Chen Qingtong watched Shen Yichen tidy up his clothes, walked over to help him smooth out some of the folds on his court clothes, and then said with a kind of admiration and adoration in his eyes: "Husband is really more suitable for scarlet robes." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yichen joked: "Only when you lose it do you know how to be precious, but it's a pity that your husband is no longer a member of the scarlet robe." ”

"Then you still wear a unicorn court dress to participate in the Zhengdan court meeting, aren't you afraid that the courtiers will think that you are proud of your achievements?"

Following Shen Yichen's joke, Chen Qingtong also teased.

In the early and middle Ming Dynasty, the service was still full of gold, and it was not as flooded as in the later period. Especially for the civil and military officials of foreign dynasties, the gift of clothing represents a great honor, and under normal circumstances, it will not be passed out at will to show off, and it belongs to the collection of imperial gifts.

Shen Yichen is now in the limelight, and the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting in the twelfth year of orthodoxy is on a grand scale, and hundreds of officials and envoys from all over the world gather. Instead of wearing a five-grade civil official uniform, it is easy to be considered to be showing off.

"As the saying goes, if you don't return home, it's like a night walk in brocade."

"Since he returned to Beijing with the work of controlling the water, it is destined to be impossible to be low-key and obscure to everyone. Anyway, it will be discussed by the ministers, so it is better to act in a high-profile manner, why should you be cautious if you have wronged yourself? ”

"What's more, this time, your husband didn't plan to keep a low profile."

Many times the light is too dazzling, and it is destined to be unable to continue to hide, on the contrary, it is appropriate to show some edge, which will discourage many young people.

That's why, Shen Yichen will put on an official rank and honor guard when he returns to Beijing, and he will wear a unicorn dress at today's Zhengdan Dynasty to show the grace of the powerful!

"The husband is really getting more and more sharp."

Chen Qingtong said that compared with Shen Yichen, who he knew at the beginning, now he gradually has a prestige of a minister.

After saying this, a playful smile appeared on the corner of Chen Qingtong's mouth, and then leaned on Shen Yichen's chest and added, "But I like it." ”

As the only daughter of the Marquis of Taining, she has seen countless noble and wealthy families since she was a child, how could Chen Qingtong not understand the truth that her husband wakes up to control the world and is drunk and lying on the knees of beauties?

My husband is destined to be not an ordinary person, so he should be a fresh clothes angry horse and show his ambition!

After a simple warmth, Shen Yichen and Chen Qingtong got into a carriage and went to the imperial city of Chengtianmen, preparing to enter the palace to meet the emperor and concubine.

As the first day of the Lunar New Year, the road to the imperial city can be described as congested with traffic. After all, this time it is not only the Beijing officials and the envoys in Beijing who need to congratulate them, but even the local state officials have come a lot, and it is difficult to avoid traffic jams.

According to the rules of the "Daming Huidian", Shen Yichen, a bachelor from the Hanlin Academy of the Five Grades, almost had to avoid an official carriage when he saw it.

Whoever calls the high-ranking officials of the Jingshi is as many as dogs, and the magistrates who can participate in the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting cannot be a petty official of sesame mung beans, at least they must reach the level of a crimson robe of four grades and above.

But in fact, Shen Yichen's journey can be said to be unimpeded, except for the carriage of the cabinet minister, other officials do not have to avoid it.

Hanlin is noble, and naturally has to have a noble status.

After coming to the noon gate, Shen Yichen got off the carriage first, Chen Qingtong was involved in the palace as a woman, and the queen mother and queen were involved, and they needed to go to another palace gate to enter, and then stay to eat together, and the two sides couldn't see each other during the whole process.

But fortunately, Chen Qingtong was originally a son of Xunqi, and he had participated in similar court celebrations before, and he would not be as nervous as an ordinary woman when he met the queen mother and the queen alone.

"Qingtong, pay more attention to yourself after entering the palace, your husband can't help you in the harem."

After getting out of the carriage, Shen Yichen habitually reminded him, but in exchange for Chen Qingtong's sneer.

"Husband, you have to pay more attention to yourself, when it comes to participating in the Zhengdan ceremony, I am more familiar than you."

Hearing this, Shen Yichen coughed, then pretended to be casual and picked up a brocade box from the carriage and got down, and turned around and walked towards the civil official team without even saying goodbye.

Looking at Shen Yichen's face-saving posture, Chen Qingtong couldn't restrain his smile, and after lowering the curtain, he beckoned the coachman to leave.

Compared with the previous daily dynasty and the Shuowang dynasty, the officials waiting outside the noon gate at this moment have no end in sight, but they are clearly classified into civil and military officials, Beijing officials and foreign officials, and scarlet and green robe camps.

Although the official uniform is a five-grade green robe, it has always stood in the ranks of the scarlet robes in both the official banquet and the seat ranking, which belongs to the special honor of the emperor.

