Nowadays, it is spread all over the palace that Xue Shu rose quickly but also fell quickly. After offending His Majesty, he was given to His Highness the Crown Prince.

Who else in this palace doesn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince dislikes Xue Shu?

Let's just say that during the days when Xue Shu arrived at Ciqing Palace, he didn't do much serious work. He spent the whole day serving His Highness the Crown Prince tea and water and doing other chores. Yesterday, someone even saw him giving His Highness the Crown Prince foot-washing water.

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In the past, the eunuchs in charge who walked in front of the emperor and called for everything were now inferior to even the lowest eunuchs in Ciqing Palace!

Rumors were rampant, and it was no wonder that the people who had previously worked under Xue Shu were confused.

Xue Shu had long expected this would happen: "Don't worry, don't pay attention to those restless ones, just watch them."

The most taboo thing in this palace is to turn your back on the master and vote for someone else. There is no need for such a fast-paced person to take care of things. He will have to suffer in the future.

"As for you and Cui Ci, if you have the ability, just climb up. Our family has other important things to do, and sooner or later you will have to take over."

Seeing his calm posture, Wei Xihe knew that he must have a plan in mind. And he was different from others. When he was in Tianjin Wei, he had seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince get along with Xue Shu. Those rumors outside were probably just rumors.

"I can save it."

Wei Xihe bowed and turned to leave.

When Yin Chengyu returned to Hongren Hall, he saw the Qiu Wei list on the table.

Qiu Wei has released the results in September. Previously, he was thinking that Xie Yunchuan would also participate in Qiu Wei this year, so he asked someone to send him a list of successful candidates after the results were released.

He unfolded the list and only looked at the top name. Sure enough, he saw Xie Yunchuan's name at the top - it was Jieyuan.

It seems that the previous Sun family case did not affect his preparation for the exam, and the direction is still the same as in the previous life.

If nothing unexpected happens, in the spring of next year, Xie Yunchuan will win the first prize in one fell swoop and be selected as the number one scholar in the palace examination.

After that, he naturally entered the Hanlin Academy and served as editor and editor of the Imperial Academy. Later, due to his outstanding performance in the "Tongzhou Shocking Incident" in the winter of the 20th year of Longfeng, he ended his career as a "Guanzheng" in just two years.

He joined the Ministry of Rites and served as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. Later, he also performed very well in the Ministry of Rites and was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of War and the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. He became the confidant of the first assistant Shao Tian.

He was the youngest cabinet minister at that time, and he was unparalleled in the limelight. Officials in the DPRK and the Central Government said that Shao Tian intended to train him to be his successor.

But later Yin Chengyu returned to the palace and came to court. In order to get rid of Shao Tian and his gang members, after many twists and turns, it was discovered that Xie Yunchuan had a blood feud with Shao Tian. He endured the humiliation and burden for many years, and even became Shao Tian's favorite disciple and right-hand man. However,

It's to make revenge easier.

Back then, he spent a lot of effort to dispel Xie Yunchuan's suspicion and team up with him to get rid of Shao Tian, ​​a big problem.

If Shao Tian had not fallen and lost his most powerful support, Concubine Wen Gui and Yin Chengzhang would not have made frequent mistakes later and were destroyed by him in one fell swoop.

Xie Yunchuan was a close friend and good minister to him.

Thinking of the blood feud that Xie Yunchuan was carrying, Yin Chengyu thought for a moment, but decided to send someone to keep an eye on it secretly. There were too many variables in this life, and he didn't want Xie Yunchuan to be affected.

He subconsciously wanted to tell someone that Xue Shu was here, but stopped before he could say anything.

In the previous life, Xue Shu and Xie Yunchuan didn't like each other, and they often faced each other tit for tat. I don't know how many times they almost came to blows. If he hadn't been suppressing them from above, these two people would have been enemies of life and death.

If the two of them meet in this life, there is no guarantee that they will not form any grudge again. Thinking of Xue Shu's extremely strong jealousy, Yin Chengyu pinched his eyebrows with a headache, and finally asked Zhao Lin to come over.

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Xue Shu was delayed for a moment on the way. When he arrived in front of Hongren Hall, he happened to bump into Zhao Lin who was walking out.

Zhao Lin is not only responsible for the defense of the East Palace, but also has a team of secretly trained spies.

