The courtiers in the room were stunned, wondering why the emperor asked such an irrelevant question. Zhu Shiyang was angry in his heart. It turned out that what he had just seen was this Lu Wenyuan's recital, in which this person first impeached Zhang Zhijin, the prefect of Hangzhou, for leviing and collecting miscellaneous taxes, and then persuaded him to establish the queen as soon as possible, with the position of the middle palace, and sharply accused him of not going to the early dynasty and abandoning the government.

Zhu Shiyang really doesn't know where this person has such courage, it is just a matter of impeaching the prefect, it is purely an emperor's family affair, what does it have to do with him? It's so wide, I really don't want it anymore.

Shen Lun and the others are all Beijing officials, and they don't know much about foreign officials, so they don't know how to answer, but they listen to the little eunuch Gui Xi and say cautiously: "Your Majesty, the information of officials of the court and the central government should be in charge of the ministry. ”

Zhu Shiyang flicked his sleeves with a calm face: "Then call him to ask!" After that, he didn't even look at the courtiers in the room, and turned around and left. Seeing this, Gui Xi also hurriedly saluted the ministers and hurriedly followed. The master and servant turned out of the cabinet gate, and after a while, they disappeared.

Shen Lun and the others originally looked at the emperor and looked at the bullet to deal with Fan Zhefu, but who knew that they killed Lu Wenyuan halfway and ran away from the emperor angrily. A room full of curiosity was full of curiosity for a while, thinking to themselves what Lu Wenyuan wrote in the recital that could make the emperor angry like this? picked up the pieces and watched them together for a long time, but they all sat on the ground, beat their legs and shouted, only to say that the current emperor can't even bear the accusations of the little imperial history, and this accusation is still reasonable, how can he help them clear the court and open up their voices? I just hope that he will not cooperate with Fan Zhefu's gang to suppress them, and it will be a blessing. After crying for a while, they gradually lost their hearts and dispersed.

said that the secretary of the ministry had finished handling the day's affairs, and was intercepted as soon as he returned to the door. Fu Qian looked up, and saw that the person in front of him had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a white face and no beard, and before he could speak, he brought out a femininity from his actions. Fu Qian's heart suddenly understood, and he arched his hand and said, "This father-in-law, I don't know what is going on?" ”

Although this father-in-law was dressed in civilian clothes, his etiquette was meticulous, and he immediately saluted Fu sneaking, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Master Fu is really good eyesight." The slave's name is Guixi, who is a person from the emperor's side, and he has come to invite the adult into the palace. ”

Fu Qian was stunned, the current emperor doesn't like to meet the minister, it is a matter known to the government and the opposition, why did he send his close servants to find him? As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the Holy Lord is looking for me, why is it?" ”

Gui Xi sighed: "Alas, the specific slaves and maids are not very clear. It's just that the emperor read a copy of the chapter this afternoon, and was annoyed by a royal history named Lu Wenyuan, so he sent a slave to ask the adult about it. After thinking about it, he added: "Do you know the details of this Lu Wenyuan?" If you don't know, it's better to check in advance, and the emperor of the province is not prepared to ask later. But hurry up, the emperor is still waiting in the palace. ”

How could Fu Qian not know the details of Lu Wenyuan. Speaking of which, the two can be regarded as old acquaintances, but in recent years, they have been their own officials, and they have not been in touch for a long time. Now that he suddenly heard that Lu Wenyuan actually saw that he was guilty of today's saint, Fu Qian was also taken aback, but he didn't know what the reason was, so he hurriedly changed into court clothes and followed Gui Xi into the palace.

The Forbidden City Palace is full of alleys. Fu Qian followed Gui Xi all the way around, until the evening, only turned into a side hall, walked two steps, the bead curtain was lifted, and saw a handsome man standing by the window, reading the scroll in his hand. The bright yellow color is all over it, except for today, but who else can wear it? Seeing Gui Xi take two steps forward, he whispered: "Your Majesty, Master Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials has arrived." Fu Qian lifted his clothes and knelt down in the hall, bowed to the ground and said: "Minister Fu Qian knocks to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!" ”

Zhu Shiyang raised his head from the book, and felt inexplicable for a while, and said in his heart when did he summon this person? He was originally absurd, and it is common for him to forget what he has done in an instant, and after thinking about it, he remembered that he did seem to have said that he wanted to see him when he was angry this afternoon, but it was a momentary anger, how to do it really? It's hard for Guixi to worry about it until now. Since the person had already come, it was inconvenient not to ask, so he had to reluctantly put down the scroll in his hand and let Fu Qian calm down first.

After the two monarchs and ministers finished their speeches, they each gossiped a few words, and Zhu Shiyang took the lead in turning to the topic: "When I read the reading chapter at noon today, I found that a Zhejiang Taoist imperial history named Lu Wenyuan was disobedient, which is really angry, can you know its origin?" Zhu Shiyang only hoped that this Master Fu could finish the report and continue to read.

Fu Qian hurriedly got up and left his seat, turned out the manuscript that had been typed on the road, and knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, Lu Wenyuan is a native of Hangzhou, Tianxi ranked thirteenth in the top three in the five-year palace examination, and was born as a Jinshi, and was appointed as the imperial history of Zhejiang Province in the same year, ranking seventh grade, and the performance assessment during the three years of his tenure was excellent......

"Thirteenth place in the top three." Zhu Shiyang snorted coldly, and unconsciously reached out to touch the book cover: "It's not a top-notch talent." ”

Fu Qianwei only said that he was a Jinshi in the first department, three people in the first class, several in the second class, and the top three were already outside the top ten, which was indeed not the top prize, but Lu Wenyuan won this ranking, but he was really wronged, and there was a big reason in it, but it was not suitable for the saint to know.

Zhu Shiyang asked again: "What about his family background?" ”

Fu Qian replied: "Back to the emperor, it's just an ordinary family." ”

Zhu Shiji let out an "oh" and stopped talking. Fu Qian waited for a long time and didn't see anything else, and he had the courage to look up, but he saw that the emperor had taken the book back in his hand at some point, and he was reading ten lines at a glance.

Fu Qian didn't face the saint for a long time, he didn't know the emperor's temperament, he just said that he was well-read and studious, and he was greedy for a while. Who knows that if you take a closer look at the book cover, it is a popular folk embroidered image. Fu Qian has also read one or two of this kind of books, including market slang, ghost legends, embroidered statues of the Spring Palace, good and bad, really unbearable, and I don't know how to get into the palace. Seeing that the emperor was reading more and more interested, and the monarch and ministers were about to be cold, Fu Qian suddenly had a thought in a hurry, and interrupted: "Your Majesty, next month happens to be the day when Zhejiang Dao Yushi Lu Wenyuan went to Beijing to report on his work, if the emperor really wants to understand him, he might as well meet him." ”

Zhu Shiyang was reading that he couldn't take care of the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers, where did he still have the heart to listen to what Fu Qian said, and he responded at the moment, and waved him to retreat. Fu sneaked out of the salute, only to feel that this meeting between the monarch and the ministers was anticlimactic, I don't know what the so-called, what the emperor An's thoughts, it is impossible to speculate, since then he has realized that the king's heart is like the sea, and the holy will is like a needle.

After more than a month, the spring in the Forbidden City is getting deeper and deeper, and when it reaches the extreme, it gushes out the meaning of summer. Seven or eight out of ten of the flowers in the imperial garden are gone, and the rest are all crippled, defeated, and it is really difficult to see. Zhu Shiyang gave up the idea of enjoying flowers and drinking, and only enjoyed the cool and lazy in the inner hall all day long.

On this day, Zhu Shiji, the king of Kangping, sent a few calligraphy and paintings from Hangzhou. Zhu Shiyang couldn't put it down, and was looking carefully in the imperial study, but he heard a sound outside, and after a while, Gui Xi came in from the outer hall, bowed down in the hall and said: "Your Majesty, Master Qianfu, the secretary of the ministry, brought Lord Lu Wenyuanlu, the imperial historian of Zhejiang Province, and said that you wanted to see him by name last month." ”

Zhu Shiyang had a little impression of Lu Wenyuan this time, but he didn't remember that he had sent Fu Qian to bring him here. The painting was interrupted out of thin air, and he was somewhat displeased, so he frowned and asked, "Where is Fan Zhefu?" Won't he stop either? ”

Gui Xi said: "Master Fu only said that it was the emperor's will, and Master Fan didn't dare to stop them, so he let them in." I'm waiting outside the temple now. ”

Zhu Shiyang put down the calligraphy and painting, only to feel that this Lu Wenyuan was really annoying, every time he mentioned that he would inevitably lose his interest, he was also curious, he didn't know what this person looked like, he thought about it for a while, and still ordered them to come in.

Fu Qian led Lu Wenyuan into the hall and fell to the ground to bow down. Zhu Shiyang looked intently, and saw that this Lu Wenyuan actually looked like a teenager, wearing a seven-grade court uniform, wearing a black gauze official hat, his body was a little thin, but his face was very delicate and elegant, and he was in the shape of a Hanlin scholar.

Zhu Shiyang secretly got up and walked to the bottom of the hall from his seat, and asked, "Lu Qing looks young, I don't know how old he is?" ”

In the past few days in the north, Lu Wenyuan has almost adapted to the ancient life, and he is studying history, so he has adapted even faster, and when he saw the bright yellow clothes in front of him, he bowed to the ground and replied: "Back to the emperor, Weichen is now twenty-two years old." ”

"Oh, three years younger than me." Zhu Shiyang replied casually: "It was you who gave me a chapter to persuade me to establish a queen early?" ”

Lu Wenyuan said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Shiyang snorted, and the anger that had been born the month before was now a little surging, and he said in a low tone: "Don't you know that it is the emperor's family affair after the establishment of the emperor?" Little Yushi, how dare you control my head! ”

Lu Wenyuan was secretly frightened. On the way this time, Fu Qian had already reminded himself that the emperor was angry and needed to be dealt with carefully, but fortunately, Lu Wenyuan read the history books, thought about it, and worded carefully: "Your Majesty, although the ministers are only for the sake of introducing the imperial history, they have the responsibility of the officials to picket hundreds of officials and admonish the saints." In his position, fulfilling his responsibilities is the way to be an official. In addition, the queen is the mother of the country, and she should be compassionate to the world, not for the emperor's family affairs, but also about the country's social affairs and the stability of the people. ”

Zhu Shiyang sneered and said: "According to what you say, after I don't stand, the people's will will be unstable?" If I insist on not standing, can this Ming country still fall into decline? ”

Lu Wenyuan was stunned for a moment, secretly saying how could this emperor be so unreasonable, his heart was anxious, and he remembered the sporadic rumors he heard when he went north this way, so he raised his head and said: "That's the case, the emperor, the emperor has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so he doesn't know much about the civil situation...... Say ......"

Zhu Shiyang's heart was stunned, and he asked, "What did you say?" ”

"It is said that the emperor is addicted to the way of Longyang, so he does not think about the government and the middle palace!"