Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 727 Guilt, but no regrets

not worth.

When this idea came up in his mind, even Zhu Sheng felt a little ridiculous.

When his great-grandfather was an official in the court, he had outstanding achievements in political affairs, and he also made contributions to saving his family.

At that time, the Emperor Moshi saw his hard work and was grateful for his life-saving grace, so he made him the only Marquis of Wen in the past hundreds of years, and allowed his heirs to inherit the title of Marquis.

He gave his great-grandfather a detached position, allowing the Zhu family to gain a firm foothold in the capital and become a member of the top family in the capital.

He studied calligraphy at the age of three, and won the imperial examination at the age of 15. The next year, he caught up with Enke, the new emperor, and entered the official position as Erjia Chuanlu (the first name in Erjia, the fourth in the palace examination).

At the beginning, he was just a small judge of the seventh grade of Dali Temple. When he took over the title of "Marquis of Anping" from his father at the age of 28, he had already become the fourth grade Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

In his official career, he has gone smoothly all the way. Seeing this, others all say that he has relied on the meritorious deeds of his parents and even grandparents to achieve such achievements——

But only he knew in his heart that his grandfather had always been a strict and even a bit harsh stubborn old man, and his father was always weak and not very assertive. His grandfather forbade him to use his family connections, let alone advertise himself as "best wishes" to others. The identity of the son of the family.

Therefore, from scientific examination to becoming an official, and then from entering an official to climbing to the second place in Dali Temple... Every step he encountered in the past ten years, every step was stepped out step by step by himself .

He was suffocated by his grandfather's too strict discipline, and the suffocation was never relieved until he was 19 years old when his grandfather died of illness due to the death of his elder brother .

His weak and uninitiated father had taken over the Marquis after his grandfather's death, and had also inherited the harsh sternness of his grandfather's life.

He didn't know how to take care of this huge Marquis Mansion, so he just imitated his grandfather's previous appearance, followed every word he had told him before, and tried to keep everything within the scope he was familiar with, even to the point of , intensified.

——He survived until the age of 28 in such an almost crazy environment.

But the people in the world don't know, they only see that he is the legitimate son of the Hou family, and he was born to be the superior person.

Seeing that his official career was smooth sailing, they took it for granted that he climbed to the position by relying on the merits of his ancestors.

He was too young when he inherited the title, the veterans in the court despised him, and the scholars of his age feared him.

He watched everyone respecting him in front of him, but turned his head and cursed him for being frivolous and ignorant, saying that he "just relied on his background".

He found it ridiculous, and tried his best to take revenge on those who cursed him behind his back.

Later, the courtiers finally looked at him with jealousy and flattery in their eyes, and finally he could no longer hear those gossips when he was in a place where no one was around.

Zhu Sheng thought that when he was young, he was probably still smart.

Otherwise, how could we bring those people into such a situation and make them fear him so much afterwards?

The loss of control came after his father died. When he was 34 years old, his father, who had been weak all his life, closed his eyes, and the yoke that imprisoned him was completely gone from him.

Without restraint, he was completely out of control, his power fueled his desire, and his status assisted his ambition.

He first tried to push Liao Zhen to the position of prime minister, and then followed Liao Zhen to drag Song Xingzhe to the top position in the household department.

Since then, he has no shortage of power and money, but his wildly growing desires are like a bottomless pit, which can't be filled no matter what.

It was not enough to hold the two princes firmly in his hands, he also wanted military power, and wanted to touch the supreme authority of the emperor.

So he united with Liao Zhen, and used the contacts and wealth he had accumulated in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment all the time to bribe Liu Wen, coerce Jiang Zhe, and encourage Hu Yun to fight the fire. The Zuoqian capital censor who dealt with him took the lead, and framed Zhan Shirong in one fell swoop for deceiving the emperor and plotting rebellion.

It's a pity that the pampering and pampering for many years made him lose the sharpness and intelligence of his youth. They calculated everything, but they only forgot the emperor's attitude.

Therefore, although he brought down the Zhan family and brought down the uncle's mansion, he failed to obtain even a single bit of military power.

