Record of ups and downs in troubled times

Liu Pu thought about it, and quickly changed his words: "Does my mother know the reason for ordering people to kill those palace people in Yonghe Palace?"

As soon as he asked this, he wished to give himself a mouth immediately.It's fine to let this matter pass in an unclear manner, but why does he not open which pot and which pot to lift?Forget it, I have been spit all over my face by others, and it is inevitable to be wiped evenly by others.

"Huh?" The queen mother who was reclining on the brocade couch suddenly looked at him with some vigilance.Looking at her slightly tense face for a moment, Liu Pu inexplicably felt a little ironic.

"The reason why they were killed is because," Liu Pu spoke slowly, but in fact he was racking his brains to find a human door to block the disaster, "because they have a secret connection with Fu Xiyuan."

"Fu Xiyuan?" The answer was beyond the Queen Mother's expectation.

I'm sorry Fu Zongzheng, the more muddied the water is now, the more you can fish for it.Besides, you have been an official for many years, I don't believe that you can really be innocent and have a breeze in your sleeves. If you really die in Cheng Nan's hands, it won't be considered wronged you, right?

Liu Pu thought about it and looked at the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager is not an extremely beautiful woman, but more dignified and luxurious, so Liu Pu's appearance is also not very handsome.Now with heavy makeup on her face, she looks more and more luxurious.However, this was no longer the mother who held him in her arms and pampered him.

Can't blame others.Isn't he already that young boy who obeyed his mother's orders in everything?

Evened out.

"Fu Xiyuan?" No wonder the Empress Dowager was wondering, the reason why Liu Pu mentioned him was also because the last memorial he approved last night happened to be written by Fu Xiyuan.He was always impressed by his brilliant literary talent but his nonsense, otherwise how would he think of this person?

This Fu Xiyuan has always been known for his talent and learning, but because of his cunning mind, according to Dr. Zheng's words, his face has a kind of treachery, so he has always been disliked by literati who advocate "high style and bright bones".Emperor Wen of the Chao Dynasty was a little light on martial arts and heavy on literature, so he naturally listened to the opinions of those civil officials and left Fu Xiyuan alone for a long time.

A young talent who overwhelmed all the heroes in the court's political discussions, he was held down by the neck and served as a small Beijing official for many years, until the Xu family collapsed, Zongzheng's seat became vacant, and he couldn't find a temporary replacement. Got promoted.

It's just that although Fu Xiyuan is tactful and is secretly called "Fu Mouse", he is still quite safe, so there is no reason to play tricks in the palace?

"Who knows?" Seeing that the Queen Mother was still half-believing, Liu Pu took a step back and said as if he didn't care, "Maybe it's because Fu Shu's hands are itchy? You don't need to worry about such an insignificant person."

"Don't worry about him?" The empress dowager frowned slightly, "Then you killed him, didn't you startle the snake?"

Depending on you, do you still have the position to say the four words of scaring the snake in front of me?Liu Pu felt contemptuous in his heart.There is no need to check the backgrounds of those people, they must be members of the Cheng family, must have been instructed by the Queen Mother, and must have been written by Cheng Nan.

adultery.

Liu Pu gritted his teeth with hatred, but said with a smile: "Where? Among those few people, only one is Fu Xiyuan's lackey. I killed them all on the grounds that I didn't serve him well and died for my elder brother, confusing his eyes and ears. He can know that I caught him. his mouse tail?"

"You still have to be careful. If your uncle comes to give you some advice, maybe you can..." The Queen Mother also knows how to read. She looked at Liu Pu with a hint of displeasure, and felt that she was too impatient to persuade her today. After a while, he changed his subject, but he didn't think that it was the one Liu Pu didn't want to hear the most: "Is King Ke's funeral settled?"

"It's just the empress's grace." Liu Pu gritted his teeth quietly, which was a small gesture he used to do when he encountered difficulties. "I still feel that the emperor's burial can be used..."

