Yu Hongye was rarely idle, so he stayed at Xue Shao's house for a few more days.

Although he has not officially passed the door, for Xue Shao, Princess Taiping and Yuenu, Yu Hongye has long been a member of the family. In addition, Yu Hongye is extremely good at managing interpersonal relationships, so Xue Shao's family can't pick out anyone who doesn't like her. Even Xue Shao's children like this "aunt" very much, because she sends new gifts to these children almost every day, from sweet shoes and socks doll toys to large pearls and jade decorations BMW golden saddles, Yu Hongye coaxed every child very happy.

As for Xue Yi and Xue Xu, as well as their wives and concubines, not to mention. Yu Hongye prepared a large New Year's gift for each of them, regardless of luxury and decency, her carefulness and thoughtfulness really made everyone praise her from the bottom of their backs.

Yu Hongye is certainly rich, but there are too many rich people in the world, and the Xue family is not short of money. But there are really few people in the world who can spend their money so appropriately like Yu Hongye to win the hearts of the people.

Xue Shao is even more sure of the virtue he had more than ten years ago: Yu Hongye is indeed a business wizard.

In today's parlance, business is humane, and if you want to do business well, you must first deal with interpersonal relationships. Yu Hongye's emotional intelligence in this regard is definitely top-notch. Coupled with her diligence, humility, wisdom and luck, if she doesn't succeed, it really doesn't make sense.

On the afternoon of the tenth day of the first lunar month, the family had just had lunch and were enjoying the snow in the backyard of the princess's mansion. Yuenu is used to practicing martial arts, but she can't be idle, she takes a group of children to build a snowman to play. Xue Linyu has grown very tall and surpassed Princess Taiping, but he still has not completely departed from the child's nature. He led a group of younger siblings to build a snowman and have a snowball fight behind the moon slave. Seeing him snorting and drinking as if he were a general commanding a battle, the family couldn't stop laughing, saying that he really inherited his father's blood.

Xue Shao also felt funny and relieved when he looked at it.

Xue Linyu is about to grow up, and his attainments in literature and martial arts are okay, but the important thing is that he does not have the "second ancestor" aura that Xue Shao particularly dislikes. His three views and conduct are very upright, but he is not as cowardly and pedantic as the ordinary Confucian scholars of this era. In a way, Xue Linyu's personality is indeed very similar to his "Lao Tzu", diligent and studious, introverted, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside.

Xue Shao told Princess Taiping a long time ago that Xue Linyu's studies were his teachers' business, and he was only responsible for carving his character.

Now it seems that the results are not bad.

Princess Taiping stood beside Xue Shao, looking at Xue Linyu with warmth and pride, and said softly: "He is becoming more and more like you." ”

Xue Shao smiled, "But when you meet people, you say that he is the most like you?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Princess Taiping snickered quietly, laughing like a child.

"I'm going to let him go to the border for two years to train, what do you think?"

As soon as Xue Shao said this, Princess Taiping's face suddenly changed.

Xue Shao had long expected that Princess Taiping, the loving mother, would react like this, and persuaded unhurriedly: "Youthfulness is the most important growth period in a man's life. Only the military and border passes can refine people the most. If you are really good for him, let him go through some more tempering, so that he can really become a talent. If he is allowed to stay in the capital, the future will be worry-free, but he will always live under our wings and will not be able to experience the real wind and rain. Sooner or later, you and I will have to go before him. At that time, who will he rely on to protect him? Who can we rely on to support our big family? ”

"......" Princess Taiping bit her lip and was speechless.

"Think about it!" Xue Shao said, "If you figure it out, I'll send him to the north to partner with Qin Poyu." A good man and three gangs, Qin Poyu and his classmates have a future in civil and military affairs, and the important thing is that they are roughly the same age as Lin Yu and should be able to get along. In the future, they may be Linyu's right-hand men. ”

“…… I will think about it carefully. Princess Taiping replied, and there was a little more sadness in her eyes when she looked at Xue Linyu.

At this time, a eunuch envoy came to the palace, saying that the God Emperor had invited Xue Taiwei to the palace for discussion. The God Emperor also said that he called one of Shangguan Wan'er and Mrs. Huayang to also enter the palace.

Listening to this tone, it must be business. Shangguan Wan'er took the initiative to ask Ying to say that she would accompany Xue Shao into the palace together, and the Kudi clan would not fight with her if she wanted to take care of the children.

A moment later, Xue Shao and Shangguan Wan'er boarded the carriage and entered the palace.

Wu Zetian was waiting for them in the Danqi of the Vientiane Divine Palace, and Xue Shao went in to take a look, Di Renjie and Song Jing were also there. The matter is obviously related to the case of Lai Junchen.

