Thinking of the person he met on the road, May asked Shopkeeper Chen: "Shopkeeper Chen, I wonder if that King Cheng said when the Seven Princes will return to Lincheng?" ”

"I don't know, it is estimated that it will only be these few days, King Cheng has set a box for the day after tomorrow in Baiwei Building, probably for the Seven Princes to catch the wind and wash the dust." Shopkeeper Chen thought of the private room set by King Cheng yesterday and guessed.

I remember that the relationship between the Seventh Prince and King Cheng was good, maybe ten years later, it will still be the same as it was at the beginning, and it is not certain.

May lowered her head and her eyes turned slightly, and her thin lips moved slightly for a long time: "Shopkeeper Chen, the Seventh Prince is the most suitable candidate, since the Seventh Prince has returned to Beijing in the next few days, then it is time for me to prepare." ”

"Young Prince May, I don't understand why it is the Seventh Prince, compared to several other princes, the Seventh Prince has no chance of winning at all, isn't the Young Prince of May afraid of falling short?" Shopkeeper Chen was puzzled by May's choice.

He has been operating in Lincheng for many years, and the situation in Lincheng over the years, not to mention that he knows it well, at least he knows it in his heart, in fact, he is more interested in the three princes, the grandfather of the three princes is the Marquis of Huaiyin, who holds the military power, not only that, but behind him there is Prime Minister Zhu Gongyu, civil and military union, and the court and the military minister to help.

With such a strong alliance of the three princes, as well as the sandwich attack of the eldest prince and the fifth prince, it is even more difficult for the seven princes to stand out and ascend to that supreme position, as if ascending to the sky.

"Shopkeeper Chen, have you thought about it, if the Seventh Prince really has no hope, why was he called back to Lincheng at this time, if he is desperate, how can he come back?"

"The eldest prince, the third prince and the fifth prince certainly have a big chance of winning, but what if they win? I'm not alone standing behind them! May explained.

Baiwei Lou is one of the best restaurants in Lincheng, dignitaries and nobles come and go endlessly, there are many people staring at Baiwei Lou, after eating and drinking enough in May, they leave Baiwei Lou with satisfaction, and go to the west of the city.

There is a house in the west of the city that has been prepared for a long time, and from then on, May became the owner of the wooden mansion in the west of the city.

After Tang Du's army attacked Wucheng, it was like a bamboo to capture the nearby small city, and when it came to Weicheng, Dingbei Hou just arrived in Weicheng, and the morale of the army led by Dingbei Hou was high, Tang Duan was not in a hurry to attack the city, but set up camp outside the city, and Jin Guo was consumed like this.

"General, Tang Duan still hasn't sent troops, if it continues like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to drag on for long, the grain and grass are in an emergency, but there is no news from the household department." The deputy general, who has followed Dingbei Hou for many years, is worried.

When I left Handu, the grain and herbs prepared by the household department could only support a short time, and now Tang Dui does not send troops, and you are a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is helpless to take the initiative to attack, and the slightest carelessness is the annihilation of the whole army.

"There's no news from the household department yet?" Dingbei Hou frowned, and the subtle wrinkles on his face were written with anger.

Vice General Li had to grit his teeth and say, "Back to the general, all the news we sent back has been lost." ”

"He Gu Zongzhi deceived people too much, he couldn't get along with Ben Hou on weekdays, Ben Hou didn't care about him generously, this is a military matter, tens of thousands of generals are fate, he actually regarded it as a child's play." The Marquis of Dingbei was furious, and scolded Gu Zongzhi's old horseman in his heart.

Thinking of the news he heard from Luo Hui, Vice General Li blurted out: "General, Master Gu is no longer a household secretary. ”

"How is it possible, if it's not Gu Zongzhi, then who will take over the household department?" Although he looks down on Gu Zongzhi's old horseman in every way on weekdays, Dingbei Hou will not look forward to Gu Zongzhi's downfall.

The news I heard from Luo Hui was only a few words, and Vice General Li didn't know what happened in Handu, so he could only tell what he had heard: "I heard that the person who moved into the household department is the former soldier of the military department, called Liao Wenzhong, and his subordinates are not familiar with this person. ”

"When?"

"I asked about the third day of leaving Khandu."

Thinking of the soldiers who lacked food, meat, vegetables and clothing, those people in Handu were still fighting back and forth, turning a blind eye to the soldiers guarding the city on the front line as if they were air, and the fiery temper of Dingbei Hou couldn't be suppressed, so he took out a secret fold and waved it, and wrote down the affairs of the household department.

"Wen Hu, you are the most trusted person in Benhou, you take this letter written by Benhou himself to secretly return to Beijing, hand over this letter to Li Xiang, and the other Li Xiang will arrange it, you are waiting for the result of this matter in Handu, and return to Weicheng immediately." Dingbei Hou's eyes were red, and he handed the ink to Vice General Li before it had dried.

Hubu dared to prevaricate his Dingbeihou, he was not easy to provoke, he wanted to use this letter to tell those people in the court who had the idea of Weicheng grain and grass, if he provoked Dingbeihou, whether it was a human or a ghost, he would have to peel off a layer of skin.

Vice General Li took the fold, and suddenly felt a little hot, thinking that Li Xiang had already resigned, seeing the general's gloomy face, but he didn't dare to say the words to his mouth, at this time he wanted to give himself a big mouth, hating this mouth too late.

