Chapter 356 The Secret of the Reward
I live in mountains and rivers, and tigers are common. But today when I meet the Holy Spirit, I can only see the face of a dragon!
Huang Jin, who was serving beside Jiajing, just listened to these words and deeply remembered the young man in the hall who bowed his head and played right!
Huang Jin has been serving Emperor Jiajing since he was the crown prince of Xingxian. Now he has been serving Emperor Jiajing for almost forty years. See you next to Emperor Jiajing There have been many high and low officials, but there are only a handful of them who left such a deep impression on them upon first meeting like this young man.
This boy is extraordinary.
While Huang Jin was still sizing up Zhu Pingan, Emperor Jiajing and Zhu Pingan had several more rounds of conversations, mostly with Jiajing asking questions and Zhu Pingan answering. Emperor Jiajing's questions were very common. He asked about the scene in the mountain village, asked about Zhu Ping'an's age, and asked again about the affairs of the imperial examination.
Zhu Pingan also answered one by one. His speech was clear, moderate in speed, logical and full of vitality.
"It's great to be young. I arrived in the capital when I was your age." Emperor Jiajing sighed with emotion after hearing Zhu Ping'an's reply, and then continued, "Although Aiqing is young, , then You should also aim high and learn more and do more in the future."
"I will obey your Majesty's teachings."
Zhu Pingan was "excited" by Emperor Jiajing's advice and saluted again. . At this point, the interview should be over, Zhu Pingan thought.
When Zhu Ping'an thought the interview was over, he didn't expect another sudden surprise. After asking questions, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and asked a little eunuch serving beside him to bring a red cloth-covered tray and came directly to Zhu Pingan. In front of Ping An, there are gold-carved golden roosters, gold fish, golden pigs, golden cows, golden ducks and other objects on the tray.
These golden roosters, golden bulls and other objects are not big, only about one finger, flat, and probably weigh only about two taels, but they are very finely carved and lifelike.
"If you are outstanding, I will not be stingy with rewards. I love you, choose one of them as a reward." Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair and waved to Zhu Pingan.
Uh
After being asked to choose one after a long time, I asked why Emperor Jiajing suddenly became so generous. Zhu Ping'an was full of slander, but his face showed an expression of gratitude and honoring his ancestors.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Zhu Pingan knelt down and saluted.
"You don't need to be polite if you love me." Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, signaling Zhu Pingan to stand up and choose a reward.
Zhu Ping'an knelt down to thank Jiajing and stood up again. He said "Thank you" to the little eunuch holding the tray, and then he started to choose a bigger one. The moment he stretched out his hand, something suddenly happened. Mingwu, the reward from Emperor Jiajing should not be that simple. This is probably the last interview question.
Golden rooster, goldfish, golden pig, golden cow, golden duck. Emperor Jiajing asked him to choose one at will, but these things were definitely not chosen casually.
Choose goldfish? The goldfish is carved from gold. The original image is a carp, lifelike. The carp leaps over the dragon's gate. It's a good sign to choose carp. Legend has it that there is a towering dragon gate on the east side of the river. Every spring, carps always swim hard upstream. Carps that jump over the dragon gate can turn into dragons. It is also generally used to refer to having good test scores and being at the top of the list in high school.
It should be most appropriate to choose golden carp.
But when Zhu Pingan reached out to the goldfish, he saw the little eunuch holding the tray and blinked slightly.
Then, Zhu Pingan paused and suddenly had an epiphany. It's not that simple! Sure enough it's not that simple!
The carp jumps over the dragon gate. The carp jumps over the dragon gate and turns into a dragon. Dragon, what do you want to do when you turn into a dragon? I didn’t know that Emperor Jiajing was the only true dragon! Then Zhu Ping'an thought about what was recorded in history, the curse in Emperor Jiajing's heart that chilled his heart - the two dragons do not meet!
Emperor Jiajing is a strange flower in the history of the Ming Dynasty. After he learned about this so-called curse of two dragons not meeting each other, he implemented it throughout his life!
In the thirteenth year of Emperor Jiajing's reign, Emperor Jiajing, who had been fighting on his bed for thirteen years, well, maybe the battlefield was elsewhere, but in this year Emperor Jiajing finally welcomed his first son, but unfortunately, The emperor's eldest son died less than three months after he was born. Emperor Jiajing was extremely sad. At this time, Tao Zhongwen, the most trusted Celestial Master of Emperor Jiajing, reported the curse of "two dragons not meeting each other" to Emperor Jiajing.
Your Majesty, you are the only true dragon in the world. You have been blessed with destiny and luck. You are the true emperor. However, your majesty’s children are also the sons of dragons. However, the two dragons do not meet each other. Your Majesty is the destined emperor, the true dragon of destiny and destiny. One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and one side cannot tolerate two dragons. Your Majesty is uniquely blessed by nature, and all the princes are not as good as your Majesty. When two dragons meet, one of them will be injured!
After hearing Tao Zhongwen's words, Emperor Jiajing broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.
Three years later, Emperor Jiajing successively had princes such as Zhu Zaihe, Zhu Zaihe, and Zhu Zaizhen. However, Emperor Jiajing always kept in mind the curse of "two dragons never meet". When the emperor's eldest son died, The missing scene was always before his eyes, so Emperor Jiajing never saw these three princes, and he did not dare to make him a prince, for fear of any accident.
