When he reached the middle of the Heavenly Steps, he couldn't help but glance back.

At the foot of the stairs is the officialdom where the demons are dancing wildly, and it is the hearts of people who are driven by desire to pour intrigues and intrigues against each other, and even the white bones.

On the top of the steps is the holy lord of the world, the minister who leans towards the government and the opposition, the insidious of three swords and two sides, and the whirlpool of officialdom waiting for him to face.

The sun is breezy and breezy. In order to keep climbing up, everyone had to step on the corpse of another person, and he seemed to have completed the goal that these officials needed to work hard to achieve in an instant, and walked directly to the sky and walked beside the emperor in one step.

That's why he saw it clearly, those deep eyes, like bloodthirsty beasts, eager to dismantle him, and wished that they were the ones who walked on the steps.

This is the real hell, a hell on earth where people kill without seeing blood.

He took a deep breath, turned around, and continued to walk up the heavy steps, step by step.

When he reached the top of the Heavenly Steps, as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw His Majesty the Emperor sitting on the Nine Dragons Golden Lacquer Throne, and the other party was also looking at him with interest.

A few zhang away on both sides of the emperor were Taibao Zhu Xiu and Taifu Ji Ming, Zhu Xiu was not angry and self-assured, his face was serious, and Ji Ming was a philanthropic face and nodded slightly at him.

Chen Daoxuan patted his sleeve and bowed, "See the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhu Zhang raised his hand and said, "Aiqing is flat." ”

"Thank you, Emperor!" he straightened up slowly.

Zhu Zhang looked at Chen Daoxuan and said: "Aiqing is the first champion of the three yuan and the first since the founding of Xuanling, in the last palace examination, Aiqing was very satisfied with the countermeasures of the frontier policy, but there is still one point How to solve this military expenditure?"

In the last countermeasures on the frontier issue, most of the candidates chose the plan of both grace and power, but Chen Daoxuan proposed to hold the border ethnic minorities hostage to the Son of Heaven to order the princes, capture the thieves and capture the king first to control the leaders of the ethnic minorities, support the puppet regime, and even detain all the children of the royal family in the capital to achieve the role of checks and balances.

But since the test is about countermeasures, there is no military spending considered, after all, the troubles of military spending have to be pondered by the emperor himself.

Chen Daoxuan stepped forward, "The minister thinks that the matter of military expenses is easy to solve." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Zhang was interested, after all, what he was most worried about now was the military spending, "Then you should talk to me." ”

Chen Daoxuan took two steps forward again, and at this time he was only a few steps away from Zhu Zhang.

"Stop!" Seeing that Chen Daoxuan still had the demeanor of stepping forward, the Jinwu guard beside Zhu Zhang shouted!

Chen Daoxuan didn't care about the Jinwu guard, but looked at Zhu Zhang directly and said, "Your Majesty believes it?"

Zhu Zhang looked at his firm eyes and waved his hand to the guards next to him, "Stand down, Aiqing has something important to talk to me." ”

Zhu Xiu, who was a few feet away, couldn't really see Chen Daoxuan's movements because he was far away, and only saw Chen Daoxuan's lips trembling slightly, as if he was telling something, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

But after thinking about it, what can be done with a bad premonition, now that Xuanling belongs to him completely, that military budget is just a more secure option, and it doesn't make much sense to have it or not.

From the capital to the two major states, the six major counties have his minions, as long as he gives an order, the entire Xuanling will be instantly placed in the battlefield, and it will be a foregone conclusion that the lives will be destroyed or the mountains and rivers will be overturned.

In the final analysis, this stupid brother emperor is completely unwary of him, basically letting him do whatever he wants, and he doesn't even know that the people around him have been changed and changed by him.

He straightened his waist suddenly, and looked down on the official of the Manchu Dynasty, this feeling was so satisfying to him, I don't know what kind of feeling the dragon chair would have?

He licked his lips subconsciously, his eyes were full of greed and unscrupulousness!

At this time, Chen Daoxuan had finished all the words, and Zhu Zhang's face was gloomy but quickly covered up.

I saw Chen Daoxuan take off a piece of jade pendant, turn around to face Zhu Xiu and ask, "My lord, what kind of jade is this?"

Zhu Xiu looked puzzled, but when he saw Chen Daoxuan squeezing his eyebrows with him at this time, he hesitated and said, "It looks like it's mutton fat jade." ”

Zhu Zhang got up at this time and said, "Aiqing won't be old and dizzy, this is clearly a green jade." ”

Green jade and mutton fat jade are completely different, mutton fat jade is clear and pure, white and flawless, like clotted fat. The color of the green jade is faint and green, and you can see the difference at a glance.

Zhu Xiu was even more confused, what was the intention of Chen Daoxuan's move, and this was clearly why the mutton fat jade was said to be green jade. He cast a puzzled look at Chen Daoxuan.

Chen Daoxuan didn't pay attention to it, but took a few steps out and walked to the top of the steps, facing the Manchu officials, raised the jade pei in his hand and said loudly: "The emperor said that this is green jade, but Lord Taibao said that this is mutton fat jade, what kind of jade do you think?"

The white and flawless jade pendant became more and more crystal clear under the sunlight, like a piece of grease that was so warm that it was about to melt.

Everyone is an old fox who has been in the officialdom for so many years, how can they not understand the scheme here, this is to test their loyalty, the emperor opened his eyes and said nonsense, just to see how they reacted.

A household minister took the lead in coming out, glanced at Zhu Xiu and said, "The minister carefully observes that it is mutton fat jade, right!"

Another minister came out and echoed: "Weichen happens to have a piece of mutton fat jade, which is indeed the case, and it is generally the same. ”

The speech that followed was like a waterdrop, and everyone began to talk about it.

"It's clearly Qingyu, what do you all think?"

"Don't talk nonsense, how can such a glossy jade pendant be green jade, it's clearly mutton fat jade. ”

"It's just a lot of people here who look like Qingyu, what's the matter with you?"

"If you want green jade, I have a piece here, open your eyes and see what green jade looks like?"

......

Although there are a few people who are willing to stand on the side of the emperor, most of the courtiers are willing to support Zhu Xiu, and the scene can be imagined.

Chen Daoxuan turned around and looked at Zhu Zhang calmly, the latter's face was gloomy and pale and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and fell on the dragon chair, he couldn't believe that the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces had unknowingly become the hands of others, how could he accept it.

I shuddered when I thought of none of the officials in the court who dared to speak, only Zhu Xiu chattered.

Zhu Xiu's face was ugly at this time, staring at Chen Daoxuan deadly, he was completely overshadowed by the kid in front of him, and now that the emperor has known his small actions behind his back and his wolf ambitions, he is bound to take action immediately, which forces him to advance his plan.

As for this kid actually deceived him, then it would be better to catch him when the time comes, but let him enjoy the torture!

Zhu Zhang was a little uncomfortable holding his head, he waved his hand and said, "Let's dismiss, I'm a little uncomfortable, I need to take a break." ”