Devil’s Advent

Wei Zhonghe Eunuch Wei came out of the back garden today and returned to the palace.

He came here to bring back some items to be used after the beginning of spring in advance. Although Emperor Yan didn't like extravagance, and he didn't pay much attention to cost, he would never be short of these.

but,

Sometimes, people miss the old days.

Using the things you are used to, the familiarity, does not mean that adding new ones can make up for it.

On this point, even a high-ranking emperor cannot be exempt.

There were not many things to pack, but they all had to be carefully placed. Eunuch Wei asked his subordinates to do it first, and he only needed to be responsible for the final inspection.

so,

In this gap,

Eunuch Wei went to the house in the palace where he used to live.

The house was unlocked, but no one dared to enter Wei Zhonghe's house, regardless of whether he was there or not.

open the door,

There was some damp in the room, mixed with a musty smell.

Eunuch Wei didn't take it seriously, went inside and opened the curtain outside the shelf.

a shelf,

Mr. Full of Horns,

There are long and short, straight and curved, thick and thin,

There is a scent of books in the exquisiteness,

There is also a kind of heroic life wrapped in roughness,

even,

There are also broken, broken and defective products.

Mr. Jiao, who is full of beautiful things on the shelf, presents a variety of life styles.

It sounds ridiculous,

But what to look like, what to feel, is nothing more than the decision of the person who sees it.

It's raining,

The poet would chant "Small rain on Tianjie is as moist as crisp", while Xiaomin kicked the ass of the baby next to him, "calling your mother to go back and collect the clothes."

Eunuch Wei hasn't returned to the palace for a long time,

When I come back this time,

he can feel,

The guards at the palace gate were more polite and courteous when they saluted him;

The eunuchs and ladies who passed by along the way were even more afraid of him than before;

But this gallantry,

But this fear,

Inside, there is a deep alienation.

An eunuch's mind is inherently more sensitive than ordinary people. An eunuch who can serve the emperor, and Eunuch Wei who can take care of the emperor like a tiger, are naturally more sensitive and delicate.

actually,

Wei Zhonghe actually doesn't care much about what others think of him or how others treat him.

However,

Now the question is,

come back this time,

He actually found himself, as if he no longer belonged here.

This is the palace where he spent almost half his life.

When he was young, he entered the palace cleanly, and was later dispatched to the palace. Later, when the prince became the emperor, he entered the palace again.

The imperial palace is the home of the emperor;

But except for the emperor, it is a depressive cage for everyone.

But the prisoners may not hate and resent it,

Because I am used to it,

I have been used to it for a long time,

Instead, there will be a kind of attachment.

Just like the barbarians, no matter where they are, they will miss the wind and sand in the desert; no matter where the savages are, their dreams are still covered with snow.

Eunuch Wei stretched out his hand,

Gently rubbing the center of his brow,

Here is a place for him alone, a place where he can let go of everything and be himself seriously.

There is no need to cover up, although it has become an instinct to cover up, but at least, here, you can take a little breath and stay for a little longer.

No one knows the condition of His Majesty's dragon body better than Wei Zhonghe,

but,

No one dared to ask about His Majesty Wei Zhonghe's condition.

stand here

Looking at the rows of all kinds of Mr. Horns,

Wei Zhonghe suddenly found that the peace in his heart, the tranquility and comfort he could get when facing them in the past, was gradually disappearing very clearly.

Like a jar of wine, put it under the scorching sun or in the heavy rain, the taste of the wine will soon disappear.

root,

root,

Lifeblood,

I am a rootless person, so what's the use of having so many roots?

these years,

He is a rootless man,

I see too many rooted people doing things without roots in front of me.

Eunuch Wei actually didn't know what he was thinking right now.

possible,

This is touching the scene and feeling sad, right?

pity,

he can't write poetry;

Um,

Even if you can write poetry,

Is it possible to write "Mr. Observing the Sun, Moon, Canghaijiao, and only then has this record"?

"hehe……"

Eunuch Wei was amused by himself.

He subconsciously took out a small bottle, sprinkled some on his crotch.

His place has long since ceased to smell like ordinary eunuchs;

But this habit still remains.

