Chapter 336: The Guns and the Yellow Sands (II)

As soon as he heard that His Majesty the Emperor wants to return the title of the Great Pillar State to the Xu family, the University of Wuying Hall, Wen Shouren, immediately face embarrassed to the extreme, this once because of the coffin carrying dead admonition Xu primrose and thus famous in the world of the bones of the veteran ministers, the whole person began to tremble, has always been to give a person when the old and healthy impression of the official field of the Qingliu leader, finally have a few points of the meaning of the wind and candles.

In the Liyang dynasty, Zhang Gu two Lulu although it is already smoke, but each has its own salary, such as when the former Ministry of households, Wang Xionggui became Zhang Lulu successor, even if the expatriates Guangling Road, still around the side of a large group of Yong Hui spring courtiers, Tang Tieshuang Dong Gong Huang and other military generals were from the border places to enter the capital, the green party is also similar to the Ministry of Ministry of Justice, Wen Taiyi and the Hong Lingshu’s high, these are all part of the lineage, and the same, the Ministry of Justice and the Hong Lingshu’s high. In fact, in addition to these three parties, there is a party more hidden, identity origin is also more complex, that is, Wen Shouren as the head of the Ministry of Ceremonies, Jin Lanting as a hidden successor, the Ministry of Military Affairs, such as Gao Tingshu as the backbone of the anti-Xu party, these people come from the south and north of heaven and the south of the world, and there is no fellowship in the same township and the same year, the generation gap, the origins of the original conquest of the north of the generals of the army, Ma Lu Lu Lang, was once one of the main backbone of the non-exposure.

These people may be in a lot of military and state affairs will be ambiguous, but only for one thing, never keep the tacit understanding of the heart, that is, try to suppress the North Liang Xu family in the temple hall of Liyang and the Central Plains zone of the prestige, in short, this set of people for how to squeeze the Xu family father and son there is a kind of deep-seated obsession, the old head of the Zhang Julu in the life of the old ministers, but also will be scrupulous, do not dare to too much due to the abolition of the public, was once a person in the courtroom of the Liyang that is After the death of Bieye’er, coupled with Tantan Weng’s early break with him, this group of people seem to be able to keep the clouds open and see the moon, the officials will act more and more scrupulously.

For example, in the case of the millions of stones of grain that the court had set to be transported into Liang before autumn, it was precisely under the spread of the roots of these deep-rooted Tai’an City trees that they had sent a lot of sworn tidbits of information to the Jing’an Road, especially to Xiangfan in Qingzhou, as well as all sorts of insider secrets that could be understood without having to speak frankly that led to the fact that less than half of the grain being transported had been driven to Northern Liang so far, and the officials of the grain transportation officials had naturally had all sorts of ways of enjoying themselves for two decades in the transportation. As for when the grain transport will arrive at the grain silo in Lingzhou, the officials of the grain transport naturally have all kinds of skillful reasons to deal with the Ministry of Household of the imperial court, not to mention the fact that the Ministry of Household, apart from sending a few sternly worded warnings every now and then, will not really pursue the officials for failure to fulfill their responsibilities? Who is not clear that the household department has been regarded as Zhang Lu’s last defense position? Household now hold real power officials, almost all colors are Yong Hui spring in the emergence of the readers, everyone regarded as the old chief minister disciples of the disciples. The former minister Wang Xionggui in the capital even if not with the reputation of Wen Shouren how much close, but Wang Xionggui itself on the Northwest side of the matter has always had a very bad feeling, coupled with his son Wang Youling and the new Liang King Xu Fengyen is a deep grudge, which is the capital is known to be a piece of talk.

The most important thing is the Cao grain into the capital and suddenly diverted into the northwest, involving the country’s great cause of the Cao grain, although long ago from the Ministry of households independent of the Ministry of households, but nominally responsible for the world’s taxation of the Ministry of households how can be really not at all involved in the accurate, the whole Ministry of households on the surface of the hands and feet is very clean, but many of the high-ranking officials may not be two-sleeved clean Ministry of households, millions of stone Cao grain deviation from the familiar track of the officialdom to run, will inevitably lead to the loss of countless vested interests. The loss of countless vested interests, once the world’s transport from the capital into the two Liao into one divided into three places plus a northern Liang, become a rule, it means that the annual million stone of transport dividends on the water, behind the transport officers that a large group of Tai’an City meritorious family, which there is Duke of Yan Gao Shizhi Huaiyang Marquis Song Daonin, when the old emperor of the Liyang divided the meritorious ministers, according to the program of the Yuan Benshi, roughly According to Yuan Benxi’s program, it was roughly “civil ministers give power, military generals give money”, to promote the civil and suppress the military in the temple, Changshan County King Zhao Yang is also in this list, and a large number of houses, such as Gao Shizhi Song Daoning, were able to get their hands on the gold coming from the waterways, but Gao and Song’s streams ate better, and the share was not big, and over the years they also intentionally or unintentionally instructed their families to involve in the waterways affairs. The gradual withdrawal of these two lords has led to the rise of many other families, and it is not too much to say that they are insatiable. The reason why Zhang Julu’s efforts to rectify the canal transportation and the Xu officials were so difficult is that these two matters almost offended the high and low places of the officialdom in Liyang, and even though they did not have a strong backlash, they did not have much success, after all, there is no such thing as a person in the officialdom, and who doesn’t have a close family member with a family member? After Zhang Julu jailed, a temple hall silent as a cicada, during the period certainly have Bieye child dead party Huan Wen chose to stand by and watch the factors, certainly have Zhang Julu let Zhang Lu disintegration of the cause, but how is not those who are feeling the pain of the day away from the sun of the civil and military selfishness?

Who would feel that dealing with the Northwest Xu family is a thing of ease and pleasure? Who would dare to apply the rules of the Liyang officialdom to the head of the Northern Liang border army? Who would have the guts to go to the Northwest to ask for kickbacks from the Xu family officials? Wouldn’t they be afraid of getting their heads chopped off by those Northern Liang barbarians?

