ruffian mixed in ancient times

Chapter 94 "The Emperor's Anger Walks Away"

In the cold winter, the cold moon is faint, an old and a young are sitting on the stone tables and chairs in the garden, the old is majestic, and the young is elegant.Surrounded by the old and the young in the cold winter, everyone's forehead was dripping with sweat, and the sweat dripped to the ground, and everyone dared not reach out to wipe it off.

In the quiet courtyard under the quiet cold moon, Ah Zhen twisted and maintained his sitting posture for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, how about a glass of wine?"

The majestic emperor heard that Lin Azhen was fearless, and he didn't know what to do with him for a while and said: "Lin Aiqing, you really enjoy yourself."

"Haha, Your Majesty praised it. Life is too short. If you can't enjoy yourself, then you will be in this world in vain." Ah Zhen felt deeply. Originally, he was supposed to be a dead person, but he didn't expect to come to this world by accident. inside.

"What a life is short." The emperor immediately faded away when he heard his words and said solemnly: "Lin Aiqing really doesn't know how to treat guests. I have been in your house for a long time, but you are even stingy with a cup of tea."

"Damn my minister, I have already ordered drinks, and the emperor had a long conversation with me when he arrived. I was afraid that the servants in the mansion would not dare to disturb me, so I didn't come here." Ah Zhen explained with a smile and then waited for a long time in the distance The old man shouted: "Quickly serve the food and wine."

As soon as the words were finished, a group of maidservants carefully held the plates one by one, walked gracefully and shamelessly to the stone chairs, put the food and wine on the table, and quickly retreated one after another.

"Please, Your Majesty." After seeing all the maids retreating, Ah Zhen lifted the jug and filled the empty cup in front of the Emperor's table.

"Liu Aiqing, you should sit down too." The emperor saw that they had stood for a long time, so what's the point of having a drink and a group of people waiting beside him.Lin Aiqing said well, life is short.

"This" Liu Wanyang and his group dared not move lightly. When Zhengdu was hesitating, Ah Zhen stood up and pulled the two of them, and pressed them to sit down.

"Drink, don't be too restrained when you come to my house." Ah Zhen pulled them into the wine room and enthusiastically helped them fill up the wine.

"This" group of people was overwhelmed.Headed by Liu Wanyang, they are not as kind as Brother Zhen. Can the emperor be in front of them without restraint?
"Liu Aiqing, your family has been loyal ministers and generals for generations, and you have contributed a lot to the country and society, so don't be restrained." The emperor picked up the wine glass and sipped lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." As soon as the Majesty said, a group of people dared to let go of their hands and feet, and then picked up the wine cups and sipped lightly.

The moon is as cool as water, and in the quiet garden, although the flowers are withered, the white plums are in full bloom, and the green bamboos are even more colorful and glowing.

The emperor looked at the depth of the scene, sighed, raised his eyes and said: "Lin Aiqing, I heard that you have also improved the realm of poetry. With such a beautiful scene, how about singing a poem?"

"Here, the emperor's humble minister doesn't understand poetry." Ah Zhen groaned inwardly.

This statement immediately caused Liu Wanfengyang and a group of people to look at each other with blank eyes. Brother Zhen dared to open his eyes and tell nonsense even in front of the emperor. If he didn't understand poetry, the rest of the world would not understand it that day.

"Haha, Lin Aiqing, modesty is a virtue, but too much becomes hypocrisy. A few days ago, Fu Yang sent me two poems. What's Fu Yang's name?" do not remember.

Liu Fuyang saw that he had been called by the emperor, so he stood up quickly and clasped his fists and replied: "The emperor is right, I did dedicate two poems written by Da Sima to the emperor. Mingyue."

"Yes yes yes, I love these two poems very much like a treasure." After hearing what Liu Fuyang said, the emperor thought of the artistic conception of these two poems and admired them endlessly.

"Your Majesty, Da Sima is not only proficient in poetry, but also has a profound artistic conception in words." Speaking of poetry, Liu Fengyang couldn't help standing up and clasping his fists to the emperor.

