Yan's foreign relatives, give Da Yan a little Xuanwu Gate shock

The spacious hall was empty, so Yuan Congqian simply chose to meet a familiar person here.

"Lin Guangmei, nice to meet you, my dear."

Master Lin Tian lowered his head, walked in front of Yuan Congqian and bowed deeply.

There is a saying that the six ministers have temporary replacements, but there is no such thing for the three dukes and nine ministers.

The Simuitai is extremely important and it is impossible not to have a chief.

There must be a next Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Yuan Congqian defeated Fu Tingzhao and chose to summon him to the Simaitai, which was equivalent to saying that after Fu Tingzhao's death, unless there was an accident, he, the Right Vice Minister of the Simaitai, would be the next Simaitai Minister.

As for whether he would be stripped of his power by Yuan Congqian, does it matter if the candle holder obeys orders but not announcements? The dream of the officials of Dayan is to become one of the Nine Ministers, the highest position among the ministers, and a stable retirement means being awarded the empty title of the Three Dukes.

Lin Guangmei has let it go.

Yuan Congqian was destined to be extremely prominent during the decades of Wei Yanwu's reign. He couldn't be loyal to Fu Tingzhao. Wouldn't it be nice to serve as a transitional official for a while before he gained enough experience to convince people?

Yuan Congqian smiled and helped Lin Guangmei up.

"Master Lin, your branch of the Lin family is full of talented people. Your son leads the students and nobles in the Western Pharmacy, and your daughter is studying with Master Tian in the Great Wilderness City. They are all the future pillars of Da Yan. How dare I accept your gift?"

When Lin Guangmei heard Yuan Congqian mention the whereabouts of his daughter, his hands trembled violently.

He seemed very conflicted. The Nine Ministers Golden Seal of his dreams was within his reach, but at what cost?

Finally, he accepted his fate and could only bow to Yuan Congqian: "How dare I accept such kindness from you, my dear husband."

Yuan Congqian held Lin Tianshi's hand and helped him up.

"From now on, the officials of the Simuitai will be looked after by Master Lin Tianshi, and the official business will also require Master Lin Tianshi to pay more attention to it. All countries are promoting electronic office work, but Simuitai cannot. Only paper materials are safe. Master Lin Tianshi needs to pay more attention to it."

"I dare not. I will sacrifice my broken body for my country."

"Hey, Master Lin, what you said is wrong."

Yuan Congqian turned around and looked up at the portrait of the young master hanging on the wall.

"The Si Sui Tai has a heavy workload. It needs to monitor the status of agents and Sui Beasts in various parts of Da Yan, and create new trends of agents every day. So the most important thing is to take care of your health so that you can continue to be loyal to the country."

"I will remember your teachings, my dear." Lin Guangmei lowered her head.

What does it mean to take care of yourself? To translate it, it means not to take everything into your own hands.

Lin Guangmei is very sensible now, and Yuan Congqian likes him; but if he does not intend to work properly when being sidelined, and instead secretly cultivates a team with the intention of abandoning Yuan Congqian and becoming the real Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yuan Congqian will not like it.

If he doesn't want to take care of his health and just likes to work, Yuan Congqian will have no choice but to make sure that he can't really take care of his health.

Yuan Congqian showed some respect to Master Lin Tianshi and did not make any offensive gestures such as patting him on the shoulder. His expression became serious.

"The True Dragon's Word."

"Your Highness Guangmei is terrified and respectfully listens to the Holy Spirit's instructions."

Looking at Lin Guangmei who bowed her head in salute, Yuan Congqian imitated the tone of a real dragon and spoke slowly.

"The Emperor said: I have inherited the throne and have worked hard day and night, wishing to keep the country peaceful and tranquil. Lin Guangmei has worked hard and made outstanding contributions, so he should be rewarded. Considering that there are vacancies among the Nine Ministers, I have appointed you as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to honor your virtue. I hope you will uphold your integrity and work harder to help me make up for my shortcomings and work together for the peace of the country. I decree this."

