Yangcheng

The gate of the Shengshu Hall was closed, and there were only the two of them in the cold and spacious hall.

This is Tong Shaoxuan's first time entering the Shuyuan, entering the emperor's study.

This study room is bigger than the East Courtyard of their home, but the carved railings and painted buildings do not feel extravagant. The coiled dragons dance majestically, the tranquil lotuses are supernaturally elegant, the auspicious clouds are quiet and auspicious, and it is completely a solemn temple.

In addition to the towering book walls on three sides, the long case is full of various memorials, which is quite messy.

Wei Xi followed Tong Shaoxuan's gaze and looked at his desk: "I haven't slept all night, and I've been criticizing memos, and I haven't had time to let someone clean it up."

Tong Shaoxuan said in his heart, isn't it just chaos? It's nothing, my book case is a hundred times more chaotic than yours.

But Wei Xi's explanation quickly narrowed the distance between the two of them, and let Tong Shaoxuan know that although the Son of Heaven is honored as the Ninth Five-Year King, he is just like ordinary people, and his desks are sloppy.

Wei Xi didn't sit in front of the messy desk, but lay comfortably on the mat, patted the soft mat in front of him, and asked Tong Shaoxuan to come over.

Tong Shaoxuan didn't dare to lie down with Wei Xi, and knelt down in front of her in a respectful manner.

Tong Shaoxuan has met this emperor before, and wonders if other emperors are like her, who don't care about the rules at all, and are more casual than the elder sisters in the family.

Wei Xi lay down, closed his sore eyes, calmly relieved his tiredness, and said:

"Tong Qing has made a great contribution tonight."

Tong Shaoxuan said: "Tonight, His Majesty let the minister make a great contribution."

"Oh? This matter has something to do with me?" Wei Xi had a smile on his lips, and let Tong Shaoxuan continue.

Tong Shaoxuan said: "If the Son of Heaven hadn't sent people to Dali Temple to spread the news that Hu's mission was going out of the city early in the morning, I am afraid that I would not be able to connect the clues in my hand, and I would not be able to stop the proton from going out of the city in disguise tonight."

Tong Shaoxuan felt a little strange before, she couldn't remember who told her the news that the 80-strong Hu country mission was going out of the city.

Although he couldn't remember the specific details, Tong Shaoxuan still knew his own memory very well.

She knew that as long as someone or something really happened in front of her, even after several years, as long as she concentrated on her memories, she would definitely be able to find out all the details at that time.

This is one of the remarkable abilities why she is called a "child prodigy".

Then the matter of the Hu mission is even more strange.

Tong Shaoxuan speculated that it should be in Dali Temple, someone took advantage of her attention to other things, casually mentioned it, she heard it for a while, and had some impressions, but she couldn't remember the specifics when she traced it back. who said it.

So who is this person who deliberately revealed, even reminded and guided Tong Shaoxuan?

In the process of chasing down the sixth prince, when she realized that there was always a group of soldiers ambushing around her in the dark, she had the answer.

Even if the Lan family faction dared to force their way through the city gate, those men in black were all masked and did not dare to show their true colors.

And the group of people who followed her in the dark would hear the sound of metal rubbing against each other from time to time, which was the sound made by the armor.

It must be a soldier wearing armor and holding a weapon.

The person who can freely mobilize fully armed soldiers in Boling City must be a member of the Tian family.

Successfully prevented the proton from leaving the city, and I am afraid that Tong Shaoxuan will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds.

As the No. [-] scholar appointed by the emperor, there was a kind of Tong Shaoxuan himself who was selected by the emperor and planned to promote her. It was easy to imagine that the person who taught her to show off this time was probably the emperor.

Now that I have a secret meeting with the emperor in the imperial study late at night, it has been something that only the emperor's close ministers can do through the ages.When Tong Shaoxuan attributed all the credit to the emperor, he suddenly had a sense of hypocrisy as if he had truly embarked on an official career.

This hypocrisy is extraordinarily real.

"Too modest, Ai Qing." Wei Xi said, "If this matter is left to someone else, maybe the initial clues will not be connected at all. Even if you can understand my hints, you may not be able to block Dong Dong with your own strength." The surprise attack on Xiaomen. I heard that Aiqing can create fog out of thin air, so that people can't see with their eyes, can't breathe with their noses, and can't even open their mouths?"

Tong Shaoxuan did not expect the emperor's news to be so fast.What she did at the gate of the city half an hour ago, now the emperor has clearly seen it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I don't know magic tricks, but I can make some clever tricks."

Tong Shaoxuan explained to Wei Xi the principles and effects of the ingenuity she made.

After hearing this, Wei Xi suddenly opened his eyes: "Aren't these the tricks that Duke An used back then? You inherited all of Duke An's talents?"

Tong Shaoxuan hurriedly said: "I can't inherit all of them, but I only got a glimpse of one ten-thousandth of the outstanding talents of my ancestors."

Wei Xi admired Tong Shaoxuan's humility very much, and asked: "If you want to mass-produce your pepper balls, the universe in your palm, and the little black ball that you haven't had time to name, will it be difficult for you to put it into military equipment?"

