261, Newly Entered Officialdom
261, Newly Entered Officialdom
After Manager Sun took Zhang Lingxuan away, only Lu Mingfei and Lord Cao were left in the room.
Lord Cao looked at the young man who had been assigned to his position by their dean, and remembering the boy's self-introduction, he asked, "Lu Xiuzhuan, right?"
"Yes, sir, you can just call me Little Lu." Lu Mingfei tactfully offered an easy-to-remember name. He saw that this Lord Cao had a round face and a short, stocky figure. He looked like the type of elder who was kind, generous, and easy to get along with.
He prefers to be with someone who is easy to get along with rather than a superior who is strict and harsh.
However, whether people get along well with each other is also a matter of mutuality. Even the worst-tempered people have good friends, and even the best-tempered people have people they dislike.
Lord Cao was already past forty, his eldest son was already past the age of coming of age, and his grandsons were already several years old. However, he looked at the age of the newcomer, Lu Xiuzhuan, and he thought he looked several years younger than his eldest son.
Don't hit a smiling person. At first glance, this Lu Xiuzhuan is a sensible and capable young man, so he is not annoying at all.
"This seat next to you will be yours from now on. There are some documents on the shelf at the back. Just take a look at them first and ask me if you have any questions." Lord Cao glanced at the empty seat next to him and let Lu Xiuzhu arrange it himself. He had his own things to do here.
"Okay, sir." Lu Mingfei was tactful enough not to disturb his boss any further and cleaned up his own seat.
However, since there was someone sitting next to him, it was not appropriate for him to clean here.
Fortunately, there was nothing on the table, but there was some dust on the table. He didn't rush to wipe it off, but got up and went to the bookshelf at the back to see what was on the bookshelf.
On his first day at the Hanlin Academy, Lu Mingfei hadn't expected to fully understand the academy's rules and regulations, or get to know everyone in just one day. They'd have to stay at the academy for at least three years before they could leave, so there was plenty of time.
Of course, if the emperor remembers him, he might even ask him to use him, and he might leave the Hanlin Academy early.
The Hanlin Academy was actually the emperor's secretariat, responsible for drafting the emperor's edicts, editing books, writing imperial edicts, and giving lectures to the princes.
However, this place brought together a group of the world's most knowledgeable scholars. Any one of them would be either the top scholar, the second or the third scholar. So, among the many top scholars, his being the top scholar was nothing special.
If the emperor hadn't remembered him and he had no connections, he might have spent his entire life in the Hanlin Academy. Haven't you seen many Hanlin scholars here? They are all elderly. Basically, those who stay here have no connections.
This Lord Cao must have been a young man like him before he entered the Hanlin Academy, but now he is already middle-aged. The dean they just met is even older.
However, the position of the dean is not small, but he does not have much real power.
If one had no ambitions and preferred a quiet life, there wasn't much wrong with being a leisurely civil servant in the Hanlin Academy. The positions here were somewhat similar to the retirement positions in their previous world. However, in his previous world, even a retirement position was something many people scrambled for.
So, even though it is a leisurely position, you still need to have the ability to get it.
Those who can come in and sit here in the Hanlin Academy are all scholars who have fought their way out from tens of thousands of people.
Lu Mingfei was in a very good mood at the moment. Shangguan told him to read whatever he wanted, so he stood in front of the shelf, pulled out a book and started reading. After finishing one book, he was not satisfied, so he pulled out a second one to continue reading.
"If I could spend my whole life reading here, wouldn't that be a bad idea?" He now understood why the adults who stayed at the Hanlin Academy seemed so relaxed and at ease. As long as they weren't obsessed with getting promoted or getting rich, spending their whole lives reading here was probably a hobby for those who loved books.
Moreover, I get paid monthly for studying here, although the salary is not high.
But honestly, even for officials with real power, if they don't get greedy, the amount they get each month is actually not that much. Anyone who wants to get rich by becoming an official is definitely a corrupt official.
On the other side, Zhang Lingxuan was also brought to Master Song.
After meeting Master Song, he stayed with Master Song to study and work.
***
The morning passed quickly.
The Hanlin Academy does not provide lunch at noon, so they need to find a way to solve the lunch problem themselves.
Fortunately, he had asked Prince Zhao in advance and learned that the Hanlin Academy didn't provide lunch. Lu Mingfei had informed his mother in advance and had Guard Ma bring him lunch. Since his family was in the food business, they didn't have to prepare any special dishes for him. They would just bring him whatever was available at the restaurant.
Zhang Lingxuan's family also sent a servant to bring him food.
