Chapter 19: Night Talk at the Palace
"Well, yes, this osmanthus should have been sent by the queen, whether it is my beloved wife, what flavor I like, or she knows best."
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen who was eating moon cakes and praising him non-stop, Wang Chengen's heart couldn't help but feel a little sad, who would have thought that as the most nominally respected person in the whole world, he could eat a few moon cakes so with relish.
"Your Majesty, it's already time, and you have to get up early tomorrow to go to the court, see if it's a good time to lie down." After seeing Chongzhen finish eating a few pieces of moon cakes, Wang Chengen opened his mouth to persuade.
"Oh, forget it, I'd better read these notes first, otherwise, maybe tomorrow will be busier, hey, by the way, today is the time to admire the moon, and the harem is fine." Chongzhen asked casually while drinking tea.
"Back to Your Majesty, everything is fine in the harem, and all the ladies know that Your Majesty is in charge of state affairs, so let the servants persuade Your Majesty to take care of the dragon body." Wang Chengen replied.
Nodding, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile, "Okay, good, it's all good, by the way, Anton's little naughty is not funny this time, I remember the last Lantern Festival, she pretended to be an assassin, but everyone was frightened." ”
"Ah, this, Your Majesty, don't you remember, Changping, the two princesses of Anton, a few days ago, I heard that the new science and technology Jinshi will hold a literary meeting in Wanshou Temple today, and I have already asked Your Majesty's will to allow them to go and watch, and at the same time, they can also find a few heroes for Your Majesty, which is approved by Your Majesty." As soon as Chongzhen's words were finished, Wang Chengen hurriedly said.
"Ah, ah, yes, I'm really confused, a few days ago when I was having dinner, I talked about it on a whim, but I didn't expect them to be interested, scrambling to go, what, it's time now, haven't they come back yet? There won't be any surprises, right? After Chongzhen remembered, he suddenly asked anxiously.
It's no wonder that Chongzhen is nervous, speaking of which Chongzhen is also an outlier among the emperors, not lustful, not slacking off, getting up earlier than chickens every day, sleeping later than dogs, compared to those who are greedy and lustful in front of him, regard wealth as life, and even do carpentry, and seek immortality, it is not a little bit stronger, but such an emperor will actually become the king of the dead country, which has to make countless people sigh in later generations.
And Chongzhen, who works diligently all day, has more than ten children, but only two sons and two daughters can really survive, which can be regarded as thin, and these four children, only the eldest daughter Changping Princess Kankan is an adult, and the remaining one daughter and two sons are still young and unbearable.
Seeing the nervous Chongzhen, Wang Chongen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please relax, when the two princesses went, the old slave sent Li Guang to go with them, with Li Guang's skills, it was more than enough to protect the two princesses, and the old slave also sent someone from the imperial horse prison to secretly protect the princess, there will definitely be no problem." ”
"Ah, that's good, that's good, I'm really worried, now the whole court, the people who can really reassure me, that is, Changping and you, the rest of the people, from the old Yipin Pavilion to the local small officials, hold the court all day long, but at the critical moment they don't think about repaying the favor, for their own lives, they actually surrender to thieves, they really should be killed, they should be killed." Chongzhen, who was still worried, didn't speak for long, and then his face became full of indignation.
"Oh, why are you losing your temper again, is it who provoked you again, don't worry, this time, Sister and I have brought you good news, I'm sure you will be happy after reading it."
Just when Chongzhen was screaming angrily, he heard the door of the room slammed open, and a pleasant voice came in at the same time.
When they heard the sound of the door, Chongzhen and Wang Chengen in the house couldn't help but tremble, Wang Chengen even almost called out "assassin", fortunately, when they heard the voice, the two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and Chongzhen couldn't help but leak a rare smile on his face.
Seeing the delicate figure that rushed towards him, Chongzhen controlled his arm and said, "You little girl, I really didn't know the severity just now, if I hadn't heard that it was you, I would have been arrested a long time ago." ”
Although Chongzhen is full of serious smiles under the court on weekdays, he is still very close to his relatives, especially this lively and active Anton, who can be said to be a collection of thousands of favors, even the two princes are inferior.
"Oh, father, aren't people in a hurry, today I went to Wanshou Temple with my sister, and I saw a lot of jinshi discussing how to break the thief, Sister said that there are many good ways to use it, I am not in a hurry, I want to share my father's worries, so I broke in?" Princess Anton sat in Chongzhen's arms and said coquettishly.
