How many buildings are in the mist

In Taicheng {13} in the first month of the 1th year of Xianhe, Feng Zihuan sat on the table, absently playing with the jade pendant in his hand, completely unlike an emperor who was assassinated yesterday.She is confident, even though she really wants to know who is trying to kill her, but the three consecutive assassins are not only incompetent, but also seem to have unclear goals: when she drew her sword last night, two of the three stood in place I don't know whether to advance or retreat.She almost wanted to shout, are you here to kill me, or to test me?However, she killed the assassin with ease, so she wasn't worried.After all, she had other things to pay attention to, and based on her grand plan, being assassinated might as well be said to be a good opportunity.

She glanced at the important minister Cui Yi who was sitting below.In fact, Prime Minister Cui also wants to seize this opportunity, right?She thought, even if Cui Yi didn't think so.After all, Cui Yi represents the power of the aristocratic family, and she must be arrested if she is not arrested.Being caught by Cui Yi is far better than being caught by others, Feng Zihuan knows this very well, and plans to take advantage of it calmly.

"His Majesty."

"Cui Xiang, tell me."

"In Jiankang City, the assassination of the emperor happened three times in a row. People are already in panic. Li Su, the general of Huben Zhonglang, has dereliction of duty and should be removed from office. As for Ting Wei, it should be seen whether the case can be solved effectively. It should be regarded as dereliction of duty. Otherwise, the thieves will become more rampant."

Cui Yi's status is so high that she can stand and talk to the emperor, but she still abides by etiquette, bending her head and bowing her head, as if in a court.Sometimes Feng Zihuan likes Cui Yi.Compared with Xie Hui, Cui Yi is more mellow, trying to take care of the feelings of all parties in everything, and giving each matter a longer and more flexible processing time.No better than Xie Hui, who had a tough style in the court back then, and even resigned to avoid the limelight, she was decisive, and there was almost no room for her to change.

"What Cui Xiang said is very true. I see that in the hall today, everyone is about to eat Li Su. I think this southerner can't get used to him coming from Longxi."

"Your Majesty was joking. Li Suzhi is probably a member of 'Fangwai{2}' among the current group of descendants of the family. It is also possible to take advantage of the opportunity to attack them in groups.”

Feng Zihuan laughed, "Cui Xiang is so upright in front of me, isn't he afraid that he will become an outsider?" Cui Yi was about to answer, but Feng Zihuan didn't give her a chance, leaning forward and said: "I thought, Of course Li Su wants to be dismissed from office, but since he is from a famous family, he should not pursue anything further. After all, it was not that he came too late last night, but that thief was stupid. He came just when I was about to practice sword. It's just to let him rest for a while. Lieutenant Ting also followed what you said, Xiang Cui, and I thought it would be more appropriate to give him a one-month deadline. But I think that this matter can be done without just getting rid of one Li Su."

"Your Majesty is stupid, please make it clear."

"I think Huben is the problem. For example, for the first time, the guards of Huben were all on my side, but they were knocked down again and again. I looked at their moves, and they were all out of shape! A group of good men were selected into Huben's book It is a matter of Guangyao's lintel, and the responsibility is heavy, but this kind of thing happened! I asked Li Su that night, and Li Su said helplessly that these tiger guards were difficult to discipline. I can't say that Li Su is completely irresponsible, but the decline in the quality of the guards is obvious. I think it is necessary to form a new guard, to include Huben as part of it, and to choose a strict Zhonglang as the manager. What does Xiang Cui think?"

"Your Majesty is wise, I think this is a very good move." Feng Zihuan laughed secretly in his heart, knowing that Cui Yi must have thought about this a long time ago, but as a minister, he couldn't mention it, "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once set up the Habayashi Army{3}, and I thought your Majesty You can also follow suit. I just don’t know if Your Majesty has a candidate for Zhonglang General? Where do the Habayashi soldiers want to be selected?”

"Suweitai City, of course, must select the best soldiers. I intend to order the selection of those with superior force from the garrison troops in various places. At the same time, I also thought that men and women are equal nowadays. In the corvee, only men are recruited and women are recruited. The reason for staying in the countryside is that men are more resistant to long-term hard labor. But in the selection of the army, women are not recruited, which is inappropriate. I look at the guards of the tiger and cardinals, and I am afraid that I will not be able to see them except for the palace. Especially As palace guards, they must be careful and dexterous. Women's military strength often does not fall behind men. Therefore, I intend to experiment with allowing women to participate in the military in the Habayashi Army. If it succeeds, it can be extended. In this way, I will conquer the Central Plains, and I will also Some more power. What does Cui Sang think?"

