I was a princess in ancient times

Changping three years, February.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites jointly played the memorial. The high-ranking officials such as Taishi, Taifu, Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ have been vacant for a long time. Please Changping Emperor to promote virtuous ministers as soon as possible.

Changping Emperor Yun and the two played, asking the courtiers, who can take on the important task.

This is the fourth year of the new emperor's enthronement, Jiang Banchao has fallen, Sikong and Situ's disciples are gone, and the factions left from the Yanguang Dynasty are only the aristocratic family headed by Cui Taibao and the late emperor's confidants headed by Bai Qianli.

Of course, the people of the Cui faction did not want anyone to sit on an equal footing with Cui Taibao, or even overwhelm Cui Taibao in reputation. Their reason for persuading Emperor Changping to postpone the matter was very legitimate.

Since the implementation of the system of three provinces and six ministries in the previous dynasty, the positions of Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ have gradually become empty positions, and the power in their hands has been divided by the three provinces. The ones who really hold the power.

If too many vacancies are filled, high-ranking and powerful courtiers may compete for power with each other, which is not conducive to the stability of the court.

The ideas of the Bai faction are completely opposite to those of the Cui faction.

Compared with the vain job of Taibao, Cui Taibao, who actually has one-acre and three-point land in Yushitai, has all the strength in his hands.Bai Qianli, as the order of Zhongshu, is known as the "Inner Prime Minister", and has more power in his hands than Cui Taibao, but he is still half a head shorter than Cui Taibao because of his official rank.As a result, not only was there no way to suppress Cui Taibao, but he had to give in to Cui Taibao from time to time.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that can make Bai Qianli go further, how could people from the Bai faction easily let it go?

Their reason is also very legitimate. Except for the ranks of Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ in the imperial court, which are all first-rank, only titles can reach first-rank or even super-rank.

If the first-rank officials are left empty, wouldn't it mean that the courtiers will never be able to hold their heads up in front of the clan and nobles?

When he opened his mouth, Cui Pai, who opposed the sealing of these positions, was charged with suppressing courtiers and encouraging the arrogance of the clan and nobles.

Cui Pai and Bai Pai quarreled over this matter all day, and gradually regained the feeling that when the Shangzhou case was still confusing, Cui Pai, Bai Pai, and Sikong's disciples quarreled all day long over the ownership of the scapegoat.

After going through the long darkness of the Yanguang Dynasty, the clan finally waited until Emperor Changping, who was willing to be kind to the clan, would only say one word no matter what happened.

'Your Majesty is right! '

If His Majesty doesn't speak, it has nothing to do with them.

Every generation of them has a natural title, and they all hope that someone in their family will be favored by Emperor Changping like Cheng Langjun of Qinghe County Prince's Mansion, and then earn a new title.

Because of the real benefits, the clan didn't care at all when Bai Pai and Cui Pai quarreled and opened their mouths to 'encourage the arrogance of the clan and the nobles', and shut up and said that the courtiers were not as decent as the clan and honors'.

They either watched the two sides exchange official hats with strange smiles, or closed their eyes and dozed openly, making up their minds not to participate in this matter.

Xungui did not have the good temper of the clan.

They think that the titles on their bodies are the glory and honor earned by their ancestors, so what's wrong with the predecessors planting trees and the descendants enjoying the shade?

Besides, they didn't object to His Majesty conferring high-ranking courtiers, so why do you think His Majesty's not conferring high-ranking courtiers is because of them?

On the fifth day of chaos in the court, Xungui also joined the quarrel between the Bai faction and the Cui faction.

They just couldn't bear the sight of both sides forcibly dragging Xungui into this matter, and they didn't want Emperor Changping to make any final decision.

Therefore, the arrogance of the Bai faction and Cui faction was hit indiscriminately, and a barrel of oil was poured on the heads of the officials of the Bai faction and Cui faction who were already angry.

Poor officials from other places who were lucky enough to be transferred to the court of Chang'an by Emperor Changping because of the successive downfalls of Sikong and Situ. It was the first time for them to see such a straightforward "political struggle". Beijing officials' self-doubt.

Emperor Changping sat on the high platform and watched all the reactions of the courtiers. His attitude was as peaceful as ever, as if he was waiting for the Bai faction and the Cui faction to decide.

Changping three years, May.

