The Ming Dynasty started with caution

When he was off duty, at the dismounting monument in front of the Meridian Gate, Yan Chengjin saw Li Dongyang waiting for the sedan chair again, and stepped forward with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Li."

Li Dongyang frowned: "Food box."

"What food box?" Yan Chengjin was confused.

Li Dongyang puffed his beard and glared, and said angrily: "My little girl has asked people to send pastries over and over again. Why do you just eat them and don't know how to send the food box back?"

Yan Chengjin was a little embarrassed: "Xiaguan lost the pastries together."

Li Dongyang was so angry that his eyes widened: "Why did you lose it?"

"The lower officials are afraid of being poisonous."

puff……

Li Dongyang almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Looking at Yan Chengjin, he was speechless. I couldn't bear to eat the cakes that my little girl worked so hard to make. I just threw away this piece of shit.

However, this is in line with Yan Chengjin's steady temperament.

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and calmed down before saying: "Qing'e, this girl, is gentle and considerate. She knows that you are my student and you come to visit me, so I repay you like this. The new year is approaching. Speaking of which, you have made many achievements recently." Gong, what are your plans?"

Yan Chengjin thought carefully: "I want to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"Why?"

"Before I entered the official career, I helped your Excellency to investigate Li Guang's crimes. After serving as an official in the Hanlin Academy, he made many meritorious deeds and donated 20,000 taels of silver to the imperial court. I also exposed the border grain problem with Lord Wang. Don't you think this Do you think a lower official is a good candidate for the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

"..." Li Dongyang.

Don't look at the fact that he didn't say much in the conversation.

In fact, there is a lot of information.

First of all, I reminded Li Dongyang that I gave you the muzzle, I cured your mouth sores, and I came to visit you when you were sick. If you are still a human being, please recommend me.

Secondly, I helped you sue your father-in-law, I donated the money, and I asked Wang Yue to impeach Marquis Ning Shou. Although I am steady, I do practical things.

The next day, in the Nuan Pavilion,

Emperor Hongzhi sealed all the officials who deserved the title and rewarded them with all the money they deserved. He said kindly, "Master Zhan Shifu recommended Wang Shouren to the Ministry of Industry to observe the government."

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "Wang Shouren is Wang Zhanshi's son. It is human nature for a father to recommend his son. I have seen that child and he is a rare pillar."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, then picked up a memorial on the imperial case, but frowned: "Wang Yue asked Feng Yan Chengjin to go to the Ministry of Personnel?"

Li Dongyang and the three of them looked at each other in shock.

Speaking of which, no one in the palace has asked for a reward for Yan Chengjin.

Wang Yue had a personal relationship with Yan Chengjin, so it was reasonable to ask for a reward for him.

Liu Jian took a step forward and said, "I think it's impossible. When Yan Chengjin was awarded Hanlin Lectures, he had already been promoted to the fifth rank. Now if he is granted the title again, I'm afraid he won't be able to be granted the title in the future."

Liu Jian is good at judgment, and this judgment is not simply making a decision.

It is about being able to predict and speculate on the direction of things, take countermeasures in advance, and choose the correct one among many methods.

Li Dongyang said: "I also think it's a little too fast. I haven't mastered Jingyan yet. If he joins the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Personnel again, he is still a child. How can he hold multiple positions?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and he also knew that there was no right to be granted a title. Yan Chengjin was outstanding, but after the official title was completed, he would be granted the title of Emperor's Village and be rewarded with salary. These were all a waste of money plundered from the people.

Yan Chengjin actually received the order and visited the Ministry of Politics and Industry together with Wang Shouren?

He was already a fifth-rank official, but he still wanted to observe politics, and he didn't know what Emperor Hongzhi was thinking.

Sighing, I finally took half a step out of the Hanlin Academy.

Going to the Ministry of Industry to observe government affairs is better than copying classics in the Hanlin Academy.

"Bo'an, come with me to visit the Ministry of Political Affairs and Industry."

Wang Shouren lowered his head in shame: "I have contradicted my father many times at home. Unexpectedly, my father still asked for a reward for me."

The officials of James Mansion and the officials of Hanyuan can serve concurrently with each other.

The two yamen are very close to each other. Sometimes, Wang Hua will sit in the yamen here in Hanyuan.

But Yan Chengjin discovered that there was little communication between father and son. When Wang Shouren said that he had moved to the Xicheng District of the capital to live alone, Yan Chengjin guessed what was going on.

Eighty percent of it is related to Wang Shouren, an unworthy descendant.

Wang Shouren was not a worry-free person. He wanted to be a saint since he was a child, studied the art of war, and played with guns and sticks. His teacher complained to Wang Hua every day, which almost made Wang Hua so angry that he died young.

Angered by his son at home and angered by Zhu Houzhao in the palace, Yan Chengjin actually became concerned about Wang Hua's blood pressure.

After Cheng Minzheng became an official, there was a vacancy in the official position of Zhan Shifu, and Wang Hua was promoted to Shao Zhanshi. At this time, it was normal to recommend his son to watch the government.

Wang Shouren was a man of great talent. He belonged to four families and was proficient in six arts.

After three dynasties, he has not been reused. In fact, it has something to do with his temperament. He always likes to cheat others. Who would like to be cheated except himself?

After the weather cools down, sutra feasts are always held in Wenhua Hall.

Today, the master giving lectures is Xie Qian, the Third Assistant to the Cabinet.

Emperor Hongzhi came silently with the steps of a devil, but Yan Chengjin had already discovered him by listening to all directions and looking in all directions.

What Xie Qian told Zhu Houzhao was the ancestral teaching of Huang Ming.

I guess I think Zhu Houzhao is very smart, but he just doesn't know how to respect the old and care for the young, and he doesn't know the etiquette to distinguish between superior and inferior.

Either Yan Chengjin looked down on Xie Qian, or even if he invited the Taoist priests from Lingji Palace to come and chant to Zhu Houzhao every day, Zhu Houzhao would not be able to learn it.

From the beginning of the lecture, Zhu Houzhao's butt kept twisting in Yan Chengjin's field of vision like a caterpillar, making the audience very uncomfortable.

"Master Xie, wait a minute. I have some insights from listening to Emperor Gaozu's discussion. Houzhao, stand up and read a passage!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, but he said, "I won't read."

Emperor Hongzhi stared, "I don't know, and you don't need to listen carefully!"

"It's not that I don't know, but that I have my own insights. Why do you ask me to read? Can I do it for you when you go to the toilet?" Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly.

Puff...

The scholars around him blushed and laughed.

Yan Chengjin was wondering how Zhu Houzhao survived to this day. He is such a smart little clever guy.

Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened: "Do you want to read or not?"

Zhu Houzhao shrank his neck. He was also a person who knew how to judge the situation. His father's face was like this, and he was probably going to beat him up, so he picked up the book and prepared to read.

Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "I asked you to recite."

Zhu Houzhao was unhappy: "Father is the Son of Heaven. The Emperor's words are the law. How can he not keep his word? First he asked his son to read, and now he asked his son to recite. Which one should I listen to?"

Yan Chengjin was a little looking forward to the battle between the father and son of the emperor. After watching it, he would have a banquet. After eating, it would be the right time to go off duty. If Emperor Hongzhi could use the dragon whip to perform an animal taming show, it would be great.

Emperor Hongzhi squinted his eyes, but smiled: "The two sentences I said are both true! You read first, and then recite."

Thanks to Su Xin and Han Xiao for the reward