With an exaggerated open mouth, the registration official pointed at Cheng Dalei's rusty armor, with a deliberately artificial expression that he wanted everyone to hear.
Cheng Dalei has now arrived at the place where the examiners are reporting. In fact, there are quite a few articles about which yamen is responsible for the military examination. The Ministry of War said, "We are naturally responsible for the rewards for selecting and leading troops to fight." The Ministry of Civil Affairs said, "We have always been responsible for the selection."
Officials', the two families were at loggerheads, which involved many entangled interests, and also involved the constant dispute between civil servants and military generals. The spoils were really unevenly divided. Finally, Emperor Ming said: Then choose the imperial city as the location of the office, and the two families
Let's take responsibility together.
Therefore, the height of the temple is really not something that a bandit like Cheng Dalei can understand.
Now, he was in the imperial city, surrounded by examiners who had come to register. It looked like there were hundreds of them. The official in charge of registration pointed at Cheng Dalei and laughed, attracting everyone else's attention to Cheng Dalei.
Looking at his costume, everyone could not help but smile. The officials in Chang'an City were very restrained and did not laugh out loud.
Xu Ling'er and Xu Shenji stood behind Cheng Dalei, both feeling ashamed at this moment.
"It's so embarrassing."
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come with him."
Cheng Dalei handed over his official seal without changing his expression.
"See if there's anything wrong?"
"What's the problem? You're a poor guy like you. Your armor is considered an antique. Isn't it older than your grandfather? Haha."
The official didn't compare Cheng Dalei's appearance at all, and directly registered Niu Sanjin's name in the book with a chuckle.
"You don't have a problem, I still have a problem." Cheng Dalei put away his official credentials.
"What's your problem?" The officer opened his eyes wide.
Cheng Dalei suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him out from behind the table. He punched him in the face and blood spurted from his nose.
Everyone was stunned.
Officialdom is a place that pays attention to respectability. Everyone is scheming behind the scenes, but on the surface they need to maintain their grace. A guard like Cheng Dalei who came from the border was poor and had no backing. When he came to the whirlpool of officialdom in Chang'an, he did not know how to behave with his tail between his legs.
Dare to beat the officials at the emperor's feet.
"Rebellion, rebellion!" the bloody official yelled: "Guard, guard, arrest him, I will chop off his head."
Xu Shenji and Xu Ling'er were also shocked. They came to Chang'an from the remote Youzhou, and now they were in the imperial city, only a few miles away from the emperor. It was inevitable that their hearts were filled with the inferiority complex of country bumpkins who came to the city.
But she didn't expect that after not seeing each other for a year, the boss would become so violent.
The people around him looked at Cheng Dalei with mocking eyes just now, but now their eyes turned pitiful.
"After all, I came from a remote place, and I really don't understand the rules at all."
"Beating the imperial official, this alone is enough to kill him."
Seven or eight guards responsible for the security of the imperial city came in and immediately surrounded Cheng Dalei. The leader of the small school helped the official up.
The official wanted to pounce on Cheng Dalei and said angrily: "This thief dares to hit me. Take him down and beat him to death to let him know that the sky is high and the earth is high."
Just as Cheng Dalei was about to be taken away, someone suddenly walked in from outside the door.
"Mr. Meng, who rebelled, and who did you beat to death?"
Seeing him come in, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. This man's name is Baili Sheng. He was promoted from the fourth rank to General Xuanwu and was granted the title of Uncle Chang Zhong, a military general.
"Your Majesty has ruled with dignity, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and Haiyan is at peace. Mr. Meng, tell me, at the foot of this imperial city, who rebelled and who dared to rebel?"
"This..." Master Meng was shocked.
"You are a mere sixth-grade middle prime minister, who are you going to beat to death?" Baili Sheng took a step closer and expressed his coercion.
Cheng Dalei was also a little confused. He didn't know why Baili Sheng, who had suddenly appeared, wanted to help him.
"Uncle Chang Zhong, calm down."
