Reincarnation of the powerful minister

This winter is not too cold, and there is little snowfall. In a few days, we will have spring break.

Emperor Si changed the linen robe and plain wing crown, and listened to government affairs at the Xijiao gate every day.Civil and military officials wore plain clothes and white hats to attend the court meeting, and the six departments and the yamen of the Beijing Division basically resumed normal operation.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites planned to wait for the first emperor's funeral to be completed for a hundred days, and then the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor could be held in February of the next year.

There are several exciting news:

The Xiaoling Guard led by Mei Changxi escaped the siege of the rebel army of the Wang brothers, and even with the support of the Fifth Army Battalion, they killed another carbine and arrived in the capital smoothly.

Although there were only more than 800 people left in the end of the [-] Xiaoling Guards, Mei Changxi said that this was a training for the Xiaoling Guards.Daily training alone is far from enough. Only those who have been on the battlefield, experienced the baptism of iron and blood, and fought on the edge of life and death can become a truly effective army.

Zhu Helin held his bandaged arm and said with emotion: "Mei Tsai, why don't you just stay in the capital, I can expand the three battalions of the Beijing army into four battalions."

Mei Changxi shook his head: "Our Xiaoling Guard guards the tomb of Emperor Taizu. This is a responsibility passed down from generation to generation."

Zhu Helin was not reconciled, and wanted to issue an edict to the world to praise Xiaolingwei's loyalty and bravery, but Mei Changxi also refused.

Mei Changxi hoped that Xiaolingwei would still be an unexpected surprise soldier and play a role in desperate situations.Maybe he will not be used again in this lifetime, but there is the next emperor, and the next emperor, and he also has sons and grandsons.The Mei family will always be the most reliable hole card in the hands of Emperor Ming.

Zhu Helin was very moved, and took out a large amount of silver from his internal funds, and gave him back to Nanjing as military pay.

Mei Changxi did not refuse the money. He needed to provide pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers, and also needed enough training funds to absorb new blood.

Before leaving, Zhu Helin looked him up and down, and said: "I think you are a little darker, but your physique is still good. Would you like to see my sister? The twin princesses are 13 years old, and they are both very beautiful. Yes. If you and one of them see each other right, you can talk about marriage in two or three years."

Mei Changxi was so blush by him, he repeatedly waved his hands and said that he couldn't climb high, and said that his family had already given a kiss.

Coincidentally, the guards of the Eastern Palace led by Wei Liangzi also returned to Beijing. They overturned the boat and drank mud soup on the Caohe River. Fortunately, the water quality was good, and except for a few who contracted the wind and cold, all of them were unharmed.

So Zhu Helin held a table of farewell wine in Duanben Palace where the prince lived, and invited all the heroes who escorted him back to Beijing, and sat at a round table regardless of their rank:

Mei Changxi, Wei Liangzi, Shen Qi, Jing Hongzhui, Su Yan, and King Yu.

During the meeting, we only talked about friendship, not state affairs.

Just talking about friendship, Mr. Su felt a little guilty, because he found that there were only two people at this table, and the other four had a special relationship with him.

He had to drink frequently to cover up his inner embarrassment.

Jing Hongzhui and Shen Qi watched him from left to right, saying that he should not drink too much when he was recovering from illness.Su Yan's drinking capacity in the past was not light, but he didn't drink for a while, so he was not good enough. After seven or eight glasses of wine, he was three to four points drunk.

King Yu sat next to Jing Hongzhui, drinking like water, keeping his gaze over Jing Hongzhui's head, smiling and admiring Su Yan's drunkenness.

Zhu Helin didn't want to sit next to Shen Qi, so he simply sat directly opposite Su Yan. Although it was a little further away, he could see more clearly.

Sitting next to Shen Qi, Wei Liangzi didn't dislike him at all, and even worshiped him secretly. He always wanted to find an excuse for Shen Yishi to take off his shirt so that he could worship the scar on his back caused by grooming and torture. medal.

Mei Changxi's character is relatively rigid, and he has nothing to chat with the unprincipled King Yu, but he is very interested in Jing Hongzhui's martial arts realm.

Su Yan was almost done drinking, and suddenly got up and said, "The brothers present are not all - one is missing!"

Zhu Helin was startled: Could it be the father?This must never be said!