The imperial envoy sent to Jiangnan to thoroughly investigate the officialdom in Jiangnan last year finally sent back the results of the investigation.

The wealthy merchants Bai's family and Yin of the Xunyang Mansion, who committed suicide in fear of crime, are the chief culprits. There are also many in-laws of the Bai family who have made huge profits from the profit network of the Shangzhou case.

In addition, there are nine Zhizhou, eight Wei generals, 26 county magistrates, 32 Zhonglang generals and countless low-level officials involved.

Compared with the total of 35 prefectures and [-] counties in the two Jiangnan provinces, the survey results are quite sincere, at least within the acceptable range of Emperor Changping.

The results of the imperial envoy's investigation of the Jiangnan officialdom temporarily attracted the attention of the courtiers, and the arrest and interrogation of the guilty officials took place for two full months.

During this period, Emperor Changping carefully selected among the few remaining low-level officials available to send to the south of the Yangtze River to take over the official position of the criminal minister.When no one was available, Emperor Changping promoted a large number of young people from the clan and nobles, and gave birth to the idea of ​​opening Enke again.

This made Cui Pai and Bai Pai once again focus on the three months of talking about each other's official hats, and even Cui Pai had self-doubt.

In the absence of high-ranking officials among the courtiers, is it true that the status of the courtiers will be inferior to that of the clan and nobles?

While seriously thinking about this issue, Cui Pai and Bai Pai stood on the same stance for the first time, firmly disagreeing with Emperor Changping to open Enke again.

Emperor Changping had already opened Enke in the first year of Changping and the second year of Changping. If he opened Enke again, it would be better to reform the system directly!

In desperation, Emperor Changping could only continue to mend and mend.He crazily rotated low-level officials near Gyeonggi, trying his best to transfer people to fill the growing gap in officials in Henan Province and Huainan Province.

Unknowingly, there are fewer and fewer low-level officials in Chang'an, and the officials near the door in the court hall are also quietly disappearing.

Changping three years, July.

Zhezi sent back to Chang'an by the Jiangnan imperial envoy claimed to have found the body of Yibin, the princess of Xianglin County.

After Yibin, the princess of Xianglin County, disappeared, she drifted along the current to an isolated village and was picked up by the villagers.

It's a pity that Yibin, the princess of Xianglin County, was at the end of his strength at that time, and there were no good doctors and medicinal materials in the village. After all, he still couldn't wait for the person who was looking for him.

The magistrate of the village did not know the news of the death of Yibin, the princess of Xianglin, until ten days later. He was afraid that the princess of Xianglin would not be able to accept the fact that Yibin had died and blame him, so he did not dare to report the matter to others. The body of Yibin, the princess of Xianglin County, was buried at the entrance of the village, and the servants of the government would go to worship every year.

This incident, which happened more than 30 years ago, did not cause any disturbance in the court. Only the old ministers who had seen Chu Tanhua's demeanor would sigh a few words with the younger generation at home.

Changping three years, August.

The Prince of Qinghe wrote a letter, asking Emperor Changping to follow the example of Emperor Qianyuan and order the whole family of the Yu clan in the south of the Yangtze River to move to Gyeonggi.

Emperor Changping allowed.

At the end of the month is the birthday of Emperor Changping, which is the first birthday of Emperor Changping after his filial piety.

In order to celebrate Emperor Changping's birthday, Princess Jinming returned to Chang'an ahead of schedule, brought in the wheat she had planted in the fief, and gave out a cloak made of bear skins she had hunted herself on her birthday.

Although Princess Huai'an and Princess Anwu are still fiefs, they both have big gifts to send back to Chang'an.

They are the Great Wall map drawn by Princess Huai'an and the enamel vase by Princess Anwu.

Changping three years, September.

The Turkic prince brought a large amount of gold and silver to the land of the Yu Dynasty. After staying in Qingzhou for a few days, he rushed to Chang'an and lived in the mansion bestowed on him by Emperor Changping.

The Yu Dynasty and the Turks formally signed a ten-year peace agreement, during which the Turks would donate one million taels of silver and 20 taels of gold to the Yu Dynasty every year.

Changping three years, Dongyue.

Princess Huai'an finished her tour of the fief and rushed back to Chang'an.

