The rise of the poor

Chapter 1294 Secret Fold, it's here
"Miscellaneous congratulations to Mr. Xiao Zhu. There are not many people in this dynasty who can get the unicorn clothes bestowed by the Holy One, and there are only a handful of five-rank officials who can get the unicorn clothes bestowed by the Holy One. Although Mrs. Zhu is far away from the capital, she is in the heart of the emperor." what."

The leading eunuch watched Zhu Pingan put the imperial unicorn clothes on the incense table, and smiled and congratulated Zhu Pingan.

Zhu Pingan also knew that the facts were indeed as the little eunuch said, Emperor Jiajing was very cautious and stingy about conferring.

Zhu Pingan knew that this was caused by Emperor Jiajing's control over power.

First-rank python clothing, second-rank flying fish, third-rank bullfighting, fourth-rank Kirin, sixth-rank tiger and tiger.The boa suit is in the shape of a dragon, but with four claws, one less than the real dragon; the flying fish is also in the shape of a dragon, but has two more wings; the bullfight is also in the shape of a dragon, but its horns are bull's horns.Bullfighting, flying fish, boa and dragon are very similar, and the patterns of boa, flying fish, and bullfighting clothes are all in line with dragons, which leads to not only the similar appearance of the three bestowed clothes, which are easy to confuse, but also have great differences with the emperor's dragon robe. similarity.Emperor Jiajing, who was accustomed to holding power alone, was very sensitive and unhappy with these three kinds of conferments.

More than ten years ago, when Emperor Jiajing held a spring sacrifice to the mountain mausoleum, Zhang Zan, who was then Minister of War, came to meet Emperor Jiajing wearing a flying fish suit. Yue, angrily scolded Xia Yan, the university student at the side, "Zhang Zan, a mere second-rank minister, why did you wear the python without authorization?!" Xia Yan hurriedly explained, "My lord, what Zhang Zan is wearing is the flying fish suit given by the emperor, not the python suit. It’s just that the appearance is similar.” Emperor Jiajing was still very dissatisfied after hearing Xia Yan’s explanation, and said with a displeased face: “Absurd! Why does the flying fish have two horns?! I strictly forbid it.” So, the officials followed the instructions of Emperor Jiajing. The meaning of the above is that civil and military officials are not allowed to use python clothes, flying fish, and bullfighting.Emperor Jiajing allowed it to play, and ordered the officials of the Ministry of Industry, "Anyone who has prohibited patterns such as weaving and embroidering python dragons, flying fish, and bullfighting will be beheaded by the artisans, and the border guards will be sent to the army."From then on, civil and military officials were not allowed to use python clothes, flying fish, and bullfighting without authorization, and it was forbidden to use different clothes and colors.Only Jinyiwei has a special nature, it is the emperor's guard of honor, and it has been given extra favors. It is stipulated that the Jinyiwei command, and the guards can wear unicorn suits.

Therefore, unicorn suits were also very rare in the Jiajing Dynasty.

It is indeed a great honor and grace for Zhu Pingan to be awarded the unicorn costume by Emperor Jiajing.

However, Zhu Pingan didn't like this, and even felt a little disgusted with Qilin's big pig's hooves.

"My minister, Zhu Ping'an, thank you for your grace. Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Of course, thank you is still a must. Zhu Pingan kowtowed gratefully to Emperor Jiajing for his obedience. After the ceremony, he replied with a smile, "Leverage my father-in-law's good words, and I will ask my father-in-law to speak more kind words in front of the emperor in the future."

"Don't you dare, you will have to ask Master Zhu to speak well in the future." The leading eunuch said with a meaningful smile, "After all, Master Zhu's right to speak in front of the Holy One is extraordinary."

Zhu Ping'an knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.Xu Hai and the others did not disappoint themselves!

Sure enough, in the next second the leading eunuch read out the second reward from Emperor Jiajing, "A secret folding box from the imperial court, and specially awarded to Zhejiang Province to punish and inspect the envoy Si Qianshi, and to go to Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of Jingnan County, to report on the secret folding right."

Although he had guessed it in his heart, Zhu Pingan still couldn't help being excited when he heard the little eunuch's words.

secret!It's finally here!With the power of the secret book, it is equivalent to having the beggar's version of Shangfang's sword.

The beggar's version of Shangfang's sword, it is also Shangfang's sword, which is enough to deter some people who have bad intentions against themselves.

In addition, this is a good way to embrace Emperor Jiajing's thigh, which is equivalent to a delayed version of private WeChat.

This is the biggest gain since I fought against floods and rescued disasters.

After the leading eunuch finished reading, he took the secret box from one of the eunuchs and handed it to Zhu Ping'an.

"Minister Zhu Ping'an kowtowed to thank the sage, long live my emperor." This time kowtowed to thank, Zhu Ping'an's excitement was much more real.

After Zhu Ping'an finished thanking him, he took the secret box with both hands and put it in front of his eyes.This is a box about eight inches long, four inches wide, and two inches high. It is made of nanmu, painted with yellow lacquer on the outside, and engraved with the words "Zhu Ping'an".The box has a delicate little lock with a key.Each secret box has two keys, one is given to the courtiers, and the other is left in the hands of Emperor Jiajing.

"Your majesty's decree, the miscellaneous family has finished reading, my lord Zhu, please get up." The leading eunuch finished speaking, and took a step forward to help Zhu Pingan get up.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Zhu Ping'an thanked.

"Master Xiao Zhu, you are being polite. I haven't spoken to Master Zhu yet. The Holy Majesty has granted 80 people the right to submit secret documents this time, and all of them are officials of the third rank or above or officials of the frontier, with the exception of Master Zhu. The capital, I don’t know how many people are envious of Lord Zhu.” The leading eunuch added softly.

"It is a great honor to be safe, and the only way to repay the trust of the Holy One is by swearing to the death."

Zhu Pingan faced the direction of the capital, cupped his hands ninety degrees, and expressed his loyalty and determination to Emperor Jiajing who was thousands of miles away.

These face-saving tasks must be done well, who knows if Emperor Jiajing will be too idle to ask about it.

"Master Xiao Zhu, before the Zajia came, there was a letter from the Ministry of Officials that Jingnan will be selected as a successor magistrate in the near future, so that he can take office as soon as possible, so that Master Xiao Zhu can go to Zhejiang Province to serve as the procuratorial envoy of punishment, so as to show skill."

The leading eunuch approached Zhu Ping'an and whispered.

"Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding me." Zhu Pingan cupped his hands and thanked the leading eunuch for tipping him off.

In fact, this is also expected by Zhu Pingan.At the beginning, I had made great achievements in fighting the Japanese, and the imperial court rewarded me for my meritorious deeds, and promoted me to serve as a procurator and inspector in Zhejiang Province. I am temporarily serving as the magistrate of Jingnan County in the capacity of procuratorial envoy Si Qianshi, and I can take up the post after the magistrates of Jingnan County and Xinzhi County are selected.Now that he has made great contributions in fighting against floods and disaster relief, the Holy One has also granted him the right to perform secret works.How can the official department hold back? !Therefore, the new county magistrate of Jingnan will definitely be in place within a month at least, or two months at most.

"My lord Zhu, the orders and rewards from the Holy Master have been conveyed and sent to the miscellaneous family. I have returned to Beijing to return to my order."

The leading eunuch bid farewell to Zhu Pingan.

"My father-in-law came all the way in such a hurry, traveling thousands of miles, how hard it is, and my father-in-law should eat some simple tea and light food, and it will not be too late to return to his life after a day's rest." Zhu Pingan said enthusiastically.

They came all the way from the capital, and they didn't eat a single meal. Zhu Ping'an felt very sorry.

"Master Xiao Zhu is very kind, and the miscellaneous family accepts it. It's just that before the miscellaneous family came, Huang Dugong had already given his orders. The flood relief in the south of the Yangtze River is at a critical juncture, and he strictly ordered the miscellaneous family not to delay and disturb Mr. Zhu. I will record this banquet for now, and It won't be too late to invite miscellaneous family members when Master Xiao Zhu returns to the capital."

The leading eunuch declined with a smile, but was very firm.

Zhu Pingan failed to persuade him to stay again, so he had to take a group of subordinate officials from the county government to see him off at the gate of the county government.

(End of this chapter)