Chapter seven hundred and fortieth before offering prisoners
Naturally, Qin Dewei had to avoid this wave of attacks on Zhan Shifu officials, for fear of getting into trouble.
If you look at the things they did in history, they would be criticized as being intellectually unfaithful if they were written into novels.
Xu Jie looked at Scholar Qin's disappearing back, but couldn't catch up, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
A fellow countryman who was good at using sticks once said to Xu Jie that what Qin Dewei wants to do may not necessarily be a good thing, but what Qin Dewei deliberately avoids must be a bad thing.
Could it be that some of their colleagues in Zhan Shifu were wrong in their judgment of the political situation?
When Qin Dewei returned home, it was almost dark. He stood at the gate and asked the concierge Zhang San majestically: "Is it safe at home?"
Zhang San quickly replied: "It's calm and nothing happened!"
Qin Dewei was slightly relieved and continued to walk inside, only to see a young eunuch waiting in the hall of his home. He said that he had been ordered by Eunuch Qin to teach the etiquette of being ordained.
After all, Gaofeng has prescribed procedures, and it is easy to make mistakes if you are not prepared in advance.
Moreover, Eunuch Qin really can't delay it any longer, and the emperor will be angry if he delays it any longer, so he will come to deliver the imperial edict tomorrow.
According to the system, officials were not allowed to ennoble their wives before their mothers were ennobled. Xu Miaoxuan had to be ennobled to the Zhou family before being ennobled along with Qin Dewei.
In other words, if the Zhou family was not granted the imperial title in advance, the part of the prisoner ceremony that included the imperial title of Qin Dewei and his wife would not be possible.
Emperor Jiajing would get angry if anything interfered with the presentation of prisoners' gifts, so the Qin eunuch had no choice.
Everything else was fine. In the end, the little eunuch who taught etiquette specifically warned: "This imperial edict will be received by Scholar Qin on his behalf, and then he will personally deliver it to his kind relatives as a sign of filial piety.
The old lady must not have to work hard to come forward in person, just wait in the back hall, so as not to weaken the emperor's holy intention of promoting filial piety."
The imperial edict was not allowed to be received by the wife in person? Although Qin Dewei was a little confused, it was harmless and didn't matter. Let the royal family arrange it as they pleased.
After seeing off the little eunuch who was teaching etiquette, Qin Dewei returned to the inner courtyard, and Xu Miaoxuan welcomed him out, and everything went as usual.
After Qin Dewei changed his clothes, he asked tentatively: "Where is Li Shuren?"
Xu Miaoxuan then asked: "Of course the Li family's girls have been settled, but why are there two more people?"
Qin Dewei replied calmly: "Oh, that's the case, I think the people around you are too simple and not as decent as the Gu family and the Wang family.
I found that the twin girls were okay, so I brought them back to you as maids to improve the appearance of my Qin family's house."
Xu Miaoxuan thanked her: "Then your husband is really thoughtful. It's already late at night, and your husband must be tired. You should go to bed early to rest."
Qin Dewei looked up and calculated the time again. It was only half past eight in the evening and it was too late?
The next day, after Qin Dewei got up, he went to the entrance of the alley in advance to wait.
Near noon, I heard the faint sound of gongs and drums coming over. Not long after, I saw a team carrying Gao Yu (or Cai Pavilion in folklore).
Eunuch Qin, the person who issued the imperial edict, walked in front of him, heading towards Wugong Alley, but he walked very slowly.
Qin Dewei quickly gave Gao Yu a brief salute and then led the way, leading Gao Yu into the gate.
At this time, the imperial edict, incense burner and other items had already been placed in the main hall. The deacon and eunuch first placed the imperial edict on the imperial edict, and then Qin Dewei kowtowed to the imperial edict.
After getting up, Qin Dewei still wanted to exchange a few words with Eunuch Qin.
Eunuch Qin didn't want to talk nonsense, and started to go through the process directly. He picked up the jade scroll and brocade imperial edict that was exclusive to the first grade, and read it according to the script without any emotion.
