After Old Man Zhang stepped down from the position of the envoy of the Jingying Festival, he was only left with the errand of the governor of the Chinese army.

But in front of the British Mansion, there is never a shortage of people who come to visit and ask for help.

After all, the old man still has Fengtian Yiyun, Tui Cheng Xuanli, Wuchen, British Gong, Taishi, Zuo Zhuguo, and Doctor Tejin Guanglu...... and so on, the first martial minister of Daxia who is the first in the Eight Classics, and a person who is so muddy as the pardon lord does not dare to be presumptuous in front of this.

The carriage creaked forward, and the people who were originally blocking the gate of the British Mansion gave way one after another.

The man guarding the carriage jumped off his horse, and the people around him greeted him.

"Good morning Yongfeng Bo~"

"Meet Uncle~"

"Good morning from the third master~"

Jia Cong bowed his head in response, but did not speak to the men.

The curtain of the carriage had been lifted, Daiyu was wearing a light green skirt, a little powder, and after Jia Cong helped her out of the carriage, she smiled and nodded to those who saluted her.

Then the two came to the closed door of the British Mansion, and were about to knock on the door, when the side door was opened, revealing a childish little face.

"Zhang Cheng greets His Royal Highness, good morning to the third brother."

It is estimated that it came out in a hurry, and the range of salutation was larger, and the little radish head almost tripped over the threshold.

Jia Cong scooped it up, pinched the man's chubby face, and introduced Daiyu with a smile: "He is the old man's favorite little grandson, Zhang Cheng, the only son of Zhang Sanye." His mother, Sister Lin, must have heard of it, and the daughter of Mr. Ning An ......"

Daiyu's eyes instantly had stars, and she looked at the little radish head with a blazing look: "I know, it's everyone Shen!" ”

Mr. Shen Ji of Ning'an, famous for lyrics, music and drama, was also quite accomplished in the imperial examination, and was an official to Taichang Temple Shaoqing during the Zhaowu period.

Later, because he didn't like officialdom, he gave the official to return to his hometown to concentrate on opera.

But these are not his crowning achievements, his crowning achievement is to teach a legendary woman.

Shen Ji's daughter, Shen Jingxiu, a famous talented woman in Wujiang, once defeated Nanzhili's Yiying talent in all aspects of poetry, calligraphy, painting, piano and drama as a woman, and was known as Shen everyone.

When everyone thought that this talented girl would marry into a certain scholarly family, she actually met by chance, and the third son, who had the most non-existent sense of existence in the British government, looked at each other, and married into the Zhang family, a military family, which stunned the world.

Jia Cong didn't know the details of the original situation very well, but occasionally heard his father mention that his grandfather had thought about hiring a young man to marry Shen Cainu for his second uncle, and he didn't want to be preempted by Old Man Zhang......

Zhang Cheng was only seven years old, pretending to be a little adult, and greeted the two of them into the door with a bang, and the door was closed again, and he didn't forget to explain it to the two.

"Isn't it about to recruit students from the Martial Arts Academy, and recently many people who want to go from my grandfather have come to my house to give gifts......

I see!

Jia Cong thought of the greeting post he had recently received, as well as the salutes piled up in the warehouse, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

No wonder the lord is in a good mood, and there are a lot of treasures in the account, can he be in a bad mood?

As for embezzlement and bribery...... Oh, the pardon lord has always only accepted gifts and does nothing, what kind of corruption is it?

Who told you to give me pardon?

"My husband is really honest and honest......"

"Just what your father's muddy boy did, it didn't give the old man a headache. I accepted so many people's gifts, and pushed all of them to the old man, and I didn't see him give me half of it. ”

As he was talking, Zhang Yue had already walked over and slapped Jia Cong's shoulder, making him grin.

"Hey, hey, hey, old man, take it easy, I'm still a child, it's easy to grow up like this~"

Don't look at the old man who is over seventy, but he has a lot of strength, and he doesn't lose to the young man at all.

Daiyu bowed down before the old man was about to salute, and the number of etiquette was so comprehensive that she couldn't find the slightest mistake or omission when she invited the people from the Ministry of Rites.

"Good morning, old man~"

"Your Highness is very polite, and I invite Your Highness into the house, the old minister just received the new tea in the south, His Royal Highness was born in Jiangnan, and he happened to taste and taste."

Several people sat in the front hall of the British Mansion, and the fragrance of tea was overflowing, which made people feel extremely comfortable.

After talking about the tea ceremony for a while, Jia Cong led the topic to the prince's marriage.

Zhang Yue had already calculated in his heart, and his face was solemn.

"Jia Cong, the old man told the truth, it is not a good thing for the daughter of the Zhang family to enter the palace. This sentence, the old man told His Majesty, and also told the sage, I think that your father was also very opposed to the entry of the virtuous concubine into the palace back then, and you should be able to understand the old man's thoughts. ”

Daiyu and Jia Cong glanced at each other, and the two sighed almost at the same time.

Yuan Chun's entry into the palace was calculated, and the Jia family, as the top martial artist in Great Xia, took the path of a relative, and there were too many taboos.

