In the evening, Ji Qingchen had just returned to the mansion to drink a cup of tea, and saw Zhang Rang hurriedly walking into the hall, and he was still holding a famous poster in his hand. Zhang Rang walked quickly to Ji Qingchen and handed over the name post, and said in a somewhat unangry tone, "Your Highness, this is the battle letter sent by the Xishu Shizi's Mansion in the afternoon. ”

"That's exactly what I expected! Xu Zhen made a war post so quickly, and he wanted me to be defeated and scolded by the people of King's Landing again. Ji Qingchen said with a sneer. Stretched out his hand to take the war sticker handed to him by Zhang Rang, casually flipped through it and glanced at the date on it, it was written on October 30, then closed the war sticker and handed it to Zhang Rang and said, "You will reply to Xu Zhen now, saying that this prince must go to the appointment on time, and when the time comes, we will compete again in the Yulin Riding School on October 30!" ”

"No!" Zhang Rang respectfully accepted the order and left in a hurry. It's just that Zhang Rang just left the living room and went back again. Ji Qingchen saw Zhang Rangyou hurriedly walking into the hall, so he asked, "Do you have anything else?" ”

"Your Highness, Ye Shaoqing of Honglu Temple asks to see you!" Zhang Rang replied.

Since Ji Qingchen arrived in King's Landing City, he has never seen his uncle Ye Qingchen again, today Ye Qingchen suddenly took the initiative to come to the door, he guessed that there was something important in the court that made Ye Qingchen take the initiative to come to the door to discuss with him, so he said to Zhang Rang, "Please!" Let him go to the study! ”

Zhang Rang promised to leave. Ji Qingchen sat in the hall for a while and strode to the study. When he walked into the study, he found that Ye Qingchen was already waiting for him in the study. Ye Qingchen was about to give a salute when he saw him, but he stopped him, "Uncle, your own family, don't be polite!" Sit down! Zhang Rang, tea! ”

Ye Qingchen was no longer polite when he heard Ji Qingchen say this, and sat down on the chair again. Ji Qingchen also walked to the bookcase and sat down. At this time, Zhang Rang had already served tea, and the two took a sip. Ji Qingchen opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle, is there anything big going to happen in the DPRK and China these days?" ”

"Yes, this year has come to October, and the three kingdoms of Lingnan, Xishu and Eastern Wilderness have sent envoys to Dayan to meet His Majesty, and the mission is already on the way, and it will take more than ten days to reach King's Landing. In the past, the envoys of the three countries had different times of their visits, and they were all held separately. But this time is different, the three of them sent envoys to meet His Majesty at the same time, and at the same time want to meet His Majesty, their actions are very abnormal compared with the past, His Majesty attaches great importance to this non-audience of the Three Kingdoms, and has ordered the Ministry of Rites to cooperate with Honglu Temple to do a mission reception work. However, I heard that this time the three countries sent envoys to the audience at the same time, it seems that they have reached some kind of secret agreement, and want to obtain some practical benefits with His Majesty through the audience, especially the Lingnan Yi people, some time ago, they often sent troops to invade the Yizhou border of Dayan, and this time they sent envoys to Dayan, I am afraid it is not just as simple as an audience. Ye Qingchen said, "So when they arrive in King's Landing City, they will definitely come to see you, the purpose of their visit this time is not pure, and there must be another purpose to meet you in the mansion, I hope Qingchen you can handle the relationship with the Three Kingdoms Mission in a timely manner, don't leave them a pretext and cause trouble for yourself, and at the same time keep a distance from them, and can't get caught up in their affairs." ”

"I really didn't expect to be able to see the scene of the three kingdoms of Xishu, Eastern Wilderness and Lingnan gathering in King's Landing, it is estimated that it will be very lively at that time, right?" Ji Qingchen smiled coldly, and said to Ye Qingchen, "Please rest assured that Uncle is this, Qingchen knows what to do." ”

"Yes!" Ye Qingchen nodded slightly and said, "Also, in the early days of the Imperial Court today, His Majesty suddenly wanted to appoint me as the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, but I was strongly opposed by several political scholars led by Prime Minister Pei Wenju. I pondered for a long time, thinking that this was probably just a temptation on the part of His Majesty, who wanted to see the reaction of the ministers who supported the princes by appointing me as a chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites, for he must have a greater appointment to be announced. So if he suddenly wants to summon you these days, when he asks for your opinion, my uncle doesn't want you to tell the truth. ”

"What does Uncle mean?" Ji Qingchen really didn't understand why his uncle let him tell a lie to Emperor Yan, and asked puzzled.

"Uncle is now just a Shaoqing of Honglu Temple who is the fourth grade, and he is appointed as the waiter of the rite department of the third grade, how much help can you have?" Ye Qingchen said with a little guilt, "But your uncle is different, with his current identity and prestige, as long as he enters the court, the official position of His Majesty's reward will not be lower than the six Shangshu, and when the time comes, with his strength against the current Liubu Shangshu and Prime Minister Pei Wenju, you can have your own foundation in the court." ”

"Uncle, are you saying - is he coming to King's Landing?" Ji Qingchen's breathing became a little short.

Because of his uncle, he has never even met once when he is so old, but before the age of seven, when he has not yet left the country as a hostage, he can occasionally hear a few words from the mouth of his mother, saying that his uncle is a well-educated man and a literary master who is deeply admired by scholars all over the world. However, because his mother and uncle did not say the name of his uncle, he still doesn't know which of his uncles is famous in Dayan. Now how can he not be surprised to hear his uncle say that as long as his uncle enters the court, he will be rewarded as a member of the second grade? The members of the second rank in the Dayan court, this is a high position that is difficult for many scholars to live to the old age, and this is a high position for many families to fight with each other for the prosperity of their own families!

