September 9, Chung Yeung Festival.

According to previous years, the palace held a banquet, and the saint invited the elderly Beijing officials to drink and eat meat to talk about the government.

This year, naturally, the banquet was cancelled.

The chamberlain presented the post, and the saint glanced at it, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy, so he looked at it for a while, and Zhu Bi batched, and the matter was ready.

After the day of the court, the chamberlains brought a glass of osmanthus wine to each of the old ministers, as a congratulatory celebration.

The ministers all know the state of the treasury, and things have been going on in the past few months, and those few people in the household department have complained about the lack of silver in private, and seeing that the two lakes need a lot of money to control the water, which one will still worry about such a banquet in Chongyang?

One by one, they touched their white beards, and they gave each other hands, and their mouths were full of gratitude for the grace of God, and they remembered the people affected by the two lakes very much.

The ministers were in groups of three or five, standing in front of the palace eating and talking.

Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry had sharp eyes, and he caught a glimpse of Prince Yong passing not far away, and hurriedly saluted.

King Yong paused, turned a corner and came to the front of the palace, and said with a smile: "I can smell the fragrance of wine from afar." ”

As soon as the words fell, the clever chamberlain hurriedly brought a glass of wine to King Yong.

King Yong took a sip, he didn't want to listen to the ministers talk about the government, said goodbye to the familiar adults, and turned around to leave.

Before he could take a few steps, he heard someone talking about the situation in the prison.

"I heard that Ji Shangshu's little grandson has made excellent progress in the monthly exam this month."

"Which grandchild? He has two prisoners, right? ”

"The grandson who just got married to Xu Shilang's niece used to look average in learning, and he was not outstanding at all among the prisoners, but this article is quite interesting, and my old brother-in-law is praising it."

Among the several officials who interacted, one of them was from Taichang Temple, and his brother-in-law was a doctor in the country.

King Yong glanced twice, found Ji Shangshu's figure among the officials, hesitated slightly, and still stepped forward: "Old Shangshu, take a step to speak?" ”

Ji Shangshu was talking to several other adults in the Ministry of Rites, and when he saw that King Yong was looking for him, he didn't shirk it, and the two of them went one after the other, avoiding other officials and finding a clean corner.

King Yong got straight to the point and said, "I just heard a few adults mention the little grandson of the Shangshu family, saying that the monthly exam is quite improved? ”

Ji Shangshu was slightly stunned, and laughed again.

He is old, his fame is high, his official hat is also high, he has many children and grandchildren, and his inner house is stable, which can be described as very smooth.

But no matter how smooth it is, as an elder, I also hope that my children and grandchildren will be knowledgeable and promising, Ji Zhicheng's progress over time, Ji Shangshu is also very happy in his eyes.

Guozijian has come out with the results of this monthly examination, and many colleagues have come to congratulate him, which is really more pleasing than praising him as an old man.

"There is some progress," Ji Shangshu said, "In fact, he was too late to be on the stage in the past, among the prisoners, he went back to the back of the monthly examination row, not to mention the countdown, and he couldn't cross the average, this time he crossed the average, and took a few more steps at once, so that a few adults looked at it twice." In terms of knowledge, there is still a long way to go with those at the top of the list. ”

King Yong touched his chin, and he could see that although Ji Shangshu's words were quite modest, the pride and pride in his eyes still missed a little.

It's not that Ji Shangshu doesn't know how to converge the light, but he is really happy.

Put yourself in your shoes, if Sun Ke's bastard can suddenly concentrate on learning and make progress, King Yong is afraid that he will already beat gongs and drums and hate that the whole world will know about it.

"I don't know why that little grandson started to learn?" King Yong asked.

When Ji Shangshu heard this, he was puzzled and didn't speak.

King Yong hurriedly explained: "The old man also knows that my son doesn't do serious things all day long, I have been worried for so many years, my hair is going to be gray, and he is still the same."

Originally, he was dead-hearted, anyway, he couldn't get any worse in this life, and he would definitely not starve to death, so he went with him.

But when I heard about your little grandson, my heart ......."

Ji Shangshu said with a smile: "Lord Wang, the little prince just doesn't pursue learning, he is extremely honest and generous, you don't have to worry too much." As for the kid in Xiaguan's family, he just told him about his family, and he was quite satisfied, so he went to study seriously, wanting to read something famous. ”

When King Yong heard this, his eyes lit up, and he agreed in his heart.

Gentlemen, there are indeed many people who have nothing to do in the past, and do not want to be motivated, but when they marry a daughter-in-law and have children, they suddenly feel the responsibility on their shoulders, and they will be down-to-earth in life and work.

Ji Shangshu said again: "I don't know how sincere he can be, if he fishes for three days and dries his nets for two days, it will be really a headache again." ”

King Yong smiled: "Being able to make a lot of progress in a short period of time shows that he is a smart and able learner." ”

The two talked about some common things again, and King Yong said goodbye and turned to go to the imperial study.

King Yong entered the palace to discuss the birth of the queen mother with the saint, so he sat down and picked up the teacup, and before he could speak, he was driven by the saint.

"There are two tables in the Compassion Palace, and your family can sit down and have a reunion dinner." Holy Word.

As soon as King Yong heard this, he immediately couldn't sit still: "How can the queen mother's birthday be so unparticular? ”

"There's no silver to pay attention to," the saint leaned back in his chair and looked at King Yong coldly, "You also saw the old ministers eating wine when you came, right?" This year's Chongyang Festival, just such a glass of wine, there is no more. It's all simple, you know? ”

The corners of King Yong's lips twitched: "Where is the queen mother......"

"You tell the queen mother yourself," the saint didn't bother to raise his eyelids, "A-Yuan stretched out his hand and asked me to cure the silver, and the queen mother agreed that there would be no banquet in his palace, what else could I say?" ”

The queen mother nodded, and King Yong really had nothing to say, sat down for a while, and retired under the pretext of going to the Cixin Palace to see the queen mother.

When the saint heard the footsteps far away, he turned his head and asked the chamberlain, "What did he say to the old ministers in front of the palace before he came?" ”

The waiter couldn't answer for a while, so he hurriedly inquired, and came back and said: "Ji Shangshu's youngest grandson has made a lot of progress in the monthly exam, and Prince Yong went to ask the reason." ”

The saint was slightly stunned, and after a while, he turned around, and sneered: "He hasn't given up on straightening Ke'er's bastard?" What's wrong with Ke'er being like this now, you don't have to worry about it, you can do whatever you want all day long, you have an identity and money, and you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life. I can't envy it. ”

The saint turned out the fold of the water situation of the two lakes from the thick folds piled up on the big case.

This is written by Jiang Muyuan, and it was only sent to the capital this morning, and the excerpt is very long, talking about various local conditions, and the organization is very clear.

Shengshang's fingertips tapped on the fold, hooked his lips and said, "Look, A-Yuan is the same as me, they are all hard workers. ”

The chamberlain simply hung his head and did not respond.