What Emperor Jiajing did seemed to outsiders to be nonsense. The courtiers were talking about it. Emperor Jiajing couldn’t stand it anymore, so he took Emperor Jiajing and educated him for a long time. Unable to bear the education of the Empress Dowager, Emperor Jiajing had to meet Zhu Zaihe, the second oldest son of the emperor. He had a chat and sent him to school. Zhu Zaihe was fourteen years old. This was almost the first time he met his biological father. , very excited, however, things are so coincidental.
That night, the second emperor's son Zhu Zaihe fell ill. Within a few days, the second emperor's son also went to see his eldest brother.
Emperor Jiajing was almost frightened to death. He did not dare to go beyond the curse of "two dragons never meet", and he looked down upon his only two remaining sons, King Yu Zhu Zaiye and King Jing Zhu Zaizhen. Even if they saw him in the palace, or if there was any important ceremony that required him to see him, he wouldn't say a word.
Now if you choose the golden carp, do you want the carp to jump over the dragon gate and turn into a dragon?
You transform into a dragon, and I, Jiajing, am also a dragon.
What are you doing? The two dragons don’t know each other! Do you think that I, Jiajing, live too well? ! Interested in rushing to me!
Don't say Zhu Ping'an thinks too much. Emperor Jiajing, who cultivates immortality and refines elixirs, takes some heavy metal elixirs all day long. It is normal for him to have hallucinations caused by heavy metal poisoning. Moreover, Emperor Jiajing himself is a mysterious person who cultivates immortality and immortality. This There are so many people who care about you!
I would rather believe that it exists than believe that it does not exist!
Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an crossed over the golden carp with his hand. He crossed over normally, landed on the golden rooster on one side, and then took it in his hand.
"Minister, thank you for the reward, your Majesty."
Zhu Pingan held the golden rooster in both hands and knelt on the ground to thank Emperor Jiajing.
Oh, it turned out to be a golden rooster.
Huang Jin, who was serving Emperor Jiajing, was astonished. Zhu Ping'an's choice was beyond his expectation. Those who were summoned individually before all chose the golden carp. Did this young man do it intentionally or unintentionally? If it was an unintentional move, then this young man is very lucky; if it was an intentional move, then this young man is really extraordinary.
"Oh, why did Aiqing choose the golden rooster?" Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair and nodded, asking slowly. He was very satisfied with Zhu Pingan's choice but also very curious.
Of course it was not an unintentional move. Of course I did not choose it randomly. This is something I have carefully considered. Emperor Jiajing, you practice immortality and alchemy and believe in Taoism. It just so happens that I read a lot of fairy novels in modern times, and I am also interested in Taoism. Check out some information. Taoism has different feelings for all the beasts and birds in the world, among which chickens are the deepest feelings. Didn’t the founder of Taoism, Shengxian, leave a saying that "chickens and dogs ascend to heaven". In addition, after the formation of the Taoist sect, the previous popes had great feelings for chickens. of The feelings are very deep. It is said that a certain pope was in danger when he was trying to eliminate evil spirits, and was saved by a rooster. The pope struggled with the evil spirits for several days, exhausted, and surrounded by dangers. Fortunately, the rooster sang loudly, and a crowing called the sunrise. Assist the Pope in eradicating the sneakiness.
In addition, the fish that Taoists appreciate is a scaleless fish - mullet, not carp.
People who believe in Taoism will never eat this kind of mullet. In the eyes of ordinary people, mullet is very hateful, because after the female mullet reproduces and gives birth to baby mullet, it will eat part of the baby mullet she gave birth to. Tiger poison does not eat its children, so your mullet gave birth to baby mullet. , but eating small mullet raw, it is really abominable and hateful, so ordinary people despise and hate mullet, they can no longer despise and hate it.
However, this is not the case in the eyes of people who believe in Taoism. They admire mullet, and perhaps everyone will wonder how they can still reverse the verdict for mullet torma?
Yes, that’s right, they not only reversed the verdict, but also elevated it to a very high level.
In the eyes of people who believe in Taoism, the mullet is like this: when the female mullet reaches the spawning period, she gestates for several months, exhausts her efforts, and supplies every nutrient in her body to the little mullet in her belly. fish, and in order to lay eggs, she will The last strength of her body was used to give birth to the little mullet. After giving birth, the female mullet was like a spring silkworm that has run out of silk and a wax torch that has turned to ashes. She spent all her efforts and could no longer see with both eyes. After completing her mission, she waited to starve to death in Xisheng. What a great mother, what great maternal love, but even greater is filial piety, the filial piety of the little mullet. In order to give birth, the female mullet has exhausted her efforts and her last strength, and can only wait to starve to death. However, the young mullet are the most filial. They would rather swim into the mouth of the female mullet and use their He used his immature body to satisfy his mother's hunger. He would rather use his own body than his mother to starve to death.
What kind of spirit is this? The crow feeds back and the lamb kneels to breastfeed. What does it mean in front of this mullet mother?
Therefore, Taoism elevates the mullet to the realm of extreme filial piety, the embodiment of filial piety.
So, they appreciate mullet, not carp!
That’s why Zhu Pingan chose the golden rooster instead of the golden carp. (End of this chapter)