The two of them tossed until it was dark, and then they went to sleep, and when they woke up again, they didn't know what time it was. The bed tent is warm, and there is still a remnant of last night's warmth. As soon as Zhu Shiyang moved, Chen Yan also woke up, turned his head sleepily, and seemed to have some doubts when he saw Zhu Shiyang beside him.

Zhu Shiyang took advantage of the drunkenness to get someone to bed, and at this time he was inevitably apprehensive, but he was afraid that Chen Yan would make some outrageous moves. Unexpectedly well-behaved, Chen Yan smiled, and buried his face in Zhu Shiyang's neck socket.

Zhu Shiyang was so itchy by him, stretched out his hand to stroke the dark forehead on the top of his head and said with a smile: "This awakening, how did you become a puppy, and you drill into people's arms." Chen Yan grinned and didn't answer, only hugged Zhu Shiyang and didn't let go.

Zhu Shiyang saw him smiling brightly, and couldn't help but think of the day of the palace test, he was also smiling like this, bending a pair of phoenix eyes, until he wanted to hook his soul. He distanced him away and asked, "On the day of the palace exam, I was patrolling between your desks and tables, and when I saw that others were so scared that they couldn't even write articles, why did you dare to raise your head and look at me?"

Chen Yan opened a pair of big eyes, looked at him for a moment, and said, "Look at the emperor and don't violate the king's law, why don't you dare?"

Zhu Shiyang was stunned, only said fresh, and hugged him into his arms with a smile.

Such a day is very beautiful, the two of them were very sticky in the harem for a few days, and even Zhu Shiji, the king of Kangping, was left out in the cold.

On this day, it was the day to confer the positions of the new scholars, and the other scholars were all excited when they received the holy decree, but Chen Yan was sullen and followed Zhu Shiyang back to the palace, still with a gloomy face and did not speak.

Zhu Shiyang only regarded him as a child, and when he saw him like this, he smiled and scratched the tip of his nose, and said with a smile: "What kind of petty temperament do you have with me? ”

Chen Yan raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Shiyang, his eyes were very aggrieved, and I felt pity: "Why do the new science and technology scholars have to stay in the Hanlin Academy? Isn't this a waste of time?"

Zhu Shiyang said with a smile: "Look at what you said, why did you delay your work in vain? Not only can you continue to improve your self-cultivation, but you can also get officialdom experience. If you want to become my courtier, this is the first step. ”

Chen Yan said aggrievedly: "Where the court and the central government can't go through the training, they have to crowd to the Hanlin Academy to go to the academy to practice." The minister has been reading the book for more than ten years, and he really doesn't want to read it anymore. ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled bitterly and said: "You are really a child's idea, reading is a lifelong thing, is it just to gain fame? I am the emperor, and I still have to study." ”

Chen Yan pouted and didn't speak, his expression was very angry, and he twisted his body and refused to look at Zhu Shiyang. Zhu Shiyang sighed, smiled and frowned at him: "Don't be willful." It is the ancestral system of the new science and technology to study in the Hanlin Academy, and you have to bear it no matter how reluctant you are. ”

After that, he saw that Chen Yan was even more aggrieved, and he almost cried with his mouth flattened.

Zhu Shiyang also realized that he was a little strict, he was feeling very distressed about Chen Yan during this time, and he couldn't bear to see him wronged, so he pulled him to his side and persuaded: "If you can't stand the hardships of the Hanlin Academy, I often call you to the palace." ”

Chen Yan said unhappily: "When will the minister come out of the Hanlin Courtyard? I'm afraid that by that day, the minister will also become an old man." ”

Zhu Shiyang laughed and said, "You are only seventeen years old and you are an old man? What are I? What are those old immortals in the court?"

Chen Yan said: "Then why is Lu Wenyuan not a few years older than the minister, but he can sit in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet?"

Zhu Shiyang was stunned by the question, and felt that his words turned too quickly. After thinking about it, he realized that he was probably dissatisfied with Lu Wenyuan, and said in a little surprise at the moment: "What do you compare with Lu Wenyuan? Lu Wenyuan also came out of the Hanlin Academy." ”

Chen Yan said: "The minister is to compare with Lu Wenyuan, if the minister can sit in Lu Wenyuan's position, he must do better than him." Your Majesty, the minister wants to enter the cabinet, and he doesn't want to cultivate in the Hanlin Academy. ”

Zhu Shiyang frowned and said, "Presumptuous! Lu Wenyuan Lu Wenyuan, I want to call Lord Lu." He also persuaded Wen Yan: "It is a good thing that you have ambitions to enter the cabinet, but you can't be too ambitious and eager for quick success." Lu Wenyuan also rose to today's position step by step. You just stay in the Hanlin Academy, and try again when the deadline is due, and if your results are still as good as today, I will allow you to join the cabinet. ”

Chen Yan still wanted to argue, but Zhu Shiyang interrupted him and said, "Don't say it again, this matter is not discussed." Chen Yan didn't dare to say any more.