Emperor Changping delineated two vacant houses closest to the imperial palace, and bestowed them on Princess Huai'an and Princess Baoding respectively as the princess mansions, and ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry to jointly rebuild the princess mansions, making sure that the princesses were satisfied.

Changping three years, the twelfth lunar month.

Ji Xinxue accompanied Yu Heng to carry the coffin back to Chang'an.

So far, the three princesses who went to the fief in the second year of Changping all returned to Chang'an.

Changping four years, February.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites brought up the old matter again after a year, and once again asked Emperor Changping to promote virtuous ministers to fill important positions in the court.

Cui Pai softened his attitude and asked Emperor Changping to mention Cui Taibao as Cui Taishi first.

Bai Pai kept silent about this, as long as Bai Qianli had a share, he didn't care about the calmness of which specific position he occupied.

Emperor Changping, who immediately promised to consider this matter last year, showed hesitation, as if his attitude had changed.

Cui faction officials and Bai faction officials, who had been holding each other's official hats for a whole year, once again stood in the same position, trying their best to persuade Emperor Changping to be a high-ranking courtier.

There are so many super-grades and first-grades in the clan and nobles, so the courtiers must have them too!

A few days later, the court began the familiar link of pulling the hat again, and the main combat power changed from Cui faction and Bai faction to courtiers and nobles.

Changping four years, March.

An Ye enamel kiln caught fire, no one was injured but all tools and materials were destroyed.Even if the craftsmen of the enamel kiln completely restore the tools they used, there is still no way to successfully fire the enamel.

Princess Anwu turned up and asked Emperor Changping to allow him to return to Anye to deal with the matter.

Emperor Changping allowed.

The courtiers tried to change Emperor Changping's mind on the grounds that no prince or princess had ever visited the fief for four consecutive years.They suggested that Princess Anwu take advantage of the opportunity to demolish the Anye enamel kiln and build a new enamel kiln in Chang'an.

After another half a month, there was a rumor in the palace that Princess Anwu was weak and it was more suitable to take care of her body in Anye, so Emperor Changping would allow Princess Anwu to go to Anye again.

Because Emperor Changping suddenly expressed his willingness to appoint high-ranking courtiers to fill the positions of Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ, the courtiers suddenly no longer cared about Princess Anwu's fate.

Compared with the princess who is not the eldest son, whose mother and concubine have moved to Huangzhuang, the courtiers are more concerned about who else can be promoted besides Cui Taibao and Bai Qianli.

Changping four years, April.

At the beginning of the month, Princess Anwu and King Xianglin quietly left Chang'an and rushed to the fief again.

In the middle of the month, Princess Baoding, who had been making trouble for a long time, also left Chang'an for her fief in Puzhou, Hedong Road.

Rumors suddenly spread in Chang'an, all claiming that Princess Anwu is not a princess but a prince.

Because of her age, Princess Anwu's figure and appearance gradually departed from her indistinguishable appearance and became more and more like Emperor Changping.In desperation, Emperor Changping arranged for Princess Anwu to go to the fiefdom again.

The courtiers all scoffed at the rumors.

Emperor Changping was extremely filial to the first emperor, not only because Concubine Zhong Shu did not give birth to the "Zhengyang" medicine, but also because Concubine Zhong Shu was neglected and Princess Anwu was angry, and he ignored them for seven years.Also because he felt ashamed of the late emperor, he knelt outside the late emperor's palace for a few days. Even if he was exhausted and carried back to the palace, he would use his blood to copy the scriptures of filial piety for the late emperor to make up for his regret of not being able to offer the "Zhengyang" medicine to the late emperor.

May I ask how many children in the world can achieve this level?

Such appalling and outrageous rumors must have been intentionally spread by people with ulterior motives.

They have warned their relatives and younger generations not to talk about rumors in private, lest they follow other people's ways and affect major events.

Emperor Changping had already made up his mind to fill the vacancies of high-ranking courtiers at once. Apart from Cui Taibao and Bai Qianli, there were at least four vacancies for first-rank officials.

People with ulterior motives spreading rumors at this time must be trying to lure fools to offend Emperor Changping, so as to eliminate dissidents, after all, it is for the official position of a first-rank official.

They must not be fooled, but they can use this east wind to hit more people.

Changping four years, June.

Rumors that Princess Anwu was a prince rather than a princess intensified, but the courtiers kept silent about it.The more powerful the courtier was, the less people related to him dared to mention this matter, and even dared not listen to others mention it.

