The first emperor collapsed suddenly, returned to the five elements, and I obeyed the last order of the Emperor Daxing, belonged to the order of Yilun, and entered the Zongyi. The civil and military ministers and the elderly soldiers and civilians at home and abroad have combined words to persuade them to advance, and as for repeatedly, they have refused to get it, and at this time, they only tell heaven and earth that they are the emperor. ”

In the Fengtian Palace, Lu Hanjiang probably appeared in front of everyone with such a serious posture for the first time in his life, and hundreds of civil and military officials and gods of heaven and earth witnessed the moment when he ascended the throne.

When the decree of the enthronement is read, the ministers pay their respects, and the mountain shouts long live, and from this moment on, the dynasty will enter a new chapter.

As those people who have followed the new emperor step by step to today, this is naturally the most eye-catching from the dragon's skill, but Lu Hanjiang's approach has made these red-eyed, and the regret in his heart is even more incomprehensible.

Almost everyone who stood in the camp of Jinyi Wei at the beginning was rewarded by the new emperor, either an official position or power, and among this group of people, the most shocking thing was the reward from the former commander Meng Yuanmeng.

Meng Yuan was once trusted by the first emperor, and was named Handan Bo in his early years, and later because the first emperor was obsessed with the way of immortality and immortality, he was afraid that the previous dynasty would be unstable, so he promoted his title and transferred it to the Marquis of Huai'an, and the previous title was not even withdrawn, but was given to Meng Yuan's second son.

That is to say, as early as the time of the first emperor, the Meng family was a double lord, the eldest son will inherit the title of Marquis of Huai'an in the future, and the second son will bear the title of Earl of Handan.

But this time, the new emperor went one step further, Meng Yuan's own title was taken to the next level, and he was named the Duke of Lu, and the Marquis of Huai'an was transferred to the second son, which means that the future Meng family will be a duke and a marquis.

This is not counted, it is rumored that the new emperor also intends to give rewards to Meng Yuan's other children, but it is a pity that he was persuaded by Lu Shangshu and Old Master Luo in the end, and it is too much, now not only are there people outside who criticize the new emperor for killing, but even these people are a little worried.

And the new emperor seems to be in order to appease the hearts of the people in the world, he has used all the life-saving means that the emperor can use, and the Danshu Iron Coupon Death Saving Gold Medal has been prepared for Meng Yuan one by one.

Now everyone is really feeling that the new emperor treats Meng Yuan very well, although there is not much difference between the emperor's promise and nonsense, there are many examples of the golden cup and the white blade not forgiving, but in the end, after all, he has to slap himself in the face.

The new emperor was able to block all his back roads, just for the sake of Lord Meng's heart, and it was enough to be benevolent and righteous, and all the ministers believed that at least at this moment, the emperor was sincerely grateful to Meng Yuan.

It's just that Meng Yuan's reaction made everyone incomprehensible, and when the emperor's will to insure him fell on him, on the top of the main hall, he was stunned, and even forgot to thank him.

Fortunately, Lu Shangshu came forward to relieve the siege, saying that Meng Yuan was inexplicably excited by His Majesty's great grace, so he lost his honor in front of the palace, and by the way, he also thanked him for his kindness, otherwise that scene would be remembered by those who have a heart, and it would be another storm.

And after receiving the emperor's gift and all the guarantees, Meng Yuan returned home without a master, and unlike his celebratory family, he himself maintained that dull expression from beginning to end.

Meng Yuan's wife, Liu, saw that something was wrong with her husband, but she didn't care, she just told the housekeeper to take care of the other party, as the mistress of Meng's mansion, she still needed to bother with the next banquet to celebrate the knighthood.

Meng Yuan was sent back to the study by the butler with a worried face, and he suddenly closed the door, and he was alone in it looking at the will in his hand and was stunned.

The ghost sent the gods, Meng Yuan looked up, and there was still the will given to him by the emperor in the corner of the table, and suddenly, he didn't know what he thought, and suddenly laughed.

First a deep chuckle, then a loud laugh, Meng Yuan's laughter attracted the attention of the Meng family, at that time everyone just thought that the old man was too happy, so it was difficult to suppress himself, not surprising.

But in the next few days, Meng Yuan still locked himself in the house, and he didn't go to the morning court, and his worried family members were in front of the door of the study, listening to the laughter coming from time to time, and they all felt a chill down their backs.

Finally, an old friend Lu Shangshu came to the door, and couldn't help but ask someone to break in, and then the two old friends talked deeply in the house for a day and a night, and finally Meng Yuan reappeared in front of people.

