There was almost no winner in this farce. Important figures in the army in the East Palace were removed. Prince Anguo paid an even greater price. He was ordered to face the wall at home and reflect on his faults. He also lost his job as deputy director of government affairs in Zhongshu Province. After the incident, Mu Ying
Guoyin fled and wandered around the world since then. Jinyiwei was also punished by the emperor due to poor supervision.
The only person who benefited was Yuan Feng. The prince was grateful and gave him a sinecure as a sixth-rank horse-washing officer in Zhan Shifu. Although his rank was not high and he had no real power, he was a serious official after all and had the status of an attaché to the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.
In comparison, I don’t know how many times higher it is.
From the beginning to the end, Yuan Feng was trying to make ends meet with the third prince. The third prince was treacherous in nature, good at making tricks, and deliberately appeared to be generous and courteous to the virtuous. In fact, it was even more disgusting and alarming. Associating with such people will sooner or later be punished.
If he sells it, he will not be as easy to get along with as a cowardly and timid person like the prince. Besides, the prince is the prince after all, so there are many benefits to be gained from him.
The third prince wanted to be in trouble during the Qingming Festival, so he came up with a perfect plan to deceive Yuan Feng. In this plan, Yuan Feng and Li Mingying were responsible for attacking Zhan Shifu, a strategy that killed two birds with one stone. Yuan Feng originally planned to
Inform Huang Zihua, admonishing the prince to intervene later, and wait until the emperor is assassinated before taking action. In short, the more chaos the better.
That day, after Yuan Feng and Mu Ying formed a blood alliance, they went to see Liu Ying'er. They wanted to remind her that the two princes were about to quarrel and be careful of military disasters. However, they were persuaded by Liu Ying'er's words. During the Qingming period, the army
Frequent adjustments to the defense and various unusual movements showed that the emperor had already taken precautions. It was difficult at this time, and he was not going to hit the muzzle of the gun.
Yuan Feng suddenly realized that the mantis stalked the cicada behind the oriole, and there was a hunter hiding behind the oriole. This hunter was the emperor, and no one among the princes could outwit him, so he quickly found Huang Zihua overnight and narrated the story. Huang Zihua was such a smart man.
Immediately aware of the danger, Pegasus rushed back to dissuade the prince, and took prompt measures to avoid the disaster.
Through this incident, Yuan Feng also understood the emperor's methods, which were meticulous and vicious, and his rule was impregnable. However, he also had a weakness, that is, the poison of a tiger does not eat its own, and the princes would only be punished lightly no matter how much they caused trouble.
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Now Yuan Feng is a close minister of His Highness the Crown Prince and has a common enemy. All past misunderstandings and grudges have been wiped out. Yuan Feng has also told the Crown Prince all about his origins.
After Wen Yan was transferred, various forces in Gansu were shaken up. The officials, wealthy families, and military forces were as complicated as a spider web, and no one could gain the upper hand. Fan Liangchen seized the opportunity to recruit talents and consolidate his strength, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Xiliang Army's invasion to take advantage of the situation.
All the officials who obeyed him were replaced.
Fan Liangchen came from a traveling trade route and had close relationships with merchants. In his early years, Yuan Feng was the tycoon who monopolized the salt, iron and tea horses in the northwest. The two parties worked together to integrate the forces in the northwest and basically gained a foothold. The only worry was that the court changed people too frequently.
, the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu rotated around like a revolving lantern. Fan Liangchen rose too fast and had no foundation in the court. He only wanted to consolidate his power in the northwest, so he sent Yuan Feng to the capital.
Fan Liangchen wanted to find a backer in the court, and the prince wanted to find supporters among the officials in the feudal territory. The two sides naturally hit it off. In addition, both sides had been framed by the third prince's conspiracy, and they had a common ground. The prince was pleased and asked Yuan Feng
If he wanted to be an official, Yuan Feng said that he could just find a job in Zhan Shifu.
The appointment and dismissal of officials in the Zhanshi Mansion did not need to go through the Ministry of Personnel. They only needed to fill in the files afterwards. Last time after Luo Tianqiang died, the position of Xima was still vacant, so Yuan Feng could take over.
The Bureau of Economic Affairs is in charge of books, classics, official documents and other items in the East Palace. It is equivalent to a librarian, a standard idle job, but it is exactly what Yuan Feng wants. It is too difficult to explore the public case twenty years ago. The people and events of that time
There is no trace to look up, but the file information stored in the East Palace Economic Bureau is relatively complete, and some clues may be found from it.
The archives and books stored in the Bureau of Economic Affairs are vast. Since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, records of court meetings, official documents of the Zhongshu Province, memorials of the six ministries, local memorials, as well as various old archives from the previous dynasty are all stored here.
Here, the Si Jing Bureau is actually equivalent to the archives bureau of the imperial court. It is subordinate to Zhan Shifu because he wants the prince to have access to these materials at any time and learn from them how to be an emperor.
The prince has no intention of looking at those old files. No one reads them at ordinary times. They just take them out from the piled rattan boxes every year during the rainy season to dry them. No one takes these tattered books seriously.
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Due to the large collection of books, the Economic Affairs Bureau has its own branch and is not located in Zhan Shi's Mansion. Usually, only a dozen or so minor officials take care of these books and scriptures, and clean them every day to prevent rats and insects from eating them.
The official didn't bother to come over and check.
That morning, a mule cart stopped in front of the Economic Affairs Bureau, and two people got out. The one in the front had a green round collar, a gauze hat, and official boots. He was tall and tall, with a handsome face. The person in the back was in green clothes and a small hat. He was petite. He was obviously a book boy.
