The officials stepped forward, and someone asked, "Lord Sansi, didn't the envoy Su come?" Didn't you just say that you got to the door? ”

Yan Shu glanced at Su Jin and laughed: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you, isn't it?" ”

There was a loud uproar among the officials, but they didn't expect that this snow-white and pink young man was actually Su Jin, and some of the shy faces with dirty thoughts were sweating, but fortunately they were just thinking about it in their hearts, if they didn't pay attention to the offense just now, it would be a big joke.

"Sure enough, this one is the envoy of Su, the old man saw the figure of the envoy Su from afar, and felt that he was a big abnormal person, the envoy walked quickly, had the posture of a dragon and tiger, and was very lofty, not an ordinary person; Sure enough, it is really the envoy of Su, it seems that the old man's old eyes have not dimmed yet, and he has been looking up for a long time, looking up for a long time. ”

The officials rolled their eyes, this sycophant was really explicit and disgusting, especially the person who spoke quietly asked Yan Sansi why he didn't bring in the envoy Su; At this moment, it is really shameful to see the wind and rudder.

Su Jin hurriedly smiled and said: "This adult is just a grass person, how can he afford such a praise, wouldn't it be a gimper to spread it?" ”

"Deserved, deserved, Su envoy young hero, as soon as he organized the food affairs, and exterminated the bandits and purged the Huainan officials, such a merit can be afforded in many praises; Guys say right, right? The official raised his head and asked the officials hypocritically.

"Yes, yes, a thousand deserve it, and 10,000 deserve it." Everyone chimed in.

Su Jin smiled and said, "This adult ......"

Yan Shu reminded on the side: "This is Cai Zhizhi of the Zhongshu Sect Lower Academy. ”

Su Jin smiled: "It turned out to be Cai Zhizhi, who has been admired for a long time." ”

The official blew a puff of beautiful hair and laughed: "It's easy to say, old man Cai Long." ”

"Cai Zhizhi, I am praised by you, but I dare not be ashamed of it, you will give all the credit to me, don't you let me be ashamed and landless; In fact, if there was no face-to-face teaching and guidance from the Lord of the Three Divisions, how could I, Su Jin, be able to do this great thing? Therefore, this praise should be attributed to Yan Sansi. ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly woke up to the fact that their gang praised Su Jin in front of Yan Shu, attributed the credit to Su Jin, and where did they put Yan Shu?

Cai Long was secretly surprised, he was an old fritter who had been in the officialdom for many years, how could he not know that Yan Shu had the merit of recommending the general leader in the matter of food affairs, and the reason why he vigorously touted Su Jin was to see if this Su Jin was carried away, just this person was excited, and he boasted about Yan Shu's feelings, so this person's future would end here.

Even if you have merit and ability, you can only be brilliant for a while, although the emperor values you at the moment, but when you turn your face, everything will return to normal, just with this move that you don't know how to advance or retreat, no one in the court will buy your account.

Yan Shu smiled and was silent, as soon as Cai Long spoke, he knew that this guy was not well-intentioned, this person came to his ancestral hometown of Fujian Xianyou, Tiansheng was born in the first year of Jinshi, and had served many local small officials, and in the past two years, he had a hot fight with Pang Xia Zhu and others, and in the first year of Qingli, he was recommended by the two to enter the center, and became a housekeeper in the political hall.

Zhongshu Sheren is a five-grade official, and his duties on weekdays are only to serve in the march, senate and other idle positions, but this Cai Long is good at seizing opportunities, and after several drill camps, he actually said that he moved the political affairs hall to assist Lu Yijian, and after he recommended the title of the house, he also sought to learn the identity of the court, and also had a place in the court.

As the name suggests, the people of the Imperial Court are the officials, and Ouyang Xiu's Imperial Historical Observatory is a kind of supervisory body, the difference is that the Imperial Historical Observatory is mainly for the supervision of the officials' governance behavior, and the responsibility of the people in the Imperial Court is to regulate the lack of government and government, and it seems that the division of labor is different, but in recent years, it has long been the same, that is, both officials and the government can point fingers.

Especially for officials, the Imperial Yuan, like the Imperial Historical Tower, can be played according to rumors, and there is no need to bear the consequences arising therefrom; In other words, they can make impeachment based on hearsay and gossip, without having to scramble to find hard evidence, and once it is verified, they will naturally have a share of the credit, and if they are falsely accused, they will not be held responsible.

One can imagine the attitude of officials of all sizes in the DPRK and China toward these two departments, some of whom hope to win them over and establish good relations, while others stay away from them, and many more people sneer at them, calling them the two major cancers of the DPRK and China.

For officials at the level of Yan Shu, of course he will not be afraid of these people in the Imperial Court and the Imperial Historical Tower, the three divisions are in charge of the country's finance and taxation, and they are one of the three most powerful people under the emperor. The privy councillor is in charge of military affairs, and the three divisions are in charge of finance, and the governors of these three departments will not care about the impeachment of your advisers, but anyone with some brains will only point the finger at other officials, and few dare to fire at these three people.

Therefore, when Cai Long came to Yan Shu's mansion, he didn't feel anything about Yan Shu at all, but this Cai Long, he keenly smelled that the political hall and the Privy Council didn't treat this Su Jin very well, so he spontaneously wanted to do something between Yan Shu and Su Jin, but he didn't know that Su Jin was obedient and shrewd, so his plan was ruined.

