Reincarnation of the powerful minister

"Next, what are your plans?" Shen Qi asked.

Su Yan gently swayed the wine in his glass, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "A multi-pronged approach. Qi Jingtang is good at the art of war, and he was quite effective in hunting down thieves in Shandong, but he has been robbed by his superiors, so his reputation in the court is not obvious." I also ask Qilang to investigate his achievements carefully as soon as possible, form a report and submit it to the cabinet, so that I have the reason to recommend him.

"Old Yu Ge, I will talk to Xiang. If he insists on not using Qi Jingtang, he can only rely on the emperor's will to suppress it. However, I believe that as long as these two people get in touch with each other and work together for a period of time, they will be able to Cherish each other.

"In addition, I have not been idle at home for the past two days, and I have ordered someone to invite Zhao Shizhen to have a talk. This person is really interesting. As a seventh-rank official, he is not surprised when he sees me as an elder. He was neither humble nor overbearing. Only at the end, when I told him that I was going to transfer him to the Tiangong Institute to specialize in the research of firearms, did he show gratitude, and then he gave me the firearm map that he had worked so hard for half his life."

Su Yan took out a booklet that was tightly wrapped in leather from his bosom, with anti-collision corners added, and handed it to Shen Qi.The words "Huanyao Shenbingpu" are written on the cover of the booklet.

Shen Qi flipped through a few pages, and saw that there were a lot of pictures and texts. They were all hand-drawn drawings of the structures, manufacturing methods, and operation methods of various new firearms, including guns, cannons, mines, etc., with dense text descriptions beside them.

"This person is really a firearms fanatic." Shen Qi sneered, "I don't know if the firearms he improved can be manufactured, and what is the attack effect after they are manufactured?"

Su Yan poured him another glass of wine, "Old Zhao has ideas, technology, and a sense of obsession. What he lacks is a research platform and financial support. I can give him all these, and it depends on whether he can make room for it." Something good is coming."

"It's expensive to develop firearms, Xu Ruiqi, Minister of the Household Department, is very stingy." Shen Qi reminded him.

Regardless of mentioning Xu Shangshu, mentioning Su Yan makes him angry: "He specially picks places that shouldn't be picked, and spends 10,000+ taels every year for the Aoshan Lantern Festival, which is very generous! This year's Spring Festival saw a national funeral, and the Lantern Festival was not held. It’s just right to give the money to the Tiangongyuan. Also, I don’t think the Lantern Festival in the future should be so grand and luxurious, it’s enough to be meaningful. The gunpowder is a waste of firework. Why don’t you leave it for me to make bullets and mines? !"

Shen Qi smiled: "Good idea."

Su Yan put the "Huanyao Shenbingpu" back into his arms again, intending to pass it on to future generations, to shock future generations, so that they would know the greatness of their ancestors.

"Qilang, do you have any clues to decipher the demon book?" Su Yan asked.

Shen Qi said: "Actually, we can all guess who is behind this matter. It probably has something to do with Mr. He and Yi Zhe. The difficulty lies in two points. One is how to break the rumors and prove that Emperor Jing Long is indeed a prominent figure. The blood of the ancestor emperor, so that the hearts of the people will be stable. The second is how to lure the snake out of the hole, and lure Mr. He and the players to play with all their strength and take out all their cards."

Su Yan nodded and sighed softly: "To prove the innocence of an old woman 40 to [-] years ago... This is really difficult for me. Especially for things like 'adultery', it is very easy to forge evidence, such as tampering letters, stolen tokens, impersonated parties, etc.; but if you want to prove that there is no evidence, it is difficult to produce evidence. No matter how you describe it, it will be black. "

"...It would be great if there was a DNA test these days." Su Yan muttered, then smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's a pity that there are only unreliable blood test. Even if it is reliable, you can't go to the imperial tomb. Ask Emperor Xianzu for a drop of blood."

Shen Qi also found it difficult.Books can be burned, underground printing factories can be destroyed, and those behind the scenes can be captured, but how can such rumors that are spreading more and more spread be dispelled?Heartbreaking rumors, killing people invisible, are more difficult to deal with than thousands of troops.

Su Yan didn't have any good ideas for a while, so he comforted each other: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and there will always be a way. First, bring Qi Jingtang up, and let him and Mr. Yu Ge jointly supervise the military affairs, and kill the madman Liao. The arrogance of the Wang brothers."