But Shen Yichen did not follow the usual practice and went to the camp of the scarlet robe Beijing officials, but went straight to the group of Hanlin green robe officials.

He hadn't seen Shang Yi and Xiao Yi for a long time, so he planned to go to catch up on the old days while waiting for the opportunity to enter the palace.

Dressed in a unicorn suit, he paced forward, and soon Shen Yichen attracted the attention of all the officials. After all, when he was wearing a gift dress in the year of the weak crown, even if he didn't know Shen Yichen's appearance, it would be difficult for this grace and magnate not to pay attention to it.

The local state officials, who were especially involved in the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, couldn't help but talk about Shen Yichen when they saw Shen Yichen's young and high-ranking posture.

"Is that official in a unicorn suit the famous Shen Sanyuan?"

"It must be him, the Ming Dynasty has never had it, and the precedent of wearing a unicorn uniform at this age is unprecedented!"

"This official heard that His Majesty also appointed Shen Sanyuan as the official of Jingyan, and the twenty-year-old imperial master couldn't imagine it!"

"If this development continues, Shen Sanyuan will enter the cabinet to pay respects to each other in the near future."

The various feelings and envy of the local state officials are simply overflowing, you must know that many of them will not be able to rise even if they wear scarlet robes, and they will not be promoted when their careers are over.

In most cases, the political envoys can only compete with the four official officials of the capital, barely on par with each other.

But Shen Yichen wore a uniform at the age of twenty and served as the emperor's teacher, and the starting point of his career may be an unattainable end for many local officials in their lives.

How can you not be envious?

But envy is envy, everyone understands in their hearts that Shen Yichen's fame is three yuan and the first, and he has made immortal contributions to water control when he goes out of the town, which are all exchanged for real ability.

It can only be said that heroes are teenagers!

"Brother Xiao, Brother Shang."

Shen Yichen came to Xiao Yi and Shang Chen, and greeted them.

It may be that they haven't seen each other for a long time, or it may be that they have changed too much, at this moment, the two of them looked at Shen Yichen in front of them, and they were stunned for a while and did not respond to the action.

"To the north, you're back."

Shang Shi reacted first, and his tone was a little irrepressibly excited.

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, what has changed is appearance and momentum, and what hasn't changed is friendship and sincerity.

"To the north, I've missed you so much these days."

Xiao Yi was also excited in his heart, but his demeanor was a little restrained, and he wanted to reach out to hold Shen Yichen tightly, but finally put it down.

After all, now Shen Yichen has become famous, and he has also served as a lecturer and become an imperial teacher, and the gap between him and his own status is getting bigger and bigger.

Xiao Yi was originally born as a commoner, with a little inferiority complex in his heart, and now he has a feeling of unattainability.

Shen Yichen saw Xiao Yi's hesitation and restraint in his movements, he opened his arms, ignored the surprised eyes of the civil and military officials present, and hugged Xiao Yi and Shang Yi for a long absence.

Like-minded people are precious, far from being measurable by power and status.

"Hmph, there is the skin of an official who has been extended, but there is no bone of an emperor's teacher. I don't know how much impact this kind of disgrace will have on Your Majesty. ”

Yang Hongze looked at Shen Yichen's "Meng Lang" behavior, his face showed displeasure, in his opinion, as a lecturer of Jingyan, a teacher must first correct himself.

The friendship of gentlemen is like water, how can they be like the people in the market who hook their shoulders and back?

"The overall situation has been decided, what can we do?"

He Pingyan replied with a little self-deprecation, Shen Yichen's most critical vote as the speaker of Jingyan was directly voted by his own uncle, Shangshu Wang.

Even he thinks that Shen Yichen's ascension to the throne can better confront Wang Zhen and balance the power structure of the imperial court, so what's the use of waiting for his juniors to say more?

"Brother He, as a literati, how can we be so depressed?"

Facing Yang Hongze's rhetorical question, He Pingyan smiled bitterly and said no more.

Sometimes he really envies Yang Hongze's simplicity and enthusiasm, and always holds the original intention of a literati to show his way to governing the country, and has a stubbornness and stubbornness that does not hit the south wall and does not look back.

But officialdom is not talking about Confucius and Mencius Avenue, whoever is more heroic and righteous will be able to rise to the top.

Shen Yichen, this son, the general trend has been achieved!

With such thinking, there is also Ma Yu who stood in the distance and watched Shen Yichen.

He had already realized that Shen Yichen couldn't suppress it, but the various conflicts of interest in the past made him unconsciously stand on the opposite side.

Whether to continue to suppress and block, support their own people to enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister, or obey the general trend and let Shen Yichen go to a high position and fight with Wang Zhen to the death.

This problem was placed in front of Ma Yu, and he didn't know how to choose.

In addition, Ma Yu still has a trace of hidden worries in his heart that cannot be erased. Shen Yichen is sleek and unpredictable, he may not necessarily fight with Wang Zhen to the death, maybe the two sides will shake hands and make peace, and then he and others will be self-defeating.