However, Zhu Shiyang is a person with extremely soft ears, although he said that he was not negotiable, but he couldn't stand Chen Yan's soft grinding and hard bubbles for three days. On this day, after the two of them finished warming, Chen Yan made another mistake, lying with his back to Zhu Shiyang and not speaking. Zhu Shiyang pulled him twice, Chen Yan was unmoved, Zhu Shiyang was a little angry, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Yan, you are presumptuous!"

After all, Chen Yan didn't dare to go against the emperor, so he obediently turned around and got into Zhu Shiyang's arms. Zhu Shiyang hugged him for a while, and when he saw that he was still sullen, he lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Chen Yan had a resentful expression on his face, and he was often caressed by Zhu Shiyang these days, which added a bit of charm. Zhu Shiyang's heart softened, and he heard Chen Yan say sullenly: "Your Majesty, the minister still wants to enter the cabinet." ”

Zhu Shiyang has been pestered by him for several days, and he knew that he would say this sentence when he opened his mouth, and he had already said the truth many times, and his mouth was about to wear out, and he didn't see him have an epiphany. Zhu Shiyang really didn't bother to say more, so he had to sigh and prevaricate: "You are really stubborn." There are enough people in my cabinet, how do you get in?"

Chen Yan heard the meaning of loosening from Zhu Shiyang's words, his eyes lit up, and he raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, the second assistant Lord Yan is very old, if the emperor entrusts him with too many government affairs, I am afraid that his body will not be able to bear it." It's better to let him go home to recuperate, so that the younger generation in the DPRK and China can have more experience. ”

Zhu Shiyang frowned slightly, remembering that Yan Yong had indeed said to himself that he was incompetent due to old age, and his heart became more and more hesitant. Chen Yan saw his face and knew that he was one step closer to success, so he whispered while the iron was hot: "The Hanlin cultivation that the emperor is now awarding to his ministers is from the sixth rank official, and if the cabinet scholar does not concurrently hold other official positions, it is the fifth grade." If the emperor moves his ministers into the cabinet, it is not too ......"

Zhu Shiyang sighed when he heard this, stroked Chen Yan's slender back and sighed: "Let's think about it again." ”

Zhu Shiyang did think about it for a few days, but the more he thought about it, the more difficult it became to make a decision. Zhu Shiyang also thought about calling Lu Wenyuan to discuss, but he knew that Lu Wenyuan would not agree, so why bother. Chen Yan has also been quite well-behaved these days, and he has not made any more troubles about entering the cabinet, but often peeks at Zhu Shiyang's face pitifully. Zhu Shiyang pitied him very much, thinking that consuming it like this would only add to his troubles, so he turned his heart sideways and connected two central decrees, one was to be allowed to rest the original products of Yan Yong, and the other was rewarded with gold and silver to go home to recuperate, and the other was reawarded Chen Yan as a cabinet university scholar, and the official worshiped the five grades.

After the edict, Chen Yan was happy, but Zhu Shiyang stabbed the big basket, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar, only to say that the emperor had just been Shengming for two days, and he was confused again. Yan Yong was completely chilled, went home to pack up and prepare to return to his hometown for the elderly, Shen Lun also went to the Taoist chapter to impeach himself, resigned and left, vowing to advance and retreat with Yan Yong. There was a great chaos when the court went up and down.

Lu Wenyuan was so angry that his head and eyes were dizzy, and a chapter was written like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing, asking the emperor to withdraw the edict, obey the ancestral system, and still grant Chen Yan to revise for Hanlin, and ask Yan Yong and Shen Lun to return to the dynasty. Zhu Shiyang knew that he had made a big disaster, and he really worked as a turtle with a shrunken head for a few days in the harem, and no one came.

But if you can hide from the first day of junior high school, you can't hide from the fifteenth, and if you can run, the monk can't run the temple. This day coincided with the day of the previous dynasty, and Zhu Shiyang could not approve the chapter for a few days, but the last dynasty could not escape no matter what, just because the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were waiting, Zhu Shiyang could not bear a lot of condemnation.

In the court, Zhu Shiyang was really condemned by all parties, and finally got to the next court, and was about to leave in a gloomy manner, but was stopped by Lu Wenyuan.

Zhu Shiyang now saw Lu Wenyuan like a mouse seeing a cat, and he didn't dare to look at it, so he had to return to the throne and sit down obediently, ready to accept the □□.

Lu Wenyuan really came up to the storm, and successively moved out a number of Ming ancestral systems to suppress him, and knew it with affection, moved it with reason, and counted Yan Yong's past merits, and scolded Zhu Shiyang for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and being ungrateful.