Shen Qi stared down at the crab's sharp claws on the plate, and thought: Qinghe has his own measure... It's just that this measure is like a crab's claw, a bit too much... want to break it off.

Jing Hongzhui looked calm, as if he had seen through the world of mortals.

King Yu laughed "hehe" twice, and cheered Su Yan up: "Which hero is missing?"

"Pear Blossom!" Su Yan said aggrievedly, "How long has it been since I touched it or buried its belly? When can I bring it home from Nanjing?"

Shen Qi: Nanjing's new friend?Good skin, soft belly, female?Tch, impossible.

Jing Hongzhui: My lord still wants to accept new ideas, but the body can take it?

"...The name is a bit vulgar, but you can't pick someone by their name." King Yu's posture was generous, but his tone was a bit sour, "I don't know who is so sacred, can it fall into the eyes of Master Su?"

Su Yan looked at him unhappily: "Where is it vulgar? Do you know that it is elegant and vulgar, and you know that it is back to the basics? Pear blossoms are raccoon flowers!"

Wei Liangzi couldn't help laughing, but at the same time, he was heartbroken again that his lost cat was being shown off by others.

Zhu Helin laughed loudly: "Yes, yes, yes, I also want pear blossoms, and I will ask the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing to send them over tomorrow."

Mei Changxi thought about it, and felt that no matter how disturbing the scenery is, he still needs to persuade him: "It's not so decent to ask the government to come forward and send beauty to Beijing from thousands of miles away. It won't be too late to enrich the harem after the successor emperor ascends the throne..."

Zhu Helin smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "That's my daughter and Qinghe's."

Mei Changxi froze, her whole body was about to crack.

King Yu snorted disapprovingly: "You and Qinghe? Who gave birth?"

Shen Qi subconsciously glanced at Su Yan.

Su Yan hiccupped and said, "Wei Liangzi gave birth."

After the banquet, they all bid their farewells, but Zhu Helin's status was such that he could not see off the guests.Mei Changxi left first, and Wei Liangzi also said that he was going to visit his sick subordinates.

King Yu went with Su Yan for an excuse, walking from Duanben Palace to Donghua Gate.

Shen Qi also said that she wanted to walk to get rid of the alcohol, and Jing Hongzhui did her duty as a personal bodyguard to the extreme, so the two of them walking together turned into four of them walking together.

King Yu didn't mind having two more people in the way, so he said to Su Yan, "I'm going to take the officials and guards to leave the capital as soon as the seventh day of the lunar new year is over, and go to the land of Datong."

——Chuqi, so fast?Su Yan thought about it for a second, returning to the fief and the frontier, this is the long-cherished wish of King Yu for many years.Probably for King Yu, Datong is his home, which is called returning home like an arrow.

Su Yan felt a little sad for a moment, and he couldn't tell whether it was relief or disappointment. Thinking about the communication level of this era, he might not see each other for several years in the future.

Although there was an old grievance with King Yu, but as he said in his letter - it's all over.Now the two have long since settled their suspicions, and even in the cooperation several times, they have developed a sense of fellowship, and in a blink of an eye they will be separated by mountains and rivers, which is quite unpleasant to think about.

After much deliberation, Su Yan felt that it would be wrong to persuade you to stay, and it would be wrong if you didn't. In the end, Ai Ai said: "Let me know on the day of departure, and I will go to Wuli Post to see you off."

King Yu smiled and said: "Okay, let me inform you one day in advance. What else does Qinghe want to say to this king?"

Su Yan felt that he should still have something to say to King Yu, but at the moment he was in such a mess that he couldn't manage it, and there were two generals humming beside him, so it wasn't an occasion for him to speak alone.So he shook his head.

A trace of disappointment and sadness flashed across King Yu's eyes, with a smile still on his face, he cupped his fists at Su Yan: "Let's go first."

He turned around freely, and strode away with his sleeves in the wind.The cold moon of the winter night hangs on the steeple of the pavilion, stretching his back.

The man walked away, but the thick and deep voice still came faintly along with the wind: "I don't know where to sleep tonight, Pingsha is thousands of miles away..."

Su Yan listened to the poetry in the wind in a daze, as if he was a little crazy.

A small servant came up from behind, bowed and said: "Lord Su, Emperor Si please go back to Duanben Palace again, you have something to say."

