Don't go back to hometown

past life.

In the middle of the night, Xie's family, Zhuzhuyuan.

Xie Chengfu wrote at his desk, excerpted and sorted out the terrain, climate and customs of various places in the Dacheng Dynasty, and analyzed their impact on raising troops, stationing troops and fighting.

These contents are mixed in miscellaneous notes on humanities, annals of scenery and allusions on the art of war, and there is not a single book specially compiled into a book.

Considering that Jiang Xianyu couldn't read so many "miscellaneous" books in a short time, and it was even more difficult to comprehend them, Xie Cheng planned to collect them by himself.

Shimo came in to refill tea, and lit up the lanterns by the way.

At this moment, there was a plop from outside the window, accompanied by the sound of the crock pot shattering.

Xie Cheng raised his eyes, and saw Jiang Xianyu fell against the wall, with a broken wine jar by his hand.

The smell of wine wafted through his nostrils, and the young man's cheeks were blushing. He looked drunk and fell over the wall. He was stunned and blinked blankly.

"do not move!"

Xie Cheng rushed outside the house, stopped the young man who was about to stand up, kicked away a broken wine jar, and helped him up.

Jiang Xianyu stood firm and looked at him, "...Xie Cheng."

"What's wrong?" Xie Cheng supported him, and responded warmly.

Jiang Xianyu opened his mouth, and suddenly asked without thinking: "Why do you want to be an official?"

Just after asking, he said "ah" again, and said to himself, "I asked you."

Xie Cheng said at the time that he didn't want it, but the Xie family needed it.

Xie Cheng sighed helplessly, touched his forehead, and ordered Shimo: "Get water, and then go to the kitchen to cook a bowl of hangover soup."

While speaking, he hugged the drunk young man and helped him into the house.

"I'll go by myself."

Jiang Xianyu waved his hand away, staggered slightly, walked to Xie Cheng's bed, and threw himself onto the bed.

Xie Cheng was startled, afraid that he would hurt himself.But the young man seemed unconscious, staring up at the bed curtain, blinking slowly.

It looked like he wasn't drunk at all.

Xie Cheng knew that although the Jiang family was good at martial arts, they were not fond of alcohol, and there was an explicit prohibition on alcohol when they practiced darts.If it wasn't a special day, Father Jiang hardly drank alcohol.

Therefore, Jiang Xianyu rarely touches alcohol.Later, I became obsessed with martial arts scripts and drank like the chivalrous men in them, only to realize that my alcohol capacity was actually quite good.

Now Xie Cheng doesn't know how much he drank, he probably wasn't drunk.

He twisted the veil, wiped Jiang Xianyu's face, and asked softly, "Have you been wronged?"

As soon as he asked, he asked Jiang Xianyu's heart.With a sore heart, he closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, his eye sockets were already flushed.

He hesitated to speak, remained silent for a while, then asked Xie Cheng nonchalantly: "Do you think the current emperor is a good emperor?"

Xie Cheng didn't expect the topic to be so off topic, he looked at him puzzled, "Why do you ask that?"

Jiang Xianyu closed his eyes again, avoiding Xie Chengchen's gaze, "Aren't you going to become an official for him, you should know."

Xie Cheng did not explain that being an official is not just for the king, but for the country and the people.

He just wiped Jiang Xianyu's hands again, and said: "Your Majesty has been in power for three years and has been on the throne for seventeen years. He has reformed the bureaucracy system, punished corruption, reduced taxes and built roads, and helped farmers and businesses... Except that sometimes he is too tough, there is nothing wrong with him." blameworthy."

Jiang Xianyu raised his hand to cover his eyes, his tone was a bit depressed: "So, he is a good emperor?"

Xie Cheng paused, then lowered his voice and said: "Generally speaking, during your Majesty's reign, the world was peaceful and prosperous. Therefore, although His Majesty is not considered to be an emperor through the ages, his achievements are countable, and he should be regarded as a Mingjun."

Jiang Xianyu suddenly smiled, and looked at Xie Cheng with his hands: "If His Majesty knows that you praise him so much, I'm afraid he will give you an official promotion immediately."

