Chapter 4: The Little Emperor
At this moment, eight thousand miles away.
There are 100-foot towering buildings, standing in the giant city.
This city is the imperial capital of the imperial dynasty, and the name of the high-rise building is called the general mansion of the gods. At the top of the building, there was a warrior standing with his hands in his hands, his armor was golden and bright, and he had an ancient bronze spear in his hand.
It seems to be looking at the sky, and it seems to be looking down on the common people.
Suddenly, the eyes of this golden-armored martial artist froze, staring in a certain direction, as if he wanted to penetrate eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers and see through the changes in a certain place.
After a moment, the golden-armored warrior whispered in a deep voice, and said with a little surprise: "Tonight is quite interesting, there is a village where the fog dissipates in the first half of the night, eight thousand miles away, a small village......
A group of nobles stood not far away, and when they heard this, someone suddenly made a joke and said flatteringly: "Since the fog in the village has dissipated, it must be the village that has eliminated the danger of the night, and according to years of experience, it can be concluded that it should be the night watchman in this village who has accumulated enough basic merits." ”
Another nobleman also spoke, and said in the same flattering tone: "That's right, it must be the night watchman who has accumulated enough merit, otherwise those who have five evils and three deficiencies will never have the ability to dispel the night fog, so it seems that there are people who have embarked on the road of heaven." ”
The nobleman from before spoke again, and said with a look of sincere admiration: "Although the position of the night watchman is very low, it is the only ladder for the people of Qianshou Limin, they keep vigil at night, and the gods give them merit, and once they have accumulated enough basic merits, they have the threshold to step into the gods...... The gods are so benevolent, even the mud and the head of the mud give a chance. ”
The two gods and nobles spoke continuously, and their words were full of compliments to the gods, but for the people of Limin, it was a condescending tone.
Muddy Qianshou is its name.
Only the golden-armored warrior frowned slightly, as if he was a little displeased, and opened his mouth to scold: "Even though he is from a folk background, he has accumulated enough merit, and since then he has set foot on the path of the gods' favor, he is a fellow of us......"
Saying that, he glanced at it coldly, and said coldly: "You are mocking and contemptuous, and your words are high, you have forgotten that you and other ancestors are also a group of muddy legs." ”
The two nobles were reprimanded, and their faces were immediately terrified, and they repeatedly accused: "The great priest spares his life, I won't dare to wait any longer." ”
But in his heart, he didn't think so, he felt that the great priest was making a little fuss, and he was just a newly awakened night watchman, so could he be treated so seriously?
You must know that the imperial dynasty has a jurisdiction of 10,000 li, with hundreds of thousands of large and small villages, and almost every night there are night watchmen who accumulate enough merit and awaken the basic power to set foot in the gods, and once they set foot on the road of the gods, they are qualified to recruit into the gods' mansions.
But it's just to recruit into the Divine Mansion, you need to slowly climb up from the grassroots level, even if you work hard and conscientiously, I'm afraid you won't be able to rise a few times in your life.
And they are different, their ancestors have accumulated for several generations or even dozens of generations, and now they have already ascended to the high position of the Divine Dependents, and they are born to be high.
The Grand Priest made them see the mud legs as if they were on the same path?
How ridiculous.
This group of nobles secretly mocked in their hearts, but their faces showed submissiveness, and they kept nodding and saying: "The great priest is right, we must bow down and introspect." ”
The Jinjia martial artist was quite satisfied, nodded and said approvingly: "You can change your mistakes, you are very good, you are all rising stars of various wealthy families, and the old man hopes that you can go higher in the future." ”
Suddenly, his tone changed, and he ordered in a deep voice: "The old man looks at the fog of the earth at night, the imperial territory is 10,000 miles of mountains and rivers, there are a total of twenty-seven villages tonight, each of them has eliminated the danger of the village, and it can be inferred that there are twenty-seven night watchmen who have accumulated enough merit......"
After a pause, he continued: "According to the old rules, send a document to the Divine Dependents Mansion in various places, and recruit all these twenty-seven night watchmen into the Divine Dependents' Mansion. ”
said another meal, deliberately admonished: "Folk people, from humble backgrounds, but they rely on their own strength, hard work to accumulate merits, the more this kind of people, the more talented, so you must be treated well, in the future, everyone is on the same road." ”
The nobles present nodded again and again, but their expressions were a little disapproving.
