Prince Consort

Chapter 191

Although Xie Jiyu has been away for more than a year, Xie Wangbo is still there, and the Xie family is as beautiful as before.As soon as the evening comes, the autumn wind picks up and blows the golden color of the garden.The servants still kept quiet and went about their own business peacefully, but everyone was very happy because of the return of Xie Jiyu and his wife.

Just as the meal time arrived, someone hurriedly came to report that "His Majesty has arrived".As soon as the words were finished, Zhao Chongzhao, who was dressed in casual clothes, had already stepped in.As he got older, Zhao Chongzhao gradually lost his temper.Xie Jiyu can see Zhao Chongzhao's change the most in the past two years.

Their majesty is much taller, more handsome, and more mature than before.

Xie Jiyu smiled and said hello: "Your Majesty."

Of course, Zhao Chongzhao went to Xie's house to have a meal brazenly.Seeing that Xie Jiyu was not afraid of his identity, and his smile was still so comfortable and amiable, Zhao Chongzhao was moved.Although the royal family is big and big, they are very distant on weekdays. At most, he regularly invites the princes and sons into the palace to give banquets, and sit together to eat a tasteless meal.

Once Zhao Chongzhao sat down, he was not ready to leave.

Xie Jiyu has gone through a lot of things anyway, and now he is also involved in political affairs, so he doesn't need to be too cautious when dealing with Zhao Chongzhao.

He arranged an extra food inspection process, and greeted Zhao Chongzhao for dinner generously.

Zhao Chongzhao was overjoyed, and went back to the palace happily after eating and drinking.

As soon as Zhao Chongzhao left, Xie Jiyu brought Xie Zean to the study to talk.Xie Jiyu didn't give Xie Zean time to react, and asked directly, "What's going on between you and Your Majesty?"

Father and son hadn't talked face to face for a long time, Xie Jiyu went straight to such a topic when he opened his mouth, Xie Ze'an's little heart couldn't stand it.He pretended to be stupid seriously: "What's the matter? Isn't that the case..."

Xie Jiyu said, "Do you think I'm stupid, or do you think I'm blind?"

Xie Ze'an: "...don't dare!"

Xie Jiyu said lightly: "I also know about the matter between you, Mr. Tan and His Highness Prince Gong. They knew each other when they were young, and they suspected each other. It took so many years to get together. It was really not easy. " He didn't intend to let Xie Zhe'an continue to escape, "I have been far away from the capital for more than a year, and it is very clean, and many things that I ignored before have come to my eyes - it is not unusual between you and Your Majesty."

"It's really nothing." Xie Ze'an paused and smiled slightly, "As you can see, Dad, I want to take a gamble. If I win the bet, I will live happily ever after; if I lose the bet, I will also find Alright back off."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to retreat when you want to. No matter how good he treats you now, he was raised by the emperor's family." Xie Jiyu looked at Xie Ze'an firmly, his dark eyes were full of worry, "Who do you choose?" It's not a good bet, but I chose him. Are you ready to lose everything?"

Ready to lose everything?To be honest, although he found a "retreat" for himself and his family, Xie Zean still believed in his heart that he didn't need to use it.He believed in Zhao Chongzhao, and even more in himself.Although Zhao Chongzhao likes to mess around, he is not out of line. With him watching, nothing absurd will happen.

Since he wanted to "gamble", he would naturally fight for it.

This kind of trust and self-confidence is unreasonable, and Xie Ze'an also knows that he can't let it blind his eyes and interfere with his judgment, but for now, he still wants to indulge himself once.

Xie Ze was silent for a moment, and said: "If there is such a day, I don't know what will happen. But now is not the time to think about such things. Daddy, you are about to enter the political affairs hall, are you ready? "

Xie Jiyu smiled bitterly and said, "This is really a hot potato."

This is indeed a hot potato.

Because Yao Dingyan wanted to act.

