Chapter 172 Today I will only talk about two words: rules! (Subscribe)
In front of Yan Mansion.

Yan Hu's face was full of apologies.

However, the faces of those scholars who were shouting were flushed.

Without waiting for Yan Hu to speak again.

Some of the candidates who couldn't find a seat were already looking at the scholars who were trying to grab seats.

The scholar had a gloomy face.

"Sons of Saints, have you all forgotten the rules?"

A scholar spoke up.

More candidates will speak out.

"My fellow students, please don't be anxious. We came to the Yan residence today for important matters. Please don't argue in this seat."

"Please make way for those who are here to take a seat."

"Please make way."

For a moment, the scholars in front of Yan's house started shouting at the same time.

The faces of those scholars who were scrambling for seats became increasingly red.

However, when facing seniors who had achieved the title of Juren, he could only give up his seat and move back with a blushing face.

However, Yan Hu, who was standing in front of the mansion gate, was already laughing in his heart.

Knew it.

Our young master is very smart and could even predict this matter.

Xu Shixing and Wang Xijue, who had been standing at the steps of the mansion gate, watched everything happening at the scene silently.

I saw that the position belonging to Nanzhili was vacant.

Xu Shixing helped Wang Xijue.

"Brother Wang, let's go sit down."

Wang Xijue frowned slightly, and looked around deeply at the empty chair in front of Yan's house and the wide open door behind it.

Afterwards, he followed Xu Shixing and found an empty seat in the Nanzhili area and sat down.

The inner residence of Yan Mansion.

Yan Shaoting was being served by the maids in his house. He wore a red silk robe, a white gauze inner garment with a blue collar and edge, a red silk skirt with a blue edge, a three-beam crown, a silver belt with inlaid flowers around his waist, and medicinal jade. He also wore a yellow, green, red, and purple woven plate with carved brocade ribbons.

Xu Wei was waiting on the side.

Lu Yi is nowhere to be found.

The outfit Yan Shaoting was changing into at this moment was the court dress for civil and military officials.

It is only used during grand ceremonies and festivals.

It is the most complicated and solemn set of official attire.

Wait until everything is dressed.

Xu Wei stepped forward and said, "As the tutor said, the noise outside has stopped."

Yan Shaoting remained calm, gently waving the court robes that he had only worn a few times before.

He had a smile on his face and seemed very relaxed, without any sense of urgency from being cornered and denounced by students all over the city.

"It's just a preemptive move."

"Add differentiation to reduce their momentum first."

Xu Wei smiled: "The tutor is a master. In this way, the students outside will fall into the tutor's trap."

Yan Shaoting smiled silently and looked at himself in front of the bronze mirror.

Then he turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Let's go."

"Let us go and meet these talented scholars of the imperial court."

……

"what?"

"Are all the students seated?"

In Wenyuan Pavilion, Xu Jie asked in a lost voice, then quickly turned around to look at Yan Song, who had been sitting in the top chair in the cabinet classroom.

Xu Jie immediately smiled: "It seems that nothing serious has happened. Lord Yan can rest assured now."

Yan Song looked at the person who came forward to report the news and waved his hand.

The man bowed and stepped back quickly.

The students from Beijing Middle School surrounded and denounced the Yan family, which caused bad luck for Lord Yan.

If the elder gets really angry, everyone will suffer the consequences.

After people leave.

Yan Song just lowered his eyes and scanned the faces of several people in the cabinet.

Yuan Wei was still thinking about his Qingci.

Gao Gong sat upright, but nothing could be seen on his face.

Only Xu Jie, whose face was originally tense and full of worry, now smiled as if he heard that the students were no longer making trouble.

Yan Song slowly said, "Since it is not a disturbance, the students are not subject to the law wherever they go. Now there are vacancies in the military supply post and the positions that may be vacant in the Lianghuai Transport Bureau. You still need to discuss it in Wenyuan Pavilion first, and then present it to the Emperor Xiyuan. This is the most important matter."

