After Lin Yanchao's words, Dong Qichang naturally had no shame to stay, so he found an excuse to retire.

And Xu Guangqi stayed, and seeing Dong Qichang's stupid appearance, he had an understanding of Lin Yanchao, who was promoted to the ministry at the age of twenty-eight.

Lin Yanchao showed no mercy to Dong Qichang, and it can be said that he did not take the other party seriously at all, but he invited himself again, and he could even be called a corporal of Lixian.

Xu Guangqi was full of apprehension, he didn't know what talent he had, and he deserved Lin Yanchao's attention.

He is just a showman, and the other party is an official at the level of a squire, and the two can be said to be very far apart, so his heart is hanging at this moment.

"If a student doesn't know what he can do, he can be hired by Mr. Xixi ......"

Your performance in history, of course.

But seeing Lin Yanchao, he smiled and said: "I don't know why I fell in love with Friend Xu before I met, but don't doubt Lin's enthusiasm for recruiting talents." ”

"But I have a word first, even if it is for me to sit in the west of the Lin Mansion, you must also abide by the rules of the house, and I can also promote you to the national prison, and then participate in the Shuntian Township Test three years later."

Xu Guangqi's heart moved when he heard this.

"By the way, Sun Zhixian back then, that is, the eye of today's science list, was only one or two silver a month when he was in my house for the West Seat. Since you enter my house, you will be two taels of silver a month, and at the end of the year, I know that you are a filial son, and you will be given two months off every year to return to your hometown to visit relatives. What do you think of them if they are willing to come to Beijing and arrange another place to live? ”

Xu Guangqi was overjoyed and bowed down and said, "Thank you, Master Zongbo...... No, thank you Toon. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled, so that Xu Guangqi was recruited.

At that moment, Lin Yanchao called Chen Jichuan in and said, "Yong'er, there is Huobo, Keli, what about Rulin?" ”

Chen Jichuan lowered his head and replied: "They took the young master to the temple fair today. ”

Lin Yanchao frowned, and then said, "Let a few of them come to see me when they return home, and bring them with them." ”

Below, Lin Yanchao and Xu Guangqi spoke: "My wife is still in confinement, he will let you see it again in the future, as for the dog's stubborn temperament, he was spoiled by his wife, you will be a good student in the future, and I have a few students......"

At this moment, I heard a burst of voices outside, among which Lin Yong was the loudest, shouting: "I want a sugar man, a sugar man!" ”

Lin Yanchao frowned.

Xu Huobo, Yuan Keli, and Zhang Rulin immediately entered the house to salute, and Lin Yong still cherished the sugar man.

Lin Yanchao said: "The township test is imminent, are you all sure?" ”

The three of them looked at each other and didn't dare to speak.

Lin Yanchao said: "Go back to Wenshu today, and you are not allowed to go out for ten days." ”

Xu Huobo and the three of them all complained in secret, and they could only agree on their faces.

Lin Yanchao said to the three of them again: "This is Mr. Xixi Xu, who is newly hired in the house, and he will teach Yong'er to read in the future, so you can get to know each other." ”

The three of them all saluted together, and Xu Guangqi also returned the salute.

Xu Huobo said from ancient times: "Great, I came to my own family, and there will be companionship." ”

As soon as Xu Huobo finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yanchao's face and immediately lowered his head.

Xu Guangqi couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene.

"Yes, I haven't come to see Mr. yet." Lin Yanchao spoke.

"I'm going to play Sugar Man! I don't want to read! ”

Lin played with himself, and suddenly saw Lin Yanchao's face sinking, and immediately didn't dare to say more.

Xu Huobo, Yuan Keli, and Zhang Rulin glanced at each other, looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

Lin Yanchao didn't know what the three of them were thinking, and sneered: "Which of you bought this sugar man!" ”

At that moment, Xu Huobo's face was as pale as dirt, and he came out and said, "Teacher, it's me." ”

Seeing this scene, Zhang Rulin and Yuan Keli both snickered.

Lin Yanchao looked at the expressions of the two of them, and said to Xu Huobo: "I know that you are the most favored on weekdays, but you don't spoil him so much, and when Huobo wants to buy it, why don't others persuade him?" ”

Zhang Rulin and Yuan Keli immediately lowered their heads.

