The Great Qi Rite Law, the new emperor has been on the throne for three years, and he has to start building the imperial tomb.

Now that Chen Jingxing has been on the throne for three years, the palace department and the Ministry of Rites have consciously proposed the construction of the imperial mausoleum, which is another major event for the Ministry of Industry.

However, now that the position of Minister of Industry is vacant, the highest person is Zhang Yuanning, who is the Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, and it is difficult to find an undertaker for such a heavy task for a while. Dong Yehong, the right secretary, must be cautious, and dare not directly hand over such a heavy burden to Zhang Yuanning, who is still young, so the top priority is to appoint a new waiter to the Ministry of Industry first.

Of course, Gu Qingning was the first to be remembered, and even the Ministry of Industry had voices supporting her to take over as the squire of the Ministry of Works, but in the court, she was the first to be opposed.

She is now a waiter in the Criminal Department, it is rare to have a solid foundation in the Criminal Department, and she has also made a lot of progress in official affairs, all this is not easy to come by, she is really reluctant to give up the position of the waiter of the Criminal Department, which is the reason why she did not recommend herself as a waiter in the Ministry of Labor for the first time, which makes her hesitate.

The people above did not support her, but also took into account her influence on the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry. Those people know that although Gu Qingning has done a good job in the Criminal Department, she has not yet reached the point of doing what she wants, and the complicated situation and heavy official duties of the Criminal Department can restrict her even more, and if she returns to the Ministry of Industry, it will be like 'letting the tiger go back to the mountain', she will be like a fish in water, she will have a lot of achievements, and her career will be open, which is a great threat to some people.

Gu Qingxuan and Gu Qinghuan directly supported her because of the bad relationship, and the people of the Gu family saw that the relationship between the three of them was delicate, and it was not easy to speak out, so they only deliberately avoided the discussion of this matter.

Gu Qinghuan couldn't help but go to Gu Qingning to ask her what she wanted, so that she could decide what she wanted.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, he stopped Gu Qingning, who had not paid attention to him for many days, and talked to her beside the palace road, she still ignored him with a cold face, he began to be patient, and asked her softly: "Sister, do you want to go back to the Ministry of Industry?" If you want, my father and I will support your ......."

"No, thank you. "She was aloof.

"Sister, don't be angry at this juncture, okay? I know you've always wanted to go back, that's where you can display your talents, and you're not far from the Criminal Department," he persuaded, not paying attention to his words in a moment'......s hurry.

Gu Qingning glared at him: "You mean that I can only draw drawings and build buildings?

"Of course not......" Gu Qinghuan immediately denied it, but he suddenly realized that Gu Qingning did not want to return to the Ministry of Works, but was reluctant to take the official position of the Criminal Department, and after thinking about it, he said again: "But people's abilities are limited, and each has its own strengths, so why just use your own strengths?

"Hmph!" Gu Qingning was even more angry, she was not only angry that he looked down on his ability, but also that he completely ignored her efforts in the Criminal Department, and directly pushed him away, "You don't have to worry about my business." ”

Gu Qinghuan was helpless, seeing that she was leaving, he grabbed her, and his face sank: "Sister, are you unwilling to give up the Criminal Department, but also want to retake charge of the Ministry of Industry? Sister, you can't be so greedy, let alone so blindly confident, you have to give up the same thing as a fish and a bear's paw." ”

She made a look that he didn't see through her mind at all, "Yes, I'm very self-aware, I just stayed in the Criminal Department, and I have never fought for the position of the Ministry of Works, what is greed?"

Bear two faces under one hood......

If she doesn't go back to the Ministry of Engineering, how can her talent and talent be displayed? Won't it be in vain to waste her talent and so long of hard work?

Gu Qinghuan knew it in his heart, so he said: "That's right, I just want to tell you that our ministry is going to recommend another person to be a waiter in the Ministry of Works, but I am afraid that my sister will be unhappy, so I came to ask you...... Now it's okay, since you really don't want it, we don't have any scruples......"

Gu Qingning pushed him away and threw his sleeves away.

