"Congratulations to Lord Xiao Zhu, there are not many people who can get the Holy Lord's gift in this dynasty, and there are only a handful of five-grade officials who can get the Holy Emperor's Qilin Suit. Although Lord Xiao Zhu is far away from the capital master, he is in the heart of the emperor. ”

The little eunuch in the lead watched Zhu Ping'an put the imperial unicorn suit on the incense case, and congratulated Zhu Ping'an with a smile.

Zhu Ping'an also knew that the truth was indeed as the little eunuch said, and Emperor Jiajing was very cautious and stingy about giving clothes.

Zhu Ping'an knew that this was Emperor Jiajing's control of power.

The first grade python suit, the second grade flying fish, the third grade bullfighting, the fourth and fifth grade unicorn, the sixth and seventh grade tiger, Biao. The python suit is in the shape of a dragon, but the claws are four claws, one less claw than the real dragon; The flying fish is also in the form of a dragon, but it has two more wings than a dragon; The bullfight is also in the shape of a dragon, except that the horns are bull's horns. The patterns of bullfighting, flying fish, python and dragon are very similar, and the patterns of python suits, flying fish suits, and bullfighting suits are all on par with dragons, which leads to the fact that not only are the appearance of the three bestowal suits very similar and easy to confuse, but they also have a great similarity with the emperor's dragon robe. Emperor Jiajing, who was accustomed to holding power alone, was very sensitive and unhappy with these three kinds of gifts.

More than ten years ago, when Emperor Jiajing sacrificed to the mountain mausoleum in spring, Zhang Zan, who was the secretary of the military department at the time, came to see Emperor Jiajing in a flying fish suit, and Emperor Jiajing mistook the flying fish suit on Zhang Zan's body for a python suit. Xia Yan hurriedly explained, "Saint, what Zhang Zan is wearing is a flying fish suit given by the emperor, not a python suit, but a similar appearance. After listening to Xia Yan's explanation, Emperor Jiajing was still very dissatisfied, and said with an unhappy face: "Ridiculous! How come the flying fish also has two horns?! It is strictly forbidden with me. So, according to Emperor Jiajing's wishes, the officials played, and the civil and military officials were not allowed to use python clothes, flying fish, and bullfighting. Emperor Jiajing played on the occasion and ordered the officials of the Ministry of Industry, "Anyone who has forbidden patterns such as weaving and embroidering python dragons, flying fish, and bullfighting will be beheaded by craftsmen, and border guards will be sent to fill the army." Since then, civil and military officials are not allowed to use python clothes, flying fish, and bullfights, and they are prohibited from wearing different colors. Only the Jinyi Guard is of a special nature, it is the emperor's honor guard, and it is an additional grace to stipulate that the Jinyi Guard is in command, and the guards can wear unicorn clothes.

Therefore, the unicorn suit is also very rare in the Jiajing Dynasty.

Zhu Ping'an was given a unicorn suit by Emperor Jiajing, which is indeed a great honor and grace for officials.

But alas, Zhu Ping'an was not interested in this, and even disliked Qilin's pair of big pig trotters.

"Minister Zhu Ping'an bows to thank the Holy Grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Of course, gratitude still has to be obtained, Zhu Ping'an thanked Emperor Jiajing for his clothes with a grateful face, and after the salute, he replied with a smile, "I borrow my father-in-law's auspicious words, and I will ask my father-in-law to say a lot of good words in front of the saint in the future." ”

"How dare you, you have to ask Lord Xiao Zhu for a lot of good words in the future." The leading little eunuch smiled meaningfully, "After all, Lord Xiao Zhu's right to speak in front of the Holy Saint is extraordinary. ”

Zhu Ping'an heard the song and knew the elegance, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook. Xu Hai: They really didn't let themselves down!

Sure enough, in the next second, the little eunuch who led the way read out Emperor Jiajing's second reward, "The emperor gave a secret folding box, and specially granted Zhejiang the right to punish the envoy and Zhu Ping'an, the county governor of Jingnan, to fold the secret fold." ”

Although he had already guessed it in his heart, when he heard the words of the little eunuch at this moment, Zhu Ping'an still couldn't help but be excited.

Fold! It's finally here! With the right to fold and play, he is equivalent to having a beggar's version of Shangfang's sword.

