After becoming the king of the subjugated country

The north wind is fresh, snowflakes are falling, the temperature in Kyoto is dropping a little bit, and the people who are going out are all wrapped up in their coats, but the atmosphere in the crowd is extremely warm. The celebration of the season has completely kicked off.

All the palaces were decorated with colorful decorations, and the maids and eunuchs also distributed brand new clothes. The folks also celebrated individually. Some tied a layer of ribbons outside the house, and some took out the silver taels they had accumulated for a year. Put on a new dress for the family.

Now, what attracts everyone's attention the most is the rewards to the ministers carried out from the palace.

This is the best royal gift, not only valuable, but also face-saving, which represents the emperor's concern for the ministers.Not only the common people paid special attention to it, but even the courtiers were looking forward to it, and sent people to wait for the news in front of the door early.

In the teahouse, Qin Shu, who had passed the Jinshi examination and returned to work, would read out a message to the lively crowd every time he received a message, winning round after round of applause.

"Master Jiangzi Lin Jiang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, give me a string of incense beads, a catty of Dahongpao, and a pair of glass bottles."

"Master Tong Nantong, Minister of the Household Department, appreciate a handle of jade Ruyi, and ten ingots of gold and silver."

"Master Ning Wenzheng, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, four pieces of cloud satin, twenty pieces of four seasons silk and satin, and a gold enamel nine peach small incense burner."

"..."

As for the newly recruited Scholars, those who are particularly outstanding, even if they are sent to other places, they are rewarded with some gold and silver ornaments and utensils, while the [-] outstanding women to be selected are each a pair of small goldfish.

When choosing gifts, Ji Chen thought to himself that he hoped that these beautiful girls would leap into the dragon's gate, dare to fight for the top spot, swim around the world, and do as they please.

Of course, Qin Shu didn't know this, so he could only guess blindly, "It should be that His Majesty hopes that these beautiful ladies can be healthy and healthy. It is always a good meaning."

Qin Shu recited many names and objects back and forth, with very few repetitions. The eunuchs in the palace who were in charge of giving gifts also changed their direction. Every time they carried out gifts, they deliberately passed through this street and sent them to the courtiers' homes In front of the gate, the common people had a great view of the market.

But they are still not satisfied, or they feel that it is not exciting enough, and they have not heard enough weighty things.

One of them said loudly: "Master Qin, I wonder what your brother has received?"

Qin Shu coughed lightly, "It's just a book, plus some ordinary objects, there is nothing to say, so I just skipped it."

The people around were a little disappointed. They thought that with the status of the Qin family, they would receive many precious things.

Qin Shu thought to himself, although it was just a book, it involved a lot of things, not without weight, but with too much weight, he didn't dare to take it out and say it.

I remember that yesterday, after he came home, he saw Qin Sheng alone in the study, huddled in the chair, with his right hand covering his forehead, staring at the pages of the book in front of him in a daze.

Qin Shu also greeted Qin Sheng at that time. Due to his low official rank, he couldn't reach the emperor's imperial gift. Naturally, he was very regretful. Qin Shu asked him specially: "This is a book bestowed by His Majesty, is it some famous old book from the previous dynasty?" ? Brother, if this book is interesting, you can share it with me."

Qin Sheng said quietly: "Yes, it is very precious, but this is not a book."

"This is a comprehensive information about the construction of the Great Wall and the structure of the school's imperial examinations. There are hundreds of books listed in it. His Majesty also gave me the signboard of the Royal Chongwen Museum, telling me to come and go as I please."

"He asked me to remember to read the hundreds of books during my vacation, and then write a plan about the construction of the Great Wall, a plan about setting up colleges in various places, and an arrangement plan for improving the imperial examination and selecting subjects for the imperial examination."

"I don't even know if I can finish these things during my vacation time. Although I have some acquaintances who help me, these things are not ordinary troubles."

At the end, Qin Sheng looked at Qin Shu with blank eyes, "Do you want me to share something with you?"

