After waiting for a while, Huang Jin reported to the palace: "Your Majesty, the divine beast has been transported to Xiyuan Dan, is it allowed to be put into the palace?"

Hao Jiajing said: "Then get it in and show it to Lian."

It was Huang Jinwang who responded, but he heard a voice say: "Slow everyone to follow the voice and ask." But I saw that it was the new Hallym Academy that had something to say.

"What else is going on with Shen Aiqing?" Jiajing asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the appearance of the unicorn is a rare event for the ages, and it will be greeted by a grand ceremony, and he said silently: "If the number of etiquette is messed up, it will make the world laugh." It will also make future generations feel that our Ming Dynasty is rude. ”

The emperor rules the world with etiquette, of course, he can't allow this to happen, and he nodded when he heard the words: "That's right, what kind of etiquette should you use to greet you?"

"This" Weichen didn't know, and smiled bitterly and arched his hand to the ministers: The kid is only shallow in learning, and he doesn't dare to speak falsely, please have something to know, and don't hesitate to teach.

For adults who read poetry and books all the time and like to talk nonsense. It was a great topic, and the discussion began. The solemn hall suddenly became a vegetable market, and even the emperor had no choice but to wait for them to finish their discussion.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting on the edge of silence, said with a smile: "You are delaying the army." ”

Shen Mo smiled and nodded, looked at Xu Ge Lao, who was the only one who did not participate in the discussion, and retracted his gaze and said, "Slow down, let everyone think about it, they will understand a lot of things."

Zhang Juzheng didn't pay attention to who he was looking at. So I didn't know what he meant, so I asked myself, "You say, what can they get out?" ”

Shen Mo looked at Sister Yuan, who was there again, and said softly: "The soldiers are coming to block the water and cover the earth, what is there to be afraid of?" After a pause, he added: "Unless he can get a real qilin,"

It's really hard to talk about Zhang Juzhengdao: "It is said that Zheng He went to the West and brought back the Qilin from the Bangge Thorn Country, and then the Nanyang countries paid tribute several times; If I'm not mistaken, the last one should be the Orthodox four. It's been a hundred and more decades now," he said in a worried tone, "Could it be that they went to the Bangge Thorn Country again to get a unicorn back?"

"I know the unicorn you said." Shen Mo said softly: "Actually, it's not a unicorn, but a long-necked deer, but Grandpa Cheng, who worships the most in the Holy World today, thinks that it is a unicorn," as the saying goes, the metaphor of "rare horns" is extremely rare, so although it has been recorded in ancient books, no one has ever seen what a real unicorn looks like.

Later, Zheng He went to the West and saw a giraffe, and he was excited. Because according to the description of ancient books, the unicorn is tall and has a body like Kang, a tail like a cow, and hooves like a horse, and the whole body is covered with golden lins; The top of the head is round, and the upper part has horns, wears flesh, and is equipped with weapons and does not cause harm, so it is benevolent.

Zheng He looked at the giraffe, it was tall enough, and its physical characteristics also matched the body of the deer, the tail of the ox, and the short horns, and the yellow-brown markings on the body looked like it was wearing gold armor from a distance! And he found that this big guy has a very gentle temperament, "has hooves but doesn't kick people, horns but doesn't touch people", isn't it a benevolent beast!

So Zheng Gonggong concluded that this was a Qilin, so he sent people all the way back to Beijing. Although Cheng Zu felt that the appearance of this unicorn was strange. But people say that "the prosperous era comes out of the unicorn", and he needed this thing to prove that his rule was legitimate and wise, so he accepted it and ordered someone to paint a portrait.

The two know a lot about this allusion. I listened to Zhang Juzheng and said: "It is said that there are portraits in the palace, and when the time comes, if you want to refute it, it will be more troublesome." ”

"It's okay" Shen Mo said lightly: "Although that giraffe can match the characteristics of the unicorn, but anyone who sees it will feel that something is almost something" He pondered the wording and said: "It should be the difference in momentum, the unicorn should be thick and stocky, but the giraffe is slender and slender, which is much worse." Said with a smile: "Actually, people felt this at the time, but the emperor liked it, so he just admitted it."