But as soon as his uncle entered the court, he could easily get it! For Ji Qingchen, this news made him surprised in addition to being amazed!

"Yes!" Ye Qingchen said in a low voice, "This is the news that your uncle secretly wrote to me before coming to the king's landing, he said that His Majesty secretly recruited him to the court as an official, so I think that in addition to His Majesty and me, I am afraid that even your mother is ruthless, let alone other people in the court." And today, uncle, you revealed this news to make you mentally prepared, don't try to get too close to the ministers of the court during this time, don't be bewitched by them, so as not to be calculated by others, everything will be decided after your uncle arrives and enters the court as an official. ”

Ye Qingchen's words made Ji Qingchen's body tremble, he knew that now the struggle between the princes of King's Landing City had reached a white-hot stage, and the struggle between the ministers of the court and the central government who supported the princes had also reached a stalemate, which made the current government of Dayan ossified, and many decrees were difficult to be implemented quickly, which had affected the national capital of Dayan, and at this time, his uncle was suddenly going to enter the court as an official, he thought that this was probably a hook that Emperor Yan wanted to break the current stalemate. It's just that now he is not thinking about Emperor Yan's solution to the problem of the rigidity of the government, but about his uncle's position after he arrives at King's Landing, so he asked, "Uncle, as far as I know, there are no vacancies in the three provinces and six ministries, and the eldest uncle is not good at military affairs and cannot serve in the Privy Council." When you say that when he arrives, what kind of duties will his father arrange for him? ”

"Yes! The Six Ministries and the Privy Council have always been controlled by the Seven Great Families of Dayan, except for the current Shangshu Chen Yan of the Ministry of Rites, no one from the foreign clan has been able to achieve the high position of a Shangshu. Ye Qingchen sighed and said, "So I think that your uncle will neither go to the Sixth Ministry nor go to the Privy Council when he enters the court this time, and he is likely to go to the Guozijian." The current Guozi Siye Xu Kexia is seventy years old, and she has reached the age of Zhishi, and Yu Qing, who is sacrificing wine, is not young. His Majesty's meaning is that I am afraid that your uncle will do one or two businesses in the Guozijian, and then make the Guozijian sacrificial wine. As for the future arrangement, only His Majesty knows this in his heart. ”

The grade of the sacrificial wine of the Guozijian is the same as that of the six Shangshu, but the Guozijian cannot be compared with the political hall and the Privy Council, and the power of the Guozijian sacrificial wine is not as good as that of the six Shangshu. But the status of the eunuch in Dayan is very transcendent. Because the Dayan imperial examination system stipulates that all scholars in various states must enter the Guozijian to study for one year after obtaining the qualification of the lifter, they must be qualified to participate in the court examination held by the Ministry of Rites, so the Dayan Guozi Priest Wine is the common teacher of all the scholars who participate in the imperial examination.

Because of this, Dayan's power as the prince of the country is not as powerful as Shangshu, but his prestige in the court is enough to be comparable to the prime minister and the privy envoy, and he is a very noble position. However, just because the Guozi Jian sacrificial wine has a prestige comparable to that of the prime minister in Dayan, the ancestral system of Dayan clearly stipulates that anyone who goes to the Guozijian to serve as the secretary and the wine priest will not be allowed to serve as the six Shangshu and the prime minister. This also makes the Guozi Eunuch even if his status is transcendent and prestigious, but few people are willing to serve in the Guozi Eunuch.

Now that I heard my uncle's speculation, saying that my uncle was going to serve in the Guozijian, Ji Qingchen, who was overjoyed just now, was half cold, this is equivalent to breaking the high position of the six Shangshu, and he has no qualifications to be the prime minister, how much can the uncle help himself when he enters the court as an official this time?

Ye Qingchen seemed to understand his nephew Ji Qingchen's thoughts, so he said with a smile, "Qingchen! Look into the distance in everything. Now that His Majesty is still in its prime, as long as his dragon body is still alive, what is the use of saying that the princes have a deep foundation in the court? You should think that as long as your uncle enters the national prison, as long as he passes the imperial examination and enters the Shizi in the next ten years, he will be his student, and you are his nephew, as long as he comes forward to support you at the critical moment, I am afraid that your foundation in the court may not be as good as the current princes. ”

After being reminded by Ye Qingchen like this, after thinking about it carefully, Ji Qingchen suddenly sobered up, and he found that he was indeed a little anxious just now, so that he almost lost his heart, so he immediately admitted his mistake to Ye Qingchen, "It was indeed Qingchen who was too anxious and anxious just now, so he didn't think about the problem well and had such thoughts, and I hope my uncle can punish him!" ”

"You are only seventeen years old this year, and you have already achieved calm and calm handling of things without being alarmed, and the city government and heart have also made your uncle very satisfied, what else do you say your uncle can punish you?" Ye Qingchen said with a smile, "But I can tell you, your uncle has a very big temper and is also very strict with people, you will have a hard time after he arrives in King's Landing, but you have to be mentally prepared!" ”

"Ugh! This-" Ji Qingchen froze for a moment, he didn't know what to say. Because letting Ye Qingchen give himself a warning and reminder, this is enough to see how bad his uncle's temper is.

Ye Qingchen couldn't help but smile when he saw the unnatural expression on Ji Qingchen's face, "Actually, your uncle's temper is not as bad as he thought!" ”

"Uncle! You-" Hearing Ye Qingchen's explanation, Ji Qingchen knew that he was being tricked by his uncle, and he was angry for a while. Ye Qingchen smiled faintly. The atmosphere in the study suddenly became much more cheerful. Immediately, Ji Qingchen and Ye Qingchen chatted for a while, and Ye Qingchen had dinner with Ji Qingchen before leaving!