How many buildings are in the mist

After winter, Feng Zihuan organized four banquets.For the first time, he entertained high-ranking ministers and their nephews; for the second time, he hosted officials from poor families and gave them rewards to help them spend the winter well; Clans from far and near have been invited, even Feng Zisong, who is guilty of treason, is here; for the last time, on a free day in the twelfth lunar month, she plans to have a one-on-one chat with Feng Zizhang about some important matters.

When Feng Zizhang heard that she was called into the palace the day before, and she was not allowed to bring anyone else, he knew that nothing was good.Telling this to Xie Yan, Xie Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty will be angry when he hears what you said. Just go, can you just sit and watch your sister be helpless?" She leaned into Xie Yan's arms, Nodding muffled.However, when they arrived at Feng Zihuan's bedroom, there was good food but no good wine, so it was obvious that things were far from simple.

"Sit down quickly. This is the candied deer that Cui's family brought as a tribute from Yuzhang." Feng Zihuan greeted, and let the brazier be put on again. The female officials retreated immediately after serving, and even closed the door.

"Sister came to me today, she must have something important to do."

"Yeah, you eat first, let me think about what to say." Feng Zizhang took a symbolic mouthful, it was indeed sweet, she nodded, "Sister just said it, are you still playing around with me?"

Feng Zihuan just laughed and didn't answer.

For a while, only the faint sound of charcoal burning could be heard in the hall.Feng Zizhang ate every now and then, while Feng Zihuan kept looking at the floor tiles in thought.

"Zi Zhang."

"elder sister."

"If in the coming year, I need you to come out and become an official in the court, would you accept it?"

"Could it be that my current status is not a courtier?"

"Well, strictly speaking, no." Feng Zihuan laughed himself after finishing speaking, "I need you, as one of the implementers of my will, to lead the group of poor officials to do things for me."

"Sister, is Xiang Cui not available?" She put down her teacup and stared at Feng Zihuan seriously.

"Her usefulness is not here. Cui Yi is good at mediation and execution, but she will not favor the will of any party."

"That means it can't be completely used by my sister."

"Don't you understand that?"

"Yes, my sister wants me to be the leader of the party, leading a group that is absolutely loyal to my sister in the struggle between the two factions."

"So, would you like to?"

Feng Zizhang smiled wryly, "When will I not want to do what my sister asked me to do? After all, I have been acting as the party leader outside the court for almost a year, and it will be a matter of time before I get to the stage."

"No, Zizhang," Feng Zihuan leaned forward, and said very seriously: "If you don't want to, then don't force it. After all..."

Feng Zihuan hesitated to speak.

You can even hear the smoke of incense slowly rising out of the carved holes in the censer.The two sisters looked at each other, and neither of them avoided it.

Finally, Feng Zizhang smiled, "What kind of person does my sister think of me? If the road ahead is beautiful, I may not want to go with my sister, because maybe we don't like the same kind of scenery; but if the road ahead is rough, I will I must go with my sister. After all, besides me, who else is my sister looking for. Don't worry about my sister, leave it to me."

Feng Zihuan looked at her and remained silent for a long time.I wanted to ask if Xie Yan asked her to say it, but then I felt that I underestimated her.

"You have to know that this matter is open and there is no turning back."

"Which thing in the world is not like this?"

"Okay. Before the twelfth lunar month, Sun Mu will probably resign completely. Once Zuo Pushe's position becomes vacant, I will order you to replace him in the first month."

"Sun Mulai has been in the position for so many years, and he refuses to resign even after making embarrassments and troubles. Does my sister have any new reasons? The matter is big enough?"

Feng Zihuan sneered, "I was still thinking about what to do, logically last time when a group of Xianbei spies were caught in the farm, I should have taken him down, but he picked it too cleanly, and I had nowhere to do it. Now that there are new things, ousting him will not be a problem."

"But it's Master Cui's credit again?"

"Otherwise who else?"

"Sister uses Master Cui like this..."

"Ok?"

"That's all." Feng Zizhang felt that he was not qualified to say it, and he was afraid that it would be bad if he said something wrong.

"Are you worried about her and bear the infamy?"

"Yes."

"It's too late to worry." Feng Zihuan sighed, "But those who said about her are nothing more than Sun Mu and his like. If the reforms implemented by the imperial court in the coming year are successful, people like this will naturally disappear."

"It seems that my sister wants to be domineering."

"After all, now is not the time to live in peace and stability. If you can't be overbearing, how can you regain the Central Plains?"

Feng Zizhang also wanted to ask what exactly she needs to take the lead in doing, but Feng Zihuan didn't say anything, and instead led the topic to ask how she and Xie Yan are doing now.Feng Zizhang blushed when he thought of recent events, and happened to be spotted by Feng Zihuan, Feng Zihuan smiled and said, in this case, as your internal history, if she doesn't help you in the future, I won't be able to see it anymore !Fengzi Zhangxin said that you might as well use her directly, but she also knew what the problem was, so she just nodded like a little girl being scolded by her parents.

