Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 233 Guiding the maze
Zhao Xincheng waited for Wang Mang to sit down fearfully.

In the past few days, Xin Zhao has aged no less than ten years old, his black hair has turned gray, and he looks like an old man half buried in the ground.

It was really Zhao Xin who scared Wang Mang a lot, saying that he was going home to reflect on himself, but to what extent this introspection went, there were no explanations, and what Wang Mang had done in the past few days was too big, or in the eyes of an old man like Xin Zhao. Come on, that's pretty aggressive and bloody.

Xin Zhao was very pessimistic about his own fate, and felt that with the emperor's current temper, he might have to go to the guillotine. Although Xin Zhao didn't think he was a minister of the court, he also felt that he was a capable minister. Zhao Xin felt unwilling to go to the guillotine like this.

When Wang Mang arrived, Xin Zhao was drinking to relieve his sorrows, never thought that the emperor would arrive directly, at that time, Xin Zhao was frightened into a cold sweat, and he was three points sober from the wine.

When Wang Mang was done, Zhao Xin respectfully kowtowed to Wang Mang and said, "The guilty minister Zhao Xin sees your majesty, long live long live your majesty!"

"Criminal?" Wang Mang didn't let Zhao Xin get up, but said with a smile: "You call yourself a criminal, what crime have you committed?"

Xin Zhao was taken aback at the time, I don't know what crime I committed, I didn't think I committed a crime, didn't the emperor ask me to reflect at home?
Seeing that Xin Zhao was in a daze, Li Lan snorted and said, "Master Zhao, His Majesty did not convict you, but you convicted yourself. It seems that you have committed some crime that His Majesty does not know about!"

"No, no." Zhao Xin looked happy, he quickly shook his head and said, "I've drunk too much, my mind is muddled, and I'm talking nonsense."

"Is it nonsense, Mr. Zhao, you know for yourself." Li Lan looked at Xin Zhao meaningfully.

Zhao Xin was moved, and secretly thanked Li Lan, knowing that he should have passed this level, but he still didn't get up, and respectfully kowtowed to Wang Mang: "I don't know that your majesty has been submissive to this point. It's disrespectful, and I ask your Majesty to punish you."

I have to say that Xin Zhao is indeed an old stick in the officialdom. This immediately explained why he called himself a criminal minister before, and committed the crime of being far away. What kind of crime is this?This is not guilty.

Wang Mang glanced at Xin Zhao with a half-smile, waved his hand, signaled Xin Zhao to stand up, and said, "Ai Qing, I just happened to pass by here today, and I heard from Li Lan that you have been thinking about your mistakes at home these few days, studying things to learn, and researching the truth. I heard a lot of wise words, and I thought they were very good, so I came to see Aiqing, I just hope that Aiqing will not feel abrupt about my visit."

Zhao Xin quickly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's coming to my home is a blessing I have cultivated for three lifetimes. No wonder there were magpies calling again in the yard this early in the morning. I thought it was strange at first, but now I know that it is Your Majesty who is coming. If I had known that His Majesty was coming, I would have cleaned my house dozens of times."

"Haha..." Wang Mang pointed at Xin Zhao and looked at Li Lan with a smile, "Li Lan, is this the Master Zhao we know? When did you learn to speak nice words? It seems that this closed-door reflection is still very useful."

Xin Zhao blushed and didn't dare to follow Wang Mang's words, but turned around and said to the butler who was kneeling on the ground and dared not get up: "Butler, go and bring my treasured tea and make tea for your majesty, remember , Don’t let too many people know about your Majesty’s coming here.”

"The villain understands." The butler hurriedly got up and brought tea to Wang Mang. He didn't know how many people he brought in, they would be the current emperor, but he scared him to death.

Wang Mang shook his head and looked at Xin Zhao: "Ai Qing, on the way here today, I heard many passers-by talking about this exam."

"I don't know what to say?" Xin Zhao asked tentatively, and at the same time, his mind turned sharply, thinking that those guys in the department would not cause any trouble for him because he was not in the department these few days.

Regarding Xin Zhao's question, Wang Mang didn't say a word, Li Lan told Xin Zhao what the drinkers in the restaurant were discussing, and finally said with a smile: "Master Zhao, people along the way say that this time the court examiners will go through the ages. Jue Jin, I wonder what Master Zhao thinks?"

"Your Majesty is holy!" Xin Zhao suddenly fell to his knees and congratulated Wang Mang loudly.

Wang Mang waved his hand and asked Xin Zhao to stand up, saying: "This is not the court, I am too lazy to listen to such nonsense, tell me something useful, I don't know much about the examiner, but this time it is indeed a bit strange , I just want to ask you, is there anything weird in it?"

"Strange? What does your Majesty mean?" Xin Zhao looked at Wang Mang suspiciously.

"I want to know if there is anyone here who wants to take the opportunity to make trouble." Wang Mang said: "A lot of things have happened in Chang'an City recently, and the imperial army is about to go south to fight the southern rebels. I don't want anyone to make trouble for me at this juncture. , Let the court’s backyard catch fire.”

"Haha." Understanding what Wang Mang meant, Xin Zhao burst out laughing.

Li Lan scolded: "Lord Zhao, pay attention to your image!"

Xin Zhao quickly stopped talking, looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, I can assure you that there will be no trouble here, and even after what happened in Shiziyuan, if anyone dares to stretch out their hands here, His Majesty will not need to take action." There are countless people who have clicked this troublemaker first."

"Oh? Why did Aiqing say that?" Wang Mang said.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhao Xin continued without waiting for Wang Mang to speak, "This is not because I am flattering His Majesty, but because I am saying the reason, or the reason why such a thing happened is because of Your Majesty's sageness."

"Why?" Wang Mang said.

"Since the beginning of this year, the people of the gentry have seen and taken into account what His Majesty has done for the Great Qin and the common people. The completion of the Imperial Study Room has shown that His Majesty is the true Son of Heaven, and the development of the reform has informed everyone of His Majesty's current situation in Great Qin. He is very dissatisfied, and intends to inspire new ideas and strengthen the country, and the matter of Shiziyuan also tells everyone that His Majesty attaches great importance to talents, and will never allow anyone to interfere with the court's talent reserve work for any reason. Tell everyone that His Majesty attaches great importance to scholars."

Xin Zhao continued: "Of course, there are many things that have profoundly affected the world's views on the imperial court and His Majesty, and these views are basically good. What are scholars studying for? It is to govern the country and the world. Now Undoubtedly, His Majesty wanted to give them this stage, that's why so many scholars who used to sneer at the examiners also came to Chang'an, intending to do their part for His Majesty and Great Qin. the result of."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xin bowed his head and said: "My minister Zhao Xin is for the Great Qin, the court and the people, congratulations to Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

A stage for ruling the country and the world?

After Zhao Xin said this, Wang Mang immediately understood that the reason why so many famous people from all over the world came to examine scholars was not because someone made trouble, but because everything he had done these days was recognized by them. This is really a fan of the authorities.

Wang Mang stood up, glanced at Xin Zhao, and said, "Aiqing did a good job of introspecting at home, but the matter in the Ministry of Rites needs Aiqing's more attention."

Then he raised his legs and walked out, Xin Zhao was stunned for a moment, then he looked overjoyed, kowtowed and said: "Your majesty is sent off, long live your majesty!"

(End of this chapter)