"Your Majesty, your servant Guangmei bows his head in thanks." Lin Guangmei bowed his head.

"The sun is in the sky, and the moon shines down on the earth. Since I took up my post, I have worked hard day and night, always worrying about the country, and I hope to repay your majesty with my little effort. Now your majesty has promoted me to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Your grace is as heavy as a mountain. I am so grateful that I don't know what to say."

Yuan Congqian took out another set of brand new golden seals of the Minister of State Security and handed them to Lin Guangmei.

Lin Guangmei took the golden seal, held it high, and bowed again.

"The emperor's grace is like water, and the minister's loyalty is like ice. I will remain steadfast in my loyalty to the country and do my best to repay your majesty's kindness. I will do my best until my death and live up to your majesty's trust. I bow again to thank you for your grace."

At this point, the standard process of the emperor conferring the title of Si Sui Tai Qing was completed, and Lin Guangmei would naturally not let it down. Even if it was changed to the morning court that was held every ten days, it would only be a change of scene for the conversation.

"Lin Si Sui, congratulations."

Yuan Congqian was no longer in the real dragon presence mode repeating the oral instructions, but switched back to being himself.

"...Since you have reminded me, I will naturally forget it. Every time I take a rest, I will bring my unfilial son Ying Wen to see you."

Lin Guangmei stood up from the ground and looked at Yuan Congqian with complicated eyes.

A short time ago, he and Yuan Congqian were still in a hostile relationship. Yuan Congqian relied on his status as a relative of the emperor to shamelessly pester him and even used his beloved little daughter to threaten his eldest son to enter the western medicine bureau.

From the outside, it seemed that he was playing both sides, serving as Fu Tingzhao's confidant and delivering secret letters, while arranging his clan members to work under Yuan Congqian. Only Fu Tingzhao knew that he was forced to do so, but Fu Tingzhao was already dead!

Until now, he has told outsiders that he was forced to do so and that it was not Yuan Congqian who invested in advance. Does anyone still believe him?

Chapter 20: Chen Zhijun's Engagement (Additional Chapter )

In the western medicine pharmacy, Yuan Congqian played with Qiu Fengshu's hand, feeling bored.

Li Cunshan is very busy.

Lao Li had suffered from no one to settle the accounts for a long time, and now that the Shaofu finally had his own Huang Shilang, he was naturally celebrating. In order to pay tribute to the legendary account settler Fu Tingzhao, he naturally had to clear all the bad debts of the Shaofu overnight.

Yan Junyan became even busier.

He was the closest brother of the True Dragon. He captured two generals overnight, and the reason for his capture was treason and rebellion. All the ministers who had some relationship with him drove over to inquire about what was going on.

When they heard that Fu Tingzhao was imprisoned and Lin Guangmei came to power, they looked at each other in shock and confusion.

They were not sure who did it, but judging from the results, it was Lin Guangmei who benefited the most, as he lost more than ten years of experience in one step. I didn't expect that you, a woman with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would actually stab your boss in the back and take the opportunity to become a minister?

I heard that he even sent his son to the Western medicine pharmacy. Could it be that he had already...

"When will you touch me, my dear?"

Qiu Fengshu's face turned red and he took his hand back, feeling both ashamed and angry.

Even she knew that it was not a good idea to have her hands touched all the time.

"This is the consultation area of ​​the Western pharmacy. Let me take your pulse."

Yuan Congqian looked normal.

Kal'tsit, who should be seeing patients here, is still busy in the operating room.

When she heard that a student was injured in the explosion, she started the operation without saying a word. She took care of all the surgical procedures including debridement and anesthesia, and she has not come out of the operating room until now.

Other doctors were not here either. In order to ease the overcrowding at the pharmacy, doctors who had acquired some basic knowledge of Western medicine left the pharmacy and set up consultation centers in the streets of the outer city.

"You Cheng, you have to help me!"

Chen Zhijun's voice floated from afar, and Qiu Fengshu quickly retreated to a nearby room, giving Yuan Congqian a cold look before leaving.