Lu Wenyuan's mouth has always been powerful, but now he has taken advantage of the right reason, and he is becoming more and more unforgiving. Zhu Shiyang has nowhere to say that he is suffering, he is angry, but he can only continue to pretend to be a grandson, Lu Wenyuan said that he nodded, thinking that I have a good attitude of admitting my mistakes, but I just die without repentance, what can you do to me?

This trick really had some effect, Lu Wenyuan was indignantly admonished, seeing that Zhu Shiyang had always been mild, and assured himself that he would go back to think about it, so he didn't have anything to say, and retired suspiciously.

Zhu Shiyang suffered like this for a few days.

However, Lu Wenyuan is by no means a foolish character, and soon discovered Zhu Shiyang's true intentions. Lu Wenyuan was also a little distressed at first, but it would be better if the emperor was as angry as in the past, just because when he was angry, he would be speechless, full of loopholes, and he would be able to grasp the handle. But now the emperor pursues a policy of gentleness and has a good attitude of admitting mistakes, but he really does not enter the oil and salt, which is more difficult to deal with than being angry. Lu Wenyuan thought about it again and again, and finally had a policy and a countermeasure, and came up with a way. As for whether it is good or not, we will know if we try it in the future.

On this day, Zhu Shiyang felt that the limelight was almost avoided, so he still went to the imperial study to review the chapters. After a while, Lu Wenyuan also came.

Zhu Shiyang knew that Gui Xi had betrayed him, but he had a bad attack for a while, so he had to ask Lu Wenyuan why he came first. Lu Wenyuan didn't say much, and got up and presented a book.

Zhu Shiyang opened it and saw that it was still for Chen Yan's matter, so he hid it and said that he would seriously consider the matter. He thought that Lu Wenyuan would definitely fight on the basis of reason, and he was ready to listen to his left ear and his right ear, but who knew that Lu Wenyuan didn't say much, and only respectfully withdrew.

Zhu Shiyang was stunned for a while, and then he was overjoyed, thinking that he had finally found a way to deal with Lu Wenyuan, and the quiet days were coming. immediately got carried away, and even Guixi forgot to pursue it.

I don't know that things are far from being so simple, Zhu Shiyang has always been blindly optimistic in advance, and he can't regret it afterwards.

The next day, he went to the imperial study to review the recital, but before his ass sat on the hot stool, Lu Wenyuan came again, and handed over a recital without saying a word.

Zhu Shiyang opened it and saw that it was still for Chen Yan's matter, and the content was exactly the same as yesterday's letter, and he was probably just re-copied.

Zhu Shiyang was slightly displeased, and said in his heart What kind of attitude is this, even if it is for the same thing, it has to be reformulated. On his face, he was extremely gentle, and still said that he would go back and think about it. Lu Wenyuan didn't say much, and quit himself.

After three or five days like this, Lu Wenyuan did not take any other action except to hand a note in front of Zhu Shiyang every day. However, Zhu Shiyang was a person who couldn't rub sand in his eyes, and when he saw him dangling in front of him, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Shiyang actually knew that he would endure it, but it was not the same thing at all, just because he knew that Lu Wenyuan was unhappy to find himself, but he couldn't get angry, not only could he not get angry, but he also had to pretend to be his grandson with a shy face. As a generation of emperors, Zhu Shiyang had suffered such grievances, and he was full of anger and had no way to vent his anger, so he sprinkled it all on the people around him, and even looked at Chen Yan a little unpleasantly.

On this day, Zhu Shiyang came back from the front and down, and saw Chen Yan standing in front of the stone table in the courtyard and reciting the chapter. Zhu Shiyang didn't know where the piece came from, but since he asked about politics, he had a little sense of dictatorship, so he walked behind Chen Yan and snatched the piece in his hand, and said unhappily: "You can also read my recital? ”

Who knew that Chen Yan was more aggrieved than him, turned around and frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, you can take a look, the ministers will be scolded to death by Lu Wenyuan." ”

Zhu Shiyang unfolded the song suspiciously and took a look, it was still the one that Lu Wenyuan had been doing for several days, the content was the same, and even the handwriting was similar to yesterday. Zhu Shiyang was almost able to recite the first few sentences, and when he looked at this piece, he could think of Lu Wenyuan's unchanged face, and he was a little angry in his heart, and said with displeasure: "How did this thing come here?"

Chen Yan said: "The minister doesn't know, when he came out of the palace just now, it was already on the stone table. ”

Zhu Shiyang thought to himself that this was about which palace person who was not long-eyed to do Lu Wenyuan's internal response, and immediately thought of Gui Xi, but he called him over and asked a few words, but he refused to admit it.

Zhu Shiyang felt a little powerless, and he didn't bother to bother to say anything, he sighed, and was about to walk into the hall to rest, but Chen Yan pulled his sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, Lu Wenyuan is too deceitful, you have to be the master of the ministers." ”

Zhu Shiyang paused, and sighed again and again: "Isn't it just a book, I'm not angry, what are you angry about?"

