Linque

Chu Heng ran all the way back.

When he entered the hall, Ling Qi had just left, he broke into the study room of the inner hall with a guilty face and panic, jumped on His Majesty, and threw himself into his arms.

Just before Ling Qi left, he mentioned the reason why Xie Chu went to Chu Heng with the emperor. Ling Ye already knew it in his heart. Seeing Chu Heng's "survival after the catastrophe", he couldn't help but curled up his lips, and teased: "Your Majesty! Shi Mo, you are not allowed to run around in Jingzhang Palace, you are disrespecting the imperial court."

Chu Heng sat on Ling Ye's lap, exhaled to calm his heartbeat, and Fang said, "I almost got beaten!"

The smile on Ling Ye's eyebrows grew stronger, "Is Dong Jun complaining to me?" He could not hide his gloating in his tone, "I remember, Commander Xie should not be able to beat Dong Jun, right?"

Chu Heng's eyes widened: "Then I can't fight Commander Xie either...I just wanted to run slower...you're still laughing!"

Ling Ye held back forcibly, slightly bent the corners of his lips, and said forcefully, "Then I will have someone call Xie Chu back, and scold him first? Ask him, how dare he commit such crimes and fight the queen."

What kind of words are this to watch the excitement?

Chu Heng glanced at Ling Ye, thinking that Yingshou was hurting me, yet he told Commander Xie so easily.Before Xie Chu calmed down, he didn't dare to go to the Hall of Martial Arts, but the emperor's guards often went to the hall to collect tokens when they were on duty.

Chu Heng frowned and worried, and with a flash of inspiration, he looked at Ling Ye and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, Minister Chu Mo is disrespectful in front of the imperial court. You should detain him in the Hall of Respect and Sincerity. Otherwise, it will be too late to send him another 'outsider'." OK."

"A foreigner?" Ling Ye slightly raised his eyebrows, "Sure."

In the next two days, Chu Shimo worked as a "foreigner" in Mingcheng Palace for two days, but he never thought that the real foreigner would come to him so soon.

Half a month ago, when Ling Ye brought Chu Heng back from Lushui, they accidentally ran into Cangwu Martial Venerable Fang Hongzhen at the border of the three states of Zhongchangwan.After the old thief left Zhongzhou at that time, he really didn't go to Wanzhou to return to his Cangwu City safely.

Su Lang and Ye Xinghui's trip to Changzhou Donghai was to celebrate the old man's birthday on the surface, and secretly cooperated with the shadow guards to investigate Dingkang Zhou's Nanyang spice ship and other families involved behind it.They found Fang Hongzhen's shadow in Huaize City where the spice ship entered.

Things were a little tricky, in addition to the shadow guard's secret performance, Xinghui also sent an urgent letter to Chu Heng.

Just in case, Chu Heng had to go to Changzhou himself.

In addition to his Ming Ji sword, Chu Heng also brought the Tianzi sword Fuyun Diji, and made arrangements in Huaize City.

Recently, the northern border has not been very stable, and the Beidi Thirteen Departments have made small movements frequently.This trip to Changzhou, Ling Ye always felt like the eve of a storm. He nodded a little regretfully that the Empress Dowager Zhong had gone to Nanshan, not because she was worried about what she could do with King Jing secretly. Ling Ye knew everything about the contacts and what they had said, and thus he was aware of the clues of the supporters of the aristocratic families behind King Jing.Things were going in the preset direction, but he somehow had a bad premonition.

Before Chu Heng left, Ling Ye made an agreement with him for three chapters.

"At this time of year, Changzhou is hotter than the imperial capital, but don't be too greedy for coolness. Remember to eat well on the way, and be less picky. When you return to the imperial capital, you can choose."

Chu Heng agreed without thinking: "Definitely."

"The most important point," Ling Ye said, "if you meet Fang Hongzhen head-on, he won't dare to act rashly with you around. But don't chase after the poor, and you are not allowed to risk your life to kill people."

Chu Heng's eyes moved slightly, and he lowered his eyelashes and let out an "um".

Ling Ye knew that he couldn't listen easily, so he took a step forward, touched Chu Heng's lips, and whispered in his ear, "I'm afraid."