"Then you have to rely on Shen Zhuangyuan, who is not hindered by his arguments." Zhang Juzheng smiled irresponsibly: "Later, it's all up to you to reverse black and white." ”

I don't have that ability, and said with a silent smile: "This kind of thing, it's better to say it to a great talent, he is now going to take the route of a calm and solemn minister, this thing doesn't match his style, so he gave Xu Wei a look."

Xu Wei saw a silent expression from afar. So with a look in his eyes, the two of you came and went back and forth a few times, and Shen Mo expressed his mind clearly, maybe this is a tacit understanding.

Jiajing likes to be quiet, and can endure the noise for half an hour at most, and as soon as the time passes, he will hit the copper pan in front of him hard, and issue a "lock." Ground thud. The hall immediately fell silent.

"Did the discussion come to a conclusion?" Jiajing asked.

The ministers looked at each other, although they talked a lot, but they didn't know the bottom of their hearts, lest they say the wrong thing and laugh generously, so they had to find a master to ask first, and finally looked at Xu Wei and said: "Lord Xu, you are recognized as a great talent, you must know what kind of etiquette to use, right?" ”

Well, Xu Wei nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course."

"Aiqing, please speak." Jiajing Road.

"It's Xu Yinzhou's small voice!" Benbu needs to fast and bow down with incense. Line two, ten worship Xi described, read the blessings, and then enshrined in the main palace, every morning and evening to worship"

Jiajing was not happy when he heard it, but he couldn't have the slightest dissatisfaction on his face. Still smiling and said: "Xu Aiqing, you Jiang Ding, this is not a gift to the ancestors?" ”

"Of course not." Xu Wei said: "Emperor Fuxi Qianyuan saw the unicorn. Zhou Wen Wang Qishan saw the phoenix. When the first emperor saw the turtle in the East China Sea, he did this kind of ceremony. ”

When Sister Yuan heard this, she didn't know what kind of medicine this guy was selling in the gourd, but it could elevate the status of auspicious rui on his side, so she also echoed: "The unicorn, the head of the five spirits, is rare to see in a thousand years, and the emperor should indeed follow the example of the ancestors and welcome each other." When Shen Mo heard him say this, he was happy in his heart, and said secretly: "This old Yuan is really obedient, dig a pit and jump in obediently."

Although Jiajing likes auspiciousness, what he likes is that kind of festive energy, not to get an ancestor to go home and offer it. No matter how powerful your unicorn is, is it higher than the status of my true dragon emperor? I'll have to give you three. Nine worships? In the harem, you are the first, and I am the second? The emperor, of course, was not pleased.

Seeing that the ministers were waiting for their own words, Jiajing looked left and right. asked his prime minister: "What does Xu Ge think?" ”

Seeing Xu Jie's eyes squinted, he said slowly: "The ministers look at the history books, and there are not a few records of the Son of Heaven getting the Qilin, but the accounts are complicated, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so the ministers think that it is better to be cautious about this kind of thing." lest it be a joke,"

"Elder Ge's words are out of scrutiny." Seeing Shoufu's ambiguous attitude, Sister Yuan had to say loudly: "We are all disciples of saints, and Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn". Known for its strictness, he never speaks of strangeness, power, chaos, and gods, and those things that are falsely rumored and transformed. But in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was clearly recorded that "Lu Ai Gongxi hunted the dead lin.!" Confucius saw it and cried and said: "Lin Zhi is the king of Ming, and if he is not harmed at the right time, I will hurt him."