Chen Yan said: "Where is the matter of a book, Lu Wenyuan still does not let the ministers enter the cabinet on official business. The minister was obviously appointed by the emperor as a cabinet scholar, but he couldn't even enter the door of the cabinet, Lu Wenyuan seemed to be looking for trouble with the minister, but in fact, he couldn't get along with the emperor. ”

Zhu Shiyang has always been the most annoying courtiers to go online, and he often connects big and small things with the prestige of the Son of Heaven and the family and country, and said unhappily below: "You can't get along with me, what are you doing with my sleeves?"

Who knew that Chen Yan refused to let go, and said with a stiff neck: "The minister will not let go! If the emperor does not make the decision for the minister, the minister will not let go!"

Zhu Shiyang saw that his face was full of coquettish anger, and he was irritated for a while, so he simply turned to face him, and said angrily: "You want me to be the master for you, but who will be the master for me? I have been annoyed to death by Lu Wenyuan and them for you to enter the cabinet these days, and when I return to the palace, I still have to suffer from your splints, you ...... Why are you so ignorant?"

Chen Yan said aggrievedly: "The emperor also thinks it's not worth doing this for his ministers?"

When Zhu Shiyang heard this, he was even more angry and said: "What is worth it? A dignified man, can you stop acting like a woman all day long? If I knew that you were like this, I wouldn't provoke you, just find a woman!"

Chen Yan was stunned. Zhu Shiyang was furious, shook off his hand and entered the hall, kicking the door of the hall with a bang.

In the next few days, Lu Wenyuan's recitals became more and more endless, on the stone table in the courtyard, on the bench under the porch, and on the imperial case in the main hall...... It can be seen everywhere, and you can inadvertently catch a copy at a glance, just like a ghost. Zhu Shiyang once stepped on a letter placed on the ground in front of the door as soon as he left the temple gate and almost slipped.

Zhu Shiyang was furious, and arrested the palace people one by one for interrogation, but there was no gain, just because this group of palace people didn't know what was wrong, they united as unprecedentedly, and made alibi to each other.

Zhu Shiyang could more or less guess that Gui Xi was making trouble, but he couldn't guess that the guards in front of his door, and even his younger brother were Lu Wenyuan's internal response, how could he afford to prevent this, but he was getting more and more sad day by day.

On this day, Zhu Shiyang went to the imperial study as usual, and Lu Wenyuan followed him reluctantly, still going to the recital. Zhu Shiyang remembered what had happened in the past few days, and he was so angry that he screamed, and tore the song on the spot, and fell all of it on Lu Wenyuan's face, telling him to roll as far away as possible. Lu Wenyuan was not shocked at all, leaned over and picked up the fragments one by one, put them in his arms and retreated.

The next day, Lu Wenyuan still entered the imperial study to deliver the music. Zhu Shiyang couldn't bear it anymore, he was about to get angry when he slapped the table, but he felt that today's performance seemed to be wrong, and if he looked closely, he was still a little wrinkled.

Zhu Shiyang was full of curiosity, and patiently opened it to take a look, and couldn't cry or laugh, it turned out that Lu Wenyuan actually glued up yesterday's fragments and re-presented them to himself. Zhu Shiyang was obviously very angry, but he couldn't hold back his laughter, and hurriedly corrected the color, pointed at Lu Wenyuan and scolded: "Okay, you are a rebel and thief, you dare to present my torn piece to me." Are you so lazy that you won't even copy a new copy?"

Lu Wenyuan said lightly: "The emperor is too lazy to read, and the ministers are naturally too lazy to write." ”

Zhu Shiyang said angrily: "What kind of truth do you have? I can be too lazy to read, but you can't be too lazy to write, you look at yourself, how can you still look like a courtier? Just for the sake of Chen Yan and I to make trouble like this, do you have to be angry with me to death to be willing?"

Lu Wenyuan said: "The emperor also said, 'It's just for Chen Yan'." Since Chen Yan is insignificant, why can't the emperor listen to the advice of his ministers and let him return to the Hanlin Academy, so that it does not violate the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, but also benefits him. ”

Zhu Shiyang said impatiently: "The ancestral system is the ancestral system all day long, I am almost annoyed to death by you, isn't the ancestral system also set by people? I see that you are young, why are you always as pedantic as an old man of fifty or sixty years old?"

