Prime Minister

Chapter 468

After becoming a court official, Zhang Yue's daily schedule is also different from before.

In the past, when I was an official in the capital, I was only eligible to participate in the Great Court Meeting, that is, Zhengdan and Winter Solstice.

After becoming a court official, except for a ten-day break, he had to enter the palace to attend the Wende Palace every day, and if he couldn't go there, he had to report to Yushitai.

This is a pain for Zhang Yue, because his family lives far away from the imperial city, he has to get up before dawn.

For Zhang Yue who likes to sleep for more than five hours a day, this can be described as a first-class life.Therefore, whenever a certain minister or a certain clan dies in the court, and the emperor wants to stay for one to five days, Zhang Yue will inevitably...

Every day at court, Zhang Yue followed hundreds of court officials to the Zhengde Hall, and the prime minister was escorted by one person, and he left after paying homage to the officials.

Although the Chang Dynasty required a prime minister to supervise the shift, the four Zhongshu prime ministers were often not present, and sometimes it was Yushi Zhongcheng who supervised the shift.

Especially Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang, Zhang Yue had almost never seen these two prime ministers appearing in front of the Zhengde Hall.Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang usually arrived late when they asked the prime minister about his performance. According to the order of arrival, the two seemed like real emperors.

This move lasted until the fourth year of Zhiping, when Yushi Wang Tao impeached Han Qi for disobedience, and Zeng Gongliang said that "if you violate the story, you will not be sent to class".

But now we can know that the Song Dynasty was the king of power, and it can also be seen that the Chang Dynasty has little meaning, and the form is greater than the content, because the officials cannot discuss matters in the Chang Dynasty, but in daily life.Zhang Yue has just been promoted to a court official, so his position is the farthest from Wende Hall, let alone the outline of an official's house from a distance, he can't even see the hall gate clearly.

Only after five days and one day of living can Zhang Yue enter the palace and see the golden face of the official family.

But because the official has just been in charge, he still pays more attention to the form.

Zhang Yue couldn't help hating the formalized content. He heard that the late emperor was not in good health, so the officials were happy to avoid the content of the formal ceremony of the Chang Dynasty if they could save it.

However, today's officials seem to like Chang Chao very much. All kinds of ceremonies must be complete, and they often change the details of today's etiquette and tomorrow's etiquette, and they never tire of it. Thank you and other cumbersome etiquette, so it is often delayed until the end of the day.

Seeing that the sun was getting high, Zhang Yue was really tired from the bottom of his heart, and other officials were also complaining.

Officials also discussed that officials who are in charge of official duties in Beijing prisons can set up shifts in Zhengya, and only need to visit once every five days, instead of visiting Wende Hall every day.

Zhang Yue thought that this suggestion was good, so that he only had to go to court once every five days, but this suggestion was rejected by the officials.

But ordinary people look at phenomena, and insiders look at logic. Zhang Yue has seen some clues from the officials' non-stop tossing etiquette.Some officials talked about the saying that officials were fond of Confucianism before they took the throne. Could it be that they used etiquette to show that they were proficient in Confucianism.

Zhang Yue and other low-ranking court officials waited outside the palace until they closed the door and shouted 'don't sit down'. The officials, who had been tossed by red tape for a day, had to leave the court.

And in the hall.

Han Qi and other prime ministers were all present, and those who were allowed to enter the palace in daily life took turns to meet each other. The discussion about the Xixia war continued.

And Zhang Yue left the palace at this moment to attend the banquet of the same year.Participating in such a same-year banquet made Zhang Yue very touched.

The same year is the most important relationship in the officialdom, because everyone in the same year is the first to enter the officialdom, and there will not be too many differences in the official career.But the reason why Zhang Yue is emotional is still because of the disparity in status.

This may be Zhang Yue's constant trouble. There are not many friends who can accompany you all the time.

Just like the classmates of the county school in the past, now there are only one or two Jinshi in the middle school.

And among the classmates of Taixue, how many people did not rely on their ancestors' shade to get to the capital?

As for the same year, he was the only court official.