Xie Cheng followed suit with a smile, shook his head and said, "No way. I'm afraid I'll lose my head if I make false remarks about today."

It just so happened that Shimo brought in the hangover soup, Jiang Xianyu turned over and sat up, took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Then he asked Xie Cheng: "Then what kind of king was the first emperor?"

This time Xie Cheng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Jiang Xianyu even more puzzled.

"Say it." Jiang Xianyu pushed him.

Xie Cheng's tone was slightly hesitant: "The first emperor came to the throne at a young age, but died of a serious illness just a few years ago. Speaking of which...he didn't do anything."

Jiang Xianyu smiled after hearing this, with a bit of bitterness: "What can a puppet emperor do?"

Xie Cheng's face changed slightly: "Speak carefully!"

But Jiang Xianyu didn't listen to the advice: "Isn't it? He was enthroned at the age of four, became regent from now on, and changed his reign name to Anshun, but died of illness in three years, isn't he just a law-abiding and obedient puppet—"

Xie Cheng didn't expect him to speak so shockingly. He covered his mouth with his hand, and frowned, "What's the matter? But what did someone say to you?"

Jiang Xianyu blinked, and his eyes were slightly red again.

What the hell happened...

Because he, Jiang Xianyu, lived smoothly and heartlessly for seventeen years, only to find out today that he is a "criminal minister"!

It is not advisable to wander around and show your face, let alone try to become an official or general.

Even according to the current law, he should not have existed and was not worthy to live.

A drop of tear flowed from Jiang Xianyu's eyes and fell on Xie Cheng's palm, scorching hot.

Xie Cheng was stunned and let go of his hand, "Xiao Yu..."

Jiang Xianyu raised his hand and wiped his face indiscriminately, took a deep breath, and asked again: "Tell me, what did you think in the past?"

There was a trace of sarcasm on his lips: "The important officials of Tianxin Mansion conspired against him. The evidence is solid. Now, as the eldest son of the emperor, why do you still support the younger brother to ascend the throne and be willing to be the regent?"

Xie Cheng looked at Jiang Xianyu in surprise, surprised at the question raised by the other party.

He is only 19 years old now, and he knows very little about the big case 20 years ago and the whole story of the current regent and enthronement, not to mention that this matter involves the emperor's imperial power.

Although he studied the history of Confucian classics and studied the strategy of governing the country as an official, he never had the audacity to think about such problems.

He didn't answer, but he heard Jiang Xianyu muttering to himself with downcast eyes: "Could it be because of Emperor Tai. Zu's imperial order that 'the empress comes from Jiang Yanchen, only the son of the son can be the new emperor'?"

Xie Cheng was startled, his thoughts could not help but follow Jiang Xianyu's hypothesis.

The reason why Tianxin Mansion is so highly used by the emperor and has a great reputation among the people is also the beginning of the establishment of the Dacheng Dynasty.

A hundred years ago, the previous dynasty was tyrannical, the kings rebelled, all parties revolted, and some foreign tribes took advantage of the vacancy to enter, so that the mountains and rivers were broken, the wars were raging, and the people were in dire straits.

There are also many martial arts sects among the people, some of them separate themselves from one side and establish themselves as kings; some rescue the dying and take in refugees;

The Tai. Zu Li Chengjun of this dynasty, one of the kings of the previous dynasty.Thanks to the support of the Jiang family of Zangjian Villa, the Yan family of Shenji Pavilion, and the Shen family of Huweiqiang, they recruited three armies, finally expelled the aliens, pacified all parties, unified the world, and established the Dacheng Dynasty.

After the war, the three sects of Jiang, Yan, and Shen surrendered their military talismans and asked to be disarmed and returned to the fields.

Tai Zu repeatedly asked them to stay, and made the masters of the three sects protect the country, and invited them to enter the court as officials to stabilize the country and society.

For this reason, the Tianxin Mansion was specially set up, headed by the Jiang family, and three commanders, one principal and two deputy officers, were given black brocade clothes with golden thread and listening patterns, and they were regarded as the emperor's confidantes and eyes and ears.

