Nightwatcher

Wei Yuan's operation is a bit flamboyant. It's too much for the middlemen to make a difference. However, this also shows that as long as the chicken essence is produced in large quantities, it will definitely make a lot of money.

Am I making a mistake and starting a road to a simple and unpretentious rich family with many wives and concubines?

"Sure enough, there is a specialization in the art industry. If I knew I wouldn't mess with it myself and guide the warlocks of Si Tianjian, it's too late for me to sit behind the scenes and enjoy the rake." Xu Qi'an sighed silently.

From the tax bank case to the Sangbo case, and now, he has offended too many bigwigs in the court, and he has been tied to Wei Yuan to death.

Under such circumstances, all he has to do is practice and assist Wei Yuan. The more stable Wei Yuan's position and power, the more benefits Xu Qi'an reaped. I really don't have much energy to fiddle with alchemy.

Well, it's not that I don't have time at all, I will talk about it when I have free time in the future, for the present plan, I will step into the realm of refining gods first.

Huaiqing took a sip of tea, which moistened his lips, and said in a very calm tone: "Recently, the struggle between the various parties in the court has suddenly ceased. The reason is that Wei Gong and Wang Shoufu joined forces to try to make the court big and small. The small party cleans it up."

"This is a good thing." Xu Qi'an's eyes lit up.

Huaiqing shook his head: "Father is blocked, and the situation in the court is chaotic, which is beneficial to him. The more intense the fighting between the parties, the more he can practice Taoism at ease. If one family dominates, or two dominates, The court will be out of father's control."

You can tell me this, Huaiqing regards me as her own, why do you feel that she trusts me too much? Although I can lick well, I haven't licked you a few times in total.

"Party struggle is a double-edged sword. It can maintain His Majesty's position, but it can also disrupt the court situation. The more parties there are, the more intense the struggle will be. For a long time, no one cares about government affairs, and their minds are full of conspiracy and conspiracy. Destroy your opponent."

During the process of speaking, Xu Qi'an has been observing Princess Huaiqing's face, if she shows any displeasure or disgust, Xu Qi'an will stop immediately.

On the contrary, Xu Qi'an used his pseudo-historical knowledge to have a good chat with the princess to enhance their relationship and win her more attention.

Princess Huaiqing, who was familiar with history books, squinted her eyes, and deliberately set up a trick: "If you just put an end to party disputes, you will never have future troubles."

Xu Qi'an shook his head: "There is no party in the court, and there are all kinds of strange things."

There is no party in the court, and there are all kinds of strange things. Princess Huaiqing repeatedly savored this sentence in her heart, her eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously twitched into a smile.

Seeing this, Xu Qi'an immediately said: "I have some humble opinions, I don't know if the eldest princess is interested in listening."

Princess Huaiqing heard the words, quietly corrected her sitting posture, nodded and said: "But it's okay to say."

Xu Qi'an thought it over and said: "Actually, His Majesty's way of checking and balancing the court is not appropriate."

He saw Princess Huaiqing squinting her eyes, but she didn't stop, she just stared at him. Then he continued:

"If you want to check and balance the court, you don't need so many parties, you only need three evenly matched parties. Because no matter in any field, the triangle is the most stable, um, except for marriage."

"Triangle?" Huaiqing heard an unfamiliar word.

Xu Qi'an built a triangle with her hands, and she suddenly said: "This kind of structure often appears in the construction of palaces."

The Eldest Princess is indeed extremely intelligent. Xu Qi'an gave a "hmm" and said, "If there are only two parties, they may form an alliance in private. On the surface, they are incompatible with each other, but they are secretly colluding. But if it is a tripartite confrontation, it will be difficult for them to reach an alliance." With the same interests, the court will be relatively stable and easy to check and balance."

Princess Huaiqing pondered for a long time, she seemed to have figured out something, she smiled lightly, then quickly restrained herself, and resumed her aloof attitude:

"The great Confucian of Yunlu Academy said that you are the seed of reading. I thought you were only good at writing poems. Unexpectedly, you have such a brilliant opinion. There are only a handful of students in the world who can be like you. The great Confucianism of Yunlu Academy has a bright eye. , it’s Bengong who underestimated you.”

No, they just think that my poems are good, and you didn't underestimate me. I am a keyboard warrior, pointing the country to stimulate the text, and making the world invincible with one keystroke.

Xu Qi'an smiled back reservedly.

"Actually, besides the many factions, the imperial court also has a very fatal problem, Your Highness, forgive me, the improper use of words in a humble position."

Princess Huaiqing said with a slight smile, "My family members talk behind closed doors, so there is no need to worry too much."

Her cold and bright eyes, like a cold pool, stared slowly, expressing an urgent desire to listen, but she didn't say it out loud.

Xu Qi'an immediately felt relieved, and said: "Your Majesty can easily control the promotion and dismissal of the princes above the court, but he can't control the officials and subordinates at the bottom, especially the latter, who are the chief culprit for the poor livelihood of the people."

This question seemed to touch upon Princess Huaiqing's weakness, which made her suddenly solemn, and interjected: "I am also worried about this question."

"In fact, there are two reasons for the accumulation of the disadvantages of subordinate officials in Dafeng: first, the court has fierce party disputes and neglects management. This caused the subordinate staff to be lawless."

Princess Huaiqing nodded: "You agree with me. I have thought about this problem more than once, but I can't figure it out."

You are a princess, why do you think about this kind of thing? Xu Qi'an said: "As for the affairs of the subordinate staff, the suggestion of a humble position is to centralize power."

"Centralization of power" Princess Huaiqing unconsciously asked for advice, because this is another unfamiliar word.

