The officials came forward to greet him, and someone raised his hand and asked: "Master Third Division, isn't Special Envoy Su here? Didn't he just say he was at the door?"
Yan Shu glanced at Su Jin, laughed loudly and said: "Far away in the horizon, close in front of you, isn't it?"
There was an uproar among the officials. They never expected that this snow-white and pink young man was actually Su Jin. Some of them had dirty thoughts and were sweating on their shy faces. Fortunately, they were just thinking about it in their hearts. If they had not paid attention to what they said just now,
Offended, that would be a big joke...
"Sure enough, this person is Special Envoy Su. When I saw Special Envoy Su from a distance just now, I felt that he was an unusual person. Master Special Envoy walked swiftly, had the appearance of a dragon and a tiger, and his majestic weapons were extraordinary.
As expected, it is indeed Special Envoy Su. It seems that my old eyes are not yet dim. I have admired him for a long time."
All the officials rolled their eyes. This flattery was really blatant and disgusting, especially since the person speaking just now quietly asked Yan Sansi why he didn't bring Special Envoy Su in. It was really shameful to immediately act according to the current situation.
Su Jin hurriedly raised his hands and said with a smile: "This is an absurd compliment, sir. I'm just a commoner. How can I bear such praise? If it spreads, won't it make people laugh?"
"You deserve it, you deserve it. The young hero Su, as envoy, managed the food service well, wiped out the bandits and purged the officials in Huainan. He can afford such a credit no matter how much praise he deserves. Is that right, everyone?"
"The official raised his head and pretended to ask the officials.
"Yes, yes, a thousand are worthy, ten thousand are worthy." Everyone agreed.
Su Jin chuckled and said, "My lord..."
Yan Shu reminded him from the side: "This is Cai Zhijian from the Jianyuan under the Zhongshu sect."
Su Jin smiled and said: "It turns out to be Cai Zhijian, whom I have admired for a long time."
The officer blew his beautiful beard and said with a smile: "It's easy to talk, I am Cai Long."
"Cai Zhijian, I have been praised by you, but I don't deserve it. If you give all the credit to me, wouldn't it make me ashamed? In fact, if Master Sansi didn't give me advice in person and guide me in my actions, how could I, Su Jin, be worthy of it?
How could he accomplish this great thing? So this praise should go to Yan Sansi."
When everyone heard this, they immediately realized that their own group had praised Su Jin in front of Yan Shu and attributed the credit to Su Jin. Where did they put Yan Shu?
Cai Long was secretly surprised. He was a veteran who had been in the officialdom for many years. How could he not know that Yan Shu had the merit of recommending the commander-in-chief in the matter of grain affairs? The reason why he praised Su Jin vigorously was to see if Su Jin had forgotten his duties.
If this person gets excited and brags about himself regardless of Yan Shu's feelings, his future will end here.
No matter how meritorious and capable you are, you can only be brilliant for a moment. Although the emperor values you at the moment, everything will return to normal once he turns around. With this act of not knowing how to advance or retreat, no one in the court will buy you.
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Yan Shu smiled and twisted his beard and said nothing. As soon as Cai Long spoke, he knew that this guy had no good intentions. This man came from Xianyou, Fujian, where his ancestral home was. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Tiansheng. He served as a local official for many times. In the past two years, he worked with Pang Jixia
Song and others fought fiercely, and in the first year of Qingli, they recommended him to the Central Committee and became a minister in the political hall.
Zhongshu Sheren is a fifth-rank official, and his usual duties are to serve as a waiter for Jinzhuo, to consult on the imperial examination, and other idle duties. However, this Cai Long is good at seizing opportunities. After several maneuvers, he actually persuaded Lu Yijian, the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, and was recommended by him.
After receiving the title of Shiren, he learned the identity of Kain Yuan and gained a place in the court.
As the name suggests, the people in the Yuan Yuan are admonishers. Like Ouyang Xiu's Yushitai, they are a kind of supervisory organization. The difference is that the Yushitai mainly supervises the administrative behavior of officials, while the responsibilities of the people in the Yuan Yuan are
This is due to the lack of regulation and admonishment of government affairs. It seems that the division of labor has different emphasis, but in recent years it has become consistent, that is, both officials and government officials can give advice.
Especially for officials, the Admonition Yuan, like the Yushitai, can submit memorials based on hearsay without having to bear the consequences; in other words, they can submit memorials to impeachment discussions based on hearsay without having to find conclusive evidence.
They are busy looking for evidence. Once it is verified, they will naturally have a share of the credit. If the accusation is false, they will not be held responsible.
One can imagine the attitude of officials of both the DPRK and the Central Government toward these two departments. Some hope to win over them and build a good relationship with them, while others keep a distance from them. Even more people sneer at them, calling them the two major cancers in the DPRK and China.
For an official of Yan Shu's level, he is certainly not afraid of the people from the Admonition Court and Yushitai. The three chief ministers are in charge of national finance and taxation, and are one of the three most powerful people under the emperor. Although they are ranked
The prime minister is in charge of military affairs, and the three departments are in charge of finance. How can the chiefs of these three departments care about the impeachment of your admonishment officer? Anyone with some brains will
They would only target other officials, and few would dare to open fire on these three people.
Therefore, when Cai Long came to Yan Shu's house, Yan Shu had no feeling at all. But Cai Long, he keenly sensed that the Political Hall and the Privy Council did not like Su Jin, so he spontaneously wanted to create something between Yan Shu and Su Jin.
When the incident came out, no one knew that Su Jin was so smart that his plan went bankrupt.
"Cai Zhijian, Special Envoy Su doesn't know much about official affairs. You are all old men living in the officialdom, so you are not allowed to bully him." Yan Shu smiled and said with a sting.