"Inherited by heaven, the emperor said: The mother is a virtuous person who teaches and is loyal, and serves the country with heart. The son takes nurturing ambition as a filial piety, and serves to complete the family. He will be a good person for generations, and he will inherit the family legacy. If you show your kindness, it will be doubled.
"Chang Lun"
After the procedure was completed, Qin Dewei followed the usual practice and invited the messenger angel to come into the house to "drink tea".
As for gold tea or silver tea, it depends on the situation. With the status of Eunuch Qin, it will be impossible without some blood.
But Eunuch Qin waved his hand coldly and said: "No need!"
Qin Dewei thought that Eunuch Qin was just pretending and invited him again and again, but Eunuch Qin refused to enter the house and quickly turned around and left without any hesitation.
Qin Dewei quickly followed up and sent Eunuch Qin out of the gate, and then asked the servants on the left and right in confusion: "How can we have such a noble eunuch in our dynasty?"
Just as Eunuch Qin was sent away, the officials teaching etiquette from Honglu Temple came again.
The original date calculated by the Qintian Supervisor was September 28th, which was said to be more solemn and more in line with the atmosphere of offering prisoners.
But the impatient Emperor Jiajing could not wait that long. After praying to heaven, he set the time for the prisoner presentation to be the eighth day of August, which was very urgent.
As the first supporting role in the ceremony of surrendering prisoners to the temple, Qin Dewei has a very heavy task and cannot make any mistakes.
Anyway, he couldn't do anything before presenting the prisoner gift, and the emperor had no intention of engaging in government affairs, so Qin Dewei could only wait at home.
During the day, I entertained all kinds of people who flocked to me, and at night, I worked hard for the direct heir to the title. I felt more tired than leaving the town.
It’s not just the ministers, because next year will be the year of the examinations, many candidates will arrive in the capital early this autumn, and there will be no shortage of people from all walks of life or with old friends and relatives coming to socialize.
For example, Wang Shizhen's father Wang Yan from Taicang, Suzhou came to visit again with his son.
Wang Yan was quite speechless and didn't know what to say when he came.
Nine years ago, he and Zeng Mian were admitted to the imperial examination. Now even Zeng Mian's son has half-entered the cabinet, but he failed to pass the imperial examination after taking the exam three times.
Wang Shizhen is fifteen years old this year, and he is also a handsome young man. He can be called the most famous new generation of young genius in Jiangnan in the past two years. He spoke unabashedly to Qin Dewei:
"If my father doesn't behave in a Chinese style this time, I'm afraid that the name of the department will lag behind my son in the future. Time is running out!"
Hearing Wang Shizhen's high-spirited tone, Qin Dewei suddenly felt that he was already old at the age of twenty-two.
Just as he was about to put on a straight face and teach Wang Shizhen a few words, another servant suddenly came in with a famous post. Qin Dewei was surprised when he saw it, it was Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang.
Xu Wenchang, who has now become a lone star in the world, should be struggling to be a scholar in his hometown. Why did he come to the capital to find him?
Wang Shizhen saw the surprised look on Qin Xueshi's face and asked, "Who is this?"
Qin Dewei put down the name card and replied: "Maybe he is the person who will inherit my legacy!"
Wang Shizhen said angrily: "Bachelor, didn't you say that I can inherit your legacy?"
Qin Dewei sighed: "But your father refuses to let you become my teacher, and Xu Wenchang is more talented than you."
Twenty-year-old Xu Wenchang walked in a little timidly. Wang Shizhen curled her lips after looking at him. She saw that this was a poor family background.
Xu Wenchang said in a loud voice: "I heard that the bachelor went on a great victory and came here to offer poems."
Back then, Academician Qin had promised himself that if he couldn't live his life any longer, he could go to him. I don't know if Academician Qin still remembered it.
Qin Dewei knew that Xu Wenchang was extremely sensitive and could not treat Xu Wenchang with the usual condescending attitude towards others.
So he smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for six years, and you thought you were here to collaborate with me on cross talk again. Please sit down and talk slowly!"
