It is said that the ancestor is the Boling Cui family, a well-known and well-known family. Although the era of the family has been shattered by scientific research, the Cui family in Jiankang is still doing well.
Let’s not talk about Cui Yu who is worshiping the Prime Minister in Zhongshu Province. Apart from this Prime Minister, there are nearly ten people in the Cui family who are officials in the court. Although many of them are from different branches, they all have the surname Cui after all. Generally speaking,
We are all still a family.
What I have to admit is that Shen Yi did offend the Cui family a lot this time.
Because the position of prime minister is so rare.
Among the one or two hundred scholars who are equivalent to those in the "Qing Dynasty", only one can be selected as a candidate, and the ratio of Jinshi among the candidates is about one in twenty. However, the imperial court admits more than 200 Jinshi every three years. These two hundred people
If there is even a chancellor in it, then this subject is considered to be a great person.
For an official, if he wants to climb all the way to the position of Zhongshu and become prime minister, it is difficult to describe it. It is like crossing a natural chasm!
The Cui family finally got a prime minister. After working for just two years, he had just become familiar with the position of prime minister. Before he had time to cultivate his influence and practice nepotism, he was inexplicably raped by the emperor!
If this was in the officialdom, it would be a sworn feud!
Even if Shen Yi is not in the officialdom, this incident is not his original intention, and this incident is enough to make the Cui family hate him.
Shen Qilang sighed helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, I know nothing about this matter. Although I have heard about the resignation of Prime Minister Cui, it actually has nothing to do with me."
"Of course they understand this."
Li Mu smiled and said: "But losing the position of a prime minister for no reason will make anyone angry. The Cui family has not come to trouble you so far. It is already a well-educated person."
The two chatted for a while, and the waiter at Yaoyuelou finally served the food and drinks. However, Shen Yi had just finished lunch and really had no appetite. After taking a few bites, he looked at Li Mu.
, lowered his head and asked: "Your Majesty has a distinguished status. I condescend to come here today. I wonder if you have any orders?"
Li Mu is the eldest son of the Jin Palace, and is the cousin of the current emperor!
With this status, if nothing happens, it is unlikely that Shen Yi will come to see him again and again.
The smile on the prince's face faded slightly. He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "To put it mildly, the younger brothers and sisters in the family are not sensible and have offended Qilang. As the elder brother, I am here to make amends to Qilang on their behalf."
no."
Shen Yi frowned and said nothing.
Prince Jin continued: "If we put it more bluntly,
It’s just that the Ganquan Academy group is about to gain power, Qilang, since you are from Ganquan Academy and are highly appreciated by His Majesty, plus you have some connections with my family, you have a bright future."
There was a faint smile on his face: "My father said that Qilang, you are a person worth getting to know, so I want to get closer to Qilang."
Shen Yi took a deep breath, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. There are many young people with bright futures in Jiankang City. Among the newly promoted Jinshi with criminal records, there are many young people. If the Jin Palace wants to make friends with promising people,
It seems that young people should go to those former criminals, rather than me, a student..."
"A scholar has a strong temper and a high-spirited character."
Li Mu said quietly: "They are afraid that associating with the clan, especially a clan like the Jin Palace, will ruin their own future. Even people from Jiankang like Zhang Jian are not willing to have anything to do with the Jin Palace."
Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "But Qilang, you are different. Your family already has entanglements with mine. It is reasonable for our families to have a relationship, and no one can find any fault."
Li Mu spoke very politely and his words were very flattering to Shen Yi.
What he said was that there was "entanglement" between the two families.
But the actual situation is that Shen Yi's father, Shen Zhang, is a servant of the Jin Palace.
Shen Qilang's frown deepened. He raised his head to look at Li Mu and said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, newly promoted Jinshi and ministers in the court, do not make friends with the clan to avoid taboos... And the royal family members seem to have to avoid taboos in order to avoid taboos.
You should not make friends with scholars or ministers..."
Having said this, Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat. He swallowed and looked at Li Mu.
"Your Majesty?"
Li Mu smiled hoarsely.
"Qilang, don't think too much. My father did have some thoughts six or seven years ago, but now that His Majesty has grown up, and... His Majesty is not without brothers, our family's thoughts have slowly faded away."
The logic is very simple.