Therefore, the real attitude of the Ministry of Revenue on the matter of grain transportation into Liang can be imagined, of course, is to delay as long as possible, slow down as long as possible, in fact, this strategy, and at that time, Wen Taiyi in the small court meeting on His Majesty’s face to the emperor’s views, coincide with each other.

Suddenly, the young emperor smiled and asked, “Cai Nan, Han Lin, you two are in the jurisdiction of the most adjacent to the Northern Liang Road, think the second Liangmang war trend?”

Han Lin is a purely civilian minister who is not good at military affairs, of course he will not be the first to speak up on this kind of issue, and Cai Nan, who was urgently summoned to the capital, did not make any ambiguities either, because he had already prepared a draft, and slightly moistened his throat, and did not shy away from the stage, and soon said in a loud voice, “Your Majesty, according to my view, no matter whether it is for Beiliang or Beimang, the war will be a long and bitter war, and the victory will also be disastrous, and the loss will be even worse, as Beiliang’s original soldiers will be hurt. Injury to vitality, the original strength of the Northern Liang disadvantage, but occupy the first Liang Mang battle won the momentum, the Northwest border army up and down has a very strong heart of war, in the number of battlefield, the Northern Liang battle force is definitely better than a chip, and the first battle, the Northern Liang first-class elite cavalry injuries are very small, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to maintain a complete establishment not to mention that two of the previous always outside the secret of heavy cavalry is also waiting to be released, there is more! He Zhonghu Zhou Kang two people’s left and right cavalry army did not participate in the first big battle at all, on the contrary, North Mang, Yang Yuanzan in Youzhou Hulukou inside the whole army was wiped out, at that time the western line Liu Gui’s direct line of soldiers and horses in the Liuzhou also suffered heavier casualties, nearly 10,000 Qiang horsemen are dead, now the second big battle has not yet officially opened, the Dragon’s Eye plains a battle, not to mention the death and injury of North Mang’s elite horse fences, Hong Jingyan’s Zojiran iron cavalry has been broken up, and Dong Zhuo’s private cavalry is also Wounded and broken, this is definitely a huge hidden danger under the surface strength of Bei Mang is still greatly superior, I believe that both Liang and Mang now have a new weighing of this.”

The young emperor softly sighed with emotion, “It’s really worthy of being the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry ah.”

The Northern Liang Iron Cavalry is the best in the world.

This phrase, which was not unfamiliar to the Central Plains but might not be recognized, was perhaps the first time that it had been openly declared in the officialdom of Liyang today, and it was still coming from the mouth of the Zhao family’s emperor.

The two Huai Province Secretary Han Lin than in the capital when serving in the style of elegance, dark skin a few points, temperament has begun to calm and introverted a lot, more than a few points of coarse and rustic border atmosphere, compared to Wen Shouren Jin Lanting, these long lived in the temple of the grace and elegance of the courtiers, the two sides between the emergence of a number of indescribable distance between the sense of Han Lin, Han Lin in the world of more than a dozen leave the Tai’an City as a side of the Secretary Secretary in the feudal officials belong to the A veritable high promotion, by the imperial court has high expectations, rather than relegated from the center of the important place relegated to the place, Li Yang can be described as green eyes to this old Ministry of Justice Minister.

Zhao family son of heaven to look at this every ten years will have a secret letter through the hands of Zhao hook spies to the capital of the Secretary Secretary, eyes soft, “Han Lin, this year hard work.”

Han Lin bowed and said in fear, “I have failed to honor the emperor!”

The young emperor smiled, “You have done a good job, if not for Cai Nan …… I am afraid that you are going to be the first Liyang strategic envoy to die in battle, and I am also going to lose an arm. Han Lin, in the future must not act so recklessly, civilian ministers for the country loyalty never in the sand, your loyalty, I always have no doubt, otherwise I will not let you serve as this border strategic ambassador.”

In addition to Wu Chongxuan, who has not yet familiarized himself with the affairs of the government office, and therefore is still the number one powerful figure in the Ministry of War, Tang Tieshuang, all the civil ministers in the Temple of Raising Spirit are all confused, and even Zhao Yang Gao Shizhi Song Daoning, who have gradually moved from behind the scenes to the front of the stage and regained control of the military power, don’t understand why His Majesty the Emperor has said this.

Only Han Lin can get such a blunt verbal praise, means that this person is destined to return to the center in the future, may also be able to succeed in one of the three provinces, this is indeed no one expected things, after all, Han Lin is early years of Zhang Lu students, just compared to Zhao right age Yin Mao Chun, seems to be a little talent, compared to the Yuan Guo, knowledge of the instrument is also inferior, even if compared with the Wang Xionggui, there are also many disadvantages. Many disadvantages, perhaps this is probably the so-called late success, today’s spring on the official field tomorrow but was the example of settling scores, too many to mention, but the Han Lin this kind of stable role, after the strength is more sufficient.

After a seemingly light-hearted question and answer, the young emperor reintroduced the matter, the Royal Decree of the young feudal king Xu Fengyen as the first high honor of the military ministers of the Great Pillar of the State, this time still full of silence, but compared to the previous undercurrents, the eyes of many ministers, this time obviously more than some resignation flavor.

The young emperor’s fingers gently caress the edict on the knee, “the grain, the Ministry of household turn back and then proposed a charter sent to the Temple of God, local if there is a little resistance, the Ministry of household can be the Ministry of war Tang Consultation. In short. In ensuring that when the holy decree is sent to Northern Liang, the Cao Grain should enter Liang before the holy decree.”