Most people would turn their heads and leave when they heard someone discussing this matter, and asked the servants to inquire carefully about who was discussing this matter, and made up their minds to stay away from these people.

A few people with domineering personalities will even order their servants to drive those who discuss this matter out of his sight, and warn these people not to speak nonsense.

As the question of "Whether Princess Anwu is a prince or a princess" spread throughout Chang'an, people went to eat wontons at stalls, bought some pastries in shops, and even went to wash clothes by the river, and they could hear people around discussing Princess Anwu's gender. .

Bold merchants and people with relatives in other places brought this speculation to Gyeonggi and the surrounding provinces. Princess Anwu became famous among the people in the shortest time, and became a well-known figure in the family second only to Emperor Changping.

Courtiers and family members formed a vicious circle from top to bottom.

Because the closer to Emperor Changping, the higher the official rank, the more silent about this matter.Influenced by them, middle-level officials also kept this matter secret.Over time, even the military guards in charge of guarding the gate of Chang'an knew that they could listen to the people discussing Princess Anwu's gender, but they must not talk to the people.

Changping four years, August.

Princess Baoding and Princess Anwu, who were far away in the fiefdom, sent people to present birthday gifts to Emperor Changping early.

Princess Baoding gave a piece of thousand-year-old jade, and there were many impurities in the ancient jade, not even middle-grade jade.Coincidentally, the impurities in the ancient jade just formed a not-so-obvious character 'Yuan', which fits the taboo name of Emperor Changping.

Princess Anwu's birthday gift is still an enamel vase. Last year's enamel vase was only as high as an adult man's forearm, but this time the enamel vase is as high as an adult man's waist.

As the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Changping to the south of the Yangtze River returned to Chang'an, the Shangzhou case, which involved a lot, was finally completely closed.

Including Shannan Dongdao, Chang'an and Jiangnan, a total of more than [-] officials were involved.Most of the officials were confiscated of their property and fined as miners, and a very small number of them were sentenced to death.

Punish the sinner, naturally should be rewarded according to meritorious deeds.

The first is the imperial envoys sent from Chang'an to various places.

The first imperial envoys sent to Shangzhou returned to Chang'an long ago. They were impeached by Princess Anwu because of their low efficiency and failed to find anything useful.

The overall performance of the imperial envoys sent to Shannan Dongdao was excellent, and almost no mistakes were made in the process of clearing Shannan Dongdao.Emperor Changping bestowed 2000 taels of silver on each of the principals, and 500 taels of silver on the rest.The person in charge was promoted to two ranks, and the rest were promoted to one rank or transferred to the yamen with greater power.

Finally, the imperial envoys sent to Jiangnan, because there were too many criminal officials in Jiangnan who committed suicide in prison, far more than the criminal officials in Chang'an and Shannan Dongdao. Emperor Changping had a general impression of the imperial envoys to Jiangnan.

The silver reward is still 2000 taels for each person in charge, and 500 taels for the rest of the people.

In terms of promotion, the imperial envoys who went to Jiangnan were not as good as the imperial envoys who went to Shannan Dongdao.

Only a few people who left an impression in Emperor Changping's heart could receive the same treatment as the imperial envoys who went to Shannan Dongdao.The rest of the people will be cut in half from the imperial envoys of Shannan Dongdao.

After rewarding the courtiers, Emperor Changping issued an order to add [-] households to Princess Anwu, allowing Princess Anwu to issue government orders within the scope of Anye.

The courtiers immediately spoke out against Emperor Changping's heavy reward to Princess Anwu.

Although Princess Anwu did make a great contribution to the Shangzhou case, it is never wrong to bargain.

Emperor Changping had long seen through the bad habits these people developed during the Jianxing and Yanguang dynasties.No matter what orders the emperor has, he will try to refute them, hoping that there will be a situation where the ruler is weak and his ministers are strong.

When Emperor Yanguang first came to the throne, he cured the problems of the courtiers, and the effect was immediate.It's a pity that when Emperor Yanguang was old, he completely forgot the arrogance of self-importance when he first came to the throne, so that the courtiers recalled the sharp contrast between the good life of the Jianxing Dynasty and the Yanguang Dynasty, and intensified their efforts to "convince" the emperor.

