Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 35
"Reporting to the emperor, the grass-roots believe that the words of this Lord Qian are not only deceiving the emperor, but also harming the country!" After making up his mind at the critical moment of life and death, Young Master Zhang's head that had been drowsy since he woke up in the morning suddenly became much clearer, and pointed at Qian Qianyi. Xiang Mingxi Zong said loudly: "If the emperor wants to know the reason, please allow Caomin to stand up and ask this Lord Qian a few words."

"Quite." Ming Xi Zong snorted coldly: "However, if you can't say a saw, axe, or paint, I will not only punish you for slandering the minister, but also punish you for the crime of disrespect in front of the imperial court and the neglect of the imperial examination. crime!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Eldest Young Master Zhang agreed, stood up and walked slowly to Qian Qianyi, staring at Qian Qianyi as if pondering over his words.And Qian Qianyi had also heard about Young Master Zhang's eloquent sophistry for a long time. Knowing that this is a difficult master to deal with, he secretly heightened his vigilance. The two looked at each other for a while, but neither of them said a word.After another long while, Young Master Zhang cleared his throat with a cough, and asked with a polite smile: "Master Qian, dare I ask, what did you say just now? Wansheng doesn't remember very clearly, can you ask me again?" Late birth retelling one or two?"

"But that's it." Qian Qianyi breathed a sigh of relief, and said proudly: "Since Mr. Zhang fell asleep just now and didn't hear clearly, the old man will repeat it again——Since the first year of Tianqi, comets have repeatedly violated the sun during the day, and all over the world. The famine is not chaotic, rebels rise up, slaves are built and invaded the border, my Ming Dynasty is in a time of many disasters, and at this time, I personally think that it is inappropriate and unlucky to appoint a student who was born in Liangshan Shuibo as the number one scholar!— — Mr. Zhang, you can hear clearly now."

"Understood clearly, thank you, Mr. Qian, for your guidance." Young Master Zhang nodded, and suddenly raised his voice and asked: "Then, please ask Mr. Qian, you said that there are many disasters in my Ming Dynasty, rebels are rising, slaves are being established, and there are many disasters. In such a difficult time, who caused all this? The ancients said that if a person does not cultivate virtue, the boat will become an enemy country; Do you insinuate and accuse the current emperor of long live for not cultivating benevolence?"

"I don't have any!" A few casual words were forced by Young Master Zhang to insinuate the emperor, and the sweat on Qian Qianyi's body was frightened.Young Master Zhang didn't give Qian Qianyi any chance to refute at all, and rushed to say: "The sage said: How difficult it is to rejuvenate the country! Although there are brutal slaves and rebellions in our Ming Dynasty, there are also individual traitors in power, and natural disasters continue, but don't forget— ——My Great Ming Dynasty is also presided over by the wise and wise Emperor Tianqi and the loyal and loyal country’s Eunuch Wei! As long as they are there, the Jurchen slave tribe in Jianzhou is nothing more than a clown jumping on the beam, and it will be destroyed! As long as they are there, this natural and man-made disaster is insignificant , On the contrary, it will inspire our Ming emperors, ministers and people to help each other in the same boat, work hard, and make our Ming stronger and prosperous! Mencius said: "Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, and they must first suffer from their hearts and minds, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies, and empty their bodies." Haven’t you heard this sentence? Don’t you understand the meaning of this sentence?”

"I...I...." Qian Qianyi was so dizzy by Young Master Zhang's nonsense that he couldn't think of anything to answer.However, Young Master Zhang's voice became louder and louder, and he turned to Gu Bingqian and a group of eunuch officials and asked, "My lords, I would like to ask you a question, my Daming's current predicament, as long as there is an emperor who is virtuous and worthy of the three emperors With the dedicated Eunuch Wei and all the court ministers who have worked hard for the country, can we get through this easily? Can we turn the disaster into an opportunity and rejuvenate our Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, of course." Gu Bingqian, Huang Liji and other eunuch officials nodded in agreement, but secretly scolded our Young Master Zhang for being shameless, for being able to distort Qian Qianyi's words like this.But Zhang Ruitu, Wang Zhijian and other young master Zhang's masters were relieved, and quickly echoed: "Zhang Haogu, Mr. Zhang is too right. I am the son of the Ming Dynasty today, Debi Yaoshun, and Wei Gonggong has the talent of Fang Du. I will definitely be able to do it." Turn disasters into opportunities and rejuvenate our Daming country!" "As long as there are Long Live Today and Wei Gonggong, Mingjun and loyal ministers, our Daming Jiangshan will definitely be stable for ten thousand years!"

"And these adults, what do you say? Don't you think what Wansheng said is wrong?" Young Master Zhang turned to the silent Donglin Party officials and asked with a smile.Although the officials of the Donglin Party have scolded Young Master Zhang bloody in their stomachs, few of them have the guts to imitate Hai Rui and dare to call Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian face-to-face. Answer: "Yes, Mr. Zhang is very right."

