I think why Brother Wuji tried so hard to protect Queen Wang? Of course, it was not because Queen Wang was his illegitimate daughter. One of the very important reasons was the prince's problem.

In feudal society, the prince was always a major topic.

The current crown prince Li Zhong is not Li Zhi wanted to establish it, but Changsun Wuji and others, because the crown prince predicts the future. When they are old, they will always be buried. Only by constantly holding the monarch in their hands can their descendants inherit their power and their family forces be as solid as rocks in the court.

Once deposed, the prince will be deposed, which is a major political loss.

Due to this key factor, they firmly refused to abolish Wang Liwu.

Of course, they lost in the end.

It is a foregone conclusion that abolishing the existing crown prince is a matter of fact. Everyone knows that this is an irreversible result. Li Zhi even knew in his heart that although they are all his sons, if he wants to protect the crown prince, he must consolidate the status of Changsun Wuji's faction. Li Yifu and others will definitely not be on the current crown prince.

If there was no such fire, the replacement of the prince would have been completed in the same year. Xu Jingzong and others submitted a memorial requesting the eldest son of Wu Meiniang, Li Hong, to be the crown prince.

But it was precisely because of Queen Wang's tragic death that Li Zhi felt guilty. This person is not a plant and tree, so who can be ruthless and has no mood to deal with this matter?

Wu Meiniang also knew in her heart that being aggressive at that time might only backfire. In addition, Li Hong was young and ignorant, and became the crown prince, he didn't know how to be the crown prince. Anyway, as long as she sat in the harem, her son must be the crown prince, so she was not in a hurry, so she had never mentioned this for two years.

Now Han Yuan and Lai Ji have also left Chang'an, and the power is in the hands of Xu Jingzong and others. The ministers in the court have long been alienated from the Crown Prince Li Zhong. In addition, two years have passed, Li Zhi cannot still feel guilty about this. Wang Dejian believes that the time is ripe and can accomplish what should have been done long ago.

In fact, Han Yi didn't forget this matter in his heart, but he had to worry about the feelings of Guanlong Group, so he never mentioned it, just deliberately let Xu Jingzong and the others do it. Anyway, they are also good at it.

After finishing this, Han Yi went to Zhaoyi College again, busy with the admission assessment.

In fact, this pinyin is very simple for adults, because they recognize words themselves, and with a good teacher like Zheng Shanxing, most of them passed because people with strong local accents and incomplete pronunciations failed. But Han Yi gave them another chance to learn mathematics. If this is not enough, it would be really stupid. If you don’t know how many, one plus one is equal, what else do you teach?

Gao Mansion!

"Master, the governor of Liangzhou is looking for a visit?"

"Full?"

Gao Luxing frowned slightly and said, "Please come in!"

After a moment, he saw a burly man about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, walking in. He clasped his fists to Gao Lu and said, "Zhao Chiman has seen Uncle Gao."

He is a rising star of the Guanlong Group, capable of literature and martial arts, Guanlong has distinctive characteristics and a very noble identity. He is Han Yuan's nephew. You should know that Han Yuan's wife is Changsun Quan's sister, so he became the governor of Liangzhou at such a young age, which is a major trade and military location.

"Ziman is back!"

Gao Luxing smiled and reached out and said, "Sit down quickly."

"Thank you, Uncle Gao!"

Zhao Chiman was a serious man. After sitting down, he said straight to the point: "Uncle Gao, why was my uncle demoted to Beiting? I went to find the Taiwei, but the Taiwei avoided me."

Gao Luxing said lightly: "Didn't you hear about such a big thing?"

Zhao Chiman frowned and said in confusion: "How could this happen?"

"There are many reasons, but you have to accept this result." Gao Fuxing said.

Zhao Chiman said, "Are we just let it go and let the treacherous ministers take charge?"

Gao Luxing was silent for a little, and said, "Have you seen the elephant?"

Zhao Chiman was stunned and said, "Are the elephant sayings true? Uncle Gao, you take sick leave just to let Han Yi take charge of the Ministry of Revenue. Uncle Gao, I heard that Han Yi has always supported Empress Wu, and Chu Pushe was driven out of Chang'an by him."

