The residence Qin Dewei found in Xicheng two days ago is located in Wugong Hutong, almost halfway between Sanfasi and Chang'an Youmen.
Go east and go directly to the right gate of Chang'an, and go west and go directly to the Sanfa Department. It is convenient whether you want to file a complaint against the emperor, block the streets and do misfortune, or go to the Criminal Department.
The house originally belonged to an official, but he retired and returned to his hometown, leaving his family behind to deal with the property.
Originally it was only for sale but not for rent, but Qin Dewei persuaded the other party to provide three-month rental service for Zhongliang's sake.
After Qin Dewei came out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, he brought Mrs. Wu, the old lady of the Feng family, to see the house the next day.
Then Wu bought it directly, letting Qin Dewei see what it means to be a rich man, and then moved here on the same day.
The house has two front and back entrances, plus a side yard, which is very suitable for this group of people to live.
After moving here, Qin Dewei grabbed Feng Xingke directly in the hallway and said, "Let's go to the right gate of Chang'an now while we're close!"
Feng Xingke thought of the shameful scene last time and asked uneasily: "Are you going to kneel for an hour again?"
Qin Dewei said with relief: "We don't have to kneel this time! Last time we were troubled and we didn't have time to beat the drum and submit letters. We need to make up for this link, so this time we only need to beat the Dengwen drum!"
So Feng Xingke followed Qin Dewei to the right gate of Chang'an. After beating the Dengwen drum, the guard in uniform asked a few questions and was taken away to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in accordance with the procedure.
They also recognized Feng Xingke. After all, he had come to kneel just before yesterday and made quite a fuss.
Two other servants of the Feng family also followed Feng Xingke to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Qin Dewei did not go because there was no need for him to go there.
Over at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Tingxiang, the censor of the left capital, is one of our own, and Mao Bowen, the censor of the left deputy capital, is a fellow villager of Xia Yan. What else is there to worry about?
Then the Metropolitan Procuratorate wrote a memorial about Feng Xingke's application to "die on behalf of his father" and sent it to the palace.
According to history, a "no" will probably be approved in a few days. At that time, we will continue to organize Feng Xingke to suffer misfortune. This is the plan.
But before that, everything will be fine for the Feng family for the time being.
Watching Feng Xingke and his party leave the right gate of Chang'an, Qin Dewei began to think that he should look for Xu Miaoxuan while he had some free time these days.
But according to the news we got last time, it seems that Xu Miaoxuan is being forced into marriage by Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang?
This matter must be resolved! But Qin Dewei also knew that it was impossible to go directly to Zhang Yanling by himself.
One is that the problem cannot be solved, and the other is that he does not have the courage.
I'm not joking, I really don't have the guts. If I rush to the door to beep, I might be beaten to death by Zhang Yanling and his body will be destroyed.
Judging from historical data, the Zhang family is so careless about human life. More than one example can prove that the status of a scholar cannot protect oneself here.
In fact, families without royal laws are the nemesis of primary school students.
So Qin Dewei thought about it over and over, and could only ask someone to come forward to negotiate with Zhang Yanling first.
The only big guys he knew in the capital were Master Xia Yanxia and Wang Tingxiang Wang Zongxian. Uncle Wang Yiqi was not considered a big shot in the capital.
Between Xia Yan and Wang Tingxiang, although Qin Dewei was closer to Wang Tingxiang, Qin Dewei chose Master Xia.
The only person who could be feared by people like Zhang Yanling was the emperor, and Xia Yan was very popular with the emperor and could speak well in front of the emperor.
Therefore, Qin Dewei estimated that if Xia Yan opened his mouth, Zhang Yanling, a former relative of the country, would at least give up his face and listen to a few words.
When Feng Xingke disappeared at the street corner, Qin Dewei went back to his residence and waited until evening. At this time, Xia Yan would most likely have returned home from the government office.
Then he left immediately and headed towards Xia Yan's residence. Anyway, he lived in Xicheng now, so it was very convenient to find the big guys.
