Chapter XVII: The Impeachment of the Pearl
Kangxi thirty-one years!
Beijing!
The Fuwang Mansion of the former Ming Dynasty, the current Pearl Mansion!
The tall mansion gates, from positive to partial, are all open at this time!
The fine Jiangnan red silk is hung on the door in the form of saffron, and it stretches all the way inside, and you can't see the head from the outside!
The sound of firecrackers can't stop ringing, deafening! In an open space next to the door, there are hundreds of people blowing and blowing, welcoming the waves of guests!
"Hey, that's amazing! Look at how many people have gone in from morning to now? ”
The crowd has already filled half the street, and the Chinese's nature of watching excitement has once again manifested itself at this time! The one who asked this was a thin man who was tiptoeing into the door.
"What's the matter, there are hundreds, right? This is the Prime Minister's birthday! Not to mention the big and small officials in Beijing, even those local officials from other places, they also have to come to celebrate their birthdays! …… I guess there must be thousands of guests today! …… Hey, look, that's another first-class guy! ”
Some strong man next to the thin man shouted!
"Tut-tut, when will we get to such a point! ......" The thin man looked around carefully, and then whispered to the man just now: "I heard that when this Mingxiang Ye Mingzhu first came to the capital, he was a beggar!" was picked up by our Long Live Lord, and as a result, he became a university scholar and a scholar! How do you think people have such good luck? ”
"You know the! ......" The strong man glanced at the thin man disdainfully, "Is Ming Xiangye just a book?" Sue you! People, that official position is gone! You don't believe it? If you don't believe me, I'll give you a little bit...... This - the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, one, right? This is a first-class official in charge of the Eight Banners and the royal service! There are also scholars from Hongwen Academy, scholars from the military department, scholars from Wuyingdian University, scholars from the Ministry of Rites, ministers of the guards, and princes and princes...... Look at it, if you take out an official position at random, it is all of the upper grade, which one must not be a grade? …… Hey, do you understand what I'm talking about? …… Don't understand? You're from out of town, right? ”
Seeing that the thin man was dizzy by himself, the expression on the strong man's face was even more arrogant! However, this complacency was soon interrupted by a cold snort!
This cold snort was extremely cold, and it was even more overflowing with disdain and anger like substance!
The strong man was aroused by this cold snort, and couldn't help but turn around and look at the source of the sound - a middle-aged man about forty years old!
"Where did you come from? Not convinced, isn't it? The strong man provoked, although this middle-aged man is not short, but he looks thin and white, and at first glance he is the kind of "powerless chicken" among the scholars, so it is impossible for him to be his opponent!
"Humph!" The middle-aged man glanced at the strong man coldly, and saw that the strong man was cold in his heart, and took a few steps backwards before he stood firm!
"You...... What do you want? In the eyes of the strong man, the middle-aged man's eyes just now looked like some outlaws executed at the entrance of the vegetable market, and it was even colder and more shocking than that, so he finally felt empty.
"The pearl beetle country harms the people, and the crime is heinous, but you are proud of it, it is really shameless!" The middle-aged man said stiffly.
"You...... Do you dare to scold the prime minister? ”
"Scolding? Wrong, it's not scolding! It's true, I'm saying it above board! Even in front of Mingzhu himself, I said the same! The middle-aged man said coldly.
"Yo yo yo...... That's amazing! Dare to be a gentleman! ......" The strong man straightened his waist and looked at the middle-aged man mockingly: "Then you can go to someone else and talk to Ming Xiangye!" …… Hmph, can you see other people's Ming Xiangye or two! actually ran in front of Lao Tzu to be a hero, what kind of thing? …… I think you're looking for a beating! ”
"What about looking for Mingzhu? If you have the guts, you just wait here......" The middle-aged man smiled coldly and squeezed towards the gate of Mingzhu Mansion.
“…… Hey, big brother, this guy is really going to sigh! ......" The thin man on the side pulled the strong man and said.
He ...... He's pretending to be a big head of garlic! If he can't walk in front of the Ming Mansion, he will have to be scared back......" The strong man said stiffly, but watching the middle-aged man approach the gate of the Ming Mansion step by step, he also had some anxiety in his heart!
"Boy, run! You're in trouble! ”
An old man beside the strong man patted him on the shoulder and said.
"I'm in trouble?"
"Do you know who that guy is?" The old man pointed to the back of the middle-aged man and said to the strong man.
“…… I don't know! …… Isn't it just a stupid person who reads to death? The strong man said.
"Reading and reading dead idiots? Hey, boy, tell you, that's the 'Iron Courage'! The old man said with some schadenfreude.
