Time flies so fast, like a white horse passing by.
The leisurely time passed by in a blink of an eye, and it was the end of summer in the new year.
During these six months, many little stories happened around Qi Yu.
Let’s talk about family matters first.
Overall, my life was smooth and harmonious.
Zhou's health has always been good, and the problem with Lao Han's legs has not reoccurred. In addition to watering the gourds and seedlings she planted in the yard every day, she takes her grandson around for a walk.
Little Qixiao is also growing vigorously. He has learned to climb trees and poke hornet's nests. He is very naughty. Later, Qi Yu had no choice but to buy him a talking myna bird, and then he pulled him down from the tree.
Xiaotong is still studying in private school every day, and her knowledge is getting better and better day by day. The only annoying thing is that she always bullies her classmates. The parents of the male classmates who were beaten went directly to find them despite the dissuasion of their teachers. Liu Quan came to the house several times, causing Liu Quan to come to look after her husband and goddaughter.
No big deal.
If there is any obvious change in this house, it must be the hostess Liu Quan.
First of all, as she continues to get familiar with and move around in the capital, she has gradually adapted to her status as an official wife. For example, what kind of clothes should be worn on certain occasions, and what kind of etiquette should be used for any type of communication. These are all required educational.
In the circle of married women, they all believed that Mrs. Liu of the Qi family was a sensible and open-minded person.
However, they also believed that Liu Quan was a miserable person.
Where does this suffering come from?
Because she was injured due to premature birth in her early years, and she would definitely have nothing to do in the future. In other words, the Qi family could not be more prosperous, and Qi Xiao was the only one in the family.
This news came from Tai Hospital, and it is absolutely unmistakable.
So, some kind-hearted people came to the door and said they wanted to help Liu Quan solve his problems.
Who are they?
Matchmaker!
As a result, Qi Dalang became angry and scolded him fiercely. In the end, all the matchmakers had to leave in anger under his angry glare.
Zhou avoided her daughter-in-law and started ideological work on Qi Yu, but her son was so determined that he refused to take a concubine no matter how she guided him!
Regretful, regretful, Zhou finally followed her son's advice and did not mention the matter again.
Also, some good things happened.
For example, Qi Yu's "Sword Go" has been completed, and the royalties earned are quite large. Not only has the debt on the house been paid off, but there is also a balance.
At this point, Qi Yu can be considered as completely freed from being a house slave.
Then, he also struck while the iron was hot and wrote another movie called "The Swordsman in the Wind", which is currently being released. However, the sales volume of this book is somewhat lower than before.
This is not to say that his writing is not good, but that there are more competitors.
The success of "Sword Go" was like a rain of rain, giving birth to new forms of literary expression, and authors of the fairy tale style also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, with many appearing overnight.
Qi Yu was not surprised at all by this. He thought that he had encountered such a situation when he was painting.
Compared with the ripples in the breeze at home, the officialdom seems like rolling waves, but these have nothing to do with Qi Yu.
Let’s start with the big one.
Since the beginning of the new year, the emperor has looked more and more like a real emperor, and he is still very personal.
He became decisive in dealing with things, and began to learn to fight with ministers in the court, and he felt confident.
Yes, he has now established a firm foothold and has many wings, and he is no longer as humble as when he first came to the throne.
The emperor has changed and matured!
The ministers seemed a little uncomfortable.
For example, during his impassioned speech at the Zhengdan meeting, at the beginning, the ministers didn't even get around to it, but now they have figured it out.
He compared himself with Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han. Isn't this enough to explain the problem?
The emperor was a person with extremely high political pursuits.
It's a pity that these ministers only came back to their senses after reading it for half a year. At the same time, they also understood the truth that anyone who hindered the emperor's progress would be eliminated.
This is the emperor's true intention.
Besides, Jinshang is still a very interesting person.
Haha, why do you say that?
Because the emperor had some very funny hobbies.
For example, he liked to reward ministers with his calligraphy and paintings, and often took pleasure in doing so.
Not to mention, he is really good at painting, especially landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, grass and insects, etc. It is said that he is best at painting monkeys, but no one has seen it with his own eyes, so we don’t know whether it is true or not.
In addition to elegance and calligraphy, the emperor also liked to play, and the games here were a bit interesting: cockfighting, quail fighting, and especially cricket fighting.
Because of this, he was affectionately called the 'Emperor of Promoting Weaving' by the people in the capital.
Fighting crickets? draw?
This reminded Qi Yu of the personal hobbies he showed when he was still the prince. For this reason, he even drew the "Cricket Picture" for him. Looking back now, he didn't pretend to be deliberately at that time. , but really like these.
Back to business.
Qi Yu is still working in Xingtaipu Temple, and there is no change in his position, which is the same as before.
However, after experiencing the ups and downs of officialdom for more than half a year, he has initially established a small network of his own. For example, Yang Gonglin, Yuwen Hongyuan and others with whom he had some connections before, all of them took the initiative to find out after waiting and watching. Went to the door and took the opportunity to establish a friendly relationship.
Qi Yu was very happy about this.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Fighting alone will only lead to death. Joining a group to keep warm is the right solution.
Some people win over Qi Yu, and some people target him.
For example, Zhang Chengdong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wu Wanrong, Minister of the Hanlin Academy, did not like him very much and did not say anything nice about him on weekdays.
Alas, it seems these knots are really intractable.
In this regard, Zhao Mingyu advised Qi Yu to be more open-minded. There are no absolute good guys in the officialdom. Some people will praise you, while others will scold you. This is just like when you write, some people like to read it, and some people don't like it. The same principle applies to both.
Well, think about it too.
Among the people I know, the one who has changed the most is undoubtedly Yin Jun.
Not surprisingly, he successfully 'married' Zhong Shoufu's daughter, and his status skyrocketed, becoming an upstart in the officialdom.
The old chief assistant was very generous and bought him a very decent house as a dowry.
The pending case of the Yin family was also closed due to insufficient evidence under the operation of Mr. Zhong.
During Yin Jun's wedding, Qi Yu also went there with gifts. During the dinner, he also met someone he wanted to see, and that was his sister Yin Tao.
Yes, he is the one Liu Jincheng misses in his heart.
She is indeed very beautiful, almost like a women's version of Yin Jun, but her temper is not very good and she seems to be quite high-spirited.
At that time, Qi Yu officially mentioned the marriage, but as a result, Yin Tao refused on the spot. She smiled and replied to Qi Yu: She wanted to find someone better than her brother.
What does this mean?
Are you declining?
I guess so.
Let this matter go!
Continuing to talk about Yin Jun, his official career has also begun to make a leap since he got married. In less than half a year, he was promoted from the eighth-grade Zhaomo of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the sixth-grade experience.
In addition, it is said that Mr. Zhong also removed the right-hand censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to make room for his son-in-law.
In addition to the things mentioned above, there is another major thing that has not been resolved.
Yes, it was unsuccessful.
That was the big case the year before last, in which a large number of imperial doctors were arrested and imprisoned. However, the conclusion of this case has not been announced until now.
Yes, there are rumors that this case is related to the death of the late emperor.
If this is the case, it is a serious case.
The imperial court indeed paid great attention to it and arranged a joint trial among the three departments, but so far, no results have been achieved.
The three divisions are: the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
So, this became a mystery, and it was a mystery that was forbidden to be discussed.
