Ben Hou is ill

After the palace examination, the scholars all went back to their homes to find their mothers.

The test papers were sealed and archived immediately after they were collected. In theory, the emperor should be the emperor to review the test papers. After the palace test, there were three days to mark the papers, but the emperor was busy every day looking at the prince and catching the little pigtails of those who had an affair with the eldest princess. , how can there be time to carefully read the test papers one by one, so this responsibility is handed over to the eight important ministers headed by Zuo Xiang, who will come to the palace to review the papers, and after reviewing the papers, select the ten best papers and present them to the emperor , Let the emperor decide the champion, second place, and third place, and the rest is the top seven.

"Sister Huang, what do you think if Prince Jihou's policy is not rated among the top ten?" the emperor asked.He has read the articles written by Prince Jihou, and also read the articles of other scholars. The articles written by Prince Jihou cannot be said to be outstanding, nor are they outstanding. His ideas were less naive, and more pragmatic policies were added, but the important ministers who judged this matter did not know what to do if they fell out of the top ten.

"Didn't you read Yan Zhaoge's policy theory?" the eldest princess said. "How is it written?"

"It can be called a masterpiece." The emperor said: "If I come to review the papers, I will definitely choose him as the number one scholar."

Princess: "..."

The Eldest Princess rolled her eyes very disrespectfully: "Then why don't you go to mark the papers?"

"There are more than 400 papers, so they have to be approved until the year of the monkey? I won't go." The emperor refused without hesitation. He rolled his eyes and had an idea, and said, "Sister Huang, can you recognize the son of Jihou?" Article?"

"I don't recognize it." The eldest princess said, this is the truth. In order to prevent the courtiers reading the papers from recognizing the scholars' handwriting and causing suspicion of cheating, the palace examination papers are all copied by the servants, and the copied ones are sent to the courtiers. The judging papers were originally sealed in the palace, and after the papers were graded, the servants would check whether the original and the copy were consistent, and the rankings would be posted only after there was no problem.

How could the eldest princess recognize Yan Zhaoge's paper just by relying on the servant's handwriting.

"Then why does the imperial sister order the son of Marquis Ji?" The emperor asked unwillingly. He always felt that there was something tricky between the eldest princess and Yan Zhaoge, but the eldest princess rarely left the palace for important matters, and never went to Ji. The Hou Mansion sent people, but he really couldn't find any traces.

"If Yan Zhaoge is allowed to occupy the position of the scholars, the scholars in the world are afraid that they will make a fuss. Give him an extra first, and if he doesn't get a first, then give him a second and eighth."

"Sister Huang, you actually planned to cheat from the beginning."

"How can this be called cheating? It's a tradition handed down from Emperor Gaozu to confer a Jinshi background on honorable children. I just gave it a little higher, and it's just a first-class one." The eldest princess laughed, "No He is one armor, how can the water in the court be muddied?"

emperor:"……"

In terms of scheming people, the eldest princess, the champion, has done her part.

"You must know that most of the founding heroes have fallen. The generation of the Rongguo government can only inherit a first-class uncle. Among the founding heroes, there is no one who inherits the honor of the state. In the past, when the world was peaceful, it was easy to use literature to suppress martial arts. If Jiangmen Xungui degenerates again, this court will be unstable." At this point, the eldest princess paused, and continued: "The right minister is old and weak, and he doesn't want to take risks, so I let him go, but But don’t allow the left side to be powerful. On the surface, it is said that all the candidates for the imperial examination are the emperor’s disciples, but who can claim to be the emperor’s disciples? It’s not just a dog, there are many people who seek business for money, and are willing to be other people’s lackeys.”

The emperor's expression also became serious, and he said: "If the right minister is old, there will be no one to balance the left minister. The minister of the official department is weak and timid, and the minister of the Ministry of rites is not qualified enough. The Ministry of household affairs, the punishment department and the engineering department cannot move. It's been vacant for a long time, and the three houses can't convince the public. No one can use it."

"So, I want to use Marquis Ji." The eldest princess said, noticing the puzzled look in the emperor's eyes, she explained: "The leader of the Huns died of illness last year, and his eldest son Liu Yan became the leader, but his position is not stable. He has Several brothers with military power urgently need a big victory to stabilize their positions. There were several heavy snowfalls in the Northland at the beginning of this year. Although the famine in the Northland was not serious, the Xiongnu must have suffered a lot. I guess it may be just recently. This is why I asked Zhao Guohou's second son to take Yue Qiying and Hu Qiying to the Northland together."

The former royal family was surnamed Liu, and had married several princesses to the Xiongnu to marry. Most of them married the leaders of the Huns. For hundreds of years, most of the leaders of the Huns were surnamed Liu, so they claimed to be descendants of the former royal family.

The emperor nodded thoughtfully. He didn't care why the eldest princess had news from the Huns but he didn't receive it. The first emperor must have left the eldest princess with enough strength to protect herself. It is not unusual for the Xiongnu to have a few hidden sons.He even gave the imperial seal to the eldest princess, so he wouldn't be suspicious because of such trivial matters.

"Miss Huang wants to transfer Marquis Ji to the capital? But Marquis Zhao's second son is not enough to take over the Northland, should we use Marquis Guangnan?"

Speaking of Marquis Guangnan, the Eldest Princess couldn't help but frowned, and said, "Marquis Guangnan is the third son's natal family, so he can use it, but he can't use it in the north, otherwise he might encourage the third son to compete for it in the future. The position of the crown prince, isn't it for this reason that you decided on the position of the crown prince early?"

