Chapter 408 The Banquet of the Chief Assistant
You are willing or not
The dinner is there
Even if Zhu Pingan is no longer willing to go to the banquet, after the sunset, , Zhu Ping'an still followed all the Hanlin officials out of the Hanlin Academy. It was impossible not to go. One month's salary had been paid out in advance! No matter what, you have to recoup some of the cost.
I can’t understand why the Ministry of Finance is so easy to talk to. All the newcomers in the Hanlin Academy are given one month’s salary! Tonight is said to be a reception banquet for Zhu Ping'an and the other newcomers, but the wine allowance only refers to the salary!
Finally I know why my eyelids twitch at noon! One month's salary is just gone!
The restaurant chosen by Hanlin Academy looks very inconspicuous from the outside. It looks like an ordinary courtyard house with a peeling paint sign. However, when you go in, you find that it is completely different inside. The first time you enter is just The ordinary furnishings are not even rated as a star, but the furnishings and decorations in the second courtyard are definitely rated as four stars. This second courtyard opens up several courtyards and is very wide. The small rockery and bonsai garden, as well as uniformly dressed service staff, are unique.
This is probably a place where people from the Hanlin Academy often come. The shopkeeper is familiar with Li Chunfang and the others, and they all meet with this adult or that adult. Many people from other yamen also eat here, and Li Chunfang and the others would meet acquaintances from time to time to say hello and introduce Zhu Ping'an and the others.
In addition to the Hanlin Academy, there are also officials from the Taiyuan Hospital, the Ministry of War and the Jinyiwei eating here today, but the specific places where they eat are different.
Li Chunfang and the others led Zhu Pingan and the others into their usual courtyard - Ximo Pavilion. This is an independent small courtyard with two private rooms separated by about three meters. There were already people there, and those sitting there were several people from the Taiyuan Hospital. When the people from the Taiyuan Hospital saw Li Chunfang and the others, they took the initiative to get up and come over to say hello, and even asked the shop assistant to send two jars of good wine to the people from the Hanlin Academy, and charge them to their accounts. . Li Chunfang even said a few polite words, but Yuan Wei just coughed twice arrogantly and impatiently, and the other Hanlin officials also nodded and passed.
Through this scene, Zhu Pingan also truly understood that in the feudal Ming Dynasty, the status of doctors was not as high as in modern times. The status of doctors here was still very low. Even though they were imperial doctors, they were still looked down upon in the eyes of feudal bureaucrats.
When these imperial doctors came to say hello, Zhu Pingan noticed that there was another person sitting on the table in the imperial hospital without moving. He was a young imperial physician, sitting there very calmly, drinking a drink in his hand. The tea is not like other imperial doctors who follow the trend.
This is an interesting imperial physician. Zhu Pingan wrote this person down.
After entering the private room, they sat down according to their official positions. Li Mo didn't come, saying that there was something wrong with the official department. Li Chunfang was older and had a higher official position, so she sat on the main seat. Zhu Pingan also sat slightly forward, because his official position was there, and Zhang Siwei and Zhu Pingan were separated by several seats.
Shortly after Zhu Pingan and the others sat down, two more people arrived hand in hand.
One of them appeared with a fragrant smell of powder. He was very handsome, and Zhu Ping'an also knew him. It was Zhang Juzheng who wanted to sing curry to gays when they first met last time. He looks so handsome and wears makeup and spices. He really doesn't leave a way for an unhandsome person like himself to survive. In addition to makeup, Zhang Juzheng's clothes also complement each other. They are clean and bright, spotless and not a wrinkle.
I don’t know the other person, Zhu Pingan, who is not much more handsome than him, but the arrogance on his face seems to be much worse than that of Yuan Wei. Also, who could come with Zhang Juzheng, how could he be an easy person? Zhu Ping'an was full of curiosity about this person.
"Su Qing, uncle, you are here. If you come even an hour and a half later, you will have to drink as a fine." Yuan Wei stood up and smiled and greeted the two of them to sit down.
To be able to treat an arrogant and conceited person like Yuan Wei like this, he must be someone whose strength can be admired by Yuan Wei. This kind of person must be a celebrity in history, Su Qing? Whose word is this? It’s so familiar.
Zhu Pingan was thoughtful.
"Haha, not long after Prince Yu first opened his residence, he had trouble escaping. But thanks to my uncle's help, I only had time to escape today." The person Yuan Wei called Su Qing said with a smile.
King Yu? Su Qing? These two appeared together, reminding Zhu Ping'an at once, and reminded Zhu Ping'an that Su Qing was a high-gong character in history! Gao Gong, it turns out that this person is Gao Gong. No wonder his face is full of arrogance. It’s not surprising that he is Gao Gong.
Historically, Gao Gong was a conceited genius with an arrogant personality. Just like his name, he was tall and difficult to be crowned. According to historical records and unofficial records, Gao Gong can be regarded as a child prodigy of the Ming Dynasty. He could compose the couplets in one breath at the age of five, he could recite the preface at the age of eight, and he was the leader of his hometown in the "Book of Rites" at the age of seventeen. This has also developed an arrogant character, with high arrogance and talent. He often looks down on the people around him, whether they are superiors or colleagues, let alone subordinates. His mantra is: You guys are stupid.
Thinking of this, When Zhu Pingan looked up, he saw the contempt hidden in Gao Gong's eyes when he was joking.
Haha, interesting, trying to figure out the characters of the two people, Zhu Ping'an sat there and couldn't help but imagine the mental processes of Yuan Wei and Gao Gong.
Yuan Wei: I look down on these idiots, but I look down on Su Qing and Ju Zheng.
Gao Gong: I can’t even look down on a fool like you!
After the greetings, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng both took their seats. By coincidence, Zhang Juzheng sat at the position where Zhu Pingan's head was lowered.
Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Li Chunfang, and Zhang Siwei will all be the chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet in the future. There were actually four people who would be extremely popular ministers sitting at the same table.
The world is really amazing. I actually sat and drank with the four chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet!
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips when he thought of this.
A table with four assistants?
Maybe, who can say for sure in the future.
But speaking of the future, about five hundred years later from this time, a painter named Xu Beihong made a painting about this banquet of the Hanlin Academy, called "The Banquet of the First Assistant" ”, Painter Xu five hundred years later created this based on historical records. The reason why the painting "The Banquet of the Chief Minister" is because no banquet table contains more important people than this table, and because no banquet table can accommodate so many of the chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty, especially when one of the people is more important. It pushed the Ming Dynasty to a height that was difficult for any dynasty to reach. Because of Master Xu Beihong's skillful selection of materials, wonderful interpretation, and excellent painting skills, this painting has become a classic among classics. Especially a hundred years after Master Xu Beihong, this painting "The Banquet of the First Assistant" made history at an international auction. The transaction price was US$10 million more than the famous historical religious painting "The Last Supper", which became a masterpiece at that time. The most. (End of this chapter)