As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Xu Dacheng was a little panicked and said: "Yes, the servant is wrong."

In fact, he wanted to understand, but what Hua Manlou said was so shocking that he was in a daze on the way back, and didn't listen carefully to the reports of the people below.

"Forget it, I can't blame you." Emperor Guangxing waved his hand and continued: "That Zhuzi often does amazing things, and he can play tricks on everything. Many things seem to be inexplicable, but they can always be proved afterwards. That's right, even a few elders were amazed by this, so it's normal if you don't understand it."

Xu Dacheng's heart was immediately excited by what he said, but Emperor Guangxing continued to say with some emotion: "In the early years, people often came to tell me that the prince is stubborn, dull, and rotten wood can't be carved. I have heard too much. , so I believed it, I just felt that the prince is not good anywhere."

"However, Hua Manlou told me that the prince is intelligent. If he guides him well, he will become a great weapon in the future. He said this before he knew my identity. This little brother said good things, but now? Look, he has learned to share my worries!"

Only then did Xu Dacheng notice that what Emperor Guangxing approved was not a memorial, but an article.

"These are some ideas written by the prince about the rectification of officials and the reform of the imperial examinations. I think they are quite insightful." Seeing Xu Dacheng looking over, Emperor Guangxing explained a sentence and continued: "I didn't know before. Officials actually hand over all government affairs to the master and the officials below, but they themselves only care about the wind and moon, enjoying life, and when asked about current affairs, they don’t know anything about it...It’s shocking!"

"The prince put forward some ideas and reform methods, some of which I thought were feasible, and some of which I found absurd, but the prince persuaded me with a sentence full of flowers. He said that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and it is only based on imagination. It would be unwise to deny certain possibilities.”

Speaking of this, Emperor Guangxing expressed relief: "I have been persuaded. Over the years, I have always been afraid of this and that, thinking more and doing less, but the crown prince... and Hua Manlou have taught me, thinking of If you want to do it, try to do it first, even if you can’t do it, you will find some problems. But if you think about it, but don’t do it, then there may be nothing.”

"Dacheng, the younger generation is awesome, we all have to learn from these younger generations!" Emperor Guangxing looked at Xu Dacheng and said with emotion: "At the beginning, I wanted to suppress Huamanlou and let him grow up with the prince, but now suddenly Turning around, I found that these two children are already pillars, if we don't hurry up and learn more, won't we make these two children laugh at the end?"

When Xu Dacheng heard this, he no longer doubted his previous premonition: Big Zhao is really about to change.

Even the emperor found it difficult to keep up with the young man, so if he continued to hang around like before, wouldn't he be waiting to die?

Emperor Guangxing seemed to be very excited about the conversation today, and he continued to sigh: "Thinking about it again, who are those people who say that the prince is stubborn and rotten? Zhan Shifu Zhan Shiyu Pengyi, he sued the prince I get the most, and come to my place from time to time to mourn."

Emperor Guangxing took out a dossier from the side and handed it to Xu Dacheng: "Look, last year the crown prince went to sea and was busy in Xishan, so I released the noisy Yu Pengyi as the envoy of Shandong Chengxuan and the right chief , but what about him? He didn’t do much when he went, he took a lot of bribes first, and he often showed off to others that the crying child has milk!”

Xu Dacheng took the dossier with both hands and was startled after only looking at it: "Yu Zhan...exiled for three thousand miles?"

666. Ten Thousand Deaths

Yu Pengyi really said that a crying child has milk, and he said it with joy and high spirits, but he never expected that this sentence almost killed him.

In the early years, he didn't report Zhao Ren's black complaints, and if he did, he would sue. Zhao Ren was honest no matter what he did. Every time, I burst into tears, as if the country will lose the country-in the words of Emperor Guangxing, that is called mourning.

Yu Pengyi made Zhao Ren beat up a lot, and made Emperor Guangxing angry, so how could Zhao Ren forget to check him after he started to check the officials?

But after this investigation, it was not Zhao Ren, even Emperor Guangxing was so angry: I really thought that you complained repeatedly because you were upright and responsible to the prince. After a long time of trouble, you did it for yourself?

That's right, although Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi is a third-rank official, if the crown prince takes over in the future, he can at least be transferred to a minister or a cabinet scholar, but Emperor Guangxing is still in his prime, and the prince is unreliable, so Yu Pengyi's calculation It is to use this kind of "hard-core" method to change jobs - Zhan Shifu has no oil and water!

Then he was released from Zhan Shi's mansion, became a high-ranking official in a province, received a large sum of money, and finally was seized by Zhao Ren...

After Xu Dacheng hastily scanned the file in his hand, he suddenly became even more panicked.

