Ming politicians

Liu Zhongji was already very surprised.

Su Tiancheng had changed so much that he couldn't believe it. When he was at the same government school, Su Tiancheng was taciturn and hardly spoke. After class every day, he went straight home and rarely participated in various parties, but This guy's grades are pretty good, Pingyang Mansion can admit forty students every year, Su Tiancheng can actually get in the top five, that's pretty good.

After passing the government examination, it is said that Su Tiancheng can go to the Imperial College to study and prepare for the rural examination.

There are four types of supervisors in Guozijian, namely Jujian, Gongjian, Yinjian, and Lijian.

The status of Jujian is the highest. All of them are candidates who failed in the general examination. Generally, they did not study in Guozijian.

Gongjian is an excellent talent selected from all over the country, and they entered the Guozijian to study. Unfortunately, this kind of selection is a mere formality, and in the end they are sorted according to age, and some people who are older and less educated are full of them.

The status of Yinjian is the most noble, and they are all the children of high-ranking officials above the third rank, or the children of relatives.

The case prison spends the most money. These people are merchants or common people's children, and they spend money to buy places to study in the Imperial College.

Liu Zhongji believed that Su Tiancheng was knowledgeable. If he could go to the Guozijian to study and become a regular prisoner, he would definitely not have any problems in the next year's provincial examination. For some reason, Su Tiancheng did not go in the end.

But Su Tiancheng's older brother, Su Tianhao, didn't have much knowledge, managed to pass the Tongsheng exam, and actually went to the Imperial College and became a regular prisoner.

Su Tianhao is the eldest son, and Su Tiancheng is the son of a concubine, this is the reason.

Liu Zhongji knew it too, but felt that the master of the Su family was blind and threw the money into the water.

He had never seen Su Tiancheng enter a brothel before, and today he wanted to give it a try, to see if Su Tiancheng had really changed. He didn't expect Su Tiancheng to be so forthright and able to deal with it in a decent manner. It's really strange, sir. Three days should be treated with admiration.

Su Tiancheng had a different idea. He was concerned about how much money it would cost to come to the brothel.

"Brother Liu, I'm really sorry for such a waste of money."

"Brother Su, don't say that. Let's drink and narrate and have a good time. Last year in the government examination, some people looked down on Liu and thought Liu was worthless. Brother Su gave Liu a lot of encouragement. Liu will always remember this friendship."

"Brother Liu is righteous and forthright. He has friends all over the world. Respect is worse than obedience. I must respect Brother Liu for a few glasses of wine."

"That's right, Mr. Liu has always admired Brother Su's talent and learning. Today we won't go home until we're drunk."

"Thank you so much, Brother Liu. This is the first time I've been to the brothel, and I don't know the rules here. If there is something abrupt, please point me to Brother Liu."

"Brother Su is careful. When it comes to this brothel, there are no rules. It depends on whether you have money. If you have money, what you say is the rule. If you don't have money, what mother says is the rule."

"So that's the case. I don't know how much silver it takes to come to the brothel once."

Liu Zhongji was a little impatient, he didn't expect that Su Tiancheng would ask such a question, it was too cheap, but he still held back, maybe Su Tiancheng had an enlightenment, from now on he would often go to brothels, knowing the price is not a bad thing.

"It depends on how you spend it. A hundred taels of silver is not too much, and three to five taels of silver is not too little. If you want to invite the top girl in the brothel, it will definitely not work if you don't have dozens of taels of silver. As for ordinary Consumption, three or five taels of silver is enough."

Seeing Su Tiancheng's face turned pale, Liu Zhongji misunderstood the meaning.

"Hehe, let's not talk about this, the banquet will be up soon, and the girl will also be here, let's have a good time today, Brother Su, you must let go."

The food and wine came quickly, and there were not many dishes, probably the madam thought of it, there were only two of them, but the girl didn't come for so long, Liu Zhongji couldn't help it.

A person's face is very important. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many people have fought violently for the sake of face, and even fought with their lives. Su Tiancheng knows the stakes, but he is even more aware that face and identity are closely related Connected, it is stupid behavior to try to save face beyond one's own strength.

The madam's eyes are very poisonous, and she can also grasp the details of the frequent guests. They follow the trend, of course, all for making money.

