The last Chiyou

Chapter 4 Xinhuang

What Yongjia cares about now is how to grow up happily. One day, when he can live without Chi Youzhu, he can go back to Jiuli's hometown, dig open Jiuli Mountain, and use Chi Youzhu to replace his father.

For him, the so-called happiness at this time is to eat and drink enough.Judging from Chi You's relatively single recipe, Yongjia's foraging behavior will undoubtedly be a disaster for the wealthy people along the way.

Fortunately, although no one is in control at the moment, Yongjia still maintains the basic bottom line, that is, he will never take money from people for no reason.Unjust wealth is not taken indiscriminately. If you want to have a full stomach, you have to collect righteous wealth. Therefore, countless unfortunate Li Congjias have encountered various weird theft cases.

Look, here's a young boy walking alone, abducted and sold!The kidnapper leaned over and said to Yongjia with a smile, "little brother, come with me, I'll take you to see the lantern!"

Yongjia shook his head: "Don't look at the lights, I'm hungry."

Kidnap smiled even more happily: "Come with me, I'll take you to eat!"

So Yongjia went home with him unsuspectingly, and then the kidnapper was knocked out, and the gold and silver in the house were swept away. Yongjia really had a full meal and left happily.It is very sad for the kidnapper to be blacked out, and what is even sadder is that his identity was revealed after he reported to the police, so his family wealth was not recovered, and he was imprisoned.

Yong Jia, a bumpkin who has never seen the world, is curious about everything, so he spends money generously to buy a piece of delicious soft cake to taste, but he is accidentally knocked off his hand by the evil young man who is rampant in the market. When the year-old Bai Nennen Baozi cried like this, the passers-by who were aroused with righteous indignation accused the young man one after another. The middle-aged aunt who was overflowing with motherhood was the most angry. How much is it worth? Let this child go back to my house and get it!" Passers-by were frightened by the vicious servant's strength and had no choice but to give way.That night, Young Master Evil's house was burglarized, and there were not many lost items. A silver screen would be the size of a piece of soft cake if it was squashed.

A well-dressed young gentleman entered the silver building, and there was no one around him. He looked like a rich man who had sneaked out to go shopping.Yongjia looked left and right, pointed to something and asked, "How much is this?"

The businessman smiled: "Young Lord has good eyesight. The mechanism inside this jade sachet is exquisite. It is hung on the body, and no matter how you move it, the fragrance will not spill out. The quality of the jade is also the best Hetian jade, openwork orchid grass It is exquisite, look at this cricket under the orchid grass, does it look like a live one? It is such a good thing, people ask that it is not easy to sell, but I fell in love with Xiao Langjun at first sight, and I sold it for only fifty gold!"

Yongjia blinked, then pointed to the box containing the jade sachet: "Then how much is this box?"

The merchant was stunned, and replied: "Xiazi, there is no money for the box."

That night, a well-known traitorous merchant in this town was stolen, and all the jewelry and jade were not lost, but all the gold-encrusted boxes containing the jewelry were gone.

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This kind of thing happened a lot, but they couldn't solve the case, which made everyone Li Congjia very troubled and distressed. Fortunately, during this period of time, the emperor was changing, and the court was busy with major affairs, so such small cases were not resolved. Pressed down silently.

The enthronement of the new emperor is indeed a major event, whether it is for the emperor, his courtiers, or ordinary people, it can be regarded as a very big event in life.For the emperor, it is a proud event.Probably most people in this world will never have the chance to enjoy such a proud thing in their lifetime.

The king is in the world, the supreme is supreme, the endless mountains and rivers are in my hands, and thousands of people are under my feet.The former prince and now the new emperor, even though he suffered a stroke on the eve of his enthronement and suffered paralysis and had to be carried up to the palace, he was still very happy.

You can say what you couldn't say before, you can do what you couldn't do before, you don't need to look at the faces you used to look at, and the important ministers who used to have to smile to please him now have to please him in turn.

What a joy it will be.

