Honglu Temple set aside the Nanyuan of Jinhua Tower as a temporary inn for Han Qian and Guo Rong to live during their envoys to Shu.
However, when Han Qian and the others walked into Qianyuan, they could see the main building in Dongyuan when they looked up. As long as someone climbed above the third floor of the main building in Dongyuan, they could clearly see the situation in Nanyuan through the window.
Han Qian frowned slightly, looked at Guo Rong, and cupped his hands with Wei Qun, the Minister of Honglu Temple of Shu, and said dissatisfied: "We are an upright envoy to Shu, and we have no secrets that cannot be revealed to others, but if we eat, drink, or have diarrhea, we are called
It would be a hindrance to the people of Shu to appreciate it."
Wei Qun said: "Jinhua Tower is a place where officials, officials and civil servants from the capital have a banquet. It has been closed or turned into a temporary post house to avoid public controversy. If Mr. Han feels there is any inconvenience, someone will pull a curtain.
Cover up Nanyuan."
"My residence is just across the street from Nanyuan. I originally thought that it would be convenient to meet Mr. Han, so I wrote a letter to recommend that Mr. Han live in Jinhua Building during his mission to Shu, but I did not expect that there would be such inconvenience." Marquis of Changxiang.
Wang Yong also apologized to Han Qian somewhat unexpectedly.
The Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, wrote a letter suggesting that Han Qian live in the Jinhua Building. Obviously, he did not expect that he would be placed in the Nanyuan, which has an unobstructed view of the main building. Even if he was placed in the Beiyuan, which is far away from the main building, it would be much better.
Han Qian glanced at Wei Qun, the minister of Honglu Temple, who was in his fifties and looked gentle, and saw that his expression was a bit gloomy. He thought that although Wei Qun was not a direct descendant of Qingjiang Marquis Wang Hongyi, Wang Hongyi's instructions must be given to the envoy of Chu.
It's ugly. It's obviously impossible for Wei Qun to argue for the Changxiang Hou brothers and sisters.
At this time, the sky was already dark, the main building was brightly lit, and there were many people on the top three floors looking over the railing. I don't know how many people were just watching the excitement, and how many people were intentionally watching the excitement.
Han Qian glanced at Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong and thought that besides embarrassment, he was probably more scared, right? After all, these two incidents after entering the city showed that Wang Hongyi, the eldest son of King Shu, might not be able to ruin this marriage.
, but he was already wary enough of Changxiang Hou Wang Yong.
Guo Rong glanced at Han Qian hesitantly. Although he had long been marginalized in Prince Tan's palace, and at the same time he was not trusted by the Anning Palace because of his inability to spy on the third prince. At this time, as a deputy envoy to Shu with Han Qian, he was in a difficult situation.
It was extremely embarrassing, but he could still see through it at a glance. He didn't know how Han Qian would deal with the situation in front of him. Should he endure it or leave in anger?
"If we really pull up a curtain, it will easily cause a fire and be taken advantage of by traitors, but it will also show that we are guilty of being thieves," Han Qian suddenly became calm and relaxed again, and said to Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong, "
And since the residence of the Marquis of Changxiang is right around the corner, at worst, the envoy will come to the Marquis of Changxiang's house to make trouble, and he will not feel that there is any inconvenience in Nanyuan being under the eyes and ears of others - of course, the Marquis of Changxiang must not feel that the envoy
Noisy."
"How could it be?" Han Qian didn't even mean to flinch or distance himself, and the Marquis of Changxiang Wang Yong didn't even turn away people, he said with a smile.
Guo Rong frowned slightly. He couldn't understand what Han Qian wanted to do for a moment. The purpose of their trip was just to successfully welcome the bride. The prince of Shu did not necessarily want to ruin the marriage. More likely, he did not want to ask the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, to take advantage of this opportunity.
If the marriage is successful, then shouldn't their response be to distance themselves from the Marquis of Changxiang?
Of course, Guo Rong did not expect Han Qian to explain anything to him, so he patiently settled down with Han Qian in the Nanyuan of Jinhua Building. After they settled down, Guo Rong, the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, left Nanyuan and returned.
My own mansion - I was too busy today and didn't arrange any night banquet.
Han Qian just wanted to get married first
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The letter of worship and other items were formally submitted to Wei Qun, the minister of Honglu Temple, who sent them to the palace. Next, they waited for the summons of the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian; during this period, they also discussed the marriage with Honglu Temple and Zongzheng Temple of Shu.
and details of the wedding.
