Six clans to serve in Beijing?"

Yang Hao repeated this sentence, not doubting but considering.

Xun Wei seemed to have no beginning or tail, and he immediately understood.

Then, he shook his head decisively, "No!"

The voice was as firm as the crisp sound of flower pots falling to the ground in the palace at this moment, revealing an unyielding determination to die.

Xun Wei sighed softly.

Yang Hao stood still beside the long case on the steps, his whole body was full of momentum, and the domineering spirit of dominating the world quietly returned to his body, "Since I ascended the throne, I have worked hard to make the country prosperous, in order to sweep away the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, make the imperial power prosperous, and completely honestize these wealthy families who are entrenched in my big land." Isn't this something you and I have joined forces, thinking about it day and night?"

Xun Wei sighed again, and his expression was not gloomy, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. ”

Yang Hao slammed his fist on the case, leaning over and staring at Xun Wei who had his head slightly lowered below, "Now, for the sake of the sudden national war, it's just a matter of compromise, not to mention that we have follow-up means to rectify them." But if we really unite them and rely on them, wouldn't we have returned to the old way of being honest, wouldn't we have worked in vain for nearly 20 years?"

The voice of doubt was painful and unwilling, echoing for a long time in this empty side hall where there was no one else, Xun Wei stretched out his hand, pressed the temples on both sides, and added some more sorrow to his gloomy expression.

He walked up the steps again, stood beside Yang Hao, stretched out a slender finger, still on the map, and redrew the boundary.

"Your Majesty, please see, the other party's location is actually another mystery. ”

His mind moved, until the charcoal pen appeared in his hand, and then he drew nine circles on the map.

"King of Jin, King of Shu, King of Chu, King of Yue, King of Wu, King of Jiaodong, King of Yan, King of Zhao. The largest of these circles is the territory directly under His Majesty. ”

"Now, with the sudden rebellion of the king of Chu, the Jin Kingdom, the Shu Kingdom, the Chu State, the Three Kingdoms have been lost, not to mention half of the country, at least thirty percent of the territory is gone. ”

These are already very obvious things, Yang Hao listened calmly, and there were no waves.

Seeing Xun Wei draw six more forks on the map, Yang Hao's heart moved suddenly.

"Your Majesty, please see, the Zhenjiang Lu family is in Wu State, Qinghe Cui's family is in Zhao State, Hunan's Yuan family is in Yue State, Beihai Wang's family is in Yan State, and Dongshan Xie's family is also in Wu State. Except for the Xishan Liu family, which has been in decline and is in Shu Kingdom, and has been suppressed and trained by my father for many years, the other party has not touched a single wealthy family. Do you think this is a coincidence or an intentional one?"

Yang Hao stared at the five forks on the east side of the map, and after a long silence, "The situation hasn't reached that point yet. ”

The weighing rod in my heart has been unconsciously and quietly tilted.

"Definitely. The other party is only the land of three kingdoms, as long as one country is defeated, the balance of power will change instantly. ”

Xun Wei's words made Yang Hao a little excited in an instant, as if he had grasped a glimmer of bright hope in the darkness, "Yes, I can order Han Feilong to immediately lead the troops to quell the rebellion, don't those people who are short-sighted want me to pacify the northwest, then I will calm them!"

It's natural to find a way out of a difficult situation.

But often at this time, some of the rational judgment is lost, and a kind of blind optimism is plunged.

Grabbing the possibility of one emergent is like grasping the whole fate, and then after spending a lot of time confirming the impossibility of this possibility, then grabbing another again.

And so on, sinking deeper and deeper.

Even the wise and wise Emperor Daduan was no exception.

Xun Wei couldn't bear to break this illusion, but as a courtier, as a relative, and as a friend, he had to take action.

"Your Majesty, the problem is, if we don't deepen cooperation with the Six Clans, what if the Six Clans fall to Yang Xun?"

"He hasn't beaten down in this world, is the six clans stupid?" Yang Hao was stunned for a moment, and then understood another possibility that Xun Wei said, "Yang Xun will be so unambitious?"

He didn't have much confidence in asking this question.

Xun Wei simply shouted softly, "Someone!"

The guard hurriedly ran in, "Your Majesty, the chrysanthemum is already being disposed of, and it will be disposed of soon." ”

"It's not about chrysanthemums. Arise. Xun said warmly.

The general glanced up at His Majesty, and when he saw His Majesty nodding slightly, he stood up.

Xun worriedly said: "I asked you something, and you answered truthfully." ”

The guard's face changed greatly, and he knelt down again, Xun Wei stretched out his hand, and a stream of true yuan held it up, and said coldly: "Stand up." ”

"If I have ten copper plates in my hand, and you have snatched one from me, but you still want to snatch the rest, unfortunately you don't have that ability for a while, at this time Your Majesty tells you that he can help you grab it, but you need to pay for it, how much are you willing to pay?"