These acquaintances are naturally Ning Wenzheng, Ji Pei and others, and Bai Qi is also there. Because of many things and continuous busyness, they forged a deep friendship. When the opportunity arises, they are extra modest and prudent, and give way to each other.

It can be said that Ji Chen realized the great harmony between civil and military affairs in the future Manchu Dynasty with his own efforts.

Qin Shu: "...nothing, nothing."

He was stunned. Is this how the emperor's favorite ministers are treated?

Forget it, he should be a seventh-rank official with peace of mind.He does not deserve such a reward.

Needless to say, let’s just say that last night, the lights in Qin Sheng’s study were on at Xu time, and today he got up early to read a book, busier than Qin Shu who had to go to the teahouse for a shift.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Qin Shu continued to tell the allusions of the next rewards, just like the exquisite porcelain in front of him, how many times it has been eliminated, the slightly inferior ones were smashed, and only the most perfect can be sent into the In the palace.

The young master who was listening on the sidelines didn't buy it anymore. He sat in the teahouse in bright golden clothes, making the whole teahouse look golden, "I said Master Qin, don't rush to introduce these to us. I want to know, what reward did that person get?"

"Which one?" Qin Shu was taken aback.

The young master, who was still holding a folding fan in winter, winked his eyebrows, and nuzzled his nose in the direction of the palace, "That's the one." The one who has been living in the palace.

Qin Shu was stunned for a long time before he realized that his head was full of black lines, "What are you asking for? Don't ask some questions."

Sitting next to Mr. Jin Cancan was a man in purple, who yelled loudly: "Qin Er, you are not authentic. In the past, you wanted to follow Shang Nan's latest poem, but we spent a lot of money to buy the original manuscript. Now We asked you for a message, and you pushed back and forth, isn't that plausible!"

The common people down there didn't think it was a big deal to eat melons, and they all made a fuss, and they didn't forget to denounce Qin Shu, saying that they couldn't bully old friends in the past, and urged him to speak quickly.

Qin Shu was urged to the point of helplessness, and finally could only reveal a little information, "There is no reward, no reward at all, so I didn't say anything, but you all think I'm perfunctory, I really didn't receive any news."

Brother, you look at me, I look at you, it's a little unbelievable, "Is this impossible?"

Qin Shu added, "Of course, His Majesty also said that he cared about the lonely person, so he left him in the palace to spend the New Year together."

There was instant silence all around.

It took a long time before someone clicked his tongue, "Good guy, this really made a big one without making any noise."

"What about Mr. Shang?" Someone angrily said, "What's wrong with Mr. Shang?"

Qin Shu unconsciously showed a trace of pride, "Shang Gongzi naturally stayed in the palace, his hometown is too far away, and he doesn't have any family members in the capital."

After appeasing the common people, Qin Shu sat beside the elder brother in purple and took a sip of tea, "Huh, I'm exhausted."

Brother Ziyi was still in shock, "Hug left and right, this is really enviable. The three of you celebrate the New Year together, won't they really fight?"

Brother Ziyi couldn't help thinking, is His Majesty busy enough to come over?

Qin Shu elbowed him, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that other people will hear you and bring you to Jing Zhaoyin for questioning."

After chatting with each other, Qin Shu asked him, "Didn't you go back to Jianghuai, this time you came to the capital to buy things?"

Brother Ziyi is the youngest son of a wealthy businessman in the Jianghuai area. He and Qin Shu are not acquainted with each other. The two hit it off immediately, and they have formed a friendship. Therefore, this time, the wealthy Jianghuai businessman wanted to inquire about the news of the capital, so he was specially sent. come out.

Brother Ziyi finished explaining the reason why he came here in a few words, and then said impatiently: "The old man is really, if he can't come here, he will send me here, and go out in the winter to find out the news. Forget it, Qin Er, why don't you just tell me , what is popular in the court now, I should go back early and rest."

