Delusional [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 68 Emperor Map Part 2

Lin Xi, the female official, did not do so well.She was the first female official in Chu State, and also the first female official in the previous dynasty for more than [-] years.

Although the folk customs have improved a lot since the previous dynasty, the ancient teachings have been like this for thousands of years. Women only read "Women's Training" and "Women's Commandments" thoroughly. They serve their parents-in-law and teach their children. , let others point and point.Lin Xi's extraordinary behavior became a joke among the noble daughters of the aristocratic family.

Even the mistress of Lin's generation and Lin Xi's own mother wrote letters to reprimand her, telling her not to deviate from the scriptures, not to be bewitched by others, and not to disregard the worldly rules and Lin's centuries-old reputation.

At the end of the letter, the Weiling Chen family was specifically mentioned. Her future husband-in-law, who had made a marriage contract since childhood, had sent someone to come to withdraw the marriage, saying: "Young lady has lofty ambitions, and the Chen family's lintel is in the custom. Now, I hope that the son-in-law will choose another good son-in-law."

Lin Xi didn't know that, in fact, the behavior of the eldest son of the Chen family was more extreme than what was stated in the letter.He personally rushed to Hengzhou to retire the Lin family, and in front of the elders of the Lin family, he bluntly said that Lin Xi's action had ruined the family tradition of the Chen family. It's even worse.Even if he married a brothel girl, he would never marry Lin Xi.

Although Lin Xi thought that her family might not support her, she never expected that her most gentle and loving mother would scold her so harshly.After all, she was young and inexperienced, and she couldn't help crying at her desk after reading the letter.

But since she has chosen to take this path, she will never waver easily.Since she dared to speak out in front of Xie Xiangzhi, she also dared to disobey her parents' orders today.

Lin Xi picked up a pen to revise the book.

"...The old customs and the old system must be right? We have the virtuous and talented people of the present, why do we have to follow the old system of the predecessors? People are not sages, so how can they be infallible?...Nvxi thinks she has a clear conscience and looks up to the world. You can't change your mind."

"...How can a woman not be judged by others, how much can others know?...Sages and sages still have voices of discord, let alone me as ordinary people. Right and wrong are left to others, so why worry about it. History and calligraphy will never gloss over mistakes,"

"If the father and mother think that the daughter has ruined the reputation of the Lin family, the daughter can resign on her own initiative and no longer bear the Lin family name. But the daughter will still worship the two elders in Gaotang in this lifetime, and I am grateful for the kindness of the bones."

"Sincerely, Lin Xi, the unworthy girl."

This categorical letter was sent overnight by Lin's servant.After Lin Xi finished writing, her heart felt cold, and she stood in front of the window in a cloak and looked at the new snow for a long time.

This may be the last snow in Nanzhou this year.The thin snow has not yet melted, and the bluestone courtyard is covered. The bare branches of crabapple are stretched in the north wind. When Dongjun enters with Yanyuyingcry, he will bring out clusters of bright flowers.

The winter in Nanzhou is always so clean and cold, just to clean up all unnecessary things for the arrival of spring.

"Come on."

After staring at the silence for a long time, Lin Xi turned around and ordered.The maid came in from the outside, her eyebrows lowered and her eyes pleasing to the eye.

"Go prepare the car, I want to enter the palace to see the king."

The young girl who has not yet reached sixteen has begun to show a noble and dignified posture between her eyebrows and eyes, and there are too many forced indifference and abandonment hidden in that posture.

It is rare to have both in the world.

But from this day on, she will not regret every decision she has made.

She is Lin Xi, not Lin Xi from the Lin family.It's not the "Lin's daughter" that is never mentioned in history books.

She needs to preemptively strike before the news of Chen's resignation is known to the world.

If Chen's resignation comes out, the already difficult women's school and female official system will immediately become worse - if a woman is resigned by her husband's family, it is a shame and a great shame in this era, and it must be a woman who has lost her virtue.What's more, a Qingliu family like the Chen family?

When the news of her resignation broke out, most women must be terrified all day long, because a marriage is almost the whole of a woman's first half of her life.Lin Xi knew that she couldn't magnify this panic, otherwise Xie Xiangzhi's temporary respite from dozens of companies would be meaningless.

So she wants to ask Xie Xiang to know the next intention of retiring the engagement.She will withdraw the engagement herself.