"Okay, well, my father knows that my little princess has worked hard, and he will reward you well another day, now you see that it is getting late, and you are tired for another day, is it time to go back and rest, or wait until tomorrow, when your eyes are becoming red, I will not let the imperial doctor treat you." At this time, Chongzhen changed his solemn expression in the past, like an ordinary person, coaxing his daughter softly.
"Ah, really?" After listening to Chongzhen's words, Princess Anton seemed to remember something terrifying, a trace of fear flashed in her eyes, and then, slowly climbed down from Chongzhen's body, and then said in a low voice, "Then I'll go back to sleep first, and let my sister tell you about the affairs of Wanshou Temple." ”
After watching his little daughter walk out of the room with a soft look in his eyes, Chongzhen slowly turned his gaze to another figure standing under the bookcase, and said, "Why did you come back so late, did something happen on the way, why don't you come over tomorrow, it's already so late, you are already thin, and it will not be good if you get sick." ”
After listening to Chongzhen's words, the figure under the bookcase said softly, "Thank you for your father's concern, Wei Yuan originally planned to rest, but when I heard people say that my father has not rested, Wei Yuan came over, today's trip, the harvest is huge, Wei Yuan also wants to tell my father as soon as possible, so that I can return to the Qingping world as soon as possible, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, so that my father can also work less." ”
If Shi Lei could be here, he would definitely be shocked, the person standing under Chongzhen's book case at this time was Zhu Weiyuan, who he had lost a night, and was also the eldest daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, who was named Princess Changping, and the princess Anton who broke in directly just now was the little girl Zhu Qiang Rose who was injured and fell into the canal.
"Oh, the harvest is huge, you never lie, so to speak, today your trip to Wanshou Temple is really not in vain, it seems that this imperial examination, there are still a few pillars of talent, let's say, who is it, can enter your eyes, is Zhang Ge Lao's great-grandson Zhang Sui, or Li Wensi, who is known as the champion talent." After listening to Zhu Weiyuan's concerned words, Chongzhen also spoke immediately.
Since the last time under Wang Chengen's reminder, Chongzhen definitely selected the available talents among the Jinshi in this department, so Wang Chengen sent someone to deliberately investigate some of the best of them, and in the investigation of the East Factory and the West Factory for several days, not only did the resume of each of the Jinshi of this session have been investigated in detail, but also for those Jinshi who are more famous, and even the eight generations of ancestors have been investigated, so it is not surprising that Chongzhen can say these names.
It's just that after Chongzhen finished talking about the few jinshi he had memories in his mind, he saw that Zhu Weiyuan just shook his head slightly, this time, Chongzhen's heart couldn't help but arouse a little curiosity, you know, these characters Chongzhen just said are all children of some official eunuch families, if this session of Jinshi can really put forward suggestions that are helpful to the imperial court, it is among these people.
In addition to the fact that they can obtain confidential information about the imperial court that others can't get, the usual exposure to their families also makes them different from the poor children.
Of course, it is not that Chongzhen looks down on those poor children, on the contrary, for those who are from poor families but can be admitted to the Jinshi, Chongzhen is very appreciative, but appreciation does not represent their strength.
The ancients said, 'Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes.' ’
The ancestors of China knew from a long time ago that in the era when knowledge was not yet popularized, the family inheritance was very strict, what is the family inheritance, that is, the ability to do what they are good at, in ancient times, Lao Tzu was a farmer, and most of his sons were farmers, Lao Tzu was a craftsman, and his son was also a craftsman, and every capable person, most of them would hand over their skills to their next generation, in order to make their own craftsmanship not leaked, there were even strict regulations on passing on children and daughters.
If people who are interested in history will find that in ancient times, in addition to the change of dynasty, a group of new officials will emerge, when a dynasty develops steadily, most of the officials' ancestors will have one or two officials, and even some will appear in succession, fathers and grandchildren, three generations of officials are officials in the same dynasty, it is also normal.
Why is this so, in addition to the protection of officials and mutual support, the atmosphere in the families of these officials is the most important, and the children who have been born in this kind of family since childhood, their thinking about officialdom is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
"Oh, this is really strange, is there really a hidden sage in this year's Jinshi? Even these children of official families who have been officials for generations are inferior, and I really want to see it. ”
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