Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Su Yan and Shen Qi left the imperial study room one after the other.

The one in front walked more and more slowly, and the one behind caught up quickly, and the two walked side by side after turning around the palace road.

The willow shoots on the wall are green, and the catkins are blown by the wind like snow foam.Shen Qi reached out her hand to brush off the catkins on Su Yan's hair, and said: "You don't seem surprised by what happened today."

Su Yan turned to look at him: "That's exactly what I want to ask, when did you hear about this?"

Shen Qi said: "Three years ago." He detailed the secret Feng Qu E told him before he died.

Su Yan pondered: "No wonder you said that to my young master. You really don't care who is the Zhengshuo dragon."

"I don't care. Originally, it's because as long as I can climb to a high position, it doesn't matter if I give my life to anyone." Shen Qi twitched the corners of her mouth in a self-deprecating manner, "But it's different after meeting you. All my hard work—whether it's selling myself Your life, or someone else’s, is for your wish to be fulfilled, and for you to achieve a positive result.”

Su Yan and Shen Qi have been together for some time, but every time he listens to him talk about love, his heart still shakes, as if he was touched for the first time.

Regardless of being seen by the palace people and guards who came and went, Su Yan suddenly held Shen Qi's hand, and said: "I won't go to the official office, and I won't go home either. Let's walk around as we please, and go for an outing in the outer city."

"Okay, where do you want to go?"

"...West of the outer city, Asakusa Slope."

After leaving the Meridian Gate, Shen Qi ordered the school captain to bring two fine horses, and the two of them ran out of the imperial city with the brisk sound of hooves, heading towards the outer city to the west.

The speed of the horse is not fast, and it is just in line with "watching flowers on a horse", and you can admire the smoked willows and apricot flowers on both sides of the road and the beauties in spring.

Not far from the Guangning Gate in the west of the outer city, Su Yan slowed down his horse and pointed to an ancient temple hidden in the forest: "Look, Qilang, that is Tianning Temple, an ancient temple in the Sui Dynasty. Back then, you contracted a high fever due to torture injuries. With the mentality of trying my best, I asked the monks of Tianning Temple for the green hair in the mustard jar, and used the local method to extract penicillin, and I was lucky enough to rescue you.

"Later, in order to thank these monks, I donated a sum of incense money. Unfortunately, the money was not much, and it was not enough for them to rebuild the dilapidated temple... Hey, the mountain gate and the roof seem to have been renovated. I don't know where I raised the money from?"

Shen Qi stopped to look at him: "I donated it."

Su Yan smiled: "For the kindness of saving your life, will the fountain repay you?"

Shen Qi returned a smile that was not a smile: "No, I will repay the kindness of being a matchmaker."

Su Yan was stunned, his cheeks flushed slightly, and then he laughed and galloped away.

Shen Qi rode to catch up, and not long after they reached the shallow grass slope.Across a clear stream, the magnificent and elegant Tiangongyuan is located in front of you, surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Su Yan tied the horse to the horse post by the stream, walked towards the gate of the Tiangongyuan, and said to Shen Qi while walking: "After King Yu left Beijing, the Tiangongyuan was handed over to the Minister of Industry, but this is not the case. Long-term plan. I want to take over, but I am worried that due to the busy government affairs, some negligence will cause me to miss the job. When Qilang is free, please pay attention to me. Is there anyone in the court who is proficient in Gephysics, or has such a vision and ambition? Officer, fit to serve as dean."

Shen Qi thought for a while, and said: "It seems that there is one."

Su Yan smiled suddenly after being pleasantly surprised: "I almost forgot that your mind is an archive, full of personal information and privacy of officials."

"I'm not interested in officials' privacy, it's just my duty." Shen Qi enjoys the fear and awe of others in her heart, but she doesn't want Su Yan to have the slightest misunderstanding about it, explaining, "This person's surname is Zhao, and he is famous in the world. Zhen..."

