Chapter 146: A move is worse than a stillness
At three o'clock in the morning, before dawn, Datou, He Heng and Liu Shanyang's three families got up to make fires and cook. As soon as the carriage hired arrived yesterday afternoon, Pan Er took one of them to the Beibanjie Hutong to pick up Master Hanlin.
Han Xiufeng was busy packing up the incense table and placing sacrifices. Master Fei and He Heng and seven other juren also got up. They first brought the tied bedding to the carriage parked at the door, and then went back to the room to check the ticket papers and the items in the examination basket.
Datou just sent the pastries and freshly hot rice dumplings into the main hall. Wen Youyu and seven other merchants arrived. As soon as they entered the yard, they wished several juren to high school. After saying good-looking words, they were honestly guarding outside the main hall. They were neither official nor fame, and they could not and dared to go in at this critical moment.
The Northern Banjie Hutong is not far from the guild hall. Ji Yunfei, a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy, arrived in a while. After a few greetings to candidates such as Fei Erye, he turned into an emcee and asked the seven candidates to burn incense and worship.
After worshiping Saint Confucius and all kinds of gods, he invited everyone to the table for dinner.
Even Han Xiufeng was not in the table, and Wen Youyu and other merchants were afraid to get in. Fortunately, they only ate but not ate wine today. He and Ye Fei were in a hurry to go to the tribute court and couldn't eat it. Each of them ate a small piece of pastry and a rice dumpling. Then they walked out of the yard with their own test baskets and entered the carriage they hired for help.
He Heng and Liu Shanyang have family members, so they don’t need to send them to others.
Mr. Fei and the four candidates who came later did not take their family. Han Xiufeng was wondering if he would give it to him. Wen Youyu suddenly said, "Master Han, you want to accompany Mr. Ji. It's dawn that you have to help Mr. Qian find a house, otherwise don't go. We will send you to Mr. Er and the others."
Everything is inferior, but reading is high.
Han Xiufeng was just a ninth-rank candidate inspector who was donated to pay for the fun of this scholar. He simply came to follow the crowd. "Since you have this intention, I'll bother you."
"It's not a problem. It's our blessing to send a few masters to take the exam. Master Ji and Master Han, let's take the lead."
"Go, don't worry about us."
As soon as Ji Yunfei finished speaking, Pan Er couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, why would Datou and I go to see you off?"
Han Xiufeng knew that they wanted to go to the fun, so he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Go, go early, come back soon."
"I'll put the whip first."
"Stop worrying, I'll let it go."
Han Xiufeng took the incense from Datou, walked to the door to light firecrackers, hid aside and shouted, "I wish my seven juren of Chongqing Prefecture a success and a title on the list!"
Mr. Fei, who was sitting in the first carriage, bowed and said, "Brother Zhixing Ji Yan, Mr. Ji, brother Zhixing, we are going to the tribute court."
"Let's go, I'm waiting for you all for good news." Ji Yunfei bowed and nodded to Pan Er who was standing beside the first carriage.
"Setting off!" Pan Er shouted, walking ahead and leading the way for the convoy.
Looking at his villain's successful appearance, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile.
Ji Yunfei kept watching the seven carriages at the entrance of the alley before turning back and asking, "Zhixing, Manager Wen just said that you want to help Qian Junchen find a house?"
"Aren't he selected as a fellow examiner by Jian? He was a house teacher when he came out of the tribute school. He didn't have a house to ask his Chinese-style candidates to visit him. So he asked Mr. Huang to send me a letter and ask me to help him rent a yard nearby." Han Xiufeng felt a little embarrassed when he thought of the person who was more qualified to be a fellow examiner in front of him.
Ji Yunfei pondered and said, "There is no need to be so anxious."
"Yes, don't worry." Han Xiufeng didn't want to pick up any pots, so he hurriedly called out, "Master Ji, Datou got up early and cooked a large table of dishes. Second Master and the others couldn't eat us, and we couldn't drink, and we had two jars of 'Wen Yongsheng' old cellars."
"Okay, it's nothing to do today."
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Everyone went to the Gongyuan, and there were only two of them left in the guild hall. No matter what they said, there was no need to worry about spreading it out.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but ask, "Master Ji, you can't speak with Lord Zhuo. Lord Zhuo is the president of Enke this time. Why don't you think of a way to get an errand?"
"Let's find a fellow examiner?" Ji Yunfei asked.
"Master Ji, I know that you are honest and unwilling to go to the camp, but...but..."
"Zhixing, I know what you want to say, and I can really talk to Lord Zhuo. But now it is not as unpredictable as before, and the situation is unpredictable, and a movement is worse than a quiet place."
Han Xiufeng thought to himself that it had something to do with the North Korea Bureau, and was stunned for a moment.
Ji Yunfei looked at him with a confused look on his face. Thinking of the fact that there was no outsider, he simply explained, "Mr. Zhuo entered the cabinet and became the prime minister. He was the first-rank official. He seemed to be in a strong position, but in fact he was walking on thin ice."
"Like walking on thin ice?"
"The princes have teachers. Do you know which prince Zhuo has been a teacher?"
"Which prince?"
Ji Yunfei smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Zhuo has been the teacher of the Sixth Prince, that is, King Gong. Master Zhuo was recommended from Kedao to the Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall. He was honest and honest, filial and friendly, and had a sincere relationship with others. However, he was not as good as Du Shoutian and Du."
Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Which prince's teacher is Lord Du?"
"Today."
"ah!"
Ji Yunfei sighed lightly and said solemnly, "The emperor ascended the emperor and promoted his charity to the imperial examination, which is a major event for the country. It would be best if there was no accident. If there was another corruption case in the imperial examination, Lord Zhuo, as the president of the imperial examination, would be to blame."
It turned out that Lord Zhuo and Lord Du had both been the prince's teachers, but the prince taught by Lord Zhuo did not take the throne. The prince taught by others became the current emperor, so the emperor naturally would not regard Lord Zhuo as his confidant. However, just as soon as he ascended the throne, there were still bandits in Guangxi, and it was a matter of trouble and was not very active. An old minister like Lord Zhuo was not very moved. Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng murmured, "It is not appropriate to curry favor with Lord Zhuo now, and you can't even get too close."
Ji Yunfei likes him, a little fellow who can be easily understood, but he doesn't want to talk about this topic anymore. Suddenly, "Zhixing, didn't Jiang Haoxuan ask you to help persuade the Jieyun official in Yunnan? The case of Jieyun official losing copper pounds, I think he can't find out what he can do, and I guess he will not be able to investigate and deal with it soon."
Han Xiufeng asked in confusion, "Why can't you continue to investigate?"
"The day before yesterday, Qian Liang wrote a commentary on "Commentary on Copper Government to Prevent Disadvantages" to criticize the various drawbacks of Copper Government, saying that two of the operators in Yunnan are in Yunnan and the other are in Beijing. Those in Yunnan often transport copper and many members of the deficit in the commission, hoping to deduct their freight fees and even copper pounds to make up for the loss. In Beijing, the clerks of the two bureaus of households and labor need to seek, and they make things difficult for the officials in the transportation industry and agreed to submit bribes before they can enter the bureau.
Chapter completed!