I am fish

Chapter 1 Nine Years of Shunde

In the spring of the ninth year of Shunde, the capital city is full of flowers and trees, and the people on the streets stand side by side, and the voices are full of voices.

It was a good time of the year, and the main gate of the Forbidden Garden of the Imperial Palace opened wide. It was not the emperor, but the high-ranking officials who had just been elected this spring.

More than a dozen high-spirited young talents came back and forth with a phoenix chariot in person. The crisp sound of horseshoes knocked on the imperial road, and the majestic Taiji Hall was already in sight.The young talents who have just entered the officialdom have golden robes, fresh clothes and red horses, and their spirits are high and their ambitions are high.

The mighty phoenix chariot drove into the Forbidden Garden amidst the sound of Hong Hong bells and drums, and stopped outside the Taiji Hall.The upstarts got off the car and walked into the Taiji Hall. After paying their respects to the Holy Majesty, the group drove again to the Royal Garden in the northwest corner of the Taiji Hall to attend the Osmanthus Orchid Banquet.

The imperial garden is called "Yi Jing Garden", and the Osmanthus Orchid Banquet is held here every two years, which is the first banquet for top-ranking talents to become an official.The young emperor and the empress will also come to have fun with the crowd, and the princes, nobles, three princes and nine officials will all attend the biennial court event.

This side is still three miles away from Yijing Garden, and the garden over there has already prepared all kinds of delicacies, under the personal supervision of Taichang Qing Xiang Xu and Huangmen servant Liu Shao.The emperor ordered that this year's Osmanthus Orchid Banquet must be carefully prepared without any mistakes.

When everyone was about to arrive, Xiang Xu walked around the wine storehouse for half a circle, counting the wine jars one by one, and it was clear that there was something missing, so he pulled Liu Shao over and asked:

"Has Liu Shilang prepared the emerald rose peach wine?"

As soon as Liu Shao heard him mentioning this matter again, his eyes and nose immediately wrinkled, and he raised his voice: "You are too nagging! Counting with you, since last night, you have nagged about this emerald rose peach wine no less than three times. Okay, let’s bring it up again today. Although the official is old, he can still use his brain, so how could he forget the emerald rose peaches specially prepared for Zuo Lang? That jar was not placed here, and someone moved it to the front.”

With his hands behind his back, Xiang Xu followed the maids and eunuchs who were busy preparing for the banquet to the front hall. When he saw the jar of emerald rose peach wine, he immediately smiled and said slowly, "It's ready when it's all ready."

Liu Shao poured the wine himself, put the wine jar on the empty writing table, turned around and pointed at the wine jar, biting hard:

"You can see how much effort this rosebud wine has taken for the lower officials to leave the strong flavor behind? But then again, can wine be called wine without strong power? It's because the female officer can't drink strong wine but wants to drink it. Attending the Osmanthus Orchid Banquet, I was tossing around so much that I didn't get a good night's sleep. Nowadays, it is said that men and women are equal regardless of officials, but people always need to pay more attention to the likes and dislikes of female officials, and take good care of female officials, for fear of being biased. Where's the fairness?"

Xiang Xu smiled and didn't say much.

Whenever Liu Shilang mentions "female officials", it seems to pull his most sensitive nerves. Everyone knows who he is mocking all day long. It is definitely not all female officials, but one that makes him feel uncomfortable. A woman who is uncomfortable throughout Da Yu.

Liu Shilang relied on being the celebrity next to the young emperor to point at Sang and scold Huai, so it was fine if there was no one to stop him from speaking, and he continued to talk endlessly without anyone answering.If he accepted his words at this time, I am afraid that he would not be able to get away when the sun went down.Xiang Xu didn't want to get into this trouble.

However, Liu Shao's prejudice against female officials is not a special case. It has not been a long time for Da Yu's women to become officials, and there are still many people who are prejudiced against this.

Since the first emperor broke the stereotypes in the first year of Zhaowu and promoted female officials and bestowed the title of duchess, more and more high-ranking female officials opened their houses to recruit subordinate officials, and even served in the army of the Northern Expedition, making repeated military exploits.Encouraged by this, many folk women of Dayu began to read and practice calligraphy.Not only the Central Taiyuan Academy has recruited many female students, but even the major schools in the countryside are gradually seeing women.They boldly stepped out of the boudoir, read Confucian classics with men, discussed "Lao" and "Zhuang", and entered official careers.

This female official is talented and full of strategies, and she has been on the rise as soon as she entered the officialdom. She has been in the Senate for 12 years and is ranked among the three princes. She is still active in the court.Her legendary official career gave great encouragement to the women who cherished the country all over the world.All of a sudden, the world was turned upside down, and women poured into all walks of life in various industries. They no longer regarded incompetence as a virtue, and those who were literate and righteous were respected.

Until the fourth year of Zhaowu, driven by women who only read sage books, Dayu hit a record low marriage rate for three consecutive years. Countless marriageable men could not find a marriage partner, and the pressure to carry on the family line was quite high.The war has been raging year after year, and the problem of the difficulty of keeping new recruits has made the household department scratch its head.

