Zhao Xincheng waited for Wang Mang to sit down in fear.

In the past few days, Zhao Xin's whole person has aged no less than ten years old, and his hair, which was originally quite black, has turned most of it gray, and he looks like an old man with half of his body in the ground.

It was really Zhao Xin who frightened Wang Mang a lot, saying that he wanted him to go home and reflect, but to what extent this reflection was made, but every statement, and what Wang Mang had done in the past few days was too big, or in the eyes of an old man like Zhao Xin, it was quite radical and iron-blooded.

Zhao Xin is very pessimistic about his fate, and feels that with the emperor's current temperament, he can't get a guillotine, although Zhao Xin doesn't think that he is a minister of the imperial court, but he also feels that he is a talented minister, so he goes to the guillotine, Zhao Xin is unwilling.

When Wang Mang arrived, Zhao Xin was borrowing wine to dispel his sorrows, but he never thought that the emperor would arrive directly, so Zhao Xin was scared out of a cold sweat at that time, and the wine was sobered up for three points.

When Wang Mang was done, Zhao Xin respectfully kowtowed to Wang Mang and said: "The criminal minister Zhao Xin sees Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

"Sinner?" Wang Mang didn't let Zhao Xin get up, but smiled and said, "You call yourself a sinner, what crime have you committed?"

Zhao Xin was stunned at the time, how do I know what crime I committed, I don't think I committed a crime, isn't this the emperor you asked me to reflect at home?

Seeing that Zhao Xin was stunned, Li Lan snorted on the side: "Lord Zhao, Your Majesty did not convict you, but you convicted yourself, it seems that you have committed some crime that Your Majesty does not know!"

"No, no. Zhao Xin's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly shook his head and said, "The minister has drunk too much, his brain is confused, and he is talking nonsense." ”

"Whether it's nonsense or not, Lord Zhao, you know it yourself. Li Lan glanced at Zhao Xin meaningfully.

Zhao Xin moved, and secretly thanked Li Lan, understanding that he should have passed this level, but he still didn't get up, and bowed to Wang Mang respectfully: "The minister doesn't know that Your Majesty has been subdued so far, and it is really disrespectful, and I ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

I have to say that Zhao Xin is indeed an old fritter in the officialdom, and this time he explained why he claimed to be a criminal minister before, and committed the crime of losing his welcome, what kind of crime is this? This is not guilty.

Wang Mang glanced at Zhao Xin with a smile, waved his hand, motioned for Zhao Xin to stand up, and then said: "Aiqing, I also happened to pass by here today, and I heard Li Lan say that you have been thinking about it behind closed doors at home in the past few days, and you have studied a lot of wise sayings, and I think it is very good to hear it, so I came to see Aiqing, I just hope that Aiqing will not be abrupt by my visit." ”

Zhao Xin hurriedly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty went to the minister's house, it was the blessing that the minister had cultivated for three lifetimes, no wonder there were magpies in the yard early this morning, the minister originally felt strange, but now he knew that His Majesty was coming, if the minister knew that His Majesty was coming, he would have cleaned the minister's house dozens of times. ”

"Haha......" Wang Mang pointed at Zhao Xin and looked at Li Lan and said with a smile: "Li Lan, is this still the Lord Zhao we know? When did you learn to say good things? It seems that this closed-door reflection is still very useful." ”

Zhao Xin's old face turned red, and he didn't dare to speak with Wang Mang, but turned to the butler who was kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up: "Butler, go and bring my treasured good tea and make tea for Your Majesty, remember, don't let too many people know about Your Majesty's coming." ”

"The villain understands. The housekeeper hurriedly got up and served tea to Wang Mang, who knew that a few people he brought in would be the emperor of the dynasty, but he was scared to death.

Wang Mang shook his head and looked at Zhao Xindao: "Aiqing, on the way here today, I heard a lot of passers-by talking about this examiner. ”

"I don't know what to say?" Zhao Xin asked tentatively, and at the same time, his mind was spinning, thinking that those guys in the ministry would not cause any trouble for themselves because he was not in the ministry these days.

Regarding Zhao Xin's question, Wang Mang didn't speak, Li Lan told Zhao Xin about the things discussed by the drinkers in the wine shop, and finally smiled: "Lord Zhao, people here say that this time the imperial court examiners will be ancient and modern, I don't know what Lord Zhao thinks?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Zhao Xin fell to his knees and congratulated Wang Mang loudly.

Wang Mang waved his hand, let Zhao Xin stand up, and said: "This is not the court, I am too lazy to listen to this nonsense, tell me something useful, I don't know much about the affairs of the examiner, but this time the matter is indeed a little strange, I want to ask you, is there anything strange here?"

"Weird, what does Your Majesty mean?" Zhao Xin looked at Wang Mang with a puzzled expression.

"I wonder if anyone here wants to take advantage of the situation. Wang Mang said: "A lot of things have happened in Chang'an City recently, and the imperial army is about to go south to fight a decisive battle with the southern rebels. ”

"Haha. Figuring out what Wang Mang meant, Zhao Xin laughed out loud.

Li Lan scolded: "Lord Zhao, pay attention to the image of the king!"

Zhao Xin hurriedly stopped, looked at Wang Mang and said: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to guarantee that there will be no one to make trouble here, and even after the incident in Shiziyuan, if anyone dares to stretch out his hand in this place, without Your Majesty's action, there will be countless people who will click this troublemaker first." ”

"Oh, why did Aiqing say that?" Wang Mang said.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Zhao Xin didn't wait for Wang Mang to speak, then continued: "It's not that the minister is flattering Your Majesty, this is the minister talking about the reason, or the reason why such a thing happened is because of Your Majesty Shengming. ”

"What's the explanation?" Wang Mang said.

"Since the beginning of this year, what His Majesty has done for the people of Daqin, the people of the scholar clan have seen it in their eyes and put it in their hearts, the completion of the imperial study shows that His Majesty is the true son of heaven, and the development of the law change tells everyone that His Majesty is very dissatisfied with the current situation of Daqin, and intends to inspire the new and strengthen the country, and the matter of Shiziyuan also tells everyone that His Majesty attaches great importance to talents, and no one is allowed to interfere in the talent reserve work of the imperial court for any reason. ”

Zhao Xin continued: "Of course, there are many other things that have a profound impact on the world's perception of the imperial court and His Majesty, and these views are basically good. What are the scholars studying for, in order to govern the country and level the world, and now there is no doubt that His Majesty wants to give them this stage, so there are so many scholars who used to sneer at the examinees also came to Chang'an, intending to do their part for His Majesty and Daqin, which has to be said to be His Majesty's Shengming to have such a result. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Xin bowed his head and said: "Minister Zhao Xin is for Daqin, for the court, for the people, for Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

The stage for governing the country and leveling the world?

After Zhao Xin said this, Wang Mang immediately understood that the reason why so many famous people from all over the world came to take the exam, not because anyone made trouble, but because everything he had done these days was recognized by them, which was really a fan of the authorities.

Wang Mang stood up, glanced at Zhao Xin, and said, "Aiqing is doing a good job of reflecting at home, and Aiqing still needs to worry more about the mess in the Ministry of Rites." ”

Then he raised his leg and walked out, Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, then his face was overjoyed, and he kowtowed: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"