How to make a famous minister

August 27th is the Longevity Day of the current emperor, which is the birthday of the emperor.Logically speaking, the emperor's birthday is a good time for all the ministers to give gifts to the emperor blatantly. You only need to worry about whether those censors will impeach you for corruption.

Therefore, every time it came to the Longevity Festival, the ministers from all walks of life racked their brains to think of gifts with good meanings, good omens, novelty and fun, and would not touch Yushitai's sensitive nerves.The ministers really racked their brains and hollowed out their heads.

However, all of this has nothing to do with Fan Jingwen, he is just the head of the official department, he is only a sixth-rank official, so he might as well concentrate on celebrating the birthday of the old British Crown Prince.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Wanshou Festival was a big day. It was listed as the three major festivals together with the New Year’s Day and the Winter Solstice. During the Wanshou Festival, no slaughter was allowed. Juggling entertainers, eating, drinking and having fun at the temple fair Lantern Festival is really a good day for infatuated men and women, thieves and robbers.

On August 27th, Fan Jingwen went to the palace early. Today, Emperor Wanli will congratulate and present gifts to the princes and officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.How can you not express something when you accept a gift from someone else?Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor also gave various rewards to all civil and military officials according to their ranks.

However, this year's Longevity Day, Emperor Wanli did not live very comfortably.Because at the beginning of July, the Jurchen clan—it should be called the Houjin Kingdom at this time———— Hachi established himself as king, with the title of Tianming, and named himself Tianming Khan.This name is like a gold necklace with the thickness of a thumb worn by a local tyrant, nakedly showing his ambition.However, his fate was not good. As soon as the country was founded, there was a famine, and the whole Houjin was unable to eat. The people complained, and their dissatisfaction became more and more serious.In order to divert domestic conflicts, □Ha Chi decided to rob Daming for a piece of fat.Then he succeeded in April and robbed Fushun.After robbing Fushun, its brother city Qinghe couldn't let it go, so in July, Hachi robbed Qinghe again.

Both Fushun and Qinghe were important border towns of the Ming Dynasty, and the two were in a position to fight against each other, advancing and retreating together to defend against foreign enemies.But first, Fushun was captured by people from both inside and outside, but Qinghe defender did not learn his lesson. Later, Jin sneaked into the city in disguise and broke through the city gate at night. 10,000+ people went back to be slaves, and there were countless gold, silver, treasures, cattle, sheep, chariots and horses.

The Ming Dynasty was furious, and the top and bottom unanimously demanded to send troops to fight against the enemy. The court, which had always been sluggish, also moved rapidly to prepare for the war.

The major events of the country lie in sacrifice and garrison.Even the absurd emperor Wanli, who has not been in court for 38 years, is cautious.Of course, he still can't do the embezzlement of military expenditures to have a party like Cixi, and this Wanshou Festival is also required to keep everything simple.

The Emperor's Longevity Day is kept simple. In September, the British Grandma and Granny resolutely followed the central government's attitude and decided not to hold the [-]th birthday!Hearing Mrs. Zhang come back from the British government, the British Duke, the British Duke and his wife, and all the children are very supportive of the old lady’s decision, changing the big banquet to a family banquet, and the whole family will have a warm meal. Just celebrate.

Although the old matriarch said it's not big-fuck-big-do it, but Emperor Wanli also reminded her that he specially sent a eunuch to deliver a congratulatory decree that day. It is also a reward for the pioneering role of the British government in obeying the command and responding to the call.

Although the Zhang family is a concubine, Fan Xuanchao and Fan Xuanlang are also the grandsons of the old matriarch. On the day of the old matriarch's birthday, the old matriarch also went to celebrate his birthday with the Zhang family and kowtowed three times to the old matriarch.

The old matriarch asked them to get up and called them to take a closer look. She first asked Fan Xuanchao, "Is the injury on Brother Chao's head healed?"

Mrs. Zhang often came to the British government's mansion, so the old lady naturally knew about Fan Xuanchao's head injury, and she even sent her maid to deliver medicine to Fan's mansion.

It was the first time for Fan Xuanchao to see this old man, so he didn't know what kind of temperament she was, so he just said politely: "Returning to the old lady, the wound on the head has healed, and there is no scar left."

Mrs. Zhang said: "I have to thank my mother for the rose nectar. As expected, there is no scar at all."

