Chapter 213: The Drama - Xu Fan's Entanglement
Originally, it was a little inappropriate to make such a gesture with Xiaoshi's current height, but with his immature face and childlike voice, it would only make people feel funny with a hint of cuteness.
"Good wine!" After smelling the aroma of wine, it was Cheng Jiaotou who had been sitting there without saying a word, just looking at Cheng Jiaotou's burly figure, he knew that he was also a greedy person.
This admiration immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room to him.
"Teacher, do you still have guests here?" Xu Chen said.
"None of them are outsiders, you can find a place to sit!" When Xu Chen was not there just now, Xu Fan scolded him with blood, but now he didn't say anything more in front of the guests.
"Okay!" Xu Chen immediately pulled a few chairs in the room and sat down quietly with the teenagers.
Xu Fan pointed to Cheng Jiaotou and asked Sun Desheng, "I don't know who this is?"
Sun Desheng then introduced: "This is Jinwu guard Cao Shen army Cheng Ruoshui, General Cheng." ”
Xu Fan nodded at him, Cheng Ruoshui didn't dare to slack off, and respectfully returned the salute.
"General Cheng is the great-grandson of Lu Guogong Cheng Biting Jin, and now Lu Guogong Cheng Ruobing's younger brother. Sun Desheng continued.
"Oh, I see!" Xu Fan naturally knew Cheng Ruobing, but he had never seen Cheng Ruoshui, a soldier, join the army, so he asked this question.
Lu Guogong Cheng bit the gold to the current generation, after several turmoil in Chang'an City, it has long lost the prosperity of the early Tang Dynasty.
Even the title of Duke Lu was inherited by the Cheng family with a lot of effort, after all, although Li Shimin said that it was hereditary reckless, but the people who were killed later and the titles that were deposed were missing?
It's just that Cheng Ruobing, the current Duke of Lu Guo, is facing a big crisis, Cheng Ruobing, as the eldest son, inherited the title, but he has no children in middle age, but his younger brother Cheng Ruoshui has two sons under his knees.
The weak Cheng family naturally has little influence in the court now, and even Cheng Ruoshui, the second son, can only join the army as a small soldier in Jin Wuwei, and there is a general, a general, and two generals on his head.
Bing Cao joined the army and was usually in the barracks, but Xu Fan had never seen it.
This time, Xuanzong Li Longji was able to choose Cheng Ruoshui to take on this important task, because he had a good relationship with Sun Desheng, and Jin Wuwei's general was none other than Gao Lishi himself, so when choosing the military attache to accompany him, Sun Desheng recommended him.
Therefore, for this mission, Cheng Ruoshui is very concerned, if he can show his face this time, not only can he show his face in front of the emperor, but even his top boss Gao Lishi can also be in the limelight, and it is possible to even be promoted a few levels at that time.
As for Xu Fan, a character that even Sun Desheng cares about so much, Cheng Ruoshui naturally does not dare to slack off.
"The last general has seen Mr. Xu!" Cheng Ruoshui said with his fists clenched.
Xu Fan bowed slightly, and then pointed to Xu Chen and the others and introduced to Sun Desheng: "These stinky boys are my disciples!"
After speaking, he said to Xu Chen and the others: "I haven't come to see your Senior Brother Sun!"
When Xu Chen, Lu Hao, and Shi Lei heard this, they hurriedly got up and stepped forward, and saluted respectfully: "I've seen Senior Brother Sun!"
"Don't dare! Don't dare! Several of them are young talents, and they are all going to take the entrance examination in the next day! The old slave is a crippled person, how dare he be a senior brother of a few, or call me Lao Sun!" Sun Desheng hurriedly got up and waved his hand.
Xu Fan looked at it and shook his head silently.
Looking at Sun Desheng's white and tender skin, as well as the beard that was obviously attached to the corners of his mouth, he understood as soon as his heart turned: "Oh! It turns out that this Sun Desheng is a eunuch! Maybe he is still a big eunuch! Looking at his appearance, he must have been taught by a teacher before, but now he is embarrassed to admit it in front of outsiders, this is easy to do!"
So, Xu Chen took a few steps forward and said with a cordial smile: "Senior Brother Sun is wrong in what he said! The saints all say that there is no class in teaching, and Yan Hui's senior brother also sells vegetables and fishes! The boy does not dare to compare himself with Yan Hui, but the teacher is a saint in the world! If Senior Brother Sun refuses to resign, isn't that a burying teacher?"
When Xu Fan heard this, he said anxiously: "Stinky boy, are you so boastful?"
Xu Chen just smiled and said, "Teacher, I didn't praise you!
"You!" Xu Fan said, knowing that he couldn't get a bargain here in Xu Chen, so he closed his eyes and went with him.
Sun Desheng on the side was interrupted by the two masters and apprentices for a while, and he had no choice but to respond: "Alas!"
"Okay, senior brother, shouldn't we give a meeting gift for this first meeting?" Xu Chen said with a smile again.
When Sun Desheng heard this, he hurriedly reached out and groped on his body, and found a few things, including small night pearls, jade pendants, jade pendants, jade pendants and other things, all of which are accessories to wear with him, and naturally they are not ordinary.