He just said a name, Su Yan suddenly remembered, and lost his voice: "It really is! This is a fierce man who modifies firearms. The first time I came back from Shaanxi, I asked the Ministry of Industry, but they said that I had never heard of it. Name. I thought the person had not yet been born, or was dropped by my butterfly..."

Shen Qi asked: "Qinghe also knows this person? What does the butterfly mean?"

Su Yan was in a good mood, and waved his hands: "Don't worry about the butterfly, just tell me how old is this old brother Zhao, and where is he nesting?"

"This person is over 40 years old this year. He has no official luck and is very poor. He has been an unqualified master of Honglu Temple for 18 years. Later, because he made friends with Xiyi people, he developed firearms and presented the latest firearms he made. One was given to the King of Yu, and he was recommended to be promoted to the seventh-rank Zhongshu Sheren. By the way, when you hunted down the leader of the Seven Killing Camp, the electric gun you used was developed by him."

"Zhongshu Sheren? Isn't that the official of the Zhongshu Department in the cabinet?"

Right under my nose, a small clerk in the cabinet secretariat, I didn't even pay attention?If I hadn't come to Tiangongyuan on a whim today, I don't know how long this lost gem will be missed.This is probably the so-called mistake, Su Yan couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

"Exactly. This person is not an official through a scientific examination, so he is inferior in the eyes of his colleagues, and he is not good at pursuing an official career. He only devotes himself to the development of firearms. His greatest wish in life is to equip the entire army with the firearms he developed. But I can only think about it." That's all. The King Yu supported him two years ago, but the electric gun he presented almost broke King Yu's fingers. " Shen Qi snorted lightly, "It's a pity."

Su Yan suspected that Shen Qi's "pity" wasn't that the blunderbuss didn't work well, but that King Yu's fingers weren't broken, so he gave him a look: "Failure is the mother of success, which invention doesn't use hundreds of thousands of failures? Pile up? Don't gloat."

Shen Qi raised her eyebrows disapprovingly: "It's fine if you think he's useful. Get him out of the Zhongshu Department and throw him into Tiangongyuan later. You can give him an official title or not, but it's a trivial matter."

Su Yan said sternly: "It's a trivial matter to be transferred to a seventh rank, but the development of the Tiangong Institute is not a trivial matter. I have made up my mind that I will not recruit external students in the past two or three years, and just do research on the subject.

"There are already a large number of geophysics talents in the academy. Whether they are self-taught from the folk or officials with skills from foreigners, they must be treated equally, and only the research results are mentioned, not the status.

"The six categories of geomancy, physics, chemistry, medicine, light industry, and machinery each pull out a research team, elect a team leader and deputy team leader, and formulate annual research topics. We calculate the results according to the topic, not according to the conventional take an exam."

"Subject?" Shen Qi asked.

Su Yan nodded: "Look at the rubber tires of the light industry department and the rolling bearings of the machinery department. Didn't these two subjects do a good job last year! Mass production can be considered in the future, and they will be used in military vehicles for transporting luggage first. This year All the departments will continue to work hard and bring out the results, so that the adults in the court will open their eyes and taste the benefits, so that I can get more special funds from the Ministry of Accounts for them."

"...Then Zhao Shizhen, which category does Qinghe plan to put him in?"

Su Yan thought for a while and said: "The Ministry of War also has a department that specializes in the development of firearms. Unfortunately, it's so poor that the higher-ups don't pay much attention to it. I plan to put Lao Zhao in the Mechanical Department first, and feed him with money and Western technology. Things, Tiangongyuan can open a new category - the firearms department.

"If he can take a long-term view and a wider vision, and see the century-old plan for Gewu's development from one shot to the next, then it is not impossible for him to lead the various departments of Tiangong Institute."

When he said this, Su Yan had already walked to the screen wall carved with the rising sun and moon, and the stars shining in Kyushu.He stroked the eight big characters on the stone surface, and said softly: "'My life is endless, and the truth is endless'... If I hold the fire alone, it can only illuminate a square inch after all. The fire of truth, my inscription must be relayed by everyone , It can only be passed down from generation to generation!"

