A middle-aged man over forty heard that he was about to bow down again, but was stopped by Zhu Zhanji. "Stand and talk."

The man bowed down and said, "Back to Your Highness, this is made by Weichen." ”

This person's face has decayed, his hair is gray, and the ten months of psychological torture have made him almost collapse. Seeing that Zhu Zhanji liked the globe he made, he seemed to see hope again, but Zhu Zhanji didn't speak, and he didn't dare to say more.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Your craftsmanship far surpasses others, and it is the talent that I need in the Ming Dynasty." Since he claims to be a micro-minister, he should also be an official of the Ministry of Works, and he should report his name. ”

This person said excitedly: "Weichen is Ma Zhicai, the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Industry Yu Hengqing Officials, his ancestral home is Suzhou, Yongle was requisitioned for three years because he was good at ancestral jade carving technology, and Yongle was promoted to deputy envoy in six years. ”

Yu Heng is the deputy envoy of the Qing Officials, this is indeed a sesame official, because this position is the smallest level of the Ming officials, from the ninth grade.

Although this position is no longer a official and can be called an official, in front of Zhu Zhanji, this position is not worth mentioning.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Since you are proficient in jade carving, this carving globe is indeed not difficult for you." However, it is rare to be able to restore such a national weapon so finely. The position of deputy envoy is not enough to commend your merits, and I will keep this matter in my heart and give you a credit when I go back. ”

No matter how dull they are, they all understand it at this time, and this time not only will they not die, but they have also made great achievements. Ten months of fear turned into a surprise.

The two older grades were okay, and the prime man in his thirties, when he heard the news, fainted excitedly.

Zhu Zhanji was not surprised, anyone who experienced such great sorrow and joy would be a little unbearable, but he was moved outside the house for treatment.

checked all the globes that had been carved, and all the globes carved by Ma Zhicai were all the best, and they were also picked out by Zhu Zhanji.

He instructed Jin Kuo and Meng Chao to say: "All the globes here are wrapped in cloth, and then sent to the palace to be distributed by the emperor's grandfather." Talk about the smaller globe and send it to Xingqing Palace. ”

Jin Kuo is the most desperate secret of the globe can be disclosed as soon as possible. Because of this secret, he lost his position as the eunuch of Ningbo City, and could only retire in the palace, but this secret was made public, and he was really out of danger.

After arranging these miscellaneous things, he turned back to Ma Zhicai and the three of them and said: "The three of you have made great contributions this time, and you should have been rewarded, but you have not yet been in power, so you will have to wait for a while before you can be rewarded by the imperial court." Li Liang ......"

"The slave is here."

"Ma Zhicai will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, the other two will be rewarded with sixty taels of silver, and the other ten will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver each."

The reward was already prepared when he came today, and when he heard Zhu Zhanji's order, a group of little eunuchs immediately distributed the reward to their own hands.

Everyone knelt down to thank them, and at this time, what they were most excited about was not to get the reward, but not to be killed.

Zhu Zhanji received a great gift from them, and then said: "What you do is related to the secrets of the country and must not be leaked." After leaving the palace, you are not allowed to mention anything here, otherwise I will not cure your crimes, and there will be Jinyi guards to treat you. ”

The three of them immediately knelt down on the ground again and said, "We have received the emperor's grace, and we will never dare to forget." ”

Zhu Zhanji looked at Ma Zhicai again, this person has exquisite manual skills, and there is a lack of such a person around him to help him make some models, so at this time he also has the idea of enveloping him.

However, without Zhu Di's consent, he couldn't do anything.

After all, no matter how small an official is, he is still an official, and he is still an official of the Ministry of Industry.

From this incident, he suddenly realized that there was a misunderstanding in his thinking. That is, he always wants to attract talents, but he doesn't notice that in fact, among today's eunuchs, there are actually many professional and technical talents.

Not to mention anything else, just among the four divisions and eight bureaus of more than 30,000 people and dozens of most advanced enterprises, can you still find a few people who understand technology?

The minister can't do it, but Zhu Di has authorized him on the side of the internal supervisor, and he can draw people to form a technical team at will.

When they walked out of Xi'an Gate, Ma Zhicai and the others looked at the noisy street market outside, and they still had a feeling of being separated.

I thought that this time it was destined to be destroyed, but I didn't expect that not only was it not destroyed, but it was also appreciated by the grandson.

Being able to survive, they did not have the usual fear of the few brocade guards who followed behind them, but had a sense of intimacy.

Anyway, Taisun can treat them well now, as long as they don't talk nonsense and leak secrets, Jinyiwei won't attack them now.

Broke up with two other colleagues and didn't go home for ten months, and everyone's hearts were like arrows. The head of their family is not at home, and they do not know life and death, nor do they know what kind of chaos has become in their home.

Ma Zhicai was holding a hundred taels of silver in his arms, which was more than six catties of silver, so he could only hold it in his arms. If it was usual, he would definitely be extremely worried, but with two brocade guards behind him, no one dared to plot his silver.

