The old emperor in the imperial study was lying lazily on the wooden floor, wrapped tightly in a heavy mink blanket. Gonggong Wei stood in front of the couch and stared at the brazier, for fear that His Majesty the Emperor would suffer from the cold.

Groggily, he woke up and leaned on the soft pillow to look at Gonggong Wei and said, "What time is the beginning of today." ”

Gonggong Wei said: "It's sixteen years old when I return to Your Majesty, and I don't dare to wake up when I see Your Majesty sleeping soundly." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince presided over the early dynasty, and everything went smoothly. As he spoke, he placed a delicate wooden box beside the emperor and lowered his body.

The emperor opened the brocade box with a roll call on Chinese New Year's Eve, and a letter of resignation was placed on a mink blanket. Gonggong Wei waited for the emperor to speak, but the emperor took out a few letters and handed them to Gonggong Wei and said: "Except for these people, the rest of them all agree to take the pen and ink." ”

Late that night, the Great Liang Dynasty Hall was shaken unprecedentedly, except for Prime Minister Wang An, Jin Ran, the Ministry of Rites, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the Chinese scholar Xun Sizhan, the great Sima Lin Xie, and the Lanshan Bo Li Chengming, dozens of old ministers all made a big mark on the chapter, with the emperor's treasure seal, and there was no room for maneuver. On the contrary, everyone who did not submit their resignations was terrified, especially the elderly who were nearly 60 years old.

It is well known that these old people occupy important positions but lack mental strength, and most of them are muddy waters. Many courtiers did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would not hesitate to approve all those who submitted their resignations, and the remaining few did not say anything. Regarding the resignation of the disappeared Father-in-law, Father-in-law Wei only said one sentence: "I didn't see it." ”

Most of the Qi Palaces and the East Palace are old ministers, and it can be said that they are powerless to return to heaven after the matter has come to this point. It's more about asking for an official position for the juniors in the family, and it's better for those who have a knighthood. Those who have never won a knighthood in the officialdom have few talented people in their families.

It is not until now that many old ministers know that Wang Anguang opened the imperial examination, which invisibly cut off the promotion path of the wealthy family. In the past ten years, high-ranking officials born in poor families have been all over Daliang, especially in various prefectures and counties, although each family has fiefdoms and real powers, they have been deprived layer by layer and returned to the central government.

The prince of the prison country chose to meet with several loyal old ministers, and the rest of the old ministers really had no mental strength. What those old people or contemporary heads of the family will say, they know in their hearts what they think before they even open their mouths. It is nothing more than asking His Majesty to withdraw his resignation and retreat to the next best so that the juniors in the family can take the opportunity to replace the official position.

The prince, who had prepared early, did not expect his father to come so quickly, and late that night, the eunuchs in the palace went to the homes of the major courtiers in batches with resignation letters to collect the official seals. The suddenness of the arrival caught the prince Xiao Yin off guard and closed the door to thank the guests.

Zhou Heng sat opposite the prince, poured hot tea and handed it to the prince and said, "Your Highness, why bother with this disappearance. ”

The DPRK and China have dismissed five officials above the third rank, and there are as many as 20 civil and military officials of the fourth rank, and even more below the fourth rank. If this is a small thing, then what else is a big deal about the girder. Prince Xiao Yin exhaled heavily, and the tea was hot and didn't know how to burn when he took a sip of it.

"This is not a trivial matter, they are all loyal ministers, how do you let this palace deal with these people. Most of them are the elders of a family, or even the head of a family. It is only said that appeasing these people is not something that can be done for a while, but also to help make everyone undefeated. Without the support of these old ministers, the palace will lose a big boost. ”

Zhou Heng picked up the teapot and poured the teacup for the prince again and said seriously: "If this is already a big deal, His Royal Highness needs to be more careful about what he needs to do next, and what will happen later." ”

