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Xia Xiang, led by a servant, walked through the hall with Xu Heguang and Yang Jiang and came to Cui Xiang's study. is completely different from the last time he came to be greeted by Zheng Hao, this time Cui Xiang only let one official greet him, and there was a world of difference in courtesy, which obviously made him feel cold.

Xia Xiang didn't care, now he is really about to usher in a huge change, he and Cui Xiang belong to two camps, each has its own politics, and it is the right thing to say that there is discord between the face and the heart. It's just that what he can't figure out is that as a member of the Cui family in Qinghe, why does Cui Xiang have to go against the head of the family, Cui He, and become a pawn of His Royal Highness the Star King?

Although the four great families are in decline, they no longer require their children and the head of the family to have the same political views, but also hope to bet on multiple parties to avoid making desperate bets so as not to step on the empty foot. It's just that the current situation is very different from before, if the previous political discord does not prevent loyalty to the country, but now betting on His Royal Highness the Star King means rebellion!

Although I have been to the government several times before, I still feel unfamiliar when I come back this time. Xia Xiang walked with his head down, silent, thinking about a question that had been bothering him over and over in his heart, he really decided to take office, did the Star King want to put him to death, or did the emperor push the boat down the river and let him die and live?

Before the palace test, Xia Xiang thought that the emperor was seriously ill, and the Star King and Hou Pingpan were in charge of the government, and the emperor had almost no power to fight back. Whether the emperor is powerless or powerless, it is not enough to change the status quo and weaken the power of the Star King and Hou Pingpan. But after the palace examination, his mind changed slightly, because the emperor who presided over the palace examination was healthier than the outside legend, full of energy, and his body had recovered at least six or seven points.

And the emperor's personal presiding over the palace examination is also to announce to the outside world that this year's exams are all protégés of the Son of Heaven, not the protégés of the Star King or Hou Pingpan.

And what made Xia Xiang faintly aware of the emperor's intentions the most was the emperor's presence on the birthday of the star king. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, from Lian Ruohan and Cao Shujun's retellings, he still smelled the emperor's breath of beating hundreds of officials in order to appease the Star King. Of course, the above did not make him think that there was also the emperor's intention behind his real decision, but Lian Ruohan's interception of Guangjin Commercial Bank made him suddenly shocked in his heart, and quickly figured it out a little, the reason why Lian Ruohan's good times have grown so rapidly is that the force behind it is the emperor himself?

When you think about it, everything suddenly becomes clear. The emperor noticed that after the star king and Hou Pingpan sat down, they were already big, and Hou Pingpan expelled all the opponents of the court from the capital with the help of the implementation of the new law.

But the emperor is the emperor after all, he has sat on the throne for many years, and the emperor's mental skills are very accessible. Since the head-on and Star King and Hou Pingpan are enemies, they have no chance of winning, so they can only act secretly, lay out steadily, and slowly figure it out. If he guessed correctly, Lian Ruohan and her good times are just one of the emperor's several layouts, Mr. Jin Jia, Ye Muping, Li Dingshan, and Song Chaodu are all indispensable chess pieces in the emperor's layout.

Including him.

It is rumored that he came to Zhending to take up the county magistrate was done by the Star King, and even King Qing and King Yun were convinced. Xia Xiang did not deny that the Star King really wanted him to sink into the sand in Zhending, but in such an important place as Zhending, would the emperor let the Star King do whatever he wanted? After all, the emperor personally presided over the palace examination, and the emperor will definitely ask about the whereabouts of the top two jinshi.

Now the situation in Zhending is far more complicated than Xia Xiang imagined when he came, especially after learning that the emperor decided to tour the south, Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao came to Zhending to secretly set up a trap, wanting to murder the emperor, with the emperor's wisdom, would he not guess the wolf ambition of the star king? Since he knew that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to go to the tiger mountains, it was not only the emperor's helpless move, but also the emperor's plan to take the opportunity to catch the star king and others.

Between the emperor and him, there is no direct communication channel, let alone a face-to-face opportunity, how can he secretly cooperate with the emperor's plan in Zhending as a seven-pin magistrate, so that the emperor can succeed in one fell swoop? Xia Xiang is now more and more sure that the emperor must have expectations for him, and Lian Ruohan and Mr. Jin Jia are very likely to be the emperor's spokesmen.

Mr. Jin Jia...... Thinking of Mr. Jin Jia, Xia Xiang couldn't help but smile, thinking of his acquaintance with Mr. Jin Jia and Mr. Jin Jia's cynicism, and suddenly a strong feeling of longing arose in his heart.

"Xia Xianzun is here."

In the study, Cui Xiang was standing behind a desk, writing with a brush in his hand. When Xia Xiang came, he didn't even want to go out to greet him, he didn't even nod his head, he just glanced up at Xia Xiang, and continued to put pen to paper.

Xia Xiang took a step forward, came to the front, and saw Cui Xiang writing a poem: Now I remember Jiangnan Music, when I was young and thin. Riding a horse leaning on the bridge, full of red sleeves. Cuiping gold bends, drunk into the flowers. This time I saw the flower branches, and I swore that I would not return.

