On 11 August, Yan Jiancai, who had been detained in the Criminal Department for four days, walked out of the gate of the Ministry of War, turned around and spat at the stone lion in front of the Ministry of War, ignoring the fat man Jia who had sent him off.

"Building materials." A choked call came, and Yan saw his wife walking towards him quickly, with a haggard face, red and swollen eyes, and staggering steps.

Hurriedly stepped forward to support his wife, Yan Yancai was in pain and pity, and he rarely stood up in front of everyone, and shouted: "What are you crying about, shame, go home." ”

"My uncle-in-law has been locked up for a few days, and his courage has risen, and he is ready to go back to kneel down." There was a ridiculous laugh from King Luo Huai in his ears, Yan Yancai separated from his wife, and said with a red face: "Thank you for saving the prince." ”

"It's the prince who is benevolent, I can't bear to see a tiger general lose due to trivial matters, if you want to thank you, go to the East Palace to thank the prince." Shi Chongren laughed and said, "Since my uncle-in-law is fine, then I will leave first." Brother Revisit said that he gave him two good thrushes, so that I have time to take a look, this is a big deal, I can't delay it, let's go. "Shi revisited, the third son of King Ning.

In the Chu'an Palace, the study, and several people discussing the matter all had serious faces.

"The prince's reputation has risen sharply recently, and the court officials are vying to be the first to flatter, and some officials who were originally close to the palace have also distanced themselves recently, and there are many scruples in the exchanges, so the prince should be careful." Sun Chaofeng said with a frown. He has traveled extensively, and he has touched nails everywhere in the past few days, and he deeply feels that the situation in the palace is not good.

Seeing that the morale was low, Shen Wenqing chuckled and said: "Blessings and misfortunes are lurking, all the monarchs are people who are full of poetry and books, this point of truth will be broken as soon as you say it, everyone thought that the prince had touched the mold in Suxi County, but the reputation has increased greatly, and the prince is now cooking oil, maybe there is a hidden crisis." The prince is the prince, who occupies the name of righteousness, and is now praised by Banzai as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, courtesy, courage, and gentleness, and has been caught up on the shelf, and from now on he can not make a wrong step, otherwise he will not be slapped in the face. With the personality of the crown prince, how long do you think he can hold out without making mistakes? ”

Everyone smiled on their faces, Shi Chongjie's tense face relaxed, and said, "My brother is so luxurious and fun-loving, and my father is extremely displeased with this. In the more than two months since the regency, the prince has followed the rules and made no mistakes, but in the past few days, there have been many sycophants around him, and it will inevitably be fluttering, and it will not take long to get carried away. ”

Ding Chu Zhengse said: "No matter what the prince is, we just need to do our own thing, the situation of the investigation of unjust cases in various states and counties has been reported one after another, the prince must sort it out, and when he returns to Beijing, the son of heaven Shengming can naturally see that the prince is doing a solid errand." ”

"What Ding Chu said is right, it is better to do things honestly than to compete, everyone has a pole in their hearts, and the good and the bad are naturally distinct." Shen Wenqing praised: "This time the palace and the East Palace secretly competed for the Mid-Autumn Festival reward is a mistake, Shen is not clear and the prince is affected, please punish the prince." ”

Shi Chongjie laughed loudly: "The wise man still has a mistake, Mr. Shen is too harsh on himself, even if there is a mistake, it is the lonely king, what does it have to do with Mr." The prince donated two taels of silver to the nursing home, and the lonely king should follow suit, and the palace was not as rich as the East Palace, so donate two thousand taels of silver. ”

Waiting for everyone to disperse, Shen Wenqing stayed alone, and said to Shi Chongjie: "Lord, the prince's actions this time are obviously guided by a master, a Xiong Zhiren is already a scheming man, plus Prince Jiang Anyi is like a tiger with wings, the prince was reprimanded by the Son of Heaven when he went to the other garden to face the saint, it was Jiang Anyi who played for him, and the so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness came from Jiang Anyi's mouth." ”

Shi Chongjie nodded, he knew more clearly, the affairs of Suxi County were governed by the prince very much in line with the Son of Heaven's wishes, and the "Mid-Autumn Festival Putian Tongqing Shu" made his father "impressed" by him, Jiang Anyi served as the Shaozhan of the East Palace for only more than ten days, and the prince's situation was greatly observed, Jiang Anyi did have the merit of changing the day, if he stayed by the prince's side, it would be really unfavorable to himself.

"Shen said that if you want to find a way to transfer Jiang Anyi out of the East Palace, the prince can't ignore it. Long live the return to Beijing after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince may wish to take advantage of the matter of staying in Xixian County to let the Yushitai play to clean up the official field, this matter was recommended by Jiang Anyi to do this Qingtian envoy, Jiang Anyi had helped Yu Shangshu to do the Qing war envoy, the two are different words, the same thing, want to come to this Jiang people competent and happy. Shen Wenqing said calmly.

The system of official land began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and has been more than 2,200 years ago, and its malpractices such as encroaching on the people's land, embezzlement, and disturbing the people and breaking the law have been written endlessly, but they have never been cured. In addition to the imperial village, there are also fields for families, princes and nobles; the occupation of hundreds of officials; Guanglu Temple, Taichang Temple and other grazing fields for feasts and sacrifices; Huanglingtian; Xuetian and Tuntian, no matter which type of official field involves the interests of the powerful, it is difficult to touch, the emperor of the past dynasties has turned a blind eye to the disadvantages of the official field, and the few official fields recorded in the history books have all ended with the official dismissal of the Qingtian and even the fall of the head.

