent it in the book.

After "getting off work", he returned to the mansion and saw that Shen Yichen was back, Chen Qingtong helped him take off the official hat and belt on his body, and asked, "Husband, how do you feel about being on duty in the East Pavilion for the first time today?" ”

"It's not much different from the Hanlin Academy."

"Why is it no different, isn't the East Pavilion the office of the scholars of the Imperial Palace?"

"That's right, then what kind of palace scholar am I now, husband?"

Hearing this rhetorical question, Chen Qingtong sneered and said, "Boudoir University Scholar!" ”

"Okay, dare to laugh at the husband, it seems that you have itchy skin."

Shen Yichen also took this opportunity to take Chen Qingtong into his arms, after all, it has only been a long time since he was newly married, and he can't grasp some aspects.

"In broad daylight, what if someone sees it?"

After all, Chen Qingtong is from everyone's beautiful background, and she can't do such a thing as prostitution during the day.

As soon as the words fell, the voice of the maid Xue'er came: "Miss, I didn't see anything. ”

This sentence instantly sobered Shen Yichen up, he cleared his throat, and asked as a male host: "Xue'er, although you have a good relationship with Miss who grew up together, can you knock on the door first next time you enter the house and pay attention to basic etiquette?" ”

"Uncle, you didn't close the door."

Xue'er's face was full of grievances, how could she knock on the door before it was closed?

Shen Yichen couldn't say a word for a long time with black lines on his head, so he had to cough twice to hide his embarrassment......

"Okay, husband, I'll tell you something serious, Xu Fengyuan visited the house today."

"What is the matter with him?"

"I sent 30,000 taels of money orders."

"Hmm."

Shen Yichen nodded subconsciously, but then found that Chen Qingtong's face was not good.

Finished!

Shen Yichen's heart was cold, this money was smuggled "black money", and more importantly, Xu Fengyuan was so stupid that Chen Qingtong found out!

Let's not talk about how to explain it, now that this money is in Chen Qingtong's hands, how can he get it back?

It's 30,000 taels, thinking of this number, Shen Yichen felt a pain in his flesh!

"The concubine really didn't expect that her husband had a lot of money, so if she wanted to raise a few concubines outside, it would be unaware."

Listening to Chen Qingtong's words, Shen Yichen smiled and said: "Actually, this is made by doing a little business with Xu Fengyuan in Fujian, don't you have no chance to tell you." ”

"Is it that you don't have a chance, or do you not want to tell it?"

"No chance!"

Shen Yichen swore an oath, but he thought in his heart that it had only been a few days since the wedding, and the sweet brother Yichen had disappeared.

Looking at Shen Yichen's appearance, Chen Qingtong couldn't help laughing, and then took out a 30,000 taels of money exchange from his arms and said, "Husband, am I like the kind of little woman who can only fight for the wind and be jealous?" ”

After that, Chen Qingtong handed the 30,000 taels of silver tickets to Shen Yichen, and then continued: "Now that my husband has stepped into his career, he needs silver in all aspects, if it is not enough, tell me that the dowry given by my father is very rich." ”

yes, ten miles of red makeup.

Thinking of the dowry given by the Marquis of Taining, Shen Yichen had the urge to incarnate as a soft rice man, and it was estimated that he would not be able to use it up in ten lifetimes at a normal cost.

"And Xu Fengyuan asked me to convey that he failed in the palace test and is waiting for the official in the ministry, and he wants to hear his husband's opinion."

Xu Fengyuan is now busy smuggling with Ye Zongliu and other Fujian miners, so naturally he doesn't have much energy to focus on the imperial examination, and even the examination of the Yichou Branch was rushed from Fujian by sea, and it is not surprising that his name fell to Sun Shan.

Generally speaking, if there is no hope of raising people to take the imperial examination, either they will go to the national eunuch examination, or they will wait for the officials to listen to the selection.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the literati were precious, and they could be awarded to local high-ranking officials at the level of five grades of Tongzhi, but now they are relatively depreciated, and they can only be awarded to minor officials of eight or nine grades.

Xu Fengyuan obviously wanted Shen Yichen to help him think of a way, but he was embarrassed to say it clearly.

"I see."

Shen Yichen nodded, now that Xu Fengyuan is also his own person, he should consider helping when he should help.

"But husband, can you really make 30,000 taels in business?"

Although Chen Qingtong doesn't care about the 30,000 taels, it is still very difficult to earn money in business.

What's more, in the past two years, Shen Yichen has been concentrating on preparing for the imperial examination, where does he have the time and energy to do business?

