Chapter 33: Discerning Loyalty and Treachery
Since the appearance of this set of tea sets, Wang Zheyan's eyes can't be removed, as if taking root and sprouting on the tea set, staring closely, Wang Zheyan is a person who loves tea, and he is also quite particular about tea sets, and half of the silver on weekdays is used on tea.
Very few people know that Wang Zheyan, who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, is fond of tea, and even the current Emperor Jin An does not know.
Qi Changrong, who can be reborn, knows. As the saying goes, all kinds of strategies are the best for the heart. Qi Changrong handed over the brewed tea, Wang Zheyan was flattered, and hurriedly took it with both hands, and sighed quite a lot: "His Royal Highness is so skillful, it seems that he has studied the tea ceremony. Qi Changrong chuckled, and did not deny it: "It's just a gadget to pass the time when you have nothing to do, Wang Shangshu wants to try it with the Lonely Merchant Council?" Wang Zheyan nodded, with a serious expression: "That's right, the court will be deeply implicated, and all the young blood involved in the court affairs must pass a pass, if this pass is not well controlled, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles." "There are many people who want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a name for themselves, and those families are eager to squeeze their heads and stuff their children and grandchildren into the family, whether they are successful or not.
There are many people and miscellaneous things, so I am afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters.
"Will try one thing, each with his ability, those who can will be on top, and those who can't will be beaten back to the original state, Wang Shangshu is worried." Seeing that she didn't take it to heart, she still looked indifferent, Wang Shangshu put down the teacup reluctantly, and said helplessly: "Your Highness doesn't know, the annual examination can actually catch a few people with bad intentions, but those people have a lot of power behind them, although the ministers secretly hate them in their hearts, they can't really do anything to them." "Every time at that time, without waiting for him to clean up and deal with it, the families of those scum will come to the door and use all kinds of gags, coupled with someone's pressure, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow blood.
The water in the officialdom is deep, and the water in the examination room is not shallow. Qi Changrong in the previous life didn't care, so he wouldn't pay attention. Qi Changrong blew the tea float, lowered his eyes and said, "Wang Shangshu wants to clean up those people in the name of Gu?" Wang Zheyan was inevitably a little embarrassed by being broken, but after the blink of an eye, his face thickened again, and he said with a heartbeat: "If you want to blame them, you can only blame them for being too rampant, they have to come to such a show every year, if you don't give them a profound lesson, I'm afraid that this crooked atmosphere will become more and more serious." The smile in Qi Changrong's eyes became thicker and thicker, and his voice followed his words lightly and asked: "Then Wang Shangshu has any good way to rectify the atmosphere?" Hearing this, the corners of Wang Zheyan's eyes lit up, and he thought that Qi Changrong was persuaded by himself, so he hurriedly continued: "It's easy to do, when the time comes, the ministers will arrest people, and you can punish them for disrupting the order of the examination room!" "If the prince of the East Palace takes action, even if those people behind him still want to be demons, they have to weigh three points.
Qi Changrong sighed, noncommittal. Wang Zheyan's method is the most direct and simple, although she can teach those guys who don't know the height of the sky, but it still doesn't suit her heart.
Qi Changrong refilled a cup of tea and asked steadily, "Can this year's exam questions come out?" Wang Zheyan was stunned, she didn't expect her to ask this question, and after thinking about it, she replied: "Several scholars in the court are expediting the question, and it has not yet been formulated. Qi Changrong's eyes lit slightly, and the corners of her mouth curled happily, and she set her eyes on Wang Zheyan, who was obviously uneasy, and whetted his appetite.
"Wang Shangshu, there is a better way here, I wonder if you are interested in listening to it?" Wang Zheyan hated the villain who was cheating and cheating, and it just so happened that she didn't want to let this spring festival go too easy, the two had different purposes but they were not far behind.
Qi Changrong pondered: "The test has always been strict, so it's better to make it stricter this year." Wang Zheyan hurriedly asked: "What does His Highness mean ......?"
"You and I will prepare three sets of exam questions first, and Wang Shangshu will know the meaning of loneliness by then."
Half an hour after "......", the dizzy Wang Zheyan was respectfully sent out of the East Palace by Ji Fang, still holding the set of jade tea sets that made his eyes hot.
Standing in front of the locked palace gate, he frowned and thought for a long time, always feeling that something was wrong. He wanted to clean up all that mess, but when did he say he was going to make a big deal out of it?
In previous years, three sets of test questions were enough to make the candidates anxious, but this year they changed to six sets, and if he wanted to say, it was better to directly cut off the road of the scientific examination of the lifters, so as not to be upset and upset.
After sending Wang Zheyan away, Ji Fang returned to the inner hall full of worries. The East Palace has long been built into an impregnable wall, and he has been by Qi Changrong's side since he was a child, and he is one of the people who knows her best.
His Royal Highness's conversation with Wang Shangshu just now did not specifically let him avoid it, that is, he had the intention to let him know. Ji Fang was worried: "Your Highness, do you have to act like that?" Disrupting the whole test, he couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.
