It was past noon, it was the most lively time of the day in Chang'an, and the Qinglong Temple outside the Yanxing Gate should have gathered at this time, but the closed temple door seemed to tell what was happening. A convoy drove into the city from outside the Yanxing Gate, and after a pause when passing by the Qinglong Temple, an old man in one of the carriages poked his head out, and couldn't help frowning when he saw this unusual scene.

Soon, there were attendants who made low-key inquiries about the situation, but soon bad people ran out of the nearby alleys, intending to drive them away. The old man did not want to confront it, so he ordered the convoy to move on, and no longer paid attention to the bad people who seemed to be a little arrogant.

This old man is none other than Prime Minister Fang Xuan, and when he set out on the expedition more than half a year ago, he was still the focus of attention in the city, and his power and prestige also reached the peak of his life. However, when he returned today, he was driven away by bad people. Its treatment is simply like heaven and earth, and it is difficult to say the same.

However, Fang Xuan has already seen all this, if it weren't for karma, he would probably have become a piece of loess now. The people in power in the court will never forgive a prime minister who has lost his army, and because of this, he has become more and more low-key after returning to Chang'an.

It's just that he didn't want to care, but the other old man who was in the same car with him was full of anger.

"It's just a few bad people, why don't you show your identity?"

Fang Xuan smiled bitterly:

"Two identities, how different is it to bring humiliation on yourself!"

Returning to Chang'an with him was the "deputy marshal" Li Siye, who led the army with him, and Li Siye's troops were almost lost, if it wasn't for Qin Jin to take him in, I'm afraid the end would not be better.

Both of them are now considered to be the aftermath of the catastrophe, and their state of mind when they returned to Chang'an is naturally full of contradictions and entanglements, on the one hand, they are unwilling to be high-profile, intending to avoid people's criticism as much as possible, and on the other hand, it is difficult to accept this kind of status gap.

Fang Xuan is better, he has already prepared for the worst, even if the courtiers say that he can be killed, he is willing to accept it calmly, after all, he has also been the prime minister of one dynasty, if he doesn't even have this responsibility, the future history books don't know how to criticize himself.

"General, listen to the old man, you and I are both the commanders of the defeated army, don't treat Qin Jin with the attitude when we were in Luoyang, otherwise everyone will say that when you and I can be killed, who else can you count on to save us?"

Li Siye was silent, he was not a reckless man, and naturally he didn't want to die so worthless, but it was emotionally difficult to accept for him to bow his head to Qin Jin, a person with ill intentions.

I saw him slam his fist on the wall of the carriage, and the whole carriage trembled.

"I really don't know what virtues the Chang'an Forbidden Army has, how can I make the Shenwu Army take advantage?"

Li Siye's complaint was caused by feelings, and in his opinion, if the imperial court could be normal, it would not have come to this point.

"What does this have to do with the forbidden army? The situation before the fall of Chang'an was extremely complicated, the prince, the Zhang family, Li Fuguo, and even Yu Chaoen were all secretly competing.

Li Siye smashed it on the wall of the carriage again, so frightened that Fang Xuan hurriedly held him down.

"If you smash it again, this carriage will collapse!"

Seeing that Li Siye was silent, Fang Xuan said again:

"The old man heard the wind when he was in Luoyang, Qin Jin intends to send troops back to Anxi, maybe the general's opportunity has come again!"

These words touched Li Siye, he was only fifty, and he was already half a head of gray hair, all of which were caused by several defeats, thinking that he would die like this from now on, and now that he heard that he had the hope of returning to Anxi, how could he not be moved?

"Xianggong is saying that Qin Jin is still going to use me?"

Fang Xuan Road:

"After all, the general has been in Anxi for many years, and I heard that Liang Zai did not obey the dispatch of the imperial court, if the general goes back, he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort! Qin Jin will not be unexpected......

Li Siye let out a long sigh:

"It's good to go back to Anxi, you don't have to intrigue in the court, out of sight, quiet!"

Fang Xuan Road:

"The general also has to be mentally prepared, even if he returns to Anxi, it is impossible for the master of the army to fall on the general!"

"This ...... Is there anything more suitable? Just rely on the few yellow-mouthed juniors of the Shenwu Army? How many of them have been to Anxi?"

Li Siye was a little resentful, but he also understood that what Fang Xuan said was right, how could Qin Jin appoint someone who opposed him as the main general? In other words, he would not be so stupid, just thinking about it, he couldn't help but be a little frustrated.

"There is also General Duan, who will be reactivated by the imperial court, and now it is far from the point where Ma Fang Nanshan is released, and there is no need to be pessimistic, but the old man may have to be so old!"

Fang Xuan knows that he is not the material to lead the army, and now the DPRK has its own prime minister to lead the government, he, the former prime minister and the identity of the commander of the defeated army, is already the best end to be shelved and idle, if someone has a grudge and proposes to impeach him, I believe that there will be no fewer Jing Cong.

The carriage suddenly stopped, and the driver's voice sounded from outside the carriage.

"It's here!"

