Chapter 31: The Emperor and His Ministers Have Met with the Time (31)

Qu Zhengcheng sighed, bowed to the people around him, and said apologetically: "I took it for granted. I wanted to test Shen Minghuan's attitude. If he has already colluded with the Xue family, it would be better not to hold the imperial examination this time, so as not to delay the younger generation of students. It can also be used to see which side is the leader between them, and then formulate a strategy."

"If the two parties have not colluded, I will expose the matter of Xue Huai's bribery. With such a large sum of money, Shen Minghuan will definitely be tempted. I think he will not tolerate the Xue family's dominance, and the Xue family will definitely be dissatisfied."

"In this way, with the right strategy, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, looking for opportunities to eradicate the two major tumors in one fell swoop."

"But I never expected that Shen Minghuan would be so bold." Qu Zhengcheng was a little puzzled. Isn't he pushing the aristocratic family to them?

Shen Minghuan suppressed the rebellion by force, killed Xue Huai, and raided the Xue family. The rest of the noble families must be in a panic. To save their lives, they would certainly strike first.

Or is this man so confident that he thinks he can get away with it even if he is against the whole world?

But no matter what, Xue Huai is dead, and Daqi will probably be in chaos for a while.

I just hope that it will not affect the people.

Lu Zhi bowed in return and whispered, "Prime Minister Qu, please don't blame yourself. You are also thinking about Daqi. There was no better way at the time."

Qu Zhengcheng still sighed, and he waved his hand, "Don't be restrained in the face of danger. Sit down. There is no difference in status at this moment. Everyone present is a little scholar who wants to save the country in vain."

Wanzhi wants to save the country...

Isn't it just a vain attempt? They don't have a single chess piece in their hands, but a hot, beating heart.

Everyone was both sad and proud. They turned their heads to look at their friends beside them. Their eyes met, and they were close to each other. The scholars bowed and greeted each other by name with a smile:

"Brother Zhihang."

"Brother Xingyu."

"Brother Suiping."

"Brother Chen Xin."

"..."

How great! At least you and I are not alone on this dark road full of thorns.

Gu Chenglin, the commander of the Xianzhen Camp, had a stinky face: "I am not a scholar."

He Zhang wanted to say that he was not either. He had only read military books since he was a child, but he had been silent for many years and finally just refuted in his heart.

The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment. Qu Zhengcheng held back his laughter and said: "Okay, we are small scholars, and you are a big martial artist. How about it? Are you satisfied?"

Gu Chenglin glared at him.

Then everyone laughed.

Although it was harmonious and beautiful, the atmosphere was a bit tragic and tragic. Qu Zhengcheng knocked on the table and said, "Okay, let's discuss the next strategy."

"But before that, I would like to ask you all, please remember, remember, don't be impulsive, don't conflict with Shen Minghuan." He said heavily, "I know you are all strong, but we can't afford to lose anyone here. Whether it's keeping a low profile or sleeping on straw and tasting gall, just think of it as Daqi."

Everyone present turned to look at Lin Zhihang.

Lin Zhihang inexplicably became the focus of attention, and he was a little angry, "Why are you looking at me? I'm not someone who doesn't know the importance of things."

Lu Zhi was even more angry than him: "How dare you say that?"

After all, he was a great scholar. Lu Zhi coughed lightly and switched back to a steady attitude, "Brother Qu, don't worry. We could have endured it when the former emperor was alive. It's not the case that we can't do it now."

Perhaps because he had been pretending for a long time, everyone accepted the fact that Qu Zhengcheng changed from his previous indifference to enthusiasm.

After all, the relationship between Qu Zhengcheng and Gu Chenglin was extraordinary. It was obvious that they had known each other for a long time. It couldn't be that the new emperor's teacher and the new emperor's uncle were both undercover agents, right?

It was more credible that the new emperor was an undercover agent than this.

Qu Zhengcheng nodded and looked at the person who had been in a daze in the corner, "Brother Chen? Brother Chen Xin? Are you worried about the imperial examination?"

Chen Xin came back to his senses, "Prime Minister... Brother Qu."

He nodded sadly, "It's because of this matter."

Lin Zhihang also frowned, "What does Shen Minghuan mean by this? Does he just want to find someone to deal with the imperial examination?"

When he said this, although everyone present felt that Chen Xin was incompetent, the words "casually" and "deal with" still sounded a bit hurtful.

Lu Zhi hadn't swallowed a mouthful of tea yet and almost spit it out. He felt that he owed Lin Zhihang in his previous life, so he had been cleaning up the mess for him in this life. "Brother Lin means, does Shen Minghuan really care about this imperial examination? What kind of regulations does he want? Does he want Brother Chen Xin to write it carefully, or just finish it in a sloppy way?"

Is it to select talents or to make a profit from it?

"I think we need to draft a detailed charter." Lu Suiping said, "We can't guess what Shen Minghuan is thinking just by guessing, but even if there is a 10% chance, we should seize it."

Wang Jin nodded in agreement, and said to Chen Xin, "Brother Chen Xin, I will discuss with you later to make this charter perfect."

"I will also participate." Lu Suiping said.

"Don't wait." Qu Zhengcheng made the decision, "Let's discuss it now, everyone, work together, and solve this problem first."

*

Your Majesty was under house arrest.

It seems inappropriate to say this, because the place of house arrest is the entire palace.

Shen Minghuan did not wrong him. His food, clothing and expenses were all in accordance with the emperor's specifications. He did not hide the state affairs from him. He also attended the morning court every day normally... as an observer.

Except that the memorials he read were approved by Shen Minghuan and he had no decision-making power, he was treated no differently from other emperors.

