Chapter 20: Butterfly's Wings: The Road to Champions (1)
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao left, the godfather didn't recognize it, and Zhu Yang and Zhu Biao's brother didn't succeed, not only did they not succeed, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao beat Zhu Yang hard.
"Young Master, how do you feel?" Liu Yuan held back a smile and asked.
"Get out, laugh if you want to......" Zhu Yang scolded, "Old man Huang, this father and son are really not a thing, I gave them an idea, and they beat me, isn't it just a sworn brother?" It's as if they're at a loss! ”
"That's right, that's it, that old man Huang is too much of a thing!" Liu Yuan echoed on the side.
"Get out, hurry up and do your thing, remember to say those words at the right time, don't rush it!" Zhu Yang commanded.
"Yes!" Liu Yuan put away his smile and said with a serious face.
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Stationed in Beijing, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou have been living here for the past few days.
"Big brother, do you think Your Majesty will really ......" Xu Zengshou gestured with a knife in his hand, the destructive power of this riot was too great, and more than a dozen shops alone were burned down, and the rumors in it also touched Zhu Yuanzhang's scales.
The prince is Zhu Yuanzhang's reverse scale.
The dragon's scales are reversed, and when you touch it, you are angry; The king's reverse scales, touching it, will lie in wait for thousands of miles.
Xu Huizu glanced at the sergeant who was practicing outside, and sighed: "Alas, the king doesn't dare to do it, those people can only say that they can't live if they do their own evil, but I don't know if this Zhu Yang can escape this catastrophe, otherwise the third sister will be sad for a while." ”
"yes!" Xu Zengshou looked worriedly at the towering city wall opposite, praying in his heart that the talisman was best not to come.
But Xu Zengshou's prayers were useless.
A eunuch walked in, and behind him there was a man holding the box in both hands.
"Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, Xu Zengshou, the governor of the Zuodu Governor's Mansion, received the order!" The eunuch took the holy decree and said loudly in a raised voice.
"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou were ordered to immediately lead 50,000 troops into the city to take over the defense of the outer city of the capital and implement street control. Chin this! After the eunuch announced his will, he took out the tiger talisman from the box behind him and handed it to Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou for inspection.
In the camp stationed in Beijing, any transfer requires a holy decree and a tiger talisman, both of which are indispensable.
"Weichen takes the order!" After checking the tiger talisman, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou immediately went to the barracks and boarded the point platform.
At the same time, the forbidden army that had been stationed in the capital was also in a state of readiness, and the water guarding the imperial city was blocked.
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The army's sudden action brought the worsening riots to an abrupt halt, and everyone shivered in their corners.
The thugs who had been smashing and smashing even buried themselves in their cellars, fearing that they would be caught by the government.
"Your Majesty has a decree, the palace exam will be held in ten days, and registration will start now!" On the street, an errand shouted while striking a gong; Next to him was another servant with a pen and paper in his hand.
"Yo, old Wu Tou, you are on duty today!" A bold man stuck his head out of his window and said to the messenger who was striking the gong.
"Haha...... Lao Yang, you are not small, you actually stretched out your head in front of the military master and came out to talk to me! Lao Wu glanced up at Lao Yang, then at the soldiers standing on both sides of the street, and laughed.
"Hey, I haven't done anything wrong, Your Majesty is good to our people, what am I afraid of!" Lao Yang arched his hand towards the imperial city and continued, "What kind of trouble are you making here?" When do I have to register for the temple exam? ”
"You don't know, this palace exam was originally not required to sign up for the exam, as long as you are a high school tribute, you can go, but this year is not different, some students shouted that they were disturbed by some Laoshizi question, and said that Huiyuan robbed him of his place." Lao Wu said,
"Your Majesty is merciful, and when I heard the official's reaction, I felt pity for these students who didn't have high school, and felt that these students should be given a chance, so Your Majesty said that as long as the students who have been wronged come to me to sign up, they can participate in the palace examination, which is equivalent to giving them one more chance."
