The New Year is approaching, and the capital is prosperous and festive.

The terrible vision of three months ago did not leave a trace in the hearts of the people who were busy making a living, and the days still had to be passed, and they could not ask for money to pray to God and Buddha.

Before the New Year, the capital had a new atmosphere, and Emperor Shun made drastic reforms, injecting a lot of fresh blood into the temple, and the entire officialdom suddenly became unprecedentedly clear.

Lian Li Lian Yushi was exceptionally promoted, and he was promoted to the attendant adviser Lang Guan, although the name is a little awkward, but it is a noble position of the fourth grade.

Originally, Emperor Shun planned to promote him to the rank of Wupin Hubu Langzhong, but some people in the court took care of the Liubu more tightly than their own backyard, even if a few of them had been disturbed by Lian Yushi, they still insisted on refusing to let go.

So the Son of Heaven naturally let this brother-in-law go to the Qingwen Pavilion, where there was no collusion between friends, that is, the office of the exclusive attendant consultant.

From the seven-rank superintendent of the imperial history who holds real power, to the four-rank Lang official, although it is an idle position, it is almost a step to the sky.

If this is left on hold in normal times, it will inevitably encounter great resistance, but the three officials who spoke out last time to stop it have been removed from their posts and investigated, and many things have been tried without suspense.

Among them, the one with the best situation has now returned to his hometown to plant sweet potatoes, and his family will never be allowed to enter the court as an official, even if it is an official in a remote town.

The lesson of the previous car is in front of you, even if Yunyan is worthless, but it is also a sharpened head to fight for, as an official is especially to cherish the blessing, this blessing is given by the emperor, and it can be taken back at any time.

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Qingwen Pavilion began to build since Emperor Shun ascended the throne, it took less than a year to settle, the scale is not large, the decoration is extremely simple, from the outside it may not be much different from other buildings in the palace, but you will find that it is not much stronger than the place where the eunuch and the palace maid live.

The bare walls around are cleaner than the monk's head, the two top beams and pillars have not even been painted with vermilion paint, and they still maintain their original color.

These 100 acolytes have been here for a while, and their daily tasks are not fixed, whether they are to clean the courtyard, or to organize books, or to review some innocuous songs......

These scholars, who were originally full of confidence and wanted to do something big, gradually lost their fighting spirit, and at this moment they were listless and drooping their heads, without the slightest appearance that young people should have.

A few of them noticed Lian Li, raised their heads and looked at this middle-aged man who had come here to eat and wait for death like them, and they all lowered their heads and looked at the sage book in their hands.

After reading books all their lives, they don't have this ability, they all say that the pen of the literati is a sword that kills without seeing blood, but at this moment they don't even have the opportunity to kill.

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Lian Li looked around, and had a rough idea in his heart, I have to say that Emperor Shun understands the minds of young people very well, if he arranges important tasks for them as soon as he goes up, it will inevitably make these people complacent and arrogant, and in the end, it is easy to make mistakes.

It is a good thing for young people to have sharpness, but they need to be restrained and released, otherwise this sharpness can easily hurt themselves in turn, and Emperor Shun is now chambling these fledgling young people.

Lian Li stroked his beard that first saw the trend of beautiful hair, and secretly said that the emperor of the Wang family left a problem for himself, and now the sharp qi is gone, but there is a little more twilight, once the disposal is not careful, there will be a few old and dry fritters in the uneven protection.

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Lian Li originally didn't want to take office so quickly, and even had doubts about Emperor Shun's layout, although now the civil officials control the government, but it is still peaceful in the four seas, Emperor Shun didn't take the opportunity to kill when he first entered the city, and now if he wants to move them, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

It's just that this colt didn't expect that he just did a seven-grade imperial history and did a few things within his duties, which attracted some old ministers to slander himself regardless of his face.

At first, someone wrote a book admonishing the Son of Heaven not to be nepotistic, and the content was still the same old tune, but this kind of Emperor Shun naturally didn't take it to heart.

After that, some old guys began to show off their old faces, and tried their best to weave a few innocuous charges for this superintendent of the imperial history, one of which directly made him ruthless and took over Qingwen Pavilion.

This crime that made Ma Lang, who has always been elegant, almost jump to his feet and scold his mother, has only three words - nothing.

There is nothing to do, from "seven out of three do not go", the woman has no children, and the husband can divorce his wife on this basis.

Lian Li, as the master of the dynasty, is a well-known inverted door in the whole world, even if he doesn't deal with it, no one will blatantly talk about it.

The most annoying thing is that even the princess didn't let him enter the room, he didn't have any tricks, what to take?

