Changwen Hou Mansion is located on the east side of the city and is far from the royal family street in the west. Hou Mansion is located in Wenrufang, not far from the Sanguan Hall, with a small alley in the south and a river in Changfengcang, the west entrance is surrounded by the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles, with double eaves and tiles, high halls and deep courtyards. Ordinary people rarely have residences here, and at least they have to be more than middle-class families, so they consider buying a house in such a place where every inch of land is valuable and house prices are high.

The autumn morning in Fuzhou is also very beautiful. Changwen Hou Mansion covers a wide area and has many courtyards. The Houyuan brings in nearby rivers to inject, forming a winding river in the Houyuan, rather than forming a rock pond like an ordinary mansion garden.

The big banyan trees have never been carefully pruned, and there are not many delicate flower trees. The entire back garden has a strong and vigorous beauty.

In later generations, Fuzhou was called only two seasons: summer and winter, but in fact winter was quite warm. At this time, Fuzhou was still distinct in four seasons, and the winter was much more severe than the cold and cold hundreds of years later.

There was a swing hanging among the two trees, surrounded by fallen leaves, and several maids wearing green and pink collars stood on both sides of the swing, guarding the third lady Chen Wenjun, who was gently swaying the autumn wind.

This is a girl under seventeen. She has a slender and slightly thin body, black hair, her eyes like a little knee, her lips are small and rosy, and her skin is as smooth as jade. She is full of the seductive atmosphere of a young girl. In terms of appearance, this is a beautiful girl who will be paid attention to wherever she goes. Unlike Xiu Niang's temperament of the sister next door, Chen Wenjun has a noble temperament, a confident expression, and a spiritual and intelligent spirit. This is a unique temperament mixed with aristocrats and gentry families from generation to generation...

Changwen Hou Mansion was built by Chen Ruxin, the appeaser of Fujian Road during the reign of Emperor Wuzong. At that time, the Japanese invaded the territory. The appeaser Chen Ruxin defeated the Japanese many times and beheaded more than 10,000 people. As a result, there were many civil and military officials who were granted titles, and Chen Ruxin was one of them.

Unlike the marquis of the royal family, the title of civil servant can inherit five to seven times. This is a special kind of kindness that the state rewards its merits. Because it is even more difficult to be granted by the civil servants. Some families of civil servants who have made greater contributions have made their titles clear when they are granted:

Hereditary.

Two maids walked in through the Yuedong Gate, with a thick stack of newspapers on the tray in their hands, and the other one was holding the tray, but it was the breakfast of the third lady.

Chen Wenjun slid down from the swing and walked lightly towards a pavilion. The autumn wind suddenly rose, and this was the most comfortable moment of the year in Fujian.

Fuzhou's newspaper industry is definitely the most developed on Fujian Road, but the novels are slightly inferior to Quanzhou.

It is said that there are at least hundreds of books in Quanzhou that print books, novels, strange and strange ambitions, selected newspapers, and various picture books, etc., with a lot of content.

There are even the Four Books and Five Classics, including classic books of Confucianism, Law and Taoism, as well as the laws and regulations of the Great Wei... The Han people also needed these books in countries on the islands of the East, and the sales volume was quite large.

The novel is taken by sailors to relieve boredom at sea. Some novels with mysterious and strange ambitions are particularly popular. Many novelists have made a fortune by making money every day.

Of course, Chen Wenjun would not look at those stupid things. After she sat down, she took a piece of tiger-eyed cake and ate it slowly. While looking at the social page in the newspaper, she looked through it for a while, then looked at the news page and finally the literary page.

There are also some advertising, including sports news such as sumo wrestling.

In addition to Fuzhou Weekly, some tabloids are published every day, and advertisements account for half of the space. Some old military doctors use these sections to promote some indescribable drugs. When Miss Hou saw this, she could only frown and fold these tabloids to see if there is any special news in their news version.