One of the beautiful girls even smiled and asked, "Since the high priest ordered to follow the old rules, then these night watchmen can only be pawns at first, right?" ”
As he spoke, he smiled again and said deliberately: "Even if we want to treat them well, the rules of the Mansion of the Gods cannot be broken, right?" A group of mud-legged people, it is already a favor to be able to enter the Divine Mansion. ”
The great priest heard the contempt in the girl's tone, but for some reason he didn't reprimand him, but sighed slightly, and taught earnestly: "Girl, you have to remember that not only the Divine Mansion is in power in the imperial court, if you don't pay attention to talents, you will be robbed by the imperial court." ”
The girl pouted with disdain: "The imperial court? The imperial court also wants to serve the gods! Even His Majesty the Emperor of the Imperial Court has to bow in the face of the great priest. ”
The great priest frowned, and finally scolded him slightly: "Since ancient times, the gods have a decree, and the emperor is the emperor of a country, and he and the great priest jointly govern the dynasty, and they are equal to each other, so how can they say that they should salute?" ”
The girl was reprimanded, her face showed coquettishness, and she just wanted to say a few words, but she was already glared at coldly by the great priest, and the girl could only suppress her dissatisfaction, and stomped her feet angrily.
The great priest sighed, waved his hand helplessly, and said, "Let's go down, remember that you are the rising stars of each family, you must do things well and accumulate merits." The more merit you accumulate, the higher you can rise. ”
A group of Shenfu nobles promised one after another, and retreated from the top of the high-rise building.
……
After getting off the tall building, the girl suddenly snorted angrily, and said in a brutal tone: "These twenty-seven night watchmen must not give them too good treatment tonight, and I am so angry that the great priest actually reprimanded me." ”
A young nobleman hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a low smile: "There are regulations in the Divine Mansion policy, and those who are recruited for the first time lack merit, so according to the local situation, they can be assigned to the night patrol team first......
The girl's eyes lit up suddenly, and she said in surprise: "Night patrol team? Okay very! ”
The young nobleman continued to chuckle and said, "The night patrol team is responsible for patrolling the wilderness, and they have to face the ghosts and ghosts in the dense fog, if it is an elite team, they can barely survive it...... However, a group of night watchmen who had just been recruited. ”
"Hee-hee! They will die! ”
The girl smiled like a flower.
……
At the same time, it was still the imperial capital.
Tomorrow has not yet dawned, and the diligent little emperor has already gotten up.
An old chamberlain hurriedly sent a booklet, and whispered in a stingy voice: "Your Majesty, the Divine Mansion has passed the book, and the great priest looked at the imperial territory for 10,000 miles last night, and there were a total of 27 villages to eliminate the fog. ”
The little emperor was very surprised, and his voice trembled a little: "Really? Twenty-seven? Doesn't that mean that there are twenty-seven more people in our dynasty who can practice? ”
"Hahaha, yes!"
The little emperor looked excited, and kept muttering to himself: "The more people who cultivate, the better the life of the people." With the protection of the cultivators, the fog at night is no longer dangerous, and those poor people can sleep peacefully after a busy day......"
"Hurry up, let the officials issue a document quickly, these twenty-seven people last night were all recruited into the yamen in various places."
However, the old chamberlain sighed and said in a stingy voice again: "But the great priest has already ordered these twenty-seven people to be recruited into the Divine Mansion. ”
The little emperor was slightly stunned, and his face was a little depressed: "Yes, the great priest will definitely give an order." Since ancient times, the rules have been like this. For the awakened night watchmen of the people, the Divine Dependent's Mansion has the right of priority to recruit them. ”
As he spoke, he sighed and muttered, "But I am very longing, I am very longing for these pillars. If they become officials of the imperial court, they can protect the peace of all places. But if they enter the Divine Mansion, they will slowly be influenced by the Divine Mansion, and from then on, they will chase the gifts of the Divine Beings, and few people will really protect the people. ”
Hearing the emperor's depressed tone, the old chamberlain looked at the little emperor's face full of longing, and couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart, and couldn't help but whisper.
There was obviously some hint in the words of this chamberlain, although the point was so far, but it was clear: "The old slave has some eyeliner in the Divine Mansion, and he sent me a little gossip, it is said that it is because of the reprimand of the great priest, which caused several young nobles to be dissatisfied, so they are ready to make things difficult......"
