Bad man, the system crashed.

The corresponding official position was arranged, which was very lucky compared to the previous years of waiting for a vacancy for several years.

The emperor personally reviewed the test papers of the seventeen people and was very satisfied. He also liked this broom-hearted prince a little more.

In the past few months, the earth dragon turned over, corruption was implicated, and the imperial examination cheating really made the emperor worry.

Finally, there is a day to relax.

The emperor's birthday.

And it is a big birthday.

This birthday is different from the one that Empress Dowager Min Zhao used to deal with. Every year, the palace must be renovated and the world must celebrate together.

In the court, officials who know how to please the emperor began to report, saying that the emperor worked hard to govern the country, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The emperor was too hard, and he must do a big job.

A new palace must be built, blessing cakes must be distributed to the people, and the selection of beauties must be advanced to select beauties.

The emperor stroked his beard and was very happy to hear it.

He is a man, and he is still an emperor. Although he has Bai Yueguang Xianfei in his heart, it does not prevent him from sleeping with more people.

Just as the emperor was listening to the wonderful days imagined by the civil and military officials in the court, Xiao Hongji, the newly crowned champion who now works in the Ministry of Revenue, stepped forward and reported, "Your Majesty, this year, a landslide just happened in the south, and countless people were killed and injured. The harvest in Jiangnan was poor, and the treasury was empty. Please put the people first and do not indulge in pleasure. This birthday banquet should be frugal. There is no need to renovate the palace. The once-in-four-year selection can also be postponed."

This voice was harsh, really harsh.

The emperor frowned, "My dear minister, what are your opinions?"

The emperor asked for other people's opinions, just to let his confidant push back Xiao Hongji's words.

He worked hard to be the emperor, and let his unlucky son toss around day and night to review memorials, exhausted half to death. Now he can finally relax, but Xiao Hongji is so ignorant of the times and asks him to be frugal?

Even if it is a cow, it should be rewarded after working hard all day, right?

Before the emperor's confidant could speak, Guang Heyi, the new No. 2 scholar in the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I second your proposal. Your Majesty, you are now over 40, and your harem is already full of concubines and princes. It is a waste of manpower, material resources and financial resources to hold a selection every four years. It is not good for the expansion of the royal family. It is better to abolish the selection every four years from this year, so that officials from all over the country can concentrate on serving the people."

This is even more excessive.

It's almost like pointing at the emperor's nose and scolding him, saying that you are old and can't give birth anymore, so don't mess around.

The emperor's anger, which had finally subsided, came up again.

Zhang Wenle, the third place winner, said again, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be extravagant to celebrate birthdays. I think we can rename Yile Palace as Qinmian Hall, and ask all officials to write the words of the saints and hang them on it, and carve the teachings of the ancestors on the wall for your majesty to admire every day."

Where did these pedantic idiots come from!

Just when the emperor was wondering——

"I second the motion."

"I second the motion."

"I also second the motion."

...

More than a dozen officials knelt down in unison.

The other old-fashioned officials standing looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lu Ze stood quietly, watching the situation, indicating that he knew nothing.

The fourth prince silently gave his sympathetic eyes to his father.

The sixth prince was still shut up and had not come.

The emperor counted the people standing, haha, all new faces.

These three, including the ones standing, totaled twenty. Aren't they all selected by the crown prince in the imperial examination?

Their character is really unyielding and they are dedicated to being good officials!

It's just that they are so pedantic that it makes people angry!

The emperor tried to calm down the anger in his chest, "Today, when we go to court, we will discuss state affairs first, and put my birthday aside first."

After the court session, the emperor returned to the imperial study and scolded the twenty officials to the personal eunuch Fu Donghai.

Pedantic scholar!

After scolding, the emperor summoned other officials and asked them to start preparing for the birthday party.

He is the emperor, he wants to be extravagant and enjoy himself.

If it is not for enjoyment, then why is he the emperor?