Yao Dingyan thought that since he had standardized the assessment by the Ministry of Officials, Qingmiao Qian could naturally be included in the assessment criteria!Therefore, this assessment item, which was originally only used as a "additional head", has entered the list of "key assessment indicators" in a grand manner.

Yao Dingyan is the prime minister, and the official department is still under his jurisdiction, and he has the final say on everything!So Yao Dingyan promoted Shen Jingqing and Du Wan on the same day, and asked them to specialize in the assessment of young crops - the reason was that they were familiar with this area.

At the same time, the group of people who were close to Xu Juncheng suffered disaster.As soon as Xu Juncheng left, Yao Dingyan quickly disrupted the job arrangement on the grounds of the year-end assessment.

North Korea and China are equivalent to a major reshuffle!

Xie Ze'an, the "Secretary of Quan", got the honor, and Yao Dingyan waved the word "Quan" away.This move is ruthless enough. From outsiders' point of view, Xie Ze'an is already an important member of the "New Party". It is useless for Xie Ze'an to divert other people's attention with the "establishment of female officials" as a gimmick.

Most of the psychological activities of the masses are like this: 20. The "New Party" is really lawless! 21-year-old Shangshu!Even if he turns [-] a year later, he's still very young![-]. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I thought Xie Zean and Xindang were not in the same group, but I didn't expect him to be the one who hid the most!Look, when Yao Dingyan became prime minister, he was the first to be promoted!The promotion is the largest and the most unacceptable!

I really misread you!

This is tantamount to flattery.

There are only two choices before Xie Zean: one is to stop running away and obediently help Yao Dingyan; the other is to happily enjoy the thrill of being attacked on both sides, and continue to not rely on both sides if you have the courage to see how long you can persist.

This is not the first time Yao Dingyan has turned his face, Xie Ze'an is not too surprised.

Since he dared to take the position of Quan Shangshu, of course he also dared to take the position of Shangshu, but the word Quan was missing!Others couldn't get a promotion if they wanted to. Yao Dingyan should be happy for Yao Dingyan to give him a promotion so generously.

Xie Ze'an really took the wine to thank Yao Dingyan.

Yao Dingyan twitched when he saw him coming to the door with a "gift" confidently.He finally understood that this guy is a hobgoblin, and he is virtuous to him both good and bad.

Xie Ze'an didn't know how Yao Dingyan was evaluating himself. He frankly stated his reason for coming: "I want to come and walk through the back door with you, sir."

"..."

Once settled down, Xie Ze'an went straight to the topic: "The township examination is over, and we should think about how to arrange for the female officials who are admitted to Jinshi."

Yao Dingyan raised his eyebrows: "Are you so sure that someone can pass the exam?"

"Of course," Xie Ze'an smiled shyly, rubbing his hands and said, "I compiled this textbook according to the previous teachings of you and Mr. Xu, sir. They are all standing on the shoulders of giants like you, sir..."

"..."

Yao Dingyan has nothing to do with Xie Zean.

In fact, Yao Dingyan still couldn't figure out why Ze'an got involved in this troubled water, but for him, Xie Ze'an like this was easier to deal with - if Xie Ze'an didn't even have this impulsiveness, it would be really difficult to grasp.

On the next day, Yao Dingyan "supported" Xie Ze'an again.

Everyone in the court was envious of Xie Ze'an, envious of envy, and cold-eyed.Xie Ze'an didn't care, and continued to be his Minister of Rites, doing everything perfectly, no one could find fault.

A few months passed in the blink of an eye, and Xu Juncheng has been back to his hometown for three months.

Xu Juncheng is from Shanzhou.Shanzhou is the "hinterland of the Central Plains" in ancient times, with convenient transportation and in the center of the water network. It is a strategic location for military strategists in ancient times.If you walk more than ten miles from Shanzhou, you will find the surging Yellow River.When Xu Juncheng first returned to his hometown, he felt as if he had been separated from his hometown, but after living there for a few months, he quickly got used to this kind of life.