She can't hand over the initiative for a bit.Women have no rights in this world.

Xie Xiangzhi did not meet Lin Xi in the Yizheng Hall, but in the Yong'an Hall.

At that time, Xie Xiangzhi and Pei Yuan were talking about a commentary on the meaning of a previous classic. In Xie Xiangzhi's eyes, this book was nonsense, but it did not prevent him from discussing the content with Pei Yuan with great interest.

——Xie Xiangzhi used this book in his early years to try out many counselors and scholars who came to seek refuge. Anyone who praised this book was sent away by Xie Xiangzhi.Only one man named Chun Yudun was left behind to take charge of diplomatic affairs.

There is no other reason, but this talker is exceptionally sharp, talking about people when he sees people, and talking nonsense when he sees people.Seeing that Xie Xiangzhi's expression showed something wrong, he immediately changed his rhetoric, but it happened to be able to connect with the previous praise.The funniest part is that he never read the book.

Xie Xiangzhi then arranged for him to be a Dahonglu, in charge of ceremonies, sacrifices and diplomatic relations with various countries, so as to give full play to his lip service.

Pei Yuan was not good at morality, but he was able to chat a lot with the topics Xie Xiangzhi raised.If you ask him to say it himself, it is: "These sour scholars have been talking about the same meaning for hundreds of years, what is there to complain about?"

"I have never heard of a country that governs the country with "benevolence" instead of law. If there is no law, how can it govern the country? Are those Confucian scholars using their "benevolence" to influence thieves, thieves, and unrighteous people?"

Pei Yuan was a young man who had learned Confucianism and Taoism at home, so he didn't take it seriously at the time.

The legal system is the standard measure of a country's governance.

Although there are great Confucians like Xu Wei who don't stick to clichés, there are still sour Confucians who only know how to talk about common people on paper.

Xie Xiangzhi smiled lightly: "These Confucian scholars are spread all over the world. The Yuan Dynasty has been studied for hundreds of years, and its influence is much stronger than that of the aristocratic families in Nanzhou."

"It's not good to kill them all." Xie Xiangzhi sighed slightly, and tapped on the square yellow pear wood low table on the couch.

Pei Yuan could tell that what he was playing was a folk tune that was widely spread in Nanzhou.

Lin Xi came in from outside the hall. She wore a satin cloak embroidered with gold thread and red feathers. After the salute, she explained her intention of coming without talking nonsense—begging for a divorce letter written by the King of Chu himself.

She confessed all her worries, Xie Xiangzhi pondered slightly, and the movement of knocking on the table slowly slowed down.

"There's nothing wrong with retiring the engagement. If you don't like it, don't force yourself to compromise. It's just that your friendship with the Lin family can't be broken just like your fiancé husband-in-law. After all, it's your blood relatives."

The palace man brought Lin Xi a chair, and Lin Xi thanked her before sitting down.

"Your Majesty is right. The friendship between me and the Lin family is indeed not a frivolous fate that can be broken with a knife. But..." She smiled slightly, "My Majesty, since I stood on the land of Chudu, I have known that I am There is no way out."

"I want women to get out of the boudoir, I want women to no longer be regarded as men's subordinates, and I want women's fate should not be determined by men."

"It's not that I don't know that it is difficult for me to fight against the rules that have existed for thousands of years. But—something, someone has to do it."

Her voice lowered slightly towards the end, but remained unshakable.

Xie Xiangzhi smiled lightly: "Master Yushi, it is very dangerous to live soberer than an era."

He no longer called her Miss Lin like in the past.

Lin Xi opened her dark eyes slightly, and the light burst from them.

"Even if you are suffering soberly, it is far better than living in a daze."

Pei Yuan said suddenly: "Since Mr. Lin Yushi intends to withdraw the engagement, why not consider Yandierlang. I, Yandierlang, are much better than the idiots raised by these high-ranking families in Nanzhou. Lin Yushi has a great bearing. I, Yandi, must be a wonderful woman admired by the sons of all families."

Xie Xiangzhi tilted his head slightly to look at him, smiled lightly and said nothing.

No matter how indifferent Lin Xi was, she was stunned for a moment by King Yan's magical stroke.After a long while, he hesitated and smiled: "Thank you, King Yan, Lin Xi has no intention of marriage at the moment."

