Cui Zhaoquan glanced at it, suddenly smiled, and said, "Dear ministers, Mr. Cui has a business, I wonder if you can do it?"
Oh, it turns out to be Cui Zhaoquan. What is he planning to do?
Doing business? Did you do business until the cabinet came?
Several pavilion elders then raised their heads and looked at Cui Zhaoquan.
However, although they complained in their hearts, they also knew that Cui Zhaoquan, the minister of the Ministry of War and the elder of the cabinet, would really call the cabinet adults to do business. I am afraid that this business is not the other business.
Seeing that everyone was surprised, they all looked at him. The cabinet boss Xie Zhi still smiled and said: "Old Cui, you are doing business and you are sitting in the cabinet. It's time to fight!"
Xie Zhi, a Jinshi at the age of 27, has served as a scholar, editor, lecturer, and censor of the Hanlin Academy. Now he is a bachelor of Huagaidian and a counselor of political affairs.
"I wonder what kind of business can make Mr. Cui's heart flutter?" Someone else joked that this person is He Yuduan. Although Xu Bin was "born with a unique talent, he was eager to learn, and his eyesight was so good that everyone at the time called him a child prodigy." However, he passed the imperial examination at the age of 26 and became a Jinshi at the age of 30. Now he is a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and is favored to work in the cabinet.
After Cui Zhaoquan put down those words, he smiled and said nothing. He just slowly unfolded the picture in his hand and covered it with the seal. Seeing that several colleagues were puzzled at first, they slowly came closer and gradually showed their surprise. Then he said: "Please take a closer look, what about this painting? What about this poem? What about this word?"
As a pavilion elder, everyone is a knowledgeable person. Among them, Qian Wei said softly:
"Shui Xiu Shan's green eyebrows are far and wide. When I return home, I lean against the small pavilion window."
"The spring breeze doesn't understand the rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and smiles at the rain alleys looking for tourists to taste."
Looking at this painting again, I can’t tell who painted it.
At their status, they are all Jinshi, and most of them have well-educated families. They have collected books and collections for several generations, and have a taste of everyone's calligraphy and painting. This painting is so good, and the poems are especially well matched. The calligraphy is also It's so good, but it's hard to tell which person made it, so naturally I'm even more curious.
Qian Wei is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. He has a lot of ideas and a lot of disciples. He can't help but frown: "It's strange, I can't tell which master's work this is."
"Such skills are definitely not from a nobody. I wonder where Mr. Cui got this painting?"
"Could it be a work from pre-Qin Dynasty?"
"No, it looks like a new one."
Zhao Xu is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, a bachelor of Huagaidian, a knowledgeable scholar, deeply trusted by the emperor, but the first assistant. He repeatedly read the poem on the painting, and an idea came to him. From this poem, he thought of the author of the painting, and suddenly asked : "Could it be done on behalf of the Duke?"
As soon as these words came out, several pavilion elders suddenly became quiet.
Cui Zhaoquan was satisfied with what he saw. At this time, he relayed what Su Ziji had told him before to several pavilion elders, and then asked: "Will you do this business?"
imperial city
"Master Guo, look, go forward along this road. In front of you is the Sansi Yamen."
"Further forward is the Political Affairs Hall, just to the left of the Sansi Yamen."
The eunuch introduced by Su Ziji was not a chief eunuch like Eunuch Zhao, but he was also a eunuch with a sixth-grade official robe. You must know that a chief eunuch like Eunuch Zhao, according to the rules set by Taizu, could only be up to the fourth grade. Rank, sixth rank is already considered prestigious in the palace, not to mention that he is still serving the emperor. Even the ministers have to show some good looks when they see him.
Su Ziji had no objection to eunuchs. As long as they were not nine thousand years old, they were just special officials in Su Ziji's eyes.
And if he wants to be a big treasure in the future, he will have to use such people sooner or later. He has a correct attitude and just treats them as no different from officials.
Use female officers?
In reality, Su Ziji originally thought this way, but after working in the workplace, he no longer thought so.
Listening to the eunuch's explanation along the way and looking around the imperial city, Su Ziji was satisfied with what he heard and specially praised: "Your introduction is very good."
The eunuch just smiled and was modest.
After introducing all the administrative offices in the outer palace, the eunuch took Su Ziji back again, this time to the cabinet, the destination of Su Ziji's trip.
"My lord, the yamen in the imperial city will provide a meal at noon. There is no need for servants to deliver it. The daily meals are provided by the imperial kitchen, which is a little earlier than the harem. When eating, the meals are kept. It’s steaming hot.”
"Servants are not allowed in. If you have urgent matters, you can convey them to the guards."
Su Ziji nodded, understanding that this is the confidentiality mechanism, and naturally the center of the imperial court cannot do it arbitrarily.
"Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, everything is needed. If there is anything missing, please tell the officials serving in the cabinet. Someone will tell the slaves, and the slaves will immediately pick up the things from the imperial city warehouse and deliver them. I guarantee there will be no delay." Things for adults.”
While talking, they arrived in front of a row of houses. Su Ziji looked at the unnamed evergreen tree and the red walls and green tiles behind it. He felt that this place might be more comfortable in summer than in winter. point.
"My lord, just go in. If you go further, no servants can go." The eunuch arrived at the door and stopped when he was still a few steps away from the door. He was afraid that Su Ziji would be offended, so he Pointing to the stone tablet not far away, he explained.
Su Ziji looked over and found a stone tablet erected at the door of the cabinet, with a line of words engraved on it: Fengtian carries the emperor's rule: all the officials, concubines, eunuchs, etc. who enter the military aircraft without permission will be killed without mercy!
The eunuchs were not allowed to enter. In fact, it was not only that they were not allowed to enter the cabinet, but also that they were not allowed to interfere in politics. It seems that Zheng Taizu learned from the experience of the previous dynasty's demise and gave a warning to future generations.
With emotion in his heart, Su Ziji smiled and said to the eunuch, "Thank you for sending me here."
The eunuch said he didn't dare.
Su Ziji opened the thick curtain and walked in. As soon as he entered, he saw Cui Zhaoquan sitting inside doing something. He probably heard the conversation at the door and looked up at this time, secretly looking at Su Ziji. He nodded.
"It seems that the matter has been done." After receiving the hint, Su Ziji was overjoyed and saw that except Cui Zhaoquan, the remaining four pavilion elders also stood up and saluted Su Ziji, but they only bowed.
"My minister Zhao Xulin has met Duke Dai."
"My minister Xie Zhi has met Duke Dai."
"My minister He Yuduan has met Duke Dai."
"My minister Qian Wei has met Duke Dai."
Su Ziji also bowed in return. The system was similar. The Duke was basically equal to the cabinet minister. However, Su Ziji was the grandson of the emperor, or a very close grandson of the emperor. He had a bit of a "king" meaning, so for the first time , Mr. Ge saluted first.
Since they were all bowing, the atmosphere was not as tense as when the kings came to the cabinet to observe the government, but more peaceful.
Su Ziji bowed and said more politely: "My lords, I am here to learn from the cabinet. If I do anything wrong, please correct me."
With that said, he bowed to several pavilion elders.
Since he had already told me in advance that he would ask for advice on a draft in one day, and there was a sense of affection between teachers and students, the elders naturally accepted it calmly.
"It's just a few casual remarks."