The setting sun at dusk reflected the screen wall, and also sprinkled on Su Yan's body, coating his outline with a faint layer of gold.Shen Qi looked at it with a good eye, her heart was hot and cold, she wanted to protect the torch in his hand from the wind and rain; she also wanted him to spread the fire quickly so that she didn't have to work hard.

"This, really, can have."

A stuttering man's voice suddenly came from not far away, with an obvious foreign accent. It is obvious that the poor speaking is not due to stuttering, but because the level of mastering the Mandarin of Daming is a bit low.

"I really don't have that!" Another young man's voice replied unceremoniously, "Let's go, let's recommend yourself to another place. This is Tiangong Academy, not Painting and Calligraphy Academy!"

Su Yan and Shen Qi looked over after hearing the reputation, and saw a very tall young man from Xiyi with curly hair and blue eyes, who was trying to say something with the picture scroll in his hand.It was the workers and guards of Tiangongyuan who drove him away.

The two looked at each other and walked over to check the situation.Su Yan asked: "What happened, you are waiting here to make noise?"

The courtyard worker recognized him, and hurriedly saluted him: "I didn't know that Su Xiang was here, and I disturbed my lord, and the villain will die..."

Su Yan listened impatiently to the tone, waved his hand and asked, "Speak directly, what happened?"

The hospital worker replied: "This inexplicable Xiyi man insisted on coming here to recommend himself to the hospital, saying that he has superb painting skills, his brushwork and style are completely different from ours, and the people he paints are as real as a shadow. What is it called... oil painting! Little People told him several times that Tiangong Academy recruited masters of Gewu, not painters, so he just didn't listen."

Su Yan turned his head to look at the Xiyi man, guessing that he was less than 30 years old.Judging by the appearance, it seems to be from the area of ​​southern Europe. According to the calculation of the sea navigation route of this era, there is a high probability that they are Spanish or Portuguese, or they are from Italy like the previous traveler.

In the eyes of Daming people, these Xiyi people all have weird looks, and they are slightly better than the blue-faced and long-toothed Yasha.You can tell by the look on the courtyard worker's face, it's really disgusting.However, Su Yan has experienced modern aesthetics, and thinks that this foreign devil looks good, and his facial features have a little taste of Cage when he was young.

The Xiyi people looked Su Yan and Shen Qi up and down with a pair of flexible eyeballs, and felt that they should be high officials, so they bowed their hands in a nondescript manner, and said: "My lord, my paintings are very good, just like real people, look at them. look?"

As soon as Su Yan stretched out his hand, Shen Qi took a step ahead and pulled out the drawing paper from the other's arm to unfold it.

Su Yan saw that it was indeed a classical European oil painting, and it was a frontal portrait of a small official.Although he is a layman in painting, he has admired many masterpieces handed down from generation to generation in his previous life, so he can see some good things.The Xiyi people's painting skills may not be called famous, but they are definitely at a professional level. At least the portraits of the characters they draw are realistic and realistic without losing their artistic beauty.

"May I ask your honorable name, where is your country?"

The Xiyi people blinked a little blankly.

Su Yan changed his mind and said with a smile: "What's your name, from which country?"

It was only then that the Xiyi people came to their senses and explained: "I am from Italy, and my name is difficult for you to pronounce. In Da Ming's language, my name is Aihuado."

Sure enough, Italians are naturally dumbfounded.Su Yan made a small complaint in secret, handed the portrait back, and said kindly: "Eihuaduo, you are really good at painting, but it's a pity that Tiangong Academy only accepts talents in natural sciences, not painting, music, etc. Artistic talent—does that make sense?"

Eduardo finally understood, showing an extremely regretful expression.

Su Yan saw that the clothes on his body were washed white. He probably was very poor after crossing the ocean to the capital of Daming. He heard that the Tiangong Institute provided free board and lodging, so he came to try his luck.

Maybe it was another unlucky guy who was influenced by travel notes and thought that the east was full of gold, so he failed to pan for gold.Just as Su Yan was about to get some broken silver to send him away, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind, but it was fleeting and disappeared before he caught it.

