Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 5

"The Holy Tomorrow is no better than the Emperor!" This time, it was Yan Shifan who rushed to praise the Holy One. "In this way, the people in Zhejiang will definitely plant mulberries enthusiastically. With the silk source, Zhejiang and Yingtian will each have thousands of looms. question."

"Good! Good!" Jiajing actually got down from his seat, applauded lightly, and walked up to himself, "It's good to quarrel. Once you quarrel, you can find a good way. This matter will let the director of rituals and The Ministry of Industry will handle it, as well as the Ministry of Household Affairs. The extra money earned must be recorded in the account of the Ministry of Household Affairs. How to get it done, the cabinet will go back and discuss a detailed plan, and then send Hu Zongxian an urgent delivery. This matter has to be handled by Hu Zongxian .”

Yan Song and Lu Fang replied loudly almost at the same time: "Yes."

Jiajing seemed to be very excited, and when he reached the door of the palace, he stretched out his hand to open the door. The two eunuchs, the supervisor of ceremonies, hurried over and opened the door.

A gust of snow and wind blew in, and the large sleeves of Jiajing's toga immediately floated back.

"Ouch! My master, be careful not to catch a cold!" Lu Fang hurried over and was about to close the door.

"I'm not as delicate as you are." Jiajing raised his hand to stop Lu Fang.

There was heavy snow outside the gate of the hall, and the lanterns hung all over were lit up in red in the snow curtain, creating an auspicious scene.

Suddenly, Jiajing found several eunuchs kneeling in the snow just in front of the steps of Yuxi Palace.

Heavy snow fell on their heads and bodies. The eunuch at the front held a tray high in his hand. Although the snow was falling, he could still see a big jade Zhang on the golden satin surface of the tray!

Jiajing's eyes lit up: "Is it Princess Yu's birth?"

The eunuch holding the tray replied loudly: "The emperor is overjoyed! God gave me the Ming Dynasty's grandson!"

Lu Fang strode over, took the tray, strode back to Jiajing and knelt down, holding the tray high: "Master is overjoyed!"

The other four chief eunuchs knelt down immediately: "Master is overjoyed!"

Yan Song and all the cabinet members also knelt down one after another: "I wait to congratulate the emperor!"

Whether it is really happy or pretending to be happy, after all, this is the first grandson of Emperor Jiajing Tian, ​​and it is the biggest happy event in the Ming Dynasty. For "welcome".

Jiajing's face also responded with joy, not that kind of surprise, but the kind of complacent joy that seemed to have been in his heart: "Lu Fang, raise the tray higher."

"Yes." Lu Fang held up the tray she was kneeling with both hands up.

Jiajing's right hand reached into the sleeve of his left hand, and he actually grabbed a handful of winter dates as big as a baby's fist from the sleeve and put them on the tray, all eyes showed surprise!
Jiajing put his left hand into the sleeve of his right robe again, grabbed a handful of chestnuts from the sleeve, and put them on the tray.All eyes were even more astonished!
Jiajing looked into those surprised eyes and asked with a smile, "What do the folks say about these two things I prepared?"

Lu Fang held up the tray with both hands and couldn't see what was in the tray, so it was time for the chief eunuch Chen Hong to reply: "Master, the common people call it 'Zao Lizi'. The slaves are convinced, how did the master Long Live know today? There will be such a great joy.”

All the kneeling people knew that at this time they had to continue to praise the saint, but they also knew that no words were enough to praise the saint at this time, including the octogenarian Yan Song, who just looked at Jiajing with surprised and happy eyes .

Jiajing smiled lightly: "Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, I dare not know."

All the people got down on the ground: "The emperor is a holy man!"

Jiajing overcame the addiction of elusive and haunted, put away his smile, and looked at Lu Fang who was kneeling in front of him: "Lu Fang."

Lu Fang replied: "The servant is here."

Jiajing replied: "These winter dates and chestnuts were given to me by heaven, and I gave them to my grandson. According to the ancestral system, how should I reward the emperor's grandson?"

Lu Fang replied: "Master, this is the first grandson of the master. In addition to rewarding festive treasures as usual, the palace will also send twenty eunuchs and twenty maids to serve."

Jiajing said: "Then do it immediately."

"Yes!" Lu Fang's voice should be very loud!
Jiajing turned to Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng: "Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng."

Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng: "The humble minister is here."

Jiajing's voice was kind at this time: "You are all the masters and servants of King Yu. With this happy event, I will not let you eat Yuanxiao. You all go to King Yu to congratulate you."

"Yes." Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng echoed this very resoundingly.

Both groups kowtowed, got up and ran out separately.

Only Yan Song and Yan Shifan were left kneeling there.

Jiajing looked at the backs of Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng who were gradually disappearing in the heavy snow, as if asking himself, and also like asking Yan Song and Yan Shifan: "I don't know everything about family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs...Old Yan Ge, let me know now." You father and son are left, tell me, does Zhou Yunyi have a backer?"

Yan Shifan raised his head abruptly, and Yan Song's restrained eyes immediately looked at him.

Jiajing slowly turned his head and looked at Yan's father and son who were kneeling on the ground: "Today is the Lantern Festival, so you can eat Lantern Festival with me here."

"Yes!" Yan Shifan's answer was full of excitement, and seemed a little bit wronged.

