It was dark, and Jiang Hechuan brought Gu Qingfeng back to Jiang Yue Tower.

After Gu Qingfeng finished bathing and changing, he asked Steward Zhang to call a doctor to treat his injuries, and personally helped Gu Qingfeng with medicine, and asked him: "Why did your master hit you so hard? What did you do wrong and he beat you like this?"

Gu Qingfeng lowered his eyelashes, "He said that he wanted to pass on the Hong family's family business to me, but I didn't agree......"

Jiang Hechuan was stunned, but it was easy to figure it out: "Hmm...... In fact, it is understandable that your master really cultivated you as his own son, and if he doesn't marry a wife or have children, doesn't he just point to you......?

"Uncle thinks I should accept it? I don't think I can ...... My father and they killed so many senior brothers of the Heluo Sword Sect, how could I be the heir of the Heluo Sword Sect with a clear conscience?The Gu family has failed my master......" Gu Qingfeng said sadly.

Jiang Hechuan patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be like this, Qingfeng, even if there is a mistake, it is your father, your sister, and your brother's fault." Your master loves you and values you, what does it have to do with the others? Don't think nonsense...... Eh, it's also to blame my uncle for not being good, why did he let you know the truth? What good did it do you? It obviously has nothing to do with you......

"Why is it irrelevant? I am both a member of the Heluo Sword Sect and the son of the Gu family, and I can't stay out of these two grievances. Wrong, it's wrong......"

Jiang Hechuan sighed again and again: "The child has suffered for you, and there is such a family." I really can't understand how a person like your father can have a righteous son like you?"

Gu Qingfeng didn't want Jiang Hechuan to feel uncomfortable for himself, so he joked and laughed at himself: "Yes, my master also said that I am a miracle of the Gu family, not like Gu Qingxuan's own ......."

Jiang Hechuan didn't react for a moment, and when he heard this, he just looked at Gu Qingfeng blankly.

"Uncle, what's wrong?" Gu Qingfeng noticed that Jiang Hechuan's face was wrong and asked.

Jiang Hechuan reacted, avoided his inquiring gaze, and shook his head: "It's nothing...... Uncle is going to get some food for you. “

After that, Jiang Hechuan left the guest room, closed the door, and stood outside the door for a while, remembering Gu Qingfeng's first night back to Chang'an, at that time, it was not Gu Qingfeng who accidentally went to the door of the guest room to hear the conversation between Hong Luotian and Gu Qingxuan, but he arrived earlier than Gu Qingfeng, and Gu Qingfeng found out that he was eavesdropping, and he later misled Gu Qingfeng with hints, so that Gu Qingfeng could hear the secrets of his father and his master......

Jiang Hechuan was very entangled in his heart, and he was uneasy, and when he went downstairs and met Steward Zhang, he asked Steward Zhang to send Gu Qingfeng some delicious food and drink, and he went up to the fourth floor with a heavy heart, and went to the opposite guest room 'Yangming Pavilion'.

When he entered the 'Yangming Pavilion', he saw that the door connected to the 'Yuehuaju' was open, and the person appeared in front of him unexpectedly......

"River. ”

Sitting there was the newly promoted Jin Wangzheng Concubine Xiao Wang.

He was carried away by the surprise for a while, although he met her frequently in the past few days, he was still very happy every time, "Ji Hua ......"

Xiao Jihua asked him: "Have you done what I told you last time?" Why did I hear that Gu Qingxuan's initial discussion of business reform was still very smooth?"

Jiang Hechuan's heart was cold, and his face was sad: "Ji Hua...... Does it have to be like this? Sangu is not an enemy...... I believe in them, and they believe in me, instead of fighting with them for anything, it is better to achieve each other with them, and we have been like this for so many years, and we have had a smooth ride...... Besides, it's not good to be relative to them, Gu Qingxuan, he is the one who can see through me at a glance, after so many years, they are my relatives......"

Xiao Jihua chuckled disdainfully: "It turns out that you haven't made up your mind yet, and you are lying to me before that you promised me?"

