When Yang Shouzheng was sixteen years old, his mother fell ill and died of no spirit. Yang Dacheng worked even harder, and had to go down to the small cave to dig coal for people - he couldn't live in the cave, which was originally a local taboo, and he couldn't take care of it.

Once, Yang Shouzheng returned home from a private school at night. Under the faint oil lamp, I saw my father sitting in the corner with a limp body, raising a dark face, looking at his son who entered the door with godless eyes, and it took him a long time to recognize who was entering the door, and immediately struggled to cook for his son.

At that moment, Yang Shouzheng cried, he knelt in front of his father and swore an oath: "If the child can't come back with a champion, how can he repay his father's deep kindness?" If you live up to your father's high hopes, you will let the child thunder five thunders, and the bones will be eaten by the wolf! ”

The old man picked up his son and said with tears in his eyes: "I don't expect to enjoy your blessings, it's just that you have to fight for yourself, so that those snobs near and far can see that you are not a useless person." Make them kneel before you and repent of what they did to us before! ”

Yang Shouzheng nodded heavily.

At the age of eighteen, Yang Shouzheng went to Beijing to take the exam.

All the relatives and friends and neighbors near and far came to send each other off, or to give advice, or to hug each other, and then each went home to see the joke of how a toad dreamed of eating swan meat.

In addition to his father, there is only one person who is sincere and full of expectations for Yang Shouzheng, and that is Jiang Feng'er, the daughter of Jiang Million, the richest rich man in the neighborhood. The two sent Yang Shouzheng ten miles away, Jiang Feng'er took Yang Shouzheng's hand and said with tears in her eyes: "When you come back, whether you are successful or not, we will get married immediately." If my dad doesn't agree, we'll elope! ”

Yang Shouzheng said: "If I don't win, even if I die and become a ghost, I won't have the face to come back to see you." ”

Then, Yang Shouzheng hit the road with pride.

Then, everyone also knew that the emperor appointed Yang Shouzheng as the first champion, and the Golden Palace summoned him.

That emperor is Emperor Zhengde.

Zhengde was bored at the time and couldn't find anything to play, so he casually asked about the birth origin of the champion of the current department on the top of the Golden Palace.

Yang Shouzheng had nothing to hide, and told his birth history and hometown situation in detail in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

The civil and military officials whispered in their ears, and the Zhengde Emperor was even more surprised, got down from the emperor's throne, helped Yang Shouzheng with his own hands, looked up and down more than ten or twenty times, and asked again in disbelief: "Are you really ...... Is it really that...... What the hell did that come from? ”

Yang Shouzheng was a little unhappy at that time, but he still restrained himself and replied respectfully: "Weichen's sentences are true, and there is not a word of falsehood. ”

Emperor Zhengde circled around Yang Shouzheng a few times, and said in amazement: "Tut-tut, this is really a golden phoenix flying out of the mountain nest." I have the impression that the ravine should be full of cow shit and horses, open-air pits, and children with bare butts and snot running around, I didn't expect there to be talents like you, hahahaha......"

Yang Shouzheng heard Zhengde say this, he was clearly laughing at his birth, if it was someone else, he would probably have to ridicule him, but he was the emperor, and he could only think that the other party was praising himself: "The emperor praised it falsely." ”

Emperor Zhengde returned to his throne and suddenly slapped his palm on the dragon chair and laughed.

Yang Shouzheng didn't know why, but those old ministers looked at each other, feeling uneasy, knowing that the emperor probably came up with some ghost idea again.

Sure enough, Emperor Zhengde laughed for a while, glanced around at the ministers with a smile, and said slowly: "I have decided a decision, and this decision is to go back to his hometown with our Jinke champion!" I want to see what kind of poor and remote opponent can actually give birth to such a great talent as our current champion. ”

Yang Shouzheng stumbled and almost fell down in fright.

The ministers immediately knelt down to persuade each other, some said that it was too much involved, some said that the labor force moved the people, and some said that the labor of the people and the loss of money.

Emperor Zhengde waved his hand and said firmly: "I have a vast territory. Talents from all over the world, hidden dragons and crouching tigers; The customs and customs of each place are different. As a great tomorrow, I should be aware of the people's feelings, collect materials for the country, and don't let the pearl be hidden, don't you say? It's such a happy decision, not much to say! ”

Such a grandiose reason, the ministers have nothing to refute, and what our Emperor Zhengde decides, even if it is nine oxen, two big tigers and three big camels, can't pull it back. No, he's going to roll around all over the ground again.

