Gu Qingning finally got Shen Fangyi out of the Ministry of Industry.

Gu Qingxuan did not save him in the end, but fulfilled Gu Qingning's wish, implemented his crime, and turned Shen Xiulin's case out. After being investigated by the Criminal Department, Shen Xiulin was still convicted, and both father and son were imprisoned.

Shen Fangyi's punishment was actually not heavy, and Gu Qingxuan was still merciful.

However, Shen Xiulin's punishment was much heavier, and he was sentenced to exile and sent to the frontier, and he was not allowed to return to Chang'an for life, and he was not allowed to take the test for fame, which was indeed too cruel for such a young man.

Gu Qingxuan had another purpose.

Shen Fangyi did not compromise easily, he thought that Gu Qingxuan was harming him from the beginning, so he refused to admit his guilt no matter what, and kept writing in prison, asking the court to thoroughly investigate Gu Qingxuan, avenge his son, and accuse Gu Qingxuan of framing innocence.

The night before Shen Xiulin was escorted into exile, Gu Qingxuan went to the prison of the Criminal Department to see Shen Fangyi, asked him to sign a confession, and wrote to withdraw the charges against Gu Qingxuan.

Shen Fangyi confessed to the crime of deceiving the court to buy private officials, and the Criminal Department commuted his sentence to 20 years in prison.

All the property of the Shen family was confiscated and confiscated and deposited into the treasury.

The Criminal Department commuted Shen Xiulin's murder crime and sentenced him to two years in prison, after which he regained his freedom and did no great harm to his future.

The Shen family in Luoyang is rich and rivals the country, and the Shen family in Chang'an City is naturally very rich, and Shen Fangyi's furniture is far above the same officials.

Another large sum of wealth went into the treasury.

This is the reason why the emperor turned a blind eye to Shen Fangyi's accusation against Gu Qingxuan, and the court was the same.

The gentleman is not guilty, but he is guilty.

For a group of people who are superior in their own conditions, their small mistakes are heinous crimes, and a small flaw may become the starting point of a full collapse, and the rout will be much faster than ordinary people.

Shen Fangyi was in prison, pointing at Gu Qingxuan's face and scolding him for doing everything he could to get money for the imperial court.

But he didn't know that this was not in Gu Qingxuan's plan to revitalize his national strength, but by accident because Gu Qingning was involved, he just took advantage of the situation.

Gu Qingxuan's real plan was much more ruthless than this.

……

Whether it is Shen Fangyi or Gu Qingxuan, it is not the focus of the Great Qi Imperial Court, and now the attention inside and outside the court is the sealing ceremony of the new prime minister.

Yin Jiheng got his wish, and before the hundred officials, he took over the seal from Chen Jingxing, announced that he would enter the political hall, and the court would be opened on the same day to assist the king and prime minister in state affairs.

This is the second ceremony after the emperor succeeded to the throne, and the first time, it was Lu Yuanzhi who knelt in front of the Golden Palace to receive the seal.

I especially remember the majestic appearance of the first minister of state, Yu Xuanang, at the ceremony, the new emperor Chen Jingxing gave Lu Yuanzhi a supporting role, the grand momentum, people can clearly see the rise of the pillars of the dynasty, see the birth of a thousand generations of rich and famous, but it has only been two years, the one who gave the seal is still Chen Jingxing, and the one who received the seal has been replaced by someone else.

In the sound of ceremonial music, the hundred officials stood solemnly, they knelt down to worship the mountain with respect and shouted long live, kowtowed to congratulate the new minister, Yin Jiheng was sealed, bowed down and bowed three times to thank the Lord Longen, extremely humble, got up and faced the hundred officials, swore an oath, spoke sincerely, worried about the country and the people.

This is the second appearance of a country in Daqi.

And the emperor on the dragon throne was condescending, his gaze swept over Yin Jiheng's shoulders and cast his gaze on the civil and military officials below, passing over the blurred faces of each of them without a trace.

At this moment, for them, the attention is not Yin Jiheng, nor the emperor, but the seal of the emperor's handover, they can only hide their desire for it by deliberately covering it up, and the real gaze under the cover is like a knife like fire, full of murderous anger, and a moth to a fire.

The Manchu officials present were all fantasizing about the day when it would be their turn to win the pinnacle of power.

And at the top, the man wondered - who was next?

