In the twenty-first year of the Qingli calendar, it was extremely cold.
The cold wind comes from the north, adding a touch of white to this year's Spring Festival. The sun has not been seen in the sky above Kyoto for a long time, and heavy snow like goose feathers has been falling for more than half a month. There was thick snow piled on the eaves.
The sound of firecrackers eliminates the year old, and the sound brings warmth to Tusu.
During the Chinese New Year, every household in Kyoto is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. No matter what kind of life we have had in the past year, after the New Year it will be a new atmosphere. Lu Ze takes this opportunity to Wan'er and I made up for the missed wedding and honeymoon.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Ze took Wan'er back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
This was the first time that Wan'er was able to return to the Lin family openly during the Chinese New Year. She even had tears in her eyes.
“In the past during Chinese New Year, I listened to the sound of firecrackers in the capital in the Royal Garden, looked at the fireworks that lasted for half a month, and thought to myself, would it be better if I could be born in an ordinary family? Every time I celebrate the New Year, I am counting down how long I have left to live."
While driving in the car, Wan'er leaned on Lu Ze's shoulder and spoke to him softly.
The girl who looked soft and frail at the beginning had her hair tied up, and Wan'er, who looked like a woman, became more graceful and gentle. Her fair and tender face was finally no longer so thin, and her eyebrows were slender. The depression disappeared, and the whole body exuded a temperament called happiness.
Lu Ze touched his wife's hand and said very gently, "In the future, you don't have to celebrate the New Year by yourself."
"If you feel bored in the mansion later, just go to the prime minister's mansion more often. Walk around, or I'll take you down to Jiangnan later."
Wan'er's eyes flashed, "It's Neiku."
Lu Ze nodded.
If he can go out openly and openly, he can only use the inner treasury as an excuse at this stage. Although the prince's status is luxurious, it also brings great restrictions to Lu Ze to some extent, so Lu Ze Ze desperately wants to have the ability to do whatever he wants.
In the huge Kyoto, there are many seemingly powerful people.
Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, who is more powerful than ten thousand people, Fan Jian, who just announced his promotion to the Minister of Household Affairs a year ago, Chen Pingping, who has the largest violent machine in Qing Dynasty, and even the supreme royal family
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But there is only one truly powerful person.
The carriage drove through the thick white snow, leaving long ruts on the street from the East Palace to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Open the curtains and feel the cold wind coming in. From time to time, you can see the street With the snowman piled up, Wan'er raised a smile on her lips, "I'm going to build a snowman with my elder brother later."
Lu Ze looked at Wan'er's expression and sighed slightly in his heart.
Since the two got married, Wan'er in the mansion has always pretended to be the mistress of the East Palace. Although Lu Ze warned her many times, Wan'er only behaved in this regard. She was very tough, and it wasn’t until she was going to the Lin Mansion today that she showed her innermost feelings.Because of the temperament of a virgin girl, Lu Ze felt that people in this era did get married too early.
It was windy and snowy, but the carriage arrived at the door of Lin Mansion smoothly.
There were people waiting at the door of Lin Mansion early. Lu Ze helped Wan'er get out of the car and looked at the middle-aged man not far away who specially walked down a few steps to salute him. Lu Ze Qing Smiling lightly, "Master Yuan is so dedicated, and he is still in the Prime Minister's Mansion during the Chinese New Year."
Yuan Hongdao replied respectfully, "I haven't been home for five years, and my home is far away. I come and go again and again." It’s really a waste of time.”
Lu Ze quickly entered the house with Wan’er.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw the tightly wrapped uncle, with three layers inside and three layers outside. His head was already covered with a layer of white frost, and he looked like a big rice dumpling. Likewise, Lu Ze couldn't help laughing.
When Lin Dabao saw Lu Ze and Wan'er, his eyes were full of excitement. He quickly stepped forward and pulled them, saying that he was taking them to see the snowman he had built.
Lu Ze and Wan'er went to visit Lin Ruofu first. Wan'er eagerly went to the back garden with Dabao. Lu Ze drank the hot tea that had just been served. Master Yuan was already there. After leaving, sitting under Lu Ze was his second uncle, Lin Gong.
Lin Ruofu, who was sitting on the main seat, was dressed in black cedar and had a slightly white beard. At first glance, he did look a bit treacherous.
Lu Ze chatted with his father-in-law for a while, and the two soon talked about the spring after the beginning of spring.
