Rise From the Humble

"Hey, my two good brothers, what time has it been? Have you two decided who will go in to report? This is an urgent battle report for eight hundred miles. Mr. Ge specially ordered it. , we can’t waste a moment, if we delay the military and national affairs, the three of us will not be able to afford it."

The little eunuch holding the memorial couldn't help but urged anxiously when he saw that the two gatekeepers were still unable to decide who should go in to report.

It’s nothing to walk around if you can’t eat. As soon as we go in, there’s a good chance that we’ll lose our lives.

The two eunuchs guarding the gate had a wry smile on their faces. We really want to make a decision quickly, but our lives are at stake. Can we make a quick decision? !

"Can you do it? How about I go in and report it myself?" The little eunuch holding the memorial was almost crying.

When the two gatekeepers heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, as if a bonfire had been lit, but it quickly went out. The rules and regulations in the palace are strict, so how can the job of being an expert be replaced at will?

"Otherwise, we should stick to the old rules." A gatekeeper eunuch suggested.

"Okay." The other gatekeeper nodded.

"Twelve taels." The first gatekeeper stretched out a finger and whispered first.

"Twenty taels." Another eunuch guarding the gate extended his two fingers without hesitation and said.

"Thirty taels." The first gatekeeper gritted his teeth, stretched out three fingers, and then shouted up.

"Forty taels." The other gatekeeper hesitated, then gritted his teeth and added another ten taels of silver.

"Fifty taels!" The first gatekeeper gritted his teeth.

The other eunuch guarding the gate smiled bitterly and shook his head. In the end, he was defeated and did not increase the price any more.

This is an old rule among the gatekeepers and eunuchs. If they encounter this kind of situation where no one wants to go in to report, they will use taels of silver to bid. Each bid must not be less than ten taels of silver. Those who dare not shout up will You have to take the job, and the other person who calls out the price has to hand over the silver to the person who took the job.

This rule is "Love money as much as life".

"I'll just go in and tell you. Xiao Shunzi, if I can't come back, you have to send the promised money and the bodyguard in my room back to my home. The key to my cabinet is under my pillow. Stay." The defeated eunuch said to the first eunuch as if he was announcing his funeral affairs before going in to report.

"Don't worry, Xiao Dezi, Xiao Liuzi is watching. I will definitely not break my promise." The first gatekeeper nodded vigorously.

The wind rustles and the water becomes cold.

Xiao Dezi took the memorial and stepped into Yongshou Gate. His back looked like Jing Ke stabbing Qin on the bank of Yishui River.

After Xiao Dezi walked into the Yongshou Palace, he saw fragments of tea cups on the ground, an overturned incense table, a palace of fellow eunuchs and maids who were as trembling as quails, and the Jiajing Emperor at the center of the storm.

Hearing the palace door opening and the sound of footsteps, Emperor Jiajing, who was at the center of the storm, looked up and saw the young eunuch coming in.

The storm suddenly enveloped Xiao Dezi.

In an instant, Xiao Dezi's legs went weak, and he fell to his knees with a thud. Cold sweat poured down his back, and a thought came to his mind: My life is over!

"Long live Lord, I really deserve death. I have disturbed Lord Long live Qing Xiu. However, the cabinet has forwarded an eight-hundred-mile expedited report on the Japanese war in Taizhou Prefecture, and asked Lord Long live to read it. I dare not delay the important military and national affairs." .”

Fortunately, Xiao Dezi did not forget about business at the critical moment. He knelt on the ground and raised the memorial above his head with both hands.

"Taizhou Japanese Poison War Report!"

When Emperor Jiajing heard the report of the Japanese invasion war in Taizhou, his original bad mood reached a new level of badness again.

Damn Japanese pirates!

A hundred years ago, scabies became more and more severe, and now it has become a serious problem, becoming the disease of seppuku in my Ming Dynasty!

"A mere small country dares to expose my great Ming dragon scales over and over again! You are really bullying me too much!"

Emperor Jiajing was furious, his face full of anger, as if he was eating someone.

The temperature in the entire Yongshou Palace instantly reached subzero, and all the eunuchs and maids in the palace were shivering.

Xiao Shunzi, the young eunuch who was still on duty at the gate of Yongshou Palace, faintly heard the angry voice of Emperor Jiajing inside the palace, and couldn't help but secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he was willing to spend a lot of money just now, otherwise he would be the unlucky one now. But now, alas, there is no way, this is fate, Xiao Shunzi, just wish yourself well.

"Send it up."

Emperor Jiajing looked gloomy and said coldly in annoyance.

Huang Jin, who had been waiting in front of Emperor Jiajing, heard this and walked down, took the memorial from Xiao Dezi, bowed and presented it to Emperor Jiajing with both hands.

Emperor Jiajing took the memorial with a gloomy face and began to read it expressionlessly.

Emperor Jiajing turned to the first page and saw the Japanese pirates Jiangmen, Tiejingang, Honda Heihachi and others. They led more than 10,000 Japanese pirates and sailed more than 700 ships. They landed in Taizhou Prefecture and plundered Taizhou Prefecture. The troops were divided into three groups. Attacked seven counties under the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture, killed residents, burned farmhouses, and joined forces to attack the city of Taizhou Prefecture.

After reading this, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but became furious and kicked several cases over again, "What a courageous dog!"

"The slave is guilty."

All the eunuchs and maids in the palace knelt down one after another, trembling.

Xiao Shunzi, who was guarding the palace gate, was furious when he heard Emperor Jiajing's words. He couldn't help but feel grateful for his decision and for having spent so much money just now. He silently mourned for Xiao Dezi in his heart.

After Emperor Jiajing became furious, he continued to read the memorial.

"Um?"

Looking at it, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but let out a confused "hmm" sound.

The shivering eunuchs and maids kneeling on the ground pressed their heads closer to the ground after hearing Emperor Jiajing's "hmm". What's going on? Could it be that the Japanese invasion is more serious than imagined? !

"Zhu Pingan?!"

Emperor Jiajing's voice sounded above the heads of the trembling eunuchs and maids who were kneeling on the ground.

Zhu Pingan? !

When Huang Jin heard Zhu Pingan's name, his eyelids jumped. Yes, Zhu Pingan was demoted to the county magistrate of Jingnan. This Jingnan seems to be in Taizhou Prefecture. Taizhou Prefecture was attacked by Japanese pirates, so Jingnan County was not spared either.

well! such a pity.

Huang Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In fact, he looked pretty good to Zhu Pingan, but alas.

"hehe."

Suddenly, everyone who was kneeling and trembling heard Emperor Jiajing's laughter.

laughter? !

How serious is the Japanese plague in Taizhou Prefecture? The Holy Emperor was so angry that he laughed.

Everyone who was kneeling and trembling thought so, and Huang Jin couldn't help but sigh for Zhu Ping'an in his heart.

"I'm not disappointed." Emperor Jiajing's voice sounded over everyone's heads again.

What?

Zhu Ping'an, haha, you didn't disappoint me!

Huang Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, connected the words of Emperor Jiajing in his mind. He couldn't help but open his eyes wide and glanced at Emperor Jiajing secretly. Unbelievably, he found that Emperor Jiajing had a smile on his face. He was not extremely angry. The kind of smile that is a reactionary smile, but a real smile.