Emperor Zhengde turned to Yang Shouzheng and said: "According to the usual practice, the new champion Keen will return to his hometown. Since Aiqing is in high school, she should also go back to visit her father. I'm going to put the icing on the cake for Aiqing this time, go back with you, support the scene for you, and let those hillbillies see how awesome you are! Hahahaha......"

Can Yang Shouzheng say a "no"? He could only thank Lord Long.

The emperor's travel, of course, is not trivial. As soon as the decree was issued, the huge machine immediately started running at high speed, and the ministers, eunuchs, palace maids, and guards from all walks of life were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, and they made chickens and dogs jump for a while. Of course, our emperor loves the people like a son, so naturally he will not waste the people and money, so he only ordered 3,000 Imperial Forest Army, 3,000 Flying Dragon Army, 3,000 Tiger Army, and 1,000 Jinyi Guards to move forward secretly, and cooperate with the yamen on the road to deal with the discordant voices in the local area, for fear that any guy who doesn't know each other will run out and disturb the holy car when the time comes.

Can you imagine the scene when the emperor drove to Yang Shouzheng's hometown?

The local villagers, usually the biggest official they have ever seen is the village chief, and suddenly the Son of Heaven came with tens of thousands of horses, and they were so frightened that they trembled and did not possess their bodies. The swords and guns of Rulin, as well as the brocade clothes and all kinds of strange things, are unheard of. They didn't dare to look either, but they knelt on the side of the road and shivered in the dust.

Emperor Zhengde deliberately let Yang Shouzheng show his face, and kept pulling him by his side, looking very intimate. Not only that, but he was even more interested in letting Daddy Yang be public, wearing the big red new clothes, wearing the big red flowers, and carrying the eight-person sedan chair and parading around, so not majestic.

All kinds of things were moved to Yang Shouzheng's house like a flowing price, and they were put in the yard if they couldn't fit in the house, and if they couldn't be put in the yard, they were put in the open space outside, and the cattle, sheep and horses were all wearing big red flowers, indicating that the emperor gave them to the new champion.

"Hahaha, Aiqing, are you still dissatisfied with my arrangement?" Looking at the sincere and terrified Chunmin who knelt in the dust far and near, Emperor Zhengde was actually very proud of his masterpiece.

Yang Shouzheng prostrate on the ground: "The emperor is gracious, the sky is high and the earth is thick." Weichen's brain and liver are smeared, and it is difficult to report in case! ”

"Hahahaha...... Emperor Zhengde laughed proudly again, "Are there any people who have offended you before?" I immediately pulled him out and spanked him in public! ”

In this way, the scenery was lively for three days.

On the fourth day, our emperor was bored.

Fortunately, he quickly discovered something very interesting. That's – fighting crickets!

In fact, at that time, fighting crickets had become a fashion in the capital, and even those princes and ministers were happy to do it. Emperor Zhengde had long heard that there was such a thing, but in the palace, where to find crickets? Where to find an opponent? He had also sneaked out of the palace and witnessed the pomp and circumstance of fighting crickets, but he had never played with it himself, so it was even more itchy. This great opportunity, he naturally will not let go.

As a result, those accompanying the first-class and above officials and princes and nobles received a strange will: "Everyone comes to fight crickets, and if you win, you will be rewarded, and if you lose, you will be punished." ”

There is also a special point that crickets must be caught in person, bought or caught by subordinates, once discovered, they should be punished for the crime of defrauding the king.

What is the penalty for losing? If you lose, you will change into the clothes of the peasants and go to the fields to do farm work with them!

This idea is probably only something that Emperor Zhengde can come up with.

For a while, I saw in the grass and in the fields, those big people in brocade clothes crawled in and out, all of them with gray faces, and even the emperor himself was full of mud on his face.

In order to "enjoy with the people", Emperor Zhengde also invited nearby squire celebrities to participate. That Jiang Million is the most influential person in the nearby ten miles and eight townships, and he is also fortunate to participate in this grand event.

"There are no kings and ministers on the cricket field. If I find out who has a heart, Lao Tzu will castrate him! Emperor Zhengde said proudly.

In order to keep their little brother, everyone cheered up, especially Jiang Million, who was the best among them. He is familiar with the local terroir, and the crickets he finds are fat and ferocious, so he is naturally invincible and victorious.

Although Emperor Zhengde is heroic, his ability to fight crickets is not very good, and he has not won a single battle.