Said here, the young son of heaven glanced at Gao Shi Zhi Song Daoning two people, the latter at the same time heart trembled, wait until the emperor shifted the line of sight, the two people look at each other and bitterly smiled, unmitigated disaster, Duke of Yan’s house and the Marquis of Huaiyang’s house in the canal transportation of the income, has long been diluted to the point of negligible, now really called the existence of the state warehouse rats, not others, is precisely that the three and the state with the same name of the Zhao family clan, two of them are long ago on the temple not to care! The Zhao family old man, the last one is the newest into the muddy waters of the clan, it is said to be the former try to pull the latter’s results, and the latter in the xiangfu years with a son-in-law suddenly gained power, apparently a little oblivious to the bones of a few pounds lighter, heard that it is such a costless business, just a flower wine on the head of the head into, half a year since the guaranteed dividends are two and a half million taels of silver! Gao Shizhi and Song Daoning, at the peak of the longest reach, were only half a million dollars. To know that the county king’s son-in-law, this moment can be standing in the temple, and the position is only in the Qi Yanglong, Huan Wen after, and Zhao right age Yin Maochun Wu Chongxuan side by side! But why didn’t His Majesty look at that one, instead of reminding the two Yan Songs? Very simple, that invisible by the old man pit but unharmed young man, surnamed Chen Wang, in the Liyang officialdom has always been respectfully referred to as Chen Shaobao, is the center of the important ministers, but also the son of the emperor’s close ministers, on the degree of the heart of the heart, I am afraid that even the Yan Jiexi Yan Chi Ji, the father and son of this pair of relatives can not be compared with it.

At this moment, the door under the province left scattered riding standing minister Chen Wang expressionless, holding his breath, can not see the slightest difference.

Jin Lanting narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the back of Chen Wang standing in his front row, his eyes obscure.

Today’s small court, Wuying Hall University scholar Wen Shouren uncomfortable, he this ambition in the hands of the Ministry of Rites is also a great disappointment, before His Majesty mentioned the matter of the examiner of the spring exams to enable people with high moral standing, which means that the official seniority is still shallow Jin Sanlang, in fact, has missed the great opportunity to become the world’s scholars by virtue of tomorrow’s spring exams to become a common seat division, and seat division room division two identities, the difference in one word, a world of difference. The two of them have been in the same position for a long time. Zhang Julu Tan Tan Weng two people jointly hold the imperial examinations during the years of Yong Hui, why everyone prefers to call themselves Zhang Lu students Shoufu late student? Not only is Zhang Julu higher than the official position of Huan Wen, not only is the difference between the president and vice president of the official, the key lies in Huan Wen in the end is only responsible for the room reading, even if it is Huan Wen personally criticized the selected people, have to go through Zhang Julu nod to pass.

Jin Lanting originally thought that Qi Yanglong clearly put forward not involved in the spring exams, Yao Baifeng initiative to roll the cover to leave the National Palace of Justice, how they can get one of the three seats of the president and vice president of the officer, as for the ability to take over the power to serve as an examiner, Jin Lanting is not without covetousness, but did not expect to end up in this dismal light.

The next small court, mainly to discuss the Guangling Road deployment of troops, Lu Shengxiang stood out as the biggest winner, the Ministry of War Minister Xu Gong still remain in Jizhou, and Lu Shengxiang reigning as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Court’s southern expedition, compared to the last time everywhere subject to constraints, this time, His Majesty in the Temple of the Yangshen not only gave Lu Shengxiang the power to do things on the cheap, half of the Ministry of War and the entire capital city of the military strength are tilted to it, and to the vast territory of the fourteen states of the Central Plains, including Jing’an Road, and to the military power to the military power to the military power. The 14 states in the Central Plains also have the right to control the vast territory, and also half-true, half-false casually said “the general outside, the king’s orders are not”, so Lu Shengxiang seems to have jumped to become a section minister above the section ministers, from today after stepping out of the temple of the God, he will almost control half of the country’s troops and horses of the Liyang Dynasty.

Wu Chongxuan’s face was calm, but even a fool knows clearly that this military minister from the barbarian land, I am afraid that in the bottom of his heart, most of them are already cursing.

After the end of the small dynasty meeting, the young emperor looked tired and didn’t leave any of his ministers to continue deliberating alone.

The officials who could be called the pillars of Liyang all left in a row.

Lu Shengxiang, who had been reduced to a laughingstock in the official circles of the capital the day before, was surrounded by endless congratulatory voices.

Gao Shizhi Song Daoning still did not have any suspense to travel in company, only with them always had little intercourse with Chen Wang suddenly came to their side, also did not speak, apologetic smile.

Everything was in silence.

Gao Shizhi and Song Daoning waited until this Chen Shao Bao had left and smiled at each other, without the bitterness that had characterized the Temple of Nurturing God.

Smart people dealing with smart people, there were some things that were more reassuring when it came down to the nitty-gritty than when the words were chiseled.

With Chen Wang this kind of readers in the same dynasty as an official, no matter how the other side of the high position of power, in the end, it is comfortable and also smooth things, hate not up.

Gao Shizhi joked: “With such an in-law who only knows how to drag his feet, it’s really a pity for our Chen Shao Bao.”

Song Daoning glared and said softly: “The palace is an important place, even the word of caution do not know? And you are good to where?”

Gao Shizhi laughed it off.

At this time, Changshan County King Zhao Yang suddenly a light drink, the Wen Shouren these ministers startled, raised his eyes and looked, it was a seven or eight year old child appeared in the corner, and Changshan County King’s residence familiar with the officials, recognized the identity of that little guy, it is Zhao Yang’s eldest grandson, is now in the palace in the Zhao room dragon son and grandson of the pile of diligence room to attend school, away from the sun clan sons and daughters of the diligence room is proud to enter! The Palace is located in the inner court of the outer court. The temple is located in the outer court of the inner court of the intersection, but also the first-class military aircraft, according to the theory that even if the old county king of Changshan’s baby grandson again playful and lost, but also absolutely can not appear in the field of view of the people, for no reason close to the temple of the hundred paces of the decapitation of the rules, but not just a setup, it is no wonder that Zhao Yang is so annoyed, the sea of eunuchs floating in the sea of a lifetime of the old man is really a little bit afraid of the heart.