When I was a little eunuch in the palace, I often saw the big eunuch apply fat, powder and incense to the crotch and crotch,

Always felt,

So envious, so amazing.

pity,

Your Majesty usually doesn't like incense, and doesn't like to smell such a strong smell.

But His Majesty likes the "Xingshenlu" produced in Fengxin City.

In fact, it is the Fengyoujing made by Hou Fu.

Emperor Yan rarely set up tributes, because this often turned into a waste of money and people.

But for useful things, Emperor Yan would not mind ordering Wei Zhonghe to quietly buy some for himself.

For example, this refreshing dew.

The Hou's Mansion in Fengxin City naturally attached great importance to this, and sent a lot, not only refreshing dew, but also various other perfumes, all of which were as precious and rare as gold.

Emperor Yan, who was lying on the bed, had specially ordered someone to present a gift list from the Hou Mansion,

glanced at

This habit may have originated from a habit left by a butcher back then who dared to show off his wealth on the pig's head and pig's feet.

After looking at the gift list,

Emperor Yan said;

"The rest, you keep it and watch it as a reward."

Wei Zhonghe knelt down to thank you, and said at the same time: "The slave will not use this, for fear of poisoning His Majesty."

a long time,

Emperor Yan said:

"No problem."

Subsequently,

And said:

"I, I can't smell anything either."

Wei Zhonghe recalled that scene,

There were tears in the corner of his eyes.

It is a person, and there are people to rely on.

He is a piece of duckweed,

When he entered the palace that year, he knew that the support of his life was on this master.

As long as the master is good,

He, Wei Zhonghe, will be fine.

perhaps,

What he Wei Zhonghe cares about is not a palace, a palace, what is a dead thing?

Wei Zhonghe stretched out his hand and pulled down the curtain again.

He didn't think about transferring and processing these, or more extreme, burning them;

He wanted to keep it for the future owner of this house and let him see his own collection.

things in the world,

How many disturbances, how many grievances and hatreds,

Seemingly complicated,

It's actually simple,

There is only one sentence left:

Is it considered a handlebar?

somehow,

Eunuch Wei, who had left the house, suddenly thought of Lord Pingxi who rushed to report to the palace that night.

ah,

It's a marquis,

real,

What an amazing talent.

Eunuch Wei pinched the orchid immediately,

Stepping into the rain curtain outside,

hummed:

"It's a pity, it's a pity~"

——

A pot of freshly warmed rice wine, a plate of broad beans, a plate of pickled vegetables, and a steaming white pot with only two slices of ginger and a piece of green onion are enough to brew a moment of beauty in the cold weather.

What is hot in the pot is not mutton, but soft tofu. It is not easy to put soft tofu in, and it takes more skill to get it out;

After boiling, take it out, walk it in the saucer, and finally put it in the mouth, it is fragrant and hot, and it can slide down the throat into the abdominal cavity without chewing too much, dispelling the cold air around the body.

Zhao Jiulang greeted several other cabinet ministers to eat together;

The cabinet ministers of Dayan are different from the so-called ministers of the Privy Council of the Qian Kingdom, and even more different from the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty that Zheng Houye is familiar with. In Dayan, the cabinet ministers are actually secretaries, the emperor's secretary, and also the prime minister. The secretaries in the office are not only low in official rank, but also not very noble, so except for Zhao Jiulang, most of them are young faces.

At this time, Xiao Huangmen came in with a stack of folders and put it on the side table.

Seeing the adults eating tofu together, he couldn't help sniffing after coming in from the outside.

Zhao Jiulang handed over a pair of chopsticks and pointed to the cleanly stacked bowls next to him.

"Thank you, my lord."

Xiao Huangmen was not polite either, picked up the chopsticks and the bowl, and squeezed in as well, apparently this was not the first time they had joined forces.

Fresh tender tofu will be delivered every hour from the Imperial Dining Room, and rice wine and other side dishes will be added depending on the situation.

In fact, if this pot is not lit, it will burn for a long time.

In winter, anyone who wants to eat two yuan can come and eat it by himself. Therefore, among the courtiers in the outer court, there has been a saying that the cabinet members open there every day.

Zhao Jiulang got up, walked to the official desk, and began to read the newly delivered notebooks.

