Carved fence Qiongqiao one side of the water, Uwa Bizhu double building.

Wenyuan Pavilion in Donghua Gate, a corner of the pond reflects the light white sunshine, the surroundings are quiet, only the north wind passes through the ancient shade, the branches and leaves of a place are shadowy, and the wind sound is sparse.

In the carved window on the west side, two long tables are opposed, with a flat shelf slightly higher than the desk in the middle, on which are placed several small pots of plants, and the bottom shelf is full of scrolls and books.

There was no one on the side of the case.

The two sons of heaven in the Zhizhi Pavilion were on the Luo Han bed set up against the bookshelf at this time, and one of them was holding a simple white porcelain cup in his hand, and the soup in it was blue.

Su Yi was dressed in a white and green robe, with a black yarn on his head, and he sat cross-legged with his eyebrows stretched.

The original children's examination was divided into three examinations, and those who were finally admitted to the hospital examination could be called students, and they could participate in the township examination if they had a meritorious reputation, but because this was the first time to open the examination, the township examination would be held next spring, and the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination would be held in the next spring, and the time seemed to be rushed, and the process should be streamlined, and the children's examination was simplified into two examinations, which have now ended, and the two cabinet departments have been more leisurely, waiting for the results of the newspapers in various places.

"This time, there are hundreds of thousands of candidates, and I am afraid that it is not so easy to mark the papers." Su Yi said.

Dalong revival of the imperial examination as an official, the world's poor students are all lucky, do not want to let go of the opportunity, and then those who have declined and withered their connections, they also expect their children to achieve fame, participate in next year's imperial examination and try to win the title of the first gold list, even if it is a famous family, but all the children to the scholars, they are also grinding their fists.

Although it is called the children's test, the Ministry of Rites even restricts the age of 15 to participate in the test, and the number of applicants is also a huge number.

"I heard that there is a candidate in Henan who is over seventy, and he was out of breath after handing in the papers, and he died when he left the examination room." Yu Feng obviously looked at the recital presented by the place, and said at this time.

"Alas, for these poor scholars, there was only one way to be a staff member in the past, and only one out of ten people could enter the office, and the opportunity was not as good as the Hao slave under the Quan Xun family. I heard that the septuagenarian was also a staff member in the past, and then returned to the field, and this time he was a common reference with the three generations of his children and grandchildren, which shows how precious the opportunity to enter the office is for them. Su Ke sighed very emotionally: "But with the rise of the imperial examination, some of the current family will gradually decline, and the pattern of the court will change greatly in the future." ”

Obviously, at this time, if the children of the family are not good, it will inevitably fade out of the court, and after a few years, if there is no one in the family to serve as an official in the court, the family will be cold and lonely, and will be replaced by the family of poetry and books.

Compared with the family, the nobles mostly hold the military power to guard the place, and they have titles, so the impact looks smaller.

However, the Holy Restoration Imperial Examination is intended to strengthen the centralization of power, and the planning of military power will inevitably follow, Yu Feng silently thought that in the near future, maybe there will be a thrilling change, and then the nobles should be worried, compared to this official reform, maybe it will be more noisy.

The two were talking about government affairs, and an eunuch came in with a whisk in his hand, and it was the Son of Heaven who ordered Yu Feng to go to Qianming Palace to discuss matters.

In the imperial study, the Son of Heaven withdrew his entourage, and he didn't even leave a single one in the middle study.

The atmosphere was tense.

As soon as Yu Feng bowed his body, the Son of Heaven raised his arm slightly and sat aside.

"What do you think of Li's death?" The opening is a sentence.

It's been a few days, but that's when I asked.

I had to let the prince weigh his words.

The Son of Heaven suddenly raised his gaze from a pile of movements, his expression was peaceful, but there was solemnity in his eyes.

"The Holy Grace, in the opinion of the ministers, the Li family did die unexpectedly." Yu Feng had no choice but to say.

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows slightly, put the imperial pen in his hand, and leaned back: "There are indeed not so many people who are violently ill in this world...... The staff member surnamed Sun...... What's the name? ”

Yu Feng was alarmed in his heart, but he replied without hesitation: "Sun Meng." ”

A smile crossed the Son of Heaven's eyes: "Yuan Yang knows a lot." ”

Yu Feng has Tianchawei in his hand, but the eyes and ears in the prince's mansion are not from Tianchawei, the son of heaven has no order, and it is also a "non-subordinate move" to install eyes and ears in the prince's mansion, although in fact there are many spies in the prince's mansion, in addition to a few who are planted with each other, there are also the queen and the concubines.

