Jiankang Cui family.
It is said that the ancestor is the Boling Cui family, a well-known and well-known family. Although the era of the family has been shattered by scientific research, the Cui family in Jiankang is still doing well. Let’s not talk about Cui Yu who is worshiping the prime minister in Zhongshu Province. Apart from this prime minister, there are nearly ten people in the Cui family who are officials in the court. Although many of them are from various branches, they are all named Cui after all. Generally speaking, We are all still a family.
What I have to admit is that Shen Yi did offend the Cui family a lot this time.
Because the position of prime minister is so rare.
Among the one or two hundred scholars who are equivalent to those in the "Qing Dynasty", only one can be selected as a Jinshi, and the proportion of Jinshi among the candidates is about one in twenty. However, the imperial court admits more than 200 Jinshi every three years. These two hundred people If there is a chancellor in it, then this subject is regarded as a great figure.
For an official, if he wants to climb all the way to the position of Zhongshu and become Prime Minister, it is difficult to describe it. It is simply like crossing a natural chasm!
The Cui family finally got a prime minister. After working for just two years, he had just become familiar with the prime minister's position. Before he had time to cultivate his power or practice nepotism, he was inexplicably raped by the emperor!
If this was in the officialdom, it would be a sworn feud!
Even if Shen Yi is not in the officialdom, this incident is not his original intention, and this incident is enough to make the Cui family hate him.
Shen Qilang sighed helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, I know nothing about this matter. Although I have heard about the resignation of Prime Minister Cui, it actually has nothing to do with me."
"Of course they understand this."
Li Mu smiled and said: "But losing the position of a prime minister for no reason will make anyone angry. The Cui family has not come to trouble you so far. It is already a well-educated person."
The two chatted for a while, and the waiter at Yaoyuelou finally served the food and wine. However, Shen Yi had just finished lunch and really had no appetite. After taking a few bites, he looked at Li Mu. , lowered his head and asked: "Your Majesty has a distinguished status and condescends to come here today. I wonder if you have any orders?"
Li Mu is the eldest son of the Jin Palace, and is the cousin of the emperor!
With this status, if nothing happens, it is unlikely that Shen Yi will come to see him again and again.
The smile on the prince's face faded slightly. He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "To put it mildly, the younger brothers and sisters in the family are ignorant and have offended Qilang. As the elder brother, I am here to make amends to Qilang on their behalf." no."
Shen Yi frowned and said nothing.
Prince Jin continued: "To put it more bluntly, Ganquan Academy and his family are about to gain power. Qilang, you are a member of Ganquan Academy, and you are highly appreciated by His Majesty. In addition, you have some connections with my family, so you have a bright future. "
There was a faint smile on his face: "My father said that Qilang, you are a person worth getting to know, so I want to get closer to Qilang."
Shen Yi took a deep breath, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. There are many young people with bright futures in Jiankang City. There are many young people among the newly promoted Jinshi with criminal records. If the Jin Palace wants to make friends with promising people, It seems that young people should go to those former criminals rather than me, a student..."
“A scholar has a strong temper and a high-spirited character.”
Li Mu said quietly: "They are afraid that associating with the clan, especially a clan like Prince Jin's Palace, will ruin their future. Even people from Jiankang like Zhang Jian are not willing to have anything to do with Prince Jin's Palace."
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Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "But Qilang, you are different. Your family already has entanglements with mine. It is reasonable for our two families to have a relationship. No one can find any fault."
Li Mu spoke very politely and his words were very flattering to Shen Yi.
He was talking about a "tangle" between the two families.
But the actual situation is that Shen Yi's father, Shen Zhang, is a servant of the Jin Palace.
Shen Qilang's frown deepened. He raised his head to look at Li Mu and said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, newly promoted Jinshi and ministers in the court, do not make friends with the clan to avoid taboos... And the royal family members, in order to avoid taboos, seem to have You should not make friends with scholars or ministers..."
Having said this, Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat. He swallowed and looked at Li Mu.
"Your Majesty?"
Li Mu smiled hoarsely.
"Qilang, don't think too much. My father did have some concerns six or seven years ago, but now that His Majesty has grown up, and... His Majesty is not without brothers, our family's thoughts have gradually become dull."
The logic is simple.
The late emperor was seriously ill at that time. Prince Jin was the late emperor's biological brother and the only brother in Jiankang. At that time, all the late emperor's sons were young, so it was very likely that the throne would be passed to Prince Jin.
But now, His Majesty has been on the throne for six years, has reached adulthood, and his position has become more and more stable. It is difficult to pull him down, and even if he is pulled down, although the emperor has no children but has brothers, the throne may not be passed to the Jin Palace.
But when Shen Yi heard this, a chill ran down his spine.
He is also from the Chen Kingdom and knows something about the royal family of the Chen Kingdom.
The current emperor does have brothers, and there are two brothers, but these two brothers are eight years old and ten years old this year!
If the current emperor dies suddenly and the two "emperor brothers" are too young, then the Jin Palace will still have a chance to ascend to the throne!
And now Prince Jin is appointed as Jiankang Yin!
Since ancient times, the royal family has been fighting for the throne, and it is normal for brothers to fight against each other, and Shen Yi cannot help but think about this kind of thing.
Everyone in Jiankang City has motives and reasons to form cliques, stick together with each other, and make friends with talented people. The Jin Palace alone does not have such a clan, because the status of the Jin Palace must be that one person is inferior to ten thousand people. , they have no possibility of moving forward, and there is no room for them to move forward!
Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked at the smiling Prince Jin in front of him and couldn't help but shudder.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then silently lowered his head and ate his food without opening his mouth to reply.
"My father has already joined the court as an official, and I will probably work in the court in the future. Since I want to work in the court, of course I have to have a good relationship with the people in the court."
Li Mu looked at Shen Yi and smiled: "And the Ganquan Academy where Qi Lang is located is very likely to become a force that can control the court in the next five to ten years."
Shen Yi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am just a student of Ganquan Academy. I am not even a candidate now. No matter how powerful the academy is, it has little to do with me."
"It doesn't matter now, it will always happen in the future."
Li Mu picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Besides, leaving aside Ganquan Academy, based on Qilang's two poems and what he said to me in the palace that day, I also think Qilang, you are a good friend." people."
Li Mu raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp, then placed the wine glass on the table.
"This is our first time drinking, we must have a great time today!"
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The two of them arrived at Yaoyuelou in the afternoon, and they didn't finish the meal until the evening.
Prince Jin drank so much that he became dizzy.
Li Mu was about to take Shen Yi back to Prince Jin's Mansion to rest, but Shen Yi refused and insisted on returning to his rented yard.
Accompanied by two servants from Prince Jin's Palace, Shen Yi staggered to the door of his courtyard. After opening the door, Shen Yi turned around and sent away the two servants from Prince Jin's Palace, and then staggered into the yard.
After watching the two servants from Prince Jin's Mansion leave, Shen Yi quickly bolted the door, then stood behind the door, reaching out to cover his own beating heartbeat, feeling frightened for a while.
"Damn..."
Shen cursed in his heart and was frightened.
"These two father and son...don't really want to become the rebel emperor...?"