The guards first said that they didn't dare to dare, and finally in Yang Hao's coldness

After drinking, he trembled and said: "The last general's are all Your Majesty's, and Your Majesty can take them if you want to." ”

Yang Hao frowned, "Regardless of your identity, you tell the truth, I don't blame you." ”

The guard hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "Five." ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty can help me, so I can succeed, and it is acceptable to take half of it. ”

"At most?"

The guard thought for a moment, "Eight." ”

"And why?"

"I'm the only one, even if there is one more, I'll earn it. ”

"Alright, you go down. ”

The guards went down inexplicably in a cold sweat.

Seeing the door of the palace closed again, Xun said worriedly: "Your Majesty doesn't need to extinguish his mouth, they can't understand such clouds and mist." What's more, the guards in this side hall are still measured. ”

Yang Hao propped up the table with one hand, rubbed his eyebrows with the other, and then suddenly smashed his fist on the case angrily.

He scolded angrily: "This game in the northwest is too undeserved! This Wang Jujun is simply a waste !!."

Xun Wei also showed hatred on his face, and echoed: "Sitting in such a situation, not only did he not wipe out the remnants of the Ling family, but he even lost the command of the righteous army, and our soldiers and horses still have to help them to fight, this Wang Jujun is fortunately dead, if he doesn't die, I will have his heart with a thousand knives!"

Taking a few deep breaths, Yang Hao regained his composure.

This is also the reason why he likes this side hall, everyone has emotions, no one can hold it in the bottom of their hearts forever, and there must always be a channel to vent.

He looked at Xun Wei, still unwilling, "Is this really the case?"

Xun Wei sighed, "The young Yuan Emperor in the north ......"

Yang Hao finally admitted defeat, "Stabilize the six clans first, and explore the wind." ”

Xun Wei's face returned to seriousness, "This matter is important, I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others, I will personally go to the Council of the Six Clans." ”

Yang Hao seemed to have been drained of most of his heart, and nodded dejectedly, "It's hard work." ”

-

One city and one surname is not an exaggeration at all for the place where the six clans are located.

In this city on the shore of the East China Sea, the Lu family is the absolute sky, and the prosperity of the city depends on the Lu family.

The local county magistrate and county guard came to take office, and if they didn't pay homage to the Lu family's wharf, they would definitely not be able to get anything good.

However, these people can often only see a certain city deacon of the Lu family, and they are lucky enough to meet a certain elder.

Because the core of the Lu family is not in the city at all.

In the depths of a white cloud and green mountains, Lu Yun, the head of the Lu family, was slowly walking through the Lu family's extremely extensive house.

There are hundreds of flowers in spring, hibiscus in summer, golden cinnamon fragrance in autumn, and proud snow and frost in winter.

This is the nature and elegance under the prosperous surface of the Lu family, which comes from the inheritance of generations of family heads.

Lu Yun walked to the depths of the courtyard where the old lady of the Lu family lived for a long time, he came to bid farewell to the old lady

As a key step in the cooperation between the six clans and the imperial court, the matter of the six clans entering Beijing has been put on the agenda.

The first batch of juniors who went to Tianjing City had already entered various yamen under the arrangement of the imperial court.

The official rank is not high, and he is going to explore the way, not to mention that with the backing of the six clans, the future development will not be bad.

The second batch is the real highlight, the heads of the six clans entered Beijing.

Although it is still the old ladies who are still alive in power in almost all the clans, they are the heads of the six clans after all!

Except for those major matters related to the safety of the clan, the daily affairs of the clan are still in charge of them.

So this time, not only the court is concerned, but all ethnic groups are also concerned.

There was an endless stream of documents exchanged and the details were discussed.

Naturally, these land transports will not be handled by themselves, and they will have their own henchmen and staff to deal with them.

When he came to the small courtyard where the old lady of the Lu family lived, the old man who was painting a landscape map looked up at him and said flatly: "Look at your posture, are you leaving?"

Lu Yun nodded, "Before leaving, I came to ask my father for peace." ”

Lu Hang, the old lady of the Lu family, gave him a blank look, "Then do you still have something to ask?"

Lu Yun nodded.

Lu Hang didn't raise his head, and said while drawing: "About the position?"

Lu Yun continued to nod.

"Say what you think first. Lu Hang said angrily: "It's impossible for me to give you advice for a lifetime." ”

"What the child means is that when you first enter the imperial court, your official rank will not be too high, and you can start from the sixth department. ”

When a few people like them enter Beijing, the imperial court will only delineate a range of official ranks, and give out some positions that have been vacant or can be adjusted.

Then the heads of these six clans are here

to submit some intentions and then negotiate and determine.

Well, it's roughly a way to repay the money at a sky-high price.

