The spring of the fifth year of Xiangfeng in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

It has been a full month and a half since the vision of Tai'an City.

When the Northern Wei Dynasty was founded for 15 years, it experienced the most turbulent year, and the people of the whole country welcomed the New Year in a state of confusion, and then sent away Chinese New Year's Eve and ushered in the New Year, with both sadness and joy.

The sadness is because there are nobles in the Northern Wei Dynasty who died and returned to heaven, and the old ancestor of the Empress Dowager died of illness in Cining Palace, which attracted the rare heavenly burial wonders in ancient times, and the night sky opened the eyes of the twelve heavens, and the twenty-four immortals appeared together, and the ancestors were invited to ascend to the sky and rank in the immortal class. The world didn't know the real scene at that time, Chu Renfeng created public opinion and declared it to the outside world.

It is true that the emperor has granted amnesty to the world.

Different from the old ancestor died of illness in the cover-up, the royal cat Zhao Du led the battle to die in the north of the Great Wall, but it spread vigorously, the royal cat went north to fight the Hun god of war Tuoba Longye, blocking the iron floating and wolves to go south, hey, don't say, this royal cat is quite gentle, bloody, like the style of our Northern Wei people, as for the reason why Zhao Du led the celibacy north, the people of the world don't care, they only care about the legend and romance, who dies or not, why did he die, does that matter?

For the death of the murderer and the great eunuch, the joy in people's hearts is much higher than the sadness, this royal cat...... Finally...... It's a great thing to celebrate when you're dead.

There are two things to celebrate.

First, the Northern Wei Dynasty not only has an orthodox bloodline, but also has an orthodox reading saint, the new Shengyan Gong Kong Feili, this matter is true, Kong Feili has a unique star-shaped birthmark of the Kong family behind it, it can't be wrong, and it can't be counterfeited, he stripped naked in front of the world, just to prove his identity, combined with the emotional "Asking for Kong Moxuan", people can't help but spit at the sage academy in Nanliang, a beast with a human face and a beast's heart.

The second is the great victory of the Great Wall defense line, the joint operation of the Zhenbei Army and the Zhenxi Army, and the battle of Guliangzhou directly reversed the disadvantage of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Xiongnu winning less and losing more, so that the Northern Wei Dynasty raised its eyebrows and puffed up, and the idea of family and country finally took root in the hearts of the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Weishui Alliance, which the grassland Xiongnu is proud of all year round, is more like self-comfort in the face of the battle of Guliangzhou.

At the same time, a more charming rumor exploded in the folk, that is about His Majesty the Emperor, it is incredible, extremely desolate, from the beginning of the second year of Xiangfeng to the end of the fourth year of Xiangfeng, His Majesty the Emperor has not been in Tai'an City, Tai'an City is a stand-in, and His Majesty himself went out of the palace to travel the rivers and lakes, and it is spread clearly and vividly.

There are also rumors that after His Majesty the Emperor killed the Taiwan Domain, his martial arts cultivation has never fallen, and now he is still a top master.

Compared with these, the most exciting and least believable rumor is: Our Emperor His Majesty Li Yuanhao is not a man, but a woman. There are many supporting evidences for this rumor, the most important of which is that after many years of marriage, Suo Guifei and Su Guifei still have never given birth to a son, even if there is a rule of the ancestors before his death, they are not allowed to have sex before the age of eighteen, but His Majesty the Emperor has had affairs with so many, so many little palace maids, why don't you see any of them with a big belly?

Naturally, people just guessed that they had never taken this absurd rumor to heart, and there was a spy at the sticky pole outside the window to arrest you and take you to the east of the city.

Oops, the royal cat is dead, why is Ren Tu still alive, making people unhappy.

All of the above converged in the deep winter of the fifth year of Xiangfeng in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Great Wei State was flooded with brains, the country that occupied the Central Plains was still surrounded by enemies on three sides, and no one knew where the future and destiny would go, and the pattern of the four divisions of the world seemed to continue for a long time.

The laughter or sadness and misery outside can not be scraped into the cell in the east of Tai'an City, which is directly under the Dali Temple and is built in the Phantom Sound Workshop in the east of Tai'an City, specifically to imprison the ruffians and hooligans who nourish life in Tai'an City.

The prison cell was established at the beginning of the first year of the Great Wei Xiangfeng, and was supervised by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the household department paid 50,000 taels of silver, and the supervision office intervened.

His Majesty the Emperor has made a clear order, but he has not been able to prohibit it, Zhang Mingze, the general of the household department, cut corners and filled his pockets, and as a result, the East Window incident occurred and he was thrown into prison, or the Imperial City Division personally arrested and put into the prison.

Zhang Mingze was imprisoned and became a prisoner, and his life in prison was not easy, especially for a literati who had been an official, it was even more miserable.

It wasn't until Wang Siying, the head of the cell, came to the cell on an errand that Zhang Mingze's life improved, at least no one pressed the head of the Ministry of Industry into the basin anymore.

