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It was none other than Jiang Zhao who summoned her No. [-] and No. [-] candidates.

Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong are two people with low official positions and a low sense of presence. As disciples of the emperor and the top two hand-picked by Jiang Zhaoyu, they should be deeply favored and skyrocket.

But Jiang Zhao seems to have forgotten about them. It has been several months since the end of the imperial examination, not to mention promotion and transfer, and there is no place for them to be released, and he has never even mentioned it once. Including Tanhualang Zhao Chengming, the top three are still copying books in the Imperial Academy .

These two were not from high backgrounds, but no one jumped out to ask for justice. They only thought that their fate would be the same as Han Xuan's.

But some people think they are worth wooing. For example, the leftist faction who is used to controlling the government, according to Zhao Hengze's way of handling things, no matter whether these two are useful to him, he must first draw them under his own hands.

Therefore, in these years, his subordinates have many forces, but they are also intricate, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes under the strictness.

And what Han Xuan was looking for was his fault. During this time, Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong were sent out by him to act, and they took the initiative to show favor to the Zhao family.

Although Zhao Heng had doubts, but when Tan Fang and Fang first entered the court, they were unreasonably clean and had no details for him to investigate. Soon he dispelled his doubts and successfully entered the Zhao family's camp.

Although it is far from the central position, but touching the tip of the iceberg, it is already the first time to see the universe.

Jiang Zhao secretly summoned the two of them today, which is why.

When she arrived at the front hall, Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong had been waiting for a long time, Han Xuan was quite busy preparing for the wedding recently, so he didn't show up this time, only Jiang Zhao and the three of them.

Jiang Zhao was still "ill" at this time, and the summoning of foreign ministers was also done in secret. Both Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong were dressed in ordinary clothes without official uniforms, and Jiang Zhao didn't let them see the ceremony. theme.

"Han Xuan said that you have found a breakthrough, let's hear it." Jiang Zhao sat on the grand master's chair and looked at them.

Tan Yuansheng cupped his hands at her, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I know that Zhao Xiang is too suspicious, and he will not reuse me and Jingzhi too early, but I don't know how long it will take until we gain his trust.

Therefore, the ministers wanted to find a way out from other places. After Mr. Han's guidance, and after recent investigation and contact, we really found a suitable person. "

"Oh?" Jiang Zhao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Tan Yuansheng said: "Zhao Zhixin, the eldest son of Prime Minister Zhao, has never been an official, but he is deeply favored by Prime Minister Zhao, and he has entrusted the entire Zhao family's business management to him.

Zhao Zhixin has two sons and a daughter under his knees, Zhao Chengming, the Tanhua Lang who is in the same class as us, is also Zhao Zhixin's second son.And the person Weichen wants to talk about is Liang Cunmo, the husband-in-law of Zhao Chengming's sister, Zhao Ruyan. "

"Liang Cunmo?" Jiang Zhao read the name, shook his head and said, "I have no impression of this person."

"It's normal for Your Majesty to have no impression. This person was a Jinshi in the same year as Master Han, and he was born in Tanhualang. However, he did not enter the court, but was recruited by Zhao Ruyan as his husband, and he joined the Zhao family."

"Traveling in high school, but not entering the imperial court, he ran to become the son-in-law of the Zhao family. This person really has great ambitions."

Jiang Zhao sneered, completely lost interest in this Liang Cunmo, and asked Tan Yuansheng: "Do you want to buy this person for your own use? But since he chooses to join the Zhao family, he should understand that he will be honored and disgraced from now on, how can he be bought by you casually?" ?”

Tan Yuansheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, let me listen to my minister in detail."

He told Jiang Zhao a story about the fact that Liang Cunmo, who was born in a poor family in the last imperial examination during the late Emperor's period, was selected as a Tanhua by the late Emperor because of his rich education and good looks, and he was about to rise to the top.