Xu Jie opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

But Gao Gong said first: "What the elder said is very true. We need to discuss the military supplies and the vacancies in Lianghuai first."

Wait until Gao Gong opened his mouth.

Yuan Wei then raised his head and said, "Lord Gao is right. Lord Yan, Lord Xu, let's finalize the military supplies and Lianghuai issues first."

Gao Gong and Yuan Wei spoke up in agreement.

Xu Jie could only hold back what he was about to say, and changed his mouth to say: "The Ministry of Personnel has some opinions on the vacancies in military supplies and Lianghuai. I will first tell the Ministry of Personnel what they think..."

……

Xiyuan.

Longevity Palace.

On the Taoist platform in the inner hall.

Jiajing was wearing a Taoist robe, had a ruddy face, and was lying on his side with a smile on his face.

Lu Fang and Huang Jin stood aside with their heads bowed.

Jiajing asked, "Have all the students gone to the gate of Yan's mansion?"

Huang Jin bowed and replied, "They are all gone, but Yan's house has set up tables and desks outside, and has prepared tea, fruits and melons in advance. They are all sitting down now."

Jiajing smiled and asked, "Are you all seated?"

Huang Jin suddenly smiled.

Lu Fang gave him a puzzled look.

Huang Jin explained, "In reply to the master, not all of them sat down."

"Oh?"

Jiajing looked suspicious.

Huang Jin said with a smile: "Yes, the candidates have all sat down. The Yan family said that the space at the door is too small to accommodate more tables, so they can only let the scholars stand in the back."

Hahahahaha!
On the Taotai, Jiajing burst into laughter.

"go with!"

"Explore again!"

Huang Jin immediately bowed and accepted the order, then ran out of Wanshou Palace and headed towards Yanfu Lane not far from the West Garden.

And in Yanfu Lane.

Those seated scholars had already started drinking tea and eating the fruits prepared by the Yan family, waiting for Yan Shaoting to show up.

The scholars standing in the back were not really left out. The servants of the Yan family also prepared large bowls and teapots, and each person had a bowl of tea and a handful of fried beans.

The Yan family treats everyone equally.

It's just because the place is too small and there are too many people, so not everyone can have a seat.

Yan Hu stood in front of the mansion gate, looking at the scholars who were holding tea bowls and eating fried beans, and he secretly cursed and complained in his heart.

In front of the gate of the Yan Mansion, only a few people like Xu Shixing and Wang Xijue were looking at the open gate of the Yan Mansion from time to time.

And behind the gate of Yan Mansion.

Yan Shaoting walked steadily and steadily in an official manner.

Xu Wei followed behind.

The two of them had already arrived at the screen wall behind the mansion gate, but Yan Shaoting stopped.

Xu Wei showed confusion on his face.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "Wait a little longer."

After saying this, he nodded slightly and lowered his eyelids, as if he was resting.

Xu Wei took a look and smiled. He was in no hurry and just waited behind the screen.

Yan Shaoting was silently thinking about the current situation.

The core of today's matter is that the old Taoist priest suddenly caused this incident and made himself the chief examiner of the next year's spring examination of Renxu.

The reason why those students outside are denouncing is simply because of one thing.

They would feel humiliated.

He said that he was young, had not taken the imperial examination, and was a member of the Yan Party.

None of it matters.

Just because of the word decent.

Why is it that, during the years when Old Yantou served as the examiner of the Spring Examination several times, no students ever made trouble or protested?
Because even though Old Yan was a member of the Yan Party in people's eyes, he was a treacherous minister.

But Old Yan was the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.

and so.

Without losing dignity.

After determining this.

Yan Shaoting raised his head, opened his eyes and looked forward.

"Mr. Wenqing, let's go out."

Xu Wei nodded.

The two of them were in tandem.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, they crossed the threshold of Yan's residence and arrived at the gate.

"You are all talented!"

"My young master is coming out!"

Following Yan Hu's loud shout.

The candidates and scholars who were originally discussing the taste of Yan's tea and fruits, all fell silent.

There were many people present who had never seen Yan Shaoting before.

