Will it be the Yangtze River or the Yellow River in the future? This question seems simple, but in fact it is very difficult to deal with, because choosing one is equivalent to denying the other, which will be contrary to the previous statement, which is tantamount to a slap in the face.

But the emperor's question could not be answered, and Shen Mo had no choice but to take out the spirit of a scoundrel and say: "Weichen only knows that he is worried about the saint, His Majesty needs me to be the Yangtze River, and the minister will be crystal clear, and if he needs me to be the Yellow River, the minister will immediately be turbid, without hesitation!" "Obviously, it is beneficial to watch the performance of Yan's predecessors.

Jiajing didn't expect Shen Mo to answer like this, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Little slippery head, I don't know how to answer, just kick the ball back to me, are you worried about me?" ”

Shen Mo said a little hesitantly: "Wechen really doesn't know how to answer, I just feel that the two bosses have good things and bad things, Wechen doesn't want to be like them, Wechen feels that maybe he can improve more." ”

Emperor Jiajing bowed his head and said: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and one generation is stronger than the next, which is as it should be." Saying that, he got up and said, "But it's too early to say anything, if you don't pass the Jinshi exam, everything will be in vain." ”

Shen Mo hurriedly asked: "What does the saint mean that Weichen can also participate in this year's Spring Festival?" ”

"If you will." Jiajing smiled faintly and said, "Go ahead." You've done a good job this time, and I'm going to give you some reward. Saying that, he beckoned, and asked Huang Jin to come over and said, "Go, take one of my elixirs......"

Silence: "......"

"My elixir can dispel all diseases and increase your longevity by seven years." Jiajing said proudly: "Except for the three guys who came today, only Lu Bing has been blessed among the ministers. ”

Shen Mo hurriedly put on a very excited expression and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Weichen, Weichen......" He choked up and couldn't speak. Jiajing thought he was flattered, but he didn't know that silence was simply frightened...... That thing is a serious excess of heavy metals, it is said that Yan Ge Lao once ate chrysanthemums, and Shen Mo didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. Besides, even if you can't eat the dead, heavy metals will be deposited in the body, what if you give birth to a son without an asshole in the future?

So he made up his mind to hide this pill when he went back, and when the science became clearer in the future, he would let future generations test and test it to see what the hell Emperor Jiajing was eating.

Huang Jin quickly went and returned, carrying a beautiful celadon vial on a tray, walked in front of Shen Mo, and listened to Emperor Jiajing: "Don't be stingy, this pill uses hundreds of materials that cost more than gold, and the cost is extremely high, and you can't practice a few in one furnace, only this one, there is nothing else." ”

Shen Mo hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty Longen, how dare Weichen, to have this grain, it means that Weichen is fortunate to have three lives, and there is green smoke on the ancestral grave." ”

Huang Jin handed the vial to him and whispered, "Your Majesty gave it, you have to take it on the spot." ”

'Ah......' Shen Mo almost screamed in surprise, and he uncorked the bottle tremblingly, and saw the red and bright egg-sized pill inside, I am afraid that it will not poison people, but can also choke people to death.

Huang Jin brought him another bowl of water, it seemed that he had to eat.

Shen Mo held the bowl of water, pinched the big, round and red pill, and didn't move for a long time, and after a while, a big one shed tears.

Emperor Jiajing said strangely: "Why are you crying?" ”

Silently put down the bowl, wiped away his tears and said, "Weichen Jun lost his honor in front of him, it's really damned...... Just because I remembered the father who was thousands of miles away, who was a father and a mother, and who worked hard to pull me to grow up, his health was not good, and he was frightened for my case, and now I don't know what to do......" said and leaned over and pleaded: "Wechen begs Your Majesty to give this elixir to my father, let Wechen bring it back......"

Emperor Jiajing fought with the courtiers for more than ten years for the sake of his father's name, regardless of whether he was really filial piety or not, anyway, he now firmly believes that he is a great filial son, and he is very moved when he hears the words: "Filial piety comes first, and you can think of your father in front of the elixir, which shows that you are a good child of filial piety, how can I blame you?" He waved his hand and said, "Take this pill back." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." Silently wiped his sweat secretly, and before he had time to rejoice, he heard the emperor say very generously: "I have established the country with filial piety, and filial piety should be rewarded." Huang Jin, go get another one to ......"

Silence almost didn't fall to the ground.

Huang Jin had no choice but to go back and get one again, and Emperor Jiajing said with some pain: "There is no one to give this one, right?" ”

Shen Mo blinked and said with difficulty: "Yes...... Chen's fiancée, she was originally a beautiful girl, but she accompanied Wechen thousands of miles to the north, sleeping in the cold and snow, eating and sleeping, and serving Wechen without suffering a little crime, but she became ill because of long-distance travel, and fell ill when she arrived in Tongzhou, and she has not ......recovered until now."

