At night, the Xiangfu located in the Shamao Hutong at the mouth of the lamp market, the brilliant lights reflect the pavilions and water pavilions, the heavy hanging towers of the eaves and arches, look at the heavenly palace from afar, the mighty stone lion at the door and the "Ejian Taifu Mansion" inscribed by the royal pen above are even more majestic and glorious.

The gate of the vermilion lacquer double eaves is crowded with the civil and military officials of the Beijing Division, the carriage and horse sedan chair are crowded, and the official Gao Jue Xian has someone to make way for him, and the lowly one has to move forward slowly, while tiptoeing to look into the Prime Minister's Mansion, listening to the sound of silk and bamboo coming from the leisurely, and the eyes are not without eagerness.

As soon as the gold list came out, it was immediately rumored that the Beijing Division: Emperor Wanli called "Mr. Yuanfu Taifu Zhang", the hundred officials did not dare to write their names directly and took "Taiyue Xianggong" as the honorific title, and even Confucianism called the "Jiangling Sage" of the Shoufu Emperor, the special Jin Zuozhuguo, Taifu, and Zhang Juzheng, a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, his two sons were on the Gengchen Branch Gold List again, and the third son Zhang Maoxiu won the new champion!

The Prime Minister's Mansion set up a celebration banquet, and the ministers and nobles, civil and military officials, and Confucian celebrities in Beijing all came to congratulate them, and in the name of congratulating the new champion, they actually wanted to tie up Zhang Juzheng, who was in charge of the court and was a very popular minister. Zhang Maoxiu and Zhang Jingxiu have a good relationship with Qin Lin, one was admitted to the top prize and the other was the thirteenth in the second class, so of course Qin Lin wanted to come to congratulate him.

At this time, the rules for gift-giving are big, there are birthday gifts for birthdays, and there are gifts for the New Year, Qin Lin didn't know what gift to give the champion, so he asked the master Xu Wenchang to prepare two things, packed them in a sandalwood box, carried them in his hands, and rode to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Qin Lin, Brother Qin!" There was a male duck shouting in the crowd.

Qin Lin looked back, and it turned out to be the old brother Zhang Gongyu Zhang Dutang, and there were several supervising imperial histories such as Qiu Hu, Sun Chengnan, and Lei Shijiao next to him.

Haha, Zhang Gongyu has also opened up a situation in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is finally no longer as lonely as he was a few days ago, which made Qin Lin feel a lot more relieved, so he greeted them with a smile: "Brother Zhang, all the masters of the imperial history, it seems that everyone looks good?" It's full of red light. ”

"Where's the red light? I just fought with the slaves of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and this is still a red face and a thick neck" Zhang Gongyu couldn't cry or laugh, stretched out the hand board, and flipped back and forth: "Scared" The door bag on the bottom and one side, the prime minister's family is a seven-grade official, this Prime Minister's slave is really powerful! ”

Ordinary officials give gifts to their bosses, and they have to give a door bag to the boss who guards the door, so that people are willing to present it to the master for you.

Speaking of which, the door bag is the same as the bad rules and conventions of the yamen, Qin Lin can command the Jinyi army to collect the rest of the routine, and these dignitaries and dignitaries will find visitors who have asked their masters to collect the door bags. The door bag is not a few small money can be sent, often the value of the gift of thirty percent, fifty percent, the highest can be the gift itself, how many gifts to the owner, you have to send the same value of the door bag, this is called a bottom side.

Zhang Gongyu and the others were bargaining with the door manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion just now, and they were red-faced.

"Oh, do you want me to talk to You Qi for you?" Qin Lin looked at it and said with a smile: "However, it seems that there is no need for it." ”

Zhang Gongyu was empty-handed, obviously negotiating the door bag, and had already handed over the gift to the housekeeper, and Sun Chengnan and NVC didn't take anything.

Nowadays, the rule is not to allow the guest to carry the gift into the guest himself, but to hand it over to the slave of the master's house first, and then the guest will carry a gift list and hand the gift list to the master.

Only Qiu Hu brought two entouragemen, carrying two long things, about a foot wide, half an inch thick, and more than a foot long, and wrapped in red silk, I don't know what it was.

"Qiu Yushi's gift, why didn't you send it in?" Qin Lin felt strange, he had a lot to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the gift was not heavy, just carry it in person and hand it over to Zhang Juzheng, this Qiu Hu's gift was big and bulky, and he didn't give it to the slaves of the Prime Minister's Mansion in advance, but he wanted to ask the entourage to carry it with a sigh, wouldn't this be a water in the head?

