No Yat Hall Cabinet Auxiliary Yan Song office room, only Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua left two people, Zhao Wenhua took out a small jade altar from his arms, jade altar is very delicate, carved into the Nanji Immortal Weng modelling, crane child’s face, kind face, leaning on a curved walking stick high above the head. The mouth of the altar for the Nanji Immortal Weng hand holding the peach of longevity, with a red silk cloth sealed mouth.
The Nanji Immortal Weng was an old longevity star in ancient myths and legends, a great disciple under the seat of Yuan Shi Tian Zun, the main longevity, a symbol of longevity, and was therefore revered by the people.
“Righteous father, this is my Cicheng old home this year’s newly brewed Hundred Flowers Wine, this is the first brew, my nephew within the starry night travelled to send. I heard that the Hundred Flower Wine in my righteous father’s home was running out, so I came here to pay tribute to you.”Zhao Wenhua respectfully offered this small altar of Hundred Flowers Wine to Yan Song with both hands.
Yan Song, who was seated on the seat, heard the words and could not help but see a slight light in front of his eyes, took the Hundred Flowers Wine handed over by Zhao Wenhua, examined it lovingly for a moment, and then gently opened a gap in the silk cloth seal.
As the seal was slightly opened, the Hundred Flowers Wine inside the jade altar bubbled up, and the fragrant wine aroma came out, refreshing the heart.
The mellow fragrance entered the heart, like drinking immortal dew, intoxicating one.
“Good wine. Wenhua, you have a heart.”
Yan Song re-presented the silk cloth seal and praised it, looking at Zhao Wenhua with a gaze that was a few more points closer.
Seeing this, Zhao Wenhua’s face revealed a salty and honourable look, as if being able to get Yan Song’s praise was a great honour for his life.
For a time.
Zhao Wenhua mind can not help but flashback to the autumn of more than twenty years ago, Jiajing eight years of the new bachelor, was awarded the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice, the second will be a Cheng newly brewed Hundred Flowers Wine offered to the then Minister of the Imperial College, Yan Song’s scene.
That day changed his fate.
Zhao Wenhua came from Cixi County, Ningbo Prefecture, a declining family in the south of Fred Maqiao, a family that was not very wealthy.
Cixi has a long history and is known as the “town of Confucianism”, the “cradle of the scholar” and the “hometown of filial piety”, with a flourishing literary style and outstanding people. From the Tang and Song dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, Cixi County has produced five scholar, one eye, three flowers, 519 jinshi, more than 24oo lifts, known as “the town of jinshi”.
However, because Zhao Wenhua family way down, so the road to study is not very smooth, the family is no one in the dynasty as an official.
There are people who are good at being an official, but no one in the dynasty is sitting in a small official.
Therefore, he was awarded a bachelor’s degree in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, he was sidelined everywhere, not to be treated.
Well-versed in the reasoning of some people in the court, he returned to his hometown, not to begrudge the family capital and favours, from the old family begged a Cheng newly brewed Hundred Flowers Wine, carrying with him into the capital.
Hundred flowers wine is the most famous speciality of Cicheng, the production process is complex and long. In the grass spring breeze reborn grass tip buds, pick peony stamens, placed in the sun ventilation dry, ready to store; in the summer sunshine in the lotus pond, pick lotus petals and young leaves, placed in the shade ventilation dry, ready to store; in the late autumn dandelions flying, pick star silver laurel, placed in the wind until dry; in the winter when the snow falls, pick plum stamens, to be sunny sun dry, ready to store. In addition, there are dozens of other kinds of stamens to be collected in the four seasons. The collection of nearly 100 kinds of stamens and petals from the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter are put in the celadon Beng, sprinkled with 100 years of Daughter’s Red wine, paired with rootless water from the rainy days, the frost layer on the day of the frost, the snowflakes in winter, and the dew from the bamboo leaves all year round, sealed and leavened in a secret recipe and brewed.
All year round, can only be brewed once, the yield is very small.
Therefore, even in Cicheng, this Hundred Flowers Wine is in short supply and is worth a lot of money.
Zhao Wenhua’s family is in the middle of the road, but fortunately, he was successful in the examination of the jinshi, so he has some savings. The new brewed Baihua wine cost Zhao Wenhua nearly half of his family’s money, or he had to ask for favours to get it.
The pay is always rewarded, back to the capital of Zhao Wenhua for the opportunity to bring from his hometown of the hundred flowers of the wine offered to the then Minister of the Imperial College, Yan Song, the wonderful hundred flowers of the wine, Yan Song’s appreciation, and then worshiped Yan Song as a righteous father.
From this day onwards, Zhao Wenhua’s life will be changed.
