The weather after Chongyang is still fine.

Only the west wind is getting cooler, quietly sending away the heat of midsummer, and in the middle of the month, it finally rains for two days, and the green green leaves are dyed with autumn in a few nights, Xiao Xiao falls, the branches are magnolia fragrant, and the red leaves on the distant mountains begin to be brilliant.

In a high pavilion in the Ping'an Fang, the nobles in brocade clothes sat by the window, looking through the gradual dripping rain under the eaves, looking at a thin and wet cloud in the distant sky, and a golden tea with a soup in hand, with white smoke.

There was a knock at the door.

Yu Feng withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at the young man who came steadily.

The boy was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a brown caftan and a cloth scarf in his hair, like the outfit of a wine shop, but he did not grovel to please him, but behaved like a scholar, and held his hands in a long way.

"Yu Shizi, my subordinates have already found out that it was the staff of the Six Princes' Mansion who met Ji Wei in the elegant room on the east side."

Yu Feng bowed slightly.

The young man waited for a few breaths, and when he saw that the prince did not instruct, he retreated again, and saw several brocade-clothed gentlemen stepping on the wooden ladder to come up, and greeted them with a smile, as if it was a running hall.

Suddenly, there was another knock on the door, and Wei Yuan walked in.

"I expected that there was someone behind Ji Wei, but I didn't expect it to be the sixth prince." After Wei Yuan sat down, Yu Feng said.

"The Sixth Prince?" Wei Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled suddenly: "The prince really didn't expect it?" Only the six princes and the Xu family would come up with such a bad move, Bao Dusi made great contributions to the naturalization of the town, and tried to kill him on such a ridiculous charge. ”

Yu Feng smiled slightly: "Qin Xiang indulged Ji Wei a few jumps, it turned out to be a plan to kill two birds with one stone, although the six princes are not enough to make the four princes pay attention, but let the saint know his ambition, which is beneficial and harmless to the four princes." ”

"Do you want to report it truthfully?" Wei Yuan frowned slightly: "This will inevitably involve a battle for storage positions." ”

Yu Feng sighed: "Since the Holy Lord let him investigate, of course he has to report it according to the truth...... Has Lu Jian already left? ”

In the case of naturalizing Bao Du Si, Lu Jian finally went to the notebook, of course, not with the few officials Ji Wei found, nor did he impeach Bao Du Si, but asked the Holy Lord to strictly investigate the case, and first find out whether Bao Du Si ordered to shoot the prisoners because of the urgency of the incident and had no choice, or whether he was reckless in the case of avoidance. After knowing the truth, and then deciding whether Bao Dusi is guilty or not, it can be regarded as impartial.

In fact, there was already a secret agent in the naturalized border army, and the saint had already understood that Bao Dusi was not guilty, but he still approved Lu Jian's request, and awarded him as a messenger, and went to naturalize to find out the truth, which was nothing more than to investigate Lu Jian to see if he could take the important task.

"It was the body that moved today, and the Imperial Procuratorate had a royal history to see him off, and some secretly scolded Lu Jian behind his back for not knowing how to lift." Wei Yuan had obviously just watched a farce, and at this time, he was sipping tea and smiling at the corners of his lips.

"Needless to say, it must be the few people who are united by Ji Wei who are not convinced." Yu Feng shook his head.

"They are scolding vigorously, and some officials are assigned to them, and they are transferred to the local 'experience', the highest is the county order, and there are even those who go to the border city to serve as the master." Wei Yuan said.

Although the saint did not find out the people behind Ji Wei, he had already done something to a few selfish imperial histories, although their rank was not high, but because they were in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they had the responsibility of impeaching hundreds of officials, and their powers were extremely heavy.

"Only the sixth prince stretched out his hand to the border army, how could the saint tolerate it?" Wei Yuan was worried.

Yu Feng didn't care, and took a sip of tea: "Concubine Li's father and brother have been idle since they lost their official positions last time, and they are not the home of the eunuchs, so they are not a problem, it should be the six princes who want to envelop the officials, but most of the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are Qin Xiang's protégés, and he can't get the high-ranking and powerful ones, and only those like Ji Wei who are not high or low, and the helmsman who sees the wind will be encircled by him, and the border guard officers are mostly selected from the royal family's pro-army, and there is no imperial court military order, and they are not allowed to leave the place without permission, It's just that he wants to entrap Ji Wei, his intention is not military power, and Ji Wei has no other ambitions, but he just wants to take this opportunity to let his brother-in-law be promoted in the army. ”

Wei Yuan thought for a while, and then he was relieved: "I'm worried that there will be chaos at this juncture, since this is the case, the Holy Lord should not interfere in the open and secret battles of the princes for the time being." ”

Yu Feng thought that Dalong had only been founded for more than 30 years, and most of the military guards on all sides were mastered by the meritorious nobles of Long, and the war subsided, and the world was peaceful for more than ten years.

