Live as the emperor

Chapter 35 The First Toy

【I have a cold, sorry】

Obviously, Chen Guang is taking the rhythm now.

First, he avoided the serious and neglected the trivial, and analyzed the harm caused by the officials' actions. This made Chen Yong feel that no one would let officials pay such a huge price to please him.

This is the first impression. Next, Chen Guang assumes that if this person is himself, then he can control these officials. Are you a prince?
This made the crown prince suspicious, yes, if Chen Guang is so powerful, why would he be so shady?Let's just do it straight away, okay?
Finally, Chen Guang also said the most critical point.These officials who did something wrong were only fined one year's salary. Compared with this incident, this punishment is simply too light, basically it is almost like no punishment!
Poor Chen Ang made such a decision just because the New Year is coming soon and he doesn't want to go too far, and it's still under the circumstances that the crown prince has taken all the blame.But this point was intentionally ignored by Chen Guang, and he made use of another aspect.

Why did the prince take all the blame?Isn't it just to impress the officials?You must know that those officials did that after hearing the prince's message. Now that the prince is happy, he crosses the river and demolishes the bridge. How can such a prince have fun with the ministers?
Therefore, for the sake of the future, the prince can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. After finding the murderer, he will come to Qiuhou to settle the score.

However, Chen Guang followed the rhythm all the way, and all the spearheads were pointed at one person.

"You mean...Father..." Chen Yong almost cried out.

"Hush..." Chen Guang made a gesture of silence, and then said: "Brother, you have misunderstood me. If I am so powerful, why should I come here to talk to you? Say something outrageous , if these court ministers listen to me, you may not be able to keep your position as the crown prince. Think about it, if we change positions, will you do this?"

The awe-inspiring righteousness of what he said completely bluffed Chen Yong.In the final analysis, no matter how much he thought about it, no matter how mature he was, Chen Yong was only a young man less than 20 years old. How could he be so mature mentally?So in front of Chen Guang, who has been a man for two lifetimes, and the millions of netizens behind him, he is completely led by the nose.

When Chen Yong thought about it, what Chen Guang said made sense. If he really had that much energy, why would he still be talking to himself here?

But if the person behind this scene is really Chen Ang, then everything makes sense.

First, who can persuade these fine officials to do such a thing that may kill their heads?Only the current emperor.

Second, although these officials have done treasonous things, the punishment they received is completely negligible. Who can do this?Only the current emperor.

Thinking of this, Chen Yong has completely believed Chen Guang's words, and he showed a terrified expression on his face, and said, "Why did the father do this?"

Chen Guang shook his head and said: "Then I don't know. How can I guess what the father is thinking? But brother, you can recall carefully, have you done anything recently that dissatisfied the father?"

Chen Yong shook his head, of course he wouldn't say it, even if he remembered something, he wouldn't say it, although he was frightened by Chen Guang, this basic city is still reserved.

"Brother, I came here today to talk to my elder brother about these two things. I also know that the two of us fought back and forth some time ago. My elder brother must have suspected me. If I did this, I promise to run away immediately. If it’s gone, will it be delivered to your door? Now that the elder brother understands it, it’s naturally good.”

He lowered his voice and said: "Since father asked elder brother to rest, then elder brother should rest well and let father calm down."

In the end, Chen Guang added such a sentence, and he brought Deng Pan here, which also gave Chen Yong a signal that he, Chen Guang, had a clear conscience.

Chen Yong stood up and said: "What you said is true, it doesn't matter, then I will take a good rest, maybe the father will change his mind sometime. Brother, today is thanks to your enlightenment, it seems that we Brothers, it seems that we need to get closer and closer."

"That's what it should be. After all, we are brothers. Blood is thicker than water. Family love is there. Oh yes, I almost forgot after talking so much. I also brought some gadgets here, right as a pastime for the eldest brother when he is bored." Right. We brothers, have we settled our suspicions?" Chen Guang cupped his hands and said to Chen Yong, then pointed to the box beside him.

"What is this?" Chen Yong asked curiously. He didn't answer Chen Guang's words directly. In his current situation, he should agree with Chen Guang's statement of "clearing the past".

Chen Guang said with a smile: "This is a little thing made by my younger brother. I usually play with a few people when I have nothing to do in the house. It's a good way to pass the time."

"Oh?" Chen Yong came over excitedly, and watched as Chen Guang took out a delicate sandalwood box from inside, and opened the small golden lock, revealing the contents inside.

The things inside are more than an inch long, about an inch wide, and more than half an inch high. They are made of inexpensive green and white jade. One side is as smooth as a mirror, but the other side is carved with various patterns.