"Mother-in-law and mother's fool, with only others in her heart, not herself." Emperor Jiajing scolded with a smile: "Take it back, take it back, you have no blessings for yourself, but no wonder I am gone." ”

This is the eviction of guests, Shen Mo hurriedly bowed obediently and retreated, and left the palace under the guidance of the eunuch without mentioning it.

In the meantime, Jiajing had already entered the meditation room, sat cross-legged on the futon, and began his preparations before each meditation.

Huang Jin held a gold-inlaid jade water cup in one hand and the same pill in the other, walked up to Jiajing, and said in a low voice, "Master, it's time to enter the Dan." ”

Jiajing poured out the 'big red egg' from the porcelain bottle, opened his mouth and put it in his mouth, and then swallowed it with water, so choked that he even rolled his eyes, Huang Jin hurriedly stepped forward to stroke His Majesty's chest, Jiajing was a little depressed and said: "You said that Tao Tianshi is too, can't you refine the pill a little smaller?" ”

Huang Jin smiled: "If you don't have master, let's cut and eat next time." ”

"Stupid, cut the aura and disperse." Emperor Jiajing glanced at him and said: "I don't even understand this bit of common sense, let alone follow me for many years when I go out, so I won't be embarrassed." ”

Who can serve by the emperor's side, who is not a deaf and clear-sighted person, after listening to Jiajing's seemingly unintentional joke, Huang Jin's face turned white with fright, knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, don't drive the slave and maid away, woo ......" said and cried with a handful of snot and tears.

Jiajing couldn't cry or laugh for a while, so he had to give up meditation, kicked him and said, "Okay, don't cry, look at your little bit of talent, you haven't said anything to let you do, you're scared like this." ”

Huang Jin's fat face was full of tears and said: "We eunuchs are all slaves of the master, and the status of this slave is whether it is favored or not." If the master kicks me out, they won't trample me to death......"

"No, it won't!" Jiajing listened very well, this is what he wanted, and he waved his hand and said: "I let you go to a place that everyone yearns for, do an errand that everyone envies, and ensure that you are more beautiful than by my side." ”

Huang Jin sobbed: "That's not better than the master's side." ”

"Nothing to do," Jiajing said angrily, "I don't like disobedient minions!" ”

Huang Jin hurriedly said honestly: "The slave is obedient, the slave must be more obedient than anyone else, master, you say, let the slave go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and the slave will not blink an eye!" ”

"I can't bear to be such a good minion as you." Jiajing laughed and said, "Okay, let's tell you straight, I'm going to let you go south." ”

"To the south?" Huang Jin's eyes widened.

"Go to Zhejiang," Jiajing said in a deep voice: "Revitalize the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Municipal Shipping Division!" You came from there, and you have to do it. ”

"Oh, the slave maid understands...... "The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Municipal Shipping Division, one is in charge of making silk and cloth, and the other is in charge of official trade with the West, both of which are the yamen of the inner court and are directly subordinate to the celebrant supervisor. It was precisely because of his good work in the Manufacturing Bureau that Huang Jin was promoted to the master of ceremonies by Jiajing.

Even if he is blessed, the front foot left Jiangnan, and the back foot of the Japanese came to the war, and the merchant ships of the city could not go to sea, and the popular silk, tea, porcelain and other commodities of the Ming Dynasty could not be realized, and the loss of this alone was more than 10 million taels of silver a year.

"I've learned from the pain." Emperor Jiajing recalled with a face: "When the sea was unblocked, we spent money like water, but we have never been embarrassed to this point...... I have no money to repair my dormitory and the walls of the capital; When the earthquake happened, I had to borrow money from a large family for disaster relief. ”

"The country has no money, but these things can't be left undone, the imperial court has to levy taxes on the people, I heard Lu Bing say that some provinces have levied taxes until the forty years of Jiajing! Yin eats grain, eats grain, and there will always be a day when there is no food to eat. Emperor Jiajing looked at Huang Jin with anticipation on his face and said, "Why is this so? It's because the trade of the city has stopped, and the silk and satin of the manufacturing bureau have been pressed into a mountain, and you can only watch the old and long hair day by day, but you can't get money, what do you say? ”

"Reopen the market." What else can Huang Jin say.

"I'm very optimistic about you." Jiajing smiled with a relieved face: "After this errand is done, Li Fang will retire in the future, and his position will be yours." ”

"Thank you, master." Huang Jin was about to break his bowels, but he was still full of gratitude in front of him. It's just that he also knows that ugly things have to be said in advance, so as not to make it difficult in the future: "But...... The sea is full of pirates, our ships can't go out to sea, and no matter how good the slaves and maids do, it's for nothing. ”

"Rest assured, Yu Dayou's navy has been completed." Jiajing said: "I gave him an order to escort you with all my might." He said with a wink and a smile: "And I will send a new prefect of Hangzhou, when you encounter difficulties, go to him, he will definitely be able to cure the disease." ”

"Who is so godly?"

"I can't say it now."

(To be continued)