prosperous age

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, autumn and winter are coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

The north wind that started last night sent snowflakes flying all over the sky this morning, like feathers and jade chips, falling gently. This is the first snow that fell in the capital in the 39th year of Jiajing.

It was already evening at this time, although the snow had stopped, but the outdoor temperature seemed even colder. People on the street wrapped their clothes tightly and walked quickly, not wanting to stay outside for a moment, but in a private room of a restaurant in the capital, Two red pots of charcoal radiate warmth to the surroundings. A group of people are sitting together, drinking warm wine and enjoying delicious food.

"Shan Loan, the matter you entrusted has been completed. In just two days, the Ministry of War will issue an official document to transfer Ma Fang to Ji Town as the deputy commander in chief."

Gao Gong said to the young man beside him with a smile while holding the Kuaizi to pick up vegetables.

"Thank you, brother Suqing, and thank you, brother uncle, for your great help. In this generation, Ma Fang, I would like to offer a toast to the two of you."

As he spoke, the young man held up the wine glass in front of him and stretched it out.

"Clang clang."

In the sound of two crisp wine glasses interlacing, Wei Guangde, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng drank the wine in the glass together.

Just as Wei Guangde guessed, after Alta Khan's army withdrew from the Xuanfu, Ma Fang found that Alta Khan seemed to have plans to shift targets. More Mongolian horse exploration activities occurred in Shaanxi and Jizhen, and less attention was paid to Shanxi.

After several correspondences with Wei Guangde, Ma Fang made up his mind to transfer away from Xuanda, and immediately seek a feudal lord. If there is no war, there will be no chance. Jizhen became his goal and guarded the gate for the emperor.

Wei Guangde thought very well, but he couldn't find a place to do it if he really wanted to do it. Naturally, he could only ask Gao Gong for help, and he could only rely on the power of Prince Yu's Mansion to operate this matter.

Up to now, although his gang has been in the officialdom for many years in the same year, their qualifications are just like that. It is okay to impeach people together, but they are powerless to manipulate an official's promotion. After all, the official ranks are very low, and they are not in the ministry When dealing with people, you have to act according to the face of the person.

"Shandai, did you get that Ma Fang to Ji Town, have you communicated with him? According to what you said, it seems safe to stay in Xuanfu now."

A white-faced and beardless man next to him interjected and asked.

"Eunuch Li, Ma Fang suffered a lot because of the Tatars breaking through and looting, so now he doesn't care about anything except beating the Tartars.

I also asked him about this matter, that is, he wanted to go to Ji Town. During this period of time, there have been reports of many Tartars visiting horses in Ji Town. It is estimated that in the coming year, I Dahan should be in Ji Town Let's do it. "

Wei Guangde didn't dare to be negligent when faced with the question from the chief manager of Prince Yu's Mansion, he immediately put down his wine glass and said, after speaking, he lifted the wine pot next to him and filled it up for Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, and then his own wine glass.

"That Ma Fang is quite famous among the Tartars now, and the Tartars call him 'Ma Taishi', haha."

Zhang Juzheng caressed his beard lightly and said with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng is still highly recognizable in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty. He has a handsome appearance and can easily give people a sense of intimacy. The well-trimmed beard adds a sense of calmness.

"I've also heard people say, hehe, the Tatars only have that kind of vision. There are countless elite soldiers and strong generals in the Ming Dynasty, and the generals in the northwest, which one is weaker, is much stronger than Ma Fang."

Then Li Fang spoke again.

Wei Guangde could only smile a little embarrassedly at Li Fang's words, but Gao Gong replied fairly, "Ma Fang earned his reputation by his desperate fighting style, and there may be generals who can fight better than him, But if you really want to fight against him, you may not be able to win him.

I remember back then, after hearing about Ma Fang's achievements, His Majesty said the words 'courage is no better than Ma Fang'. I have seen this in the daily notes, and there is no falsehood. "

"I've seen this too. It is said that civil servants don't love money, and military generals are not afraid of death, so the world will be peaceful. It is also affordable to say that Ma Fang is 'the world's number one fierce general'."

Zhang Juzheng nodded in agreement.

At this time, it was a bit embarrassing to replace Li Fang, so he could only laugh a few times.

If others criticize him like that, maybe he will still be unhappy, but with his head arched high, he can't say anything.

Anyway, he, Eunuch Li, is the chief executive in front of King Yu, don't you want to lose face?
But for Shang Gao Gong, Yu Wang still respects him as a teacher, and he still respects him from the bottom of his heart, and he can't be offended.

"By the way, Eunuch Li, is there anything unusual about the people around His Highness recently?"

