In Wenhua Palace.

The eunuchs are presenting breakfast to the emperor.

I don’t know which emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the food in Guanglu Temple, which was called boiled diced meat in white water, was tired of it early.

Therefore, the emperor decided not to eat the "canteen", and the imperial meal was instead offered by a close large stall.

The big shot knows the emperor's preferences, so he naturally goes to his preferences.

But it is so difficult to satisfy the emperor’s food. Delicacies and seafood are indispensable, and we must work hard to change our styles.

Of course, the imperial meals for today are handled by Zhang Jing, the current lucky minister.

Zhang Jing served with great diligence and picked up food for the emperor.

Zhang Jing knew how to put a lot of effort into it. He knew that the emperor liked to be extravagant and was worried about waste.

So each time I listed nearly a hundred dishes, but each dish was a little bit more, enough for the emperor to hold a few chopsticks. But in fact, even so, it was not cheap. The labor cost of the meal was not enough to be eaten by a hundred taels of silver.

In the past, when Zhang Ju was in charge, Zhang Jing did not dare to do this, nor even be seen by Empress Dowager Li, but now who can control the emperor?

Of course, Zhang Jing will do whatever he wants.

As for why Zhang Jing spent so much effort to host food for the emperor, of course, after having this title, he could accept bribes from all officials even more blatantly.

Among the eunuchs who were close to the emperor, Zhang Hong, Chen Ju, and Chen Cheng had a good reputation among all officials, but Zhang Jing was really very popular. But they also had the Dongchang and Jinyiwei. If you scold them at home, you might be on his blacklist the next day.

Now while the emperor read the memorial and was having a meal, Zhang Jing kept picking up the dishes that the emperor liked with imperial chopsticks and putting them in the small plate in front of him.

The emperor put down the memorial, ordered the dishes in the distance with chopsticks, and then said to Zhang Jing who was picking up the dishes: "You are the factory now, so leave this matter to Gao Huai and the others."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "I like to do this, but I like to serve Master Long live. Master Long live, try this chicken-trap dish from Yunnan."

The emperor took a bite and tasted it, nodded and said, "Shangke."

Zhang Jing picked up another chopstick and said, "Long live the emperor, please try this Yunnan steam pot chicken..."

"Slightly old."

The emperor finished eating the chicken and said, "When you talk about Yunnan, I think Duke Mu's prince has also entered Beijing."

Zhang Jing said: "Report to Your Majesty, there is nothing to hide from Your Majesty. The prince of the Mu family has been in Beijing for some time."

The emperor thought a little, "I'm just wondering, why are there several Yunnan dishes on the imperial meal today? How many benefits did Duke Mu give you at his mansion?"

Zhang Jing said in a speechless manner: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

The emperor looked at Zhang Jing and asked, "Duke Zhang, I ask you, the princes and princes, come to Beijing, should you come to visit you first and see me?"

Zhang Jing knelt down hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, this Prince Mu and his servants had some friendship in the past. This time, they found a servant to plead for love. But the servants dare not see these princes at will, and they dare not pretend to be powerful."

The emperor snorted and said, "You should be more restrained in the future and don't cause trouble for me, otherwise I will not be able to protect you when the Censor impeaches you in the future."

Zhang Jing stood up with great gratitude, and then asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, where is Duke Mu?"

The emperor glanced at Zhang Jing, and Zhang Jing hurriedly lowered his head.

The emperor said, "You have seen the memorials impeaching Duke Mu in the Qianqing Palace case. The civil officials of this dynasty hate the domineering military generals the most. The impeached censors made a lot of trouble. When they occupy the right, even I was afraid of them three points."

"The Mu family was a hero of Conglong during the Taizu period. They were the imperial court who was the emperor. This time they pacified the chaos in the southwest. They also made great contributions. I am not Goujian, I can't cook dogs and hide good bows. However, the Mu family is a border minister, and the imperial court is most afraid of his domineering. You should beat them up."

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty is wise, I will go back and tell you."