"He is at most 'King Ke'. He is a prince who has been sealed out of the capital, and he should be buried in Kezhou. It is already a gift to be buried in the capital. Wouldn't it be too much to give the former emperor a ceremonial burial? If you are honored to enjoy the emperor's gift, then what position does the emperor put you in? Isn't it for nothing that people look down upon you?"

The Cheng family has always been rivals with Liu Yi.

When the Queen Mother was Cheng Jinluan, a boudoir girl at the age of cardamom, her father Cheng Hanfeng thought of marrying her to King Ke Liu Yi.The dowry was all prepared, but her own girl was inexplicably favored by the emperor, and she became the last concubine brought into the palace by Emperor Chaowen.Later, knowing that this was all arranged by King Ke, Cheng Hanfeng was naturally annoyed, and the disagreement between the two arose from this.

Speaking of this matter, King Ke was kind to Cheng Jinluan: when she was young, she was so angry with her stepmother that she wished to get out of Cheng's family, no matter who she married.But after the death of Emperor Chaowen, King Ke took control of the government and assisted the young Liu Pu to proclaim himself emperor.As soon as the assistant came to power, he dismissed the prime minister Cheng Hanfeng from his official position.No matter how much the Empress Dowager hated her stepmother, she was from the Cheng family, and her blood was unbroken.His father was bullied by King Ke, and the young emperor was out of his control day by day, and the little kindness from King Yu Ke gradually faded away.

"Brother's reputation was indeed not high during his lifetime, but he had a chance to become emperor, but he just gave it to me. Even if there are thousands of things wrong, but everything is close to death, it can still appear that we can hold our boats, isn't it? Isn't it also a good story?"

The Empress Dowager was about to reply, Liu Pu thought that he had the upper hand now and should go against the current, and continued to intercept her words: "Those little officials who advised me, didn't they just know that I killed the palace servants of Yonghe Palace, and thought I didn't Tolerance? If Cheng Nan wants to be the regent, if he wants to shut those people up, he has to show them his generosity first!"

This poke pierced the queen mother's heart: Liu Yi is dead, and there is no big storm.The most urgent task is to put the seat of regent in the hands of his elder brother Cheng Nan, so as to keep everything in the Cheng family safe.

She pretended to be reserved and nodded, and said: "Waiting for Ai's family to discuss with him."

There is a limit to advance and retreat, which is the way to choose.Now the empress dowager's attitude has loosened a little, if she presses her more tightly, it will be easy to backfire.It's better to take such a step back temporarily, and arrange it secretly first.

He made up his mind, said some irrelevant political affairs, then left the Longevity Palace and went to the Lantai in the palace.

The Lantai in the hall is the place where the officials of Lantai handle official affairs, and there are principal and deputy.The principal is in charge of public affairs and correcting crimes; the deputy is in charge of books and secret books.

Tan Yangui is the one who stays with numerous classics all day long.

Yan Gui was extremely serious when reading the scrolls.That look is like wandering in the sky, indulging in it and unable to extricate himself.Seeing him like this, Liu Pu was often a little jealous, feeling that in the eyes of Tan Yangui, only he and the bamboo slips and scrolls in his hands were left in the world, and there was no place for himself as emperor.

But what about jealousy?Doesn't he just like Yan Gui's unique aura?

He suppressed the slight sour feeling in his heart, and put his hand on the shoulder of the man sitting cross-legged in the corner of the attic.

The Book Collection Pavilion in Lantai in the hall is divided into two floors: the lower floor is used to store and dispose of memorials and decrees within a season, and the upper floor is used to store old decrees, ancient books and other old objects.The lower floor is often visited by people, but the wooden ladder leading to the upper floor is seldom visited by people: if the volumes cover a wide range and range, the Taichang Wanjuan Building in Taichang Yuan is second to none. Compared with it, the Lantai Library Pavilion, It can be regarded as unable to take it out.Over time, who wants to come here?

However, Tan Yangui was willing to return.

The sound of people is silent, the sound of birds on the branches, the fragrance of flowers, and the lush greenery are gratifying.Sitting on the floor leaning against the window, a pot of weak tea can only be tasted when the mind is extremely quiet. On the shelf is a four-cornered bronze incense burner that has been passed down from generation to generation. Books, but the bamboo slips that often make him feel in touch with God...