The courtiers persuaded Emperor Changping on the grounds of 'not worrying about widows but worrying about inequality', saying that Princess Anwu is neither a direct wife nor an elder, and if she gets a reward that far exceeds that of her siblings, it will be detrimental to the friendship of the royal brothers and sisters.

As soon as these words came out, they attracted the attention of Ji Minyan, Ji Jingyu and Ji Mingtong at the same time.

Ji Jingyu smiled at the courtiers, saying that as an elder brother, it was too late for him to be happy and proud of Ji Xinxue, and he would never be jealous of Ji Xinxue because of it.There is a touch of satisfaction in the gentle words, and the eyes are full of sincerity.

Ji Mingtong nodded repeatedly, and repeated Ji Jingyu's words with a smile.

Compared with Ji Jingyu, who is gentle and introverted, Ji Mingtong is more lively.She gave careful examples to prove to the courtiers that what is hers belongs to Ji Xinxue, what is owned by Ji Xinxue is hers, if Ji Xinxue gets it, she gets it, why would she be jealous of herself for getting good things?

Not to mention the courtiers who couldn't keep up with Ji Mingtong's speech speed, even Emperor Changping was given a headache by Ji Mingtong's nagging, and kept telling Ji Mingtong to shut up.

The courtiers were slapped in the face by King Ling and Princess Jinming one after another, so they could only put their last hope on Princess Huai'an who never spoke.

Ji Minyan looked gloomyly at the courtier who was looking at her expectantly.

It is her heart disease that she is not as good as her sister in the matter of patrolling the fief. These people still don't open any pots.

From a rational point of view, she knew that the courtier's words were just for her to prevent Aye from awarding her younger sister.

But she couldn't help but think that the courtier first mentioned that her younger sister was rewarded far more than her siblings, and then kept staring at her.Are you mocking her for not being as good as her younger sister in patrolling the fief, so that her younger sister is rewarded far more than her brothers and sisters.

After a long while, Ji Minyan forbearance looked away from the courtier.

She silently told herself that she was inferior to her younger sister first, and she could not blame others for being ridiculed. She just endured it, and she would definitely not be compared next time.

The courtiers had no idea that the gloomy anger in Princess Huai'an's eyes was directed at him, and thought that Princess Huai'an did not express her dissatisfaction because of Emperor Changping.

King Ling and Princess Jinming both took the initiative to express that they didn't care about the generous reward that Emperor Changping gave Princess Anwu, but Princess Huai'an's silence is the best proof.

The courtier deliberately added fuel to the flames, trying to induce Princess Huai'an to vent her dissatisfaction.

"Princess Huai'an, as the eldest daughter, you haven't received the grace to issue government orders in the fief, what about Princess Anwu?"

Ji Minyan held back again and again, but in the end she still couldn't hold back her temper.

In the past, Aye walked on thin ice and she just had to endure it. Now that she is the eldest princess, why should she endure it?

Ji Minyan turned her head and looked around, holding her skirt and running towards Princess Xuanwei, who was watching the fun in the distance, snatched the sword from Princess Xuanwei's hand, and slapped the courtier who had been mocking her and forcing her to speak, "You mocking I!"

Ji Jingyu and Ji Mingtong had never seen Ji Minyan lose his composure like this before, and hurried to Ji Minyan's side.

Ji Mingtong didn't dare to stop Ji Minyan, so he could only hold tightly to the courtier who was being beaten, and said repeatedly, "Brother, catch him quickly, don't let him beat sister."

Ji Jingyu subconsciously followed Ji Mingtong's words. Although he had a mild temper, he practiced martial arts every day, and his strength was far beyond Ji Mingtong's. He immediately pressed the beaten courtier firmly to the ground, making him want to cover his head and face and do it. less than.

Princess Xuanwei was startled by Ji Minyan's sudden agitation, and rushed over half a step later, and heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that Ji Minyan hadn't drawn her sword.Suddenly, she felt that this sword that cut iron like mud was not suitable for her, it was too dangerous.

Emperor Changping didn't make a sound, Mo Yao didn't make a sound, and the courtiers didn't dare to attack the princesses and King Ling, even if the courtiers shouted their throats, they would only get beaten.

Fortunately, Ji Minyan was only angry, not to the point of losing her mind, not only did she never draw her sword, she also did not stare at the courtiers' heads.She wasn't very strong, and she didn't know how to do it, which only caused flesh and blood injuries to the courtiers.

