After the sun set, Fang Qiao, who had gone out to meet friends, rode back home. Before the moon came out, the lamp was already in the father's room, the osmanthus tree by the window exuded a strong tulip in the cold autumn wind, and the shadow of the father's cloak and roll was reflected on the window paper.

"Father is already old" Fang Qiao looked at the rickety back reflected on the window paper, and suddenly his heart was heavy, and before he knew it, his father, who had always been great in his heart, was old. And he, in the blink of an eye, was nearly twenty weak crowns, two years ago he was promoted from the state to the jinshi, and then he was awarded the lowest rank of the feather cavalry lieutenant, which is from the ninth rank of the loose rank, the lowest rank among the new eight lieutenants of the eight lieutenants of the eight ranks of the emperor. However, he also knew that the Sui Dynasty was inherited from the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, and the Guanlong nobles had always suppressed the Shandong scholars of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties. Two years ago, after getting the rank of Yu Cavalry Captain, Fang Qiao did not get a real position, in the past two years, he has been waiting for the interpretation of the ministry, most of the time he is in Chang'an and Hedong back and forth, perennial in Hedong Confucian Wang Tong under the door of the door. In Longmen, Wang Tong has more than 1,000 disciples, and he has also met countless young talents, and even has a feeling of reluctance to come back. If it weren't for his father who sent his old family to Hedong to ask him to return to Beijing immediately, Fang Qiao would not have come back immediately. Compared with the pride of the Guanlong nobles in Daxing City, he preferred to stay in Hefen and study the scriptures, righteousness, rites and music with his classmates and friends.

"Huai'an County Order!" While walking, Fang Qiao shook his head, which was also the reason why his father was in a hurry to call him back. The imperial court set up a new Wuzhou and Fuzhou two governors in northern Xinjiang, and the two states governed four counties. Let's talk about it. It is impossible to directly confer a county parent official from a loose official and a cavalry lieutenant who has no real position, which is impossible under ordinary circumstances. However, although Huai'an is a county, it is a new county. At the foot of the Great Wall in northern Xinjiang, in a deserted place, especially at the moment, who in the imperial court does not know that the war between the north and the Turks is about to break out. Those who have connections and are willing to take risks are more willing to be transferred to serve in the army in order to make a name for themselves on the battlefield. And some cowardly, at this time, they dare not run to such a dangerous place as Huai'an, so. But it gave him, a Shandong scholar, a chance, and he suddenly got a real lack of county order.

For his father's arrangement, Fang Qiao didn't have much disgust. He knew what his father meant, after the destruction of the Northern Qi Kingdom. Many Shandong scholars chose not to go out of office, and simply became landlords behind closed doors, studying and studying scriptures at home. This is also because it is the Guanlong nobles who are powerful in the world, and the Shandong scholars are the losers. was suppressed. Many people simply do not become officials and are discouraged. But Fang Qiao's father didn't think so, in his opinion, it was precisely because the Guanlong nobles suppressed the Shandong Shi clan that they couldn't give up, but had to work hard to become a leader, so that they could fight for the right to speak.

Fang Qiao's ancestral land is Qinghe in Hebei, and when he arrived at his eighth ancestor Fang Zhan, he was the Taiwei rafter of the Yan State, and with the relocation of the Southern Yan Kingdom to Qingzhou, he brought his family to Qidi. Since then. The Fang family has been staying in Licheng in Qizhou for more than 200 years. Licheng Fang has always been a family of poetry and books, and the family has been an official and politician for generations, and it is also a famous scholar family in Licheng. Fang Qiao's ancestor was the Taishou of Qi County and Pingyuan County, and his grandfather also served as the Taishou of the Southern Song Dynasty. His father was born at the age of eighteen, starting from the state master's book, and at the age of forty, that is, twelve years ago, he was recommended by the county warden to enter Beijing as a superintendent of the imperial history, until now.

The supervising imperial history is an official of the imperial history platform, and the grade is not high, only from the eighth grade, and it is not even as high as the Huai'an County Order newly awarded by Fang Qiao now.

The prefect of the Imperial History Observatory is the Imperial History Doctor, in the early years, from the third grade, five years after the opening of the emperor to the fourth grade, the deputy official has the imperial history from the fifth grade, from the seventh grade of the imperial history, from the eighth grade of the palace to serve the imperial history, from the eighth grade of the supervision of the imperial history. Fang Qiao's father's official position is also low in the Imperial History Taizhong, but the Imperial History Tai is in charge of picketing and impeachment, and the rank is low but powerful, even if it is only from the supervision of the Eighth Rank of the Imperial History. However, my father has been a supervisor of the imperial history for 12 years, and he has not been promoted so far, but it also has a great relationship with the fact that they are from the Shandong Shi family. This point has always been Fang Qiao's secret dissatisfaction with the imperial court. If it weren't for his father's insistence, he would not be willing to be an official of the Great Sui.