Yuan Congqian coughed, then sat up straight, looking quite decent at the examination table.

"Are you in trouble again?"

"My aunt, I don't know what to say about her, ah!"

Chen Zhijun sighed and groaned, his hands moving non-stop. He first placed a bottle of beautifully packaged Victoria Duke Orchard wine on the table, then took out a glass cup from the cabinet of the Western pharmacy and filled it for Yuan Congqian.

Yuan Congqian clinked glasses with him and drank the low-alcohol fruit wine.

Chen Zhijun drank it all in one gulp, exhaled, and had a smile on his face that was half laughing and half crying: "When I had no idea, she arranged a marriage for me. I will be getting married in two years!"

Yuan Congqian said, "Who?" Curiously, "With which company?"

It's not surprising that Chen Zhijun is engaged.

Chen's investment in Yuan Congqian was successful, and he was no longer the bumpkin from Longmen. He only needed to work with Yuan Congqian for three generations, and even if he took root in the capital, Chen Zhijun could open another page in the genealogy of the Baizao Chen family.

"I can't remember if it was the second or third daughter of Ning Lang, the eldest son of the Minister of Rites. I only remember that my aunt said that the girl I was engaged to was only fifteen years old this year... No, why don't you care about me?"

"The Ning family is a big family in the capital, second only to the Fu family, but they are low-key and not well-known."

Hearing that it was Ning's man, Yuan Congqian nodded slightly.

"The Ning family is a traditional noble family, and their philosophy is to stand firm. When Fu Tingzhao was in power, he was tolerant and allowed the capital to only know the general and the left general, and ignore him, the right general who climbed to the first-rank minister."

"Among the civil officials in the Great Yan court, there are those who are quickly promoted by virtue of special honors and favors, such as the general and the left general, and there are also those who have worked hard for generations and gradually expanded their family power through family marriages. The right general Ning Yuanguan is a traditionalist."

"Now that Duke Wei is in power, he must find a way to invest in the next generation. My marriage to Duke Wei cannot be decided lightly. He also knows his limits and cannot go any further. Naturally, he can only choose someone around Duke Wei, and that is you."

This kind of powerful family is the most difficult to deal with.

They were not nouveau riche like the Fu family who became rich in just one generation. The Ning family had many interests involved with the royal family, and they usually knew how to restrain their clansmen, and only relied on imperial examinations and marriages to expand the family.

Later, Ning Ciqiu, a member of the Ning family, was promoted to the second-rank position of Minister of Rites when others were still studying at the Imperial College. The next higher position was the first-rank position of Minister of Rites, one of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers!

After listening to Yuan Congqian's analysis, Chen Zhijun realized that he had been taking the blame for him.

He has no deep relationship with Yuan Congqian and Wei Yanwu, but is just an ally of successful investment, and is the best marriage partner for the Ning family. This will neither make the Ning family fall behind in the new era nor make them appear too strong.

"Oh my god, I heard from my aunt that the girl fell in love with me at first sight. So it turns out that she fell in love with you?"

"What do you mean by taking a fancy to me? That's nonsense."

Yuan Congqian laughed and scolded, "Ning's daughter is a well-known virtuous woman in the capital. It is your fortune to marry such a young Ning daughter. Besides, do you really think that a foreign relative can marry into the family of the Minister of Rites?"

"You really mean it. Am I really going to get married before I'm 20?"

Chen Zhijun reacted and a bitter look appeared on his face again.

Yuan Congqian looked at his face and was too lazy to say anything to him. He quickly brought Xiao Chen up. Yuan Congqian didn't want to be the second Wei Yanwu, so he forcibly married Princess Zong Yao with a baby. That was called a painful mask.

Chen Zhijun's eyes are full of the career of the Western Pharmacy. It may be a little too early for him to get married now.

Kristen and Chen Huijie are childhood sweethearts. How could I have such a dream?