Chu Heng was stunned for a moment, and raised his eyes to meet Ling Ye's. There was a string in his heart that tightened for a moment, and he was silent for a moment, then nodded again and said, "Yes."

Ling Ye smiled slightly, "Waiting for you to come back."

……

Four or five days passed in a blink of an eye, counting the days, Chu Heng should have arrived in Huaize City, Changzhou.

On the way, he ran into a shadow guard who was returning to the imperial capital from Wanzhou, and he brought a letter.

Ling Ye opened it and looked. The words on the letter were not long, but the words were simple and simple, as if telling him to his face - passing Zhongzhou in Xiaoman, seeing the early summer farming, the wheat ears in the ridges were full, and the mulberry trees in the garden were strong.Passing by a place in the middle of the day, plums and yellow apricots are fat by the roadside. I left a corner of the silver to pick it up and taste it. Unfortunately, the taste is sour and not sweet. If I make it into plum and apricot jam, I think it will have a different flavor.

The scenery along the way is still good, look at the sky at dawn and look at the clouds at dusk.

At the end, I attached a food list for noon that day, and commented on each dish after a few dishes.

Not good, average, passable.

— but everything is eaten.

Ling Ye stretched his brows and eyes, and stroked the ink on the letter with his fingertips. He seemed to see Chu Heng's stern face while writing a letter, and the smile on his lips deepened.

The inscription is their private seal.

It belongs to Chu Heng.

The four characters engraved at the beginning were chosen by Chu Heng. Although they don't look like serious chapter characters, they are really good and serious for them.

The shadow guard came back from Wanzhou, and Jiang Jincheng, King Jing's food town, was there, which was his "base camp".

Since the reform of the imperial examination two years ago and the discontinuation of examination papers, the aristocratic families in Wanzhou have reshuffled their cards.When Yan Xiang died, Duke Yan Yu of the Qing Dynasty used the "filial piety" flag to attack Yan Yun. Instead, he smashed his own foot, made a stupid move, and went home in despair to serve his father.Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Yan died of illness, and the emperor granted him a posthumous posthumous posthumous title, and sent envoys to express his condolences.

But after the grand funeral, the whole family of the Yan family in Tanchuan kept their filial piety. For all the Yan family members who served in important positions in the court, the emperor never seized one person, and quickly arranged for people from the rest of the family to take the top. Almost no one spoke out for Yan.

To make matters worse, Mrs. Yan is the suzerain of the [-]th family who ruled a city as a land. All the children of the Yan family in the land of Tanchuan have enjoyed the merits of their ancestors to the maximum extent since they were born, so according to Da According to Yin's etiquette system, when the suzerain of the sixteenth family dies, all the nephews and nephews of the family must live in mourning, and stay close to each other. The longest period is three years, and the shortest period is one year.During Ding You's period, Tanchuan's nephews and nephews of the direct line could not be enshrined, and the collateral line would also not be able to participate in the next year's Qiuwei State Examination—the next time will be three years later. ①

Such a long period of vacancy has caused the Tanchuan Yan family's power in the court to shrink sharply, and the Yan family's voice is rarely heard on important occasions.

This also brought about the ebb and flow among the Wanzhou aristocratic families.Although the Yan family is one of the sixteen families, and the thin camel is bigger than the horse, there are still some small families following behind, but the family with the most say in Wanzhou is already the Wangxi Duan family.

Moreover, the emperor seemed to have a lot of complaints about the Yan family, not just about Ding You, but also when he let Yan Yunfei go to the northern border army for gold-plated training, but did not give the Yan family a chance to pay official duties, to when he cleaned up the Yan family. However, the Duan family and the small family accompanying the Duan family were praised. All signs showed that the emperor was laissez-faire and even contributed to the decline of the Yanchuan Yan family.

The end of Ding You will not be the end, Duke Yan Yu of the Qing Dynasty can already foresee that when the mourning period expires, what awaits him will be a loose official with no rank but no real power. Don't think about it.

This is the case with the political struggle in the imperial court. If you make a wrong move, ten years, 20 years, or even the entire Xuanxi dynasty will be lost, and it may continue to the next generation of emperors.

