The deepest winter chill has passed.

These days are far less cold than some time ago, the plum blossoms are blooming in some places, and the plum blossoms have begun to wither in some places, Lu Borong watched the cold plums scatter one after another, stretched out his right hand to catch a few plum blossoms, with the coldness of winter.

The old man's white hair is meticulously groomed, with two white eyebrows, not angry and self-assured, but at the moment he is so soft.

He sent those two plum blossoms into the pond.

Next summer, there will be a pond full of lotus flowers.

I sent Hanmei to see the lotus.

The old man smiled, turned around and walked into the room, holding a scroll in his hand that he had looked through many times, looking at the falling plum blossoms, like the last snow, there should be many green shoots growing in the coming year, he raised his eyes and looked at the sky, his expression was a little trance.

The sky has changed.

The heavens in the Great Qin Dynasty have changed.

It has been more than half a month since the severed arm that shook the world.

Although he is no longer in the court, he can also feel the changes in the situation, the so-called leaves fall and know the autumn of the world, some people feel narrow-minded, and there are always people who can have this ability to see the subtleties, and something has nothing to do with the court, but he can judge that the emperor is slowly restraining the family.

Among them, the always kind Zhongshu Ling Changsun Nian shot again and again, and a few days ago, an official of the Cui family from the third grade threw away his official hat, and the impeachment was densely packed, and the details made the scalp tingle, and the earliest thing was eight years ago.

At that time, the head of the Cui family came to Tianjing City.

Yesterday, the children of the Zhao family had a conflict with the seed brother and were directly taken down.

Lu Borong tightened his clothes, feeling that his innocence had cooled down, he was really old, and he actually felt a little cold, when he was young, he was boating in the middle of the river and fishing, warming a pot of rice wine, but his chic and free heart could not be found back.

Behind his back, Lu Zihua hesitated for a moment, and said softly:

"Grandfather, they're going to retreat."

Lu Borong looked at Hanmei and didn't speak, Lu Zihua didn't bother the old man anymore, and after respectfully bowing his hand, he turned to the back and retreated, and after a long time, Lu Borong said softly:

"It's cold......"

After the storm caused by the broken arm had only subsided for a while, another incident detonated the entire group of scholars, especially in Tianjing City, which was like an autumn thunderstorm, which was endless, and the sound was hundreds of miles away.

The current head of the Lu family, who has a prominent position in the court, is only in the middle of the three high-ranking officials and the bachelor of Zizhang Hanlin on the grounds of old age.

On the second day, the Cui family's second largest official position in the court resigned.

Although this position is not a first-class dignitary, but it is quite important to master the operation of the etiquette rules and regulations of the court, this time I don't know how many people in the court have changed their faces, the emperor's face was blue that day, and he said a few words of good, without waiting for Li Sheng to say that he had nothing to do to retreat from the court, and left with his sleeves.

The second son of the Cui family, who was no longer a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, looked calm and raised his hand to tidy up his clothes.

Then he turned around and stepped out of the Taiji Palace, his expression was cold, without the slightest fear, and the rest of the children of the family did not alienate him because of this, they still talked and laughed lightly with him, and finally separated from the gate of the palace.

Cui Erlang turned his head to look at the solemn palace gate before pacing away.

On the third day, he did not go to court.

Nearly 100 people submitted their resignations.

A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old emperor.

This is not empty talk.

Daqin once had a majestic emperor, and he saw clearly the reason why the family was so powerful, and forbade marriages between families, but the Jiangdong family still went its own way, and the emperor listed the royal family as the first in the family, but the world Shilin still respected Qilu as the leader of the Shilin family, and it was endless for three hundred years.

Although the world is the world of the royal family, it is also the world of the family.

Half of the people in the court are the children of the family as officials, if all the children of the family resign, or in their positions and do not seek their own government, no matter how strong the court is, no matter how perfect the laws and regulations are, there is no way, just like a carriage without a driver, it can only be crashed.

