Jiang Nv is indescribable

Chapter 331
Coming out of Ziji Hall, Peng Huo looked up at the sky, the sky was still clear before entering the palace city, but after a while, it was already cloudy.

No wonder the autumn wind blows in July.

Peng Huo stroked the back of his hand, lifted his robe, stepped on the servant's back, got into the car and left the gate.

He closed his eyes and sat in the spacious carriage, recalling the conversation with the emperor just now in his mind.

The emperor had nothing else to do when he called him into the palace this time, he only thought of his loyalty for many years, and planned to reward him heavily.

Peng Huo is cautious by nature, and since he became an official, he has been under pressure.If it was in the past, he would have politely declined without even thinking about it. How dare he take credit for it?Or ask for some innocuous small rewards, so that the emperor can live on his face without getting knotted in his heart.

But this time...

Peng Huo thought about it again and again, but he still made up his mind: "I have nothing else to ask, but one wish, I implore Your Majesty to promote the Peng family to a noble family."

The emperor was very embarrassed when he heard this.

After a long period of silence, a long sigh sounded in the hall: "I can't be bothered about this matter, it needs the consent of other clans. You can go and inquire. If they agree, I will have no objection."

"Can--"

The weak emperor suddenly coughed, "This body of the widow is getting more and more..." Before he could finish the sentence, he seemed to be out of breath.

The palace eunuchs immediately gathered around, cloaked cloaked, carrying medicine.

Peng Huo couldn't speak anymore, and after a few words of concern, he left.

"Patriarch?" The steward asked for instructions in the next car.

Peng Huo opened his eyes and said, "Go to Dazaifu."

In the past few years, Jingling seems to be peaceful, but in fact many things have happened, mainly reflected in the changes in personnel in the court.And the affairs of the DPRK and China will inevitably involve several big families.

In the spring of the third year of Fengxiang, the general Xu Chao took back Cangzhou in the southwest and returned to the court. Just when the spring breeze was in full bloom, he was suspicious of the emperor because of his wife's family, and the military power was taken back. Since then, he has been very low-key for a while.

Until the autumn of the fourth year of Fengxiang, under the strong recommendation of his uncle, Grand Sima Xu Xun, the emperor sent Xu Chao to lead an army to the southeast.

Everyone knows that whether the Xu family can regain their status and return to their former splendor depends on this battle.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked forward to it, but their moods were different. Some were looking forward to victory, while others were looking forward to failure.

Generally speaking, less people hope for victory and more people hope for failure. After all, the interests of the country are not as good as the interests of the family.

The only one who was really looking forward to this victory was the emperor.

The six states of the Northland have surrendered to each other in public, but in fact they are on their own. The folks jokingly call him the Son of Heaven, why doesn't he know that?But in fact, he can't even be considered a half-queen emperor.

Fortunately, the rebellion in the southwest has been suppressed. If the southeast can be reincorporated into the territory of Dayan, then the king's prestige will be established and the army will be strong, so he can use all his strength to attack the north...

Xu Chao spent more than half a year in the southeast, paid countless food, grass and military pay, and finally lived up to everyone's expectations-he lost countless troops and returned without success.

When the news spread back to the court, the emperor was furious, and the military newspaper directly hit the chief minister, Xu Xun.

Xu Xun couldn't believe it, picked it up, unfolded it, read it word by word, spat blood on the spot, and fell down.

Xu Chao was also questioned after his return.Thinking of his past military achievements, he did not lose his post, and after punishing him with a stick, he was only ordered to confine him in the mansion to contemplate his mistakes-although the emperor refused to listen to his arguments about "complex mountains and seas, and the atmosphere of miasma and epidemics everywhere", he did I still want to protect him, after all, the complete collapse of the Xu family will not benefit him.

After Xu Xun was stimulated and fainted in the main hall, when he woke up, his mouth was crooked and his eyes were squinted, and he couldn't speak a whole sentence.

The emperor sent several medical orders to Xu's mansion for treatment. After more than half a year, his condition showed no sign of improvement.

