Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

On this day, the emperor Chenghua finally stopped reading the new version of "Pipa" presented by Gao Baihu.

This is not because the memorials of the Yushitai have been used for many purposes—the eunuchs who made the memorial directors sensible before the memorials were presented to the imperial court were screened out, and even Chief Wyan did not realize how important the memorials were. The main reason is that the emperor has watched several games of "Wang Yao Niang's Pipa". He ate too much fish and meat, so he should change his taste and listen to some new plays.

At this time, the school book of Jiaofang came in, which is also a new play circulating in the market. The emperor will naturally appreciate it.

But since it was not offered by Gao Baihu, he still had to ask: "Have you ever been ranked? Is there any new scenery?"

The **** Qin Chang said eagerly: "The emperor can rest assured, how can the play of Chengjin Yulan dare to be perfunctory? This play sings the story of the peony pavilion. Jiaofang asks people to make a realistic pavilion, which is more real than the one outside. The pavilion is okay, the large clusters of peony flowers are still made, and the servants can't tell the truth from the fake ones!"

The high **** pursed his mouth and smiled silently-just to build a pavilion, how clever as it was, he was embarrassed to brag to the emperor.

However, the emperor sees a lot of clouds, rain and snow, and occasionally visits the grounded pavilion. Hearing that the **** Tan said that the play was compiled by Liu Ge Laoli, and it was the housework of Ge Lao Li, his interest suddenly increased.

Isn't the matter of Ge's hometown more cordial than Jin Yiwei who has only heard the name two or three times?

The emperor said happily: "Yes, submit it."

Although it is not more convenient to enter the play in Jiaofang than the bell and drum division, because the play was prepared long ago to be dedicated to the emperor, the actors and eunuchs have been waiting below, and they can be arranged after a while.

After a few moments, the in-house attendant came to ask the emperor to move.

The dynasty has dragged on long ago, and the memorials sent by the cabinet have been seen. It is the time to enjoy the new play. The emperor happily drove to the theater building and was waiting to watch the show, but an unsightly little servant came to report. Qin Chang went out to listen to his memorial, and returned after a while, took out a memorial from his sleeve, and presented it to the emperor with both hands: "Mr. Dong Liu has sent memorials to the emperor, and the servants dare not delay, please take a look at it."

The memorials of the cabinet are naturally different from others. The emperor does not give the Yushi face, he has to give face to the husband. The emperor looked at the set up stage, the pavilion was in full bloom of peonies, and said faintly: "Read it."

After reading the memorial, the play will begin again.

Qin Chang opened the memorial and read it by mistake. In the memorial, the emperor asked the emperor to spend less extravagant expenses, save selfish desires, and be far away from the villain, not to be fascinated by the lewdness and beauty; also urged the emperor to get close to courtiers, be good at acquisitive words, and reopen the sutra to cultivate morality and morality... After all kinds of rhetoric, It comes to the topic.

He wants to ask the emperor to abolish his official duties.

It is also not realistic to completely abolish, as long as the newly-emerged Jinyiwei is removed from his post. If this matter is not dealt with, I am afraid that in the future everyone should imitate what he did, find someone to praise himself, and then make the meritorious minister present the play to the imperial front in order to make good luck.

If such a thing deceives the saints and becomes a step for the evil villain to enter the body, who should be entrenched in the court? Where should a gentleman stand?

Liu Cifu’s memorials are rousing gold and jade, and all of the imperial courts seem to be trying to fight against Wan’an and Liu Ji over the years, and his inability to reform the government, and his anger that he can only be a "paper-frozen three pavilion elders" are all expressed in this memorial— -He endured Wang Zhi, he endured Xichang, he endured Lizi Province, endured Jixiao... Does he have to endure the camp that is about to enter the court? !

Full of passion, almost coming out through the paper, Qin Chang also sweated profusely. Because of the memorial, the Gao **** almost clearly pointed out that his son Gao Baihu entered the drama to serve as an official. He had already taken off his hat and leaned forward, crying and begging the emperor for his son.