Everyone in the Qing Kingdom knows that after several unsuccessful Northern Expeditions, the current emperor gradually began to focus on the governance of the country, and established the Qing Kingdom as the world's No. 1 empire on horseback. Emperor Qing of a great country gradually understood that although the battlefield was on the front line, the place where victory or defeat was determined was actually outside the battlefield.
So we attach great importance to spring every year.
In the past few years, I even had the experience of privately visiting the examination institute incognito, which made the officials in charge of Chunwei not dare to slack off.
“The scale of the Spring Festival this time is larger than in previous years.”
“A lot of things happened in Kyoto last year, and many positions of real power were vacant. , right now it just has the title of escrow. When this code is removed, it will naturally be the time for new blood to be injected into Qingguo."
"Your Highness, may you know who Ju Zhonglang is this time?"< /p>
Lu Ze, the father-in-law, is a traitor.
Although his status among the civil servants has reached the top, he still needs to put people in the court at ordinary times, because this is basically what everyone in the Qing Dynasty court does.
Ju Zhonglang's position is not high, and he is the person responsible for the order of the Chunwei examination room.
The power of Ju Zhonglang may not be great, but it is not small either.
Because the imperial examination rules of the Qing Dynasty were all inherited from the previous dynasty, in order to prevent fraud, the test papers of the Chunwei students had to be transcribed again by officials from the Ministry of Rites and Taixue scholars, and the most difficult things to do before transcribing were The important link of lake naming is handled by Ju Zhonglang.
Lu Ze listened to his father-in-law's words and nodded silently.
He slowly said, "It's the illegitimate son of the Fan family."
Lu Ze also only found out the news two days ago.
Originally, the position of Juzhong Lang was jointly recommended by all the forces in the court to represent He Xini, and the power he held was still given away, but this time, the position of Ju Zhonglang was delayed. There was no whereabouts, and Lu Ze was among the first people to find out.
Lin Ruofu frowned slightly, "How could it happen to that Fan Xian?"
Lu Ze hadn't spoken yet, only to hear his father-in-law say something else. "Well, could it be that old fox Fan Jian wants to use this method to bring his son into officialdom?"
In fact, Lin Ruofu really hit the nail on the head.
After all, Emperor Qing was swaying with Fan Jian in regard to Fan Xian's marriage, so he agreed to let Fan Xian be the middle man in the Spring Palace this time. He also wanted to see what Fan Xian's temperament was like. After all, not everyone can control the Qingguo Overwatch Council.
"This year."
"We will continue to act as usual."
"The arrangements will be made."
Lu Ze just Said something like this.
Lin Ruofu's brows furrowed even more tightly, but he soon relaxed and nodded silently.
The officialdom of the Qing Dynasty was like a huge and fat cake, and the share of it was naturally divided up by the big shots in the court early. This was very different from some situations in later generations.
At the moment, Lu Ze naturally has no plans to improve this bad atmosphere, but he estimates that his father is planning to rectify the atmosphere. The most important reason is that the princes of Kyoto are also here. Get your hands on the cake.
The corner of Lu Ze's mouth raised a bit of sarcasm.
The Qing Emperor could tolerate the civil and military officials in the court using their imperial examination quotas in exchange for wealth, favors, and disciples.
But he couldn't tolerate his sons' interference. Even if he could tolerate it for a while, he would soon think of it again and uncontrollably think of many things, so it was only a matter of time to renovate the examination room.
Lu Ze chatted with his father-in-law for a long time, but Lin Cong left voluntarily midway.
"How many years has this Master Yuan been in the mansion?"
"He has been my friend since I first entered the capital. He has been working as a staff in the mansion these years. His ability Very outstanding."
Lu Ze said no more and said no more.
Lin Ruofu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Lu Ze deeply.
During the Chinese New Year, there were naturally many people who came to the East Palace to pay tribute, but most of them could not see Lu Ze's face.
Guo Baokun is naturally not in the forefront.
Everyone in the capital knows that Mr. Guo is the leading loser in the East Palace. Although the prince has rarely been seen taking Mr. Guo out in the past six months, Guo Baokun still regards himself as the prince's companion.
"Your Highness."
"This is a New Year's gift specially prepared for you by the house. I have also prepared a serving of old ginseng and nourishing yin for Madam."
Lu Ze looked at the appearance in front of him. Guo Baokun, who was very cautious, said casually with a faint smile on his face, "Why are you so reserved? This is not your first time here. The servants in the East Palace all know you."
Guo Baokun He smiled and nodded, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
During this period, he noticed that His Highness seemed to have no intention of having fun. Guo Baokun felt that his role had been reduced by half. He was finally able to come to the East Palace to pay homage during the Chinese New Year. Fortunately, His Highness had not forgotten him. Bit companion reading.
