I studied in modern times

Chapter 951: Feng Jing is going to defect?
Li Chang naturally couldn't afford to buy a house in Bianjing City.

Therefore, as a ruler, he lived in a low-rent house specially granted by the government.

Of course, as the ruling party, there is no need for him to squeeze into the hundreds of rooms in Zhang Jiu's residence with others.

When he was in Beijing, he lived in the official residence of the former cargo monopoly in Yankangfang.

Even though it snowed heavily last night.

However, the looms in Yankangfang never stopped for a moment.

no way!
This Yankangfang is the headquarters of the Lingjinyuan and the Tailoringyuan.

A large number of weavers from the old silk and brocade courtyard live here.

Since the current emperor lifted the ban on textile production and allowed weavers to produce on their own.

This Yankangfang, together with Anjie and Mingyifang outside the city, was a holy place for textile production in Bianliang.

The difference is that most of the textile workshops outside the city are run by merchants.

However, the weavers in Yankangfang have a semi-official status and are theoretically the emperor's craftsmen.

Therefore, they could buy cotton from Lingjinyuan, spin the cotton into spindles, and then sell it back to Lingjinyuan.

Therefore, all cotton cloth in the world comes from Yankangfang.

Therefore, Li Chang, who had been reading at home after court dismissal, naturally had the sound of weaving lingering in his ears.

However, the weaving sounds had no effect on Li Chang. He was fully immersed in reading the book in his hands.

Whenever he sees something exciting, he always claps and praises.

The book in his hand was titled: Jingwu Yaolue!
It was built by the then Minister of Revenue Wang Cun and Imperial Censor Gu Lin in the third year of Xining in accordance with the order of the late emperor.

Although this book is not as famous as the "Wujing Zongyao" compiled during the Renmiao period.

However, because it was close to the Xining period of frontier expansion, it was more complete in military theory and war details.

Therefore, those who are interested in border work today will all try their best to borrow a set.

Li Chang was watching intently when he heard a knock on the door.

"uncle……"

It was the voice of his nephew, Huang Tingjian.

Li Chang put down the book in his hand and said, "It's Lu Zhi, come in!"

"Yes!" Huang Tingjian pushed open the door of the study and walked in.

Li Chang looked at his nephew with eyes full of admiration and approval.

He and Huang Tingjian were both uncle and nephew and master and apprentice.

At the same time, this relationship is being passed down to the next generation - Li Chang's eldest grandson Li Peng is now studying and learning with Huang Tingjian.

Therefore, the relationship between Li Chang and Huang Tingjian was very close.

Huang Tingjian's status in the Li family was even higher than that of Li Chang's sons.

"Is there anything wrong with Lu Zhi?" Li Chang asked.

"Yes!" Huang Tingjian handed the letter in his hand to Li Chang: "Uncle, this was delivered to me by someone outside the courtyard when my nephew Fang and Peng'er were enjoying the snow in the courtyard..."

Li Chang narrowed his eyes and looked at the letter handed to him by Huang Tingjian.

Then I saw the words on the cover - Liu Anshi had a garden and a house in Luoyang, and land in Xiangzhou.

Li Chang looked at Huang Tingjian, then at the cover, then took it calmly, holding it in his hand and asked, "Do you know who sent it?"

Huang Tingjian shook his head and said, "When my nephew went out to look for him, he was gone. All I saw were a few lines of footprints on the snow outside the yard..."

"Judging from its size, it should be an adult!"

Li Chang nodded, hesitated for a long time, and finally opened the cover.

Inside was a piece of ordinary Teng paper, on which was written the detailed locations of the gardens and houses in Luoyang and the counties and townships where the farmland in Xiangzhou was located.

Li Chang looked at these things and was silent for a long time.

Huang Tingjian looked at his uncle and asked cautiously, "Uncle, is there any fraud in this?"

Now the whole Bian Jing knew that his uncle Li Chang had a feud with Liu Qizhi, Kong Jingfu and others from the Censorate.

Moreover, he will definitely take revenge before leaving office!

Otherwise, when we reach the border counties, if people know that my uncle did not even take revenge on those who framed him, then those warlike people will probably disregard my uncle's orders!

At this time, someone suddenly brought Liu Qizhi's handle.

Any normal person would think - could this be a trap?

Li Chang, however, held the letter in his hand, looked at Huang Tingjian, and after a moment's silence, said, "No!"

Huang Tingjian looked at Li Chang in confusion.

Li Chang explained: "We can find out about this kind of thing once we investigate it!"

"It only takes three days to travel from Bianjing to Luoyang by express horse!"

"Now, even though it's snowing, we can make the round trip in five days at most!"

"In five days, we will know the truth!"

"So, it shouldn't be false!" He looked at the words on the paper in his hand and emphasized again: "It's impossible for someone to use such a thing to make fun of me!"

Luoyang and Xiangzhou are both the old party’s strongholds!

For Li Chang, it might be a bit difficult to investigate things in other places.

But one letter is enough to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the three places, Luoyang, Xiangzhou and Damingfu.