Gao Luxing said: "I don't know what the elephant said to you. Maybe he misunderstood what I mean. I did give power to Han Yi when I took sick leave, but it has nothing to do with anything else. It's just that I think Han Yi is more suitable to take charge of the Ministry of Revenue than me. He is good for the country and the people. You can understand it as abdicating and giving up the wise."

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "If you are full, you will benefit the world; if you are poor, you will be safe. As the head of a state, what you need to do is not to ask me who is the enemy and who is a friend, but to ask Han Yi and ask him how Liangzhou plays a role in the Northwest Grand Plan and how to make the people of Liangzhou live better. This is what you, the governor of Liangzhou, should do. If you are too obsessed with your uncle's affairs, it will only implicate your uncle and even cause you to be deeply trapped in a place of doom. Take a step back and say that if you can show outstanding political achievements and get the recognition of Your Majesty, it is actually the best response."

Zhao Chiman lowered his eyes and was silent for a while, saying, "I understand."

New Year's Eve.

The snow covers this international metropolis, and the world is covered with white space.

When Han Yi came to the Tang Dynasty, he found that it snowed almost every year during the Chinese New Year. Whether it was Yangzhou or Chang'an, the people were happy to see it. Does auspicious snow indicate a good harvest?

Xiao Mansion!

"Ouch! Ouch! Sister, sister, please give in to me!"

"How can you be a sibling in a snowball fight? You can die quickly."

Xiao Wuyi chased Xiao Xiao, who was running away with his head in his arms, chased him hard.

Just when Xiao Xiao was hiding, he suddenly saw a figure standing beside him. He subconsciously hid behind him. When he looked up, he was stunned, "Dad!"

"ah--!"

Xiao Wuyi had just thrown out a snow ball chasing her, and immediately screamed.

"Be careful, Daddy!"

Xiao Shougui took action and flew towards Xiao Rui's snow ball.

Xiao Wuyi and Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Xiao Rui said with a gloomy face: "Why are you siblings still like children? You are chasing and fighting like children? What kind of decent things are you? Especially you, don't forget that you have married as a wife."

Xiao Wuyi pointed at Xiao Xiao and said, "Dad, it was Xiao Xiao who attacked me first. I was just teaching him how to respect the elders and love the young."

Xiao Xiao's eyes opened suddenly when he heard this. It was clearly you who attacked me, but as a younger brother, he should have come out to take the blame for his sister. He stood up and said depressedly: "Dad, this is a child who doesn't do anything to do with his sister, but he is naughty for a moment."

Xiao Shougui was as clear as a mirror and smiled and said, "Dad, I don't think this snowball fight is harmful, let them go."

Xiao Rui shook his head in distress, and couldn't figure out how he raised this pair of live treasures. He asked Xiao Wuyi, "Wuyi, when will Han Yi come?"

Xiao Wuyi said, "My husband is thirty years old in Fengfei Tower today, and he will only come to our house on the second day of the Lunar New Year."

Xiao Shougui wondered: "Don't you spend the New Year at home on New Year's Eve?"

Xiao Wuyi smiled and said, "Brother, this is our Xiao family, and Feng Feilou is our husband's home."

Liu said, "Then you go to Fengfei Tower to celebrate the New Year too?"

"Of course I'm here for the New Year." Xiao Wuyi smiled and said, "They have their own traditions, and I'm not inconvenient to go to."

Xiao Shougui smiled and said, "You couple are really stranger than the other."

Xiao Rui loved Han Yi very much. Although it sounded a little awkward in etiquette, the couple was still having the New Year separate, but he also understood Han Yi was a person with no taboos and said: "Han Yi should celebrate the New Year at Fengfei Tower, that's not a big deal."

South suburbs!

Two old men wrapped in thick mink fur staggered in the snow.

It was Changsun Wuji who Gao Fu.

"You don't believe it. I'm afraid I haven't seen this city in Chang'an so seriously for more than ten years. But this city is still there, but things have changed!" Changsun Wuji sighed at the Chang'an wall in the distance.

Gao Luxing said: "I believe that in fifty years, someone will stand in the position of a cousin and say the same thing."

Changsun Wuji laughed and said, "Yes! People will grow old, just like you and me." After a pause, he said, "Have you ever been to find you?"

Gao Fuxing nodded.

Changsun Wuji sighed, "I can't tell them some things, I can only worry about you."

Gao Luxing said, "My cousin is out of sight, but they feel very wronged."

