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Chapter 011

In this year, the new emperor changed the name of the country to Yongping, and the first year was called the first year of Yongping.

There is light snow falling outside tonight, and the bustling capital has become quiet. There are no pedestrians, cars or horses on the road. The shops are closed. The vendors who set up stalls packed up their things and went home early. No one sets up stalls outside tonight. Rushing to go home to celebrate the New Year with my family.

Two lonely lamps were shining on the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city had not returned home and were still on guard at the city gate.

Someone came over and brought good wine and meat to the soldiers guarding the city. Three or five people got together to drink and eat meat secretly. No one was so strict at the moment.

A new person became emperor in the imperial city. For the people below, their lives did not change much. Many people may not be able to see the emperor in person in their lifetime. People still live the same life. They work hard for a year just so that their family can have a good year.

The Chinese New Year is a day for family reunions. The wanderers return home and the family reunites for a meal. Thousands of lights in the city are lit up, exuding endless warmth on this winter night.

After having a New Year's Eve dinner with everyone in the front hall, Li Wen returned to his courtyard. When he came back, he saw the man who was already here. He said with a smile, "I thought it would take a while for you to come over.

" I just arrived." On such days, Zhao Xiangyi would inevitably have a New Year's Eve dinner at home with his family.

His father and fourth uncle were at the border and were unable to return to the capital to reunite with their families. The only ones who stayed in the capital were female relatives. Among the adult men in the family, he was the only one who stayed in the capital. For him, this kind of day when everyone in the house was gathered together was a bit overwhelming.

In previous years, he would sometimes celebrate the New Year with the soldiers in the camp, but he would not necessarily come back to the city to spend the New Year with his family. It was just because the young man was in the city that he did not go to the camp to celebrate the New Year with the soldiers this year. Instead, he stayed at the General's Mansion for a while, then found an excuse to leave and came to Liuyuan Mansion.

The most suitable thing for such a cold day is for two people to eat hot pot around the stove. Li Wen had a hot pot and vegetables placed in his room. The pot was boiling with broth, and the hot soup was simmering. It was bubbling and the whole house was filled with aroma.

On the table were meat slices, fish balls, meatballs, mushrooms, fungus, and rare fresh vegetables. The vegetables are grown in the greenhouse on the farm. The few vegetables grown in the shed are given away except for what I eat at home. At this time, there are no fresh vegetables for sale outside. Vegetables are more expensive than meat, and you may not be able to buy them with money, so fresh vegetables at this time are particularly rare.

"Did I say you didn't eat at home? You came to my place to eat on an empty stomach." The meat slices were cooked as soon as they were put into the soup. Li Wen took a spoon to scoop them up and put them into the bowl of the man opposite. He had eaten a lot for dinner, and his stomach was still full. After a few bites, he stopped using his chopsticks. When he saw the man who had been eating since he sat down, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Well, there are many people at home." Zhao Xiangyi swallowed the food in his mouth and looked into the young man's smiling eyes. He felt more relaxed and comfortable here than at home.

There were so many people at home, which made him feel uncomfortable. All the delicacies from the mountains and seas tasted tasteless in his mouth. He had not eaten anything until now. His stomach was still empty at this moment. He was indeed hungry.

Li Wen held his chin with one hand and looked at the man eating opposite him. He could imagine that there would be a lot of people in their general's mansion at this time. He asked with a smile, "Are you still afraid of the crowd?" He said this, The chopsticks used to serve and pick up the man's food did not stop.

After he was 70% to 80% full, Zhao Xiangyi stopped using his chopsticks so that the young man could stop serving food.

There was still burning wine in the alley beside. Li Wen took the jug and poured a glass of wine for the two of them. "Are you full? Let's have a drink.

"

〇Anyway

, we are at home today, so it doesn't matter if we are drunk. The wine is pure sorghum wine brewed from sorghum, and the taste is very good.

"Yeah." Zhao Xiangyi nodded, picked up the cup, and clinked it with the boy.

"I'd like to toast you with this cup. Thank you for being by my side." Li Wen held the cup and said seriously to the man opposite.

The man didn't know how to say anything about love. He raised his head and downed the glass of wine in one gulp. His throat rolled and he drank a glass of wine. Li Wen drank in small sips. It was so spicy that he stuck out his tongue. As soon as he drank, the smell of alcohol hit his face, and his face turned crimson, as beautiful as a dyed peach blossom.

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes never left the young man's face. When he saw the young man sticking out his tongue, his eyes deepened, but he just sat there without moving.

After finishing a glass of wine, Li Wen poured another glass of wine for each of them, "This glass is for the New Year. I hope this year will bring good weather and peace to the country and the people."

Zhao Xiangyi had no reason not to drink this glass.

After both of them were full, the food on the table stopped being eaten and was left in an awkward position. Li Wen asked people to remove the food and placed several plates of dried fruits and peanuts on the table. They were fried by himself and were crispy and crispy. , especially suitable for drinking.

Across the table, two people sat together, drinking wine and chatting.

When he got to the back, the young man's face was red and he was already drunk. He walked around the table to the man's side, leaned half of his body on the man's shoulder, and mysteriously leaned into the man's ear and said, Comparing his own heart, he said, "I have a secret hidden here. Do you want to know?"

"Huh? What secret is it?" Zhao Xiangyi put his arm around the young man's waist to prevent him from falling if he was not careful. Following the young man's words, he asked.

The little guy also hides a little secret? Is there something he doesn't know?

"Hehe, I won't tell you." The drunk man thought that the wine glass was too small, so he grabbed the wine bottle and wanted to drink from it.

Zhao Xiangyi quickly coaxed the young man out of the wine bottle, but he was curious about what secrets the young man was hiding and not telling him.

But for a drunk person at this time, he knows that the more you ask him, he may not tell you. If you don't ask him, he may tell you himself. General Zhao just caught the boy At this point, he was not in a hurry, so he drank with the young man, but asked the young man to drink from a small cup.

You two can have a cup, and I can have a cup. General Zhao is not in a hurry, waiting patiently for his prey to take the bait.

"You...burp...aren't you even curious about what secrets I'm hiding?" The drunken boy burped, glanced at the man who no longer questioned him, and felt a little dissatisfied, "I am Big, big secrets."

"Are there big and small secrets?" Zhao Xiangyi found it funny again. In the past, with him watching, the young man had a limit on drinking and wouldn't let him drink too much.

It's just that today, in order to find out the secret hidden by the young man, he poured the wine for the young man one glass at a time. He only gave the young man half a glass at a time and would not fill the glass to the young man.

"Of course." Seeing that no one else was curious about his big secret, the drunken boy lay on the man's shoulder, with the breath of alcohol spraying on the man's face, and said mysteriously, "I , I can tell you."

"Can you tell me?" Zhao Xiangyi asked with a smile in his eyes.

"Hiccup..." Li Wen half of his body fell into the man's arms. Zhao Xiangyi put his arm around the young man's waist. The young man was

looking up and smiling at him, gesturing with his fingers on his lips, "Shh... you don't want to Tell others, I will only tell you this secret to one person

."

〇Zhao Xiangyi looked down at the young man in his arms. He knew that the young man was already very drunk. He regretted giving him so much wine just now. With a smile in his eyes, he agreed, "Okay, you say." "

Do you know... ...I am not from your world."

The drunk boy looked around and when he saw no one else was there, he patted his chest in fear and told the man he trusted in front of him, "I am from Thousands of years later, people from the future... We, there, there are planes, cannons, trains, cars..."

"Planes are big birds that can fly in the sky,"

the young man thought as he struggled to get up and flapped his wings. After flying to him, Zhao Xiangyi hurriedly caught the person. Do you really want him to get up and fly to him? He must not fall under the heated kang? "You said it, I listened."

At this moment, Zhao Xiangyi only thought that the young man was talking nonsense when he was drunk, and did not take the young man's words seriously.

"... It's very convenient where we go. You don't need to ride a horse when you go out... Riding a horse is too slow. If you go out by plane, you can fly from here to there in a blink of an eye... There are also cannons, bang, bang, bang, blast. The enemies all fled..."

He burped as he spoke, slowly closed his eyes in the man's arms, and fell asleep.

Zhao Xiangyi put his hand on his forehead and couldn't help but laugh. He thought the young man would tell him some secrets, but he didn't expect to talk nonsense to him all night. If he had known, he wouldn't have given the young man so much wine.

The hangover soup prepared in the kitchen was brought over. He picked up the bowl and blew on the soup which was still a little hot. He took a sip and felt it was ready for his mouth. Then he handed the bowl to the boy's mouth and coaxed, "Good boy, come here." Take a sip."

The young man took a sip obediently and turned his face away, "Well... don't..." It

doesn't taste good...

"Be good, just take a few sips, or you'll have a headache when you wake up tomorrow." For a long time, the boy refused to open his mouth. Looking at the boy who was sleeping with a large bowl of hangover soup still lying in his arms, he took a big sip of the hangover soup, lowered his head and blocked the boy's mouth. The sobering soup was poured in and given to the boy.

"Uh huh... I don't..."

"Baby, one more bite..."

The boy struggled a few times at first, but then he probably realized that he couldn't drink without drinking, so he opened his mouth and swallowed it one bite at a time, keeping his mouth open. A pair of tearful eyes looked at him, so pitiful.

"Okay, it's my fault." He lowered his head and kissed the boy's small nose and mouth one by one, and the man coaxed his

boy.

"Can I take you to take a bath?"

When the boy looked at him, the man's throat rolled. He restrained his desire to eat the person immediately, picked him up and spared him. The screen went to the back, and the bathtub was already filled with hot water.

After he took off the clothes on the two people, they soaked in the hot water together.

Not long after, the boy's low moans sounded in the house, like a kitten meowing at night, which touched people's hearts.

The wind outside was blowing loudly, and the sounds in the house could not be heard outside. go.

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Chapter 012

On this night, a large group of the guards in the house gathered around the stove and ate hot pot. They had enough good wine and meat. It was only at this time that they could drink and eat meat as much as they wanted.

These people were originally the personal guards around their young general, and were later sent here to protect Li Liuyuan. After knowing the relationship between Li Liuyuan and their adults, these people treated Li Liuyuan as their general's wife and did not feel that he was here. The Protector Lady buried them.

At this time, the young general was in his wife's room, and he knew what would happen in the room without having to think about it.

They are all men in the military camp, and there is such a thing as men being with men.

Among these people, there are two couples who like each other, so in their eyes, they don't think there is anything wrong with men being with men. Life is short, and choosing someone who can spend the rest of your life with you is the most important thing.

Someone sighed and said, "Life is better now. We have wine to drink and meat to eat. Life is enough."

"Haha, no."

"Let's have a bowl."

This group of people were drinking outside at night. It was very late, but with their drinking capacity, they would not get drunk so easily. Two people were left to continue to keep vigil for the young general and his wife, while the rest went to bed first.

Hearing the noise outside, Eunuch Sun, who was asleep in bed, turned over and continued to sleep on his bed.

In the next room, little Suzi rolled up her quilt and fell asleep...

The night was still going on. The snow outside was falling quietly, and the ground was covered with a layer of silvery white.

The snow that had fallen all night gradually stopped, and it was almost dawn outside.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the shops on the street were closed. The vendors who usually set up stalls rarely had a two-day rest. No one set up stalls to sell goods on the road. At this time on weekdays, there is a long queue outside the city, with people waiting to enter the city. Today, the city is empty, with only a few sparse people waiting to enter the city.

On days like this, the maids and slaves who work in wealthy families do not have such a good life. They have to get up early in the morning to serve their masters and wives.

