golden scales

When Zhu Cihong woke up early in the morning, he was a little groggy and his body was heavy.Call the imperial doctor to check the pulse, it is a disease of damp heat stasis, there is nothing important except to expel dampness and relieve heat.Thinking about it, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, the ancients called it a poisonous day, and it is mostly due to the effect of solar terms, so the emperor and empress don't know about it.

It wasn't until the early court that Zhu Cihong became more energetic, and walked to the Wenhua Hall by himself. The housemen had already prepared a large basket of famous cards, all of which were officials who requested to be summoned.

These servants were originally attendants in the servant room of the Eastern Palace, and they were assigned to various departments to serve as servants.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhongshu Sheren did not have a senior official, but only a senior and elderly Lao Sheren, who was in charge of seals and was called "Yinjun".

Today's Lord Yin is naturally Lu Suyao.She had already figured out Zhu Cihong's work habits, and arranged for people to visit him reasonably.Seeing that the Crown Prince was a little listless this morning, she thought it would be a hot and stuffy day, so she quickly asked someone to ask: Is Ni Yuanlu here?

Ni Yuanlu was the name tag handed over the day before, and it was arranged to meet at ten o'clock this morning.According to the habits of His Royal Highness, the officials will only wait for three to five minutes at most after they arrive.If Zhu Cihong had something to do temporarily, he would definitely ask people to reschedule the subsequent arrangements, instead of leaving them behind and making the ministers wait stupidly.

Fortunately, when Ni Yuanlu came to the cabinet to look for Wu Tong, someone from the house told Lu Suyao, and they put him at the top of the list and arranged for an audience.

Zhu Cihong didn't know that Lu Suyao intended to change the order, but just thought it was just right.

Ni Yuanlu didn't say much about her meeting in advance, she just sang the ceremony and said: "Your Highness, I brought the calligraphy and painting."

Before Chongzhen thought that seeing Ni Yuanlu, Zhu Cihong wanted to use him as the secretary of the household department, but in fact Zhu Cihong simply asked Ni Yuanlu for two works.Ni Yuanlu didn't use her previous works to deal with her errands, she waited quietly for two days, and then wrote "Song of the Restoration of Shenjing" when she was inspired. Whether it is the writing or brushwork of this song, it is a superb work .

In his previous life, Zhu Cihong was a complete amateur to calligraphy, he only knew that calligraphy was beautiful and ugly.The first official teacher in this life was the great calligrapher Jiang Fengyuan, and later Li Mingrui, Wu Weiye and others were all famous calligraphers.By the time Ni Yuanlu became a teacher, Zhu Cihong had already mastered calligraphy.Not to mention how well written, at least have the ability to appreciate.

In the so-called era of "everyone in the Ming Dynasty can run calligraphy", Zhu Cihong naturally saw many authentic works by famous masters, but among the calligraphy of this dynasty, he still likes Ni Yuanlu's writing the most.After being destroyed by Li Chuang and the Qing Dynasty, there was no painting or calligraphy in the Wenhua Palace, and the bare walls were extremely ugly, so I wanted to invite Ni Yuanlu to write and paint to decorate it.

"Mr. Hong Bao's handwriting will never get tired of reading. He learned the teachings of the two kings deeply, and he can write eternal new ideas." Zhu Cihong finished reading the 22-line long song.Not too impressed with the content.I just feel that this word is really a treasure of China.

——After using Zhang Dai.There is no more "Two Dreams" in the world, but it is worth it to get the word Ni Yuanlu!

Zhu Cihong read it again, and ordered the servant to hang it up immediately, and read it again with his head raised.He laughed and said, "It's a good thing that the master has already framed it when he came, otherwise I would really be reluctant to take it to someone else to be framed. This book will become a national treasure of China, and it can be donated to the museum collection after my death."

Seeing that Zhu Cihong liked her own handwriting, Ni Yuanlu was of course very happy.Others say that his handwriting is good, some of which are true and false, either because of his high official position, or because of his literary fame.Only the crown prince never paid attention to Pi Li's age.Those who are talented are treated like relatives and friends, and those who are not eye-catching are discarded like shoes.He said he likes it and speaks well.It must be a real hit.

What's more, the calligraphy of the crown prince can be regarded as a first-class calligrapher if you take it out. You can indeed see the charm of Ni Shu vaguely, which is the pride of being a teacher.

Zhu Cihong opened a pair of landscape hand scrolls sent by Ni Yuanlu. The sky was inlaid with dark silk, and it was full of ancient flavor at a glance.After the deputy and the positive are separated from the water, it is the leader.Yan Kainong wrote on it: it is the house of breeze and moonlight.

Across the water is the heart of painting, a picture of distant mountains and near pine trees, the wind swaying branches;

"Is this imitation of Gao Kegong's "Yunheng Xiuling Picture"?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Gao Kegong is one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty, together with Zhao Mengfu, Shang Qi, and Li Jin, and he is especially good at landscapes.

"Exactly." Ni Yuanlu disdained to imitate the predecessors in terms of writing, and sought innovation in her brushstrokes, but there were many imitations in her paintings, but she was able to win by surprise, and she often excelled in meaning and rhyme.

Zhu Cihong continued to unroll, but stopped at these three pieces. The trailing tail at the back was made of old rice paper, which was reserved for viewers to write inscriptions on.

"This hand scroll is just on the desk to play with it all the time, Mr. has a heart." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

Ni Yuanlu also smiled and said, "Please write an inscription, Your Highness."

"Isn't this in line with the saying of 'the dog's tail continues the marten'?" Zhu Cihong still has confidence in his calligraphy, but it depends on where it is placed.Ni Yuanlu, Wang Duo, and Huang Daozhou are also known as the three great masters in the late Ming Dynasty. They created a generation of fashion. Wouldn't it be a green leaf to be with his calligraphy and painting?When encountering the sharp-minded critics of later generations, they may say: If there is no dragging, this hand scroll is a national treasure!

