Chapter 141 Promotion Comes Too Fast Promotion Comes Too Fast
The emperor's edict came down from the sky, directly exploding the entire court, and the Hanlin Academy was more like someone threw a handful of gunpowder from outside, almost burning it to ashes.
Although Xiao Hanlin's name was not mentioned in the imperial edict, someone came to transfer Xiao Hanlin away shortly afterwards. At that time, he would serve as vice president to take charge of some of the repair matters.
Considering Xiao Hanlin's resume, this was a meteoric promotion. What was even more terrifying was that this matter had not been approved by Chi Liangjun.
Liang Cheng, the Grand Secretary, sent someone over and took Xiao Hanlin away without saying a word. Su Fengzhang also left with him. It was like a slap in the face for Chi Liangjun.
Knowing clearly that Xiao Hanlin was playing tricks in front of the emperor behind his back, Chi Liangjun had no way to deal with him. Now that both of them have disappeared from the Hanlin Academy, what can he do even if he is still their official superior?
Angry is not enough to describe how Lord Chi feels at the moment, but he has to pretend to be cheerful in front of outsiders, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the Emperor and the Fourth Prince.
After returning to the room, Chi Liangjun reached out and smashed his favorite inkstone, hating the two men in his heart.
"I never thought that this Xiao guy was such a venomous snake. All these years of being honest and obedient were just a pretense. These southern barbarians are indeed cunning and cannot be associated with."
"And that Su Fengzhang? Humph, does he think he can make a name for himself this way? He's just a top scholar with no one to rely on. If he gets involved in that mess, he'll have a hard time. I don't believe he can gain anything from it."
Su Qu stood by, watching the nose and the heart, but his heart was also very excited.
After Chi Liangjun finished venting, he looked at him and said, "Don't just stand there like an idiot. If you can't make His Majesty like you and make use of you, it will be difficult to explain to His Highness."
Su Qun had no choice but to express his feelings: "Yes, sir, I will try my best."
Chi Liangjun was obviously not satisfied with what he said, but he frowned, waved him out, and didn't want to say anything more.
Su Qu walked out of the door with a heavy heart. The Xuanwu Ceremony had caused a lot of controversy in the past few days, and Lord Chi's attitude towards him had also become much colder. If this continued, it would not be good.
Thinking about how Su Fengzhang had caused such a big commotion without saying a word, Su Xun felt even more jealous. A dark thought flashed through his mind for a moment, and he just hoped that he would fall flat on his face.
Many people hoped that Su Fengzhang would fall flat on his face. It was because he had caused such trouble not long after entering the officialdom. As much as the Fourth Prince liked him now, the people of the Crown Prince's lineage hated him as much.
But just as Master Chu guessed, the emperor was a person who never concealed his preferences. The Xuanwu Ceremony was still in preparation, but Su Fengzhang's promotion document came down first.
He was appointed as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, but he was actually doing the work of repairing the imperial court. In other words, his rank was now on par with that of Xiao Hanlin, and he became the first person to be promoted among this batch of Jinshi.
Several months of silence have not made the forgetful people forget this once-famous number one scholar, and now he is mentioned more frequently. People in the capital like to talk about state affairs the most.
At the center of public opinion, Su Fengzhang was actually secretly complaining. He proposed that Xiao Hanlin revise the book, but it was only because the adaptation of the index catalog was not big and needed another chip.
Who would have thought that when the emperor heard this, he would issue an imperial decree decisively, as if he was going to start a war.
The Fourth Prince had even begun to order scholars all over the world to donate rare books. For a time, everyone in the world was talking about the Xuanwu Encyclopedia, which instantly reminded Su Fengzhang of the Yongle Encyclopedia and the Complete Library in Siku.
God knows he never intended to cause such a big fuss, but who made him meet an emperor with a fickle mind?
Since the situation has gotten out of hand, he has no choice but to join in.
Fortunately, the emperor made some personnel arrangements, and with his resume, he could only be an errand boy. He could hardly even get a rank as Xiao Hanlin, and instead became inconspicuous.
