Xiao Dan listened to what Emperor Jiajing said. Calculate it and try it! The former Fourth Majesty of Empress Chen proposed to take the Queen Mother into the palace to be raised, calculate the time, and it should be time. When Jiajing Dragon dived, Hubei An6 was originally water 6 to rush, and shipping was convenient. The Queen Mother can go south by boat, but she can get to Nanjing in a week, which is convenient and fast. After arriving in Nanjing, you can divert the Grand Canal to the north and go straight to Tongzhou. In ancient times, the waterway was a modern high-speed highway, and it was too late for the Queen Mother to arrive in Beijing now.

The Empress Dowager's incident in Beijing was originally planned by Sun Dan to give Empress Chen a solid favor. Now. Empress Chen has then regained the emperor's favor. What's even better is that yesterday, Empress Chen's side also sent a secret envoy to Sun Dan to say that Empress Chen was pregnant, and everything was going according to Sun Dan's expectations.

But there is something wrong, the arrival of the Queen Mother has made the already fierce dispute over the Great Rites even more uncontrollable, and her appearance has made the emperor and a group of civil officials completely turn their faces, and there is no room for reconciliation.

That's because, in history, this queen mother is a powerful figure.

The emperor excitedly lowered his voice and said to Sun Dan, "Sun Qing." That's a great idea. Now that the Queen Mother has arrived in the capital, she is ready to welcome her into the palace with the etiquette of the Queen Mother. As soon as she enters the city, the title of the queen mother will be certain, and the title of my father will be determined. ”

Sun Danxin said, this emperor thinks things too simply, and he still underestimates the determination of the ministers.

Sun Dan: "Then, Your Majesty only needs to send the minister to pick up the Queen Mother, and why let the minister go to Tongzhou immediately?"

Emperor Jiajing: "Sun Qing, the etiquette union needed for the Queen Mother to enter the city has been arranged, but he hesitated, his face suddenly became a little angry, and his eyes were red: "However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have a lot of shirks, so they want a buffalo and a whip to go down, take one step and take three steps back." The Queen Mother has already gone to Tongzhou to rest for the night, and they haven't prepared anything yet. Sun Qin, didn't Lian give you a set of royal flags at the beginning? You are now appointed as the deputy envoy of the driver, and the Ministry of Rites will go to Tongzhou immediately. Urge the officials of the Ministry of Rites to take the Queen Mother into the palace

Sun Dan then understood what was going on, and it was estimated that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was quite unimpressed with Jiajing's intention to welcome the Queen Mother into the palace with the etiquette of the Queen Mother, thinking that it was contrary to the court's etiquette system, and he did not do it. The emperor also had no way to take Mao Shangshu, and his subordinates calculated that only Sun Dan was a talent, so he simply handed over this problem to Sun Dan.

As soon as he thought of Mao Cheng's righteous face, Sun Dan had a little headache, this old master studied Zhu Cheng Lixue, and he was the most stubborn, and regarded etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame as more important than his life, Sun Dan had no way to do such a person. He didn't have any confidence in asking himself to do it.

The biggest possibility is that Sun Dan and Mao Shang went to Tongzhou. He Sun Dan wanted to welcome the Queen Mother into the city with the etiquette of the Queen Mother, while Mao Shangshu had to welcome the Queen Mother with the etiquette of the Queen Mother. Then, Sun Dan will completely turn his face with Mao Cheng and make a lot of trouble.

This is still the surface, Mao Cheng does not mean that there are Yang Tinghe and all the scholars in the world standing behind him, this hornet's nest Sun Dan doesn't want to stab.

In the future, if you offend all the officials and scholars, how will you work in the future? Besides, they are all colleagues in the same court, and they don't see each other when they look up. Offend them all at once, and will they be mixed up in the future?

Thinking of this, Sun Dan immediately pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is now participating in the palace examination, so he is leaving, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

The emperor disagreed: "Lian knows what you're worried about, it's just a palace test." The palace test is just a ranking, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to enter the top three with your identity as a yuan.

Sun Dan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the matter in the examination room is uncertain. ”

The emperor's face was not good: "Sun Dan, Lian has always thought that you are a great loyal minister, but I don't want you to take your personal fame so seriously."

Sun Dan was also a little annoyed in his heart, Jiajing, the chairman of the Ming Dynasty, turned his face faster than turning a book. When I can use you, I greet you with a smile, but once I am rejected, I look like this.

This boss is really not cute!

But since the emperor said so, Sun Dan couldn't help but say a few words. He pretended to be frightened: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't take his fame in his eyes, Your Majesty has so much faith in the minister, and it is difficult for the minister to repay his broken bones." However, the court has its own system, and if the minister leaves now, it doesn't hurt if he doesn't fall. But if you win the top three, according to the court system, you need to wear flowers and ride a horse. If no one can be found at that time, won't the minister become a rebellious person who does not know etiquette? ”

According to the rules of the imperial court, after Gongsheng won the top three of the first class, the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua had to wear flowers and ride horses to parade in the capital to accept the congratulations of the people. This is the most glorious time for a reader, and Sun Dan doesn't want to miss it.

The palace examination is just an essay of a few hundred words, and the number of candidates is also small, and after handing in the papers today, the ranking list will be released tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will be able to hold a ceremony to wear flowers and ride horses.

Sun Dan went to Tongzhou to greet the Queen Mother. If you don't get it right in three or five days, you will definitely miss it.

"Your Sun Dan has the confidence to enter the top three!" The emperor sneered: "In the end, you still take your fame very seriously. Go with confidence, the top three will naturally have your share. Even if the top three can't even get into the Jishi, it's not a big deal. Of course, with your Sun Dan's talent, you must be able to win. Lian is here to give you a word, as long as you can smoothly bring the Queen Mother and her old man into the palace, Lian will allow you to enter the cabinet within ten years. When the time comes, no matter what others say, the United Nations will be arbitrary

The emperor's words have reached this level, and Sun Dan has no choice but to nod and agree: "That", the minister had no choice but to go

He shrugged in his heart: Jiajing, you selfish guy, pity me for wearing flowers!

If nothing else, Sun Dan felt that he had no problem winning the top spot. However, he missed the opportunity to receive the congratulations of the people, which was somewhat unacceptable to him in any case.

Fortunately, the emperor also saw that Sun Dan was in a bad mood, and comforted him gently, which made Sun Dan out of the palace.

When Sun faded out of the palace, he would not look like ten o'clock in the morning Beijing time in the future.

Sun Dan also had no choice, so he had to go to the Ministry of Rites to see Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and drove towards Tongzhou with a large group of officials from the Ministry of Rites.

I have to admit that being with that group of officials in the Ministry of Rites is a painful manager. This group of righteous gentlemen is so pedantic that every word and deed is in line with etiquette, making people unable to find any fault, but they are hateful and boring.

After Sun Dan said a few words to several officials, he only felt that his mouth was so dry that he was about to burst into flames, and Mao Cheng simply didn't say a word to Sun Dan.