The emperor laughed. He was also lucky. He was adopted by the late emperor when he was young. He was first made a duke and then a king.He has never experienced the situation where the princes seized the throne, and he doesn't know how dangerous it is.But he came from a poor background after all, and several brothers would fight for a few edible grass roots. It would be even more cruel to compete for the position above tens of millions of people.He didn't want his sons to kill each other in the future, so he simply broke the rules, and the eldest son was born as the crown prince.

The emperors of all dynasties have almost all experienced fighting for the throne, wishing to put the other party to death, and guarding against their brothers after succeeding to the throne, and finally becoming sensitive and suspicious, and even guarding against their princes when they are old.The emperor has always had complete trust in the eldest princess, never suspected her, guarded against her, perhaps because he has not experienced these things, and still has a childlike heart.

"What about the North?"

"Crack the soil and seal the king." The eldest princess said.

The emperor was taken aback, "But, there is no one to choose. Besides, the land of Yan has been entrusted to Marquis Ji."

"Secret the clan in Zhaodi." The eldest princess took a map of Beidi from the shelf and spread it out on the table, "There are fifteen counties in Beidi, except for the seven counties in Yandi. There are still eight counties in the land. The princes and grandchildren of Qin are all abolished and cannot be used. However, the king of Shu followed the emperor Shizu to fight in the south and north. Most of his sons also marched in the army. They have the ability. It’s not a problem to think about it.”

"But the Duke of Shu has a different intention, and the court of soldiers and horses in Shu still has no way to control them. Can it be done?" the emperor pondered.

"Not all the soldiers and horses in Shu are under the control of the Duke of Shu, otherwise the Emperor Shizu would have divided the soldiers and horses of Shu long ago. The King of Shu must have known that handing them all over to the eldest son would definitely arouse Chang'an's ideas, so he distributed them to his sons. It's a pity that his sons are not united." The eldest princess said: "There are ten school lieutenants in Shu, and the two school lieutenants guarding Nanman cannot be moved. They belong directly to General Zhennan. The remaining eight are respectively In the hands of the six sons of the King of Shu, the Duke of Shu has three. The remaining five sons of the King of Shu are entrusted to Zhao, and they are allowed to take the battalion of soldiers and horses. Only the Duke of Shu can handle it too much."

"The five sons of the King of Shu are all in the land of Zhao. I'm afraid that the land of Zhao is not stable." Looking at the map, the emperor murmured: "Shanggu, Daijun, and the land of Yan... seal the second son of the Marquis of Zhao in Zhao land? Contain the five sons of the King of Shu? If there is any change, use the soldiers and horses of Yandi as reinforcements?"

"Of course."

"Not only the five sons of the King of Shu, but also King Shen, King Jiang and other princes were enfeoffed in the land of Zhao. The land is sparse but the population is large. If you retreat, you can use the clan as a barrier, and if you advance, you can attack the Xiongnu and swallow their land, and then move the people in the interior to the border. The problem of the Xiongnu can be solved by garrisoning soldiers." At the end of the emperor's speech, he happily patted the table, without any self-consciousness as an emperor, and said with a smile: "As expected of the emperor's sister. People's hearts are mixed. Although the five sons of the king of Shu have soldiers Ma, but on the left there is the Marquis of Ji and Marquis Zhao, and on the right is the closely related clan, so no matter what, there is no turning back."

The eldest princess nodded, and said: "At the beginning, the land of Yan was sealed vaguely. If Marquis Ji won a big victory, he would have to divide the land of Yan. It is against the rules to entrust eight counties as marquises. At that time, Guangyang and Yuyang will be entrusted to Marquis Ji and Marquis Zhao. He split Hengshan with his second son, and the Yanmen Gate in Daijun was not closed. Tiao Jihou returned to Beijing, and if he stays in the north, he might die of illness there."

"Then who is the general of Zhenbei?"

The eldest princess smiled slightly, "The eldest son of the king of Shu is the Duke of Shu, but he is the eldest son of the concubine, and the second son of the king of Shu is the eldest son. Due to the precepts of the ancestors, he has to be named the king, the county king, and he is the general of Zhenbei."

"Dog bites dog, this is it." The emperor couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing as soon as he thought of the scene these unruly clansmen would face.

The eldest princess touched the map of Beidi, slid all the way from Jicheng to the bottom, tapped in the direction of Chang'an, moved her fingertips up, and finally tapped on Jicheng, the capital of Yandi.She couldn't help sighing faintly, feeling an indescribable feeling in her heart.

Yan Zhaoge, I suppressed the Marquis of Guangnan, sent the second son of the Marquis of Zhao Guo, and even transferred the Yueqiying and Huqiying camps. If Yan Lan can't be saved, it's God's will. Don't blame me.

If you make the same mistakes again, you don't want to kill yourself again.

It was my Jin family who was sorry for you, and my secretary Chuan Shao who was sorry for you. I couldn't even keep Yan Ningkang, but I was already at that time, and I couldn't save myself.

Yan Lan was assassinated and died in Beidi. Yan Ningsheng disappeared in the turmoil in Chang'an. When she was imprisoned, she set up a rebellious flag in the north, and was defeated and killed.

But no matter how guilty she felt, the Yan family who wanted to make up for it was extinct, and the king of Yan who had given everything for the great Jin also died under the city of Chang'an, leaving no bones left.

In any case, she still missed it after all.

The one who treated her sincerely and gave everything for her.

The author has something to say: This is the first time I have so many collections, and I am crying with joy.

I wrote tens of thousands of words and finally decided on the name of the eldest princess, and wept with joy.