Su Fengzhang also tried hard to make himself appear less abrupt and did not say a word that was not necessary. This made the two responsible university scholars feel good about him and thought to themselves that Su Fengzhang was not the kind of person who was ignorant of the immensity of the world.
The compilation of "Xuanwu Encyclopedia" is not a quick task. The preparation alone is very complicated. According to Su Fengzhang's calculations, if the emperor really intends to create an encyclopedia, it will probably take at least ten years.
The collection of books has not been sorted out yet. Su Fengzhang seems to be busy every day, but in fact he is just doing miscellaneous tasks.
He was willing to do so, but he took a special leave on this day because he had been waiting for several months. His relatives would arrive in the capital today, and Su Fengzhang would naturally go to pick them up in person.
At the dock in Beijing, the Su family was packing their bags to get off the ship. Aunt Bai followed Su Zhaoshi closely and ordered her two children not to wander around. She seemed a little worried.
Su Zhaoshi was much more relaxed and smiled as she advised, "Madam Bai, what are you worried about? This is the capital, under the feet of the emperor. No one will cause chaos here."
Aunt Bai said, "It's better to be safe than sorry. We've already arrived at the destination, so we can't let anything go wrong."
Su Lanzhang couldn't wait any longer. He kept looking out and said excitedly, "Mother, Auntie, is this the capital? It really looks much more lively than our Hushan County."
Su Huihui laughed beside her and said, "Of course it's lively. This is the capital, the most prosperous and wealthy place in the Great Zhou."
Ever since the family received the news a few months ago that the second brother had become the top scorer in high school, the smiles on their faces have never stopped.
Originally, Su Zhaoshi did not want to go to the capital, fearing that the whole family would be a burden to Su Fengzhang. Moreover, according to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, after becoming an official in the court, officials could take a long vacation every three years to go home and visit their families.
The village chief and clan elders are all waiting for Su Fengzhang to return home to visit his relatives so that they can open the ancestral hall and worship their ancestors.
However, after a while, Su Fengzhang wrote back home, saying that the Hanlin Academy would not grant leave for the time being and that he would have to wait until at least next year. Only then did Su Zhaoshi change her mind.
Only Su Arong was by Su Fengzhang's side, and she was worried about him no matter what. It was okay for two grown men to be alone for a while, but it was impossible for them to be without anyone to take care of them for years.
Su Zhao was afraid that her son would suffer, and seeing that Su Fengzhang was thinking about Su Lanzhang's upbringing and Su Huihui's future marriage, she made up her mind to go to Beijing. However, after all the preparations, they arrived in Beijing after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Aunt Bai grabbed her lively son and warned him, "Don't run around. I won't take care of you if you get lost later."
Su Lanzhang giggled, picked up a package and said, "Mom, let me help you."
"Why do you need the Third Young Master's help? I can do it myself." The speaker was Xing'er, a maid that Su Zhaoshi had bought later. Although she was young, she was quite strong.
Madam Wei also smiled and said, "Yes, let the servants take care of these things."
As they were talking, two men came in. They were the brothers Su Cizhang and Su Caozhang from Uncle Su's family. The former said with a smile, "Aunt, you can get off the boat now."
Su Cizhang patted Su Lanzhang's head and said with a smile, "Brother, just come over. Don't bother with your thin arms and legs."
Except for Su Lanzhang, all the members of the Su family are women. Su Lanzhang is still a child, so the Su family naturally doesn't feel comfortable with them going out alone. In the end, they asked the two Su brothers to escort them.
"Everything has been packed, let's go quickly." Su Zhao said with a smile.
After that, he personally picked up a huge fish tank and refused to let others help: "I will hold this myself."
Before getting off the boat, Su Lanzhang couldn't help but yell, "Second brother, I saw you, second brother."
The others followed his gaze and saw a person standing on the dock. The tall and graceful figure was none other than Su Fengzhang.
"Mother, Auntie!" Su Fengzhang shouted loudly, and then touched his brother and sister's hair, and then said, "Brother Ci Zhang, Brother Lan Zhang, thank you for your hard work this time."
