All Hail Cousin Brother

As expected by Song Mingzhao, as soon as his family letter was delivered to the inn, it was delivered into the hands of Jiazhou Mansion.

In Jiazhou Mansion, there are talented people who forge letters and open letters.

Song Mingzhao had not sent home letters for a long time, and the Jiazhou Mansion was very anxious, worried about provoking prying eyes from the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion. Of course, he was also confident that all matters in Quanzhou were arranged in a watertight manner, so he might not be able to find out anything.

But as the saying goes: Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

He originally wanted to forge a family letter, but was stopped by the staff in front of him: "The Marquis of Zhenguo is an old nobleman of the Zhou Dynasty, and his background is extraordinary. Forging pen and ink can hide it from the eyes of ordinary people, but it may not be able to hide it from the eyes of ordinary people." The Duke’s Mansion may be self-defeating.”

So, I had to give up.

The Jiazhou Prefecture originally planned to appoint him as the chief bookkeeper of the Dehua County Yamen. With the help of his colleagues, he reminded Song Mingzhao: He is busy with official duties, so he should remember to send family letters to his family to avoid worries and difficulties at home. install.

Unexpectedly, I fell asleep and met the pillow.

Immediately, experts who were good at opening were ordered to use various special techniques to remove the lacquer seal and open the envelope to ensure that the envelope was the same as before without the lacquer seal.

Then he summoned his staff, carefully circulated the contents of the letter, and read it word for word. After finding no abnormalities, he searched for strangers and carefully checked whether there were any abnormalities on the paper and envelope.

After one night, it turned out that this was just an ordinary letter home.

The big stone in Jiazhou Mansion's heart was finally settled. He quickly sent someone to deliver the letter to the inn, and also ordered: "We must hurry up and send it to Zhenguo Hou Mansion. Don't delay."

After the letter was sent, Jiazhou Mansion said to the staff around him: "The Crown Prince of Song Dynasty has some real abilities. He has only been in Dehua for two months, and he is a county magistrate." His tone revealed a hint of Appreciation, and then another sigh: "It's just that these young men from aristocratic families all have higher eyesight. They are skilled in human feelings and have insight into the world. After all, they are still a little immature. No, as soon as they arrived in Dehua, they were put in the yamen. The mountain of official duties and complicated trivial matters have hindered my mind and limbs."

Song Mingzhao was not the county magistrate originally scheduled to be transferred to Dehua County.

It was after the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion took care of it in many ways that he replaced the original candidate, so that he only received the relevant documents from the court after Song Mingzhao set off.

At this time, Xie's Mansion had already escaped from Quanzhou, and the government was badly burned by the fire that broke out before Xie's Mansion left, and was busy cleaning up the aftermath.

Just at this moment, Song Mingzhao came over.

Naturally, he was not in the mood to pay attention. The city was still in chaos, and he did not dare to let Song Mingzhao enter the city.

Worried that Song Mingzhao would do something bad after arriving in Dehua, he quickly ordered the manpower deployed in Dehua County Government to find more things for Song Mingzhao to do.

With too many things on his hands, Song Mingzhao has no time to worry about anything else. As the saying goes, if you do too much, you will make many mistakes. Then you can take advantage of the mistakes to take advantage of Song Mingzhao and suppress him.

So far, it seems that the results are pretty good.

Speaking of this, Jiazhou Mansion said with a smile: "These young men from aristocratic families cannot live a good life. If they have to find their own faults, how can they live a good life when they are sent down to the lower levels? They have learned a lot of scriptures, but they have no place to use them to govern the land and the people." You can’t just rely on words on paper, you have to do everything yourself, even if you lose a cow, you have to find it with the government, and you’ll be very worried.”

This is not true for a poor student, let alone a young master like Zhao Song Ming Zhao who was born into a noble family and did not know the sufferings of the people.

The staff laughed: "Isn't that right? Jiang is still very old. No matter how powerful the Song Crown Prince is, he is only eighteen or nineteen years old. He is still young and has not reached the crown. How can he compare with you?"

Jiazhou Mansion shook his head: "Having said that, as long as this Song Mingzhao stays in Quanzhou, I will have trouble sleeping and eating. The royalists generally do not get involved in the fight for the throne. They will support whoever becomes the emperor. My lord is still here." It is not easy to make enemies of the royalists before the uprising occurs, and when the enemies and friends are still unknown. It is really hard to kill them, and they cannot provide for them, which is a headache."

Song Mingzhao is the next Yu Zongshen, and he is almost the default candidate for the next chief minister. Killing him would be tantamount to making an enemy of the royalists.

The staff hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you might as well think about it in another direction. Song Mingzhao's coming to Quanzhou is certainly unexpected and will bring many disadvantages to you, but Song Mingzhao is the prince of the Zhenguo Marquis and his weight in the royalist party is important enough. How could you know Can’t it become a favorable bargaining chip for us to suppress the royalists in the future?”

It was because Song Mingzhao was so important that the Jiazhou Mansion was worried that something had happened to him: "We still can't underestimate these noble families. Our plan for the Xie Mansion was foolproof at the beginning, but what's the result?"

He actually underestimated Princess Shaoyi.

Unexpectedly, Princess Shaoyi had already been doing things to buy time for the Xie Mansion to evacuate Quanzhou from the moment he came to Quanzhou, and even he was kept in the dark.

What annoyed him most was that when he focused his attention on the Xie Mansion, the Lin family, who had always been on good terms with the Xie Mansion, actually escaped under his nose.

You must know that the medicinal materials business run by the Lin family is an important part of the Lord's plan.

He really lost his wife and lost his troops.

The staff also felt sad: "Your Majesty is absolutely right."

Now Princess Shaoyi is in a good position. She took the whole family of the Xie Mansion to the north and took refuge with King Wu Mu. In the name of helping King Wu Mu, she vigorously promoted sweet potato cultivation in the north and alleviated the drought, and won the favor of the imperial court. support and lawsuits from people all over the world.

It is true that the tiger cannot be killed, and the consequences are endless.

The more Jiazhou Mansion thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and he became more cautious in his heart: "I will send a letter to my lord in a while, telling him all about Song Mingzhao's every move in Dehua County during this period, but I can't let the matter come to an end. Something went wrong."

The emperor has not been in court for a long time, and he did not even step out of the palace gate before the queen mother came to attend the court. However, people in the government and the public were still in a state of uncertainty.

Concubine Lan relied on the support of the Queen Mother to control the harem.

With the tacit approval of the Queen Mother, the second prince began to blatantly participate in government affairs.

Duke Xu's mansion was trying to win over party members in the court, and among the princes, the third prince was the most powerful.

Even the fourth prince, who used to be inconspicuous in the past, began to appear in public frequently.

The battle for storage positions is already on the table.

The Lord is waiting for the opportunity, which is about to arrive. The more critical this time is, the more cautious he must be.

…

At the same time, Yu Youyao also arrived at Xiangping City successfully.

General Anyuan was worried about her foot injury. He walked and stopped along the way. When he encountered a place with beautiful scenery, he stopped to set up camp. He traveled all the way and walked for seven days out of a four-to-five-day journey.

As a result, Yu Youyao's feet were mostly healed under Aunt Xu's careful care.

You can walk slowly on the ground with a wooden stick, but when you get off the ground, you still feel a slight swelling and pain in your ankle bones, and you need to rest for a while before you can feel better.