Chapter 461 The old friend of the Ministry of Rites
The three masters and servants walked slowly along the main road in the north of Bianhe River, looking left and right. Seeing the tens of thousands of people entering the market and the crowds of people, it felt like they were in a dream. After entering the inner city through Liangmen, the bustling and bustling scene
Even better, the three masters and servants were even more amazed.
"Oh, uncle, here...it's much more lively than here in Hangzhou. As for the boats, there aren't as many boats as there are in Hangzhou, and there don't seem to be many people. Why does it feel more lively?" Lin Hubei
He smashed the book box all the way and said.
"Xiaohu is right, I feel the same way. It seems that the roads here are wider, there are more bridges, and the houses are taller and bigger. In short... it feels very strange." Lu Wu carried a small floral package on her back.
She said with her head combed, the young woman's hair accessories were combed, revealing her slender, snow-white neck. She looked very charming and cute. The gold hairpin on her head shone brightly in the sun.
"That's right. When Sister Lu Wu said this, it seemed to be the case. I felt panicked and didn't know what was going on." Lin Hu said.
Lin Jue knocked the hat on his head and said with a smile: "I'm flustered because I haven't had enough to eat. We were so busy on the road that we didn't even eat lunch, so naturally we're hungry and flustered. Let's go, let's find a restaurant to have a meal first."
Lu Wu said: "We still need to find an inn to stay."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "After dinner, I looked for a place to stay. My husband is in the capital, but I don't know where he lives now. I'm afraid I won't be able to see my husband and my wife today. Even if we find it, the three of us will not be able to live there."
The residence in the teacher’s home must be small.”
"Uncle, I'm afraid we have to rent a house to live in." Lin Hu said.
Lin Jue frowned and thought. He remembered that when he left Hangzhou last year, the young princess Guo Caiwei said that she would come to the capital. She also said that she would live in a house near the Daxiangguo Temple that the young prince Guo Kun gave to her. Now it is
It's March of the new year, and if Guo Caiwei had come to the capital, she would have been here long ago. If Guo Caiwei were here, she wouldn't have to find another place to live. She could just go into her house directly, which would save her trouble. Also, Xie Yingying is also here
He said that he would be looking for him in the capital later in the year, but he didn't know if she had arrived. He had stayed on Funiu Mountain for several months. If they came but couldn't find him, wouldn't they know where he had gone. Even if they were in the capital,
How can I find them myself?
However, Lin Jue quickly came back to his senses and no longer thought about these things. He had to deal with things one by one. First, he found an inn to settle down, and then went to the Ministry of Etiquette to register and register tomorrow. That was all the candidates who came to Beijing to take the Chunwei exam and passed the exam.
The first thing to do is to ask about the residence of Fang Dunru and his wife, and then slowly find out if the little princess and Xie Yingying are in the capital. Also, I have to visit Lin Bonian. There are still many things.
, we can only take one step and look at it.
After making up his mind, Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "Let's go to the restaurant first and have a good meal before we argue."
The three masters and servants ordered a table of wine and food at a restaurant next to Bianhe Street and had a delicious meal. When they paid the bill, the table of wine and food actually cost five taels of silver. This made Lu Wurou feel pain and kept muttering.
Prices in the capital are actually so expensive. Lin Jue secretly laughed. How could it be a place under the emperor's feet if it wasn't expensive? The food, vegetables and materials produced locally in Bianliang City are limited, and they are all shipped to the capital from various places, so the prices are naturally higher than other places.
Too many. It seems that living in the capital is not easy. Lu Wu carries all the belongings of two thousand taels with him, including food, clothing, housing and transportation. I am afraid that it is not enough. If there is really no money to spend, I am afraid that I will have to find someone else.
Erbo Lin Bonian went to think of a solution. I hope it won't come to that point. Lin Jue didn't want to be humble about money.
After having this meal, it was getting dark in the evening. The setting sun shone on the streets on both sides of the Bianhe River, and the bustling traffic did not diminish at all. The three masters and servants found an inn called Tongfu and opened two rooms to settle down temporarily.
The innkeeper was kind-hearted. Seeing Lin Jue's posture as if he was coming from out of town to take the imperial examination, he specifically told Lin Jue to be careful on the street. He said that the Spring Examination was about to be held in Beijing, and the idle gangsters on the street liked to rob.
These weak-minded villains asked him to make sure his money was not wasted and to act carefully.
Lin Jue smiled wryly. It seems that the public security situation in the best place under the Emperor's feet is also worrying. The gangsters in the capital are so bold that they even rob the emperor's sons. Aren't they afraid that they are robbing the future pillars of the DPRK?
The three masters and servants traveled for several days, and they were all a little tired. After they settled in and washed themselves a little, Lin Jue ordered them to go to bed and do nothing, but to regain their energy first. So the master and servants stopped eating dinner.
They rested separately. Lin Jue held Lu Wu in his arms and slept from the evening of the first day to the dawn of the next day.
Early the next morning, after dinner, Lin Jue asked Xiaohu to stay in the inn with Lu Wu. He went out with the documents given by Xuezheng Yamen in Hangzhou and inquired all the way to Bianliang Da Nei Palace to find them. Based on his memory,
With a little vague impression and the guidance of others, I went all the way north to where the Rites Yamen was.
