To The Land of Nevernight

Surrounded by silence, only the chirping of birds and cicadas can be heard in Shangshu's mansion.

Tang Shen looked at Wang Qin's helpless expression, he couldn't understand what the other party meant.

Tang Shen took out the letter from Wang Qin from his sleeve, opened it, and read it again.Then he went to the desk and lit the letter paper with the flame of the candle.I saw the letter paper crackling and burning, and soon burned to ashes.

Tang Shendao: "Senior brother, I naturally understand what it means. It's one thing to understand, but it's another thing for me to come here today. I don't want to hide it from my senior brother. I came here because I was curious about what will happen next. What, what will the senior brother do. The second reason is..." After a pause, Tang Shen continued: "The second reason is to worry about the senior brother."

Wang Qin stared at Tang Shen, and after a while, he said, "It's human nature to be curious, but don't ask, don't ask. This is the way you should stand in this officialdom with your current status. .As for your concern..."

Wang Qin smiled and stopped talking.

Tang Shen couldn't figure out what he meant.

What did Wang Zifeng want to do? Why didn't he say anything halfway through?

With the current relationship between the two seniors, what Tang Shen said just now was really from the bottom of his heart, and there was no falsification at all.Tang Shen has never been a scheming, suspicious person. He has known Wang Zifeng for three years and stayed with him for three years. Even a stone can warm him up.Tang Shen also really trusted his senior brother.

Besides, he is now considered a half-royal, and Wang Zifeng also has a share of credit for his current achievements.If Wang Zifeng wanted to harm him, it would be tantamount to breaking his own arm, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Can someone as smart as Wang Zifeng do this?

Tang Shen thought for a while, and said: "Senior brother, it's not wrong. I also know that although I am now a member of the fourth-rank middle school, I will only be a small official at that time. But Mo Wen, Mo Wen, this Brother once said to me a year ago, but at that time I did not ask and hear, but His Majesty did not allow me to continue ignoring. So I was forced to go to Cizhou, and what happened later .”

"The fact that you went to Cizhou is actually because of me."

Tang Shen was taken aback: "Because of senior brother?"

Wang Qin said: "Our Majesty is extremely good at balancing." It was the first time Wang Qin talked about this kind of court issue with Tang Shen, Tang Shen immediately concentrated his attention and listened to him carefully, "Some things are obvious. Yes, all officials know it, and you should know it too. You may have guessed some other things. Last year, Su Wenyun, Song Xun, and I went to the north respectively to investigate the snow disaster in the south four years ago. Ink corruption case."

Tang Shen: "I guessed about this."

Wang Qin: "Then how much do you know about Su Wenyun?"

Tang Shen was stunned, he thought carefully and recalled: "Lord Su was originally the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the official residence of the fourth rank. When I was the living man, I often saw him enter Dengxiantai alone, and he was favored by the emperor. Now he is an official The right servant of the Third Grade Industry Department has a bright future."

"Compared to you?" Wang Qin joked.

Tang Shen was speechless for a moment, held back for a long time before saying, "Senior brother, don't tease me."

Wang Qin suppressed his smile and said in a calm voice, "This is the way our holy majesty weighs."

Tang Shen was stunned.

"Su Wenyun was lucky. He found the real person behind the scenes. Not surprisingly, once he returns to the capital, he will be greatly rewarded by the court and then promoted. The fact is exactly the same. He was promoted to the third-rank Youshilang. This The result was predictable, so before this result appears, His Majesty sent you to Cizhou, because junior brother, you are my man."

Tang Shen thought to himself: Are you my man?It sounds weird to hear this.But he was right, in Zhao Fu's eyes, in the eyes of Su Wenyun, and even all the officials, he was half a king.

Seeing that Tang Shen didn't deny it, Wang Qin glanced at him quietly, and he continued, "Even if you don't have credit for going to Cizhou, you have worked hard. Even if you didn't get the account book, after you return to Beijing, His Majesty will definitely I will reward you." After a pause, Wang Qin suddenly said: "Jing Ze, if there is no accident, within three years, I will have no chance of promotion."

Tang Shen was startled: "What does senior brother mean?"

"In the royal party, there is an uncle who lives in the first rank. He is the right minister of the dynasty, second only to the left minister Ji Wengji. And I am in the second rank, in charge of a big power, and I am deeply favored by the emperor. So I think To weigh Su Wenyun's faction, you can't start with me and my uncle, you can only start with the rest of the royal party. At that time in Shengjing, the best candidate was you."

Overnight, listening to Jun's words, Tang Shen really opened his eyes.

A year has passed, and he never thought that when Zhao Fu sent him to assassinate the state, it was to let him restrain Su Wenyun, so that Su Wenyun could not dominate the family!

Wang Qin: "Su Wenyun was born in the Su family in Beizhili. The Su family is the No. 1 family in Beizhili. During the Taizu period of this dynasty, the Su family made many achievements. Over the past century, they have also produced many talents. I will check and balance Su Wenyun, and then use Su Wenyun to check and balance me, even if Su Wenyun and I understand the emperor's intentions, we cannot break this situation."

The scariest thing in this world is not that you don't know that others are using you, but that you know it, but there is nothing you can do about it.

Zhao Fu is the emperor, if he does this, even monsters such as Wang Qin and Su Wenyun are powerless and can only maintain the status quo.Besides, this status quo is not unfavorable to them, otherwise, at the age of the two of them, it is impossible to reach their current status so quickly.

It can be said that Zhao Fu is using them, so why aren't they using Zhao Fu?

However, Tang Shen gradually realized something was wrong: "Senior brother is from the Wang family of Langya, and Su Wenyun is from the Su family of Beizhili. Both are from famous families, so what about the poor family?"