Out of the camp tent, looking at the secret fold weighing thousands of catties in his hand, Vice General Li's brain hurt, let himself go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he will not frown, but the matter of sending the letter is still the first time, and Li Xiangyou has resigned, what to do with this fold, he has no idea at all.

At this time, Liao Wenzhong, the new household secretary who had just taken office in Handu, didn't know that he was participated in by the Marquis of Dingbei, and he had just taken over the household department, so he knew that the household department was a puddle of mud, no wonder Gu Zongzhi handed over all the affairs of the household department at the moment when the holy decree came down, regardless of the sick body, it turned out that this was not a money basket, but a hot potato.

But no matter how difficult it is, he can't pick on his son, under the holy decree, this is the emperor's trust in him, he just showed his face in front of the emperor, and the emperor must not let the emperor think that he has no ability to take charge of the household, and return to the liberation overnight.

"Zigang, please ask the people from the household department to discuss in the burrow." In the entire household department, the only person Liao Wenzhong knows is his same year Xu Zigang, who is now one of the heads of the household department.

After Xu Zigang responded, he quickly gathered all the people in the household in the burrow, and when Liao Wenzhong arrived, he was almost absent.

Looking at the position of Shangshu at the head of the seat, Liao Wenzhong was a little excited, the position he used to envy the most, at this time, he was sitting steadily, a few days ago he was still in the position of these people in front of him, but now it is different from the past.

"Ladies and gentlemen, when Wen Zhong first arrived at the household department, he didn't know much about the household department, and he was a colleague in the future, and there are many places that depend on you, so today everyone will meet and talk about the household department." Thinking that he was already the head of the department, Liao Wenzhong raised his head and said.

A few days ago, most people have seen Liao Wenzhong's ability to pat on the back, and they dislike and dislike this freshly baked household book from their bones, Liao Wenzhong is stepping on Li Xiang's position again, Li Xiang is a model for scholars in the world, and Liao Wenzhong has caused public anger.

After Liao Wenzhong finished speaking, he responded sparsely, those who had low official positions and no background looked at Liao Wenzhong with a shy smile and envious eyes, and those who had a slightly higher official position and a background ignored Liao Wenzhong, but a Hubu Shangshu who was in a position with a whisker couldn't get into their eyes.

As early as when he was in the Ministry of War, Liao Wenzhong deeply understood a truth, most of the six departments were people from meritorious families, and the Ministry of War was like this, and the Ministry of Household would be no exception, but he didn't expect that these people would not save face for him on the first day.

"I wonder who the squire is?" The squire is the person with the highest official position in the household department except for Shangshu, and Liao Wenzhong thinks that as long as he has a good relationship with the squire, there will be no major problems in the household department.

For a long time, no one answered, and the last small chief of the crowd mustered up the courage to say: "Lord Hui, Chen Shilang has been transferred to the Ministry of Works, and the emperor has not yet decided on the person who waits for Lang." ”

Liao Wenzhong was slightly stunned, thinking quickly in his mind that the previous waiter was transferred, the position of waiter was vacant, but the emperor had not yet decided on a candidate, which could only show that the previous waiter had just left, and the emperor was also caught off guard.

"When? Who was the previous Tobe squire? "Thinking that before he took over the household department, someone left the household department directly, which is clearly a provocation to him.

Looking at the face of the first lord Shangshu who couldn't see his joy and anger, the chief secretary who replied before said stubbornly: "Lord Hui, Chen Shilang only left our household department yesterday, as for who it is, I think the adult should also know him, he is the second son of the military department Shangshu." ”

Hearing that it was the secretary of the military department, that is, the son of his former boss, Liao Wenzhong snorted and said: "It seems that Chen Shilang is very unkind to see this official, maybe this official offends Chen Shilang on weekdays, and when the court is in the morning tomorrow, this official must solve the misunderstanding with Chen Shilang." ”

Looking at Liao Wenzhong's hypocritical appearance, Yu Meng, who had a good personal relationship with Chen Cong, sneered and said: "Lao Chen has his own ideas when he goes to the Ministry of Industry, among the six departments, Lao Chen wants to go to the Ministry of Industry the most. ”

No one dared to take Yu Meng's words, those people with low official positions pretended to be dumb, Liao Wenzhong was even more angry, thinking of Yu Meng's identity, he could only endure this breath alive, and the ability to endure this was the accumulation of decades of experience in officialdom.

Liao Wenzhong pulled out a smile without smiling and said: "What Yu Gongzi said is that Liao thinks too much, always thinks that he has a comradeship with Chen Shilang's father, and he has a few fates with Chen Shilang, but he has forgotten the Chen family's high-spirited style, and I have heard Chen Shangshu mention Chen Shilang before, he is a person who loves to build roads and ships, but Liao Mou spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he must apologize to Chen Shilang tomorrow." ”

"There is no need to apologize, you have a sentence that is right, Lao Chen doesn't like you but it's true, Li Xiang is Lao Chen's teacher, he has always respected his teacher, for a person who slandered and framed his master to climb up, it's good to beat him with a stick, and I want him to be kind and pleasant, I think it's a dream that hasn't woken up yet." Looking at Liao Wenzhong's fake face, Yu Meng said with a pout.