Chapter Twenty-Nine: Mingtang
It's a summer morning, and it's just dawning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe stars of last night were still falling on the blue sky, and the earth was hazy, with some remnants of the night.
The sound of horses' hooves came from the official road in the distance, and a heavy rainstorm had just fallen the day before, and the milky white fog covered the far suburbs of Chang'an City deep and shallowly.
Two soldiers guarding the city gate stood on the tower and looked down, and two Confucian scholars who were wearing long robes and standing solemnly greeted the city gate early. Although they didn't know that this was the hot Lang Zhongling and the Imperial Doctor in the court today, it must not be ordinary people who could go out of the city gate before the curfew.
When I was on duty in the morning, there was nothing important to do. The two little soldiers chatted all over the world. Probably a common problem of people living in the imperial city, no matter who it is, when they are free, they always have to discuss the major affairs of the court, and say something as if they are looking at it vividly.
It's said that it's a small soldier, but it's actually not small.
One was in his early thirties, and the other looked older than him.
The slightly smaller Confucian who looked at the morning mist sighed a little: "This new emperor ascends the throne, it's different, how could the Confucian scholars have a good future in the past." He lowered his voice and looked around: "I heard that the emperor's selection of talents this time are all Confucian students, and it seems that they are going to tremble again." There was some envy in the words, the founding of the country is always the military general, but it is the turn of the scholars to rule the world.
The older ones are much calmer, he is no more than forty, but he has grown a beard. He narrowed his eyes and said quite profoundly, "What do you know? The Empress Dowager is still there, and the new emperor has just come to power, so don't you go back for a few days? It's not the money left over from the previous dynasties, alas, it's not that I don't feel sorry if I earned it. ”
The younger one couldn't help laughing a little and gave him a punch: "The emperor can use it if he likes, what do you feel sorry for the emperor's money." ”
Just as he was about to answer, the smaller one slapped him and motioned for him to look downstairs in the city.
Two Confucian scholars stepped forward to lift the door curtain of the carriage and helped them down, one with gray hair. The trembling old man came, and the old man looked at Chang'an City with emotion for a while, and then got into the dome carriage behind the two Confucian scholars with the help of him, and actually went in the direction of the palace.
The two of them stared at each other, and they didn't expect that looking at the two simple old men and one who looked older seemed to be a bit of a trick.
The older one guessed: "Is it a great Confucian?" ”
He guessed that the old gray-haired old man was Zhao Juan and Wang Zang's teacher, Yuan Gu. He was specially invited by His Majesty to establish a ceremonial code for the Yi Dynasty of Jianming Hall.
The arrival of Yuangu brought the New Deal to a peak.
On the surface of today's pattern, Liu Che has damaged Prime Minister Wei Cheng, but his actual strength has increased. Prime Minister Dou Ying, Taiwei Tian Wei, Imperial Historian Zhao Xuan, Lang Zhongling Wang Zang, the minister, the minister, the military power and the supervision power have all been in the hands of Confucianism.
Finally felt that Liu Che, who held the power, was determined to reform, he had a lot of things he couldn't get used to since he was a child, Gaozu started from poverty, and most of the founding ministers were the same, and there were no rules to follow Gaozu to clap his hands and call him a brother. When the court was drinking and having fun, some of them were drunk and screaming, and even drew their swords to cut the central pillar of the court, so Gaozu ordered his uncle and grandson to draw up ritual etiquette.
This kind of thing is still common today, the vassal kings want to take this and that after coming to Beijing by seniority, the emperor's road is full of carriages of kings and grandsons, how can there be any rules at all? Liu Che was determined to establish the dignity and dignity of the emperor from the upper and lower levels, so that he could order and prohibit it in the future, and he wanted to let the courtiers and vassal kings know that although he was young, he was the Son of Heaven, and the monarch and the minister should be like a monarch and a minister.
That's what Yuangu came for.
Liu Che greeted him with a heavy salute, and greeted this nearly ninety-year-old Confucian master disciple with respectful welcome into the propaganda room. However, it seems that the outcome of the conversation is not very satisfactory.
Liu Che came back with a breath of air, and when he was about to enter the inner hall of Weiyang Palace, he paused and took a deep breath. It seems that he wants to leave the discomfort outside outside, and when he returns to Gillian's side, he naturally has to change his appearance.