These things are neatly arranged, and there are two square dice in the center.Generally speaking, although these things are not expensive, they are very beautifully made.

"What is this thing?" Chen Yong asked with great interest while playing with one in his hand.

Chen Guangdao: "Mahjong, I call this game, playing mahjong."

"Mahjong? The name is very strange, why is it called Mahjong?" Chen Yong asked a little strangely.

"I only remembered to make this thing after listening to a story told by someone from Jiangsu. People there said mahjong is called mahjong. For convenience, I called him mahjong."

Later, Chen Guang told Chen Yong a story.

Mahjong tiles, also known as mahjong tiles and mahjong tiles, were originally the "Huliang tiles" in Taicang, Jiangsu.According to relevant records, there used to be a large royal granary in Taicang County, Jiangsu Province, which hoarded rice all the year round for the "south-to-north grain transfer".When there is a lot of food, there are frequent sparrows, and a lot of food is lost every year due to sparrows.In order to reward those who catch sparrows and protect the food, the officials in charge of the granary use bamboo chips to record the number of sparrows caught, and pay rewards based on this. This is Taicang's "grain protection card".This chip is engraved with various symbols and numbers, which can be used for viewing, playing games, or as a voucher for cashing bonuses.The gameplay, symbols and appellation terms of this food protection card are all related to bird hunting.

"Oh? There is such a story here?" Chen Yong's interest was immediately raised.

Chen Guang said with a smile: "Yes, I thought it was fun when I heard this. Later, I didn't have anything to do at home anyway, so I thought about it and made a set of mahjong tiles like this. It's very fun. You try?"

"Hearing what you said, then I really want to try it, you teach me." Chen Yong said.

In fact, the reason why the two of them eased the relationship so quickly was because Chen Yong believed that everything was done by Chen Ang, and in this way, it was the emperor's will, and he dared not refuse to listen.What's more, after Chen Guang's indistinct hint just now, he may feel that the reason why Chen Ang did this is to punish him for burning the Hope Project - of course, this is what he thinks in his heart, although he thinks that thing has been done Secret enough, but who can tell about this kind of thing?If the emperor didn't know why he would do this?
I'd rather believe it or not.

In this way, whether it is intentional or not, he has to make a gesture of brotherly harmony.

Chen Guang was even more delighted. He only needed to wash away his suspicions in Chen Yong's heart today. As for the rest, it was purely a surprise.

At that moment, Chen Guang asked Chen Yong to order his servants to bring over an Eight Immortals table, then spread a blanket on the table, and poured all the mahjong on the blanket.

"There are 152 mahjong tiles in a deck. Including character tiles, flower tiles, and ordinal tiles, a total of 140 four tiles."

"These 140 four cards are divided into sixteen cards of four types: east, south, west, and north wind cards."

"Wrigley cards, four of each type, twelve in total."

"Wanzi cards: from 36 to [-], four each, [-] in total."

"Drum cards: from one tube to nine tubes, four cards each, also 36 cards."

"There are also 36 cards."

"The five standard states of mahjong are 'eat', 'touch', 'bar', 'listen', and 'hu'."

Chen Guang explained carefully, while he sat opposite to Chen Yong, and Yuanshi sat opposite to Deng Pan.

Deng Pan knew how to fight, it wasn't that he had played in Prince Jin's Mansion like Chen Guang did, but he just made up for it last night.

Mahjong is very simple and easy to play, and the rules are also very simple.It is precisely because it is easy to learn that it spread quickly in that world, almost as popular as square dancing all over the world.

Chen Guang introduced while playing, and in just a quarter of an hour, after playing two rounds, Chen Yong and Yuanshi also played decently.

In fact, the original rules of mahjong tiles are more complicated, and there are more tiles.But what Chen Guang brought over is the most popular simplified version of the national standard, which is quite easy to play.

As time went by, Chen Yong and Yuanshi became more and more interested.Then Chen Guang brought up the concept of lottery, and taught the two how to count. Finally, he took out a few pieces of silver and put them on the table, saying, "It's more fun to add a lottery."

"Interesting, indeed interesting." Chen Yong showed a smile on his face, and brought some broken silver over without hesitation.

Time passed quickly, and two hours passed in a short while. Chen Yong and Yuanshi's mahjong level had basically reached the top of the room, and they won more than ten taels of silver from Chen Guang. Although this amount is not worth mentioning, But it made them very happy.

After Chen Guang left, Chen Guang couldn't wait to call two maids to teach them how to play mahjong.

(End of this chapter)