Lao Yang asked: "Then what if you have shouted injustice but don't sign up for the palace exam?" ”
"Shouting grievances and not signing up?" Lao Wu frowned, and said indifferently, "Isn't that teasing Your Majesty, it belongs to bullying the king, this is going to kill the head, not only will the head be killed, but his family will probably also be killed!" However, I think that those students who cry out for grievances should be talented and learned, and they should be able to outperform those high school tributes. ”
"Oh, that's right, if you don't have talent, you won't shout injustice, what kind of thing is that the court deliberately pasted the ugly scroll or something." Lao Yang nodded in agreement.
"Oh, I won't tell you, it's not too early, I'm going to go to the next street. I'm leaving! Lao Wu looked at the time, shouted and hurriedly walked forward.
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On the next street, this old Wu met the bold old Zhang again, and re-staged the conversation just now.
But the matter did not end there, this old Wu seemed to have been a courtesan when he was young, no matter where he went, there would always be a bold person on that street who knew Lao Wu, and then such conversations were repeated on every street.
Soon the whole capital knew that the students who participated in the riot this time had the opportunity to participate in the palace examination, and it was not okay not to go, otherwise it would be a crime of bullying the king, and they would punish the nine clans, which made the students who did not participate in the riot sigh, why didn't they be impulsive in the first place.
The students who participated in the riots were very happy, as we all know, the palace examination is not eliminated, so as long as those who participated in the palace examination are Jinshi, but the ranking is different.
They didn't expect that they didn't get into the Gongshi, but they got a Jinshi in one step.
At this moment, they were especially grateful to the mysterious figure, if he had not given beauty, or money, or fame and fortune, they might have missed this opportunity.
Zhou Yushan was also one of the students who participated in the riots, but he was not happy.
He was originally a lifter in Shanxi, but he spent money to buy it, and it cost him a full 300,000 taels, and he only bought a lifter at the end.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, 300,000 taels was enough for Zhu Yuanzhang to skin and cramp this corrupt official thirty times.
After the exam this time, Zhou Yushan came to the capital to break the jar, and he never thought about high school, even if he got the last place like the township exam.
So three days ago, after Zhou Yushan finished reading the apricot list he didn't hit, he went to drink with the Oiran he met in the capital.
Just as he was drinking happily, a man in Tsing Yi broke in.
"Who are you?" Zhou Yushan, who was taking off his pants, hurriedly lifted his pants and shouted loudly. Almost, short and concise will become short and unrefined.
"It doesn't matter who I am, but I want to give you this opportunity!" The man in Tsing Yi sat down at the table, glanced at the Oiran, and nodded slightly.
"Get out, I've got something to do!" Zhou Yushan has no time to deal with any opportunities at this time, he is about to return to Shanxi, and before leaving, he finally persuaded the Oiran in front of him that he can taste the fragrance of flowers today. Now even if he is allowed to be the sixth book, he has to wait for him to do it first.
"Why be in such a hurry?" Instead of getting angry, the man in Tsing Yi took out a piece of paper from his arms and said, "This is the deed of sale of this Oiran, I have redeemed it for you, and you can do it whenever you want in the future!" ”
"Really?" Zhou Yushan excitedly wanted to snatch the deed of sale, he had also wanted to redeem this Oiran, but the buyer had already spent all his family's savings.
What's more, Zhou Yushan, in his hometown in Shanxi, has already married a yellow-faced woman, and if that yellow-faced woman knew that he was redeeming himself for the Oiran, she would definitely hack him to death.
"Oh, here you go!" The man in Tsing Yi did not hide, but generously gave the deed of sale to Zhou Yushan.
After reading the deed of sale, Zhou Yushan began to gnaw indiscriminately while holding the oiran.
"Ahem...... The man in Tsing Yi looked at Zhou Yushan and coughed twice helplessly.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I was so excited that I forgot you were still there!" Zhou Yushan let go of the Oiran a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "You have helped me so much, there must be something for me to do, let's say, anything, as long as I can do it Zhou Yushan, I will help you do it!" ”
"Refreshing!" The man in Tsing Yi praised, "It's comfortable to talk to smart people!" ”
"The rumors on the street today - 'Zhu Yang is the illegitimate son of the prince', have you heard it!" The man in Tsing Yi said.
"Hmm!" Zhou Yushan nodded, but he sighed in his heart Zhu Yang's good luck, if he was also the illegitimate son of the prince, I would definitely charter all the flower boats in the entire Qinhuai River, one each in the morning, noon and evening, and not the same every day.
