Zhou Heng has some understanding of the current situation of the imperial court. The level of his attention is the personnel changes of senior officials above the third grade, and he pays little attention to the officials of the sixth and seventh grades. However, these officials are the cornerstone of the empire, and the imperial court opened the department to recruit scholars, and the talents who won the two lists of jinshi entered the officialdom, and most of them started from the seven-rank officials.

Now, Wang Zhe clearly marked the price of these official positions and sold them, but Guo Shouning, who was the secretary of the ministry, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and pushed Cui Zhenyi, the servant of the ministry, to the forefront.

An official position is a public instrument of the state, so how can it be reduced to a private weapon for some people to buy and sell for profit?

Zhou Heng's face sank like water, and as soon as he returned to the Jin Palace, he immediately ordered to summon the staff to discuss the matter.

The staff members were awakened from their slumber, immediately put on their robes, and rushed to the study.

Zhou Heng had already changed his clothes and sat in the first place.

The staff who advocated befriending Wang Zhe in order to protect himself before was also filled with righteous indignation, and everyone said that Wang Zhe must be removed and the government and government should be restored.

Zhou Heng listened with a calm face, at that time, a staff member said that he wanted to befriend Wang Zhe, so he asked people to investigate what Wang Zhe did, and found that he only hid it from Emperor Zhi'an, and there were many lawlessness.

"Zheng Tong," Zhou Heng pointed out the name of one person and said, "You can stay later." ”

Zheng Tong was small and inconspicuous in the crowd.

Meng Sheng said first: "According to the following, it is not appropriate for the prince to tear his face with Wang Zhe at this time. ”

Zhou Heng's jaw head.

That sets the tone.

It wasn't until it was slightly dark that the staff left the study, and Zheng Tong stayed.

Zhou Heng said: "Our meticulous work is not effective, from now on, the cost will be increased by two thousand taels per month." If it is not enough, go to the account and withdraw it. Lay a net. Got it? ”

Zheng Tong is in charge of gathering intelligence.

"Yes." Zheng Tong bowed heavily. Retire.

Zhou Heng took a break from breakfast, and it was rare to get a good night's sleep these days. When I woke up, it was dark. He couldn't tell the difference between day and night.

Huanxi heard the movement of turning over in the tent, lowered his hand and called "Lord Wang", and said, "But are you awake?" The servant will have someone bring hot water and serve you to wash. ”

"What time is it?" Zhou Heng asked lazily.

"It's time." Huanxi paused and said, "The Marquis of Dingxing has been waiting for you in the mansion for a day." ”

Zhou Heng got up, served Huanxi and washed up, and said slowly: "What's the matter with him?" ”

"Say that you have something important to say to the prince." Huanxi's tone was quite disapproving.

Zhou Heng frowned and said, "Let him come in." ”

Dingxing Hou came over early in the morning. Lunch is also eaten here. Seeing that the sky was dark, the attendants took the lamp, and Zhou Heng was still nowhere to be seen. He was unwilling to go back like this, scolding his mother in his heart while waiting.

I heard that the king of Jin was invited, so he was busy dressing up and followed the inner servant inside.

Zhou Heng accepted his salute and said in surprise: "I don't know if the Hou Ye has anything important to say to this king?" ”

Neither explained why Li Mingfeng had been waited for a day, nor apologized for it. Li Mingfeng's face changed slightly. Said: "The old man shot two deer in the mountains yesterday, and I want to invite the prince to try it, and I also ask the prince to appreciate his face." ”

Autumn is a good season for hunting, and the children of Xun Gui have three or five friends. With a large number of slaves, it was normal to go up to the mountains to hunt. It is also common to invite friends to share the game.

Zhou Heng decisively refused: "This king still has to go to school, where can he find time?" can only live up to the good intentions of the prince. ”

"You ......" waited for a day. Li Mingfeng, who was holding back his anger, greeted Zhou Heng's mother and hurriedly reined in the precipice. Otherwise, the crime of "insulting the Queen Mother" is indispensable.

