Chasing King

During the Chinese new year, Yan Sikong hardly had a day to rest, most of which were spent on paying New Year's greetings to each other and walking around.

He also took time to reply a letter to Shen Hexuan, which he had just received years ago. The letter first tells about his local affairs, laments the inaction of some officials and his ambition, then thanks Yan Sikong for taking care of his wife and children, and turns around to say that everything seems to be OK in the letter. I don't know whether his wife reports good news or not.

Yan Sikong is amused. He guesses that Shen Hexuan must have racked his brains to use the most refined words to erase his thoughts and worries about his wife and children. It's really hard for Shen Hexuan, who is strict with himself and has a clear distinction between public and private.

In fact, Shen Hexuan can also take his wife and children to work, but the little boy is still in his infancy. He can't stand the fatigue of the journey. After much consideration, he left his mother and son in the capital. Yan Sikong thinks that his decision is very wise. Even in the capital, the family is very poor. Why take his wife and children far away to suffer.

In his reply, Yan Sikong comforted and praised him as usual, saying that Yan Zilian and his colleagues were very concerned about him, and that his majesty had high hopes for him. Then he told him about the recent situation of Shen Fu, which reassured him.

It's very common for Mrs. Shen and her son to give away some food and clothing on weekdays. The Yanfu sent servants to do all the work in Shen's house.

Yan Sikong knew that Mrs. Shen was a woman with soft outside and strong inside, otherwise she would not fit in with Shen Hexuan, so he never went to Shen ' The little master of the future.

Shen's wife, Huizhi Lanxin, sometimes helps people write letters and embellish their pens. In return, since Shen Hexuan left Beijing, Yan Sikong admits to taking good care of their mother and son.

He wanted Shen Hexuan to owe him the favor. No one could win him over, and even made a lot of people hate him. Only when he kept low-profile and courteous, he became friends with Shen Hexuan.

He envisioned that one day Chen Wei would become the king, and this person would be a good talent in governing the country, of course, under his control.

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the seven days' annual leave passed in the blink of an eye. According to Da Sheng's law, officials usually take a rest every five days. They can only take seven days off during the Spring Festival, but most of the seven days are more tiring than those on duty. Reciprocity not only costs a lot of money, but also makes people tired.

For Yan Sikong and others, these seven days are even more painful, because they know that Xie Zhongren must not be idle in these seven days.

He soon heard the news, only for Feng Jianping a person of Beijing inspection officially began. Feng Jianping needs to first "list questions" and then "introduce". The list of questions is to answer and elaborate according to the content given by the Ministry of official affairs, which is mostly related to political achievements. The Ministry of official affairs should record every word and submit it to the cabinet and the emperor, and then the emperor "introduce" himself, listen to the sermon and answer the main questions.

When Feng Jianping's list of titles was sent to the cabinet, Yan Zilian would find that the list of titles was different from the previous version. Liu An could not dare to change the list of titles himself, which must have been instructed by the emperor.

In the official career of every cabinet leader, it is inevitable that the emperor will give orders over the cabinet several times. Although it is against the law, the Emperor himself is the law and can do nothing. The Emperor himself knew the importance of it, and abuse of imperial power would inevitably lead to bad consequences, so he was very cautious on this point. If things were not big, the cabinet would turn a blind eye to it. Otherwise, it might be resisted by the officials, such as the battle for the crown prince who set up a leader and a lover.

For the moment, it should be regarded as the former. Even if Yan Zilian really felt that it was not right, he should discuss with the emperor in private.

Therefore, when Yan Zilian impeached Liu An fiercely in the early court, not only Xie Zhongren was silly, but emperor Zhaowu was also at a loss. Because Yan Zilian's action is a blatant accusation of the emperor's abuse of power. Although he didn't point a word at emperor Zhaowu, the officials knew what was going on as soon as they heard it.