This is really a family of sorrows and joys!
No one cared about the fact that the imperial court had just lost a battle, and they all rushed to the vacated position of Da Sima to exert their strength.

At the end of the multi-party game, the flower fell to the sheep of the Yang clan.

It's not a surprise either.The Yang family was already one of the four major noble families, and the key person has a good girl!

In the year when the emperor was born, due to his frailty and many illnesses, he has only had one prince so far, and that is the daughter of Concubine Yang, the younger sister of the sheep cluster.

The Son of Heaven probably also knew that his life would not last forever, and that the Xu family, which was able to check and balance the Lian family, was now declining visibly with the naked eye. He was afraid that the little prince would be controlled by the Lian family after he left, so he intended to support his mother clan.

And Peng Huo just assisted the dark force in this, and most of today's rewards came from this.

It's a pity that the emperor can't appoint scholar-bureaucrats. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven for Peng's family to become a nobleman.

But no matter how difficult it is, always try!
There is a banquet in Dazaifu.

Lian Tian, ​​the former Taizai, was old and had a fall this spring. He heard that he could no longer get up on the couch, and the power was officially handed over to his son Lian Chang.Empress Lian is the niece of Lian Chang's direct relative.

Lian Chang is no more scheming than his fathers and elders, and his actions are considered thoughtful and appropriate, only a little arrogant.

In the past, it was not obvious that there was an old father who suppressed it, but now this mountain has fallen, and the Xu family, which can be evenly divided with the Lian family, is also on the verge of falling. Da Sima Yangtu also had to show his affection to him, so Lian Chang's arrogance began to be gradually revealed.

Lian Chang is fond of feasting and drinking. Whenever there is a feast, there will always be guests in Lianfu, and today is no exception.

In addition to Yang's and Pei's, Xu's also came.It used to be divided into courts, but now it bows, how can it not be embarrassing?

In addition, the Jiangzhou He family, Anping Cui family, Heyang Chu family and other emerging gentry families were also sitting.

Peng Huo came to visit and entered the door smoothly, but as soon as he took his seat, Cui Xian on the left pinched his nose and shouted: "Move the couch for me quickly! Stay away from this guest!"

There was a burst of knowing laughter in the hall, and even the servant girls standing around covered their lips and snickered.

And as the host of this banquet, Lian Chang only moved his noble head slightly when Peng Huo just saluted, without even giving him a second glance, and he didn't make a sound to stop him at this moment, just admiring the maiko They danced gracefully, and when they saw something interesting, they clapped their hands and laughed.

Naturally, it attracted a lot of echoes.

It seemed that the one who was smiling was a maiko, but in fact, his eyes were all looking at Peng Huo, and his disdain was beyond words.

Peng Huo's face turned blue and then pale, he couldn't sit still, and retreated in frustration.

"People from poor families want to be equal to us..."

"Others praise him for his appearance, but he really thinks he is a gentleman!"

"The family of military officials is fortunate to be superior, and the rank is so high, how dare to think about it..."

"The military official's house is really flattering, it should be a house of excrement, you didn't smell a lingering smell just now?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I moved the couch? The smell is unbearable, quickly take all the used things he sat on and throw away..."

Until he returned to the mansion and sat in the study, those mocking voices still lingered in his ears.

His wife, Yan Shi, was worried and brought some food in, "Master Husband, the Son of Heaven..."

I wanted to ask about the result, but I knew it without asking, there was something I didn't understand just by looking at Peng Huo's face.

"It must be because of Da Sima's matter that he offended Dazai."

"The Son of Heaven came to me and told me, what can I do!"

Their Peng family can go to today, after all, it depends on the Tian family, not the aristocratic family.It was the first emperor who wanted to limit the power of the aristocratic family, which gave the Peng family a chance to rise.

But even if the three members of the Peng family were bureaucrats, he is now an official to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the brothers are not well-known, so what?
Just because my grandfather was born in a humble background, he was not selected for official positions by learning classics, but by military merit, and he made a living by picking up dung before he joined the army. .

(End of this chapter)