The emperor Chenghua snorted, asked someone to pick him up, and said faintly: "Don't do anything serious. Gao Banhan gets up, tomorrow, I will go on behalf of me, Zhenfusi, see Xie..." See how he is doing , Took out something to plug the group of Yushi’s mouths, and asked the gentlemen to save two discounts.

The **** Gao knocked his head and got up from the ground neatly, wiping his tears in a low voice.

The emperor asked Qin Chang to take down the memorial, so he almost didn't even want to watch the show. Qin Chang had been preparing too long for him to see this play, so he could not tell him to leave, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The affairs of the court are tedious, why don't the emperor look at the pleasures of scholars and people outside?"

Mr. Liu Ge just sent a memorial to the emperor. Looking at Mr. Liu's appreciation of peonies, it is far less cordial and interesting than before. But whether the pavilion is well built or the peony is done well, you have to watch a show for the sake of the scenery.

The emperor nodded slightly, and Tan Chang called out loudly.

First of all, a few young scholars, wearing black gauze square scarfs, all kinds of beautiful and straight body, first clamored with light and gorgeous gossip. It is gradually said that Liu Cifu has a third son, who has won the local examination and Asian Yuan. He is outstanding in learning. He is a beautiful character. He often travels with prostitutes. He is the first-class romantic figure in Beijing. He does not know how to befriend him.

A teenager said that today's peony was just right, and he wanted to host a peony banquet and invited him to enjoy the feast.

The emperor has recently become accustomed to reading a number of songs and he will die before he sings a few sentences to change the background. Look at this slow sing, and there are also traditional musicians who listen to the old guest in the lyrics. The drama was a little bothersome, and asked Qin Chang: "When will Young Master Liu play?"

Liu Gongzi quickly played.

On the stage, Liu Gongzi wore a robes, with the scarf on his head slightly tilted, and a few prostitutes around him, stood on stage, and boasted about his life-the son of the old man in Beijing, his elder brother was also in the court, and he lifted in his youth. , The future can be climbed, who can compare with him in Beijing?

After that, he began to sing that he did not want to leave the spring light freely, and was restrained in the library, taking advantage of the spring day to attract the beauties that he frequented to appreciate the peonies.

The person who wrote this book originally listened to Liu Gongzi's affair about drinking with a prostitute and wrote a tune to make fun. But before going on stage, a small servant stopped the actor who sang Xiaosheng and asked him to add something. A cryptic sentence meant that the prostitute beside him had also had a relationship with Liu Ge.

Father and son gathering together is a great scandal. If the emperor sees it, Liu Suo will resign and he will no longer have the face to stay in the court.

It's a pity that the sentence has to be laid out to shake it out "inadvertently", but the emperor didn't have the patience to read it. He had just asked Liu Cifu to scold him, and saw that Elder Ge's own son was so promiscuous, he couldn't laugh no matter how much gibberish was added.

He can't promote a Jinyiwei who does practical work. Is such a prostitute who blatantly travels with a prostitute to be a good official?

Gentlemen always like to say that it is not good to be an official, but they only think about the civil servants and how they are, but they don't want to think about him as the emperor-he really is the kind of promotion for the sake of a play. The faint king?

He asked Zhu Ji and read the dossiers prepared by Xie Ying to be promoted as a trial town caretaker. How could it be spread to the outside world that he used people for the show? Just because he was the emperor and watched a folk drama, using the insinuations in the drama? Is it just because he never made the cabinet to issue a decree, but the decree passed by the Grand Companion?

These ministers are against Qi Zhongzhi officials, and they are the emperor's authority to promote and appoint desirable people!

The emperor waved his hand to tell the actors to go down, and coldly ordered: "Call Mr. Wan, Mr. Xi Liu, come."

At this time it was getting late, Wan An and Liu Ji hurried to the corner gate, receiving the report, but couldn't get in, they could only ask through the door: "What is your majesty's plan to call ministers?"

