The Divine Decree has arrived! ”

"Li Kui, Li Yun, take the order!"

After the lieutenant finished reading the holy decree, he rolled up the holy decree and held it respectfully, waiting for Li Kui and Li Yun to receive the decree. After following the normal process, Li Kui and Li Yun should be prepared to reward the hard work of the lieutenant officials.

But not only did the lieutenant not wait for the rich red envelope, but there was an explosive voice in his ears: "Don't go!" ”

Li Yungang's outstretched hand trembled suddenly, and he retracted it again.

He didn't understand, why did the good Li Kui want to make a demon again?

But Li Yun also understands that Li Kui has always been a character who does not suffer losses, how can he not have any benefits after making a move to resist the order?

Could it be that after resisting the decree, the emperor did not give up and decided to use the benefits of giving Jinshi to win over Li Kui? If that's the case, wouldn't you have a part in it?

But although Li Yun dared to guess so wildly, he also felt that it was unrealistic. How noble the identity of the same Jinshi is, the Great Song Dynasty will not give it easily. Unless it's the kind of world-famous talent, a famous Confucian. to have the opportunity to receive such a reward from the emperor. He is a little bit famous in the mahjong world in the capital, and he is not a good reputation, and I am afraid that the emperor will not give him and Li Kui the same Jinshi background for this.

The lieutenant was still proud just now, and his head was raised as if his nostrils could see the road. Suddenly, the situation changed, and he was so frightened by Li Kui that he trembled, pointed at Li Kui and screamed: "Li Kui, do you dare to resist and disobey the order?" ”

"There are villains around Your Majesty, bewitching Your Majesty to be greedy for fun, this is a traitor's doing, although Li Kui is a lifter, after the provincial test, he will definitely beat the drum and eradicate this traitor for the people of the world, and for my Great Song Qingjun."

"In addition, Li Kui is going to participate in the provincial examination, and this is a critical moment before the exam, how can he give up his roots?"

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It is also a bit of a haste in today's University of Science and Technology, if it is the Shenzong Dynasty, students from all over the country who come to the capital to participate in the provincial examination will be uniformly arranged to enter Taixue to study, and food and accommodation will be free. This is the preferential treatment of scholars by the imperial court. If Li Kuizhen lived in Taixue, the emperor would not dare to make an order for the scholar to go to the palace to teach him mahjong skills before the exam.

If this caused dissatisfaction among the scholars, thousands of people would make a fuss from Taixue, and the emperor would tremble.

The lieutenant said a word, and Li Kui waited for him with a lot of words. Needless to say, the eunuch who doesn't pay attention to it on weekdays is dumbfounded, to be reasonable, how can he talk about a scholar, or a reader in high school, not only a high school scholar, but also a reader who takes the provincial exam?

The lieutenant made a purring sound in his throat, looked left and right, and found that even if Li Kui was alone and bowed in front of him, even if Li Kui's body shrunk into a ball, it was still as majestic as a hill, even if he was arrested, I am afraid it would not be possible.

I really can't fight.

Scolding and scolding.

The lieutenant was stunned and cried: "My life is so miserable!" ”

Holding the holy decree and crying, Li Yun couldn't bear it when he heard it, but there was no way, Li Kui didn't answer, and he didn't dare to accept it.

The eunuchs can be said to be the most miserable group, and the misery is not the kind that does not mean that they have no food or drink, but the mental torture until it is completely distorted. In the palace, the lowest eunuchs are called miscellaneous servants, the kind who are busy dying and living all day long. The promoted chamberlains were unified into the Little Yellow Gate. has meritorious, and is promoted to become an inner servant Huangmen. Congratulations to him, he is finally qualified to sweep the courtyard for the emperor. Before, he didn't even have the qualifications to sweep the courtyard for the emperor's nobles.

After countless expectations and tortures, the eunuchs embarked on the path of their fortune and entered the Inner Servant Province.

Introspection, which is what the palace calls 'post-province', can only become an official when a eunuch can really become an official, and he can be regarded as a eunuch with good quality and rank. Of course, there are post-provinces, and there are ex-provinces. However, most of these eunuchs do not work in the palace, and basically nest in various places, collecting money and taxes for the emperor to supervise the army.

From top to bottom. The ranks of the eunuchs of the Later Province of the Great Song Dynasty are divided into: Dudu Zhi, Du Zhi, Deputy Du Zhi, Charge Ban, Nei Dongtou Worship Officer, Inner West Head Worship Official, Inner Servant Diantou, Inner Servant Gaopin, Inner Servant Gaoban, Inner Servant Huangmen.

