Shi Chongwei has been a little annoyed recently, the county lord of Qingyang, who is usually beloved, feels noisy when he frolicks beside him, and when he looks at his face, he sees that the prince is frowning, so he finds an excuse to pull his daughter away, and the palace is quiet.

The discussions that took place in the capital naturally reached his ears, and the summaries of the daily reports submitted by the supervisor were thick stacks, most of which were accusations of the unfairness of the imperial examination.

Shi Chongwei was a little frustrated, this imperial examination was handled by him, in order to win over some courtiers, the opening was a little bigger, but the number of people admitted to this department has also increased by dozens, and the overall selection has not decreased. The list of examinations was shown to his father, and his father acquiesced, and he did not say anything to his dismissal of Sun Sixian, Zhang Changlin and others, but there was endless discussion in Beijing, and public opinion was unfavorable to him.

Jing Zhaoyin and Long Wei Secret Guard's recitals record these street discussions in detail, most of them are rumors chasing after the wind and shadows, the rumors are true and false, and the people who spread the rumors obviously do not know the truth, but everyone is in the clouds. Zhang Changlin and others gathered every day to complain, asking the Ministry of Rites to review the examination papers and announce the results, which was really annoying, Shi Chongwei frowned, Zhang Changlin, Tian Fengliang and others had the shadow of Chu'an Wangfu behind them, obviously Shi Chongjie was using this matter to make a fuss, should he send someone to arrest Zhang Changlin and Tian Fengliang, kill chickens and monkeys, and the wind in Beijing may disappear earlier.

A sharp flash flashed outside the window, Shi Chongwei was startled, and came back from his contemplation, his heart was restless, and he felt that something was going to happen. Standing up and walking a few steps in the hall, Shi Chongwei wanted to talk to someone, the first thing that came to mind was Cheng Mingdao, it was already three quarters of Youzheng at this time, Cheng Mingdao should go home, at this moment there were only officials on duty in the Wenhua Palace, and Shi Chongwei stood still. Outside the hall, the wind tore at the branches, making a strange roar, and the shouts of eunuchs and palace maids were faintly heard, and they were moving bird cages, flowers and plants under the eaves of the house to prevent them from being damaged by the torrential rain.

The hall was a little stuffy, Shi Chongwei stepped out of the hall and stood under the corridor, the wind blew his clothes and hunted, the dark clouds in the sky rolled, and his heart was quite unpeaceful. Since the news of the defeat of Mobei came, his heart was like a dark cloud and no sunshine, and finally the news that Jiang Anyi sent to Huiye Mansion to relieve the difficulty was covered by the dark clouds of the imperial examination, no wonder his father always said that it was not easy to be a king.

Some time ago, he fought with King Chu'an because of Jiang Anyi's affairs, and King Chu'an's power was really not small, and many ministers in the court helped him speak openly and secretly, and he could almost compete with himself. It is precisely when he sees the crisis that he will be anxious to use the imperial examination to win over the courtiers, which is to pull out the seedlings to help him, but his father is seriously ill, in case there is a good one, he has to prevent King Chu'an from making trouble, and he must suppress his voice in the court.

A leaf was carried to his clothes by the wind, Shi Chongwei stretched out his hand to brush it away, sighed, and a few words flashed in his mind: Eli intersects, and profit is scattered; Intersect with potential, and tilt when you go; The right intersects, and the right is lost; Fellowship with love, love passes away and hurts; Only with the heart of the fellowship, indifferent ambition, friends do not lose. smiled self-deprecatingly, as the crown prince, where did he have friends, Li Jingxuan, Liu Yixing, Wang Zhixing and other East Palace companions surrounded him, just thinking that he would be able to seek benefits for himself and his family when he ascended the throne in the future, and he enveloped them to win the support of the family behind them; Cheng Mingdao is a young Zhan Shi of the East Palace, he is a close minister of the East Palace, but he assists him with his heart, but this person is also not small, and he asks for a lot of benefits under his own banner; The courtiers in the court have their own thoughts, and their intentions are not pure, and the only one who really thinks about himself is the national abbot Xiong

Zhiren, but this old man can't stand it all day long.