But now sitting in the imperial study, looking at the stacks of memorials that everyone has processed, and the new emperor who has been stamped by the eunuchs one by one in front of his eyes, he is really not happy.After a stroke, my hands and feet are not very flexible, but my mind is not bad, why are all of them using me as a display?

Naturally, Gu Haiyan's talent goes without saying. Ever since he became the de facto chief prime minister of the Tang Empire, he has been decisive and wise. No matter how difficult the government affairs are, he has handled them with ease and is loyal. He was also very satisfied. So, he handed over all the state affairs to Mr. Gu, and he enjoyed a happy life in the harem with wine and beauties singing and dancing. Those beauties who came before them all had their own beauty, whether they were glamorous or charming, gentle or straightforward, fat, swallows and thin, everything that one expects to find , Cheng Huan was so considerate in his service, the new sage almost forgot his physical inconvenience in such a gentle place.

Among the many beauties, the new sage inevitably has a few whom he loves deliberately. Naturally, these beauties have more chances to accompany them, and more chances to listen to them. Obviously, they should be much more useful.

There was such a charming Xu Meiren, who asked her brother for a sixth-rank official, and the sage agreed to it while being satisfied on the couch, and specially asked Li Ji'en, his personal eunuch, to send Gu Xianggong a private seal. sliver.

The emperor kept his promise, this matter should have been settled, and Gu Xianggong accepted the note without saying a word that day.

On the second day of court, several high-ranking ministers came forward to impeach the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials for selling officials and nobles during the first emperor's time. There were many illegal things.Because this servant who has been imprisoned belongs to Wei Shu's party, the saint will naturally not show any affection for him. After Wei Shu is dead, he should kill a few more party members to accompany this younger brother, lest he be lonely in the spring. Yes, so the sage nodded cheerfully, and let Gu Xiangxiang's decree come and go. He sentenced the heinous servant to abandon the market, and all the officials who had bought officials through this servant were deposed and would never be used again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the list of deposed officials was presented, the saint saw a familiar name on it at a glance.

Isn't this Xu Meiren's younger brother? !

Needless to say the anger in the saint's heart, the note also turned into clouds in an instant. Xu Meiren's younger brother, let alone being promoted, can't even be an official at this moment. Xu Meiren cried in front of the saint, and the saint had no choice Yu, I can only comfort myself, after all, the Xu family boy made a mistake first, and Gu Xianggong is also thinking about my country and society.

After that, Zheng Baolin, Wen Xiuyuan, Guo Cairen, Lu Zhaorong...even including a beauty selected from his Gu family's branch to enter the palace, everyone's request, without exception, hit a wall at Gu Xianggong's place.Speaking of which, the perseverance of this new sage is really commendable. He bumped into walls again and again, and he had to pass notes again and again. In the end, it was not for these beauties, but purely idle and bored, and he was angry with Gu Xianggong. Don't you have the ability?See what excuses you can find to refute what I mean?

But the emperor teacher is the emperor teacher after all, watching the saint grow up from a young age, he has a clear understanding of the saint's thoughts.Gu Xianggong has cultivated himself well, and he doesn't care about the saint who has a child's temper. On the premise of not delaying the state affairs, he resolved these provocations of the saint one by one, which made the saint extremely frustrated.

In the end, the sage could no longer find someone to give Gu Xianggong a question—if you don’t ask a sage, there will be an official.

Saint instead shot at someone else.

Since the abolition of the Wufang Envoy, most of the birds and beasts in the palace have been released, but the sage has always been reluctant to part with his beloved eagle, because he domesticated it with his own hands, and has a very high status in the palace, and his daily expenses are comparable to princes. , It's a pity that there is no holiday, and the eagle died of old age after enjoying all the glory and wealth. The saint was extremely sad and ordered to be buried.

Unfortunately, on the day of the funeral of this honorable harpy eagle, there was a conflict in the street with the envoy sent by Shannan Dongdao Jiedu to escort the tribute to Beijing. The prince of the family wanted to give such a vigorous funeral to a flat-haired animal, and dared to order him to make way, so he was furious, and he couldn't help but pulled out his whip, smashing the coffin and banners of the eagle.