But since he took control of Xichang, Yin Chengyu usually wouldn't call Zhao Lin. Most matters were left to him and the Xichang subordinates to solve. According to Xue Shu's experience, every time Yin Chengyu used Zhao Lin, there must be some way to avoid it.

about his affairs.

Xue Shu's eyes flashed slightly, he paused and said hello to Zhao Lin: "What are you doing, Commander Zhao? But His Highness has another errand to give you?"

Zhao Lin and Zheng Duobao were the only two people in the East Palace who knew that Xue Shu was the prince's confidant. Therefore, he did not set up a defense against Xue Shu and nodded: "Exactly."

"Do you have enough manpower? Didn't Commander Zhao say last time that the spies under his command could not be used? Do you want to transfer a few from the West Factory?" Xue Shu said casually, as if making small talk.

"I'm just a scholar. How can I kill a chicken with a sledgehammer?" Zhao Lin said cheerfully: "Next time? I'll pick someone from your place."

After saying that, he hugged Xue Shu and walked out.

Xue Shu looked at his back, his face darkening little by little.

Scholar?

Before he could remember his past life, he still didn't understand why His Highness suddenly cared about the scholars involved in the Sun family case.

Can’t think of anything right now? Now that I’m here, I naturally know that this is all for Xie Yunchuan!

It’s Xie Yunchuan again!

The previous life was not enough to stir up trouble between him and His Highness, but this life also lingered on.

There was anger in Xue Shu's eyes, and he became more and more depressed when he thought of the missed opportunity. If he had thought about it earlier, he would have been able to take care of people in the prison without anyone noticing, and he could also be blamed.

Leaving it to Gao Yuan, how can His Highness be given the chance to meet this evil old fox again?!

He stood outside the door for a moment, suppressing the anger and jealousy in his heart, and then walked into Hongren Hall.

Yin Chengyu was sitting behind the desk, reviewing documents. Hearing the noise, he raised his eyes and glanced at him, and pointed at the inkstone: "You're just in time, come over and polish the ink for me."

Xue Shu pursed his lips, walked to him, picked up the ink stick and made circles on the inkstone.

His movements were very light and did not bring out any emotion. Only a pair of gloomy eyes, covered by eyelashes, looked at Yin Chengyu solemnly.

Old stories about old friends brought back the violence deep in his heart.

It's just that at this time, he didn't even have the stance to ask a question. He could only secretly hold his breath, thinking that the ink ingot was Xie Yunchuan, and polish it bit by bit.

Yin Chengyu didn't notice the undercurrent around him. He spread out the folder sent by the Ministry of Rites and showed it to him: "Just now, the Ministry of Rites sent the regulations for Danxi's winter hunting. The date is set for November 20th. By then? Wala and

The Tatars will send envoys to participate in the winter hunting."

The ancient emperors searched for seedlings in the summer in the spring, hunted in the autumn and in the winter; they went out of the suburbs at four seasons to show their strength to the world.[1]

Dayan has had the tradition of winter hunting since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Red Rhinoceros Winter Hunting is held every three years at the Red Rhinoceros Paddock in Beiping Prefecture. At that time, surrounding tribes such as Oara and Tatar will send envoys to participate in this grand event. Dayan will send its final representatives.

The elite army staged a military exercise in the Danxi paddock.

Not only to train elite soldiers, but also to deter neighboring countries with force and demonstrate the power of a great country.

At this time in his previous life, Yin Chengyu was imprisoned in the imperial mausoleum, so he naturally did not participate in the winter hunting of red rhinoceros. However, he knew that the result of the winter hunting of red rhinoceros in his previous life was not very good - after the founding of the People's Republic of Yan, he continued to use Tai.

The ancestors emphasized the policy of civility and suppressing military force, so that it was difficult to find good generals. The nobles were even more pampered and had long lost the blood of their ancestors. Not to mention that the forbidden army had not responded to the enemy for a long time, and its atmosphere was lazy.

Many factors accumulated, so that the winter hunting of rhinoceros in the 18th year of Longfeng not only failed to frighten the countries as expected, but also lost face.

As the host, Dayan not only failed to win the first place in the red rhinoceros winter hunting, but Emperor Longfeng even nearly died when he was chasing an eye-catching white-fronted tiger. It was during the hunt.