Lu Wenyuan said: "It's not that the ministers are pedantic, but there must be a reason for some ancestral systems." The Hanlin Academy was established since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and it has not been abolished for thousands of years, and even the former Yuan Dynasty abolished the Han system, and the Hanlin Academy was retained as a place for the imperial court to train officials and ministers, which shows that the Hanlin Academy is not a virtual existence. Although Chen Yan is the champion of the new department and has excellent knowledge, he cannot go against the ancestral system and skip the Hanlin for three years and be directly awarded the rank of cabinet bachelor, which not only does not help him himself, but also easily incurs the resentment of the court and the subordinates, making the ministers unstable. The emperor is invited to think twice. ”

Zhu Shiyang sneered: "You don't have to talk to me about these big truths. I don't think it's the scholars who are resentful, but you are resentful. Isn't it because you have blocked Chen Yan from entering the cabinet five times or three times because he exposed your shortcomings at the Enrong banquet a few days ago?

Zhu Shiyang has always been unforgiving, everything is reasonable, and he will choke three points before speaking, so sometimes he is completely unaware of his ruthlessness. Lu Wenyuan never expected that the emperor would look at himself like this, he was disheartened at the moment, and even his back was not so straight, and he said after a while: "The emperor thinks so, and the minister has nothing to say." If the emperor thinks that the minister is not worthy of the big responsibility, he will dismiss the minister. ”

Zhu Shiyang was stunned for a moment, knowing that he had probably made the previous mistake again, which made Lu Wenyuan sad, but he couldn't wipe his face and say a few soft words, so he still said angrily: "Lu Wenyuan, you dare to threaten me? ”

Lu Wenyuan said lightly: "In this way, the minister is even more relieved." ”

Zhu Shiyang was choked and stammered, he couldn't find anything to say for a long time, and when he caught a glimpse of the wrinkled music, he was angry, and patted the table and said angrily: "Lu Wenyuan, I really don't understand why you are so stingy? Chen Yan is just a new science and technology jinshi, even if he enters the cabinet, it is far from threatening your status, even if you look at him unpleasantly, let him run errands, pour tea, and grind ink, why don't you even let him enter the door of the cabinet? Are you so unwilling to give me face?"

Lu Wenyuan was stunned, thinking that he had never let Chen Yan enter the door of the cabinet, although he and Fu Qian and Zhao Yongning were not enthusiastic, they had never treated him slowly. After thinking about it, I realized that this was probably Chen Yan's false accusation to deceive Zhu Shiyang's sympathy.

Lu Wenyuan disdained to argue, and only said-for-tat: "The emperor doesn't understand why the minister is so stingy with Chen Yan, and the minister doesn't understand why the emperor is so fond of Chen Yan." For the sake of him, he drove away Yan Yong and Shen Lun, two important ministers of the society, does the emperor think it is worth it?"

Lu Wenyuan was a little indignant when he mentioned Yan Yong and Shen Lun, and even his cheeks turned slightly red. Zhu Shiyang said angrily: "Chen Yan can accompany me to bed, can you? You drove Liu Gongzi away when you first came to me, and now you want to drive Chen Yan away, they are all gone, do you want to accompany me to bed?"

Zhu Shiyang said this, and suddenly realized that his words were inappropriate, and stopped his mouth. Lu Wenyuan was also quite uncomfortable, kneeling on the ground and unwilling to look at Zhu Shiyang. The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat delicate.

After a while, Zhu Shiyang finally couldn't help coughing, Lu Wenyuan also calmed down, hugged his fists and said lightly: "The joy of the bed and the government and society are more important, I believe there is no need to say more for the ministers, the emperor also knows it in his own heart." ”

Zhu Shiyang snorted coldly, don't turn your head and don't look at Lu Wenyuan.

Lu Wenyuan sighed in his heart, everything that should have been ordered has been ordered, and the rest depends on the emperor's own consciousness, so he bowed and retreated.

Zhu Shiyang calmed down and sat in the hall pondering. Although Lu Wenyuan's words were abducted a lot by his strong words, it was enough to make him calm down. He thought that he didn't really have true feelings for Chen Yan, but he just thought that he was born well, young and talented, so he stayed by his side and talked about it better than nothing. Now that the initial freshness has gradually faded, Zhu Shiyang feels that he alone has violated the ancestral system and caused discord in the previous dynasty, and it is really worth the loss, and thinking of Yan Yong Shen Lun's past benefits, he is even more guilty in his heart, and he deeply hates himself for losing his dignity because of small losses.

On this day, Zhu Shiyang was still hesitating about whether to withdraw the edict, and he was upset for a while, so he walked out of the palace for a walk, and unconsciously came to the cabinet of the previous dynasty.

The cabinet was quiet at this time, and the officials who came and went to and from the office were all well-behaved, and their voices were not high, not as he imagined. Zhu Shiyang waved his hand to let Gui Xi take people away, and he quietly stood under the eaves outside the hall to steal the sound.