In the harem, Concubine Qi heard the fourth prince talk about the court and laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, "Hahahaha, that old thing has come to this day, I am dying of laughter."

"Mother, be dignified."

The fourth prince was tired. He reminded this every time he came, but mother never remembered.

"Okay, I know." Concubine Qi rolled her eyes at him, "By the way, have you prepared the gift for your father's birthday?"

"Ready, mother?"

"There are still scraps left from my jade bracelets last year in the warehouse. I asked someone to carve the scraps into a longevity character, which is almost enough."

The fourth prince held his forehead, his poor father.

As an emperor, does anyone in the harem treat him as a husband?

Oh, yes, there is also a virtuous concubine.

The plan was set up, and Lu Ze didn't even need to take action. Four days later, Xiao Hongji learned that the emperor had ordered the Minister of Rites to make a big birthday celebration, and he once again protested in the court.

The emperor was so angry that he scolded Xiao Hongji on the spot for not respecting the superiors and inferiors and for speaking back to him, and demoted him.

The emperor thought that Xiao Hongji would be scared now, and he would know what was good and bad, and would not dare to do it again.

Unexpectedly, the mess was made even bigger.

Xiao Hongji, the Confucian scholar, got angry. After leaving the court, he knelt on the way to the court, with his back straight, asking the emperor to withdraw the order to make extravagant birthday celebrations, act simply, and think more about the people.

When he knelt, the emperor was almost mad with anger, and he wanted to kill this idiot!

Just when the emperor was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, Guang Heyi and Zhang Wenle also knelt.

Then, the remaining 17 Jinshi of this year's exam all knelt.

If you want to kill, you have to kill twenty people.

These twenty people were just selected.

And they are indeed capable. They quickly filled the gap in officials and even handled affairs with ease.

But why are they so pedantic and inflexible?

Moreover, these twenty people knelt for three days, wind and rain.

I don’t know who spread it, and it was made into a jingle. The people in the whole capital, including the yellow mouth children, can sing it.

The emperor’s liver rage was rising, and the imperial physician knelt on the ground and begged, "Your Majesty, please keep calm."

The emperor: If I can be calm, I will not drink the medicine! He was so angry!

Not only the emperor was angry, but other old officials were also angry.

These twenty people knelt like this, and if they didn’t kneel with them, it would seem that they didn’t care about the people. In order to please the monarch, they had to overdraw the treasury.

But if they knelt, they were afraid that the emperor would hold a grudge in the future and make things difficult for them.

The Minister of Rites, who had been forced to follow Lu Ze to select candidates due to huge debts, regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. He kept repeating to his children and grandchildren three times a day, saying that gambling harms people, playing mahjong harms people, and never gamble.

Concubine Qi was even happier when she heard the news. She summoned the concubines in the harem to play mahjong, but unfortunately she was only a half-baked player and lost everything. Concubine Qi paid the money and was unhappy and locked herself up to reflect.

At this time, the few people left in the Fourth Prince's party knelt down.

Then all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down.

The emperor vomited blood again in anger, and the imperial physician was anxious.

He is the emperor, why is he so petty? If he vomits again, he will really die...

Seeing that the emperor vomited blood every once in a while because he was angry every day, his health was getting worse day by day, and the officials all owed the prince money, his heart gradually leaned towards the prince.

When the emperor noticed the subtle changes in the court, his mentality was about to collapse.

He immediately issued an imperial edict to let the Sixth Prince out of confinement, but he didn't expect that the corrupt scholars would have something to say again.

"Your Majesty, the main culprit of the imperial examination fraud case, Tu Pingyun, is very close to the Sixth Prince. The case has not been investigated yet, so the Sixth Prince should not be released easily."

"Your Majesty, you can't let the students of the world feel disappointed for your son."

"Your Majesty, even if the Sixth Prince has nothing to do with the sale of exam questions, failure to supervise is a serious crime. It is already a mercy outside the law to keep him behind closed doors. How can he be released in less than two months?"