However, this is probably an exception in Liuyuan Mansion. The masters have not yet woken up, and the servants have gone to bed later than usual before getting up to do things. At this moment, the cook in the kitchen was already busy with people, and food was steaming in the cage on the stove.

It was quiet in the small courtyard, and the owner of the room had not gotten up yet.

The two people on the big bed were sleeping with their necks crossed. The boy was sleeping soundly on the man's neck, and his hot breath hit the man's neck. The man opened his eyes and glanced sideways at the sleeping boy. He placed a kiss on the boy's forehead with his lips. After the kiss, he was reluctant to leave. He rubbed his lips back and forth on the boy's forehead twice.

This morning he was going back to the General's Mansion to pay his respects to the old lady and his mother-in-law, so he was about to get up and go back.

The young man was still sleeping, and Zhao Xiangyi was worried that his movement would wake people up. He was not I really want to go back to the General's Mansion, I just want to stay here with him, even if I just look at the boy quietly, I feel good.

"Knock knock--"

Someone knocked gently by the window twice and called out "Master" softly, reminding him that it was time to go back to the general's mansion.

Knowing that his master had heard it, but not the movement in the house, Zhao Kui knew that the two men in the house had not gotten up yet, so he was waiting anxiously outside. If his master didn't go back, it would be too late. He had to go to the old lady to pay her respects. Originally, the old lady didn't like his master very much. If the master went late, the old lady would have to embarrass his master and his wife.

Hearing the noise outside, Zhao Xiangyi knew that it was getting late and he should go back. He carefully pulled out the arm that was pressed by the boy, which still woke up the sleeping person.

The young man's eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes and looked at the man who sat up. His eyes were still wide open, and his voice was still full of sleepiness, and he asked, "Are you leaving?

" Well, I have to go, it's still early, you can sleep a little longer." Zhao Xiangyi noticed that the boy's eyelashes were very long and moving like two small fans. The face of the young man who had just woken up was red, which was different from the red face when he was drunk last night. Seeing the young man frowning, he asked softly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Well, I'm a little dizzy. Don't leave. "Li Wen seemed to have forgotten that he was drunk and talking nonsense last night. He drank a short film last night and completely forgot what he had done.

After a hangover, I feel a little dizzy and uncomfortable.

She hugged the man's waist with both hands and pressed her face against the man's chest. She didn't really want this man to leave, "Please marry me. Our family doesn't have to go to greet you early in the morning. You can come to our house. I'm the oldest here. I'll let you go." Everyone in the house listens to you, and I listen to you.

" He was almost moved to tears.

Zhao Xiangyi touched the young man's long hair with one hand, ran his fingers through the young man's long hair, and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, I'll wait for Mr. Li to come and marry me." "

Is it really okay?" Mr. Li looked up. He nodded, blinking his beautiful big eyes and looking at the man who said he was waiting for him to marry. He was still looking forward to it, and his mind began to think about the scene of him marrying the man back.

"It's really okay." Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head and placed a kiss on the young man's forehead.

But they all know that marrying each other back is not as easy as talking about it. Regardless of their identities as men and their current positions in the court, will the Zhao family marry off their eldest son? I don't want to let a man bear the criticism and infamy of the world.

After all, he still couldn't bear to part with him...

Li Wen lay on the bed and watched the man put on his clothes and leave. Tears almost flowed out of his eyes, woo woo woo...

"How about you come and marry me?" , I am willing to come to your house." The young man sniffed and looked like he was about to cry. He is not afraid of being scolded, so just scold him if you want to, "Can the emperor grant us a marriage?"

If the emperor granted them a marriage, his parents would not scold him, right? After all, it was the marriage given by the emperor?

"No, I can't bear to have you come." There are too many rules in the general's mansion, and Zhao Xiangyi can't bear to let the boy come. When he thinks that his grandmother will embarrass the boy, and there are so many complicated people and relationships in the house, he can't bear to drag the boy here. Come to the General's Mansion. A young man is suitable for this kind of simple place that allows him to do whatever he wants.

"Don't you want me?" The young man mistakenly thought that the man did not want him and did not want to marry him and go home.

"It's not that I don't want you, it's that there are too many rules in the General's Mansion. I can't bear to have you come to the General's Mansion to suffer." General Zhao was a little dumbfounded. He hugged the young man and kissed him again and again. If he continued to kiss, he wouldn't have to go back to the General's Mansion today. The two of them No need to step out of this room.

"We don't have to live in the General's Mansion. We can live here with me. We can also buy another big house outside." Anyway, as long as the two of them can live together openly without being separated, it will be fine, Master Li. The helper said that

they had no shortage of money in their pockets and could buy a big house in the capital, whatever they wanted.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want, just do as you say." Zhao Xiangyi answered his boy with a smile, rubbed his head, stuffed the boy back into the quilt, covered him with the quilt, and the two of them made an appointment They met outside later and said, "Okay, just sleep a little longer. I'm going back first, see you later."

"...Uh-huh." Li Wen snorted. He really didn't want the man to leave, but he still let go of

the hand holding the man's sleeve.

Zhao Xiangyi raised his hand to cover the young man's eyes, unwilling to let the young man look at him with such eyes, otherwise he would really be reluctant to leave. Seeing the young man's eyes closed, he kissed the young man's lips, stood up, walked to the door, opened the door and went out.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Li Wen opened his eyes and looked at the man's leaving figure, lying on the bed feeling a little depressed. This low mood lasted until he woke up in the morning. He couldn't fall asleep alone in bed, so he simply got up and went out to have breakfast with everyone.

The servants at home came over to pay New Year greetings to their master. Li Wen gave each of them a red envelope containing several taels of broken silver.

"Thank you, Master." Yingchun and Xieqie couldn't hide the smiles on their faces after receiving the red envelopes from their master.

"This is the rule in our house, haha. Come on, the chief steward will also give you a big red envelope. During the Chinese New Year, hello, me, and everyone is well." Li Wen did not forget about steward Sun, but he gave the red envelope to the steward. Bigger than others. Butler Sun received the heavy red envelope, but he didn't expect that he also had one. He put it into his arms with a smile, "Thank you, Master."

"Thank you, Master." Little Suzi was very happy to receive the red envelope from the master. He received six yuan The little face of the queen looks like she has gained a little more flesh. She always has a smile on her little face, and the feminine temperament on her body has faded a lot.

Li Tong usually takes good care of this little Su Zi who is younger than him, and the relationship between the two of them is quite good.

"If there's nothing going on in the house these days, you can go out and have fun." It's the Chinese New Year, so Li Wen doesn't restrict the servants in the house and gives everyone an annual holiday so that everyone can go out and have fun. .

"Thank you, Master." Everyone was very happy when they heard the Master's words.

Lin*

Bai Yu bought a small courtyard outside a few years ago and moved there with his younger brother Bai Jingyang. Early in the morning, Bai Yu took his younger brother Bai Jingyang to Liuyuan Mansion to pay New Year greetings to the adults. Li Wen asked people to get up and asked Bai Yu if they were still used to living outside.

When Bai Yu said he wanted to move out, Li Wen still wanted people to live with him, but later Bai Yu insisted on moving out and he didn't stop him. The marriage between Bai Yu and his sister was scheduled for June this year. The two of them would get married in half a year, so Bai Yu proposed to move out and live outside. He understood what Bai Yu meant.

"Thank you for your concern, sir. We are fine outside." Bai Yu said.

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Chapter 013

The two children had not seen each other for a few days, and it was as if they had been separated by several seasons. As soon as they met, they got together and chatted non-stop. Li Wen thought the two little ones were too noisy, so he kicked them out to play outside.

"Brother, Yangyang and I went to play in the yard behind."

The two boys were eager to go out and play, so one dragged the other and ran outside. There were many fun things in the yard behind, which they usually Favorite place to go.

"Okay, go and have fun with you."

Seeing the two boys going out, Li Wen ignored them and continued talking to Bai Yu about business, "I talked to the emperor about the newspaper office earlier. The newspaper office was originally owned by the late emperor. It was approved at the time. I was doing it in the name of the late emperor, not in my own name, so from this point of view, the newspaper office is equal to the official. "

The matter of the newspaper office is more troublesome, because although it is. The late emperor approved the newspaper office he set up and published the newspaper, but the manpower and the cost of printing the newspaper were all paid by them, so the profits of the newspaper later came from them. I took it. When the late emperor was still here, he never took care of the newspapers. They had always been in charge.

Now that the previous emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne to take charge of the government, Li Wen had to explain clearly to the emperor one by one all the things he was holding, and naturally he talked about the newspaper office and the newspaper.

Not only did he know the role of newspapers, the emperor must have also realized the impact of this small newspaper.

"Although the emperor did not say it clearly, the newspaper office will be under the name of the government. When the time comes, who will be responsible for publishing the newspaper? I will have to discuss it clearly with the Minister of Household Affairs." The emperor did not ask him, but He had to give it to them, because these things were originally official, but now that the "Min Bao" has such a great influence, it is inappropriate for them to continue to hold them. In theory, they should be returned to the government.

Originally, the newspaper office and the newspaper were all run by them. Today's "Min Bao" can have such a great influence because he himself has spent a lot of effort in it. But there is nothing we can do now. The People's Daily is run in the name of the government, and it belongs to the government in nature.

If the newspaper is classified as official, all the members of the newspaper can be officially admitted and become official staff. In fact, this is a good thing for Zhang Qing and Feng Chenggui. And when the time comes, in addition to running newspapers here in the capital, they will also run newspaper offices throughout Dacheng. This is equivalent to having all the information in Dacheng at hand, and this one will naturally be under the control of the government.

Li Wen did not tell Bai Yu some things that were inconvenient to talk about. He only picked out a few things that he could talk about and explained them clearly to Bai Yu, because they might stop printing newspapers and hand them over to the government. people.

"I will reach an agreement with the Ministry of Finance after the year, and then I will tell you and shopkeeper Zhang how to deal with it. If the newspaper is taken away from the bookstore by then, the big deal is that we will deal with it then. In addition, just hire someone to open a newspaper office and publish another newspaper," Li Wen said.

If newspapers are taken away from bookstores, the profit of bookstores will be directly reduced by more than 50%. Even though such a newspaper costs only a few coppers, it cannot offset the high sales volume. Last year, the revenue from the newspaper alone was higher than the sales of other books in the bookstore.

They have experience in running newspapers, so it is not difficult to publish another newspaper.

"Yes, I understand what the adults said." Bai Yu said.

I just understand that it is the same thing, but I feel a little unwilling and reluctant. After all, they have put a lot of effort into running it. Who in the capital doesn't know that "Min Bao" needs to run another newspaper than the current one? One portion is okay, I'm afraid it's a little difficult. But the adults have said so. Originally, this thing belonged to the imperial court, and they definitely couldn't keep it in their hands.

Last year, they opened several branches here in the capital. If they want to expand their business, they must open stores outside the capital and to various towns throughout Dacheng. The two of them have some common ideas in this regard.

Now Li Wen is in charge of commercial development and planning. He is relatively clear and understanding of the government's plans. He mentioned some things he could say to Bai Yu in advance, "Just have some idea of ​​these."

Bai Yu nodded. He nodded, understanding what the adults were saying to him.

Nowadays, all the shops under his name are left to Bai Yu to take care of, and all small matters are left to Bai Yu to make the final decision. He is only responsible for controlling a general direction here. Li Wen smiled and said, "I'm letting you go now. Since I chose you in the first place, I trust you. Just don't let me down."

Except for Zhuangmeng Pavilion, which is his sole proprietorship , Shili Piaoxiang and the bookstore both have an investment from Zhao Xiangyicheng. Although the relationship between the two people now does not need to be so clear-cut, Li Wen asked someone to take out the share that should be given to Zhao Xiangyi

.

