Great Wei scholar

Wouldn't it be nice for An Anxin to lay dead salted fish at home?

"You, you, you obviously have such a talent, but you always want to be lazy, but think about it, you are really involved, maybe something will happen again."

"What Your Majesty hopes most is that nothing will happen in the recent period, nothing will happen at all."

"Okay, the old man will leave first. When the real construction starts later, you must come to the Ministry of Industry and teach the people in the Ministry of Education how to build it. If you want to lie down and earn credit, stop dreaming."

Li Yanlong got up, his mood inexplicably improved, and after saying this, he got up and left.

"Master Li, go slowly."

Xu Qingxiao got up to send Li Yanlong away, and then returned to the room.

Start reading.

What I have to say is that this Hua Xingyun is indeed punctual. Last night, someone delivered saint books, and there are quite a few of them, including saints of all ages.

As for the other saints, Xu Qingxiao didn't look at them for the time being, mainly looking for the deeds of the Great Saint.

Xu Qingxiao still needs to figure out who the seven people in Wen Palace are, after all, it is better to know yourself and the enemy.

Rather than being passive, it is better to take the initiative to seize sovereignty.

And at the same time.

Inside Huaining Palace.

After hearing everything about the court today, King Huaining's expression turned ugly.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Manchu civil and military, why did they all agree to the waterwheel project in one day? This is absolutely impossible."

"Gu Yan, Minister of the Household Department, cherishes money like his life. Asking him to take out [-] million taels, or even [-] million taels, [-] million taels of silver, is more uncomfortable than taking his life."

"The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War agree. This old man doesn't think much of it, but why does the military officer agree?"

"Don't they know that once the waterwheel project is implemented, the Great Wei and Northern Expeditions will never resume within ten years?"

"Did they also give up on the Northern Expedition?"

"No! Absolutely impossible. If the Northern Expedition is given up, the line of military officers will fall into a passivity that lasts for several generations. It is absolutely impossible for these dukes to be so stupid."

"Why? Why?"

King Huaining's face completely darkened at this moment.

He was the first person to believe that the waterwheel project could benefit the country and the people, so in the secret room, he would say that kind of thing, even at the expense of using the pawn of a foreign race.

But the problem is, I wrote to many vassals yesterday, and almost all the replies I got had the same meaning.

I didn't care about this waterwheel, I hope I think twice, and don't use the pawn of the foreign race lightly.

At this point, he is not angry, because these people are stupid and ignorant, and it is beneficial to him.

According to his plan and idea, it will take at least three months for the waterwheel project to be implemented, and it is absolutely impossible to directly implement the fifty counties.

Unexpectedly, one day.

Just within a day.

Everyone actually agreed.

And agreed to all of them?

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have the same opinion, which in itself is an extremely difficult matter.

who is it?

Who is behind it?

And who has such ability?Li Guangxiao?

No, he doesn't have this ability, he doesn't agree with the military officer's lineage.

Huaining Wang pondered deeply, who is doing this behind the scenes.

"My lord, my subordinates found out that the eunuch in the palace went to Shouren Academy yesterday, and I don't know what to explain. Afterwards, Xu Qingxiao sent someone to Fanshang Street to collect the Fanshang account book."

"Then went to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishments, the Ministry of Officials, and the mansion of Duke Anguo, and Duke Anguo called Qi Guogong and Lu Guogong, including dozens of lords."

The subordinate kneeling in the lobby opened his mouth to inform King Huaining of Xu Qingxiao's movements.

However, King Huaining shook his head directly.

"It can't be him."

"What is he? It seems like a fish in water in the court, but in reality? The empress is the son of heaven, the emperor of the Great Wei. In her eyes, there is no good or bad, no right or wrong, only the interests of the country."

"The officials of the six ministries also have their own interests, and it is impossible to give up their own interests because of Xu Qingxiao."

"As for the military officer lineage, they seem to be enthusiastic about Xu Qingxiao, but in the end they just classify Xu Qingxiao as their own, which involves the interests of the military officer collective. Not to mention one Xu Qingxiao, even a hundred Xu Qingxiao are useless."

King Huaining shook his head directly, he didn't think Xu Qingxiao could control the court.

Because where is the court?

It is the most ruthless place that cares most about interests, human feelings?Favors are worthless in court.

Today, the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice have a very good relationship, but tomorrow they may tear their faces apart. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the court.

Each department has its own interests and its own starting point, and it is impossible to be swayed by one person or favor.

If this is the case, then Great Wei would have perished long ago.

The more disciplined and ruthless the court is, the better it is for the country. If you don't care about the interests, if you are influenced by a person's words, you will not be able to sit in the position of Shangshu.

It can be said that smart people all over the world are smiling tigers. When there are benefits, you and I are friends. When there are no benefits, even the best brothers will turn against each other.

He understood this truth when he was three years old.

"wrong."

But the next moment, King Huaining shook his head.

"Xu Qingxiao went to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment, and he also looked for Mr. An?"

"He is helping His Majesty."

"It's a deal."

King Huaining suddenly thought of something, he frowned, still thinking.

He didn't think that Xu Qingxiao could control the court, but he believed that this was a deal, a deal between the empress and all civil and military officials.

"What did the Empress promise to make them all agree?"

"Even if the military officer agrees, this deal must be very big."

