Qingjing, an ordinary courtyard!
In the small courtyard, there was a sparse sound of mahjong.
Zhu Ti stood outside the small courtyard, his face twitching.
"What the hell? After looking at my uncle's token, did he not pay attention to me? He also said, let me not run around and pay attention to safety, this is the end? What are you doing? Uncle sent you to Qingjing to keep an eye on the point, you know how to play mahjong all day long? Can you pursue it a little? Special!" Zhu was depressed.
Zhu Yan was very careful when he came to Qingjing this time, for fear of being targeted by the righteous disciples in the city, so he found the disciples of the Demon Sect and wanted them to be his guards, but this group of demon disciples were addicted to playing mahjong, how could they agree? In the end, Zhu Ti could only go out by himself.
"After taking the benefits of the Purple Immortal Hall Master, you have to help him do things, alas! What is the use of persuading these officials to take refuge in Zi Bufan's nephew now? These officials are useless, and now they have no power at all, even if they take refuge, it is useless!" Zhu Yan shook his head.
Although he felt that it was useless, Zhu Ji still chose to go to an official's mansion.
However, now during the war, there are a large number of soldiers patrolling the streets, and Zhu Ji doesn't want to expose his identity, if the righteous disciples know that he has come to Qingjing, wouldn't it be over?
Wrapped in a black robe, he ran around the city and came to the outside of an official's house.
"Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? Old man, you were the most loyal to me back then, how much dirty work you did for me, and now you are deprived of your rights, but many of your family's sons and nephews are officials outside, and they also control a lot of troops and resources outside Qingjing. If you promise to help Zi Bufan's nephew, your nephews will definitely listen to you. Well, start with you first!" Zhu Yan's eyes flashed with firmness.
Stepping forward, Zhu Yan jumped over the courtyard wall outside the household minister's mansion and arrived at the courtyard.
I thought that the home of the household minister must be sad and depressed, but when Zhu Yan came in, he saw that it was in full swing.
"Hurry up, hurry up! The general is going to activate the master again, take the master's official robe!" Quick!"
"Prepare horses, hurry up! The master is about to enter the palace, and the master is going to return to his original position again!"
There was a sound of shouting in the courtyard, and Zhu Yan's face twitched as he watched.
"Back then, the general and the household minister were sworn enemies, how can the household minister be returned to his original position now? This is impossible!" Zhu Ti looked puzzled.
Sneaked into the house silently, and soon found the household minister, an old man with gray hair.
The attendants in the house were extremely excited, but the old man looked calm and got dressed under the service of his subordinates.
"Deputy Minister of Household Affairs!" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
The old man raised his eyebrows suddenly, and turned his head to look in surprise. But I saw a man in a black robe standing at the door.
"Who is it? Dare to break into our house!"
"Come on, there is an assassin!"
"Shut up!" The old man shouted.
"Master?" Everyone looked at the old man strangely.
"You all get out! Stay around the house and don't let anyone approach!" The old man said in a deep voice.
"Huh? Yes!" The servants retreated one after another.
Zhu Ti walked into the hall and sat in the main seat.
The old man bowed respectfully: "The old minister pays respects to the king!"
"Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? What's going on with you? I have just left Qingjing for less than a year, so you went to another door?" Zhu Yan sneered.
The old man smiled slightly: "King, why are you enchanted! When the former king was alive, he was kind to the old man, and the old man vowed to be loyal to the Daqing Dynasty forever, but, but...... "My lord, why are you enchanted!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense! Let me ask you, are you going to be loyal to General Wang's bastard?" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
The old man shook his head: "Although the general occupied Qingjing for the first time, he stabilized the situation and made Qingjing free from riot and civil strife! It is also worthy of the people! And for us old ministers, there is no oppression! The old man is a big green person, and the dead are the ghost of the big green! Naturally, there is no allegiance to him!"
"Not loyal to him? Hmph, that's good!" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
"However, others may not be the same, my lord, do you know that the general who is now occupying Qingjing is surnamed Wang?" The old man asked.
"Nonsense, I was promoted, why don't I know?" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
"No, I'm talking about king! Wang Ke's king!" The old man said in a deep voice.
Zhu Yan's expression suddenly changed: "You mean, the general is Wang Ke's subordinate? This, this, this is impossible!"
"I thought it was impossible before, but, my lord, look!" The old man took out an invitation.
"Qiansou Banquet?" Zhu Yan said in astonishment.
"Today, the general set up a banquet in the palace and invited officials such as me, as well as many old officials who had long since retired, to attend the banquet at the front! You look at the signing, who else is there besides the general?" The old man said.