This was a catastrophe, the sage was furious, the only hand he could move patted the throne vigorously, then pointed at the bound Yang Bin and shouted: "Pull this guy out, I'll cut him off!"

All the ministers spoke out to dissuade them, citing scriptures eloquently, discussing how Yang Bin's crime could not lead to death, the sage couldn't say it, but looking at the people around him, there were only some eunuchs and court ladies left, and the personal eunuch Li Ji'en was loyal and immediately stepped forward, but the eunuch Dropping the book bag is obviously not enough for a literati, so this matter finally became unreasonable for a saint.

The saint was even more furious, and turned to Gu Xianggong: "Gu Qing, are you just watching me being bullied by these people?"

The ministers were silent, Gu Xianggong remained calm, and waved his hands away from the left and right. Fang Lixi long knelt in the hall, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, Yang Bin has no serious crime. If he is beheaded like this, it is a trivial matter to be inconsistent with the law. I am afraid that Shannan Dongdao Hence the chaos."

The saint was taken aback, but still looked unsure.

Gu Xianggong simply pointed out: "Since the Anshi Rebellion, the vassals and towns have become increasingly arrogant and extravagant. Civil and military officials have arranged them without authorization, and tributes are not included in the court. Although they are called vassals, they are not royal officials. The first emperor feared that his power would be difficult to control. Cut down the vassals, resulting in the rebellion in Jingyuan, Fengtian catastrophe, the first emperor ordered all the neighboring Daoqin kings, but only Li Huaiyu, the Jiedu envoy of the Eastern Road in the south of Shannan, came to relieve the siege, and made a great contribution. Now Li Huaiyu died of illness within a few months. His cousin, Jiedu After staying here, Li Huaiyuan sent envoys to pay tribute, if His Majesty kills Yang Bin for some trivial matter, in His Majesty's opinion, how will Li Huaiyuan react?"

The sage was at a loss for words, he groaned for a while, and then asked eagerly: "Then let's beat Yang Bin up, and it will be done."

Gu Xianggong's answer was very concise and indifferent: "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated."

The saint was in despair: "I am the Son of Heaven! I can't do anything to make my heart feel better!"

Gu Xianggong's answer this time was even colder: "Your Majesty may not do such a pleasant thing."

After this incident came out, Chaozhong Qingliu was full of praise for Gu Xianggong's uprightness, and even the people in the capital praised the wisdom of today's son, and appointed such an upright prime minister who dared to speak up and commit crimes for the Li people.

Everyone praised Gu Xianggong, the supreme emperor played a supporting role in this matter, and his depression was beyond words.

Regarding this matter, Wang Xiping was often worried secretly. Because he often lived in Yushitai on weekdays, people came and went, and he didn't dare to say much. During the ten-day vacation, he inevitably took Liu Fengji and a few close friends out of the city to relax. also.

It was Qingming, and there were a lot of outings. From the outskirts of Chang'an to the south all the way to the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, there were many pedestrians.There is a Zhuangzi at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, which was built by Princess Taiping. A former supervisory official who was later deposed wrote a poem for this village: "The princess wanted to occupy the spring, so she pressed the terrace Chengjia. If you want to know how much you will spend in the future, it will not belong to you until Nanshan.” From this we can see its luxurious style.Therefore, Zhuang now pays money to enter and play, and if he pays enough, he will have a courtyard to rest and stay, and if he pays more, he will have a good place to bring a hot spring.

Liu Fengji was never stingy when it came to money, and Wang Xiping didn't save money for him either. He booked the best courtyard early on, and some people came in with food and wine, and they closed the door to eat and chat.

If others saw it, they would probably be amazed that the few people in the yard could get together.

Liu Fengji, a typical son of an aristocratic family, handsome and elegant, straightforward and clean, has the demeanor of a noble son in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.Jinshi and the first to be an official in this dynasty have to pass the examination of the Ministry of Officials. The first thing is that those who want to be an official must have a handsome appearance. But even among the beautiful men in the dynasty, Liu Feng The demeanor of the collection is still unmatched.Originally, King Su of Guangling County was rated as the most beautiful man in Beijing, but since Liu Feng joined Chang'an, King Guangling County immediately ranked second.It is said that the King of Guangling recently received a staff member who is also amazingly beautiful, but after all, no one has seen it before, so it is difficult to evaluate it, so Liu Fengji is still the first.

