My historian is dying every day

After a while, the routine of all the officials in the Zichen Palace was finished. The servant of the Huang Gate bowed his head and picked the side door to call for someone. When he raised his eyes, Wen Yanzhi and Wen Xizhi stood in front of him expressionlessly. .

The servant of the Huang gate took a step back in shock, and he cheered himself up: "Master Wen, please go ahead... enter the palace, the emperor has announced."

Wen Xizhi walked directly from his younger brother to the front with a blank expression: "Okay."

It seemed like I had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"..." Wen Yanzhi suddenly didn't want to go to the palace, and now not only didn't want to enter the palace, but also wanted to step back.

——Premonition that going to court will be a tough battle.

——Second brother, has he already guessed that me and the emperor...

"Youngest." Seeing that his younger brother hadn't followed, Wen Xizhi stood on the threshold and turned his head coldly, "The Son of Heaven is Mingtang, Guozuo Sheji, how can you be in a daze?"

Wen Yanzhi's head went numb all of a sudden, and he hurriedly followed behind his brother with the bag in his hand, and walked into the Zichen Hall with a mournful face in his heart, knelt down and kowtowed, and when he raised his head, his brother's ocher official robe shook his eyes so much.

The second brother laughed just because he thought about it.

In his memory, the second brother seldom smiled, and he was indifferent when he was admitted to the imperial examination, when he was promoted to an official position, and when he was demoted from office, he was always plain and cold at home and outside, but he was polite, and no one dared to complain.

Among the few acquaintances with the second brother when he was young, the one Wen Yanzhi remembers most clearly is when the second brother was still in Jiufu and went back to the clan's house to see him, just in time for Wen Yanzhi to be bullied by Zhang Xiaoyi, the son of a local snake in the academy. Yes, the booklet is full of Zhang Xiaoyi's ink.Wen Yanzhi is a boring gourd, and he didn't tell his family, but the second brother took out the booklet when he wanted to endorse him, and then he knew.

At that time, the second brother had a smile on his face.

Later, that Zhang Xiaoyi's family...

...Wen Yanzhi thought for a moment, and silently cut off his thoughts.

He looked at this moment, and saw Qi Yu sitting in the dragon chair in the hall, looking down at him and Wen Xizhi in front of him, with a dignified but kind smile: "The two brothers of the Wen family are here, how many people are there in this hall?" I haven't seen it for years."

All the officials around at the right time praised the sons of Wen's family for their excellence. Now that the youngest son, Wen Yanzhi, is also promising, he has worked so hard and traveled all over the world and cannot gather together. It is very appropriate to imply that it is better to give them less opportunities to make achievements.

But Wen Yanzhi stood among the crowd and looked at Qi Yu in the hall in a daze, and then at his second brother who was kneeling in front of him, as if he saw a giant dragon bumping headfirst into a fine steel guillotine, the blade was still in the sun The bottom is shiny with silver light.

The ocher robe worn by the second brother in the front is the blood cut by the guillotine——

——Second brother must be completely broken.Wen Yanzhi knelt on the ground and felt dizzy for a while, feeling blocked for no reason.

The second elder brother Wen, who was covered in blood red in front of him, had a back as straight as a mountain, and his body and spirit were clear. He only kowtowed again, and when he got up, he opened his mouth and said calmly: "I kowtow to thank God. The emperor bows to my younger brother Sheng Compassionate, to give a heavy responsibility, I feel deeply in my heart, eager to establish a career and seek retribution."

Qi Yuzhi slipped his right arm on the armrest of the dragon chair, and suddenly remembered what Wen Yanzhi said in Yanfu Palace.

——This Wen Xizhi is stronger than ghosts.

——How long have you been here, and the matter between me and Wen Dadai has been broken.

Wen Xizhi never speaks with any emotion, and it is the same with these words, but the last few words are frustrating, and it is difficult for people to say that he has no deep meaning.

The officials present didn't know what was going on, they just took it as a show of loyalty, but how could Qi Yu not know the meaning behind Wen Xi's words?

But what is supposed to come will come sooner or later, and it is better to arrive sooner than later, Qi Yu smiled openly at this time: "Be flat. I am very pleased to have Aiqing's words."

——I am so pleased with the ghost...

——Wen Xizhi said this to cause trouble for me.