How could anyone do such a meaningless thing?
Thinking of this, Li Chang said to Huang Tingjian, "Lu Zhi, go to the residence of the Left Prime Minister for me, pay a visit to him, and tell him about this!"

As Li Chang spoke, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

This is a great opportunity for him to establish his authority before leaving Beijing!

……

Almost at the same time.

A letter exactly the same as Li Chang's appeared in front of Lu Gongzhu.

The address of the garden and the location of the land described on the Teng paper in the letter.

This caused the left prime minister of the current dynasty to immediately burst out with murderous intent.

"How brave!"

"As a magistrate, he owns so many businesses!"

"Where does your money come from?"

Corruption is always the most powerful weapon in politics.

That is because, if this crime is proven, his reputation will be ruined.

It can even be said that the higher one’s reputation was in the past, the more miserable one’s downfall will be once corruption is proven!
For example, Fan Wencheng’s best friend Teng Zijing fell into this trap!

Moreover, his fall was very tragic - even though countless people sought justice for him, his official career was interrupted from then on.

At the same time, the crime is neither light nor serious.

Therefore, people will not be pushed into a desperate situation and develop a mentality of "all or nothing".

Therefore, the intensity is controllable!

The most interesting thing is that an official was found guilty of corruption.

It is equivalent to stripping away all the protection surrounding it.

After being demoted, you can rub it as you please.

No one will speak out about the unfair treatment received by a corrupt official.

For example, after Su Shunqin was demoted, he was displaced and wandered around, but no one dared to speak for him.

Having said this, Lu Gongzhu had already made a decision.

He doesn't want to wait anymore!
He couldn't wait any longer.

After the winter solstice, there were three consecutive heavy snowfalls. The abnormal weather put too much pressure on him as the prime minister.

But, with this evidence, he can get away with it - there are indeed treacherous people in the court!
The treacherous minister jumped out himself!

Please God, judge between loyalty and treachery!
So, Lü Gongzhu turned to his son Lü Xichun and said, "Go to Li Gongze's house and invite his nephew Huang Luzhi to come here for a drink tonight!"

It was not convenient for him and Li Chang to meet directly in private.

This is a bit taboo!

However, it is normal for children to interact with each other.

After all, Emperor Zhao is in charge of everything, so how can he control the younger generation from drinking and having fun?
"Yes!" Lu Xichun nodded and was about to carry out his father's order.

But I heard my old father ask: "By the way..."

"Where did the boss go?"

Lu Xichun replied, "My Lord, my elder brother accepted Cai Wei's invitation this morning and went to the residence of Feng Jiedu for a banquet!" "But is it the playboy from Cai Zhizheng's family?"

"It is this person!" Lu Xichun said, "Brother, I have been invited to visit him recently..."

"It is said that there are many people from the imperial court among the participants..."

"For example?" asked Lu Gongzhu.

"Wang Shengmei from the Ministry of Personnel, Xing Heshu from the Academy of Scholars, and Wen Zhouhan from the Imperial Household... Sometimes, Zhang Ziping from the Ministry of Revenue and Zhang Bocheng from the Department of Stores and Houses were also at the banquet..."

Lu Gongzhu looked at Lu Xichun and asked, "Have you been there?"

How could he be so familiar with it if he had never been there?

Lu Xichun lowered his head and said, "My elder brother took me there two or three times..."

He recalled the banquet at Feng Jing's house, where everyone drank and sang together, while enjoying performances by foreign girls, Silla maids and even Kabuki that was said to be from Japan.

So happy!
As Lu Gong listened, his old face wrinkled into a bitter gourd.

Because he discovered that the house of the old man Feng Dangshi had unknowingly become a gathering place for the young and middle-aged members of the New Party!

Wang Zishao, Xing Shu, Zhang Heng, Zhang Xi...

Plus there is that rebellious son in his family and Wang Di who is brought by that rebellious son.

Isn’t this a proper New Party gathering? !
That rebellious son Lu Xizhe has been exchanging letters with Wang Jiefu!
He looked at Lu Xichun: "Has Feng Dangshi ever appeared at the banquet?"

"Occasionally……"

Lu Gongzhu suddenly woke up.

Hey!
Could it be that old scoundrel Feng Dangshi was secretly having an affair with Wang Jiefu without telling me?
If you think about it carefully, it's really possible.

This is indeed something that old man Feng Dangshi can do!
After all, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

Golden-haired rat, golden-haired rat, where is the moral integrity you still have?
In addition to Feng Jing, the stance of this old man Wen Yanbo is also very suspicious!
Thinking of this, Lu Gongzhu said to Lu Xichun angrily: "Wait for your elder brother to come back and ask him to come see me!"

Lu Xichun bowed and said, "Yes!"

Lu Gongzhu looked at him and shook his head.

He thought of Lu Xiji who was far away in Fujian.

This rebellious son and Cai are indeed getting closer and closer.

Last month, Cai Que even wrote a letter directly to the emperor to request credit for his contribution to the preparation and establishment of the Quanzhou Maritime Customs.