"It's really business, and I'll tell you the details later."

The smuggling matter is too risky now, and Shen Yichen doesn't want Chen Qingtong to be afraid of himself, so he simply doesn't say anything. In the future, when he is in a high position and legalizes smuggling, he will no longer need to hide it.

"Hmm."

Chen Qingtong nodded, and then leaned against Shen Yichen's chest. She understands that her husband is ambitious in all directions, and her husband doesn't want to say that there must be something unspeakable about him, so she doesn't want to get to the bottom of it.

On the second day, when he came to the East Pavilion to practice, he was not as free as the previous day, and Shen Yichen began to officially take over government affairs.

Because of the relationship between newcomers, Shen Yichen's group went to Hanlin and took over simple work such as surveying the base book, which was regarded as accumulating experience.

The so-called survey base book, to put it bluntly, is to classify and number official documents, which is convenient for collection or search in the archives.

To be honest, this kind of work content is really overkill for a leader in the imperial examination like Hanlin.

In this way, half a month later, after getting familiar with the government affairs process, Shen Yichen began to officially take over the work of "revealing posts", and had the right to contact the official documents of the imperial court.

Originally used as an official letter for secret recitals and confessions, it later began to be abused and became an unofficial official document. If the local court is played, major matters will be used, and if the relevant affairs are not explained clearly, they will be supplemented with a post.

Similar to the way in later generations, various post-it notes were pasted to supplement notes in key places of books.

However, when this kind of revelation came into the hands of the East Cabinet interns, it became a retelling of the local officials' recitals in concise and concise words, reducing the time for the ministers to review the recitals again.

Many local officials in the Ming Dynasty wrote a large article in a hurry, but they couldn't find the key point at all and didn't know what to do. Even in the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, there was a Hubu Shangshu named Ru Taisu, who liked to write this kind of long piece for Zhu Yuanzhang to read.

You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang started with a bowl, but he didn't read many books, and when he saw this thick stack of long speeches, his head was so big that he didn't even want to read it.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is dedicated, and it is not his style to let it go. Since you don't want to read it, let's find a Chinese scholar to read.

As a result, he never expected that after reading more than 7,000 words for more than half an hour, Zhu Yuanzhang simply didn't hear the central meaning of Ru Taisu's recital. And in the second half of this recital, it is estimated that there are still 10,000 words unread.

Good guy, according to this efficiency, even if Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't eat, drink or sleep, he can't handle twenty recitals a day.

So he was so angry that he beat Ru Taisu to the board, and also specially asked Zhongshu to save an edict, and the official document should be concise and to the point, and Rory was not allowed to write tens of thousands of words.

However, the good times did not last long, and after the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, the music began to get longer again. But this time, the emperor and his ministers were also smart, recruiting people to read it first, extract the important content and write it on paper, and then look at the key points themselves.

So this note became the "unveiling post" of the Hanlin interns.

Shen Yichen reviewed the concerts from all over the Ming Dynasty, and due to his limited rights, most of what he saw were trivial things.

The problem is that some officials describe these trivial things in a frenzied way, implying that they have made great contributions.

In an instant, Shen Yichen understood why he set up interns to write "unveiling posts" with the people of the Zhongshu House, which had to let the emperor and the elders watch it, and he didn't have to do anything for a day.

However, after reading the music for a few days, Shen Yichen still found two important pieces of information in it.

One is the obituary of the Yunnan Mansion, informing the court that Mu Ang, the governor of the right army and the left governor, has died.

Mu Ang is the younger brother of Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, in the first battle against Luchuan, Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, was afraid of the enemy and did not save him, resulting in the death of the governor Fang Zheng and the defeat of the Ming army.

On the way back to the school, Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, was worried about being questioned, so he was afraid of dying violently under nervousness (one said that he committed suicide by taking poison), and his son Mu Bin inherited the title of Duke of Qianguo.

But Mu Bin lives in Jingshi and has no way to go back to preside over the overall situation. So Mu Ang was ordered to receive the seal of the general of Zhengnan, became the de facto defender of Yunnan, and continued the war with the Luchuan regime.

In this way, the orthodox nine years were fought, the second Luchuan Battle ended, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji's division returned to the dynasty, and the Yunnan border was temporarily stabilized.

Now, less than a year later, the supreme military governor of Yunnan, Mu Ang, has passed away, and it can be expected that the remnants of Luchuan will seize the opportunity to develop and eventually trigger the third Luchuan Campaign.