"Word?" The emperor was taken aback, he had never heard this word before, and asked curiously: "What is a word?"

"Your Majesty, the words written by Da Sima are unparalleled in the past and the present, and there will be no one to praise the bright moon." Liu Fengyang was very excited when he talked about the water melody song. Being able to present it personally, the excitement is beyond words.

"Quickly read it for me to listen to." Seeing Liu Fengyang talking nonsense, the old man of the emperor immediately became excited, and was even more curious about the word "ci".

And Ah Zhen blushed with shame, Mr. Su, Mr. Li.Don't jump out of the grave and shoot me to death with bricks.

With the emperor's urging, Liu Fengyang stood up, held up his wine glass, held it high towards the cold moon in the sky, stepped forward and began to chant: "When is the bright moon?"
Ask the sky for wine.

I don’t know what the palace is, but what year is it.

I want to return by wind, and I fear Qionglou Yuyu, the heights are too cold.

Dancing clear shadow, like in the world!
Turn Zhuge, low tenants, and sleepless.

There should be no hatred, why is it going to other times?

People have sorrows and sorrows and joys, and moons have yin and qing, which is difficult to complete.

Nung, moon and new moon.

After singing, Liu Fengyang also pretended to be melancholy and drank the wine in the stick, and sighed deeply into the sky.

Immediately everyone was stunned, even Ah Zhen was also stunned.If Liu Fengyang didn't act, he really wasted it.

"How is the emperor?" Liu Fengyang excitedly asked the old man the emperor, as if this song was composed by him.

"Good, good! Good." The emperor also praised him excitedly, and murmured deeply in his old eyes: "Good one, people have joys and sorrows, and the moon has cloudy and sunny waxes and wanes."

"Okay, okay, I didn't expect our Lin Aiqing to be capable of both martial arts and literature. It's really a joy of the Zhou Dynasty." After the emperor murmured, his piercing eyes stared deeply at Ah Zhen. How many more weeks can there be?

Ah Zhen's face was flushed and his ears were red when he was praised: "Your Majesty, just listen to it."

"What a humble Lin Azhen." The emperor was so happy that he even omitted Lin Aiqing and called her by name directly.

"The emperor drinks, drinks." Ah Zhen filled his glass with guilt and changed the subject.

"Lin Aiqing, when I came in just now, I heard that you were very discouraged by my ministers, but why?" The emperor took a sip, thinking of his admiration to the ministers just now.

"Your Majesty, I am not discouraged by the ministers, it is just a sudden sentimental sigh just now." Ah Zhen replied lightly while avoiding the seriousness.

"Things happen for a reason, and I really want to hear your opinion on the officialdom." When the emperor said this, Ah Zhen was shocked. A word of speech can bring benefits to many ordinary people, so what's the harm in talking about it.

"The yamen is open, don't come in if you have a reason and no money. Has the emperor heard this sentence?" Ah Zhen asked carefully.

"What kind of nonsense is this? Don't come in if you don't have money if you have a reason. Can't you treat the people as a cornucopia?" The emperor scolded angrily.

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Ah Zhen carefully replied: "Your Majesty, this is just a folk proverb, implying that officials are greedy."

"Continue to say," the emperor urged with a straight face.

"The humble minister talked about it roughly." Ah Zhen asked after a pause: "For example, when a river tyrant breaks its embankment or a drought hits the sky, farmers and people lose their crops and are displaced, what will the emperor do?"

"Of course, open a storehouse for the earthquake disaster, and allocate funds to go there." The emperor stared at Ah Zhen with a questioning expression.

"Yes, the emperor loves the people like his son, but can each of the emperor's subjects love the people like his son?" Ah Zhen asked.

This question immediately silenced everyone.Everyone is different, how can we guarantee.

continued." The emperor paused, skipping his question.

"Your majesty, you always sit on the golden chair in the main hall, and with a wave of your hand, tens of millions of disaster funds are allocated in an instant, but do you always know that less than [-]% of these disaster funds are left in the hands of refugees?" .”

