In May, calamus is hung on the doors and windows of every house, and on the fifth day of May every year, the palace is to have a large feast, but because of the snow disaster caused by the cold winter of the past four years, many people are poor and cold and freeze to death, so that although the weather has turned hot at this time, the damage caused by the disaster has not completely passed, and many courtiers headed by Xue Qian have advised the Son of Heaven to advocate frugality and not to celebrate extravagantly.

He Yan is also anxious about the financial matter, and he is on track.

Therefore, on May 5 of this year, there was no banquet in the palace for the first time.

Since the Son of Heaven leads by example, of course, the nobles below will be restrained, and others will be fine, but the most angry person is Xiao Wei, the princess of Yichuan.

"It's so easy to look forward to such a lively festival, and it was time to invite guests and friends with a big banquet, but I didn't know that I was stopped by Xue Qian's old man with a snow disaster! It's too funny, those who freeze to death are nothing more than poor people, who let such delicious and lazy work be incapable of keeping out the cold, and they deserve to die, isn't it just a few more snows, what kind of disaster is it, but the saint believes in this set of rhetoric. ”

The more Xiao Wei thought about it, the more angry she became, but she was waiting for the big banquet on May 5 to sit down and receive the gifts, and she had already started to prepare, I don't know how much vegetables, fruits, meat and dishes were hoarded, but she couldn't hold a banquet because of the example of the Son of Heaven! In the end, the king of Yichuan County is not comparable to several ministers, and his protégés are many old and extensive, even if he does not hold a banquet, there are people who give gifts in private, and Xiao Wei has obviously made a "loss-making" transaction this time.

Angry, Xiao Wei immediately asked people to prepare the car, and wanted to find his brother Wei Yuanping and said-How long do you want to allow Xue and Feng to be arrogant?

Unexpectedly, Wei Yuanping was ordered to enter the palace today, and it was not the Empress Dowager's edict, but to go to the Zichen Hall where the Son of Heaven was.

The angry little Wei "killed" Mao Wei's mansion.

There are holidays on the New Year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although Mao Wei is the prime minister, but since Xie Raoping was demoted, he has become a thorn in the side of the Son of Heaven, and he has to restrain a little, and he generally does not speak much in the political hall, not to mention that he goes to the Zichen Hall to brush up on his sense of existence, so he is really at home on this day, and he is accompanied by a group of Ji family tricks and his subordinates.

But he had to wake up and socialize, and when Xiao Wei was appeased and left, Mao Wei no longer had the interest of indulging in drinking and enjoying himself.

At this moment, He Shaozu rushed to give a gift, because many subordinates had mentioned this name recently, Mao Wei actually felt familiar, and he was immediately positioned as the son-in-law of Fang Da's family.

To say that Fang Daring, it was originally Mao Wei who had to use the trilogy, served for many years before and after the saddle, and because the eldest son married the henchman and maid next to Mrs. Mao, at the suggestion of Mrs. Mao, Mao Wei simply put the family into a good place, and gave the field house to live in peace, and found a job for Fang Daring to mix Yuelu, and later He Shaozu stammered with the family, Fang Daring asked Mao Wei again, but because He Shaozu poisoned Pei Liuniang and made a reputation, and he was just through the Ming Jing into the office, and lived in Jingzhao Pei in the past, With Pei Taifu is both a teacher and a student and a son-in-law, if there is no incident of attempted poisoning, maybe he will be punished, such a person, Mao Wei will not be serious at all, but it is because of Fang Daring's love for many years that he found a solid position for He Shaozu.

For so many years, He Shaozu was not even qualified to step into the Prime Minister's Mansion, let alone Mao Wei's existence.

From the previous year's festival, even if Fang boldly gave gifts, but it was also a festival thing, He Shaozu relied on his little income to not even buy medicine for his own wife, let alone flattery and flattery, so on this day, Mao Wei heard the housekeeper make a special trip to mention He Shaozu to give gifts and ask, and his heart suddenly had doubts.

What kind of person is his housekeeper, how can Mao Wei not know? He will not give those gifts to the head of the family, unless He Shaozu gives this gift is extremely valuable, and he also has a lot of benefits for the housekeeper, this person will be so courteous.

Sure enough, looking at the gift list, those things that should be celebrated are also returned, and there is actually a set of pine smoke ink made by famous families, which is worth a lot of money.

Mao Wei is also a member of the imperial examination, taking the right way, and is also a scribe, for pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other treasures of the study have always been fond, and these are consumables, buy how much is not too much, and He Shaozu today sent this set of twelve ink ingots not only the ink quality is good, the engraved drawings on it are also exquisite, can be described as a boutique.

