Thanks to the word 'return', Hu Zongxian's attitude finally softened.

According to Hu Mouren's original thoughts, Shen Mo was an official directly sent by the emperor, although he never admitted that he had the 'right to perform secretly', but it was impossible not to think about it. At least his weight in the emperor's heart is no less than that of ordinary feudal officials...... Otherwise, several turmoil in Suzhou this year have set off a big storm in the court, but why did the emperor turn a deaf ear and never send anyone to investigate, nor let people investigate?

Therefore, Hu Zongxian never underestimated the energy of silence, if he was willing to attack Ruan Yi with him, this battle would undoubtedly be won!

But now in this situation, he is not easy to force, so he can only beg softly: "The relationship between teachers and students in the officialdom has always referred to the examination, not the township examination. ”

"Ministry, listen to me first." He said silently: "According to the division of those people in the DPRK and China, you are the Yan Party and I am the Xu Party. But in fact, they have always regarded the two of us as one party. "The relationship between the two is too deep, and to outsiders, it is like two melons on a vine.

Hu Zongxian nodded and agreed with this statement. Then I listened to him again: "If I also get involved and shout for you, then in the eyes of others, it is not a dispute between right and wrong, but a factional struggle. ”

Hu Zongxian was silent, obviously a little unhappy.

Shen Mo knew that he must have some resentment in his heart, so he said softly: "Ministry, once you go up, there will be a situation where the governors and governors attack each other, and the imperial court will definitely take one for the sake of the overall situation in the southeast...... And Ruan Gong is far from being the opponent of the ministry in terms of qualifications, connections, and ability, so ......" said with a light sigh: "When the time comes, please ask the subordinates of the ministry to show mercy, so as not to be criticized." ”

Hu Zongxian pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "What you said makes sense......" gave up the persuasion of silence.

Shen Mo knew that if he finished this calculation, he would definitely be resentful, so he smiled and said: "There are two white deer in this yard, which were brought by the Zhoushan County Order this time, and I am thinking about dedicating them to the ministry, you might as well go and take a look." ”

"A line of egrets in the sky?" Hu Zongxian's city was extremely deep, and he couldn't see the slightest unhappiness, but laughed.

"No, it's Yo Yo Luming, the apple of the wild eater." Silent laughter.

"Scared, really?" Hu Zongxian finally couldn't hold back, Huo Ran got up and said, "Take me to see it?" ”

Shen Mo also got up with a smile and said, "It's in the garden, and the ministry will come with me." Then he led Hu Zongxian to the garden.

As soon as I entered the garden, I saw two snow-white deer, grazing leisurely on the grass.

"Sure enough, it's Xiangrui, Xiangrui!" Hu Zongxian said in ecstasy, startling the two fawns all over, staring at the innocent big eyes, watching every move of this 'strange man'.

As soon as he saw the two white deer, Hu Zongxian couldn't care about his dignity, grinned and walked over, stretched out his hands to hug them, and frightened the two fawns to go their separate ways, and disappeared with a whoosh, leaving behind the wishful thinking Hu Butang, and smirking there.

Isn't it just two small animals with albinism? Why is Hu Butang closer than seeing his own mother? The reason is simple - the top is good and the bottom is what you want. If you give it to Emperor Jiajing, it will really be a cowherd with a weaver girl, and you will find a partner.

It is said that when people can't do something when they are old, they will doubt themselves whether they can do it; If you don't succeed for decades, you'll fall into extreme self-doubt. It is said that Emperor Jiajing has been cultivating for decades, let alone becoming an immortal, he can't even soar through the clouds and fog, and Emperor Jiajing himself has no confidence after a long time.

What to do at this time? The eunuchs offered him the elixir of dry winter and cold summer, so that he could wear single clothes in winter and leather jacket in summer, so that Emperor Jiajing thought that he had achieved a small success in cultivation, and his confidence naturally increased.