The emperor wiped his mouth and asked, "Is Yang Yinglong, Bozhou, ready to move again?"

Zhang Jing said: "Report to Your Majesty, the governor of Sichuan came to report that Yang Yinglong repeatedly attacked the border, plundered the Tunbao, and colluded with Miao soldiers."

The emperor nodded and said, "Bozhou is steep. The Yang family has been operating in the local area for many years and should not advance easily. Moreover, the court has just pacified the chaos in Yunnan and the flood in Henan again, and there is no money in the treasury. Tell Sichuan that as long as the Yang family can accept the court's pacification, even if it is open, the court can not pursue it for the time being. I will endure Bozhou first, and sooner or later I will deal with him."

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, wise."

The emperor pushed away the meal, stood up from the table, and said, "When the ministers in the court heard that I wanted to use military force, they all said that they should appease the four barbarians with kindness, and should not use light weapons, but learn to capture Meng Huo seven times! They all thought they were Zhuge Kongming."

"When it comes to border affairs, what happened to Lin Yanchao? I think I have been cold for a long time, how about him now?"

Zhang Jing replied: "According to the followers' suspicion, Lord Lin has been staying in his door and never going anywhere since he arrived in Beijing and then to the posthumous meeting. He has never walked around other places except Mr. Shen."

The emperor nodded: "So many memorials that impeach him, can he be as a car as a chariot?"

Zhang Jing said: "That's not the case. A few days ago, he wrote an article called "Ten Years of Trees, Hundred Years of Trees" and the article was written well. I haven't read it yet. However, as soon as this article was published, several censors in Beijing went to court every day, for fear of being recognized."

The emperor smiled and said, "This is like what Lin Sanyuan did. I have to read this article, and you can find it right away."

Zhang Jing gave an order and soon presented it to the emperor.

After seeing this, the emperor nodded slowly and said, "As soon as this article was published, no one in the court dared to criticize the affairs of Yixue again."

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, I think Lord Lin is avoiding the important things. The flood in the Yellow River is important, but it is related to his reputation. As for the establishment of the charity school, it is irrelevant."

The emperor smiled and said, "Zhang Jing, you don't understand his character. The establishment of the charity school is his political responsibility, and the flood of the Yellow River is related to his clear hope. But for Lin Sanyuan, he can be scolded or even not an official, but the matter must be done."

"So it doesn't matter if these censors impeach him, but when it comes to attacking Yixue, Talin Sanyuan is like a cat with his tail stepped on, fighting with you."

After hearing the emperor's metaphor, Zhang Jing couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you going to use an official like Lord Rulin who dares to do things?"

When the emperor heard this, he smiled and said, "Lin Qing is a loyal minister. I have never doubted this, but what I want is an obedient official, not a self-righteous decision."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "I only know that Lord Lin can run, but if His Majesty asks him to go, he will go wherever he wants him to go. Sun Wuzhi can't jump out of the Five Fingers Mountain."

Zhang Jing said this to the emperor. The emperor nodded and said, "Lin Yanchao has been cold for so long, and he thought he knew my decision. It's not cold, but I don't know the upper and lower levels, and I thought I couldn't live without him. After the cold for a long time, I was afraid of resentment in my heart."

Later, the emperor walked from the back hall of Wenhua Hall to the front hall, passed by the west pavilion, and saw someone in the tent, so he walked over immediately.

After a few steps, the person in the tent immediately stood up and said through the tent: "I bow to your Majesty."

The emperor walked into the Wei Tin and saw Shen Shixing and said with a smile: "I can hear my footsteps, but there are not many people in the court except Mr. Shen."

Shen Shixing stood respectfully on one side.

The emperor signaled Shen Shixing to sit down and asked, "I have asked several cabinet ministers not to use the service anymore, why is Mr. Shen still here?"

Shen Shixing said: "I saw that Your Majesty has not left yet, and I want to ask you what your Majesty has to say to me later. I will wait here."