Wei Yanwu's Chixiao swordsmanship was just for fun. After becoming the emperor, he had no time to teach Xiao Chen sword moves. It was Yuan, the hero who was highly respected by Lady Lin, who had to teach Xiao Chen the Seven-Star Longyuan swordsmanship.

In order to confirm whether Xiao Chen was the son of Chen Zhijun, Yuan Congqian began to ask indirectly.

"Since you can't escape anyway, why not go and flirt with that Ning girl tomorrow? You'll fall in love with her after a while. Now let's talk about something else. For example, have you thought of names for your son and daughter?"

Chen Zhijun said, "We in the Chen family have fixed generation names. The first two sentences are "Zhi Hui Zhao De Guang". My brothers and I are of the Zhi generation, and our descendants are of the Hui generation. Girls don't have to follow generation names. Men focus on family business, and women focus on character and morality."

"That sounds a bit too traditional."

Yuan Congqian calculated that Chen Huijie's generation name was Hui, and the character Jie represents moral character, which is quite neat.

As for Chen Huijie, she is a woman, but she was born into the Chen family.

It may be that Chen Zhijun, who was forced to marry Princess Yanzong Yao at that time, had a little affection for the daughter he gave birth to, or it may be that Wei Yanwu forced him to do so so that Sir Chen would have the right of inheritance. It is hard to say.

No matter how you look at it, what Lao Wei did was not decent.

"If I have a son, I'll name him Huiye..."

"Forget it, don't think too much about it. Let's go to Fuchunlou in Anlefang and have a table. It can be considered as a celebration for you."

Yuan Congqian took the humming Chen Zhijun to Fuchunlou to open the champagne.

After Fu Tingzhao died, he finally had some time to drink and have fun with the people around him, instead of living in fear all day long. Even if he fell, he would suspect that it was Fu Tingzhao who did it.

Chapter 115: Hope of Solving the Problem of Great Desolation City

Colombian five-star general Max once said that if the champagne is not opened on the day of the enemy's death, then the opening of the champagne will be meaningless.

Yuan Congqian dragged Chen Zhijun to Fuchunlou, of course, to open champagne, it had to be to open champagne. The imperial guards arrested the Fu clan members one by one in the Qigong residence and put them in jail. He was feasting in Fuchunlou, didn't he think it was cool?

This was not a celebration of Fu Qianming being stripped of his general's clothes and the seal of the Grand Marshal, but a celebration of his survival after the catastrophe.

Before entering Fuchun Tower, I heard the dispute there.

"I've never tasted these things before, why can't the prices be a little cheaper?"

"Shopkeeper, it is precisely because we have never tasted it that it is convenient to sell it."

Walking in, I saw two students from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Western Medicine Bureau, who were trying to sell snack cabinets to the shopkeeper of Fuchunlou. Hu Sanlang stood beside them, acting like a salesman, and occasionally added a few words.

"Shangshu Jie wrote in the newspaper that people who eat claw crabs for the first time are very admirable. Does Caimai want to be this brave man, or just sit back and watch the opportunity be snatched away by other restaurants?"

"But the price is too high. One tael of silver can only buy five bottles of black water. Is it some kind of nectar? Is the black water in your Chen's Mountain and River Cola made of gold or silver?"

The shopkeeper has already tasted the sample and is willing to buy it, so he is now bargaining with the Daoyongke student.

The prices of drinks in the snack cabinet are slightly high, which is not in line with the normal income level of the people, but drinks are not meant for the people to drink. In order to make up for the cost of transportation, these drinks are priced high to collect Ursus leeks.

Fuchunlou was Yuan's property, and Yuan Congqian was also the right chancellor of the Western Pharmacy. However, Yuan Congqian required the students not to use the name of the Western Pharmacy when promoting the snack cabinet, but to use the brand of "Chen's Shanhe Cola" to promote it.

If this is the limit of their ability, then they should just focus on selling Western medicine.

"Waiter, bring us a beast jumping feast and some good dishes."

"Okay, dear guest, please follow me to the second floor..."

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