This kind of day is called Sai Immortal.

It's a pity that today's fairy days were still ruined in Liu Pu's hands: he took the bamboo slip in Yan Gui's hand, weighed it, and complained: "Isn't it too tiring to hold it like this? Zhou Zheng, go call someone Use silk or hemp paper to make a copy. Tan Er, you are really serious, such a heavy book, such a thin wrist, are you afraid of being broken?"

This bamboo slip should be an old thing for many years, and he pulled it like this, and the hemp rope between the slips broke unexpectedly, and scattered all over the floor.

"Ah!" Tan Yangui exclaimed in a low voice, and hastily leaned forward to gather up the fallen bamboo pieces.Liu Pu was left alone, thinking that Yan Gui Xu was angry, so he felt guilty and regretted, and hurriedly lowered down to help him pick it up.While picking it up, he asked aggrievedly: "What is this thing? You have to pick it up. Is it so important?"

"Zhuanzi's war theory." Tan Yangui replied hastily, concise and to the point, with the intention of complaining.

"Zhuanzi? Who is Zhuanzi?" Liu Pu thought about it carefully, and had to admit that he was ignorant.He was very angry, and he didn't want to show his ignorance in front of Tan Yangui, so he frowned and turned around and asked Zhou Zheng: "Zhou Zheng, have you heard of this person?"

Zhou Zheng's head shook like a rattle drum: at this moment, if he dared to say "know", wouldn't it be because he thought his head was in the way and didn't want it anymore?

"He was a strategist at the end of the previous dynasty. Most of today's tactics are derived from his strategy." Tan Yangui put the bamboo pieces together and checked the broken parts, feeling a little distressed. "The war theory written by him has been lost for a long time, and this volume was copied from memory by later generations. It is a fragment of the volume. In this way, I am afraid that I will have to..."

"The counselor of the former dynasty, if he really has some skills, he can still teach the king of Liang to destroy the country?" Liu Pu felt quite admirable when he heard his words, and couldn't help but sarcastically.

"Liangdu destroyed the country, no wonder he." Tan Yangui talked to him while arranging the bamboo pieces in his hand.He is a good hand at restoring the fragments of ancient books, and thinking of doing his best, he might be able to restore this volume of war theory to its original state. "Back then, Lord Liang alienated Zhuanzi because of the villain's plan to alienate him. Zhuanzi was displaced for several years, and finally died as a guest in another country. If he got this person and reused him, maybe today will be a different situation."

"Really?" Liu Pu took out a piece of bamboo from the pile, and saw that the characters written on it were all crooked ancient characters from the previous dynasty, and he couldn't recognize any of them. "Since he is so powerful, tell me, what kind of mess is carved on this bamboo piece?"

Tan Yangui took the bamboo piece from his hand, pondered it in his mind, and then read it out smoothly: "This sentence is 'If you are prepared, you will be lazy.

"I didn't know that you are still familiar with the art of war." Liu Pu praised.

His compliment came from his heart, because he really felt that Yan Gui was amazing, and when he thought about it, such a capable person was someone very close to his bed, and he was even more proud.However, when he was young, he was very tired and lazy in reading. Now that he heard Tan Yan recite it again, he still couldn't figure out the meaning of this sentence, so he humbly asked: "Where is the subtlety of this sentence?"

"The yin is hidden in the sun, and the big is hidden in the subtle. Using it in the opposite way is to take advantage of the emptiness to reveal the false and hide the truth, cover up the motive, and act according to circumstances, so as to defeat the enemy. You see, there are still copyists here. The comment..." Tan Yangui suddenly stopped, turned his head to the side, his lips almost touched Liu Pu's cheek: at some point, this guy actually leaned over and wrapped his body around his back.

"You didn't come here to listen to me talk about this, did you?" Tan Yan turned serious.

Sure enough, nothing could be hidden from Yan Gui's eyes.

Liu Pu hugged him tightly with a smile, and said lazily, "Of course the most important reason is to come to see you, but..."