"Although His Majesty is now firmly in control of the court situation, he maintains the situation where the various parties are fighting, so he has to give corresponding powers. His Majesty's power is too scattered." Xu Qi'an did not continue. He believed that with the wisdom of the princess, he could understand the meaning.

Similarly, how to change the status quo? The person who tied the bell must be untied, or the prodigal son of Emperor Yuan Jing would turn around and be diligent in government affairs. Either he abdicates.

This was the reason why Xu Qi'an interrupted the topic. If he continued, he would inevitably touch upon this taboo topic.

The two chatted for a long time, Princess Huaiqing looked at this Tonggong with admiration, Xu Qi'an was the same, this princess was not only smart, but also knowledgeable, quoting classic sentences, talking to her was both pleasant and difficult.

Seeing that it was almost done, Xu Qi'an offered to leave. I can't talk anymore, there is really nothing left, and if I continue talking, I will have to talk about socialism with you.

Princess Huaiqing nodded, her eyes were full of meaning.

After leaving Princess Huaiqing's palace, Xu Qi'an turned around and went to find Lin'an, and soon got a message, and entered the mansion under the leadership of the guards.

It's two o'clock in the morning (9:30 in the morning), and Lin'an, who is wearing a fiery red dress, is kicking shuttlecock with the court lady.

If Xu Lingyin is talented in the field of eating, Zhuanxiang is very talented in playing. She is now better at kicking shuttlecock than Xu Qi'an, a martial arts practitioner.

The fiery red skirt flutters, the small waist twists and turns, and the slender legs seem to have their own GPS, which can always catch the shuttlecock and kick it into the air again.

So if this girl was born in his era, she would be a nightclub queen who travels every day and clubs.

The skirts of this era are too conservative, and Xu Qi'an, who was wearing trousers underneath and didn't see anything, cursed inwardly, cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness."

Seeing Xu Qi'an coming to visit, she kicked the shuttlecock to the maid and pinched her waist: "Didn't you say that the case is over, so you come here every day to say hello?"

"This imperial palace is not just a humble job." Xu Qi'an walked towards the pavilion, and Princess Lin'an followed.

She took the sweat towel handed over by the maid, wiped her little face, and messed up her delicate eyebrows.

"I want to go out of the palace to play recently, you stay with me." Lin'an returned the sweat towel to the servant girl, and washed his hands again.

Xu Qi'an squinted at her: "No."

Lin'an stared at him immediately: "You dog slave."

The two started to play the trick of boiling the eagle again, Zhuan Zhuan tried to persuade Xu Qi'an with her charming and affectionate peach blossom eyes, but Xu Qi'an countered with dead fish eyes.

Sure enough, she was the first to admit defeat, her round goose face was slightly shy, she looked away and said angrily: "If it's Huaiqing, are you just following orders?"

Huaiqing won't let me do such a deadly thing, okay, Xu Qi'an who abducted the princess out of the palace to beheaded took out the porcelain bottle from his arms:

"Recently, I accidentally found a little thing. When I cook, I add some of it to enhance the umami taste. It's called Chicken Essence."

In front of Mounting, he is more casual and never takes a humble position. The second princess never cares about these things.

"Chicken Essence is such a strange name." Lin'an said with a grin, "I don't have any money to spend, right? I will reward you with another painting. Well, Curry sent you an ivory pen. It is said to be quite valuable, and I don't like it either." Write and send it to you."

Xu Qi'an immediately said: "Your Highness has misunderstood, the humble position is not for the reward, the humble position is willing to work for the princess."

Lin'an is a person who likes to listen to sweet words, so he is very happy immediately: "Then what do you want?"

"Please convert it into silver, Your Highness."

"If you want money, you can do it." Mounting his hands on his cheeks, he stared at him with a smile, those misty eyes seemed to be staring at his lover.

"I'm so bored, I'm tired of playing shuttlecock, tell me a story, just talk about the Journey to the West last time."

"Good Your Majesty, this time I will tell you about borrowing the banana fan three times." Xu Qi'an drank the tea offered by the maid, moistened his throat:

"One day, Tang Monk and his disciples came to the Flaming Mountain. The fire was so raging that they couldn't fly over it. The Lord of the Earth told Sun Dasheng that if you want to extinguish the flames of the Flaming Mountain, you have to be like the Iron Fan Princess asking for the Banana Fan. Speaking of the Iron Fan Princess , she is the wife of the Bull Demon King."

"The Bull Demon King? It's Sun Dasheng's sworn brother." Mounted had a good memory and called out tenderly.

"Yes, so Sun Dasheng and Mrs. Niu have an unknown relationship."

"What origin?"

"Princess, let me continue." Xu Qi'an glanced at the maid, "You wait outside the pavilion."

The maid left obediently.

Xu Qi'an was relieved immediately, and continued: "When Sun Dasheng came to the Banana Cave, Princess Iron Fan welcomed him in enthusiastically, but she was unwilling to borrow the banana fan. So the two started a fierce hand-to-hand fight.

"Sun Dasheng turned into a worm and got into Princess Iron Fan's belly, saying: Sister-in-law, I'm already inside you.

"Princess Iron Fan rolled all over the ground in pain and gave in. As long as Sun Dasheng came out, she would offer a plantain fan.

"Sun Dasheng said: Sister-in-law opens her mouth, my grandson is coming out.

"At this time, the Bull Demon King was outside the door, witnessing all this."

"Then who will he help?" Lin'an said in distress: "One is a sworn brother, and the other is a married wife. It's a dilemma."

"No, the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan have divorced."