He pondered these questions all the way, and walked from the side door along the path between the rockeries in the courtyard to his father's study, where the brilliant heavenly river hung in the night sky, and the autumn wind blew the branches of the trees in the courtyard, carrying away the yellowing leaves.

He is about to leave Beijing to serve as the commander of Huai'an County in northern Xinjiang, and with his official appearance, another generation of the Licheng Fang family has stepped into the official career. And with his tenure, he will officially surpass his father's official qualities, and his son will be taller than his father as soon as he becomes an official, which sounds so incredible.

As he passed by his father's window, he slowed his steps, but his father still heard him.

"Xuan Ling is back?"

"Yes, sir." Fang Qiao had no choice but to stand and replied.

"Well, come in, I have something to say to you for the Father."

When Fang Xuanling stepped down the corridor to his father's study, he decided not to argue with his father anymore. Previously, he had no clear answer to the matter of serving as the county magistrate of Huai'an. Without an immediate yes, hesitation is opposition. But now, thinking that his father knew the destiny of heaven and was getting old, he planned to obey his father's arrangement. He knew that his father had a hard time in his life, although the Fang family was an official family, but in fact, his father lost his father when he was young, and he didn't even know his father, he was taught to read by his eldest brother since he was a child, and later passed on to his uncle at the age of fifteen. After that, he followed his uncle Leling Taishou Fang Leopard to work, and then studied under Dr. Yin Lin, learned a lot of knowledge, and was already recruited as an official at the age of eighteen.

"Ask you again for my father, would you like to go to Huai'an?" Fang Yanqian is over fifty years old, his hair is half white, and he is relatively thin, but sitting there, he is full of elegant temperament.

"My son is already planning to leave for the east in three days."

Hearing this reply, Fang Yanqian was very pleased.

"For the sake of my father, I will be released in a few days."

Fang Xuanling was a little surprised, and asked in surprise, "Where is my father?" ”

"It's not a derogatory." Fang Yanqian said to his son with a smile, "After 12 years in Beijing, I am also a little tired, and now that you have officially become a county parent official, I am also relieved." This time, I found an old man to help me and found a release. The Qinzhou Governor's Mansion recorded the army and joined the army! ”

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling put a little snack. He was also worried that his father was too upright in the court, so he offended the powerful and was demoted. The Qinzhou Governor's Mansion was once managed by the third prince, Yang Jun. Once ruled the entire Guanlong Prefectures, it was the Great Governor's Office. However, since Qin Jun was convicted of being stripped of his official position and returned to Beijing, the governor of Qinzhou has become an ordinary governor's office, but in terms of grade, it is still one level higher than Shangzhou. As the record of the Qinzhou Governor's Office, he participated in the military, and his grade was also the seventh grade. Compared with the eight products that supervised the imperial history, his father's official quality was upgraded by two levels. Moreover, the secretary of the governor's office and joining the army is also a position of real power. The head of the governor's office is the highest official and concurrently serves as the assassin history, and the following are Changshi and Sima, and then there are the military officials of the record and the military of Liecao. Recording and participating in the military is the official position of the third order of the governor's office, and its responsibilities are the same as those of the imperial history of the central court, which is responsible for supervising the sentence inspection. Being able to hold this position does show that my father is not degrading.

But he had a question in his mind. I can take on this position. It's really elevated. It's just that my father has been sitting on the cold bench in the court for so many years, and this time he borrowed the power of a nobleman.

"I wonder who helped?"

"Zhang Jianping."

"Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, Sima Zhang Heng, Zhang Jianping?" Fang Xuanling exclaimed.

"It's Sima Zhang." Fang Yanqian seemed to know that his son would be surprised. Fang Yanqian has been in the Imperial History Observatory for many years, although his quality is low, but his weight is high, especially the position of the Imperial History who holds the position of supervisor, for many nobles, if he can win it over, it will be a great help. As soon as he entered Daxing City, many people tried to woo him. But over the years, he has been impartial. Maintain a neutral posture that does not stand in line. This gesture is naturally unflattering to both sides, so he has not been promoted for 12 years. But now, he has been promoted to the eighth-rank county commander in the ninth rank, and his father has also been promoted to a seventh-rank foreign position, Fang Xuanling is naturally clear immediately, it seems that his father has already stood in line. And he has just revealed that it is Zhang Jianping who helped, Zhang Heng and his father have an old he already knew, Zhang Heng once served as a Simen squire, and then he has been following Yang Guang, the king of Jin, Yang Guang for Hebei Xingtai Shangshu Ling, Zhang Heng served as the criminal department, the second Cao Lang of the degree branch, and later Yang Guang town and state, he was the governor of the state, and Yang Guang transferred to Yangzhou, Zhang Heng followed the transfer to the governor of Yangzhou, and now he has become the Sima of the Yangzhou governor's mansion, and has become the confidant of the king of Jin.

Father has already chosen the side of Yang Guang, the king of Jin, to stand in line.

