Qi Baihe knelt on the ground, his head knocked out blood, and the two lines of old tears also fell.

He thought that he would stop at the position of Wailang in this life, but he didn't expect that there would be a chance to step out of three grades in one step today.

"Sun Liufang, you should also know that begging for mercy is useless, but you are also my father's old minister at that time, and they all say that merit and demerit cannot be offset, but I am a nostalgic for the old love, today, I will kill you alone, and I will not hold your wife and children accountable, what do you think!"

When Chu Zheng's words came out, he became the iron-blooded and ruthless king again.

In fact, Sun Liufang knew that this matter would be revealed sooner or later, and he didn't think that he would stay in this position for the rest of his life, in his expectation, Chu Zheng's liquidation should not break out until three to four years later.

Therefore, this time he will ruthlessly want to get two strokes for himself, and wait for another two years, find an opportunity to remove the subordinate characters from the first product and return to his hometown, if everything goes well, he can still get a good nickname after death.

There is no need to think about the top five Zhengzhen Cheng Zhongxian, but one of the next three words of Duan Dingjian will definitely fall on his head.

But now, all his own calculations have come to naught, if it weren't for Qi Baihe's accident, then his idea is very likely to come true, even if Chu Zheng really wants to purge the opposition in three or five years, he will not come to him for trouble because he has no credit and hard work in the past.

It's a pity that there is no if, Qi Baihe's appearance makes Chu Zhengdu have to complete this matter in advance, if he doesn't come, it will not only disappoint Qi Baihe, a small official examiner, but the entire Great Chu will be disappointed in him.

"Old minister... Thank you, Emperor Longen!"

Sun Liufang raised his hands above his head, and slowly took off the black gauze hat from his head and put it beside him.

There were no tears, no fear, Sun Liufang was calm to the extreme, until the capture of the six doors took him down, he still insisted on walking on his own, his back could not say how miserable, nor how lonely, as if he was not going to die this time, but to go home.

After seeing Sun Liufang being escorted down, Chu Zheng turned around and looked at the left and right servants of the ministry a little embarrassed.

These two people have only been promoted in recent years by taking the opportunity to pat Sun Liufang's ass, and they are far from being the old subordinates of the Chu family, so Chu Zheng does not have to show too much mercy to them.

"These two guys, too..."

Before Chu Zheng's word "kill" could be exported, he was stopped by Cheng Yijie, who came in a hurry.

"Wait!"

It turned out that when Sun Liufang found out that something was wrong just now, he had quietly asked people to invite Cheng Yijie, but he was still late, and at this time, maybe Sun Liufang's head had been cut off.

"Your Majesty, although these two people are also extremely evil, the main culprit is Sun Liufang after all, and he has already been ambushed, so these two people will not be guilty to death!"

Zhou Mowu and Zheng Liang, who were originally gloomy in their eyes, regained some color, but they didn't dare to beg for mercy, they just looked at Cheng Yijie with a look of hope.

"Then, Cheng Aiqing, tell me, how should you judge them in your opinion?"

"Your Majesty, according to the old minister, although these two people are greedy for money and power, they have some knowledge in their stomachs, why not let them out as petty officials, so as to give them a chance to atone for their sins. ”

Chu Zheng looked at Cheng Yijie, who was getting more and more out of bounds, and was a little angry, but now was far from the time to trouble him.

Cheng Aiqing, there is an old saying that the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change, if they are released out of my eyes and out of my eyes, they must not let my people be in dire straits!"

"Your Majesty, then simply confiscate their family property, and then demote them to concubines, drive them out of Beijing, and never hire them from now on, in fact, the old minister said that these are mainly in the hope that the emperor can give them a way to live, so that the emperor's benevolence can also be revealed. ”

"My benevolence is not reflected here, but what you said Cheng Aiqing also has some truth, so this time, I will believe you once. ”

"Emperor Xie trusts. ”

Cheng Yijie said neither humbly nor arrogantly, and then let Zhou Mowu and Zheng Liang stand behind him, and finally did not forget to look at Qi Baihe, who had just been promoted by Chu Zheng to be the new secretary of the ministry.

"Lord Qi has a good means, even the old man has never jumped three levels in a row, congratulations to Lord Qi. ”

"Lord Cheng has won the award, it is nothing more than thanks to the emperor's love, the gray days of the imperial examination have passed, I want to return it a bright future!"

"It's a good day, I hope that Lord Qi's ideal can be realized as soon as possible. Don't die young!"

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yijie said goodbye to Chu Zheng and left with Zhou Mowu and the others.

"Qi Baihe, don't pay attention to that old thing, who are you scaring about? As long as I am here, he can't touch you. ”

Lu Xiangrui looked at the two people who were taken away by Cheng Yijie and said with displeasure.

"Thank you for taking care of you. ”

Now this is not the time for him Qi Baihe to show off his might, and he humbly accepts Lu Xiangrui's protection, and in this court, it is only among these old ministers that they have the strength to call each other.

