When everyone had eaten and drunk, the three brocade guards were taken to another room to play horse hangs (similar to playing cards), while the prince preached to Liu Renyu about the rules of the face saint.

To tell the truth, the matter of etiquette should be the responsibility of the Honglu Temple, which should be in charge of the yamen, but now at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rules set by Emperor Taizuwu have long been thrown out of the clouds, and a eunuch can do the work of Honglu Temple.

"Renyu, let's tell you, you need .............. to enter the palace." The prince and prince began to talk and talk from the gate of the palace, and kept talking.

Liu Renyu listened carefully, listened carefully, and when he heard the stage of His Majesty's meeting, he suddenly asked: "Princess, the little one is ugly (ugly), and I don't know if the emperor sees it, will it disturb the holy drive and delay the future?"

When Wang Gonggong heard this, he was going to say a few words like you are very handsome (beautiful and beautiful), but he looked at Liu Renyu carefully and felt that he was really sorry for his conscience to say this, so he had to say tactfully: "Renyu, you don't need to panic, there is a Taoist official with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, the master has seen it, and he appreciates it, and he has not seen that Grandpa Banzai treats him poorly, you are much better than that guy, so just rest assured." ”

"In that case, the small ones have nothing to worry about." Liu Renyu said with a long breath.

Before the crossing, Liu Renyu had read a lot of books about the Ming Dynasty, such as "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", it is said that many officials in the Ming Dynasty ate by their faces, such as Xia Yan, who took the top three exams during the Jiajing period, and belonged to the scumbags who were not treated well, and they were originally going to be sent to the local area to suffer.

Unexpectedly, Comrade Xia Yan was handsome, and Emperor Jiajing looked pleasing to the eye, so he was promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet. In addition to this successful example of eating with his face, it is said that after the end of each imperial examination, when the six departments and nine secretaries were selected, the handsome ones stayed by their side to cultivate, and the ugly ones were thrown to the idle departments to work.

Liu Renyu had looked in the mirror, and he felt that if he saw the emperor, the emperor looked at him, and he didn't like it, he could have been promoted to a garrison, but in the end he gave a thousand presidents, it would be over.

However, listening to the prince, Emperor Chongzhen doesn't seem to care too much about a person's appearance, so that's good.

When Liu Renyu was happy, Wang Gonggong said again: "Renyu, you remember, long live Grandpa is wise and martial, no better than the master of Ximiao, and you can't brag in front of the king." Do you remember? ”

"Remember, Gonggong Xie." Liu Renyu bowed and thanked him.

"That's it, it's not too early, let's go back to our lives, we have to behave well tomorrow, don't break the rules." The prince mentioned a few more words, and then Shi Shiran took the brocade guard back.

Everyone in the north fort of Zhenbei went to the door to see each other, and the prince and the three brocade guards bowed their hands to salute, and then rode away.

It was day and night, Liu Renyu lay on the bed, thinking that tomorrow he was going to meet Emperor Chongzhen, the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty. The flag is flying in the new China, but he is still so excited that he can't sleep at all.

All he thought about was how to take steps, how to kowtow, how to reply in front of the king, and how to talk back in front of the king after entering the palace tomorrow, and he thought a lot.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that he fell asleep in a daze.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency."

"What the fuck are you shaking me for?" Liu Renyu was sleeping soundly, but a pair of nasty hands were shaking him vigorously.

Shaking and shaking, he finally woke up.

"Are you fucking going to die, dare to disturb Lao Tzu's good dreams." Liu Renyu said angrily.

"My lord, don't be angry, have you forgotten, you are going to enter the palace to face the saint, and the time is coming soon. The uncle of Jinyiwei is here. Sun Wuxian said innocently.

"Ouch, I'll wipe it, I forgot, what the hell are you eating, don't wake up Lao Tzu earlier." Liu Renyu scolded while washing his face, brushing his teeth, combing his hair, in addition, because he didn't sleep well last night, his face was not good, and he specially asked the innkeeper to apply some rouge gouache to him.

After tidying up, Liu Renyu asked someone to carry a bronze mirror over, Liu Renyu looked at it again and again, and asked, "What's the matter, how is the dropout?" ”

Everyone said that he was very heroic and heroic.