However, the first emperor always believed in the family. For Liang Cunmo's hand-picked imperial pen, it was more just to show his desire to seek talents, but he didn't really mean to reuse it. The day after day he was neglected, and Liang Cunmo was completely lost. look forward to.

But at this moment, the Zhao family offered him an olive branch. Liang Cunmo saw that there was no hope of serving the emperor, and he was unwilling to make a joke of studying hard in the cold window for more than ten years, so he accepted the Zhao family's solicitation.

He originally wanted to use the Zhao family to start and skyrocket, but he never thought that because of his good looks, Zhao Hengze's granddaughter, Zhao Ruyan, pointed at him and said that he would not marry unless he was a king. Liang Cunmo.

But Liang Cunmo was born in a poor family, so naturally he couldn't be right with Zhao's family, and Zhao Heng couldn't let Zhao Ruyan suffer hardships with him, so he didn't discuss with him, and directly let him enter Zhao's family as his son-in-law.

Liang Cunmo didn't have the ability to resist, so he could only accept it silently, and because he felt ashamed of his parents, he only asked Zhao Ruyan to help someone send some money back to support them, and he had no face to meet in person for the time being.

He originally thought that when he became famous, he would be able to get rid of the title of son-in-law and truly return to his hometown.

Unexpectedly, since then, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and they will never be able to see each other for the last time.

When the first emperor was in power, his rule was not strict, and there were many officials in the court who were selfish and had a disadvantage. In fact, under the name of Wenhui, gatherings of people to prostitutes happened from time to time. It was not until Jiang Zhao succeeded to the throne that he explicitly banned it.

Zhao Ruyan was jealous, fearing that Liang Cunmo would be contaminated with bad habits in the officialdom. After getting married, not only did she not help him gain appreciation and usher in a chance to be reused, but instead let Zhao Xiang manipulate secretly, ruining his official career.

Liang Cunmo resisted angrily, but Zhao Ruyan pinched his throat tightly and threatened his parents and even the whole village. Liang Cunmo could only accept everything in silence and became a veritable son-in-law of the Zhao family.

Hearing this story, Jiang Zhao was a little bit embarrassed, but he didn't think Liang Cunmo was innocent, but said meaningfully: "Although a good bird chooses a tree to live in, it can't just choose a piece of rotten wood. How different is death?

I see this Liang Cunmo retreating again and again without a bottom line, and he can only rely on his own lack of vision to get to where he is today. "

"What your Majesty said is true." Tan Yuansheng echoed, and said: "He has given up on himself and has no intention of starting another dispute, he just wants to be a useless person and spend the rest of his life.

But Zhao Ruyan was so cruel that she didn't even tell Liang Cunmo that Liang's father was seriously ill. Later, Liang's father died of illness, and Liang's mother also went away due to excessive grief. She was unable to see her son for the last time before she died. "

Jiang Zhao frowned slightly, and asked, "So now he knows the truth and wants to seek revenge from the Zhao family?"

Tan Yuansheng nodded and said: "Your Majesty is wise. Liang Cunmo ran into an old acquaintance in his hometown a few days ago, only to find out that his parents had passed away, and went back to find Zhao Ruyan to make a big fuss, but Zhao Ruyan not only did not admit his mistake, but also ridiculed him, and he left angrily Mansion, went to a restaurant to drink alone.

On that day, the minister and Jingzhi made an appointment with Mr. Han to discuss matters in the restaurant. Liang Cunmo was drunk, and when he saw Mr. Han, he burst into tears. He uttered all the grievances and resentments of these years, and naturally heard it in Weichen's ears. "

The rest is up to Fang Chong. Because Liang Cunmo was born in the same poverty as him, compared to Han Xuan and Tan Yuansheng, the two of them are more able to talk together, so Fang Chong will deal with it and guide it deliberately. Let Liang Cunmo make up his mind.

"The student told him that even if his parents died, the tombs of the spirit seats are all in his hometown.

He failed to fulfill his filial piety before his parents were alive, and it was a waste of reading sage books, and it was a waste of being a son of man if he did not return to his hometown to pay homage to his parents after their death.

