As soon as Zhu Ying left, the emperor once again conveyed the ban order to the Qianqing Palace.

"What Zhang Qing and Wang Qing came to talk about today is not allowed to leak a word, otherwise, it will still be the same as before, punished with life labor, and will not be pardoned!"

When choosing a son-in-law before, despite his repeated bans, some people couldn't help but reveal the rumors, and the order to sit in front of him, the palace people almost spread the news on the front foot, and the back foot was raised. The emperor, who had always been lenient and peaceful, was furious for a while, and directly punished the palace people with fifty heavy responsibilities and punished them as slaves. The chamberlain who seduced him to leak the news was even more directly killed.

That's not all, the Queen Mother even ordered that if the palace people were killed and maimed, the executioner would be guilty of the same crime; If she dies in less than three years in the Huanyi Bureau, the person in charge of the Huanyi Bureau is guilty of the same crime, and the inner attendant who leaked the news from her before is in Xu Meiren's palace, Xu Meiren took away the title and was in the claustrophobic palace, and the rest were all distributed to the palaces to sprinkle and sweep. For a while, the palace was silent, and he didn't dare to spy on the Qianqing Palace.

As for the palace attendants of the Qianqing Palace, no one dares to worry about it again. The palace people honestly waited for the old age to be released from the palace; A few chamberlains honestly waited for the opportunity to be promoted. No one wants to hit the tip of the spear of the Queen Mother and the Emperor to purge the palace.

Therefore, the emperor was shocked to personally act as a matchmaker for Zhu Erlang, Zhu Tingjie, the second son of Zhao Guogong, and the niece of Yin Wangjie of Shuntian Mansion, but no one knew the news. As for Wang Jie's report on the new textile machine, Zhang Shou offered the drawings, then no one dared to spread it.

In this quiet and peaceful, the winter solstice dynasty finally came. This was the first time Zhang Shou had participated in such a grand event, and he was dragged to rehearse with other doctors of Guozijian three days in advance, and that posture simply reminded him of various evening rehearsals in later generations. Moreover, just as there are some parties that he can't help but attend, because to ensure exposure, he can't slip away from this winter solstice court.

And Mrs. Tai patiently taught him the various experiences of the day several times—from how to deal with internal emergencies; to how to fill your stomach in advance to prevent starvation and fainting; and then what kind of clothes should be worn in the official uniform, and what kind of means should be prepared in the official boots, so as to prevent the loss of honor due to the freezing of hands and feet in the sudden cold weather in the capital...... As a result, Zhu Ying, who was listening to the side, couldn't help but complain.

"Every time the emperor talks about the three dynasties of Zhengdan, Wanshou and the winter solstice, he sighs and complains about his suffering, can't it be simpler, don't be so complicated and grand? It's actually good for everyone! ”

Zhang Shou immediately smiled. This is the same as many people in later generations complaining about the formalism of various meetings and the long and boring topics. When he saw Mrs. Tai glaring at Zhu Ying angrily, he coughed and said, "Yingying, after all, there are many envoys from all countries, and many of them are even foreigners with different hair and skin colors, and the imperial court wants to declare majesty, so everyone has to reluctantly play their roles well." ”

Thanks to Taizu, he saved many court meetings of low-grade officials; I am even more grateful that the summer is early, and the winter is delayed; Of course, I am more grateful to the emperor, if it weren't for the rectification of the style of the country's superintendents, he, the doctor of the country, would probably have been to the court a lot more. Of course, while he was happy, many colleagues were simply heartbroken, such as mourning and examining, such as Yang Yiming of the Reckless Hall.

And this time during the pre-rehearsal of the Winter Solstice Dynasty Meeting, he saw with his own eyes that Dr. Yang, who was a lot older, was so excited that he burst into tears, and even bruised his forehead when he kowtowed, so that he wanted to remind the other party that the emperor did not come at all, so it was better to save his strength and use it again at the Winter Solstice Dynasty Meeting, so as not to be unable to brew emotions at that time.

At this time, Zhang Shou did not mention the joy of his colleagues when they participated in the Winter Solstice Dynasty Meeting, and saw that Zhu Ying also began to remind him that his knees were lined with special cushions, and he also said that this was the invention of Emperor Taizu, and began to teach the trick of hiding a small stove in the official uniform, he couldn't help but smile and accepted this kindness one by one.

However, he thought he was ready, but when he actually arrived at the lengthy winter solstice pilgrimage, he realized that he was still thinking simply.