"Tomorrow, when you go to the street, you will say, 'Zhu Yang's Huiyuan was given by the prince to hint at the examiner', and then mobilize the students or people around you to let them go to the Gongyuan to protest!" The man in Tsing Yi said.
"Huh? Prince? Zhou Yushan looked at the man in Tsing Yi in front of him suspiciously, Zhu Biao's reputation among the people has always been good, and some people are even looking forward to Zhu Biao's early accession to the throne.
"What do you want to do to the prince?" Although Zhou Yushan couldn't do the exam, he was first-class in his thinking.
"My lord...... Cough...... No, my grandfather surnamed Wang has a grudge against the prince and wants to pour some dirty water on him! The man in Tsing Yi pretended to say that he had leaked his mouth.
"Wang ......" Zhou Yushan naturally understood the words of the man in Tsing Yi, he glanced at the man in Tsing Yi deeply, and then refused, "Forget it, I won't participate in this dirty water, you can find someone else!" ”
I'm just an ordinary move, a matter of taking the heir? Zhou Yushan didn't dare to think about it.
"Why? Look at the Oiran in front of you! The man in Tsing Yi pointed to the Oiran on the bed who showed his shoulders and smiled lightly and said, "As long as you do it, this beauty is yours!" ”
Zhou Yushan looked at the beauty he wanted for a product in his life, hesitated for a moment, and finally refused, "Forget it, my department is involved in this matter, I don't want the Oiran!" ”
"Okay, since you don't eat and drink in the toast, then you can take a look at this again!" The man in Tsing Yi took out another piece of paper from his arms.
"You ......" Zhou Yushan's face suddenly changed when he saw it, and this piece of paper actually recorded the process of how he bribed the chief examiner of the township examination.
"This examiner has a relationship with my grandfather surnamed Wang, and he casually mentioned it to my grandfather last night!" The man in Tsing Yi threatened, "If you don't do it, then I will hand this over to the Criminal Department, such evidence is enough to wipe out you and your entire clan, and then don't say that it is the beauty in front of you, even the yellow-faced woman, you will not be blessed!" ”
"You're ruthless!" Zhou Yushan wanted to rob it.
But this time, the man in Tsing Yi easily avoided it, and never let Zhou Yushan touch the slightest corner of his clothes.
"Okay, I'll go!" Zhou Yushan gritted his teeth and resigned himself.
"That's right!" The man in Tsing Yi stroked Zhou Yushan's bun, "As long as you do it, our master said that he will get you a jinshi in the future, and he will be a magistrate in the future, so that you will have money, beauty, and power!" ”
"Now you go and enjoy!" The man in Tsing Yi handed over the paper full of Zhou Yushan's guilt to Zhou Yushan, "Since you promised, you have no room for repentance, this piece of paper is gone, my grandfather can get another one!" ”
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Since that day, Zhou Yushan has meticulously completed the tasks assigned by the man in Tsing Yi, and the original protest has turned into a riot with the addition of the gangsters.
However, after the camp stationed in Beijing entered the city, Zhou Yushan knew that his end was approaching.
"What, you said I could take the temple exam?" Zhou Yushan hid in the inn room, looked at his classmates who were participating in the examination together, and asked in astonishment.
"That's right, just now His Majesty asked people to preach the edict on the street, and many people heard it!" The classmate said enviously, "I thought I persuaded you not to participate, but I never thought that this would be an opportunity, but alas, if I had been bold enough to follow you, maybe I would have been able to participate in the palace examination!" ”
"But ......" Zhou Yushan still didn't believe it.
"Don't do it, you go and sign up!" My classmate interrupted, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”
"What if someone pretends to be someone who pretends to be, I mean what happens if someone doesn't go and complains, but they report their name?" Zhou Yushan asked.
"It's impossible, Your Majesty not only strictly ordered the Imperial History, the Criminal Department, and Dali Temple to check, but also ordered the Jinyi Guard to secretly visit, if someone pretends, it is estimated that he will die!" The classmate regretted, "If there was no strict investigation by these parties, I would definitely have impersonated, but unfortunately not now!" ”
"Really?" Zhou Yushan always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
"Shall I go to the man in Tsing Yi and ask?" Zhou Yushan pondered in his heart that the man in Tsing Yi had left an address and asked him to go there to find him if he had something.