Chapter 800 The Second Imperial Edict
The bright sunlight shines through the canopy of trees in the courtyard, bright and dazzling, illuminating every corner of the courtyard of Linhuai Marquis Mansion.
In the courtyard, Zhu Ping'an was kneeling there. Li Shu, the old lady and others were kneeling in a fan shape, half the body behind them.
Eunuch Jia, who came from the palace, stood in front of them holding the imperial edict, located in the center of the fan shape.
Zhu Pingan was stunned, and Li Shu behind him also opened his mouth in surprise.
The expressions on the faces of the old lady, Miss Six and others were much richer, ranging from thankfulness to small joy to gloating.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
Finally, Eunuch Jia, who was standing in front, broke the stillness, looked at Zhu Pingan with a slight smile, and reminded softly: "Master Xiao Zhu, take the order."
"Oh, Oh, my minister Zhu Ping'an accepted the decree and thanked the Lord for his kindness. Long live my emperor!"
Zhu Ping'an came to his senses at Eunuch Jia's reminder, knelt on the ground, put his hands on the ground, put his head close to the ground, kowtowed to express gratitude, and then straightened up. , stretched out his hands and received the imperial edict from Eunuch Jia.
Li Shu and other female family members went together to kowtow.
The old lady watched Zhu Ping'an take over the imperial edict, and she was very happy again. Fortunately, it was not her son, Marquis Linhuai, otherwise it would be her son who made a fool of himself now.
The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion looked at Li Shu with the corner of her eyes, gloating about her misfortune
In the Hou Mansion, she and Li Shu, the fifth sister, were the least likely to deal with each other. Not used to Li Shuzhi With her high-spirited appearance, in her opinion, Li Shu was not as tall as her, not as good as her in figure, and inferior to her in everything. Why did Li Shu seem to have endless money to spend, while she could only count her pitiful monthly money helplessly; Why is Li Shu so She was lucky enough to find a country bumpkin in the countryside, but in the blink of an eye he became the top pick, and she could only promise a playboy with a bad reputation, incompetence and self-righteousness.
Especially in the first few days. sky When it was rumored in the house that Zhu Ping'an had handled a major case in Taicang, and that it was even exaggerated by the Holy Spirit, Miss Six felt even more displeased with Li Shu. She felt that Li Shu was more arrogant than before, almost pouting her tail to the sky. Got it!
Cackling!
It’s fine now!
I want you to bluster again.
It turned out that the praise from the Holy One was a fine of one hundred and sixty taels of silver. I almost laughed out loud.
Miss Six's eyes narrowed into crescent moons, her cherry mouth slightly curved, revealing a small tiger tooth, shining in the sun.
Thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness.
Although Zhu Pingan had ten thousand words in his heart that he wanted to say to Emperor Jiajing, he still accepted the imperial edict with a respectful expression.
Zhu Pingan was about to stand up and prepare to respectfully place the imperial edict on the table and enshrine it.
Generally, ministers will do this when they receive an imperial decree. Unless it is an imperial decree such as beheading and confiscating the family, there is no chance even if they want to worship.
"Master Xiao Zhu, please be patient. This imperial edict has not been announced yet."
But when Zhu Pingan was about to get up, Eunuch Jia, who was standing in front, waved his hand with a smile on his face.
Huh?
Anything else?
Zhu Pingan and others were startled.
The old lady of Linhuai Marquis Mansion was also stunned. While she was happy, she couldn't help but feel a little bit sad. Why wasn't the fine enough? Still want to be demoted?
Although she didn't like her granddaughter Li Shu, and she didn't even like her uncle Zhu Ping'an, but having such a champion uncle gave her a lot more things to talk about when chatting with other meritorious old ladies.
If you were just fined, that would be fine. But if my uncle is both fined and demoted, it will have a great negative impact on their house. The direct impact will be that she will lose face among the old sisters.
Miss Six heard that there was an imperial edict. The curvature of her little cherry mouth became wider and her little tiger teeth showed more.
Demoted from the official position, it is best to be demoted to a commoner. See if you, Li Shu, have anything to be proud of when you are still in front of me...
"Master Xiao Zhu, please accept the order."