Su Yan hesitated for a moment: "But the palace gate is about to be unlocked."

"Just say a few words, and it won't take too long." The servant replied.

Su Yan nodded, followed him back, and at the same time chased Shen Qi and Jing Hong: "Why don't you two wait for me here?"

Shen Qi and Jing Hong looked at each other, and found that they didn't look very good-looking at each other. They had already moved from "in case he doesn't see you" to "going into the palace to snatch someone" to "I don't know where to sleep tonight".

Su Yan stopped, turned his head and smiled at them, and only said two words: "Don't worry."

This smile seemed to have the power to reassure people, so Shen Qi and Jing Hong stayed in place, one leaned against the palace wall with their arms folded, and the other jumped onto the roof tile ridge, and sat with their knees bent.

Su Yan followed the servant back to the hall, and saw Zhu Helin in the study, standing in front of the desk where he used to write window lessons every day, as if thinking about something.He stepped forward and called out: "Master."

Zhu Helin turned around and handed him a note in his hand: "This is what I stuck in when I was reading the last policy statement my father gave me to correct."

Su Yan took the half-folded note, opened it, and by the candlelight, he saw clearly the handwriting of Emperor Jing Long on the page:

"The fate of King Yu is related to the stability of the country. We must know that it is easy to let go of a tiger, but it is difficult to capture a tiger. My son is sensitive, so you can weigh your own strength and decide how to deal with it."

Su Yan hesitated for a moment, and asked Zhu Helin: "The young master promised King Yu before that he would help you return to the court, and you let him leave the capital. What does the young master think now?"

Zhu Helin was conflicted in his heart: "Out of commitment and love, I am willing to let Uncle Four Wang leave the capital. But the emperor's consideration is also reasonable, 'It's easy to let a tiger go, but it's hard to capture a tiger'. Recruiting troops, or being supported by the army again, no one can guarantee whether he will have a different heart in the future... maybe even himself right now."

He looked at Su Yan hesitantly: "Qinghe, can you give me an idea?"

Su Yan said: "You are the heir emperor, so you have to make up your own mind. At most, I can only give you advice and make a reference."

"Then you can give me a reference?" Zhu Helin asked unwillingly.

Su Yan smiled slightly, put his hand on his shoulder, and pointed to him the words on the note: "The emperor's intention is here—"

"'Weigh yourself'?"

"Yes. The emperor wants to ask you, do you have confidence in your own ability? If you are worried that you will not be able to suppress King Yu in the future, you can continue to detain him. If you believe in your ability to govern the country, even if the situation changes in the future, you can still calm the world. ability, then let him go."

Zhu Helin thought about it seriously for a long time.

Finally he said to Su Yan: "If I don't even have the courage and confidence to let Uncle Four go, how can I face such a powerful opponent like Yi Zhe?

"Qinghe, I made a promise to you - in the future, I will become a prosperous and famous emperor. I believe in myself."

Su Yan smiled and nodded: "I believe you too."

Zhu Helin stared at Su Yan in the candlelight, and another kind of intense blood gradually emerged from Zhuang's arms, which made his heart ache and his chest and abdomen were hot.

He couldn't help taking a step closer, took Su Yan's hand, and put it on his heart: "...I am here."

"what happened?"

"The jump was too fast, the heart was flustered, and there were bursts of tingling pain."

"Why did it suddenly...was it a tachycardia?" Su Yan frowned worriedly, lowered his head and put his ear to his heart to listen, "Staying up late, fatigue, and being too emotional may all cause it, and teenagers have a strong metabolism. easy--"

The second half of the conversation came to an abrupt end.Because Zhu Helin pressed the side of his face with his palm, pressed tightly on his chest, and said incoherently: "Qinghe, tell it to stop! Otherwise something will happen... What will I do... something worse than a beast ..."

The cheek was pressed between the opponent's palm and chest, and he was a little breathless. Su Yan was a little flustered, but still laughed and said: "What can you do that is worse than a beast, draw a little pornographic picture or read a pornographic storybook? Okay, okay Come on, let go, you're going to suffocate me."

