Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 521 Appointment by the Court
After Li Yu said some opening remarks, the ministers raised their glasses and toasted together to the emperor, queen mother, empress, and royal dignitaries, kicking off the prelude to the Qujiang Banquet.

In ancient banquets, song and dance performances were naturally indispensable. Court singers soon appeared, all of them slender and handsome, dancing ancient songs.

The leading dancer, Hua Dan, also sang a poem, which is "Nian Nujiao-Chibi Nostalgia", combined with the soundtrack of pipa, guzheng, chime bells, etc., she sang a heroic spirit and pride, sweeping away the words and phrases of Yingying Yanyan in the past.

Han Xizai and Xu Xuan of the Sun Party, and Pan You and Li Ping of the New Party, have long rejected the soft and gorgeous Huajianci, which lacks a strong will and a momentum of improvement, but this song " "Nian Nujiao" is in line with the tastes of radicals and reformers.

Many new scholars are envious of Su Chen's treatment. After all, it is a great honor to be sung in public, to be performed in front of officials, royal nobles, and ministers.

It is said that there is jealousy, but no Jinshi stood up and challenged Su Chen's position as the number one scholar.

After all, the three masterpieces of poetry and prose make all Jinshi in the same class eclipsed. What they wrote themselves can be said to be mediocre works, which are completely incomparable.

Some Jinshi may not be able to write a poem that can be passed down because of their poor life.

Who can leave a name, who is not a master of poetry and literature?

There are many Jinshi and scholars in the Tang Dynasty, but there are not many who can leave two sentences to pass on, let alone Su Chen wrote so many famous articles.

Therefore, no one stood up to counterattack, and there were no bloody poems and pairs.

At the banquet, Li Yu personally announced that he would bestow one hundred thousand copper coins to Su Chen, the number one scholar, to envy others.

But Su Chen didn't think so in his heart, because a reward of [-] sounds like a huge amount, but it's actually just [-] copper coins, or [-] Wen coins, and [-] Wen is consistent, so it's only [-] coins.

With Su Chen's worth, would he care about Baiguan now?

But thinking about it, Su Chen couldn't show disgust in his eyes, but got up to thank Dade and thank the Lord for his kindness.

"Once you enter the imperial court, it's as deep as the sea, from then on Su Lang is a passer-by!" Su Chen secretly sighed in his heart, in the future, when he becomes an official in the imperial court, he must always learn how to flatter Ma Weishang and keep singing his praises.

For an upright person like Su Chen, it was really uncomfortable for a while.

On the noble seats of the royal family, the Empress Dowager, Empress Ehuang of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Princess Yongning, Zhou Jiamin and others looked at Su Chen with either approval or admiration.

Su Chen glanced at the hottest eyes, and it was Zhou Jiamin and Princess Yongning who were smiling brightly at him.

"Calm down!"

Su Chen kept his face calm, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he couldn't be too frivolous or lose his composure, and obediently retreated to his seat.

This banquet did not end until Haishi.

Su Chen was at the height of his life, so he also drank some wine and left the palace in a half-drunk state. He politely declined the invitation of other Scholars who sincerely invited him to go on a cruise on the Qinhuai River to listen to music, and went back to his residence in a carriage.

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Early the next morning, Su Chen formally entered the court for the first time and participated in the court assembly.

According to the system of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the first-class and second-class Jinshi in the new department will be appointed by the imperial court, and most of them will stay in the capital to practice. The third-class Jinshi is a bit miserable. The vacant positions of some local magistrates and county magistrates were then allocated to these top three Jinshi.

If one of the top three Jinshi has a strong relationship, he can stay in the capital and get a good official position. If it doesn't matter, he can only wait for a long time. Even after three or four years of being a Jinshi in the imperial examination, it is possible that he has not been assigned an errand. Yes, this requires a relationship with the officials of the Ministry of Officials.

Ye Chen, Zhu Yao, and Tan Mingjun were lucky. They followed the right boss Su Chen, which meant they were on the right team. Although the three of them were Jinshi scholars who were at the bottom of the top three, Han Xizai, as the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, was in the sixth department of the Ministry of Officials. He is the head of the Ministry of Officials, and with a swipe of his pen, all three of them were assigned to different important departments in the capital.

For example, Ye Chen entered the Ministry of Households, Zhu Yao entered the Ministry of War, and Tan Mingjun entered the Yushitai. Although they were all in the internship stage and their official positions were not high, they were already treated better than many second-class Jinshi.

The three of them were grateful to Han Xizai, but at the same time, they knew in their hearts that this was all due to Su Chen's favor, which further strengthened their choice to regard Su Chen as the boss.

As the number one scholar, Su Chen entered the Hanlin Academy as a matter of course, and served as editor, second place and third place, as editor.

Hanlin is the literary attendant of the emperor. It was established in the Tang Dynasty and evolved into an important institution specializing in the drafting of confidential imperial edicts since Tang Xuanzong. Compilation of history books, lectures at banquets, etc., are graded as Zheng Qipin.

Of course, it is impossible for them to start writing directly when they first go, but to follow the study, just like going to the unit for internship after graduating from university. process etc.

This department seems to have no real power, but only secretarial work. However, it can be said that it is the first department to know about the court's current situation and policies. Intuitive, accurate and timely information.

Han Xizai suddenly stood up and said: "I feel that if Su Chen is only employed in the Imperial Academy, it is a bit overkill. You can also give Su Chen the position of walking in the Six Departments. You can spend half a day in the Imperial Academy and half a day in each department of the Six Departments to study in turn. Change a department in two months, understand the court's procedures and the operation of the six departments as soon as possible, and make a great contribution to our country as soon as possible."

When all the officials heard this, they were immediately surprised. They didn't expect Han Xizai to promote Su Chen so obviously, because it was the first time he heard that he was asked to let a champion of a new department go through the six departments. It can be said that it was cultivated according to the prime minister. !

"The old minister thinks it's inappropriate. This has never happened before. It really violates the court's regulations." Wei Cen stood up and objected. As the leader of the Song Party, he couldn't just stand by and watch Han Xizai make such excessive demands and increase Su Chen's prestige. In a disguised form, suppress the forces of the Song Party.

Originally, because of Su Chen's appearance, the balance was broken, and the Song party became more and more marginalized. If Han Xizai's proposal was adopted, Su Chen would be in full swing, and it would be even more difficult to stop.

Not to be outdone, Han Xizai retorted: "Regulations are dead, people are alive, and rules can be flexible. There was no such precedent before, because there was no such talented champion as Su Chen who was born out of nowhere. Special people should be specially cultivated. Is it for the destiny of the country? , can’t this request be fulfilled?”

"Master Han's association of the new champion with the national fortune is a bit exaggerated." Wei Cen snorted coldly, grabbing the word "national fortune" and deliberately ranting and mocking.

(End of this chapter)