Years ago, he gave his account books and dividends to his man, but his man didn't take them. He asked him to hold them here, so he happily put them away.

"Yes, sir, I will definitely live up to your expectations of me." Bai Yu looked at their adults, feeling nervous in his heart, but more importantly, he wanted to show them well and live up to their expectations of him. Care and hope.

The two of them talked about the main business for a while, and then chatted about a few off-topic topics.

Over there, Li Jinwan knew that her fiancé was coming, so she sent her maid to inquire about it. Knowing that they had finished talking about business, she dressed up in her boudoir, wore beautiful clothes, and came to her brother's courtyard with her skirt in hand. .

"Okay, you two can go and do whatever you want." Seeing the two people sitting across from each other and chatting with each other, he, a big man sitting here, was like a light bulb, Li Wen waved his hand to let these two people go. Get out of here quickly, don't get in his way here.

"Third brother, Bai Yu and I want to go up the mountain to worship the gods. Do you want

to go together?" They had made an appointment years ago to go up the mountain to worship the gods today. Li Jinwan asked her brother if she wanted to go together.

"I won't go with you. You go ahead." Li Wen asked them to take the two little ones with them. The two little ones

were bored following him at home. He sent guards to go with them, so as not to bring the two little ones with them. The two elders only focused on talking about love all day long, and accidentally lost the two younger ones.

The two boys were very happy to know that they could go out and play.

Li Haopeng also teased his brother and wanted him to go out with them. He gave up when his elder brother said that he was really tired and didn't want to go. He also said earnestly, "Brother, you should have a good rest at home."

Li Wen He couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, you go play and pay attention to safety."

The carriage parked at the door was waiting for them to go out.

"Third brother, we're going out."

"Go, go."

Li Jinwan happily followed her fiancé out.

Li Wen watched from behind. Sure enough, it was the married girl who threw the water. Before she got married, she already belonged to someone else's family. There were

two little guards watching, so he was not worried.

A large group of people at home, big and small, all went out. Li Wen didn't go with them. He doubted whether he could climb the mountain at this time. It was better to stay at home. After enough rest, go out to meet his men later. Xie Yunfei and the others may come over, and a group of them may even drink.

Housekeeper Sun saw that their master's face was not very good, and he seemed to be in low spirits. When he thought of the night that the young general spent in their courtyard yesterday, he knew what was going on with their master without even thinking about it.

Seeing the housekeeper of their house staring at him, Li Wen felt a little nervous. He stood up, waved his hand and said, "I'll go back to the house and take a nap. If you want to go out for a walk, you can go outside for a walk." There are not many people here, and he is not a master who needs people to serve him all the time. This is why he didn't buy so many Yafa slaves. He would have to rely on him to support them.

It would be difficult for him to support himself with just a little salary, let alone support a whole house of people. Fortunately, he didn't live on his death salary, otherwise his life would be really difficult.

"Master, go slowly." Butler Sun did not follow their master, but stood behind and watched them leave.

"I'm going to sleep for a while. Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do." After returning to his room, Li Wen told him not to disturb him if he had nothing to do, then he lifted the quilt and lay down on the bed.

"Young master, please go to sleep. I will keep the door open for you so that no one wakes you up."

Li Tong added a handful of firewood to the fireplace and exited quietly.

The room was quiet and sleepy. As soon as he closed his eyes, Li Wen fell asleep... On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year

in the General's Mansion

, the big families made it a point for the younger generation to pay New Year greetings to the younger ones.

On this day, Zhao Xiangyi returned from Liuyuan Mansion very late, and he was the last one to go over to pay his respects to the old lady. The old lady was not too happy to see her eldest grandson being the last one to come to pay her New Year greetings. After all, considering that it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, she didn't embarrass her eldest grandson too much and let her go after saying a few words. .

After greeting his grandmother, Zhao Xiangyi followed his mother-in-law to his mother-in-law's yard.

Last night, her son said early that he would go back to his own yard, so Mrs. Zhao guessed that her son was not at home, and he only came back from outside this morning. As for where her son went at night, Mrs. Zhao had some guesses in her mind, but she was not sure whether it was what she thought

, and it was difficult to ask directly. If it was really what she thought, it might not be possible. good.

Mrs. Wang winked and asked all the servants waiting in the room to get out. Even her youngest son was taken out by the wet nurse first, and then she asked her eldest son, who rarely came to her courtyard, "Yi'er, what are you doing?" Last time I told my grandma that I liked a girl, tell me which family the girl is from. "

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Chapter 014

It's been so long since the last time my son said he had a girl he liked, and I haven't heard him mention it again. Is there something wrong with the identity of the girl my son likes? Or is it a bad family background? Or does it look bad?

Or maybe there was some other reason why her son never told her which family the girl was from.

Wang was secretly anxious, but she knew her son's temperament and couldn't ask too directly. She could only say in a roundabout way, "My mother is not an unenlightened person. As long as you like it, I believe you will like her." People are not that different. If you want to be together, my mother-in-law will not stop you from getting married.

This is just over the New Year. If you think you are suitable for each other, you can discuss this matter with your grandmother. Hello, ask a matchmaker to come and book someone for you.

"Auntie, you said that as long as I like it, you won't stop us?" Zhao Xiangyi looked at her seriously? Looking at his mother-in-law, he asked.

"Of course I take what grandma said seriously." Is this child still afraid that she will trick him? Wang glared at her son.

"Auntie, I didn't make it clear to you last time. In fact, the person I like is not a girl." Zhao Xiangyi knew clearly that his auntie had misunderstood last time, but he did not make it clear on this matter. It's just that this time, he doesn't plan to hide it anymore, he still needs to make it clear.

He wanted to be with the boy. Sooner or later, the people in his family, his parents, would know who the person in his heart was. It's better to explain this matter to his mother-in-law now.

"Ah? Not a girl?" Wang was stunned for a moment. Could it be that her son likes... a man?

Wang's mind went blank for a while, and she looked at her son blankly.

"Auntie, it's just what you think." There was no hint of joking on Zhao Xiangyi's face, and he looked at his Aunt seriously. Knowing that his mother-in-law understood what he said, Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head and said a name in his mother-in-law's ear, "Mom, the person I like is him. Apart from him, there will be no one else."

So this sentence What I mean is, whether you accept it or not, you can't change my love for that person.

Wang opened her mouth wide and said, "Why, how could it be Li..." Li Liuyuan?

"No, grandma doesn't agree." Mrs. Wang couldn't understand why her son fell in love with one man despite being disliked by so many girls in the capital.

She had met the young man her son was talking about twice. His appearance was beyond description. He was admitted to the top exam at a young age and was trusted and reused by the late emperor and the new emperor... If this was a girl's family, she would He must be happily inviting the matchmaker to come to marry his son.

But the other person is a man just like her son. So, two men together?

Not to mention that she would not agree here, the old lady would definitely not allow her grandson to marry a man.

"Auntie, you just said it yourself, as long as it's someone I like, you won't stop me. Look, I said it now, and you said you don't agree." Zhao Xiangyi blocked it with what his Auntie said. His mother-in-law said, "And mother-in-law, have you forgotten the rumors about me outside?"

In the past, his family told him about several marriages. At that time, he did not like anyone in his heart, so he was not sure about his future. He didn't have any thoughts about the person he wanted to marry, and he would obey his family's arrangements in everything.

It's just that several marriages that were proposed to him at home failed to come true. Later, rumors about him came out, and no one in the capital dared to marry him. Even those who were not afraid of the rumors and wanted to marry him didn't succeed in the end. .

"It's just some people talking nonsense," Wang said, glaring at her son.

They all knew in their hearts that these rumors were not completely false.

"Auntie, don't you know in your heart whether it is spreading nonsense?" Zhao Xiangyi sighed, sat on the chair opposite his Auntie, and said, "If I hadn't met him, I would have only planned to be... I have lived alone, and now that I have met him, I want to spend the rest of my life with him.

Grandma, my feelings for him are just like my father's feelings for you. In this life, I will have no one else but him. "

He himself had actually made up his mind to live alone for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that he would meet that young man. When that young man appeared in front of him again and again, his eyes could not change from the young man's face. Move away from your body. Until that moment, Zhao Xiangyi realized that he had fallen in love with that boy and wanted to be with him for a lifetime.

What he didn't expect was that the young man was also happy with him. The first time the two had a relationship was not because they were confused and infatuated, but because they both liked each other, and that was the beginning, and everything that followed. It was as if it was destined that the boy was the one he was destined for, the one he was waiting for.

She knows her son better than her mother. Mrs. Wang understands her son's temperament. When she sees her son's serious look, she knows that what he just said to her, the mother-in-law, is not a lie. It's just... "If it's true, you can't change it to another one." "Human?" Wang asked with hope in her eyes, hoping that her son would change his mind.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at his mother in silence and said nothing. This was his answer.

"Isn't it true that he is not affected by you...?" Wang asked with a key question in his mind.

"Yunfei told me that he has the destiny of Jiyang and is the person destined by me." Zhao Xiangyi only told his mother what Xie Yunfei said. When Mrs. Wang heard this, she understood in her heart, "In this case, Aniang understands

that it is undoubtedly more important for the son to have someone by his side than to live alone for the rest of his life, no matter what he is." The girl is now a man!

Besides, Li Liuyuan is a perfect match for her son in terms of talent and appearance. She thought that she had also taken a liking to Li Liuyuan's cousin and wanted to marry that little girl. For her son, it's a pity that the little girl is not lucky. I heard that she is already engaged. However, compared with Li Liuyuan, the little girl is really far behind.

If Li Liuyuan is a girl, then it should be. How wonderful! Ms. Wang felt very sorry.

Looking at Li Liuyuan's appearance, could it be that she disguised herself as a man and got the first prize? ? Wang looked at her son with burning eyes and asked, "Yi'er, tell me, is Li Liuyuan actually a girl? "

Zhao Xiangyi heard his mother's words, interrupted the delusion in his mother's mind, and said, "Mom, no, Ah Wen is a man, just like me. It is absolutely true, Ah Wen is a man. "

The little hope in Wang's heart suddenly disappeared. Well, her son really found her a male daughter-in-law. It was not up to her to accept it or not. She knew her son's character. Once she identified the person, , it is impossible to change in this life.

What else can she do except accept it?

Besides, Li Liuyuan's horoscope is very suitable for her son. No wonder Li Liuyuan is not affected by her son's fate. It's a pity that she's not a girl... When she thought of this, Wang's heart shed two lines of tears.

Knowing that his mother-in-law had accepted the fact that he liked men, Zhao Xiangyi continued, "Mom, it's good that you know this. , can't tell other people, let alone grandma. I will find an opportunity to explain things clearly to my father. "He can't let other people in the house know that he likes men for the time being, otherwise he doesn't know what trouble will happen. He doesn't want to bring unnecessary trouble to the young man.

But his father and mother were the closest people to him. Zhao Xiangyi chose to tell his mother about this matter because he didn't want his mother to worry about his marriage all day long, so that they could rest assured. Another point is that he does not live in his own courtyard at night. If something happens to his family, his mother-in-law can help him cover it.

"I understand, don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this at home for the time being." Mrs. Wang understood that the old lady might not agree with her grandson to find a male wife, and there was also the big house. I was afraid that I would take the opportunity to cause trouble.

When she thought of Dafang and the old lady who had been helping Dafang all these years, Wang's eyes narrowed. It seemed that her silence for so many years meant that people regarded her as someone who was easy to bully. Yes!

It seems that now for the sake of her two sons, she, the mother, should do something.