Qin Shu was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said uncertainly: "...It seems to be fortune-telling?"

The family who had carefully prepared for the draft for a long time dropped their cups on the spot after hearing what Fengming Qin Tianjian had done.

At first, they thought Zheng Sangxi, the supervisor of Qintian Supervisor, was just insane for a while, or wanted to take this opportunity to invite fame to toss such a thing, but Sang Xi actually said with a face full of swearing, saying that Fengming is really someone, He has presented the list and portrait to His Majesty!

In the court hall, he said that this person does not need to be looked for, and he will naturally appear beside His Majesty. That night, Sang Xi said that he had reported Feng Ming's name and birth date to the palace. The human face was completely filled with hatred.

In order to prevent himself from being retaliated, Sang Xi simply asked His Majesty to live in the palace to pray for the world the next day, and not leave the customs temporarily, which made all the people who wanted to ask him for further information vomit blood.

Of course, just because Qin Tianjian is shrinking back, it doesn't mean they have nothing to do.

For example, the Patriarch of the Zhao family was overwhelmed and thought that he would just fight. He immediately hired a famous Taoist priest and spent a lot of money on a favor. The next day, the girl of the Zhao family also reported the news of Fengming picture.

Not only that, but the Taoist priest also said that the level of the Qintian Supervisor is not good enough, the calculated phoenix is ​​not real, the foundation is not stable, and sooner or later he will die early, and only the phoenix he measured is the real phoenix.

A pair of sisters from the Zhao family have entered the re-election. People who think they are ordinary people originally had people waiting for the girl from the Zhao family to invite a matchmaker to come to their door. Women, everyone is waiting for the last girl from the Zhao family to enter the harem and seal the queen safely.

Qin Tianjian and the Taoist priest had a quarrel, but Qin Tianjian was not going to end, and the Taoist priest was a little guilty, so the scene could be controlled.Several other families also followed suit, and one or two began to ask for approval, modestly saying that their daughter was destined to lead a vermilion bird and that she was noble, and boldly saying that their girl would be a phoenix sooner or later.

The Sun family, who failed to snatch the Taoist priest, simply invited a well-known monk to come back. After listening to the request of the head of the Sun family, the monk calmly said: "Amitabha, this benefactor, the poor monk is a Buddhist. I believe that everything is caused by cause and effect, and I hope to enter the Western Paradise and become a Buddha, so I don’t know fortune-telling, and I never do fortune-telling.”

Patriarch Sun: "..."

Seeing Patriarch Sun's face turned ugly, the monk added: "Of course, the poor monk can recite scriptures for the Sun family and plant a wide range of blessings. The girl of the Sun family doesn't have to be too attached to the worldly glory and wealth. It's better to follow the poor monk to take refuge in the Three Jewels as soon as possible—"

Patriarch Sun shouted loudly: "Come here, see off the guests!"

In the palace, Eunuch Xin was joking around, telling Ji Chen what happened in the Zhao family, the Sun family and other families these days, and he didn't forget to laugh at them. His Majesty is born in a cold palace, so we really have to judge it according to their standards Well, that's not even a bit of extravagance, but His Majesty just laughed so hard that now, all the noble and noble queens of Song Dynasty have disappeared.

Ji Chen smiled, hugged the hand stove, and finally raised his spirits, no longer drowsy, "It's so expensive, I really dare to say it."

Eunuch Xin shuddered, hearing the slight displeasure deep in Ji Chen's words, he immediately smiled flatteringly, "Your Majesty, the future of the beautiful ladies is up to you to decide, whether it's expensive or not, it's up to you Calculate."

Ji Chen didn't blame the show girls, and most of them couldn't help themselves, but he couldn't help but feel that these families were too much, pinning the prosperity of the family on an insufficient woman, and relying on the favor of the woman to climb to a higher level. Gao, but never thought that he would practice and become an official as soon as possible.

They are ridiculous, those women are pitiful.