In the past, when His Majesty was in the palace, it was the Supervisor of Rituals who held the power to approve the reds, that is, to represent His Majesty's will, to affirm, negate, and renegotiate the results of the deliberations of the ministers on Zhezi.

His Majesty seldom stays in the middle, his will is too lazy to let the courtiers guess and ponder, he will not be complacent about it, and he will not play with the courtiers on the matter of the book process Checks and balances of power.

After all,

He is still a king, and he has achieved the real promise.

But now, the prince supervises the country.

In the beginning, everything must be done by oneself, getting up earlier than the courtiers, leaving later than the rotating courtiers, and being courteous to the corporal, not ashamed to ask his subordinates, so many senior ministers had to stay in the palace or in the signing room It can be said that it is miserable to just lay the floor.

Some complaints would inevitably reach Zhao Jiulang's ears, and Zhao Jiulang laughed at it.

Fortunately, gradually, after a long period of supervising the country, the prince began to learn to gradually withdraw himself from the routine, and began to learn to use people to solve the following problems.

This seems to be a change of method, but in fact it is more mentality, and he has to accept the ending of redistribution of the authority he just obtained from his father.

Prince, yes;

But Zhao Jiulang is clear that there is a master who has already understood, otherwise the business would not be so big.

The newly sent booklets are nothing serious. The year is not good. It is nothing more than disaster relief and disaster relief, reducing taxes and reducing taxes, and then, it is to put down a rebellion.

Here in Yandi, it's not bad, the old Yan people and the Ji family have the stamina to suffer together;

As for the Jin land, small-scale rebellions appeared one after another, but they were all quickly suppressed.

At this time, Li Yinglian, the prince's close companion, walked in, looked at the crowd inside who were eating tofu pot together, and said with a smile:

"I said, the fragrance can be smelled from a long distance."

Zhao Jiulang pointed inside and said:

"Eunuch Li, too?"

"No, no." Li Yinglian took half a step back and saluted Zhao Jiulang, "My lord, the crown prince invites you to come and discuss the candidate for the new prefect of Nanwang City."

Li Yinglian came to invite her personally, and directly stated the matters discussed in advance, which is a kind of respect.

Zhao Jiulang picked up the cloak he hung on the charcoal stove,

Li Yinglian stepped forward to help Zhao Jiulang put on the cloak.

Zhao Jiulang nodded and walked out, Li Yinglian followed behind by half a body.

His Majesty was honored and raised in the back garden. In the early days, the crown prince would go to the back garden every day to see him and report state affairs.

Later, the back garden simply closed the door collar, and in the middle and late months of each month, they had to face the saint once, and they were not allowed to see each other the rest of the time.

There are rumors from the outside world that this is His Majesty's intention to show his trust in the prince so that the power can be handed over smoothly and in advance;

But there are also people who speculate that this is His Majesty's body and bones, and it is really so bad that it can't be worse, and it is extremely difficult to meet people and discuss matters every day.

Yanhuang's withdrawal changed the court's original one-word model.

The crown prince supervises the country, has his own team in the East Palace, and is in charge of righteousness, so he is a pole;

The Sixth Prince, or the so-called Liuye Party, earlier, because His Majesty ordered the prince to supervise the country and continued to give power, the popularity of the Liuye Party was suddenly suppressed. Hou, for a while, the morale of the Liuye Party was boosted again.

Because there are many people who think that Zheng Fan's ennobling as a Marquis certainly has the reasons for his outstanding meritorious deeds, but the Emperor Yan did not want to restore the closeness between him and the Marquis of Zhenbei. The meaning of seamless cooperation.

Beyond the poles,

In fact, there is another pole,

That is a group of court civil and military officials headed by Zaifu Zhao Jiulang.

When the Emperor Yan was here, Dayan’s Zaifu always gave people a feeling of being unobtrusive, and even the idlers in Yanjing City who love to talk badly gave this Zaifu some "elegant names", such as what "Paper-pasted Zaifu", "clay-sculpted Zaifu" or "string-drawn Zaifu".

Because throughout the ages, Zaifu has actually had the natural historical attribute of leading all officials to fight against the imperial power;

But in Dayan,

What did Emperor Yan say?

