After he and Shen Yongmao reviewed the last batch of selected works for the "Nine Yuan Poems Collection", Lin Zhuangyuan was ready to get up and leave. Anyway, he was just here today to acknowledge himself.
The next day was the official first day of work for Lin Jiuyuan Tailai, editor of the Hanlin Academy.
After Lin Xiuzhuan walked into the Zhuangyuan Hall, he saw that a new set of desks, chairs and stationery had been installed inside. They were set up next to the window. There were bamboos outside the window, making it quite elegant and quiet.
After sitting on the chair, Lin Xiuzhan found that he had nothing to do.
Of course, for Hanlin scholars, as long as they are not in a hurry to improve their spiritual practice, having nothing to do is not a big problem.
I wandered around Hanyuan, spent my days leisurely, laughed at the Cabinet, the Six Ministries, and the Department of Science and Technology, fighting with each other all day long.
At the same time, my own skills are still growing automatically. This is called a fairy life, as long as I can endure the loneliness of staying away from the mortal world (little extra money).
For example, Lin Xiuzhuan, even if he sat in the No. 1 Scholar Hall, he would only be in a daze or sleep, and he would remain in a daze or sleep for three to five years.
Then I couldn't help but feel lonely. If I wanted to go down to earth, I could directly become the prefect of a small place, a co-prefect of a large place, or an inspector in a province.
Maybe it's because the Imperial Academy has a strong aura, and one year of cultivation for a true disciple in the Imperial Academy is as good as three years of casual cultivation outside.
Suddenly, Lin Tailai saw two seniors, Zhu Guozuo and Tang Wenxue, who were in the same room together, looking through dozens of large books and talking.
So he walked over curiously and asked, "What are you doing?"
Tang Wenwen replied: "Previously, the emperor gave instructions to the cabinet that the ancestral teachings are the historical record of the current dynasty. How could it be unknown that he ordered them to be copied and bound into a volume for easy reading day and night?"
Therefore, the first assistant took the lead and organized the Hanlin Academy to compile a set of "Lei Chao Xun Lu"."
Lin Zhuangyuan understood clearly that the teachings were the "Precious Instructions" and the recordings were the "Records", which meant re-editing and copying the treasured teachings and recordings of all the Ming dynasties and placing them in the Emperor's Palace of Qianqing for easy reference at any time.
There is not much to say, book editing is one of the core businesses of the Hanlin Academy.
Of course, during the Wanli Dynasty, it was better not to revise books casually. What if someone discovered a demon book case?
Other businesses of the Hanlin Academy include: compiling history, such as compiling historical records after the emperor's death, going on diplomatic missions, such as going to North Korea to show off, serving as an examiner to recruit students, giving lectures and compiling teaching materials, writing articles and poems, consultants answering questions, official academic research, etc.
Tang Wenwen also reminded: "The final draft of this set of "Le Chao Xun Lu" is about 2,000 volumes. The scholar Tian who is in charge of this matter has said that all the Hanlins can get the first 30 volumes to copy.
As an editor, you can also pick up thirty volumes and slowly copy and submit the manuscript.
In fact, you have plenty of time now, so it would be good to participate more in the copying of "Le Chao Xun Lu"."
Thirty or thirty volumes? At least 200,000 words, right? Lin Zhuangyuan calculated in his mind, and after finishing the calculation, his face twitched.
It is really a torture to copy 200,000 words carefully with a brush. Thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable and boring.
He subconsciously asked: "What are the benefits of copying "Lei Chao Xun Lu"?"
Tang Wenwen replied matter-of-factly: "This is to accumulate merit. How can one rise without merit?
It only took me three years to be promoted to the rank of Attendant, relying on my accumulated merits."
It’s definitely not because the teacher is Zhao Yongxian and the teacher is Wang Xijue.
Lin Zhuangyuan suddenly realized that this was the mission of the sect.
But he didn't want to take on this task and slipped away.
