Chapter 2440 Gathering
Wei Zhi was extremely satisfied and stroked his beard, saying, "Although it was my suggestion that you enter the Hanlin Academy, it was personally appointed by His Majesty. Among the many Jinshi who passed the Ministry of Personnel examination with you, only three had this honor, and you are the youngest."
Bai Shan is not only the youngest one, but also a Jinshi from the previous year, one class earlier than the other two selected this time. In a sense, he is their predecessor.
Wei Zhi wanted to laugh when he thought of this.
Bai Shan invited Wei Zhi to sit down, then turned around to greet Duke Zhao... and Zhao Liulang who came to celebrate.
This time, the three companies held the same banquet at the same time and place, and there were quite a lot of people coming. They also wrote on the invitation that they didn't want everyone to spend too much money, so everyone only needed to bring one gift when attending the banquet.
As for how the three companies will divide the profits in the end, that is their own business.
However, Duke Zhao still sent three gifts, with names written on each gift, and Zhou Man's gift list was the longest, more than twice the total of Bai Shan and Bai Erlang's.
Although the doorman didn't know how to sing gifts, as soon as someone arrived, servants holding gift boxes came rushing in. Adding the three gift lists that had been given out, the gift list that Zhou Lizhong stuffed in his hand was very long when it was unfolded, and it was hard for everyone not to notice it.
Some officials who saw this couldn't help but murmur, "When did Duke Zhao become so close to Zhou Man?"
"Tsk, are you apologizing for what happened last time?"
The other party took a moment to react before remembering what he was talking about. He said, "How long ago was that? Didn't Duke Zhao become the Minister of War?"
"That's not necessarily true. Before, it was because Zhou Man was in the imperial manor, and the Zhou family had no one who could take charge of her. But now that she's out, she has to apologize. The Zhao family made things difficult for Zhou Man, and they offended not only Zhou Man, but also the Imperial Hospital."
The other party sneered, "The Imperial Hospital is just a group of doctors, they always have to obey the orders of the superiors."
The official who was speaking quietly moved away from him and said with a smile: "Let's go in. I see even Old Tang is here. We can come to the wedding banquet during lunch break and don't have to worry about being impeached."
There are a lot of guests today.
In fact, Zhou Man and his men had not originally planned to invite so many people. Except for those who got along well with them, they did not want to invite too many people from the court.
But I can’t stand the fact that so many people have asked me these past two days.
Since they had asked about it themselves, the three of them could only smile and say that they would treat them to a drink later. The other party then said to wait for good news, so they naturally had no choice but to send the invitation, otherwise it would be too offensive.
So more and more posts were sent out, which led to today's excitement.
The avenue in front of the door, which was wide enough for four carriages to run side by side, was now blocked. The carriages coming from both sides of the avenue blocked the entire area.
The Bai family's steward came out to sort things out and quickly arranged for the carriages to go in or out, so that the guests didn't have to wait for too long.
But the number of people coming was still unexpectedly large. Judging from a distance, there were more people than at Liu Huan's banquet.
It’s no wonder that everyone praises them so much, because Bai Shan Zhou Man and Bai Cheng seem to have a bright future.
If we can get closer to them when they are still in a low position, we will get along better in the future, right?
The current emperor is a very generous person. He never hesitates to give titles to meritorious officials. If you have made great contributions in the war, you will be rewarded!
He has made great achievements in political affairs and was granted a title!
Those who bring great benefits to the country and the people and have a good reputation among the people will be granted titles!
In the emperor's words, if the national treasury had no money, he would just not confer high titles and directly set aside a piece of land as a reward.
There are still quite a lot of wasteland under the name of the imperial court.
Too many people died in the wars of the previous dynasty.
But even though the emperor was so generous, there were only a few people who could be granted titles in recent years.
Of course, Bai Shan and the others are definitely not the highest-ranking ones, although there are still some marquises and earls in recent years.
But these few definitely have the brightest futures.
There is no need to talk about Zhou Man. Just look at her promotion path in recent years. Chongwenguan has remained silent. Some people have inquired with them privately, but no one has been able to find any problems with the books she compiled.
She is an expert in her own field, and she can even occasionally say a few words about the books they compiled for the Imperial College, and her comments are quite insightful. In any case, Kong Jijiu has used her own analysis many times.
The doctor is not scary, but what if she is not a doctor?
You know, her official rank in Chongwenguan was higher than that in the Imperial Medical Bureau, so although she was an imperial physician, she was more of a civil servant.
Compilation in Chongwenguan is such a prestigious position. If she were not a woman and only compiled medical books, with the number of books she has compiled now, she would have a great chance to go further and work part-time in the Imperial College. She might even be one of the choices for the three prime ministers in the future.
So this person's future is unpredictable, because there is no example of her future, who knows where she can go?
When she first became an official, everyone thought that her life would be worth it if she could hold the position of a fifth-rank official, but in the end she was only a fourth-rank official.
How many people are stuck at the stage of advancing from the fifth grade to the fourth grade throughout their lives.
Zhou Man’s future is unpredictable, but Bai Shan’s is fine.
This guy is truly a young talent. If it weren't for Yang Heshu's example, he wouldn't have been able to amaze the officials in the court.
But even with Yang Heshu in front, Bai Shan is still amazing.
Moreover, he has better advantages than Yang and Shu.
He came from a noble family, but a humble one. Unlike Yang Heshu, his family was powerful and had a concubine and a prince in the palace, so the adults were actually a little suspicious when they first used him.
It was Yang Heshu who openly stated his ideals and took the initiative to choose a remote and poor county like Luojiang County for training. However, Your Majesty really valued talents and was reluctant to use such a person.
That's why Yang Heshu was promoted again and again.
But Bai Shan had no such concerns, and his reputation was better than Yang Heshu's. Before he even entered officialdom, he had already gained a good reputation among the literati for not fearing power and being both loyal and filial.
Because he was the King of Yizhou, the officials and students from Jiannan Road recognized him, and he was from Longzhou in Guannei Road...
This is very subtle.
Coupled with his own talents, he may have a smoother future than Yang Heshu.
It's a pity that they are not of the same age or level, otherwise they would be able to watch the king compete with each other.
Bai Cheng's future is even clearer. Just based on the emperor's love for Princess Mingda, even if he doesn't have a real job in the future, he will definitely live a good life.
The most interesting thing is that the prince also loves his sister Mingda very much. In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, he may be a person favored by the emperor in both dynasties.
So how could they not attend the ennoblement banquet for three people?
Of course they have to participate, otherwise if others make further progress in the future, they may not have the chance to participate.
So, everyone who came in was very enthusiastic towards Bai Shan, Bai Cheng and Man Bao, and the three of them could only respond with enthusiasm. Even though their friends shared the enthusiasm, their faces were still stiff with smiles.
It was so stiff that when they turned around to face Yin Huo and Liu Huan, their smiles were still frozen.
Yin Huo: "...If you don't want to laugh, then don't laugh."
He looked creepy.
See you at 10pm. I had a little accident on my way home tonight, so I got home very late. Sorry.
(End of this chapter)
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