People are also very interested in the legendary experience of Wang Siying, the head of the prison in the early years, he went to Beijing to take the exam, offended the ancestors, and was relegated to the south of the river before entering the spring, and became an additional foreign commissioner who did not enter the house, and he could offend the queen mother before he entered the house, and this scholar's ability is not small.

After two years in the Zhennan Army, he experienced the great change in the Zhennan Army, and later returned to Beijing for the imperial examination, because the Bagu Wen was written in a stable manner, and he was not welcomed, and he was able to enter the lifting of people, and he instinctively went to the Ministry of Officials to be a master, and was occupied by the court magnates and doves, and was squeezed out to the east of the city as a cell leader.

Wang Siying loves to read, but she has a habit that is very different from that of reading, she is used to bending over when she walks, and her legs are reversed outward, which is loose and saggy.

A shabby book, sandwiched under his armpits, his hands in his sleeves, and a servant's ironed shirt, stunned him to wear the smell of prison uniforms, and he didn't add clothes in the cold, and he was used to stuffing some hay into his crotch, looking from afar, like a gangster who had nothing to do in Tai'an City.

Today, it was cold outside, the north wind was howling, although it was early spring, but there was no warmth, Wang Jiaotou stuffed some hay into the crotch of his trousers, took out a pot of three copper plates and a pot of turbid wine, half a piece of shriveled sauce beef, a small plate of peanuts, and walked along the dark and damp corridor towards the depths of the prison.

"What, Lord Wang, is this going to talk to Lord Zhang about the world again?" said a young man with a blade of hay in his mouth and a shoulder on his shoulder, said Zhang Fang.

Wang Siying smiled, did not speak, and continued to walk forward.

"Lord Wang, don't go, I'm a layman, you're an elegant person, tell me some great truth, let me be enlightened? Don't, Lord Wang, don't go first......" The young man shouted, his eyes full of disdain.

As a dedicated ruffian hooligan, Zhang Fang came to the cell more times than he went home, and he had only one wish in his life, to occupy the mountains as kings, to fall into the grass as cowards, to make a few friends who had lived his life, to become brothers, to drink wine, to eat meat, and to live a happy life for a few days. He had seen the embarrassing scene of Wang Siying entering the cell for the first time as an errand, he was laughing to death, standing cowardly and cowardly, and the prisoners in the cell wailed, and he trembled.

In the cell, which is the most predatory place, timidity means bullying, sure enough, on the first day, Lord Wang was splashed with yellow soup by the prisoner, when encountering this kind of thing, even if you are the head of the cell, you have to take action yourself, even if you use lynching, you should also save face by yourself, and the jailer is not easy to interfere, but Wang Siying Lord Wang actually took it silently, wiped the yellow soup on his face, and turned around to change his clothes.

Since then, Zhang Fang has begun to look down on this scholar. He was later released, and after some time, he returned to his cell from his new hometown. The cellmate began to tell him that it was okay to offend anyone, and not to offend Lord Wang. Zhang was puzzled and asked why. The cellmate told him that there was a prisoner with a good background, who touched the bottom line of Lord Wang, and was forcibly broken ten fingers by Lord Wang, and his mouth was full of teeth. Zhang was shocked, what happened later? The inmate said that the prisoner disappeared later. Zhang Fang asked again, have you seen it with your own eyes? The inmate shook his head and listened to what people said. Zhang Fang cut off, this kind of thing of spreading false rumors and chasing after the wind, he has done a lot outside, and he has said that he will fight ten people one by one, creating an image that can fight, but it is just a matter of coaxing people.

Looking at Wang Siying's back, Zhang Fang took a sip and scolded: "You are blind to your knowledge." ”

Wang Siying's figure disappeared at the end of the cell, turned left and walked down the slippery steps, the dungeon was divided into three floors, the lowest level was locked up for embezzlers, this was the rule of His Majesty the Emperor, it seemed that money was involved, His Majesty the Emperor was particularly harsh, and the third floor of the dungeon was filled with gray torches, and because the sun could not be seen all year round, the prisoner's face was very pale.

Seeing Wang Siying, a man with a pale face and a stubble crawled out of the shadows: "Brought the wine?"

"Master Zhang, I brought it to you. Wang Siying mentioned the wine jug, and then mentioned peanuts and beef in sauce: "There are also foods." ”

"Quick, quick, give the official ......" Zhang Mingze smiled bitterly, now that he is a prisoner, he can't forget to play the official tone, he took off the wine stopper with one hand, and there was a burst of fishy spicy in his nose, the wine was not a good wine, and there were remnants of wine dregs, but for people in prison, it was already a rare delicacy.

A sip of turbid wine, a mouthful of shriveled sauce beef like a stone, and peanuts, Zhang Mingze looked satisfied, leaning in front of the baring of the cell: "I can't understand the situation in the court now?"

