Baron of the first class, is the second grade.

Fan Xian pondered the importance of this title in his heart, worried that receiving the title would cause some criticism. In fact, this is also because he is too cautious, although it is not a difficult thing to send to Northern Qi on the bright side, but after all, it is also a drudgery, Chūn in the early dynasty discussed the face of Prime Minister Lin and Fan Shilang, and forced him out of Kyoto, although Fan Jian was promoted to Shangshu afterwards, but at this time, adding a baron title to Fan Xian is only a second compensation for Fan Mansion in the eyes of the world, and no one will be too surprised.

What's more, since entering Beijing, everyone in the world knows that the reason why the long-lived master in the palace appreciates the Fan family's kid so much, most of the reason is that it is on top of the so-called literary talent, which happens to cater to the great strategy of the saint to promote cultural governance.

Although Fan Xian's current position is not very good, but the knighthood is ultimately a matter of relatives and nobles, and there will always be some benefits for doing things, he looked at his father and said, "When will the will come down?"

At this time, the father and son had been talking in the study for a long time, Fan Xianxuan talked about the not very private parts of the mission, whenever he wanted to involve the affairs of the hospital, before he could show embarrassment, Fan Shangshu had already waved his hand first and let him jump over.

In fact, in the final analysis, Fan Xian grew up in Lanzhou since he was a child, and rarely communicated with his father after entering Beijing, and most of the places where he spoke were in this simple and chic study, so when it came to feelings, it was really a little lacking, but somehow, at this time, he watched Fan Jian's sideburns gradually grow, and remembered that those romantic characters in Northern Qi had been blown away by the wind and rain, but there was a trace of guilt in his heart.

What the dean said is right, Si Nanbo doesn't owe Fan Xian anything, Fan Xian owes him a lot.

"When I enter the palace tomorrow, I will probably invent the purpose. Fan Shangshu closed his eyes and drank the fruit syrup that the Liu family had mixed every night, and seemed to enjoy it, "You did a good job in the north this time, Dean Chen has a lot of credit, and His Majesty also appreciates it." ”

Fan Xian thought that this trip to Northern Qi, except for his own secret things, actually did nothing for the imperial court at all, including Yan Bingyun's return to China, it was just a matter of the way, and it definitely couldn't be regarded as a contribution, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Actually, I really didn't do anything all the way back and forth." ”

"Sometimes, it's really good to do nothing. Fan Shangshu slowly opened his eyes.

Fan Xian's heart was slightly cold, thinking that his father was going to take the opportunity to teach him a lesson about arguing with the eldest prince outside Kyoto, but Fan Jian didn't say a word about this matter, but instead pulled the topic to another place: "I have told you many times in the past, don't get too close to the Supervision Yuan, I didn't expect you to listen to me, and you were deceived by Chen Pingping's old dog into a thief ship......"

Speaking of this, Fan Shangshu seemed to be really unhappy: "An An is guarding the inner library, what a rare opportunity in the eyes of others." ”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly: "The child thinks, the problem is that you also know that Xinyang's person is not willing to let go like this, and she is the one who preemptively provoked the trouble, if I don't enter the Supervision Yuan, how can I compete with such a person." ”

Fan Shangshu sighed, thinking that he was indeed ill-conceived in this matter, and he didn't expect Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to react so strongly, so he had to wave his hand and say: "After all, she is the sister of Her Majesty, the most beloved daughter of the Queen Mother, and Wan'er's biological mother. ”

Although he didn't believe that his father was just a person who knocked out his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, he also knew that his loyalty to the imperial family was absolutely the same, and he only sought his own interests for the family within the scope of allowability, and his father had always insisted that he stay away from the Supervision Yuan, and he didn't want to get involved in the extremely complicated and dangerous political struggles in Kyoto.

It's just that...... The inner library is the banknote, the officialdom is the political zhì, and the banknote and the political zhì have always been a pair of twins, and when I thought about it, my father didn't think about this law clearly at the beginning. But no matter what, Fan Xian was also grateful for Si Nanbo's intentions, and said: "Please rest assured father, the child will be cautious." ”

Fan Jian was somewhat satisfied with his statement, and asked: "Only the really strong are qualified to show weakness, the weak are originally weak, where to use a show word, you can consider it yourself." ”

Fan Xian understood what his father meant, smiled, and suddenly thought of another thing, and asked, "Father, can you still let the seven people from Gundam follow me after I return to Beijing?"