"Wang Ke? Wang Ke? This bastard, this bastard, he actually let people lurk by my side for so many years, bastard!" Zhu was furious.
"The people in the mansion thought I had been appointed again, but I think this Qiansou banquet is definitely not simple! In addition to me and others, there are many old ministers who were deposed by you back then, and they were all forced to go to the banquet! I don't know what they're going to do!" The old man smiled bitterly.
"I'll go take a look with you!" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
Zhu Ji's heart was full of hatred for Wang Ke, go over today and see if there is a chance to kill Wang Ke!
"Okay!" The old man nodded.
"Listen to me, what I hate the most is Wang Ke, and I am not allowed to be loyal to Wang Ke's clan, when the time comes, I will point you to a warlord, although I can't be king, but I won't allow you to follow Wang Ke!" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
The old man smiled slightly bitterly and nodded.
In this way, Zhu Yan followed the old man and quickly got into the carriage and went to the palace.
Today, a banquet of a thousand elders is held. All officials in Qingjing who are qualified enough to be old, as well as many retired old officials, are invited to participate. Although no one knew what to do. However, Wang Ke's name made these old officials look surprised.
Everyone still remembers that coup decades ago. Wang Ke rebelled, the world was turned upside down, how many people supported it, if it weren't for the intervention of the immortal disciples in the end, this Daqing Dynasty would have changed hands long ago.
Now, Wang Ke is back?
Some people expect Wang Ke, but some people show disdain, obviously it has been decades, and Wang Ke's prestige has long been gone. Many old men were unwilling to participate, but under the pressure of the Wang family, they had to come.
Qiansou Banquet stood in a large square of the palace, and a banquet had already been set up.
The old officials arrived, and a special person arranged to sit down.
Zhu Yan was wrapped in a black robe, and no one cared about his identity, so he sat next to the household minister and waited.
When the old men saw each other, they sighed one after another. He was also very resentful. It is not uncomfortable to be locked up in your own house during this time, but you can become a ***, and this city government still has it.
Soon, people arrived. The surroundings are guarded by soldiers.
Wang Ke, surrounded by his eldest cousin and others, slowly walked to the front.
"Wang Ke?" Zhu Yan's eyes narrowed.
"Is it really Wang Ke? Is he still alive?"
"Did he really go to cultivate immortality? So young!"
"It's been decades, and my appearance hasn't changed!"
"What does he want to do? Do you still want to dominate the world?"
"Bah!"
A group of old officials saw Wang Ke walking to the front, with different expressions. The resentment accumulated during this period seemed to have been vented, and they all pointed fingers at Wang Ke.
Wang Ke stood at the front, looked at the officials, and showed a chuckle: "There are many unfamiliar faces, of course, there are many familiar faces, but unfortunately, your faces no longer have the same enthusiasm as back then, only a vicissitudes of decadence!"
"Wang Ke, did you call us here to ridicule us?" The Deputy Minister of Revenue glared at Wang Kedao.
"Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? Oh, long time no see! I remember back then, when you first joined the Ministry of Household Affairs, you thought about doing something for the refugees in your hometown, risking being punished and losing your official position, and you also had to petition the court for funding to relieve the refugees! Wholeheartedly for the public! When I rebelled, you still scolded me sonorously and forcefully as a traitor and thief? Oh, what a loyal and honest official with integrity! However, in the years since I left, you have become bigger and bigger in Zhu Yan's hands, but you have never written a memorial asking for the people's lives again. A dignified and honest official has become a huge greed, disregarding the life and death of the people, just to protect his official hat? Okay, that's great! Are you still alive in the past?" Wang Ke asked with a smile.
"You, you, you ......" The household minister was extremely angry.
However, what Wang Ke said was true, and the Minister of Household Affairs didn't know how to refute it for a while.
Zhu Yan, who was sitting on the side, looked ugly for a while, this Wang Ke said, as if I was a faint king. Specially, I'm in the Jindan Realm now, and I can kill you at any time!"
Zhu Ti looked around to see if there was a strong person by his side. After all, as long as he did something and leaked his figure, he would attract the righteous disciples to surround and kill him.
"The Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Rites, and the ......" Wang Ke pointed to the officials.
In one breath, Wang Ke counted ten old men. Count everyone's crimes one by one.
For a while, all the officials here had black faces.
"Wang Ke, this is the Qiansou banquet you invited us to? Just to ridicule us? I can't afford this kind of banquet, take my leave!" The Deputy Minister of Household Affairs said angrily.
