The Hanlin Academy, in charge of the edicts, annals, and Wenhan affairs, the examination system, the detailed documents, the emperor's advisers, the chief official is the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and there are scholars and lecturers, scholars, revisions, editors, reviews and other officials, and there are also Shu Jishi who are the preparatory qualifications of the Hanlin officials.

Da Zheng designated the Hanlin Academy as a five-grade yamen, and the official rank of the Hanlin was very low, but it was regarded as the choice of the noble. If Hanlin has to enter the Wenyuan Pavilion to participate in the secret, he will be even more noble.

Looking at the Dazheng Dynasty, all the cabinet scholars are all from the Hanlin Academy, so there is a saying that "non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet".

As for Daqi, following the old system of Dazheng, the first class jinshi went straight to Hanlin, and the second and third class jinshi passed the examination to select Shu Jishi to enter Hanlin, which was called the court examination.

If you can enter the Hanlin, it is a good story of Shilin, passed down from generation to generation, the two, the third, the fourth, and the fifth Hanlin emerge in endlessly, and even many "Hanlin families" appear, although they are not comparable to the eight great families in the south of the Yangtze River, but they fundamentally shake the foundation of the high valve of the family.

The time for the founding of the Great Qi is still short, and there is no such "Hanlin family", but many people who intend to go to the cabinet to worship the prime minister or show their skills will temporarily lie dormant in the Hanlin Academy, calling it "saving talents and raising hope", when the time comes, whether it is to enter the cabinet for the cabinet bachelor, or to release a term, it is a matter of course.

Hanlin Academy is already noble, the bachelor of the academy is even more noble, the initial system is the third product, Taiping eight years promoted to the second grade, to the university scholar Han Xuan and the head of the bachelor, the first year of Chengping Han Xuan was dismissed from office, by the cabinet of the first assistant Lan Yu and lead.

Twenty years of hard work, so that the Hanlin Academy almost became the backyard of Lan Yu's private residence, and most of the officials from the Hanlin Academy had to call themselves Lan Xiangye's protégés, so there was a blue jade protégé who was all over the world.

However, after all, Lan Yu is the first assistant of the cabinet of Zaifu Dynasty, and he also serves as the secretary of the ministry, so he does not have so much time to spend on the Hanlin Academy on weekdays, and he, the master of the Academy, is only nominally in command of a group of Hanlin, but in fact, he is entrusted to several of his henchmen and protégés to take care of specific matters, among which Hu Tingyu, who is also the master of the Hanlin Academy, is the main one.

Hu Tingyu's mansion and Lan Yu's mansion are on the same street, not too far apart, and the street is full of traffic on weekdays, and it is really red and purple, which is even richer than the Jiangdu Wuyi Lane back then.

In the twilight, Hu Fuzhong, who could only be at the bottom of the street, welcomed a guest, and Hu Tingyu personally welcomed him into the mansion.

The porter of Hu Mansion muttered to himself in his heart, looking at the complement on this person, he is just a civil official of the fifth grade, his own master is from the fourth grade, and the two of them are still one grade, how can he make the arrogant lord take it so seriously?

Hu Tingyu led the guest not to the main hall, but all the way to the study, the study has always been the most private place, and non-confidants and friends are not allowed to enter, so it can also be seen how solemn Hu Tingyu treats this person.

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The surname of the person is Zhang Mingjian, the word Bozhi, is the leader of Chengping for three years, he once served as the editor of Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy, and Hu Tingyu is a colleague and the same year, and he is under the same Lanyu Sect, and now he is just a civil official of the fifth grade, but he is not an ordinary petty official, but a lowly and powerful cabinet bachelor, and he can participate in the confidential affairs of the cabinet on weekdays, which is not much worse than some of the officials of the Qingshui Yamen.

