Crackling......

In the sound of firecrackers one after another, the people of the Ming Dynasty ushered in the four years of Jiajing, and Beijing, as the economic, political and cultural center of the country, has a population of more than one million, which is naturally extraordinarily lively.

This year's Jinghai Hou Mansion is also very lively, for no other reason, Xu Jin is at home this year, so there is an endless stream of officials of all sizes who come to pay New Year's greetings after the year, and to put it mildly, the threshold of the gate of Xu's Mansion has almost been flattened. Xu Jin was really overwhelmed, so he simply closed the door and thanked the guests, and finally could accompany his family for a few days in peace, and began to start his big plan to make people.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Jin took Ruyi and Jixiang back to his parents' house to pay New Year's greetings, and Fei Mansion was in the next door to Yongfang, which was not far away, and the carriage arrived in ten minutes.

"Miss is back!"

"Happy New Year, Uncle!"

"Happy New Year, Master Hou!"

Xu Jin and the two daughters entered the back house of the Fei family, and a large group of Yahuan mother-in-law and family members immediately surrounded the New Year, Xu Jin, who had been prepared, waved his hand, and Dabao opened the heavy burden, and then boldly sent red envelopes, everyone has a share and will never be disappointed, and all of them are two taels of silver, not ordinary local tyrants.

You must know that the monthly wages of those subordinates in the Fei Mansion are only between one or two or two taels, and now they have received two taels of silver red envelopes, and they are all overjoyed, smiling, and thanking their uncles.

As the so-called solo happiness is not as good as public happiness, Xu Jin is indeed not bad for money now, just his own Yulu is enough for the expenses of the whole family of hundreds of people, not to mention that now Xiaowan, Ruyi and Jixiang have all sealed the fate, all of which are received by Yulu, in addition, the business of glass mirrors, carriages and horses, and black tea has brought Xu Jin a lot of money every year, and the income of the black tea business is estimated to be doubled exponentially in the future, because the Ming Dynasty opened the sea to trade, and the small black tea will soon be sold to Europe and become the queen of tea sought after by Europeans.

Xu Jin is not very keen on silver personally, as long as it is enough, spending a few hundred taels of silver can make the whole house laugh and laugh, and it can also make his wife have more face in her mother's house, why not?

Next, Xu Jin and Ruyi Jixiang went to the back house to greet the old lady first, surrounded by a group of Yahuan mothers-in-law, and it happened that Ruyi's stepmother Zhao and Jixiang's mother Lou were also there, so they paid New Year's greetings together, which was also trouble-free.

"Tsk, the complexion of the third and fourth girls in our family is getting better and better, but my uncle looks a little weak and dark, it seems that fighting on the coast is really hard, and I have to make up for it." An old woman sighed.

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, saying that these days, Master Xu has been diligently plowing the fields and sowing seeds, busy during the day and busy at night, it is not surprising, and the two girls Ruyi and Jixiang are moisturized and radiant, their skin is white and red, how can their complexion be bad.

Fei Jixiang and Fei Ruyi naturally understood the reason for their husband's weakness, and they invariably flew their cheeks, and everyone present was from the past, and they immediately came back to their senses, and the atmosphere was embarrassing for a while.

Mrs. Fei hurriedly rescued the scene and said: "Brother Jin doesn't have to stay here, let's go to the front and talk to the masters, and our daughter's family can also say something considerate." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help himself, and hurriedly said: "It's the master's mother, the child is trying to go to pay New Year's greetings to Master Fei and his father-in-law (Fei Cai)!" ”

"Go, go, just send someone to say before you go home." Old Madam Fei waved her hand.

Xu Jin retreated with relief, and it was really uncomfortable to deal with a group of backhouse women.

After leaving the back house, Xu Jin first went to the front living room to talk to Fei Maoxian's brother Fei Maozhong, saying that Fei Maozhong is still working as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, and Fei Maoxian failed the exam the year before last, and he had to take the exam again.

Xu Jin was a little speechless about this, Fei Maoxian is usually a very stable person, but he can't do it when he gets to the exam, and he took the township test twice before he took the test, and he didn't know how many times he had to take the test, it was not an ordinary sad urge.

"Ziqian, I heard that the emperor intends to welcome the tablet of Emperor Xingxian from Anlu Prefecture to the Great Inner Taimiao for worship, but is there such a thing?" Fei Maoxian took a sip of tea.

