Flowers fly in February in the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial capital is still cold and windy. In the imperial study, it is as warm as spring.

Shi Fang really tested what the prince had learned during this time, and it was obvious that Shi Chongwei's answer made the Son of Heaven very satisfied. Liu Weiguo saw the Son of Heaven leaning comfortably on the couch, his eyes slightly closed, smiling, and his fingers and the prince's subconscious voice tapped, which was very attentive and relaxed. Shi Chongwei was already twelve years old, taller than ordinary children, and practicing martial arts and riding every afternoon made the young prince look even more heroic.

After the prince finished answering, Shi Fangzhen opened his eyes, stood upright, and smiled with satisfaction: "The emperor has been studying very hard during this time, and my father is very satisfied, and I can see that several teachers in Chongwen Hall are very attentive." I heard Zhu Yifeng say that the emperor is also very talented in practicing martial arts, and he can already ride a horse and shoot arrows, very good, my eldest prince Zheng is to be a hero who is both civil and military. It's not early, An Shou entered the palace today, your queen mother asked you to go to Kunning Palace, and by the way, tell your queen mother, and I will also pass. ”

Shi Chongwei bowed to the Son of Heaven in a proper manner, and the praise in Shi Fangzhen's eyes became stronger, the emperor was older, and he knew how to talk about the rules, and he ran away as soon as he learned that his sister was coming at this time last year. Shi Chongwei stood up straight, and stopped talking, Shi Fangzhen smiled and said: "Emperor, if you have something to say, I don't blame you." ”

"Father, the son has something unclear about, and I want to ask my godfather." Shi Chongwei plucked up his courage and said. Seeing Shi Fangzhen's encouraging smile, Shi Chongwei straightened his chest and said, "The master that my father tried his best to find for his sons is naturally good, and among the eight Chongwen Pavilion direct scholars, my sons remember that Jiang Anyi is what my father admires the most." ”

Seeing that the smile on Shi Fangzhen's face did not change, Shi Fangzhen was a lot bolder, and said loudly: "Erchen still remembers that the father of Jingxin Pavilion praised Jiang Anyi as a peerless national warrior that day, although Erchen has been studying with Jiang Shi for a short time, he also feels that Jiang Shi's lectures are much more interesting and vivid than other teachers copying books. Moreover, the sons and daughters were in the East Palace, and they had also heard that Jiang Shi had made many meritorious contributions to the country, why did his father demote him to a commoner? ”

"Hahaha, good", Shi Fangzhen laughed heartily and praised: "Wei'er can say this question, which means that the emperor has indeed grown up and can think about problems from the perspective of the prince, and I am extremely happy." Weier, you have questions, I don't know what you think? Listen to your father. ”

Shi Chongwei saw that his father was not angry, but encouraged himself, and immediately became more energetic, and thought for a while: "My father once taught his sons and daughters to be both rigid and soft, and Master Jiang is upright and would rather bend than bend. This time, the father and emperor severely punished Jiang Shi, and he must beat Jiang Shi so that he could not be arrogant and arrogant, and warned Jiang Shi that his merits should not be ashamed, so that Jiang Shi would rein in his edge and be better used by his father. His father once said that Master Jiang was young and could be left for his sons. Now that his father is punishing him heavily, he doesn't want his sons to forgive Master Jiang at that time, and at that time, Master Jiang will inevitably be grateful to his sons and try his best to serve. ”

Shibei three days, when impressed, Shi Fangzhen felt that he had to be impressed with his son, these superficial emperor's mental tricks could already be said, Shi Fangzhen couldn't tell the taste in his heart: there was the joy of my family and the beginning of growth, and there was also the embarrassment and anger of being told to break his mind, which made the smile on Shi Fangzhen's face stiffen.

Liu Weiguo saw it clearly, his heart tightened, and he was looking for an opportunity to talk to the queen, so that the mother could teach the prince how to cater to the king's heart.