The first emperor who caused this series of social problems did not take it to heart, and still went his own way. The big hat of "faint emperor" was about to be put on the head of the first emperor, but no one thought that she would forcefully implement the new law of marriage between daughters and daughters as soon as she changed hands.

It's no wonder that the first emperor was the only female emperor since Dayu's founding of the country, so it is reasonable to focus on promoting the status of women.Under her vigorous promotion, there are more and more female officials in the court, and her influence has grown stronger. After many years, today's female officials can almost sit on an equal footing with male officials.

As for why the word "almost" is added, it is precisely because of the existence of Liu Shao, a wave of old-fashioned conservative old people, whose thinking concepts still remain in the early years of God—the era before the first emperor ascended the throne, when men were superior to women.Of course, in addition to this, there are also interests behind the scenes.

But regardless of whether he is used to seeing the current court situation, Da Yu's laws are here, and he can only live by his mouth.

In fact, Lang, the most watched book among the top officials this year, is another heroine.

It's just that the new author Lang Yao Maolin really doesn't think he is a hero.

Da Yu first looked at his family background when he was an official. Children born in noble families could easily be promoted to high-ranking officials, enjoy high-ranking officials and rich salary, and have a smooth official career.If you come from a poor family, even if you are talented, you can only start as a low-level official, and it is difficult to have a chance to be promoted in your life.

Yao Maolin was honored by her family, Nanya Yao family.

Furthermore, Dayu really has no shortage of heroines.As far as the heroes she can count are brilliant and brave, she is ashamed of herself.What's more, there is a particularly embarrassing thing blocking her heroic path-she can't drive a horse.

Since he was young, he traveled around in the boudoir and school, and he is familiar with the sage books, and he can kill the Quartet even in simple conversation, but he has suffered from a delicate and delicate disease.

After the election every two years, new officials have to drive their own phoenix chariot to meet the emperor. The car is filled with classics to show that they are rich in knowledge and willing to be ministers, and swear allegiance to the emperor and Da Yu.After leaving the Tai Chi Hall, you have to go to the Guilan Banquet in the capital city.This series of itineraries are the rules left by the ancestors, and no one has the courage to change them.

Groups of luxurious carriages are lined up in the street. It looks chic from a distance, but if you take a closer look, you will see something wrong.

Yao Maolin held the rein in his hand, his body was as straight as a stone, he didn't move, he was concentrating on maintaining his balance, for fear of accidentally falling off the horse.

She first entered the officialdom and attracted the attention of everyone, how could she show her timidity?Under the eyes of everyone, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and step on the stirrup to tighten the rein, watching the big bright red flower on the horse's head swaying, and even her thin body swaying from side to side, talking and laughing with her colleagues. It's all stiff.

If he accidentally fell off the horse and laughed generously, it would really embarrass the Nanya Yao family.

All the way with trepidation, he saw Yi Jingyuan's elegant gate, thinking that victory was in sight, but he just caught up with the horse under his crotch and suddenly moved two steps faster, the stirrup was empty, and the gate of Yi Jingyuan suddenly turned upside down in his sight. Yao Maolin screamed and was about to fall off the horse!

If it weren't for Zhen Wenjun's all-out efforts to pull him back, maybe the new author Lang would really smash his front teeth in front of all the officials and lose face, and he would cover his face from then on.

Yao Maolin had already leaned to the side of the horse and was about to fall to the ground, but was held back by a woman under the horse.Before Yao Maolin regained consciousness, the woman gently pushed her up again, and actually supported her back firmly with one hand.This pull and pull was just right, and it didn't hurt the weak Yao Maolin at all.In an instant she was back on the horse, as if nothing had happened.

"Many, thank you General Zhen..." Yao Maolin blushed slightly, not daring to look directly back.

"Horses are deceitful, writers should be careful." The woman called General Zhen smiled lightly at her, but it made her heart beat like thunder.

Yao Maolin had long since found General Zhen, whom he had longed for among the officials, and was overjoyed to meet his idol, thinking over and over in his heart how he could have a conversation with General Zhen.Discuss Lao Zhuang or Art of War?Discuss scenery or simply talk about gossip?How do I appear to be uniquely interesting and uniquely lovable?Yao Maolin was racking his brains.

In the end, it was really impressive, at least she should be the first person to fall off a horse in front of Yi Jingyuan.But General Zhen happened to bump into such a humiliating scene and even rescued him.

As a senior official of the second rank, General Zhen naturally also went to the Guilan Banquet.Wearing casual clothes at this time, she was completely different from the heroic spirit Yao Maolin saw when he greeted her at the gate of the city for the first time last year.