"Thank you, grandma." Zhao Xiangyi's thanks were sincere.

"I'm your mother-in-law. I can't thank you for anything." Mrs. Wang gave her son an angry look. This son never made her feel relieved! She wanted to wait to hold her grandson, but she was afraid that she would have to wait until her younger son grew up and married before she could have a grandson. Mrs. Wang sighed in her heart.

If her eldest son can find someone to accompany him for the rest of his life, she has already given up half of her heart.

Knowing that the person his son was looking for was Li Wenli Liuyuan, he had to say that Li Liuyuan was not good. He could only say that Li Liuyuan was good except that he was not a girl and could not give birth to children. He used his good qualities to make up for his only shortcoming. In this way, Thinking about it, she felt that it was not so difficult to accept.

Nothing in life can go as planned. If her son can find someone to accompany him for the rest of his life, she, as a mother, should be content.

That's all, just follow your son's wishes.

"Auntie, the emperor knows about the matter between me and Ah Wen." Zhao Xiangyi mentioned, "When I find a suitable opportunity in the future, I will ask the emperor to grant a marriage to Ah Wen." By that time, even if It was the people in the family who objected. With the emperor's will, no one's objections were useless. Zhao Xiangyi had already made a plan in his heart.

"Okay, let me leave this part of the house to my mother-in-law, and she will help you take care of it. As for the outside, you can handle it yourself. My mother-in-law can't do anything to help you." She is a married woman. , she has no control over external matters, she can only say that she will help her son take care of things at home, Wang said.

"Thank you, grandma." Zhao Xiangyi said.

"You are my grandma's son. You don't need to say thank you to grandma. This is all I can do for you." Mrs. Wang looked at her son who had grown up. He was taller than his father. It's going to be high. Wang's eyes grew hot when she thought of her father who had been at the border for so many years, guarding her two sons. She was here in the capital, waiting for her father to come back.

Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said, "There's nothing going on here, grandma. If you have anything to do, go ahead."

"Yes, grandma." Zhao Xiangyi bowed slightly and asked from his grandma's side. came out.

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Chapter 015

The Hualou brothel in the capital has reopened. Red lanterns hang at the door. Beautifully dressed girls are welcomed inside, and men walk in swaggeringly. As soon as the sharp-eyed madam saw the young master entering the door, her eyes suddenly lit up. She called a few girls to greet him and shouted enthusiastically, "Master Zhang, you are here. We Xiaotao and Xiaohong are here day and night." I came here thinking of you, my lord, you are here."

"Haha..." Mr. Zhang is a regular visitor to Wanhua House. All the madams in Hualou know him.

The little girl took the opportunity to shrink into the man's arms, and said with a shy face, "Master, you don't even come to see me."

"Oh, isn't this Mr. Li? What kind of wind is blowing today, Mr. Li? Here we come." The madam glanced at Mr. Li who was following Mr. Zhang. Everyone in the capital knows Mr. Li Liuyuan. Mr. Li is a rare visitor to their Wanhua Building.

"Girls, come quickly, we are Mr. Li. Come on, come and entertain our Lord Li."

As soon as he saw a woman rushing toward him, Li Wen subconsciously wanted to get away. The strong and pungent fragrance made his nose itchy and made him want to sneeze.

Seeing that Li Wen wanted to run away, Zhang Su put a hand on Li Wen's shoulder, smiled and said to the old madam, "Master Li is here today. Mom, you have to call the most beautiful girls in the building to entertain us." Mr. Li."

"It's not my Hua mother's fault, the girls in Wanhua House are all the best," the madam waved, and a group of girls gathered around.

"Don't, don't..." Don't come closer!

Li Wen felt like he had entered Pansi Cave at this moment. The group surrounding him were all spider spirits, which was very scary.

"Mother Hua, you can only see Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li. It seems that you can't see us. I think we should go back." Several young men who followed behind pretended to be angry and said I planned to turn around and go back home.

"Oh, how could it be possible? This is not Master Qiao, Master Zhang... Masters, please come in quickly." The Madam made a sign and several girls gathered around, all dressed up in beautiful clothes. , quickly subdued the group of men and invited them inside.

"Is there a private room upstairs?"

"Yes, yes, please come upstairs."

"It's almost time for Zhang Su to come back to you." While going upstairs, Li Wen turned Zhang Su back. Kidnapper, he had no intention of coming to this kind of place originally, but he was dragged here by this bastard Zhang Suhui. Zhang Suhui had a bad smile on his face. When he saw Li Wen meeting the girls, he was so happy, "You agreed to come drink with me today, but you didn't even drink the wine." "Don't you think about running away?"

"I said you're still a virgin, right? I'll find a chick in the building for you to try today,"

Li Wen said through gritted teeth. "You can keep it to yourself and enjoy it slowly. When I see my wife later, I won't let it slip by accident!" Last time he went to Zhang's house as a guest, and unfortunately, he accidentally saw Zhang Da Da's ears being twisted by his wife. After seeing the scene, I realized that Master Zhang was henpecked.

This is a naked threat!

Master Zhang took a breath and looked at Li Wen with a look on his face, "How could you do this?!"

Li Liuyuan Master Li: Sorry, that's just me.

"I heard that Madam-in-law is very good at martial arts, but I don't know if it's true." Li Wen reminded with a malicious smile.

Zhang Suhui smiled kindly and said, "We are here just for a drink today, and we are not doing anything bad. There is no need to tell your sister-in-law." As he said this, he smacked the hand held by the girl. When he came back, he looked like he just came to have a drink and did nothing else.

When he returned to the capital from the border crossing years ago, he fell ill and lay in bed for nearly half a month. It was not until the Chinese New Year that he could get out of bed. He had not yet settled the matter with Li Wen.

After finally being able to go out for the past two days, he took this opportunity to recruit a few friends to come to Wanhua Building. He happened to run into Li Wen, so he pulled them over just to find a chance to impress him. Li Wen asked for a few glasses of wine in retaliation for Li Wen causing him to have a bumpy journey to the border and lie down for half a month after returning.

He almost forgot that there was a tigress at home. If he dared to really touch a girl outside, it would be no surprise that the tigress at home could keep him in bed for half a month.

She was obviously a gentle and virtuous girl at first, but why did she turn into a tigress after marrying her home? This is something that Mr. Zhang still can't figure out, which makes him tremble every time he goes out to drink wine, for fear of being caught by his wife.

The group of people went upstairs and entered the box. A group of girls followed them in and sat down next to the men.

"Sir, please have a glass of wine." Sitting next to him was a pretty little girl, who looked like she didn't even know if she was fifteen or not. Li Wen was not a good person. He didn't say whether he liked women or not. He had no interest in underage girls, so he just asked people to pour him wine without even touching the girl's fingers.

In the past, Mr. Zhang would come to Hualou just to have a drink and touch the little girl's hand. Today, he didn't even dare to touch the little girl's hand, for fear that Li Wen would tell the tigress at home.

But the young men next to them had nothing to worry about, and they teased the girls in their arms.

The room quickly became lively. Li Wen and Zhang Suhui sat together. He asked Zhang Suhui about his trip to the border. The two drank and talked.

"This is the dancer in our building, here to dance for everyone."

Several girls came in. The girl walking in front was covered with a veil, and her appearance could not be seen clearly. She had a graceful figure and a pair of exposed eyes. She was so beautiful that everyone's eyes fell on the dancer.

The sound of silk and bamboo was played, and the dancers danced with graceful and moving postures.

"Okay, okay, okay." The men watched intently and kept clapping their hands.

Li Wen was talking to Zhang Suhui when he heard the cheers from everyone. He raised his head and glanced casually, and happened to meet the dancer's eyes looking at him. The dancer was covered with a veil, but the feeling these eyes gave him , how should I say, a bit familiar.

After a pause, Li Wen remembered. No wonder he said these eyes were so familiar.

The two people's eyes met, and the dancer blinked at him, confirming his suspicion. Li Wen laughed in his heart, thinking that someone was going to die!

The dancer came to the front of their table and successfully attracted Mr. Zhang's attention. Mr. Zhang almost drooled when he stared at the dancer.

Li Wen watched the show from the side and did not remind anyone that there is a saying that if you don't do something, you will die, and you will die by your own doing.

But before he could be happy for long, someone came in from outside and said in his ear, "Master Li, the master is waiting for you next door .

" The person who came was the boy next to General Zhao

. "..." Mr. Li Liuyuan. Who was saying just now that you will die if you don't commit suicide? Can he not go? Li Wen looked at the people who came to invite him. Zhao Kui lowered his head, bowed and stood beside Master Li, and whispered, "Master said, if you don't want to go, Master, he will come and invite you in person."

Well, it was better for him to roll over smoothly. Li Wen cried a few tears for himself in his heart. He picked up the wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He stood up tragically and prepared to die. At this moment, Zhang Suhui was staring at the dancer and had no time to pay attention to him. Li Wen said to Zhang Suhui, "I'm going to meet a friend."

"Go ahead and come back soon. "Zhang Suhui waved his hand indifferently.

Li Wen followed the person who came to invite him to the next door. As soon as he saw the man waiting in the wing, his skin tightened subconsciously. The door was closed behind him from the outside. There were two people in the room, he and Zhao Xiangyi. The man had a stern face and looked at him expressionlessly. Li Wen controlled his desire to turn around and run away.

"Come here." Zhao Xiangyi stood there without moving, staring at the young man who entered the door.

Li Wen swallowed hard and moved his legs towards the man. Before the man started to settle accounts with him, he quickly asked himself, "It was Zhang Suhui who had to drag me here to drink. I am After drinking two glasses of wine, he didn't even touch the little girl's hand. "At this moment, he almost raised his hands and swore, I really didn't do anything sorry for you, I was just dragged here to drink. Xiaojiu, he is really innocent...

Wuwuwu...

"I haven't done anything to you yet, why are you sweating?" Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand to pull the young man, and while sitting down on the soft couch, he The young man pulled him onto his lap, put one hand around his waist, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with a slight smile on his lips.

When the people below came to tell him that the young man had come to Wanhua Building, the idea of ​​catching the young man and tying him up flashed through his mind. This idea was still in his mind when he saw the young man and held him in his arms. No, "Why are you so naughty? Huh?" He smelled something that didn't belong to him. He felt a sense of irritation and dissatisfaction that his own things had been usurped by others. He wanted to leave his own scent and traces on the young man's body. .

"Last time, did I tell you that you are not allowed to come to a place like this in the future?" He lowered his head and sniffed on the young man's neck. When he saw the young man's delicate and fragile neck, the man's eyes deepened.

The man's breath tickled his neck a little. Li Wen wanted to hide but didn't dare. He had the illusion that the man would bite his neck off at any time. Sure enough, people can't do bad things. If you have the ability to do bad things, you have to do it. Don't get caught if you can.

And he just wanted to die. The only two times he visited the brothel in his life, he was caught by the same person.

"I, I won't come next time, I won't dare to do it anymore." Li Wen put his arms around the man's neck, rubbed his head on the man's neck, raised his head, and stared at him with a pair of moist eyes. The man, with a look like "I know I was wrong, I won't come here again, please don't be angry with me..."

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Chapter 016

"There's a next time? Huh?"

The young man's well-behaved behavior made him feel half relieved, but this time Zhao Xiangyi was determined to teach the young man a lesson so that he would never dare to follow others again in the future. Come to a place like this. When he thought of the possibility of the young man touching a woman behind his back, a fire burned in his heart. He would not allow it, absolutely not!

In the past, he thought that if one day the boy got tired of him and wanted to leave him, he would let the boy leave. At this moment, Zhao Xiangyi overturned in his heart what he had said before. It was impossible for him to let go of the boy. This boy can only belong to him! Whether it is this life or the next life, life after life can only belong to him.

