Although Chang'an City does not have a door facing the sea, it is already in full bloom in early spring.

The children of the powerful families, with all kinds of orchids and slingshots on their backs, went to the suburbs in groups of three or five to shoot chickens and birds.

Those who came to the east of the city to send off their friends, and those who went to the cemetery in the south of the city to sweep the tombs, naturally there was no shortage of them, and there was an endless stream of them.

What Luoyang relatives and friends ask each other, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot and other poems, but also from time to time into the ears of passers-by.

Not only that, in order to adapt to the increasingly fierce "market economy" in Chang'an, the manor houses of the powerful landlords in the suburbs have also been converted into "farmhouses" for the dignitaries and nobles living in Chang'an City to live temporarily, and make a small profit by collecting rent.

Candidates from all over the world who are studying and preparing for the exam around Chang'an also gather together every once in a while to recite poems. One by one, their hearts are higher than the sky, and they look forward to their lives being higher than the sky.

All in all, all of this seems to be a scene of vitality and competition.

Since the magnates of Chang'an City are accustomed to going out outside the city, they are chic and happy. So how could Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty who has always prided himself as "the most playful" and the most fun-loving, be bored in Xingqing Palace and not go out!

Early in the morning, Brother Ji took Gao Lishi and asked Fang Youde to bring a battalion of elite of the Shence Army to camp near Baqiao in the east of Chang'an City. Brother Ji, who is not old-hearted, also called a few well-behaved emperors and grandsons on weekdays to form a team to play polo with the soldiers selected from the Shence Army.

That's right, although Brother Ji doesn't like all his sons anymore, he still has some feelings for his grandchildren, that is, the legendary "intergenerational relatives".

Many of these soldiers were excellent horsemen and good at playing polo. However, Brother Ji commanded Ruoding, and led a group of emperors and grandsons to beat the other party to the point of losing their armor, and did not even score a single goal, so it was naturally a big victory!

Those polo masters who sweep thousands of armies on weekdays have no enemy in front of Ji Ge.

It's a pity that although the polo skills of Brother Ji's grandchildren are still reasonable, they are not playing well today, and they basically rely on Brother Ji to support the scene alone, and he has become the most beautiful boy on the court.

The horse passed like the wind, and it was as fast as lightning. If you don't look closely, outsiders still think that Brother Ji is only forty years old on a horse.

Rao is like this, after a polo game, Ji Ge is also too tired to move, lying on a special cushion like a dead dog, smelling the fragrance of wild flowers on the grass.

Gao Lishi sat on his knees very attentively to help him wipe his sweat, while Fang Youde stood aside, quietly frowning slightly and observing the surroundings, but he didn't even say a word.

At this moment, a post guard of the post station in the east of the city galloped over on a fast horse, and was immediately taken to Li Longji by the guards of the Shence Army.

"Lux, I won polo today, and I have a reward."

Brother Ji lazily pointed to the messenger and said.

"Thank you, saints!"

The postman was overjoyed, and fell to his knees and gave thanks.

He was ordered to deliver the letter to the palace, but when he went out, he heard that the holy car was nearby, so he didn't go directly to the palace, but found it directly.

Not to mention running a little less, I didn't expect there to be a reward, it can be said that Qin Shihuang touched the wire and won the hemp.

After sending away the post guards, Ji Ge retreated from everyone, leaving only Fang Youde and Gao Lishi to discuss secrets.

"Read it, who wrote the letter?"

Brother Ji asked weakly, still recalling the thrill of hitting a fatal shot on the polo field before!

On the court, he seemed to be still a young man chasing the wind back then, but lying on the ground felt that he was old.

"The saint is the acting envoy of Longyou Jiedu, Fang Guozhong, that is, the son of Fang Quanzhong."

Gao Lishi glanced meaningfully at Fang Youde, who was expressionless beside him, and said cautiously.

"Sage, that Weichen avoids it."

Hearing that this letter was written by Fang Chongyong, Fang Youde hurriedly saluted Brother Ji and said.

"Oh, no, it's okay to listen to it. Lux, don't be taboo, read it. ”

Brother Ji turned over, supported his chin with his left hand, and looked at the grass not far away full of unknown white wildflowers, a beautiful spring day.

Gao Lishi had no choice but to finish Fang Chongyong's belief as it was, not only that, but after reading it, he also added: "Fang Guozhong's handwriting is good." ”

Fang Chongyong said several things in the letter.

The first thing was that Longyou was in arrears, and the An People's Army mutinied. As for the other things that the armies were about to move, not a word was mentioned.

The second thing is that Du Hope is seriously ill and can no longer serve as the envoy of Longyoujie, and is now on his way back to Chang'an.

The third thing is that Fang Chongyong himself, as a poster, temporarily took the post of envoy of Longyou Jiedu, and began to deal with the problem of arrears of salaries in Longyou's army.

In response to these three things, Fang Chongyong also proposed solutions to Ji Ge and the imperial court.

The first measure is to suggest that the imperial court issue a secret decree to pardon the soldiers who mutinied in the Anren Army. This matter should be handled in a low-key manner, and should not go through the official channels of the government, so as not to make it known to everyone in the end. And it is required to deal with only the first evil, not to investigate the rest, and to reduce the impact on the military system of Longyou as much as possible.

