Fang Jie knew Pei Yan well, and also knew that this seemingly low-key and outrageous Huangmen servant was actually extremely powerful. When he felt that someone was watching him, he turned around and saw that the big man who really held the power of the court was looking at him. Fang Jie hurriedly saluted from afar, and called out to Mr. Pei.
Pei Yan nodded and smiled at him, walked over and said, "Why are you standing here?"
Fang Jie said: "There are some things I want to report to His Majesty, but His Majesty is busy at the moment, so I will wait here, waiting for His Majesty to call."
Pei Yan nodded and said: "It's raining outside, you go and wait in the room over there. I will inform Mu San when I go in, and if His Majesty sees you, let him go directly to the room to find you. The rain is the most freezing, if you catch the wind and cold, you will be in trouble."
Fang Xie thanked him and said: "You should just wait here, the rain is not a problem. The official is from the army, and the weather in the border town was several times colder than that of the emperor. Regardless of the rain or snow, the training is not enough. Stop. In the harsh winter, the days of dancing with bare arms against the wind seem to be still yesterday."
Hearing these words, Pei Yan suddenly realized that Fang Jie was also from Fan Gu's frontier army. He had just read the secret report from the Northwest, and his mind was full of Fan Gu's murder. He looked at this handsome and clean young man, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind. He was thinking that this young man was the only frontier soldier after Fan Gu's murder. When he left Fan Gu, the bloody case hadn't happened yet, but the date analysis wasn't far behind. So... does this boy know the truth? If he knew, did he know it later, or did he know it before
He froze for a moment, only to realize that his idea was somewhat unreasonable. He smiled apologetically because of his distraction, and then the other party explained: "Of course it is good to obey the rules, but Your Majesty has always been kind to our courtiers, and will not blame you for taking shelter from the rain. There is no one in the room over there." , you go inside and wait, if His Majesty is too busy, you have to wait, I will come out later, and I can chat with you."
He smiled and said: "You don't know, I'm the only one in that room all day, and I can suffocate to death."
Fang Jie couldn't help but also laughed. It was hard to take advantage of others' kindness, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll go over once, thank you, Mr. Pei, for your care."
Pei Yan nodded slightly, then quickly walked towards the East Nuan Pavilion holding the oil-paper umbrella. Fang Jie walked to the door of the row of houses known as the inner court, opened the curtain and was about to walk in when he saw the mountain of memorials on the long table in the room. He frowned slightly, but finally retreated.
Before Pei Yan walked into the East Nuan Pavilion, he looked back, and happened to see the scene where Fang Jie pulled back the curtain and then retreated. He immediately understood what was going on, Fang Xie must have seen the memorials in that room and dared not go in easily. He smiled, and said to himself that this young man is a cautious man.
Fang Jie stood in the yard, looking up at the light rain that was falling down. What was on his mind was the fact that Lu Ou was maimed by the left halfback Wupinya today. This incident was an emergency, but Fang Jie did not make such a decision at the time. At this moment, what he thought was, did he go a little too far
Thinking about something in my heart, time seemed to pass a little faster. If you simply wait around doing nothing, time will seem very slow.
I don't know how long it took, Pei Yan came out of Dongnuan Pavilion, and when he walked up to Fang Xie, he didn't ask him why he didn't come in, but smiled and said, "Come in with me, your cautious temperament is not like that. He comes from a military background. Your Majesty is discussing matters with Zong Lianghu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and several generals, and I don’t think I’ll be able to see you for a while.”
Fang Jie didn't refuse anymore, and followed Pei Yan into the inner court.
Because of the backlight, the room had to be lit even during the day. The weather outside is very cloudy, so the house looks a lot brighter. Fang Jie didn't count them carefully, but after looking at them, he found that there were at least dozens of lights on in this room. And since Pei Yan kept looking at his feet while walking, Fang Jie guessed that this person's eyesight must not be very good.
Pei Yan pointed to a chair not far away and said, "Sit down, this room is just a little messy."
Fang Jie sat down on the chair, looked at the furnishings in the room and said, "Master Pei is really hard. If I look at so many official documents, let alone read them carefully one by one. Can't live."
"Our division of labor is different."
Pei Yan smiled, stood up and poured a cup of tea for Fang Jie himself.
The things in this room are too important, so even the eunuchs and maids who are serving are not allowed to come in and out at will. Pei Yan also likes to make tea by himself, so little eunuchs and maids hardly come here. There was still a fire burning in the corner of the room, and the copper pot above it was still steaming.
Fang Jie got up quickly, Pei Yan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why be too polite, etiquette is for everyone to see, if you pay attention to so many rules in private, it will be too tiring."
Fang Jie said: "There are some rules that cannot be broken."
Pei Yan hummed, sat down and asked, "Is there anything to report to His Majesty? Of course... If it's not convenient for you to tell me, it's okay."
Fang Jie hesitated for a while and said: "There is nothing inconvenient to say, but today I was so angry that I had a fight with a general sent by Luo Yao, the left avant-garde general, to the capital... The attack was a little heavy, and it was abolished." One arm of the person has broken a few bones, and he probably has to lie down for a while."
"ah?"
Pei Yan let out a cry of surprise, and then asked: "Aren't you about to go to the southwest to meet Luo Yao? Why did you have a relationship with his general before that..."
When saying this, Pei Yan suddenly stopped, and then looked at Fang Xie meaningfully. This glance made Fang Xie's heart tighten. He suddenly thought, could this person see through his mind so easily
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Pei Yan didn't continue what he said before, but smiled and looked away from Fang Jie. He opened a memorial, and after reading it, he picked up a ink pen and wrote two words on it. Fang Jie didn't want to see it at first, but he was too close, so he couldn't see it unless he turned his head away.