Another person came out from the door, wearing a civil official uniform. This person's name was Song Tianhan, a fourth-rank censor, without honors, and a civil official.
"At the feet of the Emperor, the temple is an important place. This person, with the position of ninth-grade school captain, beats the sixth-grade Zhongcheng. He is the following criminal. Mr. Meng lives here to share His Majesty's worries. His disrespect for Mr. Meng is disrespectful to Mr. Meng.
Your Majesty is disrespectful, and if you don’t take Master Meng in your eyes, you won’t..." Song Tianhan pursed his lips and smiled: "Also, I would like to advise Uncle Chang Zhong, they are all officials of the empire, no matter how big or small they are, they will never make any distinction.
Two words."
One has a solemn expression, and the other is smiling like a spring breeze, but they are tense and tense.
Cheng Dalei was a little confused as to what the two of them were doing.
Cheng Dalei didn't know that with just one step, he had already stepped into the front line of the struggle between the two major interest groups in the empire.
The dispute between civil servants and military officers.
Civil servants often come from aristocratic families, and generals rely on military merit to climb the ranks. The two families have always been at odds with each other. But this military exercise has also shaken up the cake of both families, and they have already been fighting in private.
Meng Zhongcheng represents the civil service group. He has a few words of ridicule for every military general, but everyone adheres to the decency of the officialdom and does not have any disputes with him. But when they meet Cheng Dalei, who has obvious flaws, they naturally complain about his MAX ability.
I just didn't expect that Cheng Dalei's fists were really hard.
Baili Sheng didn't want to help Cheng Dalei, and Song Tianhan had no grudge against Cheng Dalei. Cheng Dalei was just a battlefield between the two.
As soon as the representatives of the two major factions appeared, the examiners present were divided into two groups, almost swearing at each other. It must be said that the civil servants had the upper hand, and they quoted scriptures when they cursed, from the creation of the world to eating a bowl of tofu for breakfast.
, and the generals were all clumsy men. Their faces turned red with anger, and their eyes kept looking left and right. The subtext was: Where is my sword, where is my sword...
"Then let's let Dali Temple take this person into custody for the time being, and then execute him in accordance with the law after asking for the reasons." Song Tianhan smiled slightly, and it felt as if the work was done and you fell down before I could do anything.
"We must deal with it strictly, deal with it severely!" Meng Zhongcheng said through gritted teeth.
The civil servants were elated, the military generals were dejected, and Baili Sheng was also depressed. He was good at eloquence, but his teammates were really weak.
"Captain Niu, do you need to defend yourself?" Baili Sheng glanced at Cheng Dalei, but his heart was filled with hatred.
I saw Cheng Dalei's face unchanged, his heart not beating, and his cold eyes scanning the whole place, and I suddenly felt like you and other scumbags were invincible.
Under the gaze of everyone, he slowly took off the rusty iron helmet on his head, his voice became deep, vicissitudes of life, and he sighed from time to time.
"I think I can answer Mr. Meng's previous question. This armor does have a long history. It was passed down from generation to generation in my Niu family, and was finally passed down to me by my father. It is indeed very worn for a long time, but I don't
I feel ashamed of it, but I cherish it very much."
Cheng Dalei stroked the helmet like a lover's cheek.
"My father once wore it to kill the Rong tribe, my grandfather used it to block bows and arrows, and Taizu used it as a shield to protect the people behind him. It is stained with the blood of the Rong tribe, as well as the blood of the ancestors of my Niu family. But now
It's very worn out, and to be honest I don't have the money to buy a new pair of armor. But when the Rong tribe comes over, I will wear it on the battlefield and repeat what the ancestors of the Niu family have done."
"I would like to ask Mr. Meng, is this ridiculous?" Cheng Dalei said impassionedly, with tears in his eyes: "No, it is an honor."
I wipe it!
Bailisheng opened his eyes wide instantly: He is a talent!
Cheng Dalei glanced at the people who despised him with extremely contemptuous eyes, and there was only one sentence in his heart.
"Do you really think that my eloquence skills are for nothing?"