Ruan Yuan said goodbye to Kong Luhua, Yang Ji, Xu Songnian and others that day, and headed north to the capital. In order to let his second son Ruan Phuc gain experience, he took Ruan Phuc with him on this trip north. The two traveled both by land and water, and finally arrived at the end of April.

Ruan Changsheng had already prepared a house in Duke Yansheng's Mansion. When Ruan Yuan arrived in the capital, he moved into Duke Yansheng's Mansion again. Seeing that although he had not been in the capital for many years, Duke Yansheng's Mansion was still in good order, he wanted to come to Ruan Changsheng and Liu Fanrong.

He was also very concerned about this old house on weekdays. Ruan Yuan was pleased and asked about Ruan Changsheng's appointment as an official.

"Dad, my son has been studying in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works for several years. Several adults said that if it takes another year, my son will be able to lead the manuscript in the Ministry of Works. It just so happens that the British Prime Minister is now managing the affairs of the Ministry of Works. Previously,

My father has taught me that my son has already been in contact with the British Prime Minister. If he can get advice from the British Prime Minister in the future, it will be much smoother than before when he comes to the Ministry of Industry." Ruan Changsheng also told his father about his official duties. He said, "

"Main Draft" was a rule in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Since there were many ministers in each ministry at this time, many of whom were mediocre in ability and were just joining the ministry to increase their qualifications, each ministry would also focus on selecting one or two capable officers to be mainly responsible for writing documents.

This kind of official is called the chief manuscript officer. Ruan Changsheng has just been transferred to the chief of the Ministry of Works at this time. If he can chief manuscript for one to two years, it will be easy to accumulate more qualifications, and then quickly be promoted to Yuanwailang

.

But when Ruan Yuan listened to Ruan Changsheng's words, he felt that one of the names was quite unfamiliar, and said: "Chang Sheng, you just said... Prime Minister Ying? Has Sir Ying been promoted to a bachelor?"

"Yes, this happened half a month ago. No wonder dad doesn't know about it." Ruan Changsheng also smiled at Ruan Yuan and said: "Just half a month ago, the emperor ordered Bolin to act against the Prime Minister because of his disrespect for the country.

Prime Minister Bolin retired early, and the co-organizer Chang Ling Xiang Guo was appointed as a bachelor. The emperor gave the post of co-general bachelor left by Chang Xiang Guo to Ying He, so now when people in Beijing talk about Ying He, they all call him Ying Xiang Guo.

."

According to the practice of the Qing Dynasty, even the co-organized bachelor can be called Zhongtang or Xiangguo. And Ruan Yuan heard that Yinghe had become the prime minister. Although everyone was unhappy with the previous clean-up of the bad regulations, he could go one step further, and naturally Daoguang still remained.

I trusted him. Having said that, I was also happy for Ying He, so he said to Ruan Changsheng: "In this case, Chang Sheng, I should learn more from Ying Xiangguo when doing things in the future. He is a rare person who devotes himself to government affairs and achieves results through hard work."

If you follow him, you can... Chang Sheng, you just said that Yuting Xiangguo was disrespectful to Xiangguo, but I have many contacts with Yuting Xiangguo, and he doesn't look like that kind of person? Do you know what happened in the court?

What happened?"

"Well... I heard that this is what I heard." Ruan Changsheng heard Ruan Yuan ask about Bolin and replied to him: "A month ago, when Prime Minister Bolin was playing a duel, his legs and feet were shaking. It seemed that he was quite

For the inconvenience, the emperor asked him if he was low in energy and could become an official. In this way, the court would naturally favor him and make him return home in fine clothes. However, Prime Minister Bolin replied that he still had plenty of energy, but he just

He has some inconvenience in his legs and feet, but it does not hinder official duties. If the emperor is willing to continue to use him, he can go to the direct province and serve as governor again. As governor, it will be easier to sit in the case and handle affairs. I don't want the emperor to hear this, but get furious and say...

... He said that since Prime Minister Bolin could no longer perform all the prayers, his body could no longer cope with the difficult official duties. Even if he became the governor, he would only sit and eat without food, which would be of no use to the affairs of the province. After saying that, the emperor issued an order for Prime Minister Bolin to retire.

Sincerely, now that he has some official duties besides the Record Office, he is no longer in the cabinet." At this time, Jiaqing's "Records of Renzong of the Qing Dynasty" had already begun compilation, so Bolin needed to supervise the compilation as a bachelor.

