Empress Ma, in her palace, was moved by her affection for Zhu Yuanzhang and treated him with courtesy, gradually convincing Zhu Yuanzhang.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang finally relented and prepared to let go of a group of Huaixi officials.

The other side!

For Yang Xian, this may be the most important day of the year.

Without him, Yang Xian, who has temporarily taken over the power of Zhongshu Province and will be promoted to Prime Minister Zuo at some time, attaches great importance to his birthday.

Because this birthday is a very auspicious day in Feng Shui.

And Yang Xian is also quite proud of the date of his birth, claiming that I am the "chosen one".

In short, this day is the best time for opportunistic officials in the DPRK and China to flatter Yang Xian.

Also because of this incident, it attracted the attention of many interested people.

This was originally just a small matter. There were many officials in the capital. Every birthday, officials would invite relatives and friends to make it fun.

However, most officials do not celebrate their birthdays in a high profile, for fear of attracting too much attention and ultimately allowing their political opponents to seize the opportunity. Not only do their birthdays not go well, but they also cause commotion.

However, Yang Xian is the future Prime Minister of the Left after all, and he has already captured most of his political opponents.

So he happened to be exactly the opposite, going in the opposite direction.

Not only did he invite most officials of the "Yang Party" to his residence to watch the ceremony, but he also held a grand party for hundreds of tables, causing a lot of noise, lest the world didn't know that he was celebrating his birthday.

Regarding Yang Xian's behavior, the officials in the court were naturally talking about it. Many officials, for the sake of their own future, went to Yang Mansion to flatter Yang Xian.

Of course, there are also people who secretly express disdain and contempt. People's hearts are different, and this is always the case in this world.

However, Yang Xian also has his own considerations and ideas.

Now, as his status and power are getting higher and higher, there are more and more cronies under his sect.

However, due to various reasons, Yang Xian felt that he could never control these officials in Yang's party.

Yang Xian also inevitably felt a little uneasy. On weekdays, he could only give orders through a few core officials and conduct remote control.

Now that he is about to become the Prime Minister of the Left, he needs to select a number of "Yang Party" officials for key cultivation.

These "Yang Party" officials who have been specially cultivated will be an important force of the "Yang Party" in the future.

Therefore, Yang Xian must meet and talk with them in person, emphasize his existence to these "Yang Party" officials, extend favors, and further control them.

Before you know it, the time has arrived.

With Yang Xian's current status and influence, this incident is indeed a grand event in the official circles of the capital, and countless people are paying attention to it.

Especially after Li Shanchang intervened, the birthday banquet was bound to be huge and lively.

For many officials, the most important thing on this day is not to handle official business, but to attend Yang Xian's birthday banquet and take the opportunity to get closer to Yang Xian in order to be taken care of!

At this time, the Yang Mansion was already very lively and crowded with guests.

Yang Xian did not dare to delay at all. He first responded enthusiastically to the congratulations of all the guests, and then asked the servants to bring the delicacies that had been prepared to the banquet table.

After all this was done, Yang Xian stood in the front courtyard of Yang Mansion and took on the task of welcoming the guests.

Most of the guests who came to the Yang Mansion in advance were Yang Xian's own cronies and some less important officials. Yang Xian didn't care too much.

And those most important guests are often the last to show up, and they need to be received by Yang Xian personally!

These guests with extremely high official positions and high status were also interesting. They came one by one and did not arrive all at once.

"Master Wang Dong, the left censor of the Overwatch Council, has arrived..."

"Young Master Lu Feng has arrived..."

"Master Dai, the Minister of Dali Temple, has arrived..."

The steward at the door shouted loudly

, which means that this important guest has arrived at Yang Mansion.

Soon, Zheng Kaiwei, Minister of the Ministry of War, personally came to the Yang Mansion to congratulate Yang Xian on his birthday.

He also sent two large boxes of congratulatory gifts. These gifts were worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Yang Xian and Zheng Kaiwei exchanged a few polite official words and then called Zheng Kaiwei to go inside.

Just after welcoming Zheng Kaiwei into the Zhao Mansion, he saw the sedan chair of Sun Yang, the Minister of Punishment, stopping in front of the Yang Mansion, and also delivered two large boxes of congratulatory gifts.

When Yang Xian finally welcomed Sun Yang into the mansion, Zhang Boxuan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came again with gifts, and there were three big boxes...

Cui Yongbao, the Minister of Rites, only brought one painting with him, but this painting was the original "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

The Minister of Civil Affairs arrived again from Fengxiang, bringing three boxes of gifts with sincerity...

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who made his final appearance, brought a silver box gift worth more than 100,000 taels.

Yang Xian was very busy on this day.

