Chapter 024: Great Ming Wen Sheng

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Chen Cao's 'A Chinese Ghost Story' was a big hit, and the north and south Zhili issued a whole 100,000 copies, Chen Cao earned 230,000 taels of silver alone, and the common people couldn't afford it, all kinds of pirated books appeared, and the lowest price reached five dollars of silver, even so, it was sold out, and most people would buy genuine books printed with the watermark of Juxianju, the reason was Chen Cao's hunger marketing.

And the most popular thing about Nalan Rongruo in the past few days is not a novel, but the article released a few days ago----- "Caigen Tan"

As soon as this article came out, it immediately shocked Nan Zhili, Nanjing Xuezheng Qin Weimin even shouted that God was unfair, so that Chen Cao was born in a military family, and the scholars of Nanzhili sighed Nalan Rongruo's literary brilliance, knowing that Nalan Rongruo was Chen Cao, they rushed to Chenjiazhuang outside Zhengyang Gate, wanting to meet Chen Cao and discuss literature with Nalan Rongruo.

On the fourth day, "Caigen Tan" arrived in Beijing, and the next day it shocked Beijing, and it spread throughout the entire Beizhili in less than ten days, Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and He Zongyan, a cabinet scholar, and other high-ranking officials praised them by name, and then the court discussed, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse issued an order to announce that Chen Cao, the author of "Caigen Tan", entered Beijing to play right.

There are many people who are red-eyed, not only in the north and in the south, and some people think that Chen Cao can't write such a good article at the age of seventeen, so many people are watching the results of Chen Cao's performance in Beijing this time.

Chen Cao is not afraid at all, Caigen Tan's annotation He is ripe for this matter, this is a premeditated thing, naturally he can't show his feet, he can quickly explain the annotation of every sentence in detail, just like a teacher.

Inside the White House

Chen Cao was a guest again, this time in civilian clothes, but unlike the last time, this time he was treated better than the last time.

"Mr.'s article is a big work, the little girl has read it, Gao Cai, even Mr. Yang Ming can't make such an article as Mr.," Bai Mengsheng still looked at Chen Cao with a smile: "I don't know if Mr. was also very good at singing last time?" ”

"Does the girl have a match?" Chen Cao asked seriously.

Bai Mengsheng shook his head very indifferently: "No." ”

"Then I'll give the girl a song," Chen Cao was a campus wheat bully, even after work, he was also a singing star in the unit, so he drank tea and cleared his throat, and sang: "Without a little precaution or concern, you appeared like this, in my world, brought me surprises, and I can't help it......... In my dreams, in my heart, in my songs..."

After singing and finishing work, Chen Cao drank the last tea, and asked without waiting for Bai Mengsheng to speak, "Dare to ask the girl's name?" ”

Bai Mengsheng was stunned on the spot, Chen Cao sang to her between the lines of the song to express his admiration for her, besides, this man with all-round talents in civil and military affairs is tall and good-looking, he is a beautiful man, and he doesn't know why, so the ghost sent the god and said: "Jade... Magnolia..."

"Magnolia?" Chen Cao reminisced: "The magnolia flower is good, white and flawless, worthy of you, farewell..."

The face is completely red.... The heart is rippling...

Chen Cao was ordered to go to Beijing, and before leaving, Xu Hongji invited a few of his friends to recruit prostitutes to see Chen Cao off, and then Chen Cao found out that Wei Guogong is also a young man, his nature is so unrestrained, he may have been managed by the old housekeeper Wei Zhong before, and the depressed young man also needs stimulation.

Xu Xianchun also instructed Chen Cao to leave, and Chen Cao hurried to the capital.

...

Twelve days later, Chen Cao arrived in the heart of Daming, the city of Beijing...

I was relatively idle along the way, so I brought Xu Kaixian and Han Shizhong, plus a brocade guard from the general flag department.

The first thing Chen Cao did was to see the commander Luo Sigong, of course, the important thing is to send silver, Chen Cao is not short of silver now, so he sent 50,000 taels of silver to Luo Sigong, the old guy got the silver and praised Chen Cao's personality and literary talent, and instructed Chen Cao to behave well when the day after tomorrow when the court plays, and strive to add more brilliance to himself, after all, Jinyiwei has always been regarded as an eagle dog lackey, and they are useless martial artists.

