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Chapter 1106 Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills
Jin Youzi didn't even return to the post station, so he left Jinan straight away, even Chu Yan packed up his luggage, so that people rushed to catch up and delivered it to him.

Along the way, Bachelor Jin was too tormented.I think he boasted in front of the emperor and vowed to bring Wang Xian back, but now he fled like a bereaved dog.It can be said that he came here full of ambition, but returned with a disgraceful face. How should he explain to the emperor after returning to Beijing?How to explain to colleagues?How to face the derisive laughter from the ruling and opposition parties?

The more Xueshi Jin thought about it, the more ashamed he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He didn't think about food and drink all day long, and his internal affairs were destroyed. Before he left the border of Shandong, he fell ill all of a sudden.The chief follower saw that he was burned like coal, and wanted to find a nearby city to live in, so that he could seek medical advice and treat Jin Xueshi's illness.

Unexpectedly, Jin Youzi insisted on asking, "Where are you going?"

Chang Sui replied, "Dezhou."

"Don't go." Jin Youzi immediately yelled: "No, no, I swear that I will never enter Wang Xian's territory again!" He had already suffered from a severe cold, but at the moment he was overly emotional and coughed violently, even coughing up blood Come.The elders were so frightened that they lost their minds, worrying that he would die and lose their jobs.

But they didn't dare to disobey Jin Youzi, so they really refused to enter the city of Dezhou. They persisted in the ice and snow for another two days, until they reached the border of Shandong and arrived at Cangzhou City. Only then did the dying Jin Xueshi live in the warm prefect In the yamen, a doctor gave him a pulse and prescribed medicine.

After being raised in Cangzhou for a few days, his condition was slightly stable, and Jin Youzi struggled to get on the road again.The prefect of Cangzhou advised him to stay longer and wait for his illness to improve before leaving.But Jin Youzi hissed: "The king's life is in your body, how dare you stay for a while?" After thanking the prefect of Cangzhou for his hospitality, he resolutely set out on the road.

The prefect of Cangzhou seemed very moved by Jin Youzi. After returning home, he wrote to his colleagues in Beijing, praising Jin Xueshi's noble sentiments of devotion to duty and dedication.Then, these words quickly reached Zhu Gaochi's ears, and His Majesty the Emperor hurriedly ordered Jin Yiwei to take Jin Xueshi back, and sent people from the Imperial Hospital to follow Jin Yiwei to set off, making sure that Jin Xueshi was in good health.

Ten days later, Jin Yiwei took Jin Youzi, who was only a handful of bones, back to the capital.To Xueshi Jin's disappointment, apart from his son and a few disciples, not many people came out of the city to meet him.

"It shouldn't be..." Jin Youzi looked at the three or two kittens with blank eyes, and murmured in his heart: "According to the routine, it should be officials and scholars who came to welcome me back to Beijing..."

"Father, it's New Year's Eve today, and everyone is busy celebrating the New Year..." Jin Youzi's son understood his father's heart and whispered in his ear.

"Oh..." Jin Youzi felt relieved.

After entering Yongding Gate, Jin Yiwei wanted to send Jin Youzi back home, and Jin Youzi was clamoring to go back to the palace and return to his life, saying, "The king's order has not been restored, dare to go home"?
Zhu Gaochi was forced to have no choice but to let the eunuch pass an edict, saying that the bachelor's body is important, and other things should be put aside first, go home to recover from illness, have a good New Year, and talk about anything after the New Year.

Only then did Jin Youzi stop insisting, and asked someone to send him home...

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The twelfth lunar month of this year is a small month, there is no New Year's Eve, and the next day is New Year's Day.This year's New Year's Day is not ordinary, because from this day on, the Ming Dynasty will change Yuan Hongxi!

In the hearts of Zhu Gaochi and his civil servants, it is natural to hope that the chapter of Yongle will be completely overturned, and the Ming Dynasty will completely enter the Hongxi era.I don't want the Yongle era to pass away, and there are many people who try their best to resist the coming of the Hongxi era.

This can be seen from the New Year’s banquet in the palace. The atmosphere of the whole banquet was very low and strange. bachelor.

Such a scene appeared at the first New Year's banquet after the new king's ascension to the throne, and Zhu Gaochi's expression was naturally not good.Seeing that the Sacred Heart was not happy, Yang Rong picked up the wine glass, walked up to the Duke of England, and smiled bravely: "Grandpa, this is a big Chinese New Year, you have to take the lead in having a good time. Come, I will offer you a toast!"

Yang Rong's wine glass hung in front of Zhang Fu, his eyes fixed on him.

In the Golden Palace, the voice suddenly became quieter by eight points. All the officials and ministers looked at the two of them together, not knowing how Zhang Fu would react.

The Duke of England glanced at Yang Rong, without looking at the glass of wine, and said in a flat tone, "I'm sorry, Bachelor, the late emperor has not been buried yet, so I don't drink at all."

"Om..." There was an uproar in the arena, and the officials never expected that the British Duke, who had always been strictly neutral, would actually say such sharp words—pointing at Zhu Gaochi who was sitting on the dragon chair!
The emperor's face immediately darkened by two points, and the surprise in his eyes flashed past.

Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting under the emperor's head, couldn't help but look at each other with his confidantes. They all saw joy in each other's eyes, and then quickly lowered their heads to eat.