"I came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare anything, and there are two junior brothers who didn't come, right? It's okay, I'll visit you in person next time!" Sun Desheng gave the things to Xu Chen and the others one by one, and said.
Seeing this, Xu Fan, who was sitting at the top, said: "These stinky boys are not short of money! The money you have worked hard to save for half your life is not more than a fraction of that of these stinky boys!"
Xu Fan said so, but he didn't stop it, he naturally knew that this was Xu Chen's intention, in order to let Sun Desheng calmly accept the identity of this "senior brother".
"Teacher, look at what you said, the elder doesn't dare to resign! Where can money buy such a commemorative thing?" Xu Chen once again played a cheeky Dafa.
"Okay, let's stay and go!" Xu Fan said with a wave of his hand, like a fly.
After a lengthy greeting, the question was raised.
"Desheng, you came this time to do something for the saint, right?" Although Xu Fan had already guessed, he still asked.
Sun Desheng nodded hurriedly and said: "Mr. must have guessed that it was indeed the saint who asked the old slave to come, and before he came, the saint said to the old slave that if there is any suffering, he will come to Mr." ”
When Xu Fan heard this, he was silent.
Every few days, Emperor Xuanzong would send a lot of information about the entire Tang Dynasty from Chang'an, even more detailed than the one obtained from the political affairs hall.
The relationship between Xu Fan and Emperor Xuanzong is somewhat complicated, more than 30 years ago, Xu Fan was still a young man who had just been crowned, and Xuanzong Li Longji was only a young man in his twenties.
When Xu Fan was studying in Chang'an, he met Li Longji, maybe it was because of the same smell, or the talented Xu Fan when he was young attracted Li Longji, anyway, he gradually became familiar with him.
In the later struggle to overthrow Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, the upright Xu Fan firmly stood on Li Longji's side, and shouted for it, writing many essays scolding Empress Wei for his chaotic government and Princess Taiping's usurpation of power.
In the chaotic situation at that time, although Li Longji, as the prince, occupied the righteousness, Empress Wei wanted to follow the example of Emperor Zetian and control the government all the year round, and Princess Taiping had been operating in Chang'an for many years, and Li Longji's strength was not very strong.
It is precisely because of Xu Fan's vigorous propaganda that he has attracted a large number of equally enthusiastic young students, including many children of the family, which can be regarded as attracting a lot of allies for Li Longji's struggle.
Although this qiē is all out of Xu Fan's original intention, Li Longji has not forgotten that Jì, who can be regarded as his friend, after Xuanzong ascended the throne, he deliberately rewarded him for his merits and made him a prime minister of three grades.
It stands to reason that this kind of work from the dragon, let alone being crowned a prime minister, no one will say anything even if he is given a hereditary title.
It's not an idea that needs to be low-key, it's just because in Xu Fan's opinion, what he did was what he should do as a scholar, and he didn't need a reward!
So, he refused! Relying on his own talent and learning, he won the Jinshi in the imperial examination, and later released, starting from the county order of a small county, and gradually rose to the imperial history of the imperial history platform.
And the connection between the two is getting less and less, except for those who knew it back then, few people know about this past.
Therefore, when Xu Fan wrote a letter to impeach Li Linfu, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, those who knew about the past between Xu Fan and Emperor Xuanzong were waiting to see Li Linfu's jokes, and those who didn't know naturally did not dare to come out to support Xu Fan.
It's just that what people didn't expect was that Xu Fan was still demoted in the end!
Later, Xu Fan learned that these were the meanings of Emperor Xuanzong. Xuanzong Li Longji did take Xu Fan as the prime minister to cultivate, not to mention the love of the year, Xu Fan's talent and learning, and the rich administrative experience from the bottom are all compulsory courses for a prime minister.
It's just that Xu Fan's temperament really gives Emperor Xuanzong a bit of a headache, Xuanzong needs prime ministers like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, not ministers like Wei Zheng, with the relationship between him and Xu Fan, there is no need for Xu Fan to be this kind of lonely minister.
Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong decided to knock Xu Fan, but did not make a move, and let him come to Yuzhang to cultivate his self-cultivation, and Li Linfu's idea of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots naturally failed. At the beginning, not to mention Li Linfu, even Xu Fan himself thought that Xuanzong had forgotten the love of the year and came to Yuzhang with the determination to die.
It was only later that he received the whole world's recitals and information sent by Emperor Xuanzong through the channels of the internal guard, and at the same time sent a letter to ask for his opinion, which made Xu Fan understand.
It's just that Xu Fan's temperament has indeed changed a lot since he was demoted to Yuzhang, and he never wrote casually, at most he just secretly sent some of his own opinions to the emperor.
But things are very different today!
Sun Desheng came in person, saying that he wanted Sun Desheng to ask himself, but Xu Fan knew that Emperor Xuanzong's meaning was obvious.
The emperor is short of money to spend! He needs to let him, a courtier, help solve it, if Xu Fan really can't solve it, it's just that, but he has a way!
However, deep down, he really didn't want Emperor Xuanzong to do this kind of thing to compete with the people, but wasn't this a test given to him by the emperor?
Life has been in a hurry for decades, he Xu Fan has known the destiny of heaven for many years, and he also wants to dominate the world and do something for the people!