Qin Liang stayed in Shangshu Province for a long time. He left the palace through Dongye Gate, but did not return to the General Wei's Mansion. Instead, he detoured to the School Affairs Mansion southwest of the palace.
The school affairs office is the same as before. No one dares to conduct internal investigations, and the undercover can only get some relatively public information. But Qin Liang still wants to get something he wants from these complicated clues.
When Cao Wei set up the school affairs office, Qin Liang guessed that it was to centralize power. Therefore, he wanted to use the school affairs office, which was separated from the bureaucracy system, to intimidate the noble officials and try to make the parallel organizations form an atomized state. Alliances between noble families or
With fewer connections, you can only rely on the decisions of superiors to do anything, thereby reducing bottom-up threats.
But after the decline of imperial power, such attempts obviously failed.
Now even Wang Ling does not dare to reuse the School Affairs Office, otherwise it will cause great dissatisfaction among the nobles. Everyone still allows the existence of the School Affairs Office, but it is because the previous system has formed inertia, and there is already a certain delicate balance. Then
It is to allow the people appointed by the noble clan to stay in the school affairs office, so that the rich people know what the people in the school affairs office are doing.
Qin Liang doesn't want to find out the spies inside, but there should be no objection to kicking out the former members of the Sima family.
The school administrator Ling Yinci brought more than 20 school officials to the palace to pay a visit. Most of the people there looked familiar to Qin Liang, and they were the same people. Apparently Sima Yi didn't want to disturb the muddy water that month when he took over the power.
It happened to be noon, so Qin Liang stayed in the pavilion and had lunch with everyone. The food in the fifth-rank official palace was indeed not as good as the food in General Wei's palace, but Qin Liang had been in the army, so he didn't dislike it.
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After lunch, Qin Liang asked everyone to disperse, and walked around the school affairs office with only a few followers. He also called the school affairs officer Zhu Deng, and several people walked and talked.
Qin Liang came to the school affairs office today. In addition to checking the files, he also wanted to invite Zhu Deng to General Wei's office as a disciple.
It doesn't matter what the subordinate is, because Qin Liang just wants to use Zhu Deng to establish a small-scale, more low-key and covert internal intelligence organization. Zhu Deng knows many people in the school affairs office. After he leaves the school affairs officer, he can still
I got a lot of news from the school affairs office.
The Sima family must have had people like this at the beginning, but most of them used private individuals. Qin Liang's foundation was not strong, and there were not many talented people in the Qin family manor. In the past, he could not recruit many useful bankers and customers, so he could only recruit from
Searching in the officialdom.
Yinci initially said that Zhu Deng was a mortal friend, but Qin Liang didn't trust Zhu Deng very much. Until the Battle of King Qin, Zhu Deng kept secretly sending messages south from Luoyang, and sided with Qin Liang at critical moments, so Yinci
Ci said that Zhu Deng is reliable, which should be true.
A few people talked and walked to the iron shop burning charcoal in the courtyard. As usual, the craftsmen were still busy forging iron.
Qin Liang turned around and took a look. The rooms next to him were exactly where he tried to make refined salt. A few years later, there seemed to be no change at all here. He couldn't help but stop and watch the craftsmen at work. The craftsmen asked Qin Liang
Liang bent down and bowed in obeisance, and was busy with his own business in a hurry. After all, the heat could not delay him.
The midsummer sun was shining brightly, and the weather was hot. The man pulling the bellows was roasting by the charcoal fire, doing manual labor. He had already ignored his appearance. He was wearing a pair of straw sandals, and his upper body was bare. His sweaty body was shining brightly from the fire.
.The man pulled the wooden handle out very far, almost leaving the bellows, and then he rocked hard and pushed it to the bottom, with a large amplitude and a long distance. The bellows blew out a very dull sound, and the air came in from the pipe, and the stove
The charcoal fire inside was burning more and more vigorously.
Qin Liang was stunned. He suddenly remembered the scene at the Wu family's residence yesterday, but he didn't enjoy it to the fullest.
It wasn't until Zhu Deng's voice came that Qin Liang took a breath and said, "After you have completed the handover at the school affairs office, you can come to General Wei's office to take charge. I have something I need you to do first."
Qin Liang thought of Chao Yun, and when Zhu Deng came over, he asked Zhu Deng to quietly bring Chao Yun to the school affairs office to identify him.
Zhu Deng bowed and said, "Here."
Qin Liang left the iron shop without looking back and returned to his mansion to read the slips. It was not until the afternoon that he took his entourage and drove back to General Wei's Mansion.
Rao Dashan and Huang Yuan came up to greet the people who were visiting today. Qin Liang then asked Fu Gu to ask about the matter, and went to the courtyard northeast of the front hall to have a few more words with Chaoyun.
People who often go in and out of General Wei's Mansion know that today is the day Qin Liang goes to court and will go to Shangshu Province. He will not come back so early. Those who don't know the day are probably not important.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xuanji was also here, watching the dancers practice with Chao Yun.
The two women came up to greet him, and the resting singer and dancer also came over. Qin Liang was suddenly surrounded by a group of gorgeous women. The dancing women also cast their eyes on Qin Liang.
But Qin Liang doesn't want to use these family tricks easily. Not only because their job is to please the guests, but also they are an institution. If one can gain power through the body, then the relationship between women will become very complicated and troublesome, and everyone's
The mind will not be on skills, and the ultimate goal of career will be to seduce the male master and give birth to a son.
