In Xiao Xiruo's memory, the number one official position in the book has long been divided by major forces.

Among them, the Ministry of Rites belonged to the Hua family, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry were all from the Wang family, and the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment were under the hands of the Xie family and the Li family respectively.

Only this military department has always been a neutral faction.

There is no way, unlike the monstrous power of several other departments, in the nearly 100 years that Beiyi has frequently gone south, the military department has always been a hot potato.

Because they have to manage the frontier army, which they can't afford to mess with.

Therefore, the scenery on the surface is infinite, but in fact, the military department Shangshu who is angry at both ends has changed one stubble after another.

Until the old Shangshu Fangtang appeared.

This person's brain turns very fast, he knows the world well, not to mention, and he has the courage to be upright.

Therefore, whether it is to the family in the court or the generals at the border, he scolds when he opens his mouth, and then gives some benefits to appease and appease after scolding.

After two dynasties, it was not that no one wanted to replace him during this period.

For example, the second master of the Xie family, Xie Hong, the former squire of the military department, has not been on the bench?

But now that there is an explosion case, the substitutes have been laid off, and this old Shangshu is still very popular.

There is no way, because the major forces want him to be neutral more than the military department being controlled by one of the major families.

But who would have thought that this person, who was at odds with the Xiao family in the court and often embarrassed the Xiao family militarily, was actually a secret son of the Xiao family buried in Beijing......

"Hahaha, the eldest lady can have such an expression, it seems that the old man has hidden it well all these years."

Lao Shangshu laughed, and even the other people in the room were happy.

"You probably don't know that the old man's ancestral home is Beiliang, and he taught your father to read when he was young. Grandpa Guo, this person, he was clever when he was a child, and when he saw me, he said that I shouldn't be trapped in that place for a lifetime, and I should go to Beijing to catch the exam. ”

It turned out that the ancestors of the Xiao family had also accumulated some wealth, and they were considered to be big families in Beiliang.

So her grandfather, who went early, wanted her father to study, so that she could gain fame and glory in the future.

However, her father, like her aunt, was not a material for studying, and in the end, she picked up the husband she had recruited with great difficulty, packed her things and went to Beijing to take the exam.

For this reason, her father pulled her aunt, and the two of them took out the private money they had accumulated for a long time and stuffed it into the poor gentleman.

In this way, the young poor gentleman went all the way to Beijing, and although he hit a wall several times, he never forgot the encouragement of his benefactor.

Finally, at the age of thirty, he was admitted to Tanhua.

Since then, he has been able to reach the position of secretary of the military department all the way.

However, the Xiao family, who was far away in Beiliang, had already suffered a catastrophe.

Beiyi went south, Beiliang City was broken, Xiao Rong, the eldest lady of the Xiao family, led people to guard the city gate, and was finally hanged by Yi soldiers on the city tower.

"There are more than 100 members of the Xiao family, except for Grandpa Guo, no one survived. Later, Grandpa Guo always said that he would dream of General Rong, saying that the eldest sister asked him to run, keep running, and never look back no matter what. ”

Speaking of this, Lao Shangshu's eyes were red.

"Miss, your family is a hero. The old lady, General Rong, and the grandfather and the marquis. It is the injustice of this world that has caused the Xiao family to suffer so much. Now that there is your father and brother at the border and you in the capital, we old bones finally have a hope. ”

"Grandpa......"

Fang Rui wiped his tears for his old man and smiled apologetically at Xiao Xiruo.

Xiao Xiruo should have gone to shake the old man's hand, but she was sick, so she really shouldn't get too close to such an old man.

But even so, her eyes were still red under the infection of everyone.

The Xiao family is a springboard for the male protagonist to seal the night cold in the book, a tool family that is really dead for the whole family.

But now, she learned about the heroic past of the Xiao family from these inconspicuous supporting characters in the original text.

No wonder the father and son are bent on guarding the border, it turns out that this is not only their will, but also the inheritance of the family.

In this way, Xiao Xiruo briefly greeted everyone for a while, and then turned the topic to the court.

Today, she is not only to see the Xiao family's secret son, but also to take advantage of the east wind in the middle of the court to make some of her own arrangements.

"What do you mean, Miss, that we can try to compete for the position of Governor of the Forbidden Army?"

Lao Shangshu and Cheng Chao and the others glanced at each other, all showing thoughtful expressions.

Now that the three positions of the secretary of the ministry, the governor of the forbidden army, and the squire of the military department are vacant, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the court.

Let's not talk about the Hua family and the Xie family, there is a high probability that the two parties want to regain their positions, but this time both sides made big mistakes, and it is difficult to say the result under the mutual bite.

However, the eldest princess, who has been silent all along, but is now being targeted, seems to be eyeing these three positions.

"The eldest princess of these three positions is definitely going to be taken away, and their people are all middle- and lower-level officials except for the royal relatives and relatives. Therefore, they are determined to win the position of the secretary of the ministry. But the Queen Mother and King Qi are not stupid, they don't want to see them kill three birds with one stone. ”

Xiao Xiruo took a sip of hot water, and her eyes smiled steadily.

In the original book, the explosion on Chinese New Year's Eve was not so tragic, so only the second master of the Xie family lost the position of the soldier waiter, and the official Shangshu was still Xie Feng.

However, it was the backbite of King Qi's vein, which still bit off Hua Yao, the governor of the forbidden army.

As a result, the eldest princess did not hesitate to take down the two fat shortages, which paved the way for the return of the second male seal.

But now the position has changed from two to three, and the position of Shangshu and the position of the waiter are obviously the first choice for the eldest princess.

After all, there are many remnants of the Flower Party in the forbidden army, and it must be difficult to manage. And the Marquis of Anding has the imperial capital garrison in his hands, and the demand for the forbidden army is definitely not as urgent as the position of Shangshu and Shilang.

"The Governor of the Forbidden Army is indeed their third choice, and an opportunity for us. But Niangniang, these people don't want the eldest princess to swallow three in one vein, I'm afraid they won't give us the Xiao family, right? ”

Cheng Chao's words expressed the worries of everyone present.

But Xiao Xiruo was not in a hurry and said:

"We sent two people to fight, Cheng Kang and Fang Rui. One represents the Xiao family, and the other represents neutrality. Cheng Kang can't do it, don't we still have Fang Rui? Besides, what if it doesn't work out? What do we have to lose? ”

Xiao Xiruo's words simply spoke to the hearts of Fang Tang and others.

That's right, they really don't have anything to lose.

Take a gamble, what if it happens?

The meeting lasted for an hour, during which Xiao Xiruo also chatted with another shadow, and had some new ideas in her mind.

Therefore, by the time she returned to the temporary palace, the moon had already climbed the top of the mountain.

From afar, she saw Shen Mian standing in front of the door of the sealed room, his face cloudy.

Xu is the reason why she learned [Ling Bo Treading Snow], and her perception ability is also much stronger than before.

Therefore, she could clearly feel the disordered, shockingly large internal force fluctuations in the room.