This charge not only made the concubine Lian Li laugh angrily, but even when the third princess heard about it, she laughed so hard that she couldn't help herself, and the man wasted a long time to get rid of the hat of relying on women, and as a result, his backhand was detained again.

Lian Li finally understood why Emperor Shun was determined to let those people have a bad year, so he took the position of the attendant adviser Lang Guan directly.

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In the Qingwen Pavilion, all the scholars raised their heads and quietly looked at the newly appointed Lord Langguan.

Just now, Lian Li walked to the front of the eucalyptus, took out a piece of shocking wood from his arms, and slapped it hard.

This shocking wood was brought by him from the Inspectorate, although he has not been supervising the imperial history for a long time, but he also has some feelings, especially this shocking wood, which is extremely easy to use.

If you want to make your subordinates obedient, there is not only one way to control people:

"Do you know who caused you to have no official to do, and the ten-year cold window almost went down the drain?

Do you know who opened the Qingwen Pavilion under the pressure of the Manchu civil officials to house you, the future pillars?

Qingwen Pavilion, as the name suggests, must be clear, but also Qingwen, and clear those civil officials who are in the position of corpse meal......"

As soon as Lian Langguan's voice fell, the bottom began to be restless, some people whispered, some people were full of excitement, Lian Li looked at everyone's performance, very satisfied, sometimes, the same hatred of the enemy, but a more effective way to motivate.

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The dark tide of the situation in the capital is surging, but the people in the city are singing and dancing.

Approaching the end of the year, wine shops, teahouses, brothels, gambling houses, business is booming one by one, and the people have spare money, so they like to come to these places for recreation.

Drinking in wine shops, listening to books in teahouses, and recruiting prostitutes in Qinglou were all allowed by the laws of the dynasty, but gambling was strictly prohibited.

The dynasty has a law, and those who gather to gamble will be punished with a cane at the least, and exiled to the army at the worst, so the gambling houses in the capital are often opened very shady, and many of them have special people to watch the wind.

However, those who can open a gambling house at the feet of the Son of Heaven are naturally not ordinary people, even if they are stabbed by the government and symbolically sealed for a few days, they will return to the original state.

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In the alleys east of Beijing, winding paths lead to secluded passages, and in a very ordinary dwelling, there is a lively shouting:

"Big, big, big! Oops...... "One, two, three, small! "Leopard, dealer takes all......"

At this time, a very shady gambling house, the most lively table in the gambling house, a young man in a short shirt is rubbing the pai gow in his hand, surrounded by three layers of people outside, waiting for the young man to show his cards.

A middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears on the opposite side wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and the two mustaches twitched from time to time at the corners of his mouth, looking extremely funny.

The young man did not rush to open the cards, but put the pai gow on the table and said with a smile:

"Boss Zhang, I can open ten bankers in a row today, are you sure that I will still be a banker?"

The corners of the mustache's mouth twitched again, and he said something that was extremely inconsistent with the image:

"Are you a man, why are you talking so much nonsense? It's just a gambling house, and Lao Tzu can afford to lose. ”

The young man smiled even more, looked around and said:

"Please take the trouble to be a witness, Boss Zhang will lose later, don't rely on the account."

"Oops, mother-in-law!"

The mustache is obviously not a patient lord, and directly reached out to touch the pai gow in front of the king, "I don't believe it, no matter how big your card is, it can be bigger than Lao Tzu's double heavens." ”

The dominoes were lifted, and the people around them all stretched their heads to see the excitement, and after seeing the cards clearly, the scene suddenly boiled again:

"The Evil God"

"Shhhh It is the Supreme, the Supreme that is greater than the Twin Heavens. "Tsk, Boss Zhang has been fighting geese all his life, and this time he was pecked blind by geese." "It's over, it's a miserable loss this time......"

It's not a big deal for the gamblers around to see the excitement, whether this kid wins the gambling house today, or Zhang Fatzi eats black, it's just a conversation after dinner.

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The mustache wiped the sweat from his forehead again, staring at the two pai gow, as the people around him said, he came over with strong winds and waves, but he didn't expect to capsize in the gutter.

"Boss Zhang, sign and draw."

The young man smiled and took out a contract from his bosom and handed it over, apparently prepared.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man directly slapped the contract down, and said with red eyes:

"Boy, dare to make a thousand moves in Lao Tzu's field, I think you are tired of being alive, come on, cut off a pair of claws from him."

"So, you're going to pay off? Everyone is watching, how do I come out of a thousand, can you tell me about it? ”

The young man looked at the two big men walking towards him, not flustered at all, and his expression was as unscrupulous as ever.

"Who can help you testify?"

