Looking at the mountains and rivers

Wei Changxuan stroked his hand and paused. He looked at Yang Yan's eyes as calm as a lake, and said in disbelief, "That's the token of the covenant between King Xianmu and Khan Yantu. Why did you give it to me?" ?”

Yang Yan smiled softly: "It's just a dagger, I keep it...it's useless."

Wei Changxuan knew that it was more than just a dagger, it was the most important relic given to Yang Yan by King Xianmu, and the dagger was tied with the promise of Khan Yanyu, it was almost the heaviest dagger in the world .But he never asked again, he understood better than anyone else that Yang Yan handed him the dagger because he was worried that he would be killed by Yanyu people on the battlefield.This blind, weak little boy has been protecting him in his own way.

When the sun was high, Fang Ming still hadn't heard the sound of knocking under the window, he finally couldn't help it, gently opened the door of Moxue Pavilion, and walked in tiptoe.The house was quiet everywhere, the lamps under the glass shade were extinguished, and the light streamed down from the tall top window of Moxue Pavilion, hitting the silk screen outside the bed in the inner room.

Clothes piled up messily on the ground can be vaguely seen through the screen, and the figure on the couch is blurred, making it difficult to see clearly.Fang Ming hesitated and took two steps closer, but his heart was pounding. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what it was.

Just when he was hesitating, Wei Changxuan's voice came from inside, and he said sleepily, "Is it Fang Ming?"

Fang Ming hastily responded, and stammered: "Brother Wei, sir...is your master up?" Now that he is the chief manager, he can't call Yang Yan a prince in front of everyone, but he is still used to calling him "Young master" in private. ".

"Well," Wei Changxuan seemed to chuckle, "He's still asleep, you go down first, don't disturb his dream."

Fang Ming hesitated to speak, hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and wanted to leave.

"Fang Ming," Wei Changxuan called him again, "Get hot water ready, he will take a bath when he wakes up."

Fang Ming thought to himself, there is no reason to take a bath early in the morning on the second day of the first lunar month, but it is not easy to refuse, so he had to answer: "I will tell you to go down, and when the young master wakes up, I will come to wait for him to take a bath and change clothes."

The figure of screen guard Chang Xuan sat up, he put on his clothes slowly, and said: "No need, you prepare your things and carry them to the room, I will wait for him."

"How good is this..." Fang Ming was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when he heard a low murmur from behind the screen, and then Yang Yan's slightly hoarse voice sounded: "Fang Ming, according to what Wei Changxuan said Just do it."

Hearing that he woke up, Fang Ming hurriedly said: "My lord, many guests came to the front hall one after another early this morning. They are all distinguished adults who came to celebrate the New Year and give festival gifts."

Yang Yan pondered for a moment, then smiled lightly: "Last year in Chongyang, I just succeeded to the throne, and no one cared about it. The only person who came to give the boxing gift was Wei Changxuan. Why are there so many people here today?" He paused, " Presumably something else happened to make them run around like chickens without their heads, so they came here."

After he finished speaking, he yawned softly again: "I don't have the energy to deal with them today, no matter if it's the royal family or the family's ministers, you just need to greet them."

Fang Ming agreed, and then withdrew.

"Wait," Yang Yan thought for a while, and then said, "If Mr. Han or Wen Lanyu comes, please bring them to see me."

"Yes."

Not long after Fang Ming withdrew, there was another sound outside the door, only a few messy footsteps were heard, but it was the servants who delivered the bathing things to the gauze cupboard in the pavilion, and then quietly retreated out.

Falling asleep because of the fifth watch, Yang Yan is still not fully awake at the moment, his eyes are half closed, hugging the brocade quilt, he vaguely heard Wei Changxuan get off the bed, then turned back to the side of the bed, and pushed him.

"Yexi, the hot water is ready."

Yang Yan moved a little, and felt sore all over, and her buttocks were still a little sticky. She was about to get up to take a bath, but said with some hesitation, "Do you want to take a bath for me?"

Wei Changxuan smiled: "What? Do you want Fang Ming to come back?" After laughing, he stretched out his arms and lifted Yang Yan from the couch. The naked body under the brocade quilt was now shone by the bright sunshine. Body, almost blindingly white.Wei Changxuan hugged him, feeling his mind fluttering, he didn't dare to look at him, and hurriedly put him in the bathtub.

In the tub was milky white orchid soup, the tub was very large, Yang Yan’s feet went limp after he got down, and he almost fell down, but was soon held firmly by an arm, and then the water swayed, and Wei Changxuan stepped on it too. Come in.

Because of the two people, the orchid soup in the barrel overflowed a lot, and there was a sound of dripping water.Yang Yan was embraced by Wei Changxuan in the water, and then he felt his big hands scrubbing around his body, his heart beat wildly, his body became even hotter, and soon he fell on Wei Changxuan's shoulder red-faced.