Whatever Zhao Jiulang does,

What does Emperor Yan want?

What Zhao Jiulang will give,

Emperor Yan's will is Zhao Jiulang's will, and at the same time, Zhao Jiulang will try his best to "whip" all the officials and let them keep up.

Xiangquan, in Zhao Jiulang's place, completely succumbed to the monarchy.

But after Emperor Yan entered the back garden, Zaifu's ability and power really surfaced.

How could this Prime Minister, who was promoted by the Emperor Yan from the humble family to become Prime Minister when there were many powerful families in the Great Yan family, who has been standing tall after serving such a monarch for so many years, how could he be a simple person? ?

the current situation,

After defeating Chu, Dayan was in a difficult situation, and Jin was in a difficult situation. The whole country, after joyous celebrations of victory in foreign wars, began to pay off debts for "military violence".

The situation of power struggle did not appear;

Whether it is the crown prince or the sixth prince, they are all controlling the forces of the two sides at this time, not to collide, and to serve the country wholeheartedly.

First, after all, the two brothers are both surnamed Ji. In this country, who will really sit down in the end, no one can say now, but it is undeniable that they can all pat their chests and say that this is the family business of their ancestors;

The second is because Lao Tzu is still there after all, and the two brothers dare not give up the overall situation under Lao Tzu's eyes and fight together before he dies for a day.

but,

sometimes,

Controversy, confrontation, and even the embryonic form of similar partisan struggles are unavoidable.

It's not about fame and fortune, it's genuine political dissent.

Nanwang City originally belonged to Yinlang County, but now it is going to be restructured. Nanwang City will be used as the county seat, and a prefect will be set up to deal with threats from the three sides of the Qian Kingdom.

The problem lies here.

What the prince meant was to let a civil official who was born in the army, that is, another person who copied Xu Wenzu, take over the job, let him replace Xu Wenzu's original errand, continue to cooperate with the boss, and stabilize the situation there;

The meaning of the sixth prince is to let an official who is good at local governance be in charge of the government, so as to restore the prosperity that was interrupted by the war to the south of Dayan's "Little Jiangnan".

Both sides also have candidates;

This is a very interesting thing. On the bright side, Ji Laoliu is in charge of the household department. Now that Dayan is struggling financially, it seems reasonable to want to open up business as much as possible;

But in fact, Zhao Jiulang knew that the crown prince was the conservative type, and his governance strategy and propositions should have been to stop fighting and stop fighting to recuperate;

And the sixth prince, who is most like His Majesty the Emperor Yan, will not be satisfied with being a conservative emperor. To open up to the outside world and strive to compare with his father in terms of achievements should be his true thoughts in his heart, regardless of whether he admits it or not.

Because, no one would believe that a "young Ji Runhao" would be content with the status quo.

However, the two sides, in this competition for candidates, have moved towards the opposite sides of their original policies.

There is so much to say here.

Just like this pot of tofu,

Eating it in summer makes it easy to get dry; eating it in winter makes it really comfortable.

The seasons are different, everything is very different.

His Majesty is old,

Their father is old,

The prince wants to prove to His Majesty that although he is a successful king, he will not fall into the name of his father as a pioneer!

The sixth prince wants to prove to His Majesty that although he has the intention of pioneering, he will not aim at nothing.

Zhao Jiulang was walking, but suddenly stopped,

sparsely,

It actually started to rain a little,

There are some ice crystals mixed in the rain, and the cool air seems to be able to penetrate into the bones of people.

Zhao Jiulang smiled,

True to the old saying,

Whether it is sunny or cloudy,

It's all up to God.

Just then,

Zhao Jiulang saw Eunuch Wei walking towards him.

"Greetings to Eunuch Wei, Eunuch Wei Fukang."

Li Yinglian quickly knelt down towards Wei Zhonghe.

The old emperor can make the courtiers tremble the most, but the eunuch who is about to guard the tomb can also make the colleagues frightened!

Eunuch Wei nodded to Li Yinglian, but instead of being polite to him, he smiled at Zhao Jiulang and said:

"Lord Zaifu, just look at this day, it has changed so much, it makes people panic."

Zhao Jiulang stood on the steps,

shake your head,

road:

"Don't worry, it won't collapse."