After a while, the figure at the entrance of the main hall flickered, and it turned out that Zhao Yongning pulled Lu Wenyuan out. Zhu Shiyang hurriedly hid deeper, and then heard Zhao Yongning complain to Lu Wenyuan in a low voice: "Chen Yan's little thing is really not a thing, dare to laugh at the thirteenth place in the top three adults in front of the public." If it weren't for the occasional complaints from Lord Yan, I wouldn't know about it until now. ”

Zhu Shiyang habitually argued a few words for Chen Yan in his heart, but heard Lu Wenyuan laugh in a low voice: "Just say it, he may not mean it." ”

Zhao Yongning pouted and said, "Why didn't it mean it, I think he did it on purpose." ”

Lu Wenyuan laughed at him for not being a cabinet scholar, Zhao Yongning argued a few words, and the two talked about gossip, probably resting here after business trips. Zhu Shiyang had never seen Lu Wenyuan's idle appearance, and after listening to it for a while, he felt full of interest, and he didn't want to leave more and more.

After a while, Fu Qian also slipped out of the hall, stretched his muscles, leaned in front of the two of them and listened to a few ears, and suddenly said without a head: "Lord Yan and Lord Shen will set off to return to their hometown today, don't you know?"

Lu Wenyuan and Zhao Yongning obviously just learned the news, and they invariably said "ah" and asked him why he didn't say it earlier. Fu Qian said that he only found out about it when he went to Yan Yong's mansion yesterday, and Yan Yongqian told him not to sue others, especially Lu Wenyuan, so as not to delay his political affairs and come to see him off. Fu Qian thought about it and felt that he should still say it, so as not to leave regrets in the future, so he shook the matter out.

Lu Wenyuan was so anxious that he was in a hurry, just because he still had the heart to persuade the emperor to keep Yan Yong and Shen Lun, but who knew that they were in such a hurry to return to their hometowns, and they were probably extremely cold to the emperor.

Lu Wenyuan turned around and walked outside the palace, saying that he was going to ride a horse and take the official road to chase them back. Zhao Yongning also wanted to follow, but was blocked back by Lu Wenyuan, asking him and Fu Qian to help Chen Yan well, and not let him mess up political affairs. Zhao Yongning looked reluctant and went back with a muttered face.

Zhu Shiyang was shocked when he heard it in the dark, but because of Lu Wenyuan's attitude, he would never let him enter the cabinet gate as Chen Yan said, but asked Fu Qian and Zhao Yongning to help him. Zhu Shiyang saw that it was believing, thinking that he was deceived by Chen Yan, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and he thought that he had just heard Fu Qian say that Yan Yong insisted on not letting them send him because he didn't want Lu Wenyuan and others to delay political affairs, and he was even more moved, only that he was forced to retire by himself and was so concerned about the court, and he was a rare loyal minister who ruled the world, and only complained that he was short-sighted and couldn't treat him well.

Zhu Shiyang regretted it, and hurriedly beckoned Gui Xi and asked him to prepare a fast horse quickly, and he wanted to go out of the palace in person to recover Yan Yong and Shen Lun.

Lu Wenyuan hurried all the way, and chased after him for more than an hour, only to see a line of cars and horses walking in front of him. Lu Wenyuan recognized that the family members of the palace were Yan Yong's mansion, and hurriedly urged the horse forward, shouting one after another: "Lord Yan, Lord Shen, please stay." ”

The carriage at the front lifted the sedan curtain, Yan Yong looked out through the window, and Shen Lun also probed his brain behind him. Lu Wenyuan walked with them, panting and hurriedly persuading: "What are Lord Yan and Lord Shen doing? Quickly let the coachman turn around and go back with me." ”

Yan Yong's face was light and light, and he seemed to be very comfortable, and said with a smile through the car window: "What are you going to do when you go back?" The old man has easily escaped from the complicated political affairs of the court, and he is about to return to his hometown to recuperate, don't spoil the good deeds of the old man." ”

Lu Wenyuan said anxiously: "Lord Yan, don't talk angry, the country is now the time to employ people, and the affairs of the government are inseparable from the two adults." The previous Chen Yan matter was just a temporary oversight of the emperor, after all, the emperor is the king of the Holy Ming, and now he has realized that he is not, I believe that he will soon invite the two adults to return to the court, just ask the two adults to go back with me and wait for a few days. ”

Yan Yong smiled gently: "Do you think that I was angry with the emperor before I returned to my hometown? Perhaps I did have a grudge against the emperor at the beginning, but it didn't last long before it disappeared, just because it was also my own wish to return to his hometown, as early as after the fall of Fan Zhefu. At that time, the displaced people were in turmoil and the country was in danger, and I could not sit idly by, and later re-formed the cabinet, and the political affairs were complicated, and I could not get out. But now it's different, the emperor is back in the court, the country is thriving, you, Fu Qian, and Zhao Yongning are all on their own, and it's time for me to let go. This incident may be an opportunity given to us by God. ”

Lu Wenyuan was puzzled: "That's what Lord Yan think......s?"

