Jiang Shuan took people to turn Bianjing upside down, but he still couldn't find Xu Yizhi's whereabouts.
He and Xu Yunxiao seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving no trace.
Three days have passed.
Everyone knows that Xu Yizhi is probably no longer in Bianjing.
Sima is tired of ordering people to issue a wanted notice, and Xu Yizhi is wanted all over the country.
Wanted notices were sent to counties and states through post stations.
The Xu family and others were sent to the border as usual. They were punished by tattooing, which means that they have no room to turn over in their life, and their exiled identity will accompany them all their life.
The city gate, which was closed for three days, was finally opened today.
More than 300 members of the Xu family, under the supervision of the officers and soldiers, left Bianjing from the west gate.
The Xu family, which once had unlimited scenery, fell completely.
The real murderer of the prince's assassination has been subdued. Guangzhao temple has been lifted and restored to the peak of incense.
The vast majority of civil servants with more than four grades in the central government were dismissed and investigated. The operation of various departments in the central government was forced to be suspended, and many official affairs were overstocked and left unattended.
Sima fan had expected this.
He once suffered such a loss, so he won't eat it again.
Over the past ten years, he has apparently known Xu Yi as a snake, but secretly he has been preparing for today.
Isn't it just a shortage of people?
South Chu lacks everything, but there is no shortage of talents!
Sima fan took out the secretly trained talents one by one, inserted them into each gap, and a large network of contacts woven by him spread out in the imperial court.
The five cabinet elders who originally wanted to take the opportunity to take a piece of the pie saw it and rested their minds one after another.
The emperor really grew up.
He is no longer the little hairy child who just ascended the throne and didn't know anything.
Now he gradually has the appearance of an iron emperor.
You can't underestimate him any more.
The vacancies in the court were filled with Sima fan's people, and finally only the first and second positions were left empty.
Today, only five ministers in the cabinet are qualified to compete for this position.
Everyone thought that the emperor would choose one of the five people to take over the position of first and second, but the emperor never mentioned it. It seemed that he had forgotten it.
The five cabinet elders were so anxious that they wanted to rush up immediately and ask who the emperor wanted to choose as the first assistant?
But if you really ask, it will appear that they are too utilitarian and damage their personal image.
Finally, they can only contact their disciples and old officials, and prepare to mention it to the emperor in the great dynasty to see what attitude the emperor has.
The first day of each month is the time of the great dynasty.
Now it's the end of December. It's just the end of the lunar new year. When the next day comes, it's next year.
The first court meeting of the new year is naturally more grand than usual.
According to convention, the emperor should take all civil and military officials to the ancestral temple to pay homage to their ancestors, and then return to the imperial palace.
At the court meeting, someone mentioned the candidate for the head and auxiliary.
Sima fan's answer was particularly smooth.
"The position of chief assistant is of great importance and needs to be carefully considered. You can put forward any suggestions and I will consider them."
As soon as he said this, many people immediately stood up.
"Wen Ge is the oldest and most able to convince the public. Weichen thinks he is the most suitable!"
"Old Peng GE has the strongest ability to handle affairs and has a pair of insight. He is a good hand in both knowing people and solving cases. It is best for him to take over as the first assistant!"
"Peng GE's character is too sharp. It's not good. Weichen thinks Wang Ge is more suitable to take over as the first assistant. He is gentle and polite, known as a virtuous name, and has a good reputation among the people."
"Wang Ge's old character is good, but it's too good, but he's not decisive enough. In contrast, Yan Ge's old is more suitable. He is the No. 1 scholar, knowledgeable and talented. No one can compare with him except the son of heaven."
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The court hall, which was still very quiet, soon became lively because of these people's arguments.
One by one, they were arguing and spitting.
No one would give in. After the quarrel, they escalated to personal attack. Of course, they still maintained the bottom line of literati and didn't scold. Even if they scolded, they also scolded by citing classics. If someone who hadn't read a book or reacted slowly, they didn't even know that the other party was scolding themselves.
Sima Yan looked down at the quarrel of the group and didn't mean to interrupt at all.
Gu Zheng said that the way to be a king should be weighed first.
How to weigh it?
Naturally, we should first provoke contradictions, and then deal with them to achieve balance.
The harder they quarrel, the more support Sima fan, an outsider, can get from it.
We didn't have to stop arguing until we were dry and hoarse.
Sima Fan said slowly, "I already know your opinions. It's getting late. I should go to pay a new year's call to the Empress Dowager."
Then he got up and left.
All civil and military officials knelt down in unison.
"Congratulations, your majesty!"
Today is the first day of the lunar new year. All the family members of officials above grade 4 in Beijing are eligible to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager and the queen. After paying New Year's greetings, the Empress Dowager and the queen will still keep the family members in the palace for dinner in order to show their kindness. Therefore, today's palace is particularly lively.
When Sima fan came to Biquan palace, Empress Dowager Yan was talking to Ying Laotai Jun. in addition to them, there were seven or eight women's dependents in the room, all about forty or fifty years old.
When they saw the emperor coming, everyone except the Empress Dowager got up and saluted.
Sima Yan exempted them.
He bowed to empress dowager Yan: "empress mother, my son wishes you a new year."
Empress Dowager Yan smiled and waved to him, "come and have a look. This is the New Year gift given to me by doctor Jiang."
As the head of Jiuqu County personally canonized by the emperor, Jiang Weiwei should go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager and the queen on the first day of the lunar new year. However, because she is too far away from Bianjing and her two children are too young, she can't go to Beijing separately for the time being, so she can only entrust someone to send new year's gifts to the palace as a token of her heart.
Sima fan is quite interested. Although Jiang Weiwei is a woman, she has a somewhat masculine style. He wants to know what she will send to the Empress Dowager?
He glanced over.
A mahogany box was covered with light gold brocade, and two small white porcelain cans were quietly placed in the middle. The packaging was very exquisite, but he didn't know what those two small white porcelain cans were for.
Empress Dowager Yan deliberately teased him: "guess what this is?"
Sima fan stared for a long time and didn't see anything famous. Jiang Weiwei is a doctor. From her career, it's more likely to send herbs or supplements, but there are many of these things in the palace, and the Empress Dowager is not rare at all.
What can make the Empress Dowager smile so happily should not be an ordinary gift.
Sima wearily said helplessly, "I can't guess. Please make it clear to the queen mother."
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