Chen Cao immediately thought of two things that made his head big, the first thing was to propose, and the second thing was also about proposing...

Sure enough, before Chen Cao sat down on his buttocks, Li Maohui's subordinates came to the post station, and Chen Cao rushed straight to Li Maohui's mansion in the capital after receiving the news.

"Senior Chen Cao, I've seen Master Li..."

Old God Li Maohui looked at Chen Cao with satisfaction, nodded with satisfaction, and then suddenly stared at Chen Cao seriously and said, "You bastard boy who has only read "University", how can you make such an article that understands the meaning of the sage?" If you say that you are nonsense, I have read it carefully, old man, it is easy to understand, and I even think that I have learned less than a point in the past, you say, is this Caigen Tan plagiarized by you? ”

Chen Cao felt funny, but he didn't dare to talk back to his future father-in-law, so he smiled awkwardly: "Lord Li thinks that the name of the junior 'Jinling Nalan Rongruo' is nonsense?" ”

"Bastard boy... You..."Li Maohui was speechless by Chen Cao, but this sentence is also true, Chen Cao's name of Nalan Rongruo is too loud, and now after this Caigen Tan comes out, who in the entire Ming Dynasty does not know Nalan Rongruo.

"Chen Cao..."

With a coquettish shout, Chen Cao turned his head to look, but it was Li Xiang who walked into the lobby and saw Chen Cao there, with a look of surprise on his face.

Li Xiang walked into the lobby and saw Li Maohui blowing his beard and glaring, and immediately said, "Dad, are you bullying Chen Cao again?" ”

Lao Li Tou looked confused, shouting wronged, but Li Xiang didn't see it, and stepped forward and took Chen Cao's hand in front of Lao Li Tou: "Chen Cao, are you here to ask my father for marriage?" Is my dad hard for you? ”

"Nonsense..."Li Maohui took the crown and hat off his head, exposed his hair bun, and drank a cup of tea in a big gulp.

Chen Cao's face was embarrassed, now that he is rising, Li Xiang loves himself even more, otherwise he would not have held his hand in front of his father: "Xiang'er, what is that, you should know, Your Majesty summoned me to Beijing to play right, and there have been many things in the Yamen recently, so I didn't prepare a dowry in Beijing this time... Hey..."

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then looked lonely: "It's okay... It's okay..."

Li Maohui saw his daughter's expression, and he was unhappy at the moment: "Dead girl, she is so rude before she is hired by three media, and those who don't know think that my Li family's tutoring is not strict..."

Chen Cao hurriedly spoke: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's the fault of the juniors, when Xiang'er left Nanjing, the juniors promised her, and when she went to Beijing again, she would come to the adult's mansion to propose marriage, but today the juniors broke the appointment." Chen Cao saw Li Xiang's lonely expression, and felt uncomfortable: "Xiang'er, don't be angry, you must know the right thing to play in Beijing this time, that article is too shocking, and people will be jealous when you write it, if this performance can't satisfy those cabinet scholars, I'm afraid you will also fall into a crime of bullying the king, I don't want to affect you." ”

"Hmph..."Li Maohui snorted angrily: "You bastard boy still knows that the world is shocking, as soon as your article comes out, you have knocked down a large number of people, I am afraid that my great scholars think that today's education is not as good as your personal one, if you play it right, your kid's real talent and learning can't keep up with the article you wrote, I'm afraid it's not as simple as the crime of bullying the king." ”

Li Xiang was anxious when he heard this, and was stopped by Li Maohui: "Chen Cao, if you kid is really a talent of Yunwen and Yunwu, the old man, I will fulfill your marriage with Xiang'er, if not... Hey... Don't blame the old man for playing the right game..."

The old guy's heart is black enough...

"Dad..."Li Xiang looked anxiously, Chen Cao comforted him and left, he still had important things to do.

Seeing Li Xiang here, Chen Cao has another important matter, he has to go to the Li Mansion to see Li Wan'er, who is guarding filial piety.

After Li Rubai's death, the title was withdrawn because there was no heir, and the emperor was lenient, in addition to posthumously sealing, Li Wan'er actually added the title of Tieling Township Jun, because of the Li family, Li Wan'er stayed in Beijing to guard filial piety for three years, which is equivalent to being detained in the capital as a hostage.

