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Chapter 691 The New Year Based on Zhao Ji's Pain, I Have a Very Happy New Year!

"The officials are benevolent. After King Jian's misfortune, the officials were so sad that they all vomited blood and fell ill!"

In Suian Academy, Gao Qiu and Li Yan sat opposite each other.

Gao Qiu thought that if Gao Lian disappeared in the fire, he would not be so sad, and he couldn't help but sigh sincerely for such a humane official.

Li Yan had received strict training, and he didn't have a smile on his face. He just sipped the tea indifferently. After drinking a cup quickly, he saw Ling Zhen coming over to refill the water.

The fire in Prince Jian's Mansion was undoubtedly set by Taoist Ling, who used Lei Huozi who was going to attack Miyagi, so the fire was very restrained.

Except for the men sent by Jia Xiang, who were killed unceremoniously by him, the other missing persons, including King Jian, were all taken away by the Taoist priest Jin Jingshan.

However, he kept Ling Zhen, on the one hand, to thank him for his kindness, and on the other hand, he also felt that Ling Zhen should be kept as a hostage, after all, this matter has a lot to do with it.

In fact, Li Yan sticks to the boundaries. Apart from telling the truth and assisting in the arrest of Xixia spies, this identity will not participate in other things, and he is not worried.

Of course, he still welcomes Ling Zhen's arrival. This man's creative ability in magic weapons is quite good, so he is really needed.

And Ling Zhen lived quite comfortably in the academy, after serving tea casually, he chatted familiarly with the attendants brought by Gao Lian.

Li Yan took a few glances and saw that the attendant had a strong body and a very stable foot. He was not ordinary burly and strong, so he couldn't help but became interested: "Who is this strong man?"

Gao Qiu said with a smile: "This man's name is Jiao Ting. He has made a living in sumo wrestling for three generations. He is well-known among wrestlers in the capital. Now he is my Mr. Sumo wrestler. He is really good at it."

Speaking of Jiao Ting, he also thought of the previous housekeeper, and said bitterly: "I almost missed this Jiao Ting, because the housekeeper hinted that the painter was painting in ugliness, and said that this person's movements are rude, and his hands and feet are not serious..."

Li Yandao: "Such evil servants should be punished."

Gao Qiu took the opportunity to ask: "The minister of internal affairs, Jia Xiang, is also an evil servant of the government. I exposed his collusion with the thief before, but the government seemed displeased and told me not to act rashly. Mr. Yilin See, why is that?"

Li Yan thought to himself why this could be because he vomited blood. If there hadn't been this incident, the simple Jian Palace would have been burned, and Zhao Ji's young and strong body would still be able to hold on, so he wouldn't be so angry that he vomited blood and fell to the ground.

Of course, in the face of Gao Qingtian who was humbly asking for advice, he still analyzed it: "Perhaps as Gao Tiju said, Jia Xiang is an evil servant, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is involved in the palace. He is so sensitive that the officials don't want the Imperial City Secretary to intervene." .”

Only then did Gao Qiu suddenly realize: "Is this the case? Internal servants and foreign ministers are different after all!"

This sentence is really true.

If Gao Lian was an eunuch, this coup plan aimed at framing and blaming others might be handed over to him to execute it himself, but this one has roots, so in Zhao Ji's eyes, he will always be better than Tong Guan, Yang Jian, and Lan Yu. People like Cong Xi and Jia Xiang went up one level.

No matter how strong the eunuch's personal ability is, he is also a crippled eunuch who must exchange his loyalty to the emperor for power, while foreign ministers can take the road of ordinary people's promotion.

It's hard for Gao Qiu to understand so deeply, but he still feels very sad. He is loyal and sincere to the officials, but the officials suspect that he has meddled too much because of the internal affairs. distance...

Gao Qiu sighed, quickly dismissed this thought, and comforted himself: "The government is also in trouble. In the past two days, there have been new rumors among the people that the fire in Prince Jian's mansion was burning strangely, as if it was aimed at Jane. The king went there and said some nasty things, alas!"

