To Rule in a Turbulent World

A round of rising sun, the new snow in the capital has just melted, and a thin layer of frost has formed on the tile edge, reflecting the golden morning glow.People come and go in the market, horse-drawn carriages come and go, and the morning bell rings 49-[-], waking up the whole city.

You Miao managed to wake up early in three months. She was going to change her mind today and go to school seriously. After breakfast, she looked impatient and sat in the carriage, wandering to Taixue, but passing Zhuque Bridge Suddenly, I lost my interest again, so I told the driver to stop and stop. I don't want to go to school today, and I'm looking for pig friends and dog friends to play.

When the car arrived at Changlong West Lane, You Miao crossed her legs and saw that the gate of the prime minister's mansion was closed and there was no one there, so she rushed to knock on it. Go, look for Li Yan.

Only very close friends can go through the back door of Li Yan's house. Everyone in the prime minister's mansion recognizes You Miao and invites him in with nods and bows. There are not many people in the backyard, so You Miao walked towards the east chamber after entering.When he was passing the stable, there was a terrible roar, and a shabby monster jumped out of the wood house and fell in front of him.

You Miao was walking, and was so startled by such a sudden shock, she fell to the ground, and the servant who followed was also startled, and yelled as she rolled up her sleeves.

"What did you do!"

"Pay attention to our young master! I'm so scared that I'll teach you to peel off your skin!"

"It's the other way around! It's impossible to kill someone!"

The servants in the prime minister's mansion were also frightened, and they all raised their whips to whip them.

You Miao collected herself, and seemed to see a mess of torn clothes.

At first I thought it was something raised by a friend, but when I saw a group of servants surrounding the dirty guy with whips and sticks, I realized it was a person or a man, and the whip whipped down, The man's skin was torn apart, and blood spurted all over the ground.

The man was disheveled, like a lunatic, his body was dirty, his hands were tied, and he was screaming in the corner after being beaten. He inadvertently glanced at You Miao, and the two eyes met. The man's eyes were very clear, but with The bloodthirsty color of a beast.

It was the first time You Miao saw this scene, a dozen servants beat a half-dead man until the sticks were broken, You Miao hurriedly said: "Don't beat, don't beat, what's going on?"

The boy followed suit and shouted: "The young master told you not to fight!"

The servants stopped moving, and the man was beaten to the brink of death, held up by ten wooden sticks, and thrown into the woodshed again, and there was a muffled sound of his body falling to the ground.

The second housekeeper of the east courtyard of the mansion hurried over, put a new lock on the firewood room, and cursed: "Forget the bastard! Fortunately, I didn't touch Young Master You!"

You Miao didn't know what this man had committed, so she couldn't ask further questions, so she went to the East Chamber. At that time, Li Yan had just woken up, and was eating breakfast at the mansion with a bored expression. , gave up the chopsticks to signal him to eat, and You Miao sat down and drank a sip of tea. While eating, the two chatted about where to go and who to play with today.

Who is this Li Yan?It turned out to be a good friend You Miao met in Taixue, the young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When the emperor was lazy, he was obsessed with poetry, flowers, birds, insects and fish, so he followed suit. The officials in the court were also lazy one by one. Eagles fight dogs, call for friends, two years ago You Miao entered Taixue, both of them were young at heart, after getting acquainted, they ate and drank together, Li Yan spent You Miao's money, and You Miao met a group of people through Li Yan's relationship. The dude in the capital city bullies and dominates the market when he has nothing to do, wandering around bullying men and women.

Speaking of You Miao, You Miao is not an easy guy. His family is a big salt merchant in the Cangzhou area. His ancestors made their fortune by smuggling salt, and accumulated for many generations to become the richest man in the party. His father separated the family 26 years ago and planted tea in the Jiangbei area. It is really not easy to grow a family with a lot of money and a thousand tea fields.

However, as a scholar, farmer, businessman and merchant, You Dechuan had the idea of ​​donating an official to his only son.These days, if you have money, it is easy to buy an official, but the bought official can't stop the mouths of troublemakers, so You Miao's father wanted to let his son take some money to go to Beijing to study and prepare for the exam, preparing to pass the imperial examination Donate a top three, in this way, it will be an upright family of scholars.

You Miao was only 13 years old when she went to Beijing. She was spoiled and spoiled at home. When she went out, she brought food and food with her. She brought ten carts, maidservants in groups, and young servants in groups. They went to study at the feet of the emperor.

