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The high-ranking officials of the Qin State were generally not very old, such as Yang Shen, the secretary of Dali Temple, who was only in his twenties, and Gu Yanwu, a scholar of Hanlin University, who was only in his thirties. Even Sima An, He Liang, Li Yuan, etc., are mostly between forty and fifty years old.

The average age of military generals is even younger, with most of the governors of the five armies and most of the generals in their thirties.

This is basically the same as the situation of the founding of the previous dynasties. For example, when Zhu Yuanzhang led a group of brothers to fight the world, he was actually very young.

Even the Manchus in the north were no exception, and Dolgon and others, who controlled the Manchus, were basically only around 30 years old.

It takes momentum to fight the world, and a vigorous team can have the courage to forge ahead and move forward with pride.

Deng Zhongnan is also very young, only thirty-three years old, he and Yang Shen of Dali Temple took refuge in Qin Mu at the same time, and Yang Shen has a good friendship. He is currently an official of the Ministry of Industry and the Qing Officer.

In the Ministry of Industry, a Shangshu and two waiters came down, and they were Langzhong.

Shangshu and Shilang are in charge of the affairs of the department, and they are the chief officials of the sub-division, don't look at the only five products, the real power is actually very large;

Like Deng Zhongnan, all matters such as the appraisal and repair of altars and temples, palaces, city walls, government offices, mansions, warehouses, temples, and barracks are all in his actual supervision. For example, in the Miyagi city that is being built now, most of the matters must be approved by him first, and then reported layer by layer.

He not only bought a mansion in Jinling, but also took thirteen concubines, among these concubines, there are a few of them from beautiful backgrounds, after being confiscated a while ago, Deng Zhongnan bought it for a little money.

As soon as Deng Zhongnan, who was proud of the spring breeze, returned home, the warbler Yanyan at home immediately surrounded him, competing for hospitality, pouring tea and pinching feet. Wipe the face, the fragrance is gusting, and the beauty is dancing.

"Stand down." Seeing the housekeeper Zhang Xi appear at the door of the flower hall, Deng Zhongnan waved his hand and drove the warbler next to him down, leaving only one of his favorite "Nian slaves".

"Zhang Xi, how much did you exchange today?"

"Back to the master, a total of 22,1200 taels were exchanged today, and the cash has been exhausted, sir, look"

Deng Zhongnan was overjoyed when he heard this. That is to say, he earned more than two thousand taels in one day, and he didn't have to spend a penny of money, and when he was happy, he hugged Nian Nu and took pity on him, and then said: "You don't have to worry about cash." Li Yin will send it over tomorrow, so you can step back. ”

"Then the old slave will be relieved." Zhang Xi quit after speaking.

"Sir. Nunu saw a pair of pendants in the old store in Huaixi today. Cui'er said it looked good when she wore it, and the old man "coquettishly Niannu sprinkled Jiao'er, and her tall breasts trembled;

Deng Zhongnan's heart was crispy, his hands reached into his clothes, and his mouth replied: "Isn't it just a pair of jade pendants, you will wait for the master and me tonight." The lord will give you money tomorrow to buy it. ”

"That's what the old man said." Nian Nu was born in a green building, and what he has trained since he was a child is how to serve men, and all kinds of tricks make Deng Zhongnan fluttering, which is also why Deng Zhongnan has so many concubines. Why do you love her the most?

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In Qin Mu's imperial study, Huang Lianshan continued: "Although there is no evidence that Deng Zhongnan did this, Deng Zhongnan usually lives a luxurious life and accepts thirteen beautiful concubines, and this matter is mostly inseparable from him. ”

Qin Mu smiled, noncommittal, how is Deng Zhongnan's life, and he doesn't bother to care about how many concubines he has accepted.

Since the reign of Chongzhen, there has been great chaos in the world, and tens of millions of people, most of them young men, have died in the war, resulting in a serious imbalance between men and women.

If there is any kind of monogamy, it is estimated that countless women will have to live as widows for the rest of their lives.

So as long as you can afford it, Qin Mu doesn't mind if his officials take a few concubines, as long as you are not greedy.

"Leave this matter to the Criminal Department, let the Criminal Department call that timber merchant?"

"Back to the King of Qin, his name is Li Yin."

"Well, let the Criminal Department interrogate this Li Yin, if Deng Zhongnan is not involved, it is the best, if he really did it, then whether he is Lang Zhong or Shangshu, there is nothing to say."

"Yes, King Qin."

Qin Mu asked lightly, "Where is Cui Feng?" ”

Huang Lianshan hurriedly replied: "General Cui has already led his army to Yueyang, and he can go to Changsha in three days, and after a short rest in Changsha, he can march to Guizhou, and Ma Liuliang's 3,000 men and horses have already arrived in Yuanzhou first." ”

"Is there any new news from Guizhou and Yunnan?"