Li Yan knew what those ugly words were. In fact, later generations had a guess, saying that the untimely death of the King of Jian, Zhao Si, had something to do with Zhao Ji, but it was just a pure analysis without any real evidence. Anyway, there are two rumors about the official family, one is the mother, the other is the younger brother, there is really nothing to say to the family...

But he had undergone strict training, so he still didn't smile, and said calmly: "Gao Tiju should not interfere too much with the affairs of the Tian family. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Let's have a good year!"

Gao Qiu frowned: "But Jia Xiang is a thief collaborating with the enemy's country. If he is not caught, I always feel uneasy."

Qing Tian felt uncomfortable when he found that the villain was at large. Li Yan appreciated this sense of responsibility: "Gao Tiju, don't worry, since the evidence is solid, this Jia Xiang cannot escape."

Gao Qiu felt at ease: "That's good. After the year, Judge Ding will return to the Imperial City Division, and it will be even more powerful. I will take all these thieves into prison!"

Li Yan's eyes moved slightly: "Judge Ding will return to the Imperial City Division to make a point, has it been decided?"

Gao Lian's smile reappeared, full of anticipation: "It's decided, it will be transferred in the next year."

Li Yan took care and said: "This is not a good time. Gao Tiju is too popular now, and Judge Ding is very capable. Once he returns to the Imperial City Division, he will not be coerced by civil officials. They will definitely not sit idly by."

Gao Qiu smiled disdainfully: "So what if I don't want to? What have they done to me during this time?"

Li Yandao: "At this time and at that time, Gao Tiju still needs to pay more attention, and he has to remind Judge Xia Ding."

Hearing this moment and that moment, Gao Qiu thought of the ugly face of the official, and his heart jumped for no reason, and the reality verified this foresight again and again, and he suddenly became nervous.

Li Yan was not very excited, because he knew very well that some were accidental, while others were inevitable, sooner or later.

The so-called self-inflicted crimes cannot live.

After sending Gao Qi away, Li Yan thought of the man in the palace who shot himself in the foot with a stone, and felt more and more that this year must be happy. He came to the backyard and gave the last class of the year to the students of the first batch of Suian , Zhanyan smiled and said: "If you are willing to come to my house tomorrow, how about having a lively New Year's Eve?"

In the first batch of students, except for Cao Zheng, everyone is not at home in Beijing. Ru Huarong has a mother and younger sister, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun have two brothers, and others like Lu Junyi, Suo Chao, An Daorong, Shi Qian, Zhu Wu They are all alone, it is hard to bear, and when they heard this, they were overjoyed: "Thank you, brother!"

Cao Zheng and Jiang Jing were also extremely envious, and hesitated to speak. Li Yan smiled and said: "When you watch the new year, you still have to be with your relatives, but it's always okay to have a lively meal together, and my mother also Very welcome!"

These words dispelled everyone's last worry, and cheered.

It's not empty words to comfort, when Li Yan returned home, Mrs. Li smiled when she heard that these brothers were coming: "That's a good thing, there are so many people, so we have to entertain them well!"

Li Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, mother."

Then I saw that Mrs. Li took out the list skillfully: "Erlang, this is the family that the matchmaker handed over in the past five days, please take a good look!"

Li Yan knew that he couldn't avoid it, but took it very calmly.

After Lin Yuanjing was ordered to go north to the Daming Mansion, there were only mother and son left at home. Li Yan didn't go back much during this period, because he was often urged to marry.

And the scope has been expanded again and again, and the process has been simplified again and again.

For example, now, Mrs. Li just handed over the dowry list directly, and introduced: "Erlang, these five are the daughters of generals. I think they are well-matched. These two are the daughters of scholar-bureaucrats, and the dowry is even richer. But when the matchmaker comes, I always ask about your academy, I don't like it very much, as for the daughters of these merchants, I need to know more..."

Li Yan took it, looked at the clear dowry listed on the list, and intuitively realized what it means to be well matched.

The marriage habits of the Northern Song Dynasty are different from those of later generations. It is similar to the logic of catching a son-in-law under the list. Basically, the woman pays money, and the man's dowry is far less generous than the dowry.