"It's me who's going to suffocate!" Zhu Helin let go of his hand on his cheek.As soon as Su Yan raised his head and straightened up, he was pushed back again and again by the opponent's body, and finally his back was pressed against the wall.Zhu Helin involuntarily rubbed his waist and hips against him, tossing and turning between restraint and outburst, "I'm really going to suffocate to death..."

Su Yan felt the seriousness of the problem, and couldn't push it, so he could only passively rub it while trying to think about what the problem was.

Zhu Helin's hot and rapid breath sprayed on his sensitive neck, Su Yan couldn't help but shivered, and asked: "During the meal just now, there was a plate of red pastries in front of you, what is it?"

"Deer blood cake."

Su Yan couldn't help but laugh: "No wonder. Winter diet is good for warming and tonic, but tonic is not good. It's easy to be hot and overheated, and a fire will disturb the sun. You can drink some fire-reducing tea and take a warm bath."

"It's too late, I feel bad," Zhu Helin leaned on the wall with his left hand, and groped his waist with his right hand, panting, "Help me, Qinghe..."

Su Yan had no choice but to pull up his right hand: "—Look, what is this?"

"hand."

"No, this is Miss Wu, let her help you."

Su Yan buckled his "fifth girl" back, and patted his chest: "Congratulations, young man, you have grown up. But I also said before, don't cut seats, don't have sex. Be careful when eating in the future." point."

He pushed Zhu Helin away a little, and slipped out from under the other's arm.

When Zhu Helin heard Su Yan's footsteps disappearing outside the study door, his impulsiveness and embarrassment immediately turned into five points, and he muttered aggrievedly: "It's obvious that there will be a reaction after a few more rubs, but it's really tolerable."

"...Fifth Miss?" He looked down at his right hand and sighed, "Why don't I give you a temporary name tonight, let's call you Qinghe... No, let's call it Qingqing."

Su Yan's footsteps were very steady, but his heart was a little restless. When he walked out of the palace door, he was blown by the night wind, and his skin was covered with goose bumps.He touched his neck, which was full of blush, and felt the swelling under the lower abdomen gradually recede, and he was relieved just now.

It seems that you really can't hold it in for too long, it is easy to have a physical reaction, and you will get angry when you touch it... Su Yan reflected on himself painfully, and felt that he should follow his instinct to relieve it, so as not to cause an accident.

He wiped his face, and quickly walked towards the palace road leading to Donghuamen, and saw that Shen Qi and Jing Hongchai were still waiting for him at the same place, but the distance was quite large, as if they were incompatible, they occupied one side of the palace wall.

A ray of evil thoughts popped up out of nowhere—the fifth girl on the left, the fifth girl on the right?

Su Yan shivered, and suddenly wanted to turn around and take a detour.

Shen Qi and Jing Hongzhui shouted at the same time:

"Qinghe!"

"grown ups!"

Su Yan walked over slowly and said, "It's all right, let's go home."

Jing Hong heard his heartbeat and breathing, and felt the restless energy and blood in his body, her eyes lit up: "The carriage is right ahead, I will drive."

Turning to Shen Qi again, she said: "You're going in the wrong direction. Your home is in the west of the city, why don't you go out through the Xihua Gate?"

Shen Qi said coldly: "Qinghe and I are two bodies and one mind, his home is my home. But you, a guard, if you don't want to be beaten, you can just stay in the courtyard."

Jing Hongzhui said casually: "Why don't we decide by fighting?"

Shen Qi knew that she couldn't fight alone, so she began to think about the success rate of group fights with firearms.

Su Yan didn't have the face to listen any longer, and said, "You two slowly make an appointment. I think the top of the Forbidden City is very good, and the moon is also full tonight", and hurriedly got into the carriage.

Shen Qi and Jing Hongzhui squeezed into the carriage at the same time.

On New Year's Eve, Su Yan was dragged to the palace to attend a private banquet in the first half of the night, and returned home to cook hot pot in the second half of the night. He found that he was tired after eating too much.

He decided to stay in Fenghe Bieyuan for a whole day on the first day of junior high school, lighting incense and making tea, sitting leisurely beside Zhu Jinkai, and reading to him.

——It is said that more external stimuli, such as familiar human voices, music, touch, etc., are beneficial to awaken the comatose.

At the end of the day, Su Yan diligently read three books, sang songs for half an hour, and even touched the back of Zhu Jinkai's hands until they were almost bald.