It is precisely because of the Third Luchuan Battle that the elite troops from the northwest of the Ming Dynasty were trapped in the southwest, and Wang Ji, the "God of War of the Ming Dynasty", was unable to lead the army to participate in the battle, which became one of the main triggers for the Tumubao Change.

Shen Yichen did not treat this letter as an ordinary "obituary", so in the unveiling post, he emphasized the danger of the resurgence of the remnants of the Luchuan regime after Mu Ang's death, hoping to get the attention of the ministers.

In a sense, Shen Yichen's way of revealing and writing is already considered to be overstepping his authority, and there is a risk of questioning when he investigates it deeply.

But even so, Shen Yichen still decided to do this, and prevention is the best solution!

Another letter is a secret recital by Guo Yan, a fellow governor of Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian. In his recital, he said that the civil unrest along the coast of Fujian had affected the construction of seagoing ships, and he hoped that the emperor would give him a grace period and provide him with resources.

When he saw the words "sea boat", Shen Yichen didn't take it seriously. After all, even if the Ming Dynasty is currently in a state of sea ban, in fact, there are still sailors in the coastal areas, and it is not surprising to build two sea ships occasionally.

As a result, he was shocked when he saw the number, it was as high as one hundred and twenty! You must know that Zheng He's fleet in the Western Ocean during the Ming Chengzu period was only this quantity specification.

What shocked Shen Yichen even more was still behind, he saw the words "next" in the recital.

The meaning of the word "Fan" in the Ming Dynasty represents Fanbang. Zheng He's trip to the West is actually a popular saying in later generations, and in the official documents of the Ming Dynasty, a more accurate description should be "Zheng He's next fan".

One hundred and twenty ships combined with the next two words, there is no doubt that it is the Ming Dynasty fleet that went to the Western Ocean!

Thinking of this, Shen Yichen couldn't help but gasp. In his last life, his main job was to restore cultural relics, not to study history books, and he could only say that he knew more about ancient history than most ordinary people, but he was not comparable to real experts in literature and history.

The last time the Ming Dynasty went to the West as Shen Yichen knew, that is, in the fifth year of Xuande (1430), Zheng He went to the West for the seventh time.

Since then, there has been no Ming Invincible Armada in this world, and even in later generations, the treasure ship drawings and archives have disappeared without a trace.

When Shen Yichen was thinking about ensuring the interests of overseas trade, he was still thinking that the craftsmen and drawings who built the treasure ship should still be alive. When he is in a high position and takes power, he may be able to replicate the grand occasion of the West.

As a result, Shen Yichen never expected that in the tenth year of orthodoxy (1445), he could still see the news of building a treasure ship to go to the West in the secret music, and it was already in the process of implementation.

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According to Guo Yan's description, he encountered a coastal uprising, and the shipbuilding plan had to be shelved. If Shen Yichen did not guess wrong, the reason why Ming Yingzong's experience of going to the West was not described in history was that this huge plan was destroyed by the peasant uprising on the southeast coast.

Although he came to this world and stabilized Ye Zongliu and other miners, the southeast uprising during the orthodox years had hundreds of thousands of participants, and the affected population was as high as millions.

At present, he has only delayed the outbreak of a large-scale peasant uprising, but has not fundamentally solved the problem. Moreover, with the arrival of the Xiaoice River period in the Ming Dynasty, extreme weather continued every year, even if Shen Yichen knew that there would be heavy snow in Songjiang last year, and let Ye Zongliu and others buy grain reserves, it still could not save so many people in several provinces.

How to solve this problem?

Shen Yichen's mentality became a little anxious, and he looked at the opportunity in front of him, but there was no way to change anything.

He didn't know if Ming Yingzong would continue to support the construction of the "next sea ship" after this recital was handed over.

If it is not supported, it may become the result of future generations and disappear into the long river of history and no one knows.

With the gradually hot weather at the end of June, fine beads of sweat appeared on Shen Yichen's forehead, and he didn't know what he could do!

At this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in Shen Yichen's mind, and he remembered that Xu Fengyuan had asked his officials for their opinions before.

simply arranged Xu Fengyuan to be an official in the state and county where Guo Yan was shipwed in Fuzhou Prefecture!

Thinking of this, Shen Yichen couldn't help but get excited, so that he could not only use the official power of the Ming Dynasty to protect his overseas smuggling trade, but also maintain the craftsmen and technology of shipbuilding.

Even if Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen gave up the construction of the "next sea ship", Shen Yichen had to let Xu Fengyuan raise this group of craftsmen and keep this fire for the Ming fleet in the future.

In the Age of Discovery, the Ming Fleet will never miss it!