The 18th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Taiguang

Royal Study Room

Ma Jin reported to Yan Yi about the progress of the "Canton Encyclopedia", especially the consciousness of the past two days would collect various useful opinions, and focused on telling Yan Yi clearly.

After he finished talking one by one, Yan Yi couldn't help but smile on his face and spoke up to affirm the matter.

"No, I'd better have a good job in Zisheng. I feel at ease when I handed over this "Chang Kun Ceremony" to you."

Ma Jin smiled and did not answer, but asked Yan Yi about the specific regulations on these opinions. Yan Yi knew that this was a serious matter and did not dare to neglect it. He pondered for a moment and said.

"In this way, if you think your compilation library can be directly decided, you will solve it yourself. If you can't get it right, you can write a memorandum and hand it over to me for review."

"I obey the order."

As soon as Yan Yi said this, joy immediately appeared in Ma Jin's eyes. What he was waiting for was Yan Yi's words.

Most of the opinions raised by the editorial board officials before, Ma Jin could make the decision, but there was still a small part. Because it involved a wide range of areas, Ma Jin was unwilling to act arbitrarily, or he was too lazy to involve too much and caused trouble, so he came to find Yan Yi to make a decision this time.

After all, it is the same thing. The editorial library promotes itself and supports it later are definitely two different concepts...

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After chatting about the "Canton Encyclopedia", Yan Yi talked about some important news to Ma Jin.

Because Ma Jin is his own brother-in-law and a confidant of the important minister, he is very concerned about it, so if Yan Yi considers any opinions on officials and political affairs in the court, he is happy to discuss with Ma Jin.

Ma Jin was not very resistant to this. After all, he was in the court and the country, so he could learn more about the emperor's ideas, and he could have a solution to what happened and have multiple precautions.

However, if you don’t resist, Ma Jin also knows the sensitivity and danger of discussing politics with the emperor. The saying that being with the king is like a tiger is not something to say.

Therefore, as long as Yan Yi pulls him to discuss the affairs of the court, Ma Jin will hide if he can, and if he can't escape, he will keep his head silent. Even if Yan Yi asks for his opinion, he will answer the question, pretending to be crazy and fooling around, and never make his own comments easily.

Especially when it comes to major affairs in the court and important officials, even if the person is his relatives or enemies, Ma Jin would rather find a way to help or retaliate after leaving the palace. In front of Yan Yi, he would not make any comments on this matter.

This is what Ma Jin's old boss Cai Yang warned him. A woman's heart is a needle under the sea, and the emperor's heart must be ten seas plus one piece of needle. No one knows what they think all day long. Maybe they even had a favor to you the night before, but it turned out that it was less than the next morning, and you didn't know why he was beaten to the end.

Therefore, you can never be without scruples in front of these emperors. If you should be careful when you should be careful.

Although Ma Jin did not agree with Cai Yang's words, most of them still listened to them. Therefore, although Yan Yi never showed any strange intentions, Ma Jin has always been obedient to his duties as a minister and never speaks wildly.

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For example, now, Yan Yi is a little dissatisfied with some of the chaotic rumors in the family of Li Chou, the minister of Dali Temple, and has also expressed his opinions on Li Chou himself, with more criticism.

Then, Yan Yi asked Ma Jin if he knew Li Chou's family affairs and asked him about his opinion. Ma Jin refused to ask himself to have been busy with the "Qiankun Encyclopedia" recently and did not understand the matter, so he did not dare to comment, and finally dealt with Yan Yi.

But in fact, Li Chou and Li's family were dissatisfied with their parents' favors, so they made a lot of trouble, almost alarmed half of the capital. Some newspapers in the capital that were not afraid of death were almost experiencing the whole story. Could Ma Jin not hear the news?

In fact, as the owner of the Beijing newspaper leader Magazine, Ma Jin knew more about the gossip news in all sizes in Beijing than anyone else. Even when Yan Yi did not use the black guard, his information might not be as detailed as Ma Jin's hands. However, Ma Jin was unwilling to get involved in this matter, so he pretended to be deaf and became a dumb person.

Fortunately, Yan Yi did not get too entangled with this matter. After simply despising Ma Jin for the lack of strict education of Li Chou, he led the topic elsewhere.

Ma Jin naturally refused to argue and continued to chat with him. When encountering a small matter that was unhindered, he would talk to Yan Yi for a few words. When he encountered someone who was not suitable for talking too much, he would find an excuse to fight casually.

Yan Yi didn't know whether he didn't notice or didn't care about this, but he still pulled Yan Yi to chat. After a while, it was noon and he left Ma Jin to spend lunch in the palace.

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Ganqing Palace, Imperial Banquet Hall

Yan Yi and Ma Jin were in two seats, and a group of eunuchs and palace maids held trays to serve the two of them before the table.

Ma Jin is not the first time he has eaten in the palace. Not to mention Yan Yi, his deceased father-in-law, Emperor Jing Kang and his mother-in-law Xianfei, have been kept in the palace for many times.

Even in the past ten years since Ma Jin was reborn, except for his family, Dingxianglou and Censorate, he ate the most in the palace.

"The emperor is using ~ meal~"

Unlike formal court banquets, there are many rules and regulations, and all words and deeds must be organized. Yan Yi obviously needs to be much more relaxed and comfortable when eating with Ma Jin in private. However, even so, Yan Yi's use of food also shows royal luxury.

Dai Quan, the chief supervisor of the inner sing, Yan Yi picked up a pair of silver chopsticks, raised it to show Ma Jin, then moved the tip of the chopsticks slightly, pointed to a plate of bamboo shoots not far away from him. When the eunuch who served the dish cloth saw it, he immediately added some lotus root shreds with chopsticks and gently placed it on the jade plate in front of Yan Yi. Yan Yi picked up the chopsticks and sent them lightly. After chewing for a while, he nodded slowly.

“It tastes good.”

Ma Jin, who was sitting at the bottom of his head, swallowed the food he had chewed in his mouth, then stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat, and replenished it in time to put it into his empty mouth. He took the time to glance at Yan Yi's actions, and felt helpless in his heart.

To be honest, Ma Jin is sometimes quite happy to stay in the palace for food. After all, the imperial chefs in the palace are not covered, and the ingredients and ingredients are also excellent, which is quite attractive to Ma Jin, a foodie. But there is only one thing that makes Ma Jin a little resistant to this matter, that is, Yan Yi and the others are too procrastinating to have a meal.

In front of Emperor Jingkang and Empress Yan Yi, Ma Jin accompanied the two men to have a banquet for at least hundreds of times, but no matter which time, as long as they were in the palace, they had to do the same thing as before. The emperor chose vegetables, the eunuchs and the emperor took the chopsticks to eat.

Isn’t he sick? He has to divide it into three steps for a bite of food. He has to change himself, so he is so anxious.

However, Ma Jin also understood that it was the only thing that people wanted this royal dining ceremony that looked noble and luxurious to highlight the extraordinary style of the royal family.

Tsk, aren't you afraid of the cold food...
Chapter completed!