After the sun set, Fang Qiao, who was going out to make friends, rode back home. Before the moon came out, his father's room had already lighted up. The osmanthus tree by the window radiated a strong fragrance in the cold autumn wind. His father's shadow in his clothes was reflected on the window paper.

"Father is old..." Fang Qiao looked at the hunched back reflected on the window paper, and suddenly felt heavy in his heart. Before he knew it, his father, who had always been in awe of greatness, was already old. He was nearly twenty-year-old. Two years ago, he was awarded the Jinshi from the prefecture and was then awarded the lowest level of the Sanqiwei. This was the lowest level of the Balang Eight Forces newly established during the Kaihuang period. However, he also knew that the Sui Dynasty inherited the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Guanlong nobles had always suppressed the Shandong gentry of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi ranks. After receiving the Sanqiwei two years ago, he had obtained the Sanqiwei,

Fang Qiao was not given a real position. In the past two years, he has been waiting for the Ministry of Personnel's election. Most of the time he spent traveling between Chang'an and Hedong, and listened to lectures under the great Hedong Confucian Wang Tong for many years. At Longmen, Wang Tong's disciples had more than a thousand disciples, and he also met countless young talents, and even felt unwilling to come back. If his father had not sent his hometown to Hedong to let him return to Beijing immediately, Fang Qiao would not have come back immediately. Compared to the arrogant nobles of Guanlong in Daxing City, he would rather stay in Hefen and study the scriptures, rituals and music with his classmates and friends.

"Guizhou Huaian County Magistrate!" As he walked, Fang Qiao shook his head. This was also the reason why his father was anxious to call him back. The imperial court established a new Wuzhou in northern Xinjiang. The second general administration of Guizhou was under the jurisdiction of four counties. This time, the father used his connections and planned for him that the Huaian County Magistrate was actually a county magistrate, the eighth rank. In other words, it was impossible to be directly appointed as a parent official from a county without a real position in a county. However, it is impossible for him to be directly appointed as a parent official from a county without a real position.

Although Huaian is a county, it is a newly established county. At the foot of the Great Wall of the Northern Frontier, there is a remote place, especially the court now. No one in the court knows that the battle between the north and the Turks is about to break out. Those who are related to it are willing to take risks are more willing to be transferred to the army to gain fame on the battlefield. However, some timid people dare not go to dangerous places like Huaian at this time. This gave him, a scholar from Shandong, a chance to get a real county magistrate.

Fang Qiao didn't feel much disgusted with his father's arrangement. He knew his father's meaning. After the Northern Qi State was destroyed, many Shandong gentry chose not to become officials, and simply became landlords behind closed doors and studied classics at home. This was also because the Guanlong nobles were the ones who were in power in the world, and the Shandong gentry were losers. Many people simply refused to be officials and were angry. But Fang Qiao's father didn't think so. In his opinion, it was precisely because the Guanlong nobles suppressed the Shandong gentry that they could not give up. Instead, they had to work hard to become officials so that they could win the right to speak.

Fang Qiao's ancestral land was Qinghe, Hebei. When Fang Zhan was the eighth-generation ancestor Fang Zhan was the Taiwei Ran of Yan State, he moved his capital to Qingzhou and brought his family to Qidi as the Southern Yan State moved its capital to Qingzhou. Since then, the Fang family has been in Licheng, Qizhou for more than 200 years. The Fang family has always been a family heir of poetry and books, and the family has been officials for generations and has been a famous family in Licheng. Fang Qiao's Gaozu was the prefect of Qi County and Pingyuan County, and his grandfather was also the prefect of the Southern Song Dynasty. His father became an official at the age of 18 and started his family as the chief clerk of the state. At the age of 40, twelve years ago, he was recommended to the county magistrate to Beijing as the censor and censor until now.

The Censor is an official of the Censorate. His rank is not very high, and he is only from the eighth rank, and he is not even as high as the magistrate of Huaian County whom Fang Qiao Xin is now.

The Chief Censor was the chief censor. In his early years, he was demoted to the fourth rank after the fifth year of Kaihuang. The second officials were the fifth rank of the Censor, the seventh rank of the Censor, the eighth rank of the palace eunuch, and the eighth rank of the Censor. Fang Qiao's father's official position was also low in the Censor Taichung, but the Censor Taichung was responsible for impeachment, and the rank was low but the weight was heavy, even if he was only the Censor of the Eighth rank. However, my father was the Censor of the Censor of the 12th year and had not been promoted yet, but it had a great relationship with their origin as a Shandong gentry. This has always been a secret dissatisfaction with the court in Fang Qiao's heart. If his father had not insisted, he would not be willing to be an official in the Great Sui Dynasty.

He thought about these questions all the way, walked from the side door along the path between the rockery in the courtyard to his father's study. The dazzling river of heaven hangs in the night sky, and the autumn wind blows the branches in the courtyard, bringing away the gradually yellow leaves.