Since this unicorn was made by him, Yuan Fu naturally made all the preparations and continued to attack: "Not to mention that Confucius was born when he saw Lin and died when he saw Lin!" Not to mention that there are records in all subsequent dynasties! Speaking of this dynasty alone, the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to the West. For Grandpa Cheng to bring back the Qilin, Emperor Chengzu Longyan Dayue, and rewarded the envoys of Fanguo who paid tribute, which are all clearly recorded in the classics of our dynasty, how can the elder of the pavilion say that there is no Qilin? ”

His offensive was aggressive, and his rhetoric was well-founded. It can't be refuted, so Xu Jie's old face is a little unbearable, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Yuan, the old man just said that he didn't know, and he didn't deny anything

Anyone could hear the dissatisfaction in Xu Jie's tone, but Yuan Fei was the kind of character of the eldest and my second, and he had the upper hand for a while. How can you stop there, and look at Xu Jie: "Then now." Can Shousuke-sama admit that there is a unicorn? ”

He moved both Confucius and Chengzu out. If anyone dares to oppose it, it will be a great rebellion and forgetting the ancestors! Xu Jie said helplessly: "It seems." Maybe there is,"

I have to say that if you are unprepared, you will win the battle. Sister Yuan's powerful rhetoric made no one dare to oppose the ministers, and it also made King Yu's face white and terrifying."

But Jiajing supported his first assistant, and said with a faint smile: "Yuan Ge Lao doesn't have to be anxious, Xu Ge Lao is also an old man who holds the country, for the sake of the imperial court system, not against you." Sister Yuan hurriedly didn't dare to say anything, and said "rude" to Xu Jie, Xu Jie, and naturally behaved very generously.

The final result is that Jiajing decided to send a team of ministers to verify the correct body first, if that Qixi is really a unicorn, then there is nothing to say, it should take a bath, kowtow and kowtow; If it's fake. Then wash and sleep.

In order to show caution, Jiajing sent an ultra-luxurious lineup. The two scholars, none of the six departments and nine kings were left behind, but there were not many ministers left in the hall, and as soon as everyone summed up, they asked Jiajing. Let's follow along.

Jiajing knew that they wanted to see the excitement, so he waved his sleeves and said, "Go all, don't stay one." In an instant, the hall was clean.

Seeing that the eunuchs around him were also about to move, Jiajing smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go and take a look." ”

Li Fang whispered: "This is not polite, right?" Let the officials see it, and they will rebuke the master again. ”

Jiajing didn't think it was right and said: "Stupid, we won't go quietly, go up to the city gate and look down, it's clear and hidden." ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Li Fang smiled and said: "It's still the master's thoughtfulness, and the old slave will change your clothes." ”

When the adults were ordered to leave the palace, they saw that there was already a sea of people in front of the Xiyuan Gate, and the people who rushed to hear the news surrounded half of the West Chang'an Street, and everyone was waiting to see the hundreds of guards with bows and crossbows. The big cage covered with black cloth, what the hell is sacred inside?

The adults wanted to get closer, but they were stopped by Gao Gong silently, and said, "You don't know what it is, so let's stand away." ”

"Hmm." In this regard, the adults have always been kind and flowing, stood still, and asked Sister Yuan on the side: "Lord Yuan, is this the Rui Beast Qilin?" ”

"Yes, please look, gentlemen" Yuan Fu clapped his hands, and the four wrestlers standing by the cage over there tore the curtain away, and a behemoth inside showed its figure! Immediately attracted a tidal wave of exclamations.

I saw that it was a big beast with a body length of two feet, eight feet tall, covered with golden armor, and a single horn on its head. The tail is the tail of the ox, the foot is the foot of the horse, and the title is the round hoof; And the most striking features of Kaizhou, the golden scale armor and the fleshy unicorn, are all reflected in this big beast!

Everyone and the big beast looked at each other through the cage, and there was silence in the field, and many people had already believed in their hearts at this time, this is a unicorn, and the only fly in the ointment is. In their hearts, a noble animal like a unicorn should have a pair of big eyes and always hold its head high, but this big beast just has its head down. There are only a pair of small eyes the size of a peanut, born on that huge body. It looks very, funny.

But no one can criticize anything, because the ancient books have never described the eyes of the unicorn, whether it should hold its head high, or the like, so no one dares to bring it up. lest it anger the emperor. You must know that in terms of auspiciousness, Jiajing's ability to discriminate is extremely low, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is wronged. All kinds of auspicious fortunes have come to the Jiajing Dynasty, and they are tired of the imperial front, but are there really so many different kinds of gods? Of course not. Among them, there are many people who are favored by the monarch and do not hesitate to make counterfeits, but as long as the arsenic leakage is not too obvious, the emperor will not be there

Target.