Tang Wenwen didn't say anything more. For Hanlin, it didn't matter if he didn't want to accumulate merit.
The worst thing is that he has no merit and is slow to upgrade. This is called having a noble mind and being indifferent to fame and fortune.
There are quite a few people who have been in the Hanlin Academy for twenty years and are still in the sixth and fifth grades, and most of them are of the "Leanping" faction.
Returning to his seat, Lin Zhuangyuan was bored and kept letting himself go in his mind.
If you were in a cultivating sect, the number one scholar would be a disciple of the best heavenly spiritual root, right? What kind of spiritual root would the nine yuan be?
Just when I imagined this, I saw Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu, the guardians on the left and right, escorting a random cultivator into the Zhuangyuan Hall.
Master Lin snorted coldly, this person is just a small casual cultivator in the foundation building stage, but he dares to offend the top sect's true disciple of the golden elixir stage of Tianlinggen!
"Brother Tang, are you okay?" Lin Zhenren said calmly, "When I was praised in Suzhou as a man who never leaves his fist, you were a witness. It has been four years, right?"
Tang Xianzu, who was being escorted, was stunned for a moment. What the hell is a monk?
Although the articles I write often cover gods, ghosts, ghosts, and spiritual practice, the main theme is not about cultivating immortals.
"My name is Ruoshi, not a monk." Tang Xianzu responded. He thought the other party had made a mistake.
Lin Tailai slapped the case and shouted: "The Sa family has never offended you, so why did you write a ditty to slander me!"
Tang Xianzu: ""
As a writer who is extremely sensitive to words, he would feel very uncomfortable and awkward switching randomly between the fairy tale context and the martial arts context.
"What? Are you speechless?" Lin Tailai asked.
Tang Xianzu asked in confusion: "Why did this happen?"
Lin Tailai pulled out the manuscript of the ditty "It's Hard to Be the No. 1 Scholar" and showed it in front of Tang Xianzu, "Didn't you write this?"
Tang Xianzu stretched out his head to look at it, and shouted angrily: "Literary prison! This is a literary prison! What crime is there if you dare to privately arrest an official because of a piece of paper?"
Lin Tailai sighed, Qin Tang Xianzu has been in Vanity Fair for more than ten years, why is he still so naive?
Maybe he is engaged in popular literature and his temperament is relatively simple and naive, right?
Ten years ago, when Zhang Juzheng was at his peak, Tang Xianzu didn't even want to sell Zhang Juzheng's face.
Later, Tang Xianzu did not even show favor to the leader Wang Lao in the literary world, and wrote a book called "The Purple Flute" which was banned.
He is such a pure anti-authority angry young man, and of course he is angry now.
Later, Ang Lao wrote a poem like "The mountains and rivers are hollowed out by the middle stream, and the Holy Lord prays for gold and works day and night."
Just be angry if you're angry, some people will still be young until they die, but Lin Zhuangyuan didn't want Tang Xianzu's anger to affect him, so he could only teach Lao Tang how to behave:
"It's useless to scream even if your throat is broken; if you sue, do you want me to send you to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?
Believe it or not, I am suing you for insinuating the emperor? Let you open your eyes and see what the real literary prison is?"
The atmosphere instantly became tense! Even Zhu Guozuo and Tang Wenxian on the other side put down their pens about their achievements and looked sideways.
Suddenly, someone rushed in from outside, shouting in panic: "Jiu Yuanjun, show mercy with your sword, no, show mercy with your mouth!"
Lin Tai looked over and saw that it was Wu Daonan who was ranked second in the same subject.
It turns out that Wu Daonan and Tang Xianzu were both from Fuzhou, Jiangxi, and both were students of Luo Rufang, a scholar at Fuzhou University and a master of Jiangxi Xinxue.
The second in the list was appointed editor of the Hanlin Academy. Today Wu Daonan came to the Hanlin Academy to report, but he met Zhang Wen, Lin Zhuangyuan's attendant, at the door.