Qin Chang handed out the emperor's handwritten script, which read the six draughty characters of "Liu Gongzi's Appreciation of Peony", followed by a very rude sentence: "Sir should be introspective."

At the beginning of this year, there were meteors, white air, and thunderous sounds in the sky. It seemed that there was a disaster from the sky. The emperor Chenghua wrote to the three cabinet members "Gentlemen should self-examine"; now after watching this scene, he wrote this again. In a few words, it can be seen that in the eyes of the emperor, Liu Hui's crime is heavy.

The flesh on Wan An's face trembled, and he asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty finished watching that play?"

Tan Chang sighed: "I only saw half-fold. Before the old Ge's notebook came in, his majesty was a little displeased when he saw it. When watching the play... it was shocked only when Liu Gongzi came out with a prostitute."

It's a pity that Jun became angry too early. Otherwise, with the "juku" remarks, the emperor would no longer have half thoughts about the old sentiment to call him back to the court.

After the three of them consulted for a while, Wan and Liu were about to return to their room. Qin Chang suddenly stopped them and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty read Liu Cifu's melodies, and he seems unhappy. Ask Gao Liang to see Xie Zhenfu tomorrow. Regarding punishment and prison affairs. According to our family, the better he does, the sloppy melody..." The more selfish he is, the more it seems that Liu Xu is unreasonable.

Wan Anxin understands. After thinking a little bit, I asked Qin Chang for the book of the play, and picked a suitable place to write the sentence that should have been heard by the emperor. After drying it all the way, he brought it back with the emperor’s handwritten book. Liu Suo.

The next morning, Liu Jue wrote a letter to beg for rest.

The word "juku" is really too poisonous.

Yesterday, when he got the yard book and the handwriting of the emperor, he knew that Wan'an, Liu Ji and the middle official must conspired to frame him. However, it is an indisputable fact that his son drank with prostitutes and made music to write plays and sing. He didn't even want to tell outsiders to know the word "juku", and he could not justify the letter, he could only go to the official account according to the rule and wait for the sacred judge.

If the emperor is willing to believe in him, he will naturally stay; if he doesn't stay... he will still have some face when he leaves, and he will be treated as a cabinet official.

If on weekdays, the old patrons and the six ministers want to pay official duties, the emperor will insist on staying in office. But this time, I was catching up with the emperor's furious anger, and there was no need to stay, and he was allowed to leave the paper, and he was promised to return the house to the post, and he would set aside five stones every month and send eight men and women for his use.

Liu Jue got the imperial decree and was really discouraged. He went on to fold the third son and the youngest son who was under ten years old.

What he went back this time was neither taken for granted, nor was he totally wronged. It was neither generous nor sad, and the scene was rather embarrassing. Yang Yiqing was in Zhongshu. Sooner or later, he met with the elders, and often brought Liu Xiaogong, who was also a member of Zhongshushe, into the palace gate. It was considered friendship, so he went to explain Liu Suo a few words.

Liu Sui was silent.

Yang Yiqing couldn't criticize the bad thing about "Pipa"-the play was presided over by his senior brothers, and the Hanlins arranged according to folklore. In his opinion, no matter the content or the lyrics, there is nothing to blame.

The only bad thing is that it ranks so well in all aspects, making Liu Gongzi a negative example.

He can only comfort Liu Cifu: "The younger generation asked about this matter during the ban. The play was actually not a problem. It was just that your Majesty was unhappy at the time... In a few years, your Majesty will be relieved, and your lord can come back again. "

Liu Hui shook his head: "Wan'an and Liu Ji will not allow me to come back one day. You young people don’t have to play for me anymore. I, Liu, taught such a frivolous son, and he still stares at both eyes. Others, what face do you have to complain! Hate only hate me for a moment, and in order to gain fame, I fell into the trap of Wanliu's two traitors!"

