surnamed Wang

The New Year is approaching, and the capital is prosperous and festive.

The appalling vision three months ago did not leave traces in the hearts of the people who were busy with their livelihoods. They had to live on, and they could not get money even if they prayed to gods and Buddhas.

Before the new year came in the capital, there was a new atmosphere. Emperor Shun made drastic reforms, injected a lot of fresh blood into the temple, and the whole officialdom suddenly became clearer than ever.

Lian Lilian Yushi was promoted out of the ordinary, and was promoted to attendant and consultant Lang Guan. Although the name was a bit of a mouthful, it was a serious and noble position of the fourth rank.

Emperor Shun originally planned to promote him to be a doctor of the fifth-rank household department, but some people in the imperial court took care of the sixth department more closely than their own backyard. Even though some of them had been disturbed by Lian Yushi, they still insisted on refusing Let go.

So the emperor logically let the brother-in-law go to Qingwen Pavilion, where there is no crony collusion, which is where the exclusive attendant consultant works.

From the seventh-rank supervisory censor who holds real power, to the fourth-rank official Lang Guan, although it is an idle position, it is almost a one-step climb to the sky.

If this is done in normal times, there will be great resistance, but the three officials who spoke out last time have been dismissed and investigated, and a lot of things have been interrogated without any suspense.

Among them, the one with the best circumstances has returned to his hometown to grow sweet potatoes, and his family will never be allowed to be an official in the court, even if it is an official post in a remote town.

The lesson from the past is right in front of you, even if Yunyan Buzi is worthless, it is still worth fighting for. To be an official, you must especially cherish the blessings. This blessing is bestowed by the emperor and can be taken back at any time.

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The Qingwen Pavilion has been under construction since Emperor Shun ascended the throne, and it took less than a year to complete. The scale is small and the decoration is extremely simple. From the outside, it may not look much different from other buildings in the palace, but you will find it when you walk inside. , this place is not much better than the place where eunuchs and maids live.

The bare walls around are cleaner than a monk's head. The two pillars on the top of the pillars have not even been painted with red lacquer, and they still maintain their original color. I was a little dumbfounded for a while.

These one hundred attendant consultants have been here for a while, and the daily tasks are not fixed, or let them clean the courtyard, or sort out the books, or review some irrelevant memorials...

These scholars, who were full of confidence and wanted to do something big, gradually lost their fighting spirit. At this moment, they all drooped their heads listlessly, not at all the appearance that young people should have.

A few of them noticed Lian Li, looked up at the middle-aged man who probably came here to eat and die like them, then lowered their heads again, looking at the sage books in their hands.

They who have studied books all their lives, don't they have this ability. They all say that a literati's pen is a sword that kills without blood, but at this moment they don't even have the chance to kill.

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Lian Li looked around and had a general idea in his mind. It has to be said that Emperor Shun understood the minds of young people very well. If he arranged important tasks for them as soon as he went up, it would inevitably make these people complacent and arrogant, and in the end it would be easy for them to make mistakes. Leaks.

It is a good thing for young people to have vigor, but it needs to be restrained, otherwise this vigor will easily hurt him in turn. Emperor Shun is chamfering the corners of these fledgling young people now.

Lian Li stroked his beard, which had just seen the trend of beautiful beard, and secretly thought that the emperor of the Wang family had left a problem for himself. Now that the vigor is gone, but there is a little more staleness. Dry fritters.

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Lian Li didn't want to take office so soon, and even had doubts about Emperor Shun's layout. Although civil servants control the government now, the world is still peaceful. Emperor Shun didn't take the opportunity to kill him when he first entered the city. I'm afraid it won't be that easy.

It's just that the son-in-law didn't expect that he was only a seventh-rank censor, and he did a few things within his duties, which would attract some old officials to slander him regardless of face.

At first, someone wrote a letter, admonishing the emperor not to be crony, and so on, the content was still the same old tune, but Shun Emperor naturally wouldn't take this kind of nonsense to heart.

Afterwards, some old fellows began to show their old faces, racking their brains to weave several innocuous charges against the supervisory censor, one of which made him ruthlessly take over the Qingwen Pavilion.

There are only three words for this crime that makes the son-in-law Lang, who has always been elegant in speech, almost jump to his feet and scold his mother - nothing.

If there is nothing to come out, it comes from "seven out and three not to go", a woman has no children, and the husband can divorce his wife according to this article.

Lian Li, as the son-in-law of the dynasty, is well-known all over the world to be a backdoor, even if he doesn't deal with it, no one will openly talk about it.

The most irritating thing is Lian Li, a gentleman, the princess doesn't let him into the room, he doesn't do anything, what can he do?