Wang Shizhen was not convinced that someone was trying to steal his "mantle" from him, so he couldn't help but said to Xu Wei: "What poem did this brother write? Can we share it together?"
Qin Dewei scolded Wang Shizhen: "Others know about offering poems, but why don't you know?"
"Who said I don't have any?" Wang Shizhen reached out and dug into his arms.
Qin Dewei ignored Wang Shizhen for the time being and took Xu Wenchang's manuscript and started reading it. The title was "Three Victorious Songs of Qin Scholars".
One: sharp swords followed by spears surrounded them at dusk, and the cold wind blew blood and people flew away. Thousands of horses rolled up the mountain, covered with red and cold iron clothes.
Second: After the battle, I watched the sunset in person. The chieftain's prison clothes were soaked with blood. The murderous spirit in the army was so strong that it returned together with the autumn wind.
The third one: The elbows hang back with numerous gold seals, and the peach blossoms and precious jade are called waist branches. My husband is so energetic, so he laughs at himself and reads.
The more Qin Dewei read these poems, the more he liked them. He praised them: "Good poems! Not the kind of routine poems!"
He also commented: "When modern people wrote poems about triumphal songs at the frontier, they mostly used the words Han army and generals, Yinshan of the Xiongnu, and vast sea and desert.
These three poems by Xu Wenchang are unconventional, with a chilling and cold flavor in the front, and an immediately romantic mood in the back!"
Wang Yan couldn't help but remind him: "Scholar Qin! These three poems are about you!"
Others are flattering you, but you directly praise others for their high level of flattery and make you feel comfortable. Is that really okay?
Only then did Qin Dewei react and talk about it without any embarrassment. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Wang Shizhen secretly stuffing his own poem manuscript back into his arms.
"Take out the poem manuscript and let me take a look!" Qin Dewei immediately extended his hand to Wang Shizhen.
Wang Shizhen groaned and said: "Ah, there is no poem manuscript. I forgot the poem manuscript at my apartment today. I will ask the bachelor to appreciate it another day."
Qin Dewei likes to see things that others don't want to see. "If you don't take it out, you won't be able to leave today, and your father won't be able to save you!"
With no way to retreat, Wang Shizhen had to take out the poem manuscript again and slowly presented it to Qin Dewei. Two poems were written on it:
"One hundred thousand Xiongnu invaded Pingyang, and the Han generals flew into the battlefield. They captured the Shanyu directly at Guique and judged the number of kings based on their merits.
The desert is rampant and the Han army is alone in the northwest of the battlefield. If the hussars can penetrate deeply, I know that there are Yinshan Mountains and a vast sea without them."
Xiongnu, Han generals, Han army, Yinshan, Hanhai, desert, very good and classic, many of them perfectly hit all the routine words that Academician Qin just exemplified.
"Hahahaha!" Qin Dewei couldn't help laughing, laughing. He hadn't been so unbridled and happy for a long time.
Tears of regret rolled in the eyes of Wang Shizhen, the number one young genius in Jiangnan.
Wang Yan had no choice but to say, "Scholar Qin, please don't be so disrespectful."
Qin Dewei replied: "Because I often meet the emperor, I have received professional training from the ceremony officials of Honglu Temple. No matter how funny it is, I will never laugh unless I can't help it, hahahaha."
While a few people were chatting and joking, suddenly a servant came to report that an angel had arrived from the palace!
Hearing that the Long Live Emperor had sent eunuchs here, Wang Yan, his son and Xu Wenchang were a little nervous.
But Qin Dewei, who was already used to it, said calmly: "Everyone, please wait in the study for a moment. I will go and receive an order and I will be back."
After a while, Qin Dewei returned to the study and said, "Come here! Open your eyes and let you see the imperial handwriting!"
It turns out that this time Emperor Jiajing personally wrote two quatrains from the Song Dynasty and gave them to Qin Dewei.
