The Yan Lord who came immediately was Fengcheng Yan Maoqing, in his fifties, medium height, wearing a Zhongjing crown, wearing a three-grade civil official peacock tonic regular clothes, rhinoplasty, dignified appearance, Yan Maoqing is the ninth of the top three Jinshi in Jiajing 20 years of Xin Chouke, because of Yan Song, the official luck is prosperous, all the way to the left deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, the position is high, last year it was the prime minister of the two Zhejiang, two Huai, Ludong, Hedong four major salt transportation division of the salt shortage, at this time into the flower hall to see Yan Shifan, full of spring breeze, smiled and said: " Brother Donglou's demeanor is better than in the past, and the lower officials are overjoyed. That is, he personally handed over the gift list made of gold red paper, and said: "This time I came in a hurry, prepare a small gift, Brother Donglou don't dislike it, and when Brother Donglou returns to Beijing, the lower officials will have gifts to give."

Yan Shifan's accumulation of wealth was naked and undisguised, and the first thing the official wanted to see was to present a gift list, and decide whether to see or not to see it depending on whether the gift was rich or not, and said politely: "Brother Jingqing is busy with salt affairs, how can you have time to come to this small county, please take a seat." He asked again: "Brother Jing Qing has not eaten?" ”

Yan Maoqing said: "I was about to dine with Second Master Yan of Ruizhutang, and when I learned that Brother Donglou had returned to Fenyi, I hurried over. ”

Yan Shifan said "there is labor", so he instructed the kitchen to prepare another wine and food, and said: "I know that Brother Jingqing likes the food in Fengcheng's hometown, and I happen to have Sun Duban duck here, accompanied by Fengcheng's snail spicy sauce to drink, which is not too fast." ”

Yan Maoqing said happily: "Thank you, thank you, Xiaguan returned to Jiangxi from Nanjing, and before he returned to his hometown, he could taste Sun Du duck and snail hot sauce here, which is indeed fast." ”

Yan Maoqing is the left deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry before Yan Shifan Ding was worried about the system is the same as the third product, but the authority of the left deputy capital Yushi is obviously greater than that of the Ministry of Works, not to mention that Yan Shifan has now been dismissed, but Yan Maoqing keeps claiming to be a subordinate official, and he is very humble.

Yan Shifan asked, "What is the important thing for Jing Qing to come here?" ”

Yan Maoqing said: "Old lady Ouyang passed away, although the lower officials have mourned in Beijing, but they still want to come to the old lady's resting place to worship, and-", glanced at Zeng Yu, Zeng Yu's face was raw, and there were some things that were difficult to say.

Zeng Yu got up and said, "Lord Yan, Lord Yan, you are full of wine and food in your later life, so you will leave first." ”

Yan Shifan nodded and said, "I'm not going to Jieqiao Village today, let Steward Rao lead you there." ”

Ying Laoer, Wu Mazi, and Sun Widowzui also waited to be avoided, and Yan Maoqing smiled: "The three of you are Brother Donglou's henchmen, so you don't have to avoid it." ”

These three doormen are very knowledgeable, or quit the flower hall, some things can't be listened to, the trouble comes from the mouth, the trouble comes from the ear, they are just the doorman to help the leisure, not involved in the court dispute.

Yan Maoqing watched Zeng Yu come out of the flower hall and asked, "Brother Donglou, where did this student come from?" ”

Yan Shifan said: "Zeng Yu Zeng Jiuli, a student of Guangxin Mansion, quite talented, last month for Longhu Mountain Dazhen Mansion inscribed a couplet, very praised, I asked him to give my son Shaoqing as a companion." ”

Yan Maoqing said: "Brother Donglou knows people and is good at his duties, and his subordinates admire him. ”

Yan Shifan said: "Before the wine and food are served, let's talk about the business first, otherwise we can't drink freely." ”

Yan Maoqing took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Donglou can know Lin Run, the former Linchuan Zhixian County?" ”

Yan Shifan shook his head and said: "I don't know, I have heard of it, it is said to be honest and honest, why, Brother Jing Qing has met a pen holder official like Hai Rui again?" ”

When Yan Maoqing went out of Beijing to inspect Zhejiang Salt last year as the left deputy capital imperial history, officials from all over the country were extremely welcome, but when they arrived in Chun'an County, it was deserted, Hai Rui submitted a letter saying that "the small city is not enough to accommodate cars and horses", and the specifications for receiving Shangguan were extremely simple, Yan Maoqing was furious, and instructed Yuan Chun to impeach Hai Rui, Hai Rui was promoted to the sixth grade Jiaxing Tong sentence less than three months ago, and was demoted to a judge from the seventh grade of rejuvenation -

Yan Maoqing's eyes narrowed, his eyes showed a cold light, and he said hatefully: "It is not uncommon for officials who pretend to be high and high to invite the reputation of the times, such as Lin Run, who wants to step on Yan's head to be promoted" explained: "Lin Run was only promoted from Linchuan Zhixian to Nanjing Imperial History in June this year, and at the beginning of his tenure, he impeached Shen Kun, the priest of Nanjing's national prince——"

Yan Shifan continued: "I have heard about this, Shen Kun has been deported to Beijing for questioning, right?" ”

Yan Maoqing responded: "Yes, Shen Kun's life is difficult to protect, Hu Yingjia and Lin Runyao echoed in the matter, and framed Shen Kun for privately practicing Xiangyong and plotting to betray the court, although Shen Kun is not on good terms with me, but I also know that he practiced Xiangyong to resist the Japanese, Shen Kun, Lao Ruer, how can he rebel with hundreds of Xiangyong, isn't it ridiculous, but the crime of slandering and rebelling is very poisonous, and it is not easy to justify, as long as the emperor believes the slander, it is a capital crime."

