Placid Chang'an

In the spring of the third year of Yuanshun, Chang'an City.

A Zhuque Street in Chang'an City divides the entire 220 squares of Waiguo City into two, with Wannian County in the east and Chang'an County in the west, implying Chang'an for thousands of years.There is a bazaar in each of the two counties, which is divided into two cities, the east and the west, teahouses and restaurants, Hu merchants and foreign goods, [-] lines of goods, and a lot of mansions, where you can find all the rare treasures in the world.

It was noon, and a teahouse in Dongshi City was very lively. From the state affairs to the people's livelihood, everything was vomited from the lips.

A young man with the appearance of a scholar ordered a pot of Longjing. He was not in a hurry to taste it. He felt the fragrance of the tea pervading the air. I listened to my heart.

The first table by the window said that Zhang’s chickens had pecked at Li’s vegetables, and Li’s family killed Zhang’s chickens. Zhang’s family felt that a few vegetable leaves were not worth their own chickens, so they found an excuse to beat Li’s the next day. The Li family was not convinced, so they scattered a handful of moldy rice in the yard of the Zhang family that night...

Su Cen shook his head and changed his face, then turned to listen to the conversation at the other table.

The girl in the Red Silk Square secretly promised to run away with the Juren who came to Beijing to rush for the exam, but within two days, the Juren sent him back in person, saying that she still had to take the scientific exam, so she shouldn't drag each other down.The girl was cheated out of her savings and was beaten to death. In the end, she kept thinking that she was the wife of the number one scholar, and she was probably already foolish.

Some said that the girl didn't know people clearly, and some called her cold-blooded and heartless, but everyone just laughed it off as a joke, with a touch of contempt in their tone, no one would really sympathize with that girl, and no one would Really go to crusade against that Juren.

It is the normal state of people's livelihood to have nothing to do with oneself.

Su Cen slightly opened his eyes, his eyes scanned around cleverly, and finally settled on two middle-aged men in green shirts and dresses, and finally became interested in what these two people said.

The more mature man said: "There are three people in the court today that cannot be offended. One is the current Tai Fu Ning Yi, who has gone through four dynasties. He is the auxiliary minister left by the late emperor. Although he is eighty years old, he has not seen him in the court for a long time. His figure is worth a lot of money, and he is still an important figure in the dynasty; the second is the empress dowager who is the birth mother of the current emperor and listens to politics behind the curtain. He has received the Sacred Heart."

He lowered his voice and continued: "The third and most important one is the younger brother of the late emperor, Li Shi, the fourth uncle of the current emperor, Prince Ning. When the first emperor died, the emperor was still young, and he entrusted himself to King Ning. The military power in King Ning's hands shocked the whole world and stabilized his son's seat. In the past few years, King Ning has long been the regent prince who intimidated the court and the public. The Empress Dowager must be afraid of him. What's more, she said that when the first emperor passed away, there was a secret edict. If today's son is immoral, Qing can replace him! It is this secret edict, which is not true or false, that has caused the power in the court to be divided into two One group is the Empress Dowager's Party that supports the Young Emperor, and the other group is the Ningwang Party that follows King Ning's leadership. The first thing that an official should do when entering the court is to figure out what it is One party, or wait to be beaten on both sides."

Su Cen knocked on the table and couldn't help but feel sad. To be an official, you must first learn to stand in line.

"Ah?" Another person asked anxiously, "Which side should I choose?"

"The two forces are evenly matched," the man continued, "The Empress Dowager of Chu has a minister on the right, and King Ning has a minister on the left. The real master is on the side of the Empress Dowager Chu, but the generals believe in King Ning who fought side by side with them back then. On the surface, although the Queen Mother's party wants to suppress the King Ning's party, in fact, King Ning holds the control of the Beiya Imperial Army. It is to hold the lives of the people in the palace in their hands. The two sides are evenly matched, and they are fighting like a raging fire in the court."

"What about the emperor? Although the emperor is young, he must have a tendency, right? Wouldn't the two forces who take over the general rule in the future immediately show the superiority?"

The middle-aged man looked around for a week, and whispered something in the man's ear, the man's face changed drastically, and the tea was spilled.

"The heart of disobedience..." Su Cen tapped on the table and said softly.Although he couldn't hear what the two of them said, he understood a little lip language, and with a little deliberation, he read the meaning easily.

Everywhere he goes, he likes to find a lively place to listen to the conversations of the locals. Although it may not be true, there is inevitably emotional bias in it, but he can get a general idea.

As those two people said just now, it is hard to say whether King Ning has the intention of disobedience, but the struggle between the two parties is a certainty.

"Second Young Master, let's go back?" The boy who was lying on the side looked up sullenly, "If you hurry up, you can read the Four Books and Five Classics again."

Tomorrow is the big day of the scientific examination, other people's officials hate to have to eat or sleep and bury their heads in the books, but this master of his family is lucky, he ran to the teahouse to rest his eyes and rest, this must be known by the master It's too late, maybe I'm so angry that I can't get up in bed.