But his greatly changed appearance is jaw-dropping, Meng Yuan is more than half a hundred years old, but because he is a martial arts practitioner, his body is quite strong, especially the jet-black hair, which was originally just mixed with scattered white silk, but now when I see it, it is full of white hair.

Overnight, Meng Yuan, who seemed to be ten years old, appeared in the court, and the first thing he did was to resign, and the new emperor naturally did not allow it, and he himself was very surprised to see such a Meng Yuan, but later in Lu Shangshu's persuasion, he still agreed.

Lord Meng retreated bravely, except for the title of a duke, there was no other official position on his body, and after he returned home, nothing changed, and he still lived the life of rare outsiders.

It's just that those who are familiar with him can see that Meng Yuan now has a sense of twilight on his body, as if he is about to die, where is there still the momentum when he was the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

But this is already the best result, Lu Shangshu learned what happened from Qiu Qingyun, and he already understood why this old friend became what he is now, after he was silent for a long time, he only sighed, the world is unpredictable.

And the noble concubine in the palace - now she should be renamed Meng Guifei, as Meng Yuan's sister, she finally can't continue to be silent.

The previous disagreement between the two was due to dissatisfaction with her brother's insistence, but now Meng Yuan's situation is obviously wrong, and she can no longer turn a blind eye.

Qiu Qingyun, who was summoned to the palace for questioning, said: "Master Meng, Brother Meng, he is afraid that he is even distracted now, I see that he is groggy every day, alas. ”

Concubine Meng Gui's eyes were slightly red: "How can this be good, the emperor went first, and now he has become like this again."

Qiu Qingyun opened his mouth, with an expression of wanting to say something, his eyes quietly turned around the palace, and he didn't find the person he was looking for, he just sighed helplessly.

The person Qiu Qingyun wants to find is Ah Xiu, Meng Yuan's current dejected appearance, I am afraid that only by asking this girl to come forward can he cheer him up again.

Back then, as a friend, Qiu Qingyun was a person who knew the roots, and Meng Yuan's current situation had to be said to be self-inflicted.

At the beginning, Meng Yuan gave up Ah Xiu for the sake of power and chose a woman from a family who was more helpful to her career, and the result was that the two of them just had the same interests, and their lives were naturally inseparable.

Meng Yuan's wife, Liu, perfectly played the role of a family lady, she took care of the family for Meng Yuan, raised the children well, and her maiden family also provided Meng Yuan with help, but that's all.

Everything the Liu family did was to help the person in the position of the head of the Meng family as Mrs. Meng, and as for who the person in this position was replaced by someone else one day, she didn't care.

There is not much affection between her and Meng Yuan, a woman in a family, few people with children and daughters, the two of them are originally a combination of interests, and she found out that Meng Yuan belonged to her heart long before she got married, so she would not expect anything.

Now that Meng Yuan has resigned from all his positions and is at home, the Liu family naturally transferred all his energy to his son.

She is a smart woman, since her husband can't bring more help to the family, besides, the Meng clan is already glorious enough, and it is better to retreat bravely than the rapids, and now there is no need for Meng Yuan to continue to fight for the family.

Yu Gong, as long as Meng Yuan lives well for one day, it is the greatest effect on the family, Yu is private, there is no emotion between husband and wife at all, so since Meng Yuan was free, the Liu family has not cared about him at all except for asking about the other party's diet.

The rest of the family didn't have any objections to this, Meng Yuan's status was still respected, and his words were still as important as Mount Tai in the clan, but he had become alone since then.

I can't blame others for being cold, it's just that Meng Yuan suddenly shook his hand, and the forces in the family immediately need to be reshuffled, and those who used to follow him have to re-run with his son at this moment, which takes time and energy, he is an old guy with half a foot in the ground, and he doesn't care about anything, who else can have the leisure time to care.

Meng's lintel is still prominent, living in this courtyard of the Meng Mansion, Meng Yuan is like a transparent person, he doesn't care about things, he doesn't appear in front of people, and when someone comes to visit him, he is also driven away, and over time, no one wants to visit this old man with an increasingly eccentric temper.

These changes are very uncomfortable in the eyes of Qiu Qingyun's old friends, but unfortunately, even if they know the reason, they can't do anything, everything is just like what Lu Shangshu once said, the world is unpredictable.

And at this moment, these old friends of theirs also have their own things to worry about, Lu Shangshu has entered the cabinet, and many people are speculating that with his close relationship with the new emperor, he will be the absolute candidate for the next cabinet elder.