"Cai Zhizhi, Envoy Su doesn't know much about official affairs, you are all old people rolling in the officialdom, don't bully him." Yan Shu's smiling words were tingling.

As for Su Jin saying that this credit goes to the old man, the old man is also ashamed, the old man is just performing his own duties, if you want to say that the old man and Su Envoy have made achievements in food affairs, it is all the work of the saints; The saint has a unique vision, and dares to promote the envoy of Su to take up the heavy responsibility, this vision and courage, the old man is obedient. ”

"Yes, yes, what Yan Sansi said is extremely true, my emperor is benevolent, righteous and clear-cut, and he is the only emperor in the world, having such an emperor is the blessing of our courtiers and the blessing of the people of the Great Song Dynasty." Cai Long's ability to steer the rudder when he saw the wind was first-class, and his face was not embarrassed.

"If you want me to say, you can't do it." One laughed loudly: "The saint's wisdom is like a torch and the use of people is appropriate, the three divisions are the master of the strategy, and the Su envoy is brave to shoulder the heavy burden and overcome the thorns, so that the food affairs will be done properly, this matter is a model of my Great Song Dynasty government affairs, a typical monarch and ministers work together to brave the difficult and dangerous moves, the lower officials believe that it will become a good story for future generations." ”

Yan Shu laughed, pointed at the man and said with a smile: "Huang Shilang is worthy of being the head of the Ministry of Rites, and he speaks in an orderly manner. ”

It was Huang Wei, a burly white-faced scholar who spoke, he and Fu Bi were good friends, and he had long heard Fu Bi blow Su Jin in the sky and the earth, and he came to take a look today, and he couldn't help but come out to say something at this moment.

Huang Wei said with a smile: "Lord Sansi made fun of it, Lord Sansi and Envoy Su have worked hard, and the emperor will be rewarded tomorrow, isn't it just to ask for a glass of wine today?" As for discussing merit, the Holy One has a scale in his heart, so what's the use of talking about it here? ”

Yan Shu laughed and said: "What a straightforward personality, no wonder people call it 'straight character yellow', today I have learned, what I said is right, what I said is good, the food is on the table, the wine has been prepared, we should be seated and drink together, how can we stand here with a sore back; ”

The officials applauded and followed Yan Shu into the hall.

But seeing the two large mahogany tables on the top, the neatly dressed maids of the Yan Mansion standing up with the wine, the delicious food on the table was fragrant, and all kinds of delicacies were dazzling, just looking at these dishes, he knew that Yan Shu had put a lot of thought into tonight's banquet.

Su Jin smacked his tongue secretly, and said that Yan Shu was happy and luxurious, good at feasting and drinking, and he really lived up to his reputation when he saw it today; The dishes are not enough, just looking at the dishes and cutlery on the table is already breathtaking.

The gold plate and silver bowl are carved with flower pots, the hairpin and gold spoon are five-petal cups, the beauty of the tooth chopsticks and jade cups is insufficient, and the glazed purple bottles are wrapped in flowers. (Note 1)

After everyone pushed politely, they arranged the seats one by one, and the maids wore flowers and butterflies skillfully filled the celadon five-petal lotus silk wine glass in front of everyone with fine wine, and the wine entered the glass, and the aroma was overflowing, and the Chinese people were drunk.

"Lord Sansi, this wine ......," said the Guozijian who was fond of drinking, Sun Fu wrinkled his nose and said in astonishment.

Yan Shu smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, have you ever drunk this wine?" ”

Sun Fu lowered his nose and sniffed the white head and said: "No, this wine looks like the color of honey, and it is clear and sticky, the wine has a strong flavor, and the wine has a floral aroma, which will be extraordinary." ”

Yan Shu smiled: "By asking where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village." ”

Sun Fu shouted: "Is it Xinghua Village wine?" Doesn't it mean that this wine has long been lost to its original brewing recipe? Where's your brother? ”

Yan Shu said: "Everything is afraid of people, the old man sent people to visit, last year I learned that Xiao Du said that Xinghua Village is in Chizhou Mansion, so he sent people to go, and finally found the descendants of the Xinghua Restaurant, and brought it into the house to specialize in winemaking, Mr. Sun has a mouthful." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, people like Yan Shu who were addicted to alcohol, and the most famous was Shi Manqing, a doctor of Guanglu who had just passed away in the first year.

This gentleman is addicted to alcohol, he does not drink for a day, does not eat a meal, and does not get drunk with thousands of glasses, and Yan Shu is also a close friend of the wine country; It's a pity that Renzong Zhao Zhen cherished his body and persuaded him to quit drinking, but Shi Manqing also listened to Zhao Zhen's words and quit drinking; Unexpectedly, after a few days of quitting drinking, he felt unwell, and then fell ill and died, regretting Zhao Zhen to death, and wanted to persuade him to take care of his body, but unexpectedly gave him his life, and did bad things with good intentions.

is like Shi Manqing, who just likes to drink, and he doesn't care about good or bad; And Yan Shu is not a fine wine to drink, no, in order to drink this Xinghua Village wine, he actually spent several years visiting, and finally found his descendants to brew this wine, which is really incredible.

This move is like a folk musician Qu Yang, in order to get the lost "Guangling San" music score, he actually dug more than ten ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty, and finally obtained the funeral score in Ji Kang's tomb, the two are the same, both are obsessed.

Note 1: The poem is original, and the Fang family is not smiling.