It is one of Wei Zhuang's "Five Songs of the Bodhisattva".

"At that time, the young green shirt was ......thin," Xia Xiang smiled thoughtfully, "Today's Cui Fuzun is in power, and the brocade clothes are on his body, and the lower officials are still young and thin." ”

"Young people are not afraid of thin green shirts, as long as you work hard, one day you will return to your hometown." Cui Xiang put down the brush and admired his calligraphy a few times with great satisfaction, "I'm afraid, when I was young, not only was my shirt thin, but even my vision was short-sighted." ”

Xia Xiang knew that he was going to get back to business, so he hurriedly stood with his hands tied: "The lower officials listen to Cui Fuzun's teachings. ”

"How dare this official teach you? Your husband is the famous Li Dingshan, and his official is less than one percent of Mr. Li's knowledge and fame. Cui Xiang came to Xia Xiang, glanced at Xia Xiang up and down, and smiled meaningfully, "Xia County respects Mr. Li, but he is more sleek and sophisticated than Mr. Li at a young age, and his future is limitless, comparable to Feng Dao's talent." ”

Xia Xiang pretended not to understand the ridicule in Cui Xiang's words, and exclaimed: "How could Cui Fuzun know that the ambition of the lower official is Feng Dao? ”

Xu Heguang and Yang Jiang suddenly looked disdainful, and the two looked at each other and smiled, their smiles full of sarcasm.

Feng Daoben was a legendary figure in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and he was praised a lot before Great Xia, but after Great Xia, there were many disparages. When Chao Taidou Sima scolded him for not being honest, Ou Yangming said that he was shameless, Lian Che said that he was a slave among slaves, and even Su Qu regarded him as a villain who lacked the concept of honesty.

is to look at Daxia and mention the name of Feng Dao, no one gritted his teeth and scolded him as a traitor and rebel.

However, Xia Xiang successively served in the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong, Later Tang Mingzong, Later Tang Min Emperor, Later Tang Emperor Late Tang Emperor, Later Jin Gaozu, Later Jin Emperor, Later Han Gaozu, Later Han Yin Emperor, Later Zhou Taizu, Later Zhou Shizong Ten emperors, during which he also proclaimed himself a vassal to Liao Taizong, and always served as the general, the third duke, and the three divisions of the officialdom Tumbler Feng Dao highly respected, and regarded him as the highest level of the way of officials.

In fact, Xia Xiang's cognition of Feng Dao did not agree with Feng Dao's way of doing things from the beginning. When he was in Zhongshan Village, he was deeply influenced by Li Dingshan, and he also felt that Feng Dao was a shameless and shameless person. Later, he went to Beijing to catch the exam, and along the way, he saw the difficulties of the people's livelihood, experienced the battle of the court, and then was suppressed by the Star King, and then went through many things, step by step and step by step crisis, until today, Cui Xiang spared no effort to make things difficult everywhere, and the Star King wanted to be unfavorable to the emperor, and he had to push all the consequences on him, so he really understood how difficult and great Feng Dao's actions were.

"Hehe, haha, this official never thought that Xia Xianzun's ambition turned out to be Feng Dao, which is really surprising." Cui Xiang couldn't help laughing, Feng Dao was a scum spurned by everyone in Great Xia, whether it was a supporter or an opponent of the new law, they all regarded Feng Dao as a person who was incorruptible and shameful, "Xia Xianzun is really ingenious, he is actually proud of Feng Dao, which is admirable." ”

"Xia Guan also really admires Xia Xianzun's unique taste." Xu Heguang pursed his lips, looking like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, but his eyes revealed obvious ridicule.

Yang Jiang even twisted his head to the side directly, snickering non-stop, in addition to banter, ridicule, and contempt in his smile.

Xia Xiang took in the reactions of several people, and he was not annoyed, and said lightly: "Cui Fuzun, Xia Guan knows that many people in Great Xia do not have a high opinion of Feng Dao, but other people's opinions do not affect Xia Guan's respect for Feng Dao. ”

"Oh......" Cui Xiang's interest became even stronger, "Xia Xianzun admires Feng Dao's sleekness or does he forget his ancestors after going through the five dynasties and twelve emperors in his life, and he is shameless?" ”

Xia Xiang was influenced by Confucianism, and naturally knew that the reason why Feng Dao was disgraced was that Feng Dao violated Confucianism's "loyal ministers do not care about the two kings, and virgins do not change the two husbands", he said unhurriedly: "Throughout Feng Dao's life, his compassion and compassion are reflected everywhere. He only seeks warmth for the common people, and takes care of the things before his death, regardless of his posthumous name. Although he was a Confucian student, he also dabbled in Buddhism and Taoism. Since he was a child, he has been accustomed to seeing the flames of the city, the troubled times and the impermanence of life and death, and he has been influenced by the concept of Buddhism and Taoism, and he has entered the world with the heart of birth, so his realm is so high that it cannot be compared with us and other laypeople. ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Xiang's face showed a slight dissatisfaction, Xu Heguang's face changed greatly, and he smiled coldly: "It's okay for Xia Xianzun to speak for Feng Dao, but there is no need to belittle the people of today to praise the ancients, it will be disgraceful." ”

