There were three kinds of dynasties in the Ming Dynasty, namely: the Great Dynasty, the Shuowang Dynasty, and the Chang Dynasty. The Great Dynasty is only held on the New Year's Day, the Winter Solstice, and the Wanshou Festival (the emperor's birthday), and its nature is that hundreds of officials congratulate the emperor, which is a ceremonial nature, and the largest scale is held in the Fengtian Palace.

Shuowang Dynasty, held on the first and fifteenth days of each month, is of the same nature as the Great Dynasty, and is also held in the Fengtian Temple, only to congratulate and not to discuss political affairs.

The Chang Dynasty, which we usually call the Early Dynasty, if the emperor is diligent in his administration, will be held every day, and the venue is also in the Fengtian Temple, and the emperor will listen to the ministers in the early court and deal with political affairs.

Today's court meeting is a great dynasty, which was added temporarily, but it is quite a bit of a celebration for Xu Jin, because Xu Jin will give a reply to the emperor today. However, Xu Jin made such a great contribution in Shandong and eliminated tens of thousands of thieves, and it was not an exaggeration for the emperor to hold a court meeting for him and the generals to celebrate.

At this time, the civil and military officials were already standing in a row outside the Fengtian Palace, holding the Chao Wat in both hands and hugging them in front of their chests, waiting for the Son of Heaven to ascend to the throne in the cold wind of the early morning.

About seven o'clock in the morning, in the noisy drum music, the royal car finally arrived, but seeing the banner waving, the tiger and leopard opened the way, the little emperor Zhu Houxi wore a five-clawed golden dragon robe, wearing a curtain crown, under the protection of the Yulin guard, along the royal road, straight to the Fengtian Palace, the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted long live the emperor.

After a series of ceremonies, the civil and military officials stood on both sides of the royal road, only the bigwigs of the various ministries and institutes were eligible to enter the palace, and the other officials could only blow the cold wind outside the hall.

Therefore, a weak civil official who participates in the court meeting in winter can easily catch a cold, and if the runny nose is seen by the official in charge of picketing, he will also be impeached for his disgrace before the king, which is not an ordinary fuck.

Xu Jin held the Huai Mu Wat and blew a cold wind outside the hall for a while, and a eunuch in the hall shouted: "Xuan Hanlin Xiu enters the hall to see you!" ”

"Xuan Hanlin Xiu enter the hall to see you!" The guards outside the hall shouted in relay, so Xu Jin lined up under the envious eyes of the officials, walked up the steps along the Danqi, and knelt down in front of the throne without squinting and shouted: "Minister Xu Jin, knock on my emperor!" ”

"Xu Qing is flat!" Zhu Houxi stretched out his hand to "make a move" and helped Xu Jin up in the air.

"Emperor Xie!" Xu Jin stood up and hurriedly glanced at Zhu Houxi on the throne, and saw that the kid had a tense face and a serious look, but he blinked his eyes a few times.

Xu Jin naturally didn't dare to "flirt" with Emperor Jiajing in front of a group of officialdom bigwigs, and began to report on his work seriously, and the so-called debriefing was to report to the boss for work.

Xu Jin had already typed the manuscript last night, and coupled with his own eloquence, he briefly summarized the work done in Shandong in a calm manner, and then handed back the holy decree, which is the so-called jiaojiao.

After listening to Xu Jin's work report, Boss Zhu nodded with satisfaction: "Xu Qing has worked hard, Xu Qing has worked this trip to provide disaster relief, eliminate corruption, and suppress anti-thieves. Bi Yun, declare my will! ”

Bi Yun, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, hurriedly stepped forward with the holy decree in his hand, and sang with a smile: "Xu Jin stepped forward to listen to the decree!" ”

Xu Jin stepped forward again and knelt down, and the eunuch Bi Yun opened the holy decree and read it aloud: "Fengtian will carry the emperor, and the system says: ...... He is hereby promoted to Hanlin Attendant, and is also a member of the military department, and the main soldier is preparing for the arsenal. With military merits, he was awarded Jing'anbo, ate 800 stones, gave the edict, attacked the first emperor, and rewarded 10,000 taels of silver, 300 silk horses, 100 brocade horses, 300 silk horses, 200 leno horses, 50 east pearls, 50 south pearls......"

There was a long list of rewarded items, with hundreds of varieties and a total value estimated at 20,000 or 30,000 taels, which made the officials present look sideways. Yang Tan, the head of the household, was even more toothache, yesterday Xu Jin gave 500,000 taels of stolen silver to the inner treasury, and today the little emperor rewarded Xu Jin with tens of thousands of taels, which looks like he is sharing the spoils.

"Command, thank you, Lord Longen!" Xu Jin raised his hands above the top and took the holy decree in Bi Yun's hands.

