The article in Yuan An's hand was the text of Wei Jue's handwriting that night.

Songs and poems are written for things, articles are written for the time, and Wei Jue wrote this article to bluntly talk about the current evils.

The Great Zhou Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and because the local scholars were strong, they sealed the clans and suppressed the world's families with the power of the clans. There are pros and cons, although this law has preserved Chai Zhou Guozuo, but it has also caused the chaos sixteen years ago. In the end, although the world is still unified, most of the Chai clan relatives withered, and the rise of the family is a foregone conclusion.

And the new emperor Chai Jue also relied on the power of the family to succeed to the unification in this way.

In this way, the family has moved from the local to the center, such as Pei Jun in the book, it is because of this marriage from the dragon's work that he has been a very human minister for more than ten years. After more than ten years, the imperial examination system gradually became a non-existent system, and the Great Zhou Dynasty from the imperial court to the local important officials were all surnames, and the children of the poor family could only rely on the family and survive. The family took advantage of this power to merge land on a large scale, so that all the fields in the world were in the hands of one family, and small people and small families had almost no arable land, which was also the biggest source of famine every year.

And Wei Jue's article is a blunt statement of the biggest injustice in the world.

In the eyes of a family like Zhang Zeduan, such an article is the world's first-class shocking thing, but in the eyes of the prince Chai Yu, it is a sharp sword, but this sharp sword has not yet reached the time when it is unsheathed.

Yuan An's family is the Yuan family in Runan, and it is also a big family, one-third of the fields in Runan are owned by the Yuan family, and the Yuan family has also produced many high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Yuan An naturally knows the facts of this article, but this truth is the most terrible thing in the world.

After he saw it, he only sighed and remained silent for a long time.

Zhang Zeduan knew what he thought, but he still asked, "Taiping, how do you feel?" ”

"The world is strange." After Yuan An sighed, he asked, "Righteous way, who wrote this article?" ”

Zhang Zeduan listened to it and said jokingly: "If I answer at this time, it's too boring, Taiping might as well guess." ”

Seeing this, Yuan An knew that he was a little annoyed by what he had done, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Righteousness, it's hard for me." There are many scholars in Jiangdong, and I really don't know which person this article is from; And this word is also strict in the law, and it seems that the person who wrote this article is also a generation of Confucianism. ”

"Right way, this will mean wrong." Zhang Zeduan smiled when he heard this, "This person is not a Confucian, but a child." ”

"That's exactly what happened." Yuan An smiled and said, "Which family's sons can write such articles, and please teach Brother Zhengdao." After speaking, he bowed to Zhang Zeduan.

He not only wanted to ask for advice, but also apologized for Fang Cai's gaffe.

Zhang Zeduan returned the salute when he saw it, but after that, he asked and answered, but asked the crown prince Chai Yu with a smile: "Your Highness, do you want to know the name of this person?" ”

He is the prince's confidant, Chai Yu's heart is full of others, but he can't hide it from Zhang Zeduan.

Today, when he sent the article to the prince for a look, the look on Chai Yu's face was seen by him. It was a look like a treasure, Zhang Zeduan knew what Chai Yu thought on the spot, but the prince Chai Yu never asked, and he couldn't talk about himself.

Sure enough, Chai Yu bowed his head and said: "Lone also wants to know, if Mr. knows, then please tell him directly." ”

"Then I won't be shy about it." Zhang Zeduan then said, "This son's surname is Wei, his name is rank, and he is the son of Sima in Suzhou. ”

"Suzhou Sima?" Yuan An thought for a moment and asked, "But Wei Chengmou?" ”

Zhang Zeduan nodded and said, "It's this person." ”

"Is that him?" Yuan An said, frowning and showing confusion.