Qiu Qingyun continued to return to Jinyi Wei to take charge of affairs, but he was about to leave soon, and the new emperor intended to promote him to the main military department, and the person who took over as the commander of Jinyi Wei was Wu Qiming.

This is also something that everyone expected, although the new emperor was originally from Jinyiwei, but even when he was the commander, these Jinyiwei brothers were also separated from each other.

Although Qiu Qingyun and the others also have a comradeship with the new emperor, after all, they are all the teams that Meng Yuan once brought out, and even Wu Qiming is also brought by Meng Yuan.

Wu Qiming himself knew it, so after he took over the post of commander, he specially found Ying Wuxian to explain the matter: "The old man, the commander, is a reward from His Majesty, and sooner or later he will have to be replaced." ”

Ying Wuxian smiled and said: "Why should my lord be arrogant, no one in the government and the opposition knows how much you took care of Your Majesty back then, according to your subordinates, you can relax and retire in this son." ”

"Pension? Heh," Wu Qiming laughed meaningfully, and then said: "You are not bad, Your Majesty is indeed very preferential to the old man, so it won't be long before the old man will make room for you." ”

"Your Excellency?" Ying looked at him in bewilderment.

"The old man came to ask you, what has been the most troublesome thing since Your Majesty ascended the throne?" Wu Qiming asked.

Ying Wuxian thought for a while and said, "Family? ”

"That's right," Wu Qiming nodded, and then asked, "Then the old man will come to ask you again, where is the old man from?" ”

"The Saga Family." Ying Wuxian frowned, and then said: "But, my lord, that Lord Shangshu is also from a family, why is he-"

"That's different," Wu Qiming shook his head; "Lu Yannian has big ambitions in his heart, he doesn't care about the Lu family behind him at all, and he doesn't look down on the background of this family, but the old man is different, the old man is a mortal person after all, and the family behind him is more related to many families, the old man can't go down to this ruthlessness, His Majesty understands, and doesn't want to embarrass me, so the old man, the commander, is just a transition."

"I see." Ying Wuxian said suddenly.

"Since the position of commander is bound to be vacant-" Wu Qiming looked at Ying Wuxian seriously and said, "The old man plans to recommend you to His Majesty to take over." ”

"This!"

Ying Wuxian was stunned for a moment, then his expression became excited, and then he quickly calmed down: "My lord loves you, but although I have been taken by Your Majesty in Xia, Your Majesty himself has many cronies, although Bian Guang is gone, Jiang Xian is still there, why not Jiang Xian?" ”

"Because Your Majesty needs a person who is absolutely unbiased towards the family under any circumstances, you are from the rivers and lakes, which is just right."

Wu Qiming said, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Of course, this is only one of the reasons, and the other reason is that I heard that Ying Qianhu has not yet married a wife?" ”

Ying Wuxian was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Exactly, my subordinates are concentrating on official business and starting a family. The subordinates felt that it was too early. ”

"This is not good," Wu Qiming said: "Confucianism says, self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, you are middle-aged but still alone, I am afraid that people will be criticized, it just so happens that the old man has a niece who is just young, I don't know if the thousands of households can be interested?" ”

Ying Wuxian was stunned, and then immediately bowed: "The grace of the adults is unforgettable." ”

Wu Qiming bowed his head, and he smiled and said to Wu Xian: "Hurry up, in the future, the old man will be transferred to the military department, and you will have to worry more about Jinyiwei." ”

"Don't worry, sir." Ying Wuxian and Wu Qiming looked at each other and smiled, some words don't have to be explained clearly.

Wu Qiming said with satisfaction: "The old man's niece's father and mother died early, and she grew up in the old man's house since she was a child. ”

Ying Wu Wu comprehended and immediately bowed: "Father-in-law can rest assured, and the son-in-law understands." ”

Seeing that Ying Wuxian was so smart, Wu Qiming's smile became more and more kind, and he helped the other party up and said, "Hurry up, between you and me, there is no need to make this big gift." ”

On this night, Ying Wuxian was invited to Wu Qiming's house for a banquet, and on the second day, Wu Qiming entered the palace to ask to see the new emperor, and the two had a deep talk, and then Ying Wuxian was promoted to become the pacification envoy of the Beizhen Fusi.

In the following days, the Jinyi Guard can find that Ying Wuxian is getting more and more attention, and the new commander Wu Qi is clearly cultivating him as an heir, and now the big guys also understand it, it seems that this pacification envoy will soon take over Lord Wu's class.

