Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 749 Catch the Knife in the East Building

  In midsummer, the days are extraordinarily long, and it is already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun outside has not yet set.

  The main hall of Yongshou Palace.

A bronze cauldron with four dragons and eight trigrams is burning three wrist-thick sandalwoods, together with three small incense burners burning sandalwoods under the statue of Sanqing, the incense in the hall is flourishing and endless, and the whole palace is lingering. Curl of sandalwood smoke.

  There are three long cases in the hall. Before the long case, more than ten officials are very busy, writing quickly, or reading a stack of title books.

  So sunny, so fragrant, but the Yongshou Palace is chilly like the air conditioner is on.

   Who is the source of the air-conditioning?

   Obviously not the dozen or so officials in the hall who were busy writing or reviewing the test books.

   Look inside again.

There is a gossip mat in the middle of the bedroom in the main hall, and several open inscriptions are placed in front of the mat. On the gossip mat, one sits cross-legged and the other wears a green cloth gossip robe and a Hunyuan scarf. , a thin, dignified, serious middle-aged man.

   This man is Emperor Jiajing.

  Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes, frowned, and his expression was very bad. He looked like a stranger, and felt a gust of cold air emanating from his bones.

   Obviously the air-conditioning comes from here.

  Beside Emperor Jiajing who closed his eyes and practiced Taoism, there were two little eunuchs kneeling. The little eunuchs held up two food boxes in their hands, and there were bursts of fragrance inside.

   "Your Majesty, please eat. You haven't had breakfast or lunch. If you don't eat this dinner, even your body will not be able to bear it. My servant, please take a bite."

   Huang Jin knelt in front of Emperor Jiajing, desperately admonishing him, his face full of worry and anxiety.

   "Huang Ban, get out, I'm fine, and I don't have any appetite."

  Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes and took a glance, then shook his head expressionlessly, then continued to close his eyes and meditate with his hands.

  Kneeling and holding up the food box, the two little eunuchs didn't know what to do. Huang Jin sighed, waved his hand, and asked the two little eunuchs to remove the food box.

   "Did Your Majesty not eat again?"

   Yan Song, who was busy in the outer hall, saw the little **** coming out with a food box, couldn't help but put down the brush in his hand, and asked anxiously.

   "The Holy Majesty said he has no appetite." The two young eunuchs replied with their heads down.

Ugh…

  Yan Song sighed, looked in the direction of the bedroom worriedly, and then turned his gaze to the busy ministers in the hall. Under Yan Song's gaze, the busy ministers in the hall became more concerned.

   There is a long way to go.

  Emperor Jiajing didn't eat, which shows that he is still in a bad mood. This also shows that the article they just contributed did not satisfy Emperor Jiajing.

  The atmosphere in the main hall couldn't help being a little more depressed.

   "Huating, how is your article doing?" Yan Song slowly walked up to Xu Jie and asked softly.

   "The last article is finished, and this second article is just about to end, and we still need tea time." Xu Jie raised his head and replied.

   "Zi Shi, what about you?"

   Yan Song nodded, and asked Li Chunfang who was sitting next.

  Li Chunfang stood up, and replied respectfully, "Mr. Huige, I'm going to finish the second part of this post."

"it is good."

  Yan Song nodded in satisfaction, sitting at this table are all the best pen holders of Daming.

It would have been better if Yuan Wei hadn't gone to the border inspection... At this time, Yan Song thought of Yuan Wei. Although Yuan Wei was a little arrogant, he was still very respectful to himself and made friends with Donglou. If Yuan Wei hadn't gone to the border inspection If so, with this kid's writing skills, he can write at least three masterpieces in one day.

  I am getting old, and my creativity is not as good as before. Today, I wrote an article with all my heart and soul. Compared with the articles of Xu Jie and others, it is still a little worse.

   But the good thing is that Donglou has already been notified in the afternoon, and Donglou will be able to send the written article soon.

   After Yan Song finished asking the officials at the writing desk, he walked to another long desk.

   There are dozens of test books on this long table, and three officials are carefully reviewing the dozens of test books on the table.

   "Jing Qing, is there any good work in the essay titles sent by the outside this afternoon?" Yan Song walked up to Yan Maoqing and asked.

  When Yan Maoqing heard Yan Song's words, he wanted to stand up and salute. Yan Song smiled slightly and waved his hand to signal Yan Maoqing to sit down and answer.

  Yan Maoqing is Yan Song's old subordinate, and he treats Yan Song like his father, no, he is more filial than his own father, so there are many outsiders who say that Yan Maoqing is Yan Song's son.

"Mr. Ge is standing, so Maoqing has the nerve to sit. I have carefully read through the title book of articles in the afternoon several times. There are a few well-written ones, but very few of them can be called excellent works. These few days It is rare to write a good book." Even though Yan Song told Yan Maoqing to sit down and answer, Yan Maoqing still got up and replied respectfully and familiarly, and handed the three question books on the table to Yan Song.

  Yan Song nodded, took three question books, opened the top one casually, and began to read:

"People in the world try to compare Buddhism and Taoism, but I just laugh and cover it up. Buddhism cultivates nature but not life, cultivates the afterlife but not this life, and talks about karma and blessings, but how can it be prosperous? It is Buddhism that is prominent and falls into the secular world. Buddhist fools Most of them are deceived by this. It is important to know the truth of "Around the gentleman's cleverness and Yan Min, and if you don't meet a real teacher, don't try to guess".

  …

  I wrote this article, how can I argue? Do you want to compete? It's just to help the people in the mystery solve their difficulties! "

   "Jing Qing, you did a good job."

   After reading the title of this article, Yan Song nodded slightly, with a little smile on his face, and praised Yan Maoqing.

  This article is written out of the box. Although the writing style is not as good as that of Li Chunfang and others, but as far as the whole article is concerned, it is not inferior in the slightest.

   It can be seen that Yan Maoqing chose it carefully.

When Yan Song was about to read the next book, a little **** came in from outside the hall. After seeing this little eunuch, Yan Song's smile became even stronger, and he handed the three booklets in his hand to Yan Maoqing , and a few more words of encouragement.

  After encouraging Yan Maoqing, Yan Song walked towards the little eunuch, who turned his back to the crowd, and took out an inscription book from his sleeve and handed it to Yan Song.

  My son's article finally arrived.

  Yan Song took the test book, nodded in satisfaction, took out a bulging kit from his sleeve, and stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand.

  The little **** gave way and put it away.

  Yan Song nodded with a gentle smile, then turned around and returned to his seat, eager to re-copy Yan Shifan's article about catching a knife.

  The little **** who delivered Yan Shifan's article on "catching the knife" just left the hall, and then another little **** came in with five essay titles in his hand.

   "The adults of Wu Yi Xun contributed five more articles." Eunuch Li walked into the hall and reported.

   "Thank you, Eunuch Li."

Yan Maoqing went forward to thank Eunuch Li and took the title book. He was responsible for screening the articles contributed by the officials of the Wuyi Palace. Yan Song looked at it, and then Yan Song decided whether to present it to Emperor Jiajing's royal view.

  (end of this chapter)