Domineering husband

Chapter 113 The first day of the Imperial Academy's appointment as an official

The Imperial Academy is located in the inner city, and as a reserve for officials, it is still close to the imperial palace among the offices.

The head of the Hanlin Academy is a Hanlin Bachelor, who holds a fifth-rank official position. Now this official position is Du Guqin, the number one scholar in the 31st year of Kai'an.

Du Guqin also came from a farming family. He is in his early forties this year. He is unsmiling and looks a little serious.

When Li Qiao went to the Imperial Academy to report to work, Du Guqin gave him a leave of absence. Li Qiao's impression of him was that he didn't talk much.

In Dasheng, it is two days a morning, and only officials of the fifth rank can go to court.

There is a big court on ten days, and officials of the seventh rank and above have to go to court.

Li Qiao was compiled from Liupin, he does not need to go to court on weekdays, he only needs to go to work in the Imperial Academy every day.

On the first day of work, you must not be late, and Dasheng has a special system for evaluating officials, called the attendance method.

According to the time and attendance law, one cannot be late or absent without reason, otherwise the salary will be deducted, and if it accumulates to a certain number of times, it will be punished.

Li Qiao was not interested in deducting wages or being punished. It was the first time in his two lives that he went to work in the yamen. He and Tao Zhu were a little excited, and they got up before three o'clock.

The working hours of Dasheng officials are at Maoshi, that is, five o'clock in the morning.

Li Qiao's family lived in the north of the city, and if he took a bullock cart, he would have to walk for more than half an hour to reach the Imperial Academy.

If the two of you get up at two o'clock, you won't be late.

When the two got up, Li Dashan, Zheng Qianqian, Li Ershan, Li Xia had already prepared breakfast.

Because it is Liqiao's first time to work, so the breakfast is very rich, steamed buns, steamed dumplings, flower rolls, bean paste buns, vegetable cakes, egg filling cakes, pumpkin porridge, five grains soy milk, stewed chicken, steamed pork ribs, cold vegetables, and Pickled small pickles, placed a full table.

Li Qiao and Tao Zhu entered the kitchen, looking at the breakfast table, they couldn't help laughing.

"Is this to set up a breakfast stall?"

"It's to make you eat comfortably, and your trip to be an official will be smooth!"

Zheng Qian said with a smile.

"Okay!" Li Qiao nodded with a smile, and accepted the blessing.

After a hearty breakfast, I pulled out the ox cart and went out.

Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were sitting in the carriage, Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian were driving, Li Xiaorui was sleeping soundly, and Li Xia was taking care of him.

Li Qiao's house and Shen Hua's and Xu Ying's house were in the same alley, separated by only a few houses. The ox cart came to the door of Shen Hua's and Xu Ying's house. Li Dashan jumped off the ox cart and was about to knock on the door when the door opened.

Xu Ying came out.

Xu Ying has been on the shift for four months, and she is already used to it. Shen Hua will not send him to work, but the Shen family's coachman will take him there.

This point also made the Xu family's teeth itchy. Xu Ying is now eating the soft rice of the Shen family, shame on her!

But Xu Ying didn't care, he greeted Li Qiao and the others with a smile, and then set off in an ox cart—

Dasheng stipulated that only officials with a fifth rank and above could take a horse-drawn carriage to work, and officials below the fifth rank could only ride an ox cart. Cart, donkey cart, mule cart.

So Shen Hua specially bought an ox cart.

Two bullock carts left the alley one after the other, Zhuang Wen and Meng Yue were in another alley, plus Meng Yue had already been on shift for four months, so Zhuang Wen and Meng Yue went together, Li Qiao and Xu Ying Don't go out of your way to find them.

The bullock cart quickly came to the main street in the northern part of the city, turned around a small road, and then came to Taiping Street.

This is the main street that runs through the entire Shengjing, and it can hold ten horse-drawn carriages in parallel. This is the peak time for officials to go to work. There are endless streams of horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts, and mule carts on Taiping Street. Li Qiao and Xu When Ying's ox cart entered Taiping Street, it was like a stream flowing into the Yellow River, and it was submerged in an instant.

Li Dashan was quite fresh at the beginning, he kept looking left and right, but the further he walked, the more carriages he met.