Later, Zhang Wen took the initiative to inform him that Lao Tang had been captured by Lin Zhuangyuan!
This was a fellow villager and classmate, so he had to save him, so Wu Daonan had to rush to the No. 1 Scholar Hall, thinking of selling his face to get someone.
Lin Tailai immediately changed his target: "Brother Wu Nian is right, he wrote a ditty to slander me for no reason, how can you ask me to show mercy?"
Wu Daonan quickly explained: "I know a little bit about this matter, so I can't blame Tang Ruoshi!
This ditty is just a section of "Handan Ji" written by Tang Ruoshi, and was not deliberately written for current events!
I don’t know who made trouble out of nothing, but cut out this little ditty separately, and then started to spread it, so it was misunderstood as being about current affairs.”
Lin Tailai: ""
Why is this operation method so familiar? It seems like I have seen it many times in my previous life?
Malicious screenshots? And then taking them out of context?
"In any case, this little song has already caused a bad impact!" Lin Tailai shouted to Wu Daonan.
In fact, it is difficult to say how bad the impact was. After all, the citizens of the late Ming Dynasty were well-educated, and all kinds of black materials were flying everywhere. For example, a recent hot gossip said that Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was still drinking aphrodisiacs in his sixties because of infertility.
But in front of Wu Daonan, Lin Zhuangyuan must show that he was deeply hurt by it.
Wu Daonan, who came from a remote mountain village, was a relatively simple man and asked: "Jiu Yuanjun, please calm down, I will replace Tang Ruoshi and apologize. If there is a way to compensate, I will do my best."
Lin Tailai sighed: "Originally, I was going to see Master Tian to get thirty volumes of "Lei Chao Xun Lu" copied and corrected, but now I'm not in the mood.
Since you have already reported to the Hanlin Academy, when I receive these thirty volumes, you can copy and correct them for me!"
"It's easy to talk about!" Wu Daonan agreed immediately.
This culprit who was number one in the same year was famous and vindictive. If he copied thirty volumes of books, he could completely solve Lao Tang's troubles, which would be totally worth it.
With 6,000 updates per day, it only takes one month to complete.
Lin Zhuangyuan said happily: "Okay! Let's do it like this, the two sides will be cleared!"
Tang Xianzu: "???"
You Lin Zhuangyuan deliberately arrested me, Tang Ruoshi, just to get Old Wu to work for you?
Damn it! Tang Wenwen on the other side of the room opened his eyes wide and looked at Lin Tailai in shock.
It turns out that this junior doesn’t want to gain merit, but has another method. What kind of sect is this? Tribulation Cultivator?
Wu Daonan was afraid that Lin Tailai would look for trouble, so he added: "It is the most difficult to trace the source of such random writing, so Jiu Yuanjun will stop here."
Lin Tailai said with a sinister smile: "Who said it is difficult to trace? As long as Tang Ruoshi is willing to cooperate, I can find out who it is within a quarter of an hour without leaving home!"
Tang Xianzu hesitated for a moment and responded: "I still object to your Excellency's accusation of guilty, and I will not help you investigate."
Lin Tailai didn't mind at all, "Your attitude has already made it clear!
I guess you admire the style of the Qingliu gang and have recently taken the initiative to get close to them, so they should have the opportunity to see your "Handan Chronicles"?
It just so happens that I have a huge hatred against the Qingliu forces, so it must have been done by someone from Qingliu!
You've probably guessed who it is, you don't want to cooperate with me, you just want to cover him!"
Tang Xianzu: ""
Damn it! Why is Lin Tailai so clear about his political leanings? It seems that he has been silently monitoring him!
Lin Tailai continued to say aggressively: "You can not say a word, but I can go find out who among the Qingliu gang has been in contact with you recently.
There is another condition: people from Jiangxi or people related to Jiangxi!
The conditions are so detailed, I don’t believe it can’t be found through inspection!”
