Chapter 22: The Emperor of Foolishness

"I want the emperor to speak widely, the officials rule clearly, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the subjects are so happy. However, since he ascended the throne, he has been frolicking and having fun all day long, absurd, pro-villain and far virtuous ministers, so that the state affairs have been wasted, the loyal and good have been trapped, and thieves have risen from all over the world. Li Xie and Liu, as ministers who take care of their lives, did not try their best to make the current emperor know his way back, and they really failed to live up to the trust of the previous emperor, and the treachery of Jiang Bin and Qian Ning and others should be punished even more......"

The scholar named Brother Yuan Hao talked impassionedly about the government, and he couldn't wait to pick up the long sword and kill all the traitors around the current Emperor Zhengde.

Another scholar echoed: "What Brother Yuan Hao said is extremely true, he was confused by traitors today, and this year he actually built a town in the border town of Xuanfu, and proclaimed himself the general Zhu Shou, who was stationed in Xuanfu for a long time and did not return, and went out to play in the mountains and rivers all day long, collecting beauties, and Y people [wife] daughters, it is really unreasonable!" ”

Xu Jin had a flash of inspiration in his mind, he vaguely remembered that there was a similar record in the history books, in the Zhengde years, the little Tatar prince Boyan in the north led the troops to attack the border town of Datong in the Ming Dynasty, but the playful Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao was very excited, and immediately decided to drive the expedition in person, regardless of the opposition of the ministers, self-proclaimed Zhu Shou, the general of the Zhenguo, personally led the troops to fight, and finally really let him win, and achieved the famous "Yingzhou Victory" in history.

In later generations, a movie called "Dragon and Phoenix", the background is taken from this history, Xu Jin has seen this movie, so he is more impressed.

At this time, listening to what the scholar said, Emperor Zhengde, who is now messing around, is stationed in the border town of Xuanfu for a long time and will not return, so the history recorded in this history book happened this year.

Xu Jin couldn't help but silently calculate, this year is the end of the twelfth year of Zhengde, and the year name of Zhengde is only sixteen years, which means that Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde has three years to be the emperor at most, and then he hangs up.

It is worth mentioning here that the death of Emperor Zhengde was very dramatic, this guy returned to the capital from the border town of Xuanfu for more than a year, and soon after King Ning rebelled. At this time, Emperor Zhengde was planning to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, which gave him an excuse to leave Beijing, so he ignored the opposition of the ministers, and once again ordered the soldiers and horses to drive the expedition in person, but before the army arrived, the rebellion of King Ning was pacified by the imperial history of the imperial history of the southern part of Jiangxi, and King Ning was also captured alive.

At this time, Emperor Zhengde was unhappy, pretending not to receive good news, and the army continued to go south, touring the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was not until eight months later that he accepted Wang Shouren's prisoner in Nanjing, and also engaged in a ridiculous capture ceremony.

After that, Emperor Zhengde escorted King Ning back to Beijing, and continued to tour the mountains and rivers along the way, and when he reached Qingjiangpu, Zhengde Zhu Hou drove a boat to fish and play, but the boat capsized and fell into the water, although he was immediately rescued by the guards, but choked on the water into his lungs, contracted pneumonia, and died in March of the following year at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.

Although Xu Jin didn't know much about this history, he also remembered that King Ning's rebellion occurred shortly after Emperor Zhengde returned to Beijing from Xuanfu, so it can be roughly deduced that King Ning's reaction should occur next year or the year after, with a high probability of the year after tomorrow.

So Xu Jin calmed down a lot, as long as he can get his talent and fame next year, and then he can go anywhere in the country, and then it's a big deal to stay away from the Jiangxi boundary, and wait until King Ning, a short-lived ghost, is arrested and then come back to take the exam.

Xu Jin drank the last glass of wine, and saw that the sky was already dark, and he didn't have the heart to listen anymore, so he checked out and left, spending a total of twelve yuan.

Just as Xu Jin walked out of Wangjiang Tower, he met two people, who actually knew each other, and it was Guo Wencai, the son of Guo Yuan's family, and Guo Jingui, the son of the housekeeper Guo Quan.

Xu Jin couldn't help frowning, the sentence that the road is narrow is really good, I didn't expect that in the county seat dozens of miles away, I could meet these two guys.

Guo Wencai and Guo Jingui were also stunned when they saw Xu Jin, and the latter smiled: "Ouch, isn't this Xu Jin, the loser of Xujia Village?" What's the matter, I sold the field for a few dollars, and I went to the county seat to fight my teeth? ”

The white and chubby Guo Wencai held the folding fan with a look of disdain.

"Burn the pen!" Xu Jin walked past the two in disgust.

Guo Wencai's face changed slightly, and he said coldly: "Stop, you dare to scold Ben Shao!" ”

Xu Jin stood still and said lightly: "Did I scold you?" ”

Guo Wencai was speechless for a moment, he didn't even understand what the pen meant, so naturally he couldn't prove that Xu Jin scolded him, but this obviously wouldn't be a good word.

"Burn the pen!" Xu Jin dropped two more words and walked away calmly.

Guo Wencai and Guo Jingui glared angrily, if they were in the countryside, they would be able to solve it with violence, but this is the county seat, and it is really nothing to put them here with their identity, so naturally they dare not beat people on the street.

"Ma, this kid is so arrogant, Ben Shao will never spare him!" Guo Wencai's fat face was swollen red, and he scolded angrily.

Guo Guijin said with a smile: "Young master, don't be angry, my father has already greeted the old man Guo Fuzi, and will no longer let him study in the school, he will be expelled by the Xu family if he fails to pass the exam within two years, hey, we can play him as much as we want." ”

Guo Wencai said with a gloomy face: "Don't say two years, I don't want to wait for two days!" ”

Guo Jingui said in embarrassment: "Young master, this is the county seat, we can't do it!" ”

"You follow him now, find out the purpose of his coming to the county seat, and find someone to beat him up when he leaves the county seat." Guo Wencai said coldly.

