After the banquet, Chang Wei and Yuan Keli's master and apprentice talked secretly in the study, and without others, Yuan Keli's face was a little worried, but he was not as high-spirited as he imagined. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The emperor wants to take Chuqing as a concubine, but there is no warning in advance, and I only heard about it before you went north. ”

Chang Wei had already guessed this, after all, the cabinet, the Jinyi Guard, and the harem were not the same system, and the slightly smarter emperor would never hand over all the things to one person to be in charge.

Even Chang Wei didn't expect that everything was going well in Jiangnan, the martial arts conference was dominant, the civil strife in the Tang Sect was eliminated, the Japanese were suppressed, the ocean-going fleet returned, the rivers and lakes were densely packed with chess pieces, and Luo Wencheng befriended, everything was expected. But when the net was about to be closed, there was news that the emperor wanted to take Chuqing as a concubine, which was simply a bolt from the blue.

There is no doubt that this is a countermeasure made up by Chu Tiankuo and the Jiangnan clan behind it!

In the court and the rivers and lakes, you can't fight Changwei?

Okay, then let's start from the harem, blow the wind on the pillow, and start directly from the emperor, we can always clean you up, right?

After a long silence, Chang Wei asked what major events had happened in the DPRK and China? Why did even the eldest brother Chang Kuan go to Tianjin Wei.

"First of all, the Datong garrison rebelled, Zi Xuan said two good words for the military, but was attacked by the Manchu Dynasty officials, fortunately, we promoted Fu Xijue to quell the rebellion, and last month to punish the head of the rebel army, otherwise, those people do not know when to attack! In order to appease the place, Zi Xuan personally went to Tianjin Wei to supervise the military quartermaster, and by the way inspected Shanhaiguan. ”

Then the emperor's aunt Xiaoci Empress Dowager's bedroom caught fire, but the emperor proposed to take a concubine at this time, but the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces opposed it in unison, but Wei Zhongxian was supportive, we were not good at opposing and unable to support this matter, and we made it difficult inside and out, and it was very passive. ”

The implementation of the New Deal and the Imperial Staff Incident had already announced the victory of the emperor in the New Deal case, but in this case, the courtiers still had the courage to confront the emperor? Even Chang Wei was surprised, but after thinking about it, he knew the root of the problem.

"There are only six concubines in the emperor's harem, and there are no heirs, so there is nothing to do with concubines, but unfortunately the timing is not right. Although the Empress Dowager Xiaoci is not a close relative of the emperor, she can't put forward such a bill when the Xiaoci dormitory is on fire, if the hundred officials don't object, where is the face?"

Yuan Keli said helplessly: "That's the truth, I, Ziqiu, Wang Zaijin and others have all persuaded the emperor, but if he insists on doing it, we can only obey the holy will." Later, the Ministry of Rites compromised, repairing the palace of filial piety and taking concubines at the same time, the emperor sent Long Wenguang to supervise the wedding, but the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry pushed left and right in everything, pulling each other's skins, and half a month passed, and they didn't even figure out a clue. ”

Chang Wei said with a smile: "The wedding is not difficult, the student's ocean-going fleet happened to come back, bringing a lot of novelties, and the tariff alone paid 11 million taels, I directly asked the Ningbo City Department to send the silver to the household department, and then ask for the errand of the wedding, forgive no one who has the courage to make trouble with me." ”

Yuan Keli nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's easy to say about money, now that the tax revenue of the household department has skyrocketed, there is no shortage of money, the key is the lack of people who can shake the scene, if you are not afraid of you sitting in the capital division, no one will dare to make trouble anymore." ”

Seeing that Yuan Keli had a heart, and thinking that Fu Zhouzi had been promoted by him and returned victoriously to quell the rebellion, he must have been reused, and it could be regarded as effective in winning over the military, so he asked about Fu Zhouzi's recent situation.

"Xijue has the talent of a general!"