When the late emperor was seriously ill, Prince Jin was the late emperor's biological brother and the only brother in Jiankang. At that time, all the late emperor's sons were young, so it was very likely that the throne would be passed on to Prince Jin.
But now, His Majesty has been on the throne for six years and has reached adulthood. His position has become more and more stable. It is difficult to pull him down. And even if he is pulled down, although the emperor has no children but has brothers, the throne may not be passed to the Jin Palace.
But when Shen Yi heard this, a chill ran down his spine.
He is also from the Chen Kingdom, and he knows something about the royal family of the Chen Kingdom.
The current emperor does have brothers, and there are two brothers, but these two brothers are eight years old and ten years old this year!
If the current emperor dies suddenly and the two "emperor brothers" are too young, then the Jin Palace will still have a chance to ascend to the throne!
And now Prince Jin is appointed as Jiankang Yin!
Royal since ancient times
It is normal for brothers to fight for the throne internally, and it is normal for brothers to fight against each other, and this kind of thing cannot help but make Shen Yi think wildly.
Everyone in Jiankang City has motives and reasons to form cliques, unite with each other, and make friends with talented people. The Jin Palace alone does not have this kind of clan, because the status of the Jin Palace must be that one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
, they have no possibility of moving forward, and there is no room for them to move forward!
Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked at the smiling Prince Jin in front of him and couldn't help but shudder.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then lowered his head and ate his food silently without speaking in reply.
"My father has already joined the court as an official. I will probably work in the court in the future. Since I want to work in the court, of course I have to have a good relationship with the people in the court."
Li Mu looked at Shen Yi and smiled: "And the Ganquan Academy where Qi Lang is located is very likely to become a force that can control the court in the next five to ten years."
Shen Yi gave a bitter smile: "Your Majesty, I am just a student of Ganquan Academy. I am not even a candidate now. No matter how powerful the academy is, it has little to do with me."
"It doesn't matter now, it will always happen in the future."
Li Mu picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Besides, leaving aside Ganquan Academy, based on Qilang's two poems and what he said to me in the palace that day, I also think Qilang, you are a good friend."
people."
Li Mu raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, then placed the wine glass on the table.
"This is our first time drinking, we must have a great time today!"
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The two of them arrived at Yaoyuelou in the afternoon, and they didn't finish the meal until the evening.
The Crown Prince of Jin drank so much that he became dizzy.
Li Mu was about to take Shen Yi back to Prince Jin's Mansion to rest, but Shen Yi refused and insisted on returning to his rented yard.
Accompanied by two servants from Prince Jin's Palace, Shen Yi staggered to the door of his courtyard. After opening the door, Shen Yi turned around and saw off the two servants from Prince Jin's Palace, and then staggered into the yard.
After watching the two servants from Prince Jin's Mansion leave, Shen Yi quickly bolted the door, then stood behind the door, reaching out to cover his own beating heart, feeling frightened for a while.
"Damn..."
Shen cursed in his heart and was frightened.
"These two father and son...don't really want to become the rebel emperor...?"
A series of actions by Prince Jin and his son made Shen Yi feel very strange.
Because the political situation in Dachen is quite stable. Although the young emperor is a little eager to take power, he does not act recklessly. Although the powerful enemy Northern Qi has repeatedly provoked, he has not really violated the border. In the current situation, the Jin prince and his son want to sit in that position.
As for the position, the first is to control the imperial army and march into the imperial city, occupying the throne and becoming the emperor, and the second is...
It was the little emperor who suddenly died suddenly.
Both of these possibilities have nothing to do with Shen Yi. Firstly, Shen has not entered the officialdom, and secondly, he has not entered the imperial palace. It is impossible for him to accomplish anything for the Jin Palace.
What makes Shen Yi even more confused is that if the Jin Palace really wants to take one of these two paths, it can only do it in the past two or three years before the two royal brothers are young.
Under such circumstances, there is no use in wooing "potential stocks" like Shen Yi in the court.
unless…
Shen Qilang was sitting in the pavilion in his yard, with cold sweat on his forehead. He thought of a somewhat scary possibility, but then he shook his head and said to himself: "No, their surname is Li after all, even if they are willing to do it
, people in the north won’t believe them either…”
Thinking of this, Shen Yi slowly exhaled a breath and thought to himself: "Well, these things in the court are too complicated. I stand too low, so it's not surprising that I can't understand them. As for Prince Jin's Mansion..."