After eating, the two sisters just chatted about family affairs, the tea was withdrawn, and they began to drink.Seeing that it was getting dark, Feng Zizhang bid farewell and left.Feng Zihuan sat in the hall by himself for a while, and spread the word that Zhonglang will be back.

"How about it?"

"found it."

"Sit first. Come on, serve wine."

When the female officials retreated far away in a disciplined manner again, Feng Zihuan asked, "Really?"

"True. Sun Mu probably planned to let it go after the last time, but he couldn't stand up to the prodigal children. In fact, the smuggling line was not broken. This time we directly discovered the main trading place and the people involved. The border is early There is no mutual market. Although things from Yan State are in circulation on the market, strictly speaking, this is a black market. It is not a serious matter to go into and out of the black market, but I set up a smuggling channel privately. Did you use this to communicate with the enemy? It’s hard to say.”

Feng Zihuan laughed and said, "According to your observation, are they collaborating with the enemy?"

"There is no evidence now, so it is impossible to judge."

"What do you think?"

Cui Xuanji smiled, "I don't think so. Because although Sun Mu is such a villain, his interests are still consistent with the interests of the country. He has no reason to collude with the enemy and betray the country, and he doesn't have that ability."

Feng Zihuan laughed for a long time at this sentence of "no ability", "Since I came to the throne, I have always thought that this person is a waste. If it is not because of a prominent background and party members, how can I sit in such a high position? And it is because of him With a family and party members, I can't cut him off easily. After so many years, I finally found a chance. Thank you, Xuanji."

"Your Majesty speaks seriously."

Feng Zihuan sneered from his nose, "I said these light things that should be said, but you said them seriously; I said those things that should have a lot of weight, but some people don't take them seriously."

"Your Majesty wants to take care of this world, then do it. I will be His Majesty's arm."

Feng Zihuan stared at her, while she lowered her head.Feng Zihuan was silent for a while, many thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally he picked up the most insignificant one and said: "I said earlier, it's just you and me, you don't need to be formal. What are you doing with your head down now?"

Cui Xuanji can't say it's because I can't face your eyes, and Feng Zihuan also feels that it's a good thing she didn't look directly at him, otherwise he would be afraid of being seen by her.

"It's just that I sent you to do these things, won't it be too embarrassing for you?"

"If you don't think about the past, the future will be difficult. What are you afraid of in order to achieve your goals?"

"But things in the future may be much more difficult than in the past."

"I always thought that everything in the world, except life and death, is difficult."

Feng Zihuan smiled, "It's hard for you to be open-minded like this. I hope you will be open-minded like this next year."

This is not the first time Feng Zihuan has said such words to her, as if what is about to come is a bloodbath.She didn't tell Cui Yi, she thought it was some kind of secret between her and Feng Zihuan, but fortunately Cui Yi didn't ask much at home.Regarding Feng Zihuan, Cui Xuanji did not ask His Majesty what exactly you want to do. She believed that what Feng Zihuan wanted to do and what she wanted to do had the same goal, and she could even modify it to achieve Feng Zihuan's goal. and sacrifice your own goals.I will be your thigh, regardless of the way home, you are the treasure that I have to climb to the top of the mountain to obtain.

"Come on, throughout the year, I don't have a chance to have a good drink with you a few times."

Feng Zihuan toasted, and she toasted too.After going back and forth several times, both of them felt a little relaxed, Cui Xuanji asked: "Your Majesty, may I ask a few questions?"

"I said, don't be rude."

"Then, what kind of emperor does Your Majesty want to be?" Feng Zihuan's eyes had already been half-closed, he glanced at her now, and said gently: "When I first came to the throne, I still had the same set of ideas as a young man. My set of ideas. To be a wise and benevolent monarch, do things that benefit the people and the country, listen to the opinions of the officials, and follow the good. When I supervised the country, I didn’t feel it. After I really ascended the throne, I discovered many things, and I can’t solve it according to my previous ideas. If I thought it couldn’t be done, some people said it had to be so; if I thought it had to be done, many people would come out and persuade me to do better than this or that. At first, I just felt constrained, so let’s compromise with each other , That's all. I didn't expect that they would procrastinate, or Chen Kang, and even threatened their own wealth and life to prevent me from doing what I wanted. I was young at the time, and I almost felt scared. It's not that my judgment was completely wrong. I had to change it. Later, according to what they said, things didn't necessarily get better, and they had another way of talking about it. I finally understood that the 'country' these people care about is what I care about. 'Country' is not exactly the same. Of course, there are some people who don't care about others at all, only care about their own enjoyment, such as Sun Mu."