Duke Yan Yu of the Qing Dynasty lives in regret every day, opening his eyes and closing his eyes is all about the events at the court meeting. In the past, Danchuan was so beautiful, but now it is deserted and quiet like stagnant water.Before the old father died of illness, he held his hand and told him the word "family". Looking at the Yan family in such decline, he would not rest in peace until he died.

Looking at it creates resentment, wasted day after day, looking at the outstanding juniors in the family who can't get ahead and waiting for years, and thinking about Yan Yunfei who is far away in the north, who is like a fish in water, and his military achievements are left to him. Even though he made a wrong move, he couldn't restrain himself from feeling resentful towards the mean and ungrateful emperor.

The Yan family has had hairpin tassels for generations, but the emperor is so cool!

In this world, is Ling Ye the only one who is qualified to sit in that position?

——They are all descendants of dragons and phoenixes... When the queen mother was in court and the king of Qi was in power, there were no imperial examinations.

When Duke Qing had evil thoughts in the mansion, people who respected the king also quietly came to the door.

……

After reading the Wanzhou Mizuo sent by the shadow guard, Ling Ye sneered and dropped the notebook.

Duke Yan Yu of the Qing Dynasty is really far behind the cruel, decisive and worldly old Mrs. Yan. If he is said to be shrewd, it is all because of him that the Yan family will be miserable today. If he is said to be weak, it is not time to deal with Yun Fei. If you don't see Xinci, you say that he is cowardly, but it's not that he has no courage—you can only say that he is stupid and poisonous.

With a child like this, it's no wonder that the old master Yan wanted to press his face before his death, otherwise, the three Dukes of Qing tied together would not be enough to pinch with one hand.

After the Hundred Days Ceremony of Old Master Yan, Yan Yu would often go to the imperial capital to invite An Zhezi, expressing the hope of "reviving love".At that time, Yun Fei had not been in Ying Guogong's tent for a long time. Before he became famous, Ling Ye would of course let the Tanchuan Yan family hang out and waste the foundation of this Wanzhou family, so that the further reform of the selection of officials could be carried out in the future. imperial examination.But the balance of power between the DPRK and China is important. Wanzhou must not only rely on the Xiduan family to dominate, but the Yanchuan Yan family still has some role to play.Keqing Duke Yan Yu obviously couldn't wait.

The manpower in Wanzhou was placed by Ling Ye at the key position by taking the opportunity a few years ago, coupled with the eyeliner of some defected small families at the end of the past two years, the actions of Duke Qing of Tanchuan cannot be said to be clear, but There are always six or seven points.

According to the secret memorial, Duke Qing's mansion was unable to become an official because of Ding You, and half a year after Old Master Yan passed away, the Yan family turned their attention to the river trade, saying to the outside world that they wanted to find something for the younger generation in the family to gain experience.

——It is reasonable, and no one can fault it.

Danchuan is a tributary of the Lanjiang River, which penetrates deep into the hinterland of Wanzhou, and is unimpeded from north to south. This city, as the location of the Yan family, is named after the river directly, which shows the prosperity of its water transport.

The Yan family's business naturally comes from this.

Duke Qing's request for peace was handed over as usual, with no scruples on his face, and careful inspection from time to time, it was really hard to detect that he would hook up with King Jing.

Take a map and draw a picture. The place of Tanchuan is really good. The tributaries of the Lanjiang River, along the river to the north, can directly lead to Jingwang Shiyi, Jiangjin City, and all the way to the south, it flows into the Yunzhou River. The Wufang clan is in Yunzhou.It has to be said that Tanchuan is the best connection hub between Jiangjin City and Cangwu City, Wanzhou and Yunzhou.

In addition to port taxes, the river transport business also involves traveling between the north and the south, selling their own rich products to other places, and trafficking back rare products from other places.This sounds very familiar, because King Jing's right-hand man, the Dingkang Zhou family, was engaged in the shipping business of Nanyang spices a few years ago.Su Lang and Ye Xinghui went to Changzhou to investigate this matter, and now Chu Heng is also here.

