When Sun Long came to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Yanchao is teaching a few students to read, and he will probably try some of his own experience.

Tao Wangling has just won the second place in the Chinese style in the Shuntian Township test.

With such a result in the imperial examination, he can be proud of many people, but Tao Wangling was not complacent, but calmed down and read, preparing for the next year's examination, it seems that he is bent on Lianjie.

Seeing that Tao Wangling was still a student a few days ago, and now he is Yayuan, several people in the room are holding back their energy, studying hard, everyone is polite on the surface, but they are determined to compete in their hearts.

At this moment, the eunuchs in the palace came, and at that time, Lin Yanchao and a few people were analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of a few Cheng essays that had been ranked very high in the previous examination.

After hearing that the eunuchs in the palace were coming, Lin Yanchao was already prepared in his heart, but everyone below couldn't sit still.

Lin Yanchao asked, "Is it a clear decree or an oracle?" ”

Chen Jichuan said: "There is no yellow baggage, it seems to be an oracle." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, and immediately ordered the students to stay in the house, and he and Chen Jichuan went out to greet them together.

After Lin Yanchao left, Yuan Hongdao immediately couldn't help but ask Tao Wangling, "Is this to summon Mr. into the palace to face the saint?" ”

Tao Wangling smiled and said, "Please forgive me for not saying more. ”

Yuan Zong said: "If it is Your Majesty's grace, it would be good to let Mr. return to the Hanlin Academy." ”

On the side, Yang Daobin said with a smile: "With Brother Yuan's talent, this time the Chinese style is either hand-picked Hanlin or Shuchang." Then you can be with Mr. Hanyuan. ”

Yuan Zongdao hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, Brother Yang is above me, and Brother Yang is the candidate." ”

Yang Daobin was not modest, but stroked his beard and said: "Hanlin! People all over the world look forward to it, and it's good that I, Yang, have this blessing. ”

Tao Wangling said with a smile: "Don't wear high hats to each other, while Mr. has just left, everyone will figure out this Cheng Wen together, and everyone will see the real chapter in the examination room in February next year." ”

"That's right, this is my generation's temperament!"

The crowd cheered together.

At this time, when Lin Yanchao saw Sun Long, he looked like an 'old friend reunion'.

Everyone talked about the old for a while, but Sun Long said enthusiastically: "The saint has been busy with the water situation in Henan these days, and he wants to sacrifice to the sky and fast, but he has made Mr. Lin wait for a long time." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled, this speech was the same as Song Jiu. But Lin Yanchao said in a low voice: "Grandpa Sun, you and I are old friends, if you have any inside information, please give me a blow, so Lin will be grateful in the future." ”

Sun Long hesitated for a moment and then said: "Recently, the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother have gotten along very well, if Your Majesty summons Mr. immediately, the Cining Palace will be unhappy, maybe it will be cool because of this." ”

Lin Yanchao was a little stunned, and Sun Long said again: "But this is just my speculation, after all, the holy will is difficult to ask." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, and secretly stuffed a silver ticket into Sun Long's hand at the moment.

Then Lin Yanchao changed into an official robe and entered the palace with Sun Long.

It was already afternoon when I entered the palace, and the sky was full of dark clouds, and a summer rain was about to fall in the afternoon.

After Lin Yanchao entered the Forbidden City, he went directly through the Donghua Gate and came to the Wuying Palace.

Lin Yanchao was surprised when he came to the Wuying Palace, the Son of Heaven rarely received ministers in the Wuying Palace.

The place where the Son of Heaven sees the ministers is generally chosen in the Qianqing Palace, the Wenhua Palace, and the Huangji Palace.

The Imperial Palace belongs to formal occasions such as court meetings, and the Qianqing Palace is a place where close ministers such as cabinet scholars meet, and the emperor is generally too lazy to move around after work, and calls the ministers to come to the Qianqing Palace to discuss important matters.

The Wenhua Hall is used for the feast, the day of the lecture, and it is also the place where the emperor defaults to the office, and it is also very close to the cabinet.

The Wuying Hall is rarely used, and it is used to hide paintings and the emperor's writing on weekdays.

Lin Yanchao remembered that at the beginning of the Son of Heaven's accession to the throne, he liked to write very much, and he had the idea of becoming a calligrapher.

However, Zhang Juzheng and other auxiliary ministers felt that the Son of Heaven was addicted to calligraphy and painting, which was a small road, not a road to governing the country, and it was easy to repeat the mistakes of Song Huizong. Therefore, the Son of Heaven quit calligraphy and painting, and rarely came to Wuying Hall in the future.

So now there are only some people in the Wuying Palace, the edicts, and the painters, and the status of these people is not as straight as the Wenhua Palace.

Then it is self-evident that the emperor summoned Lin Yanchao in the Wuying Palace, the Wenhua Hall is a place to see ministers, there are many people, although the Qianqing Palace is hidden, but it is too close to the harem, which will cause the Queen Mother to be unhappy.

So it's a good choice to meet in Wuyingdian.

Lin Yanchao walked across the white marble bridge wearing a four-grade official robe, and passed through the Wuying Gate under the guidance of the eunuch, and the Wuying Hall was in front of the Yongdao.

Wuying Hall and Wenhua Hall are the same I-shaped halls, and the size of the pattern is almost the same, which can be described as a text and a martial arts.

Lin Yanchao lifted the hem of his official robe slightly, walked up the steps, came to the front of the hall and bowed down: "Minister Lin Yanchao bows to Your Majesty, and bows to your majesty." ”

"Flat!"

After Lin Yanchao got up again, he stepped over the stone steps of the temple gate, lowered his head and stared at the gold bricks paved on the hall.