"As for Su Jin saying that this credit should be attributed to me, I am not worthy of it. I am just performing my duties. If I and Special Envoy Su have made achievements in food affairs, it is all the work of the Holy One. The Holy One has a wise eye.
He is unique and has the courage to promote Special Envoy Su to take on important responsibilities. I admire his vision and courage."
"Yes, yes, what Yan Sansi said is absolutely true. Our emperor is benevolent and righteous, and he is a wise king who will never be the same. Having such an emperor is a blessing to our ministers and the people of the Song Dynasty." Cai Long saw the wind.
His ability to steer is top-notch, and he has no embarrassment on his face.
"If you ask me, one is indispensable without the other." One person laughed loudly: "The Holy Spirit has a sharp eye and chooses people properly, the Masters of the Three Divisions strategize and lead appropriately, and Special Envoy Su is brave enough to shoulder heavy responsibilities and overcome obstacles. Only then can we work together to handle the food affairs."
To put it in perspective, this incident is a model for the government affairs of the Song Dynasty. It is a typical example of monarchs and ministers working together to overcome difficulties and dangers. I believe that it will definitely become a good story for future generations."
Yan Shu laughed loudly, pointed at the man and said with a smile: "Shilang Huang is worthy of being the leader of the Ministry of Etiquette. He speaks in an orderly manner. We mix up things that are unclear. Shilang Huang hit the nail on the head with one word. I admire him very much."
The speaker was none other than Huang Wei, the Minister of Rites, a tall, white-faced scholar. He and Fu Bi were good friends. He had long heard Fu Bi boast about Su Jin's achievements in the sky and on the earth. Today, I came here to have a look. I couldn't help but come out at this moment.
Say something.
Huang Wei said with a smile: "Master Sansi is making fun of you. Master Sansi and Special Envoy Su have worked hard and made great achievements. Tomorrow the Emperor will definitely reward you. Aren't we just here today to have a drink in the fun? As for discussing merits.
Your Majesty has a scale in his heart, so what is the use of us talking about it here?"
Yan Shu laughed loudly and said: "You have such a straightforward personality. No wonder people call you 'Zhixing Zihuang'. I learned the lesson today. It's right and well said. The delicacies are on the table and the wine is ready. We should sit down and drink together."
How can I stand here with sore waist and back? Come, come, come and sit down with me."
The officials cheered loudly and followed Yan Shu into the hall.
But I saw two large mahogany tables placed at the top. The neatly dressed maids of the Yan Mansion were serving wine. The aroma of delicious food was lingering on the table, and there were a dazzling array of all kinds of delicacies. Just looking at these dishes, I knew that Yan Shu wanted to have dinner tonight.
A lot of thought went into the banquet.
Su Jin secretly smacked his tongue, everyone said that Yan Shu liked to be extravagant and fond of banquets. Today, when he saw it, he certainly lived up to his reputation; the food was just fine, just looking at the dishes and cutlery on the table was amazing.
The gold plate, silver bowl, carved flower pot, gold hairpin small spoon and five-petal cup, tooth chopsticks and jade cup are not beautiful enough, and the glazed purple bottle is wrapped with luxuriant flowers. (Note 1)
After everyone was polite and polite, they arranged their seats and took their seats one by one. The maids dressed in flowers and butterflies skillfully filled the celadon five-petal lotus silk wine glasses in front of everyone with fine wine. As soon as the wine was put into the glass, the aroma suddenly overflowed.
The middle man is drunk.
"Master Sansi, this wine..." Sun Fu, a fond of drinking from the Imperial Academy, wrinkled his nose and said in astonishment.
Yan Shu chuckled and said, "Mr. Sun, have you ever drank this wine?"
Sun Fu bent down his nose, smelled it, shook his gray head and said, "I've never seen this wine before, but it looks like honey in color, is clear and sticky, has a rich flavor, and has a floral aroma in the aroma. It must be extraordinary."
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Yan Shu smiled and said, "May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village in the distance."
Sun Fu shouted: "It turns out to be Xinghua Village wine? Didn't it say that the original recipe for brewing this wine has been lost long ago? Where did you find it?"
Yan Shu said: "Everything depends on someone who is thoughtful. I sent people to investigate. Last year I learned that the Xinghua Village that Xiao Du mentioned was in Chizhou Prefecture, so I sent people there and finally found the descendants of the Xinghua Restaurant."
Mr. Sun will be blessed to bring him to the mansion to specialize in wine making."
Everyone was stunned. There were many drunkards like Yan Shu in the court. The most famous one was Shi Manqing, a minister of Dali Temple who had just passed away in the first year of his life.
This gentleman was addicted to alcohol. He never drank a day or ate a meal without drinking. He also drank a lot without getting drunk. He and Yan Shu were considered close friends of the wine country. It was a pity that Renzong Zhao Zhen cherished his body and persuaded him to stop drinking.
Shi Manqing listened to Zhao Zhen's words and quit drinking. Unexpectedly, he felt unwell after a few days of quitting drinking, and became terminally ill and died. Zhao Zhen regretted it to death. He wanted to persuade him to take good care of his body, but unexpectedly he died because of it.
In his life, he did bad things with good intentions.
Even people like Shi Manqing just like to drink, and they don't care about the good or bad. But Yan Shu doesn't drink anything but fine wine. No, in order to drink this Xinghua Village wine, he actually spent several years searching and finally found it.
It’s really incredible that people brew this wine.
This move is like that of Qu Yang, a folk musician. In order to obtain the missing music score of "Guangling San", he dug more than ten ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty and finally obtained the burial music score in Ji Kang's tomb.
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Note 1: The poem is original, Fang Family Mo Xiao.dd