These carriages are not only tall and big, but the drivers are also well dressed.

This means that all the people in the carriage are senior officials of the fifth rank or above.

A senior official, Li Dashan, didn't think anything was wrong, but so many senior officials gathered together, and no one spoke, only the sound of wheels grinding on the stone slab, Li Dashan could not help but grasp the reins in his hand.

All the officials are on duty, the atmosphere is a bit dull.

He couldn't help leaning towards the carriage compartment, the compartment door was not closed, he turned his head to look at Li Qiao.

It was still dark at the moment, and the lanterns on both sides of Daping Street were not bright enough, so he couldn't see Li Qiao's face clearly.

Seeing his movement, Li Qiao took the initiative to move towards him, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Li Qiao lowered his voice, and Li Dashan couldn't help lowering his voice: "Uncle, why is no one talking? ?"

According to his vision, these officials all know each other, and when they see each other's carriage, they must say hello, just like in the village.

But who knew no one spoke!

Li Qiao laughed a little when he heard this, and explained: "Officials are equivalent to students going to private schools. If they don't have great ambitions, who would like to get up so early every day to go to work? At this time, everyone must meditate, or catch up on sleep, and don't speak. It's normal."

On the way to work, who would like to talk and laugh with the people around Yan Yan?

"Is that so..." Li Dashan scratched his head, so it is so!

He laughed: "There are quite a few boys in the village who don't want to go to private schools."

The adults in Sanliu Village saw that Li Qiao and Zhuang Wen had both become officials, so they were very enthusiastic about studying.

But those children don't understand the meaning of being an official, especially those who are naughty and don't like to study. They are urged to go to private schools by their parents every day, and it feels like a punishment.

"Relax, this is Shengjing, under the feet of the emperor, and the law and order are good. As long as you don't cause trouble, no one will dare to provoke trouble at will." "Besides, your status is not ordinary now. You are the eldest nephew

of Zhuangyuanlang We don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of trouble. Although your uncle and I are small officials, our name is registered with the Holy Majesty."

Li Qiao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Li Dashan had always been carefree, and when he went to Fucheng, he would not dare to go out like Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun, but now that he came to Shengjing and saw so many senior officials at once, he finally became a little timid.

Li Qiao said this to him, and also to Tao Zhu.

Although he is a small official, he is famous.

As long as he doesn't cause trouble here, then there is no need to be afraid of trouble, because Emperor Sheng Ping who sits in the palace is a wise king!

After Tao Zhu heard this, he hugged his arm, leaned most of his body on him, and said softly: "That's right. But don't worry, you can work with peace of mind after arriving at the Imperial Academy. I will go with Dashan and Brother Qian Buy some things and go home."

After staying in the capital for half a year, he has gotten used to the capital, where a brick dropped from the sky can hit three nobles.

Now he is also a nobleman, he is a sixth-rank official husband!

"Okay."

Li Qiao smiled and nodded Tao Zhu's nose: "If you are bored, you can go to Brother Hua." "

Yeah!" Tao Zhu nodded heavily, and said again: "When you are about to leave, we will pick you up." You."

Li Qiao also nodded heavily: "Okay."

While speaking, the bullock cart approached the inner city.

The inner city only has the imperial palace and the yamen of various departments, and the area it occupies is relatively small compared to the entire Shengjing, and there are inspections when entering the inner city, so a large number of horse-drawn carriages are crowded in front.

There was a traffic jam, so Li Qiao got out of the bullock cart and asked Tao Zhu to take Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian back, and he walked to the Imperial Academy.

Xu Ying also asked the coachman to go home, and he also walked to the gate of the inner city.

After walking for more than a thousand meters, Li Qiao and Xu Ying entered the inner city after a quarter of an hour's delay at the gate of the inner city.

As the most popular department among the six ministries that can compete with the Ministry of Officials, the Household Department is located closer to the imperial palace than the Imperial Academy, but the Imperial Academy is on the left side of the imperial palace, and the Household Department is on the right side, so they separated after entering the inner city up.

Wearing a brand-new sixth-rank official uniform, Li Qiao stepped into the gate of the Imperial Academy when it was a quarter of an hour before Maoshi.

