Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli are all aware of their discussions.

The three of them are Shen Shixing's rivals, and their evaluation of Lin Yanchao can be as high as ever, but now that Lin Yanchao is a bachelor and is deeply appreciated by the Son of Heaven, they can't move Lin Yanchao, so it's okay to create some discussions.

As for Xu Zhenming, he is also sad, he has no thighs to carry him, so he can only rely on Li Zhi and Jiangdong. Li Zhi, Jiangdongzhi praised him, didn't they deliberately sweep the prestige of Lin Yanchao and suppress his current momentum?

However, it can't be said that it is useless, the officials in the court have recently talked a lot less about Lin Yanchao's exploits in Guide and water control, but with the rise of Xu Zhenming, they have taken away the attention that originally looked at Lin Yanchao.

Hanlin Academy is a place where it is not easy to produce results.

After a long time, Lin Yanchao's outstanding water control skills such as Guide will finally gradually subside in the discussion of officials, and the Son of Heaven will also take it as normal, and time will cover up the original light.

Li Zhi's words reached the ears of many officials.

Of course, they are all small circles within Qingliu, but there are also Lin Yanchao's own people in this small circle.

Lin Yanchao handed over the gift to the eunuch in the palace before the noon gate, and then looked at the banquet map, this list of banquet attendants, outsiders seem to be standing It doesn't matter where they stand, but for officials, it is absolutely impossible to make a mistake once, and every time the rank is advanced, it feels like the process of a meeting in later generations approaching the rostrum step by step.

When Lin Yanchao looked at the banquet picture, Gu Xiancheng walked up to him and said a few words, it seemed that the two were laughing and chatting, but Lin Yanchao already knew about it.

Soon after Gu Xiancheng left, another official came.

This person is Zhong Yuzheng, and Like is in the matter, and he is a party of officials. But he is a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli, and Lin Yanchao is the same year, and the two have occasional contacts, but they are not deep.

But seeing that he pulled Lin Yanchao to one place, he saw that no one was on the left and right and said a few words.

He was consistent with what Gu Xiancheng said, he hadn't sent this bucket of sweet potatoes yet, and Li Zhi had already hacked himself.

Li Zhi has always spared no effort to attack Shen Shixing's party, and even Pan Jitao, Xu Xuemo, Gao Qiyu and other Shen party generals were defeated by him one by one, and Shen Shixing and Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, were forced by him to resign from the Son of Heaven.

And now he is too popular, from an insignificant pawn, to now he has become the vanguard of the Shen Party, which has made Li Zhi jealous.

But it is impossible to defeat himself, because he has a holy dependent, so he will first damage his reputation and reduce the emperor's trust in him.

As for this Xu Zhenming, Li Zhi and these Qingliu parties pushed him out to fight against him, and he tried to suppress himself.

Of course, what Li Zhi said is not unreasonable, sending sweet potatoes thousands of miles is very reminiscent of Huashigang. As for letting Xu Zhenming fight against himself, he is also a dignified and upright strength competition.

The Qingliu Party pretends to be a gentleman, and this method of engaging people at least seems to be above board on the surface, and I don't know what else is not visible.

Lin Yanchao nodded lightly at Zhong Yuzheng. Zhong Yu couldn't figure out whether Lin Yanchao would thank him or not.

Later the Great Pilgrimage begins.

The Great Imperial Ceremony is the Imperial Palace, not the original Imperial Gate outside the Imperial Gate.

Emperor Kangxi liked the imperial gate very much, but in the Qing Dynasty, the place where the imperial gate listened to the government was in the Qianqing Gate, while in the Ming Dynasty, it was in the Huangji Gate.

The officials lined up and entered the Imperial Gate.

The Hanlin shift lectures are above Shang Bao Si Shaoqing, and the historian is under Shang Bao Si Shaoqing, and above Shang Bao Si Cheng

Originally, Lin Yanchao's shift was very late, so it was okay not to mention it, but now I can talk about it carefully.

The princes and military generals are not mentioned in their own class, and the civil official class is from the first grade to the ninth grade and eighteen levels, a total of eighteen classes.

At the front are the three princes and three divisions, and after Shen Shixing added the title of Taishi, he was already the head of the Wenchen, of course, standing in the first column.

Then according to the grade of one product and one product down, the rank first, the second according to the yamen, for example, the official department of the book must stand on the head of the household book, and the six books are the first in the history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

What if it's the same product and the same yamen? For example, if the waiter is waiting, then the left waiter must be before the right waiter.

In the Hanlin Academy, the bachelor of service preceded the bachelor of waiting.

Of course, this was the rule before Long Qingnian, and later he didn't follow this rule.