The people who come to the brothel for entertainment are all kinds of people. If they lose their temper indiscriminately, they may meet some important people. If they suffer a loss, they don't know what happened.

Every brothel has more or less background behind it.

But Liu Zhongji is a student, and Liu Zhongji's father is also a bureaucrat in Pingyang Prefecture. According to his status hundreds of years later, he will be the deputy head of the Organization Department. Such a status is already good. Why is there such a situation? .

"Brother Liu, I would like to offer you a toast, thank you Brother Liu for your hospitality."

"Brother Su, I'm sorry, look, the girl hasn't come yet."

"Brother Liu, don't have such thoughts. We came here for fun, not for anger. It's fine if the girl doesn't come. It's no big deal. Try to relax."

Liu Zhongji's drinking capacity is obviously not good. After two glasses of wine, his face began to turn red. Su Tiancheng sighed softly. With such a drinking capacity, he must not be able to come to a brothel.

Liu Zhongji's words obviously began to increase. In this situation, it is indeed a manifestation of not being able to drink.

"Brother Su, it's not peaceful now."

"how do I say this."

Liu Zhongji's face became even redder, and he looked around unconsciously to see if anyone was eavesdropping.

"The rogue bandits are rampant. The Shaanxi bandit leaders Gao Yingxiang and Wang Zishun have fled to Pingyang Fucheng to cause chaos, causing panic. This Shaanxi Zhang Xianzhong was originally a Yansui army soldier. He broke the military law and was whipped a hundred times. He also rebelled. I will not I see, what is going on in Shaanxi, why are there so many rogues?"

Su Tiancheng secretly laughed, he knew all these things, so he said that Li Zicheng used to be a postman, because Hu Ke gave a memorial to Liu Mao during the incident, thinking that the post station was too wasteful and should be abolished, Zhu Youjian gave the abolition In the post station, Li Zicheng was unemployed, so he also rebelled.Some people even said that because Liu Mao married a concubine, his original wife rushed to the capital quickly through the post station, which ruined Liu Mao's good deeds.

However, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others who really succeeded in rebelling later were not real farmers.

It is impossible for ordinary people to know the situation Liu Zhongji mentioned. The reason why he knew it was mostly because he read the official residence newspaper. His father was in the official house of Pingyang Mansion and could see the residence newspaper.

"Brother Su, you know about Yuan Chonghuan's murder."

Su Tiancheng narrowed his eyes. There were too many disputes about Yuan Chonghuan being killed by Emperor Chongzhen, and most of them blamed Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian, but there were also different opinions that Yuan Chonghuan should be killed.

At this time, it was only three months since Yuan Chonghuan was killed.

"I've always been at home. I don't know much about it. I don't know what Brother Liu thinks of it."

"Hey, there are a lot of people calling for Yuan Chonghuan's grievances. This is a major matter in the court. I can't talk nonsense. I met Brother Su today, and I want to solve the doubts in my heart."

Liu Zhongji picked up the wine glass and drank it down. Before Su Tiancheng could speak, he spoke again.

"I heard a saying that Wei Zhongxian's party members were waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, causing the emperor to kill Yuan Chonghuan."

Su Tiancheng suddenly thought of the evaluation of Yuan Chonghuan, which was a document he had read: Yuan Chonghuan was a man of high moral character, selfless and fearless, but his tragedy also lay in his noble character and clear conscience, so when doing things , claiming to be the country and the public, without any scruples, even when doing wrong things, he is so righteous and straightforward.

In fact, there were quite a few ministers like this in the Ming Dynasty, and this may be one of the tragedies of the Ming Dynasty's demise.

Now that he has traveled through time, Su Tiancheng needs to have his own opinion.

"Oh, what do you think Brother Liu, I really haven't heard of it."

"What do I think? It's a big matter for the imperial court, not something we care about. I still admire Brother Su. He only reads the books of sages and sages. He must be in high school next year."

Su Tiancheng was a little discouraged. Unexpectedly, Liu Zhongji was also very smart. He definitely had opinions on the killing of Yuan Chonghuan, but he just didn't say anything.

After drinking a pot of wine, the girl still didn't come, Su Tiancheng was a little angry, and wanted to go out and talk to the madam, isn't this bullying?

Liu Zhongji was already drunk, lying on the table, still muttering to himself.