Chapter 71 Section 71

Concubine Zhen was a little disappointed when she first heard the emperor tell her that the release of the jade inscription had been shelved by the Empress Dowager Cixi, but soon she felt a sense of relief.The big mistake was fortunately not made, it is really a matter of gratitude, although it has left a trace for Yumingguan, but I feel that the wording is clever, so I don’t fall into the trap, so I don’t care about it!In short, this is an unpleasant memory, and the sooner it is forgotten, the better. Therefore, the resurgence of the situation brought her deep worries.When I listened to Wang You detailing the inside story, I felt that the matter was even more unusual. Obviously, the Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying must have known all the secrets, so there was this change of initially refusing and finally agreeing.Li Lianying turned his hand over to cloud and rain, and she was by no means his opponent.If he thought he was blocking his way of getting money, and filed a complaint in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, something unexpected would happen.

Thinking of this, I shuddered, and really didn't dare to offend Li Lianying again.However, if you think about it calmly, even so, you will not be immune to disaster.Yuming's background is like this, and his history of being an official is like this. Once he takes office, sooner or later he will be severely imprisoned for corruption.At that time, Li Lianying didn't say that he had won 100,000 silver, but only urged Empress Dowager Cixi to investigate. Who recommended Yuming to the emperor in the first place?Is it still inseparable? One mistake cannot be made again, and the opportunity to make up for it should not be missed.This is not only for my own peace of mind, but also to assist the emperor. I have been eagerly expecting that the emperor can act silently, dictatorship, and do something vigorous.That being the case, before him is an opportunity for the emperor to strengthen his order and establish his authority. If he misses it, he will be ashamed for the rest of his life.

However, in Li Lianying's view, doing this was blatantly making an enemy of the Empress Dowager Cixi. This level of relationship was too heavy, and misfortune and fortune were unpredictable. Concubine Zhen really had to think deeply about it. After thinking hard all night, there is no good plan in the end, but the timing that depends on the moment is coming. For the sake of concubine Zhen's request for Yuming, the emperor has always been worried about it, feeling that he has an apology for her. Now that this apology has disappeared, the emperor has a desire to see concubine Zhen's wish come true. How charming is her delicate dimple?

Therefore, after greeting Chuxiu Palace early in the morning, before summoning his ministers in Xinuang Pavilion of Linyu Qianqing Palace, he specially came to Jingren Palace, and when Concubine Zhen knelt down to greet her, he immediately held her hand and said with a smile: " Yuming's luck is not bad! Finally got the salt tea ceremony." "This," Concubine Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice, "This slave's crime is serious!" The emperor was stunned.Looking back, her words and the meaning in them are all clear.So the smile immediately subsided, and he stepped into the hall, waved his hand at the same time, dismissed all the attendants, and when he was alone with the concubine, Fang Shi asked: "What do you mean?"

Now that there is nothing to worry about, Concubine Zhen replied regretfully: "I am a fool, I shouldn't have mentioned this jade inscription to the emperor. This man is a philistine, he must not use it!" The emperor was so angry that he wanted to reprimand her, but when he saw her terrified expression, he couldn't bear it. Instead, he comforted her and said, "It doesn't matter! People are for my use and have nothing to do with you." After speaking, the emperor left.I met with the Minister of Military Aircraft in the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, and the next step was the introduction and summons.Introduction is the so-called "big rise". Beijing officials have reached their seniority and should be released, or they have excellent performance in the examination and are about to be promoted. done.

There are two types of summons, one is to inquire about something, and the summoning is specially issued, and the other is for the minister to receive grace and express gratitude, especially when he is released from Beijing to become a foreign official, he should be summoned as usual, and there is some encouragement.Naturally, Yuming is no exception. Yizhu had practiced it long ago, he knelt down and bowed without any mistake, after the salute, the emperor looked at the green-headed lottery in his hand and asked, "Which yamen have you always worked as an errand?" "Slaves are always gathering"

"Guanglong?" The emperor was surprised, "Where did you say it was?" "Guanglong..." Yuming suddenly raised his face and said, "Don't the emperor know about Guanglong? Guanglong is the first large wood factory in Xicheng. The slaves have always been in charge there, and the project of the Summer Palace is the work of Guanglong." The emperor was angry and funny, "So, you are the shopkeeper of the wood factory." He said, "The business of the wood factory is very good, why did you give up the good business to become an official?"