Tong Shaoxuan thought for a while: "Mass production is not difficult, but both sides on the battlefield are wearing heavy armor, I am afraid that the Qiankun and the small black ball in the palm of the hand have limited lethality. And the pepper bomb relies heavily on the wind direction. When the two armies are facing each other, they use pepper bombs, and once the wind direction changes, they are very likely to hurt themselves.”

Wei Xi never thought of giving up on this matter: "Can Aiqing improve?"

"This... I can give it a try."

Wei Xi sat up, earnestly and full of expectation: "Then I am waiting for your good news."

Tong Shaoxuan was dripping with sweat.

If the Son of Heaven makes things difficult for others, Tong Shaoxuan has many ways to evade the matter.

But now the emperor in front of her is ardent and has high hopes for her, as if if she is perfunctory, even if the emperor agrees, her own conscience will be condemned.

When he was not in the officialdom, Tong Shaoxuan felt that he was confident in the detours of the officialdom and the art of the emperor, but now that he really stepped into the officialdom, he felt confused.

It seems that the art of the emperor is not as simple as it is said in the book, especially the empress, there are many ways to inspire people's hearts...

Wei Xi is really like a teacher tonight, he came here specially to test Tong Shaoxuan, to see how much talent this student has that can be used in practice.

Just finished one test, and another one.

Wei Xi asked, "How did you find out that Duoyiguo's proton was about to escape?"

Tong Shaoxuan said: "It's my wife...it was discovered by my minister Zhuo Jing and my minister together."

"Tang Jianwei?"

"Exactly." Tong Shaoxuan informed Wei Xi of the whole story.

Wei Xi savored it and said with a smile: "You are a very interesting couple. Then do you know what is the relationship between the Lan family and the Duoyi country?"

Tong Shaoxuan: "Your Majesty, please give me some advice."

Speaking of this matter, Wei Xi revealed a sarcasm: "The Lan family's ambitions are not small. They want to support the sixth prince of Duoyi Kingdom to ascend the throne, cooperate with him inside and outside, and attack my Dacang."

"The Lan family wants to support the sixth prince to ascend the throne and attack Da Cang?" Tong Shaoxuan was only focused on preventing the proton from leaving the city, and he didn't have time to think about the cause and effect.

Now that Wei Xi mentioned such a point, Tong Shaoxuan immediately became clear.

Originally, he was only entangled in the see-saw between the alliance with the aristocratic family and the power of the Tian family. When Wei Xi said this, Tong Shaoxuan's vision immediately broadened a lot, showing the struggle of the whole world.

"This is my guess, but they have built tens of thousands of iron smelting workshops in the Duoyi country, thinking that not only can they build armaments, but they can also escape the laws of the Great Cang and escape my eyes."

Speaking of this, Wei Xi smiled twice: "The Lan family underestimated my eyeliner too much. Not to mention the Duoyi Kingdom near Angzhou, even if they spread their rebellion to the ends of the world, I can still look at them Make it clear!"

Speaking of this, Wei Xi's emotions were a little passionate: "One general will be successful, let alone the country of Da Cang today. How many people in the ancestors have sacrificed their blood and donated rice in exchange for the people of Da Cang to live and work in peace and contentment today. How could I hand over the country that my ancestors brought down to those three corpses and five ghosts who stole power and seized power? These rebellious officials and thieves will miss Wei's country today, and they may exploit the common people tomorrow. Even if I risk my life, I will Fight them to the end."

Unexpectedly, the emperor had such determination to sacrifice his life, Tong Shaoxuan was throbbing in his heart, and bowed down to worship.

Wei Xi asked her: "Why did Aiqing worship?"

Tong Shaoxuan said: "As a subject, being able to follow the Ming Lord is a blessing in this life. One is to worship the Ming Lord. And as Ye Niang's daughter, to get the emperor who is willing to protect them with his life is safe in this life. The second is to be a parent. And bow. These three bows... three..."

Wei Xi asked her: "Are you going to force yourself to make three prostrations? Is this discussing political affairs or prostrating?"

Tong Shaoxuan: "..."

How dare answer.

Going to court with others without Ah Shen's knowledge... She doesn't want her head anymore.

Wei Xi continued: "In the early years, the Lan family, the Wu family and the Shen family jointly spent huge sums of money to build countless iron smelting workshops in Duoyi country for them to build armaments, store supplies secretly, and had many contacts with the royal family of Duoyi country. At that time, the ruler of Duoyi Kingdom didn't want to be hostile to Da Cang, but he also didn't want to lose this huge deal, so he kept cooperating with these three families in secret, and never made it obvious. Some time ago, the king of Duoyi Kingdom passed away. It was the four princes who took over, but these four princes had come to Boling to study and had a friendship with me as classmates. If he came to power, the three businesses that had been operating for a long time in the Duoyi Kingdom would probably plummet. The idea of ​​the sixth prince who is the proton."

When Wei Xi said this, he turned around and asked Tong Shao a difficult problem: "You must know that there are twelve princes in Duoyi Kingdom, and these six princes are protons, and they are secretly monitored in Boling. It takes a risk to send Boling, but these three families still chose him, and they would rather take risks than cooperate with other princes. Does Tong Aiqing know why they chose the sixth prince as a bargaining chip for assistants?"

