Xiangye

Chapter 243

However, Tian Yize pulled him back: "What's the rush, Gaozhi? Let's have a drink first."

Gao Wen smiled wryly: "If the governor is ignorant, Tian Xingren should not make fun of him."

Tian Yize: "I'm not in a hurry to retire today. It's already noon, and the doctor of the official department also needs to eat. You can't find anyone in the past now, so why don't you come back in another hour. Also, the official's doctor People have a big temper, and if you delay people's lunch and nap, don't you make yourself uncomfortable?"

Gao Wen looked at the sky and felt a pang of hunger in his belly.Just nodded: "So, let's go find a restaurant and settle the lunch first."

The two left the imperial city, found a random restaurant outside, served dishes, and ate while talking.

The Central Department of the Ming Dynasty did not provide working meals. At noon, officials of all sizes came out to look for food, making this area very lively.

After drinking for three rounds, Tian Yize brought up the topic of Gao Wen's new position, and asked with a smile, "Er Zhi, you are really going to retire this official position, but you don't know what your plans are in the future?"

The two talked for a long time, and Gao Wen was a talkative person. As a modern person who has been influenced by the wine table culture of later generations, a few jokes made Tian Yize laugh out loud. Regardless of the age gap, they called each other brothers.

Gao Wen: "Brother Borun, as a witness in the Shaanxi Ma Zheng case, I have no choice but to stay in the capital. Also, I want to stay here for two years to prepare for the next Spring Festival. The reason why I came here Candidates for the Ministry of Officials are under the care of my teacher, Editor Xu. Firstly, I can get some salary to live on, and secondly, I can practice and practice. The teacher is very kind, and I, as a student, naturally cannot refuse. To be honest, Brother Yu still I have some family business, but I don’t care about that little salary. This governor has nothing to do, he might as well study quietly at home for two years to be at ease.”

When eating wine just now, Gao Wen didn't hide anything, and told Tian Yize about his background.

Tian Yize: "Indeed, it is true that Juren will not go far in his official career after he becomes an official. I am not allowed to be an official unless I am a Jinshi. The imperial examination is the right way. However, even if you get a Jinshi in the future, if you are lucky and enter the Imperial Academy, After the museum is over, you have to go to the Six Departments to observe the government. So, I advise you, you might as well continue to do the job of the Ministry of Rites. By the way, you probably don’t know the beauty of this official position, right?”

"The beauty?" Gao Wen Dajue was puzzled: "Is this the yamen of the Ministry of Rituals offering sacrifices to Qing officials in charge of etiquette and in charge of the sacrificial yamen? What good can there be?"

In his opinion, it is meaningless for this department to get some pigs' heads, cow's heads, and sheep's heads to make a confession on the divine case every time there is a national ceremony.By the way, every morning in the court, you have to go to the imperial city to be a discipline officer, to see which officials don't wear their clothes and hats properly, don't keep records, and can't even sleep late.

Tian Yize laughed, and pointed at Gao Wen: "You, you, you...that's right, you have never been an official before, so naturally you don't know the way to do it."

Gao Wen was confused: "It's just a Qingshui yamen."

"The Ministry of Rites may be a Qingshui yamen, but this shrine priest is not." Tian Yize looked around and lowered his voice: "Not only is it not, but it is also very fat. Don't think you are just a little ambassador , not the chief officer of the department. But as long as the task at hand is right, there are many benefits."

He came to talk about Xing and said: "The ancestral hall of the Ministry of Rites offers sacrifices to Qing officials, Zhang Jili, palm sacrifices, posthumous funerals, posthumous posthumous gifts from ministers, and management of monks, wizards, and those who engage in yin and yang, divination, and medicine."

Gao Wen: "Brother Borun, I know this, what's wrong?"

"You don't know." Tian Yize shook his head: "It's nothing more than holding auspicious ceremonies, holding sacrifices, funerals for empresses, and posthumous posthumous gifts from ministers. The state's grand ceremonies have their own ministers and servants to decide, and it's not up to you little ones." However, in addition to the four Qing officials, the Ministry of Rites also has three yamen: Senglu, Daolu, and Jiaofang. The three monks, Taoists, and Jiaofang all belong to the shrine. Generally speaking, there is one doctor in the department to lead the whole department, one Yuanwailang to be the second assistant, and one person to be in charge of specific affairs. There are three court officials in total. But there are too many affairs, and they can't manage them. Therefore, there are three governors in the division, who are in charge of these three divisions. Erzhi, for example, if you go there, the monks, Taoist priests and brothel women in the world will be under your control! "

"Let's talk about the practical benefits. Let's use an analogy. The imperial court or a certain palace or yamen is going to have a religious ceremony. It is important to choose which monastery to host and who to choose. As for the particulars, I won't go into details."

Speaking of this, Tian Yize stroked his beard and laughed.

Gao Wen's heart shuddered, and he immediately understood.That's right, although this official is small, it sounds like he doesn't have much prestige, but he is full of oil and water.These days, monks and Taoist priests are very rich. Take the case of the population of Baoen Temple that I used to handle, and I made a lot of money.