As soon as Fu Zhouzi was mentioned, Yuan Keli was in a good mood: "He is now the commander of the Jingwei and is reorganizing the three major battalions of the Jingwei. ”

"That's Xijue's own ability, I'm just a chance meeting, it's not worth mentioning. ”

Yuan Keli was full of smiles, and after a while, he suddenly asked Chang Wei what he did after entering Beijing, Chang Wei said that he didn't go anywhere after entering Beijing, he nodded approvingly, and said: "Fearless, you must be cautious when you return to Beijing this time, and before entering the palace to see the fight, you don't go to Xijue for the time being." ”

Chang Wei was stunned, could something really happen?

Yuan Keli seemed to sense Chang Wei's confusion, and pondered for a while before explaining: "The emperor is young and promising, but he often acts rashly, and because of the new policy, he has been repeatedly opposed by his ministers, and he is already quite suspicious of his subordinates. Now, we have obtained many important positions because of the implementation of the new policy, which has also been feared by many people, and the eunuch party and Donglin are also because of our strength, there are signs of convergence, if you guess correctly, the new concubine was sent to the palace by these two factions. ”

"And you and Xijue are both dignitaries with military power in their hands, and their personal relationship should not be too close, otherwise, they will be feared and slandered, and it will not be beautiful......"

Chang Wei suddenly realized, no wonder people often say that the older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous, the greater the officials, the less freedom, it turns out that this is the truth.

Out of the Yuan Mansion, Chang Wei quietly returned to his Qin State Mansion, everything was normal at home, and the people had already known that the Chang family and their families would enter Beijing, and the room had been tidied up early, and the rest of the clothes and food were handled by the housekeeper on Chang Kuan's Mansion.

Ma Yuan, Shi Daxuan and others threw Teng Leshan into the Beizhen prison and tortured him severely.

That night, Cheng Ning'er came to visit and said some specific circumstances, and early the next morning, Chang Wei dressed neatly and entered the palace to face the saint.

Seeing Chang Wei, the emperor was still as enthusiastic as ever, "Hahaha, Dauntless, you come quickly, come, tell me about the fleet." ”

Chang Wei brought back the specialties brought back by the fleet from the Americas: all kinds of gems, coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa and other things, and secretly took the time to make eye contact with Keyin Yuemei.

"Your Majesty, this fleet voyage has fully achieved its goal, bringing back hundreds of millions of taels of silver and paying customs duties of 11 million taels. The most important rubber, struvite stones, cochineal insects and other materials and seeds of crops were all brought back, and when the minister set off for the north, he had already arranged for people to select suitable areas for cultivation and refining, and some of them were traveling north along the coastal road with the minister's family, and they would be able to send the Beijing division from the Tianjin Weijin Canal in more than half a month. ”

The emperor tasted the chocolate and coffee, and asked about the things he brought back, and Chang Wei explained the situation in the Americas in detail, and then said: "The affairs of Jiangnan have been investigated, and this is the account books and evidence of the Jiangnan clan and officials obtained by the minister from the nest of the Japanese Okida. ”

Saying that, he handed over a stack of papers, and when the emperor opened it and browsed, he said: "Among them, the most harmful person is Caodu Teng Leshan, this person is not only a co-ordination, but also greedy ink and bribery, private sale of salt, false reporting of the number of soldiers to eat empty salaries, killing good and imposting meritorious deeds and other crimes, it can be said that it is not a pity to die of heinous death, the minister has mentioned this matter to the emperor before returning to Beijing, and he was arrested on the way, and he is now imprisoned in Beizhen Imperial Prison, and has asked for part of his confession. ”

The emperor patted the dragon case and shouted: "This fang is so lawless, my brother will quickly and thoroughly investigate it, and punish it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Cleaning up Fuji Leshan is something that Chang Wei has planned for a long time, all kinds of human and material evidence have already been collected, strictly speaking, Tengle Mountain is not a common man, but someone under his command has obtained a few batches of smuggled jewelry, however, with the means of Jinyiwei, it can be made into an iron case in three or two clicks, plus those previous crimes, it is guaranteed to kill him ten times.

