Snowflakes were falling over the huge city, the cold winter did not hinder the footsteps of the residents of Chang'an, the departure of the old residents accompanied the new residents to move in, and the new residents from the Kanto region lived in Maolyeong-eup, the western part of Chang'an City, the new residents were enthusiastic about the world's largest city, and many were still intoxicated by the urge to buy and buy.

The two cities of the east and west were formerly known as the nine cities of the east and west, with the demolition and expansion of the nine cities were decomposed into a relative street market, from shoes, hats, shirts, kitchenware department stores, to the flower street, willow lane, underground money village with a complete variety of patterns, every day from the sun rising to the moon in the middle of the sky is always so lively and prosperous, merchants and travelers from all over the world wander in the meantime and forget to return.

"Remember, a new woman came to the Hou Mansion to remind me."

"Hou Shizi go slowly!"

Liu Qian walked out of the Qinglou in a leisurely manner, boarded the carriage and immediately changed his expression: "What do you have to say to Wu Anhou?" ”

"Don't worry, do you still like the two women that my captain gave you? I don't like to tell you to send two to you another day. Ji Fu smirked.

"Hmph, I heard that Wu Anhou tried his best to find a woman who was seven or eight points similar to my sister, not only in the house but also pampered, Wu Anhou also had good intentions."

Liu Qian sneered a few times and was a little disapproving, although the King of Huainan was robbed of the crown prince is not as good as before, but after all, he is the son of the royal family who has been the crown prince of Huainan for more than 20 years, and his clan background naturally looks down on his relatives, not to mention that the queen mother Wang Huan's personal prestige and family influence are far inferior to the previous three generations of queen mothers, and the Wang Tian family is far less powerful than the Lu family, the Bo family, and the Dou family.

Wang Huan's personal character is average, and it was revealed that Wang Wan had married someone in the folk before she was favored. Not only has he been married, but he also has a daughter who has been hiding in the people for more than 20 years and has ignored it, not to mention whether Wang Huan's deliberate deception of the former emperor is despicable or not. I have a daughter who has been hiding in the people for more than 20 years and has lived in poverty and pain, and the Wang Tian family eats and drinks spicy food and enjoys the glory and wealth, so you can do how despicable the Wang Tian family is.

The Empress Dowager Dou Yifang also has a younger brother Dou Shaojun missing, but that is because Dou Shaojun is too young to disappear and cannot be found, until Dou Yifang ascended the throne as the queen more than forty years ago, Dou Shaojun only found his own sister for a long time, only from the perspective of finding relatives, the Dou family is far more humane than the Wang family.

What's more, Tian Wei is a market gangster from a humble background, who has no knowledge and no skills. Dou Shaojun was transformed into a righteous gentleman who was proficient in Huang Lao, and the difference in conduct and style made the royal family who attached importance to the family despised, and what was even more nonsense was the blood relationship between Tian Wei and the Wang family, the Wang family was barely a relative, and the Tian family was not even a fart.

"I don't have to worry about the private affairs of the Taiwei of my family, I want to know the recent movements of the lord of Lingweng."

"I don't know, I haven't seen the shadow of that girl lately. Maybe it's still in Jiangxia County. ”

"Have you heard any specific news about Shaxian's construction of the city?"

"No, I don't care about that."

Ji Fu secretly gritted his teeth and cursed Liu Qian for not knowing what to do, his own monarch Tian Wei really spent millions of dollars for him, and he didn't get anything done for a long time, and he shook his face at every turn with a sarcastic sarcasm, if it weren't for the influence of his identity, he would have beaten him up a long time ago. Liu Qian's unbeaten face is really annoying.

Swallowing the evil anger in his heart, Ji Fu had a smile on his face again: "Then please go back and continue to inquire, if you have any news, you can send someone to contact you, and wait for your good news at any time." ”

Jifu's carriage swayed away.

Liu Qian spat at the distant carriage: "I'm bah! With such a little money, I want to buy this Hou Shizi, and do your spring and autumn dreams! ”

I scolded for a while, and watched the sky gradually darken. At the beginning of the lanterns, the four gates of the east and west markets were closed and the night market opened, and Liu Qian staggered to the black carriage at the end of the street and stopped. Looking left and right, no one was watching, and then he stepped into the carriage.

The coachman drove the carriage through the dark alleys and stopped in the inconspicuous courtyard.

The master father came out with a big smile: "Meet Hou Shizi, the people sent by Wu'an Hou sent away?" ”

"Well, Tian Wei still has some ability, he actually raised a good dog, and he jumped up and down to make plans without the blessing of that dog, Tian Wei is not even a fart."

"Hou Shizi, don't be angry, Wu'an Hou was used to living a hard life when he was young, and he was not very accustomed to aristocratic life, and it is indeed not small for an ordinary merchant family to put millions of money in the family."

"Don't talk about that, it's almost going to make my nose crooked, Wu'an Hou Tianwei is really not a thing!" Liu Qian remembered the evil anger he received again, and scolded Tian Wei for being a dog killer, and sent him away as a dignified Huainan Hou Shizi as a begging for food, but he had also been the crown prince of Huainan for more than 20 years, and he had seen a hundred times more of the world than Tian Wei had experienced in the past few decades.

There are no poor people among the princes and kings, the relatively poor ones are only small princes and kings, and the Huainan royal family is by no means a small princes, at least the former Huainan crown prince Liu Qian's annual expenses are not less than 100 million yuan, and giving millions of money is like controlling him, which is really a bit insulting.