The child in the diligence room reading to his grandfather scared pale, little face wrinkled together, want to cry but do not dare to cry the pitiful look.

But soon a young man in white appeared beside the child, his eyes closed tightly, his face calm, slightly smiling, reached out and touched the child’s head, and then followed the voice “looking towards” Changshan County King Zhao Yang, “Old County King do not be angry, it is I who asked for Zhao Yuan’s help to lead the way, and before that, I had already spoken with the Secretaries of the Palace of Justice, and did not overstep my bounds. I have already spoken with the Minister of Ceremonies before, and I have not exceeded the palace’s prohibitions.”

The old county king froze, a moment and a half did not understand the reason, thought for half a day, only to remember his grandson said a short time ago that the diligence room has a blind chief master, surnamed Lu, great learning, astronomy, geography and all-knowledgeable, very good temper, never hit the board, at that time, the old county king wondered how a blind man can be one of the chief masters of the diligence room, although we are not that Liyang even the officials have to be based on the appearance of the Dafeng Dynasty, but a blind man wants to be an official is still not quite in line with common sense, in the local to do a counseling staff is no harm. Later, the old county king asked, only to know that this blind scribe was Jing’an king Zhao Xun side of the strategist, Yong Hui the end of the year for the Jing’an Wangfu knife in the capital quite influential four sparse thirteen policy, and then somehow in the city of Tai’an roots, Zhao Yang is a bit of a scoffer at this, it is estimated to be a Jin Lanting stream of readers, just a wall grass with the wind.

The old county king listened to this noble diligence room chief master of the young man explained, still face cold snort, to his grandson did not have the good taste to say: “blindly wandering what, roll back to study!”

In the mansion with his father as much as the old county king scared to death of small children, this time even unprecedentedly did not listen to the “military order”, gritted his teeth and trembling voice: “Grandpa, I still have to lead the way for Mr. Lu it, Mr. told us, walking a hundred miles of half of ninety, the last ten miles of the road is the most visible of a person’s roots and bones of the nature of the last ten miles of the road, I’m only this! I’ve only traveled half ……”

Used to the residence up and down the only order is the old county king suddenly burst into a rage, that stock half a lifetime of military accumulated down the might of the upsurge, “little brat, half of your grandpa! Dare to reason with my old man, if you have the ability, don’t go back to the Changshan County King’s residence today, and sleep on the street in front of the entrance!”

The blind young man smiled and said, “Isn’t the purpose of studying to be able to know and talk about etiquette so that you can act according to reason? Why can’t you reason with your elders?”

The pleasant and diligent room master was a stark contrast to the violent Zhao Room County King.

Even many of the Liyang Ministers who were walking ahead could not help but stop and turn around to look, each waiting to see what would happen.

The old county king glanced at the young gentleman with a hairless mouth, not bothering to say anything at all, then still glaring fiercely at the kid, “Rebellion ah, you kid want to eat a few ‘sheaths of swords and rice’ at night? Uh-huh?”

Knife sheath rice matter, Tai’an City, most of the dignitaries have heard of, is the old county king Zhao Yang lesson family children of the killer, in fact, even with the old county king’s residence close to the Duke of Yan Huaiyang Hou, young most of the knife sheaths were also subjected to Zhao Yang unceremonious beating, the name is that your elders can not control bad, then I’ll manage them on a tube, a show of hands, don’t have to thank me Zhao Yang.

As soon as I heard the three words of knife sheath rice, the child was scared and his legs trembled more and more.

The young man squatted down, whispered a few words to the child, the latter nodded vigorously, wiped his feet, a smoke away from the place of wrongdoing. Then this blind scholar from Qingzhou got up and laughed: “It’s true that filial sons come out of sticks, but if a family has only sticks but no poetry and books, it is destined to have only foolish filial piety, and even if it has the loyalty of a family, it is difficult to have the loyalty of a country. Even if there is a family’s loyalty, it is difficult to have a country’s loyalty. There is no benefit to the king’s society, and there is no favor to the world’s living beings.”

The old county king coldly smiled and tsked: “The theory is quite able to bluff people, worthy of being the chief master of the diligence room, but unfortunately this king is not interested in listening to your nonsense today, you this kind of mouth full of benevolence and morality of the rotten Confucian, truth be told, this king in the Spring and Autumn wars, but a lot of kills! Now, since you are working in the diligence room, this king does not have that ability to have a hard time with you, you are lucky to have been born twenty years late!”

The older generation of Yong Hui official figures actually know that this Changshan County King’s mouth is notorious, even Zhang Julu and Huan Wen’s teaching mentor had the misfortune of learning Zhao Yang’s spittle.

The young scholar’s smile remained, and he no longer continued his verbal sparring with the King of Changshan County.

Cold-eyed Wu Chongxuan smiled, a few moments of sympathy for the old county king who had remarkable war achievements but was born at the wrong time.

Jin Lanting had some well-hidden gloating.

Previously, the State Eunuch’s madman Sun Yin, now the Hanlin Academy fledgling Song Ke Li, ten-dan chess saint Fan Chang Hou, as well as this out-of-the-blue white-clothed cold warrior Lu Dang, the Minister of Rites are regarded as the future of the officialdom of the heart of the big trouble.

And Qi Yanglong, Huan Wen, as well as Chen Wang three people, coincidentally all frowned, especially this year again became the Kaixu welcome the autumn official Chen Shaobao, vaguely some rare angry face.

During this period, only one person really scared, that is the former Qingzhou general Hong Lingshu.