Shi Chongwei remembered that his father said that he could use a few people in the future: the first one is his brother-in-law Wei Youcheng, whose brother-in-law is a servant of the ministry, and he has helped him a lot in the court, according to his father's intentions, let his brother-in-law experience in the position of the six Shangshu, and he can be the prime minister in the future, and the brother-in-law must be very happy to be the prime minister's sister, the brother-in-law represents the Wei family, and it will be much easier to have him to help him be the emperor; The second is Zhu Yifeng, there is no doubt about the loyalty of the Zhu family, when he was in the desert, his father secretly paid attention to Zhu Yifeng, and found that he was brave and strategic, loyal and commendable, and he could inherit the post of Taiwei in the future.

The third is Huangzhou Thorn Shi Zhang Yucheng, the father said that he is Wang Zuozhicai, especially above Wei Youcheng, this person can be placed in the foreign herdsman first, and in the future in Beijing to serve in the six departments of Jiuqing, if Wei Youcheng is not effective, Zhang Yucheng can be appointed as the right minister, and let himself listen to Zhang Yucheng's opinions. followed by He Ziying, Cui Yuanhu, Xiong Yi'an and others, He Ziying can be the imperial doctor, Cui Yuanhu can be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xiong Yi'an can be the Ministry of Labor, and so on.

Thinking of his father's strong illness and his own analysis of the ministers who can help the government in the future, Shi Chongwei's eyes were a little astringent, his father was deliberately confessing to the afterlife, but it was ridiculous that some ministers in the court thought that their father was dissatisfied with him, and gave birth to the heart of Yi Chu, and when he ascended the throne in the future, he must vigorously suppress the Huang family and expel the Huang family from the family.

Speaking of dissatisfaction, Shi Chongwei's brows furrowed slightly, the queen mother's acceptance of the Jiang family's perfume shares was still known by his father, he had never seen his father scold the queen mother like this, saying that she was short-sighted, greedy for small profits, and self-destructed Gancheng. He knelt down with his mother to plead guilty, so that his father could stop his anger.

After being silent for a long time, my father sighed again and again: "Jiang Anyi is a national scholar, and he is the courtier I value the most, whether it is to use him for governance, financial management or border defense in the future, but you accepted half of his perfume profits, so that my painstaking efforts to release him from Dali Temple came to naught." Alas, what would you think if you were Jiang Anyi? If I knew about this, I would never let Jiang Anyi return to Huazhou. This is the case, you can only give up, Wei'er, you remember that after Jiang Anyi pacified Huazhou, you should transfer him back to Beijing as soon as possible, and leave him in the cold for a period of time, if Jiang Anyi has no complaints, he can be the head of the household in the future, if the country has border troubles, he will use him to lead the troops, remember to leave his family in Beijing as a hostage, Jiang Anyi values his family, so as not to have a different heart. ”

The wind ruffled his hair, Shi Chongwei stretched out his hand and stroked it, quite disapproving with his father's words, as the Son of Heaven to deal with a courtier, all he needed was a will, did Jiang Anyi dare to resist and disobey the order? Besides, Jiang Anyi has always been loyal, how could he be anti-hearted, his father was so sick that he was suspicious.

Seeing him standing in front of the hall, the eunuch and the palace maid avoided it from a distance, Shi Chongwei suddenly felt a sense of loneliness, Jiang Anyi has "the height is not cold", which is probably what it tastes like. Shi Chongwei remembered that Jiang Anyi was demoted to Fuluo County, and every once in a while he would write down what he had seen and heard in Fuluo County and send it to himself, which used to be his rare happiness, but time has passed, and he has grown up, and Jiang Anyi is not as close as before.

