Liu Xu is wearing a champion court dress today, and he looks particularly handsome. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he is the new champion given by Emperor Chongzhen, and he has become a champion without waiting for the exam. Although there is a precedent to follow in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial champion and the first are unprecedented since ancient times. However, Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne at the beginning, and he wiped out the great evil in the palm of his hand, and he Liu Xu was respected at home, and his doctrines, poems, and articles were all unique in the world, so even if there were those who said strange things, they did not become any climate - this is also related to the statements of the scholars in the north, they claimed that if anyone said that Liu Xu was not worthy of being the champion of the imperial gift, it must be the remnants of the eunuch party, and he should be cut with a thousand knives.

The new branch of the Jinshi have the Jinshi uniforms issued by the imperial court, which is neat and beautiful on the one hand, which makes the emperor happy, and secondly, if there are poor scholars wearing rags and rags to pass on their gratitude, it will also lose the dignity of the court. The clothes of the champion are not the same as the ordinary first-class, second-class and third-class jinshi, and there is a special crown belt for the champion court clothes and jinshi treasure money. Today, Liu Xu is wearing a crown on his head, wearing a scarlet court dress, the underwear inside is made of white silk, and his body is full of various rituals such as large belts, brocade ribbons, and medicinal jade pendants. In this case, it is impossible for people to run quickly, otherwise the things on their bodies will collide with each other, and they will simply become a merchant who sells groceries in the rivers and lakes, and he will lose the dignity of a scholar.

"The Han Dynasty scriptures say that Yujue represents decision, and other ritual utensils represent different good qualities, since Confucius has all the qualities, then he must have brought everything - think about it, Confucius walked up and down, isn't he a merchant who sells groceries!" Liu Xu sat upright in the room, sitting upright, not daring to exceed the slightest rule, but his mind was turning rapidly to relieve his boredom.

The court room is the small room used by the ministers to rest before the court, and the furnishings in it are ordinary, and there is no heavenly style, but then I think about it, this is a temporary place for the ministers to rest, and naturally there is no need to be carefully decorated. The eunuchs here are the most good at watching people put down dishes, if the minister who has no power comes, it is good to have a glass of water to drink, if the first assistant, the soldier and other high-ranking officials come, it is fragrant tea served, please sit down, and be courteous.

Today is not the day of the Chang Dynasty, so there are no ministers in the courtroom, only Liu Xu and a few little eunuchs. Liu Xu is not an official official of the imperial court now, he is not from the regular imperial examination, and he is not yet subject to the position of the Hanlin Academy, so now he can only be regarded as a white body with meritorious reputation. But he is now in the middle of the sky, and he is one of the most prestigious people in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the little eunuchs are the most eye-catching, so the treatment given to him is not bad, and he can always drink a few sips of hot tea.

After waiting for almost two quarters of an hour, a eunuch finally came to deliver the decree: "The emperor took Liu Xu to the platform to answer correctly!" ”

Liu Xu's spirits lifted and he came!

He is finally about to face the nominal supreme ruler of the Ming Empire, this Ming Sizong who is infinitely remembered by future generations, this Zhuang Lie Emperor who died in his life!

Liu Xu stepped on his boots and walked slowly on the bluestone slab of the Forbidden City, his head did not move, but his eyes looked around. Although the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty was established by forcibly occupying the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, many Ming Dynasty buildings are no longer there after hundreds of years of wind, frost, snow and rain, so his trip can be regarded as an archaeological trip.

"Champion Gong, you have won the favor of the saints, in the two hundred and sixty years of the dynasty, there has never been such a grace as you!" The eunuch who led the way looked out of the court room and began to speak: "The emperor summoned the right one today, do you have any preparations?" Liu Xu looked at this eunuch, in his thirties, wearing a black gauze and gold curved hat, wearing a narrow collar shirt with a flower plate on his chest, a black horn belt around his waist, and his boots were red fans and black piles. Liu Xu didn't know the eunuch, but this eunuch was quite good-looking, and he looked very talkative. However, there are many people in the palace who have honey-bellied swords and have ill intentions, so Liu Xu didn't dare to take it big on other people's territory, but said cautiously: "The minister received the favor of the king and had to repay it, but Liu Xu was short-sighted and shallow in his knowledge, and he failed to have a good strategy for governing the country and a clever way to plan, but he was loyal to the country and did his best." ”

The eunuch smiled: "Why should the champion be humble? Our Wang Chengen, who has heard the name of the champion for a long time! Yesterday, our family was still incense to the Buddha in the Xishan Vulture Temple, in order to see the champion of the princess, but he rushed over from the Vulture Temple! ”

As soon as Liu Xu heard this, he had a bottom in his heart, it turned out that he had taken Lao Tzu's money. It is said that eating people has a short mouth and a soft hand, this Wang Chengen is the last loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he has a money transaction with himself, so he can say it more deeply, and said at the moment: "It turned out to be Mr. Wang!" I usually know that there is an old Mr. Wang Chengen Wang in the palace who is loyal and courageous, and has both talents, and I originally muttered in my heart, this father-in-law is not Mr. Wang, but I don't dare to take the liberty of recognizing him. Now that I see it, it's really extraordinary! ”