When the Qingzhou clan Lu suffered a terrible disaster, only a young man in the self-poke eyes, because the doomed career is cut off, to survive, and then it is said to be in the Yongzixiang gambling chess as well as as serving as a piano player, with these two cheap jobs for a living, even if after somehow this person’s grave smoke, become the old Jing’an King Zhao Heng’s Royal House of the paperwork, and then become the new Jing’an King Zhao Xun’s chief schemer, but that Lu’s tragedy has not been However, the Lu’s tragedy has never been overturned, and certain worried authorities have tried several times to probe the Jing’an King’s House, but have not gotten an answer. Previously, Hong Lingshu did not have much concern about this, he and the Hong family has not been involved in that tragedy, if there really is, it would have been eliminated, and even a blind teenager will not be left. Secondly, at that time he was holding military power for many years of Qingzhou General, small Lu’s would have been a mole cricket general of the lowly clergy, if Lu wanted to make trouble for a few enemies at that time, in fact, it is tantamount to the whole of the green party used to warm up to the green party called the board, the King of Jing’an Palace of the two generations of the feudal lords did not help him Lu’s family to clear up the wrongs, most likely there is a concern, a young staff of a rootless duckweed, with the whole of the green party, which one is lighter and which one is heavier, and the high and low judgement.

But when the Hong Ling Shu in this palace military aircraft to see the young blind man, especially that unusual bystanders may not care about “has been with the Secretary through the air, not overstepped the Palace”, now in the capital as an official Hong Ling Shu how can not reverie even a story?

This blind man suddenly became a large group of Tai’an city’s most outstanding honored sons and daughters of Mr. If the heart of the resentment, the entire green party have not been released, so that the anger of him, the Liyang Pingji head of the general of the Hong Lingshu, it may be difficult to set off too much of a storm, but in the end, it is definitely not a good thing, if the Hong Lingshu did not go to the capital, and always stayed in the high emperor far away from the acreage of the Qingzhou, and continue to be his general of the three grades, so Hong Lingshu may have far-flung considerations and hidden, then the Hong Lingshu may have a long way to go, and the emperor far away from the Qingzhou. Ling Shu may have far-reaching concerns, but certainly not as now so imminent fear.

Hong Ling Shu deep inside some sighs, in the final analysis, or the Green Party in the temple of the intersection of the Yong Hui Xiangfu too lack of voice, but also his Hong Ling Shu than Wen Taiyi in the capital deep-rooted, replaced with the Lu family tragedy implicated in some of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the old Minister of Wen Taiyi, even if he is with this young blind face to face, I believe that certainly will not be so apprehensive.

At this moment, Hong Lingshu was incomparably eager for that Zheng character that was a head higher than his own Ping character title.

The four great generals of the Liyang Zheng character, Yang Shenxing, Yan Zhenchun, Ma Lu Lang, and Yang Kui. Among them, Yang Shenxeng has lost his title after the defeat in Guangling Road, was thrown by the court to the North Liang Road when the funny deputy minister, Yan Zhenchun is killed in battle in Guangling Road sand field, after his death is to obtain a high-specification posthumous, but also counted as a benefactor of the clan’s children and grandchildren, most of the court’s trust in valuing the Ma Lu Lu Lu has died of illness, Yang Kui, after all, the age of the old, up to five years within the military world will be out of the Liyang, and the levy of the three words of Zhenpingzhen generals are The actual power of this official, not a false title, so this retreat, there is no standing pit does not shit the situation, you have to immediately replace someone on the top, such as today’s Ministry of War Secretary Wu Chongxuan, it is the top of Yan Zhenchun to obtain the identity of the conquest of the South General.

Hong Ling Shu’s entry into the capital and Wen Taiyi’s way out of the capital, in the Qing Party Troika leader Lu Fei Edward died, the two more and more to become a rope on the grasshopper Qing Party big brother, although they did not meet, but there have been letters to and from the capital, familiar with the insiders of the Wen Taiyi for the Hong Ling Shu has had a sincere explanation of the situation, in the view of the Wen Taiyi, in addition to the status of the supremacy of the Great Pillar State of the Gu Jiantang, not to say, the future opponent of the Hong Ling Shu, is Lu Rising elephant! The future opponents of Hong Lingshu are Lu Shengxiang, Tang Tieshuang, Xu Gong, Ma Zhongxian, Han Fang, the vice general of Jizhou after Zhonglie, Yang Huchen, whose father is Yang Shenxing, Song Kasa, whose luck is amazing, and Yuan Tingshan, whose father-in-law is Gu Jiantang, and the number of people is not too many and not too few.

Now Song Kasa Yuan Ting Shan has self-destructed, and Zhao Bing Chen Zhi Bao two rebellious feudal lords in collusion, do not have to pay attention to.

Ministry of War left minister Tang Tieshuang is a blessing and a curse, into the Gu Dazhu Guo, defeat also Gu Dazhu Guo, in the Ministry of War Yamen seems to be a moment of wind, even the Minister Wu Chongxuan to avoid its sharpness, but in the eyes of the Wen Taiyi, but not as much as the Xu arch is more of a threat, the origin of the Jiangnan Road of the General of the Longchamps, the backbone is not to be underestimated, as a scholar of the south of the Jiangnan in the loss of power after the Lu Baijie quickly put forward the spokesman of the officialdom, Xu arch no matter how bumpy the current career path, it will be difficult to block the way. How bumpy, it is difficult to stop its rising trend, as for both ancestral shade and really have the talent to lead the army of Ma Zhongxian, as long as the family roots are located in the capital city, Wen Taiyi, although in the secret letter did not say a word, but Hong Lingshu mind beyond knowing that the Qing Party is in the Jing’an Road, is bound to be the Deputy Festival Minister of the official field of the mud, will not be blatantly allowed to fall, and in fact, the Qing Party does not have the strength and Vigor, but to say that to make Ma Zhongxian’s climb on the block, slow down for three or four years, not difficult. Han Fang Yang Huchen two young juniors, compared to do nearly twenty years of a state general, and now have the word Ping in the hands of Hong Lingshu, the disadvantage is obvious, as long as the two upstarts do not have a great merit, Hong Lingshu and no great faults, I believe that Hong Lingshu will be one step ahead of them on the top.

