The dynasty festival has just passed, and the year has begun. Jinyang City has not yet broken free from the peaceful atmosphere. The pedestrians on the street are endless, the cars and horses are noisy, children chase and play each other, laughing and joking, and a peaceful life picture slowly opens in front of their eyes...

But not everyone has experienced this comfort and leisure. For some of Jinyang City, no matter how festive the atmosphere is, it cannot dilute the cloud that enveloped their hearts. In a private room in a restaurant near Liufang, the fire in the stove burned, and the rolling heat waves roasted the snow on the window ridge. Water drips dripping down the small wooden building. The layout of the pavilions is quite luxurious, the place is secluded, and the bead curtains are hanging down. The reason why this luxurious restaurant is open in such an inconspicuous area is entirely because it does not make a living by making a profit. It is a reception place run by a powerful family. Everyone sits on their own. A woman hides behind the bead curtains and plays the guqin. The vocal music is like a gurgling water, but no one has the intention to watch. Everyone has their own thoughts and is worried... Everyone's face is so gloomy that it is about to twist out the water...

"Enough, you guys go down first..." Duan Xiaoyan waved his hand and repelled the musician. The music made him feel confused and upset. He took a sip of tea. The leaves gradually stretched out in the light brown water waves, and there was no longer any heat. The tea was filled with a strong bitterness, just like his mood at this moment. He paused for a long time before saying: "...... The old dog Zu Yi has made moves again today. He wrote a memorial and has already been introduced to the cabinet for discussion. It is recommended that Your Majesty and Right Prime Minister select the best and select officials to be retained according to the previous years of the Ministry of Personnel's examination and evaluation..."

Everyone was uproared. One of the young men dressed in a noble-looking man wearing a pup head and a silly shirt said in surprise: "Is the news true?"

Duan Xiaoyan nodded and said with a sad expression: "The cabinet did not intend to cover the news and send it to pieces. It was confirmed early. I heard that those guys are now deciding on the vote, and there is a high possibility of passing..."

Some of the people here are happy and some are worried. There is no need to worry about the evaluation of the political performance, but most of the people present were from the six towns. They knew how much their political performance reached. So some of them began to be indignant and said indignantly: "The ancestors and the surname Zheng and Zhao... Do these scholars in the group of Confucian scholars want to force us to the dead end? Our fathers and grandparents are brave enough for the country, which has led to the cover of our day... If they want to control government affairs, they will let them do it. Why do they have to kill them all? Our family has also shed blood for the country!"

In the past, few of the six towns' ministers were in charge of the army themselves. Most of them were named as generals, but in fact they were taking the relatively safe civil servant path. The more they pushed back, the fewer talents could fight tough battles.

Even if it was a large-scale withdrawal to the civil service system, the political level of these honorary ministers was really worrying. Most of them rely on their official positions under the guise of ancestors and hid in various power departments or clear water yamen. Before the reorganization of the court, the operation of the Daqi was stirred up by these people who did not understand government affairs. After the rectification, the honorary ministers gradually lost their voice in government affairs, but at least they still accounted for a considerable proportion in the court affairs. However, now, they can't even maintain an empty shell...

He was forced to retreat to the riverside, thinking that the emperor would stop, but no, the battle in Fenzhou had just come to an end. Before everyone could stop and take a breath, the cabinet had turned the knife in a direction, and wanted to drive the people standing by the river into the river and drowned! Yes, for some Xunmen, the cabinet was pushing them to death!

During these days, they were frightened and indignant, and kept taking action to mobilize all relations to restrain the cabinet and delay the arrangement, but it was ineffective. The efficiency of the cabinet allowed it to operate safely even if it lost the support of more than half of the imperial department. The officials of the Cao subordinates under the six ministries were firmly held in their hands. This institution was still as stable as Mount Tai without the support of the emperor.

Of course, it was not that no one had any bad thoughts, but later they all gave up their thoughts... Jinyang was in the hands of the imperial guard camp, even if someone wanted a riot, it was very likely that he would be suppressed before it was launched. Fu Fu, Murong Sanzang, and Gao Yanzong were not good at all. In the long-term stable life, the six towns had long lost their swords and their spirits of licking blood from the knife and fighting. The rebellion would not be responded to. It was hard to whistle, and no one dared to bet on his family's life to take this risk...

Of course the emperor would not care about the feelings of the little honor, but what about those powerful ministers? Will your Majesty take it as air and ignore their suggestions when they come forward?

Everyone's eyes turned to Duan Xiaoyan. The most powerful Xun family in Northern Qi is now the Duan family and the Hulu family. Duan Xiaoyan is the younger brother of Duan Shao, the current dynasty of the dynasty Duan Shao, and the Marquis of Bacheng County, the founder of the Three Sessions of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of Qizhou, the Minister of Taichang Temple, and the Minister of the Shizhong. He has a deep foundation and a lot of followers. He is also backed by the big tree of the Duan family. He is the hardest backstage among everyone present.