The reason is because there are two grades of officials who are not easy to rank, one is Yushi, and the other is Hanlin. The imperial history is of low grade but has great power in his hands, and Hanlin is of low grade now, but he will have great power in the future.

The phrase 'don't bully young people into poverty' is designed specifically for Hanlin.

Later, the rules were further broken, and he became an attendant officer (Hanlin, Honglu Temple, Shangbaosi, Liuke), and the Fengxian official (Imperial History) was not in order.

When Lin Yanchao was lecturing, he was on the Shaoqing of Shangbao Si (from the fifth grade).

Now he is the queen of the bachelor's lecture, and he is under the priest of the country (from the four products), and above the general administration department (from the four products).

And Zhang Wei is Xu Xianqing, who is the master of the academy and the Zhan Shifu, and the order of the court class is above the imperial history of the capital (Zheng Sipin).

It can be seen from this that the attendant officer overstepped the shift and disrupted the original class order. The rank in the officialdom no longer represents the real power, and it is not as reliable as the rank of the court.

Now Lin Yanchao's first stop is Zhao Zhigao, the priest of the country, and the next is Chen Yuma, Yu Shenxing, as well as Wei Shiliang, the left general secretary, and Wei Yunzhen, the new general secretary.

In addition to the Yushitai, all the four-grade officials of the Great Jiuqing all stood under Lin Yanchao, such as Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, Li Zhi, who had hacked Lin Yanchao just now, also had to stand under him.

Therefore, from the perspective of the order of the court class, the status of the bachelor in the officialdom is above the fourth grade and below the third grade.

This is still among the Beijing officials, not to mention if it is placed among the foreign officials.

After the Great Dynasty Visit, the Son of Heaven accepted the New Year greetings from the hundred officials in the Emperor's Palace, and then the hundred officials presented gifts to the Son of Heaven, but this process was omitted, and the Son of Heaven would not look at the gifts of the officials one by one.

Only the officials who give the banquet in the palace must personally present gifts to the Son of Heaven in the Jianji Palace.

This official who is qualified to go to the palace and drink with the Son of Heaven, as usual, is above the third rank, and above the fifth rank, and has the qualification to sit in the palace.

Judging from the qualifications for the banquet, the bachelor has reached the status of the third grade.

Lin Yanchao was also finally qualified to 'sit in the palace', instead of sitting outside the hall all day.

But among the big guys in the hall, Lin Yanchao can only sit under the corridor outside the hall gate, yes, this is also sitting in the hall.

In addition to the military attachés in the palace, the only ministers in the palace are cabinet scholars, six ministries and nine Qing ministers, and the Shuntian Mansion Yin.

As for Zhang Wei, Zhao Zhigao is also a little Jiuqing, but his grade is not enough, so he can only sit under the corridor with Lin Yanchao. And Honglu Siqing, who is also Xiao Jiuqing, Shangbao Siqing is not even qualified to sit in the corridor.

The last time the foreign officials of the Jianji Hall inspected and set up a banquet, the governor and other officials sat in the hall, and the hall was still spacious, but this time the banquet was given on New Year's Day, and the hall was full, but the specifications were much higher than the last time.

The banquet of the Jianji Palace, of course, is a meal system.

The Son of Heaven gave the three auxiliary ministers (Wang Jiaping did not) to honor the delicacies.

The supreme is the wine on the table of the Son of Heaven, and the delicacies are the nine dishes on the royal table, and the three auxiliary ministers and eight courses.

The rest of the officials have a seven-course dish.

Lin Yanchao nodded, this year is really much better than before, from five dishes to seven dishes.

Then it's time to play the optimistic dance.

Lin Yanchao sat in his seat, poured himself a drink, and from time to time raised a glass to celebrate the joy of the New Year with the officials who were frozen under the corridor on the left and right.

Then the music and dancing stopped, and the ministers offered gifts to the Son of Heaven.

Lin Yanchao saw clearly outside the door, Dingguo Gong Xu Wenbi sent a jade treasure tree, the treasure tree was carved with jade, with jade embellishments, dazzling, and Wu Qingbo Li Wei sent a treasure ship made of gold to the Son of Heaven, and the size of the treasure ship looked golden and shining.

As for the civil officials, they didn't dare to be like the lords, Shen Shixing sent a calligraphy, Wang Xijue gave a sword, Hai Rui gave an ordinary pen holder, and other ministers gave real jewelry.