Tong Shaoxuan thought for a while and said: "I don't know the sixth prince well, but I have a little contact with him before, and I can also feel that this person is cowardly and weak-willed. It must be that the three families support the sixth prince to take the position. Take the world of Duoyi country."

Wei Xi smiled appreciatively and said: "That's right, they just want to use this cowardly and incompetent sixth prince to ascend the throne, so as to control the Duoyi Kingdom, completely control it, plunder its resources, and use it for their own use. If the soldiers rebel, they will be able to form a front-to-back attack with Duoyiguo!"

After Wei Xi said these words, he paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, the chill in his eyes was even worse.

After hearing what she said, Tong Shaoxuan realized that he had followed such a small clue as a moment of happiness to catch up to such a big case!Can't help but feel a sense of urgency, Tong Shaoxuan said:

"For these three families to have such an arrogant idea, they must have no shortage of soldiers and horses in private, and it has already become a trend."

"That's right, they have planned for a long time, but they didn't expect that the luggage hidden in Suxian County would be investigated, which would hurt their vitality and dare not act rashly for a while. And now that the sixth prince died in Boling, I must give Duoyi Kingdom a Confess. Tong Aiqing thinks, who should I send out to punish crimes?"

Still need to ask?

Tong Shaoxuan said: "Of course they are the ones who taught the sixth prince to disguise himself and wanted to send the sixth prince out of the city. It was their fault that caused the death of the sixth prince, and they should be held accountable."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and there was a kind of secret happiness.

"If it weren't for the confiscation of the luggage hidden in Suxian County, they probably would have done it by now, and they wouldn't even need to unite with the Duoyi Kingdom."

Speaking of this, Wei Xi looked at Tong Shaoxuan: "You should make the first contribution to the batch of luggage that was seized in Su County. It's just that this matter was still an important secret at that time. I don't know what kind of counterattack the three families will have against this matter." , so I didn’t make a big deal of rewards. Although there is no evidence to prove who collected those military funds, the rewards are still there. Tong Aiqing, what do you want me to reward you for?”

Since ancient times, when the emperor wants to reward something, he rarely asks the opinion of the person who is rewarded.

If you ask, in most cases, the emperor does not want to reward and asks the other party to retreat; or he has already planned in his heart and wants to see if the rewarded person is in the same mind as himself.

Tong Shaoxuan had already had an idea in his mind, so he just took this opportunity to say: "It was not due to Weichen alone that we discovered the luggage hidden in Su County, it was all thanks to my wife's careful observation, wit and courage to find the clues. Don't dare to ask for credit. However, I have always thought about Ruan Xianzun of Su County."

"Oh? Ruan Yue?"

When Tong Shaoxuan said this, the emperor could tell the name of Ruan Xianzun. You must know how many civil servants and military generals there are in the court, and those who can make the emperor call out their names are all extremely important figures.

It seems that the emperor is also very familiar with Ruan Yue.

"It's Ruan Yuruan County Honorable Ruan."

Tong Shaoxuan told Wei Xi how Ruan Yue was wise and decisive, and how he taught her to guide her to get to where she is today.

"I dare not seek meritorious rewards, but Ruan County's honor should not be buried in the small county. If he can be transferred to the capital and used by His Majesty, it will definitely help the emperor."

Wei Xi said: "The reward you want is this person? All right, the reward for Su County's luggage is Ruan Yu, Tong Sicheng, and Ruan Yue will be your deputy in the future."

Tong Shaoxuan was taken aback, Tong Sicheng?

Does this title mean to give her a promotion?

Under Dali Siqing and Shaoqing, there are six temple ministers, six ranks of officials, who are in charge of the trial of the case.Although the official rank is not too high, all judicial affairs in Dali Temple are basically handled by Liu Cheng, with a detached status.

Many of the famous ministers in Da Cang's hundred years, and those who finally worshiped the prime minister, served as the prime minister of Dali Temple. This person is very tempered, and it is also a very important position in terms of promotion in the officialdom.

More importantly, Tong Shaoxuan has been promoted from the eighth rank!

Tong Shaoxuan couldn't believe it: "Your Majesty means..."

Wei Xi said: "It's exactly what Aiqing thinks. Aiqing is as careful as a hair and brave and unparalleled. He stopped the thieves from leaving the city regardless of his own safety, and broke the overall situation that the chaotic ministers planned for a long time. This is a great achievement. Aiqing sacrificed herself to protect Boling. Of course I want to reward you! If Ai Qing is not too young and has just entered the officialdom, I would like to reward you more."

Tong Shaoxuan hurriedly thanked him: "No need, no need, this has already flattered me!"

Seeing her like this, Wei Xi couldn't help laughing: "Take your childishness away, Tong Changsi, this is what you deserve to protect the country with your life. You are the person I like, and you are the prime minister of Dali Temple. From now on, the burden on your shoulders will only get heavier."

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Tong Shaoxuan with dark circles under his eyes and pain all over his body: It’s alright, the work is not in vain (haggard