The Jia family is like this, and the Zhang family is the same, but this time is different from the past......

Jia Cong arched his hand and said, "Old man, the younger generation knows your scruples. But today's Great Xia is different from the past, Great Xia needs a princess who was born in martial arts, and in the future, it needs a queen who can speak for military generals. As for the taboo of relatives, it is no longer relevant to the future of Wu Xun. ”

The reason is very simple, the time has come for Great Xia to open up to the outside world, if the future queen of the middle palace is from Wenchen, won't the military generals have no backup in the palace?

Don't underestimate the pillow wind, even if the prince looks like a virtuous gentleman now, if he is blown in his ears too much, he may not be able to use literature to control military force again.

The old man opened his mouth, but finally only let out a long sigh and shook his head bitterly.

"The old man doesn't know the truth, but the walls of the Forbidden City are high and the courtyard is deep, and the old man really doesn't want the six girls to go to that place."

After a lifetime of ups and downs, Zhang Yue has long seen through the world situation in the court and the palace.

The British government does not need to exchange women for power, but the British government is the face of the Great Xia military commanders, and he Zhang Yue, as the head of the Great Xia military generals, has enjoyed the support of the military ministers for decades, so he should pay a certain sacrifice for the future of the military.

For example, let the six girls enter the palace to increase the prestige of the military and guard against possible threats in the harem.

It's not about self-interest, it's about the needs of the times.

There are only a few families who are qualified to enter the palace instead of the military, the Zhang family of the British Mansion, the Jia family of the Ningrong Mansion, and the Niu family of the Zhenguo Mansion.

Lao Niu's family is all calves, and the only daughter married early. The Jia family has already produced a virtuous concubine who is the head of the four concubines, even if the Jia family is willing, the second saint is not willing!

Now, then, only the British government is the most suitable.

Zhang Yue expressed his stance to the two saints twice before, and the two saints were silent, and he already understood that there was no way to escape from this matter, and sure enough, ......

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes a play? Is that drama going to enter the palace? The Zhang family can let the six girls enter the palace, but that drama must die! ”

The iron and blood of the first person in the military instantly filled the entire front hall, and even Jia Cong, a fierce general on the battlefield, couldn't help but shudder.

He was sure that if Miss Zhang Liu entered the palace, that Fengxian dared to have the slightest intention of entering the palace, and the soldiers of the old Zhang family would definitely chop her into countless pieces of minced meat and feed it to the dogs.

Fortunately, he persuaded the prince yesterday, otherwise if he didn't wait for the second saint to make a move, the old man would definitely send someone to send the phoenix fairy girl to heaven.

Don't say that human life is greater than the sky, the old Zhang family will never let the prince's Bai Yueguang serve the same husband with his daughter.

"You always put away the murderous energy, that girl will leave the capital soon, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked the junior to find a good family for that girl, your boss can rest assured."

Zhang Yue's eyes shrank when he heard this, and he smiled.

"This is your kid's idea, you actually want to come up with a delaying plan, Li Dai Taostiff let that girl change her identity to enter the palace? Aren't you afraid that there will be another disaster of the Zhen family in Great Xia? ”

Yes? What!

Jia Cong hurriedly explained: "I misunderstood my husband, can't you look down on the kid when you are old?" You have said the disaster of the Zhen family, where will the kid not be clear? The lessons of the previous car are not far away, and the kid is not confused to the point of mistaking righteousness with petty feelings. Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, he already knows how to choose, otherwise he would not have let the boy come to you. ”

"Old man, what Brother Cong said is true. This matter has been reported to the saint, and the saint is watching, and the imperial brother will never disobey the saint. ”

Perhaps Daiyu was more convincing to the old man, and after nodding, he called a maid.

"In this case, His Royal Highness can talk to the old man's daughter-in-law and granddaughter about this matter, and as for whether this matter is successful or not, the old man will discuss it with Yongfeng Bo."

Having said that, Daiyu can already be sure that the future crown princess is decided.

It's just that the old man wants to discuss the exchange of interests with Jia Cong, and it is not convenient to talk about this matter in front of her.

After Daiyu left, Zhang Yue's eyes became even more fierce.

He snorted coldly and reprimanded: "You kid is also a clever person, why do you have to get involved in this matter?" Even if you want to let my six girls enter the palace, it shouldn't be you who mention it. When it's time to avoid suspicion, even if you offend someone, you have to avoid suspicion. Are all the people in the Ministry of Rites dead? I want you to open your mouth......"

Jia Cong looked aggrieved and smashed his mouth.

"Old man, the kid still has an official of the Ministry of Rites, have you forgotten?"

This time he choked the old man, he really forgot about several errands on the kid in front of him, not only the Ministry of Works, who was in charge of firearms research and development, but also the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of diplomatic colonization.

I only heard Jia Cong continue: "To be honest, I didn't plan to get involved in this matter at the beginning, but the sage reminded me...... He Laoqi and Zongzheng Temple of the Ministry of Rites are planning to pick in the homes of civil officials. ”

"This has nothing to do with right or wrong, it's just that their future development of Great Xia is contrary to the interests of our generals, and most of the civil servants in the court have secretly opposed the foreign colonization plan......

