Lin Yanchao's praise of Zhu Geng can be said to be very sincere, and he did not hesitate to praise, seeing that he received Lin Sanyuan's praise, Zhu Geng was also a little proud, and couldn't help pinching his beard and smiling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Geng's point to Lin Yanchao was to borrow Lin Yanchao, and secondly, he wanted to show favor to Shen Shixing behind him through Lin Yanchao.

Zhang Juzheng will not always serve as the first assistant, after Zhang Juzheng resigns, the second assistant Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing have a chance. Zhu Geng's plan is very deep, compared with Zhang Siwei, he is more optimistic about Shen Shixing, as for Lin Yanchao is now Shen Shixing's most proud protégé, the official worships the six products, and walks in the cabinet, as for Shen Shixing's other protégés, they are either interning in the yamen, or they are still officials in other places.

Then Zhu Geng and Lin Yanchao walked back to the banquet side by side.

What Zhu Geng meant, Lin Yanchao also guessed a little. Zhu Geng wants to borrow himself, and he also has a little bit of the meaning of borrowing from the other party.

Connections, connections, what is connections.

One is a very iron friendship, needless to say, those who have received great favors, those who have been promoted, and even the two have similar interests and have irreversible friendships. This is all cultivated step by step by emotional investment.

Officialdom works hard to pat on the back, collude with leaders, and do what they like, all of which belong to this category.

There is also a first-class connection, which is yourself. The higher your position and the more capable you are, the more places others will have to borrow from you. Others have asked for you, and you have asked for him, exchanging interests with each other.

Lin Yanchao and Zhu Geng are similar, this second kind.

The two talked about it, and then the feast was almost finished, and the wine table was swept away.

At the end of the feast, everyone began to settle things on the wine table. The dishes on the wine table are all made by the imperial court.

Everyone is also unceremonious, and those who can go along as much as possible try to go as smoothly as possible, as for the dishes and chopsticks utensils, they have also been moved, from soup bowls to spoons and chopsticks.

At this feast, the families of the officials behaved like locusts crossing the border.

But no one thinks that this is undignified, but everyone is very happy, because this feast is also meaningful.

After Lin Yanchao went to the feast, he returned home, Zhanming, Chen Jichuan took the tea, steamed dumplings, fruits, and some meat and vegetables from the banquet and took them home and distributed them to Yu Bo, Cuizhu, and the painting screen.

Cuizhu, when she saw the food brought back from the feast, she was so happy that she was overjoyed, like a chirping magpie.

Lin Yanchao saw a few people and said with a smile: "It's not that there are no these at home on weekdays, why are you so rare." ”

But seeing that Yu Bo grabbed a handful of chestnuts, put them in his pocket and said with a smile: "Master, although we don't lack anything on weekdays, this is the food at the imperial banquet!" On weekdays, it is the Son of Heaven and the enjoyment of hundreds of officials, where do we ordinary people have this blessing, we are all stained with the light of the master. ”

Cuizhu, the painting screen also peeled the chestnuts together, and said with a smile while eating: "Uncle Yu is right, if it weren't for the master, we wouldn't be able to eat the things at this feast." ”

Several subordinates looked proud because Lin Yanchao was able to participate in this feast. Lin Yanchao was in a state of mind at the moment, and it was a little difficult for him to understand what they were thinking at the moment.

As for Lin Qianqian, he watched Chen Jichuan bring back a few small porcelain bowls from the banquet, smiled with a pair of crooked eyes, and then carefully wiped them one by one with silk cloth

Lin Yanchao and Lin Qianqian said: "Although this is made in the palace, it is not as good as the bowls fired in the Jingdezhen kiln at our home." ”

Lin glanced at Lin Yanchao lightly, and said confidently: "This is different from putting it at home, and you don't need money to get it from the palace." ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, but anyway, it's good that you are happy.

After every feast, Lin Yanchao looked at the happy appearance of the family, and suddenly felt satisfied.