Although Nanyuan is adjacent to Dongyuan where the main building is located, it also has several courtyards and hundreds of houses.
The guards outside Nanyuan were in charge of Honglu Temple, but the guards inside were directly controlled by Han Qian and others. Han Qian stayed in the west courtyard far away from the main building. He first called Guo Que to his residence and asked about Guo Que's journey to Shu.
time, further spying on the information about Shu Lord Wang Jian and his disciples.
The Lord of Shu had six sons, and the third son died young. The only adult sons were Wang Hongyi, Marquis of Qingjiang, Wang Yong, Marquis of Changxiang, and Wang Xiaoxian, Marquis of Wei. There were two other sons who were not yet thirteen years old and were still living in the palace for the time being. There was no formal official announcement.
of knighthood.
The Marquis of Qingjiang, Wang Hongyi, and the Marquis of Wei, Wang Xiaoxian, were both born and raised by the Zhao family of the Queen of Shu, who was granted the title of Concubine Hui. Zhao Huifei's eldest brother, Zhao Weisheng, was serving as a servant of the Shu family at this time. He was one of the three prime ministers of the Shu Kingdom and one of the core ministers of the Shu Kingdom.
one.
In the early years, the Zhao family was also a large family in Xichuan. Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, was able to defeat Tian Lingzi and dominate the two rivers. The Zhao family contributed a lot. In addition to Zhao Weisheng who was granted the title of Duke, Zhao Weisheng's two sons were also granted the title of marquis and were in charge of military aircraft.
The mother of the brother and sister of Changxiang Hou Wangyong and Qingyang Princess, Su, was granted the title of Shu Concubine when Wang Jian, the Lord of Shu, established himself as king. However, he fell ill and died not long after. Changxiang Hou Wangyong left the palace to live, and Qingyang Princess
She was young at that time, so she was raised by the palace concubine Qi, who was granted the title of Madam at that time but had no children.
The princess of Qingyang did not leave the palace until she was fourteen years old, but she did not find another residence. Instead, she lived with her brother Wang Yong, the Marquis of the Township.
The Qi family has a lot of influence in Shu. Madam Qi's eldest brother Qi Lun was a subordinate of Wang Jian, the leader of Shu, during the Shence Army period. At this time, he served as General Youwei and Deputy Privy Envoy.
Because of the relationship between Princess Qingyang, the relationship between Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong, Qi Lun and the Qi family was relatively harmonious.
Although the concubine of Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong was extremely beautiful, she came from a small family and had little reputation in Shu. It was not known that anyone held prominent positions in the Shu Dynasty.
"After you enter Shu, what information can the spies here collect about Concubine Su Shu?" Han Qian didn't have time to go through the thick stack of information collected by the Jinyun Tower scouts in Shu during this period, so he directly asked Guo Quedao
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"The origin of Concubine Su Shu is very mysterious. To avoid alerting others, we have not sent anyone directly to contact the old people of Shu Palace. We have not collected any useful information yet," Guo Que said, "but there are occasional rumors among the streets that Concubine Su Shu is very good at
Sword dance is still favored by Wang Jian, the Lord of Shu."
Hearing this, Xi Rong was startled and looked at Han Qian hesitantly.
The origin of Concubine Su Shu is unknown. She has no natal family to share the military power. She was able to become a concubine together with Concubine Zhao Hui when she established herself under King Jian of Shu. A simple sentence of "deeply favored" cannot be explained.
Yao Xishui is good at sword dancing, and Su Shufei is good at sword dancing. If there is a inheritance relationship between the two, then Su Shufei is most likely to be a key figure in the Shenling Division in Shu?
In other words, Han Qian previously thought that the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, was not favored by the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian, at a young age, and that he might not know anything about the old affairs of the Shenling Division, and knew nothing about the relationship between the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion, Wanhonglou, and the Shenling Division.
It's most likely an illusion.
"Where is the information about the Jiaofang envoy Jing Qiongwen?" Han Qian frowned and asked Guo Que.
Han Qian paid attention to Jing Qiongwen, who was favored by Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, and was granted the title of envoy of Jiaofang and a regular servant of Zuo Sanqi. Mainly because he was one of the first people in Shu to stand up and advocate marriage to unite Chu and Liang. Later, he also
It was discovered that when Changxiang Hou Wang Yong was on his mission to Chu, he sent secret envoys many times to contact Jing Qiongwen secretly.