Duan Xiaoyan also suffered heavy losses in this power purge. Except for the position of Shizhong, all other power positions were deprived of all. Hundreds of Kaifu Yi and the Three Sessions across the country were deprived of local power. How could Duan Xiaoyan be an exception? Without the power to Kaifu, he lost his power in the court. Duan Xiaoyan's political status plummeted and he could no longer use it to make full use of himself.

The enemy is a friend.

One of them looked brighter and brighter, thinking that this was a good breakthrough, so he stood up and bowed to Duan Xiaoyan, saying:

"Dazai is rumored to be unwell these days. Can the servant introduce me to Dazai? "

"Ha, do you want to persuade my elder brother to help?" Duan Xiaoyan saw through his thoughts, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Stop thinking. Now my elder brother's mansion is closed and thanking guests. He has already spoken. No one has seen anyone. I have visited the door yesterday and didn't see my elder brother. It's still those nephews who came out to make a few perfunctory words... How can you be exceptional? He can make him look up to you? He did this, obviously, just telling everyone that he can't walk on this path, and he can't do it..."

Everyone looked at each other, Duan Xiaoyan's tone was filled with resentment. It seemed that what he said was true, and some people could not hide their disappointment and said, "The Left Prime Minister is not in the court, even if he is there, he will not punish Your Majesty for us at this time... But, Duan Taizai is the backbone of our six towns! After so many years, we have asked for soldiers to give soldiers, and we will continue to do anything. Even when the court could not afford to pay, we had never complained about... The Jinyang Army had 300,000 yuan, and has it caused trouble for him over the years? He... How could he bear to stand by now?"

Everyone was silent again. This person was a marginal figure in the Xun family. Otherwise, they would not have been unclear about these details. The six towns of Xianbei claimed to have hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers, but how many people have really been willing to fight for the court? Their essence is to hire mercenaries. The Emperor of the Gao family raised them on weekdays, but it is not that they can be mobilized by mobilization. They cannot afford to pay. Those generals will not send out even if they are soldiers. If these armies with armored 300,000 can be called at any time, how could the Daqi be oppressed by the Zhou army so embarrassed?

If not, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turks joined forces to face the enemy, Huluguang and Gao Changgong would not have only brought 50,000 people south to resist the Zhou army's 200,000 troops. Seeing that Luoyang was about to fall into the enemy's hands, Duan Shao would have only brought a thousand Xianbei Baigu to help Huluguang. If Duan Shao had not quickly captured the occupation and commanded the Battle of Mangshan, and reversed the situation in one fell swoop. Now this country still has a surname or not?

It is ridiculous to say that when Gao Huan and Gao Yang were alive, every winter, the Zhou army would desperately dig out the ice on the Fen River to prevent the Qi army from entering. After more than ten years, the situation changed and every winter, it turned into ice on the Qi people to dig out the ice on the river.

How could Da Qi, who has the essence of the world and has hundreds of thousands of Xianbei warriors, fall to this point and be beaten by the weak western riding? The problem of people who took the initiative to ignore and avoid it inevitably came to their hearts at this time...

In the past, people thought that it was the late emperor Gao Zhan who liked luxury, which made the world reach this point. The country's power declined. But if you think about it, Wenxiang and Xiaozhao were not unwilling to reform, but Da Qi was still inevitably going downhill. A big stone was blocking there, blocking the wise ancestor of the Gao family. This big stone had been there since Gao Huan established the Eastern Wei... The wrong one was the six towns...?

Then how will His Majesty deal with the wrong affairs? Should he correct it... or... completely eradicate it?

The sky shone in slanted, and no candles were lit in the dark pavilion. In this secluded street market, the snow on the roadside was swept to both sides of the road, and there was no sign of melting. A child ran around laughing and laughing... Everyone's hearts were wrapped in fear of the unknown future, and no one paid attention to these trivial matters. In the midst of a dead silence, the table beside Duan Xiaoyan shook, the tea cup was overturned, and the tea water soaked his sleeves. His expression was a little ferocious, and he stood up and said, "They can't rely on themselves. We... just us... just our strength will be less? We are the Six Towns Xunmen! Your Majesty will not ignore our attitude, no..."

He tried hard to convince himself, and suddenly looked up and said, "There are many ants who bite the elephant to death! Everyone has tribe members and relatives and friends. Let's fight for everything we can fight for... I don't believe it. This Lao Shi's cabinet can really hold up the pressure of so many people? Although those people don't need to do anything specifically, we must build up the momentum in a short period of time, the bigger the better!"
Chapter completed!