Traitors of the Manchu dynasty, why do you make me an emperor through the ages Chapter 158: The telescope comes out! The Huang Chao who kills and kills!
Chapter 158: The telescope comes out! The Huang Chao who kills and kills!
Xingyang and Bianzhou were still making intensive preparations, and Li Qian didn't know that his and the Qing family had put a blame on his head.
The sun is scorching, and September will enter tomorrow. Although the autumn tiger still has some remaining power at this time, the weather is already much cooler than in June and July.
People were coming and going on the street, and the vendors selling ice cream were seizing the last business opportunity, shouting hard, just to sell more ice cream.
Li Qian stood on the tall Zhuque Gate gate tower, holding a long silver tube with shiny objects at both ends in front of his eyes, looking at the scene in the city in the distance with interest.
"My dear friend, first of all, aren't you curious about what I am making?"
"Curious, this slave is very curious."
The old eunuch looked at Li Qian longingly: "But if Your Majesty doesn't speak, how can I dare to ask?"
Lu Bu also looked at the telescope, his eyes widening, but he couldn't see anything.
This thing is about the length and thickness of your forearm. Both ends are inlaid with sparkling crystals. It is silver-white in color and very textured. It is embossed with auspicious cloud patterns, swimming dragon patterns, curly grass patterns and other beautiful patterns. It is both majestic and majestic. And exquisite.
"Father, Bu is also very curious."
"What exactly is this thing for?"
"Hehe~"
Li Qian took the telescope off his face: "Of course it has great uses."
"I'm going to open your eyes, but don't be frightened!"
"Thank you stepfather!"
As soon as Lu Bu's eyes lit up, he reached out to get it. Unexpectedly, the old eunuch stepped in first and took the telescope from Li Qian's hand.
"You..." Lu Bu glared angrily.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The old eunuch glanced at him triumphantly, then happily picked up the telescope, imitating Li Qian's example, closing one eye, holding it in front of the other, and looking towards the city in the distance.
"Ah~"
The old eunuch suddenly exclaimed, staggered back a few steps, almost sat down on the ground, and almost threw the telescope in his hand off the city wall.
"Don't break it!"
Lu Bu took the opportunity to step forward and snatch the telescope away.
"Your Majesty, this...this...people from the city almost hit this slave in the face!"
The old eunuch looked at Li Qian in shock.
"That's really true!"
Lu Bu's exclamation also came from the other side. He was also stunned with his telescope, just looking at the city, motionless.
"Show me again!" After the old eunuch came to his senses, he hurried up and asked for Lu Bu's arm again.
"Go away! You just finished reading it, now it's my turn!"
Lu Bu twisted around and looked around, but wouldn't let him go.
Seeing them fighting for a long time, Li Qiancai looked at the two of them with a smile: "How about this thing?"
The old eunuch didn't care to grab it anymore. He turned around quickly and replied with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, this thing takes over the creation of heaven and earth, completes the avenue of yin and yang, and exhausts the ultimate principle of all things. This slave is greatly surprised. It is not a real thing like your majesty." It is decreed by the emperor not to create it!"
"Hmph~"
Lu Bu put down the telescope and snorted disdainfully: "You are very surprised, but I am not surprised."
"For ordinary people, miracles are as difficult as reaching the sky, but for my adoptive father, they are commonplace. Even if my adoptive father can fly into the sky and escape from the earth in the future, I will not be surprised at all."
The old eunuch laughed dryly, asking Lu Bu to say this, but it seemed that he was not good enough.
However, the old eunuch is after all a master who has been immersed in the art of horses for many years. Although Lu Bu is extremely talented, his skills are still far behind him. The old eunuch quickly thought of a counterattack: "Your Majesty..."
"okay."
Li Qian waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to say anything else. Let me first see where all the ministers are."
Lu Bu's eyes lit up, as if he thought of something, and he hurriedly handed over the telescope: "Father, please take a look."
Li Qian took a telescope and looked outside the imperial city while smiling and said: "I heard that in Daqian, the bigger the official position, the bigger the house and mansion he will buy. I don't know if it is true."
He glanced around and first discovered the Duke's Mansion, which was relatively close to the imperial city.
"It turns out that the emperor's uncle's house is so big..."
Li Qian looked at the stretching gardens, the canal river passing through the house, and the majestic rockeries from a high place...
"I remember going to his house to play when I was a kid. Now that I look at it, I probably haven't even seen ten or ten of his house."
The old eunuch smiled dryly and said: "The Duke is a relative of the emperor, so it's not surprising that the house is built a little bigger."
"That's natural."