Suddenly, the prince stared at Zhou Heng in a daze, as if he had thought of something. Zhou Heng took out the tea leaves that had been tumbling several times, put in new tea leaves, and said: "No matter how good the tea is, it will always lose its original fragrance if you boil it several times, and if you want to taste a cup of fragrant tea, you need to fill in the new tea." The dismissal of the old minister always needs to be replaced by a new person, and now there are many empty seats in the court, what His Highness should do and what not to do, what His Majesty thinks, what His Majesty wants to do and cannot do, or can not do what must be done. ”

Why did a mess calm the prince's heart, and the two almost said in unison: "Father (Your Majesty) is going to prepare for the new monarch." ”

Zhou Heng continued: "Your Highness must be less similar to Lord Zhou of the Ministry of Officials now, but instead talk more with some officials who have real talents and are struggling to be promoted. ”

The crown prince, who suddenly came to his senses, was about to instruct his subordinates to arrange the New Year's ceremony, Zhou Heng said: "Your Highness, you can't be in a hurry in this matter, this is their opportunity, and your Highness should let your Highness see if those people have real talent and learning." There is no need to be rigid with people who have not been promoted for a long time, and there are many handsome people in the old ministers' families outside, which are worthy of His Royal Highness's reuse. Weichen can nominate one person to His Highness, and maybe he will help His Highness at an important juncture. ”

The prince asked curiously, "Aiqing, please speak." ”

Zhou Heng said with a serious look in his eyes: "Liu Ce's eldest son, Liu Zhifang, this person has been on duty in the forbidden army all year round. Few people can compare with the terrain of the palace, if so. The prince, who gave him a heavy look, continued: "It will definitely be a big help." ”

staring at Zhou Heng, it seemed that neither the prince nor the king of Qi thought of Liu Ce, the secretary of the military department, and Liu Zhixing, the commander of the first battalion of the Changfeng Army, but no one deliberately thought of Liu Zhiming, the prince of Lu Guo. seems to have been a quiet military general since he was a child, and he didn't do anything big in his eyes. Even if he followed Liu Ce to quell the rebellion in Sanzhou this time, it was also decent, and the DPRK and China were just like the Liu family, and rarely negotiated with hundreds of officials.

The prince didn't expect that the person Zhou Heng said would be Liu Zhiming, one of the commanders of the forbidden army, and a general under the command of the great commander Xu Dian. The strongest person under Xu Dian in the forbidden army who is not considered martial arts, he will inevitably be the first person in the rules, obviously he will not be used by others, and His Majesty will not be as dead as Xu Dian at any time, and only obey the emperor's edict.

He silently shouted: "Liu Zhiming, Liu Zhixing, Zhang Bai." The names of the three people, Zhou Heng was calm as usual.

Jinyuan Zhangfu. The curtain has just ended, and such a major event happened just after the beginning of the dynasty, which was an opportunity from God for this young official who was not good at being an official. It's a pity that there is one more drunkard in Zhang's mansion, and more than ten days after the year, the two walked together through Kunling Villa once, and after seeing Mr., they mostly drank in the mansion. It seems that Xia Er, who has become a habit, will always come to Zhang's Mansion in a carriage with the servants of the palace when nightfall.

Zhang Bai was already strong enough to drink after a few glasses of spirits, and when he heard that Liu Zhixing was married by the emperor, he was happy for Liu Zhixing from the bottom of his heart. originally had many dislikes for Liu Zhixing, but I felt that most of my peers had a good impression of him, and there was only one person who could say anything about drinking all day long!

He drank the wine in the cup in one gulp and said, "Zhang Bai, you say." ”

Zhang Bai, who knew what to say, could only stare at Xia Er, knowing that the second son was hangover all day long, what could he say. The wedding is approaching, and the house is busy all day, and Liu Zhixing hangs over Zhang Bai's mansion all day long. Wu Jin, the sister-in-law who hosted the wedding banquet, didn't know how many times she had said it, but Liu Zhixing had always been like this. Only Zhang Bai knows what Liu Zhixing is doing now, especially the Lotus Gang controlled by Zheng Shuixin and Chu Hanlin under Liu Zhixing, almost controlling the entire Xuzhou rivers and lakes.