The envoys gathered, hundreds of officials were lined up, the grand scene was incomparably magnificent, and compared with the blue bricks on the ground in front of the dilapidated Forbidden City Taihe Hall in later generations, the ground is smooth and flat, with the splendid palace, the carved beams and painted palaces, plus the neat and tidy officials, countless envoys in strange costumes, that kind of indescribable solemnity, what kind of party and any meeting can not be compared.

If it weren't for the endless worship dance, maybe it would be a new experience......

Moreover, he witnessed with his own eyes that the old official with gray sideburns fainted directly and was hurriedly carried away, and heard someone whispering on the side, saying that the chief secretary had persuaded this person, and the Tao was not to be held up, but he was choked back by someone who participated in the winter solstice court meeting one by one It was the honor of being a Ming courtier.

There is an essential difference between the people of this era and the people of his era - not everyone is Zhu Ying, let alone everyone is a unique emperor, because only these two people have the ability to be mavericks - most people have their own persistence, even if this persistence seems strange to him.

Relying on youth - crossing the capital provided; Good physical strength - the physical strength that stood up in the daily class of Guozijian recently, by the way, he also played the sword twice a day; In addition, the handsome and elegant gentle gentleman will always be forgiven—in fact, it is more the envious, jealous and hateful eyes of his colleagues...... Zhang Shou finally lasted until the end of the open-air pilgrimage meeting on this day.

A total of an hour and a half, not a long time, but in the three hours he stood in the cold wind, even if he had warm his ears and hands, he still felt that he had been baptized from beginning to end. Fortunately, after the end, a group of waiters immediately pushed the charcoal hot ginger soup and sent it, each of them with a bowl to warm the stomach and heart, and Zhang Shou saw a large number of middle-aged and elderly officials with expressions on their faces that had finally come to life.

At this time, he heard Chu Kuan's familiar voice: "Your Winter Solstice Festival, the emperor will order people to send people to various official offices to comfort you all day long for the country!" ”

As soon as these words came out, many officials naturally sang their praises, and the rest of the people were also very happy. And when Zhang Shou was about to leave the palace with the rest of the Guozijian, he was suddenly cut off by someone, and it turned out to be the second prince.

These days, instigated the eldest brother to also go to the weaving and dyeing workshop to investigate, and the second prince began to wait for Zhang Shou to take the group of people under his hand to draw gourds to deal with his eldest brother, but found that the eldest prince not only had nothing, but also went in and out with high spirits.

Now he couldn't sit still, and when he tried his best to find out, the prince had bought a large number of new textile machines at a high price, and he was talking about cooperation with a large group of wealthy businessmen and big families in Jiangnan for several days, and he almost fainted.

He wanted this unworthy eldest brother to fall into the same mud pit as himself, and he didn't plan to let him get a different kind of benefit!

Zhang Shou and Zhang Wu Zhang Lu, as well as the Zhu family of Zhao Guogong, were absolutely all deliberate, they must have felt that he, the second prince, had no hope of inheriting the throne, so they went to the eldest prince!

Where could the hateful second prince stand this, he had to use all his fine work by the eldest prince's side, and ordered to find out what kind of new textile machine was at all costs. The hard work paid off, and he lost more than a dozen spies who had been with the eldest prince for a long time, and finally learned the worst news for him.

The spinning speed of the new spinning machine is said to be six times that of the old one...... At least that's what the eldest prince declared to the Jiangnan people!

At this time, the second prince who intercepted Zhang Shou was full of gloom, and the anger alone was eager to burn Zhang Shou to the ground. At last, he still knew what this place was, and seeing that the others were avoiding snakes and scorpions, he whispered with a sneering face: "Dr. Zhang is really a good trick, on the one hand, he played me around, and on the other hand, he lifted my eldest brother to the sky, you really think that he must be the future heaven...... Prince? ”

In a fit of rage, he almost said that the future prince was the future son of heaven. But even so, the resentment is still overflowing. Seeing that Zhang Shou smiled and didn't answer, he suddenly became even more angry: "Why, Dr. Zhang dares to do it but doesn't dare to say it?" ”

"Huh." Zhang Shou laughed again, and then saw that the second prince seemed to be about to explode for a while, so he said unhurriedly, "The second prince just thinks that you didn't get the spinning machine, but the eldest prince took this opportunity to hand over the wealthy families in Jiangnan, and gained fame and fortune, so he was not happy." Instead of blaming others, you can actually do something that is ruined, no, a lose-lose situation,"

The second prince suddenly became suspicious, and then said in a contemptuous and disdainful tone: "You think I will believe you? ”