The student said that he first betrayed the late emperor and went to the Zhao family, and then only cared about his own glory and disregarded the misery of his parents. Memorial, but also turned to persuade the students to stay away from the Zhao family. "

Fang Chong is not as stable as Tan Yuansheng, and talking about his relationship with Liang Cunmo is like a storyteller, with joy in his eyes.

Jiang Zhao looked at him and said with a faint smile: "I used to think that Jingzhi's articles were good, but after all, I was a bit stupid. I didn't expect you to be able to make use of the topic. If you can be more mature and prudent, I will transfer you to Yushitai, so that you will not be buried." about you."

"Your Majesty can't have such an idea." Fang Chong waved his hands again and again: "The students are young, and they are still far from mature and prudent. Besides, you promised the students that when the Zhao family fell, you would let the students go back to their hometowns."

After he said it, Jiang Zhao remembered the matter, answered vaguely, and bypassed the topic.

"Although I don't think much of Liang Cunmo, he has had a relationship with Zhao Ruyan for several years, so he must be more trusted by the Zhao family than outsiders.

Okay, I already know something about this matter, and I still leave it to you to handle it. If there is anything that needs my assistance, just ask. "

"The minister obeys the order."

Later, the monarch and his ministers said something else. Seeing that it was almost noon, it should be lunch time. Since Jiang Zhao was still complaining about his illness, he couldn't keep them for dinner too blatantly, so the two of them left.

The two had just finished kneeling and turned around when Jiang Zhao suddenly said in a deep voice: "I said before that real gold is not afraid of fire, but I hope you can understand that compared with real gold, I actually want a piece of good iron that is not afraid of thousands of tempering." .”

After finishing speaking, he relaxed his voice and ordered: "Don't look back, just go here."

The two looked at each other, they both looked solemn and solemn, as His Majesty said, they strode away.

Not long after they left, Gao Shengan came into the hall to invite Jiang Zhao to have a meal. Jiang Zhao drank half a cup of warm tea, stood up and asked, "Is Jin Niang in the bedroom? Or did she go somewhere else?"

Gao Sheng said: "Just now Princess Anle came, and now he is playing with Mr. Xie in the garden."

"Playing?" Jiang Zhao looked unhappy, and snorted coldly, "This little girl, An Le, is used to tormenting people. There are so many palace people in Qingyuan Palace who are not enough to play with her, so she came here to mess with her."

Speaking of this, she sighed, and as she walked out, she said to herself: "I don't know if it was right or wrong to spend all my time trying to make a deal with the emperor's uncle and keep this little troublemaker."

It is Jiang Zhao's big secret to engage in "sister end up with younger sister". Even Gao Sheng'an, who is the chief executive of the imperial court, can't handle her thoughts. Hearing her muttering in a low voice, she laughed and said, "Your Majesty, it's too late to regret it now." , asked Xiao Yuanzi to pass on the letter, and Lord Kang didn't come here day and night to bring the little princess back?"

Jiang Zhao shook his head and said, "What do you know? It's too late for this matter."

"It's too late?" Gao Sheng'an patted the back of his head, and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just felt that he couldn't understand His Majesty's thoughts more and more.

Anyway, he didn't think there was anything too late, the left and right princesses were still young, and if King Kang would take him back and raise him for a few more years, he probably wouldn't even be able to remember who His Majesty was, so why is it too late?

But looking at Jiang Zhao's expression, he probably didn't want to continue this topic, so he asked again: "Is Your Majesty going to the garden?"

"I won't go." Jiang Zhao shook his head and looked up at the dazzling sunlight. Although he tried hard to open his eyes wide, he still couldn't resist the sun's rays and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

She lowered her head, moistened the corners of her eyes with her fingers, and then told Gao Sheng'an, "Go directly to the dining hall, and ask someone to go to the garden to ask Mr. Xie and the princess to have dinner with me."

"Yes."