Wei Changxuan's complexion was not much better than his. He caressed Yang Yan's body and unconsciously thought of what happened the night before. After scrubbing him, his body gradually started to react.

Yang Yan didn't know anything about it at first, but when he heard the young man's breathing became faster and hotter, he stretched out his hand boldly, and just touched Wei Changxuan's crotch to raise his head, only to hear Wei Changxuan's low voice. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Yexi, let go."

Yang Yan raised his head, his face was covered with sweat from the heat, he bit his lip and smiled softly: "Don't let go."

After noon, the distinguished guests who came to see off the festival gradually dispersed, and Fang Ming took some time to return to the inner mansion.He knew in his heart that when Qianwei Changxuan was in the mansion, cold water was used to bathing in the cold weather of the twelfth lunar month, so if he was asked to wait on Yang Yan to take a bath, he might not even be able to tell the difference between the bath beans and pancreas soap.He lingered in the corridor with some worry for a while, but he heard the faint sound of water coming from the house. After a while, the sound of water gradually became louder, and it didn't seem like the sound of bathing.

Fang Ming listened for a while, then muttered in his heart: Why are these two people not young enough to still be playing with water in the house?

The young chief steward of the palace stood blankly in the corridor for a long time, before he finally heard the familiar knocking sound from the window, and then his son said in a hoarse voice, "Fang Ming, bring some hot water."

On New Year's Eve in the sixth year of Yong'an, stars fell like rain in the sky over Jian'an City, and Qin Tianjian thought it was an ominous omen.As if to confirm this omen, a major event happened in the first month of the seventh year of Yong'an—Yong Wang Yang Sui died.

King Yong was old and frail. Over the years, his old illness often relapsed, but he managed to survive every time.But after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven on the first day of the first year of this year, he suddenly became seriously ill. After returning home, he vomited blood, and there was no cure for medicine and stones, so he died.

As soon as this incident happened, the situation in the court almost changed. Everyone knew that Yong'an Emperor Yang Jie had relied on Mu Wang Yang Ye to manage the government since he ascended the throne, and after the death of Mu Wang, he became Yong Wang.But now that King Yong died, the whole Dazhao seemed to have suddenly lost its backbone, and Emperor Yong'an, who had never been indifferent, became panicked.Compared with the panic-stricken emperor, the nobles of the imperial family had a different attitude, among which the four noble families of Gao, Li, Kuang and Lu were naturally the leaders.The Gao family of Runing is the mother clan of the current Empress Dowager, and their status in the court has always been very important.The Li family of Xinling is now in charge of the Ministry of War as well as the servant and shooter. It is famous and talented. It ranks third in the "Clan Records" after the Tianjia Yang family and Donghu Tuoba family.The Kwong family is a scholarly family for generations. Since the prime minister of Wuya in Ruizong's time, Kwong Yan has been known all over the world. After leaving the original Kwong's children, they have long held important positions in the Minister of Shangshu.The Lu family in Chuzhong is the mother clan of the former Mu Wang Yang Jue, and they had a good time before, but recently Yang Jue was convicted, and the concubine Lu fell out of favor in the palace, and gradually lost.These four great clans are all princes of the century, and also have the status of foreign relatives. They feel that they are as noble as the children of the clan, so they can't help but get active, wanting to take the power in the hands of King Yong into their pockets, and reproduce the four great clans when the Jokhang Dynasty opened. The honor of the family.

That is, in the spring of this year, the newly succeeded Mu Wang Yangyan was awarded the vacant post of Jinzhou Mu and was allowed to go to court to listen to politics.

In the seventh year of Yong'an, the tenth day of March.

Tai'an Palace, Xuanzheng Palace.

It was the cold spring time these few days, and the hall was quite chilly in the early morning. The ministers who came to the early court were all wearing thick and heavy cloaks, and stood on both sides of the hall with their shoulders hunched.Emperor Yong'an on the Dragon Throne was suffering from the cold for the first time, and his spirits were not good. Now he dared not hide away, so he had to lean on the Dragon Throne, and asked gloomily, "Where is the Minister of Industry?"

Hearing his call, someone among the ministers immediately came out: "The minister is here." Yang Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, is the eldest son of the late King Yong and the cousin of Emperor Yong'an. In the past, Emperor Yong'an was kind to him, but today Some wind and rain were about to come, which made him feel a little drummed.

"I ask you, how is the embankment of the Yellow River going?"

Yang Qi hesitated a little: "This...the embankment project of the Yellow River is huge, and I am afraid it will take some time to complete it."

"It will take some time?" Yang Jie sneered, "Why did I hear that the embankment had just been repaired halfway and then stopped working. You have been busy with this since you took over the handicraft department. Seeing that three or four years have passed, you have not made any achievements at all. No. The floods have become more and more severe these years, and four officials in the Ministry of Water dismissed four people and beheaded one, but your embankment has not been repaired yet. Could it be that all the officials and civilians under your command are wasting money and food from the national treasury!"

