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Chapter 91 - Entering the Palace

As soon as they returned to the capital, they had to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

As soon as he returned to the capital, Emperor Zhaozong in the palace received the news. After a while, people arrived outside the imperial study. Emperor Zhaozong put down the book in his hand and said to the confidant eunuch next to him, "Let them come in." Eunuch

Sun went out to invite people, "The emperor asked his servants to invite some adults to come in."

Li Wen He nodded slightly to Eunuch Sun and followed Eunuch Sun into the imperial study. Behind him was Zhao Xiangyi and the two accompanying officials who had returned from Xiangzhou and entered the imperial study together. Emperor Zhaozong was sitting on the chair behind the desk in the royal study. Li Wen lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down and saluted, "I'm here to see you, Your Majesty.

Long live Your Majesty." "Get back on your feet."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Wen He stood up from the ground, his eyes still half lowered, looking at the stone tiles on the floor of the Imperial Study Room, and said, "Weichen has fulfilled the emperor's mission and went to Xiangzhou to complete the disaster relief mission. Weichen, Mr. Zhao and others, I just returned to the capital today. I didn't dare to delay for a moment on the way. I immediately came to the palace to see the emperor. "

"I asked you to go to Xiangzhou to help with the disaster relief. It would be better for you to pick off all the officials in Xiangzhou. The accusations against you for what you did in Xiangzhou are piled high on my table. Please give me a good explanation about this matter. "Emperor Zhaozong has not forgotten that Li Liuyuan, the imperial envoy, is still in Xiangzhou. The state had done some good deeds, and this kid was lucky enough to let him go to relieve a disaster, but instead arrested all his officials. This was really courageous.

Li Wen felt relieved because he didn't hear any anger in the emperor's words.

He wrote to the emperor every day in Xiangzhou, and reported everything in Xiangzhou to the emperor. Therefore, the emperor must also know what is going on here, and he is not worried about the capital. The officials here are doing things behind the scenes. As long as the emperor trusts him, even if someone impeaches him behind his back, nothing will happen to him.

Li Wen glanced at the emperor cautiously and said with a look of grievance on his face, "Go back to the emperor, I have a reason for doing this. Your Majesty, you don't know. You are not in the eyes of these people at all. They are deliberately doing this in the local area." Raising taxes, oppressing the people, taking corruption and accepting bribes..."

If these Zhuzhuang crimes are investigated, which one is not a capital crime?

"At that time, Wei Chen took out the Shang Fang Sword given by the Emperor. These people also said that the Emperor's Shang Fang Sword was fake. Wei Chen saw that they did not take the Emperor seriously at all." Li Wen took out the Shang Fang Sword given to him by the Emperor. He asked for the Shangfang Sword and said, "This is the Shangfang Sword that the emperor asked for before he went to Xiangzhou. The minister took it and returned it to the emperor. "How dare these people not take me seriously? It is simply unreasonable. "When Emperor Zhaozong heard that the officials below him did not take him seriously as the emperor, his face suddenly became angry.

The last thing that made the emperor the most intolerable was that someone challenged his authority and the emperor. Majesty.

Eunuch Sun stepped forward to take Shang Fang's sword and asked the young eunuch to take it down and put it away.

"Please calm down, Your Majesty." "Li Wen said, "Your Majesty, what Wei Chen said is not unfounded. This trip Wei Chen came back from Xiangzhou and brought back evidence of the crimes of these people in the local area, and asked the Emperor to review it. The minister brought all the corruption gains of these people into the palace and placed them outside. There is a booklet here, which is a record of the money and other items seized from these people's houses. Every transaction is recorded in detail.

"Only the food was left to the people of the North after obtaining the emperor's consent. " "

Except for the sum of money given to Governor Wan, the rest of the confiscated gold, silver and jewelry are all here. Li Wen didn't take any of them privately. As for Zhao Xiangyi, he didn't even bother to touch these things. If anyone else wanted to move, they would have no chance. They brought all the things back to the capital and piled them all up in the courtyard outside the imperial study.

Emperor Zhaozong raised his hand, and Eunuch Sun said. He stepped forward and took the things from Li Liuyuan's hand, and gave them to the emperor, "Your Majesty. "

Emperor Zhaozong took it and placed the registration booklet on top. The emperor opened the booklet and his face darkened as he looked at it. The money found in the house of a small prefect was actually more than that of the emperor. There is still a lot of money in the treasury.

After reading the following evidence, the emperor's face darkened.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. "Master Yao from behind jumped out at this time, glanced at Li Liuyuan next to him from the corner of his eye, and said, "Your Majesty, I want to accuse Master Li of accepting bribes from Xiangzhou officials when he was in Xiangzhou. ^ "

Li Wen didn't expect that Lord Yao would come to the emperor to complain to him. He took a step forward, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen did do this, but he was in such a situation at the time. Under the circumstances, Wei Chen used a strategy to confuse them and make them relax their vigilance. What's more, the minister later explained to the emperor that this was just a temporary measure, and all the money gained was handed over. "Actually, what he thought at the time was that if he didn't take the banknote,

it would be in vain. He could use it to replenish the treasury for the emperor. But he didn't expect Lord Yao to be waiting for him here.

Fortunately, he turned around and sent the emperor a secret letter. , I gave all the 100,000 taels of silver notes to the emperor, otherwise I would have jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't clean it up.

"I know what Li Liuyuan did. Emperor Zhaozong said in a deep voice, "I asked you to follow me to Xiangzhou to cooperate with Li Liuyuan on errands. It's good for you. Just forget it if you don't follow me. You can come back to me and sue Li Liuyuan." "

Mr. Yao knelt down with a plop, "Wei Chen..."

"Mr. Yao, you are also an official of the imperial court. Before the matter was found out, you casually slandered your colleagues. I asked you to do things, not to play with these things. I think you are tired of being an official with intrigues and intrigues." With Li Liuyuan in front of you, it seems that these officials who play with power all day long are worthless. Emperor Zhaozong slammed the desk and said angrily, "Come here, Apart from his official uniform, he will be demoted to the rank of common people from today on. He will not be allowed to participate in scientific examinations or serve as an official in the court for three generations. "

Hearing the emperor's words, Yao Zheng fell to the ground, his face turned pale. He knew that the Yao family would be finished because of him.

"Yes. "The guards outside stepped forward and dragged Yao Zheng out, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

The shouts from outside gradually faded away.

"Your Majesty, thank you for trusting me. "Li Wen knelt down, and his words were touched by the emperor. He knew that the emperor's move was an act of protection for him. Punishing a small official like Yao Zheng was a small matter, but it was actually done to those who wanted to touch him later. People can see

that Yao Zheng lost his official position because of this. None of the three direct generations of the Yao family were allowed to take part in the imperial examinations and were not allowed to serve as officials. It can only be said that Yao Zheng was guilty of his own misfortune, and it was not because he begged him to come to the emperor to sue him. And Li Wen didn't have a good impression of the person who wanted his life. Naturally, he wouldn't plead for Yao Zheng at this time, and he would not do anything like repaying evil with kindness

. , he treats people with respect; but if others want to kill him, he will only retaliate with tooth for tooth, eye for eye, revenge for revenge, complaint for complaint!

In this royal study, Fan Changhong saw with his own eyes the emperor's treatment of Li Liuyuan. Fortunately, he didn't want to mess with Li Liuyuan. The order given to him by his superiors was that it was best to be on good terms with Li Liuyuan. Even if he couldn't be on good terms with Li Liuyuan, he must not take the initiative to provoke this person. But in fact The above proves that what the master above him said is right.

So, there is a difference between following a reliable master and following an unreliable master.

"Get up." Emperor Zhaozong's heart was more or less partial to his little Liuyuan. He didn't see that the previous dynasty had not issued a Liuyuan for hundreds of years. It had not been a hundred years since the founding of Dacheng, but they had issued a Liuyuan. Lang, the emperor believed that this Liu Yuan was sent by God to help him, the emperor, and help them achieve great success, so naturally he was more partial to this Liu Yuan Lang.

What's more, Li Liuyuan took silver taels to Xiangzhou for disaster relief, and brought back more silver taels than he brought with him. This time he had filled the treasury, which further confirmed that what he thought was correct.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Wen got up from the ground. He just returned to the capital today, and his "Kneeling is Easy" was left at home. As soon as he entered the palace today, he knelt down countless times!

My knees hurt so much!

Later, Emperor Zhaozong said a few words of praise to Zhao Xiangyi and Li Liuyuan, nothing more than saying that they had done a good job in disaster relief this time. Hearing the emperor's praise for him, Li Wen said hurriedly, "I don't dare to take credit. If Master Zhao and Master Fan weren't helping me this time, and there were more than 2,000 soldiers protecting me, the disaster relief would not be possible this time." It will go so smoothly. "

This kid, it's a good thing that he didn't forget to bring others with him.

Emperor Zhaozong looked at his Xiao Liuyuan and felt that his Xiao Liuyuan was good everywhere, "Well, you just returned to Beijing today. You have worked hard along the way. You can go back and rest for two days."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Wen smiled inwardly after getting two days off in vain.

"Your Majesty, I have a few words to say to you." Seeing that Zhao Xiangyi and the others were about to leave, Li Wen did not move

. "Wei Chen, please leave."

Zhao Xiangyi and Chief Fan went out first.

Li Wen glanced at the eunuchs who were still in the imperial study. Emperor Zhaozong waved his hand. Except for the emperor's confidant eunuch Sun Eunuch, who was still in the imperial study, the rest of the palace maids and eunuchs went out.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen also has a small box here that was found from the study of Lu Xingbang, the magistrate of Xiangzhou. Wei Chen opened

it and took a look at it. He saw that there were letters inside, so he guessed that it might be Lu Xingbang's correspondence with others. Wei Chen did not dare to open the letter and read it at that time. He just wanted to bring it back to the emperor when he returned to Beijing and hand it over to the emperor. "Li Wen then took out a small box from his arms and told the emperor what he said. , no one else knows about this box except him.

And he also clearly told the emperor that he only opened it and took a look, but did not read the letter inside. This was also to eliminate the emperor's suspicion. No matter how much the emperor trusts him now, he cannot lose the rules he should abide by, otherwise one day he will lose his own life.

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Chapter 92: Second watch

Eunuch Sun stepped forward to take the box and placed it in front of the emperor's desk.

"Yes, I understand." Emperor Zhaozong understood the meaning of Li Liuyuan's words. Without opening the box and reading the letter inside, he raised his hand and let Li Liuyuan go out.

Li Wen cupped his hands and said, "Wei Chen, please leave."

He then left the imperial study.

Before walking far, Li Wen saw Zhao Xiangyi standing outside. He was alone with a young eunuch. He thought Master Fan should leave first.

Hearing the footsteps, the man who was lowering his head and not knowing what he was thinking raised his head and looked at him.

When the man looked at him, Li Wen smiled slightly, walked towards the man, stood next to Zhao Xiangyi, and said, "Let's go." "

Well, let's go." Zhao Xiangyi nodded, He left the palace with the boy.

After Li Liuyuan left, Emperor Zhaozong opened the box placed in front of the desk, took out the contents and looked at it. He opened it and saw a seal on the letter. He read the contents of the letter at a glance and immediately read it. The letter was slapped on the desk and he cursed, "It's so outrageous!"

"Who gave him such courage to do such a thing!"

Eunuch Sun, who was standing aside, always lowered his head, not daring to do anything like this! Glancing randomly at the things on the desk.

After coming out of the palace, there was a carriage waiting in front of the palace gate. Standing next to the carriage was Zhao Xiangyi's personal servant. Zhao Kui stepped forward and said, "I'm here to pick up the master and Master Li."

Li Wen had nothing to feel awkward about. Yes, he sat on it.

Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand to help the young man up, and followed him into the carriage. Li Wen said, "Send me home first."

