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The weather was already a little cold, so a brazier was lit in the West Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to keep warm, so as not to get cold to the young man who was in it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info If it takes some time, when it comes to the winter solstice, the palace will hang up the "Ninety-Nine Chilling Map" in order to survive the winter. Wang Chengen is holding a brass dragon hand stove, this is a craftsman carefully crafted utensils, the furnace body is heavy, the lines are clear, the knife is smooth, it is actually beaten with a complete thick copper material, what is more strange is that no matter how fine the ordinary stove is, the handle of the furnace will inevitably knock on the welding traces, and this furnace is the whole body without any traces of welding, which is even more precious.

The pavilion is arranged with a screen, on which are painted with various pictures, such as the smoke and rain of the West Lake, the strange stones of the Yellow Mountain, and the scenery of the plug, which are carefully placed by the imperial supervisor, and the storage makes the emperor's grandfather unable to pick out a thorn. Behind the screen is the emperor's Huanghuali chair, this seat is usually sitting in the living, so the decoration is not very gorgeous, there is no gold inlaid jade, but the back plate is openworked, the upper part is carved with dragon pattern, the middle part is carved with gourd auspicious cloud pattern, the lower part is Ruyi pattern, the carving process is exquisite, the copper pieces are shiny, the lines are smooth, the materials are exquisite, and the royal grandeur and luxury temperament are reflected everywhere.

Wang Chengen wore a red python sticker today, which showed his identity as a favored minister of the Son of Heaven, and also made the little eunuchs who accompanied him full of jealousy and admiration, of course, these little eunuchs who were proficient in the way of survival hid the former well and highlighted the latter, but the shrewd Wang Chengen still saw the fleeting jealousy in their eyes. Although he was a close minister of the Son of Heaven, Wang Chengen was still extremely careful, and he did not dare to make a mistake, he carefully bypassed the screen, and his breathing was lowered as much as possible, so as not to make the young Son of Heaven who was in a bad mood angry.

Emperor Chongzhen is still a teenager, he was born in the thirty-ninth year of Wanli (1611), and he is only seventeen years old until now, if he is an ordinary teenager in an ordinary family, but now he has to shoulder the burden of the whole country, which makes Wang Chengen can't help but feel a little sad when he thinks about it.

The face of this young man does not seem to be very good, his forehead is broad, but from the eyebrows below it is slightly cramped, if from the perspective of face, it is a young man who is proud and middle-aged, his eyes are bright, from time to time flashing with the light of perseverance and wisdom, which makes many people with ghosts in their hearts reluctant to look at him, so as not to reveal their true thoughts, but his eyes seem to be a little too sharp, this does not seem to be the image that a benevolent monarch should have. But judging the master at will, especially the emperor of the Ming Empire, seems to be a big rebellion, so every time at this time, Wang Chengen will gently tap himself to make himself pay attention to his duty as a courtier.

Emperor Chongzhen is wearing the Son of Heaven Yan Ben suit today, the crown is like a leather Ben, the black yarn is the hat, divided into twelve petals, each connected by a gold thread, there are colorful jade clouds in front, and the four mountains are arranged in the back, and the body is a dark dragon robe, the blue edge, the sun and the moon on both shoulders, the front and back of the square dragon, the inside is a yellow deep coat, the round and square, the foot is a black shoe, the decoration is gorgeous, and the workmanship is excellent.

The emperor was reading a recital, and when he saw Wang Chengen coming in, he said lightly: "The king is here." ”

Wang Chengen didn't know what the emperor wanted to do, so he simply replied: "The slave is here." ”

The emperor's anger suddenly erupted, which is also one of his characteristics, he is sometimes very calm, modest and even humble, but this humility comes at the cost of the silent accumulation of anger, if the anger accumulates to a peak, this anger will explode intensively, and the courtiers he hates will definitely be unlucky. Although he has not been with the new emperor for a long time, Wang Chengen, who has insight into human nature, has already understood the emperor's character.

"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body, don't be angry because of one or two rebels, this famous and hundreds of millions of Li Shu still rely on the emperor!" Wang Chengen actually didn't understand why the emperor's safety determined the life and death of so many people in the world, but the education he received since childhood made him dare not and unwilling to question the correctness of this theory, so he just dissuaded him with tears and tears.

"This king is in Jin, it's simply lawless!" The emperor's anger came and went quickly, and he gently threw the fold in his hand on the cases covered with yellow cloth, and said with three points of anger.

Wang Chengen knew in his heart, he already knew what was going on, in fact, he had basically seen the twists and turns that the emperor saw with the celebrant and Wei Zhongxian, so he was not unprepared when facing the emperor.