Gu Qinghuan "did what he said", and asked the officials to recommend Wu Shuang, the assistant director of the palace department who had been an official in the Ministry of Industry, as the squire of the Ministry of Industry on the second day, but he did not speak out, and the voice of the officials was very high.

Gu Qingning was greatly stimulated, gritted his teeth, and recommended himself the next day, concurrently serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Works.

Hunted by herself, fish and bear paws, she prefers both.

As a result, there were more people who opposed her in the court, and several of the more senior and older ones even scolded her in the court for not knowing how to be hungry and arrogant and greedy, and she was inevitably provoked, and she couldn't stabilize her emotions for a while, and quarreled fiercely with these old scholars.

In fact, most of the officials didn't know where the swing was, especially when they saw that the officials were all against Gu Qingning, they were even more hesitant, just waiting to see the movements of the Yushitai, but Gu Qingxuan didn't say anything......

Today's early dynasty is even more lively, because Gu Qingning gave an old minister who knelt down and asked the emperor to remove her from her official position...... scolded and cried......

It was an old bachelor, who was useless, and only fell into the false name of righteousness and loyalty, and it was difficult to tolerate Gu Qingning as a female official for a long time, so when everyone was against her and she was quite criticized, he reprimanded her loudly, intending to win a good name for himself as 'risking death to directly advise and eliminate the heterogeneity in the court'.

There was a commotion in the court, and the emperor watched a play, so he would not be angry because of this, and he was happy to watch the good show of Sangu.

Unexpectedly, he was not the only one who watched the play, but also Gu Qingxuan, who was always silent.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Du gradually walked out of the Golden Palace with Gu Qingxuan, looked at Gu Qingxuan snickering happily, and the more he laughed, the more cheerful he became, and asked, "Doctor, what's wrong? What's so funny?"

He gasped and eased: "It's nothing...... Just thought of what Qin Guofu said two days ago...... It is indeed not used to talk about business, but to quarrel...... And after having a woman, it's even more interesting, it's like a market, it's so lively......"

The people around who heard his words all laughed, reminiscing about the old bachelor who was scared to tears by Gu Qingning just now.

Du gradually smiled before he reacted, and he also wanted to test Gu Qingxuan's tone, "But that's Ling Yan, Doctor Gu, can you still laugh, your heart is so ......."

Gu Qingxuan didn't explain, shook his head with his sleeves, and then slowed down, let Dong Yehong in the back follow, and called Gu Qinghuan, and after a total of total, he took the idea before leaving the palace.

After leaving the palace gate, he remembered the matter, and asked people to bring a message to Yang Longxing, and after the roll call was over, he went to the Yushitai to see him and discuss the matter.

After Yang Longxing found out, he didn't care about the morning roll call of the household department, and only let the household department Lang Zhongcheng Wei order it on his behalf, and he went directly to the Yushitai happily, stayed in the Yushitai for about half an hour, and came out even more happily.

In the evening, Yang Longxing went to Jiangyue Tower, set up a table of wine, drank with Jiang Hechuan, and told Jiang Hechuan excitedly: "In-laws, our matter was known by Dr. Gu......

Suddenly, Jiang Hechuan was so shocked that the chopsticks in his hand were thrown away, "What?"

Yang Longxing poured wine and laughed: "Don't worry, good things are ahead, besides, I didn't spend you, it's okay for you......"

Seeing him so happy, Jiang Hechuan wondered if he was crazy, and asked him wonderingly, "How did he know?"

Yang Longxing said: "I don't know this, he refuses to tell me, only that he has his own methods of obtaining information......

Jiang Hechuan immediately slapped the table and said: "The way he obtains information is me!"

Finally, it was Yang Longxing's turn to be stunned: "What?

"Of course not!" Jiang Hechuan was extremely angry and said, "I mean that if he didn't know about this from me, he must have learned from the court, do you know what that means? It means that you, Lord Yang, are being targeted!

"You mean...... You mean...... Does the household have his people?"