The emperor smiled and said, "It just so happened that I had something to discuss with you. I just chatted with Zhang Jing and talked about the court's use of officials as officials. I plan to discuss it with Mr. Shen."

Shen Shixing smiled and said, "It just so happened that I want to report to Your Majesty about this."

"Mr. Shin said first."

Shen Shixing said: "The cabinet has followed the order and voted to propose Li Zhi as the Taifu Shaoqing, the Guanglu Shaoqing of Jiangdong, and Yang Ke established Shangbao Shaoqing."

When the emperor heard this, he nodded. He issued an order to promote Li Zhi and the others. As a result, the censor Cai Shizhou called him and reported that he had said.

Li Zhishu said: "The Supreme Call me a Son, and I'll be happy every time I see you and you'll be happy with me."

What does this sentence mean? Li Zhi told people several times that the emperor treats me like a son. (Every time he raids the minister's house) he will be grateful to me when he sees the confiscated treasures.

Because of this incident, the government and the country were in an uproar.

However, Shen Shixing was still unmoved and promoted Li Zhi to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple.

The emperor said, "Okay, I will talk about my affairs, I want to discuss with you."

Shen Shixing immediately said, "I dare not, just let Your Majesty ask me."

The emperor smiled and said, "The Ministry of Personnel evaluated Lin Qing as the best in the world. I know that he has outstanding political achievements, but I am worried that the court officials would say that this is unfair to Zhao Zhigao and Zhang Wei and Hanlin."

"I have thought about it. How about giving him a six-department officer? Or return to the Hanlin Academy as the former official. Which one do you think is suitable?"

The sixth tribe of the Langguan is the fifth rank of the Beijing official position.

After returning to the Hanlin Academy, Lin Yanchao was still a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, and Zuo Zhongyun of Zhanshifu was still the sixth rank.

At this time, Lin Yanchao looked back to the starting point three years ago, but compared to Zhao Zhigao and Zhang Wei and others, they went from being demoted to being out of office, then to Ren Jingqing, and finally returned to the Hanlin Academy, which was a good result.

Shen Shixing said: "Although Lin Zonghai is a disciple of me, he is even more of Your Majesty's minister. Your Majesty let him go out of the capital to experience his experience and promoted him to the prefect. Now, since he has been transferred back to the capital, His Majesty has made arbitrary decision. I have never heard of His Majesty's concern for the future of any fourth-rank prefect. Your Majesty has long had the holy heart to cultivate Lin Zonghai. How can I put it on?"

The emperor said happily: "Mr. Shen is still very familiar with my heart."

While he was talking, foot sounds outside the hall sounded, but he saw Xu Guo, the third auxiliary Wang Xijue, and the fourth auxiliary Wang family entered.

The three cabinet ministers said as soon as they saw the emperor, "I will bow to your Majesty."

The emperor asked, "Several cabinet ministers have arrived, but what's wrong?"

The second servant Xu Guo said happily: "Your Majesty, this is what the governor of the river, Pan Shangshu, just presented the water feelings of Henan."

After saying that, Xu Guo presented a memorial.

The emperor took the memorial and said, "Oh?"

The three cabinet ministers bowed and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the flood of the Yellow River has receded!"

"Retreat?"

Lian Shen Shixing was also surprised and said, "Take it serious?"

"Your Making Yuan Weng is absolutely true. This is the memorial that Secretary Pan just sent." Xu Guo reported.

The emperor was surprised and happy and said, "In the past few months, I have not been able to sleep properly and restlessly. I am worried that when I wake up overnight, the flood will break the dam and become a marina. Now the flood has actually receded? This is all the blessing of the ancestors."

When the emperor said this, he was overjoyed and immediately said, "Thanks to Mr. Shen, who recommended Pan Jixun to me, Pan Qing was appointed as the governor of the river for less than a year, but it is a great achievement to pacify the flood and ensure that all provinces in the lower reaches of the Yellow River are safe. I want to reward him and also reward several cabinet ministers!"
To be continued...