Chapter 103: Ministers Appreciating Paintings
At night, in the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Beijing.
From the outside, the lights were on in the house and there were shadowy figures on the windows.
Prime Minister Wang and his group are currently discussing a very important matter in the room.
That is to remove the female captain of the Great Yan Dynasty from power and restore peace to the Great Yan Dynasty.
Prime Minister Wang was the first to speak: "Women serving as officials are a mess and disrupt the government. They must be put right."
The staff flattered him as soon as they opened their mouths: "The Prime Minister is concerned about the country and the people, and considers the overall situation. He is worthy of being a loyal minister of our Great Yan Dynasty."
The second staff member suggested: "It has been a long time since we heard any news from the border. Recently, Captain Lin is no longer the leader. The legend of suppressing bandits and annihilating thousands of people in Beizi country has passed for a while. Captain Lin has been gradually forgotten by the emperor. Now is a good time to overthrow her."
After getting Prime Minister Wang's nod, everyone stayed up until the crowing of the cock and wrote several moving memorials.
He is full of confidence and is determined to bring down Captain Lin this time.
During a break in the morning court, Prime Minister Wang was about to present a memorial, but he saw that the Jingzhao Yin had taken the lead and presented a painting.
"I have a new painting to present to Your Majesty."
Prime Minister Wang was unhappy that someone had snatched away his golden opportunity to make a report.
It's just a painting, what's so great about it? He even presented it to His Majesty.
Your Majesty, what a beautiful painting you have not seen! There are as many rare ancient paintings as you want in the palace.
As a result, after seeing the painting, Emperor Yan exclaimed that it was a great painting.
"It's a good painting, it's really a good painting, the style is completely different from ordinary paintings. It's better to share the joy with others than to enjoy it alone. I would like to share it with you."
Emperor Yan asked Eunuch An to pass down the painting so that all the ministers could appreciate it together.
The painting soon reached Shangshu Zhang.
Zhang Shangshu was also a painting fanatic. After getting the painting, he was unwilling to pass it on to others for viewing. He held the drawing paper tightly in both hands.
"Nice painting, nice painting. This is the first time I have seen such realistic painting."
Prime Minister Wang kept complaining in his mind: Everyone is praising it, I want to see what kind of good painting it is.
But when I took a closer look, I was immediately attracted.
The picture shows a woman who is not young but has a unique temperament.
Even more stunning is the background of the portrait, which is a glowing ice sculpture of a phoenix.
I have never seen such dazzling ice sculptures.
The colorful and glowing phoenix has each feather painted very clearly.
The refracted light makes people feel as if they are in a fairyland.
There is a glazed Vermilion Bird outside the palace. It refracts sunlight so brightly that it is regarded as a national treasure and no one is allowed to approach within three meters.
But compared with the phoenix ice sculpture in the painting, the glazed Vermilion Bird seems a little petty.
None of them are as big as the Phoenix ice sculptures, nor as colorful as them.
The Emperor of Yan was very interested in the ice sculpture in the painting: "Jingzhao Yin, please tell me the origin of this painting."
Jingzhao Yin explained, "My wife sent Mrs. Liu from the palace to Beiyue City to buy small items. As a result, she heard that there was a very beautiful ice sculpture garden there. So when Mrs. Liu went to visit the Grand View Garden, she drew this portrait. The second son of Marshal Qin helped to draw it."
Emperor Yan showed an admiring look on his face: "Prime Minister Wang, I remember that Marshal Qin is your son-in-law, so this painting was painted by your grandson. Your nephew is really talented."
When being praised by His Majesty, one must be polite.
Prime Minister Wang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are too kind. This painting is so eye-catching because of the ice sculptures in it."
Jingzhao Yin found out everything from Mrs. Liu, "I heard that the ice sculpture was made by Captain Lin."
Prime Minister Wang: Was the ice sculpture of Grand View Garden made by Lin Qianqian?
I was so angry that I almost smoked.
He just attributed the credit to the ice sculpture, which was like flattering Lin Qianqian and making things better for others in vain.
Jingzhao Prefecture Governor: "My maid said there are countless ice sculptures in the Grand View Garden, and there is also a walking ice sculpture of a horse..."
A walking ice horse? It's pretty amazing!
The ministers were listening with great interest when suddenly the prefect of Jingzhao was interrupted.
The guy who interrupted the conversation and was unromantic was Prime Minister Wang. He was so annoying.
"Your Majesty, I have a petition to make. As a captain appointed by Your Majesty, Captain Lin's main responsibility is to train soldiers and fight wars. She should not be working on such crooked things. I beg Your Majesty to remove Captain Lin from his post, so that other soldiers will not have complaints."
Eunuch An took the memorial from Prime Minister Wang and presented it to Emperor Yan.
Emperor Yan was very unhappy. For some reason, Prime Minister Wang always contradicted him recently.
"Prime Minister Wang, you also said that Captain Lin's position was conferred by me personally. Are you questioning my decision by saying this now?"
Emperor Yan didn't even look at the memorial presented by Prime Minister Wang, but tore it up and threw it on the ground.
"I am not blind. I have numerous informants. The spy reported that Captain Lin has not slacked off in her duties. She has been diligent in training the soldiers every day. She has been supervising the construction of the ice sculpture park in her spare time."
Jingzhao Prefecture Governor: "Your Majesty, calm down. The Ice Sculpture Grand View Garden has attracted countless tourists to Beiyue City, making Beiyue City more prosperous than ever before and allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment. The people are all grateful for your majesty's great grace."
Prime Minister Wang: This Jingzhao Yin can always shout out the emperor's grace when talking about any matter. What a flatterer.
If the Jingzhao prefect had not presented this painting, he would have most likely impeached Captain Lin today.
Now the wind direction has completely changed, and a favorable situation has become an unfavorable one.
The emperor's expression improved a lot after hearing what the prefect of Jingzhao said.
It turns out that people like to hear nice words.
"My greatest wish in life is to make all the people live and work in peace and contentment. Unfortunately, natural and man-made disasters are always happening. The recent earthquake in the southwest has given me a headache."
When the ministers heard this, they knew that they were asked to donate again, as they had just donated a few days ago.
"I have a reason for placing my trust in Captain Lin. Captain Lin has donated another 10,000 taels of silver to the court for earthquake relief in the southwest. The silver note was delivered today at full speed. Compared to Captain Lin, the silver you donated, Prime Minister Wang, is not enough."
Prime Minister Wang: Another ten thousand taels. Could it be that Captain Lin has a silver mine?
A donation is worth tens of thousands of taels, which most people dare not even think about.
Prime Minister Wang felt that Lin Qianqian was born to be his nemesis.
As the prime minister, he only donated 500 taels of silver to the southwest earthquake disaster, but that girl donated 10,000 taels, which was a deliberate slap in his face.
Prime Minister Wang knew that Captain Lin had enjoyed great success again today, and it seemed that now was not a good time to impeach her.
We can only talk about impeachment later.
"Your Majesty, I am a clean-handed person, and I am not as good at making money as Captain Lin—"
The Emperor of Yan was really fed up with this old man. "If you don't have the ability to donate money, shut up. That's all for today. Court is dismissed."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com