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At the end of the court, Feng Zizhang wanted to seize the opportunity to discuss this matter with his sister, but Feng Zihuan refused to give her this opportunity, and Cui Yi took the time to wink at her, so she gave up and stopped trying to bring it up.After thinking about it, no, I can't wait any longer, seeing that I have nothing else to do, I leave immediately and fly back to the house.As soon as he entered the door, he asked Xie Yan where he was.

"What's the matter?" Xie Yan came out of the study upon hearing the sound, holding in his hand the population count booklet of each state and county that had just been sorted out, Feng Zizhang asked: "You didn't go out today?"

"Not yet, I buried my head in the pile of books, what happened?"

Feng Zizhang then told her the emperor's decision verbatim, and added: "When the court was dispersed, I saw the faces of the important ministers, they were either gray or white."

Xie Yan took a deep breath, "I thought it would come sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so suddenly and so soon."

"It can be seen that my sister is not as you think, and I don't want to wait for half a year."

The two walked into the study room, the case was full of materials waiting to be sorted out, like a hill, Feng Zizhang felt a headache after reading it, not only was it too much, it was even more messy.Xie Yan seemed to be very content with this messy environment. After sitting down with her, he tested the remaining temperature of the teapot with his fingers and said, "Your Majesty's hasty announcement must be disturbing to the people of the family. I have assigned you again, even though you are a member of the royal family , but to some extent he is already considered the leader of the poor family official group, so it will naturally be considered that this is representing the interests of the poor family and the royal family to fight against them. Tsk tsk tsk, it is a declaration of war. Is there no limit on when you will come up with a plan?"

Feng Zizhang couldn't bear it any longer, so he sorted out the bamboo slips and manuscripts around him, and piled them up in a pile, "For now, give me a month at most."

"Didn't it be announced by the court?"

"No, in private, at most only Cui Xiang knows."

Xie Yan sighed, "Sincerely creating panic, this is it. Now we are just sitting here, and there are so many people coming and going outside."

"Just about to talk." Feng Zizhang handed the letter to Xie Yan and put it aside. There was no obstacle around him—even though she was sitting in a perfect posture—stretched his back and said, "We need to get in touch quickly." The leader of the big clan, Cui Xiang must go to see him, I think we should also go to see your uncle Xie Hui, to gain support. It’s also good to act simultaneously. What do you think?”

Xie Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Naturally. But I'm afraid it's not good to go now. I'm afraid my aunt is still in the official office, and there are many people visiting my uncle. Let's wait for a while, and I will go after dark See uncle, you go see aunt. I'll write right away."

"Write a letter?" Feng Zizhang was taken aback, "Who should I write the letter to?"

"Of course it's my second sister. She originally asked me to go to Zhao Xun's house today, but I couldn't say no. She must be somewhere at the moment, so I asked her to take the two families with her at once, saying that she would go home to deliver a letter and Cui Xuanji Send the letter, no problem, don't worry."

As Xie Yan spoke, he immediately wrote two letters and called someone to deliver them.Feng Zizhang was still in deep thought, Xie Yan asked with a smile: "What are you thinking? What do you want to do?"

Feng Zizhang shook his head, "Before, I was always thinking of a way to achieve both. Today, looking at everyone's faces, I know that it may be difficult to find a way to achieve both."

"why?"

Feng Zizhang turned around and said to Xie Yan: "You know what Gu Heng and his group look like. It's our humble officials who made me lose confidence. Some of them looked extremely happy, like a big enemy. It's like getting retribution. Some of them look gloomy, and they seem to know that it's not easy. The existence of the former is worrying, after all, if it's just my sister who insists on going her own way, no one is fanning the flames, and no one is making trouble in Jiankang City. It's not that it's not easy to clean up. But because of those people..."

Xie Yan was full of smiles, "I can't stop you from coming, you have to think this way, one thing is over, and the other is you, no one can do it well except you, and if you leave it to others, you are afraid of doing bad things. It's better to go on your own."

Feng Zizhang smiled wryly, and asked again: "What do you think of my sister's idea?"

"What do you think? I think she is too radical. This is very similar to Cui Xuanji's previous ideas. No, it is more radical than some of Cui Xuanji's ideas."

“How come you see?”

Xie Yan looked around, picked up a pen and paper from the case, and explained to Feng Zizhang while writing and drawing: "There are two problems inherently, and they are both external and internal. Simply solving one cannot completely solve the problem. Your Majesty thinks To solve this problem, there will be three situations: first, the land is not needed, and slaves and maidservants also pay taxes. In turn, if the big clan is forced to release the people, the big clan will be injured, which is not good for the court; If slaves are not allowed, the people may be better off, and the court will benefit; third, people and land are also needed, and the rich are seriously injured. Whether the people's life is good or not depends on the year and the specific policies of the court. It seems that the court It's just for profit, but in fact it probably isn't. Especially at this cusp, what His Majesty thinks is that while the family is still in panic, he will force them to do the best thing in his lifetime.