Chen Wenjun quickly finished reading the newspaper, and a clear look of disappointment appeared on her beautiful face.

The eldest maid Lu Zhu chuckled and said, "Are you looking for articles from Nan'an Houzi?"

Chen Wenjun's face turned slightly red and she said angrily: "You just like to talk too much? Sooner or later, I'll go."

"Speaking of it," Lu Zhu didn't care, and thought to herself, "Miss, you didn't know the prince when he was young? At that time, the master was the governor of Qizhou, and the old Marquis of Nan'an was the defensive envoy. Our master and Marquis of Nan'an often had a relationship. The two families were very busy. At that time, the lady called Prince Jiu Ge?"

"Yes," Chen Wenjun frowned slightly, and she said, "It has been several years since we've been in contact, so it's hard to write a letter directly."

"He has to come to visit him before he talks."

"I'm sure he's just one article." Chen Wenjun shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't think too much."

Lu Zhu knew that the third lady really liked that article, and she cried several times. The master has not been very healthy in recent years. The third lady burned incense and prayed in time, hoping that God would bless her and make her father's body improve. So when she came here on the weekly report that day, the lady cried for a long time after reading it, which was empathetic.

After this article, the third lady was asking about Xu Zixian, but she knew that the prince was practicing martial arts and strengthening himself in the Nan'an Marquis Mansion and was preparing to go to Beijing to assassinate his title, so she never returned to the city for a while.

Even if the prince returned to the city, it was difficult for the lady to visit. However, Chen Wenjun had visited the Yaji Festival in the Zhao Palace and met Xu Zixian several times. At that time, Xu Zixian was talented and vulgar in his conversation. Although he had old friendships, Chen Wenjun did not talk to him. Besides, the third lady of Changwen Hou Mansion was the pearl of the Marquis's hand. The Changwen Hou Mansion had a deep family of family members and hereditary titles. On Fujian Road, it was an important town for civil officials to be named marquis. In many aspects, it was even more important than the Zhao Palace. Therefore, as soon as Chen Wenjun entered the Hou Mansion, he was supported by the stars. Xu Zixian could not reach the front, so of course he had no chance to speak.

But Lu Zhu knew that when Changwenhou and Nan'an Hou had a good relationship, he once got drunk but promised Chen Wenjun to the old Nan'an Hou's only son, Xu Zixian.

Even if you are drunk, you can't make such jokes.

Later, the old Marquis of Nan'an died early, and the Marquis of Nan'an was defeated again. Xu Zixian could not tell that he was a successful prince, so Marquis Changwen never mentioned this. Lu Zhu knew that the master felt sorry for the third lady and could not push his daughter into the fire pit.

But if the prince of Nan'an Hou continues to perform well, it is still possible to make this marriage happen.

After all, most men promised a fortune. If it was possible to fulfill the promise, the Marquis would definitely not give up easily.

...

The political structure of Fujian Road is relatively subtle.

The chief magistrate of the whole route was the appeasement envoy, responsible for the comprehensive management of the Military Political and Legal Department. The following was the Transfer Envoy, the Finance Officer, and then the Inspector, responsible for supervision and supervision, and then the Criminal Envoy, responsible for the judicial envoy, and then the System Envoy, responsible for the military management of the whole route.

Lin Douyao, a pacifier from Fujian Road, was from Jiangxi, a Jinshi during the reign of Emperor Wuzong. After his 37th year of official career, he was ambitious and wanted to go further to the capital to become the prime minister. He was cold and hard-working and should have covered the sky with one hand, but he met several big men who were unable to get into the country, which had many constraints on him.

In addition to the big figures in the capital, those who can restrain the pacification envoys all the way are of course the highest-level existence in the royal family, the prince.

According to the system, princes cannot receive real positions. Generally, princes will take empty positions in Jiangling and in Jiangling's Shumi South Court. Richness and glory are indispensable for princes, but there are also many restrictions and rules. After all, princes are noble, so there are naturally more restrictions.

