Sha Po Lang

A few days later, the news of the Western Regions seeking peace spread to the capital. After the military aircraft invited Emperor Long'an, they had an urgent discussion for a day, and they approved the Marquis of Anding. Two things had to be ensured: first, the rebels would not be able to stand up for three to five years. , so as not to catch fire in the backyard here when they deal with foreigners; second, the more Ziliujin, the better, the crisis of the national treasury is temporarily relieved, but the siege of Ziliujin in Daliang has not yet let go, the reason for the siege of the four realms Start from the west first. Xuantieying is here on the one hand, and secondly, it is to solve the Ziliujin problem as quickly as possible.

Other matters, big or small, are up to Marquis Anding at his own discretion.

Then Prince Yan went to the palace to face the saint, and made a brief report with Li Feng on the battle at this stage and the results of the war tickets.

Li Feng pinched his fingers and was almost shocked by the effect of the beacon ticket. He couldn't help but said, "Why are there so many?"

"It's not uncommon. The adults in the court are anxious about the sage's urgency. There are countless people who are willing to destroy their families to relieve difficulties. How can they protect themselves at critical times? They have tried their best." Chang Geng said calmly. After flattering, he said, "As for the folks - there is a saying that 'Jia people buy skins in summer, rice in winter, boats in drought, and cars in water, so as to wait for them to be exhausted', they can become a wealthy businessman. Most of the people are not just chasing petty traders in front of them."

Li Feng pondered for a moment, then asked: "Then according to your opinion, what are they going to pursue from me?"

Chang Geng said without hesitation: "A businessman has a lot of money, but he also needs to go through the wind and rain. From a certain point of view, he is no better than a farmer who eats at the face of God—sometimes the imperial court orders it to go down." , can make Wanguan's family fortune go bankrupt, or if they encounter a strong beam on the way to business, their wealth and life will be lost. Now that the country is in crisis, a group of wealthy merchants from the Chamber of Commerce headed by the richest man in Jiangnan, Du Wanquan, and others have stepped forward. On the one hand, they are to serve the country. On the other hand, why don't you want to find Brother Huang as a backer?"

Li Feng heard a lot of flattery, and was not so easily moved, so he looked at Prince Yan with a flattering expression.

Chang Geng didn't make too much of a joke, and hit the rails while it was hot: "Now is the time when the money is being spent, and the imperial court plans to issue a second batch of beacon tickets. Brother Huang, let's see... is it appropriate to give these chamber leaders some sweets to encourage more people?" What about helping out?"

Li Feng didn't say anything, and looked at Chang Geng with a strange look.

Sometimes "sincerity" is a time-sensitive thing, and it will not wait until the expiration date. For example, when the capital was besieged, Emperor Long'an was full of grief and guilt, and wished he could bump his head to death in the mausoleum of the first emperor. The decision to pass the throne to Chang Geng was sincere. Meaningful.For example, now that the situation is gradually stabilizing, his perspective on Chang Geng also slowly shifts with time, and it is also very sincere.

Wild Goose King Li Min was just in his early twenties, and he was placed in an ordinary family, but he was still a young boy who had just started to learn how to lead a life, but he single-handedly eased the crisis in Daliang in just half a year. Zhilan Yushu, calm and moderate, makes people indescribable... jealous.

Just imagine a generation of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, just a few years after he came to the throne, he was confused by two rebellions successively, and there were anecdotes and anecdotes such as the "Beiying Mutiny". The iron hooves of foreign tribes touched the mountains and rivers, and the people from all over the world were displaced... and all these things began to improve after the lowest point, when Prince Yan went to the court to control the military aircraft - what would Li Feng feel like?

How should historians evaluate this period of history a hundred years later?

Li Feng really didn't want to know at all.

Most importantly, he is still so young.

There was a gloom in Li Feng's heart, and his attitude also became cold, and he said in a serious manner: "Is it not the king's land in the world, since they are the people of Liangliang, they are bankrupt for the country and the people, isn't it their duty?" Is it? What kind of benefits do you want me to promise—isn’t that really a buying and selling of officials? How decent!”