"I don't know that the faster, the more ruthless, the more dangerous, such as a horse-drawn carriage running wildly, or a boat sailing in big waves, maybe it will capsize. I thought that His Majesty's idea is still 'I am the emperor, and I will no longer compromise with your family'. In this situation This approach is likely to cause serious resentment from the conservative family, and they will stop it at all costs. They may not fail to see His Majesty's long-term plan for doing this, but they may not feel that it is more important than their own interests, and it is not worth it Do it, or simply think that it is impossible to achieve the goal. You ask them if they want the Northern Expedition, of course they do, and then they can find a lot of reasons to explain why it cannot be done like this. They also want power, and they feel that it is obvious for them to make meritorious deeds It's more appropriate, it's not okay to leave these to poor families and marginalize yourself."

After listening to Feng Zizhang, he thought for a while, and then asked: "How radical is Cui Xuanji?"

"Her? She once thought that His Majesty was like this. It is not advisable to use the family in the long run. She felt that sooner or later the family would wither and die, so talents should be recruited. The Civil and Military Competition may be the implementation of this idea. According to this From the perspective of many aristocratic families today, especially from the perspective of His Majesty's policy, isn't it just digging their own grave? I didn't say that, starting today, the children of the aristocratic clan who have reacted may wish to beat her to death on the road."

Feng Zizhang sighed and said, "Sure enough, he is a national scholar. No wonder my sister likes it."

Xie Yan laughed loudly: "I am afraid that such a national scholar is unparalleled. I am afraid that it is not worth mentioning. Your Majesty is radical in this matter, and Cui Xuanji can hardly escape the blame for serving His Majesty."

"It's not like you're coming out to level the world, huh?" Feng Zizhang taunted her, and Xie Yan also cooperated, "Yes, yes, although my martial arts and talent are not inferior to hers, my courage and stubbornness are really inferior. , I want to be able to push you out and become a famous figure of a generation—" When she said the word "famous figure", she still turned her head, "Aren't I even better than Jiang Taigong?"

Feng Zizhang called her an idiot for talking about dreams, so shameless.Just at this time, the fast horse that delivered the letter came back and brought Xie Yu's four-word reply, "I will definitely deliver it." Xie mansion to go.The porter said that the Grand Master was waiting in the study.When she entered the study, she saw Xie Hui sitting on the bed, still reading a book, she quickly bowed down.Xie Hui saw her and told her to get up: "Get up. Have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten, Uncle Xie."

"Well, the King of Nankang must have sent you here today, right?"

"Yes. Uncle, do you know what happened today?"

"Of course I know. After the court breaks up today, there are quite a few people who came to see me. Everyone has different purposes and positions, and they all come to ask me what to do. Are you the same?"

Xie Yan could only answer yes, and then asked who was there, and Xie Hui said who was there. "Do you have something to bring? They want me to bring you something." Xie Hui said, Xie Yan was taken aback, "Bring it to me? What do you say?"

Xie Hui's decree lines are very deep, which makes his goatee look very good-looking, "I have everything. Although these people say that they are more inclined to His Majesty and King Nankang, most of them also feel that the situation is urgent. I hope King Nankang will be with you Be careful when dealing with this matter."

"What did they say?" Xie Yan thought about who those people were, and thought that it would be better to try to win them over and defeat them one by one. Unexpectedly, Xie Hui said: "The original words, don't listen to them. It's not a nice thing to say. .If you want to win them over, you'd better not do it yourself. If you go now, people will not look at you like before."

have to.

Xie Hui asked where King Nankang was again, and Xie Yan replied that he had gone to see Cui Yi. "Then let's go, let's go too. It's not too late." Seeing Xie Yan's hesitation, Xie Hui said: "Why, if you don't go now, when will you wait? You keep avoiding people's eyes and ears like this, which will attract unnecessary criticism. Now is the time for others to see clearly our allies, that is, to be upright and upright, go!" Xie Yan had no choice but to obey, thinking that his uncle would still be like that after all, with a straightforward personality, what is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, he It's that hundred-year-old tree, afraid of your strong wind?

When we arrived at Cui's mansion, only Cui Yi was at home. When we entered, we heard Cui Yi and Feng Zizhang already discussing the detailed rules.Seeing the two of them, Cui Yi smiled and said to Xie Hui, "I'm wondering when you will come over." Xie Hui sat down, first gave a general account of who and what happened to him today, and then said to Cui Yi: "So , What do you think? I think there are not many people who dare to come out to support, but they have different ideas. If it is possible, some people can be persuaded to support His Majesty. gone."

