bamboo horse prince

Yang Nian hadn't even entered the house when firecrackers rang out in Yang's mansion.

Yao'er was the first to greet her, she was no longer the childish girl she used to be, she has transformed into a girl with eighteen changes, and she is slim and graceful.

"Master!" Yao'er's big smiling face made Yang Nian feel more cordial, and she entered the mansion with her arms around her.

"Look, although the mansion has suffered such a catastrophe, I have tidied it up now. It is all according to your preferences. I vacated your room back then and used it as a guest room. You Let’s move to the main house now,” Yao’er muttered with fingers, “As for the study room, it’s been rebuilt now, I’ve moved all your books into it, I’ve tidied up the treasure cabinet, and I’ll return the rest to the garden Added a few rhododendrons, and, and..."

"What else?"

Yao'er replied embarrassedly, "I forgot, it's all because I'm so happy to see the young master!"

"Blame me," Yang Nian smiled, he just came out of the palace, he was still a little depressed, but after being treated so enthusiastically by Yao'er, he felt a lot easier, "Did you prepare some snacks for me?"

"Of course! Four kinds of flower cakes and eight kinds of sweet snacks are all prepared in the hall."

"It's almost there."

"Oh yes," Yao'er said mysteriously, "There is a guest in the hall, who has been waiting for you for a long time."

Yang Nian knew who it was without guessing, but he still pretended to be curious and asked, "Who is it?"

"Prince Cheng!" Yao'er said with a smile.

"I didn't expect Prince Sheng to be so handsome again." Yao'er was very smart, and of course she wouldn't just praise Li Sheng and miss the chance to flatter Yang Nian, so she changed the subject, "Don't you say that the Border Pass is very hard, Why do one or two go there and look better and better?"

"The young master is in a good mood when he comes back, so he will send you there too."

"Oh, don't, young master, I was wrong."

"Stop making wisecracks and go about your business."

"Understood." Yao'er bowed and left.

Li Sheng tossed and tossed for a day, and waited for a long time, looking tired, with one hand supporting the edge of the table, just about to close his eyes, Yang Nian appeared in front of him.

"Is Sister Feng'er doing well?"

Yang Nian didn't care about etiquette in his own mansion, so he moved a chair and sat across from Li Sheng, "No, just reading what was written in the letter made me feel sad enough, but I didn't expect it to be even more wronged."

"how to say?"

"The emperor hasn't been to Qingluan Palace for a long time. It's not a big deal. My aunt found a reason to take away my sister's phoenix seal. All the harem affairs were handed over to Concubine Zhen. The two of them worked together openly and secretly. bullied my sister."

"It's not the first time the Queen Mother has done something like this." Li Sheng thought of what happened to his mother's Queen Mother.

"She used to be the concubine of the Yang family, and her grandmother didn't treat her well, and her grandfather only used her as a tool to consolidate the status of the Yang family. I can understand her resentment towards my father, but she blamed her on her elder sister. I really..." Yang Nian became angrier as he spoke.

Li Sheng bent down, stretched out his hand to hold Yang Nian's, "Don't be impulsive, remember what uncle taught us?"

"Forbearance." Yang Nian sighed, "I know, but I still feel uncomfortable if I don't say it."

"Just tell me."

Yang Nian suddenly felt that he didn't want to go back to the capital, if he had been in the barracks, he would have moved over to kiss Li Sheng now.

"Is everyone in the mansion trustworthy?" Li Sheng glanced around.

"Creditable," Yang Nian nodded, "They are all old house slaves of the Yang family."

"That's good. We just returned to Beijing, so we have to be cautious in everything." Li Sheng said again, "Jiang Ruofeng sent me a secret letter, asking us to talk about it after the court tomorrow."

Yang Nian became serious when he heard the words, "Okay."

"Yang Nian, why do you want to compile the history of Chu?" The emperor called Yang Nian to the imperial study to ask.

"Cultivating history is something my father never forgot. He often said that Chu flourished in a land of hundreds of miles, and the twists and turns in it are really a lesson for future generations," Yang Nian said calmly, "And I thought, since you want to compile history, why not start from Chu?" It has been written until the present age of Chu Sheng."