For the gifts of Dingguo Gong and Wu Qingbo, the Son of Heaven is very satisfied. He was in high spirits, and he raised his glass and drank from time to time, until he was reminded by the imperial history of the palace. At this time, when Hai Rui sent the pen holder, the Son of Heaven looked stiff, glanced at Shen Shixing, and then said with a smile: "In the past three years, I have received three Beacon Mountains from Haiqing, and people call Haiqing Beacon Mountain, what does Qing mean by sending Beacon Hill to me?" ”

Hai Rui replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the world calls Chenhai a pen holder, thinking that the minister Gengjie, but the minister does not think so. However, after His Majesty appointed the governor to study Yixue, the minister thought that the pen holder was for the minister, and it had the meaning of promoting culture and education. ”

"Your Majesty is rich from all over the world, and seeks rare jewels in the world, but gold and silver cannot make people eat and drink. And the Beacon Hill sent by the minister, at least you can put the pen aside. This mountain is of great value to the minister, but the minister wants to dedicate this thing to His Majesty, because the minister has never heard of reading and literacy, which can make people lose their minds, let alone the establishment of culture and education, which can make the treasury empty. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't hold back on his face, and the plate on the desk shook slightly.

The ministers all sweated for Hai Rui, and Lin Yanchao directly supported his forehead outside the hall.

After half a ring, the Son of Heaven said: "Haiqing said well, I will accept this frame, I still hope that Haiqing will come to the next year, no, I will send me a pen holder every year to wake me up." ”

Hearing the Son of Heaven say this, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Hai Jui's matter is just a small episode.

The matter of the gift, it was finally Lin Yanchao's turn.

But seeing Lin Yanchao get up and leave the table and go up to the hall from outside the door, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister offers ten catties of sweet potatoes to congratulate Your Majesty!" ”

"Sweet potato?"

There were small question marks on the foreheads of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven smiled and said, "Lin Qing, what is a sweet potato?" I've only heard of potatoes and potatoes, which are used to dye cloth? Or is it for food? ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty is really profound and wise, the king of sage. This sweet potato cannot be dyed, but it is generally edible with potatoes. ”

Several of the ministers have heard what Li Zhi said outside the palace, even if Li Zhi doesn't say it, the ministers think that Lin Yanchao offered some rare things to please the Son of Heaven.

Many border ministers hope to send all kinds of tribute to the Son of Heaven, in case the dragon face is happy, the future is immeasurable.

Lin Yanchao sent sweet potatoes for the sake of this.

At the same time, in the Kunning Palace.

The queen, Concubine Wang Gong and other concubines were drinking with the minister's wife.

Lin Qianqian also offered sweet potatoes to the queen, Concubine Wang Gong and other concubines.

When the queen saw this sweet potato, she smiled and said, "The gift is fresh, I don't know how to eat it?" ”

Lin Qianqian smiled and said: "Back to the queen, this sweet potato concubine has tried, it can be used to cook porridge or steam." Cooking porridge can quench thirst, and if it is steamed and eaten, it is as sweet as honey. ”

The queen smiled and said, "Gongren is really good at talking, and I want to taste it after listening to the mourning family." ”

Lin Qianqian smiled and said: "As the lord of the six palaces, the queen mother is the mother of the world, and she has never eaten any delicacies from the mountains and seas." This sweet potato is really difficult to get into the elegant hall, but you can taste it fresh. ”

The queen was even more happy when she heard it: "Where is it, before the mourning family entered the palace, she was also a woman from an ordinary official eunuch family." By the way, although the mourning family is in the palace, I have also heard that Gongren and Master Lin have shared joys and hardships when they were young, and they have endured hardships and hardships. ”

Hearing what the queen said, all the women in Kunning Palace looked at Lin Qianqian with envy.

Lin Yanchao is less than 20 years old, and at the age of 25, he is an official and worships Hanlin Bachelor, marrying such a husband, as a woman, this life is not in vain.

Lin Qianqian listened to the queen's words, and his heart felt like eating honey.

If it is said that men are fighting for the marquis and worshipping the prime minister, then isn't it the moment in front of women that women are fighting?

Feeling the envy of the palace, Lin Qianqian lowered his head and said, "Thank you for the queen's words, husband...... Husband, he often said that self-cultivation is a family, and the country is peaceful. He treats me well on weekdays, and he is the Qi family. As for him to serve His Majesty and the Queen, he is to rule the country and level the world. ”

When the queen heard Lin Qianqian's words, her face was warm, and it could be seen that the husband and wife were raising their eyebrows on weekdays.

The queen felt warm in her heart, but when she thought of herself and the Son of Heaven, she suddenly felt sad, after the Son of Heaven doted on Concubine Zheng, he had begun to snub him, and now Concubine Zheng was going to give birth in a few days, and his heart was not on him.

is in the deep palace, but he doesn't even have the happiness of the common people.