Cui Yi nodded and asked again: "Have you heard any other news?"

"Other wind sounds, such as what wind sounds?" Xie Hui was surprised, Cui Yi gave him a wink, Xie Yan and Feng Zizhang didn't understand, but Xie Hui instantly understood, and replied: "No, how could it be so fast, You must be worrying too much."

Cui Yi didn't explain, just smiled and said nothing.

Feng Zizhang said: "Grand Xie, I discussed with Cui Xiang just now, and I think that now we should first seek the support of a few major aristocrats. The Cui Xie family, seeing the appearance of the two elders, knows that there is no problem. Yes; if we can still win the support of the Zhu family and the Lu family, even if it is just a public statement, it will be beneficial to ease the situation and gain time. I just don’t know how to do it. After all, I really don’t know enough about the aristocratic family, and it’s inconvenient to come forward now. .”

Xie Hui nodded, "That's right." He glanced at Cui Yi again, "It's not convenient for you to come forward?"

Cui Yi laughed and said, "You still don't know what my reputation is now? Isn't it to clean up the mess you left behind?"

Xie Hui also laughed: "Talking nonsense, you are making love with the emperor. Have you gotten along with the emperor?" Cui Yi also laughed and said that I can never be like you, and I will fight with the emperor in everything. Xie Hui did not refute her, and said to Feng Zizhang: "Your Highness is right, and it is indeed inconvenient for you to come forward. I heard that scholars from Jiankang poor family often gather in Zun's Mansion, right?" Feng Zizhang nodded, "Then Your Highness Just do your own thing, the party that should be gathered, and just win over those humble scholars. As for persuading the big family, I will go to the Lu family, and take Xie Yan with you. Your Highness just formulate your policies, and when the time comes, it will be up to the two of us. The family came to cooperate, and things started gently, and Xu Tu moved slowly. I went to Gaomen, Cui, Xie, Lu, Zhu, Gu, Sun, Lu, and now Lu is completely down, and the Sun family is in ruins; Gu Heng You should never expect him to support you, he definitely won't; as for the Zhu family, there is only Zhu Shijing left, let's see the situation."

Cui Yi said: "Then why don't you go to Lu's house tomorrow, and I will hold the emperor, and His Highness will be responsible for preparing a plan. You must participate in these three things, Xie Yan." Xie Yan nodded and answered, "There is one more thing, Although the big clans in that place have less power to speak than the five great sects, you still have to ask your friends to keep an eye on them, and be especially careful of all kinds of changes."

These words shocked Feng Zizhang and Xie Yan, but Xie Hui didn't take it seriously, and said to Cui Yi: "You are like this, my third brother, your elder brother, and your nephew are all here, and the imperial court has a lot of troops in their hands." What are you afraid of? Control the situation first, as long as you can deal with it gently, it won't cause such a big incident. If you are really worried, you might as well persuade the emperor to use the results of the previous investigation to convict some prefects of states and counties for dereliction of duty. The replacement that should be replaced should be adjusted, and it will naturally stabilize. What's the use of just staring at it and not doing it?"

Cui Yi is still saying that doing so will intensify the situation?Feng Zizhang seriously considered Xie Hui's suggestion, but Xie Yan interrupted the dispute between Cui Xie and Xie first: "Uncle, Aunt, in my opinion, there is no need to argue about this matter, Your Majesty will probably Take the initiative to propose this plan." Cui Yi and Xie Hui stopped to look at her, and she continued: "And the person who came up with the idea may be Cui Xuanji."

After saying this, Cui Yi smiled wryly and shook her head, Xie Hui said: "Then prepare a specific plan yourself. If it is really the child's idea, I am afraid that in detail, the emperor will directly propose a plan on how to replace it." Feng Zizhang interrupted and said that it might not be possible, Feng Zihuan would not say it, maybe they should still make the plan, it is better to wait for the emperor to propose, and then let Cui Yi take charge of the matter and take the opportunity to control the content of the plan: "This is not easy Arouse suspicion." Cui Yi said that this plan is very good, Xie Hui sighed, how come the emperor has become so suspicious after he has not been in power for a few years?

"Speaking of which," Xie Hui said to Cui Yi, "Where is Cui Xuanji? She is the emperor's valet, and she should play a greater role than us, although it is a bit dangerous. Are you at home tonight?"

Cui Yi said that the child had a lot of things to do all day long, she left early and returned late, and she met her more often in the market than at home, "Now I can't control how much influence she can have on Your Majesty. , she didn't tell me either."

Xie Hui stroked his goatee and said, "The more you don't talk about it, the more trouble you have. You must ask, otherwise it will be bad for the whole situation. Of course, if we don't do well, she will be trapped in the opposite direction." more dangerous situation."

There was a gust of wind outside, and dark clouds obscured the moon.