Who doesn't know that the King of Jin doesn't have a serious envoy, and he is idle all day long after arriving in Beijing? Will he go to school? Are you kidding. Hongwenyuan doesn't even have a gentleman, and the grass is knee-high.

"When is the prince free, when will he come to the house." Li Mingfeng said in a stiff tone.

Zhou Heng simply said: "Why? This king has no friendship with the Hou Ye. ”

Li Ming's spirit rushed upwards and said: "The little girl is beautiful and beautiful, and her fate is unspeakably expensive, if the prince misses the good marriage of the little girl, it will be a pity." ”

There was a queen mother in the previous dynasty, when she was a daughter, she said that she had three relatives, and her fiancé died before she passed the door, and everyone said that she was a hard husband. The parents were in a hurry, so they asked a fortune teller to show her the fortune, and the fortune teller approved four words: "It's unspeakably expensive." Later, this woman entered the palace as a palace maid at the age of eighteen, and was looked down upon by the prince less than three months after entering the palace, brought back to the East Palace, and gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson. After the crown prince ascended the throne, she was canonized as the queen because she salivated the emperor's eldest son. When her son ascended the throne, she became the queen mother. The mother's brother is a marquis, a rich family, and he really responded to the words "unspeakably expensive".

Li Mingfeng told Zhou Heng, my daughter Wangfu, you should marry quickly.

Zhou Heng sneered and said, "Recently, it has been rumored in Beijing that Miss Li Wu of the Dingxing Hou Mansion is unspeakably expensive. This king only laughed and talked, but it turned out that there was indeed a thing. This king just wants to be a comfortable prince, and he has no ambition to covet the throne. ”

Li Mingfeng was so choked that he couldn't speak.

The housekeeper who came with him said: "The position of the prince's concubine has been decided, and the world knows it." The fifth lady of my family did not hesitate to condescend to the position of the side concubine, and hoped that the prince would accept it with a smile. ”

The young lady from the Hou Mansion is the crown princess who has also done it. What's more, just to be a side concubine of an idle prince who is suspicious?

Huanxi stood in the corner of the room, glanced at the housekeeper with his eyelids, and said in his heart: "Dingxinghou's posture is really low. Now it's not good for the prince to refuse again, right? ”

As soon as the thought turned, Zhou Heng had already said: "Since love is 'unspeakably expensive', how dare this king climb high?" Isn't this a matter of authority? This king really has no disobedience to him. ”

Li Mingfeng was shocked, why didn't he expect that marrying Li Xiuxiu now was to announce to the whole world that he had the determination to take Emperor An and replace him? Otherwise, why would you marry a woman who has the destiny to be a queen and a queen mother?

Seeing that Li Mingfeng's face was pale, Zhou Heng's tone softened a little, and said, "There are many good men in the world, why should you be wronged here by this king?" Hou Ye might as well be looking for a good candidate for Ling Ai, and there are a few King Fan in the royal family who are the same age as Ling Ai. ”

For example, his second brother, Zhou Kang, the king of Chu, although he already has a concubine, but a side concubine died a few days ago, if Li Xiuxiu doesn't mind, he can marry him. His third brother, Qi Wang Zhou Mao, only has a main concubine and no side concubine, Li Xiuxiu can also consider it.

The number of concubines is limited, and the number of side concubines is much more.

No matter how many King Fan there are, only the King of Jin is the king of Jin. Li Mingfeng's face became a bitter gourd face.

Li Mingfeng did not explicitly object, so Zhou Heng agreed with him and said, "It's getting late, and this king won't leave the marquis." ”

Huanxi immediately jumped out and said, "Master Hou, please." ”

Li Mingfeng was almost mad, and watched Zhou Heng Shi Ran walk towards the door, and an attendant trotted over, presented a big red gold worship sticker with both hands, and said, "Lord Cui, there is a post in Lord Cui's mansion, inviting you to come over tomorrow." ”

Then, he heard Zhou Heng say happily: "The person who sent the post said that I would go over tomorrow." (To be continued......)