Chun Tuo, who had already been kicked by Liu Che as soon as he came out of the Xuan Room, breathed a sigh of relief, and when he returned to the queen's mother, His Majesty naturally restrained his temper. Otherwise, he really doesn't know what to do.
Gillian was enjoying the flowers, and the bowl lotus planted by Sifu bloomed again.
The lotus leaves are green and fresh, and the bowl lotus blossoms open the petals, slim and elegant, delicate and dazzling.
She listened to Liu Che come in and didn't raise her head: "Who made Your Majesty angry again?" ”
His fire was watching the cold Gillian have dropped a lot, and he was a little curious when he heard it: "You haven't looked at me, how do you know that I'm angry?" ”
She put down the scissors that cut off the dead leaves for the bowl lotus, and her ten fingers were slender, revealing a small piece of jade wrist skin like congealed fat. She put down her wide sleeves, stood up slowly, and walked to Liu Che's side to pinch his shoulder.
She is really very different from ordinary people's wives, and she is not like a queen.
He privately said that the queen would pinch her shoulders and wash her face with wide clothes and a wide coat for her, Pingyang Nangong always brought some unbelief, the princess Jiaohu I, the chief princess of the pavilion, and Gillian as the only daughter, and the queen of the queen. There is no need to slap in with anyone, let alone to please anyone, and the emperor's favor can neither make her more noble, nor can it make her worry and hesitate. Why should you compromise your status as a queen like a little maid?
Even they, who are self-conscious princesses, are never willing to do it.
However, she did it so naturally that she didn't seem to realize that it was all the work of a servant. She deserves it, and Liu Che is used to it.
Thinking of this, the nameless fire in Liu Che's heart had almost been extinguished, and he relaxed in Gillian's proper kneading, and had a joking mood: "Then the queen might as well tell me why I am angry?" Who's angry? ”
Her lips opened lightly, and she said with a smile: "Queen Mother, I know that Your Majesty is not happy when I hear the news that Your Majesty came in." As for who is angry, the queen mother guesses that it is Shen Gong that His Majesty has been looking forward to for a long time. ”
He backhanded her hand to her neck, signaling that she didn't have to press it anymore. Take her hand and bring it to him. He raised his eyes to look at her, Gillian, maybe intelligence is not enough, but in terms of understanding him, I am afraid that the queen mother will not be able to catch up.
His heart was sweet, and there was a smile that seemed to be nothing. I was in the mood to see Gillian's bowl lotus, the red coquettish, and the white innocent. He raised his sword eyebrows lightly: "Sifu is serving well, reward him." ”
Gillian joked to him: "Okay, Your Majesty will reward you if you say it." ”
Out of the inner hall called Begonia to take the silver to reward the four blessings, thought about it, and added that it was also called to reward Chuntuo. Liu Che looks very smooth now, but where is the Queen Mother, and the days of frustration are still long. Reward the Chuntuo who follows him every day.
After finishing the order, Gillian entered the inner hall again, and Liu Che fell asleep on the couch without changing his tired clothes. She lightly covered him with a quilt and withdrew to ask the wooden pen to serve dinner later.
During this time, as Wei Xiang said, and as Gillian said. The New Deal was replaced by the Confucian faction, and it went much smoother. It was Liu Che who said that Limingtang asked all the princes and kings to come to see him, and asked the king who still had a fief in Chang'an to return to his fief. The Empress Dowager came to her and cried several times a day, but the Empress Dowager sent them away in silence.
The Empress Dowager also wanted to see how far Liu Che could go and what he could toss into. But it is clear that Liu Che took his grandmother's silence as acquiescence.
Liu Che Xinjun ascended the throne, but he didn't have an inch, and he was always worried that he couldn't suppress the courtiers. I got up early every day, came back early by chance, and fell asleep when I was still tired.
Gillian couldn't bear to call him, so she didn't wake him up until nearly nine o'clock in the evening, and had some dinner casually. He ordered to wash up and rest, and when he arrived on the couch, he seemed to have slept enough and seemed to be completely emotional, and he took the initiative to talk about Shen Gong