Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 102 Apprenticeship

There are already singers singing in the front hall to guide the officials into the hall. Chongzhen faced the mirror, straightened his appearance, and then straightened San'er's crown that had become crooked. When I was tidying up, my eyes were filled with doting light.

After finishing, he took two steps back, looked at his son from left to right, and then smiled and ordered the eunuch Li Jin who replaced Wang Chengen next to him, "Come to the palace."

Li Jin trotted to the front hall and announced loudly: "The Emperor has arrived——"

Chongzhen took his son's little hand and walked slowly to the front hall.

Lu Mou reached his first position as a civil servant, and Chongzhen ascended Danque. His steps were so calm and steady that he couldn't help but give people a sense of stability.

Chongzhen sat down, and amid the shouts of the ceremonial officers, the officials danced and worshiped.

After Chongzhen said no courtesy and stood down, everyone stood in different classes.

Now that there is no complicated opening ceremony, Chongzhen said directly: "Today, after the court is over, I will give a banquet to all the ministers in Jiying Hall to celebrate this rare and happy event of this court."

When the ministers heard this, they thought that the stingy emperor was going to hold an extremely grand banquet in Jiying Palace again? Could it be that you are old enough to have a son, and the queen is happy again?

Chongzhen continued with a spring breeze on his face: "This grand banquet is to celebrate the return of our two great sages. The return of the great sages will set an example. When the world returns to its heart, it is a blessing for me, a blessing for the country, and a blessing for the world. It is a blessing to have this congratulation." .”

With this said, everyone at that time turned their attention to Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou. His eyes were full of reverence and envy.

It was Wu Sangui who came to Beijing last time to receive such courtesy from the emperor. But that's to win over and save your life. It is not an exaggeration to say that Chongzhen had no choice but to curry favor with Wu Sangui.

This time, it was real kindness and courtesy, and the nature was completely different.

This sudden encounter was beyond their expectations. They looked at each other, quickly stood up, knelt down and kowtowed, and said in unison: "How can I, my veteran, be so virtuous and capable as to dare to accept such kindness from the emperor? I am ashamed to deserve it. I am ashamed to deserve it." After saying this, he sobbed loudly.

As a good minister, you must have Liu Bei's skills, which is to be able to cry and cry at the most appropriate time.

Chongzhen said with a smile: "You two love you and are knowledgeable about the world. You deserve it. You deserve it. King Ding."

"My son is here."

"Please help the two great sages get up for me."

It was not just a matter of peace, but the emperor personally sent Prince Ding to support him on behalf of the emperor. This was even more of a great grace, and it was almost unique. This shows how much the emperor respected the two great scholars.

Lu Mou was very satisfied with Chongzhen's performance. He finally stopped being mean to the ministers and instead respected him. He no longer makes cold remarks to his ministers from time to time, or makes excuses from time to time.

By the end of Chongzhen's reign, he had killed countless ministers, including two cabinet ministers. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen alone, thirty-five high-ranking officials and ministers were killed because of the Qing army's entry into the Pass. The ministers had to prepare the coffin at home before going to court.

The sad thing is that he killed all officials who had done something good. He killed more capable ministers and generals than the Manchu bandits. Also, the more you do things, the more mistakes you make, and the ones who don't do things are the only ones that you can't do anything about.

His suspiciousness and perfection-seeking character, coupled with the declining situation and the huge crisis and pressure, made him become more and more suspicious and extreme, and finally reached the tragic point of "the unscrupulous ministers in the late Ming Dynasty", and finally completely destroyed the Ming Dynasty. .

This is the truth of the saying: every time a car hurtles towards a cliff, someone always slams on the accelerator.

When Daming's broken car rushed towards the cliff, Donglin stepped on the accelerator for a long time, and finally Chongzhen kicked it hard.

Fortunately, at the critical moment when the country was about to be destroyed and the family was about to be destroyed, God sent Lu Mou to jump out and put the brakes on Daming's broken car.