"The Iron Courage Envoy !!" The strong man was stunned, and his mouth stammered: "You...... What are you talking about...... Is it scolding...... Scolded us...... Our Kangxi Ye's iron courage Guo ...... Guo Xiu? ”
"Nonsense! Except for Guo Tiedan, who else dares to look for a ballast when Mingzhu celebrates his birthday? ”
Before the old man finished speaking, he had already disappeared from the strong man, and only saw a fluctuation of the nearby crowd, and the source of the fluctuation was obviously under the feet of the people...... The strong man was so frightened that he hid in the crowd and ran!
"! Something that doesn't have guts! The thin man pursed his lips and said disdainfully.
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"Guo Xiu!?"
When Nalan Xingde saw the person walking towards him step by step, he couldn't help but wonder for a while!
Am I in the wrong place? Unable to help it, he looked back at the plaque on the gate again......
"That's right, it's our family!"
His mind changed in an instant, but after thinking about it, he finally didn't understand how Guo Xiu came to his house! …… That's a guy who can't get along with his father! Not to mention his father's birthday, it is the emperor's birthday, this guy can send a bowl of water is already to save face!
"It turned out to be Lord Guo, and he missed the ......"
As Mingzhu's eldest son, the welcome of the birthday banquet, Nalan Xingde had to put on a smiling face to welcome Guo Xiu's arrival, although he had doubts!
"It turned out to be the prince of Nalan, didn't the prince be on duty in front of the emperor today?"
is different from Nalan Xingde's polite treatment, Guo Xiu stinks with a dead donkey face, and that expression makes people as unhappy as they are!
"Lord Lao Guo asked, because it is my father's birthday, the emperor specially granted a three-day holiday for the lower officials, so there is no need to be on duty!" Nalan has an excellent moral cultivation, and although he is unhappy in his heart, he is still smiling.
"Mingxiang's birthday, the momentum is really extraordinary!" Guo Xiu waved his finger at the crowd that came in and out, and said with a sneer: "...... I'm afraid half of the officials in the world have given gifts, right? ……”
"Lord Guo is overrated! My father didn't have that kind of ability! Nalan Xingde's brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about Guo Xiu's purpose for coming here, and he didn't fall behind in his mouth, and he sneered at Guo Xiu that Mingzhu formed a party and controlled the government, and immediately fought back, "The emperor gave a special 'Liangfu Liangbi' plaque for his father's birthday to show his favor, and the adults are just to watch the excitement and have a happy picture, of course, some may also want to get together and get a little bit of the emperor's grace......"
"Humph! The emperor's grace is immense, but no one is qualified to touch it! Guo Xiu didn't expect Nalan Xingde to sarcastically mock himself like those officials who tended to be inflammatory, and his heart was suddenly furious, he Guo Xiu even scolded the current saint, who in the whole world doesn't know his name? He is a figure who is older than Jackie Chan in Shandong, and younger than Jackie Chan in Shanxi, and is known as the "Three Qingtians...... Even Mingzhu and Suo Etu had to secretly tremble twice when they saw him, and this little Nalan Xingde actually dared to raise his eyebrows! …… Isn't it just a second-class guard with a sword? Isn't it a talented man who was given marriage by the emperor? Isn't it the first Jinshi in Manchuria? Isn't he Gao Shiqi's disciple? …… Today, Lao Tzu will make your whole family look good!
Thinking of this, Guo Xiu smiled coldly again, stared at Nalan Xingde and said: "Today, Guo also brought a little meaning, and wanted to bring it in to Ming Xiang by himself, I don't know if Nalan Gongzi can be accommodating?" ”
"It's a big face for Lord Guo to come...... Please! ”
What Nalan Xingde wants to do most is actually to immediately throw Guo Xiu out of the eight streets, this kind of person is an "obscure star", an extremely unlucky character, especially for an official like his father Mingzhu, the last thing he wants to touch is this kind of person, but on this happy day, he can't blast out the "greeting guest", right? …… In desperation, Nalan Xingde could only let Guo Xiu in first, and then immediately sent someone in to inform Mingzhu - "Be careful! ”
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However, Guo Xiu had already made up his mind to make a big fuss, so what was the use of being careful?
If it is said that Old Man Fei's original performance was just a farce between Manchu and Han officials, Guo Xiu read out this "Song Mingzhu is corrupt and perverts the law, forms a party for personal gain, misleads the country and harms the people" at Mingzhu's birthday banquet in front of thousands of birthday officials, which is to make the entire Qing Dynasty almost turn the world upside down!