Daming 1805

Chapter 96 Departure
Seven o'clock in the morning on the nineteenth day of the first lunar month in the 34th year of Taiping.

Zhu Jingyuan said goodbye to his parents and left home, leaving Chunxiang and Qiuyue as two personal maids at home, who had already started attending the artisan school.

The salute prepared for him by his parents was escorted by two teams of soldiers from Guan Tianpei's department, and they were first sent to the Jingshi Old City Railway Station.

Under the escort of Guan Tianpei, he went to the palace to bid farewell to the old emperor.

Different from the previous days when he came to the morning court, this time Zhu Jingyuan went directly to the emperor's palace, the Qianqing Palace.

Walking into the lobby of the Qianqing Palace, the first thing I saw was the old emperor, who was already sitting on the throne in his normal clothes.

The second time I saw Zhu Jianfeng, my ninth uncle, standing sideways under the throne, his energy was better than the previous days.

Zhu Jingyuan thought that he had come very early, but he did not expect that his ninth uncle, Zhu Jianfeng, was already inside.

Although he had expected it and knew that he would also have to come over to bid farewell, Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously stopped when he saw the other party directly in this situation.

Then he looked around subconsciously, and found a middle-aged man who described elegance standing opposite Zhu Jianfeng, wearing a third-grade civil service uniform.

Zhu Jingyuan followed his father to see him and knew that he was Shen Fu, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

Now the ministers of the Honglu Temple are on the same level as the Shangshu, and the Shaoqing and the Shilang are on the same level.

Next to Shen Fu were two young men in their 20s, both wearing brand-new scholar uniforms.

Graduates of Daming National University, after passing the special graduation assessment, can get the "Xiu Cai" certificate of honor and the status of "Scholar".

Similar to the degree certificate and cadre status of later generations.

Nominally they can be directly appointed as officials, but in fact only a very small number of very good ones will be directly assigned to be officials at the grassroots level.

Ordinary scholars have the opportunity to become grass-roots officials only by registering at the subordinate institutions of the Ministry of Personnel and passing the special assessment of the necessary part again.

All officials started from the scholar's fame, and they all started from the official position of the ninth grade.

Those who are talented and famous can be at most county-level officials. If they want to continue to be promoted, they must continue to test people while being an official.

If you pass the exam, you won't be promoted directly, but you can increase the upper limit of promotion. You can be the head of the state government at most.

If you continue to go up and get the title of Jinshi, you will be able to be the chief officer of the chief envoy at most.

Only those who rank among the top of the jinshi have the opportunity to become ministers, grand scholars, and ministers of military and aircraft.

When Shen Fu and the two young scholars saw Zhu Jingyuan come in, they immediately bowed their hands together.

The old emperor seemed to have been waiting for a while, and at this time he got up and got down from the throne.

Now I'm not going to the court, I'm talking in my own palace, so the old emperor speaks a lot more casually:
"I asked you to go to Honglu Temple to study when you have nothing to do, but you didn't go once, and you haven't gone to say hello to Shen Shaoqing until now?"

Zhu Jingyuan hurriedly bowed first to the old emperor, then to his ninth uncle, and finally to Shen Fu and the two scholars, and at the same time explained casually:
"Grandpa Qi, I have been searching for ideas for more than a month. It is enough to study on the road, and there is nothing wrong on the boat anyway.

"Staying in the capital these days, try to arrange other things as well as possible, so as not to make mistakes after leaving.

"Grandson and Shen Shaoqing met at Honglu Temple, so they didn't make a special trip."

The old emperor was noncommittal, but Shen Fu smiled and said:
"His Royal Highness the Food King said very well, the journey is boring, and I am looking for something to do."

The old emperor waved his hand and said:

"Shen Shaoqing doesn't need to be used to him, take out the air of a teacher on the road, and discipline him if he doesn't study hard."

Shen Fu smiled and cupped his hands:

"My minister obeys."

The old emperor looked at the two of them and said hello, and then stretched out his finger to the other two young scholars:
"These two scholars, Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, were among the top graduates of the Imperial College of Beijing last year.

"Join the office now and start with your staff. If you have anything in the future, you can discuss it with them."

Hearing these two names, Zhu Jingyuan glared at them.

I just arranged Guan Tianpei for myself a few days ago, and Lin Zexu is here again today?And Niu Jian, the emperor of the Daoguang and Xianfeng dynasties?
Guan Tianpei is 24 years old this year, Lin Zexu seems to be only 20 years old this year!

The public collective schools in Daming consist of five years of elementary school, five years of middle school (regardless of middle and high school), and four years of university, a total of 14 years.

At present, there is no compulsory education, so the imperial court does not limit the age of schooling. If you start school at six years old, you will graduate at exactly 20 years old.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the aides were also incorporated into the national official system, and officials were not allowed to hire staff by themselves, but had to be arranged by the Ministry of Personnel.

So the old emperor arranged these two for himself?
When Zhu Jingyuan was shocked, the two young scholars bowed to Zhu Jingyuan again:

"The student has seen His Royal Highness the Food King."

They have no rank now, so they are commonly known as unranked, so they can only use the status of scholars and call themselves students, not lower officials.

Zhu Jingyuan quickly adjusted their identities. Although these two have rich experiences in history, they are both young people in their prime now.

Fang Gang entered the office, and he definitely regarded this job as a very important starting point for his career:
"The two gentlemen don't need to be more polite. In the future, this king will rely on the two to help!"