Thousands of clothes are worn, but the sycophants are not worn, not to mention the horses that the emperor gave the champion, plus Liu Tong gave him at least 20,000 taels of silver before and after, it was Wang Chengen's face that smiled like a flower, and said again and again: "Don't dare to be called this 'old gentleman', don't dare to be!" ”

"If the prince doesn't dare to be, who can!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The two politely talked to each other for a while, and then Wang Chengen got to the point: "Champion Yuangong, do you know what the topic of this emperor is summoned today?" ”

"I really don't know." Liu Xu has always been puzzled in his heart, after all, Emperor Chongzhen is a famous paranoid and jumping thinking, which is a typical "love is imposed on the knees, and evil falls into the abyss", and it is difficult for ordinary people to keep up with his train of thought. And this person is the Son of Heaven of the Ninety-Five, so it will be doubly troublesome to deal with!

"Since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, he has been eating and drinking, conscientious, and has never read a single chapter, and has not worried about state affairs for a day. When Wang Chengen talked about Emperor Chongzhen's diligence, his eyes were a little red, obviously showing his true feelings, which can also explain why there was only such a rootless eunuch who hanged himself with the emperor in the end.

"Diligent government has a ghost! Lao Ziyun's 'governing a big country is like cooking small fresh', it's not that you can make a pot of dishes by stirring desperately with a horse spoon! The institutional corruption of the Ming Dynasty was completely unsaved, and the emperor could not manage it even if he had ten heads, not to mention the invasion of the Xiaoice Period and Jiannu! Liu Xu thought so in his heart, but he never dared to say it in his mouth. He nodded again and again, and he also looked like he was crying: "Yes, the student is studying in Nanzhi's house, and every time he thinks of the emperor's efforts to make the country prosperous and innovative after succeeding to the throne, but he is surrounded by traitorous ministers, and even the state affairs are corrupted, his heart is like a knife, and there is never a day when he does not cry!" ”

The words "Liu Boyang cries about state affairs day and night" have been arranged a long time ago, and they have spread all over Sijiu City in a few days, so Wang Chengen has also seen it, so he nodded sympathetically, looked at Liu Xu with gentle eyes, and the distance between the two was suddenly shortened.

"Besides, the emperor summoned him today, in fact, there are a lot of words to ask the champion duke, after all, the emperor has several books that the champion has studied every day, and he is often amazed, and he will be of great use if he wants to come to the champion soon!"

"I'd rather not be used by Emperor Chongzhen - in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were a total of fifty-two cabinet ministers, an average of three per year, and countless feudal officials were imprisoned and killed. Liu Xu was naturally unwilling to serve Emperor Chongzhen in his heart, but he said on the surface: "Now that the traitor Wei Zhongxian has been removed, he should naturally decide to change the new, refresh the government and government, and realize the prosperity of my dignified Ming Dynasty!" ”

"That's good, that's good, with the ambition of the champion, I want to be able to come to the emperor more easily." Saying that, Wang Chengen suddenly said: "Our family thinks that the champion is the best candidate to save this great tomorrow, with your great talent, I think there is nothing in our family that can explain to the champion prince." It's just that there is one thing that must be reminded of the champion duke, what you did in the south is too fierce, after all, the king is in Jin and Wei Zhongxian are also from the imperial court, and the emperor is somewhat dissatisfied with this matter! ”

Liu Xu's heart moved, he actually hesitated when he did these few things, after all, Wang Zaijin and Wei Zhongxian one is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and the other is the former master of ceremonies Bingbi, he took this scholar to take them down, one was cut with a thousand knives, and the other was chopped into meat puree, although it greatly increased the morale of the world's scholars, and was known as "Donglin Inheritance" and "Dazhang Shifeng", but after all, it was still the face of the imperial court - the imperial court has not done it yet, you kill people first, can you replace the imperial court in the future? And it just so happens that Emperor Chongzhen is still a suspicious person, if he feels that he is planning ill and that he is in his territory, things will be a little difficult to do.

But after thinking about it, after all, he is the first person in the world to be castrated, and he is respected at home, Emperor Chongzhen is still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child after all, and it is the age when everything in the world can be done, it is inevitable that he is a little arrogant and conceited, thinking that he can control the heroes of the world, he does not dare or want to hurt himself no matter what.

Thinking like this, Liu Xu immediately said: "In fact, the students are also worried in their hearts, thinking that they have hurt the dignity of the court, but the old gentleman doesn't know the situation that day, if the students don't do it, I'm afraid that the scholars will do it themselves!" If the student does it, the board will only hit the student alone in the future, and others will not be implicated, if they do it together, they will not be held accountable in the future, and others may not be as lucky as the students - this is also Wu Qi's strategy to cry and mourn the king. ”