Wen Taiyi originally least optimistic about Lu Shengxiang, a powerful military achievements countless West Chu restoration, in the end, as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition of Lu Shengxiang, only to obtain a similar civilian on the pillar of the false title of the Phyllis Yi generals, in the capital officialdom fell into the days of the big joke, and now look back, Lu Shengxiang’s rapid rise and prosperity, has been unable to cover up the Hong Linghu can be Tang Tiehsang Xu Gong secretly, but will never try to break with Lu Shengxiang! The wrist.

Wen Taiyi at the end of the letter frankly, the sand field against the enemy, you die, I live and die, really to a certain height of the temple landscape, in fact, have the same flavor, you up and I down, never what is the same as the dust and light all happy.

Wen Taiyi also has some words that are not written on the letter, but let that messenger beloved born in the Wen family face to face to Hong Lingshu to relay.

Do not make friends with Chen Wang, make friends with Yan Ji Ji, and remember to be careful of Lu Fang.

Lu boasts in the capital officialdom in plain view identity is only one of the diligence room chief master, at this time he took a few steps forward, make “raise your eyes and look around”, smile and ask: “I heard that General Hong is also in today’s small dynasty will be listed, I Lu boast is exactly the people of Qingzhou, can we talk?”

Beijing Secretary of course do not know that the old story of the Lu tragedy, only as a fellowship of the normal catching up, not to mention the Qingzhou system officials in the city of Tai’an close contact has long been known to all, may be mansion respectively in the east and west of the city of the two Qingzhou officials, but also every ten years will be gathered together to exchange pleasantries, which in the official field of the other large and small factions seem to be unthinkable strange things. Other states of the capital city hall tend to be usually cold, but only the four halls in Qingzhou almost every day full of friends, and regardless of identity, senior officials, scholars, merchants and swindlers, the three religions and nine streams of fish and dragons mixed, happy and comfortable, from the officialdom and the scholarly world does not mind good or bad, but also from the ridicule as a person who tends to profit. Therefore, when Lu Fang recognized to propose with Hong Lingshu “old times”, those capital power elite no one felt strange.

Only Hong Lingshu had no reason to feel a cold palpitation all over his body.

This pile of “accidental” meeting, once the rumor spread to Qingzhou, Wen Taiyi that the most suspicious old fox, can really continue to diligently and earnestly for their own sparing no effort to help pave the way?

Just Lu Dan’s words and smiles, and can not allow Hong Lingshu to tear his face and refuse the invitation.

Hong LingShu can only hard head and LuYan walk side by side, gradually with other people to pull away, Hong LingShu then found two people behind the distance, quietly stood a clothes python waist jade middle-aged eunuch, distance is appropriate, can see LuYan, but also can not hear the two people talk, only from the clothes to judge, the identity of the eunuchs of the palace is not low, and with the Hong LingShu line of sight intersection of the moment, apparently due to the reason of LuYan, middle-aged eunuchs on the Hong LingShu A slight smile, revealing some goodwill, which made Hong Ling Shu even more shocked, how many people in this dynasty, can make a python suited eunuch treat so cautiously?

No wonder Wen Taiyi is so scornful of Lu Daan that he does not hesitate to use a large number of Qingzhou contacts to secretly block Ma Zhongxian’s career, but also in exchange for him, Hong Lingshu, to keep a dead eye on Lu Daan as a deal.

Unable to see all things in this heaven and earth, Lu Fang’s footsteps are slow, step by step, gently stepping on that green stone path, every time he touches the edge of the road, he will immediately adjust the direction in due time, as a way to keep the road ahead unhindered.

Hong Lingshu saw this scene and had mixed feelings.

Such a blind man at such a young age, to be able to have today’s achievement, is the time also lucky?

Lu Daan did not speak, and Hong Lingshu was also unwilling to take the initiative to speak.

He and Wen Taiyi two, as a stand away from the sun temple hall more than twenty years of the green party of the bull’s-eye, to this person scorn is not false, but to say too much fear, also not to.

This white-clothed choleric, one of the chief masters of the Diligent Room, finally said blandly, “I, Lu Dan, am in today’s situation, and the Green Party can’t be faulted.”

Hong Lingshu was silent.

Lu Yan suddenly stopped, turned his head to face the same soaring Pingnan General Hong Lingshu, “Back then the grudge, although Servant Wen is not the head of the disaster, but also can not resign from the blame, I will calculate with him, General Hong and Servant Wen is a longtime friend, may as well word for word relayed to him.”

Hong Lingshu’s aura did not falter in the slightest, and asked rhetorically, “Since now Mr. Lu and Wen Taiyi are officials in the same dynasty, and Mr. Lu is even more honored to be the Chief Master of the Diligent Room where the meritorious sons and daughters of our dynasty are preached to and taught, is it possible that he wants to steal the state’s weapons in order to pay back for his personal grudges?”

Lu Daan was dumbfounded, then said with a straight face, “A gentleman can be deceived by his party, and it is difficult to be reckless in a way that is not his way.”

Hong Lingshu froze and was at a loss for words.

Lu Daan laughed at himself and said, “Besides, I am not a gentleman, otherwise how would I have survived all those years, so much so that the mellow family style of my Lu Clan has been discredited because of me alone?”

Hong Lingshu sneered, “Mr. Lu’s meaning, I, Hong, will definitely help relay it, if there is nothing else, then I will take my leave!”

Lu Daan shook his head and laughed softly, “If it is only for General Hong to help relay a few irrelevant words of indignation, why would I risk the not-so-small risk of being suspected of party affiliation to meet you right under His Majesty the Emperor’s nose?”