"Ma Yuanfu, do you have something on your mind?"

Hu Hu didn't know when he came to Ma Yu's side, and also looked at Shen Yichen in the distance, and then said a word.

"Uncle Zong's eyes are like torches, and nothing can be hidden from your eyes."

Ma Yu took the initiative to arch his hand and put himself in a weak position.

In addition to the inferior seniority and qualifications, there is also an important reason, that is, the nominal status of the Ministry of Rites is high, and it should be the first of the six departments.

For the ancient dynasties, the major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is in charge of the sacrifice of heaven and earth, which is naturally extremely noble.

Of course, this is only in name, the actual officials control the power, and the title of heavenly official is not in vain.

"Sex, you are in a hurry to many things, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, when you slowly figure it out."

"That's true for things, and it's true for people."

Sex is Ma Yu's word, Hu Hu did not use the title of officialdom, which is equivalent to standing in the perspective of an elder to admonish.

From the moment he learned that Ma Yu wanted to show favor to Shen Yichen, Hu Hu knew that he was destined not to succeed.

There is no other reason, I tried it myself many years ago, but it didn't work at that time, how could Shen Yichen be subservient to others now?

In the face of Hu Hui's admonition, Ma Yu showed a wry smile on his face, he didn't understand the truth, but many things waited for no one.

Since the beginning of the orthodox decade, he has felt something strange in his body, and after consulting his doctor, he told him that it was a precursor to a stroke. In the past two years, the physical abnormalities have become more and more obvious, and Ma Yuzhen is worried that he will not last long.

What happened to Yang Pu before and after his death, Ma Yu saw it in his eyes, the Ming Yuanfu, who once controlled the government and the opposition, was awarded the official Wupin Dali Temple after his death.

If there is no special opportunity, the middle of the family road is just around the corner!

With this mentality, Ma Yu became more and more anxious, and he couldn't even wait for his son Ma Zheng's regular promotion route of the Hanlin Academy, and sent him to serve as the place where the imperial history went out of the town, as if Shen Yichen was going to make contributions.

Now they are hovering back between the two extreme directions of wooing and hostility, leaving not enough room for relaxation for themselves. If it weren't for the urgency brought about by the physical abnormality, with Ma Yu's means and IQ, he would definitely not have used so many stupid tricks.

"Then with the great sect's high opinion, how should you slowly figure it out?"

Ma Yu suppressed his anxious mood and asked Hu Hu rhetorically, he was afraid that he would not have so much time to figure it out.

"There are a lot of outstanding young people in this world, and if Your Majesty sees their talents, it is natural that he will not pay so much attention to Shen Yichen anymore."

After that, Hu Hu set his eyes on Yang Hongze.

But soon, a trace of regret appeared in Hu Hui's eyes.

Yang Hongze's talent is more than upright, and he is not tactful enough, and in a simple and noble place like Hanlin Academy, there will be no big mistakes. If you really enter the cabinet and face the civil and military officials and the eunuchs, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch without much change.

Too rigid and easy to break!

Unexpectedly, the uprightness that he valued most at the beginning became Yang Hongze's biggest obstacle.

The only thing to be thankful for is that He Pingyan is worthy of the big responsibility, but it is a pity that Wang Zhi, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, was deterred by Wang Zhen's means, otherwise it would not be Shen Yichen who is on the throne today, but He Pingyan.

After some waiting, the palace gate was opened, and the civil and military officials, under the guidance of the palace people, passed through the noon gate and entered the imperial city.

At this moment, in the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Qizhen was wearing a dark crown robe, which was embroidered with twelve chapters such as the sun, moon, dragon, and stars. Wearing a flat crown, hanging twelve before and after, with colorful silk threads as the sage, wearing red, white, green, yellow, black five-color jade beads twelve.

Sitting high on the dragon chair, showing the majesty and dignity of the emperor.

According to the law, the Zhengdan court will have more than four grades in the hall, and the fifth grade will be below the door, and the Hanlin officials will enjoy the five grades of etiquette, and they do not need to stand far away near the Chengtian Gate, and they can be ranked in the Fengtian Hall like the normal court.

After Shen Yichen entered the Fengtian Palace, he didn't dare to raise his head, so he glanced at the Son of Heaven on the throne with the corner of his eye.

Just this glance, when I saw the imperial crown robe, an indescribable feeling appeared in my heart!

You must know that after experiencing the Yuan and Qing dynasties, as well as shaving and changing clothes, the clothes of the Han family have almost disappeared, and even what the specific standards of Hanfu should be, few people can answer.

But there is a set of Hanfu core, but it has not changed for thousands of years, and that is the imperial crown dress inherited from Zhou Li!

The crown lasts forever, the clothes are eternal, the Ming Dynasty may have countless shortcomings, and it inherits the cultural foundation of thousands of years after all.