The plaque reads' Qinci Tieling Township Junfu', Chen Cao came to the door with someone dressed in civilian clothes, fortunately, the person guarding the door saw Chen Cao a few months ago, and hurriedly went in to pass the word, and from time to time Li Wan'er personally greeted the door.

"Splash thief..."Li Wan'er's first sentence when she went out of the gate was like this, which made Chen Cao helpless for a while: "How long has it been since you came to see me?" ”

"You're not letting me in?"

The maid led Chen Cao in, after Li Rubai's death, Li Rubai's wife and concubine lived here, except for the Li family's cronies, there were few men.

"How is it, the capital is much more lively than Shenyang, right?" Chen Cao talked to Li Wan'er while walking: "It's good to live here all the time. ”

"When are you going to marry me..."

Li Wan'er didn't know how to answer Chen in a cold sentence: "What? ”

"When are you going to marry me?"

Chen Cao couldn't take advantage of the loophole: "This, I have to talk to you about something carefully, don't be angry after listening to it." ”

Syllable...

Li Wan'er pulled out her saber from behind the screen and looked at Chen Cao murderously: "You have to think clearly about the consequences of making me angry..."

The scene was highly tense, Chen Cao didn't want to die under Li Wan'er's sword, but thinking that Li Wan'er was not a wife in the future, this arrogant woman would definitely kill herself, and she was really sorry for her, but if she didn't confess now, it would definitely break out in the future, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

So Chen Cao said seriously: "I rule the world with filial piety, Wan'er, you are now keeping filial piety, for a period of three years, three years will expire, I Chen Cao Ming media is marrying, and I will carry you back in a sedan chair." ”

"It's kind of a human saying." Li Wan'er withdrew the sword.

Chen Cao continued: "But..."

"Huh?" Li Wan'er immediately put the sword on Chen Cao's neck again: "Do you have something to hide from me, if you don't make it clear, this sword will be stained with blood today." ”

"I have to say that I don't want you to be sad in the future." Chen Cao began his superb acting skills: "I am not married, and I have no marriage contract, but I am ...... from Liaodong"

Chen Cao said all the things about himself and Li Xiang in a sonorous voice, and by the way, he also said that he went back to marry a concubine, and after speaking, he said: "Do it, I'm sorry for you, but I don't want you to be sad in the future and think that I lied to you, so I'd rather be cut by you than make you sad, because I like you..."

These words were put in Chen Cao's era to flirt with sisters, Li Wan'er was also an adolescent little girl after all, stimulated by Chen Cao's words, especially the last sentence, and finally cried, and then slowly put down the long sword, only whispered 'Get out', and left by herself.

Chen Cao's biggest advantage is that he knows the current affairs, and when he saw this, he immediately slipped away with Xu Kaixian.

When he returned to the post station, there was already a group of people waiting inside, in addition to the people of the Jinyi Guard, there were a few eunuchs in the lead.

Circumventing a middle-aged eunuch, Chen Cao fixed his eyes and looked, yo, an old acquaintance: "Chen Cao has seen Gonggong Wu..."

"Ouch, Lord Chen can't do it now, you are my Ming Sage..."Wu Chun also hurriedly returned the salute.

"Wen Sheng..."Chen Cao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I can't afford it, I can't afford it..."

"This is what His Majesty said to the ancestor before, His Majesty said, 'Chen Cao's article looks simpler than those old pedant's teachings, but it is also profound, although it cannot be compared with Zhu Shengren, but it is also my Ming Dynasty'..."

The newcomer has to teach the rules, this is also the rule, after the business is done, Chen Cao hurriedly pulled Wu Chun aside, and said with a smile: "Little meaning, please laugh at your father-in-law..."

There are 10,000 taels in the envelope, not a small amount, the eunuch touched the money in the envelope Chen Cao didn't know if it was innate, but Wu Chun did find out the amount, and the smiling face was amazing: "Ouch, Lord Chen, thank you so much, we don't know how to thank you..."

"Then do your father-in-law a favor?"

Wu Chun patted his chest and said, "Although Lord Chen speaks, what our family can do will definitely be done." ”

"Little thing," Chen Cao took out another envelope: "This is filial piety to Father-in-law Wei, and please hand it over to Father-in-law..."

Wu Chun smiled happily, took the envelope and said: "No wonder the old ancestor is not mistaken, Lord Chen will be blessed in the future, but there is something for our family to convey?" ”

Chen Cao: "Please father-in-law..."