"Okay, young master!" Guo Jingui agreed with a bitter face.

Guo Wencai knocked on Guo Jingui's folding fan and scolded: "Go quickly, don't be so bad, Ben Shao will not treat you badly, keep the good wine and good food for you!" ”

Guo Jingui left with a smile on his face, following Xu Jin from a distance.

"Xianggong is back!"

When Xu Jin returned to his residence, Xie Xiaowan greeted him, gently took off his coat for him, and said, "Xianggong will wait a while, I will take the dish and heat it up and eat it." ”

At this time, the food was already on the table, but it was covered with a bowl, and it was obvious that the little girl had already made dinner and was waiting for herself to come back to eat.

Xu Jin felt a little ashamed in his heart, he went to the restaurant outside, but Xiao Wan waited for him to come back at home to eat, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Wan, you rest for a while, I'll heat the dishes!" ”

"Xianggong is a man, how can he go to the kitchen!" Xie Xiaowan rolled Xu Jin's eyes, picked up the plate and walked out quickly.

Xu Jin shrugged helplessly, ancient men were really happy!

Soon, Xie Xiaowan heated up the dish, a plate of bacon fried winter bamboo shoots was full of aroma, and a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, it seems that moving to a new house today, the little girl who saved money is also rare and generous, and this meal finally has meat.

"Eat more!" Xie Xiaowan put a piece of bacon in Xu Jin's bowl.

Xu Jin also put a piece of the little girl's bowl and said with a smile: "Lady also eat more, look at how thin you have become, the wind can ......"

Xu Jin stopped in the middle of his words, remembering Xiao Wan's courage in kicking over a water thief on the big boat today, he really couldn't talk about it. It's really hard to imagine that a girl who is usually tame like a kitten in front of herself is so powerful and her martial arts are so powerful.

Xie Xiaowan blinked her dark eyes: "What does Xianggong want to say?" ”

"It's nothing, eat it while it's hot!" Xu Jin sandwiched the bacon in his bowl into Xie Xiaowan's bowl, and he ate a plate of mutton, which was really a little tired.

Xie Xiaowan said suspiciously: "Xianggong, you also eat, isn't Xiaowan delicious?" ”

Xu Jin had no choice but to lie: "No, that ...... I'm a little afraid of eating fatty meat! ”

Xie Xiaowan sighed, lowered her head and bit off half of the fat bacon, leaving the thin one back into Xu Jin's bowl.

Xu Jin couldn't cry or laugh a little, but more than that, she was moved, she was really a little girl who was loved and loved.

Seeing Xu Jin eating lean meat with "relish", Xie Xiaowan's eyes bent into good-looking moon buds again.

"By the way, Xiaowan, who taught you martial arts?" Xu Jin suddenly raised his head and asked.

Xie Xiaowan replied a little apprehensively: "My father taught me!" ”

Under the constraints of feudal etiquette that women are virtuous if they are not talented, women are criticized for reading and writing, not to mention dancing with guns and sticks, Xie Xiaowan doesn't know Xu Jin's attitude, so she is very uneasy.

Xu Jin exclaimed: "Oh, it turns out that my father-in-law is still a martial arts master, by the way, can the lady fly the eaves and walk the wall, climb Ping and cross the water?" ”

Xie Xiaowan was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing: "Xianggong is a romance novel, how can there be such kung fu!" ”

Xu Jin smiled awkwardly and said, "No? ”

Xie Xiaowan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that Xianggong didn't seem to mind her daughter's martial arts practice, shook her head and said, "Someone may be able to do it, but it's impossible to cross the water in Dengping!" ”

Xu Jin suddenly became interested and asked, "Can your father-in-law fly the eaves and walk the wall?" ”

Xie Xiaowan shook her head and said: "Dad may have done it when he was young, but now he can't, my second brother can, he can jump nearly a foot high, and he can run on the roof." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be a little smashed, one zhang is more than three meters, and if he jumps close to the height of the zhang, it is at least three meters, this is already very powerful, it seems that his father-in-law's family is not as simple as fishermen.

"Xiaowan, if the prime minister makes you angry in the future, will you beat me with kung fu, just like beating a water thief!" Xu Jin joked.

Xie Xiaowan's face changed sharply and said: "Xianggong, although Xiaowan has never read a book, she also knows that the prince of heaven and earth, the three outlines and five constants, and abides by women's morality, how could she make the evil act of beating her husband." If Xianggong is not at ease, then Xiaowan will never use martial arts in the future. ”

Xu Jin sweated and hurriedly said, "Don't misunderstand, Xiaowan, I'm just joking...... Ouch, suddenly there was a little pain in my chest! ”

Xie Xiaowan suddenly stood up nervously to stroke Xu Jin's chest, and said anxiously: "Is it that I was injured by that thief today, don't scare me!" ”

"When I was fine, now it doesn't hurt anymore, maybe the illness hasn't gotten better!" Xu Jin was a little ashamed, this bitter trick was the most clever for the little girl, and she could successfully distract her attention every time, alas, she suddenly felt a little shameless!

Xie Xiaowan glanced at Xu Jin: "Xianggong is deceitful again!" ”

Xu Jin smiled, held Xie Xiaowan's little hand and said, "Xiaowan, you see that Xianggong's body is so weak, can you also teach me a little kung fu?" ”

Xie Xiaowan shook her head and said, "Xianggong is already past the age of hard work!" ”

Xu Jin sighed regretfully, it seems that he has no chance with a martial arts master in his life.