[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Before dawn, the eunuchs and maids in the Daming Palace had already finished washing and dressing up. They were all dedicated to their positions and fulfilled their duties. There were hundreds of people coming and going in the entire Daming Palace, but they heard There is no sound.

Dai Quan, the head of internal affairs of Daming Palace, held a whisk in his hand, and stood respectfully half bent at the door of the bedroom, listening carefully to the movement inside. Asked: "Old saint, but got up?"

After a long time, a lazy voice came from the room: "Come in and serve!"

Dai Quan hurriedly said "Yes!", wiped his necks to warn a row of court ladies behind him, and then led them cautiously into the palace gate.

As soon as he entered the room, Dai Quan saw an elderly man in his 60s wearing yellow pajamas sitting cross-legged on a soft couch, with his eyes closed and a solemn appearance. Seeing this, everyone became more cautious and approached the old man a few steps Far away, and then stood there cautiously, without making any sound.

After a long time, Emperor Tianxi let out a breath, opened his eyes, and said, "Come and serve me!"

Dai Quan hurried forward, half-kneeling on the ground, took a cup of tea from the tray in the hand of the maid behind him, and fed it to the mouth of Emperor Tianxi. Immediately, a court lady knelt in front of him holding a spittoon and caught the water he spit out.

Dai Quan took the hot towel and carefully wiped his face and hands for him, then took a cup of ginseng tea and a black pill from the tray, and handed them to Emperor Tianxi's mouth.

Emperor Tianxi didn't open his mouth to take the pill immediately, but asked: "Is this the new pill that those Taoist priests sent over?"

"Yes."

Dai Quan has completely lost his prestige outside at this moment. He is very cautious and dare not answer a word.

"Has it been tested in the hospital?"

"It's been tested. The Tai Hospital has done several rounds of clinical trials, and has also completed human trials. There are no side effects. The testers who took the pills performed very well. The Tai Hospital has handed over the test report. Already, old sage, would you like to take a look?"

"Bring it here."

Dai Quan put the ginseng tea and pills back on the tray, took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, opened it and handed it to Emperor Tianxi.

Emperor Tianxi took a rough look at his hand, nodded in satisfaction and said: "This time it's not bad."

Seeing that he was a little happy, Dai Quan laughed and said: "This time when the king of Joseon returned to the capital, he brought back a lot of old ginseng. I heard that the old sage wants to make medicine, so Tete came in. Therefore, the effect of this batch of medicine is much better than the previous batches!"

"Oh?" Emperor Tianxi replied lukewarmly, without any interest in it, he just said: "Serve me to take the medicine."

Dai Quan hurriedly kept his mouth shut, and served Emperor Tianxi attentively after taking the medicine. Just as he turned around and put down the teacup, Emperor Tianxi suddenly said: "Even the emperor dare not do anything about the matter of refining medicine in the palace." Ask, where did he hear the news from?"

Hearing Emperor Tianxi's question so suddenly, Dai Quan was startled and covered in cold sweat. He quickly knelt down and said, "This... the servant doesn't know either!"

Emperor Tianxi gave him a cold look, Dai Quan was trembling all over, and the clothes behind his back were soaked with sweat, so he looked away and said, "It's best to be like this."

Only then did Dai Quan withdraw his heart, thinking of the white money promised by the King of Joseon, he couldn't help but said: "This is also the filial piety of the King of Joseon!"

"Filial piety? If he has filial piety, he will guard the border well. Don't let the old man have the courage to violate the border. I heard that they have become a little restless these years. It seems that they still didn't learn the lesson when they went to Moscow. If not At that time, the red-haired ghosts in the Netherlands had the guts to rob the people under my Daqi rule, and my men have already beaten those old men to the ground!"

"Your Majesty is so wise and mighty, how could he be compared to those barbarians. If those barbarians hadn't united in private, our Daqi border would have expanded a bit!"

"Go and tell the king of Joseon that if he is really filial, he can just lead his troops to fight north. Recently, the Academy of Sciences has built an internal combustion engine according to the blueprint left by his father. This internal combustion engine is much faster than a steam engine. The subjects of Daqi I have already tasted the benefits brought by the steam engine. The promotion of the internal combustion engine will definitely be very fast this time, but this machine is for drinking oil. The big oil fields mentioned above will be called, and I will reward you a lot!"

"Yes, old sage, the slave must tell the king of Joseon exactly what he said."

Whenever the Supreme Emperor mentions the things left by His Majesty, he is always very interested. Dai Quan measures the filial piety sent by his subordinates, and is about to see who gives the most, so he will tell what they entrusted. While thinking about it, he listened again. Emperor Tianxi said: "I heard that you have been very prestigious recently. Everyone respectfully calls you the old inner minister, the inner minister? I don't know when the imperial court created this position, and can you arrange official positions for others?"