Fan Shangshu glanced at his son, but a gentle smile appeared in his always solemn eyes: "You also know that my father is just training and managing the tiger guards on behalf of the royal family, but the real deployment power is in the palace, if you want to keep those tiger guards, I have to go to the palace to talk about it for you, but it is estimated that Your Majesty will not allow it." ”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly, he was indeed a little reluctant to reach the seven long sword tiger guards in his heart, with such a few silent masters around him as bodyguards, his safety would be greatly guaranteed, on the meadow outside the Wudu River, the seven swords joined forces, even Begonia could not take half of the advantage, this kind of strength, compared to those swordsmen in the six departments of the Supervision Yuan, it was a level higher, not to mention the Qi Nian team he had formed earlier- The Qi Nian group is his most loyal force, although under Wang Qinian's tutelage, whether it is tracking intelligence or other affairs, it has slowly taken shape, but it is a pity that the force is still weaker.

But he also understands that the tiger guards have always only been deployed to the princes as guards, like a few in the pro-military camp of the Western Route Army, which is responsible for the safety of the eldest prince. Although the saint occasionally transferred the tiger guard to a certain minister, but it was a special task, such as when his father-in-law, Prime Minister Lin, resigned and returned to his hometown, the saint sent four tiger guards to accompany him, this is to commend the prime minister's life for the country's merits, and to ensure the prime minister's safety on the road, and after this specific matter is over, the tiger guard will return to Beijing and disappear into those inconspicuous houses.

Fan Xian knew so much because Fan Jian had always been responsible for holding these things for His Majesty, and since the mission had returned to Beijing, those tiger guards would follow him and be known by the royal people, which would inevitably cause some big trouble.

Fan Shangshu looked at the pity on his son's face, and couldn't help but smile, thinking that although this child has the style of a mother and is really talented in the world, but after all, he is just a young man, he couldn't help but remind: "The rìzi you left, that Xiucai named Shi Xianli, often comes to the house to say hello, I have met a few times, and he is indeed a talented and not revealing character." ”

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that after his father knew that he was determined not to ask for power to leave the Supervision Yuan, he began to plan for his future in the officialdom. It's a reminder not to forget about those protégés. Although his position in the hearts of the people of the world has been established, and those protégés left by his father-in-law and prime minister in the court can also help, but as the years go by, there is always a need for some of his own people to be able to speak in the court.

Thinking about what his father was thinking, Fan Xian couldn't help but be a little moved, but he was a boy in his life, and he wouldn't show anything in his life, but just bowed deeply to his father.

Fan Shangshu waved his hand and asked him to return to his room. Fan Xian thought about it, don't talk too early about his sister's marriage, this kind of arrangement can only be done slowly, so he respectfully withdrew from the room.

Looking at Fan Xian's upright back when he walked out of the study, Fan Shangshu's eyes couldn't help but show a little pride and comfort, if there is a child like this, what more can the father ask for? He gently drank the last drop of fruit syrup in the bowl, knowing that this child had already guessed something, but in terms of this child's heart, since the other party didn't say it, it was naturally fine...... The future of the Fan family depends on this child.

Thinking of this section, Fan Shangshu couldn't help but admire Prime Minister Lin, who had been far away from the center of power in Qingguo, and said in his heart that the old fox was really lucky, he had paid so much price, and he had worked hard for more than ten years, but he was good, but he had a daughter.

―――――――――――――――――――――――― September, it was dull and boring, everything was good, and only worries were lacking.

Fan Xian sat in the carriage, gently knocking on the wooden lattice of the window, humming a song that others couldn't understand with that somewhat strange rhythm. Entering the palace is a very strict thing for the vast majority of courtiers, but he just feels bored, and when he returns to Beijing at the first time, he has made up his mind with his wife and father, and he actually feels that this is full of courts, inside and outside Kyoto, there is nothing to worry about himself for the time being, and he will enter the palace for a while and receive the knighthood, kowtow, and then go to the courtyard to put things together, and it seems that he can only go back to Cangshan to practice jumping off the cliff.

The fingers tapping on the window lattice suddenly froze, he suddenly remembered his sister's marriage, remembered that Li Hongcheng was going to put wine on the Liujing River at night to catch the wind for himself, and his face suddenly looked ugly, this dull and boring September turned out to be such a dog life.

............ Today rì is the great dynasty rì, early in the morning, there are many ministers who came to wait outside the palace gate. I heard that in the early years, in order to show their diligence and loyalty, some old ministers began to prepare court clothes in the middle of the night, and came to the palace gate before dawn, just to wait for the sound of the palace gate lifting the key.

Now that the Son of Heaven is in power, he is most tired of the people who sell his name, so the ministers do not dare to come too early, but they dare not come too late, I don't know whose idea is, some adults actually took a seat in the teahouse at Xinjiekou, and got up and left the house as soon as the day was shining, waiting in the private room of the teahouse, so that the entourage could stare at the movement of the palace gate from afar, so as to be able to line up at the right time.