Hong Lingshu heard the words and cried and laughed, you Lu Dan those words can not be considered half of the “painless” ah, maybe Wen old fox heard it is inevitable to sleep and eat difficult to eat.

Lu said slowly: “I have no old grudges with General Hong, but also belongs to the same township in Qingzhou, coupled with the court is now fostering the green party is the general trend, I Lu said I should follow the trend. And regardless of the temple ministers, only to say that the dynasty military generals, Jiangnan scholar has the Ministry of the Army right minister Xu Gong, Liaodong valiant originally wavering, do not know in Tang Tieshuang and Lu Shengxiang how to choose between, the results of today, Lu Shengxiang is no longer they can be condescending to bet on the person, they can only choose the left minister of the Ministry of the Army Tang Tieshuang.”

Hong Lingshu subconsciously nodded.

Lu Daan continued, “General Hong must have heard that the real leader of the scholars in Jiangnan Road is the old head of the Gumiao Xu Clan, Yu Jiankang, who not only has a say in the Jiangnan Road officialdom, but also has great connections in Tai’an City, and even bigwigs such as Tantan Weng, who is powerful enough to sway the direction of the temple, also has a lot of relationships with him, and Tang Tieshuang is now intentionally or unintentionally distancing himself from Cai Nan, Dong Gonghuang, and the like, and the root of this is still wanting to choose Tang Tieshuang. The root of the problem is that he wants to distance himself from Gu Jiantang, and as far as I know, the King of Changshan County, Zhao Yang, and the old general, Yang Kui, are both impressed by Tang Tiexuan, and recently, the Duke of Yan, the Marquis of Huaiyang, is also quite close to Tang Tiexuan, and the four generals of the Zhenzhi, there is already the Secretary of the Ministry of the Army, Wu Chongxuan, and Lu Shengxiang, who is already in the bag, and then Tang Tiexuan, the two of them, Xu Gong… …”

This would already be four people dividing the four seats.

So when he said here, Lu Daan laughed and lowered his voice, “Dare I ask General Hong, do you think that Wu Chongxuan, who possesses a first grade martial arts physique, will be able to live for another twenty years, is it difficult?”

The implication is that you can only wait for General Wu Chongxuan to die of old age and illness in order to get to the throne of General Hong, if there are no accidents, at least you have to obediently stay up for twenty years.

Hong Lingshu’s face was gloomy.

Lu Yan not lightly said a digression, “Jing’an Road’s strategic ambassador, and not some Tai’an City’s minister of mandarin.”

Hong Lingshu also laughed, “But Mr. Lu, is also just one of the diligence room chief masters …… with a noble status.”

Lu Dang gave a hmmm, and then did not follow.

Hong Lingshu only saw this young scholar with his eyes closed and a drunken smile.

The young man’s last words, his voice was extremely low, but it was tantamount to heavenly thunder rolling in Hong Lingshu’s ears.

“A certain secret letter totaling six hundred and eighty-two words, I, Lu Daan, am now able to recite it backwards and forwards, and that beloved one who sent the letter for the old minister well ……”

Lu Fang did not break the sky, but when he turned to leave, this teacher, raised his arm and stretched out a finger, and then gently hooked it.

After understanding that gesture, Hong Lingshu sweated in an instant.

Sima Park Hua and Jin Lan Ting, the pair of Ritual Ministry officials, rightfully traveled in pairs.

Sima Park Hua simply do not need to look at Jin Sanlang, know that the Yamen second-in-command will not give himself a good look, can not be done, in accordance with the original Ministry of Rites own people behind closed doors the results of the discussion, is to recommend Jin Lanting as the next year’s examiner of the spring exams, while the Jin Lanting will also ensure that take care of him, the Shangshu Lord’s two sons, at least one person will be able to sit in the future on the National Scholarship Sacrifices or Ministry of Rites of the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Just with the Ministry of Rites Yamen more and more high-powered, Sima Park Hua is now the threshold of the family is high, the eye is also high, not long ago, but also with has always been higher than the top of the Zhongshu Province Zhao right age also climbed on the friendship, since then, Sima Park Hua on the enlightenment of the general, the intention to change the Ministry of Rites in the head of the minister of the Shangshu Lang carry the situation of confusion, the real Sima Park Hua determined to make up his mind about the matter, is the day of the autumn unexpectedly did not become the report of the official autumn, all the people thought that that distinction, but the Ministry of Rites is also the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of the Interior is also a very important part of the Ministry of Rites. At that time, everyone thought that the honor would be competing between Jin Lanting and Yan Ji Ji, but almost no one thought that it would be Chen Wang once again to win the title, if it is said that before this, Jin Lanting is only a little inferior, then after this, no one in the courtroom of the Liyang Jin Sanlang, and Chen Shao Bao to compete for the position of the future head of the ministry.

Today, the emperor himself said that the four words of respect, but also completely extinguished the heart of Jin Lanting’s exclusive Chunwu head.

But no matter how the heart of how to view the jokes of the Jin Lanting, when the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites for a few years Sima Park Hua, even if it has been considered nearly the success of the officialdom of the dispersion of the people, still do not dare to be evil in the open face of this person.

In the final analysis, Jin Lanting these years, the Northern Liang put on that side of the strong posture, when the power, naturally, is praised, known as the iron bone, when the power is lost, can be two words. A person so forgetful of his roots, the capital officialdom actually see in the eyes.

Sima Park Hua with a regretful face consoled: “Sanlang ah, this time you have understood the meaning of his majesty, it is not that I am unwilling to help you, it is really that I have the heart but not the strength ah.”

Jin Lanting smiled blandly, “His Majesty naturally has more insight than I do as a subject, if Lord Shangshu doesn’t mind me overstepping my bounds, there is a candidate.”

Sima Park Hua was surprised, “Oh? Sanlang though, let’s hear it.”