Shi Fangzhen quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "What the emperor said is very reasonable, but you are still young, you still have to put more effort into the teachings of the saints and learn more about governing the country." Jiang Anyi's father has his own plans, you don't need to ask. ”

Shi Chongwei responded with a "yes", turned around and walked out of the imperial study, and walked towards Kun'an Palace excitedly. The imperial study was quiet, and for a long time, Shi Fangzhen said: "Go and call Tang Wenzhong." ”

Tang Wenzhong is the secretary eunuch, the deployment of the eunuchs in the harem, procurement, purchasing, sprinkling and cleaning and other miscellaneous matters are in his charge, the harem eunuchs and palace maids are afraid of this seemingly kind Tang Gonggong, this Tang Gonggong has two triangular eyes, only knows silver, arranges errands when he gives money, and does hard work without money.

However, Tang Wenzhong has encountered troubles recently, the "little Xizi" he recruited into the palace did not listen to the call, and as an apprentice, he dared not to give filial piety to the master. Hearing that Feng Zhong was ordered to set up some secret guards to spy on the dragon guards, Huang Xi actually became Feng Zhong's subordinate. To be honest, he was a little afraid of Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong's power was great, he couldn't afford to provoke him, and Huang Xi, who had become a secret guard and pacified, dared not to put himself in his eyes. Alas, whoever calls his hands and legs unclean, if he is stabbed to Banzai by the surname Feng, he will suffer the loss.

After calming down, Tang Wenzhong calculated that the four eunuchs in the palace performed their duties and were nominally equal. In fact, Liu Weiguo followed the Son of Heaven to serve and was the most trusted; Feng Zhong is in charge of the news, and has recently formed a secret guard, and his power in the future may exceed that of Liu Weiguo; Lu Mingli is in charge of the correspondence inside and outside the palace, reads the holy decree to the outside world, and can hand over the ministers, so that among the four people, it seems that he has the most affairs, but he is the one with the least power.

Tang Wenzhong made up his mind to always appear beside the Son of Heaven, so that he would not forget his merits and his status in the palace could be guaranteed. Just as he was thinking about it, the little eunuch came in and reported: "Father-in-law Tang, long live the lord called you." ”

In the imperial study, Shi Fangzhen instructed: "As the prince gets older, the palace maids and eunuchs serving around him have doubled. Tang Wenzhong, you send a few clever little eunuchs to serve the prince, and the prince may wish to listen to it when he is in class, and let these little eunuchs collect the content of the bachelor's lecture and report it to me once every ten years. ”

Tang Wenzhong took the order and secretly pecked at the meaning of the Son of Heaven, which was difficult to comprehend for a while. However, Tang Wenzhong knew that the will of the Son of Heaven was power, and as long as it was used well, he would definitely benefit from it.

The earth dragon in the hall was a little hot, Shi Fangzhen looked a little irritable, stood up and walked out of the imperial study, and walked towards the Le You Garden with his hands behind his back. Long live has something on his mind, Liu Weiguo knows that he can't be disturbed, and he takes people to follow from afar, Shi Fangzhen stops and goes, as if he is enjoying the scenery, but he is actually thinking about how to deal with Jiang Anyi.

Shi Fangzhen was angry that Jiang Anyi deceived him, and in a fit of anger, he demoted Jiang Anyi to a commoner, Yu Zhijie, Duan Cizong and others all had admonishments, thinking that Jiang Anyi had repeatedly made meritorious contributions, so it was too heavy. In fact, Shi Fang really said as the prince said, he deliberately knocked Jiang Anyi, and found a reason to use it again in two years.

The war in the northwest was unfavorable, and the Yuantian Sect bandits in Qingshan Water Village actually fled without a trace, which made Shi Fangzhen very annoyed, and he was even more determined to control Long Wei with a dark guard. Northwest disaster relief, suppression of bandits, Jiang Anyi made great contributions, plus the Qing Dynasty and the Northern Desert, Jiang Anyi's meritorious service to the knighthood is not exaggerated. Shi Fangzhen originally thought that Jiang Anyi was still young, and if he was too official, it would be difficult for the prince to control him in the future, so he would suppress and ponder, just like treating Duan Cizong.

