The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Early in the morning, Lu Xiuyuan got up energetically and went to the palace to report. The tiredness of the past few days had disappeared after some soothing last night, but he didn't know if there were any major events outside during the time he disappeared.

Indeed, a lot of things happened during this period. Some time ago, the news about the border victory was published, and everyone gave it away for free. The spread was wider than before, and it also aroused an upsurge of discussion among ordinary people.

Most of the people were illiterate and illiterate, let alone the factors that contributed to the victory. They only knew that Emperor Ming won the border war not long after he succeeded to the throne.

Thinking of the past, the emperor could only be forced to marry his daughter and get married, or provide food to the barbarians outside the border in order to obtain peace, but Emperor Ming was different, and even sent troops to directly attack the barbarians' lair!

What the emperors of the past dynasties could not do, the Emperor Ming did it. This is really gratifying!

The secret guard who went out to inquire about the news narrated the discussions of the common people to Emperor Ming, who was in a good mood, and directly waved his big hand to arrange for people to guide the common people to come out and submit articles in person, as long as they were published, they would be rewarded heavily.

The reason why the other party did this was that apart from the fact that rainbow farts sound good, publishing more such inspiring and positive content in newspapers is also conducive to the stability of the country.

There was a bounty first, and after that, those praised manuscripts flew like snowflakes to the Ming Emperor's hidden guards, and then the other party selected the most inspiring ones and took them to Yan Ruyu for publication.

It went on like this for a few days, and Emperor Ming suddenly received a secret package from the border while having dinner one day.

The only person who could write this letter was General Shi. Emperor Ming arranged for the opponent's army to guard the last post in autumn before coming to the capital to receive the reward.

Unable to figure out what secret letter the general sent at this time, Emperor Ming opened the letter and began to read it carefully.

It turned out that the two tribes on the grassland who had been beaten and fled before and the Goudai tribe who had offered their sincerity before came to the capital to present a surrender form and sign a peace contract by the way.

Emperor Ming was overjoyed to see here, this is really dozing off, he came to deliver a pillow, and surrender must have the appearance of surrender, when General Guang sent the letter of surrender, it was always a little bit less interesting, if other tribal leaders came to Beijing to surrender in person If his merits can overwhelm his predecessors, those ministers in the court who are always critical will no longer be able to find fault!

It's just that Emperor Ming was not happy for too long, so he raised his mouth when he saw General Shi at the bottom of the letter, and saw a man who thought he looked like Zhao Shilang on the side of the barbarians.

Seeing this, Emperor Ming couldn't help but patted the table, it was unreasonable!The third-rank minister of the court, the minister of the Ministry of Rites who is second only to the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is actually fooling around with the barbarians? !

Emperor Ming had worked with this old fox for many years, so he naturally knew that he was just a man who didn't see rabbits and didn't scatter eagles, and now he must have other plans with the barbarians.

Thinking of this, Emperor Ming didn't delay for long and wrote back to General Shi overnight, asking the other party to pay more attention, if it was really Zhao Shilang, he would solve it when he had the chance.

Including the matter of going to Beijing to present the letter of surrender, let General Shi entrust the border to a reliable deputy, and by the way limit the number of those barbarians coming to Beijing, and let him bring the elite to escort these barbarians all the way through the official road.

After writing the letter, I sent people to send it to the border at high speed. It is now at the end of June. If the time is fast, I will arrive in the capital in about August.

After arranging the affairs of the border, Emperor Ming issued a secret order to all the officials along the official road, that after a while the barbarians would pass there, and asked them to pay attention to the people within their jurisdiction so that no accidents would occur.

After arranging these matters, Emperor Ming took the warm tea beside him to moisten his throat.

In the morning, I just got a headache from arguing with some old stubborn people who had solidified their thinking. After dealing with affairs for another day during the day without resting, I finally received this news after dinner at night.

Originally, it was a happy thing for the barbarians to surrender, but the addition of the old fox made Emperor Ming feel heavy in his heart. If this is the case, then the letter of surrender must be treated with care.

After drinking a cup of tea, Emperor Ming quickly used the time before going to bed to quickly make a plan for how to entertain the barbarians after they entered Beijing.

The other party actually didn't want to do it himself, but the toolman Lu Xiuyuan was away, and most of his subordinates were reckless men who advocated force, so they couldn't be of much use.