"When the minister handled the green satin murder case, Sun Meng was also one of the people involved." Of course, Yu Feng had already found a good explanation: "And I learned that the concubine surnamed Li of the Third Highness is related to Sun Meng, because someone tried to use this matter to slander the inner son, and the minister had to investigate the origin of the Li family." ”

The Son of Heaven has this question today, obviously because the "gossip" is not as simple as it seems, of course Yu Feng can't admit that he spied on the third and fourth princes, so he can only give such a set of statements.

"Slandering the scene?" The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows again, but he was not too surprised: "Yuan Yang said it carefully." ”

Yu Feng had no choice but to say that Concubine Shou came to the door to ask for the crime, but was resolved by the clever words of the beautiful scenery.

There was a moment of silence.

"I still think it's weird, the fourth brother sent the Li family to the third child's side, there must be a plan, the Li family thought that he was caught by the third child before being executed, since the fourth child and the Li family chose to suffer a dumb loss, how can they turn their heads and spread rumors, aren't they afraid of being burned? It turned out that the fourth daughter-in-law was narrow-minded, which caused such a incident. Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven's tone suddenly sank: "Yuan Yang, in your opinion, why did the Li family die?" ”

Yu Feng did not hesitate this time, got up and replied: "As the Holy Lord said, the Li family was discovered by the Third Highness because of the unsuccessful espionage, knowing that she had ill intentions, but she did not want to make a big deal of it, which would inevitably hurt the sibling feelings, so she was secretly executed and returned to the Li family for burial, which can be regarded as the dignity of the Fourth Highness." ”

The corner of Tianzi's eyes was slightly small, and he looked at Yu Feng for a while, and then there was a smile on the corner of his lips: "It's good that you can think so." ”

Obviously, the Son of Heaven did not want Yu Feng to cause a gap with the three princes because Concubine Qin took advantage of the instigation of the Li family.

"Concubine Shou is a little interesting, I heard that she has a brutal temperament, and her son is really ridiculous, she doesn't want to be nearly eighty, she is transparent, she was mentioned by Jing Yatou, and she also knows that the precipice is reined in, she handled this matter well, and timely suppressed the rumors, so that the fourth daughter-in-law did not cause a big mess." The Son of Heaven suddenly got up, bypassed the dragon case, and sat down across the case from Yu Feng, seeing Yu Feng standing up, he hurriedly patted him on the shoulder: "Although there is a difference between the monarch and the minister, I am still your uncle, and some words are only used as family chatter, and there is no need to be restrained." ”

"Listen to your last recital, Tianchawei has already penetrated deep into the Northern Plains and Western Liang respectively?" The Son of Heaven asked again.

This is to talk about peace, Yu Feng secretly thought in his heart, and asked in response: "Although Tianchawei has entered the border of the two countries, he cannot infiltrate the royal court for a while. ”

"Naturally, it's not that easy." The Son of Heaven didn't think it was angry, but he groaned slightly, and then said: "The queen mother has already mentioned it to Jing Yatou, I thought at first that your father and son also had a problem with An Ran because of the Jiang family, and the queen mother also said that An Ran had already reached the court, because of this, the marriage was difficult, and it happened that the king of Xiliang asked for marriage, so he moved...... Since you can let go of your mind first, and you have a lot of consideration for Enron, I don't want to make it difficult for others. ”

Seeing that Yu Feng had the meaning of explanation, the Son of Heaven waved his hand slightly: "I won't hide it from you, this time it is not as simple as friendship between the two countries. Then he said the plans of the king of Xiliang one by one, and suddenly frowned: "Although Xiliang is respected by the surname Wan, the national politics are decided by the three surnames, even if Princess Jin Yuan will be the king in the future, the son-in-law of the Qing family is also a noble minister of the Western Liang...... I plan to pass on Yu Biao's eldest daughter to the King of Chu. ”

What the Son of Heaven said is not untrue, although the surname Wan wants to be unified, but the power of the two surnames Hu and Qing in Xiliang is still not to be underestimated, it is a country united by three states, and it is impossible for the old nobles of Yunbian and Jinzhong to withdraw from politics.