Zhao Xiangyi said to the people outside, "Go to Liuyuan Mansion." The driver

drove the carriage and left the palace gate. After returning to the capital, the prisoners they escorted back were handed over to the officials of Dali Temple. As for the subsequent sentence, this matter had nothing to do with them. And the gold and silver they brought back should be taken over by the Ministry of Revenue and collected into the national treasury for public funds in the future. And they went into the palace to meet the emperor and got two days of vacation, so they could relax for two days later. There were only two of them in the carriage. Li Wen turned the man next to him with his hand and asked, "Aren't you curious, what did I stay and say to the emperor just now?" "It's for my own good that you didn't let me know. "Zhao Xiangyi is not a dull person, on the contrary, he is very smart. They had just returned from Xiangzhou. There must be something in the young man's hand that he wanted to give to the emperor. He didn't say it in front of all of them just now because he didn't want them to know. And why don't you want them to know? It's just possible that it's not easy for too many people to know about this matter, so that's why he didn't ask the young man why he stayed here just now. "Haha, you are quite smart. So, even if you ask me, I won't tell you." Li Wen smiled with his eyes crooked. In fact, he saw the small box in the small grid of the darkroom at that time. At that time, he had a guess in his mind. When he opened the box and saw that it was indeed some letters as he had guessed. Even the prefect of Xiangzhou didn't have the courage to do such a big thing. There must be someone standing behind him to back him up. It is not difficult to guess who this backer is. They are just a few princes and ministers in the capital. In fact, the most likely possibility is a few princes in the capital. Regardless of the prince's appearance, if he really relied on the monthly salary given by the court, which was not enough to pay for a trip to a brothel, he would naturally have to collect offerings from some of the people below. When he said in front of Lu Xingbang that he knew who the master behind him was, this was partly a lie to Lu Xingbang. In fact, partly he knew it himself, and there were just a few people coming and going. Now that the emperor is old and several princes have grown up, they naturally have their own ideas and they must be short of money. Naturally, the people below are trying all kinds of ways to get money for the master above. The emperor is first of all an emperor, and secondly he is a father. As a father, he will be selfish. No matter what his children do wrong, as long as it does not touch the bottom line, it can be forgiven. So this is why when Li Wen guessed that people here in the capital might be involved, Li Wen got the box and did not open it to read the contents of the letter inside. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to want to bring down the prince. Unless the emperor himself wants to touch his son. Otherwise, if someone else does this, even if he really knocks someone down, this will always be a thorn in the emperor's heart. As long as the person sitting on the dragon chair is Emperor Zhaozong, he will be the emperor of this world and the master who controls the lives of everyone here. Li Wen will not be stupid enough to think of helping the prince to defeat him at this time. Brother, why don't you take action yourself even if you don't see the prince? Of course, Li Wen didn't want Zhao Xiangyi to get involved in this matter. He was afraid that Zhao Xiangyi would accidentally reveal something to the prince. Of course, Li Wen wouldn't think that if they didn't talk about it here, the prince wouldn't have thought of some of the things involved. His highness, the prince, could sit firmly in the position of prince for so many years. In addition to being able to endure, This person must also be extremely smart. Among the emperor's sons, except for the eldest prince who was brave and foolhardy, the remaining princes were each smarter than the last. As for who sat on that chair in the end, no one knew until the end. It was not that Li Wen didn't care about this matter. On the contrary, he was also very concerned about who would become his new master in the future. This was related to the success of his career. Let's see if the political plan can be implemented. While the two people were talking, the carriage arrived in front of the Liuyuan Mansion. "Master, Master Li, we're here." Zhao Kui shouted from outside. "I'm here. If you have anything to do, go ahead and do your work. I won't invite you in for tea. When you're done, come see me when you're free. I should be resting at home these two days." Li Wen stepped out of the carriage. Come down and say to the man standing in front of him. After finally having two days off, he was ready to stay at home and rest for two days. "Okay." Zhao Xiangyi nodded and got on the carriage. Li Wen waved to the man and watched the carriage leave. "Master, it's the master who's back..." the old man guarding the gate shouted. "Miss, the master is back!" Before Li Wen came back, Ah Chen and Ah Wu had already returned to the house. Li Jinwan knew her brother was coming back, so she hurried back from the store. As soon as she heard the sound of the carriage outside, Li Jinwan knew that it was her brother who was back. She picked up her skirt and ran outside. When she saw the person standing at the door, she shouted "Brother___" from a distance and ran one step faster than her. It was the big black dog raised at home, and a dark shadow rushed towards him. Li Wen subconsciously reached out to catch it with both hands, but was almost thrown to the ground. After his master took people back to the northwest, there was no suitable person to take care of the dog in the General's Mansion. He happened to be here in the capital, so his master sent Dahei to their home to raise him. It was because he hadn't seen him for so long. It was obvious that Dahei missed him. Li Wen touched Dahei's head and laughed, "You miss me, right? I miss you all too." "Okay, I know, I know everything." Dahei wagged his tail at him, his eyes clearly black and white. Staring at him, they say animals understand human nature. With a pair of dog's eyes, Li Wen could see in the dog's eyes the dog's joy at seeing his master back.

Hearing the trembling shout from behind, the vein on Li Wen's forehead jumped.

This girl, hadn't she just seen her for two months, it seemed like she had been separated for three to five years. Goosebumps almost appeared on his skin when she heard her brother call her.

Seeing Li Siya coming out like a gust of wind, she almost bumped into him. Li Wen pressed his hand on the little girl's shoulder to stabilize her. The expression on his face was not very approving. She said, "You are a big girl now. You still can't walk well. What

if you fall?" "Oh, no." Li Jinwan waved her hands with an expression of "I won't fall."

When she saw her brother coming back, she had a big smile on her face. She took her brother's hand and said, "Brother, you are back. I miss you so much." Her eyes turned red as she said that, which showed that she really missed her. Brother.

"Okay, I know, I know." Li Wen was on the verge of tears when he saw others. Li Wen was most afraid of the little girl crying.

Li Tong also burst into tears when he saw his master coming back.

"Master, welcome back, master." Yingchun and Xiyun followed behind. When they saw the master coming back, everyone was very happy, with smiles on their faces. Achen and Awu followed behind, Bai Yu and Bai Jingyang were also there, and the Bai brothers followed them to the capital.

Li Wen nodded to everyone and asked, "Is everything okay at home during my absence in the capital?"

"Okay, everything is fine." Yingchun's eyes turned red and she said, "Master, Miss, let's go away quickly. We're standing outside, why don't we go in first?"

"Okay, look at me." Li Jinwan just said that she missed her brother and almost forgot that they were still standing outside. "Brother, you worked hard outside. Look at you. You have lost so much weight. I made chicken soup for you and cooked your favorite dishes. Let's go back and have some soup for dinner. "

"Don't worry about eating. Is there any hot water? I want to go back and take a shower and change. " Clothes." Li Wen saw the two Bai Yu brothers walking behind and waited for someone to come up. He asked Yingchun if they had arranged accommodation for them.

When they were leaving, Bai Yu offered to follow them to the capital. He later found out what happened to the Bai family

. The prefect of Xiangzhou and officials from his faction had been arrested. Li Wen had already helped Bai Yu get back the shop belonging to the Bai family, but Bai Yu insisted on following him to the capital. , firstly because he wanted to see those who killed the Bai family executed, and secondly because he did not want to stay in Xiangzhou any longer.

At that time, Li Wen made an invitation to Bai Yu. He took a fancy to this person's abacus and accounting skills, and wanted to invite him to come to the capital to help him. As soon as he extended the invitation, Bai Yu agreed, so this was also Bai Yu's invitation. The reason why the brothers are in his house.

Yingchun nodded and said, "Yes, yes. According to the master's wishes, this servant has arranged a courtyard for Mr. Bai and Mr. Bai to live in."

"Yeah, that's good,"

Li Wen also said to the two Bai Yu brothers. He said a few words to them to relax in the house, and asked them to wait for him in the dining room first, "You guys go over there first, I'll take a shower and change clothes and come back." "

He went back to the house where he lived first.

Chapter 93: "Brother ____"

Li Haopeng came back from studying in the academy. When he heard that his brother was back, he ran to the yard where his brother lived.

Just when Li Wen had finished taking a shower in the house and changed into clean clothes, he saw his little cub rolling towards him. The weather in Beijing is so cold that children always wear thick clothes when going out, wrapped up like a small ball, and wear a little tiger hat on their head, which looks very cute.

Li Wen caught the kid who rushed towards him, stretched out his hand to ravage the kid's head, and laughed loudly, "Aren't you so happy to see your brother back?"

Li Haopeng hugged his brother and screamed, shouting , "Brother, you are finally back. I miss you so much..." "I know, I know, I miss you too. It's so embarrassing to act like a spoiled brat with me at such an old age." Li Wen could hardly resist the enthusiasm of the little boy. , he stretched out his hand and pinched the child's face. It seemed that the flesh was missing a little? He asked, "Brother is not at home, did you eat and sleep well? Did you listen to your husband and study with him in the academy?"

"Don't be shy, you are my brother. Brother, you were not at home, but I had a good meal. " Even when he was sleeping, he was studying with his husband." What Li Haopeng didn't say was that he secretly cried twice while hiding in bed alone because he missed his brother too much, but he definitely couldn't tell his brother about such a shameful thing.

Li Wen listened to the child chirping about how much he missed him, and asked him if he was well outside, what he was doing, etc. He didn't answer the previous question, and the next question came one after another. He could feel that the child was because of Excited and happy to see his brother back. Li Wen patted the kid on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go to dinner first, and I'll introduce you to a little brother and a kid later."

He thought that his kid and Bai Yu's kid were about the same age, and the two kids might still be able to do it. Be a friend and keep company together in the future.

After the child arrives in the capital, he has no other friends except for a few classmates he met while studying. Unlike at home, he can often go out and play. In the capital, apart from going to the academy to study, he just returns home. Inside, there are usually no people of the same age playing with children. Children of this age really need to find a few friends of the same age to play with.

The winter in the capital was very cold, and the firewood was burning in the fireplace of their house, which warmed the whole house.

There was a table full of dishes on the table in the room. Li Jinwan knew that her brother was back, so she specially cooked her brother's favorite dishes. "Brother, Xiaobao, come to eat."

"Come, come, come. Xiaoyu, Yangyang, please sit down and eat too."

Li Wen sat down in the middle and invited everyone to sit together.

The rest of the family usually did not eat with them, but Bai Yu was not considered a servant in his family, so there was no saying that he could not eat at the same table with the master, and he invited him to eat with him.

Bai Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Li Wen was followed by his younger brother. He introduced, "This is my younger brother, Li Haopeng, nicknamed Xiaobao. Xiaobao, this is brother Bai Yu, and this is younger brother Yangyang. You are better than Yangyang." My brother is one year older. You are the little brother. Can you take care of me in the future?"

When they first arrived in the capital, the two Bai brothers were still a little cautious about the unfamiliar environment. Bai Yu didn't think about Li Liuyuan's younger brother and his younger brother. My brother is about the same age.

Seeing his little brother who was one year older than him, Bai Jingyang looked at him with a little curiosity in his eyes.

"It's okay, brother. Brother Yangyang, I am brother Xiaobao. If a bad person dares to bully you in the future, I will help you fight him off. Brother Yangyang, I will protect you in the future." Li Haopeng saw someone younger than him When Bai Jingyang saw his little brother, who was thin and small, his love for him was overwhelming. He thought that no one would bully his little brother in the future, and he must take good care of him from now on.

He is the youngest in the family. He has always been taken care of since he was a child. Now he finally has a brother who is younger than him. Not to mention how proud he feels. In the future, he will also have a brother who can take care of him.

Bai Jingyang nodded blankly, raised his head, and looked at the little brother in front of him with a pair of bright black eyes.

Until many years later, Bai Jingyang still remembered the little brother who vowed to protect him.

Mu Mu Mu

everyone sat down to eat. The food on the table was still hot. Li Jinwan stood up and served soup to everyone. The first bowl was given to her brother, "Brother, drink the hot soup and warm yourself up."

"Thank you, you Just sit down and eat, we can do it ourselves," Li Wen said.

"It's okay, I'll just come." Li Jinwan came from a hard life. She used to do all the work at home, and she didn't think that following her brother to the capital would treat her like a young lady and she couldn't do any work anymore. She was happy to serve her brother a bowl of soup.

Bai Yu saw that Mr. Li got along well with his younger brothers and sisters, without any pretense at all, just like an ordinary

brother. This reminded him of his own two brothers, but it was a pity that they were killed by those evil people. There was so much hatred in his heart that even if he cut those corrupt officials into pieces, it would not be able to relieve the hatred in his heart, let alone bring his parents and brothers back.

But at the same time, he was also glad in his heart. If it hadn't been for the encounter with the imperial envoy, the two brothers would have died long ago.

People should repay their kindness. Li Liuyuan helped the two brothers and the Bai family. He, Bai Yu, would never be able to repay Li Liuyuan's kindness to him and the Bai family in his entire life.

"Xiaoyu, Yangyang, eat, don't just look around, use your chopsticks. You don't have to be polite here, we are all our own people." Li Wen saw that neither of the Bai Yu brothers moved their chopsticks, and he picked them up separately. After a chopstick of food,

he saw his brother picking up food for Yangyang, and Li Haopeng also picked up food for his little brother in a decent manner, "Brother, eat."

"Okay, okay." Bai Yu was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly.

Bai Jingyang glanced at his brother, and when he saw his brother nodding, he grabbed the chopsticks and picked at the rice and vegetables in the bowl.

There is no rule in their family that they should eat and sleep without talking. While eating, Li Wen talked to Bai Yu about some things in the capital. He only has a few shops now, and two of them are opened in partnership with Zhao Xiangyi. , he told Bai Yu about the situation of several shops, "I will take you to the shops tomorrow to let you get familiar with the environment here."

"I originally planned to open a private restaurant by the end of the year. It's already the twelfth lunar month, and I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time, so I won't be able to open it until early next year." Li Wen originally planned to open a private restaurant in the capital, similar to a modern private restaurant, after the invested funds came back. There are many rich people

here in the capital. As long as their restaurants are unique, they won't be afraid of losing business.