He gritted his teeth and took his two sons back home. Yang Yiqing went to Li Dongyang’s home to talk about it, and said with a little pity: "I also read the story of Liu Gongzi's appreciation of the peony. In fact, they are all scholars. It’s nothing too much. It’s a pity that he caught up with the old man Liu’s melodrama and disobeyed his favor. His son was unwilling to do so. He made two comparisons, making Sheng Shang anger and angry, and sent him home."

Li Dongyang shook his head and said anxiously: "Liu Cifu is just a bit more violent, but he does not lose the patriotism of his loyal monarch. Now he is also squeezed out by Wan'an and Liu Ji. There are only these two people in the pavilion. It is known that the court will become dim. Up."

After sighing for a while, he said, "I just hope that Xie Zhenfu can take charge of Jin Yiwei, so that they can always be as righteous as when they patrolled under his command."

Cui Xie happened to come in to hand in the homework. He heard them say "Xie Zhenfu" outside the window. He hurriedly walked in and asked: "What are the teachers and uncles talking about'Xie Zhenfu'? Is it the Xie Zhen that the disciple recognizes? Soothing?"

Yang Yiqing smiled and said, "The children, what do you ask about the relationship in the court? Taizu has ordered that you cannot discuss politics. If you want to ask, you must be admitted to the judge."

Cui Xie said: "The disciple is a supervising student, not a student. The court didn't say that the supervising student is not allowed to discuss politics... It's fine for the uncle to keep it from me, the teacher can't keep it from me, right?"

Li Dongyang received his papers and looked at the densely packed and neatly arranged texts. Feeling satisfied, he flicked the papers and said, "There is nothing wrong with Xie Zhenfu. It is Liu Cifu who impeached him."

Liu Cifu...what did Xie Ying impeach? Xie Ying didn't do anything, she was innocent!

Cui Xie's cheeks tightened, and he frowned and asked, "Master Xie has never done anything wrong, and he is just a caretaker from the fourth-tier town. How can Master Cifu be impeached? I hope the teacher will explain what happened."

Li Dongyang sighed: "Master Liu called Wan'an and Liu Ji were framed. Now he has returned to his hometown as an official. That Xie Zhenfu has nothing to do. My junior and I are just feeling that the deceased, the villain is in charge, and I don’t know the future. How To."

Wan'an, Liu Ji, Liu Cifu...Aren't these three famous papier-mache elders? What are you going to do if you are all messed up? What are you doing to impeach Brother Xie? Isn't it okay to wait for the new dynasty to step down?

People like Xie Ying are impeached, and they are not really honest!

Cui Xie secretly rolled his eyes to the second assistant, and said: "Where is the righteous person? There are two loyal and straightforward ministers and the help of the country in front of my disciple. I saw them in the palace and at the teacher's house. It is full of talents. In the next two years, there will be virtuous officials in power in the DPRK and the Central Government, who will be elected to avoid people, and there will be no "paper-pasted three pavilions and six clay sculptures"!"

It will be Hongzhi dynasty in two years. Sooner or later, these two big brothers can become cabinet elders. People like them who don't judge heroes based on their origins and impeach good people who can do things without any problems can be regarded as honest gentlemen!

Li Dongyang rolled up the roll of paper and waved at him, telling him to go back and recite Mr. Yichuan's article-this kid is so bold, how can he praise and criticize the important court officials?

Yang Yiqing watched him go out with enthusiasm, laughed, and said to Li Dongyang: "Brother, why bother with him being too strict? They should be a bit more aggressive when they are young. Cong's strong. Besides, he and Xie Zhen befriended again...Let’s not say anything about the situation. Now the emperor believes in the heavy factory guard. There is such an upright figure who is in charge of the imprisonment, at least he can protect some unfortunate people. Framed upright courtier..."

He whispered: "I'm listening from the inner court. After Xie Zhenfu took office, he took care of the prisoner and reorganized the case file. He didn't see him immediately. A Fu Wan's family and the two patrons... I'm really lucky that Mrs. Liu didn't I'll knock him down."