Qiu Ye laughed, quite proud: "Don't hide it from General Qin, the lower official sent a pair of woodcut couplets, and the words were all figured out by the lower official himself, so he had to send it in person." ”,

Zhang Gongyu, Lei Shijiao, Sun Chengnan and others all smiled and shook their heads, this Qiu Lu is more cunning than others, others send gold and silver pearl treasures, he sends a couplet, the cost is not much lower, and the couplet is not worth much, take it yourself, even the door bag is saved, this abacus crackles!

Ask each other, the big guy's gifts are public, but there is no taboo: Zhang Gongyu gave two sets of four treasures in the study, lake pen, micro ink, rice paper, Duan inkstone, pen, ink, paper are not valuable, but the inkstone is the Songwen Panlong ancient inkstone inscribed by Song Weizong, and one side is worth a thousand taels of silver.

Lei Shijiao and Sun Chengnan both had little money, and the jade paperweights and jade pen holders they gave away were worth only seventy or eighty taels of silver.

"By the way, Brother Qin, what did you send?" Zhang Gongyu glanced at the sandalwood box that Qin Lin was carrying.

"Gadgets hit with gold" Qin Lin smiled, remembering that Old Man Xu's expression was a little weird when he handed him the gift, so he wondered if the old madman was having another convulsion.

Qin Linti's box didn't seem to be heavy, even if it was full of gold, it wouldn't be worth a few dollars, so Zhang Gongyu didn't ask anymore, knowing that the old brother and the prime minister's mansion were very good, and they were not bad at this little gift on the surface.

How many times has this guy been in and out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, even if he comes empty-handed, it's nothing, and it's mainly a gift letter to mention things today, and the gift is still coming in.

After standing for a while, he met Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Zeng Xingwu, the head of the Ministry of War, Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Li Youzi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Shouyou, the governor of Jinyi, Geng Dingli, the governor of Jiliao, and Qi Jiguang, the chief military officer of Jizhen, and other old acquaintances.

Qin Lin noticed that Yu Dayou, the general of the Beijing Division's car battalion, did not come, and the old general was still as bullish as ever.

There are a lot of new science and technology scholars, and Xiao Liangyou, who is the head of the Ministry of Rites and the palace examination, is holding a scroll of calligraphy and paintings, and is surrounded by many fellow scholars.

"Xiao Bangyan, hello" Qin Lin smiled and deliberately greeted loudly, "Brother Gu, Brother Meng, Brother Wei, and Brother Liu didn't come?" There are some things that the official is puzzled about reading, and he also wants to ask a few Xie Yuangong for advice! ”

Qin Lin is in charge of the Beizhen Fusi, and knows the movements of Gu Xiancheng and others well, according to the report of the Jinyi secret agent under the Beizhen Fusi, Gu Xiancheng, Meng Huali, Wei Yunzhong, Liu Tinglan and others claim to "temper each other with integrity, never succumb to the factory guard eagle dog, never bow their eyebrows and bend their waists to do the powerful" To put it bluntly, it is to work against Qin Lin, and to do it with Zhang Juzheng.

Why did he knowingly ask?

Wang Guoguang, Zhang Xueyan, Zeng Xingwu and other six officials who were about to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion were stunned when they heard this, and were reminded by Qin Lin's sudden words, and immediately noticed that Gu Xiancheng and the others did not come.

The gangneung party bigwigs frowned in unison, but they didn't say anything, "They each walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Xiao Liang was helpless when he saw this, and threw himself to the ground towards Qin Lin: "Brother Gu, they are angry for a while, if they are offended, the younger brother apologizes to General Qin for them, and asks General Qin to show mercy to his subordinates in the future." ”

The imperial court announced that the new science and technology scholars did not record the Jishi, and all of them directly put the six departments to observe the government, and the so-called view of the government is an internship, so that the scholars who read poetry and books can learn how to deal with actual government affairs in the ministry yamen.

Gu Xiancheng and the others are still unrepentant, and the Shangshu servants of the Jiangling Party have not noticed the movements of this group of small characters, but now Qin Lin deliberately broke this layer of window paper, and when they go to various ministries to watch the government, why don't they give them some color?

Xiao Liangyou, the leader of the list, is a kind person, he didn't deal with Gu Xiancheng very much, and some time ago he was a little bit of a rival with each other, but now Gu Nian has a friendship with the same list, and he pleads for them.

There were a few people next to him who knew Qin Lin's temper, "It's funny in their stomachs, our Chief Qin is known as "repaying grievances with virtue" and "magnanimous"...... Gu Xiancheng offended him, if he didn't repay him well, would he let it go gently? Xiao Liang interceded for Gu Xiancheng, and he couldn't even get in by himself!