"Really... Prime Minister Yuting..." Ruan Yuan couldn't help sighing several times when he heard what Ruan Changsheng said, and said: "Your Majesty may not know that Yuting was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou for sixteen years, and most people in the southwest know his reputation.

, with him in the southwest, the border areas have been stable for many years. Even if Prime Minister Yuting is appointed governor again, I think he should have experience? Why would it be necessary to directly dismiss Prime Minister Yuting like this? Could it be..." For a moment,

Ruan Yuan couldn't help but have an additional worry.

Both he and Bolin were governors who were sent to the direct provinces in the early years of Jiaqing. Moreover, during the 22 years of Jiaqing's rule, each of them only served as an official in Beijing for three years. In other words, they were still young at that time.

Daoguang may only regard veteran governors like himself and Bolin as people his father once valued, but he is unable to analyze in detail why Jiaqing was able to reuse himself and Bolin as governors outside for twenty years.

If Daoguang did not truly realize the role of Bolin, then for himself, could Daoguang accurately understand himself?

At this time, Ruan Yuan naturally did not know that Bolin died two years after he resigned as prime minister, and his posthumous title was Wen Shen. Although Daoguang still treated him with great courtesy and once allowed Bolin to participate in the banquet of the fifteen senior ministers the following year, but Bolin

He was already old, and coupled with the impact of his dismissal, his physical weakness was irreversible. Another one of Ruan Yuan's former friends came to an end.

Ruan Changsheng didn't know that his father had already thought of many things in just a few moments. He felt that Ruan Yuan looked unhappy, so he also advised Ruan Yuan: "Dad, now that you want to publish an anthology, the news has reached the capital, you can

After receiving these important articles from Tang Jinzhao, Tang Jinzhao and Yao Wentian, they also copied many of them and sent them to other scholars in the capital to look at them. I heard that in the capital, many young scholars are studying new things.

Jin admires his father very much. Especially Mr. Tang and Mr. Wang Yinzhi. They have both served as academic administrators in several provinces and have many disciples. Now many of these disciples have entered Beijing to prepare for the imperial examination, and

He has already become an official! When they heard that their father was coming to Beijing this time, they all wanted to find a time to spend time with their father. If the father had set a time and the child was still in charge of the Yangzhou Guild Hall, the child would soon

Tell the guild hall and tell them that their usual gathering place is also over at Xuanwumen."

"Really, I...I have many disciples now?" Ruan Yuan suddenly became interested when he heard Ruan Changsheng talk about his disciples.

"Dad, are you more than just disciples?" Ruan Changsheng also smiled at Ruan Yuan and said: "Think about it, in the early years of Jiaqing, Lord Tang and Lord Wang were already valued by Emperor Renzong and went out to do academic affairs. In this way,

Some of their first batch of students, around the 4th year of Jiaqing's Thirteenth Year, had already begun to take the imperial examination and passed the Jinshi. Before, my father was an official in Beijing. Firstly, it was really inconvenient for us. Secondly, my father had few disciples at that time.

That's why dad doesn't know him, but now many of them also have experience in academic administration. In other words, dad's fourth generation descendants may have already been admitted to the Imperial Academy and worked in academic administration. Otherwise, my son can ask dad for it.

, maybe now, my father has five generations of descendants!" The "inconvenience" he mentioned was naturally due to the fact that Ruan Yuan entered the capital and was actually demoted.

"Haha, five generations of descendants. In this way, dad really has to live a good life. In a few years, shouldn't it be time for these six generations of descendants to come out?" Ruan Yuan heard that he has so many students that he has four or even generations of students.

There were so many five generations, so he was naturally a little proud. Thinking back to the specific time of meeting Daoguang, he said to Ruan Changsheng: "The day I scheduled to meet Daoguang is the sixth day of May. There are still seven days left, or the day after tomorrow in the morning.

How about I go to the Yangzhou Guild Hall so I can meet them?"

"That's great. I will tell Mr. Tang, Mr. Wang and Mr. Yao tomorrow that they have been waiting for several years to meet their father!" Ruan Changsheng immediately agreed to Ruan Yuan and quickly went to prepare for Ruan Yuan.

The meeting between teachers and students has been completed.

As expected, there was a lot of traffic in front of the Yangzhou Guild Hall that day, and there was an endless stream of scribes coming and going. Tang Jinzhao, Wang Yinzhi, and Yao Wentian heard that Ruan Yuan had arrived in Beijing, so they all came to the Yangzhou Guild Hall that day, preparing to talk to Ruan Yuan about the old friendship between teachers and students.