It was hard for Ji Minyan to vent her anger.Throwing away the long sword in their hands, Ji Jingyu and Ji Mingtong immediately let go of the courtiers in their hands, supported Ji Minyan who was panting with tears in the corners of her eyes, and went to rest beside her, asking Ji Minyan repeatedly if her hands hurt and if she was angry.

Princess Xuanwei hastily stretched out her hand to the courtier who had lost the support of Ji Jingyu and Ji Mingtong and fell to the ground, caught her sword dangerously, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground sounded beside Princess Xuanwei, and the heavy wind brought up the broken hair on Princess Xuanwei's sideburns.

Princess Xuanwei turned her head to look at the courtiers who fell on the ground, and said perfunctorily, "Are you okay?"

Before the courtier could answer, Princess Xuanwei turned around with her sword in her hand and walked towards the corner of the hall.

Princess Huai'an is really scary, she wants to find a place away from Princess Huai'an.

Emperor Changping sat on a high place and had a panoramic view of the farce, suddenly let out a chuckle, and said to Mo Yao who was beside him, "It seems that Min Yan also fell in love with Xuanwei."

"Your Majesty said so." Mo Yao's gaze stayed for a moment longer on Princess Xuanwei's back as she quietly walked out of the hall, and finally chose to believe in Emperor Changping's judgment.

After the farce ended, Emperor Changping said that after serious reflection, he also felt that the previous decision was a bit hasty and did not consider the rest of his children.

Instead of adding [-] food towns to Princess Anwu and allowing Princess Anwu to issue government orders in the fief, it was changed to adding [-] food towns to Princess Anwu and allowing Princess Anwu to issue government orders in the fief. One hundred percent to Princess Anwu.

Princess Huai'an, King Ling, Princess Baoding, Princess Jinming, and Princess Jichang all received the gift of issuing government orders in the fief.

Princess Huai'an got another [-] households, and Princess Jinming another [-] households.

The courtiers were naturally unwilling to see such a result, but they did not dare to make trouble.

Emperor Changping hasn't decided how to confer titles such as Grand Master. If they oppose Emperor Changping's conferring rewards on their sons and daughters, and the people they support miss the opportunity to become a first-rank official, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

Changping four years, Dongyue.

Princess Anwu, who was in Shangluo, ordered people to send back the New Year gift, which is said to be a brand-new timekeeping tool. Princess Anwu called it a "clock" in her invitation to Anwu.

Because the clock was made by craftsmen in Shangluo, Emperor Changping gave it the name "Luo Zhong".

Princess Anwu presented a total of three Luo bells, and Emperor Changping ordered one of them to be placed in the main hall of the court, and the other two Luo bells were placed at the most prosperous intersection in Chang'an City, and Jin Wuwei personally guarded them.

In just a few days, Luo Zhong wrapped in enamel was famous throughout Chang'an for its gorgeous appearance and taller figure than the Jinwu Guard, and even Princess Anwu was remembered by the people.

After Princess Bingtang and Princess Enamel, Ji Xinxue has another alias of Princess Luozhong.

Changping four years, the twelfth lunar month.

Emperor Changping did not let the matter of "whether to promote virtuous ministers to fill the positions of first-rank officials" be delayed until the third year. He decreed before the year that Cui Taibao was promoted to Taishi, King Qinghe was promoted to Taifu, Bai Qianli was promoted to Taibao, Henan Dao The governor of Kaifeng Prefecture is Taiwei, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture on Huainan Road is Sikong, and the governor of Jinling Prefecture on Jiangnan East Road is Situ.

Because of the chaotic government orders during the Yanguang Dynasty, the prefects and prefects in various places had similar powers, but their grades were very different. The former prefect of the Jinling prefect was equivalent to being promoted to two senior levels in a row.

The courtiers in Chang'an were dumbfounded when they heard the imperial decree.

Cui Taibao became Cui Taishi, and Bai Qianli became Bai Taibao within their expectation.

As the patriarch of the clan, King Qinghe became the Taifu within reason.

The other four positions are actually cheaper than the big officials outside the frontier.

What have they been fighting for the past two years?