There are a few of the new science and technology scholars who are particularly well-behaved, and they have taken the initiative to stay away from Xiao Liang.

Unexpectedly, Qin Lin smiled and patted Xiao Liangyou's shoulder: "You are a ...... Not bad, haha! But you have to pay attention to making friends, you are too honest for fear of suffering, others have used you as a stepping stone, you don't know it! ”,

The few Jinshi who were busy avoiding each other had their faces a little red.

Xiao Liangyou was about to say something, but he was dragged away by his companion's arm, and only after walking far away did he whisper to him: "What nonsense are Brother Xiao and the factory guard eagle dog talking about?" Qin is sinister and vicious, we have a good future, and we can't make a hard encounter with him. ”

"Foolish brother, General Qin is not as ruthless as rumored..."Xiao Liangyou muttered to himself.

Qin Lin slowly walked to the gate, and at a glance saw the chief housekeeper You Qi standing at the bottom of the steps to greet the guests, and greeted the guests warmly when he saw them, but whether there was a bit of truth or a bit of falsehood in the smile, then everyone knew it.

The prime minister's family is a seven-rank official, and when he comes to the seventh master, how can he be a seven-rank official? Qi Jiguang is a handsome border pass and a martial artist, and he actually smiled and greeted You Qi, claiming that he was "Brother You Xian"; After all, Zeng Province and other ministers and ministers were holding Wenchen's shelf, not as good as Qi Jiguang, but they were also polite to You Qi.

Waiting for Qin Lin and Qin Lin to come to him, You Qi's waist suddenly softened, and everyone was suddenly startled, because he was not very respectful when he saw the monk's gift, so he suddenly bent his waist, and other officials thought that he had accidentally flashed his waist!

"Little You Qi has seen General Qin!" You Qi lowered his waist very low, and his face was almost hanging down to Qin Lin's upper, thanks to his age, his body was still soft and flexible, and he could bend and stretch, and he didn't lose his housekeeping skills as a house slave.

Qin Lin laughed with a hippie smile: "Lao You is still so formal, if you flash your waist, where can the official afford to pay for the medicine?" ”

You Qi said seriously: "As soon as the old slave saw General Qin, he was like a spring breeze, Mo said that he flashed his waist, even if he was sick and blind, it would be better to see the general's golden face, which was more effective than eating a fairy well." ”

"I'm a ginseng baby?" Qin Lin smiled and stepped into the threshold of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When the officials in the back row saw this scene, they all stuck out their tongues: they all knew that the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion would always be open to Chief Qin, but no one expected that You Qi, the chief housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, would be so respectful in front of him!

Qin Lin didn't think there was anything, no matter how big the housekeeper was, he was just a house slave, could he compare with his uncle?

Hey...

I didn't take a few steps to raise my feet, I heard a quarrel behind me, and when I looked back, Qiu Hu was blocked by several doors of the Prime Minister's Mansion, You Qi still greeted the guests with a smile, and the officials rushed in, and everyone turned a blind eye to Qiu Hu.

Just now, Qiu Hu led his entourage and walked inside with a pair of woodcut couplets, but the Prime Minister said that he didn't give the door bag, so he stopped it.

"I have my own couplet, and I never bring a door bag to send self-written poems, calligraphy and paintings!" Qiu Lu is right.

The doorkeeper grinned: "Qiu Yushi, other people's poems, calligraphy and paintings are all thin paper rolls, you have to hire someone to carry them in, dozens of pounds of things don't give the door bag, we don't have this rule!" ”

Qiu Hu was dumbfounded, he was bent on being in the limelight, and he looked at it for the woodcut couplet, which was very different from the thin volume of other people's poems, calligraphy and paintings, but he didn't expect it to be stuck on the door bag.

"Brother Qiu, don't you just go to the door? Don't worry about it, Pontodo lends it to you. Zhang Gongyu said that he was about to pay out the silver.

"No two prices, five hundred taels" The family still smiled, looked at them with white eyes, and wrenched his fingers to explain: "The practice of the Xiangfu door bag is a catty gift of ten taels of silver, this thing you bring, I'm afraid there are seventy or eighty catties?" Let's give a discount, count it as fifty catties, one five gets five, fifteen twenty, exactly five hundred taels of silver. ”

Five hundred taels of Zhang Gongyu is nothing, and he was slightly stunned and continued to take out the silver ticket.

But he wanted to say that he would come out for Qiu Lu, Qiu Hu pushed the boat down the river and agreed, but he casually said that it was borrowed, Qiu Yushi was not happy, and he looked around and saw Qin Lin standing in the door, and hurriedly asked: "General Qin, look at this ......"