The host and guest sat down separately, Hu Tingyu personally made tea, and when the water in the pot gradually boiled, he got up and came to the bookshelf, took out a delicate sandalwood box from the dark grid, and said with a smile: "The cabinet affairs are busy these days, and the old man can't get out, so I can only let me transfer this thing to Brother Bozhi, and I also wish Bozhi a smooth journey." ”

After that, he put the sandalwood box on the table, removed the lid of the box, and put four things inside: pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Hu Tingyu picked up one of the wolf pen, and said unhurriedly: "Some people say that the literati's pen is the sharpest blade in the world, so the four treasures of the study room are headed by the pen, this pen has a great origin, the pen is made of a piece of thunder robbery wood that was paid tribute by the Wei State in that year, containing the opportunity of the thunder, the purple electric gas, and the painting charm is not invaded. ”

Zhang Jian was shocked.

Hu Tingyu put the pen back in place, and pointed to the ink, "This ink is the hometown ceremony brought by the old people of Jiangnan when they visited the teacher, and they all say that the ink of the world pushes Jiangzhou, and the ink of Jiangzhou pushes Cao's family, this ink is the Qianqiu light ink made by Cao Shengchen, the master of ink making in Jiangzhou, in his later years, although it is not as good as the purple jade light ink that Cao Shengchen presented to His Majesty, but it is not much different." ”

As he spoke, Hu Tingyu gently took out this piece of ink, and sure enough, the back was written in Yin script with the words "Qianqiu Guang", and on the front was Cao Shengchen's inscription in Yang script.

For some reason, after Hu Tingyu put the ink back into the sandalwood box, he skipped the "paper" that should have been ranked third, but directly took out the inkstone, and said: "There is nothing surprising about this inkstone, it is just an ordinary emblem inkstone, it is nothing, but its former owner was the famous Tianji Pavilion Mr. Xu Zhenzhi, Mr. Xu used this inkstone to write the Taiping Huanyu Ji, which is of great significance." ”

"As for this paper, it is the most precious, it is made by the master himself, you must know that the master has not made such elegant things for some years, this time he made an exception to make paper and gave it to Brother Bo, it is difficult to change the gold, and I hope that Brother Bo will not live up to the ardent expectations of the teacher. ”

Zhang Jian is really flattered, people don't pick up yellow and white things with their hands, but they prefer such elegant things, but this elegant thing is not cheap for half a cent, as far as the four treasures of the study in front of him are concerned, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are worth a lot of money, and it is still priceless, but at least the literati are reserved and can not be thrown away, he is very difficult to withdraw his gaze from the sandalwood box, and said after calming down a little: "Such a valuable thing, how dare students accept it." ”

"That's where the words are. Hu Tingyu waved his hand and said: "Since it was sent by the teacher, Brother Bo will accept it, this is the appreciation of the teacher to Brother Bo, in a huge Hanlin Academy, there are not many people who can make the teacher treat him so differently." ”

Hu Tingyu restored the sandalwood box to its original state, held it up in front of Zhang Jian with both hands, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of Brother Bo's jokes, I have also asked the master for these things a few times, but the master just didn't give them, and said that I can't match these things with my weapons, and now, the sword will be given to the general, and it will be handed over to Brother Bo." ”

After a slight hesitation, Zhang Jian took the sandalwood box with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and said, "Then the student is disrespectful, and I also ask Brother Hu to thank Xiangye on behalf of the student." ”

"It's nature. Hu Tingyu smiled and said: "This time, Brother Bo Zhi was released as the political envoy of Jiangdubu, which is a great joy, but it is not a simple errand. ”

Zhang Jian held the sandalwood box with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Hu rest assured, please rest assured, the students will do their best to share the worries of Xiangye." ”

Hu Tingyu solemnly waved his hand and said: "The situation in Jiangnan depends on Brother Bo, so it is good to go back, Hu is waiting for Brother Bo to return to Beijing after his term of office expires, and set up a celebration banquet for Brother Bo in Qiutai." ”

Zhang Jian returned the salute and said softly: "Brother Hu, don't leave it here." ”

After Zhang Jian left, another person came out from behind the screen, and it was Liu Zuo, the head of the household.

Liu Zuo asked softly, "Can he really do it?"

Hu Tingyu's face was gloomy, and he shook his head and said: "The situation in Jiangnan is already a building that is about to fall, unless the prime minister personally goes out to turn the tide, it will be difficult to clean up the situation for anyone, the reason why he is allowed to go over is just to delay one or two, so that our side has time to clean up the tail, so as not to be caught by Han Xuan." ”