But what Lu Ze said next made Guo Baokun fall directly into the ice cellar as if he had not caught a trace in the middle of winter.
"Your Majesty feels that the Guo family has controlled the Ministry of Rites for long enough."
Cold sweat dripped from Guo Baokun's face.
"Your Highness is joking"
Lu Ze did not speak.
Just looked at him with calm eyes.
His voice trembled uncontrollably, and he stammered, "Your Highness, you are talking about my father."
Lu Ze couldn't help but sigh.
It is really not convenient for me to see Guo Youzhi at the moment. The most important thing is that Lu Ze does not want to reveal too much about his true identity. He looked at the pale Guo Baokun in front of him and spoke in a slightly loud voice. Showing coldness, "If you don't want your family to die, don't show any abnormality when you go out later. When you get home, find your father, remember what I said word for word, and pass my words to him exactly. Did you hear that clearly?"
Guo Baokun nodded crazily as if he was stupid.
On the tenth day of February, spring begins.
The presiding official of Chunwei this time was Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites. Fan Xian, as the Zhonglang official of this meeting, seemed to be an inconspicuous little role, but during this time he went to the Fan family to give gifts. There were countless people handing notes.
Guo Youzhi looked extremely normal as he watched these young scholars slowly leaping into the courtyard.
As the time came, Eunuch Hou, who came on behalf of the emperor, read out His Majesty’s decree. Immediately afterwards, the incense eucalyptus was removed and the gate of the Gongyuan was closed tightly, announcing that the Spring Festival had officially begun. .
As expected, Mr. Fan chose to be a good person.
He couldn't stand the intrigues and intrigues that existed in the Qing Dynasty court, so he took advantage of his relationship with the Overwatch Council to directly transfer the small notes he had received some time ago and some of the things he had collected. It was handed over to the Overwatch Council. After learning that the Overwatch Council was established by Ye Qingmei, Fan Xian began to consciously enjoy this relationship.
Behind him are the great master Wu Zhu, the father who is newly promoted to the Minister of Household Affairs, and the terrifying courtyard.
Fan Xian naturally had a drill in hand when doing these things, and secretly sent a few scholars he was optimistic about to be recommended. After doing all this, Fan Xian only felt that he had found He came to this worldmeaning of the world.
The only pity is that the prince does not have the same relationship with the prime minister.
Fan Xian looked at the back of Guo Youzhi, the presiding officer and Minister of Rites, and said to himself, "I guess it's because of the presiding officer's relationship that is more effective than mine. Unfortunately, this time there is the Supervisory Yuan behind me." Help me finish the work, and I won’t be able to escape.”
After the spring weather, the spring rain has arrived.
The roaring spring thunder resounded over Kyoto, and at the same time, there was a piece of heavy news, which made Kyoto extremely unstable. Many literati rushed to tell each other about "Spring Palace Fraud" Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, was deposed and imprisoned."
Things turned out exactly as Lu Ze imagined.
Emperor Qing chose to turn a blind eye to the gray areas that existed in the Qing Dynasty's court over the years, but he was very open-minded about the ministers the princes had made friends with in the court. Mingliang, Guo Youzhi was just a convenient target of Emperor Qing.
Lu Ze was not as sad as everyone in the capital imagined. On the contrary, he was very happy that Guo Youzhi was kicked out.
These things in the open are too easy to be stared at. Lu Ze needs to gradually hide some forces in the dark. Guo Youzhi is a pretty good target, so Lu Ze chooses to go a little bit before something happens to him. Fished it back.
But that old cripple Chen Pingping wanted to take advantage of Lu Ze's influence to make Fan Xian famous, but Lu Ze didn't agree.
A rumor began to spread in Kyoto official circles. The reason why the Chunwei fraud could be solved so vigorously was because the Supervisory Yuan had a list in hand, and submitted this list to the Supervisory Yuan. The man in the courtyard is surprisingly the official in charge of this spring palace, Fan Xian.
For a time, Fan Xian's name was frantically being recited by the scholars in the capital who were waiting for the imperial list to be released.
Master Xiao Fan has been dissatisfied with the shortcomings of the imperial examination center in Beijing for a long time. This time, regardless of the difficulties and obstacles in the officialdom, he still wants to stand up for the poor people in the world. How can Master Xiao Fan be so wise and courageous.
Lu Ze smiled dumbly when he heard such rumors.
Soon, another even bigger rumor spread in Beijing, which was shocking
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