With Zhao Fu's suspicious character, it is impossible to completely trust the nobles of the famous family, and he will definitely use the poor family to check and balance the famous family.

Among the four prime ministers of the dynasty, the right prime minister Wang Quan and the right prime minister Xu Wei were both from well-known families, while the left prime minister Ji Wengji and the left prime minister Chen Linghai were both from poor families. For two, the distribution is so clear.Is it really a row of fruit?

Wang Qin said calmly, "Isn't Li Jingde here?"

Tang Shen was startled, for a moment he couldn't remember whose name it was.

At this time, Wang Qin had already continued to say: "The use of paper money is very different from ordinary things. If there is a fight on this matter, the court will change, and it will only be among officials above the third rank. Therefore, junior brother... It has nothing to do with me."

When Tang Shen left Shangshu Mansion, Wang Qin did not go out to see him off.

Looking back at the closed gate of the Shangshu Mansion, Tang Shen showed a complicated expression.

"This time, Wang Zifeng really wants to part ways with me temporarily, and there will be nothing more involved."

The matter of using paper tokens involved so many things that even Wang Qin couldn't guarantee that he would be able to escape unscathed.He didn't want to implicate Tang Shen, and even Tang Shen knew that what Wang Zifeng didn't say was that even if Tang Shen was involved, it would be of no use, and there was even the danger of collapse.

Tang Shen is not very proficient in matters such as currency and policy.He is only this year, and has only been in the officialdom for three years. Even if he wants to master it, it will take some time.

With a long sigh, Tang Shen thought to himself: "If it was a peaceful age, if I had a choice, I would rather go to the Ministry of Industry to build roads and bridges for the country!" You can't do whatever you want, just be a technical geek who only needs technology.

However, what Wang Qin didn't know was that he almost drove Tang Shen away, but Tang Shen didn't want to really get rid of it.He secretly made up his mind to observe the situation quietly.

A few days later, Su Wenyun returned to Cizhou and continued to supervise the construction of the official road in Cizhou.

Before leaving, he unexpectedly waited for Tang Shen on the palace road of Qinzheng Hall.Mr. Su is wearing a deep red official robe, even after half a year of exposure to the wind and sun, his skin is fair, handsome and bright.When he saw Tang Shen, he smiled slightly: "Master Tang, what a coincidence, why did we meet again?"

Can't afford to provoke or hide?Tang Shen bowed and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Mr. Right Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Su Wenyun narrowed his eyes and stared at Tang Shen for a while.Suddenly he smiled, and pointed to the sky: "Master Tang, look at this sunny day, do you think it will rain tomorrow?"

Tang Shen said in his heart: You said it was a sunny day, but you also said that it will rain tomorrow?

On the mouth, he said: "I don't know."

"However, I feel that there is going to be a heavy rain in Shengjing. Mr. Tang, you should prepare your rain gear, and don't get wet. It's okay to get wet, but I'm afraid that you will catch a cold and get seriously ill. Wait for me It's really a pity that I won't see Mr. Tang again after returning from Cizhou."

Tang Shen: "..."

Who do you curse to death?

Tang Shen didn't bother to pay attention to the other party this time, anyway, Su Wenyun disliked him everywhere, so he didn't need to pay any attention to him, it's not a bad time to offend him this time.Besides, he is a royal party, if you Su Wenyun has the ability, kill Wang Zifeng first, and then torment him.

Su Wenyun didn't tease him anymore, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry sneered, turned and left.The next day, he left Beijing and went to Cizhou.

The second day was actually a sunny day, and there was no heavy rain as Su Wenyun said.

However, in the 29th year of Kaiping, June [-]th.

In the early court, the right minister Wang Quan stepped forward and said: "Since the 19th year of Kaiping, it has been difficult to collect taxes and taxes every year in Nanzhili and Huxi provinces. I have 23 tax reforms, and I would like to submit them to your majesty."

There was a light in Zhao Fu's eyes, he made a surprised expression, and said: "Oh, then I want to take a look."

After hearing this, the eunuch Ji Fu immediately walked down the high hall, took up the memorial in Wang Quan's hand, and presented it to the emperor with both hands.Zhao Fu opened the booklet and glanced over it with wandering eyes.In the Zichen Palace, there was no sound, only the sound of Zhao Fu turning over the pages.

When Chao Zuo Xiang Ji Wengji looked down at the ground, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zuo Cheng Chen Linghai glanced suspiciously at Wang Quan and Ji Wengji, and remained silent.

Youcheng Xu Wei was much more natural. This veteran of the three dynasties calmly held up the jade wat and looked at the position of Zhao Fu's feet. It was no different from the usual court.

After Zhao Fu read it, he didn't show any abnormality. He put the booklet on the tray held by Ji Fu, and said, "We'll discuss this matter later."

Wang Quan: "Yes."

But for a long time, the early court dispersed, and all the officials left the palace.

However, the left minister Ji Wengji and the right minister Wang Quan were called away by the emperor alone, and went to the Chuigong Hall, not knowing what to say.

Tang Shen mixed in the team of fourth-rank officials, watching the backs of the two powerful officials leaving, his eyes were calm, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.If he is still a living man at this moment, and he is on duty in the palace today, then maybe he can know what secret Zhao Fu is going to tell the two gentlemen in the Chui Gong Palace today!

However, he is not!

Among the officials, when Qin Si, the right servant of the household department, left the palace, he stretched out his hand and asked in surprise, "Hey, is it raining?"

The author has something to say: Xiao Tang Lang: Want to bully me?If you have the ability, you can step on Wang Zifeng's face and hit me, come on, come on!

Old Wang next door: ... [Start to practice calligraphy, four words are written on the paper-proud to be favored! 】