He glanced at Tang Xia Wen Yanzhi standing up with his elder brother, the look of bowing his head in resignation was indeed honest, it seemed that he was used to being manipulated by his second elder brother at home.And Second Brother Wen was standing under the hall, looking straight ahead, respectful, his face was as usual, and he looked harmless to humans and animals.

Seeing this, Qi Yu stopped joking, and only asked Wen Xizhi out loud: "The governor Wen did bring back the good news of Chang and He prefectures when he returned to the imperial court this time. Zhe Zizhen has read it. The law is very good, and tomorrow it will be a cabinet for discussion, and the official department will record it first."

Just as the subordinate officials were about to memorize the order, Wen Xizhi suddenly raised his head: "I still have something to do."

—Look, something is going on.Qi Yu slowly sat up and straightened his back, smiled: "I love Qing, but it's okay to say."

Wen Xi's eyes in the hall did not squint, he just held the wat board and cupped his hands, his lips parted slightly: "My Majesty, there is no food left for the army in Hezhou, and I have been thinking about how to stockpile food every day. Now I heard that Yingzekou is big The reconstruction of the dam is a big success, and I finally have a thought. I hope that I can follow the example of Wen Yuanwai to restructure the dam on Cangjiang North Road in Hezhou, expand the fertile land, and use it for the military and civilians."

Qi Yu's brows gradually raised, and the smile on his face deepened: "Ke Wen Inspector, the Cangjiang North Road Dam, wasn't it changed just the year before last?"

He thought to himself that when he talked about the details of rebuilding the dam, it wasn't to torment Qi Yu, but to torment Wen Yanzhi.Kuang Wen's second son made a joke, but it wouldn't lead to major social affairs, if he really used it to make trouble in the court, he didn't intend to accompany him.

Family affairs and private affairs should be distinguished from world affairs. There is no room for sand in the country.

I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Wen Xizhi's gourd.

And Wen Xizhi is really able to tell the difference. Hearing Qi Yu's words, he took out two folds from his cuff and presented them forward: "Your Majesty, I have listed the reasons for the reconstruction and the required cost. If the North Dao Dam If it is changed, He Zhou can take care of the fees at his own discretion, and the ministers will also display a compromise in the detailed rules, and hope the emperor will have a look."

The servant of the Huangmen Gate took the booklet and presented it to the imperial court, Qi Yu took it over and took a look, and he really saw that this idea was not a temporary idea.

But Wen Yanzhi felt a little strange when he heard what the second brother said, because this method of dam reconstruction is not unique to him today. In fact, when the dam was renovated the year before last, he also wrote to the second brother to suggest that the Beidao Dam should be changed in this way, but at that time The second brother turned him down.

"Second brother, why did you change your mind?" He asked Wen Xizhi in a low voice.

Wen Xizhi looked down at him slightly, and said calmly: "Since you have tried this method in Huainan and it works, I will try it."

Choked by this, the knuckles of Wen Yanzhi's fingers that were pinching Zhezi turned white.He was almost exhausted in implementing the new law in Huainan, not to mention that Fang Zhitong, Gong Zhiyuan and Shen Youfang also traveled around and worked hard. When the second brother said "I tried it".

He looked up at the side face of his second brother with a plain expression, and suddenly felt sour in his heart.

"Sure, the scriptures are written very clearly." Qi Yu glanced over Wen Xizhi's scriptures and raised his head, just in time to see Wen Yanzhi staring at his second brother solemnly, like a little squirrel on a tree. I saw the big fox snatching his own pine cones, and the second elder brother Wen of the big fox stood next to the little squirrel Wen Dada and looked at the wat board expressionlessly: "The emperor praised me, I know that I don't have much knowledge in water conservancy, so I don't know what to do. I would like to ask Member Wen Wai to enlighten me on this."

——and enlighten me.Qi Yu saw that this was going to test Wen Yanzhi's knowledge, and guessed that Second Brother Wen's wat board could be filled with various reminders.

But when Qi Yu thought about it, it happened that Wen Yanzhi was also going to report on his duties, and all the officials were waiting to hear about Huainan's achievements. This move was considered to give Wen's parents face, and that idiot should be able to bear it.So he nodded and said in a deep voice, "Just ask."