Don't think that the inner servant Huangmen is an official, it's still far away.

The queen, the eunuch who sweeps the courtyard of the important concubine is the inner servant Huangmen, and the nobles in the palace will not take a second look at it at all.

The Great Song Dynasty had preferential treatment for civil officials, and in fact, there was also preferential treatment for military generals, but they were not allowed to lead troops. The same is true for eunuchs, who can marry daughters-in-law and live a married family life...... It's just a miserable treatment.

The lieutenant is just a chamberlain in the palace, and he is an errand in the vertical arch hall. belongs to the promotion as an offering officer, can be a blessing; Degraded, go back and continue to sweep the yard unlucky.

I thought that I would be lucky if I got the beauty of the message.

But I didn't expect to meet a guy like Li Kui who didn't play cards according to the routine, and he would resist the will when he said that he would resist the will, and he would not be given a chance to speak at all. Of course, the lieutenant can't say anything about Li Kui. If he said that it was not important to study and study, Li Kui would immediately jump up and point at the nose of the lieutenant and scold, this guy ruined the court's talent ceremony, his conscience was very bad, and he was also a meritorious man to kill him.

The lieutenant thought about begging Li Kui, but he held the holy decree, if he really begged in a low voice, would there be a way to live when he went back?

And Li Kui refused so simply, even if he begged in a low voice, Li Kui would not agree in the end, this is an understanding of this situation.

For the lieutenant, if the errand is smashed, after going back, he will definitely be punished. If you don't throw it back to do chores, you're already lucky. The palace is very realistic, and it has made a fortune, and some people come to stammer. If he was really unlucky, the people who had begged him before would be eager to come and step on his feet. Also, the daughter-in-law he just married didn't know that it would be cheaper and shameless.

As for Li Kui, he banged at the door to watch the lively eldest sister like no one: "Go, go, beware of being arrested by the eunuchs and going to the palace to be a palace maid." ”

"I have this thought, maybe the emperor will be fortunate to become a noble person that day, and I will ask Xiao Langjun to fulfill it."

The eldest sister on the street is really not a vegetarian, and a few of them are older than the emperor's mother, and they speak openly, all of them are bold and reckless strong women. If these eldest sisters enter the palace, the emperor is afraid that he will have nightmares every day and lose ten years of life.

Li Kui sneered: "I don't look at your age, I still want to marry the emperor, it's good to marry a eunuch!" ”

"Black boy, Terdi's poisonous tongue."

blasted away the lively neighborhood, and as soon as the door was closed, Li Yunshi couldn't help but ask Li Kui: "Second brother, why do you resist the order, we won't be arrested and beheaded, right?" ”

This guy is also adding drama to himself, when did the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty kill the scholar because of his resistance to the decree? Besides, the emperor actually ordered him to teach him to play mahjong, is this what a serious emperor should do? Li Kui pondered that after resisting the decree, his fame in the capital should increase a lot.

Teaching the emperor to play mahjong is such a dirty thing, to say that it sounds good, but it is not in the stream. To put it mildly, it is to bewitch the official family and cause chaos to the government. Although there are risks associated with the failure to comply with the decree, it will not deprive them of their qualification for the provincial examination. At most, when the palace was examined, he was deposed by the emperor.

But the palace tried more than 600 volumes, is it possible for the emperor to read them one by one?

At most, I will look at twenty or thirty copies, pretending. Determine the ranking of the three tripods and the like. But Li Kui ...... Forget it, if he brags in Yizhou, it will naturally be true, and the top prize test is like playing. But if you brag in Bianliang, Tokyo, you will be in danger of being slapped in the face every minute. His talent in the imperial examination is much worse than Fan Chong's, let alone compared with the world's talents.

Li Kui resisted the decree, and naturally there was a reason to resist the decree.

He pondered that it would definitely not be a good thing to go to the palace to teach the emperor to play mahjong. Most of the time there is a villain who has slandered him, otherwise, how could he, an ordinary scholar, suddenly be known by the emperor?

It's weird here.

It's nothing just that the emperor knows, after all, secretly, he has such a big business relationship with the Liu family, and the Liu family must have said his name when he offered snowflake salt. As for why he was not crowned, there may be deeper considerations. After all, he is already a scholar, and judging from the previous signs, he may be able to hit the Jinshi in the Universiade examination.

If you win the jinshi, you will definitely send the reward for the late arrival.