In addition, what can increase the emperor's confidence is auspicious. The so-called auspicious rui is the sky with colorful clouds, the wind and rain are smooth, the grass is born with double spikes, the earth is sweet spring, strange birds and beasts and so on. These unusual and beneficial phenomena have been believed since ancient times to be God's approval or commendation of the actions and governance of his son, the Son of Heaven.

Emperor Yanjing has always been eager to have Xiangrui to prove that he is not bad, and Emperor Jiajing, who is dedicated to the old man, needs to have Xiangrui continue to appear to prove that his efforts are not in vain, he is not struggling alone, God is on his side!

So from more than ten years ago, people have discovered this shortcut to promotion and wealth, and they have been constantly making up something and sending it to Emperor Jiajing as auspicious. At the beginning of the period, the emperor was hungry and didn't choose to eat, and he believed in everything, and he didn't know how many times he was wronged. But then my vision was higher, and I came back to the taste, how can there be so many auspicious rui? God's medal is so worthless?

He severely punished a few lawbreakers who 'offered auspicious rui in vain', and ordered the Ministry of Rites to strictly divide the number and grade of auspicious rui according to the "Fu Rui Zhi".

According to the 'auspicious standard' in the hands of the Ministry of Rites, this kind of medal awarded by God to his son can be divided into five grades, namely Jiarui, Darui, Shangrui, Zhongrui, and Xiarui. The highest-level Jia Rui is the appearance of the 'Lin Feng Five Spirits', that is, the five divine beasts of the Qilin, the Phoenix, the Divine Turtle, the Dragon, and the White Tiger; Da Rui refers to the occurrence of 64 kinds of natural phenomena such as 'Jingxing and Qingyun'; Shangrui refers to 28 kinds of immortal objects such as 'white wolf and red rabbit'; Zhongrui refers to 32 kinds of famous objects such as 'blue birds, red geese'; and Xiarui refers to 14 kinds of spiritual objects such as 'Jiahe, Zhicao, and Mulianli'.

And the white deer, among the twenty-eight kinds of immortals, belongs to Shangrui! "Fu Ruizhi" said: "Bailu, the king is bright and the next is coming." In other words, when the emperor treats his subjects wisely and benevolently, the white deer will appear in a daze.

And according to historical records, when Lao Tzu was reincarnated, he took the white deer.

Well, Lao Tzu is not below, it is Li Dan.

Although Hu Zongxian sat firmly in the position of the governor of the southeast, Zhao Wenhua's death hit him hard, of course, not because he was sad about the death of the Meicun brother, or even because he was worried about being implicated, but because he was afraid of losing internal support in the imperial court.

Unlike the scholarly temperament of Zhu Kun, Zhang Jing, Zhou Fu and others, Hu Zongxian was a person who was deeply familiar with power and strategy, and he believed that the success or failure of the peace and security depended on force for three points and seven points on power strategy, and in power strategy, winning the full trust of the imperial court was the key. Originally, Zhao Wenhua was here to help him take care of all this, but now that there is no Zhao Wenhua, he has to do it himself!

But the problem is that except for the middle jinshi that year, and then interned in the criminal department for a period of time, he, the governor of the southeast, has never entered Yanjing City...... It is said that officials above the fourth rank have to go to Beijing once every three years to take up their posts, but Governor Hu was promoted too quickly, and the Communist Party did not get up three years ago, and the war in the southeast was tight, so he could not enter Beijing.

Now he was helpless, from the emperor to the senior members of the court, he had never met. Of course, Yan Dang is still very good to him, and the two sides are also very frequent, but after all, there is no friendship, and the relationship is very empty, which makes him very unreliable.

And from the bottom of his heart, he felt that he had reached his status, and he should no longer get involved with Yan Dang, after all, Yan Dang's reputation was too bad and smelly, and as soon as Yan Song died, he would have to pull up the list, and he was still young...... If you are in your forties and can become a governor, you will also feel that you still have a long way to go...... It is normal to have the idea of not giving Yan Ge Lao a funeral and looking for another backer.

So, his eyes were focused on Emperor Jiajing, and Chao Siwan thought about what he liked, but he couldn't find the idea, and now he saw the senior auspicious rui designated by the Ministry of Rites, Hu Zongxian's ecstasy was really easy to understand.