Chang Geng was very good at observing words and expressions, and when he made light contact with Li Feng's eyes, he immediately knew the reason for the emperor's unreasonable indifference. Although he was sneering in his heart, there was a shock and puzzlement that didn't seem fake on his face: " Emperor..."

Li Feng interrupted him impatiently: "Okay! How to reward private businessmen who understand the righteousness, let the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites work out a measure later, just enough is enough, don't favor too much."

Chang Geng put on a "sullen" face, and after a long while, he reluctantly said "yes".

Li Feng glanced at him, and suddenly mentioned, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally: "Wei Shu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is very old. It happened to rain last night. He got up early to go to court, and accidentally fell in his own house. , broke my leg, I sent the imperial physician to see it, and I am afraid it will not be good, the Wei family has already handed me a letter to say goodbye to the old man... In this way, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials may be vacant, Ah Min, you are in charge of the Military Aircraft Department, can someone recommend you?"

This is a not very clever temptation, but not clever does not mean that it is ineffective.

For a suspicious person like Li Feng, no matter whether Chang Geng went along with the flow to win over his own people to the top, or whether his answers were too tight, Li Feng did not want to see him. The former showed that he was too ambitious, while the latter showed that he had planned.

Chang Geng was taken aback for a moment, then instinctively blurted out: "What? Something happened to Master Wei?"

It looked like he really didn't know anything.

After blurting out this sentence, Chang Geng seemed to have "recovered himself", and realized that his answer was not what he asked, so he frowned and thought for a long time, and sighed to Emperor Long'an, "This... brother, forgive me, I have surrounded you every day for a while. With this bit of money spinning around, there is really no time for him to care about it, and the officials' records may not have had time to see. This... the position of Shangshu is very important, and I can't think of a good candidate for a while..."

Li Feng suspected that he was evading: "It's okay, just say it."

Chang Geng stretched out his hand to press the center of his frowning brows, paused, and replied: "So, how about the emperor's brother being publicly evaluated by the court, and those who are capable will be invited?"

Li Feng: "..."

The answer was really unexpected. Li Feng was taken aback by Yan Wang's unconventional way of doing things, and was almost taken away by him. He blurted out and asked, "How do you test?"

"For example, the resume of being an official, what achievements you have, how many achievements you have made over the years, etc., are all recorded," Chang Geng paused slightly, then continued, "You can also add criteria such as whether this person is responsible and understands righteousness. For example, have you ever denied buying a beacon ticket? Speaking of which, my younger brother remembered something. In order for the smooth implementation of the beacon ticket in the future, can the emperor include how many beacon tickets he holds in the evaluation criteria? This is not considered selling an official title, right? ?”

Li Feng: "..."

After talking for a long time, he was brought back by this kid again. Li Feng felt that if he pried open Yan Wang's handsome head at this time, the brains inside must have formed the shape of ingots.

Emperor Long'an couldn't laugh or cry: "You...you bastard!"

This time, Chang Geng didn't go ahead and blindly try to make things better, he confessed his crime in a low voice, with a bit of unconcealable melancholy on his brows.

With such a few words and a few words, the gloom and doubts in Li Feng's heart were mostly dissipated, and it could be seen that Prince Yan's thoughts were really not with the officials.

"Anyway," Li Feng said in his heart, "he's done his best."

Thinking of this, Li Feng turned pale, waved his hand and said to Chang Geng: "Forget it, you go back first, let me think about it."

Chang Geng complied, saluted and left, knowing that this test has been passed.

However, just as he was about to exit Xinuang Pavilion, Li Feng suddenly stopped him.

"Wait A Min, there is one more thing," Li Feng said in a pleasant tone, "Now you are not too young, it's too shameful to always be alone, it's time to start a family. "

Chang Geng's heart skipped a beat.

Li Feng said cordially: "The granddaughter of Master Fang is seventeen years old, and she is waiting in her boudoir. I heard that this girl has a good name for a long time. A girl from a scholarly family must be well-educated, and her family background is not an insult to you." , can be a good couple. Your sister-in-law heard that she really wants to make a deal for you, so let me ask you a question, if you like it, how about the emperor's brother being the master for you?"