"Not yet."

Qin Mu nodded to show his understanding, there is no mobile phone these days, and a message has to be transmitted back from Yunnan, even if it is a transmission channel that does not collect at night, it will take as little as ten days and half a month, which is already the fastest.

"What about Fujian?"

"Back to the King of Qin, there is no yet, the Fenshui Pass and the Xianxia Pass are very tightly controlled by the Zheng family, and the minister is building a carrier pigeon station, and the news will be much faster in a few days."

"Well, you go down first, don't forget to pay attention to the Tartars, and always remember that the Tartars are our main enemy."

"Whoa."

After Huang Lianshan withdrew, the freshly baked Xiang Concubine Niangniang walked in with Qin Ye, who had just been able to walk, the weather was relatively cold, the little guy was very bloated, and he had just learned to walk, one step higher and one step lower, looking at it made people's hearts hang.

When Qin Mu saw his son, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Come on, come on, let Daddy hug me." ”

The little guy looked at him with big eyes, and immediately hid behind Qiao'er.

"Brother Qin, you are too fierce." Qiao'er lost no time in striking the Dao.

"Where's the murder? Am I not smiling? ”

"You call it a knife in your laughter."

"If you bring him over, I won't believe it, and I won't be able to hold it as a father."

"That karma is crying, and people don't care."

"Don't worry about it, it's between our men."

"Hee-hee"

Qin Mu stubbornly carried his son to the imperial case, and sure enough, the kid opened his mouth and cried, Qin Mu was in a hurry, looking around, trying to find something to tease his son, but unfortunately, his study was simply arranged, and he couldn't find a suitable thing for a while.

"Son, don't cry, don't cry, then that daddy will give you the big seal to play with"

Take the jade seal of the heirloom country to play with his son, probably Qin Mu will do such a thing.

The dragon carved on the jade seal is lifelike, the color is smooth and green with yellow, extremely optimistic, Qin Ye is struggling and crying, as soon as he saw the jade seal, he immediately stopped his voice, turned his head to look at his father, and then the whole upper body lay down, and used his arms to slash the jade seal in front of him.

"Boy, alas! You dare to plot to usurp the throne, and this is worth it. ”

Qin Ye ignored his father's threat at all, and a pair of pink little hands touched the jade seal of the country, which was not enjoyable, and after a while, he actually lay down and gnawed with his mouth, making the jade seal full of saliva.

"Ye'er, it's dirty, I can't eat this." Qiao'er hurriedly came up to grab it, and it was estimated that she was the only one who thought that the jade seal of Chuanguo was dirty.

No matter what, Qin Mu finally seized the opportunity to hug his son well, just get dirty, "Let him gnaw, let him gnaw, Qiao'er don't rob it." ”

"Ah, Brother Qin, I won't let you hug it." Yun Qiao'er put down the jade seal, snatched Qin Mu's son, and disappeared.

Qin Mu looked at the door with a wry smile, a ray of sunset outside the door shone obliquely on the rockery made of Taihu Lake, and Han Zanzhou, who was waiting by the side, reminded in a low voice: "King Qin, the dragon body is important, it's not early, it's time for dinner." ”

"Well, you clean up."

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he went to the West Garden alone.

The past two days have been peaceful, and the imperial examination in the Gongyuan has been carried out smoothly to the first day, and there is still one more the day after tomorrow, and the examination will be over.

This time, Enke not only wants to select talents, but also has the intention of buying people's hearts, so Qin Mu attaches great importance to it.

The first thing he asked about every day was the situation of the imperial examination, and he also pondered a lot about the imperial examination.

How to pass the guidance of the imperial examination, we have to pay more attention to some natural sciences, promote the rapid development of natural sciences, and comprehensively surpass the West, which is the most important thing.

It's just that this thing can only be guided slowly, and it is not possible to forcibly twist it.

Surrounding a corridor, Qin Mu suddenly remembered the hundreds of "disciples of the Son of Heaven" in Yuelu Academy, they were still too young, and they were a little unsuitable to transfer to Taixue or Guozijian, and they were easily influenced by those Taixue students whose thoughts had been fixed.

Qin Mu thought about it and decided to build a royal academy in Jinling, which was specially used to practice a new type of education.

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PS: It is estimated that I will not be able to receive the manuscript fee for May until the 10th, there is no money, even the cigarette money is gone, I am so uncomfortable that I slip around all day long, the code can't be written, miserable!

Ask my brother to get some monthly passes, it's been three days after the last, stick to it.

(To be continued......)