This is a poisonous plan, the people of Qingtian will inevitably become the target of the public, whether Jiang Anyi will be fooled by this, and whether his father is willing to play it is between the two, Shi Chongjie shuddered, and said: "This matter needs to be considered in the long run, if the hundred officials find out that it is the lone king behind the back, it will not be beautiful." ”

On August 15th, the Lin De Hall feasted, the prince gave a banquet for the Son of Heaven, the officials of the East Palace were ordered to participate, the scenery was unlimited, the prince Shi Chongwei was full of energy, and he was drunk in a song of praise and virtue.

On August 16, in the ten-mile long pavilion, King Luohuai sent his uncle-in-law Yan Building Materials to the north, Jiang Anyi interceded, and Yan Building Materials was demoted to the third level to become the Dingyuan general on the fifth grade, and went to serve in the camp in the north of the town.

Yan Liu's tears fell like beads, her heartache hurt her husband went to the north, and the battle on the battlefield was unpredictable, and she didn't know what year and month they could meet. Yan Jiancai was overjoyed, finally got rid of the "pigsty" of the left prison guard, and was able to go to the north to show his ambitions, and his decades of hard work would not be wasted.

Seeing his wife crying, Yan Jiancai comforted: "Madame, don't be sad, go to the battlefield to make contributions, Yan Mou will earn back a knighthood, and let Mrs. raise her eyebrows in front of people." ”

"Master, the concubine would rather you be safe and sound in the capital, and remember to write a letter every month to report your safety when you arrive in the camp. Yan Shou Yanquan, you two serve the master carefully......"

Shi Chongren smiled and looked at his aunt's chatter, and his uncle-in-law looked helpless, listened patiently, and kept glancing at the official road. Yan Liu sighed and said, "Master, I'm afraid that your heart has gone to the camp in the north of the town early, and the concubine won't say much, take care, master." When you rush to kill on the battlefield, think more about your wife and children at home, and wait for your concubine to return from meritorious service. ”

As he spoke, Yan Liu couldn't cry. Yan Yancai drank all the wine in the cup, stood up and hugged his fist at Shi Chongren, and said to his two sons: "Take care of your mother, learn literature and martial arts, and don't make trouble." Lord, please take care of you at home, and leave it. ”

With a flick of the big flick and strode out of the pavilion, Yan Jiancai turned over and shouted "take care" at the pavilion, and left with the two generals. Yan Liu cried and fell to the table, and Shi Chongren comforted: "My uncle-in-law is full of martial arts, and he is depressed in Beijing, but he is happy to go to Zhenbei to serve in the camp." I wrote a letter to Shen Guogong, and my aunt was relieved that with Shen Guogong taking care of her, my uncle-in-law would be fine, and he would return home in fine clothes in a while. ”

Seeing the billowing smoke and dust, King Luo Huai patted the pavilion pillar, stunned.

On August 18, Yutang Zodiac, Shaoweixing, Tiankaixing, Pepsi, the Son of Heaven returned to the court, and the ministers congratulated. The Son of Heaven gave a feast, and the monarchs and ministers enjoyed themselves.

On August 22, the crown princess gave birth to the emperor's grandson, and the mother and child were safe. The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, and decreed that the whole country celebrated for three days and granted amnesty to the world. On August 25, the Son of Heaven and the Empress came to the East Palace to participate in the "Washing Three" ceremony of the emperor and grandson.

The ceremony of "washing three" began at two o'clock in the afternoon, and the Wenhua Hall set up an incense case, enshrined the Goddess of Mercy, Zheng Guoxin Buddhism, and the thirteen Niangniang of Taoism had no chance to appear. The incense burner holds millet as incense ash for incense, and a pair of mutton fat and small red wax are on the wax skewer, pressing yellow money, ingots, thousands of zhang and other godly money and grain.

When the hour came, Shi Fangzhen took the crowd to make a gesture to the statue, and then took the lead in adding a small spoonful of water to the golden basin of Xi'er, and placed a pair of gold and silver bills in the basin, which was called "adding a basin". King Ning followed, adding a pair of jade, the king of Ningling County was 100,000 taels of silver, the king of Chu'an was a hundred taels of gold and silver, and King Luohuai gave his nephew a jade Ruyi. After washing the children, Shi Fangzhen ordered the distribution of "washing money" at the city gate to pray for the blessing of the emperor and grandson.

In the first day of September, Shi Fangzhen issued a decree that all states and counties in the world set up regiments to practice envoys, and the content was just as Jiang Anyi played; The official department of Shangshu Duan Cizong played the examination for the examination class, and planned to demote and dismiss 87 officials, and the Son of Heaven was allowed to play; A total of 63 unjust and wrongful cases have been investigated, 37 cases have been rehabilitated, and the remaining cases are being tried intensively; The Son of Heaven was furious, and the Dali Temple found out the facts of the case, dealt with it impartially, and confiscated the property and land that had been stolen from the people and returned them to the victims, calming down the people's anger.

Huang Ping, the imperial historian, came out of the class recital, "Long live the minister, from the case of the East Palace Huangzhuang in Suxi County, it can be seen that the disadvantages of the official field are shocking, and the ministers ask for long live the decree to thoroughly investigate the private evils of the official field, and return justice to the people of the world." ”

Shi Fangzhen was stunned, he didn't expect someone to use the topic to play, just now he gritted his teeth and had a seven-point attack, but he was acting, and the play was a little excessive, and it didn't end well.

glanced at Huang Ping expressionlessly, and then glanced at King Chu'an, who was looking down at the ground in front of the steps, Shi Fang really wanted Jie'er to see that Wei'er had won my approval, and he was a little anxious, and wanted to take this drudgery to please me for my worries, this stupid boy, even I didn't dare to give an order easily, even if the prince was involved in this matter, it would be difficult to have a good end.

The son is his own good, Shi Fangzhen misunderstood Shi Chongjie's thoughts, and said with relief: "The matter of Guantian is very important, and we will discuss it later." ”