His gaze stopped at the nearest place at the bottom of the stairs, and the Yushi group, like other officials, were more concerned about the rare Xiangyin in Yin Jiheng's hands, and only one of them was looking at Yin Jiheng who was holding the Xiangyin.

After entering the political affairs hall, Yin Jiheng's first thing was to select capable ministers as state assistants and form a new political cabinet. Guofu can have two, equivalent to the prime minister's deputy, is the second product, second only to the prime minister in the political hall, in the hundred officials, the status is slightly inferior to the left and right Si Cheng, higher than the six Shangshu, the most important thing is that if the candidate is particularly excellent, when the prime minister is vacant, the emperor will first consider the successor candidate in the national assistant and then consider the imperial historian and the left and right Si Cheng, so this position has attracted much attention.

Yin Jiheng's first consideration was Gu Qingxuan, he knew Gu Qingxuan's skills too well, and thought that he would definitely be able to give himself great benefits in the early stage when he joined the political affairs hall.

He mentioned to Gu Qingxuan, first, he really had the intention of promoting him, and second, he wanted to test Gu Qingxuan's ambitions.

And Gu Qingxuan directly refused, indicating that he had no intention of entering the political hall.

He recommended two people to Yin Jiheng, one was Qin Yongnian in the imperial history.

Gu Qingxuan considered that although Qin Yongnian was old and had no great talent, he had been an official under Yin Jiheng for so many years, Yin Jiheng knew him well and was easy to control, and he was old, and there were many officials sponsored by him in the court, which was very popular, if Yin Jiheng took the initiative to mention him as a national assistant, he would be grateful and the most loyal to Yin Jiheng.

There is another person, Qiao Huai'an.

The work together in these days made Gu Qingxuan see very clearly that he was a real talent of the auxiliary country.

Gu Qingxuan's recommendation made Yin Jiheng a little surprised, he really didn't know Qiao Huai'an, and after thinking for a while, he remembered such a person, he thought: "He is too low-key, he doesn't have a party in the court, I'm afraid no one will support and believe him......, right? It's a bit ......."

Gu Qingxuan almost burst out laughing, "Heh, Prime Minister Yin, then do you know why he doesn't form a party?"

Yin Jiheng had nothing to do.

He continued: "He does not form a party because he has only one party, and one is enough!"

Yin Jiheng was even more puzzled: "Who?"

"Your Majesty. ”

Yin Jiheng was speechless for a while, and suddenly realized.

Gu Qingxuan said: "So, if Prime Minister Yin also wants to become the emperor's party, he must be used." ”

……

Yin Jiheng wrote and promoted Qin Yongnian and Qiao Huaian to be the ministers of the State Auxiliary Department of Political Affairs. After discussing for a long time, it was finally confirmed that the two of them came out of the ranks of the Imperial History Terrace together, received a letter of appointment stamped with the national seal, and settled in the political hall.

Qiao Huai'an's promotion surprised most people in the DPRK, including himself.

However, this matter was in line with Emperor Chen Jing's expectations, and he readily agreed, but the hundred officials did not say much, and secretly speculated.

Qiao Huaian was finally pushed to the front of the people, and went to the political hall to discuss politics under a lot of pressure and public opinion, Yin Jiheng deliberately wooed him, was very eager for him, and constantly gave him the opportunity to stand out, intending to let him stand out in the court.

didn't expect this to cause Qin Yongnian's dissatisfaction. Qiao Huai'an was originally just a new four-rank superintendent of the imperial history, working under him, he had never paid attention to him, who wanted to blink an eye, but he was on an equal footing with himself, this opportunity he had waited for for most of his life, but that person easily got it, how could Qin Yongnian be convinced? Although his face was as usual, he already resented Yin Jiheng in his heart.

On the day that the two Guofu were confirmed, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan were a little frustrated, they felt that it was a pity that their father did not serve as Guofu.

Gu Qingxuan disagreed, looked at the two of them, and said, "It's a pity, it's gratifying." You must know that sometimes the level of a position does not mean the size of the power, and only those who can control the person sitting in that position can become the real winner. The government hall is in charge of state affairs, the Yushitai is in the field of personnel, and the people in charge of state affairs are people, which do you say is the most beneficial to us? As soon as Yin Jiheng withdraws and Qin Yongnian withdraws, this Yushitai is all under the control of his father, this is a great thing, what do you sigh about?"