"Tell me, what's the name of your ex-fiancée? This king will write the divorce letter for you." Xie Xiangzhi stood up.

"Chen Xingyun."

"I didn't bring the lonely king's seal with me, but I did bring the private seal. Does Lin Yushi mind adding a lonely private seal to the divorce letter?"

Pei Yuan said again.

"This is the blessing of a humble minister." Lin Xi bowed his knees and saluted with a gentle and soft voice.

……

After half a stick of incense, Xie Xiangzhi put down his pen, Pei Yuan leaned closer to look at him, and said, "Ah Xie is still soft-hearted after all, how can this shameless behavior of the Chen family be easily exposed? Why don't you just add a few more words?"

Lin Xi showed a look of hesitation, she didn't really blame Chen Xingyun, after all, even her mother had this attitude, not to mention her fiancé-in-law who hadn't met since the engagement?She just wanted to use this will to keep her bottom line.

She is more than herself now.

Not only can you not take a step back, but you have to push forward when necessary.

Pei Yuan saw through her mind at a glance, and said: "I didn't want to impose a crime on him. You didn't do anything wrong, but he broke the marriage alliance for no reason. It was because he was unkind, so it's okay to scold him a few more times." The Chen family has a century-old foundation. Your fiancé-in-law is the eldest son of the eldest son. Swearing at him will not hurt anything, but his reputation. At most, he will only be angry for two days. If he is narrow-minded, he will be angry for three to five years That's all."

Pei Yuan didn't mention what would happen if these young masters who valued their reputation the most lost their reputation.

"Being an official should be jealous and soft-hearted."

Pei Yuan mentioned her lightly again, "If you don't cut the weeds and root them out sooner, and the clowns will come back in the future, you will be the one who suffers."

Lin Xi was silent for a moment, her hands under her sleeves clenched slightly into fists.

"Everything is up to the king to decide."

"What do you listen to me for?" Xie Xiangzhi looked over, "You are the number one female official in the world, and you should listen to yourself in everything."

"Yan Wang and I don't look like women in any way."

As Xie Xiangzhi said, he took out the private seal of King Chu from his sleeve pocket, and stamped it on the divorce paper.After finishing all this, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Pei Yuan.Pei Yuan understood, and neatly placed the private seal next to Xie Xiangzhi's red seal.

Two bright red names are juxtaposed together.

He accepted the private seal with satisfaction.

The system suddenly said: [Host, do you think this looks like a marriage certificate. 】

In fact, it is not like a marriage certificate, but like some kind of special contract.But this thing is really just a letter of withdrawal from Lin Xi.

Xie Xiangzhi ignored its foolishness, and handed the divorce letter to Lin Xi, "Go to the Palace of Political Affairs and ask the magistrate to stamp the king's seal."

"Yes."

Lin Xi glanced at the two of them with complicated eyes, lifted her skirt and ran out of the palace door with small steps.

After she ran for a short distance, she suddenly turned her head and saw that King Yan whispered something softly to the king of Chu with a smile on his side.

He said something to King Yan, Lin Xi couldn't see King Yan's expression after hearing this, but could only faintly see King Yan's arm wrapped around Xie Xiangzhi's waist.

Intimacy.

Her heart beat slightly, and her pace couldn't help but quicken a little.

When she walked away completely, Pei Yuan whispered in a voice with a vague smile: "Since Gu has helped the King of Chu, shouldn't the King of Chu be courteous?"

"Isn't King Yan insisting on being a good person in the court of Chu State?"

Xie Xiangzhi asked coldly.

"Yes, I want the courtiers of Chu State to say a few nice words for me in front of the King of Chu."

The smile gradually faded, and an ambiguous atmosphere shrouded the hall.

……

Nalan Creek traveled quickly from the border of Nanzhou for several days before returning before New Year's Eve.Prime Minister Xu's coffin was still in the prime minister's mansion, and Nalanxi rushed to the Chu Palace to secretly meet with the King of Chu after paying homage in person.

It took him several months to bring back the result from Yongjing - a secret letter.From His Royal Highness King Ming.