He pondered for a while, but couldn't find the inspiration, so he decided to follow his intuition to keep a line, so as not to block the road, and said to Eduardo: "Well, you leave an address... just write it on this piece of paper, If there is a need in the future, I will send someone to look for you. This little silver is considered a gift, so you take it first."

Eduardo didn't have any self-respect that didn't want to eat what he gave, so he happily took the money, thanked him, and said to him and Shen Qi: "How about I draw a picture for you too? Single portraits are fine, couple portraits are also fine." also."

Su Yan was embarrassed, waved his hand and said: "No need, the paint is not easy to get, so you can use it sparingly."

He pulled Shen Qi out of the gate of Tiangongyuan, and led the horse by the stream.Shen Qi sneered: "This barbarian looks stupid, but he still has some sharp eyesight."

Su Yan smiled: "Don't laugh at me, I'm going home for dinner."

The two of them rushed on horseback, and when they rushed back to the Su Mansion, it was dark and it was time to hold the lanterns.

There are several cooks in the kitchen, Su Xiaobei has nothing to do, and waits for his adults in the concierge.Su Yan was a little surprised when he came in and saw him: "Where's Xiao Jing? He's the gatekeeper every time, isn't he?"

Su Xiaobei frowned slightly, and said: "I asked for leave, and said that my mother's relatives have something to do, and I won't be able to come back for two days. Speaking of how many years his mother has passed away, he has never heard of any relatives. Come? Could it be that he heard that he was a servant in the old house of the pavilion, so he came here to make friends and have a good time? Xiao Jing is short-sighted, so don't be fooled by others."

Su Yan patted him on the shoulder: "No one asks you if you are poor in the busy city, and you are rich if you have distant relatives in the mountains. The world is like this, how can Xiao Jing escape. Although he is pure and lively and has no heart, he is not stupid. It's so easy to be deceived. Besides, I have the master to support him. When he comes back in two days, you can help me ask him in detail if there is any difficulty that needs help. "

Su Xiaobei said yes.

Su Yan asked again: "Where is Ah Zhui?"

Su Xiaobei took a quick look at Shen Qi: "Brother Chasing left just now, he said he had something to go out and would come back at night."

Su Yan pondered, suspecting that Ah Zhui went to pick him up in front of the palace in the afternoon, and saw him and Shen Qi riding out of the city on horseback, and saw them both returning home at night, so annoyed that he didn't want to eat at the same table with them.

He looked at Shen Qi helplessly.

Shen Qi's face darkened: "This scoundrel, it's good that I didn't dislike him. How dare he show face? No one cares about this matter. I will have him for dinner tonight."

Su Yan was lost.I think Lai Ah will come back after chasing after getting angry, and then I will try to mediate.

But what he didn't expect was that after dinner was finished and Shen Qi was persuaded by him to go back to rest, in the dormitory when he woke up in the middle of the night, Jing Hong chased and stood in front of the bed like a ghost, which shocked him greatly. .

"—— Ah Zhui?" Su Yan sat up, saw the other person's face clearly in the darkness, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Why did you come back so late, have you eaten yet?"

Jing Hongzhe took off the robe from the hanger, stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed, and put it on Su Yan: "My lord, can I take you to Fenghe Bieyuan tonight?"

Su Yan was surprised and delighted when he heard the words: "Is the emperor awake? I've been busy recently, and I haven't seen him for two days!"

Jing Hong pursued: "I didn't hear what Dr. Chen said. The trip tonight is the little emperor's idea."

"He Lin asked me to go there? What's the matter, what about him?" Su Yan asked.

While dressing him, Jing Hongzhui said: "The little emperor said that he will go there too, but he is not sure about the exact time. After all, it is not easy to leave the palace in a concealed manner."

"Then we'll get there as soon as possible."

After Su Yan put on his clothes, Jing Hong chased him back with a hooded cloak to cover his head and face, then picked him up and quietly left the Su residence.