The two groups of people who left, Prince Yu's Mansion was far away, the Supervisor of Rituals was near, Lu Fang was in front, the four eunuchs were behind, and the eunuchs followed.

The two eunuchs on duty immediately knelt down outside the door of the duty room.

Before reaching the steps of the guard room, Lu Fang stopped.

The people behind all stopped.

All eyes were on a kneeling "snowman" on the snow below the steps.

"Who?" Lu Fang asked the two eunuchs on duty.

The eunuch on duty kneeling on the left side of the steps: "If you go back to your ancestors, it's Eunuch Feng."

A complicated light flashed in Lu Fang's eyes, and she looked at Feng Bao who was kneeling on the ground and became a snowman.

The eyes of the four Bingbi eunuchs also met each other.

Lu Fang turned to the four eunuchs holding pens: "Today is the Lantern Festival, you should go back to celebrate the festival."

Chen Hong obviously understood Lu Fang's intentions, knowing that he wanted to dismiss everyone, secretly sent Feng Bao lightly, and felt unwilling, but he didn't dare to say it outright, and asked around, "Then what about the duty?"

Lu Fang: "I'll come."

The other three eunuchs also saw some clues and looked at Lu Fang: "Godfather..."

Lu Fang raised her hand: "Go."

"Yes." The four big Bingbi eunuchs had no choice but to turn around and walk out of the moon gate slowly.

There are also a group of accompanying eunuchs standing in the courtyard.

Lu Fang said to them: "The two on duty stay here, and you all go eat Yuanxiao."

"Yes!" A large group of people retreated.

Only Lu Fang, Feng Bao and the two eunuchs on duty were left in the courtyard.

Lu Fang said to Feng Bao, "Get up."

no response.

Lu Fang said again: "Get up."

Still no response.

Lu Fang knew something was wrong, and said to the two eunuchs on duty, "Look."

The two eunuchs on duty quickly stood up and rushed to Feng Bao's side, then bent down: "Eunuch Feng, Eunuch Feng, the ancestor told you to get up."

While talking, he went to help him——but he couldn't help him.

"Eunuch Feng is frozen!" a eunuch cried out in surprise.

Lu Fang didn't show any expression: "Carry it in."

The two eunuchs on duty lifted the frozen Feng Bao vigorously, carried them into the duty room with great difficulty, placed them on an armchair, took off Feng Bao's clothes, and immediately turned around and went out to bring in two basins of snow in a copper basin.

The fire in the Dayun copper basin was burning vigorously. After a while, although Feng Bao's eyes were still closed, his teeth were already chattering up and down.

One eunuch picked up a handful of snow and gently wiped his arms, and another eunuch picked up a handful of snow and wiped his legs and feet.

Lu Fang sat in front of the chair by the window with her eyes slightly closed.

"Ouch." Feng Bao finally groaned.

Lu Fang opened his eyes and looked at Feng Bao: "Take it to the kang and feed him ginger soup."

One of the two eunuchs hugged his upper body and the other his lower body, and carried him onto the kang.After pouring down a few mouthfuls of ginger soup, Feng Bao coughed twice and recovered.Although he was very weak, he still struggled and kowtowed on the pillow, "Godfather... the son is wrong..." Then he began to cry.

Lu Fang stood in front of the kang: "You all go out."

The two eunuchs on duty: "Yes." Then they withdrew.

Lu Fang sat down on the edge of the kang: "I have been with me for so many years, and I taught him every day, and Niu taught me three times, and I can skip the rope. Look at your arrogance. In order to climb up in a hurry, you beat Zhou Yunyi to death on 29. Today I rushed to report auspiciousness again. I don’t care about you, so many people in the palace don’t hold grudges? There are so many colleagues like Zhou Yunyi, and King Yu! If you want to die, it’s not you who are looking for it.” Feng Bao replied repeatedly : "Baby knows I made a mistake, and I will correct it later."

Lu Fang stopped talking and just stared at Feng Bao softly.This gaze made Feng Bao's heart shudder.

"I need to change it, I need to change it properly." After a long time, Lu Fang said, "From tomorrow onwards, you will be working as an errand in Prince Yu's Mansion."

Feng Bao was stunned for a while, and after understanding Lu Fang's words, he cried and struggled and rolled down from the kang, knelt on the ground and hugged Lu Fang's legs: "Godfather! Godfather! You always put your son here Kill him! If your son dies, he won’t go to Prince Yu’s mansion.”

"Get up." Lu Fang showed his majesty again.

"Godfather..." Feng Bao tremblingly climbed up the edge of the kang.

Lu Fang said: "I'll teach you two more sentences, remember them!"

Feng Bao stared at Lu Fang blankly.

Lu Fang said: "A sentence is said by civil servants, 'Think twice when you are an official'! What is 'think twice'? 'Think twice' means 'think about danger, think about retreat, think about changing'! Knowing the danger can avoid danger. It's called "thinking about danger"; hiding in a place where people no longer pay attention to you is called "thinking about retreating"; when you retreat, you will have a chance, look slowly, think slowly, where did you go wrong before, what should you do in the future? How to do it, this is called 'thinking change'!"

Feng Bao's voice trembled: "Godfather taught you correctly... But if you ask your son to work as an errand in Prince Yu's Mansion, isn't that sending him to a dead end?"

(End of this chapter)