This crime not only made the son-in-law laugh angrily, even the third princess laughed so hard that she couldn't control herself when she heard about it. It took a long time for this man to get rid of the hat of relying on women, but he was buckled up again with his backhand .

Lian Li finally understood why Emperor Shun was so determined to let those people have a bad year, so it was rare for him to be impulsive, and directly took over the position of attendant consultant Lang Guan.

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Inside the Qingwen Pavilion, all the scholars raised their heads and quietly looked at the newly appointed Lord Lang Guan.

Just now, Lian Li walked to the front table, took out a gavel from his arms, and slapped it hard.

This gavel was brought by him from the inspector's office. Although he has not been the inspector censor for a long time, he has some feelings, especially this gavel, which is very easy to use.

Lian Li didn't know much about the art of controlling people. If he wanted to make his subordinates obedient, there was more than one way to control people:
"Everyone, do you know who caused you to have no official positions, and the ten-year cold window almost went to waste?

Do you know who, against the pressure of the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, opened the Qingwen Pavilion to house you future pillars?
The Qingwen Pavilion, as the name suggests, wants to clear the Ming Dynasty, but also to clean up the literature, and remove those civil servants who are dead..."

As soon as Lian Langguan finished speaking, the people below started to stir up. Some people were whispering, some people were full of excitement. Lian Li was very satisfied when he saw everyone's performance. Sometimes, fighting against the enemy is a more effective way of motivation.

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The undercurrent of the imperial court in the capital is surging, but the people in the city are singing and dancing.

As the end of the year approaches, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, and gambling houses are booming in business one by one. People who have spare money like to come to these places for entertainment.

Drinking in taverns, listening to books in teahouses, and soliciting prostitutes in brothels are all allowed by the dynasty's laws and regulations, except for gambling, which has always been strictly prohibited.

There are laws in the dynasty, and those who gather a lot of gamblers will be punished with sticks, or exiled into the army. Therefore, the gambling houses in the capital are often set up in very shaded places, and many of them have special watchmen.

However, those who can open a gambling shop at the foot of the emperor are naturally not ordinary people. Even if they are stabbed to the government and sealed up symbolically for a few days, they will return to their original state.

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In the alleys on the east side of Beijing, winding paths lead to secluded places, and in an ordinary residential house, there is a lively shout:

"Big, big, big! Oh..." "One, two, three, small!" "Leopard, the banker takes all..."

At this time, in an extremely shaded gambling house, at the busiest table in the gambling house, a young man in a bunt shirt was rubbing the Pai Gow in his hands, surrounded by three floors and three floors full of people. Waiting for the young man to show his cards.

A middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears on the opposite side wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and the two mustaches at the corners of his mouth twitched from time to time, looking extremely funny.

The young man was not in a hurry to open the cards, but put the Pai Gow on the gaming table, and said with a smile:
"Boss Zhang, I have opened ten dealers in a row today, are you sure you will let me be the dealer in this one?"

The corner of Mustache's mouth twitched again, and he said a sentence that did not match his image:

"Are you a fucking man? Why are you talking so much nonsense? It's just a gambling house, and I can still afford to lose."

The young man smiled even more, looked around and said:

"Everyone, please be a witness. Boss Zhang will lose later, so don't renege on it."

"Oh, mother-in-law!"

The mustache was obviously not a patient master, and he directly reached out to touch the Pai Gow in front of Wang Quanquan, "I don't believe that no matter how big your card is, it can surpass Lao Tzu's Shuangtian."

The dominoes were lifted, and people around stretched their heads to watch the excitement. After seeing the cards clearly, the scene suddenly boiled again:
"Hiss...it's the Supreme, the Supreme who is bigger than Shuangtian." "Tsk tsk, Boss Zhang has been fighting geese all his life, but this time he was blinded by the geese." "It's over, I lost badly this time..."

The gamblers around are watching the excitement. It doesn't matter if this kid wins the gambling house today, or Fatty Zhang cheats, it's just a conversation after dinner.

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Mustache wiped the sweat from his forehead again, and stared at the two Pai Gows. Just as people around him said, he was overwhelmed by strong winds and waves, but unexpectedly capsized in the gutter.

"Boss Zhang, please sign and pledge."

The young man took out a contract from his arms with a smile and handed it over, obviously coming prepared.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man immediately shot down the contract, and said with red eyes:

"Boy, dare to play tricks on Lao Tzu's place. I think you are tired of work. Come and chop off a pair of his claws."

"So, are you going to renege on your debt? Everyone is watching, how did I pay a thousand, you tell me?"