And when it comes to dealing with Zhao Shilang, he doesn't trust the civil officials in the court. If any of them colludes with the old fox in private, it will definitely cause him a lot of trouble, so it's better to arrange it by himself.

Emperor Ming sat cross-legged in front of the small desk, imitating Lu Xiuyuan's appearance and began to make a draft.

Picking up the pen and dipping in the ink, Emperor Ming paused looking at the blank paper.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.Why did he entertain those barbarians well?

But if he is really indifferent to deal with it, if others say that they claim to be civilized and polite but treat them like this to foreigners...

Thinking of this, Emperor Ming flicked his pen and stopped writing, and let those ministers who find fault all day arrange it tomorrow!He himself is only responsible for taking care of Mr. Zhao behind his back!

After giving up writing the plan, Emperor Ming relaxed a lot physically and mentally, but it wasn't long before he heard the eunuch come in to deliver a report, and Mr. Jiang from Qin Tianjian begged to see him.

What does the other party come to do after this point?

Emperor Ming sat upright again, and then signaled the eunuch to let Master Jiang in.

"Xuanqin Tianjian Master Jiang enters the palace~"

When the words fell to the ground, Master Jiang walked quickly into the hall with a mournful face. When the other party saw Emperor Ming, tears almost fell down.

"Your Majesty! Something is wrong!"

Originally, Emperor Ming was in a bad mood, but now he heard Lord Jiang say that as soon as he entered the door, and his face also turned ugly.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Seeing that Emperor Ming's complexion was not good, Mr. Jiang panicked, but he didn't have time to care about his tone, so he could only report what he had just observed during the night sky observation.

"Your Majesty, Chen just watched the sky at night and suddenly found that the astrology has changed!!" The other party's eyes were horrified: "In the starry sky, the Sui Xing, Ying Huo Xing, Filling Xing, Taibai Xing, and Chen Xing are actually connected in a straight line, five stars in a row! I haven't seen it in a hundred years, and tonight it unexpectedly Appeared!"

Hearing what the other party said, Emperor Ming lowered his eyes and thought for a while. There was indeed a similar record in the history books before. It seems that "among the five stars dividing the sky, if they are accumulated in the east, China will benefit; if they are accumulated in the west, those who use (soldiers) in foreign countries will benefit." .”

"Five stars come out, the frontier is successful, isn't that a good thing?" Emperor Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, "Or maybe it is. You saw another kind of astrology..."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Jiang knelt down immediately: "That's right, Your Majesty, I just finished dinner and wanted to see if there was any change in the astrology, and then I saw the scene where the five stars gathered in the west!"

"Oh! What a fuss!" Emperor Ming got up and walked down the steps, "Do you know that I hate those ministers in the court the most? That's right! It's your Qin Tianjian!"

Lord Jiang raised his head and stared blankly at Emperor Ming. These officials who depended on watching the sky at night for a living have been established for thousands of years, why are they suddenly acting like ghosts again?

The other party glanced at him, and said in an impatient tone: "Those are all bluffs. Mr. Jiang has read so many books. It depends on man's efforts. Haven't you heard the saying that man can win?"

Mr. Jiang thought for a while, what Emperor Ming said seemed to be reasonable, but a few months ago, when he did his own astrology divination and said that the Sirius star was on the decline, the other party seemed very happy when this battle was bound to win?

After thinking about it, Mr. Jiang felt that it was still necessary to explain the seriousness of the matter to Emperor Ming.

"Your Majesty, what I saw tonight is not only the five stars gathering in the west, especially the Sirius star, which is as bright as the Taibai star!"

Sirius belongs to Jingsu. Since ancient times, this star has represented the invading alien race. Its light and dark changes often indicate the safety of the frontier.

When the attack on the barbarians was launched at the end of May, it was the darkest moment of Sirius. Now, in just over two months, the astrology has unexpectedly undergone such a big change.

"Five stars gather in the west, Sirius shines brightly, Your Majesty! I am approaching a crisis!"

Hearing the crying and howling of the people below, Emperor Ming felt agitated. Does this Mr. Jiang not understand people's words?

This bit of astrology can scare the hell out of him. If he tells the other party the news that the barbarians on the secret paper are coming to the capital, will he faint from fright?

The author has something to say: cats grow on the computer when it's cold!After getting off work and turning on the computer, Xiao Duoduo always jumps on my laptop keyboard to keep warm, covering his face, which took a little time, sorry for the small number of words.

The knowledge of five stars and Sirius and other astrology comes from Baidu Ha