Wang Siying nodded: "With the collapse of the Empress Dowager's ancestors, Your Majesty is in charge of the dynasty, it is the time for the change of dynasty and power, Your Majesty doesn't seem to be too anxious, and the students are becoming more and more incomprehensible." ”

Zhang Mingze shook his head, a miserable white face was close to Wang Siying, and he took a sip of wine: "Change the dynasty, change of power, according to the reason, it is the right way to get rid of the old and welcome the new, cultivate your own forces, and gradually eliminate the old ministers who are high and powerful, this is reasonable. The four auxiliary ministers, except for Sun Jingchu, the idiot, the other three pavilion elders should see it most clearly, and they should delegate power, but the crux of the matter lies with His Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty?"

"Yes, in the case of His Majesty, it is His Majesty who does not want to change the dynasty and wants to maintain the status quo. His Majesty is a person who remembers the old and is reluctant to do it. Zhang Mingze said.

Wang Siying stood up abruptly and flicked his sleeves indignantly: "Ridiculous, the country is talented, the back waves push the front waves, it is an inevitable trend, the court is replaced, once the son of heaven and a courtier, a generation of emperors, you must have a mind and bearing, how can you remember the old feelings?!"

Zhang Mingze waved his hand and motioned for Wang Siying to sit down: "I'm afraid that I won't have a future, and I'm in a hurry?"

Wang Siying's face was pale, silent, and she sat down slowly, calming down the anger in her heart: "The student is rude." ”

Zhang Mingze sighed: "Siying, you have a lot of advantages, you are forbearant enough, low-key enough, ruthless enough, and look at things thoroughly enough, especially in forbearance, which makes me sometimes have to admire." But you have a fatal flaw, you are used to taking things for granted, you don't put yourself in their shoes, and you are not used to seeing things from the perspective of others. Our Majesty is not an ordinary emperor, the emperor should have those characteristics that cannot be said to be advantages or disadvantages, Your Majesty has no at all, but a little bit of a calculating, small belly and chicken intestines, little woman full of mentality, these characteristics, now it seems, I don't know whether they are good or bad. Si Ying, your forbearance is a little worse than Your Majesty's forbearance, especially when you go to prison, I have repeatedly thought about Your Majesty's actions for many years, and the more I think about it, the more frightened I become, just this power of forbearance, difficult things in the world, Your Majesty will do it, six or seven out of ten, this is already very good for an emperor. ”

Wang Siying nodded: "What Mr. said is good, the emperor acts, ten out of two, the mediocre king, ten out of three or four, the ordinary king, ten out of five or six, can be described as a capable king, ten out of seven or eight, is for the Ming monarch, if everything is done, it is the holy monarch, your majesty today, worthy of the ability to be between the king and the Ming monarch." ”

"Therefore, in the future, when you enter the court as an official, you must think about the problem from the perspective of Your Majesty, and you must not touch Your Majesty's scales, and keep you safe and sound, I am disobeying Your Majesty's scales, and I will not be wronged in this way. Zhang Mingze raised his head and took a sip of the spirit.

"The students follow the teachings of Mr. Wang, if they can enter the court, they must think about the problem from the perspective of His Majesty, and think about His Majesty in everything. Wang Siying said.

Zhang Mingze suddenly stretched out a hand from prison and knocked Wang Siying's head hard: "Idiot, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's completely wrong, it's not for your majesty's sake, but to put the country's society first." I have already said that Your Majesty is not an ordinary Your Majesty, with your gloomy character, Your Majesty probably doesn't like it, so you can't think about how to please Your Majesty, there are a lot of people to do that kind of thing, and what you do is only to add to Your Majesty's disgust, you should do the opposite, and focus on the people of the world and the society of the country. When encountering a matter that disagrees with His Majesty and takes advantage of his own reason, he must fight according to reason and force him to die. ”

"Sir, this method is too dangerous, and it is easy to die. Wang Siying sighed, bowing her head and flicking off the dust on her clothes.

"Stupid, of course it didn't really cost you your life. At that time, as long as you are reasonable, there will naturally be a lot of people in the court to intercede for you, and the four auxiliary ministers are all capable ministers, there is no doubt about this, you will correct Your Majesty's shortcomings, and you will not follow Your Majesty in everything, and you have earned enough eyeballs and reputation, which is a good thing. Zhang Mingze opened his mouth and said, pinching a peanut and throwing it into his mouth: "Of course, the premise of all this is that Your Majesty has great righteousness, listen to people's persuasion, if you meet a mediocre king, it is not a pity how many times your head falls, and the biggest advantage of His Majesty the Emperor of our Great Wei State is that he is extremely sensible and reasonable, no matter how angry he is on the spot, as long as he is given a step, he can always admit his mistakes frankly and unfairly, which is enough to add three points to His Majesty, and it is not easy for the emperor to admit his mistakes, it is not easy." Of course, if Your Majesty goes crazy one day, you will also die. ”