At this time, Xia Yan was in the study, discussing matters with several people. It turned out that something happened today that made the court feel uneasy.
Emperor Jiajing suddenly issued an edict. Since there were few Imperial attendants in recent years, he selected officials from various ministries to serve in the Imperial Academy. He required those who were upright, talented, knowledgeable, and popular to serve in the Imperial Academy. He ordered the courtiers to recommend ten people to serve in the Imperial Academy.
As soon as this edict came out, there was an immediate sensation in the officialdom of the capital.
What is the Hanlin Academy and what is the significance of working in the Hanlin Academy? Anyone with a little knowledge of Ming history can understand it. I have briefly introduced it in the previous article.
In terms of reputation, Hanyuan Cichen is at the top of the contempt chain of the civil service system, with the highest quality and the clearest reputation.
In terms of practical benefits, there is a rule called "No one who is not a member of the Hanlin Academy will join the cabinet." Going to the Hanlin Academy to be gilded means that you have the qualifications to join the cabinet.
If a Hanlin Academy official position is transferred to another place, for example, a seventh-rank Hanlin Academy editor is transferred to a fifth-rank Tongzhi, promotion to two ranks will be regarded as a demotion.
There is another advantage: Hanyuan Ci officials are also called the emperor's literary attendants and have more opportunities to deal with the emperor than other officials.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing wanted to recruit ten people to join the Imperial Academy, which immediately caused a sensation in the officialdom, and this was a very unconventional thing.
According to the general rules, the Hanlin Academy must be selected to enter the Hanlin Academy. That is, the palace examination Sandingjia, and after the palace examination, the Xinke Jinshi Hall selects Shujishi to enter the Hanlin Academy.
In addition, there is no system for officials from other departments to be transferred to the Hanlin Academy. Hanyuan is an independent circle of high standards that is not open to other departments.
Therefore, the transfer of officials from other departments to the Hanlin Academy is an extremely rare special case. For example, Zhang Fuking, the current chief minister, was once specially appointed as a Hanlin bachelor by the emperor.
After understanding this, you can imagine how the emperor suddenly showed his favor today and selected ten people from the Ministry to enter the Hanlin Academy, which caused a sensation in the officialdom of the capital.
Or call it excitement. There are ten quotas. Who doesn’t care about those who think they are qualified? Who doesn’t care about those who want to support party members?
Not only Xia Yan's family, but also many places were holding emergency meetings tonight, but Qin Dewei, a homeless man from out of town, was completely unaware of it.
But it was said that Xia Yan was discussing with his cronies the matter of "ten people entering the Imperial Academy". One person analyzed:
"When it comes to being upright, talented, knowledgeable, and famous, I don't think the Eight Talents will occupy the list! It will be very difficult for us to squeeze people in, unless we can suppress the Eight Talents!"
Xia Yan frowned, and then suddenly heard a servant report: "Qin Dewei came to visit and said he had something to ask for."
Xia Yan waved his hand impatiently and said, "No!"
Faced with such a big event as "ten people entering the Imperial Academy", tonight is so critical, how can we have time to see the small role of Qin Dewei?
Moreover, Xia Yan also felt a little extra unhappy. He has just known Qin Dewei for a few days, so he is not that familiar with you yet, right?
Isn't it a bit too much for you, Qin Dewei, to just come over here and ask for help without even making an appointment?
Do you take yourself too seriously, or do you not take the Minister of Rites seriously enough?
Qin Dewei, who was standing at the gate of Xia Mansion, waited for a while and heard the servant reply: "My master said he can't see you."
Qin Dewei asked again with hope: "Have you made another appointment?"
The servant still replied: "No, my master did not give any other instructions."
Damn! Qin Dewei was very unhappy and felt that he was being despised. This was different from the last time he read a post and didn’t reply!
Now that he has done Xia Yan such a big favor, designed such a big dead end for Xia Yan's mortal enemy Huo Tao, and is still helping to save Feng En, Xia Yan is so rude!