"Last year, the Zhenjiang Machinery Bureau's steam engine private use case has been investigated, and it is also related to the Japanese Kou case, but the physical evidence is insufficient, and most of the human evidence has been exterminated, and the Okita and others who have escaped the net have no whereabouts, so they can only temporarily suspect that they are related to the Xu, Chen, Chu, Wu and other families in Huzhou, Suzhou. These families were also the forces that hindered the implementation of the New Deal, and they had always secretly supported Donglin and Fushe, and the ministers thought that since they could not use the law to punish their crimes, they could only use economic means......"

At present, the methods of commercial alliances, ocean-going combined fleets, pricing power, and sales rights were explained in detail to the emperor.

The emperor basically agreed, but when he heard the Chu family, his brows furrowed slightly, and Chang Wei kept this reaction in his heart.

I haven't seen each other for a few months, and a lot of things have happened in Jingshi and Jiangnan, plus the return of the ocean-going fleet, and the fact that the emperor's concubine and Chang Wei are about to become concubines, it is not something that can be said for a while.

The two monarchs and ministers talked about lunch from Tianmeng Mengliang, and they didn't finish speaking, so they chatted while eating, and finally the emperor finally talked about the concubine, "The concubine I want to accept, you know it fearlessly, and it is because of her that our monarchs and ministers know each other." ”

Chang Wei pretended not to know and asked, "What did the emperor say?"

The emperor smiled and said, "The year before last, Chinese New Year's Eve, Baiyun Temple." ”

Chang Wei was surprised: "Chu Qing?!"

The emperor nodded and smiled, and Chang Wei said with a smile: "It turned out to be her, congratulations to the emperor." By the way, listen to the festival and the princess say that the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are prevaricating and arguing with each other for the emperor's concubine, anyway, it will take half a month for the fleet to enter Beijing, and the minister has nothing to do for the time being, so he simply handles this matter for the emperor. ”

The emperor was overjoyed: "With my brother personally handling it, no one dares to bother me anymore, very good, very good." Well, Hui Yan is there, my brother also has to move around, and when your mother enters Beijing, I will set the date. ”

Chang Wei could only nod and agree.

The next few days were also peaceful, Chang Wei was busy with the marriage, and he didn't even show up in the court, Teng Leshan entered the Beizhen Imperial Prison, and in three days, he looked for those who should not be recruited.

Chang Wei came and went in a hurry, and from time to time he went to the eldest princess of Chang'an, Zhu Huiyan, to ask for warmth.

The people in the officialdom only saw Deng Qi, Deng Qi's wife is the lord of Yilun, and Deng Qi can be regarded as a concubine.

Yilun is a beauty with a royal demeanor, but Chang Wei knows that behind that elegant face is a jealous heart, not to mention that none of the maids and maids used around her are outstanding, because she has not been out for many years, she has to take a concubine for Deng Qina, and as a result, the appearance of the two concubines before and after she gave birth to a son five years ago, those two concubines were even more beaten into the cold palace by her, Chang Wei couldn't help but secretly worry about the future of the senior sister Ning Bai'er who had never met.

On the evening of this day, Chang Wei took the time to read a book under the eaves of the corridor, and the next person came to report to Deng Qi and Lord Deng asking to see him, and after a while, he saw Deng Qi bowing his head and walking out quickly from behind the rockery.

Chang Wei greeted with a smile, but met Deng Qi's bitter face, Deng Qi sat down for a long time before he sighed and said, "There is a good wife in the family!"

It turned out that after the county lord of Yilun saw Chang Wei, he was full of praise for Chang Wei's talent and appearance, and recently, several feudal lords in Beijing gathered, and Yilun was full of praise for Chang Wei, and after returning home, he raised his nose and eyes at Deng Qi, which made Lao Deng suffer a lot of grievances.

