Manor in the suburbs of Beijing.

The beautiful maid served the new popular fruit tea in Beijing one after another, which was refreshing and refreshing.

"Brother Rong Qing, this time I made a lot of money!"

It was Hua Ziyu, the son of Uncle Pei Yunxiao's second uncle and Hua Yunyang's own brother.

In today's imperial examination, he was ranked eighth in the second class and is currently serving in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Han Shaozhen tasted the fruit tea in his hand, very contented:

"That is, I didn't stay in Southeast County for so long. This fruit tea was made by me and Qin Jingwen. It uses the finest Wuxiushan black tea. You are the ones who have a good taste!"

When Pei Yunxiao heard him mention Qin Dongxiang, his heart moved.

"Fifth brother, is Brother Jingwen okay?"

"Okay! Okay!" Han Shaozhen said: "He also asked me to thank you very much. He loves Southeast County tea so much, so I can drink enough now."

When they left Beijing last year, the crowd was so embarrassed. Although Tang Heng was connected with his own mind, Qin Dongxiang and the others might not.

Now that he heard these words, Pei Yunxiao finally let go of his heart, and there was a warm current in his chest.

Come to think of it, this is the feeling of being trusted by a friend.

"Don't tell me, Xiaoqi, I haven't been to Suizhou this year, but Chuanshu, Jiaodong, Wuzhou, and Southeast County are the ones who have not fallen behind. After all, you are good!" Han Shaozhen praised from the bottom of his heart.

Each of these places has its critical use, which shows the long-term vision of Pei Yunxiao.

Being a magistrate in these places, training for a few years, and waiting for a chance to return to the imperial court in the future, you will definitely be a trustworthy minister.

Look at these friends who are sitting with them at this time, Yang Jian of the official department, and Pei Yunxiao have an affair; Hua Ziyu and Pei Xian need not say that they are related by blood, a criminal department, and a Hanlin.

There is another one—Liu Baixiang, who was born in the Liu clan of Yingchuan. He was the nephew of the prefect Liu Ying who had recommended Tang Heng to participate in the test, and he was no longer able to kiss him. Now he is serving as a servant in the Ministry of War.

From Beijing to local prefectures and counties, from civil to military affairs, Pei Yunxiao spared no effort to gather like-minded young talents.

Those old stubborn people in the court today will eventually grow old. By that time, they will become the backbone of the court.

And he...Han Shaozhen thought...Perhaps the only thing he could do for Xiao Qi was to run a powerful and continuous "bank" for her to make her want to do whatever she wanted.

But what exactly does Xiao Qi want to do?

When he asked, Xiao Qi avoided answering. Now he has speculated several times, but he is still puzzled.

If it was just for Tang Heng, that would be a bit too much. Tang Heng himself has his own set of forces, and Han Shaozhen doesn't need to guess that Tang Heng is also struggling to approach the center of power step by step.

It's nothing more than being a high-ranking official, or a general, entrusting officials to nobles, and sheltering future generations.

If it's for independence from Pei's family? It doesn't seem to work. As long as Xiao Qi is still surnamed Pei, everything about her will be tied to Tongyang Pei. Family blood is the fate that they can't escape.

Why on earth? Han Shaozhen couldn't even think of breaking his head.

"Rong Qing? Rong Qing?" Yang Jian called out several times and found that Han Shaozhen's thoughts were erratic.

"Huh?" Han Shaozhen came back to his senses: "What's the matter?"

"What is Rong Qing thinking?"

"Nothing." Han Shaozhen concealed: "What were you talking about just now?"

"It's not the case of Enclosure by Concubine Ma's younger brother. To say that Lord Ma is really bold. His Majesty just mentioned the crime of enclosure in the court a year ago. How long has passed since then, he dared to try the law." Hua Ziyu mocked.

Liu Boxiang followed up and added: "Master Ma is really taking the courage from the sky. You know that he did not hesitate to kill more than a dozen people, and what did he do with the land?"

"What?" Han Shaozhen was curious.

Liu Baixiang slowly uttered two words: "Raise, horse!"

"Raise...what?" Han Shaozhen squirted out a sip of tea.

Pei Yunxiao handed over the towel handkerchief at hand, and said, "If you talk about raising horses, it's not impossible."

"At the beginning of the establishment of the country in Dali, Emperor Sheng Zugao explicitly decree that people should not raise horses privately, and all horses will be repurchased by the government at market prices. Later, due to years of war with Jie Jie, horses were scarce, and civil horse raising was reopened.

After Jie Jie invaded my nine cities, Dali lost the best horse farms in the north, leaving only two areas in the west and northeast where the aquatic plants were not good. In addition, there has been little war on the border in recent years, and the court is not too keen on horse breeding, so the people have left it alone. "

"That said, is it a case of enclosing the land?" Pei Xian asked: "These are noisy, and your Majesty hasn't paid attention to it. It seems that it is going to be a trivial matter."

Pei Yunxiao didn't think so: "I don't think so."

"The quarrel in the court is not for enclosure or horse raising. Concubine He Gui has the youngest prince, while Concubine Ma Xian gave birth to the largest prince.

Although his majesty is in his prime and he has not yet established himself, the status of the eldest prince is not ordinary. His Majesty is sixteen years old, and his sharp edge is revealed. I think someone is in a hurry. "

Pei Xian nodded: "Your Majesty knows the entanglement behind this, so he simply ignores it and allows them to make trouble until the end of the trouble. If you can't make a move, you can pull it down again."

