When the holy decree was displayed in front of Mao Yulong, he found that there was only the emperor's small seal on this holy decree, which was equivalent to the emperor's personal seal, but not the official seal of the cabinet. Such a state of affairs shows that this divine decree is the middle decree.

Don't think that the emperor is the best in the world, and what he says is really Chrysostom, then you are poisoned by the braid play. In fact, there is not much left of the emperor's rights in the Ming Dynasty that have been deprived by the cabinet, and it is not as big as everyone thinks. The one who really controls the Ming Dynasty is actually the cabinet. Although the emperor has the right to appoint and dismiss all officials, all the officials who are promoted are selected by the six departments and then finalized by the ministers, which is called court push. Most of the emperors tick the box according to the list, show the role of imperial power, and tell those appointed officials that you are the real emperor's protégé. Therefore, it is common for officials below the Ming Dynasty to impeach the bigwigs above, because even the youngest officials think that he and the elder are protégés of the emperor, everyone at this point, we are at the same level, why am I used to you.

However, the emperor can also directly appoint and dismiss some officials, but they are not recognized by the cabinet, so there is a theory of Zhongzhi.

The meaning of the decree is that this decree is not recognized by the cabinet, and it only represents the emperor's own will, not the will of the real court. In other words, this holy decree is only recognized by the emperor and those who accept it, and is not recognized by anyone else. From this point of view, even if he accepted the officials above, it was actually false. No one is looking for you to hurt your feet, count you as taking advantage, once someone opposes you, you are not bullshit.

Especially if this is the emperor who sealed himself or a military general, it is impossible to even turn over the salted fish in the future. The reason why it was not directly rejected by the six branches is that in their eyes, your emperor made a person a small military attaché, and they didn't even bother to refute it.

In order not to be caught in the ranks of military generals, in order not to be branded as a recommendation, Mao Yulong immediately decided to go back. His actions like this will not only not leave bad consequences, but will immediately make himself get an excellent reputation in Donglin.

Gonggong Qi handed the holy decree in his hand forward, "Master Mao, Vice President Qian, take the decree and thank you." ”

Mao Yulong put away his hand, stood up directly on the ground, arched his hand at the two eunuchs who were a little surprised, and then looked at Li Xianling, who was surprised, but then showed infinite appreciation, "Thank you for the love and recommendation of the old parents, thank you for the rush of the two fathers-in-law, but Yulong is still young and can't bear such a generous favor from the emperor." Serving the emperor is the purpose of the students, but this special reward of the emperor makes the students extremely ashamed, and the students are ready to rely on their own abilities to take the imperial examination and be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty with their own abilities. ”

As soon as these impassioned words came out, the patriarch and Li Zheng sat on the ground, and the uncle was stunned like a piece of wood. Gonggong Zheng and Gonggong Qi glanced at each other, smiled indifferently, and Li Xianling smiled sincerely.

Seeing a lot of such things, Father-in-law Qi asked lightly, "Weibo has a reputation and gave up this great future, don't you think it's a pity?"

Mao Yulong replied solemnly, "The emperor's grace is huge, thunder and rain and dew, all of them are Jun's grace, but the students really feel that their abilities are limited, and besides, the students don't know anything about the military, if they accept the emperor's reward, the students are afraid that they will delay the state affairs of the imperial court and live up to the emperor's love, which is a big sin, so the students think that I am still young and still need to experience, so I also ask the two fathers-in-law to transfer the emperor's holy decree back." He also conveyed the students' gratitude to Banzai, hoping that one day, the students would be able to participate in the temple examination and thank Banzai in person. ”

The two eunuchs forgot to glance at each other again, and their eyes were already full of praise.

Mao Yulong didn't wait for him to say anything, so he instructed his uncle, "Uncle, please take 200 taels of silver to thank the two fathers-in-law for their labor." ”

The uncle went back to the house in a daze, and after a while, he took out 200 taels of silver and offered it respectfully.

The two eunuchs glanced at it, and then glanced at the little eunuchs under their subordinates, and directly held the holy decree in their arms, and raised the dust, "Thank you Xiao Xiucai for rewarding, our family will definitely report Xiao Xiucai's meaning to the emperor, if there is nothing wrong, then our family will leave." Then the two men walked away side by side. The county magistrate followed out with a smile, and when he walked to the gate, he turned his head and nodded at Mao Yulong with deep meaning, and extended his thumb.

A group of people cheered away, and the patriarch and Li Zheng immediately rushed up and complained to Mao Yulong. Mao Yulong didn't explain anything, just politely, and finally the patriarch and Li Zheng left with a sigh and a sigh.

After all the people left, the mother came out of the house with her grandmother in her arms, and when she saw Mao Yulong, the mother did not complain about her son's refusal to take this step to the sky, but asked lightly, "Hungry, eat now"

Mao Yulong glanced at San'er, who was at a loss at the door, "Why haven't you arrived yet?"

San'er came back to his senses, nodded again and again, and shook his head again and again, "Oh, oh, I'll go see it now." After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran out, and Mao Yulong called him, "Go and come back quickly, I'll wait for my father to eat." Then he pulled his sister and took a silver horn in his sleeve, "Go to the grocery store at the entrance of the alley, buy two bottles of good wine for my brother, and buy you candy for the rest." ”

The younger sister ran out in a hurry, and Xiao Huang pouted her little tail and followed closely behind.

The mother complained angrily, "Don't always get used to your sister, wait for him to spend money to get used to it, but what's the matter?"

The uncle also complained on the side, "A good official, if he says no, he will be gone, not only did he not become an official, but he lost 200 taels of silver in vain, which is all the property of a medium-sized family." It's not that your uncle said you, you're really a loser. "In my uncle's eyes, if the official is gone, you have to pay close attention to the silver, or how to live this life

Mao Yulong took one of his grandmother's arms and turned around and walked into the house, and said with a smile in his mouth, "Mother, you can rest assured, the sage said well, the daughter should be rich, and the son should be poor, and now I also have a share in the newspaper, and there is an entry every day, so that my little sister can spend some money happily, and I am happy." ”

Then he faced his uncle, who was still muttering, "Originally, the money in our house came for nothing, and I didn't feel distressed when I spent it." Oh yes, I asked you to take a sum of money and go back and build the burned yard again, did you do it?"

Uncle is an honest person, "You saved the lives of our family, I am still here to eat and drink yours, I really can't help it, how can I be embarrassed to use your money to build a house, you first lend me 10 taels of silver, make a small book, I will continue to be my merchant, it is estimated that there will be two years and three years, and the money to build a house will be there." ”

Mao Yulong smiled and denied, "We are a family, how can a family say two things" and then said to his mother, "It's late today, give my uncle 200 taels of silver tomorrow, and quickly build the house, this time it will be built directly, and my uncle's family can live more comfortably." ”。

My aunt opened her mouth and was about to refuse, but Mao Yulong said, "I am the head of the family, and I will decide this matter for my mother." ”

My aunt could only wipe her tears with an apron, and my grandmother said again and again, "How can this be made?" ”