But teaching the emperor to play mahjong is different, is this the emperor's own idea as soon as he pats his head, or is someone slanderous? Besides, if he went stupidly, wouldn't he be pinched by someone and become a traitor who charmed the emperor.

In the face of Li Kui's resistance, Gao Yu's mood was the most complicated, and he even had some admiration that he had never had: "Renjie, I didn't expect you to ...... Alas, what a great opportunity! ”

In Gao Yu's tone, there was envy and jealousy.

Li Kui grinned and said, "Senior brother, you didn't go, I went with Li Yun, what's the matter?" Good brothers are angry, are we brothers the kind of people who abandon their brothers for the sake of wealth? ”

"Woo...... Renjie, I ......"

Gao Yu's tears of emotion were about to fall, and he couldn't imagine that Li Kui would openly resist the decree because he couldn't see him. Gao Yu's jealousy of Li Kui in his heart before suddenly dissipated, these brothers are simply the blessings he has cultivated in three lives and three lives. Although he didn't believe Li Kui's words very much, as long as there was this sentence, it was enough. I'm afraid that Gao Yu will never forget that he has a brother named Li Kui until he dies.

But in a blink of an eye, Li Kui asked Huang Tingjian: "Uncle Master, why did Your Majesty suddenly issue an order to let the kid and Li Yun see the Pope playing mahjong?" ”

If it was before, what happened in the court, Huang Tingjian probably didn't know.

As soon as he came, he had no chance to go to court at all; Second, in his Qing Shui Leng Yamen, no one told him about the court.

But this time was different, Li Qingchen deliberately used Li Kui to provoke Su Zhe and make Su Zhe ugly. The entire Imperial Palace, and even the entire Imperial City, spread the word.

Huang Tingjian finally did not disappoint Li Kui and told the reason.

"Li Qingchen? This guy is not a Hanlin bachelor, why should he target his uncle? This thief is hateful. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, although Li Qingchen is at odds with Zhongshu Shilang, but this person is already the main examiner of the provincial examination, if you don't win, forget it. If you get into the jinshi, he will be your teacher, and if you gossip on the street, it will inevitably make people criticize your virtues. Huang Tingjian instructed.

Li Yun shouted for Su Zhe on the side, although he and Li Kui were not treated by Su Zhe, and even the visit was refused. But he and Li Kui were told on the first day of study with Huang Tingjian that Su Zhe did not care about them, but out of his own difficulties. As for the difficulties, Huang Tingjian didn't say anything, and Li Yun didn't dare to ask.

But Su Zhe can still care about them, and with Li Yun's simple thoughts, he feels that although this uncle is far worse than his ancestor, he is not bad. Belong to the kind of people who can be saved.

As the so-called helping relatives doesn't help, Li Yun won't see that his family doesn't help and help an outsider, right?

Besides, although Li Qingchen is also surnamed Li, this product is from the Daimyo Mansion, so he is not a relative at all.

What can Huang Tingjian say, he can't figure out Li Qingchen's thoughts, and wants to replace Su Zhe's official position as a Chinese scholar, right? It's a bit of a fool's dream, although this official is in a high position, but his official duties are extremely cumbersome. There is not only the disease of government treasury taxation, but also the difficulty of disaster relief and farming, and the difficulty of arranging hundreds of labors. Ordinary officials want to do this position, and there are not a few brushes that really can't be played.

Li Qingchen is just a word minister, and his level of governance is worse than that of his own teachers. Thinking of this, Huang Tingjian secretly confessed in his heart, Su Shi is also a minister, but he can see the good and bad of the policy, although if Su Shi is the deputy minister, or even the prime minister, it will probably be a mess. But Li Qingchen's level is estimated to be inferior to Su Shi.

What's more, although the Zhongshu Shilang is in a high position, he is busy with official affairs and needs to coordinate various departments of the imperial court.

The news of Li Kui's blatant resistance spread throughout the Song Dynasty officialdom for a while.

Hanlin Academy, Li Qingchen learned from his entourage that Li Kui openly resisted the order, angrily smashed the tea bowl in his hand, and angrily reprimanded: "This must be instigated by Su Zhe, this person disregards the emperor's grace, just for his own reputation, it is really hateful." ”

"No, the official wants to enter the palace to angrily reprimand Su Zhe for the crime of instigation." Li Qingchen hurriedly got up, with an angry face on his face, ready to go to the palace to slander.

This kind of thing has gradually become the norm since the Fa-changers began to have more and more power to speak in the court.