The beggar's version of Shang Fang's sword, it is also Shang Fang's sword, which is enough to deter some people who have bad intentions towards themselves.

In addition, this is a good way to hug Emperor Jiajing's thighs, which is equivalent to a delayed version of private WeChat.

This is the biggest harvest since I fought the flood and disaster relief.

After the little eunuch in the lead finished reading it, he took the dense folding box from the hands of a small eunuch and handed it to Zhu Ping'an with both hands.

"Minister Zhu Ping'an bows to thank the Holy Grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live." This time he kowtowed to thank him, and Zhu Ping'an's excitement was much more real.

Zhu Ping'an thanked him, took the dense folding box with both hands, and put it in front of his eyes to look at it. It is a box about eight inches long, four inches wide, and two inches high, made of nanmu, painted with yellow paint on the outside, and engraved with the words "Zhu Ping'an". The box has a delicate little lock with a key with it. Each secret folding box had two keys, one for the courtiers and one for the Jiajing Emperor.

"The will of the Holy Lord, the miscellaneous family has finished reading it, Lord Xiaozhu, please get up." After the little eunuch in the lead finished speaking, he stepped forward to help Zhu Ping'an get up.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Zhu Ping'an thanked him.

"Lord Xiao Zhu is polite. I haven't told Lord Zhu yet. This time, the Holy Lord granted a total of eighty people the right to fold and play, all of whom were members of the third rank or above or feudal officials, except for Xiao Zhu. In Beijing, I don't know how many people are blushing at Lord Zhu. The leading little eunuch added softly.

"Peace is an honor, and the only way to repay the trust of the saint is to swear to death."

Zhu Ping'an faced the direction of the capital, bowed his hand ninety degrees, and expressed a wave of loyalty and determination to Emperor Jiajing, who was thousands of miles away.

These face-saving jobs must be done in place, who knows if Emperor Jiajing will be too idle to ask.

"Lord Xiao Zhu, before the miscellaneous family came, the Ministry of Officials had already sent a message, and in the near future, they will select a successor magistrate for Jingnan and let him take office as soon as possible, so that Lord Xiao Zhu can go to Zhejiang to be sentenced to the post of the prosecutor and envoy to show his skills."

The little eunuch in the lead approached Zhu Ping'an and whispered.

"Thank you father-in-law for reminding me." Zhu Ping'an thanked the leading little eunuch and thanked him for giving him a message.

In fact, this is also expected by Zhu Ping'an. At the beginning, he made a meritorious contribution to resist the Japanese, and the imperial court rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, and promoted himself to the post of the chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Prosecutorial Envoy, but the Ministry of Officials pressed himself on the grounds that the Jingnan Governor County had not yet selected a successor, and ordered himself to temporarily serve as the Governor of Jingnan County as the Inspector of the Imperial Court, and only after the selection of the Jingnan Governor and the Xinzhi County could he go to his post. Now that he has made meritorious contributions in the flood fighting and disaster relief, the Holy Lord has also granted him the right to perform the secret fold. How can the officials hold it down?! Therefore, if it is less than a month, or more than two months, the new magistrate of Jingnan will definitely be in place.

"Lord Xiao Zhu, the Holy Lord's oracle and reward have been passed on and delivered by the miscellaneous family. I'm back in Beijing here. ”

The little eunuch in the lead said goodbye to Zhu Ping'an.

"How can my father-in-law be in such a hurry, all the way here, thousands of miles away, how hard, my father-in-law and use some coarse tea and light rice, and it's not too late to rest for a day and then set off to recover his life." Zhu Ping'an said enthusiastically.

People came all the way from the capital and didn't eat a single meal, so Zhu Ping'an really didn't want to go.

"Lord Xiao Zhu is gracious, and the miscellaneous family understands it. It's just that before the miscellaneous family came, Huang Dugong had already mentioned that the flood relief in Jiangnan was at a critical juncture, and the miscellaneous family was strictly ordered not to delay and disturb Lord Xiao Zhu at all. This banquet will be written down for the time being, and it will not be too late to invite the miscellaneous family when Lord Xiao Zhu returns to the capital. ”

The little eunuch in the lead smiled and refused, very resolutely.

Zhu Ping'an failed to keep him again, so he had to take the county government officials out of the county government gate to send him off.