Lin Yanchao's praise to Zhu Geng was very sincere and he was not stingy with praise. Seeing that he had received Lin Sanyuan's praise, Zhu Geng was also a little proud and couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Geng's instructions on Lin Yanchao were, first of all, to rely on Lin Yanchao, and secondly, to show kindness to Shen Shixing behind him through Lin Yanchao.

Zhang Juzheng will not always serve as the chief assistant. After Zhang Juzheng retired, the second assistant Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing had a chance. Zhu Geng had a deep plan. Compared with Zhang Siwei, he was more optimistic about Shen Shixing. As for Lin Yanchao, he is now Shen Shixing's most proud disciple, and he is currently the sixth rank and walks in the cabinet. As for other disciples of Shen Shixing, they either interned in the yamen or were still an official in other places.

Then Zhu Geng and Lin Yanchao walked back to the sutra banquet side by side.

Lin Yanchao also guessed that Zhu Geng wanted to rely on himself, and he also wanted to rely on him.

Connections, connections, what is connections?

First, it is a very strong friendship. Needless to say, those who have received great kindness, some have been supported, or even the two have similar ambitions and close friendships. This is cultivated step by step by step by step by investing in relationships.

The officialdom's efforts to flatter, curry favor with leaders, and favor their preferences are all this.

There is also a first-class connection, which is yourself. The higher your position and the more capable you are, the more others will have to rely on you. Others have requests from you, and you also have requests from him, and they exchange interests with each other.

Lin Yanchao and Zhu Geng are similar, this second type.

The two talked and talked, and then they had almost finished their meals at the banquet, and the wine table was swept away.

At the end of the sutra banquet, everyone began to go to the wine table to go with things. The bowls and dishes on the wine table were made by the palace.

Everyone was not polite. They tried to go as far as possible. As for the bowls, chopsticks and utensils, they were moved almost, from soup bowls to spoons and chopsticks to.

The families of the officials at this sutra banquet acted like a locust passing through the border.

But no one feels so decent, but everyone is very happy, because the meaning of this sutra is also here.

After Lin Yanchao finished his lecture, he returned home. Zhan Ming and Chen Jichuan took the tea, jujube, fruit, and some meat and vegetables from the banquet. He took them home and distributed them to Yu Bo, Cuizhu, and Huaping.

Cuizhu, Huaping Ping, was so happy that she was talking nonsense like a chirping magpies.

Lin Yanchao saw several people and said with a smile: "It's not like this that you don't have in your family on weekdays, why do you care so much?"

But when Yu Bo saw that he grabbed a handful of chestnuts, put them in his pocket and smiled, "Master, although we don't have anything on weekdays, we are all food at the imperial banquet! They are usually enjoyed by the emperor and officials. How can we have this blessing in our people? We are all thanks to the master."

Cuizhu, Huaping Ping, also peeled the chestnuts, and said with a smile while eating: "Bo Yu is right. If it weren't for the master, we wouldn't be able to eat the things at the banquet."

Several servants were all proud of Lin Yanchao's face because Lin Yanchao was able to attend this sutra banquet. Lin Yanchao's mood was difficult to understand what they were thinking at the moment.

As for Lin Qianqian, she watched Chen Jichuan bring back a few small porcelain bowls at the ceremony, and smiled so hard that her eyes were curved, and then she carefully wiped them with silk cloth one by one.

Lin Yanchao and Lin Qianqian said: "Although this is made in the palace, it is not as good as the bowls and utensils made in Jingdezhen, our family."

Lin Qian gave Lin Yanchao a brief look and said with confidence: "This is different from being placed at home, and the ones brought from the palace don't cost money."

Lin Yanchao was amused and laughed when he heard this, but in short, you'll be happy anyway.

After every sutra banquet, Lin Yanchao felt satisfied when he looked at the happy look of the family.

Occasionally, Lin Yanchao also had an idea that he might not have to go on his career. He did not think about the demise of the Ming Dynasty sixty years later, did not think about the four words "Socialization of Qi and Zhiping", or Lin Feng. Lin Chengyi's eager hope for himself is that it is not very good to live such a small life every day, embezzle, accept bribes, and then count money at home with Lin Qianqian.

Then I learned to learn from Dong Qichang, and I was happy to be an official for a few years. I was unhappy and thought about it at home. I bullied men and women, and I was in the countryside. I wrote poems, wrote lyrics, published books at home all day long. I dreamed of thirty years and lived a good life. Lin Yanchao had this idea, but after a night's sleep, he worked hard and went to the yamen. Just like farmers plowing the fields, merchants sold them, and they did things themselves without reason.

The winter solstice will arrive in a few days.

The winter solstice is a big day. The folk winter solstice requires a disciple to worship Confucius, which is called worshiping the rest of the winter and worshiping the holy birthday.

As a student, you still have to burn off the words and express your respect for the saints in this way of cherishing words and sages.

This is a folk law, but it is the first class in the Hanlin Academy.

During the winter solstice and summer solstice in the Hanlin Courtyard, you need to stay in a fasting place.

Therefore, the day before the winter solstice, Lin Yanchao arrived at the Hanlin Courtyard, Hanlin, two houses, and the clerks of the two halls arrived at the Hanlin Courtyard.

Chen Siyu, the chief magistrate, asked the lecturer to sit in the lecture hall, the historian to sit in the prosecutor's office, the two rooms of the Secretariat sit in the classics hall, the edicts sit in the Conmu Hall, and all the officials stayed for one night.

Lin Yanchao's identity was a little embarrassed. He asked Chen Siyu which hall he should go to?

Chen Siyu thought for a while and said, "According to the principle, you are just transferring to the cabinet. You should still be a historian in the editorial and procuratorial department. But now you are assistant to the east room and the two clans of the two rooms should sit in the classics hall. Even if you are still an official in the imperial lecture hall, you can also sit in the lecture hall together. Which hall do you want to go to?"

This is also a difficult place. Lin Yanchao thought about it and was unwilling to go back to the department of the procuratorate. As for the fact that he was not qualified to enter the department of the lecture and reading, he was afraid that he would be criticized, so he said, "I want to go to the Department of Classics."

Chen Siyu nodded and said, "This is the most appropriate one."

So Lin Yanchao went to the classics hall and joined the two ministries of the Secretariat.

The next day, the winter solstice was a high ceremony, and I had to stay in a fast and stay the day before. The Hanlin Academy was afraid that the officials below would be unscrupulous, so it concentrated all the Hanlin Academy here one day in advance.

Lin Yanchao changed into a clean and tidy place to the classics hall, where there are officials in charge of supervision, so you cannot whisper.

Lin Yanchao handed over a wink with his familiar Zhongshu, nodded, and walked to the cushion to sit quietly with his eyes closed.

This vegetarian does not mean that you don’t eat anything, but that you cannot eat onions, garlic, leeks, ginger, etc. If you eat it, it will smell bad during the sacrifice the next day, which means it is disrespectful. Therefore, you can usually eat some light vegetarian food.

However, the Hanlin Academy did a thorough job and did not even provide vegetarian food. Each vegetarian official only gave him a bottle of water.

After a day of strolling in this way, the officials who were empty in their stomachs attended the high ceremony.

The officials of the Prosecutors and the Editorial and Prosecutors who had been hungry for a day came out of the house. Chen Siyu stepped out of the back hall and greeted the officials one by one. Then the officials walked out of the Hanlin Academy together.

On the day of the winter solstice, the emperor sacrificed to the sky in the southern suburbs, and all officials of the Hanlin Academy were allowed to accompany the emperor to the southern suburbs to sacrifice. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!