"My family is deeply involved with Prince Jin's Mansion, so it's impossible to keep a respectful distance from them. Just try not to get too close to them."
"If you want to understand the situation of the court, you must first enter the situation and enter the court."
Thinking of this, Shen Yi calmed down, fetched a basin of water, washed himself, lay down on the bed and closed his eyes and fell asleep. The next morning, when it was getting dark, he got up early, went out to have a meal, and immediately returned
In the study room at home, he opened the three policy discussion questions given to him by Mr. Gu, took out one of them and began to solve the problem seriously.
Shen Yi was very serious this time and followed the scientific examination process completely. He first took out the manuscript paper and wrote a draft. After the draft was written, he transcribed it carefully.
Learning is a grind and takes a lot of time. Shen Yi got tired of writing policy papers, so he went to the kitchen to get some food to make up for a meal, and then returned to the study to chew on his pen.
Reading and writing were originally a very boring process, but after really getting into it, Shen Yi found some joy in it. When he finished writing the first manuscript, it was already afternoon before he knew it.
Shen Yi didn't know how tired he was. After he finished writing, he checked it over and then started transcribing it seriously.
At this time, he really devoted himself wholeheartedly to the career of taking the exam. Firstly, because he wanted to find an honest and upright career, and secondly, because of various things in Jiankang City, Shen Yi had to
Try to get rid of the "scholar" class and come to the bureaucratic class as soon as possible.
Once you become an official, you have the qualifications to speak and the opportunity to do things.
But now Chen State is in the midst of the change of old and new dynasties, and it is the time when things need to be done.
Shen Yi must catch up!
While Shen was studying hard at home, the Di Newspaper Division had printed a total of 50,000 copies of the first issue of Di News, of which 45,000 copies were sent to all provinces and prefectures and counties in the Chen Kingdom, and 5,000 copies were sent to all prefectures and counties in the Chen Kingdom.
The portion was directly digested internally in Jiankang City.
I don’t know the sales volume of these newspapers in other provinces, but in Jiankang City... they sell very well.
Because things like the Di Bao were originally "internally circulated" by officials. Not to mention the common people, even some scholars and public officials without official positions rarely had the opportunity to see it. It was inherently mysterious.
, now the imperial court suddenly published it publicly, and the headline on the front page is very exciting, which can very well cater to the minds of the people of Chen State, especially the people of Jiankang...
People in the capital like to discuss state affairs the most, because the imperial court is by their side, and those high-ranking officials, prime ministers, and princes are by their side. Although they cannot participate, they like to discuss the gossip of the court elders in twos and threes in their free time.
, talk about the gossip in the palace, to show the differences between the people of the imperial capital and outsiders at the feet of the emperor.
In the past, everything about the imperial court was vague, and the people in Kyoto could only start with the word "heard". Now the imperial court actually made the imperial newspaper public, and even wrote "gossip" about the princess of the Northern Qi Dynasty in the imperial newspaper.
", people in the capital naturally flocked to it, and even many low-level officials would buy more than a dozen copies and put them in their study rooms for "collection" purposes.
The sales volume is very good, so of course Di Newspaper Company will continue to print it.
As a result, Di Bao spread more and more widely in Jiankang Jingcheng.
As the "participant" of the gossip, Izumo Princess Zhao Ying was so angry that she cried. Especially after the news went viral in Di Bao, this Northern Qi princess who originally liked shopping in Jiankang never left the house again.
Although the sales volume of Di Bao was very good, after all, it only had more than 10,000 words, and only seven or eight articles were written. After the people in the capital read it, there was no more.
Some good people have even gone to bookstores to start urging for the next issue of the newspaper.
Although this kind of "urge for updates" does not affect the Di Bao Si, it can spread from the ears of the inner guards to the palace and to the ears of the eunuch Gao Ming.
So, late one night in the Deqing Hall, while serving the young emperor to wash his feet, the high eunuch sighed: "Your Majesty, the official work has been heavy these days, and I have really worked hard for you."
The little emperor stretched out his hand to rub his temples and took a deep breath: "Things in the imperial court are simple and complicated, and I only have one prime minister and two ministers.
The number of documents in Deqing Palace increased by another 30%..."
The little emperor snorted and said: "These are probably those old guys who are trying to make me angry, thinking that I can't do anything without them."