"But it is precisely because of this that the king wants to stop this waterwheel project."

"It's just that the vassal kings everywhere are so stupid that they don't know the importance of this matter. This king will use his own power to delay this matter."

"There's also Xu Qingxiao."

"It must also be removed. This person has great talent, and if he can't be used by me, he can't stay."

In the blink of an eye, King Huaining thought of many things.

He must stop the promotion of the waterwheel, which is a top priority.

As for the ignorance of the vassal king, there is actually one thing he didn't say, which he himself understands. Sometimes it's not that the vassal king is ignorant, but that everyone is guarding against each other.

As long as it is harmless to oneself, it will not be easy to make a move. Everyone wants to be an emperor, or in other words, everyone wants to seek the greatest benefits in the future.

Everyone has their own ideas, but what King Huaining resents is that these people are disregarding the overall situation for their own benefit.

As for Xu Qingxiao, King Huaining has completely become murderous.

Of course, he wouldn't kill Xu Qingxiao directly. If he did that, he would be breaking the rules. If he did, he wouldn't end well.

At least the Empress will not let him go.

At this moment, King Huaining sat down, his eyes fell on the table, it was a dossier.

The first line of the dossier also reads [Ping'an County Abnormal Art Case]

After a while, King Huaining said with a suppressed voice.

"Go to the Qian family, the Sun family, and the Zhou family, and tell them that the king has something to discuss and ask them to send them to the capital before today's midnight."

"Also, intensify the investigation of this file. All the people who handle the matter will carefully interrogate the ins and outs, especially this Cheng Lidong, and find out his whereabouts as soon as possible."

"Furthermore, after the Taiping Poetry Meeting, it will be His Majesty's birthday. At that time, all the envoys from all nations will enter the capital. Some chess pieces can allow them to enter the capital."

King Huaining spoke.

One order after another ordered to go on.

"Yes, my lord."

The latter took the order and then disappeared in place.

But at this moment, King Huaining's eyes were very calm.

"Xu Qingxiao! You shouldn't have done this waterwheel project. It's good for Wei, but it's not good for me."

He said in his heart that he had already made up his mind to get rid of Xu Qingxiao.

But at this moment, a letter suddenly appeared in front of his desk, appearing out of thin air.

On the letter paper, there are six characters. The font is neat and sharp, which is absolutely extraordinary.

And these six words are "destroying the water tanker, removing the clear night"

King Huaining's eyes were calm, the next moment the letter paper automatically turned into soot, and then disappeared completely.

That's it, for a few days.

Da Wei seemed to have completely quieted down.

Hua Xingyun's return, except for those two days, there was no new news, which disappointed many people, who thought it would be an extremely fierce collision.

Unexpectedly, Hua Xingyun did nothing in the end. Although some people said that Hua Xingyun was brewing, a lot of news appeared soon.

On the day Hua Xingyun came, he visited Xu Qingxiao. At the same time, Hua Xingyun also took the initiative to petition to the Ministry of Household Affairs. He would rather become a court official and want to do something for Wei.

There were even several times when someone said something wrong with Xu Qingxiao, Hua Xingyun would fight back immediately, and at the same time told many people that he and Xu Qingxiao had no grievances at all, and that both of them were scholars and officials of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Willing to complement each other, so that Zhi Dawei can reach a new heyday.

Although some people think it's unbelievable, after all, people's memory is not only for three years, there are still many people who can remember how proud Hua Xingyun was three years ago.

Warming wine and writing poems, guarding the border, cursing the royal family, whether it is talent or what, Hua Xingyun three years ago was indeed no worse than Xu Qingxiao, but three years later, he seemed to have become more mature.

Let the people not know what to say for a while.

However, Hua Xingyun's performance initially won the favor of most of the people. At least he knows how to go up and down, and he is willing to go to the Ministry of Households to be a filing official. All the signs show that Hua Xingyun is extremely humble.

However, there are still some rumors among the people that this is a disguise, and even these rumors reached Hua Xingyun's ears, but Hua Xingyun was not angry, but just explained normally, without being impatient.

Without conflicts, without contradictions, naturally there is no way to win attention.

There is nothing interesting in the court, the common people are really bored recently, and the things they talk about every day, they return to whose son is so good, whose daughter married a good man, and what happened to the family. matter.

For a while, the common people felt a little empty for no reason. After all, since Xu Qingxiao came to the capital, big things happened every now and then. Every day passed quickly, with a pot of tea and a dish of food, and a few friends chatting for a day, it was very pleasant.

But fortunately, there are two things that give the common people hope.

The Taiping Poetry Fair will be here soon, in the middle of next month.

The Queen's birthday is also approaching, fifteen days after the end of the Taiping Poetry Fair.

In comparison, what the people look forward to more is the Taiping Poetry Fair. This is a really big event. All talented scholars from the Great Wei Dynasty will gather, including scholars from many surrounding countries.

In previous years' poetry fairs, some top-notch masterpieces would be produced, and even ancient poems would be published, leaving good stories. This year's poetry fair will naturally attract more attention.

Because Da Wei came to a Xu Qingxiao.

There is also a Hua Xingyun.

And this time.

Shouren School.

Chen Xinghe was bathed in the twilight light. He stood alone in the middle of the school, not knowing what to think about.