Jiang Hechuan didn't answer, just waiting for him to wake up, but he didn't expect Yang Longxing to look indifferent after he figured it out: "If there is, there will be, the household department is all his people, isn't it also arranged by him......"

"You are so chic!" Jiang Hechuan regretted it, he knew that he should not have agreed to get involved with Yang Longxing last time, he thought that he could borrow Yang Longxing to borrow the household department to take advantage of the east wind of commercial reform first, or he could find the flaws in commercial reform, who wanted to be almost caught by Gu Qingxuan.

"Eh, in-laws, don't worry, what I'm going to tell you is not this, I want to tell you that Dr. Gu knows my plans, but he doesn't plan to punish me, and he also supports me and wants me to make good use of Zhenye Division...... What he meant was to show that he was strict, but secretly wanted to fish for his colleagues, I did it first, so that he knew if others could catch it, and he also encouraged me to pull a few more colleagues into the water, so that everyone's hearts were towards him, and they all helped to change the business......"

The more Yang Longxing spoke, the more proud he became, and when he sipped the wine, he almost hummed a little tune.

And Jiang Hechuan, who was sitting opposite him, went from shock at the beginning to anger, and when he finished speaking, he only had a wry smile left, "Heh, heh, Lord Yang......" He stroked his forehead, with a puzzled look: "What did you say?" You said that Gu Qingxuan supported you to do this, right?"

"Yes, not only supportive, but also encouraging...... If you want me to say, this Doctor Gu is really good at being an official, at first I listened to what he said about the political reform, and there were many restrictions on officials, and I thought he was crazy, but I didn't expect that Doctor Gu still had both ......hands openly and secretly," Yang Longxing nodded and praised.

The smile on Jiang Hechuan's face froze, looking at Yang Longxing, he couldn't speak for a long time, looked left and right, swallowed a few times, and then spoke: "Lord Yang, I'll tell you a word, you remember this sentence, Gu Qingxuan, it's crazy!"

Yang Longxing was stunned and looked at him in confusion.

Jiang Hechuan sat up, leaned forward, and said to him from the other side: "He supports you? He has also supported Lu Yuanzhi! He has also supported Yin Jiheng! How many of the people he 'supported' have survived? Are you still proud here? Let me tell you clearly, what Gu Qingxuan supports you to do, you must not do anything." When he not only supports you, but also encourages you, and even helps you, hum, congratulations, he has already helped you dig a good grave, no, he has helped you dig a good grave, just waiting for you to jump into it stupidly. ”

"He knows that you are greedy, and you are still greedy? Hmph, you are greedy for merchants' money, and you accept bribes from your colleagues, but where will the money end up? If you put forward so many proposals, no one will necessarily pay attention to them, and there will be many difficulties in commercial reform, so when will it be effective? But how long will it take to copy an official's home? When the time comes, it will all go into the treasury, and the household department will have money, and others will no longer dare to be greedy when they look at you...... Generate income for the household department and 'embezzle and accept bribes' for the treasury, Lord Yang, you are too competent as the secretary of the household department! You will be one of the 'meritorious heroes' who were copied and beheaded by the nine clans in the history of Great Qi!"

Listening to Jiang Hechuan say angrily, Yang Longxing's expression also changed at different stages, from the beginning of the dazed, to surprised, to fear, to enlightenment, and finally, it doesn't matter......

After Jiang Hechuan finished speaking, he watched Yang Longxing sit down steadily, with a deep smile on his face.

Jiang Hechuan was suddenly confused again, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Both of them were silent for a moment, and Yang Longxing's eyes became like a civet cat in the night, emitting a different light, shooting directly at a target, and binding that target with his gaze......

He kept looking at Jiang Hechuan until Jiang Hechuan understood his eyes, he grabbed Jiang Hechuan's wrist and squeezed it tightly: "In-laws, you are now also the closest relative of my 'Nine Clans', you won't forget it, right?"

Jiang Hechuan gritted his teeth and looked at him, trembling all over, his back was cold, and he was pushed to the brink of an explosion again.