"It's not. Ji Hua, how could I lie to you? I understand what you said, and I promise you to deal with the Gu family...... But you know, it's going to be tough for me, I'm ...... I'm just a little hesitant. ”

She sat down beside him and pressed over him with a cold face, "Hesitation? But you have to figure out who your 'relatives' are. Do you want to do something for your son? To put it bluntly, now it's the Jin Wangfu and the Gu family, you have to choose a side, you can do it!"

Jiang Hechuan is a sharp weapon against the Gu family, all she has to do is to control him, and she now has enough bargaining chips.

Sure enough, Jiang Hechuan hung his head in frustration, not arguing with her about anything.

"Can you let me meet him?" he asked.

Xiao Jihua put on a white gauze hat and got up to leave: "I'll talk about it when you're done 'hesitating'." ”

She walked to the door and was about to open the door, when Jiang Hechuan asked again: "You...... What do you want me to do?"

Under the white veil, she smiled, turned around, lifted the curtain, and her attitude was absolute, "You are the one who knows them best, only you can find their weaknesses, control them, and defeat them." As I said before, I used Gu Qingfeng to make Gu Qingxuan collapse...... Or slow him down and make him less of the limelight!"

"However, I also know, Hechuan, this is really difficult for you, I don't force you, I just need your attitude, and you can take your time after that...... For the rest, I believe that the prince has his own plans. ”

……

"Hundreds of officials in the court, which official position is the person...... The most boring?"

In the tea room on the top floor of Jiang Yuelou, Jiang Hechuan was entertaining his in-laws Yang Longxing, and the two chatted.

Yang Longxing spit out the toothpick in his mouth, sat sideways on the back of the floor chair, had just used wine and food, with a drunken red tide on his face, thought about it, and answered his in-laws' question seriously: "Six books of Shangshu......"

"Why? Lord Shangshu is in charge of a lot of things, and he's still bored?" Jiang Hechuan was puzzled.

Yang Longxing said: "I used to be a secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and I also did a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so I feel like this...... You must know that although Shang Shu is the highest official of the first department, there are still the left and right divisions of each official and three departments above him, and they are all under the direct control of the prime minister, so they can't be idle at all, and can only try to interfere in every possible way...... No, he instructed the internal affairs of the three subordinate departments so that he could show his role. So Shangshu doesn't actually have to do anything within the responsibilities of the headquarters, if he happens to have a capable squire under his command, then Shangshu is completely an ornament, unless he wants to or he can suppress the squire......"

"What does Shangshu usually do?" Jiang Hechuan was interested.

Yang Longxing rarely thought clearly, and blurted out: "There are only three main things that Shangshu has to do, first, formulate government decrees and grasp the strategy......"

Jiang Hechuan couldn't help but interject: "That is, to speak big words to Your Majesty and lie to colleagues?"

Yang Longxing sneered, nodded convincingly, and continued: "Second, push the executive order and implement the strategy......"

"You mean, consolidate your position and suppress your subordinates?"

Yang Longxing nodded again: "Third, and most importantly, to obtain support for the headquarters and maintain the image of the court of the headquarters." ”

"You mean, for the ministry and the court to ask for more silver, and to do it with the people who question the ministry in the court, so that no one can expose the lies you say?"

Yang Longxing raised a glass to him: "Boss Jiang, you have this kind of awareness, you should become an official!"

Jiang Hechuan smiled, "There should be exceptions, right? Shangshu's grade is so much higher than that of Shilang, so it's so easy to do?"

Yang Longxing took a big breath and swallowed a glass of wine: "Of course there are exceptions, and the Hubu Shangshu is an exception! Since I became the Hubu Shangshu, I have realized how one-sided my previous cognition was. Tsk, especially the Hubu Shangshu of this dynasty, is definitely the most tired, bitter and unflattering official of the imperial court!"

"So Gu Qingxuan let you be a ......" Thinking of this, Jiang Hechuan couldn't help but laugh and casually told the truth.

Yang Longxing's face inevitably darkened, but he didn't delve into him, he looked depressed, and sighed: "My family, this time Gu Qingxuan is playing big, and he won't give us a way to live......"

"What's the matter? He asked you for silver? No, Gu Qingxuan is the best at getting silver, and it stands to reason that he will only give silver to the household...... But he advocated a New Deal. Will it make you suffer a big loss?" Jiang Hechuan asked.