"Grandpa's words are wrong, right?" Yang Rong secretly called out unlucky, but naturally he had to extinguish the fire he lit.Gathering his mind, he looked at Zhang Fu with a smile that was not a smile and said: "According to the etiquette system, the emperor's funeral is different from ordinary people. The emperor's funeral is replaced by the day, so 27 days of mourning is equal to 27 months for my ministers!"

"Bachelor Yang's words are embarrassing. I don't mean to question the emperor?" Zhang Fu said that he was panicked, but his face was still expressionless, and he said unhurriedly: "You also said just now that the emperor will be mourned on the 27th. But As courtiers, we can't be sad and happy so quickly."

The last four words of Zhang Fu's "Jie Sorrow Seeking Joy" were really like four cannon shots, shaking the ears of the emperor and ministers in the hall, and they were dumbfounded!
Everyone thought Mr. Ying was a kind person, but they didn't expect him to be so mean and vicious!How dissatisfied should this be to the emperor!

"British lord!" Yang Pu, who always regarded himself as the old hen protecting the emperor, was furious, and said, "You are too outrageous! All dynasties and dynasties have given a banquet on the first day of the Spring Festival. How come the emperor Here, it becomes a pleasure-seeking?"

"That's right, this banquet is a ritual of the court. As a ruler, Your Majesty can't waste the government affairs of the court and the etiquette of the country just by worrying about yourself!" The emperor is heartbroken!" He bowed his hands to Zhu Gaochi, choked with sobs and said: "The former emperor passed away, the emperor's grief is heavier than all of us combined, but what can you do as a king? You can only hide your grief in your heart and act as if nothing happened on the surface. Govern the country and perform duties! Today's banquet is the emperor's duty! Lord, we as courtiers, should not understand the emperor's pain, let alone sprinkle salt on the emperor's wound!"

Naturally, the civil servant's lip service did not speak out, and the British government was demolished in a few strokes.

Just when the nobles were sweating for the British Duke, Zhang Fu stood up, gave Zhu Gaochi a deep bow, and hissed: "Your Majesty, I should be damned, I shouldn't say such nonsense! Such a disappointment!"

The civil servants couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, but the hearts of the nobles fell to the bottom. Everyone thought that the British Duke had admitted to being cowardly.

Zhu Gaochi's face turned pale, and when he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Fu's eye circles turned red, and he actually shed tears, and then he heard him choke up and say: "My Zhang Fu's father died early, in my heart, the late emperor is just like my father. Same. I miss my relatives a lot during the festive season, but for this big festival, I miss the late emperor..."

As he spoke, the British Duke burst into tears.The truth can't be explained by civil servants, I'm talking about feelings with you!Cry his mother!
It doesn't matter if he cries, Duke Cheng and others immediately start to mourn. All the nobles have suffered a year of grievances, and at this moment, they vented their cries louder and louder, completely covering the singing and dancing in the hall , The sound of firecrackers outside the hall!
Zhu Gaochi's face was livid, and his hands under the case were trembling, but he couldn't help it, so he could only watch the nobles perform coldly, and when they finished their mourning, he said coldly: "It's because I didn't think carefully, since everyone The Qing family feels that today's banquet is inappropriate, so let's break up."

After finishing speaking, the emperor suddenly got up and left quickly with the support of the eunuch.

As soon as Zhu Gaochi left, the nobles immediately stopped crying and looked at Yang Shiqi and others coldly.When the civil servants saw that they were bullying the emperor so undisguisedly, they were very angry.Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, fortunately, Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji had senior qualifications recognized by civil servants and generals, so they persuaded the two sides to leave.

This is why on the first day of the new year, an eternal scandal of civil and military fights broke out.

But leaving the palace angrily, the civil servants and military generals who walked on both sides clearly knew that the conflict was only temporarily suppressed today. In the near future, the conflict will definitely erupt!

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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi visited Jin Youzi who was recuperating at home by paying New Year's greetings.

The three of them were life-and-death friends who wore a pair of trousers, so naturally there was nothing to hide. Jin Youzi's son directly brought the two academicians into his father's bedroom.

Once inside, Er Yang smelled a strong smell of medicine. Yang Rong looked at Jin Youzi, who was lying on the bed with a sallow complexion, who seemed to be breathing in and out, and scolded with a smile: "What kind of medicine do you take for the Chinese New Year, you are not afraid of bad luck."

"At this time, do you still care so much?" Jin Youzi smiled wryly, "Saving your life is the most important thing."

"I think it is, it's important to save face." Yang Shiqi looked at the prescription on the table and said something abruptly.

The corner of Jin Youzi's mouth twitched, and seeing Er Yang looking at him narrowly, he knew that his little trick would not fool these two people at all.He had no choice but to smile wryly and said, "Why, did you see that I was acting?"

"Well, it's too hard." Yang Shiqi said with a narrow smile: "The traces of the performance are too heavy. Do you listen to too many operas or read too many history books? I don't know if you can't do both properly?"

"Hey..." Jin Youzi sat up all of a sudden, and his movements were so brisk that he didn't look like he was dead at 01:30.He rubbed his face vigorously, removed a layer of yellow mask, and sighed: "You should also know how embarrassing I am in Jinan, why don't I have the face to go back to Beijing without tricks?"

(End of this chapter)