Qi Changrong's posture of even picking his ears was extremely elegant, and Ji Fang handed over a square handkerchief aggrievedly. She cleaned her hands before she said, "Why not?" "In the past, the prince of the East Palace was pure and kind, he followed the rules and regulations in everything he did, and he was worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of conscience, but he was sorry for the people.
That kind of self is too pedantic to be flexible, and secretly I don't know how many times I have been calculated, so that many capable strategists with ambition and real talent have been buried.
It was because of her inaction that in the end, Dajin was completely hollowed out, and she was powerless in the face of the enemy.
Since God asked her to do it all over again, why should she be in a passive position step by step? She's going to have to mess with the old foxes.
Ji Fang thought she was crazy, so she secretly found the two sisters and asked them, "Did you give the wrong medicine?" Why does Your Highness seem to be a different person now, and even I don't know him anymore! Shi Chun and Xia glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Your Highness is still Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”
"There are more inappropriate places to go!" Ji Fang hurriedly spun in place: "His Royal Highness used to be kind and generous, and even ants couldn't bear to step on it, but now it's ......" It's a triennial exam, a small fight may be nothing, and a big one will kill someone!"
As soon as he said this, Shi Xia immediately noticed the difference, and his heart was faintly uneasy. Set fire to the mountain, slaughter the city, block the knife for others, no matter which one should not be done by the master of the East Palace.
But Qi Changrong did it all. On the contrary, Shi Chun accepted it well, waited for Shi Xia to glance at him as if warning, and said impatiently to Ji Fang: "Your Highness will be the Ninety-Five Supreme in the future, you should be stricter, you just do what you are told, where did a bunch of nonsense come from." Shi Xia also crossed his hands on his hips and yelled at him in a loud voice: "That's it, if you say one more word, I will let Shi Chun poison you and make you a dumb eunuch for a lifetime." After failing to complain and being scolded, Ji Fang had no choice but to return to the front hall in a gloomy manner, sat on the cold steps, looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees, and sighed deeply.
The next morning, a thin mist slowly rose, and when it touched the branches and leaves, it turned into water droplets, and slid down the veins to the ground.
At this time, at the beginning of the day, the street vendors also put out their belongings one after another, and began to shout when there were many people.
Suddenly, the closed gates of the city were opened, and a man sat on horseback, waving his whip and returning from a fast horse, carrying a small mailbox on his back.
"Good news in the city! Good news in the city! General Jun defeated the Liang army and recovered Chenzhou! The sound of horses' hooves came from far to near, and his cries reached the ears of the people one by one.
The hawkers who were busy with the business at hand hurriedly gathered on both sides of the official road, ignoring the dust splashed by the horses' hooves, and they all gathered in groups of excited people to talk.
"Jiangmen Huzi, General Jun has made miraculous feats again."
"Fuck it! The group of grandsons of Liangguo will only do things to rob while the fire is hot, and General Jun fights well. ”
"Yes, I have a Jun family in the Great Jin, why worry about not being defeated by other countries?" The people couldn't hide their excitement, and they couldn't even care about their own business.
There was even a steamed bun seller who said wildly: "When General Jun comes back, I will invite him to eat my family's buns for a lifetime!" As soon as this remark came out, everyone immediately laughed, but it was all a kind ridicule.
"As far as your buns are concerned, it's okay for ordinary people to eat, and if you want to invite other generals to eat steamed buns, it depends on whether people are willing or not."
"If you want me to say, as long as General Jun is willing to return to Beijing, let alone your buns, even the largest restaurant in the capital is willing to open the door for him for free." There are more and more pedestrians, and the news of good news spreads ten.
Ten to hundred, spread fast, the streets are lively at a speed visible to the naked eye. Gradually, several cheers began and disappeared.
Similarly, not long after Qi Changrong got up, he was having breakfast, and Ji Fang ran from outside the palace with a rolling belt, and he rarely lost his temper as he always paid attention to the rules.
Qi Changrong glanced at him very freshly: "What happened outside that made you so in such a hurry?" Ji Fang swallowed his saliva, and his excited voice was trembling: "Your Highness, Lincheng is a great victory!" Jun's army knocked down Chenzhou. "As we all know, Chenzhou is an extremely difficult bone to gnaw, because its terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the mixed number of people and dragons, it is even more difficult to take it down.
But the Jun army not only did it, I heard that even the casualty figure was very small, which can be described as a great victory. Qi Changrong lifted his eyes in surprise slightly, so fast?
Jun Chen is indeed talented, but if he wants to take down the entire Chenzhou in such a short time, should he be bothering about this matter every day and night?
Qi Changrong put down the silver chopstick, and said slowly: "What is the reaction of the imperial study?" Qi Changrong's long silence made the blood in Ji Fang's heart cool slightly, and then he immediately replied: "I heard that Your Majesty received the messenger in the imperial study, and the messenger did not summon anyone in after leaving. "Emperor Jin An's heart is also entangled.
Maybe he was happy in his heart for Junchen to take Chenzhou, but this capable man who won Chenzhou was willing to work against him.
You can't be removed from your post, and you can't be promoted. It's a dilemma. Qi Changrong bent his lower lip, tilted his head sideways and said, "It seems that Lone's father has a headache because of this matter." ”