Chapter 1493: Granting Official Positions (Additional Chapter 2 for Doctors)
He said, "When you are familiar with the route, we have already made all the arrangements. If you want to leave again, I will take you."
Zhou Lijun had no choice but to agree, then handed an account book to Zhou Lizhong, watched them count the money and sent it out the door.
Although Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang now hold the family's money, Zhou Lijun holds all the account books. So Manbao doesn't know how much money the family has, and Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang probably don't know it very well either, but Zhou Lijun knows it very well.
She warned Zhou Silang, "Uncle Si, go early and come back early. I've put a piece of paper in the notebook with the highest cost I calculated. If the porcelain costs more than that, don't buy it, otherwise you will lose money if you ship it back."
Zhou Silang agreed, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid, how can I be tricked by others in this matter?"
Sitting on the mule cart, Zhou Silang still couldn't help sighing.
The third son looked at it curiously, whipped the mule to make it go faster, and asked, "Fourth brother, why are you sighing?"
Zhou Silang sighed again and said, "I sigh, I got slapped in the face. I just wanted to save my life, and now I have to go to Xiazhou. Sigh~"
The three sons didn't know about this yet, so they were stunned when they heard it. "Aren't we going to Shangzhou? Isn't Xiazhou very close to Shangzhou?"
"It's a long way off," Zhou Silang said. "Let's go to Shangzhou first to get the porcelain. After returning to the capital, we'll rest for two days and then go to Xiazhou. Xiazhou is on the edge of the grassland, and we have to cross the Great Wall."
"What is the Great Wall?"
Zhou Silang thought for a moment and said, "It looks like a wall. Manbao said that the previous emperor built it to stop the Hu cavalry. I've never seen one."
The topic of their conversation became more and more off-topic. Sanzi didn't care where they were going. In his opinion, as long as he had food to eat, clothes to wear and money to earn, it would be fine no matter where he went.
His hometown is Yizhou. As long as he doesn't return to Yizhou, what difference does it make if he is outside?
When he made some money and grew up a little, he would go back to his hometown, buy two pieces of land, and build a house to live in.
It’s a pity that the current county magistrate is no longer Lord Tang. I don’t know whether the new county magistrate will still distribute land to the refugees. If so, he can save the money to buy the land.
Manbao has become accustomed to Zhou Silang's going out and lives his life as usual.
She first went to the palace and talked to the Queen Mother for a while. Two days later, Gu Zhong came to her with a memorial.
It was a letter of appointment written by the emperor himself.
Mr. Zhuang and Manbao set up an incense table and knelt down. Old Lady Liu and Zheng also came with Fang and Lu to join in the fun.
Gu Zhong unfolded the memorial, stating that Zhou Man was a highly skilled doctor with a compassionate heart and a noble character, and therefore he was specially appointed as a sixth-rank imperial physician and a fifth-rank editor, and was awarded a golden belt...
The gold belt cannot be made of pure gold, but the buckle on the gold belt is gold and the edge is made of gold wire.
The emperor had previously given her a fifth-rank official uniform, but it lacked a belt. Now that it was added, she was officially appointed to the official position.
Gu Zhong also closed the memorial and handed it to Manbao, smiling and saying, "Little Doctor Zhou, no, Little Master Zhou, congratulations. In addition to the official uniform His Majesty has given you, you can also get two more sets from the Ministry of Works."
Manbao held up the memorial and asked, "Who is my superior?"
Gu Zhong smiled and said, "You are the Imperial Physician, so you are naturally under Xiao Yuanzheng. You are also a fifth-rank editor, and the Imperial Physician Bureau is under the jurisdiction of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so you are naturally under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Manbao understood that he still had to listen to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Manbao was still a little dazed. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "When should I report to the palace?"
Gu Zhong knew that this was her first time as an official and she had no experience, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master Zhou, why don't you wait a while until Master Yang says Chongwen Hall is ready, then you can go in naturally."
After saying that, Gu Zhong bowed and was about to leave.
Mr. Zhuang placed a heavy purse in Manbao's hand. Manbao came to his senses, touched the purse, and was a little reluctant to give it away, but still put it in Gu Zhong's hand, "Thank you for taking a walk, Master Gu."
Seeing that she was reluctant to part with the purse, Gu Zhong couldn't help laughing. Then he took the purse, stuffed it into his sleeve, and walked away with a smile.
Manbao leaned against the door reluctantly, watching him and his men ride away on horseback, then turned around and went back.
Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Fang looked at the golden belt on the tray in amazement. Mrs. Liu took the memorial and read it over again. After a while, she said, "I didn't expect Manbao to be appointed to an official position earlier than Shanbao."
Zheng also nodded. She didn't expect this either.
Fang quickly asked, "Manbao, do you have your official uniform?"
"Yes, it's in the cupboard."
"Would you mind putting it on and showing it to us?"
Manbao's eyes lit up, "Okay, you wait."
After saying that, he immediately ran into the house and started rummaging through the drawers.
After finding the official uniform that was pressed at the bottom of the cabinet, Manbao took off his clothes and put them on.
The official uniform of the fifth rank is light crimson. In fact, compared to light crimson, she prefers dark crimson, but her official rank is not high enough.
After putting on his official uniform, Manbao grabbed the gold belt on the tray and tied it on. Then he opened the door and ran out, spreading his arms and asking, "Does it look good?"
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Lu nodded repeatedly. Then, she frowned and asked hesitantly, "It looks good, but I always feel like something is wrong."
As they were talking, Bai Shan and his friends came back from school. Hearing the hustle and bustle in the main courtyard, they put down their school baskets and came over.
As soon as they entered the yard, they were all stunned.
Manbao circled in front of them again and asked, "What's the problem?"
Bai Shan shook his head blankly, "No problem, you, why are you wearing your official uniform?"
Bai Erlang said, "It feels weird."
After looking at it for a while, Zheng said, "It's your hair, Manbao. You should comb your hair up. It will look better that way."
Then he stepped forward and grabbed her, pulled her back into the house and fixed her hair. "Your Majesty, why did you only give me the official uniform but not the hat? Otherwise, you could wear it."
Manbao looked at himself in the mirror, shook his head and smiled, "It's okay, I'll get it when I get it from the Ministry of Industry."
She leaned in closer to look at herself in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but prop up her chin and look at herself in the mirror seriously and said, "I look so beautiful."
Zheng couldn't help but burst out laughing, and nodded happily, "It's quite beautiful."
Outside the door, Bai Shan had already learned about the official appointment from her grandmother and teacher. When she heard that she had been appointed as a fifth-rank official, she breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "That's good. She won't be bullied when she enters Chongwenguan."
Mr. Zhuang also smiled and nodded.
They were happy here, but they didn't know that the Ministry of Personnel and officials in the court had made a big fuss about this granting of official positions. Wei Zhidu blocked the door of Taiji Hall and told the emperor that this was against the rules.
He lectured the emperor with a sullen face, "Your Majesty, even your appreciation of talent should be limited. She was promoted to a fifth-rank official in one fell swoop. What will the other ministers think?"
He said, "Your Majesty, this is not love for her, but harming her! Please withdraw your decree."
The emperor was not very happy to directly confer Zhou Man the fifth rank official title, because now that she had been conferred the fifth rank, how could he confer further titles even if she had compiled the book and the Imperial Medical Bureau had made further contributions?
You can't really let her become a second or third rank official, right?
However, he was unhappy when Wei Zhi spoke to him like this, so he said, "This is the Queen's suggestion. How about you go and persuade the Queen?"
Wei Zhi: ...
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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