From this point of view, Jing Qiongwen may still have some
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There are many secrets worth discovering.
However, Guo directly pulled out a few pages of paper recording Jing Qiongwen's situation from a thick stack of information. In the past two or three months, he had arranged for two to three investigators to keep an eye on Jing Qiongwen's every move.
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Because there are many layouts, it is difficult to directly detect key information, but Jing Qiongwen's main activities in and out of the mansion in the past two or three months have been recorded, and there are also records of rumors about Jing Qiongwen's early activities.
Jing Qiongwen was an orphan and grew up in the Jiaofang Division of the former dynasty. As a young man, in addition to being good at music, he also won the appreciation of Tian Lingzi for his "Lanling King's War Dance" and was able to follow Tian Lingzi out to control Sichuan and Shu. Tian Lingzi was defeated and Jing Qiong
Wen was silent for a while, but ten years ago he served as the envoy of the Jiaofang, and won the favor and trust of the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian. He also used Zuo Sanqi to always go in and out of the palace, and stay by Wang Jian's side, so that he could interfere in the political affairs of Shu.
Han Qian sat in front of the case and looked through the Jinyun Tower Inspector's observation records of Jing Qiongwen's activities over the past three months. He couldn't see anything fishy for a while, so he motioned to Guo Que and the others to go down and rest first.
"No matter whether there is anything worthy of use in Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong, it seems that we can't arouse the strong hostility of Qingjiang Marquis, right?" Xi Rong brought another candlestick and placed it in front of the case, making the light in front of Han Qian
Brighter, he said hesitantly.
"In addition to being favored and trusted by the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian, Jing Qiongwen, if he is still an old member of the Shenling Division, he also controls some secret power for the use of Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong. Wang Yong is not someone who cannot be cooperated with," Han Qian said.
Even if the crisis in Jinling is ignored, the time they can stay in Shu is extremely limited, which means that what they can do is very limited. But the problem is that Princess Qingyang married into Dachu, and they want to win the understanding and support of Marquis Qingjiang
, it seems impossible in a short time.
The monarch's favor and trust in the officials was also a major feature of the current world. It was often criticized by the world and regarded as a waste of political affairs. However, as long as we carefully examine the pattern of military chaos in the middle and late periods of the previous dynasty, we will know that the monarchs in the current era trusted the officials and had the same relationship with the previous dynasties.
The reason why the kings favored the eunuchs was because there was no one they could trust among the generals, civil servants and the clan members.
Of course, it seems that there may be deeper factors behind why Shu lord Wang Jian used the official Jing Qiongwen.
Xi Rong sat on her knees in front of the case, holding her beautiful face, staring at the candlelight and thinking carefully, and said: "Since Jing Qiongwen secretly interacted with the Marquis of Changxiang and the Marquis of Changxiang, the mother of Princess Qingyang was most likely to have been
Looking at the key figures of the Shenling Division in Shu and other things together, your guess is most likely correct, but the problem is that our stay in Shu is limited, how can we use these things to achieve our goals?"
Han Qian smiled slightly and said: "Although the Qingjiang Marquis Wang Hongyi is more popular among the Shu generals than the Chu Prince Yang Yuanwo, in the eyes of the Shu Lord Wang Jian, the heir is too popular and powerful, but not too powerful.
That's a good thing. This is the dilemma faced by the current monarchs in choosing an heir."
"Difficulty in choosing the heir?" Xi Rong asked hesitantly, "You deliberately acted like you were friendly with the Marquis of Changxiang, but really you wanted to stimulate the Prince of Shu to take further action and make the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian, feel disgusted with him?"
After experiencing the chaos in the last years of the previous dynasty, Liang, Jin, Shu, and Chu have been peaceful for a long time after the establishment of their respective countries. However, the so-called Lord of Shu, Wang Jian, also faced a dilemma in choosing his successor. It was not Han Qian's decision on the relationship between the father and son of Lord Shu on the basis of the Jinling crisis.
Make simple assumptions about the relationship.
In fact, in the given history, as the most chaotic period in the long history of the world, there are more than forty kings from various countries, only one or two out of ten can die a good death.
Although Meng's memory of this period of history was very vague and he could only remember a general outline, Han Qian did not believe that the relationship between the Lord of Shu, Wang Jian, and his son could be so harmonious!