The young man looked at the two burly men walking towards him, without showing any signs of panic, his expression was as twitchy as ever.

"Who can testify for you?"

The middle-aged fat man glanced around, and the gamblers who were yelling fiercely at the gaming table around him fell silent at the moment, and turned their heads to look elsewhere, not daring to meet the mustache.

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"Boy, do you know who is responsible for this situation? If you dare to act wildly in Lao Tzu's territory, I will leave you a pair of claws for your long memory."

After the fat man finished speaking, he winked at the two subordinates. The two understood, pushed away the crowd of onlookers, and walked towards the young man opposite the table in a flanking manner.

"Hey... I originally planned to just want you to have a place, but I didn't expect you to give me your life. You dare to call yourself Laozi in front of the young master. Do you know who my father is?"

As the young man spoke, he began to fiddle with the Pai Gow on the table with both hands.

"I don't care who your father is, even if it's the Heavenly King, I have to leave him here today."

The middle-aged fat man seemed to have run out of patience, and directly made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Just a joke, this game was opened by the son of the Shangshu family. You, a boy in a short jacket, no matter how powerful your background is, can you surpass the second-rank Shangshu?Even if you really know some important person, who would care if so many people die in the capital every year?
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The two strong men were getting closer and closer to the young man, but the other party grinned and said:

"Listen up, my father, Wang Erniu!"

Wang Erniu?The middle-aged fat man was taken aback for a moment, and then showed sarcasm. He really hadn't heard of a big man with that name in the capital.

When everyone was stunned, two dominoes were suddenly thrown from the young man's hands, and the two thugs in front were hit on the forehead by Pai Gow without any defense. Qiqi groaned, then fell backwards, crashing to the ground.

The young man looked at the middle-aged fat man, picked up a Pai Gow on the table again, and said with a half-smile:
"I am in a good mood today, I will give you pleasure..."

At this moment, a sharp voice sounded:

"The Emperor is here!"

Everyone present was dumbfounded upon hearing the words, Your Majesty?What emperor?The emperor who lived in the palace and was said to have had an affair with his nanny?
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Everyone's first reaction was that they heard it wrong, or that some damn sissy was playing tricks.The emperor came to the casino?They would rather believe that he went to the brothel.

Soon, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open from the outside, and a row of Jing guards with knives and guns rushed into the courtyard of this folk house with knives and guns, separating on both sides.

Two palace guards, who were usually hard to see from a distance, walked ahead to clear the field, and behind them a man in azure blue satin walked towards this side without haste.

Looking at these majestic officers and soldiers, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the man in blue is of extraordinary status. As for what the emperor said...the man does indeed have a shining golden dragon embroidered with gold thread on his chest.

When everyone was in a daze, a guard stepped forward first and kicked the front person in the stomach, "Bold, why don't you kneel when you see His Majesty?"

The man fell to the ground, his mind was blank, but he quickly knelt down on the spot and said tremblingly:

"The grassroots kowtow to the Holy One."

Seeing this, the rest of them also fell to their knees, wishing they could bury their heads in the floor tiles.

The gambling shop owner was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He would not be so stupid as to think that anyone would dare to pretend to be the emperor in the capital.

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"You're really idle. It's just a gambling house, so you won't be so motivating, right?"

The only one present who didn't kneel down made a joke that sent chills down everyone's spine at the present day.

Unexpectedly, the man in brocade was not angry at all, but said lightly:
"Come out with me."

After finishing speaking, the two left the gambling house and came to a deserted alley.

"Wang Gangquan, when will you return the dragon energy to me?"

In the alley, the man who made the whole world worship him was pinching his opponent's collar and pressing him against the wall, while the latter still had a hippie smile on his face.

"Mortal, pay attention to your attitude, I naturally have my own intentions, why are you in a hurry?"

"Intent? You come to the gambling house every day, and I have already asked the people in the Qin Tianjian. You are playing with the luck of a country."

The upside-down of luck is luck, and those who have luck can naturally go smoothly in everything, and it will happen naturally without any effort.

But luck is the favor of the heavens, if it is abused, it will definitely cause displeasure to the heavens, and it is possible to take back any displeasure.

Wang Gangquan patted the opponent's hands lightly, and said lightly:
"I said it's useless for me to keep that thing. It's reasonable not to return it to you, and I already have my share in it. Don't make it look like the whole world is yours."

"you!"

Emperor Shun stared straight at him, and finally had to frown and say:

"You said you didn't use the luck of the dynasty, so why can you open eleven villas in a row?"

Wang Quanquan turned around, turned his back to Emperor Shun, waved his hands and said:

"It's the same as that fat man said, pay a thousand!"

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