Xia Xiang nodded, and seemed to agree with Xu Heguang's words: "Xu Xiancheng is reasonable, only by stepping on others can he climb to a high position, and it has always been like this throughout the ages." Today's people belittle Feng Dao, why don't they use Feng Dao to ascend to the throne? Feng Dao was born in a family of cultivation and reading, grew up in troubled times, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty. In the same year, Liu Shouguang, the son of Liu Gongren, was the son of Liu Gongren, who was already famous, and Feng Dao, who was twenty-five years old, was recruited as a subordinate of Feng Dao. Xu Xiancheng, this official asked you, if you were recruited by Liu Shouguang instead, would you go? ”

Xu Heguang snorted: "Even if he starves to death, the lower officials will not be used by the rebellious ministers and thieves." ”

"Well said, well said!" Xia Xiang applauded repeatedly, "Xu County is bright and fair, and the official admires it." If one day there are really rebellious ministers and thieves in Great Xia, I believe that Xu County will definitely give up his life and forget his death and be loyal to the country. ”

Xu Heguang showed a slightly embarrassed look, and he naturally heard Xia Xiang's implication.

Xia Xiang ignored Xu Heguang's embarrassment and continued: "If the official is changed, the official will not dare to apply, because Liu Shouguang is capricious and murderous, he talks and laughs one moment, and raises a knife to kill people the next moment, but Feng Dao goes calmly. He enlisted for a small subordinate for the sake of fame and profit? Even if it is Jinshan Yinshan, as an official under Liu Shouguang, his life is still at stake. So Xu Xiancheng, do you know why Feng Dao had to go to Liu Shouguang's command to be a petty official similar to Zhu Si? ”

Yang Jiang's face turned pale.

Xu Heguang shook his head: "I don't know, maybe Feng Dao is lucky, thinking that he can deceive Liu Shouguang......"

"Okay, let's just say that Feng Dao is a fluke, thinking that he can deceive Liu Shouguang......" Xia Xiang took Xu Heguang's words, "Soon after, Liu Shouguang established himself as emperor and established the Dayan regime, and he was the first emperor that Feng Dao served. ”

Cui Xiang was silent, listening to Xia Xiang's eloquent conversation. Today, he summoned Xia Xiang to come, originally to reprimand Xia Xiang, but the topic was led to Feng Dao by Xia Xiang. Anyway, it's still early, so he doesn't worry, so let's listen to how Xia Xiang overturned the case for Feng Dao.

After Liu Shouguang became emperor, his ambitions became bigger and bigger, and he thought that he could compete with Li Cunqing, the king of Jin. Feng Dao advised Liu Shouguang not to be an enemy of Li Cunmiao head-on, because even Zhu Wen was not Li Cunmiao's opponent. Liu Shouguang not only did not listen to the advice, but also became furious and wanted to kill Feng Dao. Fortunately, someone rescued him, and Feng Dao saved his life. Xia Xiang squinted at Xu Heguang, "Does Xu Xiancheng know why Feng Dao persuaded Liu Shouguang not to attack Li Cunxuan?" ”

Xu Heguang thought for a while: "It's just that I'm afraid that Liu Shouguang won't be able to keep his official position after the defeat......"

Cui Xiang shook his head secretly, Xu Heguang is far from Xia Xiang in terms of knowledge and eloquence, and he doesn't read much, and he doesn't know much about the lives of historical figures, so his judgment is often biased.

Xia Xiang smiled: "Feng Dao didn't let Liu Shouguang attack Li Cunqing, first, he knew very well that Liu Shouguang was far from Li Cunqing's opponent, and he was loyal to the king, since he was an official under Liu Shouguang, he had to think about Liu Shouguang and not let Liu Shouguang kill himself." Second, I don't want to work the people and waste money anymore, so that the people will suffer from unjustified disasters again. Liu Shouguang did not listen to Feng Dao's words, and brazenly sent troops to Li Cunxuan, and was finally defeated. ”

"After the defeat of Liu Shouguang, Feng Dao went to Taiyuan to defect to Li Cunqing, he succumbed to the enemy and did not know the shame, under the promotion of Li Cunqing's eunuch Zhang Chengye, Feng Dao rose to prominence, and soon became the secretary, equivalent to the deputy minister." Cui Xiang couldn't bear to see Xia Xiang ask Xu Heguang another question to embarrass Xu Heguang, so he answered, "Later, Li Cunqiao destroyed the Later Liang and ascended the throne as the emperor, known as the Later Tang Dynasty in history, and he was the second emperor served by Feng Dao. Xia Xianzun, Feng Dao, this person, stooping to serve the enemy, seeing the wind and rudder, ungrateful, is a typical wall grass, what is he worthy of praise? ”