Li Qian nodded: "I just didn't see the emperor's uncle, and I don't know what he was doing secretly. I'm going to visit his house another day."
The old eunuch looked bitter when he heard this: "Your Majesty, do you want to continue going out? What if someone discovers you?"
Ever since Li Qian said those words in the political hall that day, those ministers may have realized that His Majesty the Emperor might have sneaked out of the palace and had some fun in the capital.
Otherwise, why would you know the rumors in the city?
Li Qian looked at the grand scene in the capital with a telescope and said with a smile: "If you go to their house, you can't go secretly."
"I will let everyone know when the time comes that I went to the imperial uncle's house for a visit."
The old eunuch and Lu Bu were speechless.
In this case...it seems to be possible.
If this is really the case, Tang Guogong must take good care of His Majesty the Emperor and not let him make any mistakes.
If there is an accident, even if it is not done by Tang Guogong, someone will probably press it on his head. Then the yellow mud will really fall into his crotch, and it will be shit or shit...
"Of course, I won't go now. At least I have to wait for a while." Li Qian added.
The old eunuch and Lu Bu quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
In any case, going to that kind of place is no less than dancing on the tip of a knife. If someone wants to frame Li Yuan by hurting His Majesty the Emperor... the one who will be injured will still be His Majesty.
"Anrenfang... Presumably the mansion that occupies half of Anren is the home of Marshal Zhao..."
Li Qian looked at each room and sighed with emotion at the residences of these ministers.
There was no anger in his heart, just emotion.
After all, he himself lives in such a big palace, much bigger than everyone else's.
It is said that the mansions of the ministers below were built by plundering the people's fat and anointing, but how can this palace be the same?
Li Qian might be able to excuse himself by using the reasons that he did not build the palace himself, that the palace was not just for him to live in, but also for ministers to work in, and that the majesty of the palace was more conducive to maintaining his rule.
But big is big, luxury is luxury, and the palace is right in front of you, which is irrefutable.
Therefore, his resentment towards the mansions and beautiful homes of the ministers was also very weak.
Because this is the current situation of society, no one has the shame to look down on anyone.
There was only one situation that Li Qian found intolerable, and that was that despite knowing that the current situation was difficult, he still wanted to plunder and build mansions regardless of the lives of the people...
Everyone has desires, and Li Qian himself is no exception, but the key is to know how to exercise restraint.
Just like now, he was standing on the gate tower of Zhuque City, but he still felt that he was not high enough to see too far away.
Just now, he suddenly had the idea of building another tall building in the palace, at least higher than all the current palaces.
But as soon as the idea came up, he quickly killed it.
Now a flood has just broken out in the Yellow River, and most of the summer grain has been washed away. The imperial court is not only unable to collect taxes, but also subsidizes disaster relief grain to the people. The canal is blocked again, the canal is blocked, and there is an accident in Longxi, a major grain-producing county. The northeastern frontier is uneasy. …
Under all kinds of difficulties, if we build any palace, it will really not give the people a way to live...
Li Qian was thinking a lot. Although he was still looking at everything in the capital, his mind had already gone to the sky.
Suddenly, a very lively street appeared in his eyes, with people coming and going, surrounded by many people, old and young, but most of them were men.
"Why are there so many people gathered over there?"
The old eunuch and Lu Bu looked in the direction of the telescope. The former immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, isn't that the Gongyuan? You've had duck blood and vermicelli soup there."
After he said this, Li Qian also came to his senses: "Today is August 31st, the day when Gongyuan releases the results."
"Your Majesty is wise." The old eunuch said from the side: "I am afraid that the people who are going to be elected in this department are about to come out."
Li Qian chuckled a few times: "It seems that peace and order can finally be achieved in the capital."
"I won't be able to settle down for a few months, foster father."
Lu Bu attacked and said: "This year's autumn will be the beginning of next year's spring. Not only those who have passed the exam, but also those who have failed in the past and those who have not passed the exam have to come from all over the country to take the exam. These exams are more complicated than the scholars."
In the autumn period, there were a total of seven examination rooms, but in the spring period there was only one examination room in the capital.
Daqian has a vast territory, and some candidates even have to leave half a year or more than a year in advance to rush to the capital.
The weather in Daqian Capital is cold in winter, the canals are frozen, and transportation is inconvenient, so the disciples usually arrived in the capital years ago.
After spending the New Year in the capital, I will take part in the spring examination.
"Is it more difficult to win a prize than a scholar?"
Li Qian was startled, then turned to look at Lu Bu: "Didn't you say before that these scholars are the most generous and generous?"