"I can't afford to eat it either!" A group of old men stood up.
Wang Ke smiled coldly and kicked over the table and chair in front of him.
"Boom!"
The table and chair kicked over, startling all the old men.
"Eat? I feel disgusted too! A group of moths of the country, a group of corrupt officials who eat without food, a group of public enemies of the people, and a group of thieves who suck lime and drink blood on the people! The Great Qing Dynasty died because of you! The people of Daqing have suffered calamities because of you! The destruction of the Great Qing Dynasty is all because of you. Please eat, it's disgusting!" Wang Ke scolded.
With this shout, all the old men who scolded him glared at each other.
"Wang Ke, do you dare to slander me?"
"Wang Ke, I have been an official for so many years, and no one dares to scold me as a corrupt official!"
"Wang Ke, what qualifications do you have to talk about us!"
A group of old men were extremely angry, and at this moment, they were not afraid of Wang Ke's retaliation, so they argued with Wang Ke.
"Okay, okay, okay, in that case, then I, Wang Ke, will talk to everyone! Let me ask you, why did you become an official in the first place?" Wang Ke looked at the officials.
"Why are you an official?" The old men frowned.
"Deputy Minister of Household Affairs, tell me, why are you an official? Do you still remember when you were young, why did you become an official? Do you still remember your original intention?" Wang Ke asked.
"I ......" The household minister frowned for a while.
Wang Ke's question is simple, but it is not easy to answer, because with the years of being an official, many people's minds have long changed.
"My family was in dire straits, and I wanted to change my destiny, so I studied hard ......," an old man recalled.
"Change your destiny? From being ridden on the head of an official to pooping and peeing, to riding on the heads of the people to poop and pee? Minister of Rites, have you noticed that you have already become the kind of person you hated the most!" Wang Ke mocked.
For a while, the old man's face turned red and white: "No, no!"
"When I was an official, I wanted to make a career that could help the suffering people!" An old man frowned.
"Then did you do it? Over the years, there have been countless natural and man-made disasters in the Great Qing Dynasty, how much have you done? It's not that he is wise enough to protect himself, he is not holding a salary and enjoying happiness, so he doesn't care if those refugees live or die? Minister of Punishment, what did you do?" Wang Ke mocked.
"I ......" The old man's face was ugly for a while.
For a while, everyone didn't know what to say.
"We also want to, but the environment does not allow it, the former king Zhu Yan is in power, we can't ...... at all" An old man said bitterly.
"Yes, we can't be blamed, it was the late king Zhu Yan who did not act, I wrote the memorial!"
"Me too, I am also very helpless, the former king Zhu Yan, so happy to be successful, addicted to wine and lust, thinking about the draft girl all day long, all the money to save the country was spent by him, we ......"
In the crowd, Zhu Yan's face changed, why did he suddenly become a ** who would like me? I promoted you, so that you will count me? What about your conscience?
"Everyone, insults and accusations cannot change the fact of the fall of Daqing, but you have been officials for so many years, but you still don't understand why you are an official. What is official? What do officials do? Do you know?" Wang Ke looked at everyone.
The old men looked at Wang Ke. We have been officials all our lives, we don't know, you know?
"Those who are officials must establish their hearts for heaven and earth, establish their lives for the people, continue the learning for the saints, and open peace for all generations! Did you do it? This is the official!" Wang Ke said earnestly.
Officer? Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue the learning of the saints, and open peace for all generations?
The old men trembled all over, looked at Wang Ke one by one, and suddenly showed shame.
Only when you really reach that state can you say such things, and only by saying such words can you prove how noble Wang Ke is. Prove how dirty you are as an official.
"Think about yourself, when you first became an official, did you think like this? Isn't it? Look at what you have done over the years? Is it because of Zhu Ji? It's because of yourselves, you have forgotten your identity! You have been carried away by selfish desires and forgotten your duty as officials." Wang Ke shouted.
For a while, the eyes of some emotional old men moistened. I am ashamed of what I have done over the years. Thinking of the time when he first became an official, he vowed to do something for the people, but the result went with the flow.
Wang Ke, who was standing at the front, looked at some of the old stubborns shedding tears of shame, and felt a burst of surprise and joy in his heart for a while.
What's more, I have prepared a lot of ancient texts on the earth, ready to brainwash you, so that you can fully support my Wang family.
(End of this chapter)
"Qiansou Banquet?" Zhu Yan said in astonishment.