"Shut up!" The emperor squeezed out a few words from his teeth, then coughed twice, and no one in the court spoke and coughed several more times.

None of his confidants stood up.

What does this mean? Isn't it obvious?

The emperor looked at Lu Ze, who had been standing quietly for so long. He finally let go of his dignity as an emperor and softened his tone, "Prince, you and the sixth brother are brothers. You have always had a good relationship. Your sixth brother knows his mistake. Let him out."

Lu Ze pointed to his mouth and made a gesture of sealing his lips.

The emperor obviously didn't understand what Lu Ze meant. The fourth prince stepped forward and said, "Father, he said you told him to shut up."

"How dare you!"

The emperor slammed the table and stood up, "I order you to speak now!"

Lu Ze helplessly said "Oh" and stepped forward and said, "Father, what do you want me to say?"

"Tell me about your crown princess." The emperor questioned viciously, "You are the crown prince, but your crown princess is born mute. How can you convince the public? I order you to either demote the crown princess to a concubine or ask to be deposed as the crown prince!"

Chapter 122 The Crown Prince is Crazy (6)

Lu Ze slowly lifted the front of his robe and knelt on the ground, "Please ask your father to depose me as the crown prince." =Thinking Rabbit Network Document Sharing and Online Reading=

"Okay, since you don't care about the crown prince position, I will fulfill your wish!"

The emperor said and was about to give the order.

The emperor thought that the people in the court were all led by the prince, and his proposal would definitely attract opposition from the ministers.

Unexpectedly, no one said anything.

No one spoke for the prince.

He looked over with fear and trembling, and the hundreds of officials were as quiet as statues.

Who would benefit the most if the prince was deposed now?

The emperor suddenly looked at the fourth prince, who was standing in front of the ministers, calm and composed.

Could it be that his two sons had already formed an alliance?

A trace of blood flowed from the corner of the emperor's mouth. Fu Donghai immediately shouted to withdraw the court and helped the emperor to the inner hall to summon the imperial physician.

Lu Ze stood up helplessly and took a deep look at the fourth prince before leaving.

Facts proved that the emperor thought too much.

Rather than saying that the fourth prince and Lu Ze cooperated, it was better to say that they had established a tacit understanding through mutual testing.

Since Lu Ze was almost cheated of money at his birthday party, this was the first time the fourth prince went to the prince's mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Ze enthusiastically pulled him to play mahjong.

The pain in the heart of the Fourth Prince was so great. His eldest brother really loved Ma Diao.

The Fourth Prince declined seriously and said, "Brother Crown Prince, I want to have a frank talk with you today."

"Let's talk at the card table."

"Crown Prince."

"No talk without the table."

Helplessly, the Fourth Emperor was dragged into the fire pit again.

After a few rounds of mahjong, the Fourth Prince and Lu Ze were quite frank. Whatever he asked, Lu Ze answered.

The Fourth Prince asked, "Today, my eldest brother's request to depose the crown prince was not successful. My eldest brother seems quite disappointed?"

"Yes."

"Do you really not want the crown prince position?"

"Yes."

"In that case, can you give it to me, your younger brother?"

Lu Ze answered frankly, and the fourth prince asked more frankly.

If there is no conflict of interest between brothers, there is really no need to be on edge.

Lu Ze took out two stacks of IOUs and looked at the fourth prince like a fat sheep, "These IOUs, you help me get back the debt, or buy them back yourself, and you can take everything you want."

Are you kidding?

You might as well ask for half of the national treasury!

The fourth prince's heart was full of excitement. Didn't he hear the Ministry of Revenue say that the national treasury was empty?

After a few rounds of mahjong, the fourth prince lost another ten thousand. He pushed the cards and stopped playing.

It was too bad.

I don't know if this prince is a card god who has won every time.

He must have cheated!

He firmly refused to admit that he was bad at playing cards, so he cheated.

The fourth prince returned home sadly, hugged Meng Qing and acted coquettishly, "Qingqing, I was bullied."

Meng Qing, who was painting a landscape painting,