Cui Yi was thinking.Feng Zihuan looked at her face, thinking that she had just turned [-], although her complexion was not as good as before, her temperament was still good, far better than girls of the same age.If Jiang Yuan hadn't died back then, maybe Cui Yi would have liked to laugh more, right?

She has finished talking about what she wants to do, and now it's time for Cui Yi to accept the call.She hated it, but she couldn't do otherwise.

"I thought," Cui Yi thought for a while, Feng Zihuan guessed that she must be considering candidates quickly, who knew that Cui Yi was just waiting for the emperor to be impatient, like waiting for a pot of water to heat up to cook noodles, waiting for that one The best time is, "You can choose a Zhonglang general first. He is good at force, knowledgeable, and directly guards by His Majesty's side. It can not only ensure His Majesty's safety, but also directly communicate with His Majesty on how to recruit and select soldiers. It is the best of both worlds." .If you want to select women to serve in the army, then General Zhonglang must also choose women.”

Feng Zihuan nodded again and again, and after listening to Fang, he said: "Is there anyone to choose for Xiang Cui? All I can think of is Zizhang. Zizhang is definitely not willing to do this." Cui Yi heard the emperor complaining about herself The younger sister, King Nankang, couldn't help laughing: "Your minister is elected."

"who?"

"It is the minister's niece, Cui Xuanji, the only daughter of my elder brother Cui Xin, Duke of Yuzhang County."

Feng Zihuan was taken aback, searching for the name quickly in his mind. "I remember that Duke Yuzhang had a son named Cui Xuance. He became an official a few years ago and was very brave. Later, he went to Jiangxia to guard the border, right?"

"Yes. I don't know if Your Majesty still remembers that four years ago, His Majesty held a martial arts competition for the clans, and Xuan Ji won the first place alone." Feng Zihuan then remembered that in the ninth year of Xianhe, her ineffective brother-in-law Zhu Hezhi proposed to hold it. The Civil and Martial Arts Contest is attended by the children of the world's aristocratic families. It is supposed to be convenient for His Majesty to select talents, but in fact, he also wants to show off for himself.However, this kid is not good at all, he is exaggerated in his rhetoric and Fu, and he is rendered speechless by Lu Mao, the eldest grandson of the Lu family, in the middle of the talk.If it wasn't for Zhu Xianzhi's sake, she wouldn't want to deal with Zhu Hezhi, a trash.But it was also because of Zhu Xianzhi that she had to take extra care of him.After Zhu Xianzhi passed away, she was no longer dissatisfied. For the rest of the Zhu family, especially the younger brother and sister Zhu Xianzhi, she could only feel guilty when she saw their faces.

On the contrary, in the competition, Cui Xuanji participated in the competition quietly, and finally came out on top. "I remember, she was only, or 19 years old at the time? Later, she didn't say she didn't dare to accept the reward, so she went back with Yu Zhanggong?"

"Yes. Xuanji is excellent in martial arts, loyal and reliable. Last year, I was recruited by my minister to Jiankang to accompany her. If His Majesty wants to recruit her at this time, he can recruit her at any time."

Feng Zihuan finally understood that Cui Yi was waiting for her here.Well, she didn't plan to beat Cui Yi by herself.Cui Yi took her ball, and Cui Yi backed down.Now Cui Yi gives her a ball, and she has to catch it too.No matter what purpose Cui Yi sent her niece to her, or how many purposes she had, she had to borrow her strength again.There is nothing easy in the world.

"That's very good. Please Cui Xiang draft an edict to form Habayashi, with Cui Xuanji as Habayashi Zhonglang General. First enter the palace guards around me, take the post of Huben Zhonglang, and form Habayashi a month later. Of course, Please also ask Choi Sang to go back and tell her."

