Chapter 755 Full of Confidence
The sun was fading, and the setting sun was like a spirited girl who was pregnant with spring. When she saw her favorite lover at the corner, she suddenly put away the dazzling light and hid herself outside the palace wall, only half of her body was exposed. Zhang's face, which was flushed with shame, became rarely gentle.
The Wanshou Palace is located in Xiyuan. The roof is made of glazed tiles. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the light floats like gold. Looking from a distance, it looks like it is embedded in a golden ocean.
Although it was sunset at this time, the light was still bright, but several exquisite octagonal auspicious Ruyi palace lanterns had been lit in the outer hall of Wanshou Palace. The shape was similar to Changxin palace lanterns, and the palace ladies were kneeling and holding the lanterns. Shape, but lifelike carvings by palace maids Like Sheng, the fuel used in palace lanterns is a royal animal fat mixed with kerosene fuel invented by Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is smoke-free and dust-free; six luminous pearls are suspended around each octagonal palace lantern, which refracts the light evenly and illuminates the The entire outer hall of Wanshou Palace was brightly lit.
The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song, the second assistant, Xu Jie, and Li Chunfang, were in the brightly lit outer hall of Wanshou Palace, and their moods gradually became brighter.
They were all relatively optimistic about the second Qingci they submitted, especially Yan Song, the first assistant. His face, which had been serious and heavy for a day, also relaxed its wrinkles, like an Antarctic fairy, with a faint smile in his kindness. .
Yan Song is very satisfied with his son Yan Shifan's Qingci. In Yan Song's opinion, this Qingci is excellent both in terms of conception and literary talent. It is the Qingci that Yan Song has read that day. The best of them all.
Xu Jie, Li Chunfang and others are also relatively optimistic.
"Huating, I think your second article has an excellent conception and outline, which is three-thirds better than the first one." Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with a smile and said, "This time I can Get the Sacred Heart.”
“I’m so impressed by Ge Lao’s ingenuity in his writing, which is ten times better than Jie’s.” Xu Jie shook his head with a smile and turned to Yan Song. The article is highly praised.
After Xu Jie said it, Li Chunfang and others also praised Yan Song's article.
Yan Song smiled modestly and shook his head.
Yan Song was very confident in the submitted articles. Most of his worries about Emperor Jiajing were gone, and he could concentrate on other things.
"Huating, I heard Wen Hua mentioned a few days ago that you intend to recommend Nie Bao to be recalled to the imperial court?" After talking about the article for a while, Yan Song stroked his beard and squinted his eyes slightly. Xu Jie asked, his tone casual, with no intention of raising an army to accuse him.
"I was just looking for an opportunity to talk to Mr. Ge about this." Xu Jie replied with a slight smile, while getting up and holding the teapot to fill Yan Song with tea.
Yan Song held the tea cup with one hand and watched Xu Jie pour the tea. He nodded slightly, his face as kind as ever.
"Haha, I'm not afraid of Mr. Ge's jokes. If strictly speaking, I should still call Mr. Ge Taishi." After Xu Jie poured tea for Yan Song, he sat down in front of Yan Song and said in a joking tone Said with a smile.
“Oh?” Yan Song pretended to be confused.
"Mr. Ge may not know that Master Nie Bao and I are not masters and disciples, but we are actually masters and disciples. When I was still young, I entered Huating County to study, and the magistrate of Huating County was Master Nie. Master Nie taught me and other students in the county many times. I often asked Master Nie for advice and study; I also heard Master Nie mention Mr. Ge many times. Master Nie said During the examination in the twelfth year of his Zhengde reign, the examiner was Mr. Ge. Mr. Ge was Master Nie’s teacher, and Master Nie was my teacher. Strictly speaking, shouldn’t I call Mr. Ge the Grand Master? Haha." Xu Jie smiled and briefly summarized his relationship with Nie Bao and Yan Song. After speaking, he smiled and gave Yan Song a student salute.
"Huating, you" Yan Song smiled and shook his head. Xu Jie's low posture made Yan Song's heart less grudge.
"How did Nie Bao mention me to you?" Yan Song asked.
Although Nie Bao was Yan Song's student, Yan Song actually didn't like Nie Bao very much. The main reason was that Nie Bao was an upright man. When he was in power, he disliked some officials and phenomena and frequently impeached him. Others offended more people. On the one hand, Yan Song was implicated. On the other hand, some of Yan Song's subordinate officials were impeached by Nie Bao.
At first, Yan Song admired this township party student and helped him a lot, but gradually he hated that iron cannot become steel, and then he gradually disliked him.
"Master Nie said that he and Mr. Ge are from the same hometown, and he is a student of Mr. Ge. After he was admitted, he was taken care of by Mr. Ge." Xu Jie replied.
"Confused, how can I be a nepotist? I just want to see that he still has some talent to learn a few things." Yan Song narrowed his eyes slightly and pretended to scold him.
"Of course, it's not that I don't know Mr. Nie as a person. I recommend Master Nie not because of this relationship. It's mainly because of Master Nie's achievements. During his tenure as a foreigner, Master Nie made many achievements and had outstanding political achievements. He was very popular in the imperial court. Many officials recommended Master Nie, and Zhongyou Zhende recommended Master Nie three times, and eight other governors and patrol officials who had been to the places where Master Nie was appointed recommended Master Nie in the form of memorials. This was also what Meicun (Zhao Wenhua, Yan Songqian's son) told me. My answer to the enemy chieftain in the north in the twenty-one year He led tens of thousands of northern captives to harass Shanxi. Wherever he passed, our frontier troops either fled or avoided fighting. The enemy chief Anda led his troops as if they were in an uninhabited country. Even Datong, which was guarded by Lord Weng Wandaweng, avoided fighting. The entire In Shanxi, only Pingyang Prefecture, where Nie was stationed, could resist the enemy chiefs. Invasion. The Holy Lord ordered that "all internal and external officials, regardless of their size, will be promoted after six years, and those with outstanding talents will be promoted." Master Nie's assessment period has come, so I have such considerations and am looking for an opportunity to ask Mr. Ge to make a decision. "Yes." Xu Jie replied with a straight face.
Yan Song did not speak, but picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
"Strictly speaking, it is not to recall Master Nie back to the court, but to consider recommending Master Nie to governor Shuntian." Xu Jie added.
"It's okay as a rule, but Nie Bao is my student. You can't let people think that I, Yan, am nepotistic. You need to think carefully about it. You can come to my house to discuss this matter another day." Yan Song Weiwei He nodded and said something to Xu Jie's expression of recommending Nie Bao.
"If you dare to disobey me, I'm afraid you'll have to take advantage of Mr. Ge's meal again." Xu Jie accepted with a smile, a light flashing in his eyes.
After the matter was resolved satisfactorily, Yan Song and Xu Jie laughed and talked about other things in low voices, occasionally whispering a few words to Li Chunfang and others.
Of course, while they were chatting quietly, everyone also paid attention to the movements in the inner hall from time to time, just like confident and outstanding students who had handed in the papers and were waiting for the teacher to review the papers and announce the results.
Yan Maoqing is the one who pays most attention to the movements in the inner hall among the people. However, he does not have confidence in the article he submitted, but has "confidence" in the article submitted by Zhu Pingan. Kneel down for three thousand years, haha, Yan Maoqing could not be more confident in this kind of masterpiece that is "unprecedented and unprecedented" and "eye-catching". (End of this chapter)