The only uneasy thing is that after the news of him spread, many old friends came to visit.

One of them was Hu Zhengshu.Hu Zhengshu is a great man, he founded the "Luoshui School" - he lives near Luoshui.Hu Zhengshu and Xu Juncheng's three views have always been very close. For example, Xu Juncheng and Yao Dingyan fought each other in the case of "the woman murdered her husband because her husband was too ugly". They both fought hard and said they would be sentenced to death.

The difference is that Hu Zhengshu has another very distinct and very personal point of view: starvation is very small, and injustice is great!

Hu Zhengshu strongly opposed the remarriage of widows. After Yao Dingyan got him out of the capital, he was depressed for a while, and soon he actively devoted himself to the great cause of building chastity archways. In just a few years, more than ten "archways" have been built on his site. "—And under the "chaste" ethos he advocated, three widows were forced to death!

Uncle Hu Zheng came to Xu Juncheng to find "comrades in arms".

The targets he will fight this time are Yao Dingyan and Xie Ze'an.

Hu Zhengshu counted Yao Dingyan's master and apprentice in detail in front of Xu Juncheng with excellent eloquence, and he especially hated Xie Ze'an's theory of "female officials"!If a woman is not at home, she will take care of her husband and teach her children, so why take an imperial examination!How can the sages' books be understood by a woman!It is hateful and exasperating to have such two upside-down masters and apprentices in the court!

Xu Juncheng was almost persuaded by Uncle Hu Zheng when he sent him away.

Fortunately, at this time he received a letter from the capital.Xie Ze'an knew that he was going to study history, so he sent a group of useful students over, and he was already halfway there.What Xie Ze'an meant was that if he liked it, he would stay on assignment, and if he didn't like it, he would let them come back together.Just after Xu Juncheng finished reading the letter, someone came to report: "Someone from Zhifang brought paper." Before Xu Juncheng could answer, someone came to report: "Bi Pavilion sent a pen!" After a while, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone all came alive Yes, a few experienced book staplers also came. They looked honest and honest, and they must be the kind of down-to-earth ones.

When Xu Juncheng inquired, he found out that these book staplers had participated in the compilation of "Dictionary".

Xie Ze'an sent something with great fanfare, although it was good, the cost was not expensive.Xu Juncheng thought about it, and even accepted people and things.During the period of filial piety, the clothes should be rough, the food should be simple, no banquets, no drinking, and no listening to the music of silk and bamboo. As soon as he resigned from his position, he immediately thought of compiling history—it is rare that he has such free time, so he doesn’t hurry up. which line?

Xu Juncheng looked at the white "snowflake paper" in front of him, and sighed in his heart.He wrote back to Xie Zean before sitting in the case, telling Xie Zean to stop arrogance and impetuosity, and do things well.

It was mid-winter when Xie Zean received the letter, and it was already snowing in the capital.

The sky is gray and heavy, making people a little depressed.Xie Ze'an has not received any good news recently. He knows better than anyone else what kind of people Shen Jingqing and Du Wan are. Yao Dingyan asking them to check is tantamount to sending sheep into the mouth of a tiger!No matter how good the system is and how good the rules are, if the people who implement them are wrong, they will be in vain.

Knowing that Hu Zhengshu was also in Shanzhou, Xie Zean felt uneasy, so he wrote a letter specially to maintain the teacher-student friendship between him and Xu Juncheng.

Seeing that Xu Juncheng's reply was not biased, Xie Ze'an felt a little more at ease.It is said that Yao Dingyan is stubborn, but in fact Xu Juncheng is also stubborn. He is afraid that Xu Juncheng will go to another extreme - then it will be really troublesome!

Xie Ze'an was thinking about it when Dai Shi knocked on the door suddenly and said, "Officer, Your Majesty has sent someone to deliver something."