He is about to leave Beijing and go to the northern border to serve as the magistrate of Huaian County. With his official career, another generation of the Licheng Fang family has entered the official career. With his tenure, he will officially surpass his father's official position. Once his son becomes an official, he sounds so incredible.

When he passed by his father's window, he took his steps lightly, but his father still heard it.

"Xuanling is back?"

"Yes, sir." Fang Qiao had no choice but to stop and answer.

"Well, come in, have something to say to you for your father."

When Fang Xuanling stepped onto the corridor and led to his father's study, he decided not to argue with his father anymore. Before, he had no clear answer to the appointment of Huaian County Magistrate. He did not agree immediately, and hesitation was against him. However, now, thinking that his father knew his destiny and grew older, he planned to obey his father's arrangements. He knew that his father had lived a hard life. Although the Fang family was a family of officials, in fact, his father lost his father at a young age and did not even know his father. He was taught by his elder brother since childhood, and later adopted him to his uncle at the age of fifteen. He then followed his uncle to work with Fang Bao, the prefect of Leling, and later studied under Dr. Yin Lin, and learned a lot of knowledge. He was already enlisted as an official at the age of eighteen.

"For my father, please ask you again, are you willing to go to Huaian?" Fang Yanqian is over fifty years old, with half-white hair and a thinner person. However, sitting there, his whole body is full of elegant temperament.

"I have already planned to start Chengdong in three days to take up his post."

Fang Yanqian was very pleased to hear this reply.

"I will be released in a few days for my father."

Fang Xuanling was a little surprised and asked in surprise, "Where are my father?"

"It's not a demotion." Fang Yanqian said to his son with a smile, "I'm a little tired after twelve years in Beijing. Now that you have officially become an official in a county, I feel relieved. This time I asked an old friend to help me and seek an outing. The Qinzhou General Administration Office records the military!"

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling took a little snack. He was worried that his father would be too upright in the court, so he offended the powerful and demoted. The Qinzhou General Administration was once under the jurisdiction of the third prince Yang Jun. He once commanded the entire Guanlong prefectures and was the Grand Prix. However, since Qin Jun was convicted and removed from his official position and returned to Beijing, the Qinzhou General Administration has become an ordinary general administration, but in terms of grade, he is still one level higher than Shangzhou. As a record officer of the Qinzhou General Administration, his rank is also correct.

The seventh rank. Compared with the eighth rank of the censor, the father's official rank has been upgraded to two levels. Moreover, the chief officer of the General Administration Office is also a real power position. The General Administration Office is the highest official and the governor. The Chief Office is the Chief Office and Sima, and then the Chief Office Office and the Chief Office Office are the military officers and the Chief Office Office and the Chief Office Office are the third official positions in the General Administration Office. Their responsibilities are the same as the Censorate of the Central Court, and they are responsible for supervising Jujian. Being able to hold this position does indeed mean that my father was not demoted.

However, he had a question in his mind. He was indeed promoted to this position. It was just that his father had been sitting on the bench in the court for so many years, and this time he borrowed the power of a noble person.

"I wonder who is working hard?"

"Zhang Jianping."

"Sima Zhang Heng and Zhang Jianping, General Administration of Yangzhou?" Fang Xuanling said in surprise.

"It's Zhang Sima." Fang Yanqian seemed to have been surprised to know that his son would have been surprised. Fang Yanqian had been in the Censorate for many years. Although he was in the Censorate, he was of low rank but he was in a position as a supervisor. For many nobles, if he could win over it, it would be a great help. As soon as he entered Daxing City, many people would try it. But over the years, he has always been impartial and maintained a neutral attitude of not standing in the side. This attitude is naturally not pleasing to both sides, so he has not been promoted to the position for twelve years. But now, he has been promoted to the eighth-rank county magistrate of the ninth rank rank and his father

Fang Xuanling was also promoted to the seventh rank and the actual position outside the position, so naturally Fang Xuanling immediately knew that his father had already taken the team. And he had just revealed that he was helping Zhang Jianping. He knew that Zhang Heng had old age with his father. Zhang Heng had served as the Minister of Simen, and later he followed King Yang Guang. When Yang Guang was the Minister of Shangtai in Hebei, Zhang Heng served as the Ministry of Justice and the Second Caolang of the Dushu. Later, Yang Guang was in Bingzhou. He was also the chief supervisor of Bingzhou, and Yang Guang was transferred to Yangzhou. Zhang Heng was also the chief supervisor of Yangzhou. Now he has become the Sima of the General Administration of Yangzhou and the confidant of King Jin.

My father has already chosen to take the team with King Yang Guang of Jin.