This marriage is not only good, it is simply too good - although Fang Hong, a great scholar, has been an official for many years, more than half of the important officials of the Manchu Dynasty want to worship him as their teacher. He took over as Minister of the Household Department. Since the Yuanhe years, there have been a lot of powerful families, and the Fang family is faintly headed.

Chang Geng's complexion turned extremely ugly in an instant.

Li Feng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What?"

Chang Geng turned around and lifted his clothes and knelt down, his face was tense, but he didn't make a sound.

Li Fengqi asked: "What are you doing?"

Chang Geng didn't say a word, kneeling silently.

No matter how kind Li Feng is, he is still an emperor. Seeing him like this, his expression also dropped: "If you don't like it, just say you don't like it. Your majestic prince, who can force your marriage to fail? Who can you show your face to?"

"I don't want to," Chang Geng saluted him, his voice was wrong, "The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, the empress's love and care is betrayed by my younger brother, so please punish me."

Li Feng frowned and said: "Why? Did you hear that the girl was not good, or did you have another sweetheart? There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to shy away from anyone, just say it."

Chang Geng glanced across the Xinuang Pavilion, stubbornly refusing to speak, his eyes were reddish.

Of course, Li Feng didn't want to find a good marriage for King Yan, and he would never watch Fang's family marry King Yan. Such a hypocritical mention was actually just an unfinished trial, and he didn't expect it would be exciting. Seeing King Yan's intense emotions, he became a little curious at the moment, and waved his hand to tell the servants to withdraw from the palace and wait for the order.

There were only two brothers left in the Xinuang Pavilion, Li Feng said: "Can we talk about this?"

Chang Geng gave him a deep salute, without saying a word, but first slowly loosened the collar of his court clothes.

Li Feng was taken aback, and stood up: "This..."

Yan Wang's young chest was covered with old scars, the most shocking one was a burn, very close to the throat, a thin one, as if being whipped by a burning stick.

"I also ask the emperor to forgive the crime of disrespect in front of the imperial court." Chang Geng said in a low voice, showing a little trembling that was not easy to detect.

Li Feng reacted immediately after being shocked, and after a long pause, he softened his voice and asked in a low voice, "Is that the barbarian woman from back then?"

Chang Geng's face turned pale, and he stretched out his hand to slowly put his clothes back together.

The finger that drew the bow in the city and shot the leader of Dongpu to death with an arrow trembled violently. He lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Although it is a coward's act to look down on the world because of one person's fault, but..."

He gritted his teeth, his voice broke involuntarily, and he bowed to the ground: "Lan Xinhui, the girl from the Fang family, should have a lifelong trust. My younger brother has a weird temperament and really doesn't like to be close to others. What kind of marriage... Brother, go Don’t mention it any more.”

Li Feng was stunned and said: "What kind of talk is this, the dignified prince, how can there be a reason not to get married for a lifetime?"

Chang Geng said expressionlessly: "Then why don't your majesty let go of his ministers and princes, and let me wander around the rivers and lakes with those wild monks?"

Li Feng: "..."

Yan Wang looks like a bright, well-educated and sensible man, but he actually has a lot of petty temper, and when he loses his temper, he doesn't throw cups and bowls, just say, "I'm quitting, and I can find whomever I like." ".

Li Feng was so angry that he had nothing to do with him, so he immediately got angry and told Yan Wang to get out, and Yan Wang got out without saying a word.

The servant trotted up to follow with winking eyes, and asked in a desperate manner, "My lord, are you going back to the military plane?"

King Yan didn't necessarily go home every ten days and a half months, he almost lived in the military plane.

But after Chang Geng paused, his eyes wandered away in a daze, and he seemed to stand still in a daze, the servant didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to stand by the side without daring to show his air.

"...No," Chang Geng whispered, "Go home."

Those old scars on Chang Geng's body were not even seen by Gu Yun. He always thought that they would be like a period of untouchable years, but he never expected that today, they would become a tool for him to delay dealing with Li Feng. .