The old lady nodded, "Such a handsome child, it's not good to have a scar." Then she looked at Fan Xuanlang, "Brother Lang is healthy and healthy, and looks a little older than when he was in the Chinese New Year."

Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Isn't it? A child of this age will grow up a lot if he doesn't pay attention."

"It's better to grow up. When you grow up, you will be a man, not like a little girl." The old lady laughed.As soon as this remark came out, all the ladies in the room laughed.Because it was a family banquet, the guests who came were all very close, and Mrs. Zhang had already spread Fan Xuanlang's bold words and feats all over when she went back to the house to chat and chat.

Only Fan Xuanlang didn't know what the adults were laughing at, so he also grinned, nodded and said: "Yes! I must eat more and grow up quickly."

It made the wives laugh again. The children in the British government are all grown up. The old lady has not seen such a silly and sweet child for a long time.

The joyous laughter of the women's family members in the inner hall spread to the outer hall where the men were seated, but only the British Duke Zhang Weixian sighed.

"□□Ha Chi plundered Qinghe River in Fushun, our court, and His Majesty dispatched defenders from various places. A big battle next year is inevitable."

Zhang Weixian looked at the seats in the hall. His brother-in-law Fan Jingwen, his two sons Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Zhichu, and then his nephew Zhang Zhirang were all the closest people to his family. I didn't invite them either, but they either sent female family members to celebrate the birthday or sent birthday gifts.

"Although it is said that there will be a big war next year, His Majesty may not let his father go to the battlefield. There are countless good generals and ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and the King Kong has just established the country, and there are many famines. How can it compare to my great Ming Dynasty?" Zhang Zhirang laughed, without doubt Daming will win this one.

In fact, not many people in Ming Dynasty thought they would lose.In the 20th year of Wanli, Ningxia used troops and fought in Korea, and in the 27th year of Wanli, the Battle of Bozhou. All three major expeditions ended in victory. This seemed to wash away the humiliation of the Ming Dynasty for many years and re-established its dominance.However, perhaps there are only two people in this world who know that the Ming Dynasty, which seems to be catching a turtle in its urn, will undoubtedly lose in this battle with Hou Jin.It's just that one of these two is soft-spoken, and the other is sensitive and dare not speak up. They can only watch history gradually move towards an irreversible situation.

Zhang Weixian saw that his two sons were convinced, waved his hands, and asked Fan Jingwen, "What do Mengzhang think?"

Mengzhang was Fan Jingwen's words. After pondering, he said: "Your Majesty sent all kinds of soldiers and horses to fight against □□Hachi, but I don't know the strength of each side? Who are the generals?"

"Liu Ting, Juniper, Ma Lin, and Li Rubo." Although this is the result of the court's discussion, it is not a secret. The emperor will issue a decree in a few days, and it will be known to the whole world in two days.

"These four are all well-known generals today, so I think there will be no problem." Fan Jingwen finally smiled. These four people have participated in the three major Wanli campaigns, and 20 years later, Bao-dao-wei-old.

Zhang Weixian is worthy of being a general for generations, although he has not led an army for a long time, he still worried: "I think Ha Chi uses troops, advances and retreats wisely, and the Jurchens have always been good at fighting, I am afraid this time it will not be an easy battle."

Fan Jingwen said: "Your Majesty vowed to destroy Houjin this time. How could it be easy for Houjin to fight for the whole country?"

Zhang Weixian was afraid of the defeat of the Ming army, but he couldn't say it clearly, let alone it would be useless, so he stopped mentioning it, changed the topic, and talked about family affairs.

"I heard from the gentleman in the ethnology that Xuanchao has made great progress in his homework when he came here?" How could the gentleman in the ethnology have the opportunity to talk to Zhang Weixian about this? Didn't Zhang tell Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li mentioned it when chatting with Zhang Weixian .

Speaking of his eldest son, Fan Jingwen squinted his eyes and stroked his little goatee, seemingly indifferently said: "There is still a long way to go, but recently he is willing to work hard to endorse books, which is nothing but progress."

Zhang Weixian and Fan Jingwen have known each other for many years, how could he not know that his seemingly dissatisfied indifference is actually his way of showing off.Zhang Weixian couldn't help laughing and said: "Let Xuanchao work harder and send him to the Imperial College to study in two years."

Fan Jingwen was overjoyed and thanked Zhang Weixian.After entering the Guozijian, as long as you complete your studies, you can come out to be an official. Even if you directly take the imperial examination, you will have an advantage.