When entering the door, first draw a picture on the booklet, that is, punch the card, and then Li Qiao goes to his own office.

The Imperial Academy is divided into several departments, of which there are three relatively large ones.

One is the History Museum, which compiles books and revises history. As a sixth-rank editor, Li Qiao is in this department.

There is also a living note library, which is responsible for writing the emperor's living notes.

The remaining one is Shuchang Pavilion.

The Imperial Academy is called the official reserve, and the Shuchang Hall is the official reserve of the Imperial Academy.

After each palace examination, the Holy One will select some Jinshi who look good but are not suitable for official positions such as editing, editing, and reviewing to enter the Shuchang Hall to continue their studies.

These people are called Shujishi.

Shujishi will have an exam after they complete their studies. If they pass the exam, they can become official officials of the Imperial Academy.

Compiling books and compiling history is not a job that can be done by one person, so there are several editors in the Imperial Academy. Li Qiao does not have an independent office, and he shares a room with the other two editors.

When he arrived, only the servants were cleaning the room, and before the other two Xiuzhuan arrived, he took the leave note and went to Du Guqin's office to sell the leave.

When Li Qiao arrived, Du Guqin was already there.

He bowed respectfully and expressed his intention to come, and when the leave cancellation procedures were completed, he said again: "My lord, if I have no other orders, I will go back to read.

" He arranged work for him to revise the history books of the previous dynasty.

"Go ahead, go to the library first to look for books, if you don't understand something, you can ask the two adults in the same room as you."

Although Du Guqin doesn't like to laugh, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand the world.

Li Qiao also came from a farming family, and had registered with the Holy Majesty early on. If there were no accidents, Li Qiao's entry into the cabinet was a certainty, and the Imperial Academy was just a springboard for him.

Li Qiao will probably go to the peak by himself in the future, so Du Guqin treats him very politely.

Du Guqin was polite, and Li Qiao was naturally respectful too. He thanked him and went back to his office.

When I went back, the two adults in the same room had already arrived, one surnamed Li and the other surnamed Duan. Mr. Li was the number one scholar in the palace examination last time, and Mr. Duan was promoted from editing, but he was also a top scorer in the imperial examination.

Li Qiao: "..."

Sorry, sorry.

A small house full of talents.

He didn't get into top2 in his previous life, but he got in in this life.

Although Lord Li and Lord Duan were also champions and Tanhuas, their reputations were far inferior to Li Qiao's, and they treated Li Qiao very politely.

Li Qiao probably wouldn't have stayed in the Imperial Academy for several years like they did, and would still be doing minor editing. Their ideas were similar to Du Guqin's.

Shangfeng and his colleagues treated him kindly, so Li Qiao felt at ease.

First, I read the books all morning. At noon, the guards came with a dining car to distribute lunch.

Working in the Yamen, lunch is provided by the court.

Li Qiao's grade is not high, his food standard is two dishes and one soup, and the taste is average.

But he has never been picky about what he eats, and he was eating big mouthfuls when Xin Zhi came.

Both Xin Zhi and Gu Lianghan were editors of the Imperial Academy, and they also did the work of editing books, but they were mainly responsible for proofreading.

Xin Zhi didn't need to go back to his hometown, he came to work in the Imperial Academy early on.

He came to Yueliqiao to drink after get off work.

"I've wanted to have a drink with you for a long time, you can't refuse." Xin Zhi sat at Li Qiao's table, staring at him seriously.

"...I have made an appointment with my husband, and he will pick me up when the time is over. How about we make an appointment another day?"

Li Qiao said a little embarrassedly: "Let's just say, I'm not very good at drinking. Time may spoil your interest."

As soon as these words came out, Xin Zhi was speechless: "You are not a child, why did your husband come to pick you up in person." "

It's a good relationship." Li Qiao replied with a smile.

"..."

Xin Zhi looked at him, couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his arms. He didn't meet Li Qiao many times, but every time he would be shown by Li Qiao!

"Okay, you have a husband, you are sweet, you are amazing, then let's make an appointment another day, if you don't want to drink, don't drink, let me think about what we should do if you don't drink. Hmm..." Seeing that Li Qiao was about to speak, he Immediately said: "Don't worry, I will definitely let you bring your husband!"

