The boiling boiled water is poured on the dried tea leaves in the cup, and the tea leaves quickly unfold when they encounter water, and the boiled water is dyed light yellow, and a rich tea fragrance rises with water vapor.

Yan Song smelled this refreshing fragrance of tea, and this old body seemed to smell a trace of fairy energy, and his spirit was immediately lifted.

"Grandpa, give!" Although Yan Hong was arrogant and domineering outside, he had always been very well-behaved and filial in front of his grandfather, and respectfully handed the brewed tea to his grandfather.

Yan Song picked up the teacup, pinched the lid of the teacup and gently flicked the hot tea twice, and then took a small sip of tea, the whole person seemed to be enjoying it as if he had drunk immortal brew.

He is now in his 80s this year, and he has long been down-to-earth about the world, especially the death of his wife, so that he can even look at life and death calmly. It's just that he only has two hobbies, one is this top-notch dragon well, and the other is that ...... Sandalwood from the Holy Heaven.

Although Sandalwood is not there today, Longjing is with him, which makes him feel very satisfied.

After tasting the fragrant Longjing tea, he gently put down the teacup, and then continued the topic just now: "Yan Hong, you are wrong!" It's not because Lin Wenkui gave any treasure that he has today's fruit, the key to this matter lies in Liu Ji, it was Liu Ji who angered the emperor, and this is why Lin Haoran was promoted to Shuntian Mansion Yin! ”

"Grandpa, what do you say?" Yan Hong's face was puzzled, and he earnestly sought advice.

Although he is an arrogant person in his bones, he admires his grandfather from the bottom of his heart, so he asks for advice without any psychological obstacles. And these days with his grandfather have also taught him a lot of things, and he has seen his grandfather's wisdom.

Yan Song also had the intention of cultivating Yan Hong, and he had already treated him as his own grandson in his heart, and he sighed before teaching: "Although Lin Wenkui has only been in the officialdom for four years, his achievements are stronger than anyone else!" Not to mention his merits in suppressing the Wei in Guangdong, the 300,000 taels of income he made in the city division every Chinese New Year's Eve alone was enough for His Majesty to give him a Shuntianfu Yin. If it weren't for the fact that he was too young and his qualifications were a little shallow, I would have wanted to nominate him as the left attendant of the household department, or even the secretary of the household department. I can see Lin Wenkui's exploits, and when I see Lin Wenkui's ability, the saint will naturally see it too. The saint now asked Lin Wenkui to serve as the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion, it should not be that he offered any treasure, the root cause is that Liu Ji angered the saint. Liu Yi was dismissed, and Lin Wenkui returned to Beijing to be close relatives of the Yan family and the Xu family, so he naturally became the first choice of the saint. ”

Many people are like this, only focusing on Lin Haoran's promotion to the post of Yin of Shuntian Mansion, but ignoring Liu Ji's punishment. They want to find the reason for it, and they are destined to be blind people touching elephants.

Yan Hong listened to this analysis, and his heart suddenly brightened, and the fog on his head seemed to have been gently dispersed by his grandfather. His heart suddenly moved, remembering that day Lin Haoran whispered a few words to his grandfather, and asked seriously: "Grandpa, is the matter with Bai Lingzhi?" ”

Yan Song wanted to stop talking, and instead said vigilantly: "The truth will come out soon!" Now that Lin Wenkui has been promoted to Shuntian Mansion Yin, it is a fact, and our family will not provoke Lin Wenkui again in the future! Your grandfather is already old, your father is not from a Jinshi, and your younger brothers are not successful, our Yan family will not continue to be prosperous in the future! ”

"Good!" Although Yan Hong was very unwilling in his heart, he nodded bitterly.

Lin Haoran was promoted to the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and this news also had a great impact on him.

Before, he thought he was very remarkable, but seeing Lin Haoran at the age of twenty-one and already becoming the official of Shuntian Mansion made him feel like he was looking up at the mountains.

During the time that he was by his grandfather's side, the grandfather praised him the most was not Xu Jie, nor his good grandson, but Lin Haoran, who had no friendship with Yan Song.

Now his grandfather is getting old day by day, and even though his father has returned from filial piety, he is an official who has entered the office because of his cuteness. Not to mention that they want to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, even if the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry may not be able to sit firmly, their Yan family will inevitably decline with the death of their grandfather or Zhishi.

If his father continued to follow Lin Wenkui as the enemy, and wanted to fight Guangdong, it would really lay the foundation for their Yan Mansion.

The yamen of the Ministry of Rites, in the signing room.

Wu Shan, who was wearing a first-class official uniform, looked quite dignified, and was seriously handling official business in front of the case. He had been in this position for six years, and he was very comfortable with these official duties, but at the moment his brow was tightly frowned.

The Ministry of Rites has not had a good time lately, and there are troubles one after another. And the biggest trouble at the moment is not in official business, but recently there are more and more nobles who have complained to the yamen, and it has even reached the point of hindering the operation of the Ministry of Rites.

Over the years, due to the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is the imperial court or the locality, there have been cases of withholding the honorable and noble rice, which has caused more and more nobles to make trouble to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

Previously, these nobles were able to maintain their sanity, and were able to sit down with each other and talk to each other, so as to negotiate a temporary solution. In the end, it is often the household department that squeezes out a little money and sends these troublemakers back to the locality.

It's just that as there are more and more nobles who make trouble in Beijing, and the household department seems to be more and more picky, these nobles have been united. At one point, force was used to directly block the door of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

"Uncle Zong, the dignified household department can't even take out a mere 10,000 taels, anyway, the lower officials will definitely not believe it!" Yan Ne sat in the hall, but couldn't help but complain.

Wu Shan was not a person without a city government, and looked at this subordinate official and said lightly: "Now the financial difficulties of the imperial court have their own difficulties!" Gao Shangshu is in charge of the finances of the Ming Dynasty, and all the yamen are asking for money, which is also difficult for him! ”

"Uncle Zong, that's right! But if they don't raise enough 10,000 taels to send them away, and the household department really doesn't give money, our yamen will really be demolished by the gang outside! Yan Ne pointed outside and said excitedly.

Yan Ne is the eighth Jinshi of the second class in Jiajing for 20 years, a person from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Yuan Wei, Guo Pu and Li Chunfang are reused by the saints with green words, and now serves as the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Because of the pockmarks on the face, it is known as Yan pockmarks. He appeared to be decent, and in the past, he wrote to the people who encountered the Japanese in the Sanwu area to express his feelings, saying that the people were in distress and could be exempted from conscription.

At present, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is besieged by a group of nobles, and he also wants to transfer money from the Ministry of Household as soon as possible, so as to send away these nobles, instead of having to close the office every day in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

"If they dare to demolish the yamen, this official will help you join them!"

It was then that a voice came from the doorway.