I just came back from a trip to Xiangzhou. It is already the twelfth lunar month now, and the Chinese New Year will be coming soon. It may be too late to open a restaurant at this time, so it is better to wait until after the New Year before planning this matter. He is optimistic about Bai Yu's potential, and he is a good business prospect. If he can train this person, in time he can take on important responsibilities and help him a lot. In the future, these things can be left to Bai Yu to be responsible for, and he himself will not need to be involved in these businesses. Things that took a lot of thought.

Coming out of the palace today, after this incident, Li Wen saw the emperor's attitude towards him. As long as he didn't make any mistakes, the emperor would definitely pay more and more attention to him, and he would probably pay more and more attention to him. I'm busy and don't have much time to do other things. Moreover, he is an official in the officialdom after all, and it is best to leave the business affairs to others. He has been looking for someone who is trustworthy and can be trained to take charge of his own affairs, and Bai Yu is the one he has met so far. , I think it is the best one.

"Private restaurant?" The Bai family started their business by opening a restaurant. Bai Yu has been exposed to these things since he was a child. He heard from Mr. Li that he wanted to open a restaurant, but what kind of restaurant is this private restaurant? Is it any different from ordinary restaurants?

Li Wen explained to Bai Yu what a private restaurant is, "In fact, to put it simply, it is a restaurant that has unique dishes, pays attention to the privacy of guests, and can provide guests with a private dining environment. Then we can customize it according to our needs." I want to make it more unique. If you have any opinions, you can put them forward. This

is the first time Bai Yu has heard of such a restaurant. Isn't this the upstairs room of their restaurant? But it seems to be what he thought. It looked like a piece of cloth. He was quite interested when he heard

about this restaurant for a while.

The two children sat together and had a meal together . They kept talking quietly, and they seemed to get along well.

"Oh, yes, I think Yangyang is about the same age as Xiaobao, so he should have started studying, right?" When I get back, I will tell the gentleman at the academy that I will send Yangyang to the academy to study as well. Along with Xiaobao, no one else would bully Yangyang. "Li Wen said to Bai Yu.

He knew the temperament of the boy in his family. He was a bit impatient and had a bad temper, but no one messed with him and he would not lose his temper randomly. Bai Jingyang is a smart and clever boy. There is such a person who can follow him. Being by his boy's side might help him in the future.

When Bai Jingyang heard someone mention his name, he looked at the speaker with a pair of dark eyes,

"Is it too much trouble? "Bai Yu asked.

"It won't be troublesome. I'll have someone go get the household registration for you two when we get back. It will be convenient for Yangyang to study here in the future, or if you want to take the imperial examination. "This is just a matter of words to Li Wen, and it won't be much trouble.

When he heard that Li Liuyuan asked him to take the scientific examination, Bai Yu hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I'll forget it, I'm not good at studying. "He was born in a merchant family, and with a business registration, he was unable to take the scientific examination. However, Bai Yu didn't like to study in the past, so he didn't think about taking the scientific examination.

Chapter 94 Laba Festival

In their family, his second brother has been the best at studying since he was a child. However, because of his background, his second brother cannot take the scientific examination. But now with Li Liuyuan's help, it would be natural for his youngest brother to embark on the road of official career. Bai Yu said, "It's Yang Yang. The teacher has praised him for his intelligence since he was a child."

"Yeah, I think Yang Yang Yang is also a smart kid. Well, I'll tell my husband later and let Yangyang study there." Li Wen understood what Bai Yu meant and he was willing to train these two brothers. Seeing the child looking at him, he asked with a smile, "Yangyang will go to the academy to study with Xiaobao from now on, okay?"

"Yes, Yangyang and I will go to study together." Li Haopeng hugged Bai Jingyang, Answered for Bai Jingyang.

Going to study with Xiaobao? Bai Jingyang looked at his little brother who was holding him tight, and thought it was good, so he nodded.

After they finished eating, it was dark outside.

As soon as it got dark, light snow started to fall outside. Everyone went back to the small courtyard where they lived. Li Haopeng had to drag Bai Jingyang to his courtyard, so he took him away. Seeing Li Wen, an older brother who abandoned him after having a friend, felt inexplicably sad.

Bai Yu stood under the eaves, looking at the falling snow outside, his mind drifting away.

He had just come back from Xiangzhou and there were still some things on hand that needed to be sorted out. It was still early at this time, so Li Wen sat in the study and sorted out the documents, selected some that could be published, and waited for them to be sent to the newspaper office tomorrow. In the past two months, Not here in the capital, but by the way, I will go to the newspaper office and bookstore tomorrow to have a look.

"Err..."

Hearing the slight sound of the door, Li Wen turned his head and saw the man pushing the door in. He asked with a smile, "Here? Have you had dinner? Are you hungry? Do you want it?" Shall I have someone go to the kitchen to bring you something to eat? "

Zhao Xiangyi patted the falling snow on his body, then walked towards the young man and said, "No need, I have already eaten at His Highness's place. This meant that he had just returned from the prince's place. Li Wen nodded and said, "I thought you might have gone to the prince's place." "

He had already guessed that this man would go to the prince's place, and sure enough he was right.

"Well, I'm not in the capital during this time, so I came back to visit His Highness. "Zhao Xiangyi's words were an explanation.

Without hurrying to deal with the things in his hands, Li Wen got up. The study was connected to his bedroom. He went to the bedroom and took out a copper kettle from the fireplace with water boiling in it. He poured the man a cup of hot water, handed the cup to the man, and said, "Drink a cup of hot water to warm yourself up. "

Zhao Xiangyi took it and looked at the strange stove in the boy's room. He felt very warm the moment he walked into the room. It was completely different from burning charcoal. He asked, "What is this?

"Oh, this is a fireplace. Didn't I tell you? " Li Wen asked.

Seeing the man shaking his head, Li Wen remembered that the weather was not cold and the fireplace in his room had not been used, so if he didn't tell others, they really wouldn't know it was a fireplace, and many people hadn't seen it. He had never experienced such a thing before, so he didn't understand what a fireplace was.

Li Wen explained the fireplace to the man, and when he saw the man's interested expression, he asked,

"Do you want to go home and get one? I remember there are drawings in the study, I'll go look for them for you. "The candlelight in the study was not extinguished. There was a box on the bookshelf. He opened it and flipped through it, and found the drawing he had originally drawn.

He gave the drawing to Zhao Xiangyi, spread it out and explained to the man how the drawing worked. Look.

"This thing is very easy. You can find a few craftsmen tomorrow and they can make it for you in one day. If you encounter something you don't understand, come back and ask me when the time comes. "Li Wen said.

"Okay. "Zhao Xiangyi listened for a long time without understanding, but he knew that with this piece of paper, he could find a craftsman to make such a thing for his grandma and younger brother's house. He thought this stove was much better than burning charcoal in the house. Zhao Xiangyi carefully Fold it up and put it on his chest.

"Puwei-"

Seeing the man's cherished look, Li Wen couldn't help but smile and said, "I can draw another one for you if it's gone. "

Is that the same? Zhao Xiangyi said nothing.

"Do you remember the Bai Yu brothers? I arranged for them to live here in my house. "Two chairs were placed in front of the fireplace. The two chairs were somewhat similar to modern single sofas. There were also two pillows inside. Li Wen sat down and motioned for Zhao Xiangyi to sit down. He said, "I want to train Bai Yu. "Be my right-hand man and help me in the future."

Zhao Xiangyi sat down, looked at the boy opposite, and listened to what he said.

"What do you think of Bai Yu?" "Li Wen stood up, put a baking pan into the fireplace, put a handful of chestnuts on top of the baking pan, and roasted it on top, "I'll treat you to roasted chestnuts later.

"Available. " "Zhao Xiangyi asked someone to check on this third son of the Bai family. The Bai family existed in the previous dynasty. The Bai family has been

doing business for generations, and the wealth accumulated in the family must be quite a lot. It is no wonder that the officials in Xiangzhou paid attention to it. Put it on the Bai family.

After a while, the chestnuts on the baking sheet gave off a fragrance.

Li Wen used a spatula to turn the chestnuts on top and let them continue to roast. After a while, he roasted them. After finishing the dish, he turned the chestnuts out and put them on a plate. Zhao Xiangyi peeled the chestnut shells and gave the chestnut kernels to the boy.

"Ah." Li Wen opened his mouth and motioned to the man to feed him the chestnut kernels

.

When he reached the young man's hand, the young man's lips touched his hand and he took the chestnut into his mouth. Li Wen would never say that he did it on purpose. He looked at the man with a half-smile on his face and said, " tasty. "

..." Zhao Xiangyi, did he seem to have been flirted with by someone just now?

"Haha..." Li Wen couldn't help laughing, thinking that the man looked so cute.

But what he didn't know was, He would soon pay the price for this.

When he saw the young man laughing, Zhao Xiangyi knew that the young man did it on purpose. His eyes darkened, and he pulled the young man over, pinched the young man's chin, and lowered his head. She blocked his mouth. Li Wen was stunned for a moment, then reached out to hook the man's neck and responded to the man's kiss.

The two of them sat on a chair, Zhao Xiangyi hugged his boy and buried his head in the boy's neck. On the bed, the young man couldn't help but raised his head and exposed his neck.

The young man's clothes were still neat, but the man's clothes were still neat.

Zhao Xiangyi naturally stayed in Li Liuyuan's bed for the night. Although they didn't make it to the end, the skin-to-skin contact was so intimate that the two of them still did what lovers would do, which made each other feel comfortable.

The young man lay in the man's arms with a hint of kiss on his face . Yanhong, Zhao Xiangyi kissed the young man's red eyes and said softly, "Go to sleep, I'm here.

"Well, don't leave. " "

The two of them have been sleeping in the same bed during this period. Li Wen is more accustomed to two people sleeping together than sleeping alone. After venting just now, his body also felt tired, and he huddled in the man's arms. There was another man's body temperature in his arms and under the quilt, which made him feel very warm and comfortable. He closed his eyes and fell asleep not long after.

The man didn't close his eyes until the boy fell asleep.

When he woke up the next day, he was the only one in the bed. Before Li Wen opened his eyes, he reached out and touched the side. The other side of the bed was slightly sunken, and there were traces of another person sleeping there. He knew that yesterday The man stayed here during the night, but he probably left this morning.

When he woke up, it was already dawn outside.

The emperor gave them two days off yesterday. During these two days, he could have a good rest at home.

Sleeping until dawn, nothing could be happier than this. Li Wen huddled under the quilt and was reluctant to get up.

When Li Tong got up in the morning, he had already patrolled the door several times. He knew that his young master did not have to go to the morning court today and would definitely be tired after working outside for so long. He wanted his young master to sleep a little longer, so he was reluctant to do so. Go and shout people up.

A soft voice came from outside the door, "Master, are you awake?"

Li Wen, who was on the bed, rolled his eyes. Do you want this kid to come over and wake him up as soon as he wakes up?

But when he thought that this child was a deadbeat, he could wait outside for a long time if he didn't respond. The weather outside was no better than in summer, so Li Wen had no choice but to respond, "Get up, come in."

"Hey. "Hearing their young master's response, Li Tong happily opened the door and went in with a plate of wash water, "Master, when did you wake up?"

"You just woke up," Li Wen said. He yawned and got up from the bed. The child brought some clothes to him. Li Wen put on his clothes and sat by the bed to put on his socks and shoes. Li Tong twisted a towel and came over to wipe his young master's face. He stared at his young master's face and couldn't bear to look away.

As soon as Li Wen raised his head, Li Tong gave him a big smile.

Li asked, "..."

It was the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month when they returned to Beijing yesterday, and today is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Laba Festival.

Laba porridge is required for Laba. Yesterday, Li Jinwan asked Wu to soak beans, lotus seeds, lilies, etc., with more than a dozen ingredients, and cooked a large pot of Laba porridge tonight. Everyone in the family can have a bowl of warm Laba porridge. Li Wen was the last

one to get up. When he saw the porridge in front of him, he remembered that today was the Laba Festival.

"Brother, can you try the taste of this porridge?" Li Jinwan sat opposite her brother and told her brother what was put in the porridge.

Li Wen scooped up a spoonful. The sticky porridge was very fragrant and rich in ingredients. He felt fragrant after taking one bite. He nodded and said, "It's delicious."

Today is the Laba Festival, and the academy has a day off. Li Haopeng does not need to go to the academy to study at home.

Seeing two children playing, Li Wen said, "Xiaobao, if you have time, teach Yangyang how to read. Otherwise, when Yangyang goes to the academy and cannot keep up with the progress, he will not be able to answer questions, but he will He slapped Yangyang's palm with a board. "

This is not to scare children, but it is really possible.

"..." Li Haopeng took Bai Jingyang's hand and said, "Yangyang, let's go, I'll take you to the study room, I'll teach you how to read, and don't let Mr. hit you."

"Oh." Bai Jingyang let it go. The little brother took his hand and walked with him.

Seeing the backs of the two boys going out, Li Wen smiled and ate the porridge in the bowl in a good mood. Li Jinwan rolled her eyes and said nothing. Her brother is so bad!

Chapter 95 Update:

It snowed for half the night last night, and there was a thin layer of snow on the ground.

Kyoto is still as bustling and lively as ever. There are rows of shops on both sides of the road. There are various stalls on the street. Vendors selling things are shouting. There are pedestrians and cars on the road. A carriage passed by on the road. The driver drove the horse carefully, taking care not to let the horse hit anyone.

