"What was it about Zhu Ping'an's memorial that made him surpass Lord Yuan and gain His Majesty's favor?"
The officials gathered around the eunuch and began to question him. They were very curious about the content of Zhu Ping'an's memorial. They were curious about how Zhu Ping'an wrote the memorial, which actually satisfied the emperor to the point of great joy.
Well... ...
Just ask me, what's the point of taking me with you?! As if I'm not embarrassing enough, you dug me out and whipped me!
When Yuan Wei heard the officials mention his name during their questioning, his face turned blue and red and he clenched his fists.
However, Yuan Wei did not explode. Firstly, he was embarrassed and didn't want to speak out. Secondly, he was very curious about how Zhu Ping'an wrote his memorial. He was unwilling to admit defeat and he didn't believe that Zhu Ping'an's memorial could be better than his!
The eunuch at the center of the group seemed to have anticipated this situation. He took out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve without any hurry, unfolded it and said to the other officials, "Due to the urgency of the situation, I only had time to copy the first half of Master Xiao Zhu's memorial before I changed shifts."
"Ahem..." After unfolding the piece of paper, the eunuch cleared his throat and prepared to read it to everyone. At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out and snatched the paper away. It was the official on duty who had snatched Yuan Wei before.
The official on duty was an impatient person. His curiosity was like that of a cat. He couldn't wait for even a second and couldn't wait for the eunuch to clear his throat before reading again. So he snatched the paper away, eager to take a look at it.
After snatching it, the official on duty couldn't wait to lower his head and look at it, eager to have a glimpse of it.
"Well... ... "
Zhichen looked down, and instantly, he felt as if an electric current had passed through his whole body, with goosebumps all over his body.
"It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone! Instead of Lord Zhao admiring himself alone, why not let me read it to everyone?"
How come he is so "excited" even though he is looking at it alone... The official on duty next to him was so aroused by his curiosity that he couldn't wait any longer and snatched the piece of paper from the first official.
This official kept his word. After snatching the piece of paper, he opened his mouth and read out the contents without even clearing his throat: "I, Zhu Ping'an, the lecturer of Prince Yu's Palace, respectfully report: Your Majesty serves the heaven as a father and the sun as a brother. You govern the country with diligence and govern the people with love. You have improved internal affairs, made the country strong and the people rich, and blessed the world. Therefore, all negative forces retreat and all things are brilliant. Therefore, the sun is bright, the atmosphere is dissipated, and eating only a little is the same as not eating. I am very happy..."
All right.
After hearing the second official's reading, all the officials in Wuyi Palace felt the "excitement" of the first official. They felt as if they were electrified, with goose bumps all over their bodies and a lump in their throats.
As for Yuan Wei, after hearing the contents of Zhu Ping'an's memorial, he was instantly dumbfounded, stunned, and dumbfounded. He stood there like a piece of wood, with his mouth wide open.
Zhu Pingan is so hateful and annoying... But... But, it's strange...
After listening to Zhu Ping'an's memorial, why did my soul feel excited and trembling? Although I hated Zhu Ping'an in my heart, after listening to Zhu Ping'an's memorial, I had to admit that what Zhu Ping'an wrote was... so damn good! It seemed to be written into my heart. What Zhu Ping'an wrote was what I wanted to write but couldn't write. When I was drafting the memorial, I had a vague feeling in my heart guiding me to write, but when I wrote, I couldn't write that feeling. Now, looking at it again, the content of Zhu Ping'an's memorial is what I want to express.
The thing that I wanted to write but couldn't write was actually written by Zhu Ping'an? !
Doesn't that mean Zhu Ping'an is better than me? !
Yuan Wei, who was unwilling to admit defeat and holding back his energy, could not accept this fact at all. He felt as if he had been humiliated a hundred times.
Yuan Wei could not accept this fact, but the officials on duty in Wuyi Palace easily accepted it.
Your Majesty, serve the heaven as your father, the sun as your brother, govern the country with diligence, and govern the people with love... ... Therefore, all the yin retreats and all things are brilliant. Therefore, the sun is bright and the atmosphere is gone. If you only eat a little, it is the same as not eating at all... ...
Look at how Zhu Ping'an flatters others, it is simply the pinnacle.
There's really no comparison.
Originally, I thought that Yuan Wei's memorial was a masterpiece in terms of trying to guess the emperor's intentions and flattering him.
However, compared with Zhu Ping'an's memorial, Yuan Wei's memorial was not worthy of attention.
Yuan Wei's flattery was too hard and too ordinary.
Zhu Ping'an was born at the pinnacle.
This is the difference between quantitative change and qualitative change, there is no comparison at all.
Therefore, the emperor just nodded after reading Yuan Wei's memorial, but would be very pleased after reading Zhu Ping'an's memorial.
Although they could accept this fact, the officials still felt disappointed, lost, and cynical...
What kind of world is this
Flattering can gain the emperor's favor, and even lead to promotion and wealth... ... Hey, wait, Zhu Ping'an's memorial made the emperor very happy, what reward did he get, a promotion or wealth
"Oh, by the way, since Zhu Ping'an's memorial pleased His Majesty, what reward did he get?"
The officials asked curiously.
Yuan Wei also pricked up his ears curiously, as this question was also what he was concerned about. He wanted to see what reward that damn bastard Zhu Ping'an had snatched away that originally belonged to him, and then he would make a big note of it in his heart and repay Zhu Ping'an tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold in the future!
After hearing the questions from the officials on duty, the eunuch looked constipated again.
Um
Why is there such an expression? Could it be that the reward from His Majesty is unexpected and unusual? Could it be that he has been promoted three levels in a row? !
"Could it be that he was promoted three levels in a row?" A valuable official called out subconsciously.
The eunuch shook his head.
"That means he was promoted twice in a row?" asked the official on duty.
The eunuch shook his head again.
"Is it just a promotion of one level? Impossible." The official on duty asked again, but he shook his head in denial as soon as he asked. If it was just a promotion of one level, why would the eunuch show such a constipated expression
Before the eunuch could open his mouth, he heard the official on duty denying his mistake and then asking, "Is it a reward of 100 taels of gold?"
The eunuch shook his head decisively.
"A thousand taels of gold?" The official gasped.
It was getting more and more outrageous, and the eunuch shook his head decisively again.
"Is it an arranged marriage? The emperor wants to recruit him as his consort?" The official thought that the emperor had a princess of marriageable age, and his imagination ran wild. He asked in disbelief, his eyes turning red with envy.
You want to be the prince consort, right?! How old are you? Stop dreaming, okay?! Besides, Master Xiao Zhu is already married, okay?! Do you want the princess to be Master Xiao Zhu's mistress?!
This was too outrageous. The eunuch could not listen any longer and shook his head repeatedly, not giving the officials on duty a chance to guess. Before the officials on duty could speak again, he directly announced the Emperor Jiajing's reward: "The Emperor has rewarded Lord Xiao Zhu with twenty strokes of the cane."
ha
Rewarded with twenty strokes of the cane? !
The officials on duty were all bewildered, their mouths wide open, looking at each other, like a group of 100-pound children.
Sorry, this turn is too fast and we can't keep up.
The emperor was so pleased... that he actually awarded twenty strokes of the cane?!
This is a deformed love!!!
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