Although there has been news about Xu Jin's reward for a long time, but at this time, when he heard the holy decree read out with his own ears, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were still envious, this is really a promotion and a fortune!

Immediately afterwards, Bi Yun read out the rewards for other generals, this time among the generals who participated in the suppression of Shandong anti-thieves, in addition to Xu Jinjin, the greatest credit naturally went to the turn of the commander of Dewei Huang Qi, who was directly promoted to two levels, and was transferred to Shandong Rendu Commander (Zheng Erpin Military Attaché), in addition, the rest of the generals did not receive the same degree of reward, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong were promoted to a thousand households, and Wang Lin'er was also promoted to one level, from a thousand households to Wei Commander (Zheng Sipin military attaché).

This time the court meeting was originally the nature of the court, and it did not perform political affairs, so after reading the holy decree of the reward, he soon announced his retirement from the court, but Xu Jin was left behind by Zhu Houxi. The Son of Heaven's closeness to Xu Jin made Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, a little surprised.

"Haha, Xu Jin, you really didn't disappoint me, you did a good job, and you also got back hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for my inner library."

When the ministers left, Zhu Houxi immediately took off the curtain crown that was in the way, leaned back on the dragon chair very unfiguratively, and lifted Erlang's legs. Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, this was the Fengtian Palace, he naturally didn't dare to be as presumptuous as Zhu Houxi, and stood respectfully and said: "It is the duty of Weichen to share worries for the emperor!" ”

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes and said: "It's boring to talk like this, forget it, I'll sneak to your house tomorrow, and you tell me about the extermination of the thief again, what I said just now is too brief, and it won't be enjoyable to listen to." By the way, I still have to eat spicy and fragrant miscellaneous, but don't forget. ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Minister...... Obey the order, dare to ask the emperor how spicy the miscellaneous is? ”

"Perverted spicy!"

Bi Yun, the celebrant and eunuch next to him, and a few little yellow doors, listened to the conversation between the two monarchs and ministers, and their faces couldn't help jumping wildly.

Xu Jin chatted with Zhu Houxi for a while and then left Fengtian Palace, and returned to Hanlin Academy after leaving the palace, and a group of colleagues came forward to congratulate him.

At the same time, the news of Xu Jin's official entry into the knighthood also came back to the Xu Mansion, and the items rewarded by the emperor were also delivered, and the whole mansion was boiling, and the people rushed to tell each other, and the housekeeper Dabao also ordered people to set off a bundle of firecrackers in front of the mansion.

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The Fei family's house is in Yongfang, and Xu Jin carried a few catties of this year's newly made small black tea after work, and came to pay homage to his mentor Fei Hong.

It is said that not long ago, Han Xin specially sent someone to send this year's car and horse travel dividends to the capital, and also brought more than a dozen catties of black tea by the way.

Xu Jin's current status is not what it used to be, and when the concierge of the Fei family saw Uncle Xu coming to the door, he immediately respectfully opened the door to greet him. Steward Zhou personally led Xu Jin to the living room, and offered incense, and after sitting for a while, the maid Hongying came out and said, "Master Xu invites Master Xu to talk in the study." ”

Xu Jin stood up and smiled: "There is Miss Lao Hongying!" ”

Hongying smiled, nodded and turned around to change careers, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart, thinking that when Xu Gongzi first came to the door, he was still a poor scholar, but in just a few years, he became an official to the fifth grade, and he was also named an earl, which is really emotional, fortunately, Xu Gongzi is still as approachable as before.

A small red clay stove was burning in the study, warming a pot of Shaoxing rice wine, Fei Hong seemed to have expected Xu Jin to come, sat beside the stove and beckoned with a warm smile: "Ziqian, sit here!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and saluted: "The student has seen Master Fei!" ”

For Fei Hong, Xu Jin is respectful and grateful from the bottom of his heart, this is a truly knowledgeable and generous elder, without him, there would be no self today. Only those who are always grateful can go further!

Fei Hong obviously didn't expect Xu Jin to make such a big gift, he was slightly stunned, with a kind smile on his face, stretched out his hand to help Xu Jin, and said with relief: "Ziqian, sit down, the wine is already warm." ”

Xu Jin sat down opposite Fei Hong, and the maidservant Hongying lifted the wine jug and poured a pot of wine for the master and apprentice, and then withdrew.

There was a rustling sound outside the window, and a few snowflakes floated in through the window like elves.

Fei Hong was in a very good mood, took a sip of the wine glass, looked out the window and whispered: "Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove." If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing? ”

The master and apprentice looked at each other and smiled, drinking warm wine, listening to the snowflakes falling outside the window, and chatting about ancient and modern current affairs.

Since the year before last when I went to Beijing to catch the exam, the two masters haven't seen each other for more than two years.