Zhao Xiangyi has been controlling his possessiveness towards the boy. He is afraid that if he shows it, he will scare the boy away.

Until today when he found out that the young man had come to Wanhua Tower, all he wanted to do at this moment was to tie him up, lock him in a house and hide him, so that no one else could see him. He could only see him, and he could only see in the young man's eyes. He was alone, and this crazy thought occupied his mind

. "No, there will be no next time. Isn't it okay that I was wrong? I will never come back here with Zhang Su again. Even if someone ties me up, I won't." Here we come." Li Wen softened his tone and coaxed the man. He knew that the man was really angry because he came here, and at the same time, he could also feel the man's inner uneasiness.

Holding the man's face with both hands, he stared into the man's eyes and said seriously, "Ayi, I love you. There will be no one else except you. I don't like women, I only like you." So there will be no one else. , whether it is other men or women, there will be no one, only you, Li Wen told this man seriously.

What the young man said echoed in his mind, I love you, there will be no one else but you...

When he heard the young man's words, the string in his mind broke instantly, "Okay, remember what you said today "If you say that." Zhao Xiangyi couldn't control himself anymore, lowered his head and kissed the young man's lips, pressed him onto the soft couch, covered him, and their bodies were intertwined.

At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, he wanted his boy, wanted to eat his boy into his stomach, so that this boy could only belong to him.

And at this moment, he did the same.

"Hmm."

The man's kiss was too intense, and there was a numbing pain on his lips. Li Wen almost suspected that his lips were broken by this man. His hand patted the man's shoulder twice and was caught. The young man gave up his struggle, his hand fell down weakly, and he followed the man and fell into this desire.

The slave outside the door guarded the door responsibly, not allowing anyone to enter and disturb the master inside.

The night gradually deepened, and the noise in the building gradually stopped. The men who went to the flower house to have fun left in twos and threes. Some men put their arms around the girls and entered the room. The door was closed. Never opened again.

In a wing upstairs, the sounds in the room gradually stopped.

He rubbed his hand on the corner of the boy's eyes which were red from crying. A tenderness flashed in the man's eyes and he put his clothes on again. At this moment, Li Wen could only let the man manipulate him. He didn't even have the strength to put on his own clothes. He was so angry that he bit the man's hand, leaving two teeth marks.

Zhao Xiangyi didn't even move his eyelids. After the boy finished biting, he arranged the clothes of the two of them, kissed the corners of the boy's eyes, and said, "Let's go back." He pulled the cloak on the side and covered the boy from beginning to end. It's wrapped up, not even a bit of it leaks out at the ankles.

He stood up with the boy in his arms, opened the window, and flew out of the window with the boy in his arms.

Hearing the noise in the house, the servant outside the door ordered people to go in and clean up the house, and Zhao Kui quietly left through the side door.

A carriage stopped at the back door, Zhao Kui sat outside the carriage, and the coachman drove away.

Inside the carriage, Zhao Xiangyi lowered his cloak, revealing the young man's face wrapped in the cloak. He took the water on the low table and fed it to the young man. After the young man drank a glass of water in a hurry, he lowered his head and asked, "What else?" Do you want it?" The young man shook his head and said nothing. He found a comfortable position in his arms and lay still. After a while, he fell asleep.

The carriage made a clicking sound as it walked on the blue brick road at night.

This night, Mr. Zhang took the dancer into the side room...

On this day, after returning from Wanhua Building, he lay in bed for three days before he could get out of bed. Li Wen knew that this time a certain man was really angry. . But despite this, the person didn't really hurt him, it just made him unable to get out of bed.

Steward Sun had the medicinal soup brewed in the kitchen to replenish the body and delivered it to their master himself. He watched people drink it every day before leaving, "Master, you'd better drink it while it's hot."

"Housekeeper, I'm already well, so you don't have to ask anyone to make this soup for me anymore." Li Wen expressed his gratitude to this bowl of dark, so-called body-replenishing stuff. But despite this, under the gaze of the butler, he still took it obediently. The temperature was just right for his mouth, so he drank it in a few sips. The taste was really indescribable.

I would say it's bitter, but it's not bitter at all. It's just the taste that's really not that pleasant.

"Sir, don't blame the old slave for talking too much. You are still young and don't notice anything. When you reach the age of the old slave..." Butler Sun's words were serious, "So, master, you should pay more attention to this." It's not that he didn't know what happened in the courtyard, it was just that it was not his place as a slave to take care of it. Sun Haide did not take care of it.

But this should remind the master. As a slave, he couldn't help but say one more thing.

Young people are greedy for pleasure and overindulgence is ultimately bad. It is better to pay attention to what should be paid attention to. He served the late emperor for decades. When the late emperor was young, he was excessively greedy for pleasure and was too busy with state affairs, so he aged so quickly. In the following years,

no matter how good medicine the imperial physician used, he could not retain him. The fate of the late emperor, in the end, the late emperor was still gone.

Now I have a new master. The little master treats his slaves well, and they, the slaves, also want the master to be well.

"Yes, I understand." Li Wen touched his nose, knowing what the butler meant, and felt a little embarrassed.

"It's good that the master understands. I will go out first. I asked the servant to boil this medicine in the kitchen for three more days. Master, you can drink it for a few more days." Butler Sun took the bowl, left a word, and bowed Withdrew.

So should I continue to drink this medicine? Li Wen wanted to cry but had no tears.

During the past few days of the Chinese New Year, he stayed in bed. He never even went out to the courtyard door, and he didn't have the energy to go out and fool around. Zhao Xiangyi brought him back that day, and he didn't know what happened to Zhang Su after he returned. At that time, he recognized the dancer as Mrs. Sister-in-law. When he thought of Zhang Su going back to visit a brothel and being caught by his wife, he didn't know what would happen next.

Originally, he was preparing to watch a good show. He even prepared melon seeds, but Zhao Xiangyi took them away halfway.

However, it was not certain who would watch whose show. Li Wen touched his nose.

The Chinese New Year is nothing more than a large group of people getting together to eat and drink. He doesn't have many friends here in the capital, and he has never been able to attend some invitations that are not that important. It's not that he is being airy, it's that he didn't like to attend parties or anything like that before and now, but if it's a gathering between friends and acquaintances, he will still show up if he has time.

This is also the reason why his social circle did not expand much when he became an official in the court.

However, he has not seen Shen Zijing and Su Yuan since the New Year. They stayed here in the capital during the New Year and did not go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year. It takes two months to go back to Qingping Town from the capital, not counting the accidents that may be encountered on the way, so the journey back is too far, so they all stayed here in the capital to celebrate the New Year.

Suddenly thinking of his two friends in the capital, Li Wen called the boy next to him and asked if there were any posts from Shen Zijing in the past few days. This question really did say, "Send someone to deliver a message. Let them meet at the house tomorrow."

"Yes, Master," the boy said and went out.

When Shen Zijing and Su Yuan came to his house on the second day, Li Wen invited them to sit down and had tea served. Shen Zijing saw that Li Wen didn't look well, so he asked him what was wrong. Li Wen had to make an excuse, saying that he had just had a slight cold recently.

Shen Zijing said, "Oh, that's it. I was wondering why I didn't see your people." It turns out that he is sick. That's it.

Compared to Shen Zijing's thick lines, the attentive Su Yuan noticed a little red mark on the collar of Li Wen's side neck. If he wasn't careful, he wouldn't have noticed this little red mark on his neck. And there are a lot of these marks on his body. He was a little curious, Li asked who left the marks on his body? At this moment, Su Yuan was thinking about this matter.

"I came to you today because I wanted to talk to you about the emperor's possible proposal to open Enke." Li Wen asked two friends to come here today because he wanted to talk to them about the emperor's intention to open Enke and asked, " If the emperor opens the exam this year, let me ask you, do you want to open the exam this year, or do you have to wait until next year? "

In the past, the exam was held every three years.

But this year may be an exception. The new emperor has just ascended the throne, and it is the time for the government to employ people. The original members of the third prince's faction were either dismissed or demoted, as well as the officials who previously supported the eldest prince, the fourth prince, and Prime Minister Dong. Even if these officials stay in the court, they will not gain the emperor's trust and reuse in the future. , so Enke must open it.

If the emperor wants to train his people, he will definitely add Enke and select talents from among the new scholars who have entered the court to train. These people will become the emperor's confidants in the future.

From this point of view, Enke who participated in this year must be better than the one who participated in the next year.

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Chapter 017

Some students in the capital are also talking about the possibility that the emperor will grant Enke. Now that he heard this from Li Wen,

Shen Zijing is almost certain that the emperor will grant Enke this year. "This matter I am also considering it, and I have discussed it with A Yuan before

."

〇They

had discussed this matter before, but they had not decided on it.

"Well, what do you mean?"

Li Wen glanced at the two of them and said, "Actually, I would rather suggest that you go out and give it a try this year. With your current level, you should get into the second-tier class. , it should not be a problem. "If you fail the exam this year, you can still take the exam next year. I think many people will take this year's Enke with this idea.

But if you can pass the exam in one try, it would be best if you can pass it in one try.

He himself came from the scientific examination, and after taking it once, it left a huge psychological shadow. If you don't have to go through such torture a second time, it's better not to go through it a second time. It's a pity for those candidates who have never passed the exam for half their lives and still persist on this road.

However, none of them should be in such a miserable situation. He and Lu Zhishu both passed the exam in one try, and their rankings were pretty good, one was number one and the other was the top pick. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were the only two people left to catch up. Li Wen knew about Shen Zijing and Su Yuan's situation. He believed that as long as there was no accident in the examination room, these two people would definitely be able to pass the exam if they completed the papers carefully.

Shen Zijing glanced at Su Yuan, and the two looked at each other. Su Yuan always looked at Shen Zijing. Shen Zijing has already made up his mind, "Okay, let's listen to your suggestion. If the emperor opens Enke this year, A Yuan and I will go out and give it a try. I hope that with your good words, everything will go well for both of us." "Haha, lending me good luck is not enough

. I have asked people to prepare the test papers from previous years. You can take them back and take a look." Li Wen had already prepared them and asked him to get a stack of them. The good paper came out and was handed to Shen Zijing.

I think about the time when I was taking the college entrance examination. The ten-year college entrance examination papers and various mock examination questions were so good. Now I also let my friends experience the pre-examination training for future generations. He personally customized it. Others don't have this honor, so it's cheap. Two of his friends. Li Wen smiled softly and said, "Take this back and do these questions separately. It is best to set a certain amount of time to complete them

. See how you answer, which ones are easier to answer, and which ones are easier to answer." It's not that good, so I summarized it myself.

"

Shen Zijing looked at his friend with a moved expression, and really didn't know how to thank Li Wen.

Seeing Shen Zijing's look, Li Wen knew what he wanted to say, "There's no need to say more words of thanks. While there are still a few days off for the Chinese New Year, go back and do a few more papers. If there's anything you don't understand, you can Ask me about it at any time. After the Lantern Festival, the emperor will issue a decree on Enke. I will take time one month before the exam to personally give you a month of

special training before the exam. "

I hope you can still do it . Looking at me so moved, Li Wen silently added in his heart.

"Okay, we will definitely not let you down. When we get back, we will read these papers carefully and go through them carefully." Shen Zijing took the thick stack of papers and said a few words of thanks to his friend.

If these papers had nothing to do with it, they really wouldn't be able to get it. They had to rely on their friends today.

"Why are you so polite?" Li Wen waved his hand. This was just a small matter to him.