"Because, I heard that the Sichuan Salt Tea Ceremony is several times more successful than the Wood Factory." The emperor was furious, but restrained himself and asked, "Can you speak Manchurian?" "Slaves can't." "So, can you write Chinese?" This question turned Yuming's face into a fright, and after a while, he managed to squeeze out a clearly audible word: "Yes." As soon as the word "Enable" was uttered, a pen was thrown from the imperial case, and a piece of paper flew down, and then the emperor said: "Write your resume and see!"

Yu Ming's urgency was no small matter, he bit the bullet and agreed, picked up the pen and paper, and lay down on the brick floor, not knowing what to do? "Go outside and write!" "Cha!" He agreed loudly, because things turned around, he kowtowed, took a pen and paper, and took a few steps back, and was led out of the hall by the imperial guards. Outside Qianqing Palace, the sea and the sky were wide open, Yu Ming suddenly felt refreshed, first heaved a long sigh of relief, and then looked around; the imperial guards who were brought out had already ignored them, but a eunuch came from the hall.I recognized him as the little imperial eunuch, surnamed Jin.

"Good brother!" Yuming went up to meet him, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Look, who wants to get an introduction and write a resume? There is only a pen, no ink and inkstone, how can you write?" "You didn't bring the ink cartridges?" "No." The little eunuch spread his hands: "There is no other way!" "Brother, can you make it easier for me?" As he spoke, he took out a bank note and stuffed it without looking at the amount. "Okay! You wait a moment." Soon, the little eunuch turned back and forth, stretched out his hand retracted in the drawer, and handed over a copper ink cartridge.Yuming was greatly disappointed. The "convenience" he said was not to borrow an ink cartridge, but to find a shooter.