As a result, after such a trend was formed, families with a little bit of wealth did not dare to treat their daughters badly, for fear that they would be looked down upon when they married. Therefore, in some places, baby girls drowned after birth because they were afraid that they would not be able to afford the dowry in the future, completely putting the cart before the horse.

Male babies can't escape, and throwing away after birth is a more common social phenomenon, because the tax burden in the Song Dynasty was too heavy, and there were many kinds of poll taxes. , is to give birth to a child and not raise it. Of course, Bianjing can't see this kind of situation, so he has to go to other states and counties.

Li Yan looked at the dowry list and sighed softly.

Mrs. Li never expected her son to look at the dowry list and think of the problem of drowning boys and girls, and thought he was dissatisfied: "This is a lot of dowry, if it goes up... ah, are you going to marry the county magistrate?" Daughter? That’s the other way around, our family is required to prepare five thousand strings!”

Normal people have to pay upside down when they marry their daughters, but only clansmen who marry their daughters can get back the money. After all, the surname is Zhao, and the reputation of golden branches and jade leaves is the same as the brand value of Fanlou. Girl, if you marry a girl surnamed Zhao and go home, you can still get a false official position, which is also not a loss.

Perhaps it was six million guan that distorted his view of money. When he heard that the clan sold his daughter for only [-] guan, even if he knew that [-] guan was really not a small amount, Li Yan still couldn't accept it: "I don't want to be a daughter of the county magistrate." consider."

Mrs. Li has a headache because her son's vision is too high: "If the princess and the princess say it, we won't be able to climb it. It was married to a family of generals, and your father has not yet entered the top class..."

Li Yan also had some headaches about this efficiency. If it wasn't for Lin Yuanjing's official position, this person could really keep his eyes on the palace, and hurriedly said, "Mother, didn't you plan to have a relationship with Li Yuanwai's family... ..."

Li's face suddenly became heavy: "You mentioned this, I just wanted to tell you that Mr. Li seems to be in trouble recently, can you inquire, although we may not be able to help, but if there is something we can do, We still have to do our best!"

Li Yan thought that if I hadn't met him, Li Gefei's whole family would have been ruined, and our family would have been implicated.

Of course, if it hadn't been for his appearance, the Queen Mother Xiang in history would have been defeated by Zhao Ji smoothly, and she would have died of illness from anger. There is nothing to take credit for eliminating the negative influence you have brought about.

So he responded: "Please rest assured, mother, I will inquire about Mr. Li's affairs and help as much as possible."

Mrs. Li nodded, her main job was on blind dates, and she discussed with him about the women from various families who now let the matchmaker propose marriage.

After Li Yan finished dealing with everything, he went back to his study and rang the bell.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Hei entered the study and threw himself into his arms. He hugged the cat and stroked it gently, sighing leisurely: "I just realized now that Li Qingzhao is really good."

Originally, he preferred the original match because he knew that the original match was a virtuous wife, but he didn’t know about Li Qingzhao. After all, the image of a talented woman in history is only seen from a distance, and it might not be the case when they get close. The smart woman in charge knows a lot more than these other women who came to say goodbye.

Xiao Hei had a tacit understanding with him, and commented on this idea: "Looking for a wife is just to save trouble, don't pay attention, it's not good!"

Li Yan was stunned, and said apologetically, "This is indeed my fault. My thoughts are completely useless on this, and I am very disrespectful to people..."

Xiao Hei stretched out his fleshy claws again, and touched him.

Li Yan laughed: "You came to comfort me...By the way, Li Gefei doesn't seem to be planning to become an official in Beijing anymore. Is he going to be released, or should he simply resign?"

Xiao Hei obviously knew about it, and immediately wrote: "Resign."

Li Yan began to bribe: "Thank you for your hard work, bring your cats here tomorrow, and invite them to have the New Year's Eve dinner together."

Xiao Hei shook his short tail, feeling happy, but when he left, he saw that he was immersed in writing the textbooks for the academy again, and threw the dowry list aside, he sighed suddenly, feeling that he was really a rebel Daye was heartbroken.

After Miao Miao sighed, Xiao Hei gracefully jumped onto the wall and began to gather a group of Miao Miao to celebrate the new year together!

(End of this chapter)