At this time, Lin Yong took a step forward and said, "Dad, it's not just their business, it's what I want to buy." Punish together! ”

Lin Yanchao sneered: "Okay, you are very righteous." ”

Lin Yanchao looked at his three protégés and said, "On weekdays, I want you to let Yong'er study to study, what about you?" Don't talk about taking him around to play, and who taught this righteousness? ”

Zhang Rulin immediately said: "It's Senior Brother Xu, he talked to Brother Shi about the Water Margin a few days ago!" ”

Xu Huobo was angry, and Yuan Keli also nodded and said, "Sir, I can testify to this matter!" ”

Lin Yong took a step forward and said: "That's right, I want to learn from Liangshan as a hero, and when I grow up, I will kill dogs!" Is there a fart use for reading? ”

Hearing this, Xu Huo's soul was not possessed, and Lin Yanchao was about to explode.

Seeing this scene, Xu Guangqi hurriedly stepped forward and walked in front of Lin Yong and said, "Don't you like sugar people?" I ask you the truth of being a sugar man, do you know? ”

Lin Yong shook his head.

Xu Guangqi said deliberately: "You don't know, don't you still read?" The truth of being a sugar man is in the book, as long as you are willing to learn, you can use it, come, I will tell you about it......"

Xu Guangqi said a few words, and Lin Yong listened immediately. But I saw that he listened attentively to Xu Guangqi's explanation.

And everyone looked at Xu Guangqi and couldn't help but be surprised that there was such an operation.

Halfway through the conversation, Lin Yong suddenly asked, "Sir, what kind of knowledge is this?" ”

Xu Guangqi nodded and said, "This is the study of things!" ”

Lin Yong's eyes lit up and said: "Great, this is much more interesting than the Four Books and Five Classics, I want to learn!" ”

When Lin Yanchao saw this scene, he was slightly surprised, and then he was happy again.

In the sixteenth year of Wanli, the beginning of the new year.

Although there were small disasters in the entire Ming Dynasty, it was still a scene of peace and prosperity.

As soon as the first month passed, the yamen opened the seal.

When he first took office, every word and thing seemed to be related to every person in the world, but in fact, there was a set of rules behind it.

Even Lin Yanchao, as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, sometimes knows that these things are inappropriate, but the power of inertia is extremely strong, and officials often say that the rules that have been practiced by their predecessors for many years always have a reason in it, so that future generations should not modify it arbitrarily.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao sometimes can't violate the rules behind this, but just copy the practices of his predecessors.

Although it is cumbersome, Lin Yanchao has only been in office for two months, and the affairs of the Ministry of Rites have already been started, but the official affairs in the yamen have almost consumed most of Lin Yanchao's energy.

Lin Yanchao was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Rites, first to consolidate his position, and it is not good to interfere too much in this matter, and he is ready to let Xinmin Daily take the lead and scold the Huangming Times for himself.

However, a sudden incident disrupted the rhythm of Lin Yanchao's new official taking office.

This incident made Lin Yanchao understand that although the wheel of history seemed to be turning slowly, it was still unswervingly crushed, and everyone in this land could not avoid it.

This matter started with a visit from Dong Sicheng, the host and guest.

The sun was just right in the afternoon, Dong Sicheng came to the yamen to chat with Lin Yanchao, and the two had a good relationship, so Dong Sicheng often came to Lin Yanchao to sit here in the name of official business.

At this time, the outside came to say that the Admiral would come with the head of the pavilion.

The director of the Admiralty Pavilion is subordinate to the Department of Rites and is the highest official of the Pavilion.

The fact that a person in charge of the six products is in charge, and the diplomatic reception of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty from all over the world shows how much importance the entire Ming Dynasty attaches to diplomatic work.

It turned out that the director first wanted to go to the host and guest department to meet Dong Sicheng first, and then heard that Dong Sicheng was in the West Yamen, so he rushed over.

"Qiyu Ministry, Langzhong, North Korea's Gwanghae-kun has come to Beijing and is now staying in the North Pavilion."

Hearing Lin Yanchao, Dong Sicheng was slightly surprised, and Dong Sicheng said: "Why did Guanghaijun suddenly come to Beijing?" There was no letter note from the DPRK before! ”

The head of the hall replied: "Back to Langzhong, the lower official has confirmed that it is indeed Guanghaijun, and Guanghaijun came to this dynasty to pay tribute once a few years ago, so the lower official recognized it, and it was not an impostor. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, it is true that he had seen Gwanghaejun himself in the palace back then, and Gwanghaejun personally praised his article at that time and was widely circulated in Badao, North Korea.

Dong Sicheng asked, "Do you know what happened to Guanghaijun?" ”

The head of the embassy replied: "The North Korean mission did not say anything explicit, but only said that there is something important, and I implore you to meet the Son of Heaven directly, and the sooner the better." ”

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he stopped what he wanted to say, and let Dong Sicheng deal with the matter, after all, he crossed him to give orders to his subordinates, which hurt his majesty.