There is a way that some people are happy and some are sad, just when the road ahead should be smooth, another person broke the defense, that is, Shangguan Shaoqin.

is also a member of the Conglong Gong camp, when the grievances were beaten by a lawsuit, the new emperor must have remembered this affection, and the Shangguan family did get the gift of the new emperor, not only Shangguan Shaoqin himself offset his merits and demerits, exempted from the death penalty, but also received the reward of the official position.

But the problem is that it is not only Shangguan Shaoqin who has been exempted from the death penalty, but even his beloved son Shangguan Beicang has also been spared death.

In this way, the position of the Shangguan family is embarrassing, the offset of merit and demerit does not mean that the past is not to blame, Shangguan Shaoqin is a poor person who was "blinded" by his beloved wife, so he can win some understanding, but Shangguan Beicang is different.

In Shangguan Shaoqin's detention record, it is clearly written that his wife and son committed the mistake together, so Shangguan Beicang is actually guilty.

However, due to the all-out intercession of Qi Yunzhou, the vice president of the academy, Shangguan's family was inevitably despaired, so he specially spared Shangguan Beicang's life.

As a result, the Shangguan family had to accept a tainted heir, and the embarrassing thing was that they had no way to replace the heir, because one of the big reasons why Shangguan Shaoqin was able to get away with it was that he loved this misguided wife deeply, so he finally took on a small sin of ignorance.

After Shangguan Shaoqin was released, he found the academy as soon as possible, and this time he and his senior brother Qi Yunzhou sat opposite each other and drank tea, and the atmosphere was not so harmonious.

"Senior brother is so calculating," Shangguan Shaoqin's eyes were a little cold: "The foundation accumulated by the Shangguan family over the years has been handed away like this." ”

Shangguan Shaoqin has already understood that from the day he was calculated by Qi Yunzhou, the Shangguan family will be finished, and this heir, who is destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame, is absolutely impossible to be "accidental".

So whether he accepts it or not, in the future, the son he dislikes the most will inherit the Shangguan family, and then the whole family is destined to be lost to everyone.

"Senior brother, don't forget that I am the eldest disciple of the teacher, and the teacher's lifelong wish is to hope that the imperial court will no longer be constrained by the family, you want to be the second Chen family, the second Wang family, how can I turn a blind eye to this kind of thing." Qi Yunzhou said with a smile.

"Senior brother is talented, senior brother has resigned." Shangguan Shaoqin didn't want to say more, so he turned around and left after saying goodbye.

After Qi Yunzhou sent Shangguan Shaoqin away, he went to visit Luo Fuzi, and he was resting today, and the other party happened to come to the academy to give a lecture when he had nothing to do, but looking at the trembling expressions of the students below, he thought that this old master was not in a good mood.

"That's all for today."

Seeing Qi Yunzhou outside the door, the old master got up lightly, and the students below breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come with the old man," the old master took Qi Yunzhou to the study, and said, "Shaoqin has been here?" ”

"Yes," Qi Yunzhou said with a smile: "The Shangguan family is irretrievable, and the junior brother must be a little unwilling." ”

Luo Fuzi pondered for a moment and shook his head: "The calculation is too heavy, and God will punish it." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Qi Yunzhou again: "You are the same." ”

Qi Yunzhou bowed down and was taught: "The teacher's good words are remembered by the students." ”

Luo Fuzi nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty mentioned you the day before yesterday, with your ability, it is appropriate to enter the court as an official, and the old man is here today to ask your opinion." ”

Qi Yunzhou refused with a smile: "I also asked the teacher to convey to Your Majesty for the students, Your Majesty is gracious, and the students are grateful, but the students' abilities are limited, and it is not enough to share your Majesty's worries." ”

Luo Fuzi brushed his beard and said: "You must know that the old man is now the Taifu, in the name of the emperor, after the old man resigned from the court and the old man, the disciples who call themselves the old man can get countless benefits, but now——"

"The student knows," Qi Yunzhou said after bowing seriously: "The student is not waiting for the price to sell, but now there are many talents in the court, and the student entering the court is just the icing on the cake, and I hope the teacher will succeed." ”

"That's fine."

Seeing that he insisted, Luo Fuzi stopped persuading, although Qi Yunzhou was his disciple, his morale was never low, and he was even more reluctant to appear in front of people as a white-eyed disciple for the rest of his life, he had his own ambitions.

(End of chapter)