On the side, Concubine Wang Gong received Lin Yanchao's great kindness, and she was bent on helping Lin Qianqian and said: "Queen Mother, since the sweet potatoes that Gongren said are so good, it is better to use a little in the court, and let us taste fresh." ”

All the women of life said yes.

The queen smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll order the imperial chef to cook some and taste fresh as Gongren said." ”

And it's in the middle of the main hall.

Lin Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, sweet potatoes are produced in overseas countries, from a place farther than Fusang, and later Hongyi transplanted them in Luzon, regarded them as treasures, and refused to be spread out of the island by outsiders. My fellow villager Chen Zhenlong risked death to get it from Luzon, and he wanted to dedicate it to His Majesty, but he wanted to come to the local area and didn't know if it could be planted, so he tried to plant it successfully in the township. ”

"This thing is very cheap, planting does not need good soil, even the barren land can live, within a few years, the people of Fujian planted more than 1,000 acres, and harvested twenty or thirty stones per mu. Last year, there was a drought, many people used it for food, survived the famine, and it can be said that there are countless living people, and today the minister dedicates this thing to His Majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven was originally very interested, but after hearing what Lin Yanchao said so much, he couldn't help asking: "Lin Qing's family said so much, is this thing delicious?" ”

Lin Yanchao thought about it, to be honest, this Ming Dynasty version of sweet potatoes tastes pretty good, but how delicious is it?

From the perspective of rich and noble people, such as Lin Xin, Tao Wangling, and Yuan Keli, although they all think it is delicious, it is not to the point where people can't stop talking.

For the Son of Heaven, it is likely that the common people feel that the delicacies of the mountains and seas are like pig food. The taste of the Son of Heaven is the same as the mind of the Son of Heaven, which is difficult to fathom.

So Lin Yanchao wants to say that it is delicious, which is a bit risky.

Lin Yanchao dared to mess around, if he was not satisfied with the food one day, it would be the crime of bullying the king!

Coupled with Li Zhi's words, Lin Yanchao exaggerated the deliciousness of sweet potatoes, that is, to flatter the Son of Heaven.

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, since this is the sweet potato taste, he simply didn't mention a word, but talked about his advantages instead, and said it carefully.

Sweet potatoes have a high yield, they don't need any fertile land, they don't need much water, and they can harvest twenty or thirty stones per mu, which is a very powerful number. When Lin Yanchao was in Guide at the beginning, the silt fields by the river could only collect three or five stones, and the generally barren land could only collect a few buckets.

So Lin Yanchao replied: "The taste is average." ”

After Lin Yanchao finished speaking, he peeked at the face of the Son of Heaven, but when he saw that the Son of Heaven looked pale after hearing it, the line in his heart must have said, sweet potatoes are not delicious, you tell me a yarn, and you will transport this all the way from Fujian? I want something rare, something delicious.

At this time, Wu Qingbo Li Weiwei said: "Master Lin, today is still the New Year's Day, Your Majesty and the subjects of the world celebrate together, you send such a congratulatory gift, can you have a little sincerity, do you have a king in your heart?" ”

"Hmph, Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five Supreme, and you give Your Majesty things that ordinary people don't eat on weekdays, and only eat during famine, what is the difference between this and taking grass root bark and offering it to Your Majesty?"

Wu Qingbo Li Wei said on the one hand, and he was very relieved in his heart.

He has been waiting for this day for a long time, after Lin Yanchao's admonition, the power of the Queen Mother plummeted, and even he was almost demoted from earl to marquis, and he couldn't turn over for several years, and even the garden he spent ten years to build (later Tsinghua Garden) was also half taken back by the people.

It wasn't until last year that the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother eased up, and his grandfather, who is today's son, regained some power, but no matter how you say it, it is not as good as before, at least the thing of bullying men and women will no longer dare to do it.

Lin Yanchao looked at Wu Qingbo and snorted coldly in his heart, I dare to hang the queen mother, let alone you?

Although the king's scolding will be impeached by the imperial history, when have I ever been instigated? Swearing doesn't fight back, it doesn't exist!

Just as Lin Yanchao was about to scold, Shen Shixing stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, just what Master Lin said, the minister understood a little. ”

The Son of Heaven said with a pleasant face: "Mr. Shen, please speak." ”

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, if you can harvest twenty or thirty acres of sweet potatoes per acre, and you don't care about it, then the output can be said to be several times that of fertile land." If such a thing can be promoted and planted among the people, then in the disaster year, the people can eat grass roots without gnawing on the bark. ”

After listening to Shen Shixing's explanation, all the ministers understood.

And the Son of Heaven laughed and said, "I see, I know." ”