There are not many people in the court, Duan Cizong will soon be the assassin of Chuzhou, Shi Fangzhen showed Jiang Anyi's recital in the Xuande Palace test to Duan Cizong, and Duan Cizong was greatly admired. This time he went to Chuzhou, Shi Fangzhen asked Duan Cizong to try out a new tax law in Chuzhou, which was "measured and calculated and combined with taxes into one", and proposed to increase commercial taxes at an appropriate time to increase the country's wealth.

Shi Fangzhen sighed, he originally planned to do it again in ten years, but he was forced to advance by the Northwest War, the unexpected war in the Northwest depleted the little silver in the treasury, if the Northern Desert came again in the future, or the catastrophe reappeared, the country would be unable to deal with it.

This new tax law was proposed by Jiang Anyi, and it is said that Jiang Anyi personally operates the best, Shi Fangzhen stopped, and a thought flashed in his heart. Jiang Anyi is a talent gifted with me, why should I hide it in the hands of the prince, I am only in my early forties, and there are still decades of time, if Jiang Anyi is really a national soldier, why can't he shine in my hands, I should become an emperor through the ages, Jiang Anyi can also become a famous minister, and the good story of the monarch and the minister will be passed down through the ages.

The more Shi Fangzhen thought about it, the more excited he became, Duan Cizong tried it out in Chuzhou, he might as well put Jiang Anyi in a poor place for trial, if it can be done in a poor place, where in the world can not be implemented, the ministers have nothing to say. Shi Fangzhen stood up, Liu Weiguo hurriedly stepped forward, and heard Shi Fangzhen command: "Pass the decree, announce the secretary in the matter, and see you in the Zichen Palace." ”

Soon, an edict came out of Chengtianmen and galloped south to Xinqi County, Texas. In the Zichen Palace, Shi Fangzhen smiled, Jiang Anyi originally reported the matter of the Northern Desert with two letters, and today I will return you with two edicts. Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi, I treat you like a countryman, you have to repay you with a countryman, otherwise, don't blame me for being unsympathetic.

Pingshan Town, Xinqi County, five days have passed since the marriage of Jiang Anyi and Xin Fei, Xin Fei, who married a woman, has restored her real name Lu Lingwei, Siyu has lived in Jiang's house, and seems to be very close to Jiang Anyong, giggling and laughing all day long.

Early in the morning, the Jiang family walked to the back of the house with a smile. The winding path has been transformed into a four-carriage avenue lined with fruit trees and flowers on all sides. Siyu and Jiang Anyong walked in the front, and Jiang Anyong proudly introduced to Siyu: "Siyu, this is the foundation of my Jiang family, and our family's perfume base is built in it." ”

Perfume, Siyu is naturally familiar, she has tried all kinds of perfumes in the past few days, and the fragrance on her body is mixed, but she doesn't feel it at all. Hearing Jiang Anyong say that the perfume workshop was inside, Siyu was not taboo at all, and said with a smile: "I like camellia the most, is there any camellia perfume." ”

Seeing Jiang Anyong flattering around Siyu, Jiang Anyi smiled and said to Lingwei: "My younger brother has grown up, and he also knows how to please girls." It's just that I don't know what Siyu thinks, you as a sister-in-law have to help him. ”

Dong'er and Yan'er accompanied Jiang Huang side left and right, although Jiang Anyi lost his official, Jiang Huang's family was very happy, his son was an official for a few years, and he was even more by his side when he lost his official. Now that I'm married, I'm waiting to hold my grandson.

The spring is bright, Jiang Huang's mood is like the beautiful scenery in front of him, and everything is beautiful.