With that said, Eunuch Jia, like a magic trick, took out another copy of the same black ox horn shaft imperial edict from the tray held respectfully by the young eunuch behind him.
"My lord, Zhu Ping'an has accepted the order." Zhu Ping'an kowtowed again to receive the order.
"By the fate of heaven, the emperor issued an edict: "Wuyi Clan Si Zhilang, Imperial Academy student Zhu Ping'an, since he became an official, he has been diligent and frugal in serving the public, devoted himself to the country, and has made many achievements. In the case of Taicang's deficit, successive governors The ministers sent by King Ku and King Ku Ji all the time were close confidants, and they also followed the lead, without realizing it. It is a great responsibility to be able to expose his traitor. But Zhu Ping'an, despite the difficulties, went ahead and lived up to my expectations. He made an indispensable contribution to the Taicang deficit case. From now on, he will be promoted to the fifth rank of Hanlin Academy and be awarded the title of No. 1. Yi Heng Sizhi..." After Eunuch Jia unfolded the second imperial edict, he read it in the same tone as when he read out the first imperial edict.
This time, Eunuch Jia’s voice sounded like a spring breeze to Zhu Pingan.
Well, I didn’t expect that Eunuch Jia’s voice was so magnetic that he was more than enough to serve as a host in modern times.
Zhu Pingan thought this.
From this point of view, Emperor Jiajing is not too foolish. Although the official position is just the word "bachelor" added to the end of the Hanlin Academy, don't underestimate these two words. The addition of these two words means that Zhu Pingan has been promoted to the fifth rank, which is equivalent to the modern Deputy department level + position.
Basically, he is only half a level lower than Director Qi in In the Name of the People.
Of course, Zhu Ping'an has no real power and is incomparable to the powerful Director Qi. This is just in terms of rank.
But.
From a sixth-grade official to a fifth-grade official, this is a qualitative leap. From the fifth-grade official, you are already a mid-level official. I don’t know how many people have finally climbed ashore from the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination. They have been tripped by this threshold until they are old. .
Just like the Qi training stage to the foundation building stage in Xianxia novels, this is a natural chasm. During the foundation building stage, all the ants will turn into dragons by leaping here.
Well, it seems that Emperor Jiajing is not a fool...
At this moment, Zhu Ping'an had long forgotten about going to the gate of Xiyuan Palace to hold up a banner to protest naked.
After hearing this, Li Shu on the side narrowed her watery eyes into a crescent shape. She glanced at the old lady, Miss Six and others with her peripheral vision, and raised her little head in an arc...
The old lady of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion on the side opened her eyes wide in surprise. The fifth uncle was promoted and suddenly became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy from the fifth rank? ! The fifth aunt is only sixteen. He was promoted some time ago. Why is he being promoted again? The fifth aunt just won the Jinshi this year. He will be regarded as a fifth-grade official. Even the emperor's own son cannot be promoted like this. Come on, it’s scary to think about someone so young who has graduated from the fifth level.
Hey!
Why is this imperial edict not for his son, Marquis Linhuai?
Not to mention the fine of more than one hundred taels of silver, I would be fined even 10,000 taels of silver.
The old lady Linhuaihou thought about it more and more, and she felt more and more disappointed. She wished that it was her son Linhuaihou who took the order now.
The sixth lady of the Hou family on the side, the eldest daughter with her mouth open, her eyes almost popped out of her eyes in surprise, what echoed in her mind was "from the fifth rank, from the fifth rank, from the fifth rank..."
What's going on? The emperor fined him one hundred and sixty taels of silver in the last imperial decree, so how come he was promoted in the next imperial decree? !
Your Majesty, can you have some principles? !
The fifth brother-in-law can't be the emperor's illegitimate son. He was promoted too quickly.
How great would it be if the fifth brother-in-law were my husband-in-law? !
Why?
Li Shu, a country girl from the countryside, is not as good looking as me, her figure is not as good as mine, and she is not as good as me in everything. Why should she get all the good things?
Yeah!
Did Li Shu, the village girl, look at me just now? !
She looked at me with her chin again? !
Stinky girl!
So angry!
For a moment, the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion bit her lips in anger, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost broken. (End of this chapter)