In order to resolve the embarrassment, Wei Guangde brought up another topic.

"Hey, Master Wei, you have to ask me about this every time you see me, ha ha," Li Fang replied with a smile.

"Haha, people are concerned."

Gao Gong spends a lot of time with them, so he knows that Wei Guangde will ask about this matter when he sees Li Fang in the past two months, so it's not surprising.

"It's good to be cautious."

Zhang Juzheng also knew about it, after all, a table with several people was not once or twice, and he also knew something about Wei Guangde's concern about King Yu's diet.

In fact, not to mention King Yu, whoever is close to the palace is not careful.

The story of Lu Bing has not been spread, and few people know about it, but they all know what they should know. At least Zhang Juzheng knows that his teacher, Xu Jie, is now in charge of the food and drink, and it is only after many inspections. Dare to drink with confidence.

"Our family knows how powerful it is. I asked to see Eunuch Huang before. Dongchang has been watching this matter. Don't worry, I will personally guard His Highness, so there is no trouble."

Li Fang smiled, when it came to His Highness, Li Fang seemed to have just remembered, and suddenly said to Gao Gong: "Mr. Gao, His Highness still cares about one thing, and that is the Ministry of Industry. Is there really no way?"

Everyone knew the meaning of what Li Fang said, it was nothing more than what he said before, to rebuild the Shouwang Mansion as soon as possible, but two months have passed, and it is said that the construction there is still intermittent.

For the project of Prince Jing's Mansion, the Ministry of Industry of the capital said it was good when it was discussed by the Ministry, but when it came to the actual implementation, it was pushed back and forth, and found many reasons to delay the construction period.

Although King Jing has made a decision on the matter of Fan, after all, King Jing has not left the capital and is still in the capital, which is not a good sign.

Not only King Yu was anxious about this matter, in fact, the officials of King Yu's family complained more or less about it, and everyone knew where the matter was stuck, but they were helpless.

"Did Master Wu agree?"

Wei Guangde looked at Gao Gong at this time and asked.

Now Gao Gong has been promoted again. Although he is still the Minister of Taichang Temple, he now has an additional official position, that is, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. Although his grade has not changed, anyone with a discerning eye knows that he has already stepped up It's a great way to join the cabinet.

Now it is time to boil down the qualifications, and when Emperor Jiajing asks the cabinet to fill in people, Gao Gong is a well-deserved candidate No.1.

For this, Wei Guangde is naturally very jealous, but he can't help it. Up to now, he has not got a very important position, that is, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

If he wants to embark on that road, Wei Guangde doesn't expect to add any official titles to himself, he just hopes to get the official position of a Hanlin Bachelor, even if it is a Bachelor of Attendant without upgrading.

With the status of a bachelor, and then entering the court as an official, there is a chance to climb up the ladder along the road to heaven.

However, it seems that his good luck has run out. Wei Guangde, who was eagerly waiting to be rewarded for his meritorious service, seemed to be forgotten because of the unexpected change in Datong in the previous Xuanda World War.

Gao Gong was rewarded, but he got nothing.

"I visited Mr. Wu twice. He must have been shaken. Maybe he should wait two more days to make a move. It's hard to say. Anyway, after two days of boarding, if he still doesn't go to school, I'll go and have a look.

As Shan Loan said, this kind of matter of urging the Ministry of Industry really cannot be done by our side, but it seems that we are concerned, and His Highness can't tolerate brotherhood. "

Gao Gong sighed before telling the truth.

After finding out that the Ministry of Industry was delaying the project of Prince Jing's Mansion, Prince Yu's Mansion naturally couldn't tolerate it, but Wei Guangde stopped him.

Move it with emotion and reason, let everyone understand that the most important thing at this time is to look at the emperor's meaning. After all, he is sending away a son. it is good.

On the second day, Wei Guangde went to the Hanlin Academy on duty as usual, and had nothing to do, so he passed the time by reading idle books in his own duty room, waiting for the office to get off work.

At some point, Wei Guangde, who was reading a book, suddenly heard some commotion and noise outside.

Putting down the book and looking away, Wei Guangde looked at the door.

Not long after, the door was pushed open, and Lu Bu had already walked in, with no expression on his face.

After saluting to Wei Guangde, he said: "My lord, someone from the palace said that they want your lord to present Qing Ci to Xiyuan."

"what reason?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

Emperor Jiajing had this habit. Every time something happy happened, he would want to have a funeral ceremony or let people offer Qingci.

In the past, Wei Guangde also thought about making up some good Qingci to make Emperor Jiajing happy, as a step of promotion.