The people sitting in the carriage listened to the lively sounds outside, couldn't help but stretched out their hands to lift the curtains, and took a look outside. Seeing the pedestrians and carriages outside, Bai Yu thought to himself that this is the capital, and this is what he thinks. First impression of Beijing.

"Is this your first time coming to the capital? Do you think the capital is very lively and full of people?" Li Wen saw Bai Yu lift the car curtain and look outside. He said with a smile, "I still remember my first day. Entering the city, I looked up at the city walls of the capital, and I thought at that time that the walls of the capital were higher than those elsewhere. "

This is where the emperor stands, and it is more prosperous than other places. Many merchants go to the capital." Come and go in all directions from this place. But it is not easy to gain a foothold in this imperial city. Some people come to this place full of hope, and finally leave this place in despair. A few people can survive in this imperial city. Become famous.

From the current point of view, he is considered one of the luckier ones among many people. As soon as he arrived in the capital, he gained the favor of the emperor, passed the imperial examination, and was rewarded with a Liuyuan Mansion. His teacher had taught the prince, and he had a potential relationship with the prince. Although he did not deliberately have a relationship with the prince, the prince still took special care of him.

On the way to the capital, he met Zhao Xiangyi. The two met and got to know each other, and finally determined their feelings for each other, and the two came together. Although this relationship cannot be known to outsiders, it is their business to be together and has nothing to do with outsiders, as long as they feel happy and happy.

Li Wen didn't know what would happen to him in the future, whether he would become a first-class official, or whether he would accidentally anger the emperor one day, lose his official position, and leave the capital in despair. But no matter what happened in the future, he felt that his trip to the capital was worth it. He tried things he had never tried before, and met the person he wanted to be with in his life. Probably the latter was the reason for his trip. The biggest reward of coming to Beijing.

"Indeed." Bai Yu nodded. When he entered the city yesterday, he raised his eyes and glanced at the city wall. The city wall in Kyoto was the tallest he had ever seen.

The two little ones were lying on the window looking out, and the cold wind blew in from the open window.

Li Wen said, "Li Haopeng, lower the curtains and sit down with your brother." It happened that the academy was closed for a day off today, and the children at home did not need to go to the academy to study, so he might as well take the two boys out together and go outside have a look.

It just so happened that he had something to do when he went out today, so he came out to do it.

"Oh." Hearing his brother calling him, Li Haopeng obediently lowered the curtain and sat upright.

Seeing the two children sitting side by side, looking so well-behaved, Li Wen couldn't help but smile.

Seeing his brother smiling, Li Haopeng also had a silly smile on his face. He looked flattering to his brother and asked, "Brother, where are we going?"

"Didn't you say that we are sending Yang Yang to study? Let's go to Mr. Gao first. Go there and take Yangyang to see Mr. Gao. After getting Mr. Gao's consent, you can let Yangyang study with you." Li Wen asked the child a few questions casually today, and the child could answer them and learned. He recited the book clearly and found out that this child is indeed smart, at least his brain is better than that of his family. If he trains him carefully in the future, he might be able to become a talent.

Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect that Li Liuyuan only mentioned this matter yesterday and would take Yangyang to see his husband today.

"Okay, I can go to school with Yangyang in the future." Li Haopeng was so happy that he almost jumped up. He took Yangyang's hand and said excitedly that the two of them could go to school together in the future. Bai Jingyang knew that he could go to the academy to study with his little brother, and he was very happy.

Seeing that this boy was so happy that he couldn't find anything to say, Li Wen snorted and said, "It just so happens that I haven't seen Mr. Gao for a while. By the way, I want to ask Mr. Gao how you are doing in the academy."

"..." The emotion on Li Haopeng's face suddenly disappeared, and he sat in his seat honestly, raising his eyes and looking at his brother cautiously.

The carriage passed through the pedestrian streets and soon arrived at the small courtyard where Mr. Gao lived.

"Knock knock—"

After getting off the carriage, Li Wen asked someone to knock on the door. He had two children with him, and Bai Yu followed behind.

The door of the courtyard opened from the inside, and Li Wen showed his identity and purpose of coming. The old slave who opened the door invited them inside. Mr. Gao was at home. When he saw Li Liuyuan coming to the door in person, Mr. Gao hurriedly came forward to salute. Li Wen hurriedly stepped forward, held Mr.'s hand and said, "Sir, there is no need to be polite. Today I will be at home." As the younger brother, there is no Mr. Li here."

"Students have met sir." When he saw Mr. Li Haopeng, he bowed respectfully.

"Okay." Mr. Gao hurriedly invited people to sit down and asked the servant to serve tea. "Master Li, please have a seat."

Li Wen sat down opposite Mr. Gao. This was not the first time he came to Mr. Gao's place. , he had met Mr. Gao twice before, and he was mainly concerned about how his children were doing in the academy. Mr. Gao knew Li Haopeng's identity and would notice this student on a regular basis. Although this student was not as smart as Li Liuyuan, he was more diligent, studious, and willing to study hard, which was quite valuable.

Li Haopeng, who was named, stood beside his brother with his head lowered and glanced at his brother and husband carefully from the corner of his eyes.

"If he does anything wrong in the academy, sir, please don't take it for my sake. If he needs to be disciplined, please discipline him more." Li Wen knew a little bit about his boy, but he didn't know what he was doing outside. Are you as honest as in front of him?

What Li Wen meant was that if my child needs to be beaten and scolded, just go ahead and do it. You don't have to dare to do it for my sake.

"..." Li Haopeng, is this really his brother?

"I came to Mr. Gao today to do one more thing." After chatting for a few words about his son, Li Wen turned the topic to the serious matter of their visit today. He asked Bai Jingyang to come forward and talk to Mr. Gao about his intention to send This child went to the academy to study.

The child seemed to be smart. Mr. Gao asked the child a few questions casually, and also asked the child to recite a passage from a book, and the child was able to recite it one by one. It turned out that the academy was not accepting new students at this time, but seeing the sincerity of Li Liuyuan's personal invitation, Mr. Gao reluctantly agreed, nodded in agreement, and said, "We have

agreed to send the children to the academy to study. Afterwards, they left from Mr. Gao's courtyard.

The carriage went to the bookstore. When shopkeeper Zhang saw his boss coming, he hurriedly led the people inside with a smile. He heard that Mr. Gao had returned to Beijing yesterday, but he didn't expect that he would come to the store today. "I haven't seen my boss for a long time. He just returned to Beijing yesterday, right?

" Well, yes, I just came back yesterday. I happened to have some free time today, so I took the two children to the bookstore to buy books and pens, and stopped by the store to take a look. Look." Li Wen asked the two boys to go to the store to choose books and ink. Li Haopeng happily took Bai Jingyang away.

Shopkeeper Zhang sent a waiter to wait on him, "If the two young masters need anything, just bring it."

"You can keep an eye on them outside."

"Okay, master."

Li Wen left Li Tong outside to watch the two little ones, and took Bai Yu to follow shopkeeper Zhang into the tea room inside. As soon as he sat down, someone served him hot tea. Li Wen introduced the two of them. When it came to Bai Yu's identity, he only said that he was the person he brought with him to study and brought him here to familiarize himself with the situation. It means that he will transfer all the business in his hands to Bai Yu to manage in the future.

Seeing someone standing in front of him, Li Wen said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, please sit down. You don't have to stand."

"Yes, yes." Shopkeeper Zhang found a chair and sat down, looking at the people following him. With a little exploration, he quickly withdrew his gaze. But since he was the person brought by the shopkeeper, his identity must be a little different. Shopkeeper Zhang couldn't help but respect the other person a little more.

"How is the business in the store while I am away from the capital? Has the second volume of "Painting the Three Kingdoms" been printed, and has the collection of essays I asked you to publish before been printed." These are all It was a book he asked the store to print before he left Beijing. It had not been printed before he left. Li Wen took a sip of tea and asked about these things.

"Back to my boss, both books have been printed. According to my boss's instructions, I sent the manuscript of the anthology, the printed books and the royalties to Cao Hanlin's home." Shopkeeper Zhang asked someone to get the printed books. The two books that came out came over to show to the boss, and the account books were also sent over.

"That's good." He had ordered the manuscript and the royalties to go down. Seeing that shopkeeper Zhang had taken care of it, Li Wen nodded, thinking that he would have to pay a visit to Cao Laohanlin when he had time later. He took the account book and looked through it, then gave it to Bai Yu. Bai Yu took it and looked through it carefully.

When talking about the business of the store, shopkeeper Zhang couldn't hide the smile on his face, "Not only are these two books selling well now, but other books in our store can also sell a lot. And every day in our store The printed newspapers were all sold out on the same day. The few printed at the beginning were not enough to sell, but an extra 500 copies were printed every day.

"Oh, really? "Li Wen didn't expect that the newspaper would sell so well. This is a good thing. It shows that many people read the newspaper and care about national affairs.

Shopkeeper Zhang asked someone to bring over the past issues of the newspaper. Each issue of the newspaper They always keep two copies, one for their boss, "Boss, these are the newspapers from past issues, all of them are here.

"Well, I'll take these back and look at them. " "There are quite a lot of newspapers for more than two months. Li Wen planned to take them back and take a closer look. He couldn't see the newspapers in the capital while he was away. He didn't know what happened in the city during his absence.

"Ledger I also took it with me here. "Li Wen said,

shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly agreed.

"You guys read here, I'll be out for a while and I'll be back. "Let the two little ones read in the bookstore, and Li Wen took Bai Yu and followed shopkeeper Zhang to the newspaper office at the back. Li Haopeng didn't know where his brother was going, but since his brother told them to wait here, he Wait here, he is introducing the book "Painting the Three Kingdoms" to Bai Jingyang, and the two young people are chatting together. The newspaper office is behind the bookstore, and they are obviously

coming to the back of the scholars.

I didn't expect Li Liuyuan to come, and everyone was so excited that they were almost speechless.

"I came here to see how everyone is doing here. Are you still used to it? "Li Wen asked with a smile.

It can be seen that during his absence in the capital, the members of the newspaper office have become familiar with the work and procedures here. They are all writing articles here with passion, telling the story of what happens every day in the capital. Record down all the big and small things.

"Habit, get used to it. "The ups and downs of the voice responded.

Seeing two unfamiliar faces, shopkeeper Zhang mentioned something in his ear. Only then did Li Wen find out that these two people were introduced by Cao Laohanlin. Those who can be introduced by Cao Zhenqing must be That's good. He still agrees with Cao Laohanlin's view of people. Except for the main hall used as an office space, the next few rooms in the newspaper office can be occupied by people. These scholars do not

live here.

All scholars can be like Li Liuyuan, who can pass the exam in one fell swoop and win the gold medal. There are also many scholars who have failed to pass the Jinshi exam after exam after exam. Some people have already exhausted their financial support and failed to pass the exam. Those who were admitted as Jinshi had no face to go back to see their parents. They were a little afraid and wanted to stay in the capital to find a way out. Most of these people had a very difficult life.

Those who studied were somewhat cynical . This place allows them to study hard, have food and shelter, and finally get paid every month. After working for two months, these scholars have realized the benefits of this job. They only need to be responsible for writing articles every day, and they still do what they like. They don't have to worry about whether they have no money or food in the capital. Life outside is definitely not as good as here,

especially when they leave . When outside, seeing people outside reading the newspapers they published, they felt a sense of pride that they had never experienced before. However, they had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not exclude outsiders from gossiping about the newspaper, so they could only hold back. In his heart, he did not dare to go out and talk nonsense with the scholars outside.

After asking a few questions about the situation of the newspaper office and saying a few words of encouragement, Li Wen left with

the scholars standing behind . As Li Liuyuan left, there was envy in his eyes. Someone sighed and said, "When will they be able to be like Li Liuyuan, a high school Jinshi, and a gold medallist?"

Chapter 96: Upgraded two levels in a row.

After resting at home for two days, the hard days of going to court resumed.

He had to get out of bed at two or three in the morning. Li Wen's mood at this moment really made him want to resign immediately! From then on, you can sleep until you wake up naturally, counting money every day until your hands cramp. This is the life that many people dream of. However, the ideal is plump and the reality is very skinny.

He still had to get up from the bed obediently and go out after washing up.

There was a fireplace in the house and I didn't feel cold. As soon as I opened the door and came out, the cold wind blew, and I shivered, and my drowsiness was dispersed a lot. The temperature was very low in the early morning, and it was still snowing outside. However, Li Wen had no intention of admiring it at this moment. He sighed and said, "Let's go."

"Oh, Master."

Li Tongyi held a lantern in one hand and a lantern in the other . He also held an umbrella for his master and followed him beside him.

"If you can't hold it steady, give me the umbrella." It was windy outside and he couldn't hold the umbrella steady with one hand. Li Wen took the umbrella from the child's hand and lowered it a little to block the wind and snow blowing from the front. . The master and servant hunched their necks and walked forward. The snow was not too heavy, and the snow on the ground was not too thick. Each one left a footprint, and a row of footprints spread all the way to the palace gate.