Just waiting for an opportunity, I never thought that many people who had not yet started would be ruined by a resignation letter from the emperor. Many plans can only be scrapped, but the Lotus Gang is still inquiring about what the Huangqu Lu clan wants to do.

Liu Zhixing got up and said, "Zhang Bai, I can only leave after my wedding, and there are only a few days left." I will let Shui Xin leave the twenty-four boiling eagles, and the Lotus Gang in Xuzhou has been handed over to you, and when it is necessary to keep an eye on the Lu family, there are twenty-four boiling eagles that may not be afraid of the rivers and lakes. ”

How could it be unclear what Liu Zhixing meant, the two teenagers discussed for many days and came to a conclusion that it would not be too late for the beam to have a great change. Maybe very early, with Zhang Bai's current power, he may not be able to do anything. But with the Lotus Gang, the prince will definitely be able to do more, and now he knows that the rivers and lakes have always been the prince's weakness. Compared with the King of Qi who has a domineering sword Wu rumor, no one knows who the prince is.

How can the rivers and lakes of a generation of grandmasters be lighter and only heavier, the power of the rivers and lakes mastered by Wu Yufeng has always been a secret on the rivers and lakes. The Lotus Gang has never been able to crack it, and Liu Zhixing's temptation has never found out where Wu Yufeng's martial arts belong to the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Bai said: "Brother Liu, don't worry, since there are Boiling Eagle and Lotus Gang, there are many things that can be done. Thank you Brother Liu here, with the Lotus Gang as a bargaining chip, the prince must be able to do a lot of things. ”

Liu Zhixing threw the two jade pendants in his hand to Zhang Bai without taboo, and said: "This is the highest-level token of the Lotus Gang, far above the gang leader, only with this jade pendant can the twenty-four boiling eagles be mobilized." Please take it away from Brother Zhang, and give it to her another jade pendant if she has the opportunity, which is the last gift for me Liu Zhixing. ”

Holding two different jade pendants tightly, Zhang Bai bowed heavily. Liu Zhixing strode to Xia Er's side and said, "Sister Xia Er, let's go." ”

Walking out of Zhang's mansion, Xia Er looked at the second son curiously, since the third year of junior high school, there has not been a day that is not unconscious, and the second son is obviously not drunk today. The two of them both boarded the carriage, and Liu Zhixing said with a smile: "Sister Xia'er is still curious, why am I not drunk today." ”

Xia Er looked at it with curious eyes: "Second son, you have always pretended to be drunk. ”

Liu Zhixing didn't answer but said: "There are still three days, and it's time to do that thing." Sister Xia Er worked hard, and she would go to Yang Chen's Mansion for a while, and by the way, she should also take a look. ”

Yulian, who was closed in the palace, still played an unfinished song, and Hongyi was always curious about what her sister was playing. Writing music every day is boring, and it seems that my sister plays different music every day, and she never glances at the music score.

Already writing a score is better than copying a book, and you will only write more and will not reduce it. Hongyi, who finally put down the pen, asked: "When will this song be made, sister, I have written several books." ”

Yulian let go of the strings and said, "I haven't felt it, I can't find the melody." Inspiration is ever-changing, and no matter what, you can make up a song, and it seems that every time it is wrong. When you're tired of writing scores, go and rest, I'm playing for a while. ”

The red clothes left the emperor and walked into the hall alone, and Yulian was about to get up, and the emperor stopped: "Go on, I will rest and rest." ”

Sitting next to the xylophone was already that ordinary song, and before I knew it, the emperor was lying on the bed and falling asleep peacefully. Yulian stepped forward to cover the quilt and waited beside the bed, looking at the emperor who was sleeping peacefully. Some understood what Liu Ce said, and couldn't help but think of his father.

Late at night, the emperor slowly opened his eyes, and Yulian immediately knelt down and did not dare to speak. The emperor said: "You go and rest, I have been tired for the past few days, and I will not leave here with peace of mind." ”

Yulian, who was very restrained, looked at the emperor who was sleeping quietly, and was vigilant, not expecting that His Majesty would stay overnight.