Rise From the Humble

The sun was fading, and the setting sun was like a shrewd girl who was pregnant with spring. 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 blushing face was exposed, which was rare and gentle. stand up.

The Wanshou Palace located in Xiyuan has a roof 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 the sun was setting at dusk, the light was still bright. However, 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. They were also in the shape of a palace lady kneeling and holding a lantern, but they were carved by a palace lady. Lifelike, the fuel used in the 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 entire palace lantern. The outer hall of Wanshou Palace is brightly lit.

Yan Song, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Jie, the second assistant, 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 was very satisfied with his son Yan Shifan's Qing Ci. In Yan Song's opinion, this Qing Ci was excellent both in terms of conception and literary talent. It was the best Qing Ci that Yan Song had seen that day. .

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 article." Yan Song looked at Xu Jie with a smile and said, "This time I will win the Sacred Heart."

"Lao Ge is so complimentary. In terms of intention and outline, Lao Ge's article is ten times more ingenious than Jie." Xu Jie smiled and shook his head, and in turn praised Yan Song's article twice as much.

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 from Wen Hua a few days ago that you intend to recommend Nie Bao to be recalled to the imperial court?" After talking for a while, Yan Song stroked his beard, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Xu Jie and asked, with a casual tone, There is no intention to raise troops to accuse.

"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 call Mr. Ge Taishi." After Xu Jie poured tea for Yan Song, he sat down in front of Yan Song and said with a joking smile.

"Oh?" Yan Song pretended to be confused.

"Perhaps Mr. Nie doesn't 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 visited the county many times. I often ask Master Nie for advice when it comes to teaching students like me. I have also heard Master Nie mention Mr. Ge many times. Master Nie said that during the Zhengde 12th Annual Examination, the examiner was Mr. Ge, and Mr. Ge was Master Nie. "My master, Master Nie is my teacher. If we talk about it strictly, shouldn't Jie call him Grand Master?" Xu Jie smiled and briefly summarized his relationship with Nie Bao and Yan Song, and said Afterwards, 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 person. When he was in court, he disliked some officials and phenomena, and he often impeached others, which offended many 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 he helped him a lot, but gradually he hated the fact 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 passed the examination, he was taken care of by Mr. Ge." Xu Jie replied.

"Confused, how can I be a nepotist? I just want to see how long he has 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 what Mr. Nie is like. 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 a lot of achievements and had outstanding political achievements. He was very popular in the imperial court. Many officials recommended Master Nie, and the incident was so shocking that they recommended Master Nie three times. Eight other governors and inspectors who had visited Master Nie's overseas posts recommended Master Nie in the form of memorials. This was also the case in Meicun (Yan Song). Godson Zhao Wenhua) told me. In addition, in the 21st year, the enemy chief Anda led tens of thousands of northern captives to harass Shanxi. Wherever he passed, our border troops either fled or avoided fighting. The enemy chief Anda led his troops as if they entered In an uninhabited area, even Datong, guarded by Lord Weng Wandaweng, avoided fighting. Only Pingyang Mansion, stationed by Nie Shi in Shanxi Province, could resist the invasion of the enemy chiefs. The Holy Lord ordered that all officials, both internal and external, regardless of their size, would be satisfied with six years. "Those who are talented and outstanding should be promoted to the top. The time for Master Nie's assessment is here, so I have such considerations and am looking for an opportunity to ask Mr. Ge to make a decision." Xu Jie replied with a straight face.

Yan Song did not speak, but picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Actually, 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 nodded slightly and said to Xu The look on Nie Bao's face recommended him.

"If you dare to disobey me, I'm afraid you'll have to take advantage of Mr. Ge's meal again." Xu Jie responded with a smile, his eyes flashing.

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 mark the papers and announce the results.

Yan Maoqing was the most attentive among the people to pay attention to the movements in the inner hall, but he did not have confidence in the article he submitted, but in the article submitted by Zhu Pingan. He knelt before the Buddha for three thousand years. Haha, this Yan Maoqing could not be more confident in creating a masterpiece that is "unprecedented and unprecedented" and "eye-catching".