In addition to the mysterious figure who has been forgotten by people, Fan Xian is actually the first person since the founding of Qingguo, so now he still only has the official rank of Taixue Sipin, if it were not for the fact that His Majesty wanted to listen to the mission's reinstatement, he was categorically not qualified to go to the court, so there was no court dress to wear for half a day, and he set off from Fan's Mansion in the early morning, and traveled leisurely all the way, and when he arrived at the palace gate, it was much later than most ministers.

People are jealous, not to mention a young young descendant who has been red for only a year and a half after entering Beijing, not to mention that this descendant has also torn the face of most of the Jingchen, killed a Shangshu, and drove away a Shangshu guy, the so-called turtle roars and turtles respond, and the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, everyone looked at this handsome Tisi of the Supervision Yuan who got off the carriage with a yawn, and there was a little more jǐng admonition in his eyes, and three traces of disgust.

Fan Xian looked around, and also felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, these ministers were either the Shangshu of each ministry or the Zhengqing of a certain temple, and they went up from the second grade, whose wife didn't have a fate, and whose family didn't have a few playthings given by the emperor? He was young, and he actually came a little later than these ministers...... If there was no Fan Shangshu behind him, especially the old cripple, I am afraid that these real high-ranking officials of Qingguo would have scolded him a long time ago.

Now he naturally can't scold, but the ministers won't give him a good look, glanced at him coldly, and turned his head away. Several of the ministers were people who Lin Ruofu had picked up back then, and they wanted to come forward to talk to Fan Xian for a few words and encouragement, but looking at the disdainful eyes of his colleagues, he couldn't help but have a headache, so he stopped his steps and just greeted Fan Xian with extremely gentle eyes.

Fan Xian was swept away by these fiery gazes, and he felt uncomfortable, but he still maintained a steady smile on his face, and bowed his hand to the ministers without humility or arrogance. Just as he was handing it over, someone behind him coughed twice-Fan Shangshu came late for some reason, and he didn't go all the way with his son, Fan Xian hurriedly greeted him and carefully pulled his father down from the carriage.

Fan Shangshu glanced at him and shook his head: "My father is not old enough to be like this." ”

Fan Xian smiled, and knew that he had gone a little too far. Although Fan Shangshu was a little unhappy on his face, the officials could see that the "old money basket" was extremely happy today, no, he didn't even let go of his son's hand, so he led him over.

Fan Shangshu personally brought it over, and those ministers were no longer self-conscious, and they greeted each other one after another. After a while, Si Nanbo took Fan Xian hand in hand and walked around the field, so that he could recognize all the ministers with real power in the court, Fan Xian shouted down through Uncle Shibo and the like, and the ministers looked at this young man with a smile on his face, and they were much more pleasing to the eyes, and those ministers who belonged to the Lin Party were even more affectionate, and praised Xiao Fan for being young and promising, how Yunyun.

But there are still some ministers who look at it coldly, although they are saluting, their faces are also extremely cold, after all, the Qingguo government and the opposition, who doesn't know that this little Fan is most famous for his seemingly gentle, but actually sinister smile.

The official department Shangshu, who was already a veteran of the three dynasties, looked at the Fan father and son walking in front of him, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "It is said that since the beginning of the dynasty in our country, and even the Wei family in the world back then, it is very rare for the two of them to go to the court at the same time, and it is really chūn proud." ”

Fan Jian smiled and said, "Holy grace is like the sea, holy grace is like the sea." It seemed that he couldn't hear the other party's ridicule, and he handed over all the qiē brilliance to the emperor's majesty. Fan Xian smiled slightly, knowing that on this occasion, he really had no room to speak, so he simply fell silent.

............ At this moment, the three eunuchs slowly walked out of the palace gate, obviously the one in the middle had a higher status, waved the dust in his hand, and said softly: "Your Excellency has worked hard, please do it." ”

The ministers suddenly stopped the cold noise, tidied up their court clothes a little superfluously, and then went to the palace gate, probably because they were used to it, they didn't bother to look at the forbidden army with spears at the palace gate and the sword guards at the inner gate, and surpassed the three eunuchs in a moment, holding their heads high, quite the spirit of the country's masters.

Fan Xian went to court for the first time, but it was inconvenient to walk in a column with his father, so he had to drag to the end of the line with some pity, and walked all the way inside with the three eunuchs, the leading eunuch was still the familiar Hou Gonggong, but Fan Xian did not dare to whisper anything to him at this time, and it was even more impossible - without fireworks - to hand over a silver ticket, so he had to smile at him to make a gesture.

After a long time, Hou San'er was still thinking about this question, why did he think that Master Fan was a trustworthy backer from the beginning? In the end, he boiled it down to the fact that every time Lord Fan looked at himself, his smile was very sincere, and he was not like other ministers, when he was useful, he deliberately warmed himself, and the rest of the time, although he was also smiling affectionately, there was always a trace of disdain in that smile that was not clear, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

――――――――――――――――――――――――― Fan Xian participated in the court meeting for the first time, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, but standing at the end of the civil ranks, there was still a long way to go from the dragon chair, if it weren't for his domineering internal strength and excellent ears and eyes, he was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to hear what the emperor said, knowing that the middle-aged man on the dragon chair would definitely pay attention to himself, but he still relaxed a little and began to look at the interior decoration of the Taiji Palace.