He admired his father's vision. Although Fang Xuanling has been studying in Hedong in recent years, he is naturally very familiar with the situation in the DPRK and China. Today, although Yang Yong has been sitting on the crown prince as the eldest son for 18 years, the reputation of this prince is really not very good, and people of insight can see that the prince Yang Yong does not have the intention of the son of heaven, especially with the virtuous king Yang Guang and the king of Pang Yang Liang coveting the crown prince.

However, everyone in the world praises King Jin as the most virtuous, but Fang Xuanling will not be confused by that appearance, in his opinion, King Jin is talented, which is not fake. But the talent of King Jin does not mean that he is the most virtuous, in his eyes, the virtue of King Jin is more just disguised. For some reason, Fang Xuanling was a little naturally dislike Yang Guang, and he couldn't say why, but he felt it in his heart.

"Father, it is rumored that the new governor of Wuzhou is the illegitimate son of King Jin, is it true?" Fang Xuanling asked suddenly.

Recently, one of the hottest rumors in Daxing City is the rumors and speculation that the new governor of Wuzhou, the prince of Guangning County, and the general Yi Feng is the son of the prince or the illegitimate son of the king of Jin. This matter is now getting more and more popular, almost to the point where the streets know about it, and Fang Xuanling can already hear it from time to time on the way back from Hedong. There are even rumors that this Yi Feng is actually the illegitimate son of the Son of Heaven, and some people say that Yi Feng also once studied under the Confucian King of Hedong, and he was also under the Hefen Sect.

For these rumors, Fang Xuanling is also difficult to distinguish, but he has heard his classmates say that Wei Zheng, a giant deer who used to listen to classes in Longmen, is now working under this Yi Feng's account, and it is said that Wei Zheng once said in a letter that Yi Feng had gone to Longmen several times to listen to the teacher's lectures. However, Wei Zheng thought about it, and he didn't seem to remember that he had Yi Feng in his impression. However, this does not mean that Yi Feng has never been to Longmen to listen to lectures, after all, under the Hefen Sect, there are now more than 1,000 disciples, and there are countless scholars who come to study and listen to lectures every day, except for a few disciples who enter the house and pass on the disciples, most of them are only registered disciples, and even most of them are just observer scholars who do not even have the status of master and apprentice.

Wei Zheng is an observer scholar, but Wei Zheng's fame is not small among the observers, this is a talented person. Since he dared to say in the letter that Yi Feng had gone to Hedong several times to listen to lectures, it was very likely to be true. Some people say that Yi Feng is a horse thief, some people say that he is an orphan, and some people say that he is the grandson or even the prince, all kinds of rumors are spreading, but this person has been born in a short period of time and has pulled up a lot of force outside the Saiwai, which has attracted the attention of the world. He was about to go to Huai'an, and Huai'an was close to Huai'an, and he was indeed a little curious about this future neighbor.

As for whether Yi Feng is the prince's concubine, or the illegitimate son of King Jin, or the illegitimate son of the emperor, Fang Xuanling feels that it is more reliable to be the illegitimate son of King Jin.

"I can't figure it out as a father." Fang Yanqian shook his head and stroked his long beard, "Dugu Hou is fierce and jealous, thinking that the Son of Heaven was fortunate to be Yu Chi's family, and in the blink of an eye, Dugu will be strung to death, and the angry emperor will run away in a bad mood, and Yang Su and Gao Ying will chase back the horse." Although since that time, the empress had to relax a little and choose the Chen family and the Cai family in Jiangnan for the emperor, but it is also a recent thing. Eighteen years ago, it was impossible for the Son of Heaven to have illegitimate children. "The power of the Dugu clan is known to the world, Yang Jian, who is a dignified son of heaven, has only five sons and five daughters so far, and all of them are from the Dugu clan, just from here, it can be seen that Queen Dugu is powerful. Even secretly glad to be a palace maid, once the palace maid is discovered, she will be killed by the cane immediately, and it is impossible to have an illegitimate child.

"But there is no wind and no waves, and it depends on the fact that the Heavenly Family has not cleared the rumors immediately, so this Yi Feng is really very likely to be the royal grandson left behind. As for whether he is the illegitimate son of King Jin or the prince's concubine," Fang Yanqian thought for a while, "It stands to reason that it is very likely to be the son of the prince, but it is unlikely that he was born to the concubine, and it should be the illegitimate son of the prince." Fang Yanqian's statement is also well-founded, the current crown prince Yang Yong has a criminal record in this regard, Yun Zhaoxun is his outer room in the outside field, and the current eldest son is he and Yun Zhaoxun who were born illegitimate in the field, and finally brought into the palace.

Fang Xuanling suddenly found a question, "I remember that the title of the eldest son of the crown prince is the king of Changning, and now this Yi Feng's new title is not the Duke of Changning?" The"

After his son's words, Fang Yanqian also immediately discovered this problem, the eldest son of the prince was named the king of Changning County, and this Yi Feng's current title is the prince of Changning County, is this a coincidence? Or is there really something mysterious in this?

"Yi Feng, Yi Feng" Fang Xuanling read the name softly, and he had some expectations for the upcoming trip to Huai'an. (To be continued......)