"I dare not lie to Your Highness, this painting is not presented to Your Highness." Ni Yuanlu saw that Zhu Cihong was happy, so she said generously: "I have another piece of "Bamboo and Stone Picture" that I want to enter, but this painting is begging Your Highness to write poems in hand and leave it behind. for future generations."

"Well, what if I ordered my servant to take it away?" Zhu Cihong held the scroll tightly.

"The minister will remind His Highness in time." Ni Yuanlu said earnestly and expectantly.He is Zhu Cihong's teacher. Others cannot ask for words, but he can.According to the usual practice, even if he doesn't ask, Zhu Cihong should take the initiative, even the lord of the Tian family can't belittle the teacher.

"My handwriting is far from Mr.'s. If you write ancient poems, you will not only expose your shortcomings, but you will be shameless." Zhu Cihong also became interested, and opened the scroll again, hesitating: "If you write poems yourself , it is even more shameful."

Ni Yuanlu also refused to leave, but just looked at Zhu Cihong with a smile.

Zhu Cihong bit the bullet and ordered someone to study the ink, and admired the three paintings for a while, and seemed to feel the aura in them, and then he licked his pen and wrote: "Master is orthodox, I give you a beautiful chapter of mountains and rivers, and dare to accompany Jiwei with a clumsy pen After that, the special poem reads:

'The wind comes and the pine speaks, and the water splashes the stone steps.

The crane is flying far away, but Mei's wife is still safe. '"

After Zhu Cihong finished writing, he read it first, and suddenly realized: Ni Yuanlu didn't intend to take it back to his descendants, but used this painting to express his intention to resign from office and go back to seclusion!

"After all, I was too muddy. I didn't see Mr.'s elegant intentions, so I rashly tarnished this masterpiece." Zhu Cihong casually wrote the word "Cihong" as a deposit, and his voice had already cooled down.

Ni Yuanlu didn't expect the crown prince to understand immediately, she was quite surprised by Zhu Cihong's understanding, and said: "I am too old to be driven, I only wish to go back to Linquan, listen to the pine language, look at the broken steps, the plum wife and the crane will live forever."

Zhu Cihong was really regretful.Although Ni Yuanlu is not a minister who saves the times, and he is not as secretive as Wu Yan, he is a benevolent gentleman with noble ambitions after all.Although such a person cannot be expected to do practical things in the court, he can be used as a clear stream and supervise the way of speech, which is not useless.

"I have seen Mr.'s sixteen false and true strategies, and he is definitely not a person who retires to entertain himself. Did you hear something?" Zhu Cihong put down his pen and returned to work.The logic he can deduce is: Ni Yuanlu was originally the secretary of the household department, but was later dismissed by Yao Tao. Now it is rumored that he wants to reinstate the official, but there is no movement on his side, so he has the desire to retreat.

"It's true that I have heard a little bit." Ni Yuanlu did not shy away from it: "I heard that His Highness wants to increase wealth and increase resources, and I am really worried. With the change of Jiashen ahead, I dare not stop. However, I can't bear to do anything about collecting money. Therefore, please go.”

Zhu Cihong was suddenly extremely tired.

Ni Yuanlu was the secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and she knew all about the financial difficulties of the country.Since he said he did not dare to stop him, he must have understood in his heart that if he stopped the Crown Prince from increasing his income, the country would be ruined again, and the case of Jiashen might happen again.However, he knows so well in his heart, but he still thinks that expanding financial resources and increasing national taxes is a matter of accumulating and abusing the people, and he can't bear to do it.This shows how people in the world will view the new political reform.

— Am I still too impatient?

Zhu Cihong's mouth was dry for a while, he picked up the tea mug and took a sip of strong tea, his mind was relieved just now.Just as he was about to speak, the servant at the side announced his retreat loudly.

Ni Yuanlu took the hand scroll and retreated. Before leaving, she finally couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, if you want the world to be peaceful, you only need to recuperate and relieve the people's poverty. At this time, forced expropriation is tantamount to quenching thirst with poison!" After all, his eyes were hazy, already filled with tears.

Zhu Cihong also had no way to argue, but said: "If Mister can stay in Beijing for a few more months, the journey will be much easier."

Ni Yuanlu bid farewell, and I am afraid that tears will come out after a moment.

Zhu Cihong glanced at the calligraphy again, straightened his back, and called Lu Suyao: "I will add another person to the meeting this afternoon, and Jiang Chen, the former secretary of the household department, also asked him to come."

Lu Suyao should claim it was, and someone asked, "Will you attend or attend?"

"Listen." Zhu Cihong said, "Also, let Min Ziruo come over."

Lu Suyao withdrew, and Min Ziruo quickly joined him to meet Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong took out a red sandalwood box from the desk, handed it to Min Ziruo and said, "This is a secret order for the cavalry battalion, pass it on."

There are clear orders and secret orders in the army, and the secret orders must also be circulated through the military order department, and are not included in the archives until the end of the relevant battle.During this process, only when the military judge finds that it is contrary to the current military law during the execution, can he ask the chief officer to show the secret warrant, which must be kept strictly confidential.

Zhu Cihong had kept this secret order for so long that the box was covered with patina. It was Ni Yuanlu's persuasion that prompted him to take out this secret order and put it into practice.

Better to cry as a family than all the way.

Crying all the way is better than crying all over the world.

This is the principle of the lesser of two evils.

Ps:

Is it going to start falling the next day?It's so sad, who will vote for a monthly ticket or a recommended ticket to comfort Xiaotang? qaq