"It's really Bailu!" He can now be completely sure that with this pair of white deer, he will definitely be able to be virtuous, and he will no longer have to worry about his position.

He excitedly took Shen Mo's hand, and said with deep shame for his careful eyes: "Good brother, don't say anything, tears are ......"

Shen Mo also responded excitedly: "The ministry should understand my heart, right?" ”

"How could I have doubted it?" Hu Zongxian said with a smile, and then ordered the captain of the guard to personally lead people to guard this courtyard and said: "Those two little things are missing a hair, so you can come to see me!" The captain of the guard was shocked.

The two returned to the front hall together, and the intimacy was better than ever.

After looking at the tea again, Hu Zongxian got rid of the ecstasy and began to hold the teacup, thinking about how to offer auspicious luck. If you want to take advantage of such a God-given opportunity, you have to plan well. You can't just say, 'This is given by the minister Hu Zongxian', that has ten points of merit, and it will not get three points of goodness.

There's got to be a congratulatory note. Hu Zongxian said in his heart, this is not just anyone can do it, you must get the wonderful essays and chapters written by celebrities and talents, so as to complement each other with auspiciousness and get twice the result with half the effort.

He laughed and said, "That...... This congratulatory table, please also humble words for you. Saying that, he patted him on the back and said: "You have to be the champion to write a chapter that matches Xiangrui." ”

Shen Mo just shook his head and said: "I can't write this, my brain is imprisoned by the eight-strand text, and the composition with a clear eye is okay, let me write this kind of gorgeous body, I'm afraid my talent is not enough." He said with a smile: "There is a way to raise soldiers for a thousand years and use soldiers for a while, and those literati and ink writers in the adult's mansion should come in handy." ”

Knowing that he was silent or unwilling to get involved, Hu Zongxian smiled bitterly: "I have raised those literati and Qing guests, although the articles are good, and the rhetoric is also extremely gorgeous, but there is nothing to say in the end, which makes people look anxious." He arched his hand and said, "Even if you don't want to write, you have to mention it, so that I can let that group of people draw a scoop compared to a gourd." ”

"Let me think about it......" said in silence for a moment, "probably three centers."

"Please speak modestly." Hu Zongxian was taught, so he picked up a pen and paper and prepared to write it down.

"First, emphasizing that the white deer is a divine beast, boasting about its origin, the Tao says, 'The elk herd, there is no other immortal product, after a thousand years of turning into a pale, and five hundred years is whiter. Since the past, his life has no bounds. 'Associate the white deer with 'Tao' and 'longevity'. ”

Hu Zongxian nodded and wrote it down.

"Then, it is written that the Holy Monarch has a white deer." There must be a king of the Ming Sage, who cultivates the way of Xuanmo, protects the surname and life, fits the beginning, and then Sixiang can be obtained. This is the foreshadowing, for the rest of the book. Shen said softly.

Hu Zongxian nodded again, and then listened to Shen Mo and continued: "From the Shenlu to the Holy Monarch, in the end, it is natural to write in thick ink and color, how the Holy Monarch is sage." Needless to say, the words that praise merit and virtue are praised. ”

Hu Zongxian laughed and said: "They pat their ass all day long, so they don't need to be taught." ”

"But this sycophant must also be exquisite," said silently: "You have to have an artistic surname, for example, the emperor is obsessed with Zhai Jiao and said that his surname is halal; How many years you don't go to court is said to be rule by inaction. If you don't go to court, you don't take care of the government, and you can rule the world, this is the will of heaven, this is the will of the immortals, and Bailu took the initiative to run out to offer Rui is a living example! ”

Hu Zongxian opened his mouth wide, and said for a long time: "I finally know that those people dance and write all day long, why can't they even pass the Jinshi exam, but they can even get six yuan in a row in their humble words." "The heart said, this guy's ability to figure out people's hearts is really too strong, put yourself in your shoes, the emperor was slapped like this, and he couldn't feel as comfortable as eating ginseng fruit?