The emperor was very pleased and specially promoted him - he was promoted three levels from Chengyilang to Chaosanlang. In addition to being the magistrate of Quanzhou and concurrently in charge of Quanzhou Maritime Customs, he was also given a temporary position - Directly to the Jixianyuan.

Many people congratulated him at that time.

Only he felt depressed.

Of his three sons, two were abducted by Wang Jiefu, and one ran away with Cai Zhizheng.

Even his eldest grandson, Lu Haowen, who he had high hopes for, was led astray by his father and went astray.

After him, the Lu family in Shouzhou became entirely members of the New Party.

It’s just like the Buddhist fable - the disciples of the demon king Mara wore Buddha’s robes, sat in Buddha’s temple, chanted Mara’s scriptures, and bewitched common people.

And he, Lu Gongzhu, is probably even more miserable than the Buddha in the fable.

At least in the fable, those wearing Buddha's robes and sitting in Buddha's temple are the disciples of the demon king Mara.

As for him, even his sons and grandsons simply don't agree with him.

……

After Lu Xichun went out, he met Huang Tingjian halfway.

When the two met, they were both stunned.

Then, they both understood something.

Afterwards, Lu Xichun brought Huang Tingjian to his home and invited him to his study.

His father, Lu Gongzhu, appeared in the wing next to Lu Xichun's study.

Through a thin door, I began to communicate with Huang Tingjian.

The conversation continued until nightfall. Huang Tingjian had dinner at Lu's mansion and was then personally escorted back to Li Chang's residence by Lu Xichun.

Then, Huang Tingjian invited Lu Xichun to stay at Li's house for a drink.

Similarly, Lu Xichun talked with Li Chang in the next room through a thin gauze curtain about many things his father had told him.

Afterwards, the drunk Lü Xichun was personally sent back to Lü's residence by Huang Tingjian and his men.

At this time, it was almost midnight.

Snowflakes began to fall again in the city of Bianjing.

Although the snow is not as heavy as last night’s, the snowflakes that keep falling are still announcing to the world - this winter will definitely be a cold and harsh one!

Perhaps, the only thing to be thankful for is such heavy snow and such cold weather.

This should freeze the insect eggs in most fields and mudflats to death.

Next year, all parts of the north, especially Huainan, Jingdong and Jingxi, which were plagued by drought last year and this year, should be free from the worry of locust plagues.

……

The falling snowflakes landed in front of Guo Kui's house.

In the distance, Yuan followers holding lanterns appeared in the dark streets.

Guo Zhongxiao and his family stood at the door, waiting for his old father to come home.

When Guo Kui arrived at the door, Guo Zhongxiao immediately stepped forward and helped his old father get off the horse.

Compared with last year, Guo Kui is now much younger and healthier!

The whole person's spirit and energy are incomparable.

Last year, Guo Kui, who had just arrived in Beijing, was in a depressed state and looked very old and dying.

But now Guo Kui looks vigorous and energetic, and seems to be able to devote another ten years to Emperor Zhao.

There was no way - last year, Guo Kui had just ended his editorial career and had no idea what the future held.

But now, he is the veteran among the military officials - the emperor personally calls him the old Taiwei, and every time he enters the court, he orders his sons and nephews to support him, and specially exempts him from bowing before the emperor, to show the emperor's respect for old ministers and honoring meritorious officials.

He was also ordered to judge martial arts and be in charge of all matters related to martial arts.

What are the elderly most afraid of?
No power!

Guo Kui, who had regained his power, naturally cheered up.

In martial arts, he personally participated in the teachings and passed on his life-long military experience and insights to his martial arts students.

In the past two months, he often stayed in the martial arts school until late at night, just like today, and would not leave until all the students fell asleep.

There is no way, next year’s Shenglong list.

There is a big move on Wen Ju's side.

There are also big moves on the martial arts examination side.

Guo Kui naturally hoped that the martial arts students he taught could win the first place.

"Sir..." Guo Zhongxiao supported his old father and walked into the house.

"I will go to the emperor today to ask for my resignation..."

"The government has already approved it!"

Guo Kui listened and shook Guo Zhongxiao's hand vigorously: "Good! Good! Good!"

"From now on, you will follow me and learn martial arts!"

"When I am a hundred years old, I will be able to pass on my martial arts knowledge to you!"

"As a family of ours, the Guo family only needs to focus on martial arts and follow the government..."

“A hundred years can be expected!”

This is the path Guo Kui chose for Guo Zhongxiao and his descendants.

The other roads were too dangerous, and he was afraid that his descendants would not be able to bear it.

But martial arts is very good.

The past year or so has proven that the government attaches great importance to martial arts, and the status of martial arts will continue to improve.

And martial arts are far away from the disputes in the court and the differences between the old and the new.

As long as the Guo family establishes a foundation in martial arts, their descendants will no longer have to worry!
At the very least, relying on the management of two generations of father and son, they can accumulate deep connections.

Just like when Mr. Hu Yuan of Anding presided over the Imperial College.

To date, most of the ministers in the court are Hu Yuan’s students.

Therefore, Hu Yuan's descendants are still enjoying the legacy of this great master.

(End of this chapter)