Yan Shifan said: "This Shen Kun and Brother Jing Qing are the same year. ”

Yan Maoqing said: "Exactly, Shen Kun is the champion of the Xinchou Science Palace, but he ended up like this." There was no time to hold grievances for Shen Kun, saying that his own affairs were important: "Then Lin Run succeeded in his blow, became more and more arrogant, and pointed the finger at me again, and there are five major crimes to impeach me——"

"The Five Great Sins." Yan Shifan smiled and asked, "What are the five major sins?" ”

Yan Maoqing angrily confessed his crimes: "If you want to ask for your subordinates, you will give a huge amount of money, and you will be guilty of one crime; Abuse of civil lawsuits, extortion of bribes from the rich, and the second crime; Buying wine will be high, and the daily cost will be thousands, and the three sins will also be three; Torture and killing, grievances and consultations, and four crimes; Harsh Huai businessmen, almost radical changes, are these five major sins, if it is true, I Yan will be guilty of ten thousand deaths. ”

Yan Shifan was not surprised, and comforted: "Brother Jingqing, don't worry, how alarmist such an official is, and he criticizes Yibo for fame, my brother can instruct other Taiyuan officials to impeach him, remove him from office, and achieve his Geng Jiexian reputation." ”

Yan Maoqing said: "I have no grudges and no grudges with that Lin Run, why does he want to harm me, although the official is easy to criticize, but there are often people behind the back, Brother Donglou has been away from Beijing for nearly a year, and the court is sinister, not comparable to that day." ”

Yan Shifan said quietly: "Then please ask Brother Jingqing to explain it to me in detail, my brother has been away from the center for a long time, and the news is blocked, so it is inevitable that he will be sluggish." ”

Yan Maoqing also didn't take into account the displeasure in Yan Shifan's tone, and said: "If it's just Lin Run impeaching me, why am I afraid, but the mastermind behind it is not trivial—"

Yan Shifan asked, "Who is it?" ”

Yan Maoqing said: "Xu Jie." Seeing Yan Shifan frowning, he said again: "Xu Jie, this person is very deep in the city, and he has always been pretending to flatter Yan Ge Lao, waiting for an opportunity to fall into danger, Brother Donglou must not ignore it." ”

Yan Shifan said: "It is a common problem for officials to criticize people, and it does not necessarily mean that there must be a commander." ”

Yan Maoqing was a little anxious, and said: "Brother Donglou must not be careless, now Tao Zhenren has set up the crane immortal, the emperor-"

Tao Zhongwen died, and Yan Shifan asked in surprise: "When did Tao Zhenren die?" ”

Yan Maoqing said: "It is the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Yan Shifan's mood suddenly became heavy, Tao Zhongwen had a close relationship with his father Yan Song, and often reported to his father and son, so that his father and son could know the recent likes and dislikes of Emperor Lu Dao, and the words and intentions could be in line with the emperor's wishes, otherwise how could there be such a saint for so many years, Tao Zhongwen died, and he suffered a great loss to his Yan family, and he was far away from the capital, his father was old, and it was inevitable that he was not smart enough to formulate the holy will, if he lost the holy family, those hidden political enemies would jump out fiercely-

I only heard Yan Maoqing say again: "Tao Zhenren immortal died, the emperor favored Lan Daoxing alone, Brother Donglou must know who recommended Lan Daoxing to the emperor three years ago——"

It was Xu Jie, who recommended Lan Daoxing to Emperor Jiajing, Yan Shifan didn't know, but Xu Jie, who has always been cautious, is particularly respectful to his father Yan Song, although he is the second assistant, the affairs of the court and politics are only his father Yan Song, and Xu Jie's granddaughter has made a marriage contract with his son Shaoting, and he will share honor and disgrace in the future, it is difficult to see that Xu Jie's heart is harmful to his father and son, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, Yan Shifan said: "It seems that I have to return to Beijing in advance."

Yan Maoqing said happily: "That's how it should be, after all, Yan Ge is very old, and without the assistance of Brother Donglou, it is difficult to beware of those open guns and hidden arrows." ”

Yan Shifan said: "It's just that I am now worried about the system, and I will not go out of service until the end of next year, and I will return to Beijing rashly, just afraid of being honest." ”

Yan Shifan's mind turned very quickly, and then he said: "I first went to the Ministry of Rites and Rites to say that I want to go back to Beijing to serve my father, and it is the same for the system in Beijing. ”

Yan Maoqing praised: "Brother Donglou can be said to have no last resort, and he doesn't have to wait for the Ministry of Rites to reply, so he can go on the road first."

Yan Shifan nodded and said, "Then I will leave in the middle of this month and return to Jingshi before the canal freezes." ”

At this time, the chef brought the steamed Sun Duban duck, and the aroma of meat suddenly overflowed the flower hall.