Wen Xizhi said "obey the order", Wen Yanzhi raised his head, and the second brother was already standing beside him, Wen Yanzhi went through all the details of all his notes in his mind, thinking that there was no problem at all from the beginning to the end of the project , can be a few questions, so he straightened his back and looked at the second brother.

Unexpectedly, Second Brother Wen put the white wat board in his hand behind his back, opened his mouth and asked, "Besides Wen, do you know how much it will cost to rebuild the Huainan Dam?"

Wen Yanzhi, who was full of blueprints: "...?"

Gong Zhiyuan was in charge of Huainan account books, Wen Yanzhi didn't understand at all.At this moment, even if you are trying to search your memory, you can only reluctantly say: "Two... no, 3000 million taels, more than..."

What Wen Xizhi said made Wen Xizhi raise his eyebrows slightly, and asked lightly: "Mr. Wen, who is in charge of water control, doesn't even know the cost of rebuilding the dam?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials present were discussing enthusiastically, and their eyes were pointed at Wen Yanzhi's spine, like a sharp arrow sharpened from steel, Wen Yanzhi's face turned pale immediately.

The sour breath in his heart turned into anger in an instant, this anger seemed to be trapped in his chest since he was a child, but now it finally swelled up, forcing him to stand firm, but he was so blocked that he couldn't say a word. His face was green for a while, then pale for a while, and even the figure of the second brother in front of him almost began to shake.

Qi Yu in the hall saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, and suddenly changed his mind, and suddenly understood Wen Xizhi's scheming.

No matter how deep Wen Xizhi's mind is, no matter how powerful his methods are, he is still just a minister. He bears the honor and disgrace of his family, so he cannot confront the emperor coldly and rampage in court.But Wen Xizhi is used to seeing through human nature and pinpointing people's weaknesses. At this time, he doesn't need to deal with Qi Yu, he only needs to deal with his younger brother Wen Yanzhi.

Qi Yu was a man who was strong when he was strong, and he had never been defeated in a crowd of people. The reason why he became emperor was because of his fortitude in mind, his means and his plans.

But having a sweetheart is different, no matter how resolute a person is, he will feel distressed. If Qi Yu loves Wen Yanzhi, he will have a weakness.

And Wen Xizhi wanted to pinch Qi Yu's weakness and make Qi Yu retreat when he knew it was difficult.

——Even if the arrogance between the monarch and his ministers can overcome the natural moat of ethics, once the face is torn apart in the affairs of the court, the family and the country, how can the king protect a minister?

——For many years since ancient times, there have been incidents between monarchs and ministers, but those who crashed into the golden hall have never been monarchs, but they have always been ministers.

Wen Xizhi looked down at his younger brother with a hint of ruthlessness in the corner of his eyes, and raised the corner of his lips and asked, "Mr. Wen, why don't you teach me?"

Qi Yu watched helplessly as Wen Yanzhi's black brows were deeply furrowed in the hall, his fingers were pinching the armrest of the dragon chair, his heart was about to bleed, and his eyes were full of storms.

He calmed down the torrent in his chest several times, and finally smiled at Wen Xizhi: "Inspector Wen, there is a clear division of labor among the officials in the court. Outsiders Wen belong to the Ministry of Industry, and they only undertake the design and implementation of construction and repair. If you If you want to know the details of the expenses, wait for the person from the household department to bring the account book back to Beijing. At this time, if you want to ask Mr. Wen, you can ask about the work, and he can answer it. If you want to ask other questions, you can go to other people .”

"Minister obeys the order." Wen Xizhi answered without haste or panic with his head down, and asked Wen Yanzhi again: "For the reconstruction of the dam outside Mr. Wen, the new drawings need to be approved by the Ministry of Industry. I don't know." How many days does it take for each letter? Will it delay the start of the dam?"

When Wen Yanzhi heard the words, he just felt his heart skip a beat.

His blueprints were all mentioned by Qi Yuyu himself, so why did he pass them through the Ministry of Industry?

——Second brother's words are really vicious, if it turns into a slap, I'm afraid it will hurt his face.

He slowly raised his eyes to look at Wen Xizhi, and finally knew in his heart that his second brother would never agree with his friendship with the emperor.

That's right, who would agree with his younger brother to be the emperor's male favourite?

Wen Yanzhi wanted to laugh at this moment, he glanced at Qi Yu who was sitting on the throne, his expression was not good either.