"Okay, since it's okay, let's go back!

"Why is the old minister staying here, do you want Qi Shangshu to invite me to dinner? Even if you want to invite me to dinner, it can't be a light meal in this ministry! Why do you have to go to the Manxiang Building to set up a table!"

Chu Zheng nodded.

"That's right, then Qi Baihe, don't forget to call me to go with you when you set the table, it has always been your meal, and I haven't eaten your food yet. ”

"Your Majesty, you have to show your face when the minister sets the table! It's best to bring some congratulatory gifts. ”

Qi Baihe is gradually trying to get along with the emperor, because he will meet the emperor more often in the future.

"Hahaha, I just got the official position of the official secretary from my hands, and I began to think about my congratulatory gift, yes, I learned so fast!"

After finishing speaking, Chu Zheng asked them to get up and go back to the regency palace.

After Lu Xiangrui glanced at Qi Baihe meaningfully before leaving, he seemed to be saying that the son can be taught!

"By the way, Your Majesty, what should I do with this treasure? Is he still here?"

Qian Dabao, who had long been frightened by Chu Zheng's roar, curled up into a ball and knelt on the ground, his body still trembling.

"Isn't his father rich? if he is willing to spend eight million taels to buy a ranking for his stupid son, then let his sixteen million taels of silver redeem his son. ”

Chu Zheng's dragon bowl did not stop, but a voice came.

"Sure enough, it's not the emperor, this deal is really worth it!"

After Qi Baihe muttered in a low voice, he was surrounded by colleagues who came up to congratulate him, they were all old acquaintances, and he couldn't refuse.

The end of the imperial examination means that this year is about to pass, and if you do the math, Chu Zheng has been in power for twenty-six years.

On the day Chu Zheng ascended the throne, he changed the name of the year from Xiangchun to Fu Rui, and it has been 26 years since then.

On the morning of the beginning of winter in the twenty-sixth year of Fu Rui, a young scholar wearing a green shirt and carrying a bookcase entered the capital.

After entering the capital, he only did one thing, that is, to send a letter of worship to all the officials and scholars in Beijing.

However, every post of the scholar seemed to sink into the sea.

There was no other reason, and when the people in the capital saw the name on the prayer post, they turned away from him.

This young man is the son of the Jiangnan cultivator and the scholar of the Jiangnan family who listened to the advice of the second dog.

"If you don't give it a try, how do you know that this road doesn't work, but after you try it, you still find that this road doesn't work!"

In the inn, Lu Dongshu was a little helpless with the last two prayer posts.

The last two prayer posts each have a name written on them: Su Wang, Lu Xiangrui. After hesitating for a long time, Lu Dongshu still decided not to give up, since the walls of the dozens of houses in front of him had been touched, he didn't care about the last two.

With a hopeless attitude, Lu Dongshu came to the door of the Su Mansion and threw the post in, thinking that he would still be rejected, but the high-ranking minister actually met him.

"You want to be an official?"

This was Su Wang's first and last question after seeing him.

Lu Dongshu thought about it for a long time, and originally wanted to say something heroic about making a life for the people and opening peace for all generations, but he always felt that such words were a little unrealistic.

"There is no scholar who does not want to be an official. ”

In the end, Lu Dongshu still didn't say those words, but fortunately he didn't say it, otherwise he really wouldn't have a chance.

"It's honest. ”

Su Wang looked at Lu Dongshu's eyes and said.

"But your knowledge is not deep enough!"

didn't wait for Lu Dongshu to introduce himself, just looked at his appearance, Su Wang said so.

"I don't know how the Minister of State can see that my knowledge is not deep enough, and what kind of scholar can be regarded as profound in the eyes of the Minister of State!"

Of course, Lu Dongshu knew that he was not comparable to this kind of study on the road for decades, so he was very humble to ask for advice.

"Temperament! Your current calm and tranquil temperament is pretended, your heart is not calm enough at all, you are hiding the fear in your heart! I am afraid that this trip to the capital will be in vain, and I am afraid that I will not be able to display my talents. ”

"Xiaosheng..."

"I don't know how many things you have hidden in your stomach, but I don't care, it's just that your current appearance is not suitable for being an official!"

Without waiting for Lu Dongshu to show his full thoughts, Su Wang directly interrupted him.

After that, neither of them was talking, the scene looked a little unseasonably quiet, and after being silent for half a quarter of an hour, Su Wang looked at Lu Dongshu and nodded.

"Go back and study for another five years!"

Lu Dongshu didn't argue, just calmly gave a student salute to Su Wang and then turned to leave.

On the evening of the beginning of winter in the twenty-sixth year of Fu Rui, the young scholar who had entered the capital in a green shirt and carrying a bookcase on his back in the morning left the capital by moonlight.

All the way south!