The housekeeper smiled when he saw the head of the house, his expression was very happy, and he hurriedly said: "He Zhanggu is still waiting to pay tribute to Xiangguo, I don't know if the master will receive it?" ”

Mao Wei only bowed slightly, and the housekeeper immediately understood the signal, and retreated with a smile.

He Shaozu was the first time to formally meet Mao Wei, and he was a little nervous, he followed behind the housekeeper, removed his shoes from the steps, bowed his head and entered the hall, and after a long salute, he heard the word "seated" in a low and dumb voice, and hurriedly sat down on one side, so he dared to raise his eyes.

I saw that the man who was over fifty on the main seat was slightly fat, with a white face and black beard, a pair of bright eyes, broad eyebrows, and a high nose, but his mouth was delicate and small, which slightly damaged his majesty, which was a little out of harmony at first glance.

Similarly, Mao Wei was also looking at the young man who had let his wife get out and run to Danfengmen Street to expose the attempted poisoning in public, only to see that he had a square face, long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he was also a handsome person, so his impression was a little better.

Three or two sentences of questions are right, Mao Wei tasted He Shaozu's elegant words, and the quotations were quite profound, so he bowed his head slightly, and it was really a person who was Ming Jing and the first, no wonder Pei Wei promised to marry his daughter to him, in fact, it was no wonder that He Shaozu was ruthless, if he hadn't acted decisively, wouldn't he have been punished by Pei Zhenglian? It's a pity that he didn't act secretly, and he apothesized that Pei Liuniang got out, and he also made a lot of trouble in the streets, and his reputation was always damaged.

He Shaozu saw that Mao Wei's face was becoming more and more comfortable, and he knew that he was still waiting to see him, but it was not appropriate to talk at length when he met for the first time, because he also stopped selling literary talents in time, and turned to the topic: "Xiangguo, in the next few days, I have the intention to move around with Feng Xiang's recommendation officials, it is under the pretext that the term of office is about to expire, and I want to seek internal officials, I have wasted a lot of thoughts, and finally got the trust of one or two Feng Parties, according to their leaks, it is not difficult to find a job, as long as Feng Xiang is bribed heavily, and Gu Huaien, the inner attendant next to the saint, it is a matter of hand to capture, Xiangguo, Isn't this evidence that Feng Xiang colluded with eunuchs to bribe? ”

originally thought that this news would attract Mao Wei's attention, but what He Shaozu gained was that the other party was full of disapproval.

"If this matter was really important, it wouldn't have been so easy for you to find out!"

He Shaozu was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't say anything about the news that Feng Dang had used to search and flee households to enrich his own pockets.

The corners of Mao Wei's rather beautiful lips twitched slightly, and said darkly: It seems that although this person has a bit of literary talent, in the end, because of the twists and turns in his career, his knowledge is limited.

What kind of handle is bribery, how many Wu courtiers are not greedy at the moment? It is worth taking care of, and only when the greater culpability is revealed, will such minor crimes be investigated together.

However, today I received a set of good ink from He Shaozu, and then I have a good impression of it, thinking that many subordinates have mentioned this person from time to time recently, Mao Wei also thought that He Shaozu still has some scheming means, it is better to give him a chance, the Empress Dowager Hengzhi ordered that the matter must be completed, but he has not yet discussed a plan with the strategists, so it is better to let He Shaozu think about it, if he really has a way, it is a great achievement, not to mention the internal officials, no matter how big the benefit is, it is not a problem.

So Mao Weihe looked at He Shaozu and was depressed for a while, and then said: "There is a person who needs to be placed in Feng Bozhang's mansion, but Feng Bozhang is very alert, Wei Xiangguo planted that ear and eye at the beginning, and let him notice, but this person can never cause Feng Bozhang to be alert, this matter is very important, if it happens, Feng Bozhang will be liquidated!" Is there a way you can make it happen? ”

When He Shaozu heard this, he was so excited that goosebumps broke out on his arms, if he could play a key role in bringing down Feng Bozhang, he would undoubtedly be valued by Mao Xiangguo, and his career would be like a green cloud in the future, what else was there to worry about? But excitement turned into excitement, but he was not carried away, but asked cautiously: "Dare to ask Xiangguo, what is the specific role of this person, and whether he wants to be Feng Xiang's cronies?" ”

"No, just go to the Feng Mansion."

"It's okay if it's an ordinary servant?"

As soon as he heard the word servant, Mao Wei's eyes lit up, and even his chubby body couldn't help but lean forward: "Do you have a way?" ”

"It's a coincidence......"