If those Nanyang spices really hide a lot of tricks, it is impossible for King Jing to only put the treasure on Dingkang. Another dark line is from Cangwu City to Jiangjin City. Chuan was in the middle to help with scheduling, and it wasn't 01:30 that went smoothly.

The Yan family is really good.

Ling Ye looked at the geographical map of mountains and rivers on the imperial case, and drew a circle at the location of Tanchuan with a ink brush.

Dayin has an iron-clad sixteen-year-old family. This is not an exaggeration, it is written in the Taimiao.

Before Dayin founded the country, Kyushu experienced more than [-] years of turmoil and riots. There were not only internal troubles, but also foreign troubles.

Except for the Yichong Xiao family, none of the other fifteen surnames who followed Taizu to conquer the world were famous families. After ten years of fighting civil strife, overthrowing tyranny, rejecting foreign enemies, and ruling Kyushu, they suffered nine deaths.

Therefore, when Dayin established the country, Taizu made a solemn oath to heaven and earth in the Taimiao. With the iron certificate of Danshu and Dayin's Guoshu as evidence, the hope of the sixteenth family will never be withdrawn-making the river like a belt, and Mount Tai like a river. In the calendar, the city is based on Yongning, Yuan and Miao people, and there is a ancestral temple in Yin, and there is no peerless world. ②

The endless life of the Sixteenth Family follows the prosperity of the Dayin Dynasty. The Dynasty is the support of the family, and the family is also the cornerstone of the Dynasty.Hundreds of years have passed, while the rule of Dayin's imperial power is stable, there are also constraints.

However, the Pingchuan Ling family cannot break their promises to heaven and earth.

As long as Dayin's imperial power is in place, so is the iron family.

Just like the Yanyang uncle's mansion, the queen mother's mother family who participated in King Qi's rebellion five years ago, even if Ling Ye can kill the three families, Yanxi City today is still the prestige of the Zhong family.The person sitting on the seat of the city lord, even if it is the puppet chosen by Ling Ye, still has the surname Zhong—the Zhong of the Yanxi Zhong family, and the court still cannot set up a magistrate here.

The Yan Chuan family is also one of the sixteen families.

Ling Ye looked at the newly drawn red circle on the map. No matter what, the Yan family would exist in the world of Kyushu and occupy this city.

But the head of the Yan family must be replaced by someone in the future.

He quickly had a plan in his mind, took a pen and wrote a few secret decrees, and sent them to Northwest, Shuozhou, Wanzhou, and Changzhou respectively, and began to secretly dispatch troops and generals.

The shadow guard had to come out, and the study became quiet, leaving him alone.

Ling Ye took out the letterhead from his bosom again, took out his private seal from his purse, dipped it in some cinnabar, and printed the words "Master of Mountains and Rivers" on the front of "Belongs to Chu Hengye" .

In the letter, I read the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk.

Ling Ye walked to the window, looked up, and saw the clouds in the sky.

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The thing about spending in Changzhou is that the plot of Canghai is not the focus of Linque, so I will mention it in a few strokes.

① The clan's nephew lived for the suzerain's funeral, which was not so long in ancient times (Qi declined for three months).The one to three years in the article is a private establishment, which is actually one of the methods to restrain the power of the Sixteenth Aristocratic Family in a disguised form. ] ② "Make the river like a belt... there is no peerless world", quoted from Sima Qian's "Chronology of the Great Ancestor's Heroes and Marquis", with some changes in the text.The original sentence is "Let the river be like a belt, Mount Tai be like a calendar, the country will be peaceful, and reach the Miao people", which means that even if the Yellow River is as thin as a belt and Mount Tai is as flat as a whetstone, your country will always be peaceful. And grace and future generations.In the early Han Dynasty, the prefectures and states were in parallel.The setting of Dayin is somewhat similar, but the aristocratic prestige is not a feudal state, and does not have that much power. The original sentence of "Yin has ancestral temple" is "Han has ancestral temple". 】

③Looking at the sky at dawn and looking at the clouds at dusk, thinking about you when you walk, and thinking about you when you sit. ——Tang Yin's "One Cut Plum"