My father is Jiajing

Chapter 376 A Life of Cheating
If Li Chunfang's life is not compared with those of the chosen ones like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, his life can be said to be a life of cheating.

At a young age, Li Chunfang surpassed all others and became the new top scholar, overwhelmed Zhang Juzheng, who was in the same class with him.

Then Li Chunfang gained special attention from Emperor Jiajing for his talent and ability. Not only was he promoted to the position of Hanlin scholar, but in the following years, Li Chunfang was promoted six times by Emperor Jiajing's special decree and was sent to the cabinet.

With this speed of promotion, he was much faster than his contemporaries such as Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

Now the trajectory of history seems to be showing signs of correction. Li Chunfang, who had become the editor-in-chief of Daming Bookstore, has unexpectedly gained the favor of Emperor Jiajing, who is preparing to promote him to the position of Shaoqing of Taichang.

Although the position of Taichang Shaoqing has no specific work to do and is just responsible for some ceremonial matters, it is also an extremely noble position. Anyone who can reach this position as a Hanlin will definitely be promoted to one of the six ministries and become one of the high-ranking officials in the court.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to describe Li Chunfang as being in high spirits now.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing wanted to promote Li Chunfang not really because Li Chunfang's Qingci was to his taste, but mainly for other considerations.

During these two years, Li Chunfang's achievements at Daming Book Bureau were obvious to all, so Emperor Jiajing gave him more responsibilities and allowed him to try to tackle tough problems.

Ever since Emperor Jiajing saw Hu Zongxian dealing with those hereditary rogues, he felt like a cat had scratched his heart, and he only wanted to deal with these clan relatives and friends whom he had never met.

So after thinking for a long time, Emperor Jiajing felt that it was a waste of talent to use Hu Zongxian. Shuntian Prefecture was now at a critical moment. If Hu Zongxian was withdrawn, wouldn't the affairs of Shuntian Prefecture become a mess again?

Therefore, after some consideration, Emperor Jiajing set his sights on Li Chunfang.

Emperor Jiajing also wanted to see whether this top scholar had any real talent.

Therefore, the promotion to Shaoqing of Taichang was not the end of Li Chunfang's promotion, but a transit station.

But before that, Li Chunfang still had to complete the job at Daming Bookstore perfectly and then hand it over to the new talent.

However, neither the imperial court nor Prince Yu himself has arranged for a new editor-in-chief for Daming Bookstore.

Therefore, for a period of time in the future, it is very likely that Zhao Zhenji will take on the role concurrently.

However, Zhao Zhenji was actually very busy with the affairs of the Hongwenguan, so the new editor-in-chief of Daimyo Bookstore would certainly not allow Zhao Zhenji to hold the position for too long.

However, these problems are not what Li Chunfang needs to consider now. What he needs to do now is to stand his last shift and then go to the new yamen to take up his post happily.

After Li Chunfang proofread and edited the first ten chapters of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" sent by Meng Chong, he arranged for it to be serialized in the latest issue of "The Ming Dynasty" magazine.

Then, in order to show his loyalty to Emperor Jiajing, Li Chunfang sent the manuscripts of the first ten chapters of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" intact to the Western Garden.

Emperor Jiajing, who had just finished his training and had nothing to do, became interested when he saw the manuscript of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" sent by Li Chunfang. As soon as he saw the handwriting, he knew it was another masterpiece of Zhu Zaigui.

Because in the Ming Dynasty, apart from Zhu Zaigui who was so lazy as to write so many simplified characters, when others wrote articles, they would write the characters meticulously for fear that the readers would not understand. Emperor Jiajing looked at the manuscript of the first ten chapters of The Condor Heroes, then took out the last few chapters and gave them to Huang Jin, who was serving at the side, "Go find a few people who write quickly and copy the contents of these chapters for me."

Huang Jin immediately took the manuscript of The Legend of the Condor Heroes from Emperor Jiajing and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, is this Prince Yu's new work? Judging from the name, it seems to be the sequel to The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

Emperor Jiajing, who was reading the first chapter, hummed, "It looks a bit like that, but I can't figure out why yet."

Emperor Jiajing quickly flipped through the manuscript of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" in his hand. Soon he finished reading the first chapter "Wind and Moon Are Merciless" and had a new feeling about the new character, the Red-Cloaked Fairy.

Emperor Jiajing felt that although the Red Snake Fairy had an extreme temperament, she was also a person of character. She was very decisive and graceful when she took action, which made Emperor Jiajing admire her very much.

Then Emperor Jiajing read it a few more times, and finally he had the same feeling as when he watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The two works were finally connected through Guo Jing, a loyal and honest man.

When Emperor Jiajing saw little Yang Guo appear, he was a little surprised.

According to Emperor Jiajing's feelings towards Yang Guo, he continued his view of Yang Kang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", so at the beginning, Emperor Jiajing also looked at the character of Yang Guo with tinted glasses.

They believe that Yang Guo is just the remnant of Yang Kang, a bad guy who abandoned his country and family and could not distinguish between loyalty and treachery.

But as the story slowly progressed, Emperor Jiajing also felt that this little Yang Guo was quite individual and was much better than his shitty father.

So, as Emperor Jiajing was slowly flipping through the books, when he saw the phrase "girl in white", his eyes suddenly lit up.

Emperor Jiajing snorted, "This little bad boy is so lucky!"

Then Emperor Jiajing could not help but read on, but after just a few pages, the story came to an abrupt end in the tenth chapter "Young Heroes".

Emperor Jiajing read it again with great interest, and then said to Huang Jin who was standing beside him, "Huang Jin, if you have nothing to do, go to San'er's place and ask him not to indulge in trivial things like coaxing children all day long. He still needs to do the important things."

Emperor Jiajing had long heard about Zhu Zaigui calling little Kunkun "dad" in the palace. He never expected that his own child was actually a child slave, holding his little grandson in his arms every day and refusing to let go. It was really too much.

It’s a pity that due to the prophecy of “two dragons never meet”, Emperor Jiajing has never seen his grandson until now. Therefore, he was very jealous of Zhu Zaigui’s behavior of enjoying family happiness every day, so he couldn’t help but complain.

Huang Jin was stunned for a moment. Why did Emperor Jiajing think of saying such a thing?
But Huang Jin did not ask back, he replied: "Yes, I will go to Prince Yu's place when I have time."

Emperor Jiajing hummed, and then continued, "Li Chunfang is going to be transferred to another position. When you go to San'er, ask him if he has any recommendations for a new editor-in-chief of Daming Bookstore. If not, I will help him choose one."

Huang Jin responded, then left Emperor Jiajing's place and went to Prince Yu's Mansion.

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I'm asking for monthly tickets. I've been suffering from a cold for the past two days. What should I do? Should I get an IV drip?
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