Yan Yong waved his hand and interrupted him: "Lord Shen's body is also getting worse day by day, even if the old man is for him, this time he will be decided." Lord Lu doesn't need to persuade him anymore. ”

Lu Wenyuan was slightly speechless, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Shen Lun smiling peacefully behind Yan Yong. Yan Yong is also very kind, with his white hair gently swaying in the late spring wind, fluttering like a fairy. Lu Wenyuan couldn't help it, and his eyes gradually turned red, but Yan Yong smiled even more and said: "If you are really reluctant, go and help the old man one last favor." ”

Lu Wenyuan hurriedly put away his tears and asked, "What's the hurry?"

Yan Yong said with a smile: "Stop the emperor and ask him not to summon the old man and Shen Lun back to the court." ”

Lu Wenyuan's eyes were wet, and he couldn't help crying. Seeing this, Yan Yong and Shen Lun both laughed at him for not showing any interest, and forced him to nod and agree, before they continued to move forward with a smile. Lu Wenyuan rode a horse and followed for a while, and found that they really wanted to leave, so he no longer forced to stay, wiped away his tears, and rode back to Beijing.

Lu Wenyuan was walking on the back road, and when he met Zhu Shiyang, he came to the horse in a hurry, and left the Jinyi guards behind him far away, and when he got close, he couldn't stop the horse, and almost collided head-on with Lu Wenyuan's mount. Both horses were so frightened that they looked up to the sky and neighed, Zhu Shiyang hurriedly grabbed Lu Wenyuan and asked, "Where are Yan Yong and Shen Lun?"

Lu Wenyuan smiled warmly: "I went back to my hometown, and now I have probably passed the city pass." ”

Zhu Shiyang said angrily: "Didn't you chase them? Why didn't you chase them and come back by yourself?"

Lu Wenyuan said with a smile: "The minister has chased after him, but Lord Yan and Lord Shen are determined to return to their hometown, and the minister can't stop them." ”

Zhu Shiyang hurriedly said: "It's useless to be on the ground! If you can't do it, I will chase it myself." As he spoke, he was about to gallop again.

Lu Wenyuan hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Yan and Lord Shen decided to return to their hometown after careful consideration, not because they were angry with the emperor for a while. The emperor should also be considerate of their old age and homesickness, and stop forcing them to work for state affairs. As he spoke, he learned Yan Yong's words as they were.

Only then did Zhu Shiyang hesitate and asked Lu Wenyuan, "Did they really say that?"

Lu Wenyuan smiled and nodded. Zhu Shiyang hesitated slightly, looked at the official road that extended into the distance for a long time, and finally followed Lu Wenyuan back to the palace.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Shiyang no longer hesitated, and immediately drafted a decree, and still authorized Chen Yan to revise it from the six products of Hanlin. and rewarded Yan Yong and Shen Lun with hundreds of taels of gold and silver, and the Ministry of Industry repaired the mansion for the two in Heze, Shandong, so that the two could move in time after returning home.

Chen Yan was relatively speechless with Zhu Shiyang before going to the Hanlin Academy. Zhu Shiyang felt a little guilty in his heart, personally got up and sent him outside the palace, and comforted: "If you want to enter the palace in the future, you can do it at any time, I ask Guixi not to stop you." ”

Chen Yan was unmoved, and only chuckled lightly after a while, his voice was very sarcastic, and said: "The emperor will need his ministers sooner or later." ”

Zhu Shiyang was puzzled and asked. Chen Yan said: "Lu Wenyuan is also the secretary of the ministry and the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he is known as the 'heavenly official' in the community. If the emperor entrusts him with such great power, isn't he afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of Fan Zhefu and take power to govern in the future?"

Zhu Shiyang was a little displeased, frowned and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own measure." ”

Chen Yan said: "Shuchen said something rebellious, since ancient times, the Heavenly Family controlled the previous dynasty, and they all used the political enemies of the DPRK and China to contain and balance each other. However, Lu Wenyuan is good friends with everyone in the cabinet, and he has few political enemies in the DPRK and China, so once he gains power in the future, it will be difficult to control him. Does the emperor really not think he is dangerous?"

Zhu Shiyang was shocked, but he became more and more disgusted with Chen Yan, only to feel that his handsome face was pale and mean, and he was more vicious than a snake and scorpion. Don't turn your face away from him at the moment, and said coldly: "Since you say so, you don't have to enter the palace in the future." ”

Chen Yan didn't regret it, looked at Zhu Shiyang and smiled coldly, then turned around and left the palace.

Calm was restored to the DPRK for the time being. The day before the Emperor's Birthday Festival, the officials of the court and the central government presented congratulatory gifts as usual, and Zhu Shiyang looked at them, they were all mundane things known as rare treasures, but a local official gave a wooden box, which looked extremely simple, and even had insect holes on the box.