He not only has to play the role of a birthday boy and participate in the birthday banquet process, but also has to play the role of a successful politician, entertaining guests and delivering information. It is inevitable that he will be a little worried about one thing and not the other, and he will be in a hurry.

It can be said that on this day, the Zhao Mansion gathered almost all the important officials from the center of the capital. Except for those officials who were incompatible with Yang Xian, almost all the powerful officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital were present.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang did not come forward in person, he still sent Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang to deliver a precious plaque.

With the guests gathering, Yang Xian was very busy as he was about to leave, but it was also his most glorious day.

Finally, after Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang arrived at the Yang Mansion, the atmosphere in the Yang Mansion reached a climax.

In addition to the previous six ministers, Yang Xian received personal congratulations from all the ministers, but it was also an official story.

On the other hand, this is enough to show how powerful Yang Xian's influence is now.

Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang were the last heavyweight guests to arrive at the Yang Mansion, so after welcoming Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang, Yang Xian no longer welcomed the guests in person.

He followed closely behind Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang and walked towards the mansion.

As he walked forward, the surrounding guests all congratulated Yang Xian with their kind words, and Yang Xian changed his usual cold and serious attitude, with a friendly and easy-going look on his face, and returned the greeting with a smile.

Next, Yang Xian said to Crown Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang: "Your Highness, Your Majesty the Prime Minister, today is my official's birthday. I am really lucky to be able to bother you two."

To Yang Xian, Li Shanchang was nothing, just a piece of rotten wood and had no real power. He didn't know when he would die.

However, Zhu Biao was different. Once he established a relationship with Zhu Biao, it was equivalent to having close contact with the future emperor.

…

Just when Yang Xian was about to say something, Prince Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang looked at each other.

"The imperial edict has arrived! Zhongshu Shengzuo Cheng received the edict!"

Hearing the shout from Zhu Biao's mouth and looking at the imperial edict in the hands of Prince Zhu Biao, everyone in the Yang Mansion was shocked.

At the entrance of Yang's Mansion, I saw dozens of eunuchs holding many things in their hands and walking into Yang's Mansion in a swaggering manner.

It was obviously a congratulatory gift from Zhu Yuanzhang.

As a result, Zhao's guests stopped making noise one after another, and the Yang Mansion soon became quiet. Yang Xian quickly came to the front of Prince Zhu Biao, knelt down and saluted to receive the order.

I saw Prince Zhu Biao unfolding the imperial edict and saying loudly: "By God's blessing, the emperor's decree says: The country has been running for many years, and corrupt officials have become more and more popular. Yang Xian, Zuocheng of Zhongshu Province, severely punishes corruption, makes great achievements, observes integrity and enjoys friendship, and proves his integrity.

, I am very grateful to you, and I will give you a royal plaque written in my hand, and I will confer you the title of Doctor Zide, and I will give you hundreds of pearls...I admire this!"

After hearing the content of the imperial edict, everyone present was moved.

Zhu Yuanzhang's reward was greater than imagined

Even more amazing!

The reward of an imperial plaque and a hundred pearls is good enough, but I also need to add the title of Zide Doctor.

Doctor Zide is an incredible honor.

Zide doctor was an honorary title conferred by the second rank of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of symbolic status has three levels according to different levels. Each level has the same level as the official position.

For example, after Yang Xian became Zuocheng of Zhongshu Province, he also became the lowest grade of Zhongshu.

The title of "Doctor Zishan" is the lowest level among the second rank. Only those who have made outstanding achievements can be promoted to the title of "Doctor Zide".

If you want to go further, in addition to outstanding merits, you must also have profound qualifications and a very high reputation. Only after gaining the approval of all officials can you be awarded the title of senior political officer.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang directly conferred Yang Xian the title of Zide Doctor, which not only affirmed Yang Xian's achievements in recent years, but also was a great honor.

You must know that among today's second-grade officials, only Yang Xian has received the honor of being awarded the title of Zide Doctor.

Except for Yang Xian, this also means that Yang Xian has become the first person among the second-grade officials.

However, compared to the astonishment of all the guests, Yang Xian was also very ecstatic in his heart.

At this time, Yang Xian looked like he was crying with gratitude, and he knelt down and said, "I accept the decree to express my gratitude!"

When Yang Xian reached out and took the imperial edict, Prince Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Master Yang, come and see the royal plaque given to you by His Majesty!"

After saying that, two young eunuchs carefully came to Yang Xian, carrying a plaque covered with red cloth.

After Yang Xian reached out and lifted the red cloth, he saw four large black characters engraved on the plaque.

"Being upright"!

…

With the arrival of the imperial plaque mentioned by Zhu Yuanzhang, the atmosphere in the Yang Mansion reached its peak again.

After seeing the four words "whole body is upright" on the imperial plaque, the guests gathered around Yang Xian one after another.
Chapter completed!