"I didn't tell him, you also participated, and you have already given me the money, set up a note, and ordered the merchants in the west half of Jiufang Street...... 'Zhenye Division' acted very quickly, these are all done, and the name of your Jiang shopkeeper is written on the title deed, of course, the approval order was indeed issued by me, and I can't escape, but I don't want to escape...... At that time, not only can I make a profit in business, but I can also pay a lot of subsidies from the household, and I will be responsible for supporting it, and we will share it together...... Don't you want it? Are you willing to lose money? Do you dare to expose it? In other words, does Gu Qingxuan dare to expose you? Aren't you and him the same grasshopper on a rope? If I tell him that you also have a share, what will happen to him? Does he dare to push me into the grave!"

Jiang Hechuan felt like a basin of cold water poured from the top of his head to the bottom of his heart, he was neither angry nor angry, he froze, unconsciously withdrew his hand, looked at a lamp on the case, and was stunned for a long time.

Yang Longxing drank comfortably, and after three glasses were drunk, Jiang Hechuan spoke again.

He dared. ”

……

Gu Qingning wanted the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and she had to get the support of Dong Yehong, the right secretary, so that evening, she asked Dong Yehong to discuss the matter. In fact, Dong Yehong was willing to recommend her from the beginning, but due to the pressure of the court, Gu Qingxuan didn't express his position, and he couldn't see the pros and cons of the matter, so he could only be silent first.

And this night, when Gu Qingning took the initiative to ask him to discuss, he had already written an excerpt to recommend Gu Qingning to the court tomorrow.

Originally, Gu Qingning wanted to secretly go to Dong's Mansion as before, but Dong Yehong asked her to meet at Tianhe Restaurant, and she went to know that Dong Yehong was not the only one present, this was an official banquet, which was invited in the name of Dong Yehong, and most of the people invited had expressed their objections to Gu Qingning's concurrent service as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and some expressed support.

When Gu Qingning entered the banquet, he understood what Dong Yehong meant.

Her attitude was completely different this night, whether it was to those who opposed her or those who supported her, she was kind, and even took the initiative to apologize to those colleagues she had contradicted, and there was also the old bachelor who was angry with her during the day, she not only apologized but also punished herself with three glasses of wine, and finally persuaded his old man to show a happy face.

After the banquet was dispersed, Gu Qingning and Dong Yehong were in the same restaurant and had a frank conversation, Dong Yehong said: "Qingning, in fact, my uncle didn't tell you directly tonight that this is a banquet, just because I was afraid that you wouldn't be angry, and I was worried that you wouldn't give them a good face when I came, but I didn't expect you to be very good at maneuvering, so everyone is happy Isn't it very good, in the end, these bureaucrats just want to save face, you shouldn't be so anxious to be white-faced......"

"Did my father say the same thing?" Gu Qingning asked directly.

Dong Yehong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect to be seen through by her, and said with a smile: "He...... He didn't blame you, he never said anything wrong with you...... Just let your uncle help you form this game, so that you and your colleagues can release their previous suspicions...... These people also know that your father will mean it, so they all come to the banquet together, otherwise, even those old stubborns, especially the master Wang, know that you are coming, he will definitely not come......"

A wry smile flashed on Gu Qingning's face, she hid it, and only asked: "Does my uncle know why my father didn't say that my attitude towards the court was too radical? Because he didn't think that way at all, and he still agreed with me ...... like that."

Dong Yehong was puzzled for a while: "What do you mean?"

She said: "Qingning is not the first day of officialdom, and I still know who to give face." And if this issue of official position is so serious, even at the expense of arousing the anger of the people, must it be the only way to do this? Obviously, there are many means and methods that can be used. The reason why I chose to make such a mess is because I have to make others look like my official position is not easy to come by, and I have no clever means. Only when there are people in the court who oppose me, Your Majesty will use me with confidence. If we take care of our family and do everything smoothly, uncle, what will your majesty think?"

Dong Yehong suddenly brightened, laughed, and nodded, "Tsk, uncle understands...... Sure enough, your family will become officials...... Then, during this time, you moved out of your own house and did not agree with your father, which is also ......"

Gu Qingning said: "No, that's true. ”