Several people are close friends with each other, so they don't hesitate to talk.

When Hua Ziyu heard Pei Xian say this, his face was a little bad: "No matter which prince, it's not the same thing in the end? But what about those who were killed by Ma Chong?"

"My own field is good, and it was taken by someone. My family's life is good, and if you say no, it is gone. That is a dozen strong laborers! The pillar of the family! Do you know what the locals call Ma Chong? He is'Ma Yan Wang'!

If Hades is not eliminated, will it be true that we have to wait for the world to become hell? "

"Cousin calm down." Pei Yunxiao persuaded.

During these days, the court was already arguing over this matter, and she knew in her heart that all of these people here hated this matter.

But right now, for His Majesty, the balance of power is obviously more important than right and wrong.

In the absence of a prince, the emperor could not allow either Concubine Ma Xian or Concubine He Gui to overwhelm the other.

The He family suffered heavy losses after the imperial examination fraud case, losing He Can and many key positions.

The power of the Ma family is far from that of the best family, so the He family wanted to attack the Ma family in this matter and take the opportunity to find a chance to recover. That is a scene that the emperor never wanted to see. This is why the emperor hasn’t made it clear for so long. The reason for the attitude.

But Pei Yunxiao didn't think there would be any benefit in doing so.

As the king of a country, the emperor's mind and power are indispensable, but the bottom line is insurmountable.

When the monarch repeatedly compromises and lowers the bottom line because of the balance of power, he is more likely to be backlashed by power.

Throughout the lessons of the past dynasties, how many dynasties are due to the collapse of moral laws, the monarchy is kidnapped by the court and the eunuch, the world is dirty, the people are dark, and there is no justice at all, and this is how they will die.

Just like the sentence she once wrote on the provincial examination papers-the law is the end of governance.

No king does not want to let his ancestors inherit forever. But often, they forget that when everything is right and wrong is based on pros and cons, and power is not bound by law, the country will be subjugated, which is an inevitable outcome!

"If you want to seek justice for the innocent people who died in vain, there is no way out." Pei Yunxiao said.

"What is Yifei's opinion, let's talk about it." Yang Jian asked.

"Boxiang is in the military department and is particularly familiar with military and political matters, so he just mentioned that Ma Chong's enclosure is for raising horses, right?" Pei Yunxiao looked at Liu Boxiang.

"Yes." Liu Baixiang nodded: "But as Yi Fei said, now the court has one eye open and one eye closed to people raising horses. Even if we can take this matter into account, we can't help him."

"As long as your Majesty doesn't say anything, then he will be unharmed."

"This is indeed a problem." Pei Yunxiao said: "But Brother Bai Xiang forgot. I just mentioned that the racecourse in Dali now only has two small areas on the west and northeast. In other words, Dali The horse is very scarce!"

Liu Baixiang recalled for a moment: "This is true. After the defeat of Dali and Jiejie, the source of horses can be said to be less and less.

Jiejie cut off almost all the horse trade routes from the Western Regions to the Central Plains. Except for the official horse farms, which were bred by the fine horse breeds that were bred in the past dynasties, there was no way for other horse breeds to enter the history. "

"Wait..." Liu Baixiang was taken aback suddenly: "What did Yi Fei mean?"

Pei Yunxiao nodded and smiled: "Bo Xiang has already thought of it."

"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" Han Shaozhen was anxious: "Oh, Xiao Qi, don't sell it, let's talk about it!"

Pei Yunxiao pondered for a moment, and said, "It means that even the official horse farms can't buy more good horses. Ma Chong is a man who loves horses. It is said that all the horses he raises in his horse farms are high-quality horses. Where did his horse come from?"

Yang Jian reacted the fastest: "Either it came from the Western Regions privately traded, or it came from the official horse farm!"

Pei Yunxiao knocked on a table case: "Brother Yang is in the middle!"

"If it comes from the Western Regions, it is unlikely. The small countries of the Western Regions are far from the Dali and have never had too many contacts. Jijie is strong and closer to them. They will definitely be afraid of the Jijie forces and dare not sell horses. Dali people."

"In other words, this horse can only flow out of the official horse farm. The official horse farm and Ma Chong secretly colluded and reached a private transaction. One party got the money, the other got the horse, and the two were happy."

"Absurd!" Hua Ziyu was so angry that he almost threw his teacup: "I think it is not enough to be embarrassing to lose Jiucheng back then? Isn't it? I really wait for some day when Jiejie will call again. Is it possible that a soldier who wants me to rely on two legs? Go to fight with their fine riders?"

"Cousin scolds well! What we have to do now is to scold those people who are addicted to intrigue in Chaotang Hall, and make them understand that if Jie Jie re-offends the northern border and the land is lost, they are fighting now. It's just a slave to the barbarians."

"At that time, everyone will become slaves. Is it possible that we will be divided into three or six nines!"

"Yi Fei has an idea?" Hua Ziyu asked.

Pei Yunxiao's expression was solemn: "Do you remember? Liu Feng, Master Liu, just transferred to Suizhou as the governor."

"Do you think that if your Majesty knew about this, what would he think?"

The author has something to say: Note: Different dynasties have different policies on private horse-raising. Even the Qing dynasty’s horse-raising policy at the peak of feudalism is quite repetitive. Most of the plots in this chapter are fictitious. Don’t correct it. Thanks on April 2021- 1520:23:37~2021-04-1822:10:41, the little angel who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution during the period.

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