The carriage rumbled across the broad bluestone road extending in all directions in the capital, and Chang Geng, who closed his eyes and meditated, suddenly opened them.

Someday this will get out of hand.

One day he will be even more unscrupulous than he is now.

But he always felt that he didn't feel uncomfortable in his heart, because he walked out step by step by himself, and he had thought about it long ago, and there was nothing to regret.

All the way back to the deserted Andinghou Mansion, he didn't disturb anyone, didn't eat anything, went straight to Gu Yun's extremely clean and simple bedroom and lay down, closed his eyes, as if there was still some medicine on the quilt fragrant.

More than half a month later, after countless wrangling and debates in the court, Emperor Long'an finally rejected the absurd proposal of King Yan that "the first batch of people who bought beacon tickets will be promoted according to the amount of money", and only promised to the chamber of commerce. When the situation stabilizes, a commercial route guarded by the army will be opened to protect it from thieves and bandits. At this time, those who have purchased the Beacon Ticket can directly obtain the membership qualification with this ticket without paying any membership fee.

After more than a month, a decree that shocked the government and the public was implemented from top to bottom-making the beacon ticket an important indicator for the assessment of civil servants and officials.

A blade that no one had seen at this time slowly revealed its shape.

As soon as this decree came out, the whole world was astonished—the Daliang court did not treat officials badly, and their salaries were not low, but the exchange of favors in the officialdom cost a lot, especially in the years of Yuan and Xiandi, when the national power was unprecedented under the iron and blood development of Emperor Wu After being strong for so many years, extravagance and extravagance have become a trend. At this time, officials are encouraged to buy beacon tickets for their future. How much money can they get from the state salary?

Wouldn't it encourage corruption and fraud in the future?

But for a few days, the frontier heard the wind.

"Zixi!" Shen Yi threw the reins of the horse into the hands of the soldiers, and rushed into the handsome tent. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a platinum glass mirror clipped on the bridge of Gu Yun's nose, so he knew he hadn't taken any medicine, so he had to Swallowing back the following words - Gu Yun didn't know what happened recently, as long as he didn't see outsiders, he took less and less medicine, as if he planned to be a blind and deaf person with a peaceful mind.

Shen Yigang raised his hand.

Gu Yun quickly said: "No, you can do whatever you want, I also practice lip language."

Shen Yi sighed: "...Have you heard about the reform of the bureaucracy?"

Gu Yun can read lip language, but he has been relying on drugs for these years, and the people around him will use sign language to take care of him, which made him a little rusty, and he had to get used to it. It took him a while to understand Shen Yi. What was he referring to? Gu Yun frowned slowly, and nodded slowly.

"What the hell is going on with His Royal Highness Yan Wang? If this goes on like this, won't you be afraid that people will say that he is the beginning of a corrupt official and a courtier? Even if you can solve the urgent need, what will you do in the future? It's fine if you have a famous family with a family background. Has his spine been shattered? You said that he is in charge of the military aircraft department alone. He is a big tree and easy to be jealous. I really..."

Shen Yi's words were full of worry, and when he was worried, his mouth was as fast as a chicken pecking rice, flying up and down, making Gu Yun dizzy - he didn't "understand" most of the words, but he understood the last sentence.

Shen Yi: "How does he plan to end up in the future?"

Gu Yun fell silent.

Shen Yi: "Zixi, say something."

"We can't fight anymore." Gu Yun replied without going to the village or back to the shop.

Shen Yi: "..."

He sighed heavily, suspecting that Gu Yun hadn't "heard" what he was saying, and said to himself, "Practice your lip language, practice your fart, it's almost the same as practicing my mouth."

Shen Yi was about to exchange communication methods, so Gu Yun continued on his own: "I was a little too impatient and aggressive before, and I deserved it if I was blown up. Fortunately, there is no danger here, but I have thought a lot these days... ...Calai Yinghuo is not a group of wimps in the west, I am afraid there will be a few tough battles on the other side, and we may not have a strong family right now-we have to think about it in the long run."

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment: "Are you planning to..."

"I've dragged the imperial court around," Gu Yun said in a low voice, "It's time to recuperate."