"Compiling history is indeed a matter for the benefit of future generations, so I will give you an imperial order, allowing you to dispatch any officials below the sixth rank to help."

"Regarding this point, I have a proposal. I would like to invite candidates who have passed the provincial examinations from all over the country to come to Beijing. They are talents, and they will not delay the duties of officials in the DPRK and China."

"It's indeed a good idea," the emperor nodded, and ordered the Hanlin scholars beside him to draw up an order, "Leave this matter to the Ministry of Rites, but I still want to give you a grace to let the three departments and six departments cooperate with you. As for Your rank will be the secretary's order, from the third rank, you will sit with the servants of all ministries."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Nian knelt down to thank him.

"Have you seen your sister?"

"I've seen it. During the award ceremony, the emperor gave me a decree and I entered the palace."

"You really have this kind of heart. Feng'er, who has been with Qingdeng Ancient Buddha all year round, has become a lot withdrawn. Maybe she can be more cheerful when she talks with you. You still have to enter the palace twice a month according to your previous treatment. "

"Long live the emperor." Yang Nian didn't know if the emperor's words were sincere, but he was really happy from the bottom of his heart to allow him to see his sister twice a month.

When Yang Nian arrived at the tavern, Li Sheng and Jiang Ruofeng had already poured wine, and he apologized several times.This tavern was the place where Yang Nian and Li Sheng secretly met, and he just found out that Li Sheng had already bought this tavern at that time.

"Yang Nian, I have to congratulate you. You have the highest official position in the same class." Jiang Ruofeng held the wine glass in both hands and respected Yang Nian.

"Brother Jiang's words will kill me. You are all officials with real power. What I can manage is the 20 or so scholars who will come to Beijing soon."

"This makes me even more envious," Jiang Ruofeng sighed, "Revising history is the dream of many scholars, but firstly, they are hindered by fame, and secondly, they really don't have the strength."

"I'm just trying to avoid the limelight, and I don't have such lofty ideals as Brother Jiang."

Jiang Ruofeng smiled and said that we would not talk about it anymore, "I have sent people to secretly search around Yang's mansion according to the prince's instructions, but the prime minister burned all the documents without leaving a trace, there is really nothing I can do."

"I probably guessed this too." Yang Nian was not disappointed, "My father is very cautious. He will not leave any clues, so we can only start from the other side."

"I'm ashamed, I violated the prince's entrustment, not only failed to gain a foothold in the court, but also failed to do such a thing."

"Brother Jiang was in the official department, and he was promoted from a regular servant to a fifth-rank servant in one year. After listening to Li Sheng's idea, he was transferred to the household department. It didn't improve. It's his fault that blocked your official career. "Yang Nian said this on purpose.

"You can't blame the lord," Jiang Ruofeng didn't complain about Li Sheng's arrangement. "The taxes have become more and more heavy these years, but the household department has become more and more short-lived, which also makes me very concerned. I have been in the household department for five years. The secret investigation finally allowed me to grasp the evidence of embezzlement of public funds and annexation of land by the Minister of the Household Department, but because the crown prince was born by the concubine Zhen, the emperor only favors her family, so these crimes cannot be made public."

"Since we have evidence, we are not in a hurry," Yang Nian thought for a while, "I just need to ask Brother Jiang to bear it a little longer."

"My personal gains and losses are nothing, I just hope that the common people will be oppressed by this corrupt official one day less." Jiang Ruofeng said seriously.

"This Jiang Ruofeng is indeed a master with the world in mind, how did you win him over?" Yang Nian said to Li Sheng after sending Jiang Ruofeng away.

Li Sheng hadn't been able to get any words between Yang Nian and Jiang Ruofeng, and only after hearing this sentence, he continued, "Scholars accept death, and if I save him, he is willing to follow me for life."

"Let me just say, he is Yuan Zhizhen's disciple, even if he doesn't plan to be born a hermit, he won't have to go through the muddy waters of officialdom."

"What's rare is that after so many years, he still maintains his original intention and puts the people in one place."

"That makes sense," Yang Nian nodded, and then he glanced at Li Sheng suspiciously. Needless to say, people in the army, people like Jiang Ruofeng are willing to work for Li Sheng. Although Li Sheng's own ability is limited, he is indeed somewhat The potential of a person who knows people and is good at tasks.