Now Li Qiao smiled: "Okay, then you arrange it."

Xin Zhi stared at his smiling face, couldn't help but rubbed his arms again, Before he knew Li Qiao, he really didn't expect Li Qiao to be such a person.

Moreover, Li Qiao's sweetness didn't look like acting at all, he always smiled sweetly and looked like he was pouring ten catties of honey, how could he act it out!

Xin Zhi left quickly, and Li Qiao continued to read after eating.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, get off work.

Walking out of the inner city and walking a few hundred meters further, he saw Tao Zhu.

He immediately quickened his pace.

He entered the inner city before five o'clock in the morning, until now, for a full eleven hours, he missed Tao Zhu.

And it's not easy to be an official in Dasheng. Although it doesn't take a lot of brains, it takes time!

After getting on the ox cart going home, Tao Zhu asked before he could sit still: "How is today? Did any high-ranking officials bully you?"

Li Dashan, who was sitting on the shaft of the cart, was also very concerned about this matter: "Yes, uncle Are you going well?"

Li Qiao was amused by these words: "Don't worry, after eating the breakfast you prepared, today is going well, and all colleagues are kind." "

That's good." Tao Zhu patted his heart , and then took his hand.

"Have you been worried all day?" Li Qiao asked him.

"Yes." Tao Zhu nodded: "You are a young official, you are still young, the officialdom written in the storybook is dark, and there are many bad officials." Since he was literate, he also read some novels in the

storybook .

There are too many bad officials in the novel. Today when Li Qiao went to the Hanlin Academy, he was restless all day, worried that Li Qiao would be made things difficult, plotted against, and put on little shoes.

"Don't worry." Li Qiao clenched his hand, feeling warm in his heart: "There are no high-ranking officials in the Imperial Academy, and the Shangfeng and colleagues I met are very good." Although the Imperial Academy is a reserve for

imperial officials, but , there are no high officials in it, and those who are promoted will no longer hold positions in the Imperial Academy.

Although he can't be called a celebrity in front of Sheng Hong now, the biggest official in the Hanlin Academy is the fifth-rank official, so, as far as today is concerned, all the people who greet him are kind.

"That's good." Tao Zhu was relieved, and talked about his itinerary for today.

After watching Li Qiao enter the inner city, he and Zheng Qianqian Li Dashan went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and went home after shopping.

Shen Hua came at noon, and they had dinner with Shen Hua.

After lunch, he and Zheng Qianqian helped Shen Hua think of new styles of clothes, and guessing that it was almost time, he and Li Dashan came over.

"Very good."

Li Qiao was also relieved.

The first day of being an official was indeed smooth.

In the next few days, just like the first day, Tao Zhu and Li Dashan sent Li Qiao to work every morning, and came to pick him up in the afternoon.

Li Qiao's daily job is to read books.

He had to familiarize himself with the historical facts of the previous dynasty for more than 200 years, and then he could start compiling it.

There was a big court meeting in the middle, and as a sixth-rank official, he also had to go to court.

However, there are too many officials in Beijing, and the Taiji Hall is too small. From the first-rank official to the back row, when he is a sixth-rank official, his position can only be on the square outside the Taiji Hall.

Standing on the square, even if he had good ears, he couldn't hear the words in the hall clearly.

So he stood for three hours, and his legs hurt from standing.

He couldn't help sighing again, it's not easy to be an official in Dasheng.

However, apart from this point, he is relaxed at other times. Although he wakes up early every day, he doesn't need to use his brain.

His colleagues were also kind, not only Lord Li and Lord Duan who were in the same room were friendly, but also other officials who were one or two years older than him, including the Bachelor of Attendance and the Bachelor of Attendance.

Therefore, he was quite comfortable as a child.

Feeling at ease, he started to practice his abilities quietly again.

Although he is an official now, his ability is the foundation for him to sleep soundly.

The seven days passed quickly, and he could take a day off.

The day of Xiumu is August 14th, which is only one day away from the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion. Although we are far away from our hometown, there are many relatives and friends around us. At noon, Shen Hua, Xu Ying, Zhuang Jia, and Meng's family gathered at Li Qiao's house, enjoying hot pot and barbecue. .

Because there were too many people, several tables were divided.