And on this day, in the guild hall, as Ruan Changsheng said, there were many new faces that Ruan Yuan had never seen before.

"Dad, let the children introduce these junior scholars." Ruan Chang had met many of these scribes in his daily life, so he took the first three of them and said to Ruan Yuan: "This one is from Zhejiang, and his surname is

Gong, whose name is Zizhen and whose name is Ding'an, was promoted by Mr. Wang in Zhejiang Province a few years ago. He is now serving as secretary of the cabinet. This person is from Hunan. His surname is Wei.

An outstanding Gongsheng student promoted by Mr. Tang in Hunan. This one is from our hometown. His surname is Zhang, his double name is Jixin, and his courtesy name is Jiaoyun. He is now Juren. They have been waiting to meet their father for quite some time." He said.

Then, the three people came forward and bowed to Ruan Yuan. Ruan Yuan also bowed to the three of them. When they looked at the three of them, Gong Zizhen was a sharp-faced scholar. He might have been a cabinet secretary for several years, but his appearance was more...

The other two are more mature. Wei Yuan and Zhang Jixin both have square faces and look younger.

"Teacher, I personally selected Gong Ding'an as a candidate, and I will do the rest." Wang Yinzhi also said to Ruan Yuan: "Some time ago, the teacher's manuscript of "Ji Jing Shi Ji" was

It has spread in Beijing! Ding'an has always admired the teacher as a person. He feels that the teacher is not only the Taishan Beidou in the academic world, but also one of the best officials in the feudal frontiers today. So, he has volunteered to write a preface to the teacher's anthology.

!Teacher, as the students look at it, Ding'an's preface is a bit long, but the literary talent is really good. The student also took a copy today and asked Ding'an to read it for the teacher. How about it? "

"Really?" Ruan Yuan heard that this young scholar named Gong Zizhen was Wang Yinzhi's student and had always admired his talents. So the preface he wrote was probably a preface that suited his own wishes, so he felt relieved and asked Gong Zizhen

Said: "How about you read the article you wrote to me. If it is really too long, you can pick out the most important words first."

"Master, this... Thank you so much for your attention, Master!" Gong Zizhen was very excited when she heard that Ruan Yuan was willing to let him read his preface. She hurriedly took out her preface and read it to Ruan Yuan and others present: "Today the emperor

In the third year of Yuji's reign, the sky was clear and the earth was cool, the sun and the moon were shining brightly, and the sun was beautiful. I was thrifty than the elders... The officials and officials were in the same league for half the world, and the disciples met for four generations. The descendants of the seven families still had long teeth and hair. During the three dynasties,

The great government was half in Wenhan, and the soldiers were lurking in the dark. The brush was brushed and illuminated the Jiuqu. The posthumous compilation of Peng Pi was raised and recorded in the history of the country. People in Dounan looked at it, and it was the same for a while. In the palace, the sky spoke, but the words were not named. It is known that people are like water.

A mirror is like a needle chestnut, and a piece of writing is like a rotten wood. It has been used by great craftsmen but has never been discarded. It has been collected by many people, and its merits have been gathered from the collective wisdom... Zhang Hua's belly, thousands of households, Sun Wu's bag bottom, eight places and nine heavens, ancient times

There are three kinds of immortality, and the public and the real are both. In ancient times, the lifespan of a hundred was twenty, and the public was half. From this point of view, as the bright sun advances, the number of living things is infinite?" For a moment, he sat in the middle.

When everyone saw that Gong Zizhen listed Ruan Yuan's achievements as an official and scholar, they all applauded him one after another.

"Haha, this preface to Ding'an has written down the essence of what the teacher did as a student and as an official!" Wang Yinzhi listened to his disciple talking about Ruan Yuan's academic achievements, and also praised: "

There are ten things a teacher can learn: exegesis, collation, catalogue, rules and regulations, history, epigraphy, nine numbers, articles, sex and Taoism, and anecdotes. There are six achievements in government: inspecting officials, appeasing the people, establishing schools, military affairs, and administering gifts.

, is also the management of the canal. In ordinary days, many students know that the teacher is a talent for learning, but do not know his political affairs. Some people know that the teacher is a talent for politics, but do not know the teacher's knowledge. Such a sequence in Ding'an is all-encompassing, and it is really a masterpiece!

"In fact, in Gong Zizhen's preface, the so-called "historiography" not only includes Ruan Yuan's contribution to the "The Scholars", but also due to Ruan Yuan's proficiency in geography. In ancient times, geography was attached to history, so it was called together, and his contribution to canal management was
Chapter completed!