"Master Qian, do you think Wansheng is right?" Young Master Zhang turned back to ask Qian Qianyi with a wicked smile.Of course, Qian Qianyi would not slap himself in the face, and chose not to answer. He just wondered how Master Zhang turned the topic to the question of whether Ming Xi Zong was a sage?Young Master Zhang peeked at Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian again, and found that they were all smiling, obviously very satisfied with what he said just now, so Young Master Zhang no longer hesitated, knelt down to Ming Xizong immediately, clasped his fists and shouted: "Report to the Emperor!" Now, the grassroots have to sue this Mr. Qian for one thing—sue him for betraying his country and seeking glory! Cut himself off from heaven and earth, cut himself off from his ancestors!"

"When did I betray my country and seek glory?" Qian Qianyi screamed like a pig.Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian, who were hearing the excitement, were also taken aback for a moment, and asked respectively: "Zhang Haogu, when did Qian Qianyi betray the country and seek glory?" Evidence? If there is, our family will be the first to spare him!"

"Report to the emperor, report to Eunuch Wei." Young Master Zhang was not polite, pointing to Qian Qianyi and said quickly: "This Master Qian just said something, building slaves and offending the border! Liaodong has been my land of China since ancient times, and I started the Ming dynasty." Since then, government post stations have been set up in various places in Liaodong, and Liaodong has been included in our Daming territory. The slave chief Nurhachi was originally a slave in the family of an official of our Ming Dynasty. Liaodong——but this Qian Qianyi, Mr. Qian, insisted that he was a prisoner of slaves. Did he want to cede all the land in Liaodong north of Ningyuan to the slaves of Jianzhou? This is not betraying the country and seeking glory. Liezong, what is it?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Qian Qianyi almost fainted from fright, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Isn't that what I mean, I definitely don't mean that?"

"That's not what you mean? Then what do you mean?" Young Master Zhang has always been merciless when he hits a dog in the water, pointing to Qian Qianyi's nose and asking: "You said that the slaves committed crimes? What side did they commit? Shanhaiguan or Ningyuan City? Where is the border of our Ming territory? Is Jiannu Nurhachi my slave of Ming Dynasty, or a foreign enemy chieftain? Liaodong soldiers and civilians who were looted by Jiannu, do you want to treat them as subjects of the enemy country? I, Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, resisted the Japanese and aided the dynasty, did I borrow the way from the land of slavery? I, the Ming Dynasty..."

Young Master Zhang asked Qian Qianyi, Ming Xizong's face turned ugly, and Qian Qianyi's face turned livid. In the end, Qian Qianyi really couldn't resist Young Master Zhang's aggressive questioning, so he could only grab the land with his head desperately. He kowtowed and begged for mercy, crying bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have made a slip of the tongue, I have used improper words, please forgive my sin, please forgive my sin!"

"It's not just that you use inappropriate words? I think you have sinister intentions!" Young Master Zhang fell into trouble, pointed to Liu Ruozai who was kneeling on the other side, and said loudly: "This Liu Ruozai, Liu Huiyuan, is just because he was born in Liangshan, Shuibo, Shandong. You just criticize wantonly, say that it is inappropriate for him to be the number one scholar, and deliberately sabotage the national talent ceremony! Let me ask you, how did Song Jiang Wu Jialiang and his gang who rebelled in Shuibo Liangshan hundreds of years ago die in the end? They were recruited by the court Later conquered Fang La and sacrificed his life for the country! A mediocre lord like Huizong of Song Dynasty knew how to conquer people with virtue, and reused Song Jiang regardless of his background! How holy is my Ming Dynasty today, can't we tolerate a bachelor's number one scholar whose ancestral home is in Liangshan? You still dare to persuade Wansui today to abandon virtuousness because of a small problem of birth. Do you want Wansui today to do something even more stupid than Song Huizong? By the way, when it comes to this matter, I think of your accusation again... Cough cough."

Speaking of this, the young master Zhang who spoke too hastily coughed again and again, Ming Xizong did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand and said: "Give Zhang Haogu a cup of tea, let him continue talking." Wei Zhongxian smiled, and quickly brought it to young master Zhang himself With a cup of tea, he praised: "Little monkey, well said, drink some tea to moisten your throat, and continue."

"Thank you, Eunuch Wei." Young Master Zhang took the tea bowl and drank it down, then pointed to Qian Qianyi, who was ashen-faced, and said frothingly, "Master Qian, I just remembered that Song Huizong was finally killed Who caught Liaodong? The ancestor of Jiannu Nuerhachi! You persuaded the emperor to do something more stupid than Song Huizong to abandon talents. Do you want my Ming to perish as soon as possible? Let me be like Song Huizong , was captured by Jiannu Nuerhachi as a slave?"

With a loud "bang", the furious Ming Xizong jumped up and overturned the dragon case in front of him. He was so frightened that the civil and military officials of the court and the palace examination candidates knelt down together. Young Master Zhang was also startled, and quickly kowtowed hypocritically to plead guilty: "Long live!" Calm down, the grassroots speak out without words, offend Tianyan, capital punishment, death penalty!"