With his father Yan Song’s promotion, Zhao Wenhua official luck, soon to be appointed as a pass the government, pass the government to make this position, although the grade is not high, but it is very important, the whole of the Ming dynasty uploaded to the Jiajing emperor’s zhangzuo, will pass his hand, can be said to be the place where the wind and clouds meet.
Zhao Wenhua ability is not low, and will do people, make full use of this position, will be the movements of the forces in the dynasty timely informed Yan Song, so that Yan Song can respond calmly, correct decision-making, Zhao Wenhua also able to gradually enter the centre of power.
Of course, now as the right minister of the ministry of industry, the general minister and the core of Yan’s party, it would be easy for him to get this Hundred Flowers Wine from Cicheng’s hometown again, but because it is not easy to brew Hundred Flowers Wine, the production is not much, and the Hundred Flowers Wine in Zhao Wenhua’s hand is also limited.
In addition to today’s offering to Yan Song’s this jade altar Hundred Flowers Wine, Zhao Wenhua arms there is another altar of this Hundred Flowers Wine, but the jade altar carving than Yan Song’s hands of the Nanki Xianweng altar is more exquisite, is a dragon shaped four ears lifting the ring of the jade altar, altar body is also engraved with a pair of famous green words couplet “Luo Shui Xuan Turtle first dedication to the Swiss, the Yin counts nine, the Yang counts nine, nine-nine-eighty-one number, the number of the Road, the Road together with the original!Heavenly Father, a sincere feeling; Qishan Danfeng double present auspicious, male song six, female song six, six six thirty-six sound, sound in the sky, born Jiajing Emperor, ten thousand years of life”, and the jade altar in the Baihua wine is more fragrant, nourishing, Zhao Wenhua has been close to carry …..
As for why it was not offered to Yan Song together, then only ask Zhao Wenhua himself ……
“Wenhua, what do you think of Zhu Pingan?”Yan Song put the Hundred Flowers Wine in his hand inside the drawer, closed his eyes for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes and swept Zhao Wenhua, slowly asked.
“Zhu Pingan is a smart man.”Zhao Wenhua deliberated and returned.
“Oh, smart in what way?”Yan Song asked.
“When he just came to pay his respects to Righteous Father, what he said, what he did, you can see that he is in awe, and he is currying favour with Righteous Father.”Zhao Wenhua said while pouring tea for Yan Song.
“Hmm.”Yan Song narrowed his eyes slightly, then shook his head slightly again.
“But it’s a pity that Zhu Pingan, he reveres and pleases his righteous father some, but he has not made a stand to take sides. When he first impeached Zhao Dajing’s case, he was also somewhat unaware of the sky and the earth ……”Seeing this, Zhao Wenhua then added.
“Young people, some heart is normal.”Yan Song stroked his beard and slowly nodded, “There is no rush ……”
Zhao Wenhua also followed and nodded, “What righteous father said is very true, as long as he is smart, he is not afraid that he does not know the time.”
“What you said just now about catching a son-in-law under the list, but it made me a little surprised.”Yan Song tasted a mouthful of tea, put down the tea cup and looked at Zhao Wenhua slowly said.
“Righteous father, what do you think of the seven things I offered last time about the Japanese in the southeast?”Zhao Wenhua did not directly answer Yan Song’s question, but asked how about the draft of the zhengzuo that he offered to Yan Song last time about the seven things of the southeastern Japanese.
“You have offered seven things, to sacrifice the sea god as the words, please send officials to look forward to sacrificing in Jiangyin, Changshu; the second lawsuit has the Secretary to cover the skeleton of the light corvée; the next increase in the recruitment of the navy; the second Su, Song, Chang, the town of the people’s fields, a husband over 100 acres of people, the heavy Section of its tax, and pre-collection of the official land tax for three years; the next to raise the rich people to lose the financial resources of the effect of the matter of the merits of the Ning; the second to send the important ministers to supervise the division; the second to recruit the old Tongfan party and the Sea Salt apprentices, easy to loyalty and righteousness of the name, so that to detect and wait for the thieves.This seven things, quite insightful. This seven things, quite insightful, is rare in recent years of good arguments, I embellish one or two with you, you can be presented to the Holy Spirit. However, this and I just asked, what is the connection?”Yan Song praised Zhao Wenhua’s offering of seven things, but for Zhao Wenhua’s non-answer to the counter-question, slightly displeased.
“Many thanks, righteous father. Righteous father does not know, of the seven things I presented, three of the strategies are the ‘Strategies for the Rule of Japan’ that Zhu Pingan answered during the countryside examination.”Zhao Wenhua explained.
“Oh ……”
Yan Song heard this and somewhat unexpectedly opened his closed eyes.