Hearing this, Fang Xuan hurriedly straightened his clothes, and the first stop when he returned to Chang'an was not to go to the post house, but to go directly to the Shenwu Army Marshal Hall in the north of the city to meet Qin Jin. It has become the political center of Chang'an City, not only the prime minister has to report here every day, but also the military orders of the forbidden army in the city are also derived from this.

Although he was not in Chang'an, he had heard a lot and knew that the Shenwu Army had become the only forbidden army controlling Chang'an, and Qin Jin, as the commander of the Shenwu Army, had naturally become the ruler of this thousand-year-old capital.

However, Fang Xuan still has many questions that have not been solved, no matter how powerful Qin Jin is, he is just a person who leads the troops, why does he obey these officials with different minds in the Manchu Dynasty?

There were already military officials waiting outside the gate, and there were more than 100 people surrounded by layers, Fang Xuan and Li Siye couldn't help but be startled when they saw such a scene, they wanted to keep a low profile, but they didn't expect that there would be such a big movement in the military marshal hall of the Shenwu Army.

The two of them looked at it closely, and the people were surrounded by Qin Jin, the imperial historian.

Qin Jin personally greeted him at the gate of Yuan, which was also an unexpected joy for Fang Xuan and Li Siye.

If according to their former rank and status, even if they were welcomed out of the city for ten miles, it would not be too much, but now it is not what it used to be, and it is enough for Qin Jin to stand at the gate to greet him in person.

After a simple greeting, Fang and Li were invited into the handsome hall, and after they were seated separately, Qin Jin looked at the two, although they were covered with wind and dust, they also had their own spirit, and there was no obvious fatigue revealed.

"Qin has already set up a banquet, when the time comes, let's go to the back hall to get drunk and rest!"

Shuai Tang is a place to discuss official affairs, of course, you can't hold a banquet here, and Qin Jin still has important matters to discuss with them.

Qin Jin's attitude far exceeded Fang and Li's expectations, and the specifications of the reception were not only for the two convicts who were to be convicted.

However, there must still be an attitude that should be there, and Fang Xuan placed himself in the right position.

"How dare a guilty man hold a banquet ...... the doctor"

Qin Jin smiled:

"Xianggong has contributed a lot to stabilizing Luoyang, how can we talk about guilty?

Fang Xuan's old eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, he really couldn't imagine that Qin Jin would actually have to protect himself at this time.

"Ashamed, ashamed......"

Only Li Siye sat upright on the side, silent, neither talking to Qin Jin nor looking at Fang Xuan. He has his position, this world belongs to the Son of Heaven, Qin Jin is now elevating the Son of Heaven and turning the Son of Heaven into a puppet in his palm, which is extremely unacceptable.

"The imperial court has intended to set up a Chengjun prison, and Qin Jin thinks that the duty of sacrificing wine is none other than the minister!"

"Sungkyun Prison?"

Fang Xuan was only stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what this Chengjun Prison was. Gu Zhiyao Shun set up a school in order to educate the people, and the name was Chengjun, and now Qin Jin has made a Chengjun prison, which is clearly to avoid Guozijian and set up a place to recruit talents from all over the world.

From this point alone, Fang Xuan knew that it was no accident that Qin Jin was able to control the situation in Chang'an, and that scholars were the foundation of the world, and only by pinching the lifeblood of scholars could we choke the lifeblood of the entire world.

"Guozijian has long since become a place where the children of the lords and nobles eat and drink, and there is a miasma of black smoke, how can we store talents for the imperial court?

When he said Ye Wuxian's words, Qin Jin's tone had a special smile in his tone, and Fang Xuan knew that this was referring to the story that had happened between Li Linfu and the Emperor Taishang. In order to consolidate his power, Li Linfu deposed all the scholars who took the examination, and in turn told Li Longji that there were no sages left behind in the world.

Such a ridiculous reason can only be thought of by Li Linfu, and only Li Longji can believe it!

Qin Jin really looked down on this Taiping emperor for more than 40 years in his heart, and the world of the Tang Dynasty fell to such a point, all from the hands of this person.

"Of course, it is absolutely impossible to be a wild and virtuous, but from now on, the inspection and appointment of officials must make way for the imperial examination step by step, even if the family is talented, it is only through the imperial examination that it is considered the right path, after 20 years, those who are not Jinshi and the first are not allowed to enter the cabinet for the ......"

This was set by Qin Jin a long time ago, but Fang Xuan didn't know it, and he couldn't help but be moved after hearing it. He himself is a big family in Guanzhong, and the official is also under the shadow of his father and started from Hongwensheng, if Qin Jin's plan is completed, the world's talents will only be left with the imperial examination to leap into the dragon gate, it is really hard to think about what the situation is.

But there is one thing, Fang Xuan can be sure that if a * person replaces the chaju and becomes the mainstream, the power of the family will be gradually weakened, is this a means for Qin and Jin to weaken the local gate valve?

Comparatively speaking, Fang Xuan's instrument bureau is still small after all, he always considers a matter from the conflict of interest, but he did not expect that once this system is determined, it will become the best means to stabilize the political situation.