Yanggu County originally belonged to a small county town in the middle of nowhere, and it may be above the court, in the mind of the Son of Heaven, this place name almost never appeared.

However, in the past month, on the dragon book case of the Rui Si Palace, there was a stack of folds stacked in a convenient position, and the little eunuch labeled this stack of folds - Li Yan of Yanggu County.

Rui Si Palace, also called the imperial study, located in the inner court of the imperial city, the palace regulation is extremely high, the top of the heavy eaves palace, five ridges and four slopes, laying the golden glazed tiles of the royal family, nine wide rooms, the window lattice of the rhombus, the vermilion lacquer surface, the front porch is long, leaning on the hall and building, the two sides of the fence are full of flowers of the next season, the corridor is rolled with a rain curtain, the sky hangs a silk tent, there is a golden armor guard holding the halberd in three or five steps, this elegant environment, add a little depth and strictness.

In the Xinuan Pavilion in the hall, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, who was dressed in casual clothes, leaned sideways on the couch, held an appointment document in his hand, poked the jade seal in the lower right corner with his hand, put it under his nose and sniffed, with a playful smile on his face.

Then he put the document on the low table beside him, raised his head to look at a painting on the wall, pinched his eyebrows in distress, and said to the eunuch beside him: "What is the name of the little girl in the middle?" ”

"Back to the official's house, this girl's name is Daylily, she bought it from the human market, and signed that strange contract, she ......," the old eunuch replied.

Zhao Ji raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "I remember the rest of the story, but I suddenly couldn't remember the name of this little girl." ”

He looked at the painting for a long time, and said to himself, "Interesting." ”

The big eunuch bent down and reminded softly: "Official, Lord Chen Wenzhao, the prefect of Dongping Mansion, is still kneeling outside the hall, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it anymore."

Zhao Ji tapped his forehead and said, "Pass it on, this old man didn't die in the hands of Shui Kou, if he freezes to death in the imperial city, I will inevitably be annoyed by the mother-in-law of the imperial history platform again." ”

The old eunuch responded, bowed back a few steps, turned around and left the warm pavilion, with broken steps under his feet, and came to the corridor of the hall, a biting cold wind blew, and his body couldn't help but tremble, and said to Chen Wenzhao, who was kneeling on the cold stone slab:

"Lord Chen, go in with the miscellaneous family, the official family is invited, but the adults must pay attention to their words, if they anger the official family again, they will inevitably continue to suffer."

Chen Wenzhao was stunned in his heart, rubbed his sore muscles and bones, and asked in a low voice, "Father-in-law Liang, that Li thief is full of evil, don't you get rid of it?" And Tong Guan is still in his hands, in order to survive, he will do everything to please Li Thief, if they are complicit, we can ......"

This kind of thing doesn't need to be said in its entirety, just point to it, they are all smart people, how can they not understand.

This old eunuch's original name was Liang Shicheng, and the official went to the Ruisi Palace to check the palace, and was in charge of going out to transmit the fat shortage of the imperial decree, and all the imperial orders were passed out through his hand and issued to the world.

On the surface, he is an old eunuch, kind and humble, but secretly he is called a hidden appearance by the ministers of the previous dynasty.

Hidden phase, that is, the secret prime minister, from this title, you can spy on the greatness of its power.

There are no two days, there are no two masters in the country, and the prime minister is the same, how can Cai Jing tolerate the existence of hidden phases, so the two largest factions in the court have become from this.

Tong Guan is of course an out-and-out member of the Cai Party, but now that he has been defeated and captured, how can Liang Shicheng, as a political enemy, miss the opportunity to cut off Cai Jing's arm.

suddenly thought that a few days ago, Chen Wenzhao, the governor of Dongping Prefecture, sent a recital about Li Yan, so he privately asked Chen Wenzhao to impeach Li Yan, and then Tong Guan had no return.

Although Chen Wenzhao is greedy for money, he has a bit of a righteous heart, and after listening to Li Yanei's grievances, he naturally has no good feelings for Li Yan.

Only then did he come to Kyoto to meet Zhao Ji and vigorously accuse Li Yan of his evil deeds.

Unexpectedly, I don't know why, the saint protected Li Yan vigorously, no matter what he said, Zhao Ji completely ignored it, ignored it, and said it in a hurry, so he actually asked him to kneel in the corridor to "cool down" and wake up.

And now that the hidden phase said such a thing to him, he knew that it was a signal to him, but he couldn't help but ask.

Liang Shicheng didn't answer him, only gave a look, and asked Chen Wenzhao to obediently follow behind him and return to Rui Si Palace.

Zhao Ji sat behind the dragon book case, and said angrily: "Have you figured it out?" ”

Chen Wenzhao knelt on the ground and said unwillingly: "Weichen...... I see. ”

"Got what?" Zhao Ji asked.

Chen Wenzhao didn't know how to respond for a while, and said: "Weichen, Weichen understands, understands......"

Hum!

Zhao Ji snorted coldly, threw a stack of folds to the ground, and scolded:

"I let you see what the ministers say about Li Yan, are you deaf? Or are you blind? will believe your own words and kill the pillars of the country in vain! ”

Chen Wenzhao lay on the ground and picked up a book, glanced at it roughly, respectfully put it on the side, and then flipped through seven or eight books one after another, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

These recitals are all for Li Yan's performance, there are Shilang, Taichang, Zhongshu Sheren, Taizhong Doctor and other ministers above the fifth grade, among which two of them are the most shocking, it turned out to be the Prime Minister Cai Jing and the Imperial City Division to raise Luo Zhu's recital.

