At this time, He Shikai had been escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market, and the prisoner car made of wood was driving in the alleys of Yecheng, passing through countless pavilions and pavilions when passing by, and every brick and tile seemed to be the same as more than ten years ago, and had never changed.

He remembered that when he first came to Yecheng, his son of a merchant was surging in his heart against the magnificent Yecheng.

At that time, his father told him that he had bought official positions for He Shikai and his younger brothers, and that from now on the He family would no longer be lowly merchants, and the He family would take root in this Yecheng.

At that time, the younger brothers were ignorant, only he quietly echoed his father's thoughts in his heart, he and Shikai, from now on, he will no longer be a businessman, he will become a master in this Yecheng!

So he studied poetry and books hard, but later he found that this was not of much use, and the dignitaries did not appreciate you because of how outstanding your talent was, nor because of how capable you were, but whether they appreciated you or not, only by how much filial piety you could give them. So even if he and Shikai are full of talent, it is useless, some people lose at the starting line from the beginning, no matter how hard he and Shikai work, in the end they are still scolded as businessmen.

From the very beginning, he hated the injustice of the world, hated why God did not favor him so much, hated his father...... Why a businessman......

He vowed to become that man one day. Maybe God finally began to favor him, that year in Yecheng he met Gao Zhan, a noble man born with a golden spoon, Gao Zhan likes to hold the lance, he does not sleep every day to practice holding the lance, Gao Zhan loves to listen to music, so he practiced the pipa every day, until his hands bleed and he was unconscious. He knew everything about Gao Zhan, and he knew that Gao Zhan didn't like to listen to people persuade him to be diligent in government, so he did the opposite and got something new and interesting to please Gao Zhan. Every time Gao Zhan frowned, he could guess what Gao Zhan was thinking, he knew that Gao Zhan hated Gao Yang and Gao Yan, and he also knew that Gao Zhan seemed to be iron-blooded and ruthless, but his heart was very fragile, he had to coax Gao Zhan and follow Gao Zhan......

In this way, he gained trust step by step, rose to prominence in the court, and slowly rose to a high position under Gao Zhan's protection arrangement. He is corrupt and perverts the law, he messes with the harem, but he has nothing to fear, because behind him stand the three most noble people in the world, what is he afraid of?

Empress Dowager Hu had an affair with herself, Gao Zhan blindly trusted him, and as for Gao Wei...... That is an unsuccessful child, cautious and cowardly, self-esteem but extremely inferior, always feeling that he is not as good as his younger brothers, and he is afraid that Gao Zhan will abolish him that day and end up like Gao Yin and Gao Bainian. Isn't such a successor to the throne the best puppet? So He Shikai supported him, made Gao Zhan care about him all the time, and persuaded Gao Zhan to alienate Gao Yan, the sharp-edged king of Langya.

In the end, Cushman & Wakefield won the big position as he wished, he thought that he would have peace of mind in this life, who would have thought ...... Who would have thought!

The monk was in a trance all the way, rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves were thrown all over his face, but he didn't have a trace of consciousness, his mind seemed to be empty, he just thought: "When did Gao Wei kill me?" Why didn't I notice it before? Could it be that he was afraid, weak, and cowering in the past...... Are they all pretended? ”

In a trance, he was escorted to the execution ground, and below him were faces glaring at him, it seemed that all the people in Ye City had come, to see him and Shikai being beheaded and thrown into the wilderness, looking at their angry looks, they couldn't wait to eat him, even if they were thrown into the wilderness, they would be chopped into meat sauce, right? He laughed dumbly, how could he care about the anger of these ants at this point? It's just death......

The guillotine was slowly pulled up, and a peaceful smile gradually appeared in the eyes of the priest, and he couldn't tell whether it was relief or madness......

As the rope tied to the guillotine was cut, the huge guillotine slammed down, and the body was cut into two pieces in the exclamation of everyone......

Half of Kazukai's body writhed in pain a few times, and then died completely.

The crowd roared with cheers like a landslide and tsunami.

In the boiling crowd, a tall and richly dressed young man stood quietly in the crowd, the look in his eyes was uncertain, there were doubts and ridicule. After a long time, he sighed slightly, and then got into the carriage not far behind him: "Let's go home", in the carriage, the young man sat quietly, feeling the bustling crowd outside the car, and quietly clenched his fists.

A trace of catkins-like snow slowly drifted down, sticking to the puddle of blood on the ground, slowly melting into the red of the place, and gradually indistinguishing from each other......

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Gao Wei had just announced his departure from the court, and before he could relax, Xiao Luzi reported: "The Prime Minister is here." ”

There were two prime ministers in Northern Qi. One left and one right, the left prime minister Hu Luguang garrisoned troops on the border to defend the Northern Zhou and Turks, so the prime minister mentioned here can naturally only be the right prime minister Zhao Yanshen.

Zhao Yanshen is in his sixties, and he is thin and only has a handful of old bones left, and his spirit looks very good. The drooping gray eyebrows and beard often shake when they speak, and they look quite happy. However, no one dares to underestimate Zhao Yanshen, who can be said to be one of the pillars of the court of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Zhao Yanshen is a very strong person, he met Situ Cui Guang when he was ten years old, and Cui Guang spoke highly of him: "The ancients could know a person by looking at a person's eyes, and this child's future achievements are limitless." "He used to be a humble guest in Sima Ziru's house, and later when Gao Huan was in Jinyang, he asked Sima Ziru for two small officials, one of which was Zhao Yanshen, Zhao Yanshen was promoted by Gao Huan to join the army as the prime minister of Cao Cao, in charge of a lot of secrets, he was cautious, and he always tried to be perfect in the things he explained.