On the way, all the imperial troops came to the rescue, and even the Tatar and Wala envoys heard about it.

When the hunting was over and the scores were tallied, Tatar and Oara took first and second place, while Dayan only finished third.

This year's winter hunting of red rhinoceros came to an abrupt end. Emperor Longfeng was frightened and lost face. He returned to the capital early and did not allow anyone to mention the winter hunting of red rhinoceros again.

However, the Tatars and Oara got a glimpse of Dayan's weakness from this. In the winter of the 20th year of Longfeng, the Tatars defeated the Oara, and then raised their troops south to Tongzhou. Along the way, they invaded the local ten guards and thirty-eight states, killing

More than 200,000 people were plundered, more than 2 million cattle, horses and miscellaneous livestock were plundered, and gold and silver treasures were lost. 80,000 households were burned down, and hundreds of thousands of people were left in barren fields.[2]

It was called the "Tongzhou Shock".

At that time, the Yan Kingdom's treasury was empty, and due to the spread of the plague, the common people were wiped out, and the army's military strength was greatly reduced. So when the Tatars led their troops to Tongzhou, the total strength of the capital's troops was

There were only 60,000 to 70,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people. They were completely unable to resist the Tatar cavalry and could only let them plunder.

Later, Yin Chengyu read the records of the "Tongzhou Surprise" and wrote, "The Tatars plundered the village residents and burned the houses. The fires continued day and night."

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Dayan has a vast territory, and there have been constant frictions on the border for many years. However, such a tragic defeat without the ability to fight back as in the "Tongzhou Shock Incident" is unprecedented.

After the previous generation Yin Chengyu ascended the throne, his greatest ambition was to one day conquer the northern tribes and avenge his previous humiliation.

It's a pity that he was delayed for five years in his last life. By the time he came to the throne, Dayan was already riddled with holes. He worked hard and slept for three years, but he only repaired bigger holes to make the people's lives more stable.

It's just a bit more peaceful. Although the northern tribes have not dared to invade on a large scale, their intrusions have not stopped.

In the end, sending the army north was just an ambition that was never put into words.

Yin Chengyu looked at the Tatar envoy "Aharu" mentioned in the brochure, and his eyes darkened little by little - it was Aharu who led the troops to invade Dayan in his previous life.

"Da Yan is short of good generals. This winter hunting of Danxi, Gu Gu wants He Shan and Ying Hongxue to participate."

Ying Hongxue is good at planning, and He Shan is brave and brave. They are both rare and good generals.

With the lessons learned from the previous life, even if no one knew about it, Yin Chengyu would definitely wash away his shame this time during the winter hunting of Danxi and at the same time frighten the Tatars so that they would not dare to send troops easily again.

Xue Shu had no objection to this, and only said: "Sister and brother-in-law should not refuse."

Is this the same for Yin Chengyu? Thinking about it, he crossed out the names of the two distinguished disciples and added the names of He Shan and Ying Hongxue.

On November 15th, everything was arranged and Emperor Longfeng led his ministers to Danxi Palace.

The Danxi Palace is built in the northeast of Beiping Mansion, with the Danxi Paddock behind it.

The lengthy winter hunting procession arrived at the palace after three days. Emperor Longfeng had no involvement in the arrangement of the winter hunting as an excuse to train the prince. All matters were decided through consultation between Yin Chengyu and the Ministry of Rites and War.

Now that they have arrived at the palace, Emperor Longfeng and his concubines are already resting and playing in the palace. Even the officials and their families have taken a rest and are preparing for the winter hunt in two days. Only Yin Chengyu cannot rest. He has to keep an eye on the palace and set up defenses.

They have to supervise drill matters, and from time to time they have to deal with emergencies raised by officials from various ministries.

When I could finally take a break to catch my breath, it was already the night before the winter hunt began.

Yin Chengyu came out of the study and went to the bedroom to rest, his face and eyes could not hide the fatigue.

Xue Shu followed him and saw this and said: "I heard that the hot springs in the palace can relieve fatigue, your highness, would you like to try it?"

Yin Chengyu paused slightly, feeling moved by what he said. Without too much hesitation, he walked in the direction of the hot spring pool. He glanced sideways at Xue Shu and said, "Go and get Gu's clothes.
Chapter completed!