Xu Jin and the others waited in the living room for about half a stick of incense, and the last participant also arrived, and as soon as he entered the living room, he waved to everyone, and said apologetically: "I am very sorry for the late arrival of Su Zhu in Xiagu, so I am very sorry for making you wait for a long time." ”

This Zhu Su is about twenty-five or sixteen years old, a native of Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, with pure characters, tall and strong, but like a male martial artist, this kind of body shape is really an outlier among the southerners.

After Zhu Kun greeted everyone, he sat down next to Xu Jin, sitting with a straight face, Xu Jin smiled and nodded at him and only responded slightly, obviously a serious guy who did not smile.

Not long after Zhu Kun sat down, a man dressed as a housekeeper entered the living room and politely said to everyone: "Please follow the contemptible people to the Shifang Pavilion, where Grandpa Guo is already waiting." ”

Everyone stood up and followed the housekeeper out of the living room, originally according to the order of the invitation list, it should have been Xu Jin who was the first, but that Lu Yan took the first place, and glanced at Xu Jin defiantly.

Xu Jin naturally disdained Lu Jun's childish provocative behavior, simply took a few steps behind, and walked side by side with Fei Maozhong and Wei Yang, chatting as they walked.

Yang Weicong, who was originally ranked second, couldn't help but slow down, and occasionally chatted with Xu Jin and others.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, everyone walked through the corridor and courtyard for more than ten minutes, and finally came to a wide courtyard after stepping through a moon gate.

The courtyard in front of me is estimated to be five or six hundred square meters, planted with all kinds of flowers, but see peach red willow green, green grass, mist and mist, peach blossoms, moon season, peony, apricot blossoms, plum blossoms, mountain red, orchids compete to open, as if entering the fairyland.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be secretly surprised, although these flowers in front of him were all spring flowers, but the months of flowering were different, and now they were all in one place. It would not be surprising if it was cultivated in a modern greenhouse, but in the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, this cultivation technique was enough to make people breathtaking.

At this time, the other nine lifters were all stunned, including Lu Yan, who was crazy in Nayin County.

The housekeeper in charge of leading the way couldn't help but look at this, these flowers were cultivated by the master gardener in the Guogong Mansion using the hot springs, and then transplanted here, except for the plum blossoms that are in bloom, the other flowers will all wither in three days at most.

Therefore, for this Spring Festival appreciation meeting, Wei Guogong can be said to have spent a lot of effort and silver.

There is a pavilion in the center of the courtyard that is covered by the group of fangs, the name is Shifang Pavilion, there is a rockery fishing pond outside the pavilion, three or five ducks play in the pool, the mist of the pool rises, and it is flowing and circulating, obviously the hot spring living water is drawn from the source.

At this time, a circle table had been set up in the Fang Pavilion, and there were three strip-shaped cases in the first place, and there were already five people sitting behind the cases.

"Haha, the top ten talents in our Ming Dynasty have arrived, welcome, welcome!" The man in brocade who sat alone in the middle of the case stood up with a smile.

This man in brocade clothes is the organizer of this cultural meeting, Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei of the Ming Dynasty, who is about twenty-seven or eight years old, and he was born with a dignified appearance.

"I've seen Wei Guogong!" Yang Weicong took the lead, and all the lifters bowed one after another.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be a little surprised, he didn't expect this Duke of Wei to be so young.

Xu Peng Julang smiled and said: "You talents don't have to be polite, please take a seat!" "He looks like a corporal of Lixian.

When the crowd heard this, they sat down according to the order of their seats, but this time Lu Yan didn't dare to make a second to grab the first place, and sat in the third place in a regular manner.

After everyone sat down, Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, said with a smile: "The Duke of China will first introduce a few distinguished guests to all the talents. After speaking, he looked at the two people next to the case on his left hand and introduced: "This British public Zhang Lun!" ”

A few cases later, a richly dressed young man immediately nodded slightly, this young man looked younger than Xu Pengju, estimated to be in his early twenties, with a signature smile.

The crowd hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying, "Meet the British Prince!" ”

British Minister Zhang Lun smiled and waved his hand and said: "You talents don't need to be polite, I just came to have a drink today." ”

This thing is smiling, but it doesn't have half the majesty of the country, but it feels very kind.

Xu Pengju continued to introduce the middle-aged man next to the British Duke, this person is also a nobleman, Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding's title is lower than that of the Duke of Guo, and the seat is naturally behind the British Duke Zhang Lun.

After Xu Pengju finished introducing Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, his eyes turned to the cases on the right, which also sat two people, looking at the dress should be literati, and it is estimated that they are the seniors in the literary world who play the role of judges.

Sure enough, Xu Pengju introduced: "This is Lord Xiao Huaixiao, the right capital of the Imperial Palace. ”

"I've seen Lord Xiao!" All the people immediately stood up and saluted, with an attitude more respectful than the salute they had just given to the two martial nobles.

Although the public is noble, but there is no real name, but the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is different, a real person with real power, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a supervisory body, responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, the power is very large, and the status is equivalent to the six ministries, and the left and right Imperial History (Zheng Erpin) is the highest official of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the status is almost equivalent to the six Shangshu.

