Chapter 87 Investiture Ceremony
It is said that the Ming Dynasty at this time had particularly serious internal and external troubles. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Outside, there are Tatars and Warats eyeing each other, the internal harem is chaotic, the government is dark, the people's grievances are boiling, and all parts of the country are uneasy. Under such internal and external difficulties, a group of people of insight have worked hard to turn the tide and save the country and defend the people. For example, the disciples of Chu Haoran and Long Xiaotian followed the example of the four princes of the Warring States period to raise disciples to recruit talents, and tried to rejuvenate the Ming court, so they opened a recruitment hall to recruit talents from all over the world.
It is said that the Zhaoxian Pavilion has been open for more than ten years, and it is barely satisfactory, during which it has indeed recruited a lot of talents for the imperial court, whether it is the six departments, various departments and institutes, local officials or military officers, there are people in the Zhaoxian Pavilion involved. For Chu Haoran, it can be said that the world is full of peach and plums.
In this recruitment hall, from time to time there are people who come to defect, whether he is studying literature or practicing martial arts, but anyone who has a skill, as long as he can pass the assessment, he can be recruited to become a veritable talent, and then he will be recommended and appointed, which is of course a promising future. Therefore, talented people from all over the world are competing to go, and the recruitment hall is really a market. Especially in the scientific examination years, the examination room is mostly Wang's confidants, and Wang Zhi covers the sky with one hand, but those who want to enter the office with this are inextricably linked to Wang Dang, so most of the candidates who are recruited by him are his minions. There are not a few talented people who fall off the list, and most of them go to the Zhaoxian Hall, so in the year of the scientific examination, the most people enter the Zhaoxian Hall, and most of them are scholars, so the Zhaoxian Hall chooses to hold the opening ceremony in the autumn of the scientific examination every year.
It's fast to say, it's the third day of September, and it's a good day for the opening ceremony of this year's recruitment hall. Today, there are thousands of empty alleys in this bachelor's mansion, but all the people who have a good relationship with Chu Haoran and the officials of the Chu Long party come to congratulate, and in addition, there are also many uninvited guests who come. Therefore, on this day, the whole of the bachelor's mansion was very busy.
Yunxiao's previous work was mainly to clean the front yard, but today is different, the Zhaoxian Pavilion is indeed too busy, too much work, and even sent someone to summon him, and he was also ordered to go to the Zhaoxian Pavilion to work. Today, he is responsible for serving tea to the guests.
It was nearly noon, and the guests were almost there. The hall of the Zhaoxian Hall is really full of winning friends and friends. In the middle of the hall sat several people, led by two old men of about fifty years, each wearing a black gauze hat, and wearing a patched robe, with a complement on the chest and back of the robe, but one of them was a bird, and the other was a beast; one was upright, and his face was full of kindness and kindness, and the other was domineering, and his face was full of solemnity. Beside the two sat a middle-aged woman in her forties, one on the left and one on the right, who were plump, beautiful, dressed in a beautiful veil and dressed in jewels, and were very graceful and luxurious. Beside them sat two women and a son. The two women, one dressed in pink, were slender and flamboyant, and the other was as tall and otherworldly as white as snow. And the boy is dressed in white and looks dignified, but his handsome face has a sense of arrogance and contempt.
Obviously, these masters are the characters of the Chu and Long families. The two old men sitting in the middle are Chu Haoran and Long Xiaotian, and the two women next to them are Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Long, and the two women are the world-famous civil and military beauties in the capital Shuangyan - Chu Qingyan and Long Feiyu, and the son is the son of Long Xiaotian, the elder brother of Long Feiyu, and the "Heng Gongzi" that Yunxiao met that night - Long Feiyu.
At this time, the guest and the host also sat down, and when they saw someone talking, everyone suddenly fell silent. "Lord Chu, Lord Long, today's opening of the Recruiting Hall is a major event for the country! Seeing that the two of them have recruited so many capable people and wise men, it is gratifying to congratulate! Our family is here to congratulate the two adults!"
Chu Haoran hugged his fists and said with joy, and sighed: "Thanksgiving Hongfu, I have been waiting for the emperor's order to set up a recruitment hall to recruit talented people, and now it has been more than ten years, and the recruitment hall is also on the right track! Although it is not full of heroes and sages, it is also a gathering of heroes and sages, and the world responds. I will live up to the emperor's grace, and I am fortunate not to be dishonored!"
Long Xiaotian also said: "Yes, yes! The achievements of the Zhaoxian Pavilion today are all due to the great help of my Emperor Shengming and all the adults. Long would like to thank all of you. First, thank you for your long-term support to the Recruiting Pavilion, and second, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule today to support our Recruitment Pavilion. Brother Chu and I are really grateful!"
There was a humane on the seat opposite the eunuch in the front row: "Where is the Hou Ye, I should help each other and support each other when I am a minister in the same palace by the emperor's grace! Besides, your second elder is the pillar of my Ming Dynasty and the emperor's right-hand man, and it is natural for me to do my best!" He paused, and said: "Now that my recruitment hall is opened, it is a national event. Since it is a major national matter, how can we and others ignore it, and why should we not come?"
"Yes! The words of the elder are reasonable!" Many people next to him chimed in.
Chu Haoran waved his hand and tasted back: "No matter what, I have to thank everyone, I think that when I proposed this museum, it was controversial and extremely obstructed." If it weren't for the support and approval of everyone here, the Zhaoxian Pavilion would not have been able to open smoothly and would not have achieved its current achievements!" he sighed, and continued: "Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of capable people and wise men in China, but for various reasons, many capable people have never met talents, and many wise men have no way to serve the country. I propose to set up a recruitment hall to break this situation, so that people can make the best use of their talents, so that the country can have more talents to assist, so that the Ming can prosper the country. Longhou and I are not running this museum for selfish distractions, but for Zhongxing Daming!"
Thinking of the difficulty of running a recruitment hall, Chu Haoran couldn't help but be excited when he said this! Long Xiaotian also nodded and sighed.
When everyone saw this, most of them were touched by the heart of this loyal servant. They are well aware of the current situation in the imperial court, if it weren't for Chu Haoran and Long Xiaotian and the Zhaoxian Pavilion, I am afraid that the imperial court would already be the world of Wang Zhiyi's party. There are also many loyal people here, knowing that the only light of the Ming Dynasty is only in this recruitment hall, so Chu Haoran's words resonated with many people.
A person next to the elder said: "The hearts of the two can show the sun and the moon, and the heavens and the earth can be learned! Alas...... Under power, we have the heart but do nothing, and the power has nowhere to go. Every time I think about this, I am really ashamed!"
The power he refers to refers to Wang Zhi and his party. At that time, Wang's party was in power, and the cabinet members and the six ministers did nothing, and they basically messed around every day. Every day, he sat in the yamen drinking tea and chatting, and didn't do anything, so at that time, people said that the three members of the cabinet (Wan An, Liu Ji, and Liu Yi) were "the three elders of the paper paste", and that the six books were "six books of clay sculptures". At this time, the person who spoke was Zhou Hongmo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the six books of clay sculpture, and the old man who had just spoken was Wan An, the head of the cabinet in the three old pavilions of paper paste.