The people who live on this street are all ministers of the court. There are many small sedans on this street going to the palace gate in the morning. They are all officials who go to court in the morning.

"Master, why don't you go to court in a sedan chair tomorrow?" Li Tong said to his master as he watched the bearer carry the sedan chair past them.

"Sigh--"

Li Wen chuckled and said, "Young master, I am not that old yet. I have to be carried away at such a young age. You don't even know how old the person sitting in that sedan is." "More than half of the officials in the court are old enough to be his grandfather. Wouldn't it cost these old men their lives if they were allowed to walk to court?

This is true, Li Tong looked confused, but it was really cold when walking there, and the wind was strong.

"Sao Nian, let's just think of it as a physical exercise, and strive to live to be a hundred years old and still be able to walk like flying without having to be carried." Li Wen remembered that there are still people in modern times who go for winter swimming in the middle of the winter. How many steps did he have to take? I can't leave anymore, so that's okay.

Li Tong nodded seriously, feeling that what their young master said made sense. It would be better if it wasn't so cold.

When they arrived at the palace gate, Li Wen asked the boy to go back. He went to the palace gate and found a place to stand against the wall.

When Li Wen went out in the morning, he thought it would be very cold outside. He put on several layers of clothes, three inside and three outside. He wore three pairs of pants alone, and a pair of down pants in the middle. He also wore the same clothes. He had packed a lot of clothes,

and the down jacket was wrapped around him. The clothes on his body were so wrapped that he couldn't put them on. Now that he was standing here, he still felt extremely cold.

The last time he came to the court was in autumn, and no matter how cold it was, there was a limit. In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month of winter, the coldest time of the year. This morning was the lowest temperature of the day. It was so cold. You know it. Li Wen glanced at the officials next to him who were shaking as if they were suffering from Mongolian syndrome, and warned himself in his heart: Don't shake, you can't shake. If you shake, you will definitely not be able to control your rhythm...

Looking again, a group of officials next to him were shaking so hard. It's like a sick chicken!

Damn it, this disease is contagious! Li Wen complained in his heart.

"nt—nt-n$—"

Just when Li Wen thought he was about to be blown into a fool by the cold wind, the bell upstairs finally rang, which seemed to be the dawn of redemption for him.

The bell on the Meridian Gate tower rang, the palace door opened, and all the officials lined up to enter the palace one by one.

After passing through many palace walls, the team formed in the square, and after being registered one by one by the ceremonial officers, they could enter the palace.

When the emperor arrived, all the officials kowtowed, "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor

." "Everyone loves you."

Emperor Zhaozong was sitting on the dragon chair, with his ministers standing below him. Looking back, he noticed the procession of people standing in the queue. The young official behind him, the emperor's eyes flashed with satisfaction. The eunuch standing next to the emperor shouted, "I have something to report__"

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." The official below stood up and said.

Li Wen didn't notice the emperor glance at him. At this moment, he was complaining crazily in his heart. He thought he would be warm when he entered the hall, but he didn't! He was standing at the back of the team, right near the gate. The cold wind blew in from the gate, and he was the first one to blow, so standing here was no better than standing outside the palace gate and waiting!

Thinking of having to stand here and blowing the cold wind from now on, he shed tears in his heart...

This morning, he talked about how to deal with a group of criminals in Xiangzhou. Now the evidence is conclusive, and what awaits these people There is only one death penalty.

At this time, naturally no one in the DPRK would dare to stand up and intercede for these criminals. Once you stand up to speak for these people, you will probably be beaten as a group of these people, and your life may be lost, not to mention that you will not be protected.

The eldest prince standing below only felt that it was a pity. At this time, he would naturally not stand up to protect these people or intercede for these people.

Those who deserved punishment must be punished, and those who wanted rewards were not forgotten by the emperor. When he thought of Li Liuyuan's trip to Xiangzhou and brought boxes of gold and silver jewelry, Emperor Zhaozong's gloomy mood improved a little. His expression softened a little.

"Is Li Liuyuan here?"

"I'm here."

When he heard his name being called, Li Wen walked out from behind the team and walked to the front of the hall while facing the gazes of everyone in the hall. The prince turned his head slightly and looked at the slender young man standing in the main hall. This was the first time he saw the young man after Li Liuyuan came back from Xiangzhou to provide disaster relief.

Emperor Zhaozong looked at the ministers below. This was his number one pick. The first six yuan of Dacheng did not disappoint him. The emperor said, "You handled the disaster relief issue in Xiangzhou very well this time. I am very pleased that you can stay true to your original intention and do things for the people. "

Not only did you spend no money from the treasury when you went to provide disaster relief, you also brought back more gold, silver and jewelry. There is no emperor who doesn't like this kind of minister, including Emperor Zhaozong. No exceptions. In the past, none of the officials who provided disaster relief had ever brought him any silver. They would only reach out and ask the emperor for money.

After the Xiangzhou corruption case, Emperor Zhaozong now looked at these ministers and was thinking, how much money have these people embezzled behind his back as the emperor, and what else is there that he, the emperor, does not know?

"I dare not take credit. It is my duty to do things for the people." Li Wen did not take all the credit alone. This time the disaster relief task was successfully completed, thanks to the help of everyone, everyone here No effort can be ignored.

The boy's loud voice rang out in the hall. Li Wen gave the credit for this disaster relief to everyone who went to Xiangzhou this time. There were also special circumstances. He told Emperor Xiangming, "The situation was urgent. , I took the initiative and sent a letter to Governor Wan Anwan of Xuzhou for help. Thanks to Governor Wan who came with troops to help, I was able to successfully capture Lu Xingbang, the former magistrate of Xiangzhou. "

A general cannot lead his troops to leave the place at will. But because of the emergency situation at the time, Governor Wan sent troops to Xiangzhou to help them. In order to prevent the emperor from knowing about it and punishing Governor Wan later, Li Wen mentioned this in his letter to the emperor afterwards.

Emperor Zhaozong nodded, "I know this. Under the circumstances, what you did was right."

Even the emperor said that what Li Liuyuan did was right. Naturally, the officials below did not dare to stand up and say that Li Liuyuan was wrong and

that Wan'an had secretly mobilized troops to leave Xuzhou.

Yang Shaoyong looked at Li Wen with a hint of resentment in his eyes, and gritted his silver teeth in his heart.

Emperor Zhaozong raised his hand. The eunuch next to him understood. He stood two steps forward and unfolded the imperial edict in his hand. "Li Wen accepts the edict."

"I accept the edict."

"By God, the emperor issued an edict: Li Wen, the Imperial Academy's Attendant ... For his sincerity and courage, I highly commend him and promote him to the rank of Doctor of the Ministry of Finance, and reward him with three hundred taels of silver." The eunuch finished reading the long imperial edict, put it away, and handed it to Li Liuyuan.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Li Wen didn't know in advance that the emperor was going to transfer him to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he was promoted from the sixth rank of Hanlin Yuanshi to the fifth rank of doctor of the household department. He was promoted all at once. Two levels.

I feel so nervous and excited at the same time!

He was promoted again, two levels in a row, hahaha...

"Congratulations, Mr. Li." The eunuch handed the imperial edict to him, and Li Wen took it.

"Okay, get up." Emperor Zhaozong nodded slightly, feeling very satisfied with this little Liuyuan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Wen stood up from the ground holding the imperial edict. Seeing that the Emperor had nothing to say, he walked back in a daze, his feet dangling as he walked.

——Hahaha... He got promoted again!

The ministers in the court obviously did not expect that the emperor would promote Li Liuyuan again, and he was promoted from the sixth grade to the fifth grade all at once. The officials above the fifth grade in the court were all in their fifties at least. If they remembered correctly, Li Liuyuan You haven't reached the top yet, right? This makes these ministers standing in the main hall feel so embarrassed!

Dong Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Wen for the first time. It seemed that he underestimated this kid!

Zhu Guangquan, the Secretary of the Household Department, also looked at Li Wen who was carrying the imperial edict. When he thought that this boy would go to their Household Department in the future, Zhu Guangquan's eyes were deep and there was no sign of anything strange on his face.

There were other officials from the Ministry of Revenue standing in the main hall. Everyone looked at Li Wen. It was obvious that they all remembered what Li Liuyuan did in Xiangzhou. As for the officials from other departments, they all thought that no matter which department Li Wen went to, as long as this evil star did not go to their department, it would be fine!

Not many officials have clean hands, and nine out of ten have done something unknown, so these officials are naturally afraid that someone is checking behind their backs.

At this time, Li Wen did not know that in the hearts of some officials, he had become the evil star that everyone was afraid of avoiding.

Chapter Ninety-Seven, Second

Update: "If you have something to do, leave the court if there is nothing to do -" the eunuch's sharp voice sounded.

"Withdraw from the court -"

None of the ministers below had anything to say. Today's morning court was over. The emperor stood up and left the hall, followed by the eunuchs and maidens.

"I respectfully send you off to the Emperor." After the Emperor left, the ministers who were kneeling on the ground stood up one after another.

The emperor's promotion to Li Liuyuan's official position was already a certainty. At this time, no one wanted to offend the emperor and make him unhappy.

However, compared to the fact that Li Liuyuan was promoted again, it was obvious that everyone was more concerned about the emperor's transfer of Li Liuyuan to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Why was Li Liuyuan placed in the Ministry of Household Affairs instead of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Punishment? Does the emperor have any other purpose in doing this? These officials were all speculating in their minds.

As for the rest of the people who went to Xiangzhou to provide disaster relief with Li Liuyuan this time, Emperor Zhaozong only gave some monetary rewards, but did not give them promotions like Li Liuyuan did, but they were promoted to two levels in a row.

Obviously, the emperor was only special to Li Liuyuan.

But who asked people to pay six yuan! There is only one word difference between number one scholar and six yuan, but they are worlds apart. No wonder the emperor has never seen such a special treatment for any new champion in the past, but only Li Liuyuan. He had been promoted twice in less than a year after entering the court. It seemed that the emperor planned to reuse Li Liuyuan.

Some officials who didn't take Li Wen seriously at first were now interested in making friends with him. However, some people are also thinking secretly in their hearts that the faster it rises, the worse it will be when it falls. These people are waiting to see Li Wen's joke.

After the morning meeting ended, the officials nearby came over to congratulate Li Liuyuan.

"Congratulations."

"Congratulations to Li Liuyuan."

These officials looked at Li Liuyuan with a slightly different look. There was no other such young fifth-grade official in Dacheng, let alone Li Liuyuan. Being so valued by the emperor, his future is bound to be limitless

. "Thank you, thank you." Li Wen said, handing over his hands to the people around him who congratulated him.

"Li Liuyuan is still so young. I wonder if Li Liuyuan's family has arranged a marriage for you? My granddaughter seems to be about the same age as Mr. Li..."

At this time, some officials remembered that Li Liuyuan was so young, and saw that the emperor planned to use Li Liuyuan more. , Li Liuyuan will definitely rise to prominence in the future. If he can get married to Li Liuyuan, this will definitely be a good thing.

As soon as this official's words came out, the other officials on the side all realized that those who had unmarried daughters, granddaughters, and nieces at home wanted to tell Li Liuyuan.

"..." Li asked.

Li Wen didn't expect that his style of painting would change and he would become a matchmaker for him. He politely refused, "Thank you for your kindness. I made an oath in front of my teacher. I haven't completed my career yet, so I don't dare to think about personal matters."

But . These people didn't seem to hear the rejection in his words. They always had reasons to persuade him, such as "getting married first and then establishing a career", "there are three types of unfilial piety, and having no heirs is the biggest", etc. Li asked whether this would be the first and the second. Trying hard to get out.

"Ahem -" The prince stood outside with Zhao Xiangyi and two officials. He looked at Li Liuyuan who was surrounded by everyone. He put his fist to his mouth and coughed lowly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. .

Zhao Xiangyi, who was following the prince, naturally heard what these officials were saying. His face sank, as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."

Finally, some officials noticed His Highness the Crown Prince standing behind them. They all responded and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

The people surrounding him in front moved aside. Li Wen saw the prince, and naturally also saw Zhao Xiangyi standing behind the prince. He noticed that the man looked at him with an unhappy expression. To be precise, he looked at these people surrounding him. When he thought about what these people were telling him just now, he suddenly felt guilty, even though he didn't mean that.

"I have met Your Highness." Li Wen saluted the prince.

"Gu Zheng has something to tell Li Liuyuan." Yang Shaomu glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Li Liuyuan, and said.

"Yes." Li Wen didn't know what the prince wanted to do with him, but no matter what the prince wanted to do with him, he thanked the prince in his heart for rescuing him at this time. His Royal Highness took the lead to leave, and he quickly followed.

Seeing that the prince was leaving with his men, the officials behind him did not continue to pursue him.

The person was taken away by the prince today. Will they not be able to catch him tomorrow? Anyway, there will be many opportunities to see Li Liuyuan in the future.

Officials who had daughters and granddaughters who had not yet left the government were thinking about how to get married to Li Liuyuan. Those who did not have a marriageable woman at home thought about waiting to go back and ask their wives to see if there were any in the family. If appropriate, let Qianjin send the people to the capital.