Although the emperor was young, he was very shrewd, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked in surprise: "Are they going to make trouble?" Don't I have a chance? ”
The old chamberlain had a deep face, and said with a low smile: "Although the rules are the rules, but the favor is the favor." If the night watchman himself does not want to enter the palace of the gods, but wants to work as an errand in the local yamen......"
The little emperor laughed, and his expression reinvigorated: "If this happens, our court side will not break the rules. I, the Emperor, did not compete for talent, but gave the Night's Watch a share of what they wanted to do. ”
Rubbing his hands excitedly, he hurriedly asked the chamberlain: "Tell me quickly, how are those young ladies in the Divine Mansion's going to make things difficult for the night watchman?" ”
The old chamberlain continued to chuckle: "It is said that after preparing to recruit into the palace, all of them will be assigned to the most dangerous night patrol team. As for the position, it's all pawns. ”
"Hahaha, good!"
The little emperor clapped his hands heavily and said in surprise: "Such a harsh criticism of talents, the night watchman must be dissatisfied." When my chance comes, I will make them all county orders. ”
The old chamberlain was taken aback, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry." Although you want to treat talents well, there are already prefectural commanders in various places. If all these twenty-seven people were given the county order, wouldn't the original county order be chilling. ”
The little emperor said, "But I must make them feel courteous, so that I can snatch them into the court...... No, I'm not trying to rob people from the Divine Mansion. ”
The old chamberlain said: "Even if you want to be courteous, you can't be in vain. The old slave has a suggestion, in fact, yamen everywhere are looking forward to this kind of talent. Therefore, why doesn't Your Majesty give special power and let the counties and counties give their own salaries to recruit people......"
After a pause, he continued: "In this way, the county orders in various places can be taken according to the situation of the local government office, for example, some places can take out the post of county lieutenant, and some places can give the county government chief arrest treatment......"
The little emperor thought for a moment and said, "If the position is not attractive enough, the county commanders can make up for it in other ways, such as giving money, and for example, giving the house."
"And I will quietly watch here and not make a move, so as not to mess up the official positions in various places, after all, the shortage of officials in each place is different."
The old chamberlain's face was pleased: "Your Majesty is intelligent, calm and measured, so quietly watching, showing the imperial atmosphere." ”
The little emperor laughed, obviously happy about the recruitment.
Suddenly remembering something, he hurriedly asked: "Each of the twenty-seven night watchmen last night is a pillar of the future, and if all of them enter the imperial court, they will inevitably become the mainstay." But I'm still a little greedy, are there any outstanding people among them? ”
The old chamberlain nodded with a smile: "Your Majesty's wish, or maybe there really is, it is said that in the village that dispelled the mist last night, there was actually a village in the first half of the night. ”
The little emperor's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "It's the first half of the night?" It's hard to get merit in the first half of the night. Isn't this man a brilliant man? ”
The old chamberlain nodded again: "Since ancient times, the night is fierce, the first half of the night is safer, and the second half of the night is very difficult, so it is difficult for the night watchman to accumulate merit in the first half of the night, and the second half of the night is the time for merit gain." ”
The little emperor nodded: "So the person who can save up enough merit in the first half of the night must be a person with great luck or great talent." ”
As he spoke, he asked urgently: "Where is this person last night?" ”
The old waiter replied: "Eight thousand miles away, in the south of Dongmeng Mountain, there is a county seat, Mingyi City, and twenty miles outside the city, there is a village Zhangjia Village. ”
The little emperor subconsciously looked into the distance and muttered: "The village is called Zhangjia Village?" Then this person should be surnamed Zhang. ”
The old chamberlain nodded with a smile: "Most of the people gather in clans and villages, so this person should be surnamed Zhang." ”
The little emperor rubbed his hands excitedly: "This is the pillar of my dynasty, he can dispel the fog in the first half of the night, and I am eager for him to enter the local official office." ”
"Your Majesty is kind to others, and you should do as Your Majesty wishes." The old chamberlain's words were suggestive, his eyes were as deep as an abyss, and he said: "The county commander of Nayi City is an official with a mind. ”
The little emperor settled down and said expectantly: "Very good, very good." I waited and hoped that he could recruit people to the county office. ”