When the official system is reformed and the imperial power is strengthened, it is the turn to improve the military system.

At present, those who have a strong reputation in the army should push the Guardian Mansion and the Chu Palace.

Gaozu, Taizong and the three generations of emperors of the current dynasty all rely on the two mansions very much, and it is precisely because of this that perhaps the future will make the heavenly family more fearful.

Duke Wei Guo should also have this concern, although he is still in charge of Jingwei, he let his eldest son Su Xun follow the path of civil officials.

At present, the prince should not be afraid of the two governments, but it is very difficult to say that the new emperor will be in the future, and even if the two governments are willing to show their loyalty and are willing to relinquish power, the new emperor may still be afraid of the prestige of the two governments in the army.

If they want to keep the family peaceful, the two governments have to get involved in the battle for the storage position, and only by gaining the trust of the new emperor can they surrender the military power at the right time.

Thinking of this, Yu Feng couldn't help but rub his eyebrows lightly, just because he couldn't understand the mind of the Son of Heaven at this time, which prince he wanted, it seemed that he still had expectations for the crown prince, and he paid close attention to the open and secret battles between several princes, but even if he suspected that the four princes were plotting to kill the prince's heir, it was only a small punishment and a big precept, and he did not investigate it deeply.

It's really unfathomable.

It is still necessary to take it step by step and fight steadily, at least for now, and it is not the time to hand over the power of the army.

After a deep groan, Yu Feng confessed a few more words to Wei Yuan, and then came out of this wine shop.

The autumn rain did not live, the long street was soaked, and the west wind was somewhat chilly, Yu Feng gathered the brocade cloak on his shoulders, and stepped on the stirrup to get into the car, while instructing him to go to the household yamen.

Since the few officials who followed Ji Wei to impeach the guards have been demoted, presumably Ji Wei's position as a Beijing official is also precarious, even if the saint does not let the six princes get involved too deeply, he will punish Ji Wei with a small punishment, so it is time for him to go to the household department to "wake up".

Just after noon, Han Shangshu and the two waiters also came back from lunch on the outer street, and were chatting with tea alone, when they heard that the prince of Chu was coming, they looked at each other for a while, and hurriedly greeted them.

After a cold noise, Yu Feng said what he meant.

"This autumn, the list of officials nominated by various ministries has been handed over to Zhongshu Province, and the Holy Cabinet has ordered random inspections, and I have looked at the evaluation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the performance evaluation of several newly promoted officials does not match the facts."

As soon as he heard this, Han Shang Shudeng immediately became nervous, but he was really suspicious in his heart.

For these low-grade officials, in previous years, as long as the ministries were promoted, the officials were checked, and the Zhongshu Province was generally not picky, and the saints would not watch the attention, why did this year, it alarmed the cabinet ministers?

Yu Feng glanced at the ministers of several households who were sitting in danger, and smiled lightly: "The Holy Lord has ordered the resumption of the imperial examination and the implementation of the reform of the official system, so he naturally pays attention to the entry evaluation...... One of the prisoners, since he watched the government, I am afraid that he has not even been to the household yamen a few times, but he often goes in and out of Yihong Street with several principals, calling him brother and brother, and has a very good relationship. ”

It is not specified who the person is.

Of course, Han Shangshu would not be stupid enough to ask the person's name and surname, and hurriedly asked the two subordinates: "I will hand over the matter of Qiu Ju to the two masters, but there is such a ridiculous thing?" ”

It is precisely because of the low level of the recruits in the autumn this time that the left and right waiters will personally review it, and they will all be handed over to their respective subordinates to supervise.

"The reform of the official system is in progress, you should be cautious, I have already handed over the list to the Ministry of Officials, I think that someone will look for you to check in the next three or two days, I believe that Han Shangshu will deal with it seriously." After Yu Feng said this, he didn't stay long, and left.

The red sandalwood car went straight into the imperial city, stopped in front of the Zhengyang Gate, Yu Feng entered the palace under the drizzle, and went to the imperial study to report on Ji Wei's dealings with the staff of the Six Princes' Mansion, the Son of Heaven was really noncommittal, Yu Feng returned to the Wenyuan Pavilion on duty in the cabinet, and discussed the details of the official studies of the prefectures and states with Su University for a while, and saw Su Xun follow in, saying that the saint summoned the servants of the Ministry and ordered Ji Wei to be transferred to Kangping to serve as the county leader.

is not only a bitter cold place, but also sparsely populated, Ji Wei was demoted more ruthlessly than those imperial histories this time.

"Holy God is really ...... Ji Wei already had a problem with old cold legs, but this time it was miserable, alas. Scholar Su sighed, but the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

Bao Du Si is also regarded as the old ministry of the old national prince, and the scholar Su is actually expressing schadenfreude.