Lu Hang nodded, "Go on." ”

"Among the six departments, it is better to take the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Soldiers, and the Ministry of Households, and after entering Beijing, you should start from these positions. ”

Lu Yun talked eloquently, obviously having a draft.

Lu Hang gently put down the pen and rubbed his slightly cool hands, "I suggest you change directions." For example, the Ministry of Rites. ”

Lu Yun was surprised: "Father, did I talk about the ministry?"

"I mean the Ministry of Rites, the rites of righteousness and shame. ”

Lu Yun was even more surprised, "The Ministry of Rites has always been a Qingshui Yamen, why don't you go to those high-ranking positions and go to the Ministry of Rites?"

Lu Hang thinks that the tiger father and dog son are very right, Lao Tzu is too powerful, and his son is unwilling to move his head, isn't this more and more difficult to do!

"What are you doing in Tianjing City?"

"Go to Beijing to take up a post, deepen cooperation with the imperial court, and at the same time enhance the penetration of the imperial bureau and expand the influence of my Lu family. ”

As soon as Lu Yun said it, he felt that there was no more suitable department than the Ministry of Officials to be in charge of the evaluation and promotion of officials.

"You young people, you just think too simply, or too one-sidedly. ”

Lu Hang sat down on the tea table next to him, pointed to the stool opposite, asked Lu Yun to sit opposite, and then started to make tea.

For example, if you are in control of the promotion and evaluation of officials, you will naturally be happy if you are promoted, but what about those who have been demoted? I will not blame you? What's more, those who have been promoted are really grateful to you instead of His Majesty the Emperor?"

Lu Yun lowered his head slightly, crossed his hands, and slowly rubbed his thumbs, falling into deep thought.

Lu Hang said again: "The rest, such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, are all the same, they are high and powerful, and they really don't have to say anything, but it is easy to provoke a commotion." When you are in that position, people naturally have to slap you, but when you retire from that position, you provoke a lot of enemies, you are the head of the Lu family, why are you going to hit that muzzle, do you lack that money or that power?"

Lu Yun looked up at Lu Hang, and sighed in his heart, thinking that things were really not thorough enough, "Father, don't the Ministry of Rites have these problems?"

"Of course, the Ministry of Rites also has problems, and the problem is what you said, Qingshui Yamen, there is no oil and water and no power. Lu Hang poured out a cup of tea and soup, handed it to Lu Yun, and continued: "But the Ministry of Rites is noble, you don't lack power, you don't lack oil and water, you only lack qualifications and prestige, and the noble Ministry of Rites is your first choice." ”

Lu Yun suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

Lu Hang was angry when he saw his son like this, he was not stupid to say that he was stupid, and he was even known as wise, but to be in charge of the Lu family, it was not enough to go this far.

Fortunately, there is a good granddaughter, and Lu Hang is a little relieved in his heart.

"Think about it, are there any major things that can be linked to the Ministry of Rites now?"

Lu Hang was reluctant to say the answer directly, and let his son want to go by himself.

Lu Yun took a sip of the teacup, frowned and thought, his eyes were all fixed on the officials, households, and soldiers, and he paid less attention to the Ministry of Rites, so he really couldn't think of it for a while.

Lu Hang didn't urge, he drank tea silently, and suddenly Lu Yun's eyes lit up, "Isn't it the Heavenly Court?"

"I'm not stupid at home. Lu Hang nodded, "Heavenly Court has been enshrined and given a name to the world, how can the world not give back?" The world will inevitably strengthen sacrifices in all kinds of major events, and the connection with the Heavenly Court will definitely become the top priority, and who will be in the Ministry of Rites and Rites for these things?"

A trace of excitement flashed on Lu Yun's face, and the conversation with the old man seemed to open a new door for him, and he saw a completely different and obviously better path.

And, his experience has taught him that there is a great deal of scenery along this road.

He hurriedly stood up and saluted, "The child has been taught." ”

Lu Hang said again: "But as soon as you enter Beijing, even if the six clans don't rob you, it is impossible for the imperial court to directly give you the position of Shangshu." You have to plan and plan by yourself, and strive to get a squire to be a servant, and it is not impossible to be a certain squire. ”

Lu Yun nodded, and then accompanied his father to drink tea and chatted with each other.

"Father, is there any news from the second brother?"

"Nope. ”

"Is there any news of Qi'er?"

"You ask me?"

"Why is it so sad to give birth to a daughter! The better the daughter, the more sad she is. ”

Lu Hang looked at his son, held back the words that scolded him, and said with a smile: "What if someone comes to the door to propose marriage?"

"How dare he?" Lu Yun subconsciously slapped the table, and then in Lu Hang's smiling eyes, his momentum gradually weakened, "You shouldn't dare, right?"

Lu Hang said another sentence without a beginning or an end, "The girl of the Cui family is now the queen of Beiyuan." ”

Lu Yun rubbed his eyebrows, "Father, I'm worried!"