The second measure is to suggest that the imperial court prepare 200,000 silk and quickly transport it to Lanzhou to hoard it in case of emergency. The winter clothes that were in arrears in previous years should also be made up as soon as possible in the future, so as to stabilize the reputation of the imperial court in the border towns.

The third measure is not to appoint a formal envoy to the right side of Longyou for the time being, and after he has dealt with these things and recruited the soldiers of the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army, the imperial court will send someone to officially take over the Right Army of Longyou, so as not to cause unclear rights and responsibilities.

If the first two are still general operations, then the third article shows Fang Chongyong's political responsibility.

I took over the matter, and after I dealt with it, I will leave the cleaned up stall to the next one, and I will never dump the pot before the matter is finished. The problems left over from my tenure are all my own, and I don't find fault with others.

As for Longyou's empty salary, the martyr turned into a deserter, Wang Tian's father Wang Sijing is Li Heng's henchmen and other bullshit, Fang Chongyong didn't mention a word.

After the belief was over, Li Longji and Fang Youde looked at each other, the former didn't understand how things could have happened like this, and the latter was secretly worried about the changes in the border army.

"The powerful children of Chang'an are walking around in the suburbs at the moment, hugging Orchid and talking nonsense. And Fang Guozhong is only twenty years old, but he can already take charge on his own, in comparison, he is judged.

I am dozens of princes, it is better to be loyal to your son! ”

Li Longji sighed with emotion, so frightened that Fang Youde hurriedly confessed.

Brother Ji waved his hand disappreciably, and the other party Youde continued: "How do you think you should deal with the matter of Longyou? ”

Hearing Brother Ji's question, Fang Youde also sighed with emotion: "The minister is not a son, he has already said everything he can say. Even if he went to Longyou in person, what he did was nothing more than that. Weichen didn't know what to say, so he asked the sage to decide. ”

"Then let Yang Shenjin get more silk and send it to Lanzhou.

Fang Guozhong asked for 200,000 silk, and I gave him 400,000 silk, so I can't chill the hearts of those who do things. In addition, he opened the three divisions of the mansion and gave him a manor in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an.

Lux, let Gonu send an official document to commend Fang Guozhong for his diligence in Longyou, and send a eunuch to send a few catties of pepper over to let him eat mutton happily. ”

Brother Ji looked at the other letter in his hand that read "Enlightened by the saint himself", and said to Gao Lishi quietly.

After speaking, he asked Fang Youde to gather the guards of the Shence Army, and asked Gao Lishi to deliver the message, while he sat in the carriage back to the city to read the letter.

After reading the ten lines at a glance, Brother Ji was a little confused, so he went back and read it word by word, and suddenly realized that he was amazed!

After being silent for a long time, Brother Ji couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, and said to himself very regretfully: "It would be good if Guozhong was born thirty years earlier." ”

……

Five days later, Zheng Shuqing, the nominal county magistrate of Xingyang County, rushed to Chang'an non-stop after receiving the holy order, and even two stagecoaches were killed on the road!

He didn't even ride in a carriage, but rode a horse day and night, and even the heralds who delivered emergency military information were not as fast as him.

Seeing the Chunming Gate where people in Chang'an City were coming, Uncle Zheng was in tears, and the excitement in his heart was beyond words.

I don't know if the county order is not official, this wave of "masochistic journey" is finally over!

Whether it is being a local assassin, or being a Zhongcheng or Jingzhao Mansion Yin in the center of Chang'an, these official positions are several orders of magnitude higher than those of the district and county orders.

Well, the county order is the county order, and it is also an official after all.

But when Zheng Shuqing was demoted to the place, he found that he was nothing! Not to mention the county order, he is not even an official at this time! Even non-rogue officials can't compare!

This is not a description, but a true portrayal of his own situation after "returning to his hometown".

Although nominally he still holds the official position of the county order, in fact, the government affairs of Xingyang County are exercised by the chief secretary of Xingyang County, and Zheng Shuqing has nothing to do at all.

The imperial court was worried that there would be chaos in the local area, and specially sent an official document to Xingyang County. The above is clear: Zheng Shuqing is a mascot who "recuperates with peace of mind", don't listen to his nonsense. You can do whatever you want to do on weekdays, and don't even let him touch the seal of the county order.

Brother Ji's meaning is also very simple: Didn't you say that you resigned due to illness? That's okay, let's just recuperate in your hometown, the affairs of the court have nothing to do with you.

Afraid that Lao Zheng would fish in troubled waters, Brother Ji also asked Li Linfu to send a letter to the local area, and the analysis was clear, for fear that outsiders would not know that Zheng Shuqing had completely cooled.

This is the eye medicine of the "neutralists" who are jumping on both sides.

Loyalty is not absolute, absolutely disloyal!

If you want to be neutral, then you can stay neutral at home!

For Zheng Shuqing, who is addicted to being an official, letting him be idle is worse than killing him.

Although Zheng Shuqing can still maintain a "breezy" character in front of outsiders, and it seems that he doesn't care at all about resigning and going home, but in fact, he has already regretted his intestines!