Gu Qingning understood and asked, "Father wants to ...... Don't enter the political affairs hall, but control the political affairs hall? Prime Minister Yin is still counting on his father, Qin Yongnian is easy to provoke and contain, as for Qiao Huai'an......"

Gu Qingxuan looked at the congratulatory crowd in front of him, there were two batches, one was to congratulate Qin Yongnian, the crowd was very lively, and the other was to congratulate Qiao Huai'an, only a few people were deserted, he said: "As for him, he will not be controlled by me, nor will he be used by Yin Jiheng, and ...... He is in the political hall, so that His Majesty can rest assured. ”

……

"When the emperor and the emperor's uncle inspected the south of the Yangtze River, and Mr. acquaintance, Mr. was not yet 20 years old at the time, the emperor appreciated Mr.'s talent and character, and Mr. regardless of the identity of the year, as a brother, and the emperor showed his identity, invited Mr. to enter the court as an official, but Mr. fled, the imperial uncle found Mr., Mr. escaped twice......"

"That's because, the minister's father was a traitor to the first dynasty, and committed the crime of copying and beheading all over the house, and the minister escaped by luck when he was young, but he was a sinner in the end, after knowing the identity of the emperor, how could he not be afraid? How could he dare to enter the official career? But he didn't expect that the prince of Jin would take out the Danshu iron coupon for the minister to get rid of the crime of Zhulian and protect the minister to enter the official ......"

"Back then, my father was the same as I am today, in this imperial study, Mr. Ren chose his own official position, and Mr. only received a six-rank official title, entered the Lingyan Pavilion as an auxiliary scholar, and chose to be my auxiliary scholar, when I was only ten years old, the most unfavored by the emperor. Since then, I have always regarded him as a teacher. When I was seventeen years old, I confessed to Mr. that he wanted to compete for the storage position, but Mr. refused to help, but asked him to be the imperial envoy of the patrol and serve outside the country all the year round......"

"Your Majesty is a strange minister?"

"No, I don't blame Mr. I, Mr. I'm respecting. He said, "So did the first emperor." In fact, the former emperor has always been well aware of the battle for the succession, because he also came over like that, before the death of the first emperor, he told me that the failure of the gentleman in the succession is a great achievement, and the talent of the gentleman is not used to plot to seize the throne, but to be able to loyally protect the country. ”

"So, sir, I have won the throne, and in the future, I want Mr. to help me keep this throne in the world. ”

On that day, in the imperial study, Qiao Huai'an, who had just returned to Chang'an, knelt down solemnly in front of the new emperor of Daqi, and bowed to the ground: "Obey the holy will! Loyal to our emperor, God bless Daqi!"

Chen Jingxing knew that there might be thousands of courtiers chanting these eight words with great devotion in front of him, but I am afraid that Qiao Huai'an was the only one who truly believed in this sentence.

……

In the second year of the new emperor's accession to the throne, he changed from an obscure six-rank official to a minister of the Great Qi State.

After Yin Jiheng recommended him, before the official appointment, he went to the imperial study to resign from Chen Jingxing, but Chen Jingxing did not follow him, but said: "No matter what their intentions are, they just did what I wanted to do, anyway, sir, you, the Minister of State and Auxiliary, should be decided." ”

"Sir has been dormant for more than ten years, and it's time to come out and make a big difference. ”

"No, the time has not yet come, they are tempting...... Who the hell is it?"

……

His thoughts were mixed, and he speculated with a little anxiety that when he walked on the palace road of the scattered dynasty, someone came to congratulate him, and he had no intention of coping with it, so he took care of himself.

This kind of situation happened to Qiao Huai'an, which is very rare, because he is always only a bystander, the most sober and the most secretive.

He watched a good show in the court, was well aware of the situation, waited for the opportunity, and he has been doing a good job, playing the role of this outsider vividly.

But why is this happening now? I'm still involved.

It's like an invisible hand, pushing him hard, pushing him into the game and becoming an insider.

Who is it?

"Qiao Guofu. ”

A hand reached out from behind, approached him, and with a force, patted him on the shoulder.

Qiao Huai'an, who was thinking out of his mind, couldn't help but be surprised, turned around, and saw Gu Qingxuan's humble and smiling face.