Finally, at three o'clock in the morning, Lin Jue was already standing at the entrance of the huge blue brick square in front of the right gate of the Imperial Palace. At the entrance of the huge archway, fully armed Imperial Guard soldiers were guarding there, and in the distance was a row of
There are exquisite courtyard houses arranged there, which is the office of Shangshu Province, and the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites is among them.
The Forbidden Army soldiers at the street entrance did not stop Lin Jue. After Lin Jue showed them the official document proving the identity of the deceased, he gave the green light all the way. It seems that during this period, there were more deceased soldiers coming, and these Forbidden Army soldiers were also used to it.
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After crossing the street and entering the square, there is a towering city wall in the distance. Below the high wall, guards and horses armed with shining swords patrol back and forth and are heavily guarded. Inside the city wall, there are several palaces and splendid houses.
It was shining with golden light in the sun. Lin Jue knew that within the city wall was the inner palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In one of the dozen or so palaces there, the current emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty lived.
Above the square, there are two large groups of exquisite house courtyards, one in the east and one in the west. In the middle is a huge space of more than 30 feet, which is like a chasm dividing the two courtyards. They are quite contradictory to each other. Lin Jue
As you know, these two courtyards are the two institutions that symbolize the highest authority of the Zhou Dynasty. The large courtyard in the east is the Government Hall, and the one facing away in the west is the Privy Council. It is known as the "East and West Houses".
.The two major institutions, one in charge of government affairs and the other in charge of military affairs, were the core of the power of the Zhou Dynasty.
As for other key departments, such as the Sansi Yamen, the Supervisory Yuan, and the Yushitai, they are located elsewhere. Some are in the square outside the east and west gates of the palace, and some are in other places. They do not exist here.
Location. The most tragic thing here is the dignified Sansi Yamen. Once upon a time, the Sansi Yamen was on an equal footing with the two governments and had monopoly financial power. The Sansi Envoy was once dubbed the "planner". However, now, in
They no longer have a place in the square in front of Daqing Gate, the south gate of the imperial palace, which symbolizes the highest power. Their originally majestic government office has been completely occupied and swallowed up by the political affairs hall.
The Yamen of the Ministry of Rites is in the courtyard on the south side of the Political Hall. A police officer learned that Lin Jue was here to report his case, so he led Lin Jue from the side to another small courtyard. Before entering the vertical door in the courtyard,
The officer asked Lin Jue to wait outside the hanging door for a while, then walked in with Lin Jue's documents.
Lin Jue could only stand and wait under a flower tree outside the hanging door. He could only hear bursts of laughter and laughter coming from the yard, which seemed to be very lively.
In the yard, when the guards came in, several officials in official uniforms were talking, laughing and admiring around a peach blossom tree in full bloom.
"Hey, the peach blossoms are blooming well this year. Look, they are double flowers. They are big, red, and beautiful." A middle-aged official laughed loudly.
"Master Hu loves peach blossoms the most, and these peach blossoms seem to understand human nature. Yesterday, only a few bloomed. It seemed that he knew that Master Hu would come to our Ceremony Department today, so naturally they bloomed in full bloom. This is called 'Suddenly like a spring breeze coming overnight.
"Thousands of trees are blooming with peach blossoms, hahaha." An official laughed.
"Ma Yuanwai's poem cannot be revised well. What does it mean 'like a spring breeze coming all night'? It should be changed to 'like a sudden night knowing what's going on, and peach blossoms blooming in full bloom'."
"Zhang Yuanwai, your literary talent is really high. You have changed a good poem and changed it beyond recognition. What's the point of 'misbehaving'? Are you insinuating and sarcastic that our Lord Hu is doing such nonsense?"
"No, no, no, Mr. Hu's surname is Hu, and Hu Lai means... Mr. Hu is here. It's such a nonsense, not the kind of nonsense you said."
"What kind of nonsense is that? I only heard one meaning, which is nonsense. Everyone knows what nonsense means. You are just making fun of our Mr. Hu."
The two officials, one horse and one horse, were talking in a confused and quarrelsome manner. They were talking about their last name, but it was not a good word, which made the middle-aged official look unhappy.
He seems to be angry.
"My lords, I would like to inform you that a Chunwei student has come to report for registration." The servant stepped forward to report.
Seeing that there were outsiders here, several officials stopped making noises, coughed a few times, and stood up with their chests raised, belly folded and stroking their beards, looking serious.
"Where did you get the certificate? Bring it to me and take a look." The middle-aged official said. The handyman presented Lin Jue's official document. When the middle-aged official saw the name, he jumped up.
"Oh, he's here. Hahaha, what a coincidence." The middle-aged official laughed.
"You don't know. Last autumn, I took the exam in Liangzhe Road. The first Jie Yuan was Lin Jue from the Lin family in Hangzhou. I ordered it myself. I heard that he left for the capital last year.
Why did it take four or five months for him to arrive? Today, the first day I came to be the head of the Ceremony Department, he arrived. Isn’t this fate? Hahaha."