"Your Majesty, are you talking about the tax case of that year?"

"Yeah, at that time I still thought Xie Hui was annoying. I felt that Xie Hui's blunt disapproval would neither give me face nor help the matter. However, after something went wrong, he took the initiative to investigate and personally took the It is also meritorious to bring down a group of people and make the court relatively more balanced. Even today, I should thank him. But later, he had no choice but to resign. I have no choice."

When she said this, her eyes were sharp, staring at the floor tiles, frowning.Cui Xuanji knew that Xie Hui resigned because he caught Zhu Shihan and Zhu Hezhi's malpractice at that time, and Feng Zihuan was inclined to protect Zhu's uncle and nephew, so Xie Hui had to be taken into action.In fact, the result can be regarded as fair. Xie Hui just resigned, and he proposed it on his own initiative; Zhu Shihan was released to be the prefect of Guangling, and Zhu Hezhi quit being an official at all, and went home to cultivate his morals.

"After so many years, I have learned a set of ways to fight against these high-school rotten scholars, but I am tired of fighting. I want to change, but I have never had a chance. It was not until these two years that I realized that I can't wait any longer. Wait, not only I am old, but the country is also old. I want to do everything I can and should do in my hands, leaving a bigger and better stage for Feng Xu to play, and I also want future generations to remember When we were in the Feng family, we would not say that they were a group of women who were incompetent, useless, and had no power but could not seize the opportunity. So no matter what I want to do will be said to be domineering or cruel or something, I don’t care, I Just get there."

She picked up the wine glass, and Cui Xuanji immediately drank with her.Unexpectedly, after finishing drinking, Feng Zihuan remained motionless, still holding the wine glass and looking at himself.

"Fortunately, I met you. You have been surprising me all the time. Looking back now, without you, there are many things that probably wouldn't have been done at all."

"His Majesty--"

"This is serious. It's just that if I don't say such things, I'm not a thing."

The two chatted and drank wine, unknowingly drank a lot.It wasn't until the female officer knocked on the door and asked if they wanted to change the charcoal fire that the two realized that the charcoal fire had already been extinguished, and they didn't feel cold after drinking too much.That's all Feng Zihuan said, let's sit in the back room and wake up.After speaking, he moved to the back room.Feng Zihuan drank too much wine and indulged in indulgence, walking, when he approached the bed, he couldn't help shaking slightly.Cui Xuanji hurried up to help her sit down.In her eyes, Feng Zihuan's loss of even a strand of hair is a big deal, as if Feng Zihuan should be youthful after practicing magical skills.

"What are you doing, Xuanji? Could it be that in your eyes, I am already old?" Feng Zihuan looked up at her, his drunken smile was so gentle and lovely that it was rare to see on weekdays.Cui Xuanji was insanely fascinated by her appearance, but there was also a kind of pity in his heart.

"Your Majesty is not old yet, no, Your Majesty will not be old."

"Nonsense, sooner or later, I will die too. Birth, old age, sickness and death, who is immune?"

Cui Xuanji was half-kneeling on the ground, saving Feng Zihuan from looking up at her.

"Then, even if your majesty is old, he still looks good."

Feng Zihuan laughed, "Is it the appearance that I care about?"

"Even if Your Majesty is old, it's the same..."

"Same what?"

"The same wise, the same mighty, the same chic, the same..."

Just as cute, she said in her heart.

Suddenly, Feng Zihuan stretched out his hand to stroke her face and said, "It's just that I really want to see what you will look like when you get older. A good woman is like fine wine. The older you are, the better you will be." Fragrant. When you are ten or twenty years older, what will you look like? I guess, you must be better-looking than Cui Yi, hahahaha. But you may not be as smart as her, and you will become very angry and very Elegant, like... like an old pine in the mountains, the kind with branches hanging down a little, not alienating from the world, but also maintaining one's own character. Ah, it's a pity that at that time, I didn't even know if I was still around."

"His Majesty!"

Seeing the tears in her eyes, Feng Zihuan lost all thought of talking nonsense with the help of alcohol, and the fingers that had slipped to her chin also took advantage of the trend to hold her hand.

Are you really interested in me?But why bother?

"Well... I'm talking nonsense, just look at you."

Feng Zihuan withdrew his hand.

Within two days, the Sun family's smuggling incident was made public in court, and Sun Mu could only accept the end of being dismissed.Not punishing others is already extraordinarily gracious.In the next year, in the first month, Feng Zihuan announced the appointment of King Nankang as Zuo Pushe.As soon as this decision was made, the important ministers with a sensitive sense of smell immediately knew that something unusual was about to happen.Sure enough, on the third day of February, Feng Zihuan ordered all prefectures, counties and feudal states to check the population and land situation in order to prepare for the Northern Expedition.