He also married Jiang's daughter as the main concubine for the prince, and issued an imperial order: In the Li dynasty for generations, the empress came from Jiang Yanchen, and the son of the son can be the new king.

This imperial decree determined the lofty status of Tianxin Mansion in the Dacheng Dynasty, and also destined the three daughters of Jiang Yan and Shen's family to be born with supreme honor and favor.

Listening to Jiang Xianyu's talk now, I think of historical records: Emperor Anshun's biological mother, the Jiang family, entered the palace in 54 and married Emperor Mingren, who was [-] years old at the time.

Within a few years, she was involved in the Tianxin Mansion's treason case. Thanks to her youngest son, she saved her life and became the Queen Mother.

At that time, Empress Dowager Jiang was only in her early twenties. Three years later, Young Emperor died of illness, and she died soon after.

Today's Holy Majesty is marrying a daughter from the Shen family, who is the concubine's concubine who is in charge of Shen Zhui, who is in charge of the Xinfu today.

Thinking of this, Xie Cheng couldn't help but think deeply. I don't know how many daughters of Jiang, Yan, and Shen's families would be harmed by such a favor when Tai Zu issued this imperial order.

According to the analysis of historical data, Emperor Mingren's throne was vacant back then, and he was delayed until the year of destiny to marry a daughter from the Jiang family. It was because in the past few decades, none of the daughters of the three families of Jiang, Yan, and Shen had successfully grown up.

"Xie Cheng." Jiang Xianyu stood up suddenly, interrupting Xie Cheng's thoughts.

"I won't take the martial arts exam."

Jiang Xianyu lowered his head to look at Xie Cheng, with dejected eyes, "A place like Tianxin Mansion is not suitable for me."

Xie Chengmo paused for a moment, glanced at the half-arranged manuscripts on the desk, and couldn't help persuading: "It is true that the court is full of bloody storms and intrigues...but because of this, it is more necessary for loyal ministers and generals to stir up the turmoil and promote the clear, for the sake of the future." The people seek their well-being."

"That's your righteousness!"

Jiang Xianyu interrupted him, rubbing his forehead, "I don't have such grand ambitions as you, and I'm not as noble and loyal as you. You have the talent to join the cabinet and seek the welfare of the people, but I don't!"

His frowning expression was a little impatient, and his tone of voice was not very good, which sounded like sarcasm to Xie Cheng.

Therefore, Xie Cheng's complexion also sank, he got up and walked past the young man, and sat back on the edge of the desk, "You're drunk, wait until you're sober."

He could see that something happened to the young man, he was in a bad mood, and he was not rational now.So I persuaded myself to calm down and not to care about the drunk teenager.

"I'm not drunk."

Jiang Xianyu rubbed his sore head irritably, "Anyway, I won't take the martial arts exam again, from now on...you can do whatever you want!"

There was an element of anger in the words, but he was indeed hit a lot today, lost his life goals and direction, and didn't know what to do.

He even thought a little self-defeating in his heart, it would be better for his parents not to let go of the hatred of the previous generation, force him to practice martial arts, and want him to avenge his grandfather.

Hearing his wayward words, Xie Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then sneered, not knowing whether he was mocking the young man or himself, "I should have known that you are so capricious, you have no long-term! You are not sure!"

He dropped the manuscript on the table and couldn't restrain the anger in his heart, "It's useless for me to work for you passionately. Now you don't take the exam, it's all a joke!"

Jiang Xianyu didn't expect Xie Cheng to lose his temper suddenly and froze on the spot.

Glancing at the densely packed manuscripts on the ground, and meeting Xie Cheng's sarcastic eyes, Jiang Xianyu couldn't help but look impatiently.

"Yes! I'm so immature! I'm not sure! I can't learn those tactics of war! I feel annoyed just by looking at them! No matter how hard you force me, it's useless. If I say I don't take the exam, I just don't take the exam!"

"I forced you?!"

Xie Cheng looked at him with unbelievable eyes, full of shock and disappointment.

Jiang Xianyu's heart skipped a beat, but he turned around and left without saying a word.