"Believe it or not, that's your business, the second prince." Zhang Shou saw that the people around him were almost gone, so he said casually, "Second prince, if you don't want the eldest prince to monopolize his interests, just go to the emperor and poke this matter out directly." It is said that the new textile machine is beneficial to the country and the people, how can people monopolize it with their own selfishness? ”

He summarized what Zhu Ying relayed at that time, what Yin Wangjie of Shuntian Mansion said in front of the emperor at that time, and when he saw that the second prince's face was blue and white for a while, he smiled and said: "I'm done with this, the second prince thought slowly and said goodbye." ”

After going out, when Zhang Shou turned around casually, he saw that the second prince was still standing there in a daze, he knew that the second prince still couldn't make up his mind. The reason is very simple, the second prince still feels that he still has the opportunity to get the drawings or spinning machines from the eldest prince, and when the time comes, he will not only be able to benefit, but also attract other famous families.

At present, the interests are not awake, this kind of person still wants to take the heir? Hehe......

When Zhang Shou returned to Guozijian, as soon as he entered the doctor's hall, he found that the faces of all the doctors were very wrong. Especially Yang Yiming, who was excited about the Winter Solstice Dynasty before and couldn't wait to devote himself to it, his eyes were even more eager to swallow him.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Zhang Shou had long been accustomed to the hostility of his colleagues, so he simply didn't see it at this time. But before he could go to Zhou Saijiu and Luo Siye to order a meal as planned, and then go back to his Banshan Hall or Jiuzhang Hall by himself, he saw Luo Siye come out of it and nodded at him with a smile.

"Dr. Zhang, the winter solstice gift that the emperor gave to all of you has just been sent to the Guozijian."

He paused for a moment, and then added: "The celebrant came with Tang Lu Chan in person, and he also said that originally your copy of Zuo Zanshan and Hanlin of the Zhan Mansion should have been sent to the corresponding yamen, but knowing that your affairs are complicated, in order to prevent you from running more, he also sent it directly to the Guozijian by the way. ”

Hearing this, if Zhang Shou still didn't understand that those strange eyes just now were actually a manifestation of envy, jealousy and hatred, then he would have lived two lives in vain. Sure enough, the next moment, he only heard Luo Siye say the more envious part.

"Dr. Guozi's winter solstice gift is a can of tea, a box of cakes, a pot of wine, and five catties of mutton."

Zhang Shou listened, and couldn't help but have a very funny thought in his heart. It's all eaten, this is because I'm afraid that the Guozi superintendent is too poor and doesn't eat?

"The winter solstice gift of Zuo Zanshan in Zuo Chunfang of Zhan Shifu is, a new imperial book, a Xuancheng pen, a pot of wine, and a box of cakes."

It's half a kind of food, but at the end of the day, it's still not worth a few dollars. Zhang Shou is still calculating the value.

"The winter solstice gift of Hanlin is ......" Speaking of this, Luo Siye paused, thinking of the winter solstice gift of himself and the two high-ranking officials of Zhou Saijiu, he only felt that more than ten years of seniority was no more than that, "It is a silk robe, and a copper incense sachet ball." ”

As soon as the words fell, they only knew that Zhang Shou alone had three winter solstice gifts, so the envious scholars of the Guozi Prison finally buzzed and whispered again, among them, Yang Yiming, who was a lot old, was even more angry.

There is no doubt that the rewards of the Hanlin Academy are the most abundant and the most elegant—yes, in their eyes, the reward of robes and sachet balls is more elegant than the appreciation of books and pens, and this perception is common in the court. Fortunately, Zhang Shou's grade is not high, and the reward is a copper sachet ball, if it is silver, I am afraid that other people's expressions will be even more wrong.

However, Luo Siye seemed to be well aware of the characteristics of not being shocked and dying, and finally said another sentence.

"In addition, the emperor said that he appreciated Dr. Zhang's advice before, and gave him another Shu brocade robe, and Lu Chan also gave a message, and the emperor approved it."

When Zhu Ying and Wang Jie entered the palace together, she ran fast, so when Zhang Shou asked the emperor for his answer, she was naturally vague, and if she couldn't avoid it, she said that she would go back to the palace and ask again.

At this time, after receiving this relatively formal reply, he couldn't help but smile, and then smiled and arched his hand to Luo Siye: "Thank you Shao Sicheng for telling me." ”

When Zhang Shou received three annual gifts and one special gift in the Guozi Prison, it was just a time when the scenery was infinite among his colleagues, and the second prince also received his annual gift as a prince. Two dry pieces of clothing, two jars of wine, and nothing else.

Faced with such a bleak scene, he finally made up his mind.

"Get me the drawings of the spinning machine, no matter how many people die, I must get it!"