This brake not only changed the fate of Ming Dynasty, but also changed Chongzhen's character.

On behalf of his father, he helped the two people who were moved and crying.

Chongzhen continued to announce what the two men had agreed upon. During the extraordinary period, the prince was ordered to temporarily take charge of the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Liu Zongzhou was appointed as the prince's Taifu, and the Wenyuan Pavilion bachelor was appointed as the second assistant to help the prince in managing politics.

He added Huang Daozhou as the Crown Prince's Grand Master, the Grand Master of Wenhua Palace, and the Master of King Ding to teach King Ding knowledge. In order to facilitate the training of King Ding at any time, he wronged Huang Daozhou and became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

They were given python robes and jade belts. Jade pendant.

Originally, according to the rules, gold was to be given, but in the palace, there were plenty of jade, but there was a shortage of money. For this reason, Chongzhen also said in a high-sounding way: "I will give my two beloved ladies Baibi. I hope that my two beloved ladies will be stronger than Baibi in nature and noble in character."

Look, this high-minded excuse can make up for the embarrassment of the two of them not being able to pay the rent at night, right?

Faced with such a reward, the two of them were very satisfied.

In front of all the ministers of the dynasty, Lu Mou walked up to Huang Daozhou and bowed as a disciple. Chongzhen took out the six rites of Zhu Xiu that he had prepared long ago: celery, lotus seeds, red beans, dates, longan, and dried lean meat strips.

Huang Daozhou accepted it with a smile. In the evening, he had some fried meat jerky with celery, and then he greeted some old friends and talked over wine. It was really a pleasant thing in life.

He took off a jade pendant from his waist and gave it to Lu Mou as a return gift.

Lu Mou bowed again and accepted, and weighed the jade pendant in his hand. I pawned it in a pawn shop, it's worth a hundred taels of silver, but it's much better than the six gifts my father gave me. This time I became a disciple and I made a profit.

At this time, Huang Daozhou officially took a closer look at this disciple of King Ding, who had a thunderous reputation and was known to win the world.

He is taller than the normal thirteen o'clock child, and his body is not as pale and frail as a pampered child, but rather black and strong, like a tiger with breasts.

His expression is steady and determined. Especially those sparkling eyes, which revealed a maturity and wisdom that did not match his age. But if you look closely, there is a hint of cunning in the restraint.

Facing his own eyes full of righteousness, there was still some flickering and hesitation. Well, this is the look of awe that every disciple has towards his teacher.

After such observation, Huang Daozhou was very satisfied. He has made a conclusion that in the future, he will become famous all over the world by teaching this boy.

He turned around and saluted Chongzhen: "Long live this disciple of mine. He is calm, resolute, and resourceful, but there is still a hint of opportunism and cunning in his heart. I want to discipline him strictly. I wonder if the emperor will allow it?"

Chongzhen was very satisfied with Huang Daozhou's evaluation of San'er. He nodded at that time and said the famous saying once said by his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang. "Mr. Liu, Mr. Huang, believers must be strict. Treat the Crown Prince and Prince Ding as long as they can't be beaten to death."

At that time, the two of them were moved to tears again.

At the end of the apprenticeship ceremony, Lu Mou officially became Huang Daozhou's disciple.

From then on, every time Lu Mou opened his eyes, he would think about how to stay away from his teacher.

In Huangzhong Dalu, the banquet given to ministers in Jiying Hall officially began, and the food was still divided according to Zhou rites.

But this time the number of people was much larger than the number of people who gave Wu Sangui a banquet at that time.

The whole hall is packed with decorations. Now, I finally have the feeling that there are many talents.

Chongzhen stood up first, raised his wine glass high, and said confidently to the ministers: "When the great sage returns, the world will surely return home. It should be congratulations to our ancestors and all your ministers."

Chongzhen's performance became a legend for a while.

From then on, whether they were great sages, great immortals, or magic sticks, both capable and incompetent, they came to vote one after another, and the Ming Dynasty finally became popular.

(End of this chapter)