Without further ado, Shen Qi went back to Beizhen Fusi, gathered the information collected by the spies, and wrote down Qi Jingtang's military leadership deeds and achievements into a memorial.

This memorial was sent to the cabinet that afternoon.Su Yan took the playbook to find Yu Chezhi, wanting to discuss Qi Jingtang with him.It's a pity that Yu Ge is still in the pain of bereavement, and he has a cold attitude towards Su Yan, and he has little interest in this 25-year-old, unknown military youth in the memorial book.

Su Yan had no choice but to ask Fu Bao to deliver this memorial to Zhu Helin.

After more than half an hour, Fu Bao rushed to Wenyuan Pavilion and put the memorial book back into his hands: "Master Su, the emperor said that you have to send it in person and present the matter face-to-face."

Su Yan still had lingering fears because of Zhu Helin's "three-person bridal chamber" in Fenghe Bieyuan a few days ago, and he didn't want to meet this unconstrained young master in private, so he reasoned that he couldn't spare because of his busy schedule. Help me make another trip, accuse him of a crime, and leave the memorial with the emperor by the way.

More than half an hour later, Fu Bao rushed to Wenyuan Pavilion again out of breath, and when he saw Su Yan, he waved his hands again and again: "Su, Mr. Su, if you can do it, do it yourself, don't worry about it." Let the servants pass on the message. If the servants are exhausted and exhausted, who will help the emperor run errands with you in the future?"

Su Yan looked at the sky in embarrassment: "The application time is about to end, and if I go to the inner court to face the saint at this time, I'm afraid I won't have time to get out of the forbidden door before the key is released."

If you only submit a copy of the memorial and talk about something, you will naturally have time to leave the palace, but this kid Zhu Helin managed to catch him privately, and it is very likely that he will take the opportunity to make trouble, leave him for dinner, and talk about it kill time.

Fu Bao replied: "Master Su, don't worry. The emperor doesn't live in Qianqing Palace now. He said it is inconvenient to go to court, so he will live in Fengxian Palace instead."

The Hall of Fengxian and the Hall of Mental Cultivation are opposite to each other. They are both outside the forbidden gate of the inner court, next to the outer court of the imperial palace.Go north from Wenyuan Pavilion where he is currently working, pass Wenhua Hall and go north for a while, you will arrive at Fengxian Hall.

Now Su Yan had no choice but to sit in the sedan chair prepared by Fu Bao and take a trip by himself.

But to his surprise, Zhu Helin didn't mess around like before. He first listened to his explanation in a business-like manner, and after reading through the playbook, he offered to invite him for dinner.

Su Yan wanted to politely decline.As a result, Zhu Helin only said one sentence, which made him change his mind.

Zhu Helin said: "Pear Blossom came back from Nanjing and traveled all the way. When she first arrived in the capital, she didn't adapt to the climate. She was on a hunger strike and lost her temper. Don't you care?"

Su Yan didn't care about anything else, worried: "She loves food so much, she can pay off her hunger strike for two days! Let me comfort you quickly, and see if I can feed some dried fish."

Zhu Helin winked at Fubao.

Fu Bao hurriedly ordered the palace servants: "Hurry up, bring the emperor's royal cat over here, be careful!"

When Su Yan saw Pear Blossom, she really lost some weight, and it seemed that even the color of her coat had become darker. She immediately hugged Pear Blossom in distress, and rolled her belly up in her arms.

Hearing Lihua make a comfortable cry of "Gulu Gulu", Su Yan began to feed slowly.Lihua ate casually while wrapping her tail around Su Yan's arm.

"Sure enough, it's still useful for you to coax..." Zhu Helin was jealous of people at the moment, and even more jealous of cats, so he couldn't help but come over, stroking cats with people, and pestering people with cats.

Rubbing and masturbating, the two habitually nestled on the Arhat couch.Fu Bao signaled the palace people to step back and close the palace door very perceptively.

Zhu Helin raised Lihua's two little fleshy paws, and beckoned to Su Yan: "Tell your second father, stay to sleep with you tonight?"

Seeing his behavior, Su Yan showed no majesty of the emperor, and even suspected that he was using the cat to show off his cuteness. He couldn't help but poked the pink pad on the cat's paw with a smile: "You should sleep with your father, Milk-stomping madman!"

At the court meeting the next day, Zhu Helin sent the memorandum submitted by Su Yan to the officials of the six ministries for discussion.

