in the world of murder

The drizzle fell into the gurgling water, and the koi jumped out of the water from under the leaves of the flower vines, splashing a small splash.

Xizhen sat on his knees at the banquet, talking eloquently, "The world has been in war for decades, the people have been displaced, and most of the land has been lost to the family. Now that the war has just calmed down, it is time to recuperate and restore people's livelihood. But the people If you don’t have any land in your hands, what can you use to recuperate?”

Behind the screen, Prince Chongming rolled up his sleeves, making tea smoothly.He picked up a cup of tea, and Tang Zhi who was beside him took it, walked around the screen, and delivered it to Xi Zhenji.

Xi Zhen paused and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"It's reasonable," Prince Chongming said, "But it's very difficult."

"Do it even if it's difficult!" Xi Zhen resolutely said: "How can you share the power of the world with the aristocratic family!"

After the words fell, a young eunuch came in from outside the hall and whispered a few words beside Prince Chongming.

Xi Zhen looked at Prince Chongming, and the prince said: "This morning, His Majesty mentioned the matter of dividing the land and the people. There was an uproar in the court, and all the officials were furious."

Xi Zhen frowned slightly, and said: "I guessed that there will be many ministers who oppose His Majesty."

"Not many," Prince Chongming said, "It's all of them."

Xi Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized what this meant.

Prince Chongming asked the little eunuch to reply, and the little eunuch said: "As soon as your Majesty opened his mouth, all the ministers objected one after another. Some impeached His Highness, saying that His Highness is young and frivolous and unfit for use. Some people say that His Majesty's move is to rob people's wealth, and even the Cai family's affairs are beneficial to frame, the purpose is for the Cai family's wealth."

"Afterwards, a minister asked His Majesty to take back the order. All the civil and military officials in the court knelt down, and there was no one standing." The little eunuch didn't say how Emperor Yan would react, but if Xi Zhen was Emperor Yan, I'm afraid He won't be in a good mood either.

"This matter won't happen," Xi Zhen said after a moment of pondering, "At least it won't happen now."

Prince Chongming waved his hand to tell the little eunuch to go down, his expression was calm, without any signs of anxiety or surprise.

Xi Zhen looked at him, "Your Highness doesn't seem to be angry, did you guess this result long ago?"

Prince Chongming said: "Gu just thought of the worst outcome."

The drizzle continued outside the window, and Prince Chongming in the palace boiled water and made tea, and his every move was slow and easy.Xi Zhen looked at him, the irritability in his heart gradually faded away, and said: "Although this matter is not successful, it is not completely useless. You can use this as an excuse to make a trick."

Prince Chongming poured the tea soup and said, "Let's listen."

Xi Zhen then said: "Your Majesty's predicament today is that there are no available people in the court. Almost all the civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty came from aristocratic families. Although your Majesty holds military power, he is always hindered by others."

Prince Chongming shook his teacup, "You mean to add some officials from humble backgrounds to the court."

"Yes." Xi Zhen said: "Since their eyes are on the equal distribution of land, we can fill the six departments with some people who are not from aristocratic families, so that we can help His Highness in the future."

"To put it lightly," Prince Chongming said: "The children of the aristocratic family naturally have inexhaustible resources, how can the children of the poor family compare?"

Xi Zhen smiled and said, "Did your Highness forget my origin?"

Prince Chongming raised his eyes to look at Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen said with a smile: "There are hundreds of disciples in each generation of Jiuyi Mountain, not only one can be passed down directly. Among the remaining people, there are many real materials, people with gaps in their chests. What's more important Yes, most of them come from poor families, without father or mother, and have nothing to do with the family."

Xi Zhen looked directly at Prince Chongming, "As long as His Highness gives him a chance, they can all be used by His Highness."

Xizhen's thinking is similar to that of Prince Chongming.With so many disciples in Jiuyi Mountain, they can't just die of old age on the mountain just because they lost the contest.

Prince Chongming nodded and said, "It's possible."

Xi Zhen looked happy and said: "Then I will arrange it now."

"By the way," Xi Zhen remembered something, and said, "I also ask Your Highness to give me a handwritten letter, so that I can do things more conveniently."

Prince Chongming nodded, and ordered people to remove the tea set and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it.His Highness the Crown Prince held a pen in his right hand, and the tip of the pen was stained with ink and landed on the beautiful Chengxin paper.

Not long after, Tang Zhi came out holding the letter written by Prince Chongming himself, Xi Zhen took it and read it from beginning to end.

It's a different handwriting, Xi Zhen read it word by word.The prince is holding the pen with his right hand, and his handwriting is completely different from Xie Li's.

He read a letter for a long time.Prince Chongming didn't rush him, but watched him quietly through the screen.

After a while, Xi Zhen put away the letter, saluted and left.

His Majesty once again brought up the issue of equal distribution of land in the court, and everyone was still filled with righteous indignation.Seeing this, His Majesty had no choice but to drop the matter and mention the matter of selecting officials.

His Majesty is willing to make concessions on the matter of equal distribution of the land, and the aristocratic family will naturally not push people too much, agreeing to His Majesty's selection of officials to enter the court.They regarded it as compensation to His Majesty, allowing young scholars to enter the court and giving them official positions below the sixth rank.

In addition to the unknown young scholars from poor families, there are also some women.The adults were superior and commented that His Majesty really had no one under his command, and even a woman was pulled out to be an official.They ridiculed, judged, and showed their majesty, requiring women to only start as small officials, and their official positions were not the same as men's.

"That's enough." Looking at the continuous autumn rain outside the window, Xi Zhen said, "The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant's nest, and sooner or later they will have to pay the price for their arrogance."