"The scholars are actually not bad, but the good ones are really good, and the bad ones are really bad." Lu Bu shook his head, his expression was not very good, he obviously had personal experience.
Li Qian frowned slightly and turned to look over again.
Several announcements have been posted at the entrance of Gongyuan, with densely written small characters on them. Those are the names of the people who took the new imperial examination.
Those scholars who were making a lot of noise before were like giant geese, stretching their necks to search for their names on the list.
Gradually, some people found their names on it, and they shouted excitedly on the spot, or burst into tears, and some went crazy, and some even rolled on the ground...
This situation reminded Li Qian of a famous article "Fan Jin passed the exam".
"How many candidates does the imperial court take every year?"
Li Qian frowned and asked: "I remember that the provincial examinations in various places usually select one out of thirty, but there are still registration subjects before the provincial examination. How many subjects will be eliminated in the registration examination?"
The old eunuch replied: "Your Majesty, I remember that the enrollment ratio is about one out of ten. There are also people such as supervisors who occupy the quota, so the ratio is less than one out of ten..."
Li Qian was also a little stunned when he heard this.
The so-called registration examination refers to the provincial examination qualification selection examination, which includes subject examination, registration examination, etc.
Not every scholar can participate in the provincial examination. You have to prove your ability.
Only those who have passed the registration level can have this qualification.
According to the admission rate of the entrance examination, less than one out of ten scholars can take the provincial examination.
And if a hundred people were selected from among the ten, and then took the provincial examination, only 3.3 people would win...
From this point of view, it is indeed as difficult as climbing to the sky to succeed in the examination.
"No wonder I always hear about 'Golden Juren and Silver Jinshi'. It seems that this is indeed the case, and it is not easy for scholars..." Li Qian sighed with emotion.
The sun was shining brightly, and Li Qian looked through the telescope at the scholars who were looking at the rankings. Nine hundred and ninety-seven out of a thousand people would be eliminated. Presumably, the vast majority of these people would not be the lucky ones.
The winners were very excited, but many of them still looked pale and looked at the list one by one, trying in vain to find their names on it.
"It is not easy to pass the exam, but once you win, you will reach the sky in one step. These people are extremely arrogant."
Lu Bu said angrily: "If my foster father has time in the past two days, he might as well go out of the palace and see their ugly behavior."
The old eunuch was stunned and secretly kicked Lu Bu.
Lu Bu seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly covered his mouth and said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry..."
"It doesn't matter."
Li Qian waved his hand: "I will go out and take a look in the next two days."
"His Majesty……"
The old eunuch looked embarrassed and couldn't help but persuade: "Now that the general knows that His Majesty often leaves the palace, if someone is watching him outside the imperial city..."
"Of course I have a way." Li Qian waved his hand, indicating that they don't need to worry.
Lu Bu and the old eunuch looked at each other, what could they do?
But they found out the next day.
In the past, when leaving the palace, they always came from the east, west, or even south side of the palace.
But this time Li Qian and the old eunuch went out from the north side of the palace.
The old eunuch really didn't expect this.
After all, the imperial palace is located on the northernmost side of the capital, next to the city wall.
If you go out from the north side of the palace, you will go directly out of the capital.
Li Qian and the old eunuch left the palace from Yongning Palace on the northeast side of Qianyuan Palace. Looking around, they saw lush woodland and undulating fields in the distance, with a dragon's head canal flowing through it and water mist lapping at the shore.
This canal is drawn from the Chanshui River and is divided into east and west canals. After the east canal enters the city, the upstream mainly supplies water to the palace and inner gardens. It is also the water source for Longshou Pond, Ningbi Pond, Jicui Pond, Taiye Pond and other palace gardens. The West Canal enters the capital from Tonghua Gate and flows through Yongjiafang, Shengyefang, Chongrenfang, etc...
Li Qian just took a look and was attracted by the row of houses outside the city.
Yes, there are private houses outside the city, built beside the city wall away from the imperial city.
Daqian Jingcheng is such a strange place. The south of the city is relatively depressed, and there are even people cultivating and farming in the village.
But the north of the city is extremely prosperous. It is the political center, economic center, cultural center, medical center, etc. All the most prosperous and developed things are in the north of the city.
There was insufficient space in the north of the city, so many people built residences outside the city.
Daqian Imperial City has not been affected by war for many years, and the development of these residential buildings without the protection of city walls is not much worse than that in the city.
However, Li Qian's main purpose today was not to see this. He just looked at it for a while, followed the old eunuch to the west, and soon met Lu Bu waiting outside.
"I am very smart and full of plans. If those people really send people to keep an eye on me, they only deserve to drink from my foot-washing water." Lu Bu was extremely excited.