At the moment, there are no pre-exam review materials and exercises. He also asked several senior Hanlin officials from the Hanlin Academy to help produce a pre-exam material and test questions, which will be printed and sold in bookstores. Although he left the Hanlin Academy, he has always had a good relationship with several old Hanlin sects in the Hanlin Academy.

After the previous cases of several old Hanlins publishing collections of essays, several old Hanlins now don't mind making some extra money from him occasionally. It's not just stealing or robbing, it's all money earned in a serious way. To talk about why the old Hanlin Academy's life was so miserable in the past, in fact, a large part of the reason is that these old scholars only know how to study academics all day long and don't know how to do anything else, and now he is just doing it for them A channel is provided.

When friends come over, a drink is a must.

Li Wen had someone prepare a hot pot. It was a cold day, so it was still warm to eat hot pot around the stove. He also heated wine in the small stove. The three of them sat down and said, "You can help yourself to whatever you want to eat. We are not outsiders." "

Okay, I can do it myself." Shen Zijing didn't regard himself as an outsider.

"Haha..." Li Wen poured wine for the three of them. He couldn't eat it too spicy. The pot was a mandarin duck pot with clear soup on one side. The dish he picked up with his chopsticks was on the clear soup side. He looked at the spicy pot with a layer of water floating on it. Layer of spicy oil, the smell of it made people drool. He resisted not looking at it, "When I go back after the new year, the government office may be busy. If you want to take part in the scientific examination, we will see how to arrange it then. "

They will have several projects launched in the next year, so the government office will definitely be busier. They don't have too many manpower, but there are just too many trivial things to do, and there is a shortage of people in their government offices. If the new tax law is implemented at the local level after the year, they will definitely have to transfer people to the local level. Where will there be so many people to transfer by then?

When the time comes for Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to prepare for the exam, he really doesn't want to squeeze them too much. It seems that he will have to pay a visit to the Ministry of Civil Affairs after the new year to see if he can get some good seedlings.

After the emperor promulgates the decree to open Enke, students from all over the country will definitely gather here in the capital. He can also take the opportunity to see if there are suitable people and recruit a few more people to work. Thinking about it this way, Li Wen felt that it was a good thing for the emperor to open Enke. The three of them were drinking and eating, and talking at the same time.

The winter sky was getting late quickly, and it was almost dark outside after just one meal. Li Wen asked someone to send Shen Zijing and Su Yuan out.

When Zhao Xiangyi arrived, the person who saw Li Wen was already lying on the bed, and he smelled the smell of alcohol as soon as he approached.

At this moment, Li Wen was still asleep. He heard footsteps and knew that Zhao Xiangyi was coming. He opened his eyes and looked at the man, "Are you here?" His voice was still full of sleepiness.

Zhao Xiangyi took off his outer robe, warmed himself by the fire in front of the fireplace, then walked towards the bed, sat down by the bed, reached out to touch the young man's face, and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Li Wen looked up at the man and hummed, "I invited Zijing and A Yuan over today and had a drink with them."

"I think you had more than just a drink." Zhao Xiangyi nodded at the boy. "Hehehe..." Li Wen smiled

and said, "Isn't it nice to have time to sit down and have a glass of wine with friends." "In fact, he didn't drink for long. He wasn't completely drunk yet. His mind was just a little wandering after drinking. He ran to the bed and lay down.

"As long as you are happy. "Zhao Xiangyi nodded. He knew that Li Wen and the two were classmates and friends, and knew that they had a

good .

"Come to bed. "Li Wen moved inside, patted the vacant space, and asked Zhao Xiangyi to get on the bed. Zhao Xiangyi took off the shoes on his feet, and Li Wen stuck out his head and asked, "Do your feet smell? "The underlying meaning of this is that you are not allowed to go to his bed if your feet smell." The water is hot on the stove. Go and soak your feet in the basin. "

Okay, Zhao Xiangyi had no choice but to do as he was told and went to pour hot water to soak his feet.

Li Wen was lying on the bed, leaning half of his body on Zhao Xiangyi's thigh, staring at the man soaking his feet, which he had to wash with soap. While staring at the man washing his feet, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi talked about some things they did when they were young and how they still have a good relationship when they grow up. "...They are my good friends and good brothers. So... , I thought about finding a time to formally introduce you to Zijing and Su Yuan. "

In the past, he only doubted the relationship between Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, but now he is almost certain that the two of them are together. . During the intervening years, they studied in different places, and Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were never separated. They have known each other since childhood. Looking back now, Li Wen guessed that Su Yuan had been interested in Shen Zijing for a long time. However, Shen Zijing was relatively slow in this regard. Maybe it was only in the past one or two years that the two people established their relationship. .

As for how the two people achieved enlightenment, Li Wen really didn't know what happened in between, and he wasn't very interested in other people's privacy.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. They are your friends. If you want me to go see them, I will go." Zhao Xiangyi raised his washed feet, which meant asking, do you think my feet are clean enough? Already? Li Wen stretched his neck and took a look, then smiled and approved that the man could come to bed.

General Zhao wiped the water off his feet with a clean cloth, poured out the foot washing water in the basin, came back, closed the door, and then lay down on his wife's bed. These days, you have to wash your feet before going to your wife's bed. I remember when he was in the military camp, it was common for him not to take a shower for a month or two. A large group of men were lying in a tent, and they smelled of everything. have.

But now he was willing to listen to the boy's words. Even in the middle of winter, he bathed frequently, changed his clothes frequently, and soaked his feet before going to bed every day. He could only go to bed after washing them.

The young man in the bed was fragrant and soft, and it was just right to hold him in his arms. General Zhao thought it would be good to wash his feet before going to bed, so as not to rub the bed with the smell of feet. .

"Aren't you tired? Go to sleep." Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head and kissed the young man on the forehead, and said to his young man. The two exchanged a light kiss. Li Wen nuzzled into the man's arms, found a comfortable position, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The wind was blowing loudly at night, and the room was warm...

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Chapter 018

The imperial court rested until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and their officials did not go back to the Yamen until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

There was half a month's holiday during the Chinese New Year. In addition to going out to meet friends in the first few days, I also invited friends to my home twice. After that, Li Wen basically didn't go out much. Others can rest during the holidays, but this does not include him. Basically every day, he enters the study early in the morning and does not come out until late at night.

I also went to the palace twice to see the emperor and discuss some plans and things about this year.

Starting from the end of the year before last, roads from the south to the capital and from the capital to the north have been under construction. As the roads are laid, corresponding inns and post offices will be established along the way. The inns are set up for businessmen who have invested money, but the post office is owned by the government and is controlled by the court, so arrangements will need to be made at that time. Personnel went down to take charge of various post offices.

According to his plan, the post office can cover every town in Dacheng, and it is best to go to every village, so that many people can be arranged to do local work. Therefore, regarding the arrangement of post office personnel, Li Wen proposed, "The imperial court can arrange for some veterans and wounded soldiers who were injured on the battlefield and cannot fight again to come down from the front line, and arrange these people to pick up work at post offices in various places. "

Li Wen knew something about Dacheng. When Emperor Wu came to power, he vigorously expanded the number of soldiers. In the first few decades of Emperor Zhaozong's reign, the country increased its troops in large numbers, which resulted in an excessive number of soldiers at the border. This is why the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot even pay military salaries. The country is really too poor and there are too many soldiers. The court simply does not have that much money to support so many soldiers.

There are many soldiers, but it does not mean that all the soldiers here can be used. These people can kill the enemy on the battlefield. So, what else does the court need so many soldiers for? It is better to let some useless soldiers go back to their hometowns, or give these personnel something to do. Li Wen said, "... and currently we need a lot of manpower to lay roads.

There are also a lot of wastelands in the west. If the imperial court provides these people with iron tools and seeds, tax exemption for three years, I think it will be Many people choose to reclaim wasteland there and continue to live. "If these people stay in the west, they can also strengthen the defense of the west.

The country needs people everywhere, so why should these capable labor forces be trapped in military camps? The court has to support hundreds of thousands of soldiers. No wonder the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot afford to support these people. It would be better to let some people retire from the front line and make full use of this part of the labor force to carry out construction.

Therefore, in response to this situation, Li Wen proposed to the emperor to reduce the number of soldiers, arrange for veterans and disabled soldiers to work at the grassroots level, and also proposed a plan for elite troops. As far as he understood, the military expenditures given by the imperial court to the military department have been decreasing year by year in recent years. One reason for this is that the imperial court's finances have a big problem, and another reason is that the current military expenditures of the imperial court are Too many.

Li Wen explained, "What I mean is that after cutting off these useless soldiers, we will leave young and capable soldiers on the battlefield. The imperial court will increase its investment in military expenditures, strengthen the training of soldiers, and create a With the emergence of a strong army, even if we face the Hu army in the future, our Dacheng will be fearless."

These ideas were already in his mind before the commercial reform was proposed last year, but at that time the court was really weak. They are so poor that even if the household is empty, they can just run horses. But things are different now. With the development of economic construction, they can also put some plans on the agenda.

Therefore, the difference between the court having money and having no money is huge. Nothing is impossible without money, but everything is possible with money.

"Well, I'll think about what you said here." Yang Shaomu was a little moved by Li Wen's suggestion. The imperial court had always increased troops and had never proposed reducing them. But according to what Li Wen said, if some soldiers who are not available are allowed to withdraw from the front line, the court can also arrange for these people to do local work, which is the same as killing two birds with one stone.

What excited him the most was that they had created a group of powerful troops that could fight one against three on the battlefield. If this is the case, their Dacheng will definitely be invincible and they will no longer have to worry about barbarians attacking Dacheng.

If the country wants to build, it needs a lot of money. The effect of the implementation of the new tax law in the capital in the first half of the year is obvious, and it has increased a lot of revenue for the Ministry of Household Affairs. If the salary tax law can be implemented locally, how much business tax revenue can be increased in various places in the entire Dacheng Kingdom for the Ministry of Household Affairs? Silver? This is almost unbudgetable. Li Wen said, "I suggest that

the new tax law should continue to be implemented in the capital this year, and that the new tax law should be implemented in several important towns and cities where caravans travel from north to south .

"

The emperor naturally agrees with this matter.

The biggest obstacle to the local implementation of the new tax law is actually the cooperation of local officials and personnel. Local officials collected various miscellaneous taxes from merchants in various names. This part of the money did not go to the central government, but was kept by local officials. The implementation of the new tax law will inevitably conflict with the interests of local officials, so this involves some issues in the officialdom.

In fact, to put it bluntly, corrupt officials in the local area need to be dealt with. If the court continues to allow these people to plunder the people, it will affect the future development and direction of the entire Dacheng. But it is not an easy task to rectify the officialdom, clean up the officialdom, and deal with these people.

Regarding this issue, Li Wen did not dare to make any comments or suggestions. He still had to look at the emperor's own wishes. Seeing the emperor's thoughtful expression, knowing that this matter would not be concluded so quickly, Li Wen raised his head and glanced at the emperor, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, if there are no other instructions, I will leave first."

"There is no hurry . "You told me so many things when you came here. I was just looking for someone to have a drink with me. Why don't you let Li Aiqing have a drink with me before leaving?" Seeing that Li Wen was about to leave, the emperor refused to let him go.

As soon as the emperor said he wanted to drink, the chief eunuch waiting nearby immediately ordered the servants below to bring the wine and food.

Soon the maids brought the food and wine.

Li Wen had no choice but to have a small drink with the emperor in the palace. He knew that his ability to drink was not good, and he did not dare to drink too much in the palace. Taking advantage of this moment, he continued to discuss with the emperor some of the plans he had proposed earlier.