"Show the Lieutenant. Wan'er, come over and put pen to paper. After the opening remarks, Wu Zetian said, "Chengyu, after several days of strict trial, Di Gong and Song Yushi almost sleeplessly investigated the case of Lai Junchen. There are too many files, so let Song Jing give you a brief explanation! ”

Song Jing agreed to the promise and stepped forward to tell Xue Shao that the subordinate officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, Lai Junchen and Hou Sizhi, had abused their power and perverted the law in hundreds of cases, and all of them were worthy of the punishment of the head. However, it is customary for the court not to kill in the ninth month of the first month, so their punishment will be carried out in the middle of February.

Song Jing briefly introduced the cases involved in Junchen and others, of course, they all picked major cases. Xue Shao listened very carefully, occasionally asking a question or two, and Song Jing also answered very clearly.

"What do you think?" Wu Zetian asked.

"The handling of Di Gong and Song Yushi is very proper, and the minister has no objections." Xue Shao replied.

Wu Zetian nodded, put the file aside and patted it gently, signaling that the matter was settled.

Later, Di Renjie and Song Jing reported some more things and left.

Wu Zetian saw the two of them leave, with a look of approval on his face, and said, "Chengyu, you really recommended a good prime minister to me!" ”

"Your Majesty means Di Gong?" Xue Shao asked.

Wu Zetian smiled and nodded, "Since I entered the palace, I have never seen a good prime minister with outstanding talent, wisdom and ability like Di Renjie. My Great Zhou Dynasty has his auxiliary government, which is really a great blessing for the country and a great blessing for me! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "The minister has really never seen His Majesty, and he praised a courtier so much." ”

"Di Renjie is indeed different." Wu Zetian did not hesitate to praise her words and said, "Confucianism often says to convince people with virtue, but there are very few people who can really do this. Di Renjie, he really did it. In addition, his ability to do things is also rare. Such a talent is really rare in a hundred years! ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the pillar of this country!" Xue Shao bowed his hand to congratulate.

Wu Zetian smiled very heartily, "It's not just Di Renjie, there are not a few civil and military ministers you have recommended over the years, and all of them are outstanding and stand alone." Honor, you are really a great contributor to the country. My Great Zhou Dynasty can have today's weather, you should be the first to take the lead! “

"Your Majesty, this is a mistake!" Xue Shao said, "Over the years, the minister has only done his part at most, and he has not done it perfectly. His Majesty single-handedly took the lead in governing the country, and worked hard all night, and the hardships and hardships suffered during the period were beyond the imagination of His Majesty. My Great Zhou Dynasty can have today's prosperous era, and Your Majesty should be the first to do so! ”

"Chengyu, you are becoming more and more flattering!" Wu Zetian laughed.

Shangguan Wan'er laughed silently on the side, saying that the empress had been patted all her life, especially after becoming the emperor, everyone around her was patting her ass. However, I have never seen anyone who can make the Empress so relaxed!

Xue Shao also smiled, "Your Majesty, it is certainly within the duty of the minister to make his mother-in-law happy during the New Year, but the words that the minister just said are indeed from the bottom of his heart. ”

"Okay, okay, you don't have to say these flattering words anymore." Wu Zetian laughed again, his face flushed with a smile, "Actually, I called you here today, and there are two more things. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Wu Zetian said: "First, it is about your private affairs. I've wanted to ask you for a long time, when are you going to marry Yu Hongye? ”

"Huh?" Xue Shao was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are the minister's mother-in-law." How can you care about this kind of thing? ”

"I am your mother-in-law and your king." Wu Zetian said, "It is not a trivial matter for Xue Taiwei to marry Yu Hongye, the big owner of the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce. In the past year alone, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce had paid more than the sum of the two capitals in terms of business taxes to the imperial court, not including the horses they had exchanged from the Hu people on the northern border. Those horses were sold to the imperial court at a very low price, and they were raised in Hebei Horse Farm and became an important military material. Among them, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce almost did not make money, they were sincerely serving the country. I am very pleased and admired for such righteous deeds. I hope that you can marry Yu Hongye as soon as possible, so that I can justifiably title her as Mrs. Destiny, and then give her the recognition and reward she deserves! ”

"Your Majesty......" Xue Shao smiled and didn't know what to say, so he had to arch his hand, "This matter will be done as soon as possible." ”

"Okay." Wu Zetian nodded with a satisfied smile, and then said, "There is another matter, which is related to the Turks. ”

Xue Shao's spirit froze, "Your Majesty, please speak?" ”

"Do you remember the rebellion between the Uighurs and Xue Yantuo in the Turkic Khanate?" Wu Zetian said, "At that time, the chiefs of the three parties all sent people to Beijing to ask me for an explanation. But at that time, you were leading an army to fight against the Tibetans, and the imperial court was unable to intervene in the affairs of the north, so they had to let them conquer each other. But I had made a private promise to the great Uighur leader that if anything happened, he would come and join him. ”

Xue Shao's eyes lit up, "Your Majesty is saying that the Uighurs are asking for migration attached?" ”

"Yes." Wu Zetian said, "I have just received the news that the Uighur leader has fled to Mo Nan with more than 5,000 tents, and asks me to open the border and let them cross the Yin Mountain. Then let them be able to settle in the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain in the territory of Fengzhou. What do you think? ”