"Boldly, Lin Azhen was talking nonsense." The emperor was furious when he heard this, and the stone table shook when he slapped it.Everyone's heart jumped to their throats, and they sweated for Brother Zhen.

"Your majesty, believe it or not, this is a real thing. The disaster funds are handed out layer by layer, and they are reduced layer by layer. Until the disaster funds reach the local government, even if the local officials are sincerely for the people For the sake of welfare, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do with such a small amount of disaster funds.”

"Bastard, why didn't the local officials report to me?"

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of things involved in this level. What is a local official? Even if the report is made, the ministers and elders will definitely get involved, and the report will definitely be suppressed. The life of the local official is like an ant, and he will be killed instantly What's the trouble? Besides, if you are really alarmed, and you scold all the ministers angrily, all the ministers will deny it, and you will be charged with a crime of slander. What about She Zhongchen?"

Ah Zhen's question immediately silenced the old man of the emperor.The faces of Liu Wanyang and everyone who were originally excited were as pale as a corpse in an instant, but they didn't expect this to be so powerful.

Ah Zhen saw that the emperor's face was ashen. Although he didn't know how the official style of Da Zhou was, he could learn from all the history of ten officials and nine corrupt officials.

"Your Majesty, from the Zaizuo people to the Jiuqing people, and then to the capitals of the city, down to the small county magistrates, counselors, and pavilion chiefs, the disaster money has been withheld all the way, and the remaining [-]% ​​of the disaster money will go to the victims. Even the officials are upright officials." Ah Zhen continued to put in more effort, but this effort almost burned the emperor's hair.

"Presumptuous, bastard, shut up. How can my ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty be as unbearable as you said." The emperor stood up suddenly with a livid face and shouted.

This roar scared everyone to their knees, only the old god Ah Zhen stood up, and said with deep eyes: "Your Majesty, I came from an overseas study tour, and I have also learned the so-called emperor's way. The minister has only been to the early court once, but the minister dares to conclude that the ministers must form cliques for personal gain." Ah Zhen groaned: "The ruler is most afraid of the instability of the throne, and the most taboo of ministers forming cliques."

"The emperor is most afraid of the instability of the throne, and the most taboo of the ministers forming cliques." The emperor silently chanted this sentence that no one has said for many years.When the father was still alive in the past, the dying words were whispered to him. How many years have passed, and it has been 33 years before he knew it. Unexpectedly, 33 years later, he could still hear it from his big Sima. to this sentence.

"Shut up." The emperor was furious. I didn't expect that Lin Azhen would dare to say this in front of everyone. He actually said this kind of emperor's tricks in public. Aren't you afraid that he will cut him off?

"Your Majesty, the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least." Ah Zhen murmured firmly, clasping his fists.

"Hum..." The emperor's face changed drastically, he calmed down his anger, threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, turned around and left with a wave of his sleeves.

"My humble minister sent the emperor respectfully, and wish my emperor long live, long live, long live." Ah Zhen saw the emperor turn away in embarrassment and turned away, sweating, clasping his fists and shouting "Long live", he was happier than anyone else.

The emperor walked a long way, and when he heard his long live, his old face that was originally angry eased instantly, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "He, the big Sima, jumped out of nowhere. Because the heart is like a mirror, even the emperor's scheming can be integrated, and what is even more rare is the kindness to the people. There is such a person who can protect the great Zhou country for a hundred years." After thinking about it, he sighed heavily. If this person is If he gave up, then he can let go of Hengfu, why bother working so hard at his age.Thinking of the crown prince Du'er, he shook his head, got into the sedan chair waiting outside Da Sima's mansion, and the porters carried him to his palace.

"Brother Zhen, you are going to scare us to death." Liu Fengyang couldn't help sweating when he saw that Brother Zhen pulled out the dragon's beard, and the dragon face who pulled it back was furious.

"Little brother, don't talk nicely about these things in the future." Liu Wanyang was also secretly startled, deeply afraid that the emperor ordered him to be beheaded in a fit of anger, and it was definitely not the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Brother Zhen" Xiang Shaoyun was so frightened that his clothes were completely wet, and he was still trembling until now.