In addition to Zhao Yanshen's high prestige in the court, there is also Gao Zhan's attitude, although Gao Zhan is old and faint, but Gao Zhan is just messy in his private life, and he is still not confused in terms of employment. Although in his eyes, He Shikai can be regarded as very capable, but he also understands very well that this court, Heshikai can't play, and it has to be Zhao Yanshen to be weighty, so let a villain blow the wind on the pillow, the position under Zhao Yanshen's ass is still thunderous.

Zhao Yanshen stood still in front of Gao Wei, saluted and said, "The old minister sees Your Majesty'......"

Gao Wei had a good impression of Zhao Yanshen, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Yanshen up, and said with a smile: "Is there anything wrong with the Prime Minister looking for me?" ”

Zhao Yan smiled respectfully and said, "It's not a big deal, the old minister just thinks that the emperor has forgotten something......

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Zhao Yanshen was very satisfied with Gao Wei's modest and amiable attitude, and there was a hint of approval in his old eyes, and he said: "The emperor has just sent all the monks and the party to prison, so how to fill the positions left by these sinners?" ”

Zhao Yanshen's reminder made Gao Wei suddenly remember that he had just patronized the method of fighting with the Empress Dowager Hu, but a very critical step was missed, that is, to fill the vacant position left by the Heshikai party.

As soon as the monk fell today, the lackeys under his door were also imprisoned, and almost half of the middle and lower-level officials in the court fell, what a fat! How could the old people party of the East Palace headed by Lu Lingxuan and the party of relatives led by Hu Changren let go of this opportunity to quickly strengthen themselves? Later, they will definitely enter the palace one after another to find Cushman and Wakefield to open a "grievance conference" to ask for a place. Although these people are no different from Hutchikai, these people are still his reliance before Cushman William's political prestige is established. If they open their mouths to "promote" some of their own people to the top of the position, will they agree or not?

The ginger is really still old and spicy...... Zhao Yan thought too deeply! Gao Wei showed a look of approval, pulled Zhao Yanshen over, and quietly stuffed a note to Zhao Yanshen, and said: "I'm ashamed, I have only circled such a few people I like in the past few days, and the remaining number of places can be discussed with Lord Taiwei himself, and I can leave a few inconsequential positions to deal with them......"

Zhao Yanshen glanced at it hurriedly, and saw that these people on Gao Wei's list were all officials who usually had good official reputations and political achievements, and looked at Gao Wei again, and said, "It turns out that the emperor has already made a decision...... Haha, it's the old minister who is too worried, Your Majesty can rest assured, the old minister will definitely arrange the things that Your Majesty has explained properly......"

I saw Zhao Yanshen acting like a trick, and took out a small note from his cuff, which was densely filled with names, and said: "This is some of the lists recorded by the old ministers, all of whom angered He Shikai and the Queen Mother and were expelled from Beijing...... The old minister wrote down their names one by one, just so that one day he would have the opportunity to call them all back, so he carried them with him day and night......"

This old courtier has spent half his life on the empire, and it is hard to imagine how such an old minister is desperate to watch the empire he participated in building become more and more corrupted under the corruption of villains, but he still sticks to his post conscientiously...... Gao Wei's eyes were a little moist, and he said:

"The prime minister came with me, and I directly stamped the big seal on the list...... This empire has begun to decay, and there are countless moths in the Manchu Dynasty, and I sometimes can't tell whether these courtiers are loyal or disloyal to me and Daqi, but I know the loyalty of the prime minister. ”

The old prime minister has seen countless ups and downs in his life, and his will is extremely firm, but at this moment, his eyes were red for Gao Wei's words, and he said: "Your Majesty has a good reputation...... How can the old minister ......?"

"Cheng is quite affordable......" Gao Wei held his thin palm full of calluses and old age spots, "Prime Minister doesn't need to say any more, it's better to hurry up and get down to business......"

Zhao Yanshen wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said again and again: "Yes, yes, the business is important, the business is important, the business is important......"

Then he followed Gao Wei into the Zhaoyang Palace, watched Gao Wei personally copy the list, arrange the post, and then stamp it with a big seal and hand it over to Zhao Yanshen. A stone in Zhao Yanshen's heart fell to the ground, and the whole person was much more relaxed, laughing at himself:

"The minister is actually selfish, the minister is old, and sometimes he feels powerless when dealing with government affairs, so he thinks that there are a few capable people who can help the minister share it...... But there are people like Shikai below, and the ministers are really tired...... Now, when these people return to Beijing, Lao Chen will soon be able to relax and relax......"

Gao Wei said with a smile: "The prime minister made such a joke again, according to me, the prime minister is in good spirits, and even I envy it when I see it." At least you can live another twenty or thirty years, right? The prime minister is not allowed to pick a son, and I will wait until I am eighty years old to approve the prime minister to return to his hometown. ”

Zhao Yanshen also shook his head and smiled: "How few centenarians in this world ......"

The two laughed and talked for a while, and Gao Wei said: "According to the prime minister, what fatal ills do I have in Daqi now?" The prime minister has been in charge for many years, and there must be someone who can guide me. ”