"Today, the general set up a banquet in the palace and invited officials such as me, as well as many old officials who had long since retired, to attend the banquet at the front! You look at the signing, who else is there besides the general?" The old man said.
"Wang Ke? Wang Ke? This bastard, this bastard, he actually let people lurk by my side for so many years, bastard!" Zhu was furious.
"The people in the mansion thought I had been appointed again, but I think this Qiansou banquet is definitely not simple! In addition to me and others, there are many old ministers who were deposed by you back then, and they were all forced to go to the banquet! I don't know what they're going to do!" The old man smiled bitterly.
"I'll go take a look with you!" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
Zhu Ji's heart was full of hatred for Wang Ke, go over today and see if there is a chance to kill Wang Ke!
"Okay!" The old man nodded.
"Listen to me, what I hate the most is Wang Ke, and I am not allowed to be loyal to Wang Ke's clan, when the time comes, I will point you to a warlord, although I can't be king, but I won't allow you to follow Wang Ke!" Zhu Yan said in a deep voice.
The old man smiled slightly bitterly and nodded.
In this way, Zhu Yan followed the old man and quickly got into the carriage and went to the palace.
Today, a banquet of a thousand elders is held. All officials in Qingjing who are qualified enough to be old, as well as many retired old officials, are invited to participate. Although no one knew what to do. However, Wang Ke's name made these old officials look surprised.
Everyone still remembers that coup decades ago. Wang Ke rebelled, the world was turned upside down, how many people supported it, if it weren't for the intervention of the immortal disciples in the end, this Daqing Dynasty would have changed hands long ago.
Now, Wang Ke is back?
Some people expect Wang Ke, but some people show disdain, obviously it has been decades, and Wang Ke's prestige has long been gone. Many old men were unwilling to participate, but under the pressure of the Wang family, they had to come.
Qiansou Banquet stood in a large square of the palace, and a banquet had already been set up.
The old officials arrived, and a special person arranged to sit down.
Zhu Yan was wrapped in a black robe, and no one cared about his identity, so he sat next to the household minister and waited.
When the old men saw each other, they sighed one after another. He was also very resentful. It is not uncomfortable to be locked up in your own house during this time, but you can become a ***, and this city government still has it.
Soon, people arrived. The surroundings are guarded by soldiers.
Wang Ke, surrounded by his eldest cousin and others, slowly walked to the front.
"Wang Ke?" Zhu Yan's eyes narrowed.
"Is it really Wang Ke? Is he still alive?"
"Did he really go to cultivate immortality? So young!"
"It's been decades, and my appearance hasn't changed!"
"What does he want to do? Do you still want to dominate the world?"
"Bah!"
A group of old officials saw Wang Ke walking to the front, with different expressions. The resentment accumulated during this period seemed to have been vented, and they all pointed fingers at Wang Ke.
Wang Ke stood at the front, looked at the officials, and showed a chuckle: "There are many unfamiliar faces, of course, there are many familiar faces, but unfortunately, your faces no longer have the same enthusiasm as back then, only a vicissitudes of decadence!"
"Wang Ke, did you call us here to ridicule us?" The Deputy Minister of Revenue glared at Wang Kedao.
"Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? Oh, long time no see! I remember back then, when you first joined the Ministry of Household Affairs, you thought about doing something for the refugees in your hometown, risking being punished and losing your official position, and you also had to petition the court for funding to relieve the refugees! Wholeheartedly for the public! When I rebelled, you still scolded me sonorously and forcefully as a traitor and thief? Oh, what a loyal and honest official with integrity! However, in the years since I left, you have become bigger and bigger in Zhu Yan's hands, but you have never written a memorial asking for the people's lives again. A dignified and honest official has become a huge greed, disregarding the life and death of the people, just to protect his official hat? Okay, that's great! Are you still alive in the past?" Wang Ke asked with a smile.
"You, you, you ......" The household minister was extremely angry.
However, what Wang Ke said was true, and the Minister of Household Affairs didn't know how to refute it for a while.
Zhu Yan, who was sitting on the side, looked ugly for a while, this Wang Ke said, as if I was a faint king. Specially, I'm in the Jindan Realm now, and I can kill you at any time!"
Zhu Ti looked around to see if there was a strong person by his side. After all, as long as he did something and leaked his figure, he would attract the righteous disciples to surround and kill him.
"The Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Rites, and the ......" Wang Ke pointed to the officials.
In one breath, Wang Ke counted ten old men. Count everyone's crimes one by one.
For a while, all the officials here had black faces.