Liu Renyu nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and then met with the Jinyi Guard who came to pick him up, and then went straight to the direction of the imperial city.

When they arrived at the right gate of Chang'an on the right side of the Daming Gate of the Imperial City, the guarding Imperial Forest Army called to dismount and walk, Liu Renyu dismounted according to his words, and followed the master Bo, a member of the Honglu Temple, along a stone-paved avenue.

As he walked, Bo, the master of the Honglu Temple, asked, "What is your surname, where do you come from, and what is your position?" ”

"The small one's name is Liu Renyu, and he is the general manager of Beibao Town, Yansui Town, Shaanxi." Liu Renyu replied.

"Can the prince explain the rules to you yesterday?" The Lord Bo asked.

"The prince has made it clear, and the little ones have heard it clearly." Liu Renyu replied.

"Remember, this is the imperial city, at the feet of the serious Son of Heaven, don't do rude things, otherwise you will lose your future and lose your life." The master Bo reminded solemnly.

"Yes, small, small one." Listening to the words of the master of Honglu Temple, Liu Renyu exploded for no reason, and he was really shocked.

Damn, medium. Central Collection. The right society is trouble, and you have to lose your head at every turn, and your heart is tired!

The master of the Honglu Temple, Bo and Liu Renyu, walked all the way, passed the Chengtian Gate, the end gate, and came to the noon gate.

"Salute." The Lord Bo said.

Liu Renyu knelt outside the noon gate and bowed five times and bowed three times according to the words, and the ceremony was completed, and the Honglu Siqing in the Huangji Gate sang loudly: "Today, there is a general member of the North Fort of Yansui Town, called Liu Renyu, His Majesty." ”

After Honglu Siqing finished singing, an official of the General Administration Department led Liu Renyu straight to the early place of the Huangji Gate.

When they arrived at the left side of the Huangji Gate, the officials of the General Administration Department took Liu Renyu up the steps on the right side of the gate, and then said to Liu Renyu: "Go and see Your Majesty." ”

Liu Renyu followed as he said, hung his head, hunched his waist, entered the Huangji Gate, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said loudly: "Liu Renyu, the little border army of Zhenbeibao in Yansui Town, knocked to see Grandpa Long Live and blessed the Holy Bow." ”

"You are Liu Renyu, who returned from Taixi, joined the army, killed the northern captives in the first battle, and killed the elite soldiers of Jiannu Bayala in the second battle." Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"It's small." Liu Renyu replied respectfully.

"You are really a strong man, don't kneel, get up and speak." Chongzhen ordered.

"Little Commander, Shane." Liu Renyu stood up this time, but still hunched over and hung his head. In fact, he really wanted to see what Emperor Chongzhen looked like, but he really didn't dare.

Chongzhen looked at Liu Renyu trembling, extremely uncomfortable, and felt a little funny, people who have made meritorious contributions to the country, the rules do not need to be too strict.

"Liu Aiqing, don't panic, raise your head, talk well, you are a meritorious person, a person who does practical things, I like people like you very much." Chongzhen said as gently as he could.

"Yes, Your Majesty, little Commandery, thank you." Liu Renyu raised his head as he said, and finally saw the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty.

I saw Chongzhen wearing a yellow coiled dragon regular clothes, wearing a black gauze hat with folded horns, leather boots, a jade belt around his waist, his face was heroic and extraordinary, he was not angry and arrogant, and the air of the king was leaking (after all, he was the emperor, a must), such an appearance, with his net worth, he was really the top rich and handsome in ancient times.

It is said that sitting in the world should be a very happy thing, but Chongzhen's face is full of sadness that is not commensurate with his age, even if he is laughing now, he is only temporarily happy.

This young man (20 years old) inherited a mess from his father and brother, and his subordinates were all corrupt officials and corrupt officials, except for a few superlatives.

The thieves at home were noisy, and the slaves outside the door were noisy, so it was easy to find a Yuan Chonghuan to help settle the Jurchens, saying that it was five years to level Liao, so this young man poured out his heart and lungs to Yuan Chonghuan, and as a result, Yuan Chonghuan had no way to resist the enemy, and often engaged in some inexplicable small actions in Liaodong (such as selling grain to the Mongols, the allies of the Later Jin).

