Jiajing's twenty-ninth year of the capital's New Year's Day, is a sunny day, since Zhao Ran seven years ago as the abbot of the White Horse Academy, for the first time did not have to preside over the Jiao, and finally passed a comfortable New Year's Festival.

On such a good day, he originally planned to go to see Zhang Luo, but before he could go out, he was blocked by the entourage of Yuwangfu.

"Abbot Zhao, the villain took the liberty to disturb, and I hope that the abbot will forgive me. ”

Zhao Ran looked at the carriage parked outside the door, looked at the haggard expression on the entourage of the palace, and asked, "You waited here all night?"

The attendant nodded: "Yes, I don't dare to disturb the abbot on Chinese New Year's Eve, so I waited outside the door." ”

"What's your name?"

"Villain Feng Bangning. ”

"Feng, Feng, Daban is your ......"

"That's the villain's uncle, and the uncle wants to ask the abbot if he has time, can he go to the mansion to have a Jiao Festival?"

Zhao Ran thought about it, anyway, there is no urgency, Zhang Luo can go there whenever he wants, people have waited at the door all night so sincerely, so let's give this face. So he nodded: "Then let's go." ”

Since Dongfang Li had spoken before, and he was going to preside over the palace Jiao, there was no need to sneak in, Zhengda Guangming got into the carriage and went straight to the palace. When I went in, there were already a lot of people waiting here, including King Yu himself, the eunuchs and stewards in the palace, and some middle and low-level officials such as Yang Shen, Zhang Juzheng, etc., about nearly a hundred.

Zhao Ran got out of the carriage, didn't say much, and went to the Taoist hall in the mansion first, where all kinds of things used in the ritual had already been arranged. There are also 16 Taoist priests who accompany the fasting, led by the capital of the Shangyuan County Taoist Institute of Yingtianfu, and they have already been arranged on both sides of the altar.

Zhao Ran took a general look, everything was quite neat, presumably it was taken care of by these Taoist priests from Shangyuan County all night. So according to the preparation of the Shangyuan County Provincial Institute, he set up a prayer department to pray for the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager Xiaokang. Of course, this kind of Jiao belongs to being blind and busy, that is, just expressing his heart for King Yu.

After the Jiao was finished, Zhao Ran was invited to the back garden of the palace to serve tea, and while eating tea, he pondered, did there be any major news from King Yu's side?

But I saw King Yu say to himself: "The abbot's health practice is excellent, I have practiced for several months, and I gradually feel that my energy is much stronger than before, and I also feel the same way with my companion and Master Zhang. ”

Zhao Ran looked at the respectful and solemn people on the edge of the garden, there were indeed many new faces, most of whom he didn't know, so he listened to Feng Bao's introduction.

Among these people are Xia Kecheng, the nephew of Xia Ge Lao, Mao Yi, the brother of Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qiao Zong, the brother of Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Gan Fengsheng, the son of Gan Shutong, the head of the Ministry of Households.

Feng Bao counted all kinds of "problems" on these people one by one, and it sounded like they were all seriously ill, and he told Zhao Ran that these people should follow the Taoist to learn health exercises in order to prolong their lives, and after they go back, they will also spread to various prefectures to lay the foundation for the longevity of their families.

Zhao Ran has nothing to do, his set of convincing methods is based on a few simple frames, supplemented by the most basic Taoist method of breathing and breathing, and with some precautions on diet, it is not complicated, it can be learned at any time, temporarily transferred, and diligent practice can indeed prolong life.

So, more than ten people lined up in two columns in the back garden of Yuwang's mansion, Yuwang and other first batch of students stood in the front row, and the rest stood in the second row.

After studying for half an hour, today's homework was finished, Zhao Ran remembered one thing, pulled Feng Bao and asked: "The eldest companion is in the palace every day, and he is impertinent and presumptuous, and he wants to inquire about individuals, I wonder if it is convenient for the eldest companion?"

Feng Bao asked, "Which one is the Taoist talking about?"

"It's a palace maid surnamed Yang, who should have been selected into the palace by Jiajing for three years, and her real name is Jin Fang. ”

Feng Bao frowned and thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "There are more than 8,000 people in the palace, this Yang girl really has no impression, but there should be no chance to see the face of the sky......"

Zhao Ran knew that this was a euphemism, which meant that she had not been fortunate by the Son of Heaven, otherwise she would be a concubine with status. Feng Bao used to be the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, if he hadn't heard of it, then he was undoubtedly not among the concubines.

Feng Bao said again: "Jiajing entered the palace for three years, and it has been twenty-five years since he has been in the palace, according to this age, since he has not seen the face of the sky, there are probably several ways according to the rules of the palace, either to be the queen mother and the concubine's side, or to make a mistake and enter the Huanyi Bureau to do things, and even go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, of course, some will be released, but this requires chance...... In short, it's hard to say. Since the abbot asked, I inquired. I just don't know ...... this Yang woman and the abbot"

Zhao Ran said: "I'm sorry for the trouble, this is a relative of a good friend of mine." ”

Feng Bao nodded: "Understood." However, the abbot also has to ask your friends to make some preparations, and dozens of people die in the palace every year, which is really a bad thing. ”

"Understand, as long as the companion has a heart. ”

At noon, King Yu's Mansion prepared a luncheon and invited Zhao Ran to the table, and Zhao Ran did not shirk and sat in the seat of the guest of honor.

During the banquet, Yang Shen said to Zhao Ran: "This year's Spring Festival will be held at the end of February, Your Majesty has already set the main examination and the deputy examination, the main examination is Xu Jie, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, and the deputy examination is Ma Ruji, the head of my Hanlin Academy. ”

Zhao Ran ate, nodded, and continued to listen.

"On the 22nd of last month, Bachelor Xu ordered Yuan Wei and Gao Gong to sort out the examination papers of the past ten subjects. This book is nothing, but when I was resting a few days ago, I occasionally returned to the Hanlin Academy, and saw that Bachelor Yuan had drafted a draft on his desk, and he criticized these topics, suggesting that this year's Spring Festival should delete half of the so-called mostly useless Taoist scripture topics and add half of the Four Books and Five Classics. Dao Chief, the lower officials think it's inappropriate. ”

King Yu sighed and said, "The country is solid, and Lone also thinks that Bachelor Yuan's performance is inappropriate. ”

Zhao Ran nodded, still not speaking. What can he say? The three provinces have returned to the Son of Heaven, and it is not a day or two since the Son of Heaven wants to change his ways, and it is to be expected that some questions will be added and some questions will be subtracted in the spring festival. The real big problem is not here, it is that the Daomen Grand Monk decided to try to walk on two legs, as long as this point does not change, the following will emerge in endlessly, even if Zhao Ran is not used to it, there is no way, at least there is no good way here in the three provinces.

After having dinner in Yuwang's Mansion, Zhao Ran left, continued to go to Longtanwei to find Zhang Luo, and asked Feng Bao to inquire about the Yang family's daughter, and then persuaded: "Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you, what Feng Daban said is very likely to happen, if you can't even ask him, you can get ready." It's been more than 20 years since you should marry a wife, even if it's a serious relationship, it should end here, and you can't drill the horns. ”

Zhang Xiao let out a long sigh and bowed his head for a long time.

ps: The total amount of rewards for the 515 event has actually exceeded 5 million, which is really embarrassing, and I really thank you.

Another: Friendly recommendation of a copy of "Dungeon Player", on the shelves on the 10th, this book is still relatively popular, and Taoist friends who are short of books can try it.