Zhu Shiyang was puzzled, and carefully opened it to take a look, but saw that there were one ear of wheat, rice, and cotton peach coated with gold, silver, and copper paint, and the plants were tall and full of fruits.

Zhu Shiyang became more and more puzzled, and saw the official kneeling on the ground and playing: "Your Majesty, these are ripe crops in the jurisdiction of Weichen. The first batch of rice in the south of the Yangtze River has been harvested, and the taxes will be collected to the national treasury in a few days. ”

Zhu Shiyang was overjoyed and said, "Okay, this is really the best gift I received today." The officials of the DPRK and China were also moved, and bowed to the ground and said: "My emperor is wise, God bless the Ming, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Jiangnan's taxes were collected quickly, a full million taels of silver. Zhu Shiyang was so happy that he didn't sleep well for two days, and on the third day, he made a decision as soon as he opened his eyes, and he wanted to go out on patrol and go to the people to see the harvest of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes.

Lu Wenyuan and the others had a headache, just because the emperor's micro-service patrol was a big thing, and it was often necessary to prepare several years in advance, Zhu Shiyang's decision was so hasty, but he told them how to do it.

Zhu Shiyang is an anxious person, and he has to do what he thinks of, and he refuses to let him take a step. Seeing that the emperor was about to quarrel with Lu Wenyuan again, Zhu Shiji hurriedly stood up and came up with a compromise idea, saying that he was going to leave for Jiangnan Mansion in the near future anyway, and the preparations were almost there, so it was better to let the emperor go with him. Lu Wenyuan also had the intention to let the emperor go out on patrol once in order to better understand the people's feelings, but now that this method is feasible, he agreed.

The matter of the micro-service patrol was so happily decided. Zhu Shiyang appointed Lu Wenyuan to accompany him, and Fu Qian and Zhao Yongning stayed in Beijing to supervise the country.

But after all, the emperor's tour is a major event, and he can't be in a hurry, and he has been really busy waiting for a few days, but he has to hide and cover it to prevent other officials in the court from knowing, so everyone is tired enough.

At this moment, the Hanlin Academy is very idle, and the new scholars read the books of the sages every day, draft an edict, and have nothing else to do. Chen Yan has been depressed all day since he returned to the Hanlin Academy, either dozing off on the table, or looking out of the window in a daze, and he can't even say two words to him.

On this day, Chen Yan was still sullen in the hall, holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were only in the first two lines, and he soon fell asleep. After a while, someone gently patted him on the shoulder. Chen Yan looked up, it turned out to be the new science list, and when he saw that he was awake, he smiled cautiously and said, "There is someone looking for you outside, and I have been waiting for a long time." ”

Chen Yan was a little puzzled, he was not from the Jingzhong clan, and who would look for him on weekdays except for his colleagues? Lazily pacing out of the hall, he saw a person standing with his hands at the base of the back alley wall, and his figure was somewhat similar to that of today's saints. Chen Yan was startled, and went around to look at it again, but he felt puzzled, and called out tentatively: "Lord Wang......"

Zhu Shiji turned his head, he was only wearing ordinary civilian clothes today, and he didn't have guards by his side, looking like a rich boy who was as gentle as jade. Chen Yan felt a little strange, he didn't seem to have any dealings with him during his time in the palace, at most he only looked at him from a distance, and he didn't even say anything, what would happen when he came to find him now?

Zhu Shiji glanced at Chen Yan with a smile, as if he had guessed his thoughts, handed over a package he was holding in his hand to him, and said warmly: "This is what the imperial brother wants this king to hand over to you." ”

Chen Yan looked at the package in his hand over and over again, and wondered, "What is this?"

Zhu Shiji said: "This king doesn't know, it's about some gold and silver rewards and the like." The imperial brother has not seen Chen Zhuangyuan for many days, and he really misses it a little. ”

Chen Yan remembered the situation on the day he left the palace, the emperor's phoenix eyes were full of disgust, and he didn't look at himself, his heart sank, and he said depressedly: "What does the emperor want his ministers to do?"

Zhu Shiji said with a smile: "Naturally, I am thinking about the benefits of Chen Zhuangyuan." The royal brother is a person who values love and righteousness. ”

Chen Yan's face became more and more gloomy, and he bowed his head and did not say a word. Zhu Shiji persuaded him: "Chen Zhuangyuan is sad because he can't enter the cabinet?"

After a pause, seeing that Chen Yan didn't speak, but he didn't get angry, he said: "If you want this king to say, why did Chen Zhuangyuan hang himself on a tree? The world is so big, if you can't do it here, there may not be anywhere else." ”

Chen Yan heard that he seemed to have something in his words, and raised his head and hesitated: "What does this mean, prince?"

Zhu Shiji was silent, glanced at Chen Yan with a smile, and then Shi Shiran went by himself.

Chen Yan frowned and looked at Zhu Shiji's back, becoming more and more hesitant.