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 his too cautious, although the envoy to the Northern Qi is not a difficult thing on the bright side, but after all, it is also a hard job, at the beginning of the spring, His Majesty refuted the face of Prime Minister Lin and Fan Shilang, and kicked him out of Kyoto, although Fan Jian was promoted to Shangshu afterwards, but at this time, Fan Xian was given a baronial title, in the eyes of the world, it was only the second compensation for Fan's house, and no one would be too surprised.

What's more, since entering Beijing, everyone in the world knows that the reason why the long-lived lord 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 secret parts of the envoy's itinerary, and whenever he wanted to involve the affairs of the hospital, before he could show embarrassment, Fan Shangshu had already waved his hand 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, he was really a little inadequate, but somehow, at this time, he watched Fan Jian's sideburns gradually grow. I also thought of the romantic characters of the Northern Qi Dynasty who had been blown away by the wind and rain, but there was a trace of guilt in my heart.

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

"Enter the palace tomorrow. Presumably, the purpose will be invented. 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 Your Majesty also appreciates it." ”

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

"Sometimes. Doing nothing is really good. 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've 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 the thief ship......"

Speaking of which. Fan Shangshu seemed to be really unhappy: "An An is guarding the inner library, this is 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 inconsiderate in this matter. I didn't expect Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to react so strongly, so she had to wave her hand and say: "After all, she is Your Majesty's own sister, 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 man 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 complex and insidious political struggles in Kyoto.

It's just that...... The inner library is money, officialdom is politics, and banknotes and politics have always been twins. 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 a little 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 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, and even Begonia couldn't take half of the advantage, this kind of strength was one level higher than those swordsmen in the six departments of the Supervision Yuan, not to mention the Qi Nian group 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 handling these things for His Majesty, and since the mission had returned to Beijing, those tiger guards followed him and were known by the royal people. Inevitably, you're going to get into 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, his talent is really extraordinary. But after all, he was just a young man, and he couldn't help but remind: "The day you left, that person named Shi Xianli Xiucai, often came to the house to say hello, I have met a few times, and he is indeed a talented and unexposed 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 heaven has been established. The protégés left by the father-in-law and the prime minister in the court can also be helped, but after a long time, there is always a need for some of their own people to be able to speak in the court.

I figured out what my father was thinking. Fan Xian couldn't help but be a little moved, just a man, he wouldn't show anything in his life, he 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 your sister's marriage, this arrangement can only be done slowly, and you respectfully withdraw from the room.

looked at Fan Xian's straight 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, 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 the Prime Minister Lin who had stayed away from the center of power in Qingguo. Xin said that the old fox was really lucky, he paid so much price, and after more than ten years of hard work, he was good, but he gave birth to a daughter.

In September, it was dull and boring, everything was fine, and only worries were missing.

Fan Xian sat in the carriage, gently tapping 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 serious matter for the vast majority of courtiers, but he just feels bored, 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, 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 set up wine on the Liujing River at night to catch the wind for himself, and his face suddenly looked ugly.

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Today is the morning day, and early in the morning, many ministers came to wait outside the palace gate. I heard that in the early years, in order to express their diligence and loyalty to the king, some old ministers began to prepare court clothes in the middle of the night, and came outside the palace gate before dawn, just to wait for the sound of the palace gate to lift 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 to be 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 His Majesty to listen to the mission's reinstatement, he is categorically not qualified to go to the court, so there is no court clothes to wear for half a day, starting from Fan's Mansion in the early morning, all the way leisurely, and when he arrived at the palace gate, it was much later than most of the ministers.

People are jealous, not to mention a young young student who has been red for only a year and a half after entering Beijing, not to mention that this young man 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 warning 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 doesn't have a decree, who doesn't have a few royal playthings in his house? He is young, and he actually came a little later than these ministers...... If there was no Fan Shangshu behind him, especially the old cripple. I'm afraid that these real high-ranking officials in Qingguo have already scolded him.

Now he naturally can't scold, but the ministers won't give him a good look, so he glanced at him coldly, and then turned his head away with self-restraint. Several of the ministers were people who Lin Ruofu had picked up with one hand 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 coming out of the ranks. 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. He bowed his hand to the ministers without humility or arrogance. Just as he was giving it over, someone behind him coughed twice?? Fan Shangshu came late today for some reason, and he didn't go all the way with his son, Fan Xian hurriedly greeted him and carefully pulled his father off the carriage.

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

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 it. The "old money basket" was very 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 walked around the field with Fan Xian hand in hand, so that he could recognize all the powerful ministers in the court, and Fan Xian shouted through Uncle Shibo and the like. The ministers looked at this young man with a smile on his face again, and they were much more pleasing to the eyes, and those ministers who belonged to the Lin Party were even more affectionate, and praised Master Xiao Fan for being young and promising, how Yunyun.

But there are still some ministers who look at it coldly, although they salute, their faces are 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 insidious smile.

Shangshu, who was already a veteran of the three dynasties, watched the Fan father and son walk 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 in the world of the Wei family back then, it is very rare for the two of them to go to the court at the same time, and it is really a spring breeze." ”

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 gave all the brilliance to His Majesty the Emperor. Fan Xian smiled slightly, knowing that on this occasion, he really had no room to speak, so he simply fell silent.

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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 row with his father, so he had to drag it 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 didn't dare to whisper anything to him at this time, let alone be impossible?? No pyrotechnics?? He handed over a silver ticket, so he had to smile at him as 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 his place, 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 could not be seen clearly, 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 official ranks, there was still a long way to go from the dragon chair, if it wasn'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, I spent most of my time talking to the ladies in the harem. Accompany Wan'er to visit the mountain, this Taiji Palace is the main hall of the palace, but I just looked at it from a distance, and I didn't have the opportunity to stand inside. After coming in today, I took a look, and found that it was nothing more than that, the dragon and phoenix were carved on the beam, the painting was exquisite, the red pillar was majestic, the fragrance in the vast palace was slightly made, and the brass cast the cranes and beasts were on the side, but compared to the palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was rich and beautiful, it was a lot inferior.

However, there is a special atmosphere in this hall, which seems to be the taste of power. Rising from that dragon chair, the hearts of all the courtiers were 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 that of Northern Qi, and his food is not as elaborate as Dongyi City, 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 embassy. However, it is not about the dispute outside the city, even if the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has the intention to do something about this matter, it is impossible to come up with a chapter today. It's not that those imperial histories don't have the ability to rush overnight, but they are so anxious to go to the office, but I'm afraid that they will show traces instead, which makes His Majesty unhappy.

The great prince has already been crowned king, but the 100,000 soldiers under his command must have an explanation, and this point is put forward by the Privy Council, and no courtier will raise any objections. Although His Majesty now attaches great importance to civil governance, 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 affairs of the mission, after reporting all the way, the Honglu Temple handed over the letter of state on behalf of the Northern Qi gift group, and presented the newly demarcated world chart of the world, looking at the gradually expanding territory of Qingguo on the map, His Majesty, who had always seemed a little too calm, finally had a trace of fiery color 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 the officials of Honglu Temple, including Xin Qiwu and Fan Xian, as well as the four parts of the Supervision Yuan, played a great role 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.

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The middle-aged man with the most power in the world, after a burst of irrepressible faint joy in his heart, immediately returned to calm with strong control, propped his hands on his chin, smiled, 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 relieved themselves, 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 "If there is something to play, there is 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 affairs are handled by several scholars and scholars, and His Majesty will often leave them to say a few more words after the meeting, and today 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 after asking St. An.

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

"Fan Xian, you also stay. ”