"Member Wen?" Wen Xizhi looked at his younger brother indifferently, as if he was looking at a stranger.

Wen Yanzhi gradually straightened up according to his own anger, looked at the second elder brother in front of him with cold eyes, and said sternly and solemnly: "The governor Wen laughed at me, so I'm sorry that I can't answer this matter. Shangshu is closed every day, and the emperor asked his subordinates to make their own judgments about the drawing, so it has never been submitted to the Ministry of Handicrafts. If you don’t believe me, Governor Wen should ask Zhang Shangshu."

As soon as the officials heard that the Wen family brothers spoke sarcastically, they immediately turned to look for Zhang Shangshu as if watching the excitement.Zhang Shangshu who was standing behind heard the words, and recalled the matter of being suspended by the emperor at home. At this time, he was unwilling, but he had no choice but to say: "What Mr. Wen said is true."

After hearing this, Wen Xizhi felt in his heart that his younger brother had improved a bit after all the things he had done. He lowered his eyes to look at Gu Jian, and saw that his younger brother's expression was dull and empty, which was quite pitiful.

Why did he want to embarrass his brother?He was just doing it for his own good.If Wen Yanzhi doesn't take that step to cut off his affection at this time, and it will be difficult, painful and difficult to retreat in the future, he is thinking of Wen Yanzhi's work.Seeing that Wen Yanzhi understood the deep meaning, Wen Xizhi didn't want to suppress any more, he only said that other matters still need to be referred to the drawings, and he would ask for advice in private in the future, so he took a step back, held up the wat board again, and stood in the Baiguan among.

All the officials saw that the Wen family was like brothers fighting against the wall, and the inner courtyard was on fire. Wen Xizhi spoke.

After a long time, he finally went down to court.Wen Yanzhi didn't say a word, and walked out with a sullen head, just wanting to wait for all the officials to go to the Neishi Mansion to change clothes before going to the imperial study to find Qi Yu.

As soon as he turned to the corridor next to Wende Gate, someone pulled the back collar of his clothes suddenly. Turning around, Wen Xizhi caught up with him with a cold face, and pulled him vigorously in front of him, with a voice like a stone: "Wen Yan After all, you have grown up, the eldest brother dared to leave without saying goodbye, you have completely forgotten the etiquette of the clan, it is no wonder that you can do things to charm the Lord."

The four characters "Charming Lord" were like a pot of fire, which was pinned on Wen Yan's head, and immediately ignited the anger in his chest.

He violently broke away from Wen Xizhi's hand and pushed him away: "Even if I forget the etiquette, what does it have to do with you? I have been in school for 20 years, how many times have you met me, and which time did you suppress me to do it?" Learning? For you, I was just thrown in the Zong family for a meal, I call you Brother Sheng, why did you really treat me as a younger brother?"

Wen Xizhi stared sharply: "... What did you say?!"

"You heard what I said," Wen Yanzhi took a step back with red eyes, and threw the folder in his hand in front of his brother, "If you want to look at water conservancy, take it to see. I can understand. Both you and your elder brother grew up under your father's knees, so naturally you know the power of the court, I'm not—I'm gentle, I'm not, I'm just a scourge that seduced the Lord, so let me charm the Lord, In short, in my second brother's heart, my success in water control and dam reform is also due to Hu Mei." He raised his hand and straightened his collar that was pulled crookedly by Wen Xizhi, and smiled coolly, "Second brother, Only the good in your heart is right, have you ever heard of my suffering? Have you ever cared about others? "

The frost on Wen Xizhi's face was frightened, and he raised his hand and grabbed Wen Yanzhi's wrist: "Youngest, you are confused!"

"It's fine to be confused!" Wen Yanzhi was so angry that he shook off his palm again, his eyes were determined, "If you don't like me, just go to Yushitai to visit me. No matter how confused I am, I won't be as stubborn as you."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and continued walking towards Neishi Mansion.

Wen Xizhi squeezed the wat board tightly and shouted: "Wen Yanzhi! Come here!"

But Wen Yanzhi turned a deaf ear to it.

The author has something to say:

The second brother is a bit hateful!asshole!

I’ll mention Baby Rouge’s childhood later, tsk, now I’m unhappy and need to be kissed by Huang Sang to get better.

Huang Sang: I am hungry and thirsty, come quickly!

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