In the office room of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet of Wuyi Palace, only Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua were left, Zhao Wenhua took out a small jade altar from his arms, the jade altar was very exquisite, carved into the appearance of an Antarctic immortal, with a childish face, a kind face, and a crooked cane high above his head. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The entrance of the info altar is a longevity peach held in the hands of the Antarctic immortals, and the mouth is sealed with red silk cloth.

Antarctic Immortal Weng is the old birthday star in ancient myths and legends, and is the eldest disciple of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, the main longevity, which is a symbol of longevity, so it is respected by people.

"Father-in-law, this is the new Baihua wine brewed in my hometown of Cicheng this year, this is the first wine, and my nephew sent it by the starry night. I heard that the flowers and wine in my father's house were running out, so I came to honor my father-in-law. Zhao Wenhua respectfully presented this small jar of Baihua wine to Yan Song with both hands.

Yan Song, who was the first to sit on the top, couldn't help but light up slightly in front of him, took the Baihua wine handed by Zhao Wenhua, looked at it for a moment, and then gently sealed the silk cloth and opened a gap.

The seal was slightly opened, and the flower wine in the jade altar was bubbly, and the mellow aroma of wine came to the face, refreshing people's hearts.

The mellow fragrance is in the heart, such as drinking fairy dew, which makes people intoxicated.

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

Yan Song sealed the silk cloth again, praised it, and looked at Zhao Wenhua's gaze a little closer.

Seeing this, Zhao Wenhua showed a salty and proud look on his face, as if he could get Yan Song's praise, as if it was a great honor for him.

Time.

Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but think of the autumn more than 20 years ago, when he was the head of the Criminal Department in the eighth year of Jiajing, he presented a newly brewed Baihua wine to Yan Song, who was the priest of the Guozi at that time.

That day changed his fate.

Zhao Wenhua is from Cixi County, Ningbo Prefecture, a declining family in the south of Chongmaqiao, and his family is not very wealthy.

Cixi has a long history and is a famous "Confucian town", "cradle of Jinshi" 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 Bangyan, 3 Tanhua, 519 Jinshi, and more than 2,400 people, and is known as the "hometown of Jinshi".

However, because Zhao Wenhua's family is in the middle of the road, the road to study is not very smooth, and there is no one in the family who is an official in the court.

There are people in the DPRK who are good officials, but there are no petty officials in the DPRK and China.

Therefore, after winning the Jinshi and being appointed as the head of the Criminal Department, he was excluded everywhere in the Criminal Department and was not welcomed.

He was well versed in the truth that some people in the court were good officials, and he returned to his hometown to spare his family resources and favors, and asked for a newly 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 long. When the grass sprouts at the tip of the grass in the spring breeze, pick the peony stamens, place them in a sunny and ventilated place to dry, and store them; When the summer sun shines on the lotus pond, pick the petals and young leaves of the lotus flowers, place them in a shaded and ventilated place to dry them and store them; In late autumn, when the dandelions are flying, pick the silver cinnamon with stars and place it to blow until it dries; In the winter when the sun and snow fall, the stamens of the plum are picked and dried in the sun when the weather is fine and stored. In addition, dozens of other species of stamens are collected during the four seasons. Nearly 100 kinds of stamens and petals from spring, summer, autumn and winter are placed in the celadon jar, sprinkled with a hundred years of red koji, with rootless water on rainy days, frost layer on the day of frostfall, snowflakes in winter, and bamboo leaf dew throughout the year, sealed and fermented, and prepared with a secret recipe.

It can only be brewed once a year, and the production is very small.

Therefore, even in Cicheng, this kind of baihua wine is in short supply and is very valuable.

Zhao Wenhua's family fell into the middle of the road, but fortunately, he was admitted to the Jinshi and had some savings. Just this newly brewed Baihua wine, it cost Zhao Wenhua nearly half of his family resources, and he still got it thanks to favors.