After mentally going through the list of these people, Ji Chen put the stove aside and asked, "Where's Bai Qi?"

Ji Chen and Bai Qi would see each other a few times a day on weekdays, but now that they haven't seen anyone for a whole day, Ji Chen really misses them a little.

Eunuch Xin showed hesitation, "Master Bai has gone out and will be back soon."

Ji Chen raised his eyebrows, "He mentioned it to you?"

Eunuch Xin nodded, and said anxiously: "My lord said that I don't need to tell you, but I just mentioned it briefly, and this old servant also thought that this matter is not very auspicious, so..."

Ji Chen interrupted him and asked directly, "Where did he go?"

Eunuch Xin stammered: "Master Bai is out of the palace, he is going to pay homage to the Bai family."

Ji Chen was silent for a while.

According to the customs of the Yue Kingdom, every New Year's day, the family members will organize a worship ceremony, dedicated to the ancestors who have passed away, and pray for peace and prosperity in the coming year.It stands to reason that there will also be a large-scale sacrifice in the Yue Kingdom, but Qin Tianjian has been too timid recently, and Ji Chen is too lazy to do it, so he simply canceled it.

As for the royal sacrifices, Ji Chen has always had no affection for the late emperor's family. As always, he left the matter to the Ministry of Rites, and casually sent a little eunuch to dismiss the matter. Whatever the Ministry of Rites prepared, he closed his eyes and picked it up.

Ashamed to say, Bai Qi seldom mentioned his family, and Ji Chen didn't think of it either. In this aspect, he was indeed too careless.

"Prepare the carriage, I'm going out of the palace," Ji Chen looked at Eunuch Xin and urged, "Go directly to Bai Qi, don't tell him."

Hope to catch up.

The carriage passed through the lively crowd and the spacious streets. Eunuch Xin specially ordered someone to come over, and he himself explained to Ji Chen in the carriage: "The family tomb of the Bai family is on the west mountain in the suburbs. Your Excellency probably went to the family tomb in person during the day, but now he has returned to the old house to offer sacrifices to the Bai family."

Ji Chen nodded. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, after reversing the case of the Bai family, he changed the house of the family that occupied the Bai family's house. The Wujin house that originally belonged to the Bai family was refurbished and handed over to Bai Qi.

The Bai family's house is a bit desolate. After all, there has been no owner for many years. The gatekeeper looked at Ji Chen in a daze, then looked at the many guards guarding him with long knives, and Eunuch Xin in eunuch uniform. There was a shock.

As soon as the concierge got up, Eunuch Xin took a step forward, held him down, and looked at him warningly, "Your Majesty doesn't want to ask someone to report this time. You can just stay here honestly and don't make unnecessary movements."

The concierge nodded obediently, and didn't dare to say a word, but couldn't help but glance at the crowd of visitors with curious eyes.

Ji Chen ignored their conversation and just quietly looked at the house in front of him.

He asked someone to renovate Bai Qi once, but the traces of the past have long since disappeared. The lanterns outside are half-new and not old, and there are probably less than ten servants cleaning the whole house. Overall, it can be said to be extremely bleak.

A clever servant led the way with a lantern in front, and a group of people walked through the corridor in silence, leaving only the whistling of the wind around.

In a remote and empty corner, Bai Qi was burning paper money facing each tablet, and began to place sacrifices after burning.He did all these actions without artificial hands, and did it all by himself.

Seeing that the door opened and Ji Chen walked in, he blinked, thinking that he had misread it, but he could see a figure walking towards him, and only then realized that it was really Ji Chen who came, not because he was thinking too much and had hallucinations.

Bai Qi put down the things in his hands, took two steps towards Ji Chen, stood still in front of Ji Chen, and asked in amazement: "Why is your majesty here? I'll be busy for a while, why don't your majesty go and sit outside for a while."

