On the first day of the seventh month, the Hou Mansion packed their bags and prepared to leave for Beijing, the significance of rushing to Beijing this time was extraordinary, and the son-in-law of the Son of Heaven would definitely live in Beijing for a long time, just like the situation of Princess Guantao in Tangyi's Hou Mansion, at least in the short term, they would not return to Pingyang Houguo.

The preparations were complicated and repeated, and Uncle Chen was too busy with the work of editing and making the book, but fortunately, Fan Taguang was very familiar with the system of the Hou Mansion, so he called the supervisor in charge of the account room of the Hou Mansion to take stock together, formulate a classified directory according to the situation, and then decide what things to bring to Beijing after making the booklet.

The house supervisors were busy with headaches for moving, and the servants below were even more busy and dizzy, Wei Junru took his sister Wei Shao'er to spin around in the backyard like a spinning top, tired all morning and finally took advantage of the moment to rest for a while after lunch, Wei Junru was now Wei Shao'er disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Huh? Where did the kids go? Wei Junru asked the maid who was resting with him and was deduced that she didn't know the direction, and the thoughtful girl suddenly had a little doubt, and looked for the backyard all the way to the front yard, and saw two men and a woman in the small garden near the corner gate of the front yard of the Hou Mansion, and she was surprised when she saw the three people clearly.

The sturdy young man looked down at the young man who was more than half a head shorter than him: "Huo Zhongru! What are you doing in Houfu? You are not welcome here. ”

"I naturally have a reason to come to the Hou Mansion, and I don't need to explain to you, the servant of the Hou Mansion." Huo Zhongru turned his face sideways and looked at the girl next to him gently, and said, "Young, I'll give you a new chant of Anyi's ......."

When Chen Zhang saw the two kissing me, I regarded him as nothing, and he trembled angrily and pointed at Huo Zhongru and scolded: "Huo Zhongru, you use rhetoric to coax the women of the Hou Mansion, don't be deceived by this prodigal disciple, this frivolous person is Ding Hui's dog, and he still has a face in the Hou Mansion, phew!" ”

A mouthful of saliva flew in, Huo Zhongru was caught off guard and was spit up, staring at Chen Zhang angrily, Wei Shao'er saw that Ai Lang was spit up, picked up a handkerchief to wipe the stain for Huo Zhongru, and slashed Chen Zhang's eyes and complained: "I have already said it clearly with you, I am not greedy for half a point of your Chen family's wealth, if you are really good to me, don't come to pester me, Huo Jialangjun is my beloved, we have sworn to marry together, you will die of this heart!" ”

"You...... How dare you fornicate! Chen Zhang took a few steps back angrily, and the scar from being beaten by Uncle Chen was just right, at this time, he was excited and began to ache all over his body, and when he saw Huo Zhongru's smug appearance, he was angry in his heart and didn't choose to speak: "I want to tell the news of your two fornication, and see how the two of you can get married together!" ”

The two of them were shocked, they didn't expect Chen Zhang to use such vicious means to deal with them, according to the Han system, the crime of adultery is a big or small crime, acquiescing in adultery is not to bear the responsibility, a little heavier both of them have to bear the punishment of the cane, and then the two of them will be sentenced to Chengdan, thinking that the prince learned that the maid around him had fornicated with someone, even if he mercifully exempted the family punishment and only sent the two to Anyi for trial, the lives of the two of them would be ruined.

"How can you be like this, Huo Jialangjun and I are in love with each other and have not hindered others, why do you want to kill us ruthlessly?" Wei Shao'er was shocked and angry, and hated this hateful Chen Zhang.

Huo Zhongru stopped Wei Shao'er, who was about to theorize, and said confidently: "Chen Zhangxiu wants to be proud, you think that I came to the Hou Mansion for a private meeting, but you don't know that the Marquis intends to appoint me as Hou Guocheng, and I will also do things for the Hou Mansion in the future, and we are also a family, when I see the Marquis asking for a grace to bring the child to my wife's room, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." ”

"Huo Jialangjun, I'm so happy." Wei Shao'er's little face was flushed with happiness.

Chen Zhang glared at the two of them angrily and hurriedly left, Huo Zhongru saw his rival leave and talked for a while, and then Wei Junru flashed out of the shade, looked at his sister with a spring look and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the young man, after a year of hard work, I am finally going to achieve a positive result with the Huo family's Xiaolangjun." ”

"Ahh Sister. Wei Shao'er was both shocked and ashamed, and was a little panicked by her sister's affair, and only after looking carefully at Wei Junru's face did she breathe a sigh of relief: "My sister must keep Huo Jialangjun's secret for me, if the prince learns about the twists and turns, my sister's life will be over." ”

"You think the servants in the palace know about it! The servants and maidservants in the mansion have long seen the good things between you and Xiaolangjun of the Huo family, and only you still think that you have done a good job of secrecy is not known. Wei Junru shaved the bridge of his sister's little nose and watched her surprised mouth turn into a round and smiling eyes like a curved crescent.

Huo Zhongru walked into the Hou Mansion nervously, this was the first time he had met the Marquis of Pingyang alone, in the past, he only had to follow the inconspicuous place in the crowd to salute, and suddenly he wanted to stand up and thank the grace, and his heart couldn't help but beat a drum.