There are emperors who use the family to balance the family, but they don't know that the biggest family in the world has already had one interest, who can not know the truth of the cold lips and teeth?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a tactful confrontation between the family and the royal family, after the old Zhuguo of the Liwu and Wei Chi families heard this, they all felt that they could almost see a big bustle in Tianjing City at this time, and they didn't plan to move their nests when they stayed here, and Wang Anfeng was worried about Ni Tianxing, and he didn't plan to leave the capital.

Liwu clasped his hands in his cuffs, looked at the streets of Tianjing City, and said thoughtfully:

"The ...... of the Maison"

Lao Zhu said: "I remember, twenty years ago, when His Majesty was in power, His Majesty was still young at that time, and his edge was too exposed, and Wang Tiance's incident caused dissatisfaction in the family, and those people also did this kind of thing, right?" ”

Liwu took a sip of wine and said, "Didn't they do that in the past?" ”

The old man next to him was silent, and said: "So I didn't let the Wei Chi family become a family, in the eyes of those people, my Wei Chi is just an upstart who took advantage of the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms to climb up." ”

Liwu leaned against the pillar and said, "You are really smart. ”

When the old man saw Liwu, a reckless general who was so reckless that it gave the world's major generals a headache, he couldn't help but laugh angrily: "What do you know? Still pretending to be here with Lao Tzu? I don't know how many pounds and taels you have? ”

Liwu shook the wine jug and said lightly:

"When I was young, the Lord of the Shenwu Mansion was the current emperor."

"I saw it at that time, this is a person who holds grudges."

"The wrong move made by the family was to treat the emperors who pacified the world as those who guarded the past kings, thinking that they would still be checked and balanced."

"And they made a stinking move."

"It's the same mistake, they made it twice in a row."

Li Wu took a sip of wine and said slowly:

"His Majesty the Emperor is now more and more adept at acting, and Wang Tiance couldn't play him back then."

"Still pale? I'm about to laugh in my heart. ”

"This time it adds fuel to the fire, the gods of the family are difficult to save......"

On the day that Cui Jiaerlang resigned from his official position, Zhou Fengyue squinted his eyes and entered the palace, and then on the second day, the whole world was watching what the emperor would do, waiting for the dynasty to take a step back again, as it has been in the past hundred years, or even a thousand years, and then the family will also pay the price to find a balance of coexistence.

The emperor looked coldly at Cui Jiaerlang, who was still standing in the court.

Yesterday, the emperor left early, his face was pale, although he handed in his resignation, he did not agree after all, this is the same as twenty years ago, and even in the past, Cui Zhenhai thought, this time, he should still cut his official position, but it will be held by other people in the Cui family.

It doesn't matter, the family won't treat him badly.

He was able to get praise and fame all over the world.

Thinking of this, his back straightened a little straighter, and his expression was flat.

The emperor picked up the fold, laughed, and said, "You want to resign from your official position?" ”

He threw it down and said:

"Then let's go, and I'll be with you."

Cui Zhenhai can still be neither humble nor arrogant, and bow and thank you.

The second sentence falls lightly:

"Since you don't want to be an official, you have the heart of idle clouds and wild cranes, and plough the back garden, why don't you bring your family with you, if you want to serve the people, then the taxes are still the same, and the labor is as usual."

Cui Zhenhai's face was pale, and he was still able to stand firmly.

Zhou Fengyue sighed softly in his heart, he had experienced the emperors of the three dynasties, he had seen and knew a lot, he could already see that His Majesty wanted to drive the family out of this court, and more than half a month ago, the scholar analyzed the disaster of the family to the fullest, and it was clearer than they thought.

Next up is the scholar.

He turned his head slightly, and a pair of white eyes reflected Jiang Shouyi, who was standing in the middle of the position of the hundred officials, he saw a certain familiar feeling from the bottom of this scholar's eyes, and suddenly smiled lightly, raised his hand and patted the dust on his shoulder, as if to brush away something pressing on his body.

The old man thought that since he had read a lot more books than him, he could not let the young man do everything.

Where is such a truth?

Zhou Fengyue walked out of the position of the ministers, attracting everyone's attention, this old turtle who had hardly opened his mouth to propose a strategy since the world settled down twenty years ago opened his mouth in front of everyone.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked.

"Your Majesty's ......"

