Although I was served delicious food and drinks in the dungeon, I felt uncomfortable being restrained in a small space.
Time passed day by day, and Xia Shang's surroundings gradually became clearer. In the first few days, I could still tell how many days had passed, but in the following days, Xia Shang's memory was not very clear.
However, Xia and Shang were not imprisoned for long, and soon someone informed the court of the punishment of Xia and Shang.
I don’t know what happened in the court, but Xia Shang’s punishment turned into a formality.
Apart from being dismissed from his post, there was no substantive punishment. It was just because the news of the burning of the Hanlin Academy reached the ears of the people. No matter whether they were nobles or ordinary scholars, they all hated the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Although the Hanlin Academy has long been reduced to Li Xiangyang's private institution, such a thing is not known to the majority of people. Moreover, the Hanlin Academy is one of the most sacred places in the hearts of Chinese literati, and controls the future of the world's literati. Such an institution is
It was set on fire and immediately aroused public outrage.
Therefore, Xia Shang was appointed editor of the Hanlin Academy. It was a position without rank, and he was still a petty official with no real power, but he had a much more upright approach. After all, it was a name that existed in all dynasties.
Xia Shang's current task is to preside over the reconstruction of the Hanlin Academy, and to do his best to re-edit all kinds of classics that were burned in the fire. This can be regarded as allowing Xia Shang to atone for his mistakes.
Although this kind of punishment cannot silence the public, it can be regarded as giving an explanation to the world's literati.
After all, he has gone from the powerful head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to a small editor in the Hanlin Academy. In the eyes of ordinary people, such a person can be considered useless.
But Xia Shang smelled something from this result, and thought to himself that the queen wanted to straighten herself out after completing this work? Re-promote her from the Hanlin Academy lineage?
Xia Shang had no opinion on this and happily accepted the result.
After leaving the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment, the Minister of Punishment personally handed over Xia Shang to a group of officials of the Hanlin Academy.
Among the officials of the Hanlin Academy, the leader was not Lin Yongshi, and all the officials also had the same smile that was half cold and half proud.
Perhaps in the eyes of these people, they really regarded Xia Shang as a down-and-out official who had lost power and been demoted. They also thought that Xia Shang was the mastermind of the Hanlin Academy.
The situation below really feels a bit like "it finally fell into our hands."
The Hanlin Academy is not an institution with real power. Most of the officials are old and sour men who have no vision and are far less flexible than the Minister of Punishment.
Wang Qinghai would not regard the current Xia Shang as an official who had lost power, and he would treat him with respect from beginning to end.
It wasn't until Xia Shang was sent away that Wang Qinghai finally felt relieved.
The work of rebuilding the Imperial Academy was very urgent, so as soon as Xia Shang came out of the dungeon, he was picked up by people from the Imperial Academy and went straight to the site of the fire that day.
The fire burned the main building of the Hanlin Academy, and five or six small buildings next to it were also burned. Most of the entire area of the Hanlin Academy was turned into ruins.
After many days of cleaning up, except for a few places where there are still traces of fire damage, the rest of the site has been sorted out.
Inside, there are many officials from the Ministry of Works supervising, and the reconstruction work has begun in full swing.
Naturally, Xia Shanglai was not asked to work as a coolie, but to supervise and ensure that the reconstruction work was completed on schedule.
The unknown official next to him looked at Xia Shang, with a bit of disdain and a bit of pride in his eyes: "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, who would have thought that in just a few days, everyone who dared to burn down the Hanlin Academy would
The head of the Procuratorate actually became a small editor in the Hanlin Academy... It’s really sad!”
Another person accompanying him came forward and said, "I burned down the place, and now I have to rebuild it myself. It's really the reincarnation of heaven, and I'm not happy with the retribution!"
Hearing this, everyone around him smiled and looked at Xia Shang with gloating.
Xia Shang didn't pay attention. He turned his head and asked, "Where is Lin Yongshi?"
"As the chief of the Imperial Academy, Lin Yongshi committed an unforgivable crime by burning down the Imperial Academy during his tenure. Like you, he is now one of the editors. In addition to the repair work here, he will also try to repair the books that were burned by the fire in the future. It's really incredible.
I know how you deal with each other..."
"and who are you?"
"Yao Xuewen, the new chief of the Hanlin Academy." The person who answered was full of pride and looked relatively young, probably less than fifty.
Of course, he is young compared to the group of gray beards around him.
Just as he was talking, a man trotted out from the Hanlin Academy. This man was
This is Lin Yongshi.
"Master Xia, are you finally here?" Lin Yongshi was very enthusiastic about Xia Shang. When he came to him, he bowed deeply, but he looked down upon the few white beards behind him who had much higher positions than him, and pulled Xia Shang away.
Walking inside, "Sir, please follow me."
"This man...this man still thinks he is the chief!"
The white beards around him didn't like Lin Yongshi's arrogant attitude, and they gathered together to ridicule him for a while, but Lin Yongshi had already led Xia Shang away.
As Lin Yongshi walked, he introduced the situation at hand to Xia Shang: "Sir, you probably don't know the situation here yet. The repair work has already begun, and the Ministry of Industry will send people to take care of it. You don't need to do it yourself, as long as you wait until two
It will be accepted after a few months. Our main work now is to sort out the burned ancient books. In fact, the building of the Hanlin Academy is not of much value, but the books in the Hanlin Academy are more precious, although not all of them are
It is an only copy, but it is relatively precious. If it is burned like this, it will be a great loss to the world of literary circles."
While he was talking, Xia Shang had already been taken to a long study room belonging to His Highness in the Hanlin Academy.
As soon as you enter the door, you will notice a pile of ashes like a hill at the end of the study. If you look closely, you will find that there are many pages that have not been burned.
A very long table stretches from the entrance to the innermost part of the study, more than ten meters long.
The table was covered with a long cloth, with pens, ink, paper, inkstones and some broken pages that seemed to be drying on it. In the corner, a girl in a yellow shirt held a pen in one hand and the blackened pages in the other, concentrating on what was going on.
What is written.
Seeing Lin Yongshi come in, the girl in yellow clothes at the back immediately put down her pen, wiped the sweat on her forehead, and called out: "Dad..."
Xia Shang was too far away, so he couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly, but from that "Dad", he could hear a bit of a delicate and charming scent like the rippling spring water.
Xia Shang looked at Lin Yongshi, somewhat confused: "This is..."
"Sir, this is Xiaguan's daughter, Lin Qingzhu. The task of compiling books is very heavy, and it is really difficult for Xiaguan to complete it alone, so I called my daughter to help me sort it out."
Xia Shang nodded, and the girl in yellow shirt inside had also arrived in front of Xia Shang and was looking at Xia Shang doubtfully: "Dad, who is this?"