Seeing that before the same year, Zhang Yue had to quickly change out of the scarlet court clothes and whitebait bag. This was the same year as a party occasion, so he must not pretend to be forceful, but suppressed his sense of superiority.

Thinking of the class reunion after graduating from university, a classmate talked about a project of several hundred million when they met. At that time, Zhang Yue was young and ignorant. It's a look of worship.

Zhang Yue went out of Donghua Gate to ride horses, even though he was in a hurry, when he arrived at Fanlou in Jingmingfang, he was still late.

There was already a boy waiting outside the door, and Zhang Yue went to report as soon as he arrived.

Han Zhongyan greeted him personally.

Today they were in the west building of Fanlou, which happened to be on the third floor. They used to sit here to overlook the imperial city, but now the common people are not allowed to look at it.

Those who can eat wine on the third floor of Fanlou West Building are either rich or expensive.

The private room in Fanlou is called Ge'er, Han Zhongyan and Zhang Yue walked along the side, and suddenly saw a person coming out of Ge'er.

As soon as the other party saw Zhang Yue and Han Zhongyan, he said with joy, "Dongge, it's been a long time since you've been a bachelor."

Zhang Yue said, "Isn't this He Qi?"

Han Zhongyan didn't remember this person at first, but only remembered now after listening to Zhang Yue's words.

Zhang Yue couldn't help thinking about the experience of copying books in the Wu Mansion together with He Qi.This person was almost dismissed by the Imperial Academy for cheating before, and later he owed a large amount of gambling debts to Wang Kui.

Until last year, He Qi spent a lot of effort to climb up to a well-to-do family in the capital. This member admired He Qi very much and married his only daughter to him.

At the beginning of the year, when a member went out to do business, he was robbed and killed by a bandit on the way. He lost both goods and property, and his wife was seriously ill and unable to work. He Qi is now in charge of more than a dozen shops.

It was heard that He Qi's father-in-law died in a strange way. Relatives of his wife's family reported the matter to the Kaifeng government, but it was heard that He Qi didn't know how to do it, so the case was not prosecuted.

Among the classmates, He Qi is quite ashamed of his behavior.

Seeing He Qi's courteous look, Zhang Yue straightened his stomach, and just said something lightly.When Han Zhongyan saw that He Qineng went to the west building of Fanlou for a drink, he was interested in chatting with He Qi.When Han Zhongyan played with Yulian back then, he let He Qi take over the game, and the two had some old friendships.

He Qiji could speak, and Han Zhongyan laughed out loud after some flattery.

After He Qi left, Zhang Yue said to Han Zhongyan, "Why do these people care about him?"

Han Zhongyan said: "Duzhi, you are too noble, I don't know why these seven people are corrupt, but villains also have their uses!"

Zhang Yue said: "I really don't agree. Let's go quickly!"

Han Zhongyan smiled and said: "Hey, Duzhi's current status is to let others wait for you. A gentleman is not serious but not powerful."

Zhang Yue reprimanded: "If you are not late, you will not be prestige!"

The two laughed at the same time.

Han Zhongyan said: "It's still the old rule, I've invited you for this meal, you're not allowed to snatch it from me!"

Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "You still have such a temperament, no matter, all my money belongs to my wife."

Han Zhongyan laughed and said: "It's so embarrassing to be an official like you."

They walked and chatted until they arrived at the pavilion and pushed in the door. They saw Chen Mu, Wang Zhichen, Kong Wenzhong, Liu Fengshi, Wang Jiong and others were all there in the same year, and two large tables were set up, with more than thirty people. people.

But in the pavilion there are bead curtains and beautiful foreheads, and there are beautiful landscape paintings and green silk curtains on the four walls.A few singers are playing the zither at the side of the house, and a Qingyi is performing and dancing in the pavilion, which is a place for wealth and honor.

Everyone in the same year got up as soon as they saw Zhang Yue, and no one neglected.

Zhang Yue glanced over and saw that there were plates of dishes on the table, but no one moved their chopsticks. It was obvious that they waited for Zhang Yue and Han Zhongyan to arrive.

(End of this chapter)