Xiao Huai was about sixty years old, stroked his long beard and smiled: "You don't need to be polite. After speaking, his gaze gently swept over Xu Jin, who was in the chief.

Xiao Huai was meritorious because of his letter exposing King Ning's lawlessness, so after King Ning's rebellion was pacified last year, Zhu Houzhao, the Son of Heaven, promoted him to the imperial history of the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and was directly promoted by two levels.

And this credit was undoubtedly given to Xiao Huai by the governor Sun Sui, because Sun Sui ordered someone to secretly bring the jade seal made by King Ning into Beijing and give it to Xiao Huai. According to Sun Sui's strategy, Xiao Huai found Jiang Bin, a popular man beside the emperor, to help, and sent the jade seal to the Son of Heaven, and then wrote to impeach King Ning, successfully overthrowing King Ning and Qian Ning's party.

Due to Xu Jin's request, Sun Sui did not mention him when he contacted Xiao Huai, so Xiao Huai did not know that Xu Jin had the credit for finding the jade seal, in fact, even borrowing Jiang Bin was Xu Jin's idea for Sun Sui.

Of course, although Xiao Huai doesn't know any of this, he and Sun Sui are close friends, and the relationship between Xu Jin and Sun Sui is extraordinary, just like the so-called love for the house and Wu, so Xiao Yushi has a good impression of Xu Jin.

At this time, the civil official who was sitting in the same case as Xiao Huai did not wait for Xu Pengju to introduce him, so he stood up and said loudly: "This official Xia Yan of Guixi County, Jiangxi, Tian is in the middle of the military department!" ”

"Xia Yan?" Xu Jin couldn't help but move in his heart, and subconsciously took a closer look, because the name was a little familiar.

This Xia Yan is about thirty or forty years old, with a broad forehead and a square face, three long beards under his chin, a dignified appearance, sparse eyebrows, and a clear and loud voice, which makes people impressive as soon as he speaks.

However, the military department was only a seven-grade petty official in the matter, so the people didn't care too much, and sat down after bowing slightly.

Wei Guogong smiled and said: "Today is the Shangyuan Festival, all the talented people and Yan Xianji, before the Spring Festival begins, you may wish to introduce yourself." ”

Xu Jin was in the chief, and stood up calmly and said: "In the lower Jiangxi, Shangrao Xu Jin." ”

Xu Jin is already handsome, coupled with his calm temperament, there is naturally nothing to say about his appearance.

Wei Guogong said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a young talent, no wonder he was appointed by the emperor as Xie Yuan." ”

British Gong Zhang Lun even gave a thumbs up and echoed: "Lianzhong Siyuan, I'm afraid he is the first person in the dynasty, if he tries to take off Huiyuan this time, and then is named the champion by the emperor, it will be even more unprecedented. ”

Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, this British prince seemed to be praising himself, but Xu Jin felt a sense of malice. There is no doubt that this thing is killing, and it is going to roast itself on the fire!

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Lun said this, everyone present looked at him with hostility, especially the crazy Lu Qi.

At this time, Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, said in a good time: "Xu Jin, this Marquis heard that you took the path of Gonggong Zhang before you were appointed by the emperor as Xie Yuan, I can't see that you are young, but you will play these evil ways and become a scholar in vain!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people were wonderful, and Lu Yan couldn't hide his excitement, and looked at Xu Jin gloatingly, Xu Ziqian, aren't you crazy, you scolded me for having a bad mouth just now, and now you have the ability to scold Wu Dinghou's bad mouth!

Fei Maozhong and Wei Yang both changed their complexions, especially the former, their faces were even more red, Wu Dinghou's words were too much, how could this be true!

Xu Jin looked calm, and said lightly: "Why did the Hou Ye say this, the Son of Heaven appointed the next as Xie Yuan, but it is just a compliment to the merits, and the holy decree is also clearly written, what does it have to do with Gonggong Zhang?" If the Hou Ye is dissatisfied with the emperor's holy decree, he can be impeached! ”

Marquis Wuding's face sank, Zhang Zhong is a popular person around the emperor, he is too late to stammer, he dares to be impeached, he is just unhappy with the policy question that Xu Jin answered at the Luming banquet.

It is said that at the Luming banquet, Ji Shui raised his son Xiao Wan to compete with Xu Jin, and the topic was: Why do you strengthen my Daming.

At that time, Xu Jin answered the main questions existing in the Ming Dynasty, and there were two points that undoubtedly harmed the interests of the nobles in the court, the first was to clear the Tianzhuang and return the land occupied by the powerful to the displaced people; The second is that the hereditary title of Lord must be reformed, and each successive generation, the title must be downgraded by one level, so as to reduce the burden on the country's finances.

At that time, Wang Shouren and Liu Hanlin were full of praise for Xu Jin's policy topic, and they also ordered people to copy and circulate many copies, so it has been widely circulated, and now even the elite circle in Beijing knows about it.

Of course, this is just a matter of strategy, most of the nobles don't take it seriously, hey, it's really an ignorant Huangkou child, who wants to clear the Grange and reform the hereditary title, it's just whimsical.

Although he knew that Xu Jin's policy could not be implemented as a national policy, Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, still planned to take this opportunity to teach Xu Jin a lesson today, lest this kid become an official in the future, so he spoke mercilessly.