Wang Xiping was born in a poor family, and now Mr. Gu is also a child of a poor family, so he doesn't pay much attention to his family status, so he recruited a group of officials from ordinary families. With this Dongfeng, his position has been promoted rapidly. From the original little censor Lixing, he has become one of the six imperial censors in Taiyuan, known as the third division of censor Taichung. His status is second only to doctor censor and censor Zhongcheng. It can be said to have reached the sky in one step. Compared with Liu Fengji, who is still serving as the supervisory censor and has hardly made any progress, the promotion is a bit ridiculously fast, but the friendship between the two has not been affected at all. The strangest thing is that in the censor's platform, colleagues It is often seen such a strange scene - a sixth-rank servant censor followed by an eighth-rank supervisory censor, and the two of them didn't think it was different.

Lu Shaolian, just looking at his appearance, is a rich and well-off dude. He has always been dressed in bright and incomparable attire. From his father and brother to various uncles, they often hold important positions in the court. The Lu family is turning back at this moment. After entering the imperial court, he also has enough strength to be a vassal of one side.Lu Shaolian is the youngest son of the Lu family's direct line, and he was brought up by the eldest son of the Lu family. The eldest son of the Lu family is cold-faced and cold-hearted towards others, but he is the only one who dotes on this younger brother so much that he has raised this young gentleman He was simply lawless. When he was a child, he was brought into the palace by Lu Dalang once, and he slipped out to play by himself. Not only did he fish in the koi pond beloved by the late emperor in the imperial garden, but he also had a vicious fight with the Guangling County King who was several years older than him. When the two young men with bruised noses and swollen faces were found, they hooked their shoulders together and smiled brighter than the other, which made the late emperor helpless.Lu Shaolian has no other pursuits in his life. He doesn't love power, money, or beauties. He just likes to collect exquisite gold and silverware. His family is rich and can afford his hobby.

The tallest young man among the four was named Gu Qing'an, and he was the only son of Mr. Gu at that time. Because he was No. 12 in the clan, he was called Gu Twelve Lang.Gu Xianggong is a literati through and through, and he doesn't understand martial arts. Twelve Lang is different. He likes to dance swords and swords since he was a child. Lang baby is incredible.Someone once asked Gu Shierang to take a look at this precious sword. Gu Shirang replied: "A soldier is a murder weapon. It is easy to get out of the scabbard. It is unknown." He refused.Gu Twelve Lang contributed a lot in the process of ascending the throne today, but Gu Xianggong didn't know if he declined the Holy Majesty's reward for him in order to avoid suspicion, so he is still in vain.

These four people, if you say that Liu Fengji and Wang Xiping are Gu Xianggong's disciples, and Shi Shilang also married Jinlan, they can be regarded as a family, while Lu Shaolian is a complete outsider. After returning to Beijing, when he saw Liu Fengji, he approached Liu Fengji with an old face, but he was able to talk to everyone, especially Gu Twelve Lang, and now he no longer waved his fist to chase away people , Mr. Lu Xiaolang is really quite capable.

After drinking for three rounds, Wang Xiping put down the wine cup sullenly, and said, "What do you think of the current state of the sage and the seat lord?"

Lu Shaolian turned the wine cup upside down to his chin, leaned over the table, giggled and said, "What's the matter? Mr. Gu is so old, saints don't look down on him, just relax."

Gu Twelve Lang gave him a vicious look, and Mr. Lu Xiaolang stuck out his tongue, and asked with a smile, "Don't tell jokes, so what is Xiping worried about?"

Wang Xiping said: "Strong and easy to break, the seat owner is too upright, which is good, but it is not a good thing to let the saint suffer continuously."

Gu Twelve Lang sneered and said: "If the sage doesn't suffer any more, he will make more trouble. Now that the world is not peaceful, how can he stand up to his nonsense? Father is working so hard, isn't it for his Li family? What do you want?"