"Previously, 100 people resigned, and the ministers asked them to drive them out of the court. Because of this, I am afraid that there will be a party, a rebellion, and a desire to commit a crime, forcing the palace. Please ask Your Majesty to order Dali Temple to investigate thoroughly. ”

The two sentences of understatement fell, and half of the people in the court turned pale.

If Ni Tianxing, a scholar with a broken arm, directly unfolded the disaster of the family hidden in the world in front of everyone a few days ago, then this old man took the family's retreat as his advance, broke one of the family's legs, and threw these family officials out of the court.

As for the vacancies left by the great family, there are many talents from ordinary families, and even the Hanmen clan, he really wants to say a word to the heads of those families, there is a truth in the world that there is a truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, there is nothing wrong, but don't forget, there is also a truth called under the heavy reward, there must be brave men.

When the family influenced a country, there were still six countries around it, and there was indeed a lack of talents in the country, but now it is different, and the world has long been unified.

The old man looked up, felt the many eyes fall on him, and said his last words.

This sentence completely cut off one of the family's legs and opened a huge gap in the thousand-year-old barrier.

"The Son of Heaven is not to be insulted."

"If these 100 people resign, there will be correspondence and news in secret."

"The minister has the courage to implore His Majesty to order, from now on, the heirs of these hundred families will never be hired as officials, and the vacant official positions will be filled by themselves......"

With a pop, Cui Zhenhai's legs and feet were weak, and he sat down directly on the ground, his face was pale, without any blood, and he stayed for a while, and then thought of the children at home, as well as his young and high-spirited son, he knelt on the ground suddenly, kowtowed heavily, and there was almost crying in his voice, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" ”

"It's the ministers and ghosts who are obsessed, and the ministers are punished, and I beg Your Majesty not to implicate the minister's children......"

"I beg Your Majesty to open up, and I beg Your Majesty to open up!"

Two guards wearing heavy armor stepped forward, stripped off Cui Zhenhai's official uniform a few times, and dragged the once noble minister out of the hall.

The original position of the squire was held by a person who was well-known in the literary world, but was born in a poor family.

After Zhou Fengyue finished playing, he still stood in front of the ministers, this old man who had gone through three dynasties and was respected by many courtiers, when he retired from the dynasty this time, almost no one dared to walk with him, the gray-haired old man walked out of the palace gate, and looked at Jiang Shouyi who saluted him,

Reaching out and dragging Jiang Shou's palm up, he coughed and left.

Jiang Shouyi turned his head to look at Zhou Fengyue.

The old man is so old that he can no longer straighten his waist like a young man.

In the past, there were other ministers supporting the old man, so there was no way to detect it, but now it was obvious that the back was hunched, and his steps were very slow, and the officials in crimson official uniforms around him walked briskly around the old man, at least seven or eight paces apart.

The old man stretched out his right hand and tapped his waist.

Slowly walk out of the royal road.

……………………

Jiang Shouyi went to Taixue for the last time.

The master has no class of teaching, and there are 3,000 disciples.

When he left Taixue, he was splashed with wine by a scholar and wet his green shirt.

The scholar just smiled, went back to his small courtyard and changed into official clothes, sat in front of the desk, sorted out the folds that had already been completed, calmly waited until the sunset was low, the morning star gradually came out, and finally although the sky was still dark, it was already time to go to court.

Jiang Shouyi stepped on the royal road.

Hundreds of officials rushed in, and the two columns of civil and military were arranged in the palace.

Li Sheng swept the dust in his hand and said, "Hundreds of officials have come to see you, and something is going on." ”

Twenty or thirty faces have changed in the court today, and several adults who were once thought to never slip have completely disappeared, and they can't help but be frightened, and everyone is just silent for a while, and they don't dare to say more

Say.

Li Sheng said again: "Can a hundred officials have something to play? ”

This time the man in the red official uniform walked out.

Compared with the Beijing officials in the court, he is more like a scholar, saluting, speaking, and his voice is clear:

"Minister, Jiang Shouyi, Qi Your Majesty."

PS: Today's first update is ............

Three thousand eight hundred words~ Well, I hope that the next chapter will be able to finish this section of the story.

In codeword......

Twelve o'clock? Probably