Regarding the people recommended by Su Yan, the attitude of the courtiers is very intriguing, and some of them categorically agree-there are quite a few of them, some of them are "Su Twelve lackeys"; This melody was not submitted by Su Yan at the court, but issued by the emperor. It must have been granted by the emperor. They did not express their approval, so they still have to sing against the emperor?

Of course, there are also those who like to sing a naysayer, saying that this Qi Jingtang is too young and probably inexperienced, and that this person is capable, why is his name not known to the court?

There are also some officials who have other candidates recommended, and they also took the opportunity to propose them.

Among the members of the cabinet, Xie Shiyan was absent due to sickness; Lao Jiang Chunnian, who stammered, remained silent; Chief Assistant Yang Ting seemed to be inclined to Su Yan's proposal, but not very firm.Yu Chezhi still insisted on going on his own, taking over from Fang Qing who died in battle to supervise military affairs, lead the troops to wipe out the rebel army, and criticized Su Yan on the spot for employing people recklessly.

Su Yan was not annoyed either, and said with a smile: "Great brainstorming and teamwork. If you want to say anything else, just say it."

When the officials were all talking, he stood up and made a concluding speech: "I recommend Qi Jingtang, but I don't want him to supervise military affairs alone. I still prefer to be the commander. Since Qi Jingtang is still young, It’s more appropriate to be a deputy.”

Then he turned his head and smiled at Chezhi: "Master Yu, I recommend you as No.1, and him as the second. You said that I employ people rashly, but I think you are very important to Sir Yu, so you are worthy of great use." .”

Yu Chezhi was blown away by him four or two times, but he was too embarrassed to criticize him again, so he temporarily shut up.

In the end, Zhu Helin made a final decision: "Just do what Su Aiqing wants."

The imperial court's transfer order was rushed to Dengzhou, Shandong, eight hundred miles away, but the messenger arrived at the guard and found that Qi Jingtang was not there.

According to the officers of the guard, Mr. Qi left for the capital last month to visit his sick father.

He also talked about a bizarre and thrilling thing - just the night before, a group of unknown black-clothed assassins sneaked into the guardhouse, attempting to assassinate Lord Qi, but like the messengers, they also missed.

The courier with a surprised face had no choice but to leave the transfer order and set off again, and hurried back to Beijing to reply.

Su Yan was also surprised when he heard this: Qi Jingtang is in the capital?But before Shen Qi investigated his father's residence, he didn't find his whereabouts?Where did people go?

Another day later, Shen Qi invited Su Yan to Beizhen Fusi, and told him a ridiculous investigation result -

Qi Jingtang was arrested under the order of Ge Lao Xie Shiyan, and was detained in the woodshed of Xie's mansion.

It turned out that Qi Jingtang was unwilling to work hard for seven or eight years, and his superiors took away all the credit, so he wondered how to get ahead in this "turbid officialdom".At this time, the news of his father's illness came. He asked for leave to go back to Beijing to visit his illness, and brought two bottles of "Rejuvenation Pill" made by alchemists in Penglai Island, Shandong Province, which was said to have the effect of reviving spring with dead trees.

When he returned to the capital, he found that his father's illness was almost cured, and he didn't need to take the Rejuvenation Pill.He had no time to find his old friend to inquire about the way of promotion, so he barely got on the line of Ge Lao Xie Shiyan.

Xie Shiyan was nearly [-] years old, and in the spring she contracted an illness, and her vitality and blood dried up.So Qi Jingtang seized this great opportunity to curry favor with Ge Lao, and went to offer Chundan back.

The Rejuvenation Pill is really effective. After taking it for three days, Mr. Xie Ge was not only full of qi and blood, but also hot and dry.All the year round, the wax gun turned into a golden gun, Xie Ge boss was overjoyed, and ate several more one after another.

Now it's over, the rejuvenation is over, and I'm back to the cold winter.Old Xie Ge vomited and had diarrhea, had blood in his stool, and within two days he looked haggard, just like a student rushing for an exam whose yang energy had been sucked up by a vixen.Not to mention participating in the court, you can't even get out of the door.

It was so easy to save his life under the first aid of a famous doctor. The naughty Mr. Xie Ge was furious and ordered the Dengzhou boy who donated the medicine to be arrested and locked up in the mansion. He will be punished severely when he recovers.