On the fifth day of the Great Dynasty, all the officials and the five grades below are all in the square of the Taihe Palace, and the five grades and above are the closest to the emperor, and the nearest person can hear the emperor speak.

The apocalypse's preference for carpentry is a hobby that only appeared in the middle of the period, and it was spread out to let the world know that after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the ministers who were close to him knew a lot, but there were basically few people who discussed this matter in private, and it was always the same as the sentence of the sage's education, 'Do not slander the monarch'...

Chen Cao's luck is very good, he is the fourth pinnan town of Fusi Zhen Fu envoy, it should be on the high platform, but he is a newcomer face saint, when at the back of the Taihe Palace, but he is a brocade guard, and Luo Sigong was promoted, and he stood on the high platform at the moment, but in the last row of the ministries, the emperor must not be able to hear clearly as long as he deserted.

The eunuch on duty was a middle-aged man with a somewhat white beard...

"It's a horse face..."Chen Cao whispered.

"Yo, I don't like Grandpa Wei?"

Wei Zhongxian?

Chen Cao was shocked, and then whispered, "I'm talking about this next to me." ”

The officials next to him are the same as Chen Cao, they are all crimson robes, they are all fourth-grade officials, but they are just civil officials, and when they heard Chen Cao being so squeezed, they immediately became anxious: "Vulgar martial artist, this official will be ready to join you in front of Your Majesty later." ”

"Huh?" Chen Cao is not easy to get along with, he knows that the Ming civil officials are stingy, and they will be settled by the Autumn Queen in the future, so he said angrily at the moment: "Bastard, who is your surname, report it quickly." ”

"This official is too often Shaoqing Yang Dongming..."

"Too... Too... Tai Changqing..."Chen Cao stammered a little when he spoke...

The fourth person in front of Yang Dongming is Chen Cao's future father-in-law, Li Maohui, and many people can hear their conversation clearly, including Li Maohui.

"Your Majesty has a will, there is a morning music, and there is no book to retreat from the court..."Wei Zhongxian shouted loudly at the top of his voice.

"The Ministry of Ministers and Soldiers has something to do." Shangshu Huang Kezan walked out of the queue: "Your Majesty, the minister received an urgent report from Liaodong yesterday, the leader of the Jiannu thieves Nurhachi broke through Shenyang and besieged Liaoyang. ”

"Why is Liao so embarrassing?" The sixteen-year-old Emperor of the Apocalypse's voice was not as thick as that of an adult: "This matter will be handed over to the Ministry of War for discussion, and the cabinet will draw up a charter." ”

"The minister's decree..."Huang Kezan continued: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing, the Xuanfu guerrilla Ma Shilong has quelled the civil unrest in Shaanxi, please tell Your Majesty how to reward him." ”

"Yi Aiqing, you said."

Huang Kezan bowed: "The minister plans to promote Ma Shilong to be the deputy chief soldier of Yongping." ”

"Quasi-play..."

After that, the various ministries began to talk briefly, which lasted for nearly an hour, Chen Cao was about to fall asleep while standing, and finally, the court discussion stopped, and Wei Zhongxian walked out and said loudly: "Your Majesty has a will, Xuanjin Yiwei Nanzhen Fusi Zhenfu envoy Chen Cao will meet..."

Chen Cao didn't want to have a dispute with Yang Dongming at the moment, so according to Professor Wu Chun's etiquette, he trotted for a while, but he panicked because of the gaze of the hundred officials, and immediately knelt down and bowed: "The last general Nanzhen Fusi Zhen Fu Chen Cao, meet my Imperial Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live..."

Hey...

The officials on both sides of the royal road covered their mouths and snickered, Chen Cao heard the small laughter, but he didn't know what he was wrong, and he didn't dare to raise his head, so he lay on his stomach like this.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh twice, and then coughed: "Aiqing is flat, stand up and speak." ”

"Your Majesty..."

Chen Cao stood up, and Yu Guang felt that many people were laughing at him, and secretly made up his mind that he must ask for clarification after going out, and then stood in place with his hands down.

Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood out of the queue at the moment, walked to the side of the imperial case of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, coughed, and the scene quieted down at the moment, and then asked on behalf of the emperor: "Where is His Royal Highness's pacification envoy Chen Cao?" ”

"The last will be..."Chen Cao bowed and bowed his hand, this etiquette Wu Chun taught.