He saluted him and said loudly: "Xiaguan congratulates Master Qiao on his ascension to the high position of national assistant. ”

Before he had time to change into a new official uniform, the two of them were still wearing the same official uniforms of the Imperial Historian, standing opposite each other, he looked at Gu Qingxuan, trying to find a flaw in his calm complexion.

Then he said bluntly: "I'm afraid that I still have to thank you, Master Gu, right?"

Gu Qingxuan's expression on his face changed naturally and seamlessly, "What does Master Qiao mean?"

The more natural he was, the more accurate Qiao Huai'an's intuition became, and he smiled calmly: "Yin Cheng doesn't know much about me, but he suddenly recommended me as a national assistant, this should be the advice you gave him, Lord Gu, right?" I really didn't expect that I reminded Lord Gu a little before, and Lord Gu gave me such a high official position, I really can't repay it." ”

Gu Qingxuan thought about it for a while, stopped pretending, and said with a straight smile: "Lord Qiao is serious. Gu only admired Lord Qiao very much, so he would advise and recommend the adult, and he had no other intentions. Having a high position, Lord Qiao should be happy, why do you not like it?"

Qiao Huai'an said: "Master Gu must not believe that there are people in Chang'an City who are not interested in fame and fortune, right?"

Gu Qingxuan smiled, looked at him, and said, "Gu believes it, and believes that you are one of them, Master Qiao." However, there may be people who do not seek fame and benefits, but no one has nothing to bear, some people only bear the burden of power and vanity, and some people bear the burden of family and country, no matter which one they are, they have to fight for and snatch for this burden, what if they are interested in fame and fortune, what if they do not seek fame and fortune? In the end, they are following the same road, and no one can stay out of it. ”

"Lord Qiao, what you bear may not be the desire for power, but you are destined to enter this power bureau, so ......"

He faced Qiao Huai'an, walked backwards, behind him was the majestic palace gate, spread his arms, and said with a smile: "Welcome, Qiao Guofu." ”

No one can hide and hide, and watch from the sidelines......

What a pair of sharp eyes are that?

He can see through the world and see through all the entanglements of fame and fortune, but the world can't read what he thinks and wants.

Gu Qingxuan, Gu Qingxuan......

……

Half a month later, Chen Jingxing promoted Gu Qingxuan to the title of Yushitai Yushizhongcheng, and before the Yushi Dafu was decided, he was in charge of the official affairs of Yushitai and led the implementation of the "Reward Order".

The new official has three fires in office, let alone the appearance of a country?

The movement was naturally extraordinary.

Less than half a month after being promoted to prime minister, Yin Jiheng officially presented the emperor - in order to rejuvenate the country, it is necessary to make drastic innovations, the first of all, to suppress business and rejuvenate agriculture.

In his submission, he clearly pointed out that after more than a month of implementation of the "Reward Order", it can be clearly seen that the private property of the court officials is rich, but now the country is poor and the officials are rich, and this is closely related to the officials' reckless profits in foreign business.

After all, if there is anyone in the world who is most proud of doing business, it is the court officials who hold great power, and their power can bring them the most accessible business access and profits.

This kind of business has never been an equal business, and it involves too much power and money trading, and even many officials have abused their power, disrupted the market, and been corrupted by the desire for profit, which not only has failed the conduct of officials, but has also done great harm to those who do business in the private sector.

Power and profit, for court officials, should only exist the same.

Therefore, he suggested that the imperial court should establish an official system - officials and their blood relatives within the three clans were not allowed to do business, and the direct descendants of merchants were not allowed to enter the government.

At present, all incumbent officials must report their family business to the Ministry of Households, and hand over all of them to the "Zhenye Division" specially set up by the Ministry of Households, so that they can retain the private property they have acquired, and will not be confiscated by the imperial court, but will only turn all their businesses into state-run enterprises.

Taking into account the interests of officials, the imperial court should raise the official salary, double the overall value, and the welfare of Fuyin can be re-implemented and increased to twice a year, and the amount of Fuyin should be increased to five times the original amount.

……

This gesture of his set off an uproar in the court, and many officials were indignant and resolutely opposed it, and the court became a mess from top to bottom.

However, Yin Jiheng took the initiative to hand over his own business first, and it was difficult for them to say that they were unconvinced, and they were all afraid of the prestige of the new prime minister, so they were stuck for a while, and they waited for the emperor to make a decision.