Deng Shi realized that he had done a stupid thing, sandwiched between the two factions, and was used as a gun by Liang Shicheng, but he didn't dare to attack, he had a bitter word in his heart, and sat on the ground stupidly, crying and crying.

Zhao Ji said angrily: "Dongping Mansion has just been ransacked by bandits, as a prefect, you don't think about people's livelihood issues, but you came to me to play a scoundrel, if it weren't for your age, you would never be spared, hurry back to the jurisdiction, don't bother me again." ”

Chen Wenzhao knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and walked out of the Rui Si Hall tremblingly, and he was much older in an instant.

In the hall, Liang Shicheng was picking up the folds while thinking about the next plan.

After Chen Wenzhao's investigation, he had an in-depth understanding of the holy will, and at this time, it was impossible to start with Li Yan to rectify Tong Guan, and he needed to change his method.

"Draft, order the new science and technology scholar Ge Shiru to return to Yanggu County to serve as the magistrate, and bring my holy decree to let Li Yan enter Beijing for the examination in the spring." Zhao Ji commanded.

Liang Shicheng said timidly: "Official, then Li Yan is not a tribute, if he directly participates in the examination, is it against the system, it is better to let him take the township examination for one year first, so that other students can be convinced." ”

"Ah Weng won't be trying to help Chen Wenzhao speak, right?" Zhao Ji said unhappily.

Liang Shicheng hurriedly knelt down and said: "The old slave doesn't dare, the old slave doesn't dare." ”

"Let's make a decision." Zhao Ji suddenly remembered the letter sent by Li Yan, and added: "Another edict will be issued to Tong Qing's family, so that he can recruit Liangshan and enter the army, and all the crimes committed in the past can be pardoned." ”

Liang Shichen stopped his pen and rolled his eyes and said: "The official family, the Liangshan people and others are too gangster, and if they are assigned to the army, it will inevitably cause riots." ”

"What does Aung want?"

"The old slave has a way, and I hope the official family can make a decision." Liang Shicheng put down his pen and continued: "Fang La, the bandit leader in the Jiangnan region, has established himself as the king, and his arrogance has overtaken Liangshan, it is better to let Master Tong lead the Liangshan bandits to fight Fang La, no matter whether he wins or loses, it is a blessing for the official family." ”

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said: "The method must be very good, if you lose, you can also weaken the strength of the thieves, and if you win, it can be regarded as training, and when the envoy of the United Jin comes back, you can go straight to the battlefield, even if you don't have to." ”

"Proposed, since I ascended the throne, I have ruled the world with benevolence and righteousness, I have not slackened my talents, I love the people as if I am afraid, I miss Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, etc., I have been loyal and righteous for a long time, and I have been obedient for a long time.

"I sent a special privy envoy Tong Guan to Liangshan Shuibo to pardon all the crimes committed by Song Jiang and other people. When the pardon arrives, you will go south as soon as possible, sweep away the traitor Fang La, and there will be no delay, and you will not be disappointed. ”

Liang Shicheng wrote hard, stamped the written edict with a jade seal, put it in a brocade box, carefully sealed it, and summoned a little eunuch who was waiting for him to send it to the mansion of Prime Minister Cai Jing.

The little eunuch came out in response, did not dare to delay, and ran all the way to Cai's mansion.

Cai Jing was cultivating his sentiments in the flower room, and when he heard that there was a holy oracle coming down, he hurriedly took the brocade box, took out the holy decree, and read it from beginning to end, his face was a little ugly.

It can be guessed that the move of letting Tong Guan lead Liangshan to fight Fang La must be Liang Shicheng's idea, but the will has been made, and now I ask the emperor to change it, for fear of touching Tianwei.

At the same time, he hated Tong Guan for being incompetent, and he was defeated by a thousand bandits with a charge of 100,000 heavenly soldiers.

That's fine, if you can really calm Fang La, it can be regarded as making up for it, and at that time you are mediating from it, and Tong Guan can be reused again.

After thinking about it, he instructed the little servant to take the seal, respectfully cover it under the jade seal, put it in a brocade box, and hand it to the little eunuch again.

The little eunuch set off again, ran all the way to the official residence, found Ge Shiru, a new science and technology scholar, and read out the will.

Ge Shiru knelt down to receive the order, and then Sanyu long lived, carried the brocade box into his arms, did not dare to stay for a moment, packed the package, went to Shengyuan Qianzhuang to show the official letter, borrowed money to buy a good horse, and ran back to Yanggu County overnight.

Returning home, in addition to filling the belly of himself and his horses, he did not rest for an hour and delayed, no matter how difficult the snow road was, he also traveled under the stars and nights.

Not for anything else, just to go back to see his benefactor Li Yan earlier, if it weren't for Li Yan's free funding for him to go to Beijing to take the exam, how could he have returned to his hometown today.

Now that the benefactor is in trouble, one more moment will be more dangerous, how can he still have the heart to sleep.

In less than two days, Ge Shiru dragged his tired body into Xicheng, and a soldier guarding the city recognized him and said, "Isn't this Ge Dalang?" How did you get trapped like this, didn't you meet a bandit on the road and be robbed? ”

Ge Shiru had no intention of joking with him, took out the official seal and said: "I am Ge Shiru, the magistrate of Yanggu County, and you will take me to find Li Yan and Li Guanren as soon as possible." ”

When the soldiers guarding the city saw the official seal, they were frightened, thinking that it was the eldest master of Yanggu County's parents, their own immediate boss, how dare they slack off, and replied: "The official Li now lives in the Li Mansion on the cross street, and the county lord please come with me." ”