Even if you want to destroy the two surnames, you can only divide and rule.

The king of Western Liang intended to encircle the Qing clan and suppress the Hu clan.

If it was just to avoid the "daughter-in-law's husband", King Dake of Xiliang could assassinate the Qing family's son-in-law, and he would not have asked Dalong to be so tactful in a friendly way.

Compared with the Hu family, the Qing clan is more powerful, and between the Qing clan and the Hu clan, there are many opposing contentions, no one wants to see the other party win the royal power, the current elimination of the Qing clan is too risky, it is better to stabilize the cage first, and suppress the Hu clan in the future, the three alliances will become the two alliances, the foundation of the three states alliance will be shaken, and the Wan clan is expected to monopolize power.

"The minister has a shallow view, and the saint is tolerant." After listening to the Son of Heaven's careful analysis of the political situation in Xiliang, Yu Feng did not promise to succeed him.

This inevitably made the Son of Heaven puzzled, and allowed him to speak bluntly.

"The Qing family's sister-in-law came to visit Dalong with Princess Jin Yuan, and when he learned about the marriage, he would suspect that it was the Xiliang King's plan to delay the army, in order to avoid the 'daughter-in-law', there will be many considerations, and the Chu Wangfu is too obvious to pass the stepdaughter and relatives, which is too obvious, which will inevitably make the Qing family suspicious, in the opinion of the minister, Mo Ruo conferred the appointment on the two grandsons of Concubine Shou, which is for the heavenly family to value the meaning of the clan, so that the Qing family will be convinced that it is profitable and gladly respected." Yu Feng is in terms of calculations.

The Son of Heaven groaned slightly, he really felt that time was in a hurry, at this time, it was inexplicable to let the Chu Wangfu pass a daughter, it was difficult to hide the mouths of the people, and in the future, even the Dalong courtiers would "suddenly realize", it is difficult to guarantee that the Qing family will not have reservations, and the Qing family's sister-in-law will visit again, it is not difficult to inquire about An Le is a recent succession, and it is too obvious, and the intention of the King of Xiliang to avoid and envelop will also be invalid.

Then he bowed his head: "It just so happens that Concubine Shou is rare to be transparent this time, and the Chu Wangfu should also express its gratitude, because of your recommendation, the Yu Biao brothers have to be trusted, although they don't know the reason in the eyes of others, they only think that the Chu Wangfu is bringing the clan and making friends with them, and the Qing family is afraid that they also know that your father and son are valued by me, and they dare not underestimate Yu Biao." When the Son of Heaven said this, he was very happy: "This plan is very appropriate." ”

So he asked Yu Feng how to confer his position, and he immediately made a decision, Yu Biao was appointed as the commander of Jingwei, and Yu Liu was transferred to Zhongjin Wuwei.

One became an officer under the account of Su Yi, the Duke of Weiguo, and the other was directly supervised by the Son of Heaven, and the two grandsons of Concubine Shou suddenly jumped from idle clan relatives to the most important ones in the clan except for a few princes.

Of course, whether Yu Biao and Yu Durian can really win the trust of the heavenly family and become prominent from now on depends on the ability of the two brothers in the future.

The monarch and the ministers discussed it, and when Yu Feng saluted and said goodbye, he was patted on the shoulder very cordially by the Son of Heaven.

"Yuanyang, the prince's temperament is relatively weak, I am worried, fortunately, San Lang has changed his idle temperament in the past, I observe, San Lang still has some means, and you can be called the prince's right-hand man in the future, you work together, I can rest assured that Dalong Jiangshan will be handed over to the prince."

Of course, these words have a lot of water, but they are also full of deep meaning.

Yu Feng didn't dare to slack off, and said a cliché of "the sage is prosperous in the spring and autumn".

"When Princess Jin Yuan arrives in Beijing, I order you and San Lang to lead the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple officials to greet you, but this is the princess, and the etiquette may be different from the previous monarch's visit, San Lang knows some Xiliang etiquette, you negotiate with him well, you must not lose the demeanor of my great country."

Yu Feng promised, and when he left the Qianming Palace, his pace was slightly heavy.

The mind of the Son of Heaven seems to be really biased towards the three princes.