Jin Lanting, who no longer has a beard, smiled and said, “The three president and vice president of the chunwu exams, respectively, are the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Lord Yin, who has served as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy for many years, Lord Yan of the Dongyuan Pavilion University, as well as the Ministry of the left scattered riding standing minister, Lord Chen, the Yellow Gate Lang Yan Chi Ji, Song Keli, as well as the first three of the first year of the temple exams in the first year of the xiangfu year, Li Jifu, Gao Tingshu, and Wu Congxian three people, these young and talented, can all serve as the reading post of the branch room. All of them can hold the position of reading in a separate room.”

Sima Park Hua habitually stretched out two fingers to twirl his beard, carefully weighing the pros and cons, and finally nodded his head, “This candidate, seamless, Sanlang deserves to be Sanlang.”

Jin Lanting laughed it off, clouded over.

Sima Park Hua quietly glanced obliquely at the capital’s man of the hour beside him, what a way to retreat to advance!

The old minister who was already not too optimistic about Jin Lan Ting’s prospects suddenly clenched his teeth and lowered his voice, “Sanlang, don’t worry, the day I retire to my hometown, is the time when Sanlang will be further advanced in the Ministry of Rites.”

Jin Lanting smiled without saying anything.

Sima Park Hua softly said, “Sanlang, those two indisputable children of mine at home, I’ll leave them to you in the future, make sure to take care of them.”

Walking to a place with an open view, Jin Lanting raised his head to look at the distant palace roofs that stretched out, and calmly said, “If I really have that day, it’s not impossible for the Sima family to have two Shangshu’s in one family.”

Sima Park Hua who comprehended the deeper meaning of this would smile and did not take it seriously, but was also filled with longing.

After Qi Yang Long and Huan Wen walked out side by side for some distance, as Qi Yang Long walked towards Changshan County King Zhao Yang, Tan Tan Weng also parted ways and approached Chen Wang.

Because of that blind reader, the mood of the old county king obviously did not expect the Lord of the Central Book Order will take the initiative to approach their own, a time some caught off guard, this on the Spring and Autumn military service is actually higher than the Yan Zhenchun Yang Shenxeng, the face of the old man than the Zhang Julu Huan Wen but also higher than the generation, in the end, or a few moments of reverence, the civil and military light this kind of thing, can not be applied to all people.

Qi Yanglong laughed: “Changshan County King, earlier you should not say those words with Lu Dang.”

As soon as that young scholar was mentioned, Changshan County King was unimpressed and said, “Is it possible for that kid to go to the emperor’s side and sue him? Besides, His Majesty doesn’t have the pleasure of presiding over justice over something as small as a sesame seed, does he?”

Qi Yanglong pointed to his own heart and sighed: “We readers, our hearts are very small.”

King of Changshan County laughed out loud, “What you said, Lord Qi, how in the world can there be a scholar who is so bad about himself.”

Qi Yanglong joked, “Otherwise why is it said that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge?”

Changshan County King was stunned, suddenly said: “Qi adults so say, this king will understand, with our martial arts is not quite the same, we ah, are today’s revenge today, never overnight.”

Qi Yanglong for no reason to lament: “the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, the temple is the civil and military meteorological, and ultimately the time of the death of the country, are full of civil ministers wantonly loud, military ministers have only hemmed and hawed.”

Changshan County King wondered, “Hey, this king initially thought that Lord Qi was helping that boy surnamed Lu, now he is a bit confused.”

Qi Yanglong laughed, “Before I entered the capital, I didn’t feel anything, but now I feel more and more that there are too few, too few, martial artists like the Changshan County King in the courtroom.”

The old county king collected his expression, “Lord Qi has something to say straight, and then so cloudy, this king’s bottom of this heart can be really half not solid, not as good as directly scolding the king a few sentences to be painful.”

Qi Yanglong shook his head and left with a big stride.

Door under the province of the two big brother, Huan Wen and Chen Wang walked together, the two in addition to official business dealings, in fact, can not talk about too much personal friendship.

Huan Wen opened the door and said, “Chen Wang ah, don’t be angry when I say it, although you and that Sun Yin are both from Northern Liang, but in fact, this old man of mine doesn’t like you as a person.”

Chen Wang seems unsurprised, softly laughed: “Things are gathered in groups, Tantan Weng true nature, naturally like to interact with Sun Yin, like me this kind of joy and anger does not show the color of the guy, the official gas craftsman gas is too heavy, on the body of the elegant bone is not enough a few weight, Tantan Weng born out of the heart of the proximity of the heart, is also in the reason.”

Huan Wen raised his eyes and looked not far ahead, there are Yan Jiexi and Han Lin walking together, and Cai Nan deliberately with Tang Tieshuang distance, all kinds of small scenes, are officialdom university question.

Huan Wen was stunned.

Chen Wang asked, “What is Tan Tan Weng thinking about?”

The old man’s eyes were in a trance, and his voice was hoarse, “Guns are busy, everyone is smart, and the organs are all calculated.”

Chen Wang was speechless.

The old man turned his head and asked, “Is it true that every dynasty is hard to escape this?”

Chen Wang nodded, but then shook his head.

What an old man with an old mind hmmm, there was no need for Chen Wang to explain anything at all.

The old man put his hands behind his back and smiled bitterly, “The smartest people under the sky are all here. As a result, the rest of the idiots and fools have all run there.”

The old man was silent for a moment and finally called out Chen Wang’s name.

Chen Wang said softly, “Tan Tan Weng please speak.”

The old man bristled, “If, and I mean if, if there comes a day when someone needs to stand up and speak some justice for those fools, and I’m dead by then, why don’t you say a few words?”

Chen Wang stopped and pursed his lips tightly, not giving an immediate reply.

The old man did not continue to wait patiently either, and slowly walked forward, muttering, “How sad it is when the entire world is left with only us smart people.”