Chai Yu heard this and said strangely: "Who is he?" ”

"It's not surprising that His Highness is not familiar with this person, but if the minister wants to talk about his father, His Highness must know." Zhang Zeduan said.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Chai Yu asked, "Who is his father?" ”

Zhang Zeduan then replied: "Your Highness, have you heard of Chenghou Weijun?" ”

Chai Yu nodded and said: "Naturally, I have heard that this person is said to be in power during the Yuan Yan period, could it be that Wei Chengmou is his heir?" ”

Yuan Yan is the first emperor, the era name of Emperor Cheng of Zhou.

"Exactly." Zhang Zeduan said, "This Wei Chengmou is the third son of Chenghou Weiqian. Because the Wei family is a royal prince, when he became the emperor, he was favored and trusted, and he was full of nobles. This is the case for success, and this is also the case for failure. After the Seven Queens, the Wei family fell into the middle of the road, and finally moved to Jiangdong, alas! "Once a son of heaven, a courtier, the Wei family fell because of Emperor Zhou Cheng, and finally because of Emperor Zhou Cheng. His words explained the reason for the ups and downs of the Wei family in the past ten years, and this also explained the reason why the Xiao and Cui families married with the Wei family.

"People are not good for 100 days, and flowers are not red for 100 days." Yuan An also sighed, "But it is precisely because of this circumstance that the Wei family can produce such talents." When he became the emperor, the Wei family rose because of a daughter, and it may not be possible that he will not rise again because of this son in the future. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Zeduan said with a smile: "The Wei family can produce such a talent, and it is also the mercy of God, but what will be the situation in the future, it is still too early to say." ”

Yuan An nodded and didn't say anything more.

And the crown prince Chai Yu said: "Mr. Zhang, can you invite this son here, I just want to see him." Although he didn't say it explicitly, Yuan and Zhang both knew that the prince was cherishing his talents and wanted to bring Wei Jue under his command.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult." Zhang Zeduan replied, "First, this son is only seventeen years old, and he has not yet become a leader, and His Royal Highness has no reason to recruit him into Beijing; The second is that the Xiao and Wei families have a marriage contract, and the minister and Xiao Ziyu are familiar with each other, knowing that the wedding date is approaching, His Royal Highness is recruiting him to Beijing at this time, I am afraid it is not the time. ”

This was deliberately written by Xiao Jing in a private letter, and the purpose was also to prevent the prince from summoning Wei Jue at this time.

"Oh, yes, that's a mistake of willfulness." Chai Yu said.

Subsequently, Zhang Zeduan said: "Actually, His Highness's thoughts have been understood by the ministers. It's just that Wei Jialangjun is really young, and urging him to come out at this time is suspected of pulling out seedlings to help him grow. It's better to leave it in the place, there is Xiao Ziyu in Suzhou, and he will not treat his son-in-law badly. ”

Hearing this, Chai Yu said softly: "Mr. Zhang's arrangement is very appropriate, so let this matter be so." ”

His voice was frivolous, and his face was a little tired.

Zhang and Yuan knew that he was weak, and after looking at each other, Yuan An spoke: "Your Highness, now that the matter has been said, the ministers will retire, and you can rest in peace." ”

"Mr. Yuan, wait." After Chai Yu finished speaking, he greeted him again, "Come in from outside." ”

Then, Li Guotai hurried in again: "Your Highness, what do you command?" ”

"Give the gift I have prepared to Sir." Chai Yu commanded him, and then turned to Yuan Andao, "Mr. Yuan, Pei Gongzhishi is about to go, and he is unwell alone, so it is inconvenient to go." Please bring this gift to Pei Gong, thank him for his many years of assistance, and mention today's events by the way."

Although the emperor accepted Pei Jun's letter to Shi, he could not take over the official, and the incumbent official was not allowed to leave his post, and now Pei Jun is still the Zhongshu order of the Great Zhou.

"Your Highness's meaning, the minister understands." Yuan An replied, "The minister will definitely convince Pei Gong." ”

"Well, go ahead." Chai Yu nodded and said.

After Yuan and Zhang left, the palace returned to quiet.