He put down the wine glass, poured another glass, and filled the glass in front of Jiang Hechuan with his hand, and asked Jiang Hechuan: "Have you heard him say the content of the new deal?" I think he must have revealed it to you in advance......

Jiang Hechuan lowered his eyes and pondered: "I have heard a little, you mean about the commercial reform part, he asked the imperial court to allocate money to help the expansion of private business?"

Yang Longxing bowed, looked at Jiang Hechuan and said: "Do you know the 'Zhenye Division' established by the Ministry of Household for commercial reform? Originally, I thought it was just temporarily established to take over the private business of the officials, but I didn't expect that this division that Gu Qingxuan asked the imperial court to set up would have a great effect...... The first step is to settle accounts with the officials and draw a clear line between officials and business, and the second step is what he will take, that is, to ask the imperial court to interfere in civil and commercial business, and the Zhenye Division is specifically responsible for this ......"

He stopped halfway through his words, Jiang Hechuan realized it himself, and then he said: "And now that the 'Zhenye Division' is in your hands, you can decide which businesses the imperial court will allocate money to support...... You won't be thinking about ......."

Yang Longxing patted the back of his hand: "Well, this is going to be a team-up between you and me, we are definitely profitable." No matter how tightly Gu Qingxuan grasps it, he won't suspect you......"

……

In front of the east gate of the palace, hundreds of officials went their separate ways, waiting for the palace gate to open, and most of them were talking about something one after another. The two kosuke from the political hall looked at the group of people in front of them, turned their heads and glanced at each other, tacitly.

Gu Qingxuan, the new imperial historian, is naturally the leader of the team of the last dynasty, surrounded by all the bureaucrats, but he looks smug, his face is ugly, and he seems to be disturbed......

Qiao Huai'an took out two folds and asked Qin Yongnian: "Old Qin, what do you think? Do we hand it over directly to Your Majesty, or do we ......?"

Qin Yongnian knew that in fact, Qiao Huai'an had already made up his mind in his heart, and he felt that anyway, if Qiao Huai'an knew, then His Majesty would definitely know that the problem they were facing now was how to deal with the things in their hands, and they couldn't draw conclusions in black and white, and they had to weigh it again and again.

He took the two folds and said to Qiao Huai'an: "I'd better do this kind of thing, let Gu Qingxuan think that the political affairs hall is on his side, and by the way, I can also use this matter to try his determination......

The two were in harmony, Qiao Huaian nodded and went by him, "There is Lao Qin." ”

Qin Yongnian walked towards the slightly crowded crowd, and everyone greeted him when they saw him coming over to make way for him. He walked in front of Gu Qingxuan, greeted each other with Gu Qingxuan, and the left and right Si Cheng beside Gu Qingxuan, and couldn't help but glance at Du Wanwei and Dong Yehong, and felt a sigh in his heart, thinking that in the past, the left and right Si Cheng were all under the influence of the prime minister, but now they are Gu Qingxuan's left and right arms, Gu Qingxuan's status is already clear, and at this time, I am afraid that it will not work if they don't surrender to the political affairs hall......

Of course, to see what Gu Qingxuan's status is, there is also an extremely obvious sign, that is, where Yang Longxing stands, he lives up to the vane of the trend of the imperial court, and he is next to Gu Qingxuan at this time, more eagerly than anyone else.

"Doctor Gu, can you take a step to speak?" Qin Yongnian asked cautiously with a kind smile on his face.

Gu Qingxuan raised his eyes, his face softened, and walked to the side with him, Yang Longxing and they retreated in amusement.

"Is there anything Qin Guofu has to discuss with Gu?" In fact, his attitude was still modest, and he did not deliberately oppress people because of the promotion of his official position, and he never treated the elderly and senior Qin Yongnian as contemptuously as Yin Jiheng before.

Qin Yongnian said: "Yes, and it's a serious matter, a big thing ......"

"Then why don't you wait for the court to settle it in the court?" and talk to Gu in private, this person has a lot of eyes, and others look at the gossip that Qin Guofu wants to pass on?" Gu Qingxuan had the heart to remind him.