Ji Chen took another step forward, held Bai Qi's hand, and said, "I found you're not here, so I came here to have a look. Your hands are a little cold. Let me warm you up today. It's just right. I'll give you whatever you need to do." If you help me, the two of you will be faster together."

Bai Qi was startled, and wanted to pull his hand back, rather helplessly said: "Next time, I took some other things just now, you let me go first, it's unlucky to touch my hand now."

Ji Chen clenched his hand tightly, and said easily: "In the past, you didn't believe in those monks' words, why do you still believe in them today? It doesn't matter if it's auspicious or not. If you really want to talk about it, I can be regarded as the Son of Heaven, no matter what. True Dragon Qi Body Protection?"

While talking, Ji Chen laughed.

Bai Qi's eyes were gentle and affectionate, and his tone was extremely sincere, "You can't be too careful when facing Your Majesty. Your Majesty shouldn't come here today. I will return to the palace in half an hour at most. I won't keep Your Majesty waiting."

The moonlight is bright and the galaxy is bright.

At some point, the wind stopped and the snow stopped.

The surrounding world is silent, everything in the distance is somewhat blurred, only the person in front of you is clearly visible.

The candlelight emitted a little light, which softened the faces of the two of them, and seemed to ignite the infinite reverie in their hearts.

Ji Chen looked at him, and he could sense that Bai Qi was serious when he said this.

Bai Qi still doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he doesn't want to take any chances with him, so he would rather not come over and come into contact with these things.

Ji Chen gently rubbed Bai Qi's face with his fingers, and deliberately changed the subject, "There is some dust on it, let me wipe it off for you."

No, he just wanted to touch it.

Bai Qi subconsciously covered her face, only reacted when she saw the smile in Ji Chen's eyes, and the base of her ears unconsciously stained a little red, "Be careful that others can see it."

Ji Chen pretended to be puzzled and asked, "How can there be anyone else?"

Bai Qi turned around, only to see that the door had been closed long ago, and the people who had been following Ji Chen had disappeared completely. It was obvious that Eunuch Xin would look at him as usual.

Bai Qi gave up struggling, and simply said: "Then please do it, Your Majesty."

"Why do you have to call him Your Majesty?" Ji Chen was a little dissatisfied, poked Bai Qi's face, and squeezed it lightly.

With a smile in his eyes, Bai Qi said, "Probably because you will always be my Majesty."

Ji Chen smiled, and his mood also calmed down. He just felt that the time is just right now, and time can stop at this moment. "I will continue when I go back at night. Now I will help you finish these."

Bai Qi looked at Ji Chen and didn't push back any more. The two cooperated tacitly, one by one arranging the plate and the other passing the object, and finally put the sacrifice on the table.

Seeing that Bai Qi closed his eyes, and seemed to have something to say to the tablets in front of him, Ji Chen also picked up three sticks of incense, lit them in the fire, and inserted them into the incense burner in front of him.

"To the gods of heaven and earth, today Ji Chen followed Bai Qi to pay respects to the ancestors of the Bai family." Ji Chen silently recited these words in his heart, thinking that they had met each other's parents.Don't blame the ancestors of the Bai family, he has decided on Bai Qi's person, and in the future he will find a suitable orphan to replace Bai Qi, so that the ancestors of the Bai family will not lack incense and sacrifices.

After Bai Qi finished praying, he dragged Ji Chen away from here. His steps were obviously much easier, "I originally thought that there would be no time to honor our ancestors in a dignified manner. Until I met you in the cold palace, everything changed Now, everything is getting better and better.”

Ji Chen said seriously: "I will accompany you here every year from now on."

Bai Qi smiled and shook his head, "The first agreement between you and me, I want to change it, why not change it to something else."

Naturally, Ji Chen had nothing to do, he agreed without hesitation, and asked him what he wanted?

Bai Qi said: "When you are free later, let's go to Tantao Mountain to watch the sunrise."

Legend has it that every pair of lovers who go to Tantao Mountain to watch the sunrise can grow old together.