At that time, he didn't see Emperor Yunjing's protection of the Zhan family; he didn't understand that he copied the uncle's mansion, it was just a small concession to maintain the stability of the court; he didn't understand that he kept Zhan The brothers and sisters are in Beijing for today's "rehabilitation".

——Your Majesty is sober and wise from beginning to end, and they are always the ones who are whimsical.

At this time, he looked back and suddenly felt that they were extremely stupid back then.

Only at this time can he realize how crude and full of flaws their methods were.

They have been busy for so many years, but in the end it was just a game of fetching water from a bamboo basket.

Even this time, even Shuyun was folded in by them.

Thinking of Mo Shuyun, who was regarded by the world as "suicide in fear of crime", Zhu Sheng's expression could not help being in a trance for a short time.

He felt that he was sorry for him, and even more sorry for the poor child who was poisoned to death by him and Mo Shuyuan just after the full moon three years ago.

But he has harmed too many people in this life, and he has been sorry to too many people.

Everyone in the world said that "you can't be overwhelmed by debt." He owed the lives of so many people, and even now, he really doesn't feel much guilt.

The only two people who can make him feel a little bit guilty are Mo Shuyun who just passed away, and his sister-in-law who died tragically.

At that time, his grandfather had just passed away, and his father had not yet recovered from the grief. He had probably been oppressed in the past, but now that he has gained this moment of freedom, it is inevitable that he will be a little indulgent and not know the scale.

He admitted that he had long coveted his sister-in-law's youthful beauty, and had thoughts in his mind that he shouldn't have had one, but he was not so mad as to disregard human relations.

However, alcohol is a deceptive gut-piercing poison. He drank too much wine that night, and his already confused mind was washed away by the wine, and immediately became more confused.

Confused, he was full of lust and courage, and after returning to the mansion, he went to the courtyard where his elder brother lived in the dark...

But no matter what, it just made him feel a little guilty.

He doesn't regret, in this life, he doesn't regret anything he has done.

Even if he is going to be liquidated and punished by the emperor because of the wrong things he did, he will not regret it.

I just don't know... What will His Majesty tell him when he calls him today.

Is it dismissed from office, or fined and detained?

After thinking for a while, Zhu Sheng raised his eyes. He looked at the endless red palace wall behind the door, and at the layer of white snow accumulated on the palace wall, his heart suddenly tightened for no reason.

always feel...

　This chapter is not to whitewash Zhu Sheng, but to explain some of his thoughts and status, and by the way, relate to the previous plot.

　　For example, why Jiang Zhe is obviously not a person without a bottom line but still wants to join forces with them, and why Zhu Sheng is so stupid [beep——].

　　Because he was perverted by his grandfather and father for a long time in the early years, and he was in Dali Temple when he was young and brainy. The current leader of Dali Temple is brought out by him alone. He has deep connections. .

　　When he was young, he would be considered a hardworking and not stupid person, and he was admitted to Jinshi very early. Although there is a reason why his grandfather studied according to him when he was three or two years old, he still has some talent if he can learn it.

　　But no matter how talented you are, you are afraid of indulgence, coupled with psychological problems, and Liao Zhen's intentional guidance later, it will be abolished.

　　Liao Zhen and him just used each other and couldn't do without each other. In the early days, he pulled Liao Zhen, and Liao Zhen held him back.

　　Then, did you find that like Mo Shuyuan, he didn't feel regret for doing something wrong, and he didn't even think he was wrong.

　　Oh, he's a little bit better, at least he knows it's wrong, but it doesn't affect his work.

　　That's why Song Xianxian said that they were animals, and that ink books were far more animals than animals.

　　They don't deserve to be whitewashed.

　　As for whether two or three-year-olds can learn to read and write, let me tell you exactly, yes.

　　When I was two years old, I recited scriptures (the Heart Sutra, the Great Compassion Mantra, and the Shurangama Sutra, which my grandma wanted to recite when they believed in Buddhism. I could recite them after listening to them, but in fact I practiced Taoism). , My family is still free-range, and I am free (because of poor health, I can't go out).

　　There must be someone more powerful than me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)