At this moment, the young Yan Shaoting finally stood in front of them.

This undoubtedly made the students present gasp.

The unnaturally young man in the Yan family is Yan Shaoting, who already shoulders important responsibilities in the court?
Accompanied by countless people's doubts.

Yan Shaoting walked slowly and sat in front of the chair that had been placed under the gate of the mansion.

He rolled up the wide sleeves of his court robe, clasped his hands together, and glanced at the students in front of him.

then.

Xu Wei stepped forward.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xu Wei coughed lightly.

"Everyone, this is my Imperial Academy Reader, Right Junior of the Right Spring Office of the Chancellery, and Doctor of the Zhejiang Department of the Ministry of Revenue. I am also in charge of the post-disaster affairs of Shuntian Prefecture, the increase of silk production and overseas sales in the two prefectures of Susong in Nanzhili and Zhejiang Province, and the military supply of the imperial court. I am also a consultant to the Lianghuai Salt Administration, and the Reader of the Crown Prince of Prince Yu's Palace. Your Majesty has granted me the title of Fifth-Rank Fengzheng Dafu and Fifth-Rank Corrected Shuyin of Wenxun, Yan Shaoting."

Xu Wei spoke word by word with passionate expression, describing one by one the official position Yan Shaoting held in the court and the things he did.

Subsequently.

Under the puzzled gaze of the students.

Xu Wei added: "According to the imperial edict, Yan Shidu was also the examiner of the spring examination of the Renxu year of the 41st year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty."

Almost all the students looked suspicious.

I don’t know what’s going on with the Yan family.

But the next second.

Xu Wei changed the subject and said something a bit more sharp: "There is a rule in our dynasty, and it is clearly written by the court that students with outstanding achievements do not need to bow when they see an official, but they must be polite when they meet an official! If they violate this rule, they will be reported to the official office and the student's own prefecture official for questioning. If their words and deeds are serious, they can be demoted to become commoners!"

This was something that had already been discussed.

Yan Shaoting stood in front of the chair and glanced around the mansion.

Today, we will first make a sound so that these students will be disrupted by the layout in front of the mansion as soon as they enter Yanfu Lane. Then we will use tables and seats to divide these students.

Everything is done in a subtle way to tame these students who are supposed to denounce him.

Yan Shaoting looked coldly at the students in front of him who were being asked to salute by Xu Wei, with a calm expression.

Even if these people want to denounce me.

That also requires you to follow the rules and salute yourself first.

Since you are here to protest and seek justice, I will talk to these students about the rules today!
There was a whisper in front of the Yan residence.

Just at this moment, a servant of the Yan family turned around at the entrance of the alley in the distance, looked towards the gate of the mansion and started shouting.

"Shuntian Prefecture Governor Lu has arrived."

"North Zhili is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education."

Following the announcement from Yan's servants.

Yan Hu immediately brought people to move two chairs out from behind the gate of Yan's mansion and placed them beside the door.

The chair had obviously been prepared long ago.

Under the gaze of countless students.

Shuntian Prefecture Governor Lu Shizhong and Northern Zhili Education Commissioner Yu Ye walked through the crowd and arrived at the gate of Yan's mansion. After exchanging greetings with Yan Shaoting, they sat calmly on a chair beside them.

Shuntian Prefecture was in charge of all affairs in the capital.

The Northern Zhili Education Commissioner was in charge of education in the entire capital area.

As for the chief academic officer of the Imperial College who is in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty, Gao Gong is now in charge and Yan Shaoting cannot invite him.

After Lu Shizhong and Yu Ye sat down.

The students in front of Yan's house finally remembered what Xu Wei had said about the system that students in the imperial dynasty were not required to bow when meeting an official but were required to perform formalities.

Even if most people don't want to.

However, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and the educational official of Northern Zhili were both present.

There is nothing they can do.

All the students stood up and clasped their hands together.

For fear of being criticized by the Yan family, he observed the student etiquette meticulously and strictly.

"I have met Mr. Yan."

"I have met with Prefect Lu and Magistrate Yu."

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