When Emperor Guangxing was still the crown prince, Xu Dacheng was also a member of the East Palace. He accompanied Emperor Guangxing all the way from childhood to the throne, and he knew how difficult and difficult it was for the officials of the East Palace.

Now that he has survived, he is considered to be the best group of old people in the East Palace. He really does not hesitate in front of his former colleagues in daily life-well, he always has the mentality of returning to his hometown when he is rich in clothes, just like flowers. At the reunion of former students all over the building, those "successful people" will generally be more high-profile.

Thinking about it now, this kind of behavior is estimated to be quite hated by others. I don’t know how many people are expecting Xu Dacheng to be unlucky at the moment——Xu Dacheng is not the only one who has survived with Emperor Guangxing, but Xu Dacheng took He bought the biggest piece of cake, and it was written by the supervisor of ceremonies and the supervisor of the East Factory, and he also earned a lot of money...

If there are no problems, no one would dare to play tricks in front of him, Xu Dacheng, but if one day he made a mistake, how many people would jump out and step on him, let alone the group of people from the East Palace Definitely the funniest group of people dancing.

In the past, Xu Dacheng was capable of dealing with these problems, but now times have changed...

Seeing that Emperor Guangxing wanted to complain about Yu Pengyi, Xu Dacheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Lord Hou said something else when he went to Xishan today."

"Oh?" Emperor Guangxing became interested in an instant: "What else did he say?"

Xu Dacheng interrupted Emperor Guangxing's thoughts subconsciously, so he really didn't know where to start when Emperor Guangxing asked him.

Facing Emperor Guangxing's searching gaze, Xu Dacheng opened his mouth, and finally had an idea: "Master Hou said, whatever the sun and moon shine on, are all Han soil, and wherever the rivers are, they are all Han subjects, so...so the West still There are so many small countries that have not congratulated me, Great Zhao Chao, it is very rude..."

Huamanlou: ? ? ?

Emperor Guangxing couldn't believe it when he heard the words: "This... is really what that Zhuzi said?"

Xu Dacheng bit the bullet and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, that's what Lord Hou said."

Emperor Guangxing took a deep breath and looked deeply.

To be honest, Emperor Guangxing was shocked by the authenticity of the map brought back by He Qing. When he knew that there were so many lands and so many small countries in the West, he also fantasized about the scene of all nations coming to court—a serious emperor Isn't your pursuit just to save face?

But fantasies belong to fantasy, and reality belongs to reality. No matter how arrogant Emperor Guangxing is, he doesn't think this matter can become a reality, because firstly, Da Zhao's influence can't reach the far west at all; secondly, he knows clearly Da Zhao is not that powerful, at least not two years ago; the third is the problem of distance, so far, how did they come here?

So Emperor Guangxing didn't mention this since the beginning, and in the end he didn't even think about it.

But now, Huamanlou has brought out Dinghubei again.

As for that, if other people say that, Emperor Guangxing will definitely laugh it off, and even laugh at him for not knowing the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, but he can spend a lot of money...

Why do you feel your blood boil all of a sudden?

Although this Zhuzi looks lazy and indifferent to personnel, he always makes big moves to scare people - Emperor Guangxing is not used to this so far, so he asked Xu Dacheng to take a closer look after he went to Xishan What exactly is Huamanlou up to?

and so……

This time the action is so big?

"Did he say what to do?" Before he knew it, Emperor Guangxing's breathing became a little rough.

That's right, what others said about these things was a joke, but if Hua Manlou said it, it must not be a joke, so Emperor Guangxing was immediately excited.

When Xu Dacheng saw Emperor Guangxing's reaction, he was instantly excited: Master Hou was right, the pattern!Pattern!Your majesty's pattern is in the world!

"Return to Your Majesty, Lord Marquis...he said to let the servants go to the West." Xu Dacheng made up his mind.

Emperor Guangxing was taken aback: "Going to the West? You? Why do you want to go to the West?"

"Your servant doesn't know either, but..." Xu Dacheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "My servant is thinking about it, maybe Lord Xu thinks that my servant is the person His Majesty trusts the most, and he is also the person around His Majesty, so this servant should compare himself to His Majesty's eyes and ears, Help your majesty to go outside and have a closer look, so as to prepare for your majesty to conquer the world."

Therefore, it is not without reason that Xu Dacheng was able to become the most brilliant one among the group of people in the East Palace. Look at the reasons he found, and he was loyal and unobtrusively added a personality to himself, and he also wore a high hat on On the head of Emperor Guangxing...

"Let you go...to help me take a look?" Emperor Guangxing was a little confused at first, but soon he figured out the reason: Among the people who are currently going to sea, there are sailors, honorable officials, and businessmen with civil officials behind their backs. The army, as well as the country gentry and merchants, the only thing missing is the royal family.