"It's none of your business!" Ming Xizong roared, pointing at Qian Qianyi and yelling: "Come here, drag this treacherous minister and traitor who betrayed the country and seek glory, and beat him to death with the court stick!"

"Monkey boy, you did a good job." Wei Zhongxian, who killed another Donglin Party official and knelt next to Young Master Zhang, couldn't help smiling, and couldn't help but praise Young Master Zhang in a low voice.All the officials of the Donglin Party knelt down together and shouted tremblingly: "The emperor is merciful. Although Qian Qianyi's words were inappropriate, it was really unintentional. Please forgive me extrajudicially." Zuo Guangdou, who was quite trusted by Ming Xizong, also said loudly : "Your Majesty, Qian Qianyi's words are indeed inappropriate, but the phrase 'building slaves and offending the frontier' is often used by the generals in Liaodong when they report military information. If the emperor kills officials because of this sentence, I am afraid that everyone in Liaodong will be in danger. , to shake the morale of the army. Please forgive Qian Qianyi this time, and issue an order to Liaodong, so that the Liaodong generals will use their words carefully in the future. Don’t forget that Liaodong is my land of Ming Dynasty. Nuerhachi is a rebellion in Liaodong. This is stability. The best policy of the heart."

Ming Xizong calmed down and thought about it carefully, and found that this word has indeed been used by many people, because killing Qian Qianyi at this point is really afraid that everyone in Liaodong will be in danger, so he nodded and said: "Alright, I will forgive you." Qian Qianyi's words, but capital crimes are inevitable, life crimes are inevitable, Qian Qianyi blocked the way of talents, sabotaged the national talent ceremony, dragged down the imperial staff forty, and executed immediately! I also reiterate that Liaodong is my land of Ming Dynasty. Don't give up a foot or an inch to others, this point will never be shaken! As for the Jianzhou slave tribe, sooner or later, I will completely wipe them out and restore the entire territory of our Daming and Liaodong!"

"Your Majesty is holy, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Manchu officials and candidates kowtowed together, only Qian Qianyi, who was dragged out of the Golden Palace by Jin Yiwei, shouted for grievances, but Ming Xizong ignored him at all, just pointed at Liu Ruozai and said: "Liu Ruozai, if it wasn't for Zhang Haogu, who was the same year as you, who understood righteousness and defended you, I would have almost missed a talent like you. I have decided that you will be the top student in the undergraduate course."

"Caomin thank the emperor for his kindness." Liu Ruozai burst into tears of gratitude, first kowtowed to Ming Xizong, and then looked back at Young Master Zhang. Although he didn't speak, his gratitude was already in silence.Over there, Ming Xizong pointed to Young Master Zhang and said: "Zhang Haogu, you are very good. You can remind me in time when I am deceived by traitors, and you can also speak out for people who have never been related. You are an honest gentleman. I have decided, you are... …”

"Your Majesty, I have a mission to play." Young Master Zhang's nemesis, Cao Yubian, jumped out again, bowed and said, "Long live, although Zhang Haogu speaks uprightly, there is no conclusion as to whether there is any selfishness in it. It’s so good that the ancient emperor came to the palace, and he hasn’t written a single word or moved a single stroke. If the emperor just let him win, wouldn’t it be a joke for thousands of years? According to Wei Chen, it’s better to let Zhang Haogu write a good article first, the emperor It won't be too late to decide his ranking."

"That's right." Li Ruoxing also said darkly: "Since Zhang Haogu was able to pass No. 3 in the national examination, his knowledge of writing and writing tools is extraordinary. The Great Ming Law Code, and secondly, let the ministers and others look up to Zhang Haogu's brilliant brushwork, wouldn't it be wonderful."

"Alright." Ming Xizong was moved by Cao Yubian and Li Ruoxing, so he nodded and said, "Let Zhang Haogu do the exam questions first, and I will decide his ranking after reading his article." Everyone knows that Ming Xizong is simply pretending to be illiterate. No matter how Master Zhang writes, he will definitely be fine, so there is no objection.Only our young master Zhang continued to be dumbfounded, and said in his heart, "Oh no! I should have deliberately lost a little to Qian Qianyi just now, and let the emperor beat me out with a stick. What should I do now?"

"Zhang Haogu, why don't you answer the question?" Seeing Young Master Zhang not moving for a long time, Ming Xizong couldn't help asking: "Why? Do you think the question is too difficult?" Wei Zhongxian was also very strange, and was about to ask Young Master Zhang While talking, a young eunuch suddenly stumbled in outside the Jinluan Hall, and shouted out of breath as soon as he entered the hall: "My Majesty, someone...someone...someone...."

"What's wrong with someone?" Wei Zhongxian asked impatiently.The little eunuch kowtowed and gasped for a moment before he could utter a complete sentence, "Someone beat the Dengwen drum to cry for injustice!"

(End of this chapter)