Those two words are very eye-catching.
fart
This is…
Fang Jie was immediately surprised, Pei Yan was reviewing the memorial on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor. How can you write such unserious words on such a serious thing? This was completely beyond Fang Xie's imagination. In his opinion, even if the emperor was too busy to read all the memorials, let the trusted ministers review some of them. So shouldn't this minister be extremely serious? How could you write down such two casual and vulgar words
Perhaps sensing Fang Jie's doubts, Pei Yan put the memorial aside and said with a smile: "Do you think it's hasty to write these two words? And it loses His Majesty's majesty?"
Fang Jie didn't answer, and couldn't help nodding.
Pei Yan said with a smile: "It seems that you still don't understand Your Majesty at all... The memorial just now was handed over by the county magistrate of Huo Liaocheng, Jianghuai Road, saying that the county has suddenly auspicious. There is a very big turtle in the Flying across the sky, accompanied by auspicious clouds, he suspects that this is the legendary beast Xuanwu, which is a sign of great auspiciousness."
Hearing these words, the first reaction in Fang Jie's mind was also these two words.
fart!
Pei Yan said: "You should know that what kind of seat you should do well. Since His Majesty entrusted me with this job, I can't slack off. Every memorial I approve, I try my best to follow His Majesty's instructions." Thoughts and His Majesty's tone of reply. You may think that the word fart is a bit unserious, but that's because you don't understand Your Majesty at all... First of all, at this time, if the county magistrate reports auspiciousness, if His Majesty sees the reply, it will definitely It's more... more severe than these two words."
"As soon as Yang Yin's case came out, someone reported auspiciousness. This person is purely looking for trouble."
Fang Jie said with a smile.
Pei Yan nodded: "Even without Yang Yin's case, His Majesty never believed in auspicious things. The last time the governor of Huashan County wrote a letter saying that he saw the legendary phoenix on Huashan. He saw it with his own eyes. There is only one foot and a pair of colorful wings that are two feet long, after this memorial is published, how do you think His Majesty will approve it?"
Fang Jie shook his head. Pei Yan smiled and said, "Swipe your palm and mouth round."
"Another time, the magistrate of Linhai City, Su'an Road in the south of the Yangtze River wrote a letter saying that a large fish with a length of several hundred feet was stranded on the shore. picture!"
"After His Majesty found out, he first scolded his mother's words, and then said to let the county minister draw the whole map of the Sui Dynasty in front of Governor Su Andao. If he can draw it, he will be exonerated. I was dismissed as an official. To be honest... I was asked to draw, but I couldn’t draw it. Because only the palace and the Ministry of Household War have the complete map of the Sui Dynasty’s territory, and even the governor below has never seen it. And even if It's from the palace, and it can't be called a complete map. It's just a map of the countries that the Great Sui eradicated in these years, put together and spelled out with the original map of the Great Sui."
Fang Xie couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you let a special person do the drawing?"
"Easier said than done."
Pei Yan said: "The territory of the Great Sui Dynasty is too large. How can it be easy to draw a complete picture? How much manpower, material resources and years will be spent? Besides, the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty is always expanding. If you want to It is even more difficult to draw the most complete map. The maps drawn during the reign of Emperor Taizu were invalidated during the reign of Emperor Taizong. After Emperor Taizong conquered the entire Jiangnan, he ordered the Ministry of Households to start doing this. How big is the project of mountains, rivers and rivers? Then it is refined to every village and town... "
Pei Yan shook his head: "It would be extremely difficult to do this without a responsible person spending his whole life to do it."
Fang Xie had to admit that in this era, it was too difficult to thoroughly understand a huge empire stretching tens of thousands of miles from north to south. It might seem simpler to mobilize the localities to do it and then summarize it, but the map that is summarized together will probably not match up in all likelihood.
From the word fart, Pei Yan said so much. Obviously, he liked the young man Fang Jie a little bit, and he was not stingy with his words. He opened another memorial and asked as he read it: "Before you said that there was a conflict with General Luo's generals, do you have a reason?"
"There is still some reason. This general named Lu Ou smashed the red sleeve move, and the little boss who played the red sleeve move insulted Xi Thrush and Xi Candle Wick. I planned to stop him, but he is also very violent. There's a fight."
"Don't worry about it."
Pei Yan nodded and said: "Since you have the truth, don't be afraid of anything. No matter how domineering the left avant-garde people are, it's not their turn to come to the imperial capital to show their prestige... You are going to the southwest. People in the avant-garde have conflicts, which is not good for you. But things are not absolute. If you let the people in the left avant-garde dislike you, at least you will make people in the court like it... You should know that most people in the court don’t like that Luo General."
"Why?"
Fang Xie couldn't help asking.
"Because he has great authority."
Pei Yan's answer was not tactful: "Originally, His Majesty asked you to go to the southwest, and many adults in the court objected. First, it is said that you are not qualified enough to represent the majesty of the royal family. Second, it is said that you are also from a military background. Luo Yao is all in the same line. Third, if you say that you have not graduated from the Academy of Martial Arts, you will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility and will not follow the rules."
"But now that you have disabled Luo Yao's people, apart from the people from Yushitai, I'm afraid no one will stop you anymore."
Pei Yan smiled and said: "Besides... Your Majesty will also feel at ease with you. If you beat the left forward, will the left forward still have a good impression of you? Your Majesty does not want the people he sent out, and the people in the local area The relationship is too good. Fang Jie... you are the smartest boy I have met in the past ten years."
Fang Jie let out an ah, hiding the surprise in his eyes.
He sighed in his heart... Sure enough, this Pei Yan guessed his thoughts from a single sentence, this person... What a deep city!