For the Lantern Festival, General Zhen changed from his cold military uniform to casual clothes.The lotus blue dark flower peony skirt is paired with gold-inlaid waffles in the temples, and the icy heart and jade bones are shining brightly. She is clearly a fragrant and soft beauty, much more delicate and soft than when viewed from a distance.She has a gentle smile on her jade-like oval face, and the years of fighting have added a few scars between her eyebrows, but it doesn't detract from her beauty at all.The starry-eyed General Zhen saw through Ma Zhuolang's words, narrowed his pretty phoenix eyes slightly and stared at him, waiting for her to speak again with a determined expression.

But it was just a smiling look, but it made Yao Maolin feel that General Zhen had seen through his thoughts.Mingming's age seems to be a generation younger than her for some reason, and she can't say what she thinks, and only cares about her skin burning.

General Zhen is naturally a general.

Da Yu has always valued literature over martial arts.Since Emperor Taizu, there are very few generals who can lead troops to retreat from the enemy, and female generals are even rarer.

After the death of the first emperor, today's emperor once wanted to abolish the decree on women's entry into office. If General Zhen hadn't made military exploits repeatedly, I am afraid that the court would really close the door to women again.

After Chaowu, Yuan was changed to Shunde. In the three years of Shunde, Zhen Wenjun led his troops to the Northern Expedition three times. After five years, he finally completely defeated the sturdy Hu tribe who had been harassing the northern border for a long time, and solved Dayu's 40-year-old serious problem.When the general returned to court, the entire capital was boiled, and tens of thousands of people flocked to the streets just to see her demeanor.

Yao Maolin, who was participating in the general election in the capital at that time, was among them, holding flowers bought from a flower shop in his hand, he was so excited that he chased General Zhen's ass for three streets but failed to hand out the flowers. It squeezed out, knocked over the soup cake shop, and hung a whole body of soup cakes.

The flowers were also sprinkled all over the ground, and the hearts of girls were broken all over the ground.

In that year, General Zhen's prestige was spread all over the country, and countless men and women yearned for him with his unparalleled bravery and appearance.

But it's too late to yearn for them.

As early as the fourth year of Zhaowu, General Zhen had already married.

The whole Da Yu Yao Maolin only admires one person, needless to say, it is naturally General Zhen who is benevolent, loyal, brave and charming.

Also in her heart there is someone she hates extremely.

Logically speaking, Yao Maolin has read the books of sages and is about to understand the principle of sympathizing with others, being kind and forgiving, but there is a man in the court who teaches her that she can't bear to be happy, and she can't wait to curse when she dreams back in the middle of the night. A traitorous official, the giant beetle of the country——Wei Tingxu.

This Wei Tingxu is none other than the first female official who laid the foundation for the development of female officials in Dayu in the second year of Zhaowu. At that time, she was a high-ranking official worshiping Situ, and she was the only female among the three princes.

Wei Tingxu came from a prominent background. The ancestor of the Wei family in Pingcang County was the Duke of Cang who followed the Taizu to conquer the country. Until her generation, the Wei family was still the fourth generation and the third Duke, and was one of the four major families at that time.She became an official at the age of 23 and served as Secretary Cheng; at the age of 27, she was appointed as the left servant of the Ministry of War, and at the age of 28, she was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.In just a few years after that, she mutilated loyal officials and cut off dissidents, and the entire ruling and opposition parties almost fell into her hands.Now the young emperor is also single-handedly elected by her to become a puppet in her palm.

Everyone knew that she wanted to usurp Yushi.

Wei Tingxu's power in favor of the government and the public to form cliques for personal gain is a power traitor who can't be punished.

No one could have imagined that the pride of women across the country would become a big cancer after entering the officialdom.

In Dayu, whenever the three words "Wei Tingxu" were mentioned, everyone would secretly scold them.According to the folklore, the Wei family that harmed the country was transformed by the ancient demon fox, but this demon fox is not the same as the confidant monster in the legend, and his mind is no longer on seducing the emperor to fornicate the harem, but he is really thinking about the country.

What made Yao Maolin even more unacceptable was that Wei Tingxu was none other than the closest person to her beloved General Zhen.

With such a scourge, he was able to stand side by side with General Zhen, the pillar of the country, and tie Furong.Hearing about this incident at the beginning of the year, Yao Maolin tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, mourning for half a year.

Putting aside their respective statuses in the ruling and opposition parties, their political ambitions and the likes and dislikes of the people, Wei Tingxu and Zhen Wenjun are a model of a generation of two daughters who have carried out the edict of the late emperor and married each other.If they hadn't fought against all opinions and became the first pair of executors of the law on marriage between daughters and daughters, the situation in the middle school might be different now.

The two of them are famous all over the world, and they have greatly promoted Da Yu's women's liberation cause in their respective fields.

It's just that, including Yao Maolin, a group of Qingliu who admire General Zhen have a heart problem—why is it that General Zhen, a loyal minister of Da Yu, is so closed-eyed and gets mixed up with that vicious Wei family?Could it be that she coerced her to have another secret?

The author has something to say:

Open a new pit~

Please do not critique the overhead background.

1v1, powerful, scheming, palace fighting, plot flow, slow love line, one-on-one HE.

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