Crossing the Swordsman: Lin Pingzhi, the Swordsman of Evil

Chapter 568

After such an early dynasty, Lin Pingzhi felt that it was not easy to be an emperor, especially a wise king.

For this morning court, Emperor Wanli got up before dawn to get ready, and his personal bodyguard also followed.

Although it is early spring, the weather is still a bit cold.Lin Pingzhi, who was a martial artist, was not afraid.But Emperor Wanli was an ordinary person, a bloated lame man.It was a bit difficult for him to wake up so early in the cold weather.

And Lin Pingzhi finally understood why, the ancient emperors were relatively short-lived. After all, their work and rest schedules were so irregular, it would be a ghost to live a long life.

Every man has the dream of becoming emperor and ruling the world.

But Lin Pingzhi lost interest when he saw Emperor Wanli's appearance.Being the emperor is more tiring than being the head of the family, and the days of "cheating the old" at home, or taking the little girls to fish on the island are happy and happy.

At home, my wife is with me, and I have money to spend, so why bother to come to this muddy water.If it wasn't for the sake of keeping the people of the world from starving to death and being massacred by the Qing soldiers, Lin Pingzhi would never have stepped into an official career of intrigue.

In the next few days, Lin Pingzhi was more like a bystander, witnessing the daily life of an emperor.

And his evaluation is just two words "boring".

In addition to handling daily official duties, although there is also time for free activities, the time is not very long.And what Emperor Wanli can do is to take a walk in the imperial garden, or go to the harem to play chess with the concubines, or find a few people to listen to the group, watch singing and dancing or something.

Beyond that, it's meal time.

That's right!As the emperor of Wancheng, he only had two meals a day.If you are hungry at other times, you can eat some snacks, supper or something at most.And they were all made in the concubines' small stoves, not in the imperial dining room.

One is breakfast after the next morning.The breakfast is also very simple. Although it is more expensive than ordinary people, it is also porridge, cheese, fried spring rolls and the like.

Dinner is eaten around two o'clock in the afternoon.And this meal was richer.Really one hundred and eight dishes.

But these one hundred and eight dishes are not all edible.

Many dishes are basically used for displaying and ostentation.And it lasts for a few days, and if it is cold in winter, it can be used for a few more days.

As for the one hundred and eight dishes, all the emperor can eat is the seven or eight dishes in front of him.And some are still cold.

It's okay if it's cold, and the eunuchs taste a dish before the emperor eats it.

After the eunuchs tasted it, they could present it to the emperor. This was naturally to prevent someone from poisoning it, which Lin Pingzhi understood.

But as the king of a country, you can only eat three bites of a dish, and if you exceed three bites, you can't serve it again for a month.

The emperor is a person who eats leftovers and leftovers, which is somewhat pitiful.

And what Lin Pingzhi couldn't bear the most was sleeping in bed.

When the emperor was lucky with his concubine, he could not only stay in the queen's palace for a whole night.For other concubines, no more than half an hour each time.

As long as half an hour has passed, Eunuch Gu and his group of eunuchs will directly carry the concubines away regardless of whether the emperor is enjoying himself or not.

After reading the one-day schedule of Emperor Wanli, Lin Pingzhi would not do it anyway, whoever the emperor likes to do.If you can't stay with the girl you like, then what's the point of being an emperor.It would be better to be a happy prince.

That night, Emperor Wanli did not turn over the brands of his concubines, but turned over Lin Pingzhi's "brand".

He called Lin Pingzhi to "watch the moon" in the imperial garden.

After all, the 15th day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, and today's moon is the brightest time of the year.

Of course, even though he was not able to be with his family, Emperor Wanli did not treat Lin Pingzhi badly, and specially asked the imperial dining room to cook glutinous rice balls. Afterwards, the two drank in the imperial garden and watched the moon, and then enjoyed the singing and dancing on the Yuhuatai.

And until this moment, Lin Pingzhi felt that the emperor showed a relaxed feeling.

Emperor Wanli said at this time: "Aiqing, do you have any opinion on Enke?"

Lin Pingzhi replied: "Your Majesty, I am a person from the Jianghu, just some common people's opinions. Regarding the matter of Enke's selection of scholars, I dare not speak nonsense. But if the Emperor has any orders, I will definitely stand on my shoulders."

At this time, Emperor Wanli smiled and pointed at Lin Pingzhi and said: "Aiqing, you are just like this, and sometimes you are so not straightforward. Anyway, I will say it directly. Right now the court is employing people, love Most of you are among the people, so I don’t know if anyone can recommend me? I heard that your wife’s elder brother was dismissed from office. I want him to be reinstated, what do you think?”

Lin Pingzhi looked at him and replied: "My brother's temperament is known to me. My brother has a straight temper and doesn't know how to change it. He is a complete pedantic bookworm. If such a person is an official, he will not be able to serve the emperor or comfort the people. Although it won’t be a vegetarian meal in the corpse’s place, I’m afraid it will make my colleagues shudder. This person is not enough to entrust important tasks.”

"Besides, after the mother-in-law lost her husband, the wife married into Weichen, and now there is only the youngest son left in Liu's house. The property of Liu's house also needs a man as a pillar. According to Weichen, it is better for my brother to serve his parents at home honestly. It's good, so as not to cause trouble to the emperor."

Emperor Wanli smiled embarrassingly after listening.

Then Emperor Wanli said: "This is really strange. As the saying goes, 'One person can ascend to heaven'. Once some people enter the officialdom, they will inevitably find an errand for their relatives. Aiqing is a strange person. I gave you the opportunity to recommend relatives. , Aiqing actually shirked it."

Lin Pingzhi also said with a naive smile at this time: "Hehe, although my servant does not avoid relatives in promoting talents, he will not recommend incompetent people at will. Because this is deceiving the emperor, and it is also irresponsible to the country. The minister is the only son in the family, and the grandfather's family is also from the world, and they are not worthy of the big responsibility. Although the father is well-versed in human relations, he can only deal with the affairs of the market, and he cannot be entrusted with important tasks. Regarding the matter of promoting talents for the country, the humble minister should be It’s really beyond help.”

Emperor Wanli smiled at this time and said: "Forget it, Aiqing is a straightforward person. I also like Aiqing's straightforwardness. However, I still want to give Aiqing some rewards for Enke. I rewarded Aiqing before. Qing was born as a Jinshi. But this is not the right path after all. If Aiqing is in an official career, she is not a serious imperial examination background, so she will inevitably be criticized. So I think Aiqing will also participate in this Enke, and then earn a serious fame .”

Lin Pingzhi hastily waved his hands at this time and said: "Thanks to the great love of the emperor. If the emperor asks the humble minister to compete in martial arts, the humble minister will be able to catch it with his hands, but if he uses words and ink, it is really difficult for the humble minister. Although the humble minister is not illiterate, but when it comes to poetry and songs In terms of self-cultivation such as Fu, it is not even as good as an in-law. The emperor asked me to take part in the imperial examination and compete with all the candidates in the world. It is really embarrassing for me.”

(End of this chapter)