The confessor stood by the side of the Marquis of Pingyang, glanced at him and sang: "Huo Zhongru, the little official of the Hou State, pays a visit to the Marquis." ”

Cao Shi raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at the young official who was saluting, and couldn't help muttering: "This kid is Huo Quai's father, and he seems to be only slightly older than me, is it reliable for him to be Hou Guocheng?" If pulling out the seedlings and helping him provoke a big basket, wouldn't it be a big deal. ”

A few days ago, Shentu Gong sent someone to consult the candidates for the officials of the Hou State, and Cao Shi thought about it for two days and sent someone to reply to the Taishou Mansion, saying that the Han family has ruled the world by doing nothing for 60 years, and the country is prosperous and prosperous, and the Hou country should also pursue the concept of ruling by doing nothing.

Of course, we should consider the complexity of the Pingyang Marquis, it is more appropriate to choose to promote candidates from the local official system, and then choose a young and promising Hou Guocheng to follow and learn, the stability of the Hou State within 20 years is not a problem, and the natural replacement after 20 years can still ensure the long-term stability of the Hou State.

Cao Shi's rhetoric was impeccable, and he did not propose the name of any candidate from beginning to end, but narrowed the scope to a very narrow scope limited to the Hou country, which was done to prevent Zhou Yangyou from seizing the handle and accusing him of interfering in government affairs as a liege, and at the same time to avoid getting involved in the infighting between Shentu Gong and Zhou Yangyou.

Seeing Cao Shi's cunning reply, Shen Tu Gong and Zhou Yangyou suddenly had no other ideas, so they readily agreed with his mention and wrote back to the Hou Mansion with the right candidate.

Uncle Chen took a look and knew that he was not only honest but also very timid and afraid, this person had a good relationship with the officials of the Hou Mansion, he was cautious and cautious in his usual work, and he did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi, and he would never cause trouble as Hou Lingchang, and the stability of the Hou State should not be worried.

There are as many as seven recommended Hou Guocheng, Cao Shi briefly swept over and suddenly appeared this Huo Zhongru, with his memory and the help of Uncle Chen's Pingyang Hou Guohuo map, it was confirmed that there were only three families surnamed Huo in Hou China, called Huo Zhongru and he was the only one who was an adult and unmarried.

Huo Zhongru's father was originally a small official of the Hou State, and he was cautious and cautious and quite popular, ten years ago, he was the most promising candidate for the competition for Hou Lingchang, but he was cut by Ding Hui and ruined a good thing, and after a few years, he didn't know whether it was an accident or was killed and died, Huo Zhongru came out to replace his father as a small official for three years, and gradually became a little celebrity in the Hou State official system with his father's connections and a mouth that can speak, and gradually became a little celebrity in the Hou State official system, even the mean Ding Hui is willing to use him to do things, and the information describes him as a young man who is very good at things.

Before this, Cao Shi had already talked to Deng Pu, and then Huo Zhongru felt that it was necessary to test his true ability, and casually picked up Hou Guo's account bamboo slip to ask for the details of income and expenditure, Huo Zhongru's table was getting better and better, from the beginning of stumbling and speaking incoherently, to then answering unhurriedly and unhurriedly, and asking for a long time without any mistakes or omissions, so that Fan Qiguang was impressed by him.

Cao Shi nodded secretly to this young man, and suddenly said: "The previous table is not bad, I will ask you the last question, reminding you that this question is not directly related to Hou Guo's affairs, don't think about searching for bamboo slips to get the answer." ”

"I respectfully ask the prince to ask." Huo Zhongru's nervous tense spirit listened carefully.

Cao Shi coughed and asked: "As the commander of the Hou State, it is his duty to persuade farmers to repair the river, but this is what the followers of the world can do, if I want you to make the people richer and richer in the Hou State, get rid of the troubles of poverty and hunger, and don't worry about the tax payment of people in August every year, even if you serve, you will be willing to do it without any complaints, do you have a way to do it?" ”

Huo Zhongru swallowed back the words in his mouth, raised his head slightly, saw the expressionless face of the prince in the hall, and secretly screamed in his heart: "Could it be that the prince has noticed my affair with the child, and deliberately wants to give me some face so that I can know the family law of the Hou Mansion?" Success or failure is in one fell swoop, and I can't retreat for the sake of children! ”

He had never used his brain as crazy as today, at that moment thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning and flint, all the thoughts he had seen, heard, and thought about since he was a child came one after another, and suddenly a bold thought flashed through his heart, and he was dumbfounded when he grabbed it in his hand, and even he couldn't explain such an absurd reason.

Maybe it was because he was stunned for too long, and the confessor couldn't help coughing and reminding, Huo Zhongru suddenly came to his senses, and when he saw the prince staring at him with burning eyes, he couldn't help but say in a panic: "Xiao Chen just thought of a bizarre idea, please ask the prince to atone for the sin of young and ignorant Xiao Chen." ”

"Say, as long as it's not a big rebellion, I can be the master and forgive you without sin."

Huo Zhongru took a deep breath: "The minister thinks that it is not difficult for the people to have food, clothing, and clothing with the situation of the Hou Kingdom, and it is absolutely impossible to reach the point where the prince asked the question, even if?" It is also difficult to resurrect the Marquis of Wenzhong (Xiao He) and the Marquis of Pingyang Yihou (Cao Shen), and the minister thinks that only by burning charcoal to make iron can be used to make a hundred workers, and then the merchants of the Hou State can be sold to various places to temporarily relieve their worries, but the agricultural mulberry can not be solved. ”

He felt very distressed, persuading agriculture and mulberry is a political task issued by the Son of Heaven, the second emperor Wenjing has repeatedly issued edicts to persuade farmers and mulberry to repair water conservancy, officials will be demoted if they fail to complete the task during their term of office, and his proposal of emphasizing industry and commerce over agriculture and mulberry is suspected of violating the law.

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