The boat traveled north along the canal, and the colder it became. Fortunately, although the car and ship selected by Murong Qian is a warship, it is specially made according to the drawings designed by Yan Taizu, with fine construction and perfect equipment, and the cabins on the upper two floors have iron flues that lead directly to the kitchen stove, so it is not cold if there is no charcoal basin in the cabin, but Luo Yan is very afraid of the cold, and holds a hand stove in his arms every day.

In the past few days, she has been about the busiest person on the ship, with books of laws and history books on the bed, on the table, and on the ground, as well as stacks of newspapers, all of which she asked Murong Qian to find for her. And in addition to eating and sleeping, she just looked through these things carefully page by page, and no one advised her to rest, Li's mother was so distressed that she shed tears twice, and she didn't play the role of conventional weapons at all.

Luo Yan's actions, not to mention that Mother Li and Tianzhu were puzzled, even Murong Qian was so puzzled: even if she went back to open the mansion, she didn't have to look at such a mess, right?

Luo Yan naturally couldn't explain it: she really didn't know anything about the ancient political struggles, and if she wanted to make up for it, she could only start from the most basic, for example, she had to at least know the responsibilities and rights of different official positions in the imperial court, formulate the procedural rules of the imperial court, as well as the personnel changes in recent years, the trend of the imperial court, and the various means that may be used in political struggles...... It is impossible for Murong Qian to have time to tell her all of them, so she can only learn and exercise on her own from these materials.

As a journalist, Luo Yan deeply understands the importance of extensive possession of information - sensitivity is not innate, but comparative, when your vision must be broad enough, the information in your chest is rich enough, you can be keen to find clues in advance when something comes. Luo Yan thinks that she is not a genius in politics, and the only thing she can do is to do these stupid efforts. After all, what she is carrying now is not her personal life and death, but also these people around her now, as well as those in the future princess's mansion.

Although every time she looks at her hands that can't kill chickens, and thinks of the authority it will hold in the future, Luo Yan still feels that this matter is so unreliable - but there is no way back for her. Now she only hated the waste of time she had wasted, and she hated that the canal could not grow so long that it would never end......

It's just that after watching it like this for a few days, Luo Yan has more and more doubts in her heart, and the law and history books are just that, although there are many clues in the past three years, she can't figure it out. After thinking about it, he had to go to Murong Qian, but asked Xiao Meng to go next door first to report - his house is really unpopular. It's not that Tianzhu is lazy, but she doesn't let it be cleaned up, after all, there are too many materials, and it is easy to find it on the ground, and it is even more difficult to find it when others clean it up.

Xiao Meng came back after a while, saying that His Royal Highness happened to be free. Luo Yan took a stack of Di newspapers with question marks drawn by herself, and took Qingqing to the next door. This was the first time she had come to this room, and the size of the place was the same as her own, and it was also two insides and outside, but the tea table was moved into the inner room, and the outer room was so large that there was a large desk, and seven or eight chairs were placed, and there were two extra braziers. Murong Qian sat at the back of the table, and a pot of tea and two cups were placed on the table.

Murong Luoyan didn't say much, he directly sat on the chair closest to him, and took out the newspaper to him: "I look at it, but I can't understand this piece of news." ”

Murong Qian looked at it, but it was the Dongtai supervisor who returned the order of the military department to transfer the prince's right guard Gu Nan and the left Jinwu Weilang general, and the prince refuted the Dongtai supervisor with the prison state, and the two sides argued, but in the end, the emperor let Gu Nan concurrently serve as the captain of Kyoto.

Luo Yan said, "According to the law of Dayan, the prince's right guard is from the fourth grade, but the Jinwu Weilang general is the fifth grade, why can't he have both?" Captain Shangjing is the fourth grade, if the fifth grade is not good, why did the father promote him to the fourth grade? ”

Murong Qian couldn't help but laugh: "Don't you think that the higher the official rank, the greater the authority?" Although the prince's right guard is from the fourth grade, it is a false title, according to the official system, there are twelve guards in the East Palace, but the total number of guards in the East Palace is less than a thousand, what is the use of the twelve guards? Although the Jin Wu Weilang General is only a fifth grade, he is in charge of 3,000 elite soldiers, and he is stationed in the capital, what an important position? As for the last captain of Shangjing, he is a real officer, but unfortunately he is subordinate to the Shangjing Army, and there are governors and deputy protectors above, and there are soldiers in his hands, but he is not in charge of himself. ”

Luo Yan couldn't help but sigh with a headache, although the official system, grade and authority are indicated on the law of Dayan, but the real and the virtual, those who can be the masters and those who can't be the masters, where can you see the truth?

Murong Qian flipped through the newspapers brought by Luo Yan, most of them were similar questions, it seemed that although she was familiar with the law of Dayan, the things behind this person were not self-taught, but she didn't have that time, so she thought about it and said: "I have a secretary in charge under him, who is very knowledgeable about political affairs, why don't I find him, it just so happens that there is an empty cabin on the third floor, but it is very clean, and there are such big cases, how about he go to that room to explain these newspapers to you every day?" ”

Luo Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she nodded hurriedly. Murong Qian saw that her eyes had turned red in the past few days, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and said softly: "These things don't need to be in a hurry, you will naturally know if you have more contact, you go back today to have a good rest, and let Secretary Yao tell you tomorrow, it is a hundred times more thorough than seeing it yourself." ”

Luo Yan couldn't help but be a little frustrated: she has always been conceited and has made great achievements, and she is a master of rushing all the way in the sea of books and questions, and she has overcome all the big and small exams, but she didn't expect to study political struggle, but it is not at all like studying political textbooks.