Qin Yongnian glanced at the hundred officials in front of the palace gate with his spare eyes, and smiled even more happily: "Doctor Gu, don't laugh, the court has never been used to solve serious matters, right?"

"That's right. After Gu Qingxuan comprehended, he agreed: "The court is for hundreds of officials to quarrel, and generally major matters are solved downward. Qin Guofu can still see it. Then please ask Qin Guofu to teach, what is the big thing that needs Gu Mou's help?"

"I don't dare to preach, but there are two things that need to be seen by Dr. Gu in advance......"

Qin Yongnian first took out a letter from the left sleeve and handed it to Gu Qingxuan: "This is the resignation of Cheng Wei in the middle of the Hubu Lang." ”

Gu Qingxuan was a little puzzled, opened it to look at it, and asked: "Cheng Wei? He used to work under Gu Mou, he is very good, Gu Mou is very optimistic about him, why did he resign? And instead of resigning directly from the official, he sent his resignation to your political affairs hall?"

Without answering his question, Qin Yongnian then took out a thicker fold: "Because of this...... Yang Longxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, was accused of embezzlement and bribery, using the Zhenye Division and the New Deal, colluding with Chang'an merchants, and wantonly collecting money. ”

"Investigative officer...... This is also a matter of the Yushitai, he didn't hand these over to the Yushitai, but went directly to the political affairs hall, which is completely distrustful of Gu......" Gu Qingxuan looked at the bright red signature at the end of the gift, and thought.

Qin Yongnian didn't expect Gu Qingxuan's reaction to be not intense, and the focus was not Yang Longxing's corruption, he couldn't figure out Gu Qingxuan's mind for a while, and explained to Cheng Wei: "Doctor Gu, don't be careful, you know, young people will inevitably be inconsiderate in doing things, and Cheng Wei's kind of temperament that would rather bend than bend to the end, even handed over the resignation letter, how determined he was...... Speaking of those who offended Dr. Gu, now all the officials can see clearly, Yang Longxing and Dr. Gu are close, and it is inevitable that people who don't know the situation will regard him as Dr. Gu's person, and it is reasonable for Cheng Wei to have scruples about Yushitai. Please also ask Doctor Gu not to be like a reckless young man like him. ”

Gu Qingxuan knew that Qin Yongnian could directly hand over these two folds to the emperor, and now he showed them to him to test his attitude, and to show him that the political affairs hall was on the same position as him. He said: "Don't worry about Qin Guofu, is Gu a narrow-minded person?" Gu understands Cheng Wei's concerns, and from his point of view, it is actually appropriate for him to do so, and Gu also appreciates his approach and courage. But he is a young official after all, and he doesn't have Qin Guofu to see far-reaching......"

"Yes, the old man thought about it again and again, and felt that this matter should still be weighed by you, Doctor Gu, because at the important juncture of the business reform, many things cannot be theorized as usual...... Moreover, the political affairs hall believes that Dr. Gu will definitely have the best way to deal with it. ”

Gu Qingxuan returned the two letters to Qin Yongnian and said to him, "Hmm...... This petition is to be temporarily collected by Qin Guofu in the political affairs hall, do not disclose the rumors, and verify the testimony in secret, the resignation letter, please Qin Guofu reject it, Gu will go to talk to Cheng Wei in person. ”

"What about Yang Longxing?"

Gu Qingxuan snorted, "This Qin Guofu doesn't have to worry about it, Gu has his own opinions." Rest assured, Gu will never shield and appease him, but ...... What if a dying man could be allowed to bounce for two more days? Not to mention that he was the only one who could suppress the hornet's nest at present. ”

Sure enough, in response to Qiao Huai'an's conjecture, Qin Yongnian sighed in his heart, he finally didn't stab Lou Zi rashly, or Qiao Huai'an's insight was correct. He looked at Gu Qingxuan and put away the fold: "Okay, the political hall believes in Doctor Gu." ”

Just as he was about to retreat, he suddenly asked, "Doctor Gu doesn't seem to be surprised at all by this?"

Gu Qingxuan looked at Yang Longxing in the crowd over there, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Corruption? ”