It seems that this is not a problem now, but in the future, if everyone goes to sea with one brain and only one's eyes are smeared, wouldn't it be easy to be fooled by others in maritime affairs in the future?

In this way, it is not an unbelievable reason to send someone you trust to go out to sea to have a look.

only……

Emperor Guangxing looked at Xu Dacheng with a troubled expression on his face: "Dacheng, are you... fifty-six this year?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"With a body like yours, can you still go to sea?"

"Slave... I will die!"

667. Elder Brother Like Father

Hua Manlou thought that what happened to Xu Dacheng was just a seed planted, and guessed that it would take him a year or so to figure it out, and he might have to be stimulated by something before he could make up his mind, but who would have thought of it? A few days later, Zhao Ren suddenly returned to Xishan.

At that time, Hua Manlou was squatting on the ground happily looking at the corn seedlings. When he looked up, Zhao Ren was already standing beside him, and the bear boy was still excited: "I'm back! I heard you're making a big move again?"

This sentence left Hua Manlou at a loss: "What big move? Aren't you working with officials in the capital?"

Zhao Ren sneered: "I'll talk about the official affairs later, but I heard Xu Banban and Fuhuang say that you are going to do big things here, so let's put it aside and come back to help you first."

Hua Manlou pointed to a piece of seedling in front of him: "Here, it's a big deal, can you hoe the ground? If you can, weed the corn loose soil."

Zhao Ren was taken aback: "That's it?"

Hua Manlou asked back: "Is this not enough? You don't think it's big enough to feed the common people? Who scolded me because of the little tiger eating yellow rice porridge?"

Zhao Ren scratched his head: "Wait for me to stroke it. Xu Banban seemed to be very worried when he went back that day. Later, when the emperor asked, he found out that you said that you want to let the sun and the moon shine on Han soil, and let Jianghe go everywhere." Hanchen, for this reason, he plans to go out with the fleet to see the world for the emperor, you..."

Hua Manlou was stunned for a while, then jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on: "What do you mean I want to let... what did I say to me?"

"You didn't say that?"

"I was..."

"That's to fool the dead eunuch into going to the West", Hua Manlou couldn't say that.

"Look?" Zhao Renle said, "You even want to hide it from me? You don't let me participate in such a lively event, are you still a person?"

From Zhao Ren's words, Hua Manlou quickly understood what happened, and then he was furious: "Did I say that? I only said that it was the Dinghu stele of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. Xu Dacheng deceived him." Jun!"

It’s a good thing. Originally, all aspects can develop naturally. Huamanlou only needs to plant land here, and go to Tianjin for a while in June and July. Anyway, the current situation is that the high-level executives have already looked overseas. Ming Dynasty is much better.

So originally Huamanlou could fish fish with peace of mind, but after Xu Dacheng came here, it was as if he was going to the west to subdue those small countries one by one and let them come to Zhao Chaohe. This...

After Zhao Ren understood the situation, he was overjoyed: "If you want to say that you deceive the emperor, you two should deceive the emperor together. Anyway, you are miserable now, and the emperor is in a good mood these days. If you know that you two have cheated him together..."

"Partnership?" Hua Manlou said violently, "Do I have a partnership with him? Do I want to lie to Father? I'm not you!"

Zhao Ren grinned and said, "Anyway, on the surface, it seems that you and Xu Banban are cheating together. Only you two know what you two said that day. When the time comes, you will have to hold your own against each other in court..."

Huamanlou was speechless.

Zhao Ren was still grinning and continued to make up his sword: "So what I can do now is to cover up this matter for you... well, cover it up for you, and you'd better make some noise recently, otherwise, the emperor will be in trouble." I'm just happy for nothing. Although maybe the father won't do anything to you, let him down...... Do you understand?"

Hua Manlou really wanted to say that she loves disappointment but not disappointment, but after thinking about it a little calmly, Emperor Guangxing is really not easy. When the emperor did not succeed for a few days, it was so easy to hear that something good happened, but it ended in the end. It was an oolong...

This is so pathetic.

Hua Manlou grinded his teeth for a long time before suppressing his anger—what if he didn't suppress it?Xu Dacheng has already been arranged to sail to the west. It is difficult to see whether his old bones can come back alive after going through the storm. He can't really kill him, can he?

As for making some noise to make Emperor Guangxing happy...

Hua Manlou immediately thought of the things developed by the Maritime Academy and the New Military Academy. Although it looks rough, it is a proper black technology in this era. When the time comes, build a safe house for Emperor Guangxing to come over Just listen to the sound and watch the explosion—that is the crystallization of science and technology obtained by spending a lot of money, and it is the improvement of Da Zhao's military strength. With this strength improvement, it is not far from Da Zhao's prestige and convincing the Quartet, right?