He narrowed his eyes and said: "When I really have a set of secretaries that belong to me, political affairs will become easier immediately."
"Your Majesty, state affairs are of course important, but you should also take good care of your dragon body..."
The high eunuch lowered his head and wiped the little emperor's feet humbly.
After wiping his feet, Eunuch Gao seemed to have remembered something. He looked up at the emperor and said with a smile, "By the way, Your Majesty, I have some good news for you."
The little emperor put away his washed feet, stretched and looked at Gao Ming, and asked: "You, a slave, know how to show off your skills and be petty. What kind of good news is this? I'm afraid you have given it careful consideration."
Tell me?"
"Your Majesty is wise."
Eunuch Gao bowed his head deeply and said with a smile: "Thanks to your Majesty's great blessing, the slaves and maids have done a good job in the newspaper office. Now almost every bookstore in Jiankang City has a newspaper. As long as you are literate, you can read it."
Almost everyone is talking about Di Bao."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head meaningfully and said: "This thing is now in Jiankang...it has a great influence."
The little emperor was lazily preparing to go to bed. When he heard this, he suddenly looked at Gao Ming thoughtfully.
"What Daban means is..."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head again: "Your Majesty, there are already many people in Jiankang City urging the new residence to report. I thought about it during the day. If this thing has a great influence, it can become a sharp weapon in your Majesty's hands in the future. Not only can it
Promote the imperial court like Shen Yi said, and your majesty can also use it to purge officials..."
There is no shortage of smart people in this world.
Especially those elders in high positions, no one is a fool. Although Gao Ming was born as the first companion of the East Palace and only took the position of the first eunuch, there are countless senior eunuchs and senior eunuchs in the palace who are all watching.
In his position, he can sit firmly and steadily, which is naturally why he is outstanding.
In other words, being Gao Ming is very smart.
Smart people don't need to be taught step by step. Eunuch Gao just saw the current influence of Xin Di Bao and the content that the form of Di Bao can carry. He has already seen the potential of this thing.
The so-called rectification of officialdom...
The emperor alone cannot have the final say in matters in the court. In other words, the emperor must also act according to the rules. Even if it is the rules set by his ancestors or even himself, he must strictly abide by them.
If you break the rules, no one will play with you.
For example, there is a set of official audit procedures in the imperial court. Generally, someone must be impeached first, preferably the imperial censor, and then the emperor and the yamen can make corresponding decisions. You cannot say that the emperor can use whomever he wants.
, let go of whoever you want.
Because the court requires "stability".
This kind of stability has been achieved by all parties working together for many years. Once someone messes up and destroys this stability, chaos may soon break out in the court.
And a propaganda tool like Xindi Bao is very suitable as a political tool at certain times.
For example, write on it that certain officials have bad personal ethics.
For example, it is written that a certain old minister, an old minister, is an "old ash picker".
There is no need for any evidence, no reason, and no need to go through court procedures. In this era where reputation is extremely important, if the reputation is bad, the person will pack up and leave.
In the same way, if you praise a person for his merits in governing the local area in the newspaper, this person may immediately become famous in the government and the public. During the next official examination and Beijing inspection, this person can be promoted naturally, and he will be promoted and make a fortune.
A meteoric rise.
Gao Ming is a loyal servant.
In his position, he can only be a loyal servant.
Therefore, he honestly told the little emperor all the uses he had in mind for the newspaper.
His Majesty the Emperor's eyes lit up, and then he said with a smile: "Listening to what you said, this thing is indeed very useful."
His Majesty the Emperor sat on the edge of the bed and said with a smile: "If this thing is really popular all over the world, next time the Di newspaper comes out, I will ask Shen Yi to write a few bad words about Old Man Yang. Maybe this year the old man will
I will submit a letter to complain to my old age and will not continue to bother me in Jiankang."
Hearing the emperor mention Shen Yi, Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, this thing is no longer a plaything, nor is it a light thing. Of course, a new issue of Di Bao must be published.
But instead of continuing to let Shen Yi write it, I think this matter needs to be discussed."
Eunuch Gao looked respectful: "My servant has no other intentions. Firstly, Mr. Shen is still young after all, and sometimes he may make some mistakes. Secondly, Mr. Shen is still preparing for the provincial examination and is not even a candidate. If he is the one to do it,
I think it might be inappropriate to do something that is extremely important to the government..."