Later that day, Cui Yi returned to the mansion and asked her servant where Cui Xuanji was. The person who answered said that the eldest lady was behind, and said excitedly, "My lord, that peach blossom seems to be about to bloom!"The eldest lady is watching there.Cui Yi walked through the long and narrow corridor, and saw Cui Xuanji standing under the peach blossom tree with a knife in his hand, looking at the buds on the branches in the garden.Slender and straight, with broad shoulders, Cui Yi remembered how her father Cui Xin taught her to stand when she was young, and if she was slightly bent, she would use a cane to whip her back. "Are you going to start?" Cui Yi asked, Cui Xuanji turned her head after hearing that, Cui Yi saw her face was slightly red, it should be that she had just finished martial arts training.

"Come on, as long as the spring breeze blows for another two days. Auntie is back, it's been a hard day."

"Okay, the weather is warm, let's eat at the gazebo." Cui Yi walked to the right, followed by Cui Xuanji.When she was seated and the dinner was served, Cui Yi asked her only accompanying maid to eat too, so she didn't need to wait here.Cui Xuanji suddenly said, "It's better to eat at home."

"Why? Could it be that you can't find anything that suits your taste anywhere else in Jiankang?"

"It's one thing to eat comfortably, it suits your taste, and it's another thing to be comfortable. Like the day before yesterday, Xie Yu and I went to Sun's house for dinner. Sun Qian and Sun Yue were present, as well as my cousin and his two friends. There were only seven of us. There are ten music and dances, and no less than twenty maidservants."

"Twenty? What are you doing?"

"Pour the wine, take the food from another group of maidservants, serve it to the person who serves it, stare at everyone's stove, it can't be too hot, and it can't be too hot."

"With the weather these few days, is the stove still lit?"

"Sun Yue was caught in the wind and cold the day before yesterday. So a large group of people stared at me and surrounded me, so I felt uncomfortable eating. At home, there is no one around, and it looks like eating." Cui Xuanji looked at the fish in front of him and offered to exchange food with Cui Yi. The reason is that she eats fish tails with many thorns, and Cui Yi eats fat fish belly with few thorns, but Cui Yi refuses, saying that picking the flesh from the thorns is the fun of eating fish. She also said: "Sun Yue like this." Weak? I heard that she was sick for half of the time last year. With such a body, she followed her father to Jiankang, and she didn't go into politics and wandered around all day. What's the point!"

Cui Xuanji nodded, and then detailed a lot of things that went wrong at the banquet.In front of his aunt, he didn't hide anything, even Sun Qian told his maid to feed him. In the end, he concluded that there were at least fifty servants in charge of specific professions who were on duty at the same time for a meal in Sun's residence. "In Jiankang City, we probably have the least number of slaves in our house. It's not good for the country if so many people don't work in farming and just work as slaves."

The two finished their meal in silence and concentratedly.Cui Xuanji was about to ask someone to clean it up, but Cui Yi stopped her and asked her to sit down, and when the servants finished eating, they would come by themselves, and looked at her knife again, saying: "This knife of yours will be destroyed soon. It’s going to be hung on the waist of the official uniform.” Cui Xuanji was startled, “Auntie, what do you mean?” Cui Yi then told Feng Zihuan what she had discussed earlier, “A virtuous person does not avoid relatives, let alone you and I There is no safe choice. I think the emperor is willing for now, and you have to make her more satisfied in the future. Before going, you should remember that there are two important things. The first is to protect the safety of the emperor. The emperor doesn't care about these three consecutive assassination cases, and it's too bold to take advantage of the opportunity. Ting Wei may not be able to investigate anything. If the guards can't catch alive, how can he investigate? I think the assassination case is not simple. There may be a follow-up. The emperor prides himself on his strong martial arts, but I am always worried that two fists will be no match for four hands. So you must protect the emperor's safety." Cui Xuanji replied yes.

"Secondly, monitor the emperor's movements." Cui Xuanji was taken aback when she heard the words, and Cui Yi expected her to do so, "As her valet, you must pay attention to her emotions. The emperor is a very smart person, and she wants you to know You don't know, she doesn't want you to know, even if you have the opportunity to investigate, don't investigate. Just pay attention to her emotions. You know, after the death of the queen and Zhu Shihan, the emperor is basically in a state of no one to persuade. No It seems that the first emperor focused on peace, and the emperor is the hero. She needs to be strong enough to regain the north. But the strength is not in her hands. After more than ten years in power, she has clearly seen the evils in the world and wants to eliminate them. , but the method may not be safe, and she has no trust in the family. So we have to pay attention to her movements and make a reasonable response in time, otherwise not only will we not be able to protect ourselves, but we will also cause chaos in the world. Do you understand?"