So in an instant, Huamanlou calmed down: things are still within the controllable range, don't panic.

But seeing Zhao Ren's schadenfreude, Hua Manlou's anger rose again for some reason, and he said sullenly: "Speaking of it...it's been almost a month since I came back to Beijing this time, and it seems that someone just came back today." Xishan, if you don’t know, you think this person dare not apologize to Mr. Li.”

"Apologize...Apologize?" Zhao Ren panicked for a moment.

Mr. Li is a kind old Chinese doctor, with superb medical skills and outstanding medical ethics. He never cares about small things, and he looks cheerful all day long, unless...

A certain young man abducted his granddaughter to Lanzhou Prefecture thousands of miles away without saying a word.

If that was the case, it would be fine for someone to send Jin'er back intact, and make an honest apology, but later Jin'er was sent back by Wan Cheng Yanran, let's not say that the person who abducted him didn't come to the door in person. I haven't shown up for almost a month, so Mr. Li is going crazy...

"Don't say you forgot?" Hua Manlou gloated and said, "Don't say it's Mr. Li at this time, even Jin'er is also very angry. A few days ago, I saw the little girl angrily coming from someone from Xishanwei. Coming back from the yard, looking at that expression, I guess someone will have to coax him for at least seven or eight days..."

Zhao Ren panicked: "Aren't I busy? When I get back, I will..."

Hua Manlou waved his hand and said, "Don't explain to me, I will believe everything you say, but you have to see whether Jin'er and Mr. Li believe it or not, and according to the normal situation, if you are going to save the world, then Should I send someone over to say hello?"

To be honest, Hua Manlou had been waiting to see this joke for a long time, and it was time to teach Zhao Ren a lesson. The name of the lesson was Sophistication.

Prince, right?There are a large number of people serving in the palace, no matter how good his character is, the environment has created a behavior pattern that he can't consider for others, so this time is just an opportunity, Huamanlou wants him to take this Make up the class, so that in the future, he might think twice after encountering things?

Zhao Ren looked at Huamanlou, and for some reason suddenly became firm: "I admit my mistake, and I have to make amends, but you have to go with me."

Hua Manlou sneered and said, "Why? You caused trouble, and you still want me to be scolded together? Let me tell you, if I go, I have to scold you with the old man, so that I can relieve the old man... "

Zhao Ren waved his hand: "No, let me apologize. You are the eldest brother, right? People say that an elder brother is like a father, so you have to come to propose marriage?"

"At this time, do you think that elder brother is like a father? Elder brother can't..." Hua Manlou said halfway before he suddenly realized what Zhao Ren meant: "Wait a minute, what did you just say? Qing, can you say it again?"

668. Villain

Regarding Hua ManLou's horror, Zhao Ren seemed very calm: "It's just a marriage proposal, why are you so surprised?"

After Huamanlou was stunned for a while, he finally came to his senses.

Because Zhao Ren has always been indifferent, and Hua Manlou didn't pay much attention to his age, but now it seems that he is seventeen, and it's time for him to be recruited for breeding...well, it's time for marriage.

Rather, it's a little strange that Emperor Guangxing hasn't bred him so far. Maybe it's because he still doesn't know his tune, so he forgot his age?

But this has nothing to do with Hua Manlou, he just wants to say: "Beast! Jin'er is only 13 years old, how can you do it!"

"Isn't it just right?" Zhao Ren said with a puzzled look on his face, "Besides, engagement is not marriage, even the Ministry of Rites will take a long time to prepare. Marriage may take two years."

Putting it this way, it doesn't seem like a big problem... Well, in this day and age, there is no problem at all... no?

At the age of [-] or [-] these years, not to mention being engaged, there are many people who get married directly—for example, Qi Wanrong, when she was fifteen, no one came to the door to make a matchmaker, let's see how anxious her family is, her father In the end, Qi Wanrong was dumped to Huamanlou almost in an attitude of blaming others...

So in theory, even if Zhao Ren didn't mention it, someone else would propose marriage on Jin'er's side. If there really wasn't one, Mr. Li would probably be anxious.

Speaking of which, these days, Hua Manlou feels quite uncomfortable with proposing marriage without a relationship process. At the beginning, he didn't even have time to get some sweet and sour dog food with a few young wives before he got married—especially Jiu'er, when she came back suddenly, Hua Manlou didn't even have time to formally confess her love...

Of course, there is nothing wrong with his workflow, and it is reasonable, legal and respectful, but Hua Manlou always feels that he has missed a step or two—it is the thinking of his previous life that is at work, and he still wants to mess around like this these days. The food is different, and strictly speaking, what Zhao Ren did is very out of the ordinary: he dared to abduct his granddaughter without any status. If this is misinterpreted and criticized by outsiders, will Jin'er still live?