Wang Xiping shook his head and said, "You know this, I know it, everyone in the world knows it, and the sage knows it too, but the sage is a sage after all, how can you always tolerate the lord being above him?"

Lu Shaolian said: "He doesn't tolerate it, what should we do? Work hard with those eunuchs to bring down Mr. Gu?" After finishing speaking, he couldn't help laughing.

Wang Xiping also laughed: "That's not the case. Bringing down the seat lord is tantamount to destroying the Great Wall. A saint will never do this, but the eunuchs have been in chaos for a long time, and now the seat lord is suppressing them by means of thunder. Some villains are dissatisfied, and they speak ill of the lord in the sage's ears, and come and go again and again, if the sage feels that the lord is in control, a rift will arise between the monarch and his ministers."

Gu Twelve Lang sighed softly: "There is no better way at the moment. Let the saint come to court, he has no such ability, let him enjoy himself in the harem, and only the eunuch palace maids accompany him. Is it to prevent villains from slandering him?" , but let you and I please those eunuchs?"

Wang Xiping suddenly raised his head to look at Liu Fengji, saw him slightly lowered his head to taste the wine, his expression was contented, as if he was in the forest, surrounded by streams and springs, and the leaves were fragrant.Wang Xiping couldn't help asking: "Ziyu, what do you think?"

Liu Fengji smiled when he heard the words, put down the wine cup, raised his head and asked with a smile: "The conflict between the sage and the seat lord can only be resolved if one side changes. What can we do to make one side change?"

The author has something to say: (Go down, a kind of modest title for men in the Tang Dynasty.)

(Residence, after the Anshi Rebellion in Tang Dynasty, Jiedu envoys refused to obey the imperial order, and when they were in trouble or were old and unable to take charge, they often used their children or cronies to act on their behalf. Afterwards, the imperial court was forced to make a supplementary appointment as an official Jiedushi or an observation envoy. Sometimes the imperial court recognized it, and then officially granted it; sometimes it refused to recognize it, and granted another Jiedushi, which often led to war.)

("Civil and military generals and officials are assigned without authorization, and tribute is not included in the court. Although they are called vassals, they are not royal officials." ——From the old Tang Dynasty books.)

(Jingyuan Mutiny is indeed a historical event. After the Anshi Rebellion, the feudal towns were separated and did not obey the command of the central government. He was about to die here, and finally the Binning Jiedu envoy Li Huaiguang and the Shence Army, that is, the imperial army, were rescued. Later, this unlucky Emperor Dezong nozuonodie, tossing Li Huaiguang into rebellion, and it took untold hardships to put him down , the imperial court was seriously injured because of this, and since then Dezong dared not mention the matter of reducing the vassal. Obviously, the actual process of the Jingyuan Mutiny is not the same as this article, so please don’t get too deep into it.)

(The conversation between Gu Xianggong and the emperor was actually a copy of a conversation between Song Shenzong and his servant Ying Zhangdun. I thought it was very pleasant to relieve my anger, so I always wanted to find a weak chicken emperor, and I also talked to him like this.)

(The poem "The Princess Wanted to Occupy the Spring" was written by Han Yu in "You Taiping Princess Villa". Han Yu was indeed a supervisory official, and he was indeed demoted. In fact, Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan had a deep friendship. Failed and demoted, Han Yu risked the disapproval of the world, expressing sympathy for Liu Zongyuan clearly, the literati are very strong. Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan advocated the ancient prose movement, and called Han Liu. What I understand, at least benefited me a lot in the language test. Su Shi praised Han Yu in "Chaozhou Hanwengong Temple Stele" "Writing started with the decline of eight generations, but Dao helped the world's drowning; loyal to the lord's wrath, and brave Take the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies”, Han Yu is indeed a strange man, but I don’t want to write about him in this story, just mention it briefly.)

(A soldier is a murder weapon, a fighter is a violator of virtue, and a general is a dead official, so it is not allowed to use it. ——From "Wei Liaozi")