Because of the ancestral jade carving skills passed down from generation to generation, although the Ma family is not a big family in Suzhou, the family size is not small.

It is also because Bo has family assets that Ma Zhicai was only interested in the company at the beginning. It's just that he is not good at communicating, and he has only become a deputy envoy in the past nine years, which can be regarded as barely stepping into the level of an official.

With this identity, although it is nothing in front of those big people, the Ma family's industry in Suzhou is not afraid of the blackmail of those ruffians.

With money in hand, Ma Zhicai originally bought a small courtyard with two entrances in the inner city of Anximen, and also set up a few storefronts on the street, so that the children and nephews of the family could do some jade carving business.

"Yuan Qiguan, Fan Qiguan, the mansion is still three miles away from Xi'an Gate, it is better to find a carriage."

The two Jinyi guards' little banners were solemnly confessed, and they were polite to him.

Yuan Qiguan said with a smile: "That's what you can't ask for, although Deputy Envoy Ma is in charge, we are as good as the host." ”

Fan Qiguan also smiled and said, "As long as we don't dislike us as evil guests." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

After finding a carriage, he returned to Jiashan Street in Anxi Gate after a while, Ma Zhicai took a special look at his shop, but found that the door was closed, and he felt cold in his heart, not knowing what happened at home.

Urging the groom to stop the carriage, Ma Zhicai didn't care about being polite to the two brocade guards, so he ran towards his home in the alley.

The gate of the courtyard was open, but there was a cry from inside. Ma San, who was guarding the door, was sixty years old this year, and when he saw Ma Zhicai, he exclaimed in surprise: "Master, you ...... Come back...... Finish. ”

Before he could finish speaking, Ma Zhicai had already rushed in with the silver, only to hear Ma San behind him shouting at his throat: "The eldest master is back!" The heavens have eyes! ”

Before Ma Zhicai ran from the front yard into the backyard, he saw a group of nephews and nephews coming out, followed by a large group of female dependents, and saw that the person who appeared in front of him was indeed Ma Zhicai, and they all froze, and then they knelt down one by one, shouting their father's father, shouting uncle's uncle, and laughing with tears.

Ma Zhicai was surprised and asked, "What happened, why did you wait for this?" ”

Before the words fell, I saw that my wife's legs were weak, and she sat on the ground, crying loudly. Several daughters hurriedly went to pull her up again, and they all cried with joy.

Seeing the mess, Ma Zhicai looked at his eldest son. "Jin'er, what's going on?"

Ma Jin's eyes were still red, but at this time his face showed joy. "Not long after, the inner prison sent us the silver of our past filial piety, but we didn't give a clear word, we thought that something happened to our father......"

Ma Zhicai's heart was sour, and he almost cried. In the past ten months, from the very first time he saw the globe, he thought he would not survive.

People actually live on a big ball, and Daming does not represent the whole world, in addition to Daming, the world is still so big.

This is definitely not news that the average person can know, and if people know that they are just living on a ball, and the ball is still spinning, I don't know how many people will go crazy.

He didn't know how the emperor knew the news, but the emperor was the Son of Heaven, and he must have told the emperor from heaven.

He was an ordinary craftsman, but now he knew the news. Although there is still a glimmer of fantasy, he has already accepted his fate.

But I didn't expect that the grandson would appear today and let them go home. He hadn't thought about this reversal yet, but since it was Taisun who came forward, it must have been Taisun who pardoned their lives.

"I'm fine, I met His Royal Highness the Taisun today, and His Royal Highness the Taisun still praised me, but what my father did for the Taisun was more secretive, so I couldn't contact you. Cai'er, you help your mother to rest first, this hundred taels of silver is a reward from His Royal Highness, put it away. Enter, make tea ......"

It took a while for the courtyard to calm down. A few younger nephews also kept staring at the two Jinyi guards who were welcomed into the room by Ma Zhicai, not understanding how a family like them could be so close to Jinyiwei.

Ma Zhicai knows very well that although there is no danger to his life now, but the emperor's will has not come down, and their matter has not been completely determined, so during this time, he cannot leave the sight of Jinyiwei.

The two brocade guards were placed in the guest room, and he called in all the sons and nephews, in addition to his three sons, as well as Ma Dao, Ma Qian, and Ma Di of the third brother's family, who had come from Suzhou.

Looking at this group of nephews, he also sighed in his heart, officialdom was unpredictable, and this time he was almost separated by yin and yang.

But if one person dies in exchange for a prosperous family, it is always worth it.

I just don't know what the result will be this time, if I can really get the reuse of the grandson, this time it can be regarded as a bittersweet one.

He beckoned to his little nephew, Madi, who was now fifteen years old, his favorite, clever and more spiritual than his brothers. It's a pity that their family can't participate in the imperial examination, which delays him.

"Di'er, why did you come to the capital this time?"