Yan Song is indeed the boss second only to Emperor Jiajing at that time, and his influence is everywhere and pervasive. However, Yan Song is far away in the capital, and this is just Hu Yushi's reception banquet. Do you want to lick it like this?!
Licking the dog, licking the dog, licking until there is nothing left...
Seeing the five officials at the table trying their best to keep a distance from him, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but twitch his lips.
The five officials at the table gathered together to keep warm and chatted happily. Zhu Pingan alone... ate happily.
Hu Zongxian, who was good at dancing with long sleeves, toasted from table to table. When he came to Zhu Pingan's table, Hu Zongxian finished the toast and asked Zhu Pingan with a smile, "How did Master Zhu know that I would take office on a donkey?"
"Ahem, cough, cough, I guessed."
When Zhu Pingan heard this, he couldn't help coughing. How could Hu Zongxian even know this?! It must have been Chu Xiong or one of them who let it slip. Zhu Pingan turned to look at the table where Chu Xiong and the others were sitting, and sure enough he found that Chu Xiong was paying attention to him.
At this table, I noticed that after Zhu Pingan looked at him, he smiled at Zhu Pingan like a constipated bulldog. That's right, it was this guy who leaked the news.
"What kind of family does Mr. Zhu have?! Guess you dare to bet two hundred and fifty taels of silver?" Hu Zongxian approached Zhu Pingan and asked with a smile.
Damn it! Chu Xiong, a loser, even told Hu Zongxian how much he had bet?! Zhu Pingan was speechless.
"Ahem, Mr. Hu, I am not betting, but funding the militia. I took up the post of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province and was ordered to organize the military and prepare the militia. However, due to insufficient funds and financial difficulties, Mr. Chu, Zhang
Sir, they intend to fund the militia. The so-called elegant gambling is just a guessing game to increase the fun of funding, and we are not doing it for property, but to raise funds for the militia." Zhu Pingan corrected the word "bet" in Hu Zongxian's mouth seriously.
, explained seriously.
Hu Zongxian was the censor and had the power to evaluate officials. Although various gambling games are now popular among officials, scholar-bureaucrats and among the people, such as leaf opera, horse tags, and dominoes were invented and popular at this time. Even Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty loved to promote gambling and entertainment in the future.
Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty invented and loved the game "Falling City", but after all, many laws of the Ming Dynasty such as the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty" and the "Regulations on Punishment" strictly prohibited gambling. If it had to be classified as gambling, it would be enough for Zhu Pingan and others.
One pot.
That's why Zhu Ping'an corrected and explained seriously that they were not gambling in terms of form, purpose and components, but just recommended guessing games to increase the fun of the funding process.
"Oh, it's a little game of inference and guessing to increase the fun of funding. Well, the purpose of raising funds for the militia is not gambling on property, and it is indeed not..." Hu Zongxian heard this and nodded with a smile, agreeing with Zhu Pingan's explanation.
, and then asked with a smile, "But there are winners and losers in small games, Master Zhu is not afraid of losing. From Master Chu and others supporting Zhu Master's People's League, to Master Zhu supporting Master Chu and others?!"
"Master Hu, there is a basis for why I dare to play this little game." Zhu Pingan said with a frank look.
"Oh, Mr. Zhu, what's the basis?" Hu Zongxian asked curiously.
"The basis is... Your Excellency is Hu Zongxian." Zhu Pingan looked at Hu Zongxian and said seriously.
"Oh?" Hu Zongxian raised his eyebrows.
"Master Hu patrolled Xuanfu and Datong, the important border defense towns, to regulate the army and strengthen the border defense; he patrolled Huguang to regulate the army and quell Miao chaos. Master Hu patrolled Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and encountered Japanese troubles. It was expected that Master Hu would rectify military discipline.
As the saying goes, "Discipline others first. Discipline yourself first. Lord Hu is new here. If he wants to rectify military discipline, he will naturally set an example. Therefore, I guess Lord Hu may ride a donkey to take office." Zhu Ping'an explained.
After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, Hu Zongxian looked at Zhu Pingan intently for three seconds, then grinned.
"Incisive and thorough, you are worthy of Master Zhu - the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty!" Hu Zongxian praised with a smile.
"Your Excellency, Ping'an is ashamed to praise you." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said.
"Master Zhu, if you have time in the future, you might as well come and visit the Yamen more often." Hu Zongxian raised his glass with a smile.
"As I wish, I dare not ask you to listen. As long as Mr. Hu is not bothered, Ping An will always bother you and report to Mr. Hu." Zhu Ping'an picked up the wine glass with both hands, returned Hu Zongxian's greeting, and said with a smile.
At present, the patrol censor has great power, and the patrol censor has actually become the immediate superior of the inspection department. Although Zhu Pingan does not mention the inspection department, he is inevitably influenced by Hu Zongxian to a certain extent.
The supervisor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was under the jurisdiction of the governor, so the word "report" is not an exaggeration.
The sun shines in through the doors and windows, and the early winter sunshine shines golden light on the two of them even at noon.
The two looked at each other, smiled, raised their glasses, and drank it all.
Hu Zongxian made a toast from table to table, returned to the main table, and once again raised a glass of wine to pay tribute to all the officials present.
"Nowadays, the Japanese plague is getting worse. Desperate people are taking desperate risks. They follow the Japanese invaders. They burn, kill, and loot. They commit all kinds of evil and the people are miserable! I, Hu Zongxian, have been trusted by the Holy Father and appointed the censor to patrol Zhejiang. This time I take office.
The main task is to control the Japanese pirates. All of you are the pillars of the Southeast. Zong Xianding will cooperate with you sincerely to prevent Wang Zhi and other thieves from being captured, to eliminate the Japanese pirates, and to stabilize the Southeast. I vow not to return to the capital!"
Hu Zongxian's voice echoed at the banquet, and it was loud and clear...
This is his true expression.
Unless Wang Zhi is captured, the Japanese pirates are wiped out, and the southeast is stabilized, I vow not to return to the capital... This is the oath Hu Zongxian made when he took over as the censor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and left the capital. It is also his ideal and ambition in this life.
"Don't worry, Yushi Hu, I will definitely live up to the emperor, the country, and the people. We will work together to wipe out the Japanese pirates!"
The voices of the officials at the banquet also echoed at the banquet, and they were equally loud...
The reception banquet lasted for more than an hour. Eight or nine officials were very drunk and were carried back by the officials from the same government office. Hu Zongxian was so impressed that as the protagonist of the reception banquet, he was toasted and toasted again and again. The wine he drank was
The one who attended the most reception banquet, but his face was just red, and there was no hint of drunkenness in his words and deeds. He stood at the gate of the patrol office, and bid farewell to the officials from each office one by one with his hands folded.
Zhu Pingan was not drunk either. It was not that Zhu Pingan drank more, but because Zhu Pingan drank less. Except for the two glasses of toast given by Hu Zongxian, it was only when the whole audience raised their glasses that Zhu Pingan drank one or three glasses with everyone else.
The wine is not enough to make you drunk.
"Sir Zhu, as I said before, come to the Yamen often when you have time." When Hu Zongxian was bidding farewell to the officials from the Yamen Gate, he patted Zhu Pingan on the shoulder with a smile and said to Zhu Pingan again.
"Definitely." Zhu Pingan replied with his hands in hand.