Tang Xianzu said again: "That is still your guess, and you still have no proof."
Lin Tailai said unceremoniously: "No proof is needed at all, and it doesn't even matter whether the person you find is right or not!
In my eyes, as long as there is a justifiable reason, that’s enough!”
Tang Xianzu felt the strong pressure coming towards him! The last time he felt this kind of pressure was ten years ago when Zhang Juzheng asked someone to send him a message.
Wu Daonan only interacted with Lin Tailai during this exam, and today he finally saw a glimpse of the true face of the top pick in the same year.
"You go first!" Wu Daonan said to Tang Xianzu.
Lin Tailai said to Tang Xianzu: "Listen to my advice and stay away from those Qingliu gang and don't mix with them."
Lin Tailai may have hated the Qingliu forces, the predecessor of the Donglin Party, but he had no objection to Tang Xianzu.
Tang Xianzu was a very pure angry youth, and he was really not a fellow member of the Donglin Party.
In history, Tang Xianzu followed the Qingliu forces to cause trouble, and as a result, others gained fame and fortune, but Tang Xianzu gained nothing except being demoted to the status of a classic historian, and finally became discouraged and went home to write a book.
After Tang Xianzu left, Lin Tailai asked Wu Daonan: "You are familiar with Tang Ruoshi. Have you guessed who spread the ditty?"
Wu Daonan replied solemnly: "According to the search conditions you set, only one person meets the requirements, and that is Jiang Shixin, the head of the Civil Service Examination Department. He served as an official in Jiangxi and listened to Zou Yuanbiao's lectures."
Lin Tailai laughed, "Don't be so nervous, it's just a small thing!
I just ask Brother Wu to pay more attention to Tang Ruoshi in the future and don’t let him insinuate and vilify me when he writes in the book!”
The honest man Wu Daonan said in disbelief: "Who can be so boring?"
There are indeed people who are so boring nowadays, but Lin Tailai can't expose it.
After sending Wu Daonan away, Lin Zhuangyuan found that Tang Wenwen had been staring at him stupidly.
"What are you watching me do?" Lin Zhuangyuan asked.
Tang Wenwen retracted his stunned look and said casually: "It's nothing!"
Lin Tailai asked again: "Is there anything else that can be achieved now?"
Tang Wen said earnestly: "There are many tasks that newcomers cannot take on. Newcomers should still focus on learning."
While they were talking, Dong Qichang came to visit again.
As the fourth successor, Dong Qichang's selection as Shujishi is not a big problem, and there is no pressure at present.
I came to the Hanlin Academy to familiarize myself with the environment in advance, and at the same time I came to read Tang Dynasty literature. After all, they were also known as the "Three Heroes of Yunjian" at the beginning, and they fought against Jinbu together.
"Do you want to take leave and go home? If the time is right, we can go together." Dong Qichang asked Lin Tailai.
In fact, the imperial government was not strict about the first year of Jinshi, and it was only regarded as a transitional period. Generally, Jinshi began to observe political practice for half a year in April, and after that, it was almost the end of the year.
Therefore, it is easy for new students to take family leave this year. After all, everyone has the desire to "return home in glory".
After Lin Tailai thought for a while, he replied: "I will first get to know him in the Hanlin Academy for a while, and then I will ask for family leave."
It is necessary to go back to Suzhou. After all, the industry is so big that I would not be at ease if I didn’t go back and have a look.
Then there is the project of dredging the old Wusong River. We need to find an opportunity to promote it and arrange it directly when we get back.
Furthermore, this year is the year of great calamity for the national struggle. Lin Tailai is still too weak and does not want to get involved for the time being. If he does not do well, he will be disgraced.
But he is Jiuyuan Xiangrui after all, what if the emperor wants to point him to express his position?
Therefore, in addition to making enemies with the Zheng family, it is also a good idea to go back to your hometown to hide when you have the opportunity, which is a double insurance.