Finally getting rid of those people behind him, Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It seemed that being too popular was not a good thing. He wiped away the unwarranted sweat.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walked in front, and he and Zhao Xiangyi walked behind His Royal Highness. Li Wen raised his head and looked at the man beside him, just as Zhao Xiangyi lowered his eyes and looked at the young man, their eyes collided.

After just one glance at each other, the two people looked away.

"It seems that Li Liuyuan is very popular with everyone." Yang Shaomu paused on his feet and motioned for Li Liuyuan to take a step forward. He looked at the young man with an indescribable softness in his eyes and smiled.

"..." Li asked, "Your Highness, please stop making jokes about your subordinates."

"Haha..." Yang Shaomu couldn't help but laugh out loud, and did not continue on this issue. He said with a smile,

"Gu Huan. I haven't said congratulations to Li Liuyuan, congratulations on your promotion."

Yang Shaomu didn't know about Li Wen's transfer to the Ministry of Revenue until today.

Before this, Yang Shaomu had not thought that his father would transfer Li Wen to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but considering that Li Wen was specially trained by his father, it seemed that there was nothing surprising about him being transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of Revenue is the department in charge of their finances, and it is the department that his father attaches most importance to. Yang Shaomu knows that Zhu Guangquan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is his father's employee. I wonder if the boss and the third son have tried to win over Zhu Guangquan and Yang Shaomu. There was no way to win over Zhu Guangquan.

"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince." Li Wen said with cupped hands.

Yang Shaomu signaled Li Wen to talk as he walked. Li Wen followed the prince, controlling the distance just half a step behind.

Qing Shui Jian was different in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Among the six departments, the relationship in the Ministry of Household Affairs was the most complicated. Yang Shaomu couldn't help but give this junior brother a few words, "Now that you are transferred to the household department, there must be many pairs of eyes watching you from behind. You need to be more careful in your actions in the future."

"Yes, I understand. ." Li Wen touched his nose. He didn't know that the emperor loved him so much. But think about it, others only get promoted once every three to five years, but he has been promoted twice in just half a year since he entered the court. This time he was promoted twice in a row. Some people will definitely look at him with envy, and many people will definitely be jealous in the future. Stare at him.

The officialdom is complicated, and if you accidentally fall into it, you will be in an abyss. There is an entire Li family and Li clan behind him, so he must not let a small promotion go to his head. The faster he rose through the ranks and the higher he stood, the more he had to prevent himself from falling. If he was not careful, he would be shattered to pieces.

These few words from the prince quickly calmed down his turbulent heart.

On the way, the prince also mentioned a few things to him about the Ministry of Revenue. Li Wen was not stupid, and he understood what the prince meant by his words in a flash of his mind. After leaving the palace gate, they took different paths. His Highness the Crown Prince left with his people. Li Wen stood there and watched the Crown Prince leave.

Zhao Xiangyi walked away with the prince. Not far away, Zhao Xiangyi turned back and glanced at the young man who was still standing there. Li Wen naturally saw the man who turned back. He waved to the man and turned around in the direction of the Hanlin Academy.

The two groups of people walked in opposite directions.

In the imperial study at this moment, in addition to the emperor and the eldest prince Yang Shaoyong, even Eunuch Sun, who was serving the emperor, had gone outside.

"Tell me, do these things have anything to do with you?" Emperor Zhaozong threw a stack of letters into the face of the eldest prince, with anger on his face. Yang Shaoyong picked it up and took a look. He saw his seal on it and knew that his father knew about it. His face was shocked and frightened, "Father, son, son, I really don't know they dare to do this." How dare you do these things, I really don't know..."

"You don't know, you are still innocent!" Emperor Zhaozong was so angry that he picked up the ruler on the desk and threw it at the eldest prince's face.

The eldest prince, who was beaten to the head by the ruler, ignored his bleeding forehead. The blood stained his face. He knelt on the ground and ran over, hugging his father's legs and crying, "Father, I am a son." I'm wrong, please forgive me..."

"Get out!"

Emperor Zhaozong had placed too many high hopes on his eldest son, and now the emperor felt very sad.

As soon as Concubine Chen, who was in the palace, received the news, she hurried to the imperial study room with her people, but was stopped by the guards outside the door. The eldest prince is the daughter of Concubine Chen Zhen. After this woman gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, her mother was promoted to a noble concubine based on the value of her son. Before Concubine Dong entered the palace, besides the queen, Concubine Chen was the eldest in the harem.

The harem is a place where women fight. This woman's ability to hold the position of concubine depends not only on the emperor's favor.

Seeing Concubine Chen and her people arriving, Eunuch Sun showed his usual fake smile and said to Concubine Chen, "I have seen your Majesty, please forgive me for not being summoned by the Emperor. No one else is allowed to enter the imperial study." ."

After hearing Eunuch Sun's words, Concubine Chen cursed in her heart.

Concubine Chen Ze was very anxious, but Eunuch Sun was the servant of the emperor, and it was up to the owner to beat the dog. Concubine Chen Ze did not want to offend Sun Haide, so she asked patiently, "I wonder if the emperor is busy there, and if he has time." ? "

The emperor is in the imperial study at this time, so he is naturally unavailable.

Eunuch Sun is a smart man. He knew that Concubine Chen did not come to see the emperor. She was probably here to meet the eldest prince who was left alone in the imperial study. I see you, why don't you go back first and talk to the emperor later?"

Regardless of the next words, both of them understood the meaning.

"Come here!"

Hearing the shout from the royal study, the guard standing outside ran in.

Eunuch Sun didn't care about Concubine Chen at the moment and hurriedly ran into the imperial study. After a while, the eldest prince, who was holding his head with one hand and bleeding badly, was helped out of the imperial study.

On this day, no one outside knew what happened in the royal study, except the emperor and the eldest prince. The eldest prince covered his head and was helped out with blood on his face.

"What's going on?" Concubine Chen's eyes widened when she saw her son coming out of the imperial study with his head covered. Although she didn't know what happened in the imperial study, she knew that her son must have made the emperor unhappy.

"Quick, hurry up and send the imperial doctor to Chunxiu Palace."

"Yes, I will go and ask the imperial doctor right away."

Not allowing her to think too much at this moment, Concubine Chen asked the palace maids around her to ask the imperial doctor to come to her residence. She was busy. Let someone help her son to go to her.

Emperor Zhaozong was sitting on the dragon chair in the imperial study, his chest still rising and falling.

Seeing the bloody ruler on the ground and the blood dripping on the ground, presumably from the blood that dripped from the eldest prince's head just now, Eunuch Sun asked the maid to wipe the floor clean and take down the ruler as well.

Chapter 98 Farewell to the Hanlin Academy.

After returning from Beijing for more than two months, when he saw the familiar gate of the Hanlin Academy, Li Wen found that he really missed it. The day before yesterday, he was still thinking about returning to the Hanlin Academy to work tomorrow. Unexpectedly, he received an order to transfer him today. In fact, he himself did not expect that the emperor would transfer him to the Ministry of Household Affairs. He only found out about it after receiving the imperial edict today. .

Li Wen still remembered the time when he first entered the Hanlin Academy. The fellow scholars who came in felt that the Hanlin Academy was a place with no future. Everyone else ran away one after another, and those who could leave were transferred to other departments. He was the only one who was single-minded. Thinking of staying here in Hanlin Academy. He thought he would stay at the Hanlin Academy for a long time, but he didn't expect to leave so soon.

When he returned from this trip, he wanted to pack his things and say goodbye to his colleagues at the Hanlin Academy. After that, he would report to the Ministry of Household Affairs and then go to work at the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Congratulations."

The news spread quickly, and colleagues in the Hanlin Academy also knew about the promotion, and everyone who saw him congratulated him.

Li Wen showed great respect to these seniors and hurriedly thanked them in return.

The Hanlin officials in the Hanlin Academy saw that Li Wencai had been promoted to an official position not long after he entered the court. Many of them had been in the Hanlin Academy for ten or eight years and were still just junior Hanlin officials. It's true that people with the same fate have different fates. Li Liuyuan gained the emperor's attention as soon as he became an official in the court. He will definitely be able to rise rapidly in the officialdom in the future. However, not everyone has such a good official career, so this is really something that cannot be envied.

Compared with other departments, the interpersonal relationship here in the Hanlin Academy is relatively simple. All the old Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy like to learn and have simple minds. Therefore, everyone in the Hanlin Academy gets along relatively harmoniously, and conflicts are natural. Not that much. Knowing that Li Liuyuan was promoted and transferred to the Ministry of Revenue as an errand, many people sincerely congratulated him.

Everyone knew that Li Liuyuan went to Xiangzhou this time to arrest countless corrupt officials, ransacked many corrupt officials' homes, and brought back countless gold, silver and jewelry. Everything was handed over to the Ministry of Finance. Now that the Ministry of Revenue has money, some people thought of the fact that the Ministry of Revenue owed them the monthly salary from the Hanlin Academy, and said, "The monthly salary that the Ministry of Revenue has owed us for the past few months should be settled, right?",

"Li Liuyuan, are you not teasing us?" Work as an errand at the Ministry of Finance? Help our Ministry of Household Affairs to urge us to pay the Hanlin Academy's monthly salary.

"Yes, Li Liuyuan, please help us ask about this matter. " "As soon as someone mentioned the monthly salary, the officials in the Imperial Academy gathered around Li Liuyuan to talk about it. The officials in the

Imperial Academy remembered that Li Liuyuan was not going to be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs as an errand, and they just asked Li Liuyuan to help urge the households. After the monthly salary arrears are paid to them, if the Ministry of Household Affairs does not pay them the monthly salary, their family will be so poor that they will have no money to buy rice.

In the future, they will also have people in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Let's see if the Ministry of Household Affairs will just drag them away from the Hanlin Academy. Monthly salary,

isn't this bullying them? The Hanlin Academy had no one in the household department before? After Li Liuyuan went to the household department, they had people in the household department. After all, Li Liuyuan was from their Hanlin Academy.

"Seniors don't want it . I'm anxious. The Ministry of Revenue owes everyone their monthly salary. The Ministry of Revenue will definitely pay it to everyone. Even if we take this matter to the emperor and talk about it, our Hanlin Academy will still be justified. "Li Wen was surrounded by old Hanlins. Some of them were so excited that they sprayed saliva on his face. He still kept a smile on his face, but he was already Spartan in his heart.

Smile, smile...

Cao Hanlin held The collection of essays he published was low-keyly shown off in front of everyone in the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy all read through the anthology, which made everyone jealous. Later they heard that Li Liuyuan helped publish the book. The picture on the cover of the book was drawn by Li Liuyuan himself. The portrait was really good. Everyone knew that Li Liuyuan was not only good at writing articles, but also good at painting.

These old Hanlin officials were busy in the Hanlin Academy . There was nothing wrong

with him , and he also liked to compare whose poems and paintings were good. Cao Hanlin quietly published an anthology on his back, which made everyone envious. It's not impossible to compile the manuscripts and publish a book. It's just that they have to pay for the book themselves. They still have to discuss this matter with Li Liuyuan. Didn't Li Liuyuan publish a book for Cao Hanlin? Anthology? Why can't it be published to them? Their articles and poems are no worse than Cao Hanlin's.

It's just that Li Liuyuan was sent away to provide disaster relief and didn't return to the Hanlin Academy until today. It took a lot of effort to wait for Li Liuyuan. They have returned to Beijing and will be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue again. It will be difficult for them to meet people when they are no longer in the Hanlin Academy. It is better to take this opportunity to mention this matter. These literati tend to talk in roundabout ways, so it is not easy for them to mention it directly. , he praised Cao Hanlin's poems and essays in a roundabout way, "We have all read Cao Hanlin's collected works. They are very good.

Li Wen understood them instantly. Before that, he had come up with a complete collection of Hanlin Academy works, but only one of them was published. In this collection of Qinglian layman's works, this plan was interrupted by the disaster relief issue. At this time, someone took the initiative to mention it, and his eyes lit up.

Li Wen patted the horses of the old Hanlin officials, saying that they were rich in knowledge and good words and sent them out for free. The boy felt ashamed and needed to learn more from his seniors in the future. He then mentioned, "I wonder if the seniors have written poems, songs and poems at home. I am thinking about asking for manuscripts from my seniors to publish a collection of Hanlin bachelor's essays." "Let all the scholars in the world read and study the masterpieces of our predecessors."

"There are a few manuscripts at home, but they are just idle works and cannot be used in the elegant hall. But if you want Li Liuyuan, I can look for them later." It doesn't matter if I give it to you." These old Hanlin officials are all very concerned about face. They obviously have a lot in mind, but their faces look like "I'll give it to you if you want me to do it".

"That's great." Li Wen understood the reserve of scholars and said, holding back the smile in his heart, "If the seniors don't mind, I can visit them one by one at their homes when I ask later."

Anyway, it's almost time . It's the New Year, and he will also give New Year's gifts to these seniors who have taken care of him. Then he will have to run from house to house to pick up manuscripts. This is not only taking care of the face of these old Hanlin officials, but also doing enough. The etiquette a junior should have.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the Hanlin Academy of the Hanlin Academy took special care of Li Liuyuan. After hearing what he said, everyone agreed, so they all agreed.

