Chapter 248 Pearl first
"It's simply lawless!"
In the court hall, Prince Xuanhong threw Qingzhu Weekly down the steps. The courtiers below the steps looked at each other, and no one took a second look at the newspapers scattered on their feet.
Qingzhu Weekly has been on sale for many issues. Although it is only sold in the isolated Lanzhou, there are always newspapers flowing out. Even if I don't buy it at a high price, I have read it in my colleagues' homes, so I am no stranger to it.
A mere outlaw caused a bloody storm in Lanzhou. He killed the imperial officials and replaced him. He regarded the general ethics as nothing. He was no different from a rebel.
What concerned them most was the establishment of the Lanzhou Guard Army. Although there was Sangfu, the imperial envoy appointed by the imperial court, in Lanzhou in the past, the Zhanyue tribe had monopolized power. The various tribes seemed to be peaceful before, but in fact they were constantly in conflict, which greatly facilitated the Central Plains. The imperial court controls Lanzhou, and now that Wen Yunxi has made changes, the Lanzhou Army is protecting the interests of the entire Lanzhou. It can resist externally and maintain peace internally, and the imperial court has no room for intervention.
"Do you have any countermeasures?"
Xuanhong sat under the vacant dragon chair and glanced at the officials below.
The court was silent. If this happened in the Central Plains, just killing one of the court officials would be enough to kill her several times. But that was Lanzhou, a semi-barbaric land that had just surrendered to the court a few years ago. It was surrounded by natural barriers of mountains on three sides. Unless the navy is sent southward, the losses will be huge.
However, the naval force was stationed in Huzhou to deter Linguo externally and to guard against King Min internally. If the naval army cannot move south to make a quick victory, the court will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation.
If there is a family that is tired, it is easy to say that by detaining the family members, they can always be forced to submit. Unfortunately, Wen Yunxi is a prisoner whose family members are all dead. What else can he do? There is nothing he can do.
Finally, the Minister of Household Affairs came out and said: "The embankments of Yuanzhou burst and tens of thousands of people were affected. I feel that there is something wrong, so I asked Your Highness to send an imperial envoy to go and investigate."
Xuanhong didn't really intend to do anything to Wen Yunxi. He just raised this matter to see the attitude of the ministers, so he changed the subject along with the Minister of Household Affairs.
The days ahead are long, don’t be in a hurry.
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Lanzhou, Linwangfu.
Xuan Lin stepped forward to help the emaciated Commander Fang, "Thank you for your hard work."
The situation was urgent at that time, so he was sent to find his grandfather to borrow troops. He thought that even if the loan failed, he would be able to come back soon. Unexpectedly, it took two months.
"Your Majesty, the Yan family wanted to kill Prince Wei. I left in a hurry, but was chased and killed on the way. Although my moves were like those of a soldier, I don't think it was done by the Yan family."
If the Yan family didn't want him to leave, they could have dealt with him when they were in the Yan family, so why bother ambush him at the junction of Lanzhou.
Xuan Lin was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head helplessly, "I overestimated myself, that's all, that's fine."
"As for the person who is chasing you, I'm afraid it's one of my brothers."
The Yan family has been famous for its military generals for hundreds of years. Even though it has been in decline in recent years, its foundation is still there. In the increasingly tense situation, it will naturally become a good help in the eyes of all forces.
He was not surprised at all that his brothers wanted to drive a wedge between him and the Yan family, but he was quite surprised that his grandfather chose the fourth brother from a small domain.
Manager Liu snorted coldly: "What's so surprising about this? It's just a repeat of the same old trick. Princess Wei died of illness last year, so there was a vacant seat for him."
The old man refused to change his nature. In order to charm his lover, he forced his sixteen-year-old daughter into the palace to serve a bad old man. Unfortunately, he was unable to guard the border and almost cut off the foundation of the Yan family.
Now that he failed to force the prince, he turned to Xuan Wei. With Xuan Wei's sadistic and lustful temper, he didn't know how long the daughter of the Yan family could endure it.
Commander Fang was from the Yan family. Although he was estranged from the Yan family because of Concubine Yan, he did not want to be laughed at, so he changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, I brought someone back, who may be of some use." "Oh? Me Take a look." Now that there is a shortage of people, Xuan Lin couldn't help but become a little interested.
Zhang Xuwen entered the room anxiously. Ever since he saw the newspaper, he had started thinking about coming to Lanzhou. Although the imperial city was good, there was no place for him to live and settle down. He could live his life relying on meager book-copying subsidies, so he might as well fight for it. .
It's a pity that he was determined, but he didn't have the right way to come to Lanzhou. He was deceived and entangled with money, and he was almost sold to Xizhou for mining. Fortunately, he met Commander Fang and escaped.
Thinking of this, he lifted up the hem of his clothes and bowed respectfully to Xuan Lin, who was sitting at the table, "I, Zhang Xuwen, pay my respects to His Royal Highness, King Lin."
He bowed his head and bowed his head, his posture was extremely respectful.
It was originally a gesture of surrender, but Xuan Lin lost some of his interest, "Get up, are you a second-class Jinshi in the 24th year of Xingrui?"
Zhang Xuwen was slightly stunned when he heard this. He had never expected that Xuan Lin would know him. Su Qiao was named on the gold medal list at the age of seventeen. He was from a scholarly family, young and handsome, and was admired by countless people. He described them as bleak and lackluster in the same department, even the second grade. A, also unknown.
"Reporting to Your Highness, I am Erjia Xingba, who was once the head of the Household Department. After the Xilin case, I have become white."
Although he was only ranked second in rank, it was considered rare in the realm of Lanzhou. Unfortunately, he had lost his pride due to training and lacked the spirit of a scholar. After all, it would be difficult to achieve great things.
With Su Qiao Zhuyu in front of him, Zhang Xuwen really looked down upon him.
Xuan Lin lost all interest and waved his hand: "Go down."
After the people left, Manager Liu asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to Jiangnan to search for it?"
Jiangnan produces talented people, and Su Qiao is from Jiangnan. Now that the Cultural and Propaganda Department has officially started working, even though they have placed many people in it, the entire Cultural and Propaganda Department is still Su Qiao's voice.
"This matter is not urgent. You have people suppress the official report."
Pingxi Dam.
Su Qiao opened the door and threw the booklet on Wen Yunxi's table, "Third edition, the last time."
"As expected of Su Zhuangyuan, he wrote it so quickly." Wen Yunxi didn't care at all about his irritability. He picked up the book and read it carefully.
"Wonderful, so wonderful. One of your words is worth ten years of reading." Wen Yunxi clapped his hands. Seeing that Su Qiao's expression softened slightly, he changed the topic and said regretfully: "It's just not refreshing enough..." "
"You're already flying into the sky, how much more fun do you want?!"
Two months ago, Wen Yunxi asked him to write a storybook to encourage students to learn. It was not something he could do easily. Who would have thought that this person would tell a clichéd story at first glance, okay, who makes her the boss? In the second version, she said that it was not creative enough and that it was too ordinary. Because she was so angry at herself, she changed the version again as requested. Now she said that it was not refreshing enough.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, Su Qiao said angrily: "Are you taking revenge on me?!"
"Ahem..." Wen Yunxi stroked his chest to make a weak gesture, "What did you say? My chest hurts and I want to vomit blood again."
Su Qiao: "..."
Don’t think that I will agree to you just because you are pretending to be weak!
After a long stalemate, Su Qiao took a deep breath and said helplessly: "Tell me, how do you want to change it?"
Wen Yunxi was instantly energized. When he opened the booklet and marked all the pens, the veins on Su Qiao's forehead jumped.