The only reason why this King Ming is called His Highness is because he is the half-brother of the last emperor of the previous dynasty, not from the Baili family, but under the forceful persecution of the Empress Dowager, this man was also included in the clan roster. Enjoy the treatment of the prince.When the previous dynasty collapsed, he was the one who led the troops to recapture the imperial capital. For the next 30 years, he has been struggling to survive in the cracks of various countries and defend the imperial capital.

When Nalanxi rushed to Yongjing, the weeds outside the city gate were several feet deep, submerging the base of the wall.

In the past, the bustling and crowded capital of Wuhua Tianbao has almost become an isolated city.

The rise and fall of dynasties is not the case.

Speaking of this letter, Nalanxi spent a lot of effort to sneak into the city of Yongjing, and then found someone to lead him into the Palace of King Ming. After finally finding an opportunity to approach His Royal Highness, he only revealed his identity after gaining trust, and followed Xie Xiangzhi's instructions The profit-making conditions offered little by little bewitched His Royal Highness King Ming.

In fact, His Royal Highness King Ming could no longer hold on.In the imperial capital, starvation was everywhere, and the soldiers stationed in the imperial capital were not fed or warm, and had no energy to fight at all.

——The more this is the case, the less it is possible for people to enter and leave the capital and see various situations in the city.The more people are not allowed to enter and leave the capital, the less business and trade they will have, and the more impoverished they will be.

Vicious circle.

Therefore, the last prince left behind by the former royal family thought over and over again, and agreed to Nalanxi's persuasion to surrender.

There are three conditions. One is to be kind to the people in the city. They just didn’t have time to escape from the city as quickly as the nobles when the city was broken; Inside the Imperial Palace, the Qinghe Palace, which is filled with tablets and portraits of emperors of all dynasties, is not allowed to change at all, and needs to be taken care of by someone.

Nalanxi agreed to the first two conditions without hesitation, but Nalanxi agreed to the last condition after thinking about it, and then wrote a letter back to Nanzhou to ask Xie Xiangzhi's meaning.

Xie Xiangzhi Zhu Bi approved a "good" word.

Only then did Nalanxi truly let go of his heart.

Xie Xiangzhi took the secret letter written by His Highness King Ming himself, opened it and looked at it, with an expression on his face that could not distinguish between joy and anger.

"Have you visited your teacher?" Xie Xiangzhi put down the letter, looked down at Nalanxi, and asked softly.

This is the first time that Nalanxi officially saw the king he will be loyal to in the future. It is not the smiling envoy in red at King Chen's banquet, not the vague name in the teacher's mouth, but the real and real Chu. kings and...

The future lord of the world.

Nalanxi had no doubt that the person in front of him could do this.

Facing Xie Xiangzhi, he couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

"I've already visited the palace, and I just came to the palace." Nalanxi didn't hide anything. In fact, he also knew that there were few things going on in Chudu that could escape Xie Xiangzhi's eyes in the dark.

He was a little hesitant: "When I left Chudu, the teacher was in good health. In just a few months..."

"This king also thought that he could be the great prime minister for another ten or eight years." Xie Xiangzhi picked up the ashes in the golden beast incense burner on the table, and said in a low voice, "It's a pity that those aristocratic families in the Chu land are so ambitious. Murder Xu Xiang secretly."

Nalanxi understands that no matter whether the teacher died of illness or was assassinated, when the coffin is finalized, it can only be the wolfish ambition of the clan of Chu, who commits the crime above.

"The winter in Nanzhou this year is too cold." Xie Xiangzhi's voice was erratic, "When the days are warmer, take him back to the hometown of the imperial capital."

Nalanxi: "I hope the lord will allow me to send the teacher's coffin to Beijing at that time."

Xie Xiangzhi nodded in agreement.

"...My lord, please forgive me for the crime of disrespect, and please tell me the truth, why did the teacher..." Nalanxi hesitated for a moment, but still asked.Obviously, he was worrying about some kind of conjecture.

"It wasn't an accidental assassination." Xie Xiangzhi was silent for a moment, "Xu Xiang died of illness indeed."

"...Even I didn't expect it."

The light in Nalanxi's eyes was flickering, I don't know if he believed this explanation.

After a long time, he said: "The humble minister will retire first."

"Wait." Xie Xiangzhi called him to stop.

Nalanxi looked at him puzzled.

"Xu Xiang passed away forever, and the position of Prime Minister of Chu State is vacant."

