Chapter 215

At night, the lights of Weiyang Palace are full of shadows, and the palace maids wearing ladies' clothes are full of shadows, and the small yellow door comes and goes, but it is extremely quiet. Everyone has their own job, but they don't make a sound.

In the imperial study, the old man leaned on the collapse, taking a sip of fragrant tea from time to time.

In front of him, many people were busy, they had an orderly division of labor, busy but orderly.

This old man is none other than the Son of Heaven of the Great Empire, the master of 90,000 miles of rivers and mountains, and His Majesty the Ming Emperor of the Empire.

And the busy people in the study are the eunuchs who serve him closely.

The so-called eunuch is not the servant who pours tea and water and makes the bed and folds the quilt in the impression, if the empire is compared to a super-large company, Emperor Ming is the chairman of this company, and the eunuch is equivalent to the position of secretary of the board of directors.

Emperor Ming likes eunuchs very much, the key is that others are too unlikeable. If in front of the civil officials, can he want to dig his nose and dig his nose like this, and want to cross Erlang's legs, those civil officials can scold your ancestral grave. And those generals are all self-respecting and ready to rebel at any time, which is really unlikeable.

Emperor Ming is sixty-three years old this year, he is not young in this era, but for an emperor he can be called a long life. Longevity for an old man means that he can die at any time.

This time, a hundred examiners were set, and there were two chief examiners, and there was an invisible big boss, which was Emperor Ming himself. Today, I handed in a hundred exam papers, which need to be carefully read, graded, and absorbed in them, to understand the current trend of thought in the empire, and these things are really difficult for a sixty-three-year-old man to do alone.

Therefore, the eunuchs around Emperor Ming came in handy, and they reviewed it, and only when they encountered articles that were really valuable or difficult to decide, they would be handed over to Emperor Ming, which was called "Imperial Reading".

There are many articles to be done, which ones are valuable, and those that can't dirty the eyes of Emperor Ming, it depends on the mood of the eunuch who holds the pen.

Emperor Ming took a nap, and when he woke up, he remembered something, and suddenly said, "Where is Niu Sanjin's article?"

"Your Majesty, how did you think of reading his article?"

"I heard that he was going to take the first place, but I wanted to see what he was hiding in his heart, and he dared to boast about this Haikou. ”

Emperor Ming had some impressions of Niu Sanjin, after all, the position of Niu Sanjin examiner was set by him personally. The reason why this is so is because Niu Sanjin's ancestor once served the founding emperor of the empire. Every time Emperor Ming thinks about this, he thinks, alas, or the ancestors will choose people, in comparison, what are the civil and military generals around me.

From this point of view, without Niu Sanjin in the background, his backstage is His Majesty Emperor Ming.

"Talking about the Spirit of Bright Sword"

Belch......

This topic made the well-informed Emperor Ming His Majesty also stunned, the style of this batch of articles is roughly divided into two kinds, one is the civil official's quotation of classics, long speeches, pay attention to words everywhere, sentences have allusions, anyway, they can't speak human words, this kind of article is also the most headache for eunuchs, and finally read it, I feel that every sentence of the article is right, but to say what the whole article means, no one knows. However, the generals' articles are often upside down and the logic is confusing. After all, the weapon they are good at using is a knife, not a pen. And those masters who can write and martial arts are very few.

In contrast, the style of the article is so simple that even a three-year-old child can understand it.

"When a swordsman meets his opponent in a narrow way, no matter how strong the opponent is, even if the opponent is the best swordsman in the world, he knows that he is invincible, he must show his sword. Even if you fall under the opponent's sword, you will still be defeated and glorious, this is the spirit of the bright sword."

"It turns out that a unit with a fine tradition often has the soil to cultivate heroes."

"Faith, what a powerful force it once was, the soul of an army."

When Emperor Ming first looked at it, he tilted and slowly sat up straight, and later, he even stood up and kept pacing around the room.

"Good, good, good!"

Emperor Ming said three times in a row, and the case was beaten for a long time.

"There are really mountains and rivers in the chest of this cow Sanjin, no wonder he dares to boast, this is self-confidence. ”

The eunuchs led by Liu Aji were stunned, it was really good to that extent.

A eunuch is a eunuch, and he can't understand the mood of His Majesty Emperor Ming. The empire has always been pressed to the ground by the Rong people, and the war cannot be won, so it has to find spiritual comfort.

Cheng Dalei was talking nonsense, and he hit the right thing, but it also hit the mind of His Majesty Emperor Ming.

If Cheng Dalei saw this scene, he would definitely exclaim: Rub, it turns out that Emperor Ming is so easy to fool, it seems that I have a much better future as a traitor than a thief.

"This assessment will determine this Cheng Dalei as the first. His Majesty Emperor Ming waved his hand: "For talents, it is necessary to reuse." ”

"This ......"

Liu Aji was shocked in his heart, His Majesty Emperor Ming is really on a whim, and he is easy to be impulsive, doesn't he know that we have taken money from other families.

"Your Majesty, now the Rong envoy for peace talks is about to arrive, although this article is good, but the murderous spirit is too heavy, if the envoys of the Rong people know that you have decided to make this article the first, I am afraid that they will doubt the sincerity of our peace talks. Although the bright sword is good, but after the war, what we need is to recuperate. ”

"...... like this" Emperor Ming paused, and found that even if he was the head of a country, he had nothing to do.

"Then don't set his rank, but this article is still useful, copy it, and study it well in the army. Emperor Ming said: "Of course, this article is still too vulgar, you can help it polish the pen." ”

Liu Aji nodded, and suddenly said: "The villain heard that this Niu Sanjin's residence in the capital was arranged by Bailisheng, could he be from the General's Mansion?"

"Is that so?"

Emperor Ming snorted, and the good impression of Cheng Dalei in his mind turned into a bad feeling at this moment.

It's not that he doesn't know about the factional struggles under him, it's not that he doesn't like it, he just doesn't like one side being too strong.

Balance is the way of the emperor.

"That, isn't there any news of Xiaoliu yet?" Emperor Ming, who was crooked on the collapse, said suddenly.

"The people of the Crane Team and the Deer Team have been dispatched, and some people say that they have seen the Sixth Prince in Yangzhou, Your Majesty, there should be news soon. ”

Emperor Ming looked at the flickering candle flame, and a faint trace of worry flashed in his eyes. He is the son of the empire and a father.

On the one hand, the Son of Heaven hates all those who dare to compete with him for power, and as a father, it is impossible not to dislike his children.

And watching those who hate and like grow up day by day, it is difficult for ordinary people to imagine what kind of mood Emperor Ming feels every day.

And Emperor Ming, who is sixty-three years old, is indeed very old.