The princes of this dynasty cannot be obtained by those who have made merits. In fact, it depends on what they say. Just like the two princes in Fuzhou are special, the ancestors of the King of Qi were originally marquis. They made great contributions during the anti-Japanese war and were named princes. The King of Qi himself also made great contributions, so he not only set up Fuzhou with his prince, but also took the commander-in-chief with a certain amount of real power.

His Highness Zhao's great achievements were that he gave birth to many children, and his eldest son was chosen as a prince to raise him, and he inherited the throne.

The consequence was that King Zhao retained his title of prince and was arranged to be retired in Fuzhou.

King Zhao, who was over 50 years old, was about the same age as Lin Douyao and his political skills were relatively skilled. The prince was the deputy governor of the Dadu Prefecture on Fujian Road. Compared with the Grand Governor and the Pacifier, there was no real power, but King Zhao was stubborn and always had a place in the political section of Fuzhou.

The person who supported the Zhao King was Xiao Zan, the inspector, who was also a disciple of the right prime minister Xu Xiashang. Han Bingzhong was an ally of Lin Douyao, and the prosecutor of the prosecutor and the transshipment envoy were relatively neutral. Zheng Liqi was more inclined to the King of Qi. Zhao Debang was a hard-core confidant of the King of Zhao. Yang Shiwei, the military affairs officer of Fuzhou, was once a military officer of the King of Qi's shogunate, and his attitude was naturally more inclined to the King of Qi.

There are also undercurrents in Fuzhou City, and the battles are quite powerful.

...

The autumn rain that had lasted for many days finally stopped, and Zheng Liqi also had a strange public report on his desk.

A small matter was found to be corrupt and corruption in a certain marquis's house, revoked his position in the banker, and fined the stolen money. Such a case should not be the case of the Chief Envoy of the Criminal Office.

Li Cheng had very little money and grain embezzled. Zhang Tiansheng, the magistrate of Sanshan County, was sentenced to serve in the lime farm for one month. After the service period expired, the county magistrate Li Cheng returned to the Hou Mansion to pay the embezzled money and grain. Unexpectedly, several servants who escorted Li Cheng and his son were careless halfway and asked the father and son to run away.

It was originally a small matter. A small case was not enough to meet the punishment and imprisonment. It didn't matter if Li Cheng and his son ran away. The amount of money and food was too small, and it was not worthwhile to be the government to collect and capture it.

However, the public report of this matter was sent in by Li Yi, the Marquis's Fengchang. In addition, Zheng Liqi was a little curious and psychologically sympathetic to Xu Zixian because of the article in the weekly newspaper. Zheng Liqi still read the public report.

Originally, he didn't take it seriously, but when he saw the words that Li Cheng might have been in contact with Qishan thieves, Zheng Liqi frowned, feeling that this was unusual.

Out of caution, Zheng Liqi decided to decide this matter as a thief and report the case to the sacrificial envoy and the garrison office at the same time, so that they could have a headache.

...

Seeing the document transferred by the Tizheng Department, Lin Douyao's face remained unchanged, but he snorted softly.

The commander Han Bingzhong came to visit Lin Douyao every day to maintain the relationship between the two. At this time, he also regarded the case as an interesting thing. Hearing Lin Douyao's cold snorting, Han Bingzhong smiled and said, "This prince of the Nan'an Marquis Mansion is really interesting. I remember that his article was well written... Well, I remember that he is the fourth-rank General Xuanwei. Should he issue a signature and order him to be careful of asking for robbery, and not make any mistakes?"

"It's okay to send it out." Lin Douyao shook his head and said, "Although we are making a big fuss, we can't ignore it when we report it. Are the royal family members, nobles, and negligence and neglect. Besides, Xu Zixian is now famous now. I heard that his back has already called him Mingyang in the capital and Jiangling."

"Will anyone make arrangements behind this?"

Han Bingzhong's expression changed and his thinking became a little dispersed.
Chapter completed!