However, after staying in the Imperial Academy, Wei Guangde still found that although many people in the Imperial Academy were keen to write green poems to win the favor of Emperor Jiajing, more people seemed to dismiss it, and he didn't know that they were not good at doing it. It's better to really oppose the emperor's preference.

And Wei Guangde obviously belongs to the latter. He can't make up any good Qingci, but he has read all the excellent Qingci works of the dynasty. He just wants to use the method of writing stereotypes in the past to compose a Qingci work, which is really a bit embarrassing. him.

Well, since I can't write good Qing Ci, I can only give up the idea of ​​relying on Qing Ci to curry favor with Emperor Jiajing, but I lost those Taoist classics that I wanted to learn how to write Qing Ci and spent money to buy.

"It snowed heavily yesterday, and it was said that His Majesty hoped that the auspicious snow would bring a good year, and asked the adults to contribute green poems, hoping to bless the country and the people of Ming Dynasty in the coming year."

"What's the matter?"

Wei Guangde blinked and stared at Lu Bu for a moment.

What time is it now, winter has just entered, shouldn't it be hoped that this year will not be as cold as usual?
What auspicious snow heralds a good year?

If the snow is heavy this year, I don't know how the common people below will celebrate this festival.

Speaking of which, Wei Guangde actually admires Yan Song, Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, and Yuan Wei. They are really quick in thinking, majestic in writing, and gorgeous in rhetoric. They are worthy of being classics.

Even Gao Gong wrote Qingci to Emperor Jiajing, Wei Guangde had seen Gao Gong's Qingci, but he was speechless.

Wei Guangde had carefully studied the green poems written by those people before him, put down the book and wanted to make up one himself.

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Sorry, can't do it.

Therefore, Wei Guangde simply pretended to be indifferent to fame and fortune, and did not write.

This time, Wei Guangde still intends to use the previous method of evasion, leaving the Imperial Academy first. In the past, he always left under the pretext of going to the Zhan Shifu or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he still does so today.

He got up, gave Lu Bu some instructions and left the room.

Not far from the door, I saw Yuan Wei, a bachelor's attendant, coming out of another courtyard. At this time, he was walking forward with his head held high.

is crazy enough.

But Wei Guangde is quite convinced that this one is a bit more crazy.

"The Luoshui mysterious turtle first offered auspiciousness, the number of yin is nine, the number of yang is nine, and the number of nine and nine is 81. The number is in harmony with the Tao, and the Tao is in line with the primordial deity. I sincerely feel it.

Qishan Danfeng doubles as auspicious, males sing six, females sing six, six six 36 sounds, the voice is heard in the sky, born the emperor of Jiajing, and his life is boundless. "

This is a Qingci poem that Emperor Jiajing pretended to hang in his bedroom. He obviously liked it very much, and the author is Yuan Weiyuan, who was in front of him.

In the Imperial Academy, Wei Guangde was only writing, and he was two grades behind Yuan Wei, and there was a grade of attendant reading and lecturer in the middle, and the higher level was a bachelor, so Wei Guangde immediately saluted Yuan Wei.

Yuan Wei was naturally happy that Emperor Jiajing wanted Qing Ci, but his joy at the moment was not because Emperor Jiajing wanted Qing Ci.

The reason why Yuan Wei was happy, Wei Guangde had heard from Gao Gong, was that Yuan Wei was going to be promoted, and he was promoted faster than him.

According to Gao Gong's words, Yuan Wei is likely to be a prime minister of Qing Ci again, because this time Yuan Wei was an official in the Imperial Academy, and his official position was Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, which was still a position above him.

He was also promoted from the Imperial Academy along with Guo Pu, a bachelor of servants, who was said to have been appointed to the right minister of the Ministry of officials, which is also a position that can be admitted to the cabinet.

Yuan Wei quickly returned the salute after Wei Guangde saluted, looking polite, but the excited expression still betrayed his current mood.

He should know that his position will be promoted soon, and the Ming court really has no secrets.

Followed Yuan Wei to the front lobby, and met Guo Pu not long after, both of them were people who were going to move out of the Imperial Academy, so they wanted to chat a little more, although they were competitors, they didn't show the slightest face come out.

The Hanlin Academy was headed by these two people, and soon a large group of people came to the front, and a young eunuch was waiting in the lobby.

After everyone arrived, the little eunuch conveyed Emperor Jiajing's oral order, asking Hanlin to present Qing Ci.

It's just that what the little eunuch said at this time was a little bit different from what Lu Bu heard, that is, it snowed heavily yesterday, and Emperor Jiajing had a sense of heaven and man two days before.

Zhu Banxian.

When Wei Guangde heard the little eunuch say this, this word popped into his mind.