At that time, he was just a little teacher, but now he is in charge of monasteries and Taoist temples all over the world, isn't he so happy?
"Good place, good place!" Tian Yize said with a smile: "Your teacher is Xu Youzhen, the editor of Hanlin. To put it mildly, although he has a bad reputation and may handle the Shaanxi Ma Zheng case, he is also a capable person. , it’s not surprising that I got this job for you.”

Gao Wen suddenly smiled, but he still couldn't help asking: "Brother Borun, that's not right! I'm just an ambassador from the seventh rank, not even an official of the imperial court. The Zhengyin officials of the Senglu Division and Daolu Division only I'm afraid they are not low-level, how can I manage them?" Yes, since it is a department, then it is a bureau-level unit, and the supervisor should correspond to a doctor from the sixth department.

Tian Yize: "The Zhengyin official of the Senglu Division is Zuo Shan Shizheng, the sixth rank, and the Daolu Division is Zuo Zhengzheng, the sixth rank."

Gao Wen: "How can I care about such a high grade?"

"What is this? There are higher grades. For example, the Daolu Division's Longhushan Zhengyi real person is the second grade."

Gao Wen seemed to understand something: "Ah, it turns out that the chief officials of the two divisions are all monks!"

Tian Yize laughed and said: "Yes, they are all monks. They practiced hard in the temples and temples by themselves! That is to get a name. Do you think there is a government office?"

"Haha, I got it, I got it." Gao Wen also laughed: "It's because I'm confused, I'm not in charge of these three divisions, I'm in charge of communication.”

"Yes, that's right." Tian Yize nodded.

Gao Wen cupped his hands: "It turns out that the Ministry of Rites still has so many skills, thank you, the old driver, for leading the way."

"What old driver?" Tian Yize looked confused.

Gao Wen: "It's old horses who know the way."

Tian Yize sighed: "The old man has been up and down for decades, so he can be regarded as an old horse."

Generally speaking, there are three reasons for the world's imperial examinations to become officials.

One is to make money by being an official for thousands of miles. After three years of clearing the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, this is probably the mind of most officials.Although it shows that the salaries of officials in the DPRK are ridiculously low, there are still many reasonable and legal incomes without corruption.The imperial court also turned a blind eye to this. If everything was true, the entire government would collapse due to bankruptcy.

What's more, it's purely to enjoy the glamor and decency of a superior person. Most of these officials come from rich and famous families, and they don't lack money.What they need is power, and as long as they have power, they can benefit the descendants of the family.

The third type has the least number of people. They serve as officials in order to show their ambitions and take care of the affairs of the past, so why not be afraid of fame after death.Such people are represented by Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng.Power and money mean nothing to them, what they want is to leave their name in history.

Gao Wen is just a common man, not as noble as Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng.He wanted money, and he also wanted a decent appearance.Of course, the most important reason is that being an official is the only way to live like a human being in this world and to protect yourself and your family.

Although this bird ambassador from the Ministry of Rites is small, he has some power and can get some money.It is also interesting to be able to deal with monks and Taoists all over the world, so you might as well go and have a look.If it's really boring to do, the big deal is to resign and not do it, and it won't delay anything.

Thinking of the benefits of this new official position in the Ministry of Rites, Gao Wen felt itchy, and he no longer had the mood to eat, so he put down his chopsticks and said, "Brother Borun, let's drink up to this point today, it's important that we report first."

"Why are you so anxious, there is something special about your official position, so please pay attention to it."

Gao Wen: "Borun, what's the point?"

Tian Yize: "Just now I just said that you will work in this official position for at least two years, and you will lock the hall to participate in the examination in the next spring."

Gao Wen: "That's right, the imperial examination is the right way. If you don't have a Jinshi degree, you will naturally have no future. Is it possible to work in this position for the rest of your life?"

Tian Yize: "That's it. Since you have such a heart, I would like to remind you of a sentence. Among our famous teachers, the word reputation is the most important thing. If the reputation is ruined, everything will be ruined." The Ministry of Rituals, the Temple Priest and the Qing Officials are in charge of the three divisions of monks, Taoists and Jiaofang. You can fight with monks and Taoists, but you have to stay away from the Jiaofang Division. If you fall into lust Reputation, that is a lifelong stain, and there will be unspeakable troubles in the future."

When Gao Wen was in Hancheng before, he was disheartened because of women's affairs, and he had suffered a lot, so he took it for granted, "Thank you, brother Borun, for reminding me, I know it myself. Besides, even if a gentleman is good, he can't be good." Fang Si's girl's head up. Rabbits don't eat grass by the side of the nest, even if they want to eat it, it has to be tender grass!"

Tian Yize laughed: "That's right, can the house secretary's wife see it?"

Both drank a lot and spoke more casually.

Immediately, both of them burst out laughing.

After dinner, Gao Wen and Tian Yize joined hands to report to the Ministry of Rites.And Tian Yize hired a sedan chair, and went to the Pedestrian Department on his own.

(End of this chapter)