Nalan Xi thought about it.Guo heard Xie Xiangzhi continue: "From today onwards, you will temporarily serve as the Prime Minister of Chu."

"According to your teacher's behest."

"This humble minister will live up to the high expectations of the lord and the teacher." The corners of his eyes were slightly moist, but his eyes were exceptionally clear.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Nalanxi, the only disciple of Xu Wei, the former Prime Minister of Chu State, and the son of King Chen, took over the position of Prime Minister of Chu State.

The newly-appointed first official of the Chu State at the age of a weak crown received the king's decree in the shocked eyes of the world, and has since become an invincible sharp blade in the hands of the monarch above the nine heavenly towers.

Just wait for the sword to be cut at the right time, and the sword will cut away the flames of war in the past, and cut off the prosperity of Qingping.

On the third day of the first month of the first lunar month, Lin Xi, a female official from Lantai, sent out a divorce letter to the Chen family in Weiling. The words were bloody and tearful, scolding the eldest son of the Chen family and Lin Xi's former fiancé-in-law.For a while, this young master of the Chen family became the most unbearable person in the world, and his reputation was ruined.And it is said that on the divorce letter are the seals of King Chu and King Yan who lived in Chu Palace.

The status of the eldest son of the Chen family, who had a great reputation, plummeted in an instant, and he was even removed from the list of candidates for the next generation of the Chen family.

Lin Xiben was still a little soft-hearted, feeling that he had gone too far.But after learning from the letter secretly sent by his elder sister-in-law Huo Junru that he actually scolded himself for being inferior to a prostitute, and even insulted his parents in words, he only hated himself for not being cruel enough.

She was so angry that she wrote in her reply letter to Huo Junru: tell him to go over with the chastity arch, it is best to live a lifetime!

Huo Junru couldn't help laughing when he saw it.

When the new prime minister came to power, his methods were no more gentle than Xu Xiang's, on the contrary, he was even more merciless, and the reform was implemented step by step vigorously and resolutely.Moreover, this man would conceal his identity and inspect the counties and counties to see if they had carried out reforms. After his investigation, several powerful families who encroached on the land were severely punished.The Huo family, the only one in Nanzhou who was able to preserve themselves, handed over their fields early, which made Nalanxi feel rather regretful.

Lin Xi took advantage of the opportunity of being punished by the elites to take away a group of girls from aristocratic families who were proficient in writing and hyphenating characters from Nalanxi, and arranged them into the women's school to become the first batch of teachers.

The power of Chu State seems to have been completely handed over to the prime minister and female officials, while Xie Xiangzhi himself, as the king, hides behind the scenes, his face becomes more and more blurred, and his thoughts become more and more unpredictable.

Only the people in the Chu Palace knew that the King of Chu no longer stayed in his own palace, but often rested in the Yong'an Palace.The puppet who served close to him saw the two kings sharing the same bed, their hair entangled, even if they were close friends, they were too close.

"In a few days, you will be going back to Yandi, right?" Xie Xiangzhi asked while sitting lazily on the couch in a white robe.

He didn't wear his usual red clothes these days, and in order to mourn Xu Xiang's death, everyone in the Chu Palace wore plain clothes for a month--the ceremony of national funeral is not just talk.

"King Chu originally planned to let me go back?"

He thought that Xie Xiangzhi was planning to keep him in Chu territory for the rest of his life.

"Why not?" Xie Xiangzhi raised his eyes and asked back.

Pei Yuan pulled out the miscellaneous notes in his hand, as if he was willing to force him to look at him.

"I heard that His Royal Highness King Ming of Yongjing has promised to surrender in Kaesong. As soon as the cold winter months are over, the Chu army will point their swords at the capital. The imperial capital will be merged into the Chu land. The King of Chu would not dislike it. I want one more Yandi."

His voice was low.

"That depends on what King Yan thinks."

What Xie Xiangzhi said means that whether to surrender peacefully or go to war depends entirely on Pei Yuan's will.The best situation is of course that it can be resolved peacefully. After all, none of them want the already devastated land of the Central Plains to be devastated again.

Pei Yuan turned his gaze slightly to the side, fully taking Xie Xiangzhi's appearance into his eyes: "If the King of Chu ascends to the emperor's palace in Yongjing one day and rules the world, what will my role as the King of Yan be by His Majesty's side?"

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