So far, only the truth.He pulled the little eunuch to his side and said in a low voice: "My good brother! I'm not very good at writing and ink, so do me a favor and find someone to prevaricate for me. I'll give you a thousand silver. Here, the money is ready!" " As he said that he was going to take out the banknote again, the little eunuch pressed his hand and replied calmly: "Who wouldn't want to do such a good job to write a resume with a thousand silver? But it can't be done! Long live God specially ordered me to come Watching you write. How many brains do you think I have, dare to use your thousand silver? Besides, Lord Long Live may retake the test in the palace, let you write a word in front of your face, isn't it all exposed?" After this, Yu Ming realized the seriousness of the situation, his complexion was ashen, and he seemed to have aged ten years, standing there silently. "Write quickly! Long live God is waiting there! It's been a long time! I'm impatient, no matter how good your writing is, it will be folded!" "Where will it be written well?" Yu Ming smiled wryly and knelt down. So the little eunuch helped him pull out the pen and spread the paper, and opened the ink cartridge. Yu Ming leaned over to pick up the pen. The pen was as heavy as lead, and his hands trembled from the weight. "Write it quickly!" "Brother, teach me, I really don't know how to write." "Okay, you write: Slave Yuming...." Yuming writes down the strokes, the strokes are as thick as earthworms, and when the character "slave" is written, it will be as big as a teacup.The little eunuch knew he was hopeless, so he shook his head. The four words "Slave Yuming" are finished, there is one more stroke here, one stroke less there, left and right, if you don't know that he wrote these four characters, you will no longer be able to recognize them. "What's next?" "Next," the little eunuch asked, "which flag do you belong to?" "I am the Bordered Blue Flag." "Then write it down!" Yuming, who was already sweating profusely, begged, "Brother, please teach me how to write the character '玄'?" The little eunuch couldn't bear it, so he pointed his strokes patiently, but it was extremely difficult for Yuming to follow the same gourd to paint, and it turned into a black ink pig.Next, the blue characters are very difficult to write, and the flag characters have a lot of strokes.Reluctantly write to herringbone, a piece of paper has been filled. "Hand in the paper!" The little eunuch had already given up his mind for him, and felt that there was no need to work harder, so he urged. "Good brother, look, is this resume okay?" It is not a resume at all, so how can it be written well?However, the little eunuch knew what he needed right now?He also did not hesitate to comfort with a few empty words, "It is not easy for you to be a big shopkeeper, and you can write such a few characters." He said, "And the officials who are born under the flag are not good at writing. Don't worry! " Sure enough, these few words made Yu Ming let go of his worries, and his expression became much better, and he asked, "Should I go in or not?" "No need! Just wait here!" So the little eunuch took his resume and returned to the palace.The emperor had retreated back to the East Nuan Pavilion and was drinking tea for a rest. When he saw Yuming's handwriting, he was furious, "What the hell to draw a talisman? It's really embarrassing to the banner people!" He threw the piece of paper on the kang table heavily, and ordered loudly: " Pass the military plane!" So the imperial guard was ordered to deliver the decree to Junji Zhilu.Li Wang Shiduo was very nervous. He always looked at eunuchs and guards differently. At this time, he asked in a low voice in surprise: "What are you calling now? What is it for?" "Probably because of the new salt tea ceremony. The emperor is very angry." "Why? What did Yu Ming say wrongly?" "It's not that the words are wrong, the handwriting is not good." The guard replied, "The emperor asked to write a resume. There are eight big characters on a piece of paper, and the writing is confusing. The emperor called him a 'ghost painting'." "Yes! Thanks for your hard work, we will go up now." Before going in for an interview, one had to think about the emperor's intentions so as to be prepared, "Yu Ming's 120,000 silver coins were thrown into the ocean." Sun Yuwen said, "It seems that we need to send someone else for that." "We have to ask the official to issue a bill!" Shi Duo said, "Let's go up first, we can't wait." "Yes. Send a letter to the official department first and ask them to prepare." After speaking, Sun Yuwen told Su La: "Please take this class." "Please call for the class" is a "jargon" used exclusively by the Military Aircraft Department, which means to invite Zhang Jing, the military aircraft who is on shift.As usual, Dalami and the "Pangong" on duty will enter.Dadami in this group is called Qian Yingpu, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, who was once a very capable friend of Zeng Guofan. He has been in the military aircraft for many years, and he is deeply relied on. At that time, he said: "the list does not need to be opened by the Ministry of officials. It was originally given to the list. Because of the special order to put the jade inscription, the list has not been used, so it will be found out. However, the emperor seems to use this to revitalize the administration of officials, so he succeeded Candidates, my lord and your lords have to carefully consider. During the transition, you must see that the court employs people who are upright and upright, and it is beneficial to govern the way." "Zhuojian, Zhuojian!" Sun Yuwen said politely, "Please take care, tell that person to open the order and deliver it later!" After the explanation is over, the whole class of military planes will come to see you.Yuming was still under the Qianqing Palace, waiting for the decree. He saw Shiduo leading the way, a group of red-topped flower feathers, trembling up the stairs from the west, and recognized the whole class of military ministers.I thought to myself that "it's not surprising that there are many people who are polite", so I went up to say hello, maybe I can catch up with a word, inquire about news, it is always a good thing. After thinking about it, he lifted the hem of his robe and went straight to the steps, only to hear someone shout: "Stop!" He stood still and saw that it was Lan Ling's bodyguard, and he said with a smile, "I'll go and greet Prince Li." "It doesn't work to greet anyone!" The guard squinted at him and said, "Squat down on the other side and cool off! Today, if you can still go home and pick up your child, it's considered your luck." Hearing this, Yu Ming was frightened out of his wits.After gathering his mind, he wanted to ask the guard of Lan Ling about good and bad fortune, but he had already gone a long way.