But then again, the physical characteristics of this giant beast are very natural, and it doesn't seem to be fake at all, even the most provocative officials, there is no way to say anything wrong. Maybe that's what the unicorn looks like? Or is this an ugly unicorn?

But no one dares to say that it is ugly, because no matter how ugly it is, "it is also a unicorn!"

Zhang Juzheng was also completely out of line, and muttered: "It's not the long-necked deer you said, and it's absolutely honest and honest, it seems that it's really a unicorn."

Silence had to endure and tense in order not to laugh out loud at this ridiculous and ridiculous scene, because the big and cute animal in front of him, although it was not a giraffe, he was very familiar with it.

Because he clearly saw a "rhinoceros." To be precise, it is an Indian one-horned rhinoceros, and to be more precise, it is an Indian one-horned rhinoceros with a golden yellow body, this rhinoceros is covered with a small bulge like a round nail head, as if covered with a thick layer of scale armor, which really matches the characteristics of the unicorn described in ancient books.

Silent couldn't help shouting, Sister Yuan has made a meritorious service, he has revealed the mystery of the millennium, maybe the ancestors called this rhinoceros a unicorn!

Although he recognized that this thing was not a unicorn, Shen Mo still couldn't argue with it, because of the rhinoceros thing. It has been extinct in the Central Plains for thousands of years, and the ministers don't know each other either, so they can't use something that everyone doesn't know to negate another thing they don't know. It's a bit of a mouthful, but it's true.

At this time, Jiajing had already climbed the Xiyuan Gate watchtower, Huang Jin moved a chair, spread a bright yellow mattress, asked the emperor to sit down, and took out the clairvoyant mirror once he brought back from the south, so that the emperor could take a closer look at the "unicorn."

In fact, you can see it clearly without a clairvoyant, Huang Jin said on the side: "Oh, it's such a big one, it's still golden, it's really like, it's like everything." Is it all, Your Majesty? ”

Jiajing didn't say anything, in fact, he looked very similar. If this is an ordinary auspicious time. He also admitted it, but this one is too unusual, the identification of the unicorn in all dynasties and dynasties is very cautious, because if you identify it, you think that your rule is prosperous, and you are the holy monarch, this is not a joke, if you don't get it right, you will laugh for a thousand years.

Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, King Jing said triumphantly: "Everyone admits that this is a unicorn, right?" ”

The crowd still had nothing to say, so they had to nod their heads in acknowledgement.

On the way back to Xiyuan, Gao Gong pulled a hand of silence, and said with a hideous face: "Defend him, otherwise we will be finished!" ”

Chen Yiqin on the side also provoked him: "Aren't you able to argue? If only I could get it back this time. I'll be completely convinced! "They all know it. Once it is determined to be a unicorn, what will be the consequences?

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "You really look down on me."

"If you can't do it, you have to do it." Another voice rang out. Not any of the five of them. The three of them tilted their heads in surprise and saw that they were behind Xu Ge Lao at some point, only to see him say with a murderous face: "If you can't argue." I support King Jing from now on! As he spoke, he brushed his sleeves away, leaving a few high arches with stunned faces, and looked at each other and said, "Why is the Prime Minister also in a hurry?" ”

No one could guess the reason, so they had to give up in the end. Gao Gong added: "No matter what, you can't afford to lose!" We can only rely on you! The rest nodded in agreement.

"Damn, why is it all my business?" The silent face was depressed into a chrysanthemum road.

Those who can work harder, Yin Shizhan comforted him.

"If you have difficulties, look for a clumsy word." Zhang Juzheng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I believe you, that's right."

Xu Wei and Zhu Dashou in the distance shook their heads again and again, and said in their hearts: "It seems that the high-level is not so easy to mix,"

I have something to say, for this plot, I checked the book for half a day and revised it three times before and after. I admit that I am masochistic, obviously counting money by the number of words. But I'm still so sold, and my income is directly halved, isn't it self-abuse?