Later, Jiannu came in, and Chongzhen, who felt that he had been deceived by Yuan Chonghuan, immediately put Yuan Chonghuan in prison. Yuan Chonghuan was upheld, and Sun Chengzong was replaced, but it was still useless, Jiannu was still wandering around, the civil officials were helpless, and the generals were defeated repeatedly.

Liu Renyu has always believed that if it is in a peaceful and prosperous era, in terms of Chongzhen's ability, even if it is not as good as Taizu and Chengzu, at least it is the level of filial piety, but it is a pity that he has no choice when he encounters such a time.

After seeing Chongzhen's appearance and thinking about his future ending, Liu Renyu secretly made up his mind that although he would not be a loyal minister of the Zhongxing Ming Dynasty, at least when Chongzhen was still alive, kill more Jiannu and kill more thieves, at least before Chongzhen went to the point of no return, let him be happy a few times.

"Liu Aiqing, the collapse of your Yansui Zhenqin Wang Bing, the fold is not very clear, you tell me, what's going on?" Chongzhen asked.

This sentence pulled Liu Renyu back from his imagination.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll tell you the little one." Then Liu Renyu told the story along the way.

When he said that Wu Zimian withheld military salaries, which led to a mutiny, the atmosphere on the field suddenly changed greatly. All the officials (civil officials) on the field were grateful for Zhang Mengjing's loyalty and spurned Wu Zimian's shamelessness.

When a Taoist official heard this, he was angry for a while, and suddenly came out of the crowd, and said in a slap of voice: "Your Majesty, Wu Zimian has deducted military salaries, disregarded your safety, and ignored the important affairs of King Qin. ”

When all the civil officials saw that they had taken the lead, they all left the class, knelt together, and said that they would kill Wu Zimian, and they would also praise Zhang Mengjing.

Chongzhen actually had this intention, so he ordered: "How to deal with Wu Zimian and how to praise Zhang Mengjing, gentlemen (referring to cabinet members) write a decree to see." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Cabinet Scholars responded.

After dealing with this matter, Liu Renyu went on to talk about how his troops fought Jiannu, and when he said that "the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji, the slave chief of the small tribe on the border of Er, eats", Chongzhen and below all slapped their hands and laughed.

Speaking of this, Liu Renyu suddenly knelt on the ground and pleaded: "The small capital crime, I used the emperor's name privately, please cure the small big disrespectful crime." ”

Chongzhen was very happy at this time, how could he be concerned about such a trivial matter, he smiled and said: "Aiqing is only guilty, facing the enemy's opportunity, dealing with things in a good way, and I really want to give Huang Taiji to eat, so I forgive you for your innocence." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter.

When the emperor finished laughing, he said again: "Your soldiers and horses are really good at fighting, and after being inspected by the division, the report said that you and others did kill Jiannu Zhenyi, and it was indeed Bayala elite soldiers." So, you have to make persistent efforts, listen to Mr. Sun (Sun Chengzong)'s scheduling, go to the Jiannu meeting for a while, and kill a few more Jiannu for me to see, how about it? ”

Fight again!? Joke, if you go to fight with the Jiannu army again, maybe the whole army will be wiped out, that's not good.

"Small capital crime, Your Majesty Rongyu, the small one brought a total of 180 soldiers this time, after the war with Jiannu, the loss of fifty percent, it is really unbearable, in addition, our Shaanxi side is not very peaceful, there are Liukou besieged Zhenbei Fort, the soldiers are fluctuating, they all want to go back to save their own families, if they are forced to fight, I am afraid..."

After talking about this principle, Chongzhen accepted it, because although he was very smart, he was relatively simple. If you can do something, you can promise it, and then do it well, if you can't do it, you won't agree, he can also understand, he hates people who can't do it but have to agree, and who can't do it well after agreeing (such as Yuan Chonghuan). ”

So Chongzhen said: "Aiqing is reasonable, since this is the case, you will go back first and handle the affairs of the family." Your merits, I will order the division to verify, and then there will be a reward, okay, you go down first. ”

When Liu Renyu heard this, he naturally thanked him for a while, and then went out of the palace under the leadership of the official.