It was rare for the emperor to be so angry, and all the ministers and workers knew that the people's grievances had gradually arisen due to the flood in the past two years. In the beginning of the spring, there were refugees who rioted.He suspected that on New Year's Eve, the prophecy that "stars fall like rain, which is not good for Ziwei Emperor Star" would come true, and he was eager to quell the civil strife, so he deliberately used the embankment of the Yellow River as a knife.

Seeing Longyan's fury, Yang Qi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I know that the embankment of the Yellow River is of great importance. The Jiedu envoys refused to allow the officials of the Ministry of Water to go to survey, and they did not allow the civilians to go to build the dams. The minister was helpless, so he had to order his subordinates to temporarily suspend the work, and asked the emperor to forgive him."

Emperor Yong'an frowned slightly. He didn't know how troublesome the Donghu generals in the northwest town were. Since the battle between Yan and Yu last year, the Donghu army had never been rewarded by the court, and they already had the intention of holding grudges.Yang Xie knew that he couldn't help the Donghu people, but he was unwilling to lose face in front of his courtiers like this. He was irritable, and he already suppressed his anger. He looked angrily at the kneeling courtiers at the bottom of the steps.

"Your Majesty," another minister stepped forward and knelt down, and it was the right servant who shot Li Zhui, "The Northwest feudal town has supported its troops for some time, and now not only does it not enter the court to serve the imperial edict, but it also hinders the construction of the Yellow River dam. I can't tolerate it. Please issue an edict to warn Tuobaxin and the others that if they continue to disobey the order, they will be arrested and questioned immediately."

Emperor Yong'an's expression froze, and before he could speak, he saw Taiwei Xie Ao come out, and said with a light smile, "Guanyou and Hexi are both important military areas, and it is understandable for the two Jiedu envoys to be so cautious. Now everyone in Donghu Most of the guardians are looking forward to the Tuoba stallion, as long as he agrees, the matter of building the embankment will be fine." He cupped his hands and said, "I think it would be too formal if the emperor issued a decree, so it is better to ask a close minister to write a letter to advise Tuoba Gong , Knowing the great righteousness, the work of building the embankment will last for thousands of years, I expect him to agree."

"Near minister?" Emperor Yong'an looked at him with some doubts, but saw Xie Ao wink slightly, where there was a slender and weak shadow standing where his gaze was pointing.

"Mu Wang." Emperor Yong'an's heart moved, and he called out immediately.

Yang Yan stepped forward calmly, and saluted in front of the hall: "My brother is here."

"You and Duke Tuoba have a relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. It is expected that he will listen to your words, so you can write this letter to Duke Tuoba, how about it?"

Yang Yan was silent for a moment: "Although Duke Tuoba is my brother's grandfather, he guards the frontier all the year round and cannot be seen. There is really no affection. But my brother is willing to try his best to share the emperor's worries."

Seeing that he agreed happily, Emperor Yong'an heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Okay, I will reward you for accomplishing this."

"However, I have some doubts in my mind, I don't know if I should ask?" Yang Yan raised his eyes and said in a low voice.

"What's the matter, but it's okay to ask."

"Yang Shangshu," Yang Yan turned around and faced Yang Qi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, "the methods used to build the Yellow River dams in the past two years are all temporary delays, right?"

Yang Qi was stunned for a moment, then Fang said: "Not bad."

"When I was young, I read "Tonglan of Rivers and Canals", and I saw that it said that water control should not be single-handed, but should be guided according to the situation. Blocking is worse than dredging, and dredging is worse than diverting. Is there such a thing?"

Yang Qi was dumbfounded again, he had never read any "Overview of Rivers and Canals", nor had he ever cured the water himself, so he could only forcefully nodded and said, "That's right."

"Since this is the case, why keep blocking the embankment slowly? If things go on like this, the flood will become more and more serious. Even if Guanyou and Hexi are accessible today, when the embankment is completed, it may not help the vast and rushing river."

Hearing these words, Yang Qi couldn't answer in a daze, and stammered: "This matter is presided over by the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Water. King Mu might as well ask him." Light called out.

This Du Guang was originally a doctor of the Cangbu in the Ministry of Households, but because Rui Hesheng, the former Langzhong of the Ministry of Water, was beheaded, he was assigned to succeed the Langzhong of the Ministry of Water. What’s more, it’s just that there are fertile fields on the north bank of the Yellow River, if water is diverted, all the fertile fields will be destroyed, I’m afraid the people will complain.”

Before he finished speaking, the young King Mu had already smiled: "Lord Du, are you deliberately joking with me because you see me as a blind person?" It’s fertile land, whose family’s fertile land is that?”