"Okay, okay, let's sit down and have a drink." Ah Zhen waved his hand, look at these worthless people, who is the emperor?Unexpectedly, watching those TV dramas that make people fall asleep would have such benefits.Besides who he is, he is not only the Great Sima of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the only Chagar King of Tubo.This old man of the Great Zhou Emperor is very smart, will he cause the soldiers of the two countries to shed blood again for him?Besides, there is still a Liao Kingdom in the north that is about to move.If he is killed, Yingying gets angry and conspires with the Liao Kingdom for a big week.Unless the emperor wants to subjugate the country, and the answer is no.But of course he couldn't say this to them.

"Brother Zhen, I don't want to drink this wine anymore. We are going back, so drink it slowly." Liu Fengyang was so scared that his heart was about to attack, how could he still be in the mood to drink with him.

"What? It's still early, didn't we agree to go to brothels later?" Ah Zhen saw that Liu Fengyang looked hopeless, and asked with a cracked smile.

"Next time, next time." Liu Fengyang just wants to lie on the bed and have a good sleep, let one heart return to its place, and don't think about the others for the time being.

"What about you guys? How about going to the brothel together." Ah Zhen's question immediately stunned the upright Liu Wanyang and the dull Liu Fuyang.

This real brother really didn't build it, and he took it for granted that such disgraceful things as visiting a brothel can be said.

"Little brother, spring will come tomorrow, and I have to congratulate the emperor in the morning. It's better to go to bed early." Liu Wanyang advised.

"Congratulations to the emperor? Congratulations for what?" Ah Zhen asked in a daze after hearing Liu Wanyang's words.

"What? Brother, you don't know?" Liu Wanyang asked in surprise.

Ah Zhen shook his head, as soon as he returned to Jinling, he was dragged by Liu Fengyang to do some calculations, and after returning to Sima Mansion, even having a meal made them quarrel with each other, and the emperor came again when he was leisurely planning to have a drink.This happened one after another, how could anyone tell him that he had to congratulate the old man of the emperor on something?

"Brother Zhen, isn't your congratulatory gift not prepared?" Seeing Brother Zhen stunned, Liu Fengyang covered his head and raised his head to the sky, growling, speechless for this brother.He didn't even know such a big thing, how did he do this big Sima.

"Second brother, don't panic. Third brother, I sold a Ye Mingzhu last year, which can be used as a present for Brother Zhen." Liu Fuyang comforted him dully when he saw that his second brother was about to pass out.

"Third brother is better, Brother Zhen is saved." Hearing what his third brother said, Liu Fengyang immediately looked at Brother Zhen with great joy.

Isn't it just to congratulate the old man?Is it necessary to be so nervous?Ah Zhen said disdainfully: "No need for Fu Yang, I have a big gift myself."

What Ah Zhen said immediately made everyone suspicious, and Xiang Shaoyun was even more confused. He followed Brother Zhen and didn't see him carrying any valuables.

"I am afraid that no one in the world is more precious than this gift of mine. Don't worry, everyone." Ah Zhen laughed mysteriously with raised eyebrows.

Seeing that he was so mysterious, everyone relaxed their faces.Immediately, he thought that he must have touched some treasure in Tubo to dare to speak so brazenly, and immediately felt relieved.

"Brother Zhen, what kind of treasure is it, can you let us have a look?" Liu Fengyang was very interested.

"No, no. This treasure can only be seen by the emperor first, and the emperor will definitely be happy after seeing it." Ah Zhen laughed.

Seeing that they wanted to be seen by the emperor first, they all left without forcing them to say goodbye.

After Liu Fengyang left, he still reluctantly told him to return to the manor tomorrow, as if he would die in his Da Sima's mansion if he didn't return to the manor.Ah Zhen shook his head and sat on the chair, the cold moon in the sky glowed faintly, the lively and lively scene just now suddenly became silent, and a little emptiness appeared inexplicably in his heart.

(End of this chapter)