Don't ask where people go

Chapter 885
"Xue Haoyu, the next official." The visitor answered quickly, but Fang Zilan was stunned, "Who are you, Mr. Xue, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites?"

"It's the uncle of the lower official." Xue Haoyu lowered his head, Fang Zilan sighed: "No wonder..."

Shangguan Min was confused when he heard this, but he didn't dare to ask casually. He only heard Fang Zilan say: "Except for the last part of what I said just now, I will directly relay the rest to Lord Shangshu."

"Lord Fang, don't worry, the lower officials know how to measure." Xue Haoyu solemnly saluted the matter, "Thank you, Lord Fang."

After Xue Haoyu left, Shangguan Min finally couldn't help but asked, "Master, why did you target Master Xue so much just now?"

"I'm not targeting Mr. Xue, but the Ministry of Rites. Since I entered Beijing, the Ministry of Rites has always suppressed and suppressed the rewards, and will not deal with them unless it is absolutely necessary." Fang Zilan said coldly: "If the Ministry of Rites just treats me like this, I will It’s all just looking for an opportunity to beat him, but the Ministry of Rites actually did the same to Lao Cao, so that after Lao Cao’s reward came down, the Ministry of War didn’t know how to arrange it.”

Shangguan Min asked, "What do you mean I don't know how to arrange it?"

"After the reward, Lao Cao, as a general, should not stay in my house as a general. If the reward comes out on time, I can go to the Ministry of War to coordinate in time." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "But the Ministry of Rites kept procrastinating, causing the Ministry of War Asking around and asking again and again, it seems that I am relying on my military merits to refuse to let people go, and what's more, I am afraid that I have ulterior motives in keeping high-ranking generals in the government."

Shangguan Min was dumbfounded and said, "Why is the Ministry of Rites like this?"

"At first, it may be that although I am in a high position, I am weak and deceitful alone." Fang Zilan pondered: "It may not be so now."

"What do you mean?" Shangguan Min was puzzled, Fang Zilan said: "Master Xue, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, was born in common clothes, and no one can rely on it, but how could the families of the princes and ministers let the Ministry of Rites, one of the six ministries, be alone? Standing in line is like walking on thin ice. When Emperor Ning Shun was still there, he was demoted and released because of his concubine's reward."

Shangguan Min seemed to understand, "I see, Mr. Xue was demoted. As his nephew, Mr. Xue must have been implicated, and his life in the Ministry of Rites will be difficult."

"It's not entirely implicated." Fang Zilan looked serious, "Master Xue is still young, and he may not be in the Ministry of Rites when Mr. Xue is demoted."

Shangguan Min frowned and said, "Apart from being implicated, what else is there?"

Chapter 342

"Birthplace." Fang Zilan looked gloomy, "You are far away in the north, and you don't care about government affairs. I think you have never noticed that there are almost no new officials from poor families in the court these years."

"How could this happen?" Shangguan Min was stunned, and Fang Zilan said seriously: "Not only civil servants, but also military generals. In the battle of Qiluo, how many generals who can be called by name are not in the home of the Nine Dukes?"

"General Huangfu Xin, General Dugu Ming..." Shangguan Min stopped after reading two names, "But..."

"I know what you want to say." Fang Zilan interrupted him, "Although you can learn literary and martial arts and sell the goods to the emperor's family, it is much easier for the family of the princes to want what you want than the children of the poor family. If you are an official in the court The children of the poor family are being suppressed, and if things go on like this, how can the children of the poor family have a way?"

After hearing this, Shangguan Min finally understood, "So the Ministry of Rites deliberately made it difficult for Master, because of their different positions? And the Minister of Rites, knowing that he might be troubled, still wanted Mr. Xue to come, because he suppressed him?"

"Basically this is the reason." Fang Zilan nodded slightly, "I'm sick now, and some things can't be overwhelmed. Therefore, I try to show up when I can at the year-end festival and New Year's social drama, and I have to make good preparations for the banquet on the fifth day of the new year. ..."

"So it's not about venting anger." Shangguan Min muttered in a low voice, "I thought..."

"What do you think? Mr. Wen is considerate and meticulous. I just said this because I am afraid that you will feel that I am punished too much and feel unhappy." Fang Zilan said helplessly: "If you drink, I will not stop you, but if you lose your sense of proportion and speak freely, I will It will not be forgiving."

"Yes." Shangguan Min stood up and saluted respectfully, "Master, I am not afraid of being punished. What's more, since Master accepted me as an apprentice, he has never punished me, so why is it heavy?"

"You." Fang Zilan smiled, and suddenly said: "Master Xue, it's not a good habit to listen to the corner. I don't know why Master Xue left and came back again?"

Hearing that Xue Haoyu came in, he bowed his hands and said: "I see that Mr. Fang had a very happy conversation with this young master. I am really sorry to disturb you, so I stood outside the door for a long time. I didn't mean to eavesdrop. Please forgive me, Mr. Fang." .”

Fang Zilan raised her hand to signal that he didn't need to be too polite, "Master Xue is standing outside, I know all about it. Since I haven't said anything, there is nothing I can't let you listen to."

"Master Fang is magnanimous, I am ashamed of being an official." Xue Haoyu still maintained his salute posture, and said: "I have left and returned, only because I forgot to tell Lord Fang about something."

"What's the matter?" Fang Zilan took the tea on the table and took a sip.

Xue Haoyu said softly: "Master Fang, if you can go out for a walk, please enter the Lotus Palace to worship and offer incense before New Year's Eve."

Fang Zilan smiled slightly, "I heard that in the Lianhua Palace, there is a big everlasting lamp lit by Emperor Tai'an himself. At the end of each year, the emperor adds oil to the lamp, and all officials have to worship and offer incense in order to hope that the world will go smoothly in Tai'an in the coming year. I'm right. ?”

Xue Haoyu's expression suddenly changed, "Master Fang, you..."

"When Mr. Xue left, I was still thinking about your meticulous attention to detail. Why did you forget to remind me to enter the Lotus Palace?" Fang Zilan smiled even wider, "But Mr. Xue also said that the year-end etiquette department is busy, so I want to come It’s understandable to forget, it’s not intentional, right?”

"Master Fang..." Xue Haoyu murmured and dared not speak. When Fang Zilan said that he didn't know the procedure on New Year's Eve, he thought she was just taking the opportunity to make things difficult, so he just dealt with it.But it never occurred to her that not only on New Year's Eve, she knew all the procedures like the back of her hand, so wouldn't she have seen through them all from the beginning?

Xue Haoyu couldn't hold his head up because of the embarrassment of being teased, but he knew in his heart that if he hadn't had ulterior motives, how could he have fallen into such a situation?

"Mr. Wen?" Shangguan Min yelled, with a dazed expression on his face, he turned to look for Vice General Cao, and it took him a while to realize that Wen Ya had heard everything he wanted to say to them.

He thought to himself, when did Mr. Wen stand there?He didn't notice it at all, but the master must have felt it. Could it be that the master didn't just say those words to Mr. Xue?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't figure out what to do, so he simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)