Then there was silence in the hall for a while, and Lin Yanchao couldn't see the expression of the Son of Heaven.

"Lin Qing hasn't changed much."

Lin Yanchao's heart moved, if he changed someone else, Lin Yanchao would definitely raise his head and take a look, but now he could only restrain such an impulse and hang his head again.

"Well, it's also more restrained than before, when you gave me two things back then, it wasn't like this."

Lin Yanchao lowered his head and said: "Back then, the minister didn't know the height of the sky, and offended Long Yan, but now he has been in Guide for three years, reflecting on his own mistakes, and the minister is guilty." ”

Hearty laughter rang out from the hall.

"Lin Qing has really changed, when I asked you to confess your sins, you can go back to the Hanlin Academy, I have good intentions, what did you say? Well, now three years later, I haven't asked you, but you've confessed to your mistake. It doesn't matter if the official position is low, but the bigger the official, the less courageous he is? ”

Lin Yanchao lowered his head and said nothing.

At this time, Dan heard a snap on the royal case, and shouted: "Why didn't Lin Qing speak?" I ask you! ”

Lin Yanchao raised his head, but saw that the Son of Heaven was looking at him with blazing eyes.

Lin Yanchao looked at the appearance of the Son of Heaven but was taken aback, Wanli was the same age as himself.

Lin Yanchao took advantage of the traverser and had rich experience, so he was older than the Son of Heaven at that time. But after three years, the Son of Heaven has a little more vicissitudes than he seems now.

In the past three years, what has the Son of Heaven experienced sitting on the throne?

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty's holy face is like thinking, if Mougins is thinking deeply, this is the face of the holy monarch, and the minister is really fortunate to see the face of heaven again. ”

The Son of Heaven heard Lin Yanchao suddenly say this, and his original momentum was reduced by three points.

The Son of Heaven snorted coldly and said, "Lin Qing, you bow down after you finish your business, you didn't do it when you were upright." To tell the truth, this time I summoned you to Beijing, the Queen Mother was already the boss's displeasure, did you say that I wanted to stay with you, or did I listen to the Queen Mother to let you stay away from Beijing? ”

Lin Yanchao said solemnly: "Your Majesty asks the ministers to go, and the ministers will go wherever they go." ”

The Son of Heaven sneered, "Really? I heard that this time you have made outstanding achievements as an official in Henan, and the officials elected you as the first state capital in the world, but in the past few days, some people have been muttering beside my ears that this time there is a big flood in Henan, you actually did not stay to fight the flood, but abandoned the people and rushed to Beijing to receive the decree. ”

"I didn't believe this, because you are Lin Sanyuan, who is a blunt admonition and asks for the lives of the people of the world, how can you do something that abandons the people. But now that you are in a hurry to enter the Beijing Saint, and you have just admitted your mistakes, I can't help but doubt in my heart. What is important to Lin Qing? ”

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven walked down the steps and came to Lin Yanchao with his hands in front of him and said, "Lin Qing, explain, are you a sycophant?" Or do you put the people first? ”

Lin Yanchao was silent, and the Son of Heaven suddenly laughed, and teased: "Don't be in a hurry to answer me, Lin Qing, you think about your rhetoric, I want to hear how you say a flower?" ”

Lin Yanchao had an answer to this in his heart, and when Shen Shixing told Lin Yanchao to face the saint, the Son of Heaven would definitely ask this question and let him think about it.

But now Lin Yanchao didn't bother to make up the answer, and replied directly: "Your Majesty, the minister is a sycophant." ”

"Really?" The Son of Heaven stood still and looked Lin Yanchao up and down.

Lin Yanchao lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know how to explain, he only thinks of Zhuangzi's words, there is no near name for good, and there is no near punishment for evil." What the ministers do in Guide will be informed to His Majesty by the people in the future. ”

"As for the minister......s," Lin Yanchao said with a wry smile, "...... The minister is loyal to His Majesty in his heart, and although the sycophants are not praise, the ministers are willing to accept it. ”

The Son of Heaven was silent for a while when he heard this, and then said: "If it is true, this prelude is right, it is really worthy of Lin Sanyuan's words." ”

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven walked to the temple gate and looked up at the sky.

Outside the hall, the dark clouds were like ink, the sound of muffled thunder was faintly resounding, and the wind was fierce, shaking the more than a dozen locust trees in front of the hall, and countless leaves fell from the trees.

"I summoned you back to Beijing this time, I don't blame you for what happened to you in the first place, I am not careful, I just blame you for ruining the mother-son relationship between me and the Empress Dowager Cisheng. But after King Lu became a vassal, I and the Empress Dowager Cisheng reconciled again, and I didn't care. ”

The Son of Heaven turned around and said, "So this time you go back to Beijing, and you will be in Beijing." Fu Zhiyuan, the political envoy of Henan's right, recommended to me, you have the talent to manage the middle, and the governor of Henan also told me that you can do your best in a hundred miles of land. Several feudal officials have said so, how can I let the virtuous and talented be subservient, didn't you say that you want to repair Qi Zhiping? The court is where your ambitions come in. Maybe one day, after Mr. Shen, I can entrust you with the affairs of the state! ”

Lin Yanchao was stunned when he heard this.

When I watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the past and saw Liu Bei entrusting the country to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang's mood at that time, Lin Yanchao now has some experience.

Of course, Lin Yanchao is not Zhuge , but the trust of the Son of Heaven really moved him a little.

Speaking of which, the Son of Heaven continued: "But I have a few ugly words to say ahead! I want you to think about it carefully and answer me well. ”

Lin Yanchao's eyes lit up when he heard this, he already knew what the Son of Heaven wanted to promise him, but he couldn't agree to this matter.