If you are too reluctant in the officialdom, you will also bump into ghosts! Zheng Shuqing's wave is a typical "smart but clever mistake".

The status of the Zheng family in Xingyang has been declining since Wu Zhou, and Zheng Shuqing is already one of the rare card figures of the Zheng family.

Yu Shi Zhongcheng is even the biggest official of the Zheng family in the court!

It is precisely because of the official that Lao Zheng can wantonly squander the wealth given to him by the Zheng family, and live a luxurious life without the slightest psychological burden.

Zheng Shuqing was forced to "return to his hometown" when he was still fighting, which is no less than giving Xingyang Zheng a blow to the head.

What's even more odious is that after Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, mentioned that he wanted to expand the number of heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, he actually seemed to have forgotten about it! There is nothing to say in the back!

Maybe it's still brewing, or maybe it's because my brain is hot, and now I regret taking too many steps, but in short, this matter seems to be over at the moment.

Zheng Shuqing not only lost his official position, but also did not receive the reputation of officialdom, but learned from others that he has now become a famous officialdom laughing stock, which can be regarded as another kind of fame.

The people who resolutely opposed Jige's "changing the ancestral system" at the beginning were naturally not embarrassed to become famous;

Li Linfu and the others, who need to hug Brother Ji's thighs tightly, are nothing to be embarrassed about, after all, they have no choice.

The most embarrassing person has become Zheng Shuqing, who suddenly "moistened" before the door, which can be said to have lost face and lost his inside, and he is not a person inside and out.

Zheng Shuqing, who was not sick, stayed at home during this time, but he became ill. In winter, he had a wind chill, which almost killed him, and it was only in the spring that he came back to his strength.

Zheng Shuqing, who walked before the ghost gate, also died in his heart, and planned to live at home until he was old.

Unexpectedly, Brother Ji made a holy decree and recruited him back to Chang'an!

This secret decree says: The imperial court is going to form a new yamen, and I have decided that you, the former emperor of the imperial history, will come forward to Zhang Luo and come to Chang'an to see me as soon as possible! When the time comes, tell me in person!

Zheng Shuqing, who had just recovered from a serious illness, immediately rode a stagecoach towards Chang'an as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, which can be called a 500-mile road a day!

Zheng Shuqing, who came to Chang'an Chunming Gate, had a dirty green official robe, a crooked hat, and a smell of sweat all over his body. So he bought a clean brocade robe, found a "public bathhouse", washed up and changed into new clothes, and then came to Xingqing Palace to face the saint unhurriedly.

However, when Zheng Shuqing entered Xingqing Palace with joy, he saw Li Longji taking the three ladies of the Yang family to catch butterflies in the flowers from a distance!

Horse-stepping, butterflies have nothing to catch! Seeing this scene, Zheng Shuqing was on fire! When he came to Chang'an from Xingyang, he rode a horse and wore out his inner thighs, but the emperor actually took a woman to catch butterflies!

Gao Lishi asked him with a smile if he needed to pass it on, and Zheng Shuqing, who was knowledgeable and interesting, hurriedly confessed, hurriedly left Xingqing Palace, and went to Chang'an's nephew's house to stay for one night, and early the next morning, he went to Xingqing Palace to ask for a face.

However, Zheng Shuqing's luck seems to be very bad, when he went this time, Brother Ji was making flower baskets on the grass with a few young beauties in the palace with great interest. While weaving garlands, he talked about meat jokes, which made several beauties laugh shyly.

There are also several musicians from the pear orchard playing on the side. Zheng Shuqing felt that there were too many people, and it was not good to interrupt the sage Yaxing.

This time, before Gao Lishi could speak, he retired first and moistened.

In the next few days, Zheng Shuqing did not dare to report to Xingqing Palace, and it was not until the fifth day of his arrival in Chang'an that Gao Lishi personally went to Zheng Shuqing's nephew's house and took Zheng Shuqing to the study of the diligent government affairs building.

Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, finally met him indirectly from time to time.

As for what new institution Ji Ge wants to set up, what he wants to do, and why he wants to choose him, a "person who recuperates" who has become a salted fish and has no use value, Zheng Shuqing is also confused.

But this was already the last chance he could seize.

Even if Brother Ji asked Zheng Shuqing to patrol naked every day and shout "I'm a fool" on the street, he couldn't refuse!

It's not just for themselves, it's that the family needs a face character. Families that have not had a card in the officialdom for a long time will inevitably decline.

Zheng Shuqing can't gamble, let alone dare to gamble.

"I heard that Aiqing was seriously ill in winter, is she feeling better now? I am busy with official business, so I have free time today. ”

In the imperial study, Li Longji helped Zheng Shuqing, who was kneeling on the ground, up and asked with a concerned face.

"Back to the saint, Weichen is completely fine now, what does the saint command, Weichen will definitely be able to top!"

Zheng Shuqing patted his chest and said.

Brother Ji nodded slightly with a calm face and said, "I really have a difficult matter to hand over to Aiqing to do now. ”

I have mixed feelings in my heart, and it's not easy to write now, so let's support it.

(End of chapter)