In the original history, "Jingyun Fu" was one of the most famous representative works of the traitor Yan Song, and it was indeed a work to express his gratitude after the completion of the great ceremony.
The civil servants in the Jiajing Dynasty who could be appreciated and valued by the emperor all had great literary skills. Even though Yan Song was a treacherous minister, he was no exception.
Therefore, the "Jingyun Fu" carefully prepared by Yan Song is of very high quality as a flattering article whose main purpose is to praise the saints and praise the rites.
In the original historical time and space, this article was even ordered by Emperor Jiajing to be included in the Museum of History and preserved as historical materials.
Qin Dewei, who is familiar with history, certainly knew that Yan Song would definitely produce his lifelong masterpiece "Jingyun Fu" after the ceremony was completed.
Maybe at this moment, the original manuscript of "Jingyun Fu" is in Yan Song's hands or arms.
But Qin Dewei deliberately took the lead and recited "Jingyun Fu" first in the Wenhua Hall, and he did so in front of the original author Yan Song.
To Yan Song, this was purely a dimensionality reduction attack from a mysterious force. It was similar in nature to a deus ex machina, and it was impossible to prevent it.
He didn't understand what happened at all, nor did he understand how the article he prepared ended up in Qin Dewei's hands.
But his remaining calmness told him that it would be meaningless to argue about who is the original author and who is plagiarism!
No one would believe that Qin Dewei could miraculously plagiarize him! If he forcibly accuses Qin Dewei, it will only make others think that he is a scoundrel!
The most urgent task is to quickly publish another article and deal with the occasion of the morning greetings!
So Yan Song didn't have any unnecessary reaction, which made Qin Dewei a little disappointed.
He was still holding on to the expectation that Yan Song would come out and make a big fuss, so that Yan Song could be completely disgraced.
It's a pity that Yan Song is Yan Song after all, and his level of mental forbearance is beyond ordinary people.
In fact, five years ago, after Qin Dewei met Li Panlong, he secretly made up his mind that his character should not be too bad and he would not plagiarize the works of his contemporaries in the future.
Originally, he had persisted, but unexpectedly he couldn't help but break the precept with Yan Song.
At this time, everyone in the Wenhua Palace did not know the truth and did not see the hidden lights and shadows of swords. They only knew that Academician Qin had presented another good article that the emperor greatly appreciated.
Seeing Master Qin finishing the first battle, the others were eager to try. After all, everyone had a show today.
It doesn’t matter whether the level of literature or art is high or low, but it cannot be ignored. A minister must have a congratulatory attitude and must give the emperor face.
However, after finishing his performance, Qin Dewei did not return to his class. Instead, he said to Yan Song, a bachelor and minister of the Ministry of Etiquette:
"Mr. Yan Ge must also have some magnificent writings. Why don't you donate them for sharing?"
When everyone heard this, they just thought it was Qin Dewei who was giving Yan Song face and leading Yan Song to come out and show off.
Some people still find it hard to understand what happened to Academician Qin recently, and why he kept showing favor to Yan Song?
When other people looked at Yan Song, they suddenly noticed something strange. Why was Yan Song "indifferent" today?
As the main representative of the new etiquette system and the Minister of Rites who has not yet resigned, Yan Song’s silence today is a little strange!
But Yan Song's mind was running at high speed, so he planned to seize the time and compose another poem at the last minute.
As a result, Qin Dewei's "question" abruptly interrupted Yan Song's idea.
Only Yan Song himself understood that Qin Dewei must have done it on purpose! He did not give himself a chance to breathe at all!
Emperor Jiajing was also very interested and looked forward to Yan Song's works.
Yan Song's heart was extremely bitter, that is to say, he was mentally strong and could hold on, but if he had been a mentally fragile person, he might have collapsed long ago.
Using the last of his wits, Yan Song told Emperor Jiajing: "I can see the colorful auspicious clouds mentioned by Qin Dewei.
Unexpectedly, I was too excited after the ceremony was completed, and my writing was not smooth for a while. I have not been able to write it down so far, which has failed to bring about the auspiciousness and hope of Your Majesty."
Under the current circumstances, this is the best answer Yan Song can come up with.
Qin Dewei seemed "surprised" and said, "Didn't Mr. Yan Ge have any congratulatory documents today?"
After such a reminder, everyone felt extremely incredible. Yan Song also took the wrong medicine? He came here empty-handed today?
No matter what, I have to present something to suit the occasion today. You, Yan Song, actually have nothing. Isn’t it a bit too arrogant?
Emperor Jiajing was also stunned for a moment. He never expected that Yan Song, who had always been conscientious in his work, would fall off his plate at this moment.
How to explain this? After the ceremony was completed, Yan Song slacked off?
Then Emperor Jiajing suddenly remembered that when Qin Dewei wrote a memorial to criticize Yan Song, he once said that Yan Song "got carried away".
Qin Dewei really got it right. Yan Song looked like he was getting carried away in front of him!
However, even if Emperor Jiajing was very dissatisfied, he could not demote Yan Song on the spot. After all, Yan Song represents "political correctness" and must not be defeated at present.
Even if something went wrong with Yan Song, Emperor Jiajing could only endure it, otherwise there would be no second Yan Song in the court.
Yan Song didn't have anything, but everyone else did, so the congratulations continued.
When it came to an end, Yan Song came out again and said: "I have received special favor from Your Majesty to be a bachelor and in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette, specializing in the preparation of etiquette!
Fortunately, I have lived up to the holy expectations. Now that the great ceremony has been completed, I no longer need to make an exception and continue to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Please resign from the job of managing the Ministry!"
These were all predetermined steps. The imperial court had already decided that after the ceremony was completed, Yan Song would resign from the responsibility of managing the Ministry of Etiquette.
According to the predetermined routine, after Yan Song resigned from his actual post in the Ministry of Etiquette, Emperor Jiajing rewarded Yan Song with the title of palace protector such as the crown prince and Taibao.
Then Yan Song's ranking in the cabinet was adjusted to second place, second only to Xia Yan and above Gu Dingchen.
But when Yan Song really resigned from the Ministry of Rites, there was no more.
Emperor Jiajing did not make any remarks and just accepted his resignation silently, and all the rewards planned later were gone.
Yan Song only changed from the third great scholar and minister of the Ministry of Rites to the third great scholar, nothing else changed.
No matter how strong a person is, he will be devastated after suffering such a blow, but he cannot reveal any "resentment", otherwise it will arouse the emperor's suspicion.
There will always be people who watch the excitement and don’t mind the big deal. One of the ministers, who didn’t know what he was thinking, said to Emperor Jiajing:
"Qin Dewei proposed that after Yan Song resigned, he would recommend a candidate for the new Minister of Rites. His Majesty approved it at that time. Now that the time has come, I wonder if Yan Song has a candidate he likes?"
It's really hard not to lift the pot! Yan Song took a deep look at the man. If he can't kill Qin Dewei in the future, can he kill you?
Just look at the emperor's cold and dissatisfied attitude, how could Yan Song dare to recommend candidates? Isn't this making the emperor uncomfortable?
Therefore, Yan Song could only reply: "I am really dull and ignorant of people, so I dare not be good at drafting candidates."
Hearing this sentence, everyone was in a trance again.