What Eunuch Gao said is reasonable and reasonable. Not only is Shen Yi low-status now, but he is not even a civil servant. It was just that this thing reported to him before had no results, but now this thing has shown its power for the first time. Let's give this thing to Shen Yi again.
I'm afraid there's something wrong.
The little emperor glanced at Gao Ming with some displeasure.
"Then Shen Qi and I are the same age. Does this mean that I am too young for my age?"
Gao Ming was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is the real Dragon Emperor. Naturally, you cannot judge him according to ordinary circumstances..."
"Stop doing this."
The little emperor rolled his eyes at Eunuch Gao and said calmly: "Whatever the real dragon emperor is, they are all bluffing..."
He said slowly: "But what you said makes some sense. Shen Qi has no fame. If Di Bao really becomes a weapon in the future, there will definitely be many people staring at Di Bao and writing articles.
man of."
"That's it..."
The little emperor closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Gao Ming, aren't there some little eunuchs in the palace who are studying, let them try to write an issue of the Di Di newspaper, and also, someday you can go to the Hanlin Academy and hand it over to me
Leave the note and let the Hanlin Academy people write it. Those Hanlin Academy members should have seen the Di Bao, so I told them clearly that if they each write an article, it might be published in the Di Bao."
At this point, the young emperor pondered for a while and said: "Then, send someone to find Shen Yi and tell him to hand over the manuscript for the second issue of Di Bao within half a month."
His Majesty the Emperor stretched himself and said lazily: "If people in the palace can write, or people in the Hanlin Academy can write, then it doesn't matter whether Shen Yi writes or not. If there is nothing written in these two places,
Okay, Shen Yi, let him continue to write this thing first. If there is any dispute, just don’t sign it for now."
Gao Ming bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise," and then said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Mr. Shen seems to be very diligent in studying recently. He gets up early in the morning to study. Sometimes he only goes out once a day. There is no smoke in his house.
, he probably doesn’t cook, maybe even eating is a problem.”
The little emperor lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Gao Ming and yawned: "It stands to reason that scholars who come to Jiankang to study, even if they don't have a maid to accompany them, should bring a book boy with them. Shen Qi's appearance is indeed
I'm a little embarrassed, that's all..."
His Majesty the Emperor lay down on his soft couch and yawned again: "This newspaper is well done. You have made great contributions, my companion. I will remember your contribution, and this Shen Yi..."
"It's also meritorious."
The little emperor closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.
"Tomorrow you go to see him on my behalf, and send him two maids to take care of his daily life. This will be regarded as a reward from me."
Having said this, the emperor opened his eyes and looked at Gao Ming again, and said: "Remember, you can't say that she is a maid who has gone out of the palace, otherwise the censors will know about it and they will talk too much."
Generally, when the emperor rewards palace maids, they are given to ministers, even high-ranking officials at the level of prime ministers and assistants. If an unknown person like Shen Yi is rewarded by the emperor with a palace maid, it will indeed make the officials gossip.
Gao Ming had been with the emperor for many years, so he naturally knew what his majesty was thinking. He bowed his head respectfully and said with a smile: "My servants have written down all your majesty's instructions. It's already late at night, and your majesty will have a court meeting tomorrow. Please rest quickly."
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"Um…"
The little emperor closed his eyes again, uu readwww.uukanshu.com and said: "Mother Queen
I heard that your illness is getting better. Tomorrow I will take the imperial doctor to diagnose my mother's pulse. Please remember this and remind me when the time comes. Don't forget."
The daily work of the great eunuch is probably equivalent to that of the emperor's personal secretary, so he naturally assumes the function of "memorandum". Gao Ming bowed his head deeply and said, "I understand."
The little emperor stopped talking, closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep.
Gao Ming stood by the emperor's bed for a while, waiting until the emperor fell asleep before silently leaving the emperor's palace.
After walking to the door of the palace, Eunuch Gao glanced at the two eunuchs who were "on duty" in the palace, and said calmly: "Our family will not be here tonight. You two will take turns to serve His Majesty tonight."
The two eunuchs on duty, who were also high-ranking eunuchs, bowed their heads slightly after hearing this: "I understand, Eunuch Gao."
Gao Ming then stepped out and said slowly to the young eunuch beside him: "Go and pick some smarter and more agreeable maids, and bring them to Deqing Palace tomorrow morning."