Emperor Zhao Xu was also unbearable, but he had no choice at all. If he wants to be a good emperor and a Ming monarch, he can't help but give his courtiers a chance to speak. This is blocking the way of speech, how can the faint gentleman do it.

Although he ascended the throne at the age of nine, he had no cronies in the court. All the courtiers only know how to tie up with his imperial grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xuanren. No one paid any attention to him.

The only one who can still pay attention to his identity and opinions is the old minister Su Song, which is why Su Song has been impeached many times, and he has to protect Su Song.

He is a person who misses the old, and Su Song's previous respect for him made the little emperor never forget the warmth of this friendship between monarchs and ministers.

Similarly, Zhao Xu's favorability towards Li Kui is much greater than that of Su Song.

Li Kui's snowflake salt, although he can earn more than one million yuan every year, part of this money is left by the Li family, laying the foundation for the prosperity of the family. But at least a small half, no less than forty percent entered the palace and became Liu Qingjing's small treasury. Liu Qingjing's money, isn't it his money?

And Zhao Xu was very strictly controlled when the Empress Dowager Xuanren was alive.

There is no money in his pocket, and the emperor can only pretend to be a fool in the palace every day. Zhao Xu was not born to be a prince, he knows his identity, there is the imperial grandmother and the queen mother. If you really make these two unhappy, maybe your own emperor will come to an end. Of course, this was the first few years, and in the last few years of Yuan Yu, he didn't have this worry.

But there was no way, the power of the two old women was still there, and he didn't dare to resist at all.

On the surface, he didn't dare to resist, but his heart was suppressed to the verge of collapse. He couldn't take out the money he gave to the palace people on weekdays. What the emperor did was also aggrieved.

That is, after the marketing of snowflake salt, his life is getting better day by day.

After getting better, Zhao Xu knew that the people who helped him were not only the Liu family, but also Li Kui. Of course, he thinks more that Li Kui is still his brother-in-law.

Born in an environment where even his brothers dare not tell the truth, Zhao Xu often hopes that there will be someone who fights side by side with him.

If this person is Li Kui, it is also very good.

This is also why the moment he heard Li Kui's name, he immediately agreed to let Li Kui enter the palace.

Didn't even think about the consequences of doing so.

But the result was that Zhao Xu waited left and right and didn't wait for Li Kui to come, but saw the eunuch sent out crying and kneeling on the ground, crying while crawling in front of Zhao Xu, crying and crying: "Your Majesty, Li Kui, Li Kui resisted and disobeyed!" ”

Zhao Xu had an excellent impression of Li Kui, and after he ascended the throne, he had no merits to praise. At this time, Li Kui gave him a big gift and offered the secret recipe of snowflake salt. Although this secret recipe was offered by Liu Baosheng, Liu Baosheng didn't know the secret recipe before, if it wasn't for Li Kui's heart to the imperial court, how could the Taishi easily get the secret recipe?

Besides, although the snowflake salt was offered to the imperial court, the object of the levy changed from the trading house to the internal official, which is equivalent to putting the money from the bag on the left to the bag on the right, and the emperor's money inside and out.

With such a heart to the court, who dares to say that Li Kui is not?

Zhao Xu felt that the eunuchs around him must be putting up a fight, and even reached out to ask for money, pondered for a while, and asked with a calm face: "Have you humiliated Li Kui?" ”

The lieutenant was dumbfounded, he wanted to come, but he didn't have a chance, and the same is true for reaching out and asking for money.

Before he could react, Zhao Xu motioned to the warrior in front of the hall, pointed at the lieutenant and said angrily: "Useless things, take them out." ”

However, it has been said in the court that he wants to have fun with the people, and it is really impossible to play mahjong. Zhao Xu had no choice but to go to the harem to find Liu Qingjing to find a way.

Liu Qingjing heard this, pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "I have a way, let my people go!" Keep him obediently to the palace. ”

"Tong Guan, take the holy decree to Li Kui, and after seeing Li Kui, you will say......" Liu Qingjing whispered two sentences, and Tong Guan took the order and left.

The Huang family, not long after leaving the envoys of the Heavenly Family, Tong Guan came again.

The street is bustling with activity again.

The one who calls the door calls the door, and the one who helps to set the incense case is the incense case.

The moment Li Kui saw Tong Guan, he was stunned, and said in his heart: Why is this guy here?

After a short period of worry, Li Yun found that it was really cool to resist the order.

It's cool to resist the decree for a while, and it's always cool to resist the decree.

Li Yun clenched his fists behind Li Kui's back, muttering words that only he could hear: Second brother, don't be cowardly, just do it!