It's a pity that by the time the courtiers reacted and wanted to protest, Emperor Changping had already completed the ceremony of sealing the pen and there was no one there, so all official business stopped.

Unless there is a war, other matters must wait until the annual vacation is over.

Changping five years, February.

In Chang'an, Cui Taishi, Prince Qinghe, and Bai Qianli all put on brand new official robes.The new Taiwei, Sikong and Situ who were not in Chang'an were also on their way to Chang'an.

Changping five years, March.

Both Kaifeng Fumu of Henan Province and Yangzhou Fumu of Huainan Road rushed to Chang'an and took office immediately.

The governor of Jinling Prefecture in the east of the south of the Yangtze River fell ill on the way and was unable to reach Chang'an for a long time. The governor of Jinling Prefecture was very guilty of this and asked to be resigned.

Emperor Changping rejected the report of the governor of Jinling Prefecture, and sent five imperial physicians to diagnose and treat the governor of Jinling Prefecture.

It's a pity that the governor of Jinling Mansion died on the road after all, and failed to take office.

Emperor Changping was deeply saddened by this, and ordered the Jinwu Guard to take the family of the prefect of Jinling to Chang'an, and to give grace to the wife and children of the prefect of Jinling.

Changping five years, May.

Situ's candidates changed five times in just two months, all of them were Fu Mu or Fu Yin outside Chang'an. These five people all died of illness on the road without exception, as if the King of Hades was calling his name.So much so that when Emperor Changping mentioned for the sixth time that he wanted to seal Situ, all the courtiers in Chang'an showed toothache expressions.

It's a pity not to fight for it, but it's a bit scary to fight for it.

Really hard to choose.

It's hard for them not to suspect that those Situ who died of illness on the road were all secretly dealt with by Emperor Changping.

Emperor Changping seemed to have seen through the thoughts of the courtiers. After thinking for a while, he added the name of the Fumu of Taiyuan Prefecture to the imperial decree.

Taiyuan Fufu Mu is the father of Qianniuwei General Rong Guang.

When Emperor Yanguang died, it was Qianniuwei General Rong Guang who prevented the sinner King Li from entering Chang'an, and then knelt outside the city to welcome Emperor Changping.

From a certain point of view, the Rong family can barely be regarded as the direct line of Emperor Changping.

The sixth Sikong was old and strong. Not only did he not fall ill on the road, but he was able to personally fight the bandits who dared to rob him with a knife. He arrived in Chang'an safely on the No. 15 day when he received the imperial decree.

So far, the long-awaited vacancy for a first-rank official has finally been completely filled.

Changping five years, July.

Nanzhao sent the third prince and princess as envoys to Chang'an to celebrate Emperor Changping's birthday, presenting a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and rare medicinal materials.

Emperor Changping pointed the eldest princess of Nanzhao to the youngest son of the king of Xinyang as his wife, and made the youngest son of the king of Xinyang Duke Rongguo.

Changping five years, the twelfth lunar month.

Mohe Khan's eldest daughter and nephew Abu Hanbing came to Chang'an as an envoy, and also expressed their desire to marry the Yu Dynasty.Emperor Changping ignored them, and only asked Honglu Temple to entertain them with delicious food and drinks, without mentioning marriage.

Changping five years, Dongyue.

Ji Xinxue, who has lived in Shangluo for a year and a half, received a final warning from Emperor Changping.

If he doesn't return to Chang'an, Emperor Changping will ask Mo Yao to 'pick' him back in person.

Ji Xinxue put down the letter and limp down on the back chair in a decadent state.

He really didn't deliberately delay time and refused to return to Chang'an.

Because the "Jiangnan business district transfer plan" that has been in place for three years is at the most critical moment, the tax reform of Anye and Shangluo will also see the effect immediately.Ji Xinxue wants to receive the results and bring them back to Chang'an, so that Emperor Changping can know that he has been away from home for many years and has never slacked off.

Well, in fact, I kind of want to ask for credit.

"Qingyun!" Ji Xinxue uttered a pure boyish voice, which sounded like a sunny and lively boy, but as a 'princess' voice, it seemed too neutral.

He raised his hand to touch the obvious bulge on his neck, and a slight guilty conscience appeared in his eyes.

Qingyun responded to Ji Xinxue's call loudly, immediately put down the embroidery shed in her hand, strode to Ji Xinxue's side, "Master?"