Li Qiao was at the same table as Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue. Since they parted last time, the four of them haven't had a good time together yet.

Tao Zhu originally wanted to sit with Li Qiao, but Shen Hua couldn't smell the smell of mutton, so he sat with Shen Hua and set the iron plate and pot alone.

There was a plate of hot-boiled mutton slices in front of Meng Yue, and while adding sesame paste on it with a spoon, he said, "It's so delicious, this taste can only be eaten at Brother Li's, I miss it so much." Li Qiao couldn't help but hear that

. Smiling: "Tomorrow it's time to go, let's eat like this." "

No, no, eating like this is too extravagant, I'll tighten my belt to pay off the debt."

Meng Yue shook her head.

He would bring some meat and vegetables with him when he had dinner together. These meat and vegetables were not many, but they were also an expense for him.

"It's not that I'm not in a hurry, you pay it back slowly." Xu Ying said immediately.

"Then we have to buy a house and get married." Meng Yue laughed: "I'm already old, and my elder brother and sister-in-law are urging me so much."

He is only a few months younger than Li Qiao, a proper older youth.

"Why don't you take a look at some rich merchants' houses?" Li Qiao said.

Although the official salary of Dasheng is high, Meng Yue's official position is low. At this time, Meng Yue's salary can only allow him to afford food and clothing every day.

Repaying debts and buying a house can't be afforded by relying on his salary alone.

So Li Qiao couldn't help but suggest to him that the most convenient way to pay off his debts was to marry the daughter or younger brother of a wealthy merchant's family.

"How can I let others support me? A man can't eat soft food." Meng Yue shook her head while looking at Xu Ying, and added: "Brother Xu doesn't count."

Xu Ying: "..."

He clicked his tongue He said: "Anyway, Brother Hua's soft rice is delicious. Why don't you find someone who can be affectionate with you? That's not considered soft rice." "Look again, in fact, I am

not I'm in a hurry."

Meng Yue started to eat the mutton on the plate with big mouthfuls. The mutton was fresh and tender, and it was full of flavor after being wrapped in sesame sauce. He gave Li Qiao a thumbs up: "Delicious." Li Qiao smiled and

asked He: "How about the Ministry of Punishment?"

"It's okay." Meng Yue said without raising her head.

He is quite satisfied with his position, not only to manage a group of jailers, but also to manage the prisoners in the prison. To manage so many people at once, it is a proper promotion for him, a farmer.

He is tall and burly, with a strong face, although he is young, but as long as he has a straight face, he looks quite scary.

Therefore, whether it is a prisoner or a jailer of the old fritters, they are still obedient in front of him.

He went up to the peak and treated him so-so, but he didn't make things difficult, it was just a normal subordinate-subordinate relationship.

However, it's been a little strange recently, Shangfeng suddenly warmed up to him, and within half a month, he had been dragged to drink three times.

He is a straightforward person, not tactful, and he has to deal with the peak after he is on duty, which is too tiring.

But it's not worth mentioning that it's tiring. It's better for Shangfeng to ask him to drink together than to make things difficult for him.

Seeing that Meng Yue was concentrating on the mutton, Li Qiao asked Zhuang Wen, "Brother Wen, how about you ?

" His job is easy, that is, he also makes the furniture made by Zhuang Wu in the capital. Although the Holy One did not open a shop for these portable furniture like milk snacks and clothes, he is very serious. What's more, he doesn't need to get started, he only needs to draw pictures and give pointers, and a special craftsman is responsible for the specific operations. Moreover, both colleagues and superiors are very kind to him. Seeing this, Xu Ying took the initiative and said, "I'm fine too. Although there are many daily tasks, they are not complicated."


His position is not important, so there are not many people in the bank office, there are only seven people, and he is not taken seriously in the household department. He has been in the bank office for four months before, except for a few colleagues in the bank office, there is no one. How many people do you know.

But recently, when I went to look for him at the restaurant and bank, more people interacted with him.

Don't think about it, it must be Li Qiao's credit.

But today everyone is very happy, he should observe and observe.

Li Qiao didn't know what Xu Ying was thinking. After hearing Xu Ying's words, he couldn't help sighing: "It seems that our journey to become an

official is going well." like.