Shen Minghuan sent Zhuo Feichen and Li Chengzhu away, and led his 5,000 soldiers straight to the Xue family.

The Xue family was indeed rich enough to rival a country. It took two hours just to carry the things out. The people at the door also watched the excitement for two hours. Every time a box was carried out, they would cheer.

Ordinary people did not care about the change of dynasties, let alone who was in power. In their eyes, the Xue family was rich and unkind, oppressed the people, and extorted the people's fat and blood. They were bad people.

And the young man in white clothes, who was as exquisite as an immortal, defeated the Xue family, and he was everyone's benefactor!

And this young man was very nice. Just now, when an old man shouted until his voice was hoarse, this young man asked someone to bring him a cup of warm water.

The people have their own scale in their hearts. They will be grateful when the rich give porridge and money, and they will remember these seemingly insignificant little things in their hearts.

Even if they don't know the reason, they will still remember it for a lifetime, and will develop infinite goodwill and trust towards this person as if inexplicably.

[Host, everyone is praising you. ] The system is happy, [I will report to you the progress of the task. At present, assisting Luo Xiuyuan to ascend to the throne has been completed halfway. When you give him the real power, this task will... Hey, wait, wait, why hasn't the task of changing the protagonist's mentality been completed? ]

The system is nervous: [Did he find out that you, the host, are helping him? It's impossible, host, you are doing so well. ]

[Don't worry, Xiaojiu, this mission will be completed.] Shen Minghuan said expectantly: [I will definitely teach him a very, very, very profound lesson!]

[Oh.] The system didn't know how powerful it was, but seeing how excited Shen Minghuan was when he talked about it, it should be very confident, so the system responded obediently and nodded happily.

Shen Minghuan whispered a few words to Chen Xiaoyu on the side and handed the matters here to him for command.

Standing next to the tall and strong Chen Xiaoyu, Shen Minghuan looked particularly thin, especially since he was wearing thin clothes today, and his lazy wealth was blown away by the cold wind, leaving only the upright and proud character soaked in books and ink.

People have always had an instinctive pursuit and yearning for beauty. The onlookers were originally cheering for the embarrassed Xue family, and they accidentally saw Shen Minghuan from the corner of their eyes, and they couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

Shen Minghuan, who was concentrating on talking to Chen Xiaoyu with his head tilted, suddenly raised his eyes. His eyebrows and eyes were all exquisite, and suddenly all of them were revealed, with a kind of shocking glimpse.

The woman who was quietly looking at this side blushed.

Shen Minghuan seemed not to feel the burning gazes of the crowd. A trace of anxiety flashed across his face. He stepped forward quickly and supported a child who was leaning forward.

The child had just learned to walk and was not very stable. Perhaps the adults had not paid attention just now, so he stumbled out by himself and tried to pull the corner of Shen Minghuan's clothes.

Shen Minghuan put him down steadily. Seeing that the child was not frightened, the anxiety faded and he smiled instead.

That smile was like melting ice and snow, tolerant and warm. He half-knelt and straightened the messy clothes for the child, "Be careful, don't fall, okay?"

Someone among the people reacted at this time, "Hey, Zhang Da, isn't that your Tiedan?"

Zhang Da rubbed his eyes, "Oh my god, it really is!"

He hurried forward, a little timid, "Sir, this is my child, he is ignorant, and he offended you, I..."

Shen Minghuan smiled and pushed the child who was looking at him with big eyes and not blinking towards him, and said in a gentle tone: "No offense, very cute."

He stood up, as if he had just noticed so many people looking at him, and was stunned for a moment, and soon smiled gently.

Everyone felt that Shen Minghuan was much gentler when facing them than when he was talking to the big guy (Chen Xiaoyu) just now. This person's eyes were focused and sincere at this time, as if the people were some rare treasures.

"But you are treasures." Shen Minghuan said.

Wang Dazhuang, who had studied for two years, covered his mouth with a bitter face. He did not expect that he would actually say it.

But what was even more unexpected was that Shen Minghuan actually agreed.

The surroundings seemed to become very quiet. There were still hawking sounds in the distant streets, and there were crying and begging sounds in the Xue Mansion, but the noise seemed to be blocked far away.

The system said in admiration: [Host, it turns out that you can play the original owner so well. ]

Shen Minghuan's eyes were warm and his tone was gentle as he chatted with the people: "Do you remember our prince? Now he is the emperor, he is different from the previous emperor. You see, the Xue family oppressed you, and His Majesty sentenced them."

"Oh, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. There was a fire in our place last year, and the new house we live in now was built by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yes, yes, it's the son of the younger brother of the friend of my neighbor's brother-in-law's uncle. He is a scholar. He said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a good man and has done a lot for us."

"You can't call him the Crown Prince now, you have to call him Your Majesty."

"Sir, is your last name Shen?" Wang Dazhuang asked boldly.

Shen Minghuan was a little surprised, but still smiled and replied: "Yes, I am Shen Che, and my name is Minghuan."

Shen Minghuan chatted for a few more words and then said goodbye to everyone.

Behind him, Wang Dazhuang was still happily promoting the love and hatred between "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince" and "Master Shen" to the eager people around him.

Shen Minghuan and Luo Xiuyuan are both celebrities, and their stories are indeed a bit bloody, and everyone listened with relish.

The first half is full of warmth, friendship and solidarity, how touching it is! The second half took a sharp turn for the worse, Shen Minghuan suddenly became the lackey of the second prince, and before everyone could sigh, things changed again.

This man now has a clear face and sparkling eyes. When he talks about "Your Majesty", his tone is long and warm. Who can not believe that they are very close friends?