Thinking of Yilun, and then remembering that he was going to marry the emperor's precious sister, the eldest princess, Chang Wei had a headache.

Chang Wei is not afraid of marrying more women, but he is afraid that marrying a jealous woman will make the family unpeaceful; even if Zhu Huiqian is not a jealous woman, that innate sense of superiority is likely to bring harm to the family!

Chang Wei was not arrogant enough to really think that the little brother could solve all the problems, and then thinking of Yilun's jealousy, he really didn't have much affection for these golden branches and jade leaves in his heart, and he couldn't help but really have a little headache.

"Come on, Lao Deng, don't pretend to be pitiful to me here, the one I want to marry is the emperor's precious sister, I don't know what will happen yet, our brothers are suffering from the same disease. But you, how are you going to arrange my senior sister?"

The relationship between the Demon Sect is relatively chaotic, counting it, Chaotianque and Hu Wenqing are senior brothers, and Ning Bai'er is Chaotianque's junior sister, so Chang Wei calls Ning Bai'er Senior Sister.

Deng Qi suddenly became worried: "Yilun has already heard some rumors, but fortunately, when I went to the Teaching Workshop Division to find Bai'er, she had already been picked up by your men." I didn't find anyone, so I didn't admit it, and she didn't make a fuss, but she just looked me dead, and I couldn't go anywhere, and I only went to see her secretly once after coming back for so many days. I don't know when it will end!"

Chang Wei suddenly sneered in his heart, a big man can't even protect his beloved woman? Wouldn't treating Ning Bai'er like this make her sad? People, let you be a hero, once you are caught in Vanity Fair, you really can't help yourself.

But it's hard to talk about him, suddenly he felt a little depressed, forcibly suppressed his heart, and said to Deng Qi: "Old Deng, then I'll go see Senior Sister Ning for you!"

Deng Qi hesitated for a moment before he said, "It's okay, anyway, no one in the capital dares to trouble you......"

Under the big trees in the alley, idlers are in groups, playing chess, fighting crickets, storytellers, selling big bowls of tea, shaving heads, and the noisy sounds are poured into your ears at once, making people melt into this fiery life at once.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the first good place, the people's lives are indeed comfortable and rich. It's just that Chang Wei has a pair of sharp eyes that have passed through the first detective of the Criminal Department, and he immediately noticed that the two of them were not so harmonious with this moving picture.

Someone was watching me as soon as I came back?!

Although I really want to pull these two nails out, but after thinking about it, forget it, if you kill two today, maybe there will be four more tomorrow, maybe it will be more secretive.

After walking around the alley, the two of them just secretly wrote something and left the alley, and sure enough, no one dared to come up and follow them.

However, Chang Wei still went around in a big circle before going to Yingzi Hutong, where Ning Baier temporarily lived, which was only two streets away from Deng Qi's house, and the Fanzi Hutong next to it was a famous vendor gathering area in Beijing.

As soon as I buckled the copper ring, I saw an old woman poking her head out for a while, and when she saw that the person who came did not know each other, she did not ask questions, so she was about to close the door.

"You are Aunt Mo, I am from Jiangnan, I am a friend of your father-in-law, and my surname is Chang Xingsan. ”

The old woman looked at me carefully, and then let Chang Wei in, and said with a smile: "Don't blame the big officials, although the old woman has heard of Chang Sanye, she has never seen it, but looking at your appearance, it is not bad." ”

Entering the door of the house, I was greeted by a painted Meilan shadow wall, passed through the moon gate to the left, and then entered the hanging flower door, but saw a beautiful woman with two childish maids waiting in the inner house.

This strange little lady made Chang Wei feel a familiar feeling in his heart, and he was stunned to realize that the maternal brilliance emanating from her delicate face was very similar to Wei Xijie in pregnancy.

Knowing that she was Ning Bai'er, he took two quick steps, stepped forward and said, "I've seen Senior Sister Ning." ”