Chen Shiyu shook his head and invited him out of the room.

Su Yan had nothing to do, and the government offices were closed during the Spring Festival, so he wandered around, only to be arrested by Zhu Helin again.Zhu Helin was almost driven crazy by the previously accumulated playbooks, so he asked him to help review them.

"Ask Yang Ting and the others to help," Su Yan half-jokingly said, "I'm not Ge Lao."

"—It will be soon." Zhu Helin looked at the memorandum without raising his head, and said casually, "The cabinet now has only two cabinet ministers, too few people. I plan to promote three more in the next year. The other two candidates, you Interested?"

Su Yan was stunned: "Let me join the cabinet after the next year? It's too soon, how old am I... 20-year-old elder, is there such a precedent in this dynasty?"

"If you want to talk about precedents, there is still a 12-year-old prime minister in Qin. If there is no one in this dynasty, start with me."

Su Yan still felt that it was inappropriate to be promoted too quickly, and was worried that those bearded courtiers would not accept it.

Zhu Helin said: "You are a Jinshi of two ranks. You are a decent scholar of the Imperial Academy. You have been in the Bureau of Economics and Dali Temple, and you have worked as a governor and censor. Now you are a third-rank minister of the Ministry of Rites. In terms of background, rank, and seniority , In terms of merit, in terms of ability, which point is inappropriate? It's just someone else's 30-year official career, and you are very talented, and you have completed it in three years."

Su Yan said with a smile: "What a talent, I have a golden finger and a golden thigh."

Zhu Helin looked up at him from the imperial case, his slightly round eyes were as bright as morning stars: "Lend me your fingers, and I will give you my thighs."

Su Yan suddenly remembered the "Five Girls" from the night before, and suspected that this kid took the opportunity to play pornographically, so he let out a bah.

Zhu Helin said with a smile: "I will make an order today, first remove your Zuo Shilang from the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, and transfer him to the Zuo Shilang from the Ministry of Officials. It is also a third-rank, so it can be regarded as a mediocrity, is it suitable enough?"

Transferred from Nanjing to the capital, even if it is a flat transfer, it will be promoted to the third level, okay?Seeing that he was resolute, Su Yan could no longer resist the order, so he asked, "Why the Ministry of Officials?"

Zhu Helin said: "The official department has great power, and I think you are very good at managing people. No matter how tricky you are, everyone will be obedient by your side."

Su Yan pondered what his words were not right, and always felt that he meant something—and, when did this kid become this tune, is power really a ripening agent, or is it the power inherited from the emperor?

Zhu Helin thought that he was still worried about the courtiers' criticism, so he had to take out the boxed goods: "Aside from other things, just protecting me all the way and sending me back to Beijing to succeed me is enough to silence everyone. Are you not You know, how much credit is Conglong Escort? Others can't compare even if they work for another 30 years."

Su Yan had a flash of inspiration and said, "It's not my fault alone."

Zhu Helin curled his lips: "I know who you want to speak for. Don't worry, public is public, private is private, what should be given to him is indispensable."

Su Yan smiled: "Then I will thank the heir emperor on Qilang's behalf."

"Thank you for him?" Zhu Helin squinted unhappily, "What is your identity, colleague? Brother?"

Su Yan looked at him with a look of "There are some unspoken things that don't need to be brought up again and again".

Zhu Helin became irritable, and threw the playbook at him: "Unconscionable thing! Obviously the young master knew you first. You thought I was small before, but I am not small now, but you still keep pushing and resisting, saying 'no man and woman' "Love" nonsense, and use the father as a raft. When you were hooking up with the father before, you kissed me quite frankly."

Su Yan stretched out his hand to catch the collapsing notebook that he threw over in the air. Seeing that it was the Beimo Military News, he quickly straightened the creases: "That's not magnanimity, that's connivance. I've already apologized."

"Who wants you to apologize? You won't continue to indulge? I don't mind the matter between you and the emperor, but you are cowardly because of this, hypocritical!"

Su Yan sighed.

"Say it cheekily, I am your teacher, and the emperor himself sealed it." He emphasized his tone, "Respect the teacher, young master."

Zhu Helin raised his chin provocatively at him: "Now I am the king, you are the minister, and the king is the leader of the minister. Just wait and see, one day—"