Chapter 27: Offering auspiciousness
Looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiajing Dynasty could definitely be at the forefront of the number of auspicious occurrences.
The reason is the personal preferences of Emperor Daojun.
Everyone knows that Emperor Jiajing loves to practice Taoism and seek immortality, and the appearance of auspiciousness can give Emperor Jiajing a strong psychological hint.
As for Ganoderma lucidum and other objects, they can be used to refine elixirs. Emperor Jiajing probably ate more elixirs than other emperors of the Ming Dynasty combined.
The so-called upward and downward effects are effective. Since the emperor likes auspiciousness to appear, auspiciousness will naturally appear continuously.
Among them, true, false and false are mixed together. As for which are true and which are false, no one can tell clearly.
The white turtle's appearance is extremely rare in all dynasties, and it is a god-given opportunity to happen that Xu Yan is caught up with.
If he doesn't take this opportunity to offer a wave of auspiciousness, he will be sorry for his time traveling through this journey.
But after being excited, Xu Yan immediately calmed down.
With his current status, there is definitely no way to present auspiciousness to the emperor directly. Professional work should be done by professionals, and those who do this work in the Jiajing Dynasty are usually officials. Moreover, although he is white now, he wants to take the imperial examination route. It is somewhat a bit of a flattery to offer auspiciousness and is easily resisted and despised by the Qingliushilin.
After retreating, Xu Yan decided to present the white turtle to the magistrate of Zhao County, and then to Zhu Wan through the magistrate of Zhao County.
Zhu Wan was appointed as the governor of Zhejiang, and was a magistrate of a border area. With his status and status, he was qualified to directly contribute auspiciousness to the emperor.
Overall, Xu Yan, Zhao County Magistrate and Governor Zhu can be regarded as people on the same boat, and it is really good to be happy for everyone.
This also has another advantage. Xu Yan can perfectly protect himself and avoid being attacked by Qingliu.
As for Zhu Wan, even if she is jealous and criticized as a governor, she will not have much risk. She may have a stable position or even promoted. The most likely is a copy of Hu Zongxian.
In order to hug Zhu Wan's thick legs more and avoid the tragic ending of this governor in history, Xu Yan believed that it was necessary to help this minister win the favor of Emperor Jiajing.
Things like flattering the emperor are very technical. First of all, you have to know what the emperor likes, and secondly, you need to choose the right time.
Flattering does not depend on how many times it is, but on the essence. The so-called one shot enters the soul and hits the heart and makes it feel comfortable to enjoy.
Zhu Wan is a good official who is dedicated to working for the people, but it is precisely because of this that he offended the Fujian and Zhejiang maritime merchants. At this time, a big man needs to stand up for him. Who in the world is more suitable for doing this than the emperor?
Flattering is not just to increase the title, but to be able to sit in this position and do something practical.
The simplest Hu Zongxian also offered auspicious auspiciousness, so would Emperor Jiajing appreciate it and defeat the Japanese pirates in the southeast in one fell swoop?
Being an official should still pay attention to art.
Moreover, Xu Yan did not cheat. This is a real white turtle. I am afraid that Zhu Wan will be shocked when she sees it.
After Siding, what Xu Yan had to do was to convince his father.
But Xu Xiaolangjun left the kitchen in a breeze and headed straight for his father's study.
Although it was late at night, my father was still looking at the account book.
It's late summer now, and the night is a little cool.
Xu Yan stepped forward and put on a single robes for his father and said in a harmonious voice: "Dad, it's so late, you won't rest."
Seeing that his son was coming, Xu Huaiyuan put down the account book and smiled: "My son is working hard to study, how can I have the nerve to rest for my father? I can't help you with my father in studying, so I can only make more money so that my son has no worries."
Although these words were full of earthy flavor, they touched the softest part of Xu Yan's heart.
My father is protecting his son in his own way.
"Dad, don't work too hard. You can never make money, as long as it's enough."
"My son is so filial."
Xu Huaiyuan patted Xu Yan's shoulder with relief and said, "Don't worry, I just happened to have to make an account at the end of the month, so I'll be more busy for my father. I will definitely not stay so late on weekdays."
After a moment of pause, Xu Huaiyuan continued, "Hey, why did my son suddenly come to my father? But have you finished reading the book?"
"Uh... Daddy is like this..."
Xu Yan swallowed and said, "My son heard that his family bought a white turtle, so he was very curious and went to the kitchen to check..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Huaiyuan interrupted: "Does my son want to eat a white turtle? I think it's better to let it go."
"Dad, you misunderstood. Why would your son want to eat that white turtle? My son means that he wants to present this white turtle to the county master as auspiciousness."
Xu Yan finally finished speaking and stared at Xu Huaiyuan timidly, for fear that his father would disagree.
Unexpectedly, Xu Huaiyuan's eyes were red and he choked and said, "My son is really sensible. My parents are the honor of a county and guard the emperor on behalf of the emperor. Dinghai County has auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious aus
Xu Yan almost got angry. How stupid was Mr. Xu in the past? It seems that he was worried about his father's gains and losses.
"Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and serving the court is the duty of a scholar. How could a son feel uncomfortable?"
"That's good, that's good. Tomorrow morning, my son will present this white turtle to the county magistrate to show my Dinghai Xu's patriotism."
After a conversation between a father and a filial son, Xu Yan took a leave and returned to his house to rest.
Xu Xiaolangjun lay on the bed thinking about what to say when he presented auspicious things tomorrow, and fell asleep in a daze.
No words all night.
The next morning, Xu Yan got up early to wash up, and then ordered the manager to pack the white turtle in a wooden basin and send it to the house.
Xu Yan's order was approved by Xu Huaiyuan, so the manager naturally did not dare to disobey and sent the white turtle honestly.
Xu Yan carefully observed that the white turtle was in good condition. I hope there will be no accidents during the journey northward. Whether Zhu Wan's fate can be rewritten depends on this move.
"Shuangxi, let's go to the county government!"
However, Xu Xiaolangjun took Xiaoshutong and rushed to the county government. Along the way, Xu Yan was very nervous, afraid that some accidents would be taken away on the road.
Fortunately, he was too worried. Dinghai County’s people were simple and smooth all the way.
Zhao Nandeng, the clerk on duty at the yamen, had already become familiar with Xu Yan. Seeing that the county master had personally selected the case head, he smiled and said, "Does Xu Xiaolangjun come to see the master again today?"
Xu Yan bowed and said, "I'll bother Brother Zhao to report it."
Zhao Nandeng smiled and said, "What else should I tell you? The master is destined. If Xu Xiaolangjun comes, he will be brought directly into the yamen."
"So, thank you Brother Zhao."
Xu Yan took the wooden basin from Shuangxi, ordered Shuangxi to wait at the yamen, and then followed Zhao Nandeng into the yamen.
The wooden basin was covered with a lid, leaving only a gap for the white turtle to breathe, so although Zhao Nandeng was curious, he could not see what was in the wooden basin.
But they said that the two of them walked through the courtyard and came to the Houya. Zhao Nandeng smiled and said with a grudge: "The county master is in the study, please give me some advice."
Xu Yan held the wooden basin in both hands and bowed, so he nodded slightly to express his gratitude.
"Thank you, Brother Zhao."
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Chapter completed!