What's amazing about this is that everyone knows that emperor Zhaowu is unreasonable. However, Yan Zilian publicly revealed in the early dynasty that it was not a cabinet assistant who had been in office for more than 40 years and was resourceful enough to ignore the emperor's face. This is no different from digging his own grave. What's more, Liu An and Yan Zilian have no relationship, and they are not the castrating party. Yan Zilian's sudden desire for his life is too cold, and it's not Yan Zilian's usual way of doing things.

On the spot, Yan Zilian took out a cabinet vote to prove that Feng Jianping's title had been tampered with by Emperor Zhaowu. He accused Liu An of acting as a public servant and being bold. He deliberately made it difficult for the meritorious generals to be executed according to the law.

Liu An was so frightened that he fell on the ground. He could not explain, but could only ask emperor Zhaowu for "insight". He couldn't refute Yan Zilian's accusation, but he didn't dare to confess Xie Zhongren. If emperor Zhaowu really wanted to take him as a scapegoat, he would probably change his official out of guilt, but if he said a word, his life would be gone.

Yan Sikong heard that emperor Zhaowu was extremely embarrassed that day. In the face of criticism from Yan Zilian and many ministers, he had no choice but to put Liu An in prison, saying that he would "thoroughly investigate this matter.".Although things are following Yan Zilian's stratagem, Yan Sikong is more and more worried. If emperor Zhaowu was dissatisfied with Yan Zilian because of the battle for the throne, this time, Yan Zilian offended emperor Zhaowu completely. He not only made emperor Zhaowu lose face, but also made clear that he was willing to protect Feng Jianping. This is a wreck.

However, even if they get rid of Liu An and pull back one city, as long as emperor Zhaowu weakens Datong's heart, this bloody battle is far from over.

There was no suspense in this case. The evidence was really solid. Liu An was disheartened and quickly admitted that he was confused and mistakenly made a list.

Such a ridiculous excuse was accepted from the top to the bottom. After all, no one cared how he got it wrong. Emperor Zhaowu changed his official position and let him go home to farm.

In a day of warm sunshine and melting snow, the Minister of the Ministry of officials, who had been in charge of the Ministry of officials for four years, left Beijing bleakly.

Last year, jingcha wiped out three officials of the Ministry of official affairs, so the staff was very tight. As soon as Liu An left, the left servant of the Ministry of official affairs immediately took office, so Yan Sikong was promoted to an official position and became a doctor of five grades.

It seems that Yan Zilian won a move, but emperor Zhaowu's attitude towards him obviously changed in the court. In the next month, half of the memorials presented after the cabinet vote was drafted were rejected. Yan Zilian also became more cautious. He knew that if he made a mistake now, he would be powerless.

Feng Jianping also completed the Beijing inspection with the original title. Even if emperor Zhaowu deliberately made trouble, the mistakes that came to the surface were minor, which was not enough to be a reason for a big fight.

However, in any case, the reduction of armaments in Datong has been shelved again, except that fengjianping has written twice two years ago to return to Datong to rectify military affairs, and has been rejected.

It was because of the delay of jingcha before, but now jingcha has passed. If Feng Jianping writes again, he is afraid that only the wedding of yansikong and princess wanyang can be delayed for a while. However, Emperor Zhaowu did not announce the date of his marriage. Although the Empress Dowager once said at her funeral that wanyang was in the right age and did not have to be filial for three years, it would be too unfilial not to be filial for even one year. It is only half a year before autumn, which is far fetched.

It happened that spring hunting was about to take place. Feng Jianping expected that emperor Zhaowu would let him take part in spring hunting, so he did not return to Datong for the time being.

The capital was quiet for a while, but Yan Sikong did not dare to take it lightly.

Today, he went to the palace to see the prince. All the way, he hesitated whether to bring Chen into their chess game. This game is definitely not finished, but now he doesn't move. He doesn't give up the plan of forcing the palace, but now he seems to have no conditions. If he tells Chen rashly, it may be counterproductive.

After much consideration, he decided to just give lectures as usual and teach Chen Kai the real skills of emperors.

Coincidentally, this time I met Zhu Lanting again. After all, spring hunting is coming soon. As a prince, Chen Shu can't lose to other princes.