The dinner party was opened, but dozens of dishes were served in a moment, don't look at the courtyard is very small and complete, under the warm hospitality of the main father, Liu Qian quickly abandoned the unhappiness in his heart and enjoyed the wine and delicacies, the royal family surnamed Liu should be born to enjoy happiness, he doesn't care what the person who makes him enjoy wants to do anything, as long as the flattery is comfortable and doesn't let him do things.

Although Liu Qian lacks the political acumen of a qualified heir, he will never dare to get close to Tian Wei in his position, Liu Qian dares to do what ordinary people can do, fortunately, he asks for a higher price, Tian Wei is unwilling to satisfy his appetite, so he gave the master father a chance to contact.

Liu Qian's level is slightly worse but he is not a fool, he sorted out the causes and consequences and laughed: "At the beginning, Mr. stayed in the Huainan Kingdom for two years, and my father admired Mr. very much. ”

The next day, the master father Yan returned to the Hou Mansion with the news.

"The Hou of Huainan is not as difficult as he imagined, and Tian Wei did not win over the Huainan Hou family." The master father Yan brought the news he got one by one, Tian Wei's actions in Beijing were very large, and he invited hundreds of officials, ministers, and celebrities to the government and the opposition to banquet every other day, and put on a posture of Meng Weijun to attract guests, which became the most eye-catching hot topic in Beijing for a while.

Yuan Chong said worriedly: "I heard that the Son of Heaven asked Tian Wei to draw up a list, and there are hundreds of people on the list who can be promoted to 2,000 stones, and only Prime Minister Dou Ying stood up to veto his proposal. ”

"What if you veto? The key people that Tian Wei wants to promote are all at 2,000 stones. ”

Cao Shi frowned and was silent.

Tian Wei is very famous, a few years ago he did not dare to be greedy and bribe when he was not Jiuqing, and he was very generous in and out of the area with high consumption in Dongshi, and when he became Jiuqing, Fengwu Anhou became even more intensified, and his daily life can be described as spending money like dirt, and a large amount of income of unknown origin has not been verified, after all, no one dares to touch the halo of Uncle Tianzi, not to mention that Tingwei Zhouyang Hou Tiansheng and Lieutenant Gaihou Wang Xin are from Wang Tian's two families.

Even the not-so-smart military merit lord noticed the abnormality, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the Son of Heaven is trying to use his relatives to erect meritorious lies!" ”

Depriving the lieutenant and the guard lieutenant of the right to take charge of the army is only the first step, and there will be more stripping processes in the future, whether it is for the centralization of power or political balance, the Son of Heaven has a reason to deal with the military merit lord who has a big tail, and the whole process will be strategically adjusted, both hitting and pulling will run through the whole process, just like a boiled frog in warm water gradually paralyzing the vigilance of the military meritorious, and then tightening the noose little by little.

Cao Shi said: "Just let Tian Wei go arrogantly!" After all, the Son of Heaven's endurance for him is limited, and he is only used as cannon fodder to fight the princes after all. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty can't tolerate the meritorious princes yet, and sooner or later you will lose patience with Tian Wei and the like, but what should you do?" Yuan Chong threw out a very sharp contradiction, there is no doubt that the Son of Heaven will reuse Pingyang Hou Cao Shi as always, but this reuse will never be the same as before, in the past, Cao Shi could recommend bureaucrats and even Jiuqing, but now the Son of Heaven almost does not stop his opinions.

Take the Battle of Yinshan that ended a few months ago, Cao Shi tried his best to recommend the heroes to serve as high-ranking officials of 2,000 stones, including Zhao Junyu, Marquis of Fuyang, Zhou Zuoche, Marquis of Fenyin, Guanqiang, Marquis of Yingyin, and others, and the result was that the Son of Heaven did not approve it.

The posture of the Son of Heaven to suppress is getting stronger and stronger, not only causing strong dissatisfaction among the meritorious princes, but also there is commotion and criticism within the military meritorious lords, it is very strange for the meritorious ministers to stay in place, Cao Shi's chariot and cavalry general did not move, and the two thousand stones recommended by Cao Shi are not allowed, and the Son of Heaven wants to use this means to prove that he has absolute control.

"The prince has a strategy in his chest, why bother to be sad about the temporary pressure, it is foreseeable that the influence of the princes in Chang'an City is declining, and the princes should start the plan as soon as possible, and explain the interests to the meritorious princes."

Cao Shi asked, "You also think the situation is very difficult?" ”

"Your Majesty thinks that the merit of the prince is too great, and the basic sense of trust can be maintained at present, but it is difficult to say if you continue to win a few games in a row, if one day the Son of Heaven deprives the prince of the right to lead the army, let the prince stay in Chang'an City and be a peaceful prince with peace of mind, it will be over, and the meritorious princes will be cleaned up, and you can only watch silently and there is nothing you can do."

The lord father asked, "Unless there is a rebellion, can the prince resist the edict of the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Of course not!"

Once the Son of Heaven transferred him to seize military power, Cao Shi could only bow his head and obey the order, if he gathered to oppose the imperial court, the Yulin cavalry and heavy cavalry in his hands would run clean in an instant.

Yuan Chong suggested: "I am willing to be a pawn of the prince and marquis, and rush to Longxi County to make arrangements in advance, there is still our arrangement on the Longxi Plateau, and it should not be difficult to deal with the two major tribes in Hexi." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )