In the early morning of the next day, the emperor promulgated a decree in the court, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty should take this as a lesson for the official style problems alluded to by the incident of Sun Ziqin being beaten with a stuffy stick, and the servants of the Ministry of Officials should thoroughly investigate the improper official style and favoritism, and if there is any behavior that damages the emperor's authority and etiquette, he will be severely punished!

The prince listened to the emperor's will in the court, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. thought, who would have thought that Zuo Chen's inadvertent slap would hit everyone in the court in danger and panic. The only thing that has benefited now is that the emperor has taken advantage of this matter to rectify the dynasty.

Li Ziqin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, secretly complained that he did not calculate Cheng Zuochen, and he had to find out the results of this incident. The prince personally led Zuo Chen to the imperial study for a turn, Li Ziqin believed that the emperor also understood the truth that there was no silver three hundred taels here, could it be that he really tore his face and fight with the prince?

The emperor is the happiest person, he just hopes that the courtiers will supervise and restrain each other, lest the Manchu civil and military unite to clear him of problems. The emperor just handed the courtiers a stick, and the officials would restrain the incorruptible for a while.

The emperor was happy, but he was very surprised by Zuo Chen's audacity, a yellow-mouthed boy dared to beat the stuffy stick of the court officials, but he was really a brave and resourceful little guy, and he could make so many strange and practical objects. Lao Tzu makes big killers, and small ones make practical small objects, this two are a little interesting!

Sitting in the front hall of the mansion, Zuo Chen was a little apprehensive in his heart, if he found out the truth, he would not be sure of what he would do, and being thrown out of Kyoto was the most unacceptable punishment for himself. In this regard, it is the biggest concern at present, and I naturally understand it in my heart.

"Childe, isn't the matter settled?" Zhang Youcai saw that Zuo Chen was faintly irritable, and estimated that it was because of Sun Ziqin's matter.

Zuo Chen tilted his head and said lazily: "There won't be any big deals,...... thinking that he couldn't let him feel pressure in his heart, so he didn't say anything again.

Zhang Youcai thought to himself, you are mysteriously all day long, and you don't know what you are thinking, you have the heart to ask about the shop, but you are afraid of disturbing Zuo Chen's thoughts.

"Hey, Uncle Zhang! You say that if we want to cultivate a group of capable teams, do we have to go outside Kyoto? Zuo Chen asked.

Zhang Youcai was very distressed about Zuo Chen's thoughts, why didn't he take the village before and after the store, saying that Zhang San mentioned Li Si again? I couldn't help but reply, thought for a while and said, "That's for sure, there is too much movement in the General's Mansion." Once the news leaks, the court still doesn't think you want to rebel? There is an essential difference between having combat power and an ordinary mansion and nursing home. With that idea, it is necessary to carry out the secret in the capital. ”

"So, who is the right person to coach them?" Zuo Chen asked again.

"Xiao Wu, Wu Jiang is the most suitable, when he is in the barracks, as long as there are soldiers selected from the team to become personal soldiers, he will personally come to coach. He has a lot of experience in that. Zhang Youcai talked to Zuo Chen in detail, thinking, listening to Zuo Chen's question, it seems that he is preparing to cultivate a group of new forces? I couldn't help but look at Zuo Chen a little more. Being able to take into account the existing group of people, there will be times when they can't run, which shows that he is a very far-sighted person.

When Zuo Chen and Zhang Youcai were bowing their heads and thinking about their hearts, the door came to the front hall to report that Prince Qing came in a sedan chair, because the eight sedan chairs with silver tops and yellow covers and red curtains had come to the house yesterday. Such an identity of the sedan chair, the door door is naturally fresh in his memory, and he came to report it when he saw it.

As soon as he heard that the prince was coming, where could Zuo Chen sit still, he jumped up and ran outside the house, shouting in his mouth: "Uncle Zhang, quickly arrange for someone to make tea, and I will pick up the prince." ”

Zhang Youcai hurriedly greeted the servant, changed the tea and hot water, and stood at the door of the front hall and waited in a proper manner.

The effort was not great, and I saw Zuo Chen walking back slowly, Zhang Youcai greeted him and asked, "What's the matter?" Didn't the prince come to the house? ”

"I came here to tell me something, saying that there was something in the palace and I went back to the house." Zuo Chen said with a grin, obviously much happier than before.

"Childe, what are you so happy about? I can't keep my mouth shut when I look at your beauty. Zhang Youcai was infected by Zuo Chen's happy mood and also made fun of Zuo Chen.

Zuo Chen stopped, looked at Zhang Youcai's eyes and said, "It's really happy!" Then Li Ziqin picked up the stone and hit his own foot, do you think I should be happy? The funniest thing is that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who I beat with a slap are panicked! After saying that, he hugged his stomach and laughed.

Zhang Youcai was blinded by Zuo Chen's laughter, and he was stunned with a smirk.

Returning to the front hall and sitting down, Zuo Chen told Zhang Youcai in detail what the prince had seen and heard in the court. The two laughed again, originally thinking that if they attacked the court officials and didn't make some movements, how could the criminal department give up? As a result, hundreds of civil and military officials were subjected to the central government.

"Do you know why I'm smiling so much?" Zuo Chen looked naughty, and his smiling eyes didn't know if he could see people.

