Lord Wang, Lord Zhang and others who were standing by were shocked when they saw Zhu Ping'an catch up and hand over the question book. They could not believe their eyes and were so stunned that they stood there with their mouths open.
His expression was exactly the same as that of the two officials in Zhu Ping's room just now.
They all knew Zhu Ping'an. They knew that Zhu Ping'an had gone to inspect the Taicang silver vault and had not been in the Wuyi Palace as Sizhi in the past two days.
Zhu Ping'an was not in Wuyi Hall the whole day today. Just now, less than a cup of tea had passed, they saw Zhu Ping'an come in from outside and pass by them.
So it was only then that Zhu Ping'an knew about the article he had submitted to the emperor for review. But he had already finished writing the article in less than a cup of tea?!
Are you kidding me?!
This is too fast, even faster than Cao Zhi's ability to compose a poem in seven steps. Cao Zhi only wrote a few lines of poetry, which only had a few words. But this is an article presented to Emperor Jiajing, and the number of words alone is more than ten times that of a poem.
In this short time, Mr. Zhang only finished writing four ending sentences, but you, Zhu Pingan, actually finished writing the entire article! !
For a time
They were stunned with astonishment.
Only after hearing what Eunuch Li said did they breathe a sigh of relief and come back to their senses from the shock. I was wondering, how could Zhu Ping'an write so quickly? It turns out that he just wrote a memorial to ask for an audience with the emperor. This is understandable. A memorial is only a hundred words long. It does not require any literary talent. Just write the reason for the audience in a fixed format. It is not difficult at all and does not require any literary talent or conception.
After hearing that it was a memorial requesting an audience, Lord Wang, Lord Zhang and others looked at Zhu Ping'an with some amusement. In the morning, they saw Li Chenghua, the censor of Zhejiang Province, being sent away.
From what Eunuch Li said, it seemed that Zhu Ping'an had just asked Eunuch Li to submit a petition for a meeting, but was rejected by Eunuch Li.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when they submitted the article for the emperor's review to get away with it.
If Eunuch Li was not stupid, he would definitely not agree.
hehe
Look, it’s been rejected again.
Eunuch Li is right. Today is indeed not the day to seek an audience with His Majesty. You'd better take your memorial back. Wait until the emperor reads our article and is in a better mood some other day, then you can submit a memorial to seek an audience with His Majesty.
But to their surprise, things were not as they thought.
Zhu Ping'an was like a stubborn child. He did not take the letter back as advised, but shook his head and refused.
"Eunuch has just said it in a nice way, how could Ping An not know what is good for him. However, Ping An is not submitting a memorial to see His Majesty this time, but I heard that His Majesty is in a bad mood today. Although Ping An is not talented, as a minister, I also have the responsibility to share His Majesty's worries, so I specially wrote an article, and I would like to ask you to submit it to Yongshou Palace for his review."
Amid the surprised gazes of the crowd, Zhu Ping'an stretched out his hand and gently blocked the letter handed over by Eunuch Li, then smiled slightly, shook his head, and explained softly.
etc?!
What did he just say? What he just handed to Eunuch Li was the title of today's essay, not a memorial? !
Upon hearing this, Lord Wang and others opened their mouths in surprise, their jaws almost dropping to the ground.
Question book?!
Lord Wang, Lord Zhang and others realized belatedly and looked at the "memorial" in Eunuch Li's hand. After taking a closer look, they realized that this was not a "memorial" at all, but a question book.
You need to submit a memorial to request an audience with the emperor.
When submitting poems, articles, etc., one needs to use a title book. These are two completely different official documents, and the covers are different. The difference is huge and can be seen at a glance.
What Eunuch Li handed to Zhu Ping'an was the title book.
Lord Zhang's eyes popped out... He was the one who felt the most deeply when he saw Zhu Ping'an's question book. When he was finishing, Zhu Ping'an passed by him and went back to his office. He wrote four closing words, and as a result, Zhu Ping'an had finished writing the entire article!
"Ah? This is an article?"
Eunuch Li lowered his head in disbelief and glanced at the "memorial" in his hand. Then his eyes widened instantly, as if he had seen a ghost. His hands trembled and he almost dropped the hold. This really was a question book. What was going on? How could it be a question book
Everything happened so unexpectedly and suddenly that Eunuch Li began to doubt his life.
No way.
He has been working as a clerk in Wuyi Palace today. Since receiving the task in the morning, the officials of Wuyi Palace have basically spent the whole morning thinking and drafting ideas, and only in the afternoon did people submit their articles for the emperor's review.
Even the earliest one was submitted at noon. No one could write as fast as Zhu Ping'an.
You finished writing it in just a cup of tea?!
You write articles faster and easier than drinking tea?!
Eunuch Li also studied literacy in the inner school. They were not very good at writing eight-legged essays, but they understood them. They were not good at poetry, songs and essays, but they could do them. No one had ever seen anyone write as fast as Zhu Ping'an.
That's why Eunuch Li was so surprised and couldn't believe it.
Well
Could it be that Zhu Ping'an lied to me and deliberately wrote "seeking to see the emperor" in the petition in order to ask for an audience with the emperor? !
You can finish writing an article in less than a cup of tea? Writing a memorial of more than 100 words to ask for an audience is not bad, and Zhu Ping'an has already written a memorial to ask for an audience with the emperor. Now he just needs to copy it again, which is even easier.
The more I think about it, the more likely it becomes.
No, I can't be fooled by his tricks and help him pass it on. If I get caught, I will be in big trouble.
So, Eunuch Li looked up at Zhu Ping'an, then lowered his head and opened the question book in his hand and took a look.
I didn't read carefully what Zhu Ping'an wrote, but just glanced at the title, number of words, etc.
Oh shit!
What a great article!
It is about 300 words, which is not very long, but it is enough for general poems, articles, etc.
Although I didn't read the article written by Zhu Ping'an carefully, I vaguely saw a lot of "Buddha" and "Taoism", which is exactly the theme of today's article.
Seeing Eunuch Li's suspicious expression and the action of quickly opening the memorial to check, Lord Wang, Lord Zhang and others immediately thought of the possibility that Zhu Ping'an used the memorial to write a petition to see the emperor, and they felt that this possibility was very high.
But what Eunuch Li said the next second made them unable to believe their ears.
"Master Zhu is really fast. He finished the article in such a short time. It really opened my eyes. Master Zhu is so fast, so I can't hold him back. I will send these five articles to Yongshou Palace."
After Eunuch Li came back to his senses from his shock, he smiled slightly, put Zhu Ping'an's question book together with the question books of Lord Wang and the other four, said something to Zhu Ping'an and the others, then turned and walked towards the direction of Yongshou Palace.
"Thank you, eunuch." Zhu Ping'an bowed to express his gratitude.
At this time, Lord Wang, Lord Zhang and others came back to their senses from their shock and hurriedly bowed to express their gratitude towards Eunuch Li's back.