"If I don't fight for us first, old man, tell me which side has the greater advantage?"

Jia Cong explained the reason in one breath, and showed his grievances by the way.

It's a pretty fucked thing, the fight between the civil and military has actually never stopped, but it's still under control.

Jia Cong was born in a family of martial arts, but he was a member of the civil service of the sixth yuan and the first.

He didn't want to get involved from the beginning, but the two saints wanted him to handle the prince's wedding.

Dai Quan personally passed on the meaning of the sage master, and asked Jia Cong to choose the best choice for the future development of the dynasty.

The best choice is, of course, the daughter of a military general, and the family that best represents the military.

After all, Great Xia is about to fully open up colonization to the outside world, and the power of military generals will be unprecedentedly expanded, and the trust of the royal family is crucial.

pick and choose, and the six girls of the British Mansion mentioned by the Queen Mother are the most suitable.

The old and the young, stared at each other with big eyes, and finally smiled helplessly.

"Forget it, the children and grandchildren have their own lives, and the old man has an old bone, and he can worry about when he will go."

Zhang Yue sighed again, and then solemnly said to Jia Cong: "But you have to promise the old man one thing......

Jia Cong secretly said in his heart, and said: "You always say, as long as the younger generation can do it, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire......"

"You don't have to go up the knife mountain or go down to the sea of fire, the old man wants you to make a promise......

……

Daiyu was left in the British Mansion by Mrs. Zhang and the third lady Shen, saying that the Shen family and Lin Shixian hated to meet late, and they wanted to talk about poetry in the mansion, and they only returned in the evening.

Jia Cong got the message from the old man, and left first to enter the palace to report to the emperor and the prince.

The carriage was slowly northward, and Jia Cong sat in the carriage and recalled Zhang Yue's request.

"The old man wants you Jia Cong to protect the position of the six girls in the main palace cannot be taken away!"

Old man Zhang is not at ease with the prince, but it is understandable, who told the prince to have a white moonlight?

The old Liu family is full of love, the Emperor Taishang has a concubine Zhen, His Majesty the Emperor has a cinnabar mole of the Empress Yuan, and the prince has a white moonlight phoenix fairy girl......

It's really stronger than the generation, and it just makes the grandfather of Taishi Guo unconfident.

"Hey, you've pinned your hopes on me, a hairy boy, you still don't believe in the influence of the British government!"

Jia Cong couldn't help but complain, and after the carriage stopped, he walked down and swaggered into the palace gate.

Soon he came to the front of the Qinzheng Palace, but he was confronted by the old man He Yaomin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and after the two looked at each other, they were like thunder and fire, bursting out with sparks.

"Yo, Uncle Yongfeng was so busy yesterday, he didn't take a leave to rest at home, why did he come to the palace?"

"That's enough, if you want to ask something, you can just open your mouth, and I'm not not going to say it...... The person of the crown princess has been chosen, I just came from the British Mansion, so the lord of the ministry should go and prepare early. ”

"You ......"

He Yaomin's heart chuckled, and soon turned into a helpless and bitter smile.

"Sure enough, no wonder the old man proposed several candidates, and His Majesty rejected them all. The old man should have understood that the master of the harem of the next generation must be born in a family of military generals. ”

Jia Cong bowed his head: "It's good to settle down early, we are about to officially compete with the West for overseas, and if we have the hearts of the generals, the DPRK and China can also select and send people as soon as possible to lead the troops to set off." ”

"That's ......"

When talking about the right thing, He Yaomin immediately put aside that trace of worry and worry, and solemnly bowed his hand to Jia Cong: "Since the matter of the East Palace has been decided, Uncle Yongfeng should come back early to preside over the affairs of the West." Nie Chaoyi is still a little immature, and let him be alone in the main and guest Qing Officials Division, and the old man is always a little uneasy. ”

Jia Cong returned the salute and said: "Xiaguan understands, don't worry, those Yiren can't make any big waves, and when Xiaguan finishes dealing with the affairs of the East Palace, he will go back to the Ministry of Rites." ”

……

After listening to Jia Cong's report, the father and son in the Qinzheng Hall had different thoughts.

The emperor was very satisfied with the response of the British government, and the mood of the crown prince Liu Hong was much more complicated.

"Your Majesty, since the old man of England has already responded to this family matter, the minister thinks that it is better to settle this matter as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

Jia Cong bowed down and finished speaking, and deliberately glanced at Liu Hong with a complicated expression on the side.

The emperor understood what Jia Cong meant, and glared at his son with some hatred, nodded and said, "What you said is right, I will issue an order to the Ministry of Rites and let them prepare for the wedding." Hong'er, Hong'er......"

Syllable~

The emperor slapped his unrelenting son, and said angrily: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, you go and change into regular clothes, and let Jia Cong accompany you to the British Mansion to visit the old man, and by the way, take a look at your daughter-in-law!" ”

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That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow, good night!

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