Knowing that today was their first day at the Hanlin Academy, they specially asked their families to send some more food over.
They had just arrived at the Hanlin Academy today, and they were both studying under different teachers. So when they received the food their families sent them, unlike when they were studying at the Imperial College, where they would eat together, they each carried their lunch boxes and went to eat with their respective teachers.
On this day, Lu Mingfei asked his mother to prepare several small pots of stewed meat and baked buns for him. After he got two large food boxes, he opened them and gave one portion of the stewed meat and baked buns to his new teacher, Lord Cao.
He kept some for himself and gave the rest to other adults.
He also specially sent a copy to their dean and the steward Sun who brought them in today.
When he returned from delivering the food, he saw Lord Cao holding chopsticks and putting some stewed meat into his mouth. Upon seeing him return, he asked him, "Have you finished meeting the Lords?"
"Well, yes, I went to visit everyone and greeted everyone." Lu Mingfei replied.
"You should sit down and eat too, don't stand." Lord Cao waved his hand and asked Lu Mingfei to sit down and eat quickly.
"Yes, sir." Lu Mingfei responded and returned to his seat. He picked up the chopsticks on the bowl, picked up a piece of pancake and put it in his mouth to eat.
"Did you make this stew at home?"
"Yes, my mother made it. If you like it, sir, I'll have a few more portions sent over tomorrow."
"No, no, no matter how delicious something is, you'll get tired of it if you eat it every day." Master Cao was too embarrassed to ask the juniors who followed him for food, although the meat tasted excellent and was the most delicious of all the pork he had ever eaten.
The stewed meat was fat but not greasy, and its mouth was full of fragrance. Even Cao Xueshi could not help but praise it: "This meat is fat but not greasy, and there is no fishy smell. It is delicious, delicious."
"This meat is stewed from the pigs we raise at home. It's not like ordinary pork, which has a fishy smell." Lu Mingfei responded while eating his meal.
"Oh, why is that?" asked Master Cao curiously.
Seeing that the new teacher was curious about this, Lu Mingfei told Mr. Cao about the special features of their pigs.
After hearing that pigs would grow fatter and taste better after being castrated, Master Cao became very interested in the idea of pig castration and immediately started discussing pig castration and pig farming with the new student Lu Mingfei.
What is rare is that this student did not just mention it casually, but actually understood the issues of pig slaughtering and pig farming.
Maybe it was because of this lunch that the master and apprentice had a pleasant meal. Later, Lu Mingfei discovered that the new teacher's attitude towards him was much more enthusiastic than when he first came in the morning, and he even assigned tasks for him.
However, the job here in the Hanlin Academy is just to organize the books on the shelves. There are no books that need editing at the moment. The emperor has not sent any survivors to them, so these Hanlin scholars are very idle.
Even in the afternoon, his new teacher went next door to play chess with other old Hanlin scholars.
While Master Cao was out, Lu Mingfei cleaned up their office. After getting the teacher's permission, he also helped the teacher sort out the mess on the desk.
He even spent two days organizing the pile of books on the shelf, putting stickers on each shelf to indicate what books were on it.
When Cao Xueshi wasn't noticing, the room they were working in had become cleaner and brighter, and even the pile of books on the shelf looked tidier. When he got closer, he realized the books had been moved, but there were stickers on them, so they wouldn't be lost.
There were only two of them in the room, so he asked Xiao Lu, who was sitting at his desk reading a book, "Xiao Lu, were you the one who put the sticker on the shelf?"
"Oh, your Excellency, yes. What book are you looking for? I will help you find it." Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei quickly put down the book in his hand, stood up, turned around and looked at Lord Cao who was standing in front of the bookshelf.
"No, no, I'll just take a look. You continue with your work." Lord Cao waved his hand and asked Lu Mingfei to continue reading. He had nothing to do in the room, so he just took a look and went out.
However, not long after, Lord Cao came in again and asked Lu Mingfei to follow him.
Lu Mingfei didn't ask where he was going and just followed the new teacher. When he arrived at the place, he found that the new teacher took him to a room full of books.
"Just follow your method and organize the books in these rooms." Lord Cao pointed to the books in this room and pointed to the next room, meaning that there were several other rooms with books next door.
"Yes, sir." Lu Mingfei looked at the books in the room. He was afraid that many bookstores outside would not be able to buy these books, but here they were filled with... oh, no, several rooms. Anyway, he had nothing to do here, so he might as well take advantage of the time to read more books while organizing the books and enrich himself during his time at the Hanlin Academy.
And this good teacher, after giving him several rooms of books to sort out, left and left him alone here.
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