He thought it would be difficult to leave the palace with Li Qian from now on, but he didn't expect there was such a way!
"Keep your voice down."
The old eunuch glared at him: "The North City Gate is only a little safer, but it is not foolproof!"
"What are you afraid of?"
Although Lu Bu was still arguing with the old eunuch, he subconsciously lowered his voice: "Who would have thought that we would go back in after leaving the capital?"
Li Qian ignored these two people and took the lead walking to the west: "Three gates, which one should we enter the capital through?"
"Of course it's Gwanghwamun!" the two said in unison.
"Sir, Gwanghwamun is a bit far away, but it is the place with the most people coming and going."
The old eunuch first explained: "Going from there, with people coming and going, is the best way to hide our whereabouts. In fact, it is more convenient than a place with fewer people."
Lu Bu also hurriedly added: "Besides, Jingyao Gate and Fanglin Gate are both very close to the palace. It would be bad if someone sees them."
"Then go through the Guanghua Gate." Li Qian nodded and followed the good example.
Several people entered the city through the crowded Gwanghwamun Gate, and then rushed to the places where the new imperial examination candidates often went, which were some sensual places.
Everyone who understands this situation understands it.
Of course, Li Qian was still very reluctant when he first heard the introduction of Lu Bu and the old eunuch.
He is a serious person, so naturally he is not suitable to go to that kind of place?
But later Lu Bu and the old eunuch tried hard to persuade him, and after several words of persuasion, Li Qian reluctantly agreed.
No matter what, it's all to take a good look at these new aristocratic people in Daqian.
The air is crisp in autumn, and as dusk approaches, the breeze on the street brings a bit of coolness.
Pedestrians were coming and going, and their clothes were much thicker than those of previous days.
"Master, Pingkangfang is ahead!"
Lu Bu, wearing a purple robe and wearing soap boots with foundation, excitedly pointed to the road in front: "The happiest place in the capital has to be this place."
"Go halfway east from this street, then turn left and walk all the way to the end. You can enter the square through the South Gate of Pingkang Square."
"Although the brothels here at Nanfang Gate are not as good as those at the East, West and North gates, those people have just won the lottery and haven't had time to make money yet. They must not be able to get three melons and two dates in their pockets, so they can only go there. This side of Nanfang Gate..."
Li Qian, wearing a red brocade robe with maple patterns, followed behind and nodded secretly as he listened. It turns out there is such a way.
The old eunuch narrowed his eyes and looked him up and down: "Lu, how come you are so familiar with this place? Have you spent all the money your Majesty rewarded you here?"
Lu Bu's face froze, and he smiled dryly and said: "Social, colleagues are socializing..."
He waved his hand to the old eunuch: "I guess people like you won't understand."
"You..." The old eunuch blew his beard angrily and glared, but since he didn't have a beard, he could only stare.
"Okay, let's go quickly and go back quickly."
Li Qian said helplessly: "Try to go home before the curfew so as not to spend the night here."
"Yes, sir." The old eunuch moved a little faster and hurriedly followed Li Qian.
Lu Bu still had a bit of regret on his face, but he followed quickly.
The canal is introduced from the west gate of the capital and passes through Pingkangfang, which is adjacent to the East Market.
There are red pillars and a black plaque with the three characters Pingkangfang written on it.
As soon as I reached the tall and grand gate, I saw two men in black silk robes with round collars walking out of the house, supporting each other.
At first, Li Qian thought that these two men had worked too hard in the workshop, so their legs were weak.
But when he took a closer look, he saw that these two people had bruises and swollen faces, and even walked with a limp. The black silk round-neck robes they wore that represented the status of the people were also gray and stained with a lot of mud.
Li Qian carefully observed the expressions of these two people again and couldn't help but secretly marveled.
He whispered to the old eunuch and Lu Bu beside him: "Why do you become more and more useless as you take the imperial examination?"
"When a scholar was beaten, he would not accept it and went to the official to sue him angrily. He insisted on having a falling out. How come this scholar was beaten like this, but his eyebrows were downcast?"
Lu Bu sneered: "The one who beat them must also be Juren. Why do they have the nerve to report this jealousy in Pingkangfang to the official?"
Li Qian was suddenly enlightened, nodded slightly, smiled and walked up to talk to the two movers.
"Brothers, what happened in the shop?"
The two Juren were already in a bad mood after being beaten, but when they saw Li Qian dressed in rich clothes and with beautiful jade hanging from his waist, they subconsciously answered him and said angrily: "They are both from a man named Huang Chao, who got drunk inside." Crazy!"