At the same time, I also understood why Shen Mo refused to write this article, grandma's, it is too numb, for a champion who relies on real talent and real learning, it is really enough to drop the price.

After Hu Zongxian wrote it down, he said silently: "Xu Wei is here in the next few days, those people have finished writing, you can show him." "Xu Wei is a person close to Jiajing, so he naturally understands the emperor's likes and dislikes better.

"Oh, is Chief Wen coming back?" As soon as he heard Xu Dacaizi's name, Hu Zongxian's eyes lit up.

"A few of them travel as usual," said silently, "come and see me first, and then go and go to their own places." "It has long been said that the officials of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the poor grades, have no future to use the list, the rest of them have to continue their studies, in addition to reading and watching politics, there is also a very reasonable one, that is, to travel around, broaden their horizons, and observe the people's feelings.

Generally, after studying at the Hanlin Academy for a year, a letter of introduction is issued and they are sent out to travel all over the world. With a letter of introduction, you can stay at a post house for free, and the magistrate also has a gift, so you don't have to worry about starving to death on the road. For those nerds who don't listen to what is going on outside the window, this experience is extremely important for them to enter politics in the future.

Two months ago, Xu Wei and the others wrote to Shen Mo, saying that they had already released him, and they would go to him first at the first stop, and they would almost be able to catch up with the Oiran Conference, but for some reason they were delayed on the road, and they never caught up.

When leaving the Humble Administrator's Garden, Shen Mo saw that Tie Zhu and the others all showed regret on their faces, and couldn't help laughing: "Although Bailu is good, I don't need it, it's really best to be able to use it like this." ”

This pair of white deer was a gift brought to him by the magistrate of Zhoushan, and Shen Mo naturally understood its value, but hesitated whether to give it to the emperor with his own hands. If he offered it, the emperor would naturally be happy, and he would give him a reward or something, but he had already become a prefect at the age of twenty-one, and he could only be promoted in a few years. And Xiangrui's thing, like a fart, faded, scattered, and couldn't smell after a while.

So after weighing it, he felt that he would not get any benefits, at best, he would give a flying fish suit, a bullfighting suit, and a reward of silver or something, which was really not enjoyable.

And his career is still long, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to serve a few more emperors Yanjing, in case an emperor hates cultivation, and then turns into anger and bewitches his father, what should he do? So if you want to go on for a long time, you still have to be right, this kind of crooked way, it's best to do less, maybe one day people will pull pigtails.

was thinking about what to do with these two deer, Hu Zongxian came, and gave him a problem - the governor and the governor, which side are you on? And looking at Hu Zongxian's posture, if he didn't join him, he would be mad.

Silent thoughts, then thought of the two fawns, but there is nothing better to eliminate this contradiction - use this thing to help Hu Zongxian win the heart of the saint, so as to achieve his goal of defeating Ruan Yi. And as soon as the auspicious rui appears, the emperor will no longer cure Ruan Yu's crimes, and eighty percent will transfer him away, and he will not be in the same pot as Hu Zongxian.

With the best of both worlds, only a fawn can do it, so what is there to hesitate about?

After Hu Butang and his entourage arrived, the guests who were invited to watch the ceremony also arrived in Suzhou City one after another, silently and tirelessly received, settled, received, and settled again, until the day before the ceremony, it was basically completed.

At this time, in Suzhou City, the inns were all full, and the empty houses of the common people were also rented out by the crowds from all over the country, but there was still an endless stream of merchants coming, and there was really no place to live, so they had to live on the boat.

The streets and alleys of Suzhou City have also begun to be lit up, just waiting for the arrival of the 20th day, the city will open the port, and it will become the foreign trade hub of the Ming Dynasty!

This is too important for Shen Mo, looking back, it has condensed all his efforts and cost him countless twists and turns; Looking ahead, from this day on, he will really have a fulcrum that leverages the Ming Dynasty.

Akizi said: 'Give me a fulcrum, and I can pry up the whole earth.' Shen Mo wished he could pry something too.

(To be continued)