The middle-aged fat man glanced around, and the gamblers around him who were shouting fiercely at the table were silent at the moment, turning his head to look away, not daring to look at the mustache.

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"Boy, do you know who covered this time? Dare to spread wild in Lao Tzu's territory, I will leave you a pair of claws for you to remember for a long time. ”

After the fat man finished speaking, he glanced at the two subordinates, and the two of them understood, pushed away the crowd of onlookers, and walked to the young man across the table in a flanking situation.

"Alas... Originally, I planned to just have a field for you, but I didn't expect you to give me your life, you dare to call yourself Lao Tzu in front of the master, do you know who my father is? ”

As the young man spoke, his hands began to fiddle with the pai gow on the table.

"I don't care who your father is, even if it's the king of heaven, I have to leave it here today."

The middle-aged fat man's patience seemed to have been exhausted, and he directly made a gesture to wipe his neck.

Joke, this is opened by the son of the Shangshu family, you are a little guy in short clothes, no matter how big the background is, it can be bigger than the second-grade Shangshu? Even if you really know some big guys, who cares if so many people die in the capital every year?

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The two strong men got closer and closer to the young man, but the other grinned and said:

"Listen, my father, Wang Erniu!"

Wang Erniu? The middle-aged fat man was stunned for a moment, and then his face sneered, he really hadn't heard of a big man with this name in the capital.

Everyone was stunned, two dominoes in the hands of the young man were suddenly thrown, and the two fighters in front of him were unsuspecting and were directly hit in the head by Pai Gow, and the people around thought that the young man was going to be unlucky, but he didn't think that the two eight-foot tall men actually snorted in unison, and then fell backwards and fell to the ground with a bang.

The young man looked at the middle-aged fat man, picked up a pai gow on the table again, and said with a smile:

"Today, the master is in a good mood and will give you a happy ......"

At this moment, a sharp voice sounded:

"The emperor has arrived!"

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this, Your Majesty? What emperor? The emperor who lives in the palace and is said to have had an affair with his nurse?

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Everyone's first reaction was that they had heard it wrong, or that some dead sissy was pretending to be a ghost. The emperor came to the gambling house? They would rather believe that he went to the Qinglou.

Soon, the courtyard gate was kicked open from the outside, and a column of Jinghu guards with knives and guns rushed into the courtyard of the house with neat steps, and separated the two sides.

Two palace guards, who were usually difficult to look at from a distance, walked in front to clear the scene, and a man in blue satin behind him walked towards this side unhurriedly.

Looking at these majestic officers and soldiers, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the man in blue has an extraordinary identity, as for what the emperor said...... The other party's chest is indeed embroidered with a shining golden dragon with gold thread.

When everyone was stunned, a guard took the lead and stepped forward and kicked the stomach of the person in front, "Bold, why don't you kneel when you see Your Majesty?" ”

The man sat down on the ground, his mind blank, but he also hurriedly knelt down on the spot, and said tremblingly:

"The grass people knock to the saint."

The rest of the people also fell to their knees when they saw this, and their heads were buried in the tiles.

The gambling house owner was almost scared to pee his pants, he was not stupid enough to think that anyone would dare to pretend to be the emperor in the capital, his legs trembled at the moment, and he knelt more simply than anyone else.

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"You're really idle, it's just a gambling house, you won't be so popular, right?"

The only one present who didn't kneel on the ground made a joke that made everyone's backs chill at this moment.

Unexpectedly, the man in the brocade was not angry at all, but just said:

"Come out with me."

After that, the two of them left the gambling house and came to the alley where no one was around.

"Wang Quan, when will you return the dragon qi to me?"

In the alley, the man who worships the whole world is holding the other man by the collar and pressing him against the wall, while the latter still looks like a hippie smile.

"Mortal, pay attention to your attitude, this immortal naturally has the intention of this immortal, why are you in a hurry?"

"Intentions? You come to the gambling house every day, and I have asked the people of Qin Tianjian that you are playing child's game with the luck of a country. ”

Luck is reversed is luck, and those who have luck can naturally do everything smoothly, and it will come naturally without much effort.

But luck is the curvy of heaven, if it is abused, it will inevitably cause the heavens to be displeased, and it is possible to take it back if one is unhappy.

Wang Quanquan gently patted the other party's hands and said:

"It's useless to say that I keep that thing, it makes sense not to return it to you, and I already have my share in it, don't make it all the time like yours."

"You!"

Emperor Shun was stunned, and finally had to frown and say:

"You said you didn't use the dynasty's luck, so why can you open eleven villages in a row?"

Wang Quanquan turned around, waved his hand with his back to Emperor Shun and said:

"It's the same as the dead fat man said, out of a thousand bai!"

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