There is always a harvest for paying, Zhao Wenhua, who returned to the capital, found an opportunity to dedicate the Baihua wine brought from his hometown to Yan Song, who was the country's son at the time, and described the wonders of Baihua wine, which was appreciated by Yan Song, and then worshiped Yan Song as his father-in-law.

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

With the support of his father-in-law Yan Song, Zhao Wenhua's official fortune was prosperous, and he was soon appointed as the general political envoy, although the position of the general political envoy is not high, but it is very important.

Zhao Wenhua is not low-capable, and he can be a man, make full use of this position, and inform Yan Song of the movements of various factions in the DPRK and China in a timely manner, so that Yan Song can deal with it calmly and make correct decisions, and Zhao Wenhua can gradually enter the center of power.

Of course, now as the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, the political envoy, and the core of the strict party, it is easy for him to get this Baihua wine from Cicheng's hometown, but because Baihua wine is not easy to brew, the output is not much, and the Baihua wine in Zhao Wenhua's hands is also limited.

In addition to the jade altar of Baihua wine dedicated to Yan Song today, Zhao Wenhua also has a jar of such Baihua wine in his arms, but the jade altar carving is more exquisite than the Antarctic Immortal Weng Altar in Yan Song's hand, it is a dragon-shaped four-eared ring jade altar, and the altar body is also engraved with a famous Qingzi couplet: "Luoshui Xuangui Chu Xianrui, Yin number nine, Yang number nine, nine hundred and eighty-one numbers, the number is through the Tao, the Tao is the original Tianzun, and there is a sense of sincerity; Qishan Danfeng Shuangchengxiang, male singing, female singing, six, sixty-six thirty-six sounds, the sound is heard in the sky, born Jiajing Emperor, longevity without borders", and the Baihua wine in the jade altar is also more mellow, nourishing, Zhao Wenhua has been carrying it closely.....

As for why they didn't dedicate it to Yan Song together, then they had to ask Zhao Wenhua himself......

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

"Zhu Ping'an is a smart person." Zhao Wenhua pondered it and replied.

"Oh, where's the cleverness?" Yan Song asked.

"When he first came to visit his father-in-law, his words and deeds could see his awe, and he was currying favor with his father-in-law." Zhao Wenhua said while pouring tea for Yan Song.

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

But it's a pity that Zhu Ping'an was in awe of and flattered his father-in-law, but he didn't take sides. The original impeachment case of Zhao Daying was also a bit unbeli......evable," Zhao Wenhua saw this, and then added.

"Young people, some people are in a normal mood." Yan Song stroked his beard and nodded slowly, "Don't rush ......"

Zhao Wenhua also nodded, "What my father-in-law said is very true, as long as he is smart, I am not afraid that he will not know the current affairs." ”

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

"Father-in-law, what do you think of the seven things I sacrificed last time?" Zhao Wenhua did not directly answer Yan Song's question, but asked him how the draft of the Seven Things of the Southeast Wo Plague that he dedicated to Yan Song last time was.

"The seven things you offered, the first to sacrifice to the god of the sea, please send officials to worship in Jiangyin, Changshu; The second lawsuit has a division to cover up and punish lightly; additional recruitment of water army; Cisu, Song, Chang, and Zhenmin fields, if a husband exceeds 100 acres, they will be given heavy science, and the official land tax will be levied in advance for three years; The second recruitment of the rich loses financial resources for self-effectiveness, and it is better to judge the merits; Dispatch of important ministers and supervisors; The second recruit through the old party and Haiyan disciples, easy in the name of loyalty, to order the detective thief. These seven things are quite insightful, and they are rare in recent years. But what does this have to do with what I just asked? Yan Song praised Zhao Wenhua's seven things, but he was slightly displeased with Zhao Wenhua's non-answering rhetorical question.

"Thank you, father-in-law. My father-in-law didn't know that three of the seven things I offered were the "Strategies for Governing the Widows" that Zhu Ping'an Township replied to during the test. Zhao Wenhua explained.

"Oh......"

When Yan Song heard this, he opened his eyes with his eyes closed and recuperated with some surprise.