Qin Lin smiled slightly, he looked down on Qiu Huan's style, but looking at Zhang Gongyu's face, he still touched a silver ticket from his arms, and said to the family: "This Qiu Yushi eunuch is bitter, I will give him the silver." ”

"Where can I ask for General Qin's money? Damn the little ones! The family Ding hurriedly slapped himself, looked at You Qi at the door pitifully, and then looked at Qin Lin.

"Take it and reward you with wine." Qin Lin smiled and stuffed it into his arms. ,

You Qi knew that there were thousands of missing points between Qin Lin's fingers, and he didn't care about this at all, so he nodded at the family, and the family accepted it with a thousand thanks, kowtowing for Qin Lin, and saying good things, and being extra careful and respectful.

Qiu Hu smoothly carried the woodcut couplet into it, a little embarrassed, and nagged that Jia Ding didn't give face, and even dared to accept General Qin's money, so we didn't have to give it to him.

Qin Lin knew that this person was Geng Dingli's protégé, and now he was Zhang Gongyu's subordinate in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he didn't care about a petty person like him, and casually exposed the matter.

Qiu Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was called a fluke....... In the main hall of the Jiangling Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Juzheng wore a crown of loyalty and a swallow suit, and greeted the VIPs who were qualified to enter the main hall with a spring breeze, and Zhang Jingxiu, Zhang Sixiu, Zhang Maoxiu and other sons stood behind their father.

The youngest official here is Qin Lin, who has just been promoted to the commander of the Sanpin Jinyi Guard, although he has made great contributions, the saint is long, and he often comes and goes in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he can only accompany the last seat at this time. To be able to do the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, that is a big face, the officials outside are envious and jealous, you must know that at this time, there are almost half of the Ming Dynasty sitting in the main hall!

Qin Lin was probably the only one who wanted to sneak out quickly, he was going to sneak to the backyard to meet Zhang Zixuan after giving a gift, but as a result, his kind of stylish guy was as eye-catching as a firefly in the night sky, and was taken to the lobby by Yao Ba, another housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, to sit in the lobby, looking at a bunch of old men, and there was a Liu Shou on the opposite side who sometimes cast ill-intentioned glances.

He drank tea with a heart, and his butt looked like a nail on it, and he just hated to sneak out of the gap.

The housekeeper Yao Ba walked up to Zhang Juzheng's ear and said a few words in a low voice, Zhang Xiangye's slender eyebrows were raised, and he nodded slightly.

Qiu Ye walked up happily, and two attendants followed behind with gifts. Such a long gift quickly attracted the attention of all the distinguished guests, and they all guessed what it was.

"A pair of hand-written couplets, I wish the Minister of Jiangling to assist me in the great tomorrow for ten thousand years!" Qiu Hu knelt and saluted, and when he stood up, he lifted the red silk covering the couplet with his own hands.

What a gold-lacquered couplet! I saw the black primer oily, and the shining gold words on it: Prime Minister Taifu, one virtue and three dynasties, the sun and the moon; The champion is on the list, the two men are on the second place, and they are the best in the world!

This couplet is really wonderful, Zhang Juzheng is the prime minister, worships Taifu, assists Jiajing, Longqing, Wanli three dynasties, and the credit and the sun and the moon compete for glory, and the sun and the moon together are a "Ming" word, which is the name of the Ming Dynasty; The next link said that Zhang Maoxiu and Zhang Sixiu are the champions respectively, and the family history is the best in the world, which is in line with today's scene!

"Good, good, good!" Zhang Juzheng said three good words in a row, and immediately ordered Yao Ba to hang up the couplet and hang it on both sides of the main hall gate.

Qiu Huan's heart suddenly bloomed, and he was unusually happy. The VIPs also whispered, I'm afraid this gift is the most ingenious today, Qiu someone really knows how to slap horses, and he doesn't spend any money but pleases Xiangye.

These VIPs all handed over their gifts to the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion in advance, and only Qin Lin ran to the main hall with a sandalwood box.

Liu Shouyou sat opposite, looked at Qin Lin's box and estimated that it was worthless, deliberately embarrassed him, and deliberately asked, "I don't know what gift General Qin brought, can you show it to us?" ”

Zhang Juzheng cast his eyes when he heard the sound, and he was also curious about what Qin Lin would send.

"Hehe, a little bit of courtesy is not a respect" Qin Lin smiled and lifted the lid of the box, inside was a deer beaten with gold, and a wild goose with wings ready to fly.

The hiss started with Liu Shouyou, until Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing, and they all smoked. Cool, Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu's brothers changed their complexions, and Zhang Juzheng's eyebrows were twisted into Sichuan characters.

This chapter is over, so stay tuned for the next chapter......