Cabinet scholars can generally resign from the palace, but today the saint summoned two more cabinet members, when Yu Feng and Su Yi came out of Zhengyang Gate, the sky was already dark, and the rain seemed to be urgent, Su Yi invited Yu Feng to eat nearby, and then returned to the palace when the rain slowed down a little, but Yu Feng refused: "Grandmother because of this autumn rain, accidentally contracted the wind cold, and there was a fever since the day before yesterday, and the beautiful scenery has been in Rongxi Hall for two nights, I have to rush back to see." ”

Su Yi heard that the old princess was unwell, so he hurriedly asked the imperial doctor, and only after knowing that there was no big problem did he say that he was lucky, but urged Yu Feng to leave quickly.

How do you know that Yu Feng just arrived in front of the palace, and listened to the porter's report, saying that a visitor has been waiting for an hour, the palace is famous, and there are often visitors who come to post posts, most of whom are received by subordinate officials.

Yu Feng was worried about the old princess in his heart, and worried that Yijing was tired for two days and was afraid that he would not be able to eat, and he was a little impatient, so he took the post and looked at it, and saw the name of Gu Qiuyue written on it, remembering that it was Yin Yong's cousin, and he didn't want to see it, so he only explained that Gray Du let Qingkong entertain, and changed the soft sedan car to Rongxi Hall, only to hear Zhu Mama say that after the old princess took the medicine of the Tai Hospital, her body temperature had dropped, and she used a bowl of white porridge in the middle of the afternoon, which was much more energetic than yesterday, so she persuaded Yijing to go back to Guan Sui Yuan, and the old princess had just rested.

Yu Feng was a little relieved, it was not good to disturb the old princess, so she turned back to Guan Sui Yuan, and asked Yijing to fall asleep with a pillow after she came back.

Hearing that the clear sky was coming, he actually said that Gu Qiuyue came to see him for the Hu family's alley house, and he couldn't be the master, so he had to let Gu Qiuyue wait and ask for the world's ideas.

Yu Feng was surprised in his heart, so he invited Gu Qiuyue to the outer court for an interview.

He also said that Gu Qiuyue, since that time and Yu Feng met by chance in the western suburbs, he wanted to tie the knot, he didn't want to join the office, his interest was in business, if he had a relationship with the powerful, of course, it would be very helpful, and he learned that his cousin Yin Yong was valued by the prince, and he was entangled for several days, so he asked Yin Yong to hand over the post to visit, but Yin Yong refused without hesitation.

Gu Qiuyue couldn't find the next way, she was feeling frustrated, but she didn't want to have a god-given opportunity.

So today I had the courage to hand over the name post, this time I followed the clear sky to Guan Sui Yuan, looked around all the way, only to see the verandah turn, the courtyard was heavy, the grass and trees were sparse, the pavilions were scattered, and I walked for a full moment before entering the main gate of Guan Sui Garden.

Secretly slurred.

The clear sky took him to the flower hall next to the door, and then he entered the report, Gu Qiuyue sat for a while, and couldn't help but stand in the porch outside the door, enjoying the unique garden scenery in the autumn rain in the twilight.

Suddenly, I heard a voice: "Autumn Moon".

I saw a girl dressed in a plum-colored bibi at the end of the corridor, and she was stunned, and waved her hands: "How can the girl know below?" When I saw the girl's pretty eyebrows, my heart jumped inexplicably.

The girl was also stunned, she was far away just now, and the place where Gu Qiuyue was standing was also a little gloomy, and she only vaguely saw a figure, who knew that it was an outsider, and she was busy with her body, so she didn't have time to explain.

Gu Qiuyue heard another soft voice behind her: "Xia Ke, you made a special trip to meet me?" ”

It turned out that Qiuyue was ordered to go to the Guogong Mansion to deliver the newly harvested vegetables and fruits in Zhuangzi today, and she got a half-day off, and she didn't come back until the evening after gossiping with the maid who used to be good, but Xia Ke was because the prince instructed him to go to the study of the king of Chu to deliver something, and he happened to see her, so he called out, but he didn't want Gu Qiuyue to misunderstand.

Knowing that she would be wrong, Gu Qiuyue was not embarrassed, and still waved at Qiuyue: "Coincidentally, the girl has the same name as Zaixia." ”

Xia Ke looked at Gu Qiuyue twice, only smiled slightly, and said to Qiuyue: "The old princess has subsided the fever, and the princess has returned to Guan Sui Yuan in the afternoon, I have an errand in my hand, and there is only Chun Du in the house, you go and support it." "Rushed to Gu Qiuyue again and blessed his body before going out.

Qiu Yue stared at Shuangqiu Bo and looked at Gu Qiuyue for a long time, until she looked nervous, and then laughed and said: "Lang Jun is also called Qiu Yue, this is a woman's name." ”