He admired his father's vision. Although Fang Xuanling has been studying in Hedong in recent years, he is naturally very familiar with the situation in the court. Although Yang Yong has been sitting on the throne of the prince as the eldest son for eighteen years, the reputation of this prince is really not very good. Anyone with knowledge can see that Prince Yang Yong is not as willing as the emperor, especially with the wise king Yang Guang and Pang Wang Yang Liang coveting the position of the prince later.

However, everyone in the world praised the King of Jin as the most virtuous, but Fang Xuanling was not confused by that appearance. In his opinion, the King of Jin was talented, which was a false statement. But the King of Jin was talented but did not mean that he was the most virtuous. In his eyes, the King of Jin was more of a disguised person. For some reason, Fang Xuanling was a little disliked by Yang Guang. There was no reason, but he felt it in his heart.

"Father, it is rumored that the new Wuzhou chief supervisor was the illegitimate son of the King of Jin, do you take it seriously?" Fang Xuanling suddenly asked.

One of the hottest rumors in Daxing City recently is the rumor that the new Wuzhou chief supervisor, Guangning County Duke, and General Yi Feng was the legitimate son of the crown prince or the illegitimate son of the King of Jin. This matter is becoming more and more popular now, almost to the point of being aware of the streets. Fang Xuanling can hear it from time to time on his way back from Hedong. There are even rumors that Yi Feng was actually the illegitimate son of the emperor. Some people say that Yi Feng had also studied under the great scholar Wang Tong of Hedong, and was also under the Hefen clan.

Fang Xuanling was also hard to tell these rumors, but he had heard from his classmates that Wei Zheng, who had also attended classes in Longmen, is now working under the Yi Feng's tent. It is said that Wei Zheng once said in his letter that Yi Feng had visited Longmen to listen to the teacher's lectures several times. However, after thinking about it, Wei Zheng did not seem to remember that he had the person Yi Feng in his mind. However, this does not mean that Yi Feng had never visited Longmen to attend classes. After all, under Hefen, there are now more than a thousand disciples, and countless scholars come to study and listen to the class every day. Except for a few disciples who entered the house, most of them are just registered disciples, and most of them are just listeners who do not even have the title of master and apprentice.

Wei Zheng was a scholar who was a disciple, but Wei Zheng's reputation was quite good among the scholars who were all famous. He was a man of all talent. Since he dared to say in his letter that Yi Feng had gone to Hedong to attend classes several times, it was very likely that it was true. However, this made him more confused about the sudden appearance of Yi Feng. Some people said that Yi Feng was a horse thief, some people said that he was an orphan, and some people said that he was the emperor's grandson or even a prince. There were all kinds of rumors, but this man had a large force outside the frontier in a short time, which attracted the attention of the world. He was about to go to Huaian, and Huaian was close to Huaihuang. He was indeed a little curious about this future neighbor.

Regarding whether Yi Feng was the legitimate son of the crown prince, the illegitimate son of the King of Jin, or the illegitimate son of the emperor, Fang Xuanling thought it was more reliable to have the illegitimate son of the King of Jin.

"I can't understand this matter as a father." Fang Yanqian shook his head and stroked his long beard. "Empress Dugu is jealous and thought that when the emperor came to Yuchi, Dugu died of sticks. The emperor was so angry that he ran away with anger. Yang Su and Gao Ying rode a horse to recover it. Although since that time, the queen had to relax a little and chose the Chen family and Cai family in Jiangnan for the emperor, it was also a matter of recent years. Eighteen years ago, it was impossible for the emperor to have an illegitimate son." The power of Dugu is well known to everyone. As the dignified emperor, Yang Jian has only five sons and five daughters, and they are all from Dugu. Just from here, you can see that Empress Dugu is so powerful. Even if you secretly visit a palace maid, you will be killed by sticks immediately once you find out that the palace maid will be killed, and it is even more impossible for an illegitimate son.

"But no wind can make waves. Just look at the Tian family that has not cleared the rumors immediately. Then Yi Feng is really very likely to be the royal grandson left by the royal family. As for whether he is the illegitimate son of the King of Jin or the legitimate son of the prince..." Fang Yanqian thought for a while, "It is very likely that he is the son of the prince, but it is unlikely that he was born to the Yuan Concubine. It should be the illegitimate son of the prince." Fang Yanqian said this with a basis. Today's Crown Prince Yang Yong has a criminal record in this regard. Yun Zhaoxun is his outdoor room where he and Yun Zhaoxun are together in the outdoor room and finally brought into the palace.

Fang Xuanling suddenly discovered a problem, "I remember that the title of the eldest son of the prince is King Changning. Now, Yi Feng's new title is Duke Changning? This..."

After his son said that, Fang Yanqian immediately discovered this problem. The eldest son of the crown prince was named Changning County Prince, and Yi Feng's title is now named Changning County Duke. Is this a coincidence? Or, is there really something mysterious about it?
Chapter completed!