Although I entered the palace a few times, most of the time I was in the harem to talk to the girls, and accompany Wan'er to visit the mountain, this Taiji Palace is the main hall of the palace, but I have seen a few glances from afar, and I have no chance to stand inside.

However, there was a special smell in this hall, which seemed to be the smell of power, rising from the dragon chair, making all the courtiers in awe.

It has nothing to do with the dragon chair, the middle-aged man sitting on the dragon chair is the source of this breath, although his palace is not as magnificent as the Northern Qi, and the food is not as exquisite as Dongyi City, but everyone in the world knows that he is the most powerful person in the world.

The main topic of the court meeting is naturally inseparable from the prince and the mission, but it is not a matter of fighting outside the city, even if the imperial history of the Imperial Court has the intention to do something about this matter, but it is impossible to come up with a chapter today, not that those imperial historians do not have the ability to rush to the chapter overnight, but they are so anxious to go to the court, but they are afraid that they will show traces instead, which makes His Majesty unhappy.

This court meeting is about the future placement of the Western Route Army, as well as the soldiers' requests for meritorious rewards, etc., the prince has been crowned king, but the 100,000 soldiers under him must have a statement, this point is put forward by the Privy Council, no courtier will raise objections, although now His Majesty is deeply civilized, but Qingguo is a fierce country that started by force after all, and no one will get along with the military in this matter.

And the matter of the mission, after the report of the whole way, the Honglu Temple handed over the letter of state on behalf of the Northern Qi gift group, presenting the newly demarcated map of the world, looking at the gradually expanding territory of the Qing Kingdom on the map, His Majesty, who had always seemed a little too calm, finally had a trace of blazing sè in his eyes.

The ministers are interested, so they naturally want to shout long live and welcome them in a big way, and the elders of the Privy Council are also proud of themselves, this is the land where the children in the army fight back with a knife and a gun...... At this time, naturally not many ministers realized how much of a role the officials of Honglu Temple, including Xin Qiwu and Fan Xian, as well as the four parts of the Supervision Yuan, played in the negotiation process. Even if they are aware of it, they will deliberately ignore the past.

Fan Xian looked at the heartfelt happiness of the ministers in the court, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but bring a little smile, after all, he had also participated in this major event. He thought to himself, if it wasn't for the eldest princess who sold Yan Bingyun, he was afraid that Qingguo would get even greater benefits. However, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess tossed Sean back to Northern Qi with her backhand, which made the Northern Qi court gradually have traces of civil strife, and the centrifugation of monarchs and ministers is also a very powerful means.

............ The middle-aged man with the most power in the world, after a burst of uncontrollable faint joy in his heart, immediately returned to calm with a strong control, propped his hands on his chin, smiled, and listened to the words of the courtiers, but his eyes swept very indifferently at the back of the courtiers' queue, and after seeing the smile on the little guy's face, his mood somehow became better.

He waved his hand, and the eunuch and the Zhongshu Ling under the stairs held the edict in their hands, and began to chant the edict that had been prepared in a slightly shrill voice. Due to the large number of rewards for officers and soldiers in the army, and the opinions of the prince and the military elders had to be consulted, it was necessary to delay for a while, and this edict was mainly for the rewards of the members of the mission.

The palace was quiet all of a sudden, everyone knew that after the envoy returned to China, it was just a general routine reward, and the ministers didn't care much, just pricked up their ears and grabbed the name Fan Xian in the eunuch's sharp voice.

“...... Baron of the first class, is the second grade. ”

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief and put their minds at ease, it seems that His Majesty is still measured. Regardless of the relationship with the Fan family, these ministers did not want Fan Xian to be awarded too high a title at such a young age, everyone considered different directions and positions, but their ideas were extremely similar.

Xin Qiwu and Fan Xian had already knelt down in the temple and thanked the Holy Grace. When the courtiers were about to listen to the sentence "Something to play, nothing to retreat from", His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon chair and said lightly: "A few of you stay." ”

After Lin Ruofu resigned as prime minister, the court could not find a suitable candidate to replace him for a while, so the current cabinet matters are handled by several scholars and monks, and after these days the court will often leave them to say a few more words, and now the prince and the eldest prince are also in the palace, so naturally they have to stay to discuss a few words, so the courtiers do not feel unusual, and they have to retreat outside the hall.

Then the ministers heard something that made them feel extremely jealous and envious.

"Fan Xian, you also stay. ”