Chapter 18: I Came Early
After Li Wei's position was set, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to stand aside, and then began to continue to deal with daily government affairs.
Li Wei stood at the back of the hall by the door, listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's speech drowsy, complaining in his heart that he didn't have a seat to sit on.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that the officials finally finished reporting their work, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a lunch break, and the officials who had finished handling the matter could go back. The rest of the people will continue to participate in the noon pilgrimage.
Li Wei was also left behind, and he couldn't escape, and he was angry. But it's not without benefits, Zhu Yuanzhang takes care of the rice!
The ministers waited in the side hall for a while, and the working meal came up: green vegetable and tofu soup, no need to ask, it must be made by Guanglu Temple.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang again, he had already gone to the apse to eat a small stove by himself.
After lunch, the meeting continued. Fortunately, there wasn't much to do in the afternoon, and it was over early. Li Wei followed the crowd out of the Fengtian Temple. But when he left, the others stayed away from him, occasionally glancing at him. He smiled relatively in exchange for someone else's cross-eyebrow and cold face. Li Wei was bored with himself, so he stopped paying attention to these people.
Not long after walking, Xiao Dezi chased after him: "Lord Li, Your Majesty has summoned you to the Qianqing Palace to meet you!" ”
The corners of Li Wei's mouth twitched, yes, I have to work overtime! Sick of it.
Although he was depressed, he couldn't afford to offend this leader, so he could only honestly follow Xiao Dezi to Qianqing Palace.
However, as soon as he entered the Qianqing Gate, he saw two guards waiting there with a cane!
A bad premonition rose in Li Wei's heart.
Sure enough, Xiao Dezi gestured to the two guards. Then the two of them came up directly and pressed him and hit him!
Bang bang bang, the twenty boards were finished, and the two of them stopped. Fortunately, there was a hint from Xiao Dezi, and the two of them started very lightly.
Li Wei stood up with his buttocks covered and looked at Xiao Dezi in confusion.
"Master Li, this is His Majesty's order, please forgive me!"
Hearing this, Li Wei scolded Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart, and he didn't know why he wanted to beat himself again.
After being beaten, Xiao Dezi led Li Wei into the Qianqing Palace.
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In the Qianqing Palace, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang, the crown prince Zhu Biao is also there.
Zhu Biao did not participate in the early dynasty, because when he participated in the early dynasty before, he always had disputes with Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very faceless, and later he was not allowed to go to the court.
After all, there are no two heavens and no two masters in the country, and the father and son are arguing in the court, what kind of system has it become?
However, although the prince was not allowed to go to court, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that all government affairs should be punished by the crown prince! It can be seen that he has a preference for Zhu Biao.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who went down to the court, is no longer the face of that father. Seeing Li Wei walking in with his buttocks covered, he didn't wait for him to salute, so he scolded angrily:
"Let's let you come early, didn't you hear it or did you take our words as a deaf ear?"
Li Wei said aggrievedly: "I came early!" ”
"Do you know what time we're going to court?"
"I don't know."
Li Wei said as a matter of course, anyway, he came at an earlier time than the normal work in later generations.
Zhu Yuanzhang is angry! He breathed a sigh of relief before saying:
"We are in the court, we can't be late tomorrow!"
What time is it?
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's angry face, Li Wei didn't dare to ask this sentence, and planned to go back and ask someone else again.
"Yes, Your Majesty"
After reprimanding Li Wei, Zhu Yuanzhang introduced: "This is our prince Zhu Biao." ”
Li Wei looked at Zhu Biao and saw that he was quite tall, but compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's might, he seemed a little weak. His face is much whiter than Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Li Wei saluted.
Zhu Biao frowned slightly, he had also heard about the affairs in the court. Wenchen said that this man was a traitor. This made him have no good impression of Li Wei, but he was not a person who would believe in others after listening to them, so he didn't show his face.
"Excuse me!"
Zhu Biao didn't say much, after all, when they met for the first time, they didn't know much.
"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"
After the two of them finished saluting, Zhu Yuanzhang commanded again:
"We'll leave the matter of Wenyuan Pavilion to you, we have already selected a group of editors and reviews from the Hanlin Academy to fill Wenyuan Pavilion, let these people assist you, you have to do it for us." If something goes wrong, we can't spare you! ”
"Wechen obeys."
"And we have set up a military battle bureau in the palace, and we will also leave it to you to take care of. Make us all the things you show us! ”
Gotta wear many hats, what a familiar taste of the dog boss!
"I'll try my best."
Let's take a look at it first, those things in the future are not easy to make.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang instructed some precautions, and he was verbose for a long time before letting him go.