A sharp flash, the downpour fell, the wind blew the rain into the eaves, Shi Chongwei retreated, and the rain wet the eaves. Zhang Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the wind and rain are too fast, let's go to the palace for a while."

。 Wherever you go to eat, the servant commands that it be served. ”

"To ......" Shi Chongwei originally wanted to talk about Jingyu Palace (Lianxi's residence), but the words were changed to "Duanben Palace", and then asked casually: "What is the crown princess doing?" What about Sheng'er? "The emperor's grandson Shi Shousheng said that he was four years old, in fact, he was only two years and eight months old, Shi Chongwei had a boy and two girls in addition to the lord of Qingyang for more than two years, and the second son Shi Shouhua was born to Concubine Wei of Liangdi, Concubine Wei was Wei Youcheng's cousin.

Zhang Jin replied respectfully: "Niangniang is embroidering flowers in the hall, and His Royal Highness is playing on the side." ”

Shi Chongwei was a little apologetic, after giving birth to Shi Shousheng, he didn't spend the night in Duanben Palace much, and even Sheng'er was not as favored as the county lord of Qingyang. Last time I went to Yanshan Villa to ask for peace, my father and mother let me take Sheng'er together, and I didn't see him for a while, and my father and mother missed Sheng'er very much.

Taking the poncho and putting it on his body, Shi Chongwei walked towards Duanben Palace, and Zhang Jin followed closely. Shi Chongwei paused and ordered: "Tomorrow, please invite the abbot to the East Palace, Lone has something to say to him, tell the crown princess, and let their father and daughter meet after Gu and the abbot meet." Let the dining room prepare some wine and food, and I will have a banquet tomorrow. Xiong Zhiren found that the prince did not like to listen to his advice, so he spontaneously did not come to the East Palace.

Zhang Jin responded, his eyes rolled, and he wanted to find an opportunity to tell the news to Liangyuan Lianxi, she has always been generous, and this news will definitely be exchanged for a lot of rewards.

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Wind and rain enveloped the entire Yongchang City. In the palace of Chu'an, Shi Chongjie looked at the bamboo bushes that were blown by the wind and rain outside the window, and sighed casually: "The wind destroys the trees, the rain drenches the flowers, I don't know how many flowers will fall in this wind and rain, and I don't know how many people will be affected." ”

Shen Wenqing knew what he was referring to, and said: "In two days, the palace test will be held, and after the palace test is released, it will be the time to find out." ”

Shi Chongjie looked at the wind and rain outside the window, his expression was solemn, Shen Wenqing stood behind him, and the two stood silently, quietly listening to the wind and rain.

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Guarding the yamen, Huang Xi stood under the eaves with his hands behind his back, and the rain splashing in front of the steps wet the bottom of his robe. Huang Xi doesn't like the official uniform of the secret guard, and always likes to wear a scholar's green shirt in the official house, so that he feels that he is still the scholar Zhang Bojin, not the palace eunuch Huang Xi.

"The wind and rain are sudden", Huang Xi spit out four words faintly, staring at the intertwined rain curtain in the courtyard, thoughtful.

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In the Yanshan Garden, the rain hung down the bead curtain, Shi Fangzhen sat on the soft couch, looked out of the hall attentively, and muttered: "It's a heavy rain, the news period is coming, I don't know if Wei'er has made the Ministry of Industry ready to prevent the news?" With such heavy rain, the houses of poor people in Beijing are leaking, and Jing Zhaoyin is asked to send someone to check it, and it is time for disaster relief. ”

Empress Wang sat beside him and said with a smile: "Wei'er has been in prison for a while, and with the help of the ministers, these things should be thought of, so you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't worry about it." Tomorrow Wei'er will take Sheng'er on the Hajj, I haven't seen Sheng'er for two months, I really miss him. ”

Shi Fangzhen's attention was drawn to her grandson by Queen Wang, and the couple talked about their grandson with a smile on their faces.

No one expected that another heavy rain would come that would set off turbulent waves in Zheng Guo's political arena.