"If you feel bored, go back first." Su Cen raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, the corners of his eyes and brows were like the spring breeze in February.

Ah Fu felt a chill in his heart, shook his head like a rattle, and honestly lay down on the table without speaking.

The last time the second young master laughed like this was three years ago, when he left home in a happy mood and went to the scientific research, but changed his itinerary before leaving their Suzhou border, visited the famous mountains and rivers all over the country, but did not set foot in Chang'an City.A year later, when I returned home, I changed into a cute and pitiful look and cried. On the way to the exam, I was kidnapped by a group of bandits on the mountain and went back to work as a clerk for a year.The master and wife took pity on each other, and served them for a year with good food and drink, until a year ago a dude came to the door and asked when the two of them would go out together again. There are still welt marks on his body.This time I came to catch up with the exam again, so I sent him to follow him, threatening to sever the relationship between father and son if there was any trouble, and then I went all the way to Chang'an City smoothly.The master even directly bought him a house in Chang'an City, where the land is very expensive. In Changlefang, it is adjacent to Dongshi and just one street away from Xingqing Palace. million gold.Although Master Su was born as a merchant, he only wanted to let his son enter politics and make his family famous. The meaning of this investment is very clear. If he fails the exam this time, he will live in Chang'an City. He will take the exam again after three years. When will he pass the exam? Time to give up.

It is said that the second young master does have a talent for reading. When other children of the same age were still "at the beginning of human beings, their nature is good", this person had already been selected as a scholar in the county, and he was sent to the countryside at the age of 16. Try to solve the yuan, and then...the person ran away.

Beneath a harmless face to humans and animals, there is a heart that is just about to move.

Now it is not easy to send people to the feet of the Son of Heaven, and Ah Fu doesn't dare to think about letting people go back to read the Four Books and Five Classics.

Ben was bored lying on the table watching his young master closing his eyes and resting his mind, when the scent of tea wafted by, Ah Fu couldn't help raising his head.

A man who looked like a clerk was holding a long-mouthed copper jug ​​to add water to the table, but although this man was dressed like a clerk, his body and face did not look like what a clerk in this kind of shop should have. That woman has a bit more charm, and her pair of peach blossom eyes are even more intentional or unintentional.Taking the opportunity of adding water, a few people wiped his body lightly and lightly, and they didn't get annoyed. They went back laughing and playing, and when someone grabbed his light white wrist and pulled it lightly, he fell down on the ground as light as a bone. In the arms of the person, a pair of snow-white shoulders were pulled and exposed.

I'm afraid it's not here to add water, but to add affection.

Afu was dumbfounded.He knew that the folk customs in Chang'an City were open, but he had never seen such a blatant young man in broad daylight.While screaming in my heart, do not look at evil, but at the same time I can't look away.

Suddenly, she met her young master's clear eyes, raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "Go out and turn left two streets, there seems to be a small restaurant."

Ah Fu's face turned red, and he didn't dare to raise his head again.

There was only a scent of tea, and then a Qianqianyu hand lifted the lid of the teapot, whispered, and said with a smile: "This young man thinks that my tea is not good, or there are other reasons, why? Ordered tea and refused to drink, the water was cold, what a waste of money.”

Su Cen raised his eyes and looked at him: "There is violence, but heaven and earth are not. I ordered Mingqian Longjing tea. Mingqian tea has one leaf and one bud. When brewed, the color is light but the tea fragrance is far away. You are obviously The tea before the rain, the tea trees in the early spring are different every day, your tea is half a month later than the tea before the Ming Dynasty, how can you talk about things in heaven?"

"Master, you know a lot." The young man didn't look angry, but picked Su Cen's chin with the long mouth of the copper pot with a smile, and said in a frivolous tone, "It's just that you don't drink, so I won't come to refill water for you next time."

Su Cen raised her eyebrows knowingly, poured a cup and handed it to Ah Fu, "Drink it, don't let him down."

The young man smiled, added a cup of water for tea, and went upstairs with the copper pot.

"Second Young Master..." Ah Fu frowned and looked at the cup of tea.

Su Cen took it by himself and drank it down in one gulp. The tea has a delicate fragrance, which is undoubtedly Mingqian tea.

The author says:

Open a new hole, thank you for watching

This article is an overhead history, because the background is set in Chang'an City, and some things are still in accordance with the regulations of the Tang Dynasty.The superimposed dynasty is the Great Zhou Dynasty. The following is some information about this dynasty, which may be used later, as a reference.

Temple name → year name → incumbent → reign time → brief introduction

Taizu→Wu De→Li Cheng→26 years→Expand the territory and establish the dynasty

Taizong → Yonglong → Li Yu → 23 years → ruthless methods, great talents

Shenzong → Tianshou → Li Xun → eight years → frail and sick, died young

Zhongzong→Yuan Shun→Li Zhuo→The little emperor who ascended the throne at the age of six, the current incumbent