This matter was learned by Jin Yiwei's spies lying on the roof of Xie Mansion, and reported to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi immediately dispatched Tiqi, went to the Xie Mansion and brought him back, saying that he would deal with it according to the law.Xie Shiyan didn't want to offend him at first, but at the same time felt that if he entered Beizhen Fusi, that bastard would lose his skin even if he didn't die, so he agreed with relief.

Right now, Qi Jingtang is being held in Beizhen Fusi's prison, waiting for interrogation at any time.

Su Yan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then laughed, until Qi Jingtang was brought to court by Jin Yiwei, he still couldn't stop laughing.

Qi Jingtang knelt at the foot of the hall, with an obedient look on his face, but his eyes rolled around slyly, and he listened to the whispers of Jin Yiwei around him.

Su Yan laughed enough, rubbed his stomach, walked to Qi Jingtang, raised the jaw of the future famous general with his fingers, admiring the prisoner-like heroism of the other party.He asked, "Why did you give Mr. Xie Ge a gift?"

Qi Jingtang was pinned down by Su Yan with one hand, and he didn't dare to move, as if it wasn't the slender finger of a frail scholar, but a needle capable of stirring the sea and the sea.

He had already guessed the identity of this young official in third-rank uniform from Jin Yiwei's few words, and replied respectfully but humorously: "Because I don't know the way to Suge's old mansion."

Su Yan bent down and looked at him closely: "The Huichun Pill you sent to Mr. Xie Ge almost killed him, do you know that? If you find the way to my house, I might be the one who got hurt .”

Qi Jingtang replied without changing his face: "That can't be done. Mr. Xie Ge was overjoyed when he saw Lie's heart, was eager for success, and didn't take the medicine according to the doctor's advice, which led to this disaster. Mr. Su Ge... Su Xiang has hills and valleys in his chest and mountains and rivers in his eyes. make that mistake."

Su Yan asked: "Then what gift are you going to give me? Is it also the Rejuvenation Pill?"

Qi Jingtang said: "No, Prime Minister Su already possesses the celestial demeanor of Jumang, so there is no need to rejuvenate. I am going to send Prime Minister Su a hero who is good at winning battles, and I hope he will accept it."

Su Yan withdrew his hand with a smile, and with a complex mood of shattered filters, he half mocked and half teased: "If your skill in leading troops and fighting is as good as your skill in flattering, I will accept this offer." present."

Only then did Qi Jingtang show a little excitement, and leaned over to salute: "If Prime Minister Su reuses him, Qi is willing to do his best for the court and the people of Daming, and he will die in battle!"

"You thanked me for showing your loyalty, but you didn't say 'do your best for Mr. Su', so... what a Qi Jingtang." Su Yan turned around and walked to Shen Qi's side to sit down, picked up the teacup, and said lightly, "I've seen it today. , What does it mean to make a big deal careless? No problem, I like to use people like you who are not rigid, rigid, and flexible, to be a deputy admiral, and together with Yu Chezhi, let the madman Liao and the Wang brothers mess up. Take a look at the army."

Qi Jingtang was stunned at first, as if he couldn't believe it, but then he finally realized that this huge opportunity had hit him so firmly, and then he really burst into surprise, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Mr. I will do my best to serve the imperial court and live up to the kindness of Prime Minister Su!"

After he left the lobby with Jin Yiwei, Su Yan just asked Shen Qi who was watching coldly: "What do you think of this person?"

Shen Qi said: "Traitor on the outside and loyal on the inside, he is an extraordinary person. Listen to his words, and his mind is alert; look at his muscles and bones, his martial arts are strong, and look at his past battles and achievements... Qinghe, you have dug a good thing."

Su Yan patted the back of Shen Qi's hand with a smile: "He's not a 'thing'."

Shen Qi grabbed Su Yan's hand, and snorted: "Of course he's not a thing, how can a decent person say nonsense to the court elder that' you are the god of spring? It's so slippery!"

Su Yan laughed: "Okay, he is not a thing. You are a thing, a big jealousy."

Wrong, the vat is not vinegar, but sour and bitter poisonous juice.The corner of Shen Qi's mouth raised a slight smile, but it didn't reach her eyes. She held Su Yan's hand tightly and asked, "Last night, did you sleep in Wenyuan Pavilion, or in Fengxian Hall?"

Su Yan said "uh" twice, and finally answered lightly: "I slept with Lihua."