He asked again: "You wrote the book "Caigen Tan"? ”

replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it is exactly what the last general wrote." ”

He asked, "Yesterday's must not be kept... Today is unattachable... Why? ”

He replied, "Yesterday........... Today....."

He asked again: "Zhu Ziyun: Knowing from things... Why? ”

He replied, "Knowing from things..."

The whole pair went on for almost an hour, Chen Cao had expected to know that these people would ask Zhu Xi about those things, Zhu Xi himself is quite a saint, so he said the phrase 'Gewu Zhizhi', Chen Cao previewed, and asked people to consult some old scholars, so that Sun Shenxing's words could be answered clearly.

And most of the correct ones are the original text of the book 'Caigen Tan' plagiarized by Chen Cao, and how can people who are familiar with the annotations make mistakes.

Sun Shenxing nodded with satisfaction, then turned to the Emperor of the Apocalypse: "Your Majesty, this person is indeed a true talent. ”

Zhu Youxiao said according to the words rehearsed in advance: "Chen Cao, I ask you, who taught you your knowledge?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, my father Chen Fei, who was originally a general in Liaodong, died in the battle in Salhu, a martial arts family at home, my father once found a monk who traveled all over the world for the last general to teach the last general, and the last general studied private school in Nanjing, and the only article he learned was "University". Chen Cao knelt down and said.

Zhu Youxiao asked again: "So you are self-taught?" ”

Answer: "Back to Your Majesty, it all depends on the master who traveled all over the world. ”

"Where are the others, whose names are they, and where are they from?" Zhu Youxiao asked again, this is also a plan that has been arranged a long time ago.

Answer: "The master said that he was a master of Huawai, from Shuzhong, and only knew his surname Ye, and after teaching the last general, he went to Taixi with the missionary by boat. ”

This answer was impeccable, Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian, Lao Wei nodded quietly, and Zhu Youxiao said: "Zhejiang is coming, but you are the one who said, 'No retreat'?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, but it is the last general."

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied: "It's not easy for me to have a person like you who is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, I ask you, do you want to always be a martial artist or a civil official?" ”

At this time, although there is a head in being a civil official, but martial arts is the way to protect oneself, Chen Cao said without hesitation: "Back to Your Majesty, the last general is a military general, or a military general, after all, he is a martial artist, and literature is just a hobby." ”

Zhang Wenda next to him breathed a sigh of relief, he knew Chen Cao's temperament, if this guy turned into a civil official, he would definitely be a scourge, not only him, but everyone else was indirectly relieved, but the reason was not Zhang Wenda's thoughts.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Well, I am in need of talents like you in the Ming Dynasty, so let's do it, I will retain your official position as the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi, and you will still be the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi. ”

"Your Majesty can't..."Zhao Nanxing, the Imperial History of the Left Capital, stood up in line and stopped: "Chen Cao is already the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu, how can Your Majesty let him continue to serve as the commander of the Wei?" ”

"Wei Daban, can I have a military position in my dynasty? What do I mean like Chen Cao? Zhu Youxiao turned his head and asked.

Wei Zhongxian replied: "But there is one person, when Grandmaster Wu was there, Jiang Bin, who entered the Pingyubo, at that time he was the chief soldier of the four towns, commanding the four armies and the twelve regiments and battalions outside the Beijing Division, and he also had the actual position of commanding Tongzhi in Jinyi Weibei Town..."

Chen Cao didn't know how many times he scolded Wei Zhongxian, this horse-faced old guy is really uneducated, who is not a good analogy to compare me with Jiang Bin, dog thief, that guy is a minister, you said this, didn't Lao Tzu also become a minister?

At that moment, Chen Cao's face turned blue, but everyone who heard Wei Zhongxian say these words lowered their heads and snickered, and their eyes were also very ----- pitiful...

Yes, that's right, pitiful eyes.

When Zhao Nanxing heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and then said: "Your Majesty, the ministers lost their manners in front of the monarch, please forgive your Majesty, since Gonggong Wei said this, the ministers will not stop it, but please ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Wei Zhongxian was told by his little eunuchs, and he was still complacent, Zhu Youxiao nodded: "You Aiqing think that my decision is not inappropriate..."

"Your Majesty..."

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