By the time Li Wei returned to the inn after receiving his official uniform, tooth tag and other office supplies, it was almost dark. When he returned to the room, he called the little girl again, the little girl's name was Shang Xiaoqing, and Li Wei called him Xiaoqing, not to mention that it was quite smooth!
Xiaoqing has always regarded herself as a slave since she followed Li Wei, and Li Wei couldn't resist him, so he went with him.
After inquiring with Xiaoqing, Li Wei learned that it was between three and five o'clock in the morning. After listening to Li Weiwei scolding Zhu Yuanzhang for being a black-hearted capitalist, the future generations of ninety-nine-six-zero-seven would not dare to compare with him!
"Don't worry, sir, I'll call you in advance in the morning!"
Xiaoqing comforted, and the other officials and masters also had subordinates to serve like this.
Li Wei sighed, he wasn't afraid that he wouldn't wake up, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get up! Isn't it his life to get up so early every day! You must know that he is a modern person who doesn't wake up during the day and doesn't sleep at night!
I can't quit this job!
There was no way, Li Wei could only agree to come down and let Xiaoqing call herself up early, so that she could catch up on sleep during the day.
In addition, he also instructed Xiaoqing to go around the city if he had time, find out if there was anyone who rented a house, and find someone closer to the imperial city and a cheaper one.
He can't afford to live in a guest house all the time!
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The next day, Li Wei slept in a daze, and was called up by Xiaoqing, and then he washed his face, brushed his teeth and got dressed, fortunately Xiaoqing was waiting, otherwise he really couldn't do these things. This official uniform is troublesome to wear! I didn't have toothpaste to brush my teeth, so I made do with salt.
After cleaning up, Li Wei came to the noon gate on his legs, and after waiting for a long time, he just opened the door. Xiaoqing is still smart and gave him a good amount of advance. Didn't make him late or make him wait longer.
Li Wei lined up with the crowd and walked forward, originally he was not qualified to go to the temple with his grade, but he couldn't stop Zhu Yuanzhang's "favor" to him, so he let him enter the hall, although he was standing at the back, but he didn't have to blow the cold wind outside.
After Li Wei entered, he began to nap with his eyes closed, and after waiting for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang also arrived, and the ministers knelt down and shouted slogans, he took a step slow, and immediately stood out, Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him viciously, but did not punish him, and the people who favored the ministers had to stand for him!
After the salute, it was time to report as usual, and when the cabinet was established, Li Wei had nothing to report, so he just stood there and took a nap and waited for work.
finally got through until these people were forced to finish, and as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang left on the front foot, he couldn't wait to rush out of the hall, and the ministers he led to scolded!
Wenyuan Pavilion was on the edge of the noon gate, Li Wei came here, looked at this not too big room, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
The legendary cabinet is such a big place?
Complaining to complaining, he still stepped in.
There was already a large group of people working inside, and when they saw him come in, they stopped what they were doing and looked over.
A middle-aged man stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”
"Ahem...... This official is your boss, Li Wei, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion! ”
When the words fell, everyone's expressions were different.
The name of Li Wei's traitor has spread all over the court, and although they are not qualified to go to the palace, they have all heard of it.
At first, they knew that their chief official was this traitor, and they were very reluctant, but His Majesty's will could not be violated, so they could only pinch their noses and admit it.
Seeing this chief official at this time, they couldn't help but feel a little complicated in their hearts.
"I've seen Master Li......"
Everyone stood up one after another to salute, and some were more perfunctory.
Li Wei didn't care, nodded solemnly, and ordered: "Let's continue to do things." ”
Then everyone sat down and went about their jobs.
The middle-aged man led Li Wei to a very conspicuous seat, which was different at first glance, with people huddled together, and his own tables and chairs occupied a large area by himself.
The area of Wenyuan Pavilion is not big or small, that is, a few rooms, which is far worse than those halls, and the leader of his department does not have his own single room, so he can only stay with his subordinates.
It's not that there are no rooms, it's just that in addition to where they work, there are still a lot of books in other rooms.
Waiting for Li Wei to sit down, Wu Bozong introduced to Li Wei the main members of the cabinet, Wang Jie, Wu Shen, Huang Zai, and himself, a middle-aged man, Wu Bozong, were all selected from the Hanlin Academy, and Wu Bozong was even the champion.
Li Wei's face did not change, and he was stunned, he was really nothing compared to these people, and he couldn't even recognize all the traditional characters.
He can know such traditional Chinese characters, and he has to thank the teachers of those island countries, if it weren't for the search for their learning materials, I'm afraid Li Wei would have become semi-literate by the time he arrived in the Ming Dynasty.