Except for the slightly funny dancing god at the beginning, the rest of the ancestor worship process is really solemn and cumbersome.

Incense, reading blessings, offering three animals, rice soup, offering tea to the ancestors, offering wine, and burning blessings

Especially when everyone bowed to those tablets in the ancestral hall, more than 100 people acted in unison, and Xia Yuan was inexplicably a little enthusiastic.

He felt that now it was very much like Liangshan's one hundred and eight generals would worship Guan Erye in the Juyi Hall, and after worshipping, they would drink a bowl of wine together, and the wine bowl would raise troops to revolt as soon as the wine bowl fell.

And he, as the dignified Xie Yuangong, is definitely in the front row, not to mention the C position, he is definitely in the front row, he thought about it, he is probably in the position of the flower monk Lu Zhishen.

After three bows and nine bows, everyone got up silently, only Xia Yuan was still kneeling on the ground, and Xia Ru, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but kick him lightly with his toes.

After kicking a few times in a row, Xia Yuan was pulled back to reality from his fantasy, and when he looked up again, he saw that everyone had gotten up and was busy getting up from the ground.

Why is it that in such a solemn ancestor worship activity, I can still ponder these things that I have and don't have, I really can't stand the ancestors.

He silently reflected on himself at the tablets of his ancestors.

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The New Year passed quickly, and after more than half a month of suspension, all the yamen of the DPRK and China began to resume their operations.

After half a month's rest, Zhu Youzhang's whole complexion was much better, and on the first day after the beginning of the year, the three cabinet ministers met with him.

After the three of them saluted, Zhu Youzhu's gaze passed over the first cabinet assistant Liu Jian, looked at the old minister next to Xie Qian, and then smiled: "I was still thinking about whether Li Qing would come back after the beginning of this year, but I didn't want to come back, this can be said to be the first happy event I have encountered in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi." ”

"The old minister is ashamed." Li Dongyang bowed down with a ashamed face, "This time the minister is to go to deal with the affairs of the dead in advance, choose a place to be buried after death, and don't hide it from Your Majesty, the old minister feels that his time is running out." ”

“.”

Zhu Youzhang's face couldn't help twitching, looking back at the past, his cabinet deputy didn't dare to say that he had done his best, and he had died, but he could definitely be called conscientious.

But since this year, he has been like a different person, and he doesn't seem to have anything else to do all day, and every day he is thinking about how to return to his hometown and change his resignation.

I can't ask the reason, if I ask, I am old, my time is short, and I can't live anymore, that's basically all there is.

But the dogs didn't believe it, Zhu Youzhu looked at Li Dongyang's body and bones were stronger than him, a middle-aged man in his thirties, and he wouldn't blush when he said such things?

didn't answer this question, Zhu Youzhu shook his spirits, and turned to say: "At the beginning of the new year, Vientiane is renewed, and the spring of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi is about to begin, and the time is naturally the same as in previous years, it is scheduled for the ninth day of the second lunar month, and as for the main examination of this time, it will be served by Li Qing's family."

This decision was unexpected and reasonable.

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the old and serious cabinet, had a solemn expression, but Xie Qian, who was the third assistant, couldn't help but smile, and glanced at Li Dongyang beside him with his eyes, which was clearly full of care and a little bit of schadenfreude.

The emperor didn't know why Li Dongyang had changed his law all day long, but as a colleague, he knew very well that Li Gong had an unspeakable illness.

Of course, since it is an unspeakable disease, Li Dongyang specified that he would not talk to anyone, but staying in a duty room and looking at his restless appearance all day long, Xie Qian could guess that Li Gong had hemorrhoids.

Sensing Xie Qian's gaze, but Li Dongyang didn't want to pay attention to him, but he did have hemorrhoids, which was very serious.

Of course, there are no ways to treat hemorrhoids in this era, but they are more curious.

There are two effective treatments, one is the hemorrhoids method, which is simply to insert a medicine strip or nail into the hemorrhoid.

Then the hemorrhoids with the nails inserted into the nucleus are pushed into the thing, which must be inserted every day, and must be replaced until the hemorrhoids dry up and die, fall off and heal.

The other is to cut to Yongzhi, but the method of cutting is even more curious, find a dog's bladder, insert a small bamboo tube in it, and then.... Or insert it into the skin swallow.

Then the doctor blew vigorously on the small bamboo tube with his mouth, so that the dog's bladder swelled in the intestines, squeezed out all the hemorrhoids, and then the knife fell, and finally smeared the medicine, and the work was done.

These two methods are humiliating one by one.

Li Dongyang absolutely couldn't accept this, as soon as he thought that such parts would be seen by others, and what else would be, he felt that it was better to die clean.

And the treatment he can accept is very conservative, and he washes his butt with medicinal soup every day, but unfortunately it is useless, and it is still difficult to sit and lie down.

So he thought of resigning, sitting in the duty room all day is really uncomfortable, so it can be more comfortable to lie on his stomach, but lying on his stomach in the duty room is really undignified, and he wants to go home and lie on his stomach.

To be honest, it was too shameful, Li Dongyang couldn't wipe his face, and he couldn't open his mouth, so he could only make up some reasons for resignation because he was old and had little time.

He even deliberately chose a cemetery, just to confirm that his time was indeed running out, so that Emperor Hongzhi would let him go.

However, His Majesty didn't let it go, and he also arranged a sedentary job for himself, and when this would be the main exam.

"Your Majesty, the minister has already served as the chief examiner in the twelfth year of Hongzhi's examination, and if he still serves as the chief examiner of this examination this year, it is really inappropriate."

After that, Li Dongyang turned his gaze to Xie Qian again, and then said: "The minister recommends a person, Xie Gong is straightforward, sensitive, and has a strict discipline, which is the best candidate for this examination." ”

The examination is a big matter, and the chief examiner must choose important ministers from the DPRK and the central government, and among these three cabinet ministers, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang have all served as chief examiners, but Xie Qian has not, if it is about seniority, this year it will be his turn.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youzhu nodded and said, "It's true that Yu Li is not in harmony, or not, this year's test will be presided over by Xie Qing's family." ”

Hearing this, the smile on Xie Qian's face disappeared in an instant, and he thought of his son Xie Pi, if he was the chief examiner, wouldn't he mean that his son would not be able to take the exam this year, and would have to wait for another three years?

Xie Qian couldn't laugh, this time it was Li Dongyang's turn, he was about to follow Xie Qian's example and glance at the other party with his eyes, but unexpectedly, Emperor Hongzhi added another sentence at this time, "When the palace is examined, Li Qing will act as the official of the palace exam." ”

“.”

Neither the second assistant nor the third assistant of the cabinet could laugh, but according to the law of conservation of energy, the smile will not disappear, but will only shift, and the smile of the two of them will be transferred to Liu Jian's face.

(End of chapter)