Rise From the Humble

You want it or you don't want it

The dinner is there

Even though Zhu Pingan was no longer willing to go to the banquet, after the sun set, Zhu Pingan still followed all the Hanlin officials out of the Hanlin Academy. It was impossible not to go. One month's salary had been paid out in advance! No matter what, you have to recoup some of the costs.

I can’t understand why the Ministry of Household Affairs is so easy to talk to, but they just gave one month’s salary to all the new recruits in the Hanlin Academy! Tonight is said to be a reception banquet for Zhu Ping'an and the other newcomers, but the wine allowance only refers to the salary!

Finally I understand why my eyelids twitch at noon! One month's salary is just gone!

The restaurant chosen by Hanlin Academy looks very inconspicuous from the outside. It looks like an ordinary courtyard house with a peeling paint sign. But when you go in, you find that it is completely different inside. The first thing you enter is just ordinary furnishings with stars. It doesn't even count, but the furnishings and decoration of the second courtyard are definitely rated as four-stars. This second courtyard opens up several courtyards and is very wide. The small rockery and bonsai garden, as well as uniformly dressed service staff, are unique.

This is probably a place where people from the Hanlin Academy often come. The shopkeeper is familiar with Li Chunfang and the others, and they all meet with this gentleman or that gentleman. Many people from other yamen also eat here, and Li Chunfang and the others would meet acquaintances from time to time to say hello and introduce Zhu Ping'an and the others.

In addition to the Hanlin Academy, there were also officials from the Taiyuan Hospital, the Ministry of War and the Jinyiwei eating here today, but the specific places where they ate were different.

Li Chunfang and the others led Zhu Ping'an and the others into their usual courtyard - Ximo Pavilion. This was an independent small courtyard with two private rooms separated by about three meters. There were already people sitting in one of them. It was several people from the Taiyuan Hospital who saw Li Chunfang and the others, and took the initiative to get up and come over to say hello, and even asked the shop assistant to send two jars of good wine to the Hanlin Academy people, and charge them to their accounts. Li Chunfang even said a few polite words, but Yuan Wei just coughed twice arrogantly and impatiently, and the other Hanlin officials also nodded and passed.

Through this scene, Zhu Pingan also truly understood that in the feudal Ming Dynasty, the status of doctors was not as high as in modern times. The status of doctors here was still very low. Even though they were imperial doctors, they were still looked down upon in the eyes of feudal bureaucrats.

When these imperial doctors came to say hello, Zhu Ping'an noticed that there was another person sitting on the table in the imperial hospital without moving. He was a young imperial physician. He sat there calmly and drank the tea in his hand, without any emotion at all. Like other imperial doctors, they follow the trend.

This was an interesting imperial physician, and Zhu Pingan wrote this person down.

After entering the private room, they sat down according to their respective official positions. Li Mo didn't come, saying that there was something wrong with the official department. Li Chunfang was older and had a higher official position, so she sat on the main seat. Zhu Pingan also sat slightly forward, because his official position was there, and Zhang Siwei and Zhu Pingan were separated by several seats.

Shortly after Zhu Pingan and the others sat down, two more people arrived hand in hand.

One of them appeared with a fragrant smell of powder. He was very handsome, and Zhu Ping'an also knew him. It was Zhang Juzheng who wanted to sing curry to gays when they first met last time. He looks so handsome and wears makeup and spices. He really doesn't leave a way for an unhandsome person like himself to survive. In addition to makeup, Zhang Juzheng's clothes also complement each other. They are clean and bright, spotless and not a wrinkle.

The other person, Zhu Pingan, was unknown to him. He was not much more handsome than him, but his arrogance seemed to be much worse than that of Yuan Wei. Also, who could come with Zhang Juzheng, how could he be an easy person? Zhu Ping'an was full of curiosity about this person.

"Su Qing, uncle, you are here. If you come even an hour and a half later, you will have to drink as a fine." Yuan Wei stood up and smiled as he greeted the two of them to sit down.

To be able to treat such an arrogant and conceited person like Yuan Wei like this, he must be someone whose strength can be admired by Yuan Wei. This kind of person must be a famous person in history, Su Qing? Whose word is this? It’s so familiar.

Zhu Pingan was thoughtful.

"Haha, not long after Prince Yu first opened his residence, he had trouble escaping. But thanks to my uncle's help, I only had time to escape today." The person Yuan Wei called Su Qing said with a smile.

King Yu? Su Qing? These two appeared together, reminding Zhu Ping'an at once, and reminded Zhu Ping'an that Su Qing was a high-gong character in history! Gao Gong, it turns out that this person is Gao Gong. No wonder his face is full of arrogance. It’s not surprising that he is Gao Gong.

Historically, Gao Gong was a conceited genius with an arrogant personality. Just like his name, he was tall and difficult to be crowned. According to historical records and unofficial records, Gao Gong can be regarded as a child prodigy of the Ming Dynasty. He could compose the couplets in one breath at the age of five, he could recite the preface at the age of eight, and he was the leader of his hometown in the "Book of Rites" at the age of seventeen. This has also developed an arrogant and arrogant character, with high arrogance and talent. He often looks down on the people around him, whether they are superiors or colleagues, let alone subordinates. His mantra is: You guys are stupid.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an looked up and saw the contempt hidden in Gao Gong's eyes when he was joking.

Haha, it's interesting. Thinking about the two people's personalities, Zhu Ping'an sat there and couldn't help but imagine the mental processes of Yuan Wei and Gao Gong.

Yuan Wei: I look down on these idiots, but I look down on Su Qing and Ju Zheng.

Gao Gong: I can’t even look down on an idiot like you!

After the greetings, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng both took their seats, and by chance, Zhang Juzheng sat where Zhu Pingan's head was.

Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Li Chunfang, and Zhang Siwei will all be the chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet in the future. There were actually four people who would be very popular ministers sitting at the same table.

The world is really amazing. I actually sat and drank with the four chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet!

Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips when he thought of this.

Four assistants at a table?

Maybe, who can say for sure in the future.

But speaking of the future, about five hundred years later from this time, a painter named Xu Beihong made a painting about this Hanlin Academy banquet, called "The Banquet of the First Assistant". Five hundred years later, Painter Xu created this painting "The Banquet of the Chief Minister" based on historical records. It is because there is no banquet table with more important people than this table, and it is because no banquet table can accommodate so many of the chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty. , especially one of them, pushed the Ming Dynasty to a height that was difficult for any dynasty to reach. Because of Master Xu Beihong's skillful selection of materials, wonderful interpretation, and excellent painting skills, this painting has become a classic among classics. Especially a hundred years after Master Xu Beihong, this painting "The Banquet of the First Assistant" made history at an international auction. The transaction price was 10 million US dollars more than the famous historical religious painting "The Last Supper", which became a masterpiece at that time. The most.