Su Cizhang smiled and said, "We are all family brothers. It would be too formal to say thank you."
Su Zhaoshi, who had been relatively calm on the boat, couldn't help but tear up when she saw her son. "Feng'er, you've lost weight. You haven't been eating well these days. You look quite a bit thinner."
Even if he had gained weight, he would still be thinner in his mother's eyes. Su Fengzhang smiled and said, "I guess I lost weight because I didn't get to enjoy my mother's cooking."
"I'll make it for you when we get home." Su Zhaoshi laughed.
"Mom, get in the car first. Let's go home first." Su Fengzhang led them back. The Su family didn't have many people in their hearts, so three carriages could accommodate them.
Who knew that when he looked closely, he saw Su Zhao holding a fish tank in her hand, and inside it was the big red carp. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Mom, why did you bring this guy here too?"
After traveling thousands of miles, this fish is lucky enough to be alive and kicking.
Su Huihui laughed beside him and said, "Second brother, you don't know that after hearing the news that you won the top prize, mother took us all to kowtow to this carp. We have to bring it with us when we go to the capital this time. We will change its water and feed it every day."
Su Fengzhang was speechless after hearing this. In fact, he almost forgot that he had a carp at home.
Su Zhaoshi said seriously, "When the flood hit, this carp didn't come into anyone else's house, but it came into ours. Isn't this a great omen? Of course, we must take good care of it."
Su Fengzhang really wanted to remind everyone that there was a grass carp that came in with them. Now the grass carp was in the stomach of everyone. They were all fish, so why did their luck become so different?
However, seeing how seriously Su Zhaoshi took it, he swallowed his words.
At this time, Su Lanzhang hugged her second brother's thigh tightly and shouted, "I want to sit with my second brother."
Just as Aunt Bai was about to glare, she saw Su Fengzhang burst into laughter and said, "Then you can sit over here. Huihui, come sit over here too. Aunt Bai, please help watch over the greetings at the back."
After getting in the car, Su Fengzhang briefly recounted what had happened recently, only reporting the good news and not the bad news.
Su Zhaoshi only then realized that he had actually been promoted, and she immediately became delighted: "This is great news. When the time comes, write a letter back and let your second uncle be happy too."
"Of course." Su Fengzhang said with a smile.
Su Zhao was so happy that she burst into tears and couldn't help but mutter, "Your father has dreamed of getting promoted his entire life. If he could see this day, he would probably jump out of his coffin with joy."
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Before you set off, the village chief and your second uncle offered sacrifices to your ancestors on your behalf. When you can ask for leave in the future, go back and make a visit. Even if it's all done, I've also hired someone to help look after Mr. Lin's grave, so you can rest assured."
Su Fengzhang knew that she had done a good job and said gratefully, "Thank you very much, mother."
Su Zhaoshi smiled and said, "You are still so polite to mother."
Su Fengzhang also laughed, and when he turned around, he saw his two younger brothers and sisters couldn't help but look outside, but they didn't dare to look outside. He simply rolled up the curtain and said with a smile: "Come over here and look."
Su Lanzhang cheered and leaned close to him to continue watching, while Su Huihui was much more reserved.
The carriage arrived at the door of the rented small house. Su Zhao got out of the carriage and took a look. She smiled and said, "This house is nice."
Su Fengzhang said, "It's good, but it's a little small. My brothers can only sleep in one room, and my aunt and sister can sleep in another. Lan Zhang will sleep with me."
"I'll just sleep with my cousins." Su Lanzhang shouted, "Don't disturb my second brother from reading."
"Just sleep with me. The way you sleep, I'm afraid you'll kick your two brothers off the bed." Su Fengzhang said with a smile.
"Okay, let's arrange it this way." Su Zhao said with a smile, and took people into the house to clean up.
This was clearly the place where they had lived for half a year, and they had not felt anything wrong with it on weekdays. But now that Su Zhaoshi, Aunt Bai and the others had cleaned up the place, it suddenly became more popular. Su Fengzhang touched his chin and thought to himself that this was what a home was.
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