Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 706 How is this person

Only Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua were left in the office room of Yan Song, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet of Wuyi Hall. Zhao Wenhua took out a small jade altar from his arms. A crooked cane high above the head. The mouth of the altar is a longevity peach held in the hands of the Antarctic fairy, and the mouth is sealed with red silk cloth.

  Nanji Xianweng is the old birthday star in ancient myths and legends. He is the eldest disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun. He advocates longevity and is a symbol of longevity, so he is respected by people.

"Father, this is the newly brewed Baihua wine from my hometown in Cicheng this year. This is the first brew, and my nephew sent it over at night. I heard that the Baihua wine in my father's house has run out, so I am here to honor my father." Zhao Wenhua held the wine respectfully with both hands. This small jar of Hundred Flowers Wine is dedicated to Yan Song.

  Yan Song, who was sitting at the top of the table first, could not help but light up slightly when he heard the words. He took the Hundred Flowers Wine handed over by Zhao Wenhua, looked at it fondly for a moment, and then gently opened a gap in the silk cloth seal.

  The seal was slightly opened, and the Baihua wine in the jade altar was bubbling, and the mellow aroma of the wine rushed to the face, refreshing.

  The aroma is mellow to the heart, like drinking fairy dew, making people intoxicated.

   "Good wine. Wenhua, you have a heart."

  Yan Song put the silk cloth seal back on, praised it, and looked at Zhao Wenhua a little closer.

  Seeing this, Zhao Wenhua showed a look of pride and pride on his face, as if it was his great honor to get Yan Song's approval.

   One time.

   Zhao Wenhua couldn’t help thinking of the autumn more than 20 years ago, when he was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing and was awarded the head of the Ministry of Punishment. For the first time, he offered a new brew of Baihua wine to Yan Song, who was then the son of the Imperial College.

  That day changed his fate.

  Zhao Wenhua came from a declining family in the south of Congma Bridge in Cixi County, Ningbo Prefecture. The family was in decline and not very rich.

  Cixi has a long history and is well-known as the "City of Confucianism", "Cradle of Scholars", and "Hometown of Compassion and Filial Piety". From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, Cixi County has successively produced 5 champions, 1 second place, 3 candidates, 519 Jinshi, and more than 2,400 Juren. It is known as the "hometown of Jinshi".

  However, because Zhao Wenhua's family has come down, so the road to study is not very smooth, and no one in the family is an official in the court.

  There are people in the court who like to be officials, but there are no small officials in the court.

   Therefore, he, who won the Jinshi and was awarded the head of the Ministry of Punishment, was excluded everywhere in the Ministry of Punishment and was not welcomed.

   Knowing the reason why someone in the court is good at being an official, he went back to his hometown and spared no expense of his family's wealth and favors, and obtained a chengcheng of freshly brewed Baihua wine from his hometown, and brought it into the capital with him.

  Baihua wine is the most famous specialty of Cicheng, and the production process is complex and lengthy. Pick peony stamens when the green grass regenerates in the spring breeze, and put them in a sunny and ventilated place to dry for storage; when the summer sun shines on the lotus pond, pick lotus petals and young leaves, and put them in a shaded and ventilated place Dry it in the shade and store it; in late autumn, when dandelions are flying, pick the silver osmanthus, and let it dry in the wind; In addition, dozens of other stamens are collected in four seasons. Collect nearly a hundred kinds of stamens and petals from the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, put them in a celadon pot, sprinkle with century-old daughter red wine koji, match with rootless water on rainy days, frost on the day of frost, snowflakes in winter, and all year round. Bamboo leaf dew, sealed and fermented, made from a secret recipe.

  It can only be brewed once throughout the year, and the output is very small.

   Therefore, even in Cicheng, the supply of this Baihua wine is in short supply and it is very valuable.

  Zhao Wenhua's family was in decline. Fortunately, he passed the Jinshi examination, so he had some savings. Just this newly brewed Baihua wine cost nearly half of Zhao Wenhua's family money, and it was only obtained through favors.

Hard work always pays off. Zhao Wenhua, who returned to the capital, found an opportunity to dedicate the Baihua wine he brought from his hometown to Yan Song, who was then the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine. He described the wonders of Baihua wine and was appreciated by Yan Song. Worship Yan Song as foster father.

