Man Bao's eyes widened, "Are you still teaching the way of being an official? I want to learn it too, but why isn't it on the course schedule you gave me? Which lecturer is taking the class? I want to take it too!"
Zhou Man was recruited to live in the palace. Yang Heshu told her from the beginning that if she wanted to take classes, she could attend them. After all, when Chongwen Hall was recruiting talents, her name was on the recruitment list. Although she did not come in as a student,
But to be an official.
However, Zhou Man was very busy after entering the palace. In the past few months, he had attended no more than five classes in total. Two of them were to support their husband, and the other three were because the content of the class happened to be of interest to her.
So I went and listened.
Bai Shan glanced at her and said: "Of course it's not directly about the way to be an official. Sometimes the ministers will bring out what happened in the court to discuss with us, as well as the disputes in the previous dynasty. There are many discussions.
Now, I know the adults of the previous dynasty and what the adults in the court did, and I slowly figured it out."
He said: "And there is also Mr. here."
There are some things that cannot be said in class. If you say them thoroughly, it will be boring and may easily get you into trouble.
But Bai Shan and Bai Cheng are Mr. Zhuang's direct disciples, so they are naturally different. He is also serving as a minister in the palace now, which makes it convenient for him to open a small stove for them.
Every day, the master and the apprentice talked to each other, answering some questions in class, and pointed out what the other lecturers and doctors had not said, and Bai Shan learned it.
To put it bluntly, if you are a mediocre official in the government, you will be able to last; but if you seek political power in your position, you will be worthy of the salary you receive; and you must not forget your original intention, so that your life will not disappear even if you die.
This is the way to be an official that Bai Shan summarized after listening to lectures by various teachers.
He said to Man Bao, "Just ask me what you want to know. Otherwise, if you try to figure it out, you won't even be able to miss a single lesson."
When Man Bao heard this, he was discouraged, "Okay, just show me the notes you made, or just talk to me every day during meals and breaks. I'm so busy now, I don't have time at all."
Bai Shan nodded, "I can tell."
He touched the polished ink, put down the ink stick and said, "Let's write."
Man Bao thought about it for a while, and after half a quarter of an hour, he started writing.
Bai Shan sat aside and watched, giving her pointers from time to time, asking her to change the sentences or write from another aspect.
Because I had already written it once and discussed it with Bai Shanxian this time, it was quite smooth.
Man Bao finished writing it in one breath.
When Bai Shan saw that the afternoon class time was coming, he took the manuscript she had written and quickly read it over again, then nodded and said, "Just revise it again, I'll go to class."
Manbao waved his hand: "Go, go."
Bai Shan ran to class, and Man Bao took the written manuscript and smiled, read it through and changed a few sentences. Then he dried the ink, put the things away, and ran back to Chongwen Hall happily.
Man Bao found a brand new envelope on his desk, thought about it for a while, cleared his throat, then opened the envelope and copied the manuscript. He also paid special attention to the font and kept the envelope clean.
To do your best.
She felt that she was not so serious during the exam.
The copying speed was even slower than the writing speed. When she finally finished copying, her neck was sore.
She raised her head and turned her sore neck. When the ink dried, she put the fold away and sent it to the door to save it.
Humph, it’s a quarrel, who’s afraid of whom?
It's a pity that I have to take a break tomorrow, and I'm about to go to office now. It will be two days before the provincial department accepts the application, right?
For the first time, I wasn’t so eager to take a break.
Manbao sent the zhezi to the province under the door, then strode back to the East Palace with his hands behind his back. He happened to meet the prince who had finished handling things in the Taiji Hall and was about to return to the East Palace.
From a distance, he saw the man in front of him walking with his hands behind his back in a domineering manner. The prince couldn't help turning his head and asked Eunuch Wu, "What happy event is this?"
Eunuch Wu thought hard for a long time and couldn't figure it out, so he thought carefully and said: "Because the Imperial Medical Office is about to start school?"
When the term begins at the Imperial Medical Office, she will definitely go to class if there are many classes, so that she will have a lot of time to go in and out of the palace.
It's always more fun outside than in the palace.
Eunuch Wu thought about it for a long time and then just remembered it.
The prince glanced at him and walked towards Zhou Man with his hands behind his back. The people in front of him didn't notice it at all, mainly because they were a little far apart.
The prince saw her entering the East Palace with her hands behind her back and looking left and right at the scenery on both sides. He couldn't help but look left and right. After a while, he realized why it seemed like the East Palace was her territory.
The prince simply shouted out of luck: "Zhou Man!"
Man Bao was enjoying himself enjoying the scenery on both sides when he suddenly heard a cry and was startled. He immediately retracted his hand behind his back and turned around to look, and saw the prince standing far away.
Man Bao stopped and wanted to wait for him to come up, but when she saw that the other party was motionless, she felt that something was wrong. It seemed that she was a subordinate. Although he wanted to go to her, she still had to go to him.
Man Bao felt tired, but a smile appeared on his face, and he trotted forward happily.
After running for a while, he ran up to the prince and saluted with a breathless expression, "I have met His Royal Highness."
The prince said: "How is it appropriate to run and jump in the palace?"
Man Bao: ...If she walks over slowly, will she become disrespectful to the prince?
However, the prince was accustomed to scolding his younger brothers and sisters. He scolded him casually. When he saw someone approaching, he continued to the East Palace and asked, "Are you going to see Prince Gong in the Tai Chi Palace?"
"No, His Highness Prince Gong doesn't need to see it every day now. I will go and see it when I have time. I didn't go today. I went to Menxia Province."
Although Zhou Man said it lightly, the prince knew that she was not careless. Even if Prince Gong didn't need her constant care, she would go there every two days at most.
If she didn't go, she would write a special letter to the queen asking for leave. The prince had seen her leave note from the queen.
The prince asked: "What are you doing in Menxia Province?"
Man Bao told Wang Ji and others about the impeachment of the prince and the imperial hospital's attempt to make money. Seeing the prince's indifferent expression, he asked, "Your Highness, aren't you angry?"
"Oh, it's not worth getting angry about such a small thing," he said: "My father and the court officials are not stupid. It's only two thousand taels a year, not twenty thousand taels or two hundred thousand taels. There is no need to be greedy."
Is this a little money?”
Eunuch Wu behind him responded: "That's right, Your Highness casually took out a cup of pearls. A few pieces of jade are worth so much money, why bother to covet that little money? It's just that they can't stand His Highness, so they just impeached him."
As long as it is not directed at the prince's shortcomings, does not imply that he has no heirs, and there are not enough people participating, the prince will generally not explode.
People impeach him every day. If he gets angry every time, he might as well just stay angry every day.