"Yeah." Yang Shaomu drank one glass of wine after another. He was a little drunk when he got there. His eyes were a little straight and he looked at the young man opposite him. He only listened to half of what the young man was chattering about, and he didn't listen to the other half. of.

The queen came outside with the young prince Yang Xuan. The young prince met his father. Situ Xue brought his son to see the emperor. Unexpectedly, Li Liuyuanzi was here.

When Li Wen saw the Queen and the Crown Prince approaching, he stood up and saluted, "I have met the Queen, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Li Liuyuan is exempt from the ceremony. Bringing Xuan'er to see the Emperor, isn't this..." She had no choice but to bring the child to see the Emperor. If it weren't for the child who wanted to see the emperor, Situ Xue wouldn't have come here at this time.

When the little prince saw his biological father, he ran quickly to find him, "Father, father, the baby misses you."

"Xuan'er misses his father, come to his father and let him hold him. "Yang Shaomu always loved his legitimate son, so he hugged his son and sat on his knees. Seeing that the queen was still standing, Yang Shaomu said, "Queen, please sit down too."

"No, I will leave Xuan'er here with the emperor. I will come to pick up Xuan'er later." Situ Xue saw Li Liuyuan there. Here, I thought that the emperor wanted to discuss business with Li Liuyuan, so it was not good to continue disturbing him here.

After receiving the emperor's permission, Situ Xue left her son with the emperor and left with them.

The little prince stayed as he wished. At first, he sat obediently in his father's arms, and soon climbed into Li Wen's arms. When the little prince arrived, the two of them stopped talking about business. Li Wen held the little prince on his knees and teased him. He quite liked the little prince.

Yang Shaomu looked at the young man teasing the young prince with a smile and said, "Xuan'er still needs a tutor. I wonder

if Li Aiqing would like to be Xuan'er's tutor?" "Should I be the tutor for His Highness the Crown Prince?" Li asked Hearing this, his eyes widened. He did not expect that the emperor would ask him to be a tutor to His Royal Highness. He glanced down at the little carrot in his arms and asked, "Your Highness is not yet three years old, right?" This little carrot didn't even know what reading was, so was he going to start trying to grow the seedlings so soon?

"Haha, yes, it's not full yet." Yang Shaomu nodded and said, "Shall I appoint a tutor for Xuan'er first? I wonder if you are willing?"

Li Wen actually felt a little hesitant, because in the future, He would definitely be very busy in the past few years. If he had to take care of His Royal Highness as a teacher, he was afraid that he would not be able to take care of it. He told the emperor this concern. After listening to Li Wen's words, Yang Shaomu understood and said, "Oh, you don't have to worry about this. Besides you, Xuan'er will have other teachers to teach him. You just need to take time to give guidance to Xuan'er."

Since the emperor has said so, it would be too ungrateful for him to refuse to agree.

This is to serve as a tutor to His Royal Highness. Judging from the emperor's intention, he is to train the young prince as a prince. Now the emperor only has one son. I don't know if there will be other sons in the future. But even if the emperor has other sons, the prince can only have one.

Li Wen lowered his head and glanced at the little carrot head in his arms. He quite liked this child. "Since the emperor has said so, I would rather obey his orders than to be respectful. I am willing to be the tutor of His Highness the Crown Prince."

With him . Personal supervision can also prevent the little prince from going astray, which is actually quite good, Li Wen thought to himself.

In this way, it was decided that he would be the tutor for the young prince.

After spending a lot of time in the palace that day, he left the palace. There was light snow falling outside, and he walked a little faster. When he came out of the palace gate, Li Wen saw a man standing outside the palace gate holding an umbrella, waiting for him. He walked towards the man, looked up at the man, and asked with a smile, "Why are you waiting for me here?"

"I know you have entered the palace. I guess you will be coming out soon." Zhao Xiangyi held an umbrella and placed most of the umbrella on the boy's head. He didn't mind if snowflakes fell on his head.

Two people walked on the road, leaving a line of footprints...

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Chapter 019

After the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the year was considered over. All the government offices were opened, and the officials in the court resumed their normal office visits.

After the year, the emperor promulgated the edict to increase the number of enke, and the imperial edict was issued from the central government to all localities.

On that day, the Kyoto Daily News immediately published the news about the imperial court's opening of Encore. The students in the capital suddenly became excited. Friends rushed to tell each other, and the students gathered together to discuss the matter of the imperial court's opening of Encore. According to previous years, the scientific examination was only held every three years, but this time the court added Enke, which gave many students one more opportunity.

"This time the court is opening Enke, I guess you, Brother Zhang, will give it a try."

"Listening to what Brother Wang said, is Brother Wang planning to participate next year?"

"Haha, I have this plan."

These scholars said to each other . According to the information, most students are ready to take the test. If they fail the exam this year and there is another chance to participate next year, they will leave early to test the water.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is the time for the court to employ people. If they seize this opportunity, they may be able to succeed in one fell swoop and become an official in the court. If they are lucky enough to be favored by the emperor, their official career will be completely different.

Now the new emperor reuses Li Liuyuan and Master Li. From the time when the late emperor was still alive, Mr. Li Liuyuan and Mr. Li had been the emperor's favorite. After the new emperor ascended the throne, Mr. Li Liuyuan and Mr. Li were still highly used by the emperor. There is no one among the scholars who does not know Li Liuyuan. When these scholars talk about Mr. Li, most of them speak highly of him. The few who say something bad about Mr. Li are immediately attacked by everyone.

After Li Liuyuan came up, he recommended a group of children from poor families to the emperor, and most of these people were appointed by the emperor. This was a good signal for children from poor families. In the officialdom, it has always been difficult for children from poor families to get ahead, but now that the new emperor appoints children from poor families, this is a good opportunity for children from poor families to get ahead. This time when they heard that the imperial court was opening Enke, many children from poor families were gearing up and preparing to give it a try.

News here in the capital would spread faster. In almost half a day, all the students in the capital knew about the imperial court's decision to open Enke. It will be a little later for the places below to receive the news, but it may not be long before students everywhere can receive the news that the imperial court has added Enke.

Li Wen knew a little bit about the outside world, but he was busy doing other things at the moment and had no time to pay attention to the imperial court's Kai Enke affairs.

When Li Wen came back after the year, he negotiated with the emperor about the newspaper. The newspaper was officially owned by the imperial court. The emperor announced the formal establishment of the Ministry of Information. The People's Daily is a department under the Ministry of Information. The Ministry of Information is an independent department and is not under the responsibility of the Six Ministries. It is directly responsible and managed by officials appointed by the Emperor.

The members of the newspaper remain unchanged, and Zhang Qing is still in charge. Cao Zhenqing and Cao Hanlin were transferred from the Hanlin Academy to the Information Department and became the spokesperson of the Information Department.

This time, Cao Hanlin was promoted from a minister of the sixth rank to a minister of the fifth rank. This promotion made Cao Hanlin smile happily. Huh, no, from now on we can no longer call him Cao Hanlin, but should be called Minister Cao.

The printing and sales of the newspaper are contracted to the bookstore that originally published the newspaper, and the bookstore can get 30% of the profit.

Li Wen knew that this was the compensation given to him by the emperor, and the 30% profit was already huge. It would be a fool not to take advantage of it, but he was not a fool anyway, so Li Wen silently accepted it.

The office of People's Daily moved from the original small courtyard to the courtyard next to their Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and became neighbors with their Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Zhang Qing and the others did not expect that they could be officially registered as officials of the imperial court. Each of them had a certain rank. Although their official positions were not high, they all had official status now, and they were still Beijing officials who stayed in the capital. As long as you perform well in the future, you will still have the opportunity to rise, so everyone is happy.

On the first day after moving to the new newspaper office, Zhang Qing, on behalf of the members of the newspaper office, went next door to meet with their adults and said some words of thanks. He knew that this time, the Lord must recommend them to the Emperor in front of the Emperor, so that they can have the opportunity to officially enter the officialdom, or stay as officials here in the capital.

"You don't need to thank me, you should thank yourselves. You fought for this opportunity for yourself." After hearing Zhang Qing's words, Li Wen said, "The fact that the newspaper can run so well is largely due to you. . If you don't do well and are not capable, I won't be able to recommend you to the emperor. Zhang Qing, don't you think so?"

"This is the emperor's order. If you want to thank the emperor, you should thank the emperor. "Indeed, without the emperor's decree, without the establishment of the Ministry of Information, the newspaper could become a formal department.

In fact, the original intention of the emperor was to place the newspaper office under the Ministry of Rites. Then wouldn't the newspaper office become a tool of the officials in the Ministry of Rites? Li Wen was firmly opposed to this, so he later proposed the National Information Department and put the newspaper under the Ministry of Information.

Well, he played a little role in this, but the main thing was that the emperor agreed.

Li Wen did not mention his own credit, but gave all the credit to the court and the emperor. After all, these people worked for the court and the emperor, not for him. "In the future, you will work well for the court and never forget your original intention. This This is the repayment and feedback to the emperor and the imperial court. "

Yes, Xianguan understands that he will never forget his original intention in the future and will do good things for the imperial court and the emperor." Although Zhang Qing is older than them, he is still more important to them. In front of adults, he always maintained a humble and courteous attitude.

If it weren't for their adults, Zhang Qing wouldn't be where he is today. Zhang Qing secretly made up his mind to serve the court well in the future, and of course he couldn't forget the support your adults gave him.

On this day, Li Wen went to the next door for a walk and said hello to everyone. Seeing that many things on their side had not been settled, he sent a few officials over to help them.

After the newspaper was officially affiliated with the imperial court, the content of the newspaper also faced the problem of revision.

At the same time, in addition to the original Kyoto Daily News, a literary newspaper was also added, targeting the majority of scholars. It mainly published some excellent poems, songs, articles and scripts, etc., and other works of literati. Literary newspapers gave some unknown scholars a chance to show their talents to the world.

The emergence of literary newspapers was once welcomed and loved by literati. For a long period of time, influenced by this trend, Dacheng literature once flourished and hundreds of flowers bloomed.

The newspaper office was no longer under his control, and Li Wen felt happy and relaxed.

But despite this, Zhang Qing and the others originally worked under him, and he was very familiar with everyone. After the newspaper moved next door to their Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Li Wen also hosted a friendship between the two departments, allowing the two The officials in the department knew each other well and everyone sat down to have a meal together.

However, the Emperor moved the Information Department next to their Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Li Wen was somewhat aware of this intention. Although the newspaper office is no longer under his control, he can still help and provide guidance if there are any problems there. Originally, the emperor wanted him to be in charge of the Information Department, but Li Wen thought he was already very busy and had no time to manage other departments. In addition, the emperor also asked him to be the tutor of the young prince. He was also responsible for the enlightenment education of the young prince. Some things were really impossible to do, so Li Wen thought that the emperor recommended Cao Zhenqing and Cao Laohanlin to take charge of it. .

However, only he and the emperor knew about this matter. Of course, Li Wen himself would not be stupid enough to run out and shout: The emperor asked me to take responsibility, but I was not free, so the emperor asked you to do it. If these words get out, they will definitely make others feel resentful towards him. When they see him in the future, they may turn away and not even say hello.

Zhang Suhui was transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Information. His official position was not promoted, but his authority was greater than before.

Since the last time the two of them went to Hualou to drink wine, he himself was taken away by Zhao Xiangyi. He had not been out much during the Chinese New Year, and naturally he had not met Zhang Suhui. Li Wen was still a little curious. What happened to Mr. Zhang and his wife later? The two met again, and Li Wen smiled and asked Zhang Su about the day he returned.