Being called Mr. by a prince, the two young people were a little excited, and they were too busy to be called Mr.

The old emperor arranged this side, and finally focused on the other side, looking at his most important son:
"Lao Jiu, Jing Yuan, Shen Shaoqing, you three, listen carefully, the general direction of the negotiation and the conventional decision-making power are controlled by Jing Yuan.

"Shen Shaoqing presides over the detailed planning of the negotiation, Jingyuan, you must also carefully listen to Mr. Shen's advice, and don't be reckless.

"Lao Jiu, as a representative of the clan and the royal family, supervises the behavior of the mission, so as not to humiliate the majesty of Daming, nor damage the interests of Daming's country.

"In addition, the children of the royal family of the Western countries are all handled by you, Lao Jiu, and show the majesty of the Daming Royal Family. I know you are good at this."

Zhu Jianfeng no longer had the seriousness he used to be, and at this time he cupped his hands with a smile and said:

"It's still the father who knows me, and this is guaranteed to be done."

Zhu Jingyuan and Shen Fu also bowed and promised:

"As ordered."

The old emperor nodded lightly, held Zhu Jianfeng's hand, and patted the back of his hand lightly.

Then he turned around and patted Zhu Jianfeng lightly on the shoulder.

Then he returned to the middle of the hall, exhaled forcefully and said:
"Okay, let's go."

"Sir, please retire!"

Zhu Jingyuan, Zhu Jianfeng's uncle and nephew, Shen Fu, Lin Zexu, and Niu Jian, three officials bowed and saluted together, and slowly exited the Qianqing Palace.

Turning around after going out, Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously distanced himself from Zhu Jianfeng.

Zhu Jianfeng didn't care at all, smiled and shook his head and walked directly outside the palace.

No matter what Zhu Jianfeng thought, Zhu Jingyuan did not intend to have too much contact with this ninth uncle.

Deliberately widened the distance and walked with Shen Fu.

Shen Fu used to be his father's deputy, and Zhu Jingyuan was quite familiar with it.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian followed behind their chief officer, and they looked at each other subconsciously when they saw the situation.

The two who didn't understand the situation of the imperial court were both subconscious speculations that the relationship between the uncle and nephew was very bad.

Although the direction of thinking may not be right, this result is not a problem.

Both of them regarded it as a great blessing to follow Zhu Jingyuan for peace talks as the starting point of their careers.

But now I have a vague feeling that this time the peace talks will not go too smoothly.

The five people walked out of the palace gate with front and back feet and came to the Meridian Gate Square again. Representatives from all aspects have basically arrived.

Shen Fu joined the staff of Honglu Temple and led the representatives of the other government offices together.

Wang Lai from the Ship Division of the Ministry of Industry brought together the craftsmen who designed cutting-edge battleships in his own department, and the craftsmen who designed large aircraft carriers in the Royal Shipyard.

After everyone gathered, they took the large official bus of the imperial court and headed to the railway station together.

However, Zhu Jingyuan did not stay, but followed Guan Tianpei's prompt, took the two aides and took a step forward, and went directly to the train station by car.

The railway station of the old city of Daming capital is located in the southeast corner of the outer city of the old city.

Between the southeast outer wall of Jiajing old city and the southeast outer wall of Renwu outer city, the inner city wall is extended to the outer wall of Renwu.

In this way, the entire station is enclosed in a separate area.

The usual inspections are extremely strict, and today it is even more completely closed.

There was not a single passenger in the entire station. On both sides of all roads, there were guards on one side and Jinyiwei on the other.

Guan Tianpei also dispatched half of the more than 400 naval guards to check the train station and the train that Zhu Jingyuan was going to take in advance.

After Zhu Jingyuan arrived with two aides, he directly boarded a separate carriage that was specially prepared and inspected.

In the front and rear compartments inside the carriage, there are two teams of more than 20 soldiers each, and the other more than 400 soldiers are divided into four compartments at the front and rear.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, two graduates, followed Zhu Jingyuan all the way to the carriage, and felt greatly shocked.

The two have already judged with certainty that this Prince Caliph is definitely not an ordinary grandson.

Before, the two of them only learned that this emperor's grandson can directly seal the prince, and he already felt very special. Now it seems that the previous expectations were completely insufficient.

Now the security level is too high, and it is almost necessary to directly monopolize a train, which is the treatment of the emperor when he goes on a tour.

Zhu Jingyuan was also quite emotional, the old emperor was really too careful with himself, and was really afraid that something would happen to him.

Although the carriage I was in was luxurious, all the facilities were very exquisite.

But at the same time, it is also very simple. When you stand up anywhere in the car, you can see the environment in the entire car at a glance.

There are no large cabinets, and all the cabinets and under the seats are integrated staggered grid structures, which can directly see what is inside.

There are more than 50 soldiers guarding the front and rear compartments, and there are more than 400 soldiers in the front and rear four compartments.

Anyone who enters this room must pass through them. The simple aura of these soldiers can make many people feel stressed.

In such an environment, Zhu Jingyuan also relaxed a little.

Sitting in a chair and waiting for the train to leave for Tianjin to go to sea.

　Another [-] words, and today’s total is [-], which is equivalent to four chapters of [-] words.In this way, two of the four chapters can be regarded as an addition to the idlers of the alliance leader (naturally raised), and the idlers will not beat me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)