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A group of people from the Economic and Economic Affairs Bureau lined up at the door to welcome them. The clerks stood respectfully and listened to the adults' instructions. They also knew in their hearts that the new Mr. Xi Ma was just here to go through the motions. There were no old people in Zhan Shi's house.
, they are all young and talented people who are in their prime. Being a horse wash is just a transition. The next step is the Imperial Academy. In the future, when the prince succeeds to the throne, they will have a bright future.
The visitor was none other than Yuan Feng. After a brief speech, he proposed to inspect the library. The clerks looked at each other and had no choice but to lead Yuan Feng up to the library to have a look. There were countless iron shelves and rattan boxes upstairs.
There was a thick layer of dust, it must have been years since it had been cleaned.
Yuan Feng touched the bookshelf, which was full of dust. He opened a rattan box, and several mice came out of it. The books in the box were bitten into pieces of paper. The clerk smiled awkwardly, but he didn't expect to wash it.
Mr. Ma will really patrol upstairs. The former Luo Xima has never shown his face since he took office.
Yuan Feng didn't get mad, he just said calmly: "This won't work."
"Yes, yes, the little ones must clean it carefully and keep it clean when the adults come back."
Yuan Feng smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with the next time because of my official duties. Let's do this together."
But they all had a sad face and had no choice but to accompany Yuan Feng in sorting the books. Yuan Feng moved a wicker chair and sat downstairs to supervise. The little book boy directed the clerks to clean up and classify all the files and rearrange them according to year.
Bookshelf, making labels and search tables, etc.
There are a huge collection of books in the Bureau of Economic Affairs, and the workload is huge and tedious. Fortunately, the book boy seems to have been in this line of work. His command is organized and organized. He has summarized a few simple and effective methods and divided the officials into four groups to work.
The efficiency is also very high.
In the afternoon, the officials returned home from get off work. Except for the concierge, only Master Xima and the little book boy were left. Yuan Feng called for a banquet from outside and put four or five simple side dishes on the table. Yuan Feng smiled. Said: "Ying'er, thank you for your hard work."
The child is Liu Ying'er, and her father is not in front of her. The little girl is a lot more presumptuous. She is flying up and down with a pair of chopsticks, picking out what she likes to eat, holding the chopsticks in her mouth, turning over the dishes randomly, and there is no image of a lady. She is holding a wine glass in her hand.
His face turned red and he said with a smile: "No, no, I have long thought of the Economic Bureau to come here to hunt for treasures, but even dad can't take care of it. This time, I borrowed your light to get what I wanted, so I have to thank you."
"Oh, does the Bureau of Economic Affairs have anything you are interested in?"
"Of course, the files hidden here are all original files. In their eyes, they are just boring words. In my eyes, they are wonderful pictures. Looking at these original things is much better than Zizhi Tongjian.
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Liu Ying'er comes from a standard scholarly family, with a collection of tens of thousands of books at home. She has been helping her father sort out books and take care of the collection since she was a child. She is afraid of taking everything seriously. The Liu family's ability to serve books is much better than those who are fed by the imperial court.
After eating and drinking, Liu Ying'er licked her lips and said, "I have to go home, otherwise my father will have to break my legs and come back to help you tomorrow."
After all, she was the daughter of the prime minister's family, and it was absolutely impossible for her to stay out overnight. Yuan Feng personally sent her back to her residence, and then returned to the Economic Bureau alone to read at night.
The library has been cleaned up, and several rat nests have been dug out. However, there are too many files and files to sort out at one time. No candles are allowed in the library. Yuan Feng brought a box of files from the early years of Tianyou's reign.
After reading it for a while, I just felt dizzy. They were all unfamiliar names and unfamiliar things. It was really difficult to get clues from them.
Just as he was about to put it down, a record suddenly caught his eye. In the second year of God's blessing, Concubine Rong gave birth to the emperor's fourth son.
Strange, the fourth prince was not born to Concubine Shu, but was born from the same mother as the second prince, Princess Anle. How come he was born to Concubine Rong? Is there some hidden secret?
Yuan Fengxun searched for relevant records, searching ten lines at a glance for the words related to Concubine Rong, and finally found a clue. God blessed three years, Concubine Rong was deposed as a commoner and was relegated to the cold palace. Looking back further, he could no longer find it.
Relevant records have been recorded.
A picture appeared in front of Yuan Feng's eyes. A haggard beauty in palace clothes was dragged tightly by two palace maids. She screamed at the top of her lungs and struggled. She watched helplessly as her young son was taken away. She could never see him again.
See.
The prince gradually grew up, but the woman in the cold palace became older and older. Maybe the kind-hearted concubine once brought her child to see her, but the son could no longer recognize his mother, and was relatively speechless, with only a few tears. Maybe the woman
He was sentenced to death by Sanchi Bailing long ago, but there is no record of it in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
This may be a way to drive a wedge between the King of Qin and the Emperor, Yuan Feng thought to himself.
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Early the next morning, Liu Ying'er arrived as promised. Yuan Feng couldn't wait to mention this issue to her, but Liu Ying'er scoffed: "Since ancient times, such things as royal births have been too common and nothing."
"It's so tragic that I live my whole life without knowing who my biological mother is. I think King Qin must want to know the secrets about his life experience and the whereabouts of Concubine Rong." Yuan Feng said.
Liu Ying'er curled her lips: "That's an ordinary people's house. The royal family is not human. Haven't you heard the saying that the most ruthless emperor's house is... Wait, what concubine did you just say?"