  From this day on, Zhao Wenhua's life should change.

With the support of his adoptive father Yan Song, Zhao Wenhua's official career was prosperous, and he was soon appointed as an envoy. Although the position of envoy is not of high grade, it is very important. The memorials to Emperor Jiajing from all over the Ming Dynasty will pass through him. Hands can be described as the place where the wind and the clouds meet.

  Zhao Wenhua's ability is not low, and he knows how to behave. He made full use of this position to inform Yan Song of the movements of various factions in the DPRK and China in a timely manner, so that Yan Song could calmly respond and make correct decisions, and Zhao Wenhua gradually entered the center of power.

Of course, now that he is the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, the general envoy, and the core of the strict party, it will be easy for him to get the Baihua wine from his hometown in Cicheng, but because the production of Baihua wine is not easy and the output is not much, the Baihua wine in Zhao Wenhua's hand is also the same. limited.

In addition to the jade altar Baihua wine dedicated to Yan Song today, Zhao Wenhua also has a jar of this kind of Baihua wine in his arms, but the jade altar is more exquisitely carved than the Antarctic Immortal Altar in Yan Song's hand. Around the jade altar, there is also a famous Qingci couplet engraved on the altar, "Luoshui Xuangui first offered auspiciousness, the number of yin is nine, the number of yang is nine, and the number of ninety-nine is eighty-one. Yicheng has a feeling; the Qishan Danfeng is auspicious, the male sings six, the female sings six, six six thirty-six, the sound is heard in the sky, the emperor of Jiajing was born, and his life is boundless", and the Baihua wine in the jade altar is also more mellow , nourishing, Zhao Wenhua has been wearing it next to his body

  As for why they didn’t dedicate to Yan Song together, I can only ask Zhao Wenhua himself.

   "Wenhua, what do you think of Zhu Pingan?" Yan Song put the Baihua wine in his hand in the drawer, closed his eyes and rested for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Zhao Wenhua, and asked slowly.

   "Zhu Ping'an is a smart man." Zhao Wenhua thought for a moment and replied.

   "Oh, where is the cleverness?" Yan Song asked.

   "When he just came to visit his adoptive father, his words and deeds showed his awe. He was trying to please his adoptive father." Zhao Wenhua said while pouring tea for Yan Song.

   "Yes." Yan Song narrowed his eyes slightly, then shook his head slightly.

   "It's a pity that Zhu Pingan respected and flattered his adoptive father, but he didn't take a stand. In the case of impeaching Zhao Daying, he was a little ignorant." Seeing this, Zhao Wenhua added.

   "Young man, I feel a little normal." Yan Song stroked his beard and nodded slowly, "No rush."

  Zhao Wenhua also nodded, "Father's words are true, as long as he is smart, we don't have to worry about him being ignorant of current affairs."

   "What Ru just said about catching a son-in-law under the list surprised me." Yan Song took a sip of tea, put down his cup and looked at Zhao Wenhua and said slowly.

   "Father, what do you think of the seven events of the Japanese plague in the southeast that I presented last time?" Zhao Wenhua did not answer Yan Song's question directly, but asked him what he thought of the draft memorial that he dedicated to Yan Song last time.

"The seven things you have offered, the first is to sacrifice to the **** of the sea. Please send officials to sacrifice to Jiangyin and Changshu; For those with hundreds of acres, pay more attention to their taxation, and pre-levy the official land tax for three years; the second time to recruit the rich to lose money and self-efficacy, and the matter is better to judge merit; the second time to send important ministers and supervisors; The name of the book is to investigate the situation of thieves. These seven things are quite insightful, and they are rare good theories in recent years. I will polish one or two with you, and you can present them to the Holy One. However, what is the relationship between this and the question I just asked? ?" Yan Song praised Zhao Wenhua's seven things, but was slightly displeased with Zhao Wenhua's refusal to answer questions.

   "Thanks to the foster father. The foster father doesn't know something. I offer seven things, and three of them are strategies that Zhu Ping'an answered during the township examination." Zhao Wenhua explained.

"Oh"

  Hearing this, Yan Song opened his closed eyes to meditate somewhat unexpectedly.

  (end of this chapter)