This time Dai Quan couldn't care less about those filial piety anymore, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, not daring to say a word of excuse. He didn't dare to move his head, and the tray in his hand didn't even make a sound.

After a long time, Dai Quan thumped and kowtowed countless times, and thanks to the thick blankets in the main hall, his forehead was not injured, only a large area of ​​redness.

Although his body was not injured, Dai Quan's heart was already panicked and he was at a loss. Now Dai Quan would rather have his head covered in blood and look miserable in exchange for the mercy of the Supreme Emperor.

Seeing that he had a good attitude of pleading guilty, and because he had served me for many years, Emperor Tianxi said in Dai Quan's prayer: "Forget it, for the sake of serving me for so many years, I will forgive you this time. Remember the lesson from this time, if there is another time, I will definitely kill you."

"Yes, yes, the slave will never dare to commit another crime next time."

Emperor Tianxi said again: "Come here and wait for me to change clothes."

Only then did Dai Quan quickly wipe away the cold sweat and tears left on his face, and graciously took the dragon robe handed over by the maid, and put it on for Emperor Tianxi.

After changing clothes, Emperor Tianxi ate breakfast leisurely, and then went to the side hall, where several veterans were already waiting, and when they saw Emperor Tianxi's Luan driving over, they rushed forward to pay their respects.

Emperor Tianxi knew the temper of this old official, and when he saw them coming, he asked before they could open his mouth: "A few love ministers, do you have any important reports from the government, but is there another natural or man-made disaster?"

The ministers shook their heads quickly, the emperor's birthday is coming soon, even if there is something to do, they have to wait until the birthday to report, these old officials are old and cunning, even if there is such a thing that can't wait to be reported, they will definitely not come here to make trouble .

Seeing them shaking their heads, Emperor Tianxi waved his hand and said: "Since there is nothing important, let's report to the emperor after he comes out of the Buddhist hall. Although I take care of some government affairs for him, I only deal with the important ones." Don't bother me with these irrelevant things."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the ministers to respond, he got off the Luanjia and strode directly into the gate of the palace. After the senior ministers figured out that they had fallen into the emperor's trick again, and then wanted to go in, Dai Quan had already guarded the palace. door, it will be difficult for them to get in.

After thinking about it, a few old officials pinched their noses and wanted to give some money to Dai Quan, the eunuch they had always hated, and asked him to say something nice in front of the Supreme Emperor. If Dai Quan only wanted to see his old enemies feel uncomfortable The expression on his face also wanted to accept the money, but he had just been beaten today, so he didn't have the guts, so he quickly refused the bribe with a straight face.

Seeing that the greedy eunuchs in the past refused their money, these old ministers thought that the emperor had made up his mind not to see them. Knowing the emperor's temper, they didn't dare to force it, so they could only leave the palace with a sigh.

After sending them away, Dai Quan entered the side hall. In the hall, there were two young eunuchs reading the words on the memorial alternately. Seeing Dai Quan coming in, they didn't respond, they didn't even look at him, and continued to be expressionless. read.

After a while, the Supreme Emperor suddenly interrupted them and said: "The memorial handed over by the prefect of Shuntian Mansion said who made these proposals?"

The little eunuch who was asked glanced at the memorial in his hand and said: "It is said that a candidate named Wang Yue wrote it in the examination room."

"Wang Yue?" Taishanghuang read the name lightly, with an inexplicable expression on his face. Dai Quan also remembered this name. He only reported this person to Taishanghuang a few days ago.

He quickly recalled the situation of this person when he mentioned it in his mind, and sure enough, not long after, the Supreme Emperor turned to him and asked, "Where have I heard this name in a daze."

"Prince Zhao prepared a birthday gift for His Majesty a while ago. It is a portrait, and he was asked to draw the pen."

"I remember he is only eight years old this year?"

"Yes."

"Eight years old, his portraits can satisfy both Hui'er and the emperor. I think he is a good painter, and he can write such a policy. He is very smart!"

Dai Quan echoed it, and heard the Supreme Emperor ask: "I remember that there is a grandmother in his family, known as Grandma Liu, isn't it?"

Dai Quan would pay attention to such insignificant things. He couldn't figure out how the Taishanghuang would pay attention to such corner details, and he didn't say anything for a long time. The Taishanghuang was not angry this time, but laughed. He said: "Such a young talent should pay more attention to him, Dai Quan, send someone to check him!"

"Yes, old saint!"

Dai Quan hurriedly responded, bowed and exited the hall, thinking in his heart that this time let alone his grandmother, even the [-]th generation of ancestors would have to investigate in detail, and the Supreme Emperor must not let the questioning stop him again! !

The author has something to say: Can you help me see if the last chapter has been sent out? I just posted today’s article only to find that yesterday’s article has become a manuscript again! !