There was also Lao Hanlin who was thinking about the painting that Li Liuyuan personally painted for Cao Hanlin. He said that he could not favor one thing over another, so he wanted to paint one for them too. Of course, Li Wen didn't refuse to agree, and he responded to various requests one by one. As long as they were willing to give him the manuscript, it was no problem to draw one portrait or ten.

Li Wen is old enough to be the grandson of these old Hanlin officials. In the past, he respected these old Hanlin officials as his seniors and treated them as his grandfathers. Therefore, during the six months he was in the Hanlin Academy, he had been talking to these senior officials. They get along very well.

I have to leave the Hanlin Academy. To be honest, I am really reluctant to leave these lovely old Hanlin people.

"We were all still thinking about how long you would stay in the Hanlin Academy. Unexpectedly, you would be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue in the blink of an eye. The Ministry of household affairs is a promising place. You can go to the Ministry of household affairs in the future and do a good job. Don't forget that you have It would be nice to come back and see us old men when you have time."

Knowing that Li Liuyuan was going to be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs as an errand, these old Hanlin officials were happy for him, but they were also a little worried. The outside world is not as good as the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy is Qingshui Yamen. , there are few clean things, which is why some Hanlins like to stay here in the Hanlin Academy.

"Well, let me ask you to understand." Knowing that these seniors really thought about him, Li Wen felt a little moved.

He said a few words to the old Hanlin officials again and promised to come back to visit them when he had time.

There were still things to do at the moment. After talking for a while, everyone dispersed and went about their own business.

Cao Zhenqing stood nearby with a smile on his face as he watched Li Wen being surrounded by everyone.

As soon as Li Wen walked out, he saw Cao Hanlin standing on the bench. He happened to have something to talk to Cao Zhenqing. The two found a deserted place to talk. Li Wen mentioned that he did not send the manuscript back in person and expressed his apology for this.

"Nothing, nothing, just a trivial matter." Cao Laohanlin said he didn't mind. He said about the collection of essays,

"I didn't think well enough to show the collection to Zhang Hanlin and the others."

"Haha, this is the matter. Wenzheng wanted to thank his seniors, but if he wasn't a senior, he wouldn't know how to open the door and ask for this manuscript from his seniors. "

Li Wen originally thought about leaving this matter to Cao Zhenqing, but when he thought of entrusting someone else to do it, it seemed a bit awkward. Not respectful and sincere enough. Many of these old Hanlin officials in the Hanlin Academy have a bit of a bad temper. You can talk about anything if you coax them well. If someone makes them unhappy, there is no need to discuss it, so it is better to wait for him to come back and then go on your own. The two of them

talked about the newspaper again. Cao Zhenqing never told anyone that he was invited to be a consultant to the newspaper. Even his best colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, he never told anyone about it. .

Li Wen thanked Cao Laohanlin for managing the newspaper office well during his absence in the capital. He had taken the time to read the newspaper published by the newspaper office in the past two days. Some of the articles in it were relatively in-depth and revealing. He saw that there were also several articles written by Cao Hanlin himself that were very good.

The newspaper also contained some news about the capital's fun and gossip. The young prince had his name on it, but in fact the articles were written by someone else. However, some people's gossip is not something anyone dares to talk about casually. Only someone with the status of the young prince dares to write such things.

He has not seen the young prince in the two days since he came back to the capital, and he will ask him out for a meal later. This man is the Crown Princess's biological brother and the Crown Prince's brother-in-law. It's definitely not a bad thing to hug this golden thigh tightly.

It happened that Xu Zhangyuan was in the Hanlin Academy today, and Li Wen went to tell Xu Zhangyuan about going to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Xu Tuzhi knew about the imperial edict issued by the emperor himself, so he did not embarrass Li Wen. He looked at Li Wen with an indescribable light in his eyes, and said a few words of congratulations.

"Thank you, Master Xu." Li Wen was a little flattered.

But when I think about it, Xu Zhangyuan has been an official for more than ten years before he can sit in this fifth-level position. He has only been here for half a year and has reached a position higher than Xu Zhangyuan. The two are now on the same level. Maybe the next time they meet again, Xu Zhangyuan will call himself a subordinate in front of him and salute him.

Li Wen chuckled in his heart when he thought of that scene.

After walking out of the gate of the Hanlin Academy, Li Wen turned around and glanced at the gate behind him, turned around, and walked away.

Chapter 99:

What happened in the Hubu Palace for the first time was soon known to everyone outside who should know.

What happened in the imperial study is unknown to outsiders. At that time, the emperor only kept the eldest prince in the imperial study. However, when the eldest prince came out of the royal study, he was holding his head and was helped out with a bloody head. You didn't need to think about it to know that the emperor was so angry that he hit him with something.

I just don't know why the emperor was so angry and hit the eldest prince on the head with something? This should be related to what happened in the imperial study room.

The eldest prince came out of the palace and was fined half a year's salary and returned to his residence to stay behind closed doors for three months without being allowed to go out.

When he learned the news, His Highness the Crown Prince was talking to his companion in the study. Yang Shaomu slapped his hand on the table, squinted his eyes and said, "It's an advantage for him!"

As the Crown Prince, he was not naive. He thought that such a thing alone could bring down the eldest prince, but this treatment was indeed too light for Yang Shaoyong. I don't know if one day he, the prince, committed a crime, and his father would be able to pass it off so lightly. Sure enough, his father was partial to the eldest son. This realization made His Royal Highness the prince not in a very happy mood.

"Why should His Highness be angry? If he can escape this time, can he escape the next time?" Zhao Xiangyi, who was sitting in the study, picked up the wine in front of him and took a slow sip, thinking that the wine in the East Palace was just average, not yet. His stash of wine tasted half as good.

After leaving the Hanlin Academy, Li Wen went to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. He was an official who was sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs by the emperor's personal order. Officials working in several departments naturally did not dare to block him. As soon as he passed by, they stamped his seal and went through the transfer procedures.

The government offices of the six ministries were close to each other, and they were all on the same street. After getting the seal from the Ministry of Personnel, Li Wen went directly to the Ministry of Revenue to report.

After he identified himself to the concierge of the Ministry of Revenue, an official from the Ministry of Revenue came out not long after,

saluted him and said, "Master Li, please follow me."

Li Wen nodded, Follow the official leading the way to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

This was the first time he walked into the Household Department. The Household Department looked larger than the Hanlin Academy, and there were more officials working there than the Hanlin Academy. Except for Yinliang, who took over the disaster relief work last time, and had one interaction with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Li Wen had no private dealings with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The official who brought him in took him to see Zhu Guangquan, the Minister of Household Affairs.

"Sir, Mr. Li has arrived."

Zhu Guangquan, who was sitting at the desk, raised his head and looked at Li Liuyuan, who had come to report to the Ministry of Household Affairs, with undisguised scrutiny in his eyes. He felt a little disgusted by the other party's treatment. Li Wen suppressed his inner emotions and saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty, Li Wen has met."

"Well, here you are. I didn't expect you to arrive so soon. The Ministry of Revenue is here, and I thought it would take two days for you to arrive. "Because of the handover of the disaster bank last time, Zhu Guangquan didn't have much affection for Li Liuyuan, and what Li Liuyuan did in Xiangzhou, this time. The Minister of Revenue was a little more fearful and wary of Li Wen.

Therefore, Zhu Guangquan's attitude towards Li Wen could not be said to be very warm. He talked about some rules of the Household Department in a routine manner, "The Household Department is a place that deals with money. All the money comes in and out. Every amount must be remembered clearly." Clearly, you need to be careful when doing things in the future. You must not be careless and make any mistakes."

"Yes, I understand^" Li Wen bowed his head and responded.

Later, Zhu Guangquan had nothing to say and asked the person who led him in to take him to the office. Li Wen followed the person.

In the brief contact just now, Li Wen could feel that the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue did not seem to like him too much, but when he thought about it, as far as what he did in Xiangzhou, no matter where he went to deploy in the six departments, no one else would He would be more than welcome to go. But the emperor asked him to come, and he couldn't refuse.

In other words, from the moment he stepped into the officialdom, from the moment he decided to be an official just for the people, he was on the opposite side of some people in the officialdom who were officials only for their own selfish interests. Now that the emperor is willing to use him, it is because he sees the value of Li Liuyuan in him. He brought so much gold and silver jewelry from Xiangzhou, which gave the emperor a taste of the sweetness, and the emperor wanted to continue to use him.

After learning literary and martial arts, one can join the emperor's family. Regardless of whether people in the world have learned literary talents or martial arts, the ultimate goal is to contribute to the emperor and serve the imperial court. The emperor was using him, and he had never used the emperor to achieve his own goals and ideas. There was no conflict between the two.

From the moment he refuses other people's invitations and doesn't join in with others, he must be prepared to face all the troubles that may arise in the future.

Li Wen was still not sure why the emperor placed him in the household department. He had some guesses in his mind, but he

was not sure yet. After the initial excitement of being promoted, his mind had calmed down and he began to think about why the emperor suddenly asked him to come to the household department. The emperor would definitely not let him come to the household department for no reason

. That's for sure.

There are also problems he may face in the household department, what to do next, etc. These all require him to think about. There must be many eyes staring at him now, so he has to think carefully about every next step he takes.

The Household Department is one of the six departments. It is the place in charge of the country's finances. It controls the world's land, people, money, grain, tribute, etc. There is one minister of the household department, the second rank; two ministers, the third rank and above; two ministers, from the fifth rank; below there are Yuanwailang, principal, examiner, ambassador, official, etc., and some of them are even Officials who have not entered the mainstream are officials without rank.

The Ministry of Husbandry is also ranked first among the six departments in terms of its busy official duties and messy affairs.

Li Wen's position is exactly that of a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, with a rank of fifth rank. There are two people in the Household Department, one of whom is in charge of household registration, material resources, marriage, land, houses, salt and iron, etc., and the other is in charge of finance, state affairs, salary and other affairs. It can be said that the Household Doctor is an official position with real power.

The official who led the way took him to the place where he would work in the future. Here he was equivalent to the head of the Department of Household Affairs, with a group of subordinates who followed him.

The official who brought him over introduced everyone, "This is Dr. Li Wen, who will be your superior officer in the future

." The inferior officer has met Mr. Li. "Everyone saw the long-famous Li Liuyuan.

Most of the people here saw Li Liuyuan for the first time. The person in front of them is the youngest number one scholar in their Dacheng. The first six yuan is still in the court. The youngest official of the fifth rank. As expected, people are more famous than people

.

Today, everyone met Li Liuyuan in person, and this man became their future Shangguan. Everyone felt very fond of this young Shangguan. With a bit of doubt and inquiry,

"Everyone, get up. My surname is Li, Muzi Li, and my last name only contains the character 'wen'. I believe everyone has heard of my name, so I won't say more about it. "Li Wen smiled slightly and said, "I am here for the first time today and am not familiar with many affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. I would like to ask for your advice in the future.

"Don't dare. " "Everyone said hurriedly.

Li Wen knew that he was young and his face looked tender. If he tried to put on official airs, he would look like a child pretending to be an adult. It would be better to relax and get along with these subordinates as you like. But at the same time, he could also feel that these subordinates were suspicious of him as a new superior. If he wanted these people to obey his orders in the future, he would have to work hard to make these people convinced of him. , can be used by him.

However, if someone was stubbornly disobedient and challenged his authority as a superior officer, he wouldn't mind getting the person out.

"Today I meet you all for the first time. I don't know your names yet. Why don't you also tell me your names and positions so that I can have an impression." Without waiting for anyone to answer, Li Wen clicked on the subordinate on the far left. He said, "Then let's start with you first."

The man standing at the edge obviously didn't expect that he would be the first to be nodded by Shangguan. Seeing that Shangguan was looking at him, he had no choice but to step out and kowtow. Baba said his surname, first name, and official position.

Then there's the next one, and the next one.

After one round, Li Wen had already quickly registered the names and positions of these subordinates in his mind.

"I am very happy to see you here today. Since I work in the same department as you, we are superiors and subordinates, and we are also colleagues. I hope that we can get along well and work happily." Li Wen didn't know this. How many of your subordinates belong to others will determine how many of them can be used by him in the future.

If he discovers the person who cheated on him in the future, he won't mind killing him himself!

The Ministry of Household Affairs is a busy place with official duties. The twelfth lunar month is the last month of the year, and it is also the busiest time for the Ministry of Household Affairs. Knowing that everyone had something to do, Li Wen did not waste everyone's time. "Okay, that's all for today's official talk. If you want to go to work, go ahead and do it."

Everyone responded. "Yes", they dispersed.

Li Wen sat down in his office. The desktop was clean and he didn't know what to do. Zhu Guangquan didn't assign him a task just now, but just asked him to get familiar with the household department first.

The emperor had not told him before that he wanted him to come to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so he was a little surprised when he received the imperial edict today. Before he could fully prepare, his people were already at the Ministry of Finance. If he had known about it, he would have gone back and prepared for two days before reporting to the Ministry of Finance.