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "I also expected that Jiman is very emotional. Han Yuan treats him as if he is born, but now it is not the time for grievance. Our power in the court has almost been completely lost. Fortunately, the local forces have not been greatly affected. For example, Jiman and others are all talents who can stand on their own. They will be our last hope. We should no longer involve them. They should use their talents to let Your Majesty know that they are loyal to Your Majesty and the country. Only in this way can they have the opportunity to return to the court in the future."

Gao Luxing said, "But Jiman has a close relationship with you and Brother Han. In my opinion, the reason why Li Yifu and others did not touch them is because there is no need. As long as they can defeat Brother Han, they will naturally be involved. Isn't this the case for Wang Fangyi? At that time, Wang Fangyi had outstanding political achievements in Anding County and was both civil and military. He was almost the best county magistrate in Longyou Road. His future was bright. Everyone was optimistic about him at that time, and he did not participate in this matter, but he still did not escape the fate of being demoted."

Changsun Wuji said: "It is precisely because of this that they should quickly support Han Yi. Haven't you noticed that Your Majesty now wants to rely on Han Yi's policies to get rid of the policies of the Zhenguan period and lay his own national policy. If they can fully play their role in this series of policies, they will even make Han Yi unable to do without them. In this way, His Majesty can see their talents, and secondly, Han Yi must protect them. Only then will our Guanzhong nobles have the power to slowly return to the court."

Gao Luxing nodded, and he also understood in his heart that this was actually the most helpless move of the Guanlong nobles, a move under desperate circumstances. In fact, the backbone of the Guanlong group has always been in the court, such as Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Liu Shi, Tang Lin and others. Those who were transferred to other places as officials were only Changsun Wuji in order to allow the local government to cooperate with the central policies well. This is a whole system. Now the Guanlong members in the court are no longer trusted by the emperor. It is good to be able to save their lives. In desperation, Changsun Wuji shifted his focus to the Guanlong members in the local area, hoping that they could shine and then return to the court.

Night has completely fallen in Chang'an City.

Han Yi, Sang Mu and others dragged their tired bodies back to Fengfei Tower.

Today, he went to toast the workshops from morning to night, because this year's end of the year is the least of Fengfeilou holidays, and everyone only has one and a half days of vacation, which is from 30 to the first day of the New Year, and it is also on a batch of holidays to ensure that the workshops are operating every day. Because all new products are on the market, the market demand must be far greater than the supply. You must work overtime and saturate the market first.

But those employees not only have no complaints, but also hope to go to work more during the Chinese New Year, because overtime is paid twice to three times the salary, let alone a day and a half, you can’t put it in. The market needs perfume, and we need money!

"Sangmu, my long holiday will be from the first day of the first day to the fifteenth day of the year. You will be busy these days."

Han Yi got off the carriage and said to Sang Mu as he walked. Others don’t have a holiday, but he wants to have a holiday. He is really exhausted in the one or two months of the year. More importantly, after the festival, he will be very busy. The Civil Security Bureau officially started, Zhaoyi College started teaching, and the Love of the City will also meet everyone. All products are on the market. Thinking of all this, he is the first and two big ones and must be well-retained, so he gave himself a half-month holiday.

Sang Mu nodded and said, "My benefactor, please rest assured, I will watch it."

"Um!"

While talking, the two came to the door of the hall, but the scene inside was shocked. Shen Xiao, Meng'er, Xiong Di and the others were all collapsed on the chairs, all of whom were blind, scratching their heads, and playing with their fingers.

"Wow! What's going on?"

Han Yi was surprised.

Shen Xiao jumped up and said, "Han Yi, you bastard, finally come back."

Han Yi said angrily: "It's the New Year, do you have any good things?"

Meng Ting said: "Brother Xiaoyi, why did you come back? We are almost starving to death when we wait for you."

"Wait - wait for me?" Han Yi said in amazement.

Brother Xiong stroked his round belly and said, "Brother, if you are not here, then that is the New Year's Eve dinner."

Most of them are orphans, and they have also established a relationship that is closer than their relatives. Han Yi is the head of the family. They are also worried that Han Yi will go to the Xiao family to celebrate the New Year. When they heard that Han Yi was still thirty in Fengfei Tower, everyone was very excited. Of course, they had to wait for the head of the family to come back before the meal started!
To be continued...