Murong Qian looked at her dejected appearance, and couldn't help but smile: "You didn't care about these things before, but now it's only a few days, and you can find these problems in the Di newspaper, which is already very remarkable!" If someone else points you out, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Luo Yan happily drank tea and turned back to her cabin.

Before the next hour, sure enough, a female guard came to report that Secretary Yao was already waiting for her in the top room on the third floor. Luo Yan brought Mother Li and Qingqing over. I saw that the cabin was only slightly smaller than Murong Qian's, but the pattern was the same, behind the tall desk, there was a young man in a white robe and a scarf, who looked like he was in his twenties, with a long and white face, looking clear and beautiful, and he was actually an out-and-out beautiful man, although he was not as romantic as Du Yuchen and not as noble as Murong Qian, but his bearing was calm, his expression was calm, and he looked twelve points pleasing to the eye.

Luo Yan couldn't help but have a little surprise - she thought that this "Secretary Yao" who was proficient in political affairs must be the face of the master of later generations, but she didn't expect that the master was actually the juvenile version of Gongsun Ce!

Seeing Luo Yan come in, Secretary Yao first saluted and said, "Xiaguan Yao Chufan has seen the princess." ”

Luo Yan hurriedly said: "Secretary Yao doesn't have to be polite, in this room, you are a gentleman and I am a student, and I hope Secretary Yao will give me more guidance." ”

Yao Chufan only smiled and said: "I don't dare to be a gentleman, it is an honor for the lower officials to be able to discuss with the princess." Luo Yan sat on a chair with a leather mattress in front of the desk, and repeatedly asked Yao Chufan to sit down. Yao Chufan was no longer polite, and sat a few minutes away from Luo Yan, so Luo Yan gave him all the newspapers and asked him to explain them one by one.

Although Yao Chufan is young, he is really proficient in government affairs and personnel, and there is no obstacle to the law, taxation and military affairs, and his memory is even more outstanding......

This talk was nearly two hours, until Murong Qian came over to invite Yao Chufan to have lunch together, Luo Yan was shocked to realize that a morning had passed, and Li's mother had boiled her eyes to the ground, and her heart suddenly apologized, and she hurriedly thanked Murong Qian first, and then thanked Yao Chufan, and then pulled Li's mother back to the room.

In the afternoon, the people who accompanied the audience changed Tianzhu and Qingqing, but after talking for half an hour, Luo Yan would take the initiative to take a break, let Tianzhu go to the small kitchen to get some hot tea and snacks, chat casually for a while, and then let Yao Chufan continue to explain.

Luo Yan was originally cheerful and easy-going, Yao Chufan was also informal, when it came to government and political personnel, the two had a more compatible attitude, and after talking like this for three days, the two of them were already like friends who had known each other for many years, and even Tianzhu and Qingqing were casual and often asked Yao Chufan some questions that he didn't understand. Qingqing mostly asks about the military, but Tianzhu is extremely concerned about taxation and people's livelihood.

Yao Chufan couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart: although the princess knew almost nothing about political affairs at the beginning, she was very able to draw inferences from others, and sometimes she could point to the root of the problem, and she was very smart; It's rare that these two girls are also quite knowledgeable. Sometimes when I see them talking and laughing, they look like masters and servants, but like sisters.

On the fourth day, Luo Yan herself was able to see the Tao behind the Di Bao and basically understood, so she began to ask about the background and bias of the current provinces, ministries, and prison officials in the court, the issues that the imperial court is most concerned about at present, the distribution of the army, the military defense inside and outside the capital, and the power and faction of the military attaché.

Yao Chufan explained, and then thought about it: The princess is really a natural royal person, these questions are clearly the real key to the political situation. It's just that when he was transferred back to Kyoto a few months ago to serve as the general of the Imperial Forest Guard, and now he was on the ship, the princess suddenly bowed her head and was silent, Yao Chufan was such a vigilant character, and immediately saw that the two girls had a strange face, and hurriedly swallowed the next words into their stomachs.

Luo Yan naturally noticed that Yao Chufan immediately changed the topic, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart: "Is my performance really that obvious?" "I have some doubts in my heart, he has made outstanding military achievements in the Hexi Army before, and he has mentioned two commendations in the newspaper, and he has not asked; But why did his father suddenly transfer him back to the Imperial Guard? Isn't it usually the Imperial Guards who come out to serve in the armies? It's just a knot in the tongue, and I can't say that name anyway, so I have to give up.

I just asked two more questions, but when I saw the hatch open, it was Murong Qian who came in in with a wheelchair, Luo Yan looked at the sky, it seemed that it was still early at noon, but Murong Qian got straight to the point and said: "The boat will arrive at the Changhe River in the afternoon, Dongyong Jungong has a big garden in the Changhe, I want to rest there for a day, and then set off the day after tomorrow." ”

Luo Yan searched in her memory for a long time, and couldn't help but be stunned: Murong Mian, the Duke of Dongyong County, isn't he the most famous stubborn lord in the royal family and even in the whole Dayan?