Dong Sicheng pondered: "This Guanghai Jun is really strange, he didn't send a note in advance with the national letter, and when he came, he said that there was something important to meet the emperor, why should he keep it so secret?" ”

The director of the hall nodded and said: "Xiaguan guesses that it may be related to the throne of the Korean state, and the lower official heard last year that the court officials who came to congratulate the saint on his longevity said that the eldest son of the current Korean monarch, Linhaijun, has a bad record, and the rest of the sons are not successful, but Gwanghaejun has a good name." The Minister of Internal Affairs of Joseon repeatedly asked the monarch to establish a son, but the monarch refused to allow it, so the matter dragged on. This time, Gwanghae-kun is likely to come to Beijing...... Avoid trouble! ”

Speaking of this, Dong Sicheng smiled and said: "To avoid trouble, it is better to follow the example of heavy ears to avoid trouble." ”

Speaking of this, everyone smiled, and they all had the same thought in their hearts, it turned out that the monarch of the Joseon Dynasty and the great emperor were really like-minded, and everyone was unwilling to establish a prince early. Every real family has a scripture that is difficult to read, but the Ming Dynasty actually read it together.

The director said: "This dynasty has always been cautious about the canonization of the Joseon prince, no matter what the Korean monarch thinks today, whether he is willing to canonize Gwanghaejun or not, but this matter is a hot potato for the Ministry of Rites, of course, these are all irrelevant speculations of the lower officials. ”

Dong Sicheng said at the moment: "Eh, I think you guessed right about this matter, but this matter is not difficult at first glance, the difficulty is that the Son of Heaven has not been in the court for a long time, and he has not even seen the ministers of the court, how can he meet foreign ministers for no reason?" Not to mention that Gwanghaejun is not the prince yet, even if the monarch of Korea comes, the Son of Heaven may not meet him. The most urgent task at the moment is to find out why the Korean envoys want to meet the Son of Heaven, and after I find out about this, I will report it to the authorities, and the other matters will be decided by the princes of the court. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded secretly, this is indeed the processing process.

The principal said: "The lower official also asked, but the Korean mission was very strict, and even Gwanghae-jun refused to see him. ”

Dong Sicheng said very unhappily: "This little thing can't be done, what do you want you, the admiral, to do with the head of the hall." ”

"The lower officials are incompetent." The head of the hall said that he was incompetent, but he was relieved from the bottom of his heart.

Incompetence is incompetence, anyway, the things in the officialdom are layered up, in short, don't take the blame yourself.

Dong Sicheng thought for a while and said: "Don't be in a hurry in advance, drag him for a few days to see if these North Korean envoys can't help it first." In short, you keep your mouth shut, don't let outsiders know about Gwanghae-kun's visit to Beijing, understand? ”

The principal then retired.

In the hall, Lin Yanchao and Dong Sicheng said: "Why didn't Bo Nian go and ask in person? ”

Dong Sicheng thought for a while and said: "Lord Qiyu, the most taboo in the imperial court is that officials have contacts with foreign envoys. Although the lower official is the main guest Shiro, sometimes he must clear up the suspicion. The Lord also ordered us and other officials not to divulge the affairs of our country to foreign nations. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, of course he understood that the host and guest department were responsible for the diplomatic affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

But what about the imperial court? It is necessary to use the host and guest division, but also to guard against the main and guest division, so many main and guest officials are afraid of this, they are worried that they are in a place of suspicion, and rarely have any direct contact with the tribute envoys, and they are basically blind to the specific situation of the state and do not understand anything, which also leads to the Ming Dynasty's basic judgment of foreign conditions.

In the final analysis, it is still the loss of closing the country.

Lin Yanchao said: "The headquarters also knows your predicament, but this matter is extraordinary. ”

Dong Sicheng asked, "What will happen?" North Korea has always been very respectful to the DPRK, in the same hall, the envoys of other countries are only allowed to go out once every five days, and the rest of the time must be detained in the embassy without going out, except for North Korea and the Ryukyus, which are not subject to this example, and they can return to the embassy sooner or later. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but how can there be a cookie-cutter truth in the affairs of the state, North Korea has been obedient to me for a long time, but what if someone has ill intentions?" Moreover, Korea is adjacent to the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom has always had a desire to look at this dynasty. ”

Dong Sicheng's face changed when he heard this: "If there is really such a big matter, it should be investigated and discussed by Jinyiwei, our Ministry of Rites is only responsible for receiving foreign envoys." ”

Seeing the other party's look of prevarication, Lin Yanchao couldn't blame him, after all, this is also the common nature of officials, if someone comes forward with a hot head, I'm afraid this official will not be long in coming.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's right, but our Ministry of Rites also has the responsibility of truthfully conveying the feelings of the state." ”

Dong Sicheng asked, "Then what should I do about this?" Please also show me the way. ”

After a pause, Dong Sicheng said again: "Do you want to ask the meaning of the main hall in the opinion of the following officials?" ”

This is another set of instructions from the top in the officialdom, and many things are vetoed in the requests for instructions at the level of the level.