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Where did the news come from?" ”

Fei Maoxian replied: "I also heard some rumors from the same window of Guozijian recently, saying that it was suggested by Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, I don't know if it's true or not, and I should see it after the Shangyuan Festival." ”

Fei Maozhong glanced at Xu Jin and asked tentatively, "Ziqian really doesn't know about this?" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, now the court officials regard themselves as the bosses of the upstart faction, and it seems that the Fei Maozhong brothers are no exception, this is obviously testing themselves, nine times out of ten they suspect that this idea is their own, so they said solemnly: "The people are dedicated to the people, to be honest, I have never expressed any opinion on the matter of the ceremony, Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao will not listen to me, this time it is none of my business, if I didn't hear you mention it today, I still don't know about it." ”

Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong glanced at each other, and the former breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay if it's not, now the Guozi prisoner is scolding Ziqian...... cough, there are a lot of scolding, and they are scolded very badly, Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao tried their best to please the emperor in order to climb up, and they didn't even want to face it. ”

Fei Maozhong also frowned and said: "The emperor will sacrifice the emperor with the gift of the imperial examination, even if the tablet of the emperor is also welcomed into the temple for worship, it will be too much, and the courtesy is not in agreement, and the ministers must swear to oppose it." ”

Xu Jin took a sip of the teacup and was silent, he understood Zhu Houyu's mood to respect his biological father as the emperor's exam, so if he had to express his position, he would stand on Zhu Houyu's side, but Zhu Houyu's desire to welcome his biological father's tablet to the temple is indeed too much, after all, the temple is dedicated to the tablets of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and the king of Xing, Zhu Youqi, has not been an emperor for a day during his lifetime, if the tablet is put into the temple, it is indeed very inappropriate.

Moreover, now that the old school led by Yang Tinghe has been overthrown, Xu Jin does not want the court to continue to fight, nor does he want Zhu Houxi to waste his energy on this meaningless dispute over the etiquette system.

"Ziqian Jian is in the emperor's heart, it is better to persuade the emperor, this will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the ministers." Fei Maoxian said in a low voice.

At this moment, the maidservant Hongying walked out from behind the screen and said respectfully: "Lord Xu, the master invites you to the study." ”

"The people sacrifice to the people, and they will be with them for a while!" Xu Jin stood up and arched his hand, and followed Hongying to the study.

Xu Jin went to the study to pay homage to his mentor Fei Hong, who pointed to the chair next to the coffee table with a pleasant face and said, "Ziqian, sit down." ”

Xu Jin sat down across the coffee table, lifted the warm rice wine on the small red clay stove and poured a glass for Master Fei, and then poured himself a cup.

"Ziqian, the emperor wants to welcome the tablet of Emperor Xingxian into the Great Inner and enshrine it in the Taimiao, and also set the temple number as Ruizong, do you know about this?" Fei Hong's face was solemn and authentic.

Xu Jin chuckled in his heart, it seemed that the rumors were true, the emperor must have given an edict to the cabinet, shook his head and said, "The students don't know." ”

Fei Hong sighed and said: "The emperor has really gone too far this time, he wants to respect his biological father as the emperor, which can be understood as filial piety, but now he actually wants to put the card of Emperor Xingxian into the temple to enjoy the national gift, how does this make it, where will the first emperor be?" ”

Indeed, Xingwang Zhu Youqi was a courtier of Emperor Zhengde during his lifetime, and he had not been an emperor for a day.

"The emperor has already issued an edict to the cabinet?" Xu Jin said tentatively.

Fei Hong nodded and said, "I went down the day before yesterday, but it has been rejected by the teacher!" ”

"What is the attitude of Jiang Ge Lao and Mao Ge Lao?" Xu Jin asked cautiously.

Fei Hong smiled bitterly: "The attitude of the two is more resolute than that of the teacher, if the emperor insists on going his own way, they will return to their hometown." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help frowning, Yang Tinghe, Mao Cheng, and Shi Xuan are gone, if Mao Ji and Jiang Mian are also gone, then the entire court will be the world of the upstart faction, like Yang Ting and these ministers Although they are conservative, they are honest and fair, if all these people leave with their sons, it is not a good thing to leave a group of officials who can only pat their horses and welcome them.

"Ziqian Jian is in the emperor's heart, if you have a chance, you still have to persuade the emperor!" Fei Hong said in a low voice.

Xu Jin nodded and said, "The student understands. ”