Forty years of Jiajing, there is still more than a month left to end, I didn't expect a year of disturbances, and in the end, Yan Song suddenly wrote a book, saying that he got the Rui Beast Qilin and dedicated it to His Majesty.

O unicorn!

That is the most noble and mysterious Rui beast for thousands of years, the unicorn is out, and the saint is now! The big and small sycophants in the court are gearing up one by one, ready to show their skills, and make Jiajing happy, just waiting for promotion and fortune!

But there are also some serious courtiers who don't believe in any nonsense, there are still fewer auspicious times in these years, and the dragon and phoenix have not come out, but what about the world? It's not a mess, it can be seen that the unicorn has little to do with the prosperous era.

The two factions argued, even Xu Ge couldn't sit still, he personally wrote the book, Xu Jie did not refute it directly, but just said that the Qilin matter was very important, and it must not be decided hastily.

Of course, Jiajing hopes that there will be a unicorn to satisfy his vanity of the prosperous Ming Dynasty, but he also knows it in his heart, saying that it is a prosperous age, no matter how he is a little weak-hearted, don't become holy, but become a thousand-year-old laughing stock.

Jiajing immediately ordered that all officials above the third rank in Beijing should go to Yuxi Palace to discuss how to deal with the Qilin matter.

Tang Yi followed many seniors to Xiyuan and gave Jiajing a big gift, Huang Jin grabbed the floating dust, stood in the position where Mai Fu had stood, and said in a sharp voice: "The emperor has a will, the hundred officials speak freely, the Rui Beast Qilin, how should I deal with it...... Place! ”

didn't say it, the father played, the son was the first to jump out, the one-eyed dragon Yan Shifan took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, my emperor respects heaven and cultivates virtue, decades are like a day, sincerely feel the heaven and the earth, the sky descends to Rui, and the unicorn appears, it is Your Majesty's work, the minister thinks that he should immediately welcome the unicorn, sacrifice to the temple, and be sure to let the subjects of the world know the benevolence of my emperor!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone on Xu Jie's side quit, and Yan Ne, who had just taken over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up.

"The minister thinks that the unicorn said, although it has been in ancient times, but it is mixed and confused, there is no consensus, what is the unicorn, it is difficult to say, once something goes wrong, it will inevitably become the laughing stock of the world, the minister dares to suggest, or first find out the origin of this beast, in order to determine how to deal with it."

Jiajing thought about it, and it made sense, but as Yan Ne said, the records of the Qilin in the past dynasties are messy, and no one has ever seen the Qilin with their own eyes, how can they distinguish the truth from the fake?

Everyone present fell silent, and Yuan Wei, a sycophant, suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the false, when Grandpa Cheng sent Zheng He to the West seven times, he once brought back a unicorn, Grandpa Cheng also ordered the painter, leaving the "Ruiying Qilin Map", as long as you take out this picture, according to the above painting, the two are compared, if it is really the unicorn descended, the minister first congratulates the saints, the three emperors are covered, and the country is eternal!" ”

Yuan Wei took the lead and fell to the ground, shouting excitedly, Tang Yi is so angry, isn't it just a giraffe, it hurts Lao Tzu to kowtow, there is no way, follow the mountain and shout long live.

Jiajing heard Yuan Wei's words, and the pores all over his body opened, cool, really cool!

Since he fell ill last time and was rescued by Li Shizhen, Jiajing's heart has been shaking, can Jindan Avenue be cultivated?

It just so happened that at this time, the sky descended the unicorn, which is encouraging yourself!

It seems that God still loves his son, Jiajing thought stinkily, but before it was finalized, he still had to be more reserved.

"Yuan Aiqing is very knowledgeable, I will order you to be a messenger, carry pictures, go to Tianjin, and identify the true and false Qilin."

"Obey the order!" Yuan Wei hurriedly kowtowed.

Jiajing said again: "Don't go alone with Yuan Aiqing, Yan Ne, Li Chunfang, and Honglu Temple, Guozijian, Hanlin Academy, all send people over." ”

Tang Yi thought that he had nothing to do, and was closing his eyes to recuperate, Jiajing suddenly shouted: "Tang Yi, you are my sixth leader, a talented man in the world, you go and take a good look for me, whether it is a unicorn or not." ”

In a word, on a cold day, you have to run back and forth for 500 miles, the boss opens his mouth, and the young man breaks his leg.

What else can Tang Yi say, he can only kowtow to the order.

Coming out of Yuxi Palace, Yuan Wei, as the foreman of this operation, was excited, talked endlessly, and talked for most of the hour, from Qilin to sage, from sage to Confucius, from Confucius to Mencius, from Mencius to Laozi, from Laozi to Sun Tzu...... Tang Yi was so cold that his snot came out, and he really wanted to give him two fists and beat him into a grandson.

Yuan Wei was also so cold that his nose was red, and he was still unsatisfied.

More than a dozen ministers, plus more than 1,000 people, formed a mighty team and rushed to Tianjin in two days.

As soon as they entered the city of Tianjin, these ministers did not have enough eyes to see.

The streets of Tianjin are neat, the road is wide, the buildings on both sides are tall and majestic, it seems to be more magnificent than the capital, people come and go on the road, east and west, north and south, businessmen from all over the world, gather together, there are lively trading scenes everywhere, it is really worthy of being the gateway of the capital!

Not to mention that these adults were surprised, even Tang Yi was surprised once, he had to admit that the drive and intelligence of the ancients were no worse than those of later generations.