When Zhu Lanting saw Yan Sikong from a long distance, he kept staring at him. His eyes were a little different from those of the past.

Yan Sikong found it sensitively, but his inquiring eyes flashed by, and he doubted whether he was wrong.

They politely and distantly saluted each other. Yan Sikong said politely, "I wish the commander was busy with business recently, and he came to guide his Highness's martial arts in the morning. It's really hard."

It's said that some time ago, a brave and fat drunkard urinated on the palace wall. For a moment, he became a joke in Beijing. This is due to the dereliction of duty of the guard on duty, which makes Zhu Lanting lose face. He has sent more night patrol personnel, which must be quite busy.

Zhu Lanting also replied to the polite words of "duty".

Yan Sikong was about to enter the room with Chen to study, but Zhu Lanting stopped him again.

"Lord Yan."

Yan Si turns around.

"I heard that Lord Yan had a festival with the prince of Jingyuan. "

Yan Sikong picks an eyebrow, and even Chen Kai shows a little surprise. After all, Zhu Lanting is not one of those people who like to chew their tongue. Yan Sikong cautiously replied, "it's just a misunderstanding. What's your advice?"

Zhu Lanting stares at Yan Sikong with a pair of clear and bright eyes, and says calmly: "I just want to remind you that if you do, you will be far away from Shizi in spring hunting. After all, the hunting ground is chaotic, and it's easy to fish in troubled waters."

Yan Sikong was stunned, and immediately said with a smile, "thank you, commander Zhu. However, the next scholar can't go to the hunting ground because he can't reach me with his bow, arrow and horse hoof. Besides, it's not good to speculate about him maliciously, ha ha ha."

Zhu Lanting squinted: "don't you really want to go to the hunting ground to stretch out? That's a pity. "

Yan Si was shocked. He realized that Zhu Lanting saw that he knew kung fu.

A person with a good Kung Fu background can tell if he has practiced Kung Fu from other people's movements if his eyes are more sophisticated. The more superficial the Kung Fu is, the less he can hide it. In order to practice Kung Fu, a woman's body shape changes more than a man's, so it's more difficult to hide it. He has practiced some movements many times to hide himself, and when he met Zhu Lanting, he stood or bowed respectfully. He didn't expect to escape the eyes of the first master in the University.Chen Yu didn't know why, so he said, "commander Zhu should be worried too much. However, I will send someone to look after you."

"That's good." Zhu Lanting bowed to leave.

Yan Sikong's face was a little blue. He guessed that Zhu Lanting should not have seen it on the first day. Maybe he had seen it from the first time they met. But for such a long time, he had never shown anything strange. Why did he suddenly say such a thing today? What is the purpose?

"Sir?" Chen Shu shook his hand in front of Yan Sikong's eyes. "Aren't you really afraid?"

Yan Sikong looked back and said with a smile, "how can it be?"

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you," Chen said seriously

"Thank you, your highness, but your highness is worried."

Chen Wei thought, "go in and say it."

When they entered the room, Chen Shu waved back everyone as usual and asked, "what did commander Zhu mean just now? How could he let you stretch out in the hunting ground? "

"About You want me to ride a horse. "

"How about riding, sir?"

"Fair."

"If you really want to play, stay with me. Fengye will never dare to make a mistake."

Yan Sikong said with a smile, "it's so cold that I'd rather stay in the tent."

Chen also laughed: "Sir, don't read in the room all day, but also move more. I think you'd better follow me when you hunt in spring. I didn't think so. But after commander Zhu finished, I felt uneasy. The spring hunting ground was so chaotic. If Fengye really wanted to trouble you, how could it be? No, you should be by my side. "

Although Yan Sikong didn't want to, he couldn't refuse, so he had to say, "Your Highness is in charge."

Chen Kuai happily took Yan Sikong's hand and said haughtily, "I'll ask you to see my archery at that time. That letter can open two stone bows, and I'm not bad."

Yan Sikong said with a smile, "Your Highness is so brave that he will be the best in spring hunting."

Chen Bi stares at Yan Sikong, and his eyes are shining strangely.