But since others are already here, let's come. Just treat it as coming in advance to familiarize yourself with the environment and work of the household department.

Oh, one thing I forgot to mention is that after he came to the Ministry of Revenue, he was promoted and had two more deputies around him

, who would work with him in the future. Li Wen was wondering in his mind who these two people could be, but at the moment this matter was definitely something he couldn't figure out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

Since his immediate superior asked him to get familiar with the household department first, he should go around and get familiar with it first.

"Ruo Heng, Shen Cheng, right?" Li Wen looked at the two people in front of him. The younger one standing on the left was Du Ruoheng, who

was about twenty years old; Shen Cheng was older and looked like At about thirty years old,

he seems to be introverted and calm.

"That's the official."

Li Wen nodded and said, "Please take me outside for a walk." When he first arrived at Hubu, he didn't know much about the situation here. He didn't know what to do. He wasn't in a hurry anyway, so he might as well go out for a walk first.

"Yes, sir." The two responded in unison.

Li Wen led the people outside, and Du Ruoheng and Shen Cheng followed Shangguan on the left and right.

Chapter 100: The

Supremacy of Imperial Power On this day, Li Wen spent half a day walking around the entire household department and became familiar with the place where he would work in the future.

Compared to the leisure life of the Hanlin Academy, everyone in the Household Department was very busy, and he was the only "idler" wandering around with nothing to do.

In front of the Household Department is the government office, and the row of houses behind it is where the various account books and information of the Household Department over the years are stored. Li Wen stayed here for a while, but did not look carefully at the account books stored inside. If he read the account books in these dozen rooms one by one, he might not be able to read them all in a year.

The only regret about the Hubu department is that it does not have a huge library like the Hanlin Academy, so it means that he will have no place to read in the future, and it will be very inconvenient to look up materials and documents. However, given how busy the work here is at the Ministry of Finance, even if the Ministry of Finance does have a library, he may not have time to hide in the library and read in the future. Therefore, from the moment he walks out of the Hanlin Academy, he will not be able to return to the way he used to be. Time to relax.

Li Wen found that during this short half day, he thought of the Hanlin Academy several times. It seemed that although he had left the Hanlin Academy, his heart was still there. He needs to get familiar with and get used to the Ministry of Revenue as soon as possible. After all, the Ministry of Revenue is where he works now. He came out of the Hanlin Academy and will not go back to the Hanlin Academy in the future.

Half a day passed quickly.

It gets late in winter and the sun goes down early. When I go to the government office to go to the office, it is already half dark outside

. "If you have nothing to do, go back earlier. See you tomorrow." After spending a long time together, , Li Wen had an initial impression of Du Ruoheng and Shen Cheng, who would be his future deputies in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Naturally, he hoped to have a good relationship with them.

"Okay, Sir, walk slowly."

When he came out of Hubu, there was a carriage waiting for him outside. Li Wen got on the carriage and saw the man leaving to pick him up.

"You are here for the first time today. Are you still used to being there?" ? "Zhao Xiangyi held the boy's hand and covered the boy's hand with his palm. The two sat side by side. Zhao Xiangyi turned his head and kissed the boy's face. Li Wen looked up and exchanged a light kiss with the man and said, "Fortunately, I'll get used to it after two days. "

Li Wen said, "I just realized now that it was really too easy in the Hanlin Academy before. "

At that time, there was still a lot of free time to draw little figures. Li Wen doubted that he would be too busy in the household department in the future, so people are like this. When they are free, they want to be busy, and when they are busy, they want to be idle. , which is very contradictory.

However, he originally painted "Drawing the Three Kingdoms" when he was bored. The first two were released, and the later ones will definitely be completed. He likes to start and finish the work, so he can paint two more later ones. , I can definitely finish a book in a year and a half, just think of it as a lot of fun while relaxing, which is actually not bad.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded and said, "There are many things in the household department, so it will be quite busy.

"Oh, that's right. Hasn't the monthly payment owed by the Ministry of Revenue to your camp in the suburbs of Beijing been paid yet? " "Li Wen remembered this and asked.

"Yeah. "Zhao Xiangyi nodded, so?

"I'll ask you later. "Li Wen's eyes narrowed. If Zhu Guangquan dares to refuse to pay the monthly salary to the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, he doesn't mind going to the emperor.

Before, Zhu Guangquan could complain that the Ministry of Household Affairs had no money and could not get the monthly salary. Not long ago, they brought so many carts of gold and silver back from Xiangzhou. If Zhu Guangquan dared to cry and say he had no money, he wouldn't mind finding a few good men to put a sack on Zhu Guangquan's head and beat him severely on his way back. He was stunned!

The old man was getting more and more annoying!

On the way, Zhao Xiangyi briefly mentioned the palace affairs to the young man. Knowing that the eldest prince had only been fined half a year's salary by the emperor and spent three months in isolation, Li Wen sighed. After taking a breath, he turned to look at the man beside him and asked, "You have guessed it a long time ago, right? "

He didn't want to talk to this man about this, but he knew something. Even if he didn't say it, the man would have guessed it in his heart.

"It's not too early. "It was only today that Zhao Xiangyi thought about some of the things before and after, and then he understood the reason.

"The emperor is the emperor and the ministers are ministers, the father is the son, the emperor is the emperor, and we are the ministers, so no matter how the emperor handles this matter, we will always do it. You cannot question or object.

Although the emperor is an emperor, he is also a father. As a father, he will always be selfish towards his children, so we just need to know some things in our hearts, but we can let them rot in our hearts and not bring them out. "But when he learned that the emperor had exposed his son's mistakes so lightly, Li Wen thought of so many people who had died in Xiangzhou. When all the Bai family members except the Bai Yu brothers were dead, his He is still a little bit dissatisfied.

But what if he is dissatisfied? He can still challenge the emperor and order his son to be beheaded.

If he really does this, he will not be able to defeat the prince. , and even cost his own life.

So at this moment, Li Wen somewhat understood why his teacher resigned and returned to become a teacher. In this feudal dynasty where the imperial power was supreme, the emperor represented the highest authority, and no one could. Anyone who refutes or questions the Emperor's decision will never end well.

There is no absolute fairness in the world. No matter in any era, there is no such thing as "princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people". This thing that the rulers researched was only used to restrict a certain group of people, not all people.

Therefore, Li Wen knew that since the emperor did not pursue it, they could not pursue it. As long as the emperor was the king, they would.

Minister . Remonstrances to ministers often don't end well. Li Wen never thought of remonstrating with ministers. All roads lead to Rome. If this road doesn't work, just try another one. There is no need to block one road. Don't think too much, good and evil will always be rewarded in the end, it's not that they won't be rewarded, it's just that the time has not come yet. "Li Wen patted the back of the man's hand, looked at the man next to him, and said^

"I understand everything you said. "Zhao Xiangyi held the young man's hand with his backhand. He understood Li Wen's meaning and worries.

The two talked for a while in the carriage, and the carriage arrived ten miles away.

Today, Li Wen made an appointment with the young prince to eat hot pot together. When they arrived, Situ Yu and Xue Zelin were already here. Situ Yu was very happy to see Li Liuyuan coming. The person he admired most now was Li Liuyuan. As soon as he saw the person, he pulled Li Wen inside, " You are finally here, I was still wondering when you would come.

"I'm sorry to keep you all waiting. " "Li Wen said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay, we just arrived. "

Zhao Xiangyi, who came in behind, looked at Situ Yu's hand holding Li Liuyuan, and the cold air on his body rushed outward. Situ Yu felt a little strange, "Why do I feel a little cold? "

Li Wen glanced at the man who came in behind him.

"..." General Zhao.

"I haven't congratulated you on your promotion. Congratulations." "Situ Yu had already received the news of Li Wen's promotion and knew that he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs as an errand.

"Congratulations to Li Liuyuan. "Xue Zelin and Shangguan Yixiang also congratulated Li Liuyuan one after another.

If Shangguan Yixiang still looked down on Li Liuyuan a little in his heart before, now this contempt is completely gone, leaving only wholehearted admiration and following.

"Thank you. "Li Wen sat down in the vacant seat, Situ Yu sat on his left, and Zhao Xiangyi sat on his right.

The soup in the pot has been boiled, and the round table is filled with meat and vegetables. What's rare is that there are also fresh mushrooms and vegetables. It's cold now, and there are no fresh vegetables for sale outside. It's hard to find fresh vegetables. Some dignitaries in the capital have hot springs in the village and will let people plant some in the village. But for ordinary people, the thought of It's hard to eat fresh vegetables in winter!

Naturally, Li Wen had recipes for growing bean sprouts and mushrooms. He gave these two recipes to Zhao Xiangyi and asked Zhao Xiangyi to arrange for people to do it at Zhuangzi, so this is why there are fresh vegetables in their store. . Shili Piaoxiang takes the civilian route, and the food is not too expensive. Ordinary people can still afford a meal.

Li Wen said, "While I was away from the capital, the newspaper office was very grateful to you." So he was right to bring the young prince and these young masters to the newspaper office. With the young master here, some people really didn't dare to touch their newspaper office.

"Hey, don't say that, we didn't do much." Xue Zelin said a little embarrassed.

Since they have serious things to do, these young masters have not been hanging out in brothels and gambling houses recently, and no group of people have gone out to walk horses on the streets to cause trouble. As soon as I went out, I saw the scholars and ordinary people in the capital holding newspapers and reading them. The sense of accomplishment brought to them by running a newspaper was unprecedented. You see, this is the newspaper we ran!

In the past, their father used to scold them for doing nothing and causing trouble everywhere, but now he would praise them when he saw them. When they returned home, they could hold their heads high in front of their father and brothers. They now look at the dandy young men in the capital who only care about eating, drinking and having fun all day long, and they feel that they are different from them.

Li Wen didn't know that he had invisibly pulled several young masters onto the right path.

While they were eating, they chatted about some gossip in the capital. Li Wen was mainly listening, while the younger prince and others were talking.

Situ Yu and Shangguan Yixiang also found a group of people to collect all kinds of gossip in the capital, including which official in the court had several concubines, which concubine's bed he got off at night, etc. Everybody knows.

Li Wen was secretly shocked when he heard the gossip from the young masters. He really didn't know that these young masters were so good at collecting information! Basically, in this capital, as long as they want to know, there is nothing they cannot know.

"Tell me about what happened in Xiangzhou. Is it really like what was published in the newspaper that many people had no food to eat and were starving to death?" Situ Yu was born into a wealthy family and had never been hungry since he was a child. Naturally, I don't understand how people can starve to death. He said with a bit of pity in his tone, "Originally, I wanted to follow you to Xiangzhou, but my father and mother-in-law wouldn't allow me to go."

Li Wen thought to himself, it's a good thing you didn't come!

If something happened to the young prince on the road, he couldn't bear the responsibility.

"Well, this is true." Li Wen knew that the young prince grew up in a honey pot and did not know hunger. Naturally, he had never seen people in famine cannibalizing or exchanging children for food. In fact, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't really believe that such a thing could really happen in this world.

Of course, he couldn't talk about these things in detail with these young masters, so he could summarize it in a few sentences.

Situ Yu remembered that when he lost his temper and refused to eat, a large group of the maids who took care of him gathered around him to coax him to eat. He felt inexplicably embarrassed about his past behavior and said, "I will eat well in the future. Don't waste food."

After hearing what the young prince said, Li Wen smiled and said, "We need it. We can't waste food. Every grain of rice is grown by farmers. We must cherish food in this world. There are so many people who have no food to eat, and it is a great sin for us to waste food even though we have food to eat."

The young prince and the two young masters nodded in agreement.

"Do you really think that a lot of gold and silver jewels were unearthed from the house of the magistrate of Xiangzhou? How much are they?" Hearing that Li Liuyuan had arrested many corrupt officials in Xiangzhou, the young prince wished he could go there in person and help Li Liuyuan catch those corrupt officials, but it was a pity. The capital was too far away, so he could only think about it.

"Yes, it's true." Li Wen nodded and gave a rough number.

It was completely dark outside, and they were sweating profusely while eating hot pot inside.

At the end of the meal, Li asked to satisfy the curiosity of these young masters, but basically he could answer the questions asked by these young masters, so he invisibly made the hearts of several young masters I admire Li Liuyuan even more.

The meal lasted for an hour, and almost all the food cooked in the pot was finished. Everyone was satisfied, and everyone was full and spread out on the chairs. They came down from upstairs and as soon as they walked out of the store, there was a gust of cold wind, which made the young masters shiver violently. Fortunately, there was a carriage waiting for them at the door.

"I have time to make an appointment."

"Okay, bye."

Seeing the young prince and his carriage leaving, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi got on the carriage coming from behind.

On the way back, Li Wen smelled the smell of the two people and said with a smile, "We both smell like hot pot. You have to take a shower when you get back."

His wife asked and had to agree.

General Zhao said "hmm" with a paralyzed face.

In the past, it was common for them to take a shower once every month or two in the military camp. A group of rough old men lived together, and no one smelled bad. But now that I have a daughter-in-law, it's different. Especially since my daughter-in-law loves to be clean, she won't let her go to bed without taking a bath for several days...