They went directly to the temporary accommodation, Tang Yi had a separate courtyard, three main rooms, furniture, all new, and a large bucket of hot water.

Tang Yi got in, soaked the dust on his body, didn't say anything all night, turned the day, Yuan Wei led, and the big guy arrived at a spacious yard, far away, there were layers of sentry posts, strictly guarded.

Yuan Wei took everyone to the courtyard, came to a specially renovated house, opened the door, countless pairs of eyes searched around, and when they saw the corner of the wall, they were all stunned.

A huge strange beast, lying there, with its big head down, looking listless.

But the big round horns on his head, and the yellow fur on his body, look like armor from a distance. Yuan Wei rubbed his eyes, and suddenly exclaimed loudly, "Qilin, Qilin Divine Beast!" ”

He didn't pay attention to this shout, and the "Qilin", who had been silent, seemed to be frightened and struggled to stand up. Ooh! It was so big, more than five feet tall, full of gold, and the horns of the head were hideous, which frightened everyone to retreat, and it was strange that the "unicorn" did not rush over, but kept retreating.

After being scared for a short time, Yuan Wei became even more crazy, "There are horns and hooves, but they don't hurt people, it's really a benevolent beast auspicious!" This is the unicorn! ”

Tang Yi almost sprayed, and said that a giraffe could kick a lion half to death with one kick, just like Yuan Wei, he guaranteed that one kick would not need to be repaired.

It seems that the weather is cold, and this giraffe does not seem to be an adult, so it is very timid, and it is just frightened by everyone to retreat. Of course, this is useless, Yuan Wei has already taken out the "Ruiying Qilin Diagram", and everyone is in full view, and after careful comparison, it is generally the same.

This is the unicorn brought back by Zheng He back then, Yuan Wei knelt on the ground excitedly and led a group of people to pay a big salute.

Tang Yi naturally wouldn't do such a brainless and embarrassing thing, he secretly withdrew from the house, and returned all the way back to Xingyuan, just a young man was waiting inside, and when he saw Tang Yi coming in, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

"Lord Tang, grass people Xi Muyun meets your lord."

Tang Yi looked up and down, the young man was less than thirty, very heroic, but his face was tanned black and red because of the long-term fighting at sea, but he was a little more wild and fierce.

"Flatten, Zhao Xu asked you to come."

"Lord Hui, we are ready for what you ordered, and we can send it to the capital at any time."

"Good, good." Tang Yi said with a smile: "You guys prepare first, don't fall behind Yan Shifan, maybe this time when you enter the city, there will be a chance to show your face, so that the brothers can prepare well." ”

"Yes!"

After explaining, Xi Muyun didn't leave, Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Could it be that there is still something to do?" ”

"Yes - it's just a private matter." Xi Muyun's face was flushed, his fists were clenched, and he looked very excited, "Lord Tang, with Mr. Zhao's voyage for more than three years, I have written ten books on what I have seen and heard at sea, and I want to dedicate it to my lordship." ”

"Give it to me?" Tang Yi was pleasantly surprised: "I want to see what you have written." ”

Xi Muyun hurriedly took out a scroll and gave it to Tang Yi with both hands.

Holding it in his hand, Tang Yi gently opened it, and it was amazing to see that Xi Muyun recorded in detail the hydrology, sea conditions, routes, islands, climate and other valuable information on the road in the book, and then looked at the back, everywhere he went, he also collected the local human history, whether the Han people had come, and he also recorded quite a lot of animals and plants that were not in the Central Plains.

In Tang Yi's view, this is simply a must-have encyclopedia for navigation.

After hurriedly turning over the first volume, Tang Yi looked very excited and gratified, "Such a treasure book, giving it to me alone will be a waste of things, I will ask Mr. Jing Chuan, as well as Xu Wei and Wang Shizhen, let them give you a preface, publish it all over the world, and let more people see it, in ancient times, Zhang Qian passed through the Western Regions, and now there is a voyage around the world, you have made a great deal of success in the world!" ”

Tang Yi's few words made Xi Muyun's blood boil, and he finally met his bosom friend, and Lord Tang really didn't disappoint!

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Returning from Tianjin, Yuan Wei was overjoyed along the way, and because of the extra unicorn, he had to make a tall and sturdy carriage, and it took almost five days to transport the unicorn to the capital.

Yuan Wei hurriedly went to Jiajing to report the good news, and Jiajing was excited, and issued an order, tomorrow, hundreds of officials will gather at the noon gate to appreciate the unicorn beast together.

After the will was issued, that night, a small sedan chair appeared outside Tang Yi's mansion, lightly buckled the door knocker, and after a while, Tang Yi panicked and ran out of it.

"Master, why are you here?"

It was none other than Tang Shunzhi, he smiled, "Aren't I welcome in?" ”

"How dare you." Tang Yi hurriedly invited the teacher into the study and served ginger tea.

Tang Shunzhi didn't go around in circles with Tang Yi, "Okay, in the afternoon of Huating, he went to my duty room and showed me a book of notes, and he guaranteed that you would be transferred to the right attendant of the military department." ”

"Expected." Tang Yi smiled contemptuously, "The price is still too low, if the servant of the ministry can still consider it." ”

Tang Shunzhi took a sip of ginger tea, his stomach was warm, he lowered his head, and said silently: "What if the teacher wants you to make a move?" (To be continued.) )