"More than 2,400 prisoners, although the current prisoners are not as good as Hongwu and Yongle, but they are also the essence of the country and the seeds of reading, this king actually sent troops to kill in Jin! It's a rebel, a traitor! The emperor scolded as he spoke, and his anger resurfaced with his words: "If these prisoners are doing something to kill officials and rebel, what Wang Zaijin did is understandable, but he is killing and denouncing, denouncing-" The emperor lowered his voice when he talked about a person's life, stretched out his head to look around, and then said in a low voice: "Denunciating Wei Zhongxian's prisoners, isn't it clear that he wants to commit rebellion!" ”

Of course, Wang Chengen knew this kind of thing, but in his opinion, Wang Zaijin had no choice. If the prisoners are allowed to storm the yamen of the military department and arrest themselves for some kind of "public trial", this will be a disgrace and no prestige, and no matter who wins or loses in the political struggle in the court in the future, his political career will end here, and he will never be an official again. But if you blatantly attack the prisoners, this is the country's reading seeds, from ancient times to the present, there have never been many tyrants who dare to massacre scholars - Qin Shi Huang only killed more than 200 Confucian students, and he has been scolded for more than 2,000 years, and now the king has killed 800 prisoners in Jin, I am afraid that he will not have a good reputation in the history books in the future!

Wang Chengen sighed secretly, maybe this Wang Zaijin thinks that Wei Zhongxian is still likely to win in this political struggle that is invisible, but it is also very dangerous, if Wei Zhongxian can win, Wang Zaijin may still find a way back for himself, but unfortunately in Wang Chengen's opinion, this possibility is almost zero.

No matter how you look at it, Wang Zaijin is a victim of this political war, just like the soldiers who killed and the prisoners who were killed.

There will only be one winner in this war, and the rest will be victims.

This is politics, brutal and bloody politics.

sighed and sighed, but the emperor's words still had to be answered, Wang Chengen sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "What the emperor said is true!" This king in Jin brazenly attacked the scholars, which is a shocking atrocity that has never been done since Qin Shi Huang! If you don't cut the king in Jin with a thousand knives, it is not enough to thank the world's scholars, and it is not enough to block everyone's mouth! ”

"Humph!" The young man sat on the chair and thought for a while, and then said hatefully: "Now is not the time to deal with this guy, if you move him, the other side will immediately understand, shoot the man first and shoot the horse, capture the thief first capture the king, if you want to get rid of the traitor, you can't move this dog first!" ”

"The emperor is wise." Wang Chengen replied with low eyebrows and lowered eyes.

"How's that guy named Liu Xu? There is no mention of him in this letter. The emperor seemed to think of one more thing: "This Liu Xu is indeed brave and loyal, seeing that that person is prominent, but he resolutely used the identity of a small person to destroy his family and relieve difficulties, serve the country loyally and bravely, and make such a big pomp and circumstance in Nanzhi, it is not easy!" He can be regarded as a loyal servant! ”

Seeing that the emperor admired this Liu Xu very much, Wang Chengen added some background information with interest: "Now it is said that this Liu Xu is a Wenqu star, this person not only does poetry well, but also has his own set of Confucianism, wrote the "Confucius Reform Examination" and "New Learning Pseudo-scripture Examination", which also won the hearts of Jiangnan scholars, and was nicknamed 'Liu Reform'!" ”

"Well, although these two books are written a little absurdly and contrary to science, this dynasty has never been a heretical sinner, even Li Zhen was not sentenced, but only arrested and tried. Now is the time to employ people, if you can really get rid of that person, Liu Xu and Jiangnan Shizi will have a great contribution to the country, and it doesn't hurt to let him spread academics, I can't say that I can't tolerate a hero! ”

"Emperor Shengming!" Wang Chengen slapped a sycophant, and then added: "This Liu Xu took the prisoners to denounce Wang Zaijin for killing talents, and finally crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and led the students to confront Wang Zaijin outside the city of Nanjing, relying on Mao Yilu to borrow his 1,000 soldiers and horses outside the city and not retreat, claiming that if Wang Zaijin dared to come, he would fight him to the death." ”

"Oh?" The emperor had some interest: "This Liu Xu, his bones are hard, I didn't expect that knives and firecrackers couldn't scare him!" ”

"Yes, this Liu Xu also said that this setback is a small setback, and it can't change the general trend of the world, if the court hasn't dealt with that person before the end of October, he will go to Beijing with the world's scholars to fight to the death with that person. Wang Zaijin didn't dare to make too many killings, so he just borrowed wine to drown his sorrows in the yamen all day long. ”

"Hmph" the emperor snorted: "I regret it now, isn't it too late?" Wang Banban, you have been carefully collecting the dynamics of the DPRK and China in the past few days, and if you have any information about that person and his henchmen, you will definitely report to me as soon as possible! After a pause, he changed to a trusting tone: "In this huge palace, I really don't know who else to trust, Wang Companion, are you willing to join me, Zhongxing, the Ming Dynasty?" ”

The words of the Son of Heaven were heavy, powerful, and warm, like a bowl of hot soup in winter, which made Wang Chengen feel warm all over his body after hearing it, and Wang Chengen knelt down without hesitation: "The slave is willing to die for the emperor!" ”