"Wang Ke, this is the Qiansou banquet you invited us to? Just to ridicule us? I can't afford this kind of banquet, take my leave!" The Deputy Minister of Household Affairs said angrily.
"I can't afford to eat it either!" A group of old men stood up.
Wang Ke smiled coldly and kicked over the table and chair in front of him.
"Boom!"
The table and chair kicked over, startling all the old men.
"Eat? I feel disgusted too! A group of moths of the country, a group of corrupt officials who eat without food, a group of public enemies of the people, and a group of thieves who suck lime and drink blood on the people! The Great Qing Dynasty died because of you! The people of Daqing have suffered calamities because of you! The destruction of the Great Qing Dynasty is all because of you. Please eat, it's disgusting!" Wang Ke scolded.
With this shout, all the old men who scolded him glared at each other.
"Wang Ke, do you dare to slander me?"
"Wang Ke, I have been an official for so many years, and no one dares to scold me as a corrupt official!"
"Wang Ke, what qualifications do you have to talk about us!"
A group of old men were extremely angry, and at this moment, they were not afraid of Wang Ke's retaliation, so they argued with Wang Ke.
"Okay, okay, okay, in that case, then I, Wang Ke, will talk to everyone! Let me ask you, why did you become an official in the first place?" Wang Ke looked at the officials.
"Why are you an official?" The old men frowned.
"Deputy Minister of Household Affairs, tell me, why are you an official? Do you still remember when you were young, why did you become an official? Do you still remember your original intention?" Wang Ke asked.
"I ......" The household minister frowned for a while.
Wang Ke's question is simple, but it is not easy to answer, because with the years of being an official, many people's minds have long changed.
"My family was in dire straits, and I wanted to change my destiny, so I studied hard ......," an old man recalled.
"Change your destiny? From being ridden on the head of an official to pooping and peeing, to riding on the heads of the people to poop and pee? Minister of Rites, have you noticed that you have already become the kind of person you hated the most!" Wang Ke mocked.
For a while, the old man's face turned red and white: "No, no!"
"When I was an official, I wanted to make a career that could help the suffering people!" An old man frowned.
"Then did you do it? Over the years, there have been countless natural and man-made disasters in the Great Qing Dynasty, how much have you done? It's not that he is wise enough to protect himself, he is not holding a salary and enjoying happiness, so he doesn't care if those refugees live or die? Minister of Punishment, what did you do?" Wang Ke mocked.
"I ......" The old man's face was ugly for a while.
For a while, everyone didn't know what to say.
"We also want to, but the environment does not allow it, the former king Zhu Yan is in power, we can't ...... at all" An old man said bitterly.
"Yes, we can't be blamed, it was the late king Zhu Yan who did not act, I wrote the memorial!"
"Me too, I am also very helpless, the former king Zhu Yan, so happy to be successful, addicted to wine and lust, thinking about the draft girl all day long, all the money to save the country was spent by him, we ......"
In the crowd, Zhu Yan's face changed, why did he suddenly become a ** who would like me? I promoted you, so that you will count me? What about your conscience?
"Everyone, insults and accusations cannot change the fact of the fall of Daqing, but you have been officials for so many years, but you still don't understand why you are an official. What is official? What do officials do? Do you know?" Wang Ke looked at everyone.
The old men looked at Wang Ke. We have been officials all our lives, we don't know, you know?
"Those who are officials must establish their hearts for heaven and earth, establish their lives for the people, continue the learning for the saints, and open peace for all generations! Did you do it? This is the official!" Wang Ke said earnestly.
Officer? Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue the learning of the saints, and open peace for all generations?
The old men trembled all over, looked at Wang Ke one by one, and suddenly showed shame.
Only when you really reach that state can you say such things, and only by saying such words can you prove how noble Wang Ke is. Prove how dirty you are as an official.
"Think about yourself, when you first became an official, did you think like this? Isn't it? Look at what you have done over the years? Is it because of Zhu Ji? It's because of yourselves, you have forgotten your identity! You have been carried away by selfish desires and forgotten your duty as officials." Wang Ke shouted.
For a while, the eyes of some emotional old men moistened. I am ashamed of what I have done over the years. Thinking of the time when he first became an official, he vowed to do something for the people, but the result went with the flow.
Wang Ke, who was standing at the front, looked at some of the old stubborns shedding tears of shame, and felt a burst of surprise and joy in his heart for a while.
What's more, I have prepared a lot of ancient texts on the earth, ready to brainwash you, so that you can fully support my Wang family.
(End of this chapter)