Zhang Youcai said: "Then it doesn't need to be said, I'm happy when I have something to do!" ”

"You only guessed one thing. Second, I laughed at the imperial court, from the emperor to the civil and military officials, and none of them really made a difference. Zuo Chen stopped laughing and said with a look of deep understanding.

Zhang Youcai's eyes quickly glanced out of the hall, retracted his gaze and said, "Don't you dare to arrange the court and the emperor casually, that is a great crime of disobedience." Even slandering the court and the emperor will be guilty, not to mention that you are blatantly saying that you will come out. After speaking, he glanced outside the hall again, and then turned back to look at Zuo Chen, with a reproachful look in his eyes.

Zuo Chen understood Zhang Youcai's mood, and even understood his intentions, and said: "It's not good to hold it in my heart, and it's okay to talk to you." I thought to myself, the emperor took advantage of this incident to seize the opportunity to rectify the dynasty, which shows that he has always known that the emperor will definitely not understand the matter of officials protecting each other and favoritism and malpractice among officials, and simple superficial treatment will only make collusion between officials more frequent.

"It is estimated that Sun Yongquan will be unlucky this time." Zuo Chen thought for a while and said with a smile.

Looking at Zuo Chen in surprise, Zhang Youcai said that the officials protect each other tightly, they all cover each other and support each other, although Sun Yongquan's official position in Kyoto for so many years is not high, at least he is familiar with a face, how can he be unlucky? Thinking so, he showed a disdainful expression at Zuo Chen's words.

"Uncle Zhang, don't you believe it?" Zuo Chen asked, probably in a happy mood, and said, "Let's make a bet?" ”

"How to bet?" Zhang Youcai couldn't help but be angry, a yellow-mouthed child's judgment of the current situation can be seen more profoundly than himself, and if he is not convinced, of course he will not care about Zuo Chen's gamble.

Zuo Chen habitually blinked his eyes, pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "If you lose, you will find me a talent who can form an absolute force." It's a hard job, you have to think about it! ”

"What is there to consider, I am not afraid of hardship on errands, I am just not convinced by your arbitrariness." Zhang Youcai couldn't have imagined that the gamble he easily agreed to would make him wander for ten years.

Seeing Zuo Chen looking at him with a smile, he was unhappy, and asked unconsciously, "Childe!" If you lose, what do you lose? ”

"Let's not talk about my gambling money, you can listen to me analyze the current situation for you. The emperor rectified the court on this matter, and everyone in the hundred officials was in danger, and such a big movement would definitely arrest a few people with backs, so they were all afraid of being caught, right? It is common for hundreds of officials to cover up with each other and fool the emperor, otherwise the emperor would not have used this matter to rectify the dynasty. The relationship between officials is intertwined, which rope does not have a string of grasshoppers tethered? Therefore, everyone protects themselves, and Sun Yongquan, who has a small official position and is a disaster, is not unlucky, who will be unlucky? Zuo Chen, who thought so, said with his head wagging and tail.

Zhang Youcai pondered for a while and thought to himself, it sounded very reasonable.

"So, I'm sure I won't lose, so there's no need to tell you what to lose." Zuo Chen said.

Zuo Chen, who was an old god, looked like a scoundrel in Zhang Youcai's eyes, and said stupidly: "Then it depends on the final result, and we will see you in a few days." ”

Although Zhang Youcai felt that Zuo Chen's analysis was reasonable, he still insisted on his own opinion in his heart, and always felt that the development of things would not be as complicated as Zuo Chen's analysis. Sun Yongquan will still be very free, and he will still be an official in the court.

Someone in the distance was humming a tune and walking towards the antechamber.

Zuo Chen and Zhang Youcai glanced at each other and knew that it was the steward Wang Ping who had returned.

"Childe, I've got a shop for you." Wang Ping's face was slightly ruddy, and his forehead was covered with fine sweat. As soon as I arrived at the door of the living room, my mouth opened up.

"I'll treat you at noon today, and go to the restaurant for a drink." Zuo Chen said.

Zhang Youcai looked at Wang Ping and then at Zuo Chen. The heart said, it is obvious that you are happy in your own heart, and you have to say that it is a reward for Wang Ping.

"That's a waste of money for Childe. However, this time you have to say that one day you go to see the shop, if you like it, and then have a price opinion, don't be like last time, and have a mercy. Then my leg has something to do, and I have to break it. Wang Ping pretended to be very aggrieved.

Zuo Chen knew that it was very hard to look at the shops along the street, because he had other ideas last time, and let Wang Ping run an extra leg, and he was a little reluctant to go, so he didn't feel that Wang Ping was too verbose this time, smiled apologetically, and said: "This time, I don't plan to look at it, as long as there is a spacious enough backyard according to my requirements, and the price is good for you to look at." ”

"Yes, definitely a backyard. How dare I not do what you command! I looked at ......, quite a big backyard. Wang Ping heard that the price was in his own hands, and he hid his excitement like a chatterbox. As he spoke, he was still gesturing in his hands.

Zuo Chen's eyes glanced at Zhang Youcai, and he thought with a wry smile in his heart, this Wang Ping is typically a talker, and when something very simple comes out of his mouth, it becomes a tirade.

Zhang Youcai was not in the mood to think about the two of them, thinking in his heart, if he really lost, would he need a few helpers with Zuo Chen? Who would be more suitable to go with yourself?

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