With the increasing expansion of the caravan under Su Qiongzhi, Xiliang Qinfeng wine was sold all over Daqi, and slowly became famous.

At the beginning, the General's Mansion and Chen Shou had an agreement that the money for the wine was earned by himself, and the General's Mansion did not want it, but now it has naturally become Chen Shou's money bag.

Only with money can you raise private soldiers, and Chen Shou has four Taoist soldiers under him, as well as Jin Yuwei. There are no less than 2,000 people in the five places, and by collecting business taxes and selling wine from the Hu people, Chen Shou still has a lot of surplus wealth every month, and he saves more and more.

These two thousand people were Chen Shou's arrogant capital in the capital, and he sent people to beat Liu Qin's younger brother, and also drove Bai Zhongchuan out of Bianliang, which was notorious for a while.

It is not the first time that Chen Shou has done this kind of thing, he relied on the emperor's favor, and once took someone to the Horse Mansion to beat the Horse Duwei Wang Chaolong with a blue nose and swollen face.

Wang Chaolong has always been very famous in Bianliang, he is a rich and idle nobleman, and he has a good relationship with the Wenchen clan.

When the civil officials scolded Chen Shou, they did everything they could, but he was really handsome, and he didn't have to be black, so they scolded him for being a jade-faced snake heart.

After he took over Qin Fengying, he turned this "orphanage" that his grandfather didn't love and didn't love his grandmother into a real cradle of talents.

Not only can you eat well here, but you can also learn literature and martial arts, all of which Chen Shou paid for.

Li Wei fought Hengshan at that time, and in a hurry, he promised him a lot of privileges, and his original intention was to slowly take it back after the battle.

However, after the victory in Hengshan, Li Jin died tragically, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired Li Wei without this mood.

The only son didn't want to avenge his brother, and his blind foolishness broke his heart even more.

Disheartened, Li Wei was too lazy to take care of it, causing Qin Fengying's influence to become bigger and bigger.

Even many children with sound parents want to be sent to Qin Feng's camp for the sake of their children's future.

Because of Qin Feng's practice of accommodating orphans, Chen Shou is synonymous with righteousness and generosity in Liangzhou.

Especially in the army, his reputation is also very high, because he saved the orphan of Brother Rozawa, who was born and died.

Jiang Xiangyu once told Li Wei about this worriedly, Li Wei sighed at the time, and said that this kid is also the son-in-law of the Li family, and I don't bother to care.

Jiang Xiangyu thought that this was Lao Shuai's family matter, so he no longer interfered, and these people also had some complaints about Li Xin.

Most of the veterans in the Xiliang Army are not used to Li Xin's foolish loyalty, but Li Xin's subordinates regard him as a god.

And Li Xin is really outstanding, his merits and achievements do not rely on veterans of a hundred battles and experienced Xiliang heavy generals.

He led a group of young people, and soon grew into a group of invincible elite soldiers, which made these veterans both admired and angry.

In Liangzhou City, in the base camp of Qin Feng's camp, a group of small soldiers had just finished training.

There were also fifty small soldiers, not very tall, and the children who were not too big in the crowd, estimated to be eleven or twelve years old, were singled out.

They took off their red military jackets, tied scarves around their necks, wore all kinds of coarse linen clothes, and gasped for breath in white mist, waiting for the carriage at the door.

Around their necks were the dry food prepared by their mothers and grandmothers, and hung on their chests.

They were going to the capital to join the steward and serve the steward, and everyone was very excited.

For these children in Liangzhou, Bianliang is a distant place, it is rumored that it is like a fairyland, where the rich people are all dressed in gold and silver, and no one will never have a full stomach.

After a while, a caravan came by caravan, and the children had their own carriages, and one by one they got in, took turns driving, and joined the caravan.

A steward in the caravan frowned and said, "With so many children, wouldn't they have to be distracted and take care of them on the road, and trouble them will die." ”

The people who traveled with him all looked at him with strange eyes, and one of the older ones said with a smile: "It's the first time you are on the road with them, these babies can be on the road, their hands and feet are nimble, they can read and write, and they will plan to plate." With them with them, the journey was a lot easier. ”

The new steward tilted his head in disbelief, and the people around him did not argue with him, and there was an opportunity for him to see for himself along the way.

The caravan soon arrived on the official road, and now it is trampled out of the roads by the Hu merchants.

There were often caravans of camels on the road, that is, Qarakhanid merchants from the Western Regions, who cut off the trade routes, and whenever any Westerners came from the trade routes, they would cut off their limbs and hang them on the road as guideposts.

The road full of bones leads to a road of wealth, and once you walk from here, you can make a lot of money.

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Bianliang, in Chen's house.

"This time, I have been helped by loyal and brave uncles, and I am grateful to the old man." Liu Shangying, the new secretary of the ministry, smiled and served Chen Shou with his own hands.

"Lord Liu is too modest, according to the talent and experience of the old man, he should have been at the top of the nine Qings a long time ago." Chen Shou said politely, and it was difficult to hide the smug look in his eyes.

"The luck is not good, the life of Huan Hai is full of villains such as Wei Yunse and Jiang Chucai blocking the way, if it weren't for the plan of the loyal and brave uncle, the old man really doesn't know where the sun will rise." Thinking of decades of unfortunate official fortunes, Liu Shangying looked up to the sky and sighed.

A few days ago, Zhang Cai, the secretary of the ministry, returned to his hometown, and the book of the secretary sent to Emperor Gengyuan.

It just so happened that Chen Shou was preaching there, and he spoke very much about Emperor Yuan's heart, and every sentence scratched his itch, so happy that Emperor Yuan almost scratched his ears and cheeks.

After reading the recital, he asked casually, and Chen Shou immediately pinched his fingers and recommended Liu Shangying, who went to his house to "drink tea" a few days ago.

The Great Qi ancestral system, there are internal and external officials, the election of officials in the inner court is the emperor's family matter, and the foreign ministers can always oppose impeachment if they don't like it, and there is no reason to interfere according to the rules, as for the outer court, there is too much room for manipulation.

The civil officials selected the text, the military department selected the military, and the civil officials below the fifth rank of Beijing officials and the fourth rank below the local officials were all drawn up by the Ministry of Officials and handed over to the emperor to draw up a scene, which was called the Ministry Selection.

The selection of middle-level officials at a higher level is called "ministry push", and the ministry launches a list of candidates, giving a face for the emperor to choose himself, but who is the main push and who is the deputy push has been indicated, and those who know each other will draw a circle on the main push, otherwise the deputy push will go up, and it will not be long before he will be squeezed away.

At a higher level, it will be hand-picked, and the ministers of the six ministries and nine secretaries will belong to the emperor's hand-picking.

It is inevitable that people will be confused when they are old, and Emperor Yuan has already aged to the point where he is about to run out of oil, thanks to Chen Shou and Doctor Liu, he will burn out his last vitality faster.

If the historians of later generations knew the candidates of Chen Shou's left and right officials, they would definitely criticize these two faint monarchs and ministers.

Chen Shou raised the tea bowl and took a sip, and said seemingly casually: "The old man has received the grace of the saints, and he is a heavenly official, so he should abide by his duty, choose his talents, and make no talents, and each has its own use." ”

This is already obviously igniting him, and he will arrange more of his own people in the future, Liu Shangying's person-like character, of course, he understands.

"Uncle Zhongyong just rest assured, the old man knows it."

The two men looked at each other and laughed at the same time.