Cui Xuanji answered yes, and then asked, "When will the imperial decree come down?"

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. You just have to be ready."

"Yes."

It was night, when a gust of north wind suddenly blew up, Cui Xuanji took a look at the peach blossom before returning to the room, and knew that it would not be able to bloom for the time being.Of course she was happy to serve as Feng Zihuan's bodyguard.She has admired Feng Zihuan for more than ten years and has been waiting for such an opportunity.She remembered the first time she saw Feng Zihuan when she was a child, that Feng Zihuan was the empress dowager, and she was the daughter of Yuzhang Gong Cui Xin.Feng Zihuan's radiance shines on everyone, his face is so beautiful that people can't help but pay attention.What's more, it was when Feng Zihuan was about to marry Zhu Xianzhi.She still ran around beside Feng Zihuan like a little fool. Feng Zihuan was eight years old that year.She remembers a lot of things from the age of eight, and she remembers the wedding ceremony most clearly.She grew up listening to the stories of Feng Zihuan and Zhu Xianzhi, they were the gods and couples in her heart, even better than her parents, aunt and Jiang Yuan, and everything else, Feng Zihuan and Zhu Xianzhi were in her eyes Here is the most perfect example of love that exists in reality.When she began to feel a little sour in her heart, it was several years later that the second daughter of the emperor and empress Fengxi was born, Zhu Xianzhi fell ill, Feng Zihuan summoned rare treasures and good doctors from all over the world for her.She was ordered to send a batch of her own tribute to Jiankang to show her loyalty.After seeing the more mature Feng Zihuan, who gradually became domineering, frowning, and sad and anxious, the indescribable pain in her heart made her understand—long before she realized it, she was falling in love and falling in love at the same time. Fall in love with those two things.Thinking about how Feng Zihuan and Zhu Xianzhi were together, she felt that she would never be able to get close to Feng Zihuan.

At that time she told herself that if she couldn't be her wife, then she would be her brachialis.

When Zhu Xianzhi passed away, she also held a funeral for the queen.At that time, looking at Feng Zihuan who was devastated, her heart ached; looking at Zhu Xianzhi's coffin, she actually felt a kind of moral embarrassment.

Feng Zihuan changed part of Cui Yi's plan, intending to greatly improve Cui Xuanji's treatment.Cui Yi resigned firmly, saying that this would definitely spoil the matter.What she said was correct, Feng Zihuan thought, it was out of justice, for the sake of the government, and of course it was also to prevent himself from advocating and killing the aristocratic family.But then I thought about it, maybe I was a little too hasty, at this stage, what good would killing the Cui family do for me?

On February 21, the imperial decree arrived.On February [-], Cui Xuanji was ordered to enter the palace.

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{1}Taicheng was the seat of the forbidden provinces and imperial palaces of the six dynasties including the Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties. It was located in the capital Jiankang City, and the ruins are in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. "Taiwan" refers to the central government with Shangshutai as the main body at that time. Because Shangshutai was located in Miyagi, Miyagi was also called "Taicheng".According to "Yu Di Ji Sheng": "During the Jin and Song Dynasties, the forbidden province of the imperial court was called Taiwan, so the palace city was called Taicheng."

{2} means outside the region; outside the mundane; outside the world. "Shi Shuo Xin Yu Ren Dan": "Ruan (Ruan Ji) is a person from outside the country, so he does not respect the ritual system, and I am a vulgar person, so I regard myself as a ritual."

{3} Note that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Habayashi, its status was lower than that of Huben.Here Habayashi includes Huben, which is an overhead use that does not match historical facts.Please don't get confused.

{4} Clear talk, also known as clear talk, was popular in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It refers to the scholar class at that time not talking about common affairs or people's livelihood in troubled times. Zhouyi, Laozi, and Zhuangzi are the "three mysteries".Later, it was also integrated into Buddhist thought, which can be understood as a kind of nihilistic metaphysical retreat evolved from the "don't talk about world affairs" to avoid disasters.