Wang Xuanji's voice said: "The place where I live is a bit noisy, so I came to General Wei's Mansion to have some quiet time. I can also help your Lord take care of Ayu. My mother will come over sometimes to help."
What she said to Qin Liang should be meant for Chao Yun.
Qin Liang said calmly: "Your Majesty also said that with Gu's help, she felt a lot more relaxed." He then smiled and said: "Gu and Chaoyun seem to have known each other for many years?"
Chaoyun said softly: "Yes, I knew the girl when I was learning dancing from Mrs. Bai."
However, Qin Liang remembered that Xuan Ji seemed to have some complaints about Chao Yun. The relationship between women is so strange. They may have a grudge against each other, but they are still willing to get along with each other.
Because Xuanji was here, Qin Liang did not talk to Chaoyun, saying that he would call her to the department room tomorrow to talk. Qin Liang watched the servants practicing for a while, then said goodbye to the girls and left here quickly.
After a while, Xuan Ji also came out of the gatehouse. Qin Liang turned his head and took a look, then slowed down and waited for Xuan Ji to come over.
Xuan Ji's Ruifeng eyes were gleaming, she curled her lips and said, "I didn't expect that Chao Yun would come to the house and become Zhong Ming's man."
Qin Liang said: "It's a long story. She turned out to be related to the Sima family."
"Oh." Xuan Ji was silent for a while, and then said, "She is quite good at dressing up. The position of her waist is very clever, and the makeup on her face is also well decorated. But in fact, just because of the decoration, I don't think she looks very good.
Not that good.”
Qin Liang said hurriedly: "I don't know, she was all dressed up when I met her."
Xuan Ji glanced at Qin Liang with a smile.
When Qin Liang saw this, he whispered: "Why do you think I'm doing this? I've never touched her."
Xuan Ji said: "You didn't lie to me?"
Qin Liang said calmly: "When did I tell lies at home?"
He was telling the truth. He couldn't remember when he had deceived Wang Lingjun and Xuan Ji. He just didn't tell them some things. They didn't ask them anyway.
Xuanji smiled and said: "That's true." She continued, "When you return to the inner house in the evening, you come to my yard. I want to sew a robe for you to wear in autumn. First, I will use a ruler to measure it carefully.
size."
Qin Liang's eyes swept over Xuanji's clothes. In the hot weather, her clothes were a little shaky when she walked. He couldn't help but said: "Go now, I just came back from outside and have nothing to do. Let's eat in the evening."
After dinner, let’s spend more time with your Majesty.”
Xuan Ji didn't think much, nodded lightly and said: "Okay."
She really didn't notice Qin Liang's thoughts, and still talked about Chaoyun's sword dance and the half of the poem Qin Liang copied. Xuanji's memory is very good, and she can still recite the poems after so long.
Qin Liang asked curiously: "I remember that I don't seem to like showgirls and dancers very much."
Xuanji shook her head and said: "It's not that I don't like them, but my mother has talked about their precarious days many times. When I heard those songs, I felt sad. But I just heard that Zhongming promised the singers that in the future
They will not resell them, but will also support people until they grow old? They like Zhong Ming very much and feel that they have met a good person."
Qin Liang said casually: "It's not like I support the family for nothing, I just don't treat them that badly."
The two of them came all the way to the northwest corner, the courtyard where Xuan Ji lived. It was indeed very quiet here, quite far away from the courtyard where the actresses lived in the east. Separated by several walls, the sound of those silk and bamboo orchestras and singing could not be heard at all.
Only the spring water in the rockery outside, the clear sound of water flowing into the pool, and the sound of insects. There are water and vegetation, but there are a lot of mosquitoes in summer. However, mosquito repellent incense is burned in the bronze cauldron, and the room
There are thin gauze curtains hanging, and the room is fine.
Xuan Ji's character is a bit reclusive, but she neither believes in Taoism nor Buddhism, and has never raised the idea of seclusion. Maybe she experienced a period of scarcity of materials as a child, and she knew very well that only those who control resources in the world can
Only people can live a slightly comfortable life.
Sure enough, she took out the ruler and began to measure the dimensions of Qin Liang's body. However, she did not prepare a pen and paper to record, and actually kept many numbers in her heart.
Xuan Ji stretched out one end of the rope in front of Qin Liang, and then stretched out her other hand to grab the rope in front of her. Qin Liang stood motionless, feeling the soft touch on his back through the red thin robe fabric.
, his nose also smelled the faint fragrance of her hair. Qin Liang didn't say anything, but his mind was already a little confused, and he even remembered the scene he saw in the iron shop when he was in the school affairs office.
Qin Liang calmed down, and when he heard her say "measured," he turned around and grabbed her ruler, took a look and found a thick hemp rope in the corner. Xuan Ji said in surprise: "What is Zhong Ming going to do?"
Qin Liang said: "It hurts people so much when you cry. I want to make you look more lovable."
Xuanji didn't resist, she was lying on her back on the couch unable to move. Lingjun's posture was very beautiful when he was kneeling and leaning over, while Xuanji was even more beautiful when she was lying on her back, especially when she opened her clothes and spread them around slightly.
There is a kind of wonderful natural beauty. A slight blush appeared on her cheeks, and she whispered: "Zhong Ming will always do something unexpected."
Qin Liang was working carefully while recalling the skills of tying the rope. He was really rusty after not practicing for many years. Xuanji's posture was unbearable and she couldn't help but said: "The sun hasn't set yet. Isn't this not good?"
Xuanji is not as particular about etiquette and law as Wang Lingjun, but in fact she is quite conservative and is not very receptive, but she has passively experienced many excessive things.