Zhang Su recalled that when he woke up the next morning and found his wife in his arms, he almost fell to his knees in shock. Hearing Li Wen's question this time, Zhang Suhui realized that this boy had long known that it was his wife. He put one hand around Li Wen's neck, pulled him to a place where no one was around, and asked , "You kid, tell me, did you already know this?"

"Know what? Do you know that the dancer is Mrs. Sister-in-law?" Li Wen smiled wilfully.

"Since you know, why don't you tell me!" Zhang Su asked back to Shen Ya.

"Why should I tell you?" Li asked and Zhang Su looked back, "You are blind yourself, why do you blame him for not reminding him?" "My wife didn't recognize me, how dare you? Didn't my wife beat you when you got home?"

My wife almost had my ears twisted off!

After returning home, he was forced to sleep in the study for half a month by his wife, and she did not even allow him to sleep in the room. Every day it was either plain porridge or pickles, not even a hint of meat... But of course Zhang Suhui would not tell Li Wen such an embarrassing thing.

When Li Wen saw Zhang Suhui's look, he knew that he would not be able to eat well when he returned home. He smiled and patted Mr. Zhang on the shoulder. He said, "Sir Zhang, next time you want to go to the Flower House, remember to come back. Me. "Let you drag me to the brothel every time!" If he dares to drag him in next time, he will send someone to Zhang's Mansion to deliver a message to Mrs. Sister-in-law and ask Mrs. Sister-in-law to come and arrest the person.

Zhang Su recalled the white porridge and pickles he had eaten for half a month, "..." In a short period of time, he didn't want to go to a brothel to drink flower wine anymore. The price of being caught by his wife was really a heavy price.

Mr. Zhang will never admit that he is afraid of Madam.

Mr. Li was still gloating about others' misfortunes at the moment, seeming to have forgotten that he himself was punished miserably when he returned. However, what happens behind closed doors is all the family's business. When you go out, you have to straighten your rocker, and you must maintain a good demeanor and bearing. Mr. Li kept a smile on his face.

The two of them got together and became good friends again, but they didn't mention the date of going to the flower house again.

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Chapter 020

Before the first month was over, Zhao Xiangyi and Wang Hao followed the emperor's order to suppress bandits and deal with gangs on the canal.

It was Li Wen who brought up the topic of suppressing bandits. There will be several trade routes to be developed in the next year. There are many bandits on this road who specialize in robbing the goods of passing caravans. These bandits not only steal the goods, but sometimes even Everyone in the caravan was killed together. There are many escaped criminals among these bandits, and they all have human lives on their hands. If these people are not dealt with, they will be a disaster sooner or later.

The fact that these bandits have been able to exist in the local area for such a long time is probably due to the protection of local officials. Maybe even the government personnel had a hand in it, so this time the suppression of the bandits was carried out in secret. In order to avoid letting the local officials know about the report to the bandits, the bandits ran to hide before the imperial troops came to the place.

Another issue is the opening of water transportation. There are now more than a dozen large and small river gangs on the canal. The canal is managed by these river gangs and tolls are collected from passing ships and people. A cargo ship has to pay a toll every time it crosses a river section from the starting point to the end. The excessive tolls make most of these merchants dare not take the waterway, but choose to take the land route.

In fact, there is another important reason, that is, these river gangs even dare to rob passing official ships. This means that they do not take the imperial court seriously at all. These river gangs have seriously touched the imperial court's bottom line.

To transport goods from the south to the north, waterway is actually the most convenient and cheapest method. Just because of these river gangs on the canal, water transportation could not be reopened for a while. If these river gangs are not dealt with for one day, water transportation will not be restored, seriously affecting the exchange and transportation of goods between the north and the south.

Since Emperor Wu was in power, the problem of river gangs has always existed. Emperor Wu was still busy fighting everywhere, so he had no time to deal with these river gangs. After Emperor Zhaozong ascended the throne, he spent the previous decades busy dealing with the problems left by Emperor Wu Yi. He stopped fighting everywhere, encouraged the people to open up wasteland, resume farming, appease the people, and stabilize the situation of Dacheng.

Therefore, no one in the previous two emperors mentioned the issue of dealing with the river gangs, and this issue has remained to this day. This time it involved the development of commerce. Li Wen proposed to reopen canal transportation and take back the management rights of the canal to the imperial court. So this involves dealing with the problem of handling these large and small river gangs. If these river gangs are not dealt with for one day, the goods on the canal will not be transported smoothly.

This led to today's suppression of bandits and dealing with river gang problems.

There were too many things going on in the capital, and Li Wen couldn't leave, so this time Zhao Xiangyi took people to deal with these river gangs, and he couldn't go with him. But he couldn't go with him, so he felt more at ease with Xie Yunfei going with him. Before that, Li Wen and Xie Yunfei had a conversation, and the two discussed the issue of subduing the He Gang this time.

Before Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei set off, Li Wen had only one sentence: "Those from the He Gang should try their best to persuade them to surrender and use them for the imperial court. If these people refuse to surrender even if they live or die, beat them until they obey." !" He didn't want to see bloodshed, but if he had to bleed and could deal with these problems, there was nothing to say, so he had to take action.

"Well, I understand and know what to do." Zhao Xiangyi already had a charter in his heart and knew how to deal with this matter. Before leaving, he put his arms around his boy, who was a little reluctant to leave him, "I'm leaving. You'll be fine here in the capital. Don't run around if you have nothing to do."

"Where can I run? I'm here. It's good, you don't have to worry about me." Since the last assassination incident, he now always has someone with him when he goes out, and ordinary people can't get close to him and can't hurt him. Li Wen was a man who cherished his life. He finally lived again and wanted to kill himself. He really didn't know if he would be so lucky to live again next time.

Therefore, it is not easy for this person to live, and he must live well if he can survive.

Li Wen let the man hold him and put his head on his shoulder. He was reluctant to leave Zhao Xiangyi. It would take at least a month or two before he could come back. "You must come back safely and try not to get yourself injured. I I'll wait for you to come back here in the capital. If you encounter anything, just write back to me, and leave the matters in the capital to me, and I'll take care of them for you." What

he can do for them is to clear the air for them. To avoid worries, give enough money when you need money, and prepare enough food when you need food.

This time, the weapons from the military factory in Xishan came in handy. The Xishan Camp trained two crossbow teams in just one month, one was transferred by Zhao Xiangyi, and the other was transferred by Wang Hao. Went to use. There is also a new large steel sword they made. Although it cannot be used by everyone, the generals can get one in their hands.

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi nodded, knowing that there was a young man here in the capital and nothing would happen here. He kissed the young man and said, "Wait for me when I come back."

"Well, I will wait for you to come back. You must come back safely."

"Okay."

After the two people said goodbye, Zhao Xiangyi got on his horse. Before leaving, he glanced at his young man, turned the horse's head, and rode away with his people.

Li Wen stood behind , looking at the man riding away, felt a little sad, and sighed softly. In fact, he didn't really want the man to be involved in danger. Every time he knew that the man would do such a dangerous thing, he would do it at night. He always couldn't sleep, worrying that the man was injured or something bad happened somewhere he couldn't see.

He hoped that they could return safely. Li Wen prayed silently in his heart

that Wang Xiaojiang led the team to leave secretly on the same day .

Beijing , went to the local area to suppress the bandits. He was accompanied by counselors arranged by General Wang, and he brought many people with him. This time was an opportunity for the emperor to make meritorious service and perform well for the young generals like Wang Hao. The appointment of these young military generals is to give these young military generals the opportunity to experience. Compared with Zhao Xiangyi, who has been staying at the border for several years, Wang Hao, who also comes from a family of generals, has always stayed here in the capital. In many ways, he is obviously a bit inferior. This is the reason why the emperor sent Wang Hao, the son of General Wang Hong.

This time, the court sent people to suppress the bandits and deal with the river gang problem. Only a few officials in the court knew about it.

The emperor sent someone to summon him to the palace. Li Wen followed the visitor into the palace and said, "I see the emperor.

"No courtesy, sit down. " "Yang Shaomu asked people to sit down. He, the emperor, knew that Zhao Xiangyi and Wang Hao left the capital today with their troops. After Li Wen thanked him, he sat down on the chair opposite the emperor and heard the emperor ask him, "Are you worried that A Yi will be in any danger? "

" A little bit. Li Wen didn't expect that the emperor would ask him this question. After thinking about it, he said, "I believe him." "I believe that nothing will happen to him and he will return safely.

"Yes, that's how it should be. We have to believe in him. "Zhao Xiangyi is his companion. The two grew up together. Yang Shaomu believes in his ability as a companion. If such a small problem cannot be handled well, then there is really no need to go back to Beijing to see him.

He The prince's success in sitting on the throne is indispensable for the support of the Zhao family and the many things Zhao Xiangyi has done for him over the years. This is why Yang Shaomu is willing to reuse Zhao Xiangyi and Li Wen despite knowing their relationship. Personally, I am unwilling to give up either of these two people.

Since ancient times, emperors have separated civil servants and generals in order to prevent the combination of military power and political power from endangering the emperor's power and throne. But if it is Zhao Xiangyi and Li Wen, Yang Shaomu thought he had nothing to worry about. He believed in these two people and his own vision.

"I came to you today because I want to tell you about my plan to go to Nanyang Mansion." Yang Shaomu wanted to go to Nanyang Mansion this time in order to invite their master, Master Yi Hanfu, to return to the court.

Since Dong Xian resigned, the position of prime minister has been vacant. Many people in the court are eyeing this position again. Today's morning officials in the court once again raised the matter of selecting a suitable candidate. It's just that none of his officials can hold the position of prime minister now. If he wants to push someone up, he may not be able to convince the public.

The best candidate for the position of prime minister should be his Taifu, who has the ability and qualifications to hold the position of prime minister. It's just that his tutor is far away in Nanyang Mansion. As an emperor, he may not be able to invite people in person. Yang Shaomu plans to take people to Nanyang Mansion in person to invite people.

"Now?" Li Wen's eyes widened and he looked at His Majesty the Emperor with a look on his face: "Are you kidding me?"

Now that Zhao Xiangyi has just left, will the emperor also leave Beijing with him? Li Wen was a little confused.

"Well, yes." Yang Shaomu looked serious, not joking at all, "I will leave a substitute in the palace at that time

. If anything happens in the palace, you will be responsible for dealing with it. You can handle it. If you can't handle it, just wait until I come back

."

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"No, Your Majesty..." Li Wen didn't know what to say at the moment, "Would you like to stop thinking about it and go later ?

"

From the emperor's expression, Li Wen knew that he had made up his mind to leave the capital. He shed a few tears in his heart, "Your Majesty, I don't want you to play like this. You leave the capital alone as an emperor. What if something goes wrong?" What's the matter? His Royal Highness is still so young. Are you really relieved?

"It's not because you are here, Li Aiqing, I believe you." It was rare to see such an expression on Xiao Liuyuan's face, and the emperor said that he was actually in a good mood. As early as when he was the prince, whenever he had to leave the capital for something, he would leave a substitute in the capital. Otherwise, he, the prince, would have to stay here in the capital and never leave the capital.

Now that he is the emperor, the matter of leaving Beijing has become more complicated. But isn't there a junior brother here? Yang Shaomu looked at his junior brother, "Do you have anything you want me to bring to the teacher?"

"..." Li asked, "I will write a letter. Your Majesty, please go see the teacher and bring me a letter." Go."

He risked being beaten to death by Dean Fu and helped the emperor to bring Dean Fu to the capital to serve as an official. He hoped that Dean Fu would not expel him from the school and sever the relationship. .

"Your Majesty, when do you plan to leave?"

"Tonight."

Can't you give me time to slow down? Master Li roared in his heart!

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