Xi Shui responded, "The young master is wise."

When the wind picked up, Tang Zhi came out from the hall, holding a cloak in his hand.

"Lord Xi, His Royal Highness is not feeling well, so today's lecture will be skipped. I will have someone escort you out of the palace. You should bring a piece of clothing. Be careful not to catch the cold."

Xi Shui took Tang Zhi's clothes, and Xi Zhen asked, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"Isn't it the beginning of autumn? It's raining again. His Royal Highness has a leg disease and it hurts badly."

Xi Zhen frowned slightly, "It doesn't seem to be a small problem to hurt when you see rainy days. Your Highness is so young, why do you have leg problems?"

Tang Zhi said: "This..."

Xi Zhen paused, and said, "Blame me, I shouldn't inquire about these things."

Tang Zhi smiled and said, "Master Xi, don't be surprised."

Xi Zhen thought for a while, and said: "It just so happens that I know a very powerful doctor, so I will send it to Your Highness some other day."

Tang Zhi said yes, and asked someone to send Xi Zhen away.

Xi Zhen came out from the East Palace in a cloak, and Xi Shui held an umbrella at the side.The sky was gloomy, the vermilion palace walls were covered with bright yellow tiles, and there was no one on the long palace road, only the wind and rain.Every time I walk this road, I come out of the East Palace in the evening, when the sun is setting and the sun is setting, it is very lonely.

He also said that staying in the East Palace is invulnerable to all kinds of poisons, Xi really thought, this palace road is already scary enough.

If Xie Li appeared behind me at this time, I would definitely be scared to death.Xi really thought about it, but soon he realized that Xie Li hadn't appeared for a long time.

He closed his eyes, and the black cloak was blown up by the wind, fluttering in the wind.

"...I know, thank you very much." Suddenly a familiar voice came from next to his ear, Xi Zhen heard the reputation, and saw Cheng Lian, dressed in a sixth-rank official mansion, following a young red-robed man with a smile on his face.

The man in the red robe touched his head and said with a shy smile, "You're welcome."

Cheng Lian held up an umbrella and stood beside the man, saying, "I'm new here, and I don't understand many things. Without your help, I'm afraid I'm going to be in trouble."

The red-robed man said: "Don't say that, you were born in Jiuyi Mountain, and you have come to today step by step by yourself, you shouldn't underestimate yourself."

Cheng Lian smiled, reserved and shy.

Xi Zhen stood still and looked at the two of them with great interest.

Suddenly a man in a scarlet robe walked over from the other side of the road. Cheng Lian was smiling and bumped into that man head-on.

The man beside him quickly saluted, "I've met Mr. Chen."

Cheng Lian followed suit, "Hello, Mr. Chen."

Xi Zhen recognized this person, Chen Lian, the eldest son of the Chen family in Jiaodong, a fourth-rank official, holding real power.

And because Chen Lian and Cheng Lian had similar names, it seemed that Cheng Lian had been bullied a lot.

After they exchanged a few words, the red-robed man beside Cheng Lian left first, and he took the umbrella with him, and Cheng Lian immediately stood in the rain.

Chen Lian did have an umbrella, but he obviously didn't intend to share it with Cheng Lian.

"Master Cheng has been promoted." Chen Lian looked at Cheng Lian and said, "Your complexion is getting better."

The rain quickly soaked Cheng Lian's clothes and hair, and he was wet and looked pitiful.

"Thank you, my lord." Cheng Lian said.

"Don't dare." Chen Lian gave Cheng Lian a disgusted look, "Although you are wearing this official uniform, you are still a whore at heart."

Cheng Lian paused, then smiled suddenly, looked up at Chen Lian, and said, "Then what are you doing? Are you feeling uncomfortable when the two clients met?"

Chen Lian's face suddenly became gloomy, "Cheng Lian, do you want to be a sixth-rank official for the rest of your life?"

Cheng Lian pursed her lips, the irritating feeling faded away, and her expression gradually became forbearing.

Chen Lian looked at him with a happy expression on his face, and said, "Kneel down."

Cheng Lian bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, then lifted her robe and knelt down.This kneeling seemed to make his whole body weak.

Chen Lian's gaze deepened, and he walked past Cheng Lian.

Not long after he left, Cheng Lian changed his expression and stood up expressionlessly.

"Wonderful, really wonderful." Xi Zhen came out slowly from the other side, looked at Cheng Lian, and said, "It's amazing."

Cheng Lian rolled up his sleeves, even though he was completely drenched by the rain, he didn't feel embarrassed, "I'm sorry."

"No wonder you got promoted so fast," Xi Zhen said, "It's just, why don't you choose someone easy to handle? Then Mr. Chen has a bad temper."

Cheng Lian smiled decently, and said: "Didn't you also hear what he said just now. I am the prostitute in that brothel. When have you ever seen a prostitute picking customers?"

"I'm afraid the guest is going to turn into an enemy now," Xi Zhen said, "Looking at Chen Lian's attitude, you guys are done."

Cheng Lian shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal."

"He even bumped into you trying to curry favor with other people, isn't that a big deal?"

Cheng Lian smiled and said, "Doesn't he be so angry that he cares?"

Xi Zhen paused, and his smile deepened, "I like you more and more, you shouldn't have picked Xie Li on the mountain back then, you should have come to me."

If he had such a think tank by his side at that time, he would have taken Xie Li down sooner.

Cheng Lian thought about it, and felt sorry, originally thought that Xie Li would follow his own way, who knew that he was such a person who didn't like oil and salt.It's better to find Xizhen early, so that you don't have to act all day long, and you can have a good future.

The author says:

Xi Zhen: It's too late to meet each other

Cheng Lian: See you later