"Pack up the box and prepare to go back to Chang'an." Ji Xinxue put away the letter and said to Qingyun, "Feng Lang hasn't come back yet?"

There was a light snowfall outside yesterday, and Yu Heng heard somewhere that Chuxue brewed wine very well, so he personally took people out to collect clean snowflakes.

Seeing Ji Xinxue's worried brows, Qingyun quickly comforted him, "The county king usually likes to go hunting in the mountains on snowy days, and maybe he will bring back his prey."

"Yeah." Ji Xinxue glanced out the window, the sky was still bright, and Yu Heng was accompanied by Jin Wuwei.Even if you encounter fierce beasts such as tigers and bears, there is still room for escape.

"Let the small kitchen prepare hot water at all times, riding a horse in this weather is sure." Ji Xinxue hadn't finished speaking, and the voices of "the king is back" were already heard outside.

He rummaged through the random piles of drawings on the table, picked up the hand stove that he had dropped before and headed for the door, just as he walked around the screen, he saw Yu Heng who was entering the door.

Seeing that Ji Xinxue was only wearing a thin robe, Yu Heng immediately turned around, without hesitation, pushed Li Jinhuan out who had already stepped into the door, and closed the door cleanly.

Lin Wei, who was following Li Jinhuan, didn't want to be stepped on by Li Jinhuan, so he could only back away, and stepped on Zhang Siyi's feet impartially, who had no time to react.

Hearing the movement outside, Yu Heng said loudly, "Axue doesn't wear much, so she can't be blown by the wind. You go to the barbecue side hall to warm up first, and Axue and I will go later."

After speaking, Yu Heng took off his cloak and handed it to Qingyun, and walked around Ji Xinxue to the brazier to warm up, so that Ji Xinxue would not come into contact with the cold air on his body.

It's a pity that Ji Xinxue didn't appreciate it, and followed him like a little tail, "Did you deliberately not tell me that you are going to hunt today. Are there any rabbits?"

"Yes." Yu Heng nodded, the small dimple on the left cheek looming, "Enough for a whole rabbit feast."

When Ji Xinxue heard this, tears flowed down her mouth, and she stuffed the hand stove into Yu Heng's hand, then turned around and went behind the screen, "I'm going to add clothes!"

A few days ago, he was distracted when he was looking at the blueprint of the clock, so he secretly opened the window, so that he lay in bed for two days before recovering.

Therefore, when he wanted to leave the room, he had to wrap himself in the ball three layers in and three layers out, otherwise he would never be able to get out of the room.Unless Yu Heng is not there, and he can ignore the servants kneeling all over the ground.

Because she missed the rabbit, Ji Xinxue didn't bother to go through the closet again, and saw the jacket that Yu Heng wore the day before was draped over the back of the chair, and she directly used it to put it on her body.

Yu Heng is one year older than him, and his figure is also a circle bigger than him.

If the two stood back to back, the person standing on Yu Heng's side could not see his existence at all, but the person standing on his side could see Yu Heng's shoulders and head.

Ji Xinxue sighed melancholy, and tightened his waistband to wear the jacket that looked empty on his body. She could only hope that he was just developing slowly, and sooner or later he would grow into a figure like Emperor Ping.

Sure can!

The face is so similar, how can the body shape not be the same?

Li Jinhuan and others went to the side hall first, and just said a few words around the brazier, they saw Yan Meng coming in from the door with a pale face, sitting down like a ghost, his eyes were almost out of focus.

Everyone was taken aback by Yan Meng's appearance. When Ji Xinxue was most ill a few days ago, his face was no worse than Yan Meng's now.

They didn't see Yan Meng when they went out, they thought Yan Meng wanted to stay in the mansion with Ji Xinxue, but they didn't expect that it was because of illness.

Zhang Siyi put the two small heaters in her arms on Yan Meng's lap.Li Jinhuan asked Yan Meng if he had taken any medicine, what the imperial doctor said.

Lin Wei was about to greet Yan Meng, when he heard Yu Heng's voice, he immediately put Yan Meng behind, got up and opened the door for Yu Heng.

It's a pity that after he opened the door, the first person he saw was not Yu Heng, but Ji, whose black hair was braided into a twist and draped over his shoulders, with a light blue silk flower in his hairpin, and wearing Yu Heng's jacket. fresh snow.