Qin Dewei opened it respectfully, and everyone gathered around to watch. They saw two Song poems written on the imperial letter:
"Admiral Jin Ge shines brightly on the sun, sweeps away the smog and comforts the people. He offers prisoners to the North Que Xuan Division Brigade, and sings folk songs at the border to bring peace.
The triumphant autumn of the triumphant class was played, and the bamboo pipes were played across the river to trace the middle stream. The undedicated Mingguang Hall was built, and Fei Meng first went to the Five Phoenix Tower."
Wang Yan sighed with envy: "The special kindness of Banqiao is rare in all ages!"
Qin Dewei patted Wang Shizhen and instructed: "Go and study ink!"
Then he said to Wang Yan: "You haven't seen what the holy intention is. The emperor is not showing favor, but he is itching and unbearable, suggesting that I should write some poems in advance to express tribute to the prisoners and triumph."
Wang Yan: ""
Can you guess this? Jiajing man, how terrifying!
Then I saw Qin Dewei writing: "Wan Cheng came to the Five Phoenix Tower, and the two steps of dry feathers opened for a while. The tiger brigade followed the wind with a whip, and fought back with swords and dragons.
The general commanded and returned to the temple, the king's martial arts were born from genius. The swallows in Haojing are happy to sing Zhouya, and the feathers and hunters are chief Yang and Hancai."
After finishing writing, he slapped Wang Shizhen on the head.
Wang Shizhen covered her forehead and asked innocently: "Why did Bachelor Qin hit me again?"
Qin Dewei said matter-of-factly: "You must be complaining that this song is not good. Let me teach you a lesson first!"
Wang Shizhen: ""
Today is definitely not an auspicious day, so you shouldn’t come to Qin Mansion!
Qin Dewei pointed out again: "I remind you to study hard! If you become an official in the future, you must learn to write such poems!"
After seeing off the Wang family and his son, Qin Dewei took the initiative and said to Xu Wei: "You must have encountered difficulties, please stay here first.
When you want to return to Zhejiang, I can recommend you to work for the Censor of the Sea Patrol, the Shipping Department, or the Prefects of Ning and Shao.
By then, it won’t be a problem to become a scholar, and it will be up to God’s will to succeed.”
Xu Wei suddenly felt deep in his heart and was choked with sobs that he could not speak.
Qin Dewei called Gui Youguang again, pointed at Xu Wei and said: "This is a great talent from Zhejiang. You can lead him and put him in place. Don't wait any longer!"
If you have free time, you can discuss literature and art, learn from each other, and grow together!"
Hearing the appropriate arrangements made by Bachelor Qin, Xu Wei was even more moved and almost burst into tears.
Gui Youguang glanced at Xu Wei sympathetically and sighed imperceptibly. How pitiful, another one.
In a blink of an eye, it was the seventh day of August, which was the day before the prisoner ceremony was to be presented to the temple. As the first supporting role, Qin Dewei began to perform.
During the surprise attack on Fengzhou Beach, Qin Dewei killed everyone he could in order to save worry and facilitate his retreat, so he captured more than a dozen prisoners in luxurious clothes.
But thinking about the scene of offering prisoners, Qin Dewei regretted that there were too few prisoners.
Then the rebellious gangsters from the White Lotus Demon Cult caught in Datong this time were also gathered together, and the scene looked much more spectacular.
For convenience, these "prisoners" were temporarily imprisoned in the Jinyiwei Prison, which was closer to the palace.
On the day of the report to the temple, Qin Dewei went to the prison to escort the prisoners out. Each prisoner was shackled and guarded by one officer and five soldiers.
Under the crowds of people watching the excitement, the procession entered the imperial city from the right gate of Chang'an and arrived at the gate of Taimiao Street.
He also ordered all the captives to kneel to the north, and began to play victory songs inside. Xia Yan, the first assistant, went to the Ancestral Temple to salute as the minister of sacrifice.
This is "Presenting Prisoners to Beique"!
Then continue to the west and walk outside the gate of Sheji Street. The ceremony of announcing the sacrifice is repeated as before. The ceremony of announcing the sacrifice as a prelude to the prisoner offering ceremony is over!