His father, You Dechuan, took care of everything for You Miao. After entering Beijing, You Miao stayed at his cousin's house. With the 3000 taels of silver bills given by his father, he met a group of dudes in the school, and spent a lot of money in the first year. clean.After spending it, I reached out to my family to ask for it, but my father wrote a letter and scolded him bloody, and then sent him another 500 taels of silver. After spending it at the end of the year, I just went to drink the northwest wind.

"You boy." Li Yan, son of the prime minister's mansion, glanced at him up and down.

You Miao: "Why?"

You Miao moved her chopsticks and stopped eating. Li Yan ate the porridge and said slowly: "I heard that His Highness the Third Prince wants to invite you into the palace to be his companion?"

You Miao didn't know about this at all, but she understood it when she heard it - "Three Highnesses" refers to the youngest son of the current emperor Zhao Jiong, the father of Li Yan, Prime Minister Li, and four of the six ministers belonged to the prince's faction. These three highnesses were favored when they were young, but they were not descended from the direct line, let alone the eldest son, and they had no power or power in the palace.

But You Miao was not in a hurry to answer, she just smiled and said, "Is this really the case? I'm afraid it's just a joke."

Li Yandao: "Maybe in a few days, someone will come to give orders. I heard that His Highness the Third Highness loves to play and move. Do you remember when you went to the lantern market during the Lantern Festival this year?"

You Miao nodded hesitantly, and vaguely remembered that the streets were full of lights during the Lantern Festival, and there were huge crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder, who could recognize who was who?

Li Yan said again: "It is said that he fell in love with you from a distance in the Lantern City, and asked the Taifu to announce you to the palace."

You Miao has beautiful features, brocade clothes and embroidered robes, willow eyebrows and starry eyes, good temper, and rich family, and the dude likes to hang out with him, and even presses him down and kisses him from time to time, the third prince takes a fancy to him It's not unusual.

"Oh." You Miao said, "How did the third prince come to be?"

Li Yan was not happy anymore, and said coldly: "What do you care about him? I'm asking you, are you going or not?"

You Miao crossed Erlang's legs, giggled, the third prince fell in love with him for no reason, and wanted to enter the palace to be the accompanying servant. Naturally, he would be more than happy to change to an ordinary family, but You Miao still knows how to measure.On weekdays, I have often heard this group of dudes like Li Yan say that the third prince will at most be crowned king in the future, and the crown prince is the one who really wants to take the throne.

If you stand in the third prince's team, you can no longer favor the prince. His father sent him to the capital to study in order to let him donate an official position in the court in the future. Of course, this kind of self-destructive thing can't be done. I had no choice but to live up to the favor of the third prince.

You Miao said with a smile: "You have the final say, isn't it all up to you?"

Only then did Li Yan look better, and said: "If you want to follow him, the friendship between our two brothers will be blown away. You have to think clearly, should I treat you well, or the third prince who has never met treats you well?" ?”

You Miao laughed, and said repeatedly: "Of course it's you, what's the friendship between the two brothers, do you still need to talk about it?"

After eating too early, two or three of the sons and brothers came, all of them looked like they were not awake. Li Yan bought a landscape painting of 40 taels of silver and unfolded it for You Miao to see. You Miao saw that the seal was fake. It said: "Cut, fake."

Li Yan: "You know what's real and what's fake."

You Miao: "There is such an authentic painting hanging in my father's room. Take a look, it's printed here..."

The sons and brothers snickered, and the son of the Shangshu family of the household department smoothed things over, saying: "Just like it." On the other side, Li Yan quarreled with You Miao again. Li Yan threw the painting away and looked at him bitterly. But he smiled and didn't care, and drank tea with his legs crossed.

"What are we going to do today?" After a long time, Ping Er, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, said.This person is the second child in the family, and the dandies all shout "Ping Er" and "Ping Er". On the one hand, although he has no status in the capital, he is better than rich.

Everyone just took You Miao as a scapegoat, but You Miao was transparent in her heart, and she often told herself that his father sent him to Beijing to study for nothing more than to gain fame and meet a few dudes. So that the silver bullet can also be stuffed into the money.

You Miao looked at the crowd with a smile and said, "How about listening to music in Yangfeng Tower?"

Everyone applauded, Li Yan wanted to fight with You Miao with a stinky face, but he joked about it after a while, the young man didn't hold grudges at all, and just after noon they hung out together again.

Full of wine and food, when the sun went down, You Miao went home and remembered what she saw in the morning, so she asked Li Yan curiously, and Li Yan said, "Oh, that's a dog slave. It's fun, I bought it back."

Jiaofang Division?Dog Rong Nu?

You Miao was about to ask what it was, but Li Yan swaggered home.