Occasionally, Lin Yanchao also had an idea, he didn't have to go down to the official career, he didn't think about the fall of the Ming Dynasty sixty years later, he didn't think of the four characters of Xiuqi Zhiping, he didn't think of Lin Yan, Lin Chengyi's ardent hope for himself, it was not very good to live such a small life like this every day, he was corrupt, he was bribed, and then he counted money at home with Lin Qianqian.

Then learn from Dong Qichang, happy to come out and be an official for a few years, if you are not happy, you will be sick and nest at home, bullying men and women, in the fish and meat township, composing poems, writing lyrics, and publishing books at home all day long, dreaming for 30 years, and living a good life. Lin Yanchao didn't have this idea before, and he thought about it a few times, but after sleeping for a while, he worked hard when he should have worked hard, and he went to the government when he should have gone to the office. Just like a farmer ploughs the field, a merchant sells it, and he does it himself without a reason.

A few days later, the winter solstice arrived.

The winter solstice is a big day, the folk winter solstice needs to worship the teacher, sacrifice holes, called worship the winter surplus, worship the holy life.

On this day, students burn the words of the paper to show their love for the saints by respecting the words and paper.

This is a folk law, but it is a first-class method in the Hanlin Temple.

In the Hanlin Courtyard, every winter solstice and summer solstice, you need to stay fast.

Therefore, the day before the winter solstice, Lin Yanchao arrived at the Hanlin Courtyard, and the Hanlin Academy, the two rooms, and the scholars in the two halls all arrived at the Hanlin Courtyard.

According to the usual practice, Chen Siyu in charge of the courtyard let the lecturer sit in the lecture and reading hall, the historian sat in the compilation and inspection hall, the two-room Zhongshu sat in the classics hall, the edict, and the Zhongshu people sat in the Confucius Hall, and all the officials stayed for one night.

Lin Yanchao's identity was a little embarrassing, and he asked Chen Siyu which hall he should go to?

Chen Siyu thought for a while and said: "According to reason, you are just a straight turn, but you are seconded to the cabinet, and you should still be a historian in the compilation and inspection hall, but you are now in charge of the east room, and the two rooms are in the middle of the book to listen to your affairs, then you should sit in the classics hall, and even if you are still a banquet official, you can also sit in the lecture and reading hall with the lecturer." Which hall would you like to go to? ”

This is also a difficult place, Lin Yanchao thought about it, he didn't want to go back to the compilation and inspection hall, as for entering the lecture and reading hall was not qualified, he was afraid of attracting criticism, so he said: "The lower official wants to go to the classic hall." ”

Chen Siyu nodded and said, "That's the most appropriate." ”

So Lin Yanchao went to the classic hall and put it together with the books in the two rooms.

The next day the winter solstice is a great sacrifice, and the day before is fasting. The Hanlin Academy was afraid that the officials below would not be sincere, so it concentrated all the Hanlin here one day in advance.

Lin Yanchao changed to a clean and tidy book hall, and there was a duty officer in the hall to supervise, and he could not talk to each other.

Lin Yanchao exchanged a look with the familiar Chinese book, nodded, and walked to the futon to close his eyes and meditate.

This fasting is not to eat nothing, mainly not to eat onions, garlic, leeks, ginger, etc. If you eat it, it will be disrespectful if it smells bad during the sacrifice on the second day. Therefore, it is generally possible to eat some light vegetarian food.

However, the Hanlin Yuan was so thorough that it did not even provide vegetarian food, and each official of the house was only given a bottle of water.

So the officials fasted for one day, and on the second day, the officials with empty bellies participated in the great sacrifice.

The officials of the review hall and the compilation and inspection hall came out of the house, Chen Siyu walked out of the back hall, greeted the officials one by one, and then all the officials walked out of the Hanlin Courtyard together.

On the day of the winter solstice, the Son of Heaven sacrificed to the southern suburbs, and all the officials of the Hanlin Academy had to accompany the Son of Heaven to the southern suburbs. (To be continued.) )