Please ask Shen Li, of course Lin Yanchao and Dong Sicheng can shake the pot, but what if Shen Li feels that this matter is unnecessary? Or did Shen Li say that he still wanted to ask Shen Shixing or the Son of Heaven?

But without asking for instructions, Lin Yanchao can't be allowed to go to the embassy to meet the North Korean envoys in person.

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said, "This matter still needs to be handled by you, you go to the Huitong Pavilion to personally ask Guanghaijun about this matter at my behest...... As for the rest, you don't have to worry, it's all in the hands of Motobudo! ”

Dong Sicheng was stunned, he didn't expect Lin Yanchao to be so responsible, in the case of officials in the officialdom who shirked when they encountered trouble, Lin Yanchao did the opposite. This is not admirable, but it is admirable.

Dong Sicheng was full of respect, and said to Lin Yanchao from the bottom of his heart: "Yes, the next official will go to the same hall." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, and returned to the council after the public case.

In the afternoon, Lin Yanchao was still taking a lunch break in the back room of the yamen.

The use of this back cover room is the same as that of the Hanlin Courtyard, which is used by Lin Yanchao to rest in the afternoon, but the place of the Ministry of Rites is narrow, and the public house is in disrepair, so this back cover room is not as good as the Hanlin Courtyard.

After Shen Li became the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he reduced his expenses everywhere, and even did not repair the official office, which of course saved money for the imperial court, but the officials in the yamen were a little dissatisfied.

After Lin Yanchao had lunch, he had just laid down for the afternoon rest when he heard Dong Sicheng's urgent cry outside the door.

Lin Yanchao had a strict order and instructed the officials outside the door not to disturb him if there was no urgent business in the yamen.

But Dong Sicheng's voice came, and Lin Yanchao knew that his lunch break was in vain.

Lin Yanchao sat up from the bed, and listened to Dong Sicheng say outside the door, Lord Ministry, the big thing is not good.

Lin Yanchao felt something, and it was really coming.

According to Dong Sicheng's report, it turned out that Guanghaijun secretly came to Beijing to warn the Ming Dynasty that the Japanese State wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty through North Korea.

Gwanghae-kun told the Ming Dynasty the details of the Wako.

According to Gwanghae-kun, the Wako originally had a king, but the king had little power, and Guan Bai was the most respectful under him.

The original Sekihaku was served by Nobunaga, a marshal from Yamashiro Prefecture.

Once, when Nobunaga went hunting, he met a man from Hideyoshi Hirata, a slave of Satsuma Prefecture who was an eloquent speaker.

Nobunaga valued him so much that he changed his name to Kinoshita, who plotted for Nobunaga to seize more than 20 of Japan's 66 states.

Later, Nobunaga was killed by his subordinates, and Kinoshita returned to defeat the rebellious subordinates, and then deposed Nobunaga's three sons, who were called Sekihaku.

Last year, the Kinoshita people swept away the 66 states and then sent the Falklands lord Soyoshi to invade Takeshima, and Korea was defeated.

After defeating Korea, last year Zongyi sent an envoy to Wangjing in Korea, saying that Japan would attack the Ming Dynasty, take Shuntianfu, and then make the Ming Dynasty submit.

At that time, the Korean people did not reply, but sent people to investigate the details of the Japanese state.

However, soon Guan Bai sent an envoy Yuzuya Yasumitsu to Korea to submit his credentials to form a family with the king of Korea, and then take advantage of the Tao to defeat Ming.

After receiving Japan's credentials twice, the DPRK continued to be silent. In fact, according to Gwanghae-kun, North Korea already knew that Guan Bai was born as a woodcutter and had some contempt, so he would definitely not submit to the Wa state. Therefore, the king knew that this matter was very important, so he sent himself to risk his death to tell the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Dong Sicheng's words, now this heavy responsibility falls on Lin Yanchao, who is currently in charge of imperial court diplomacy.

Thinking about that great battle in history, Lin Yanchao had never felt that he was so close to this moment.

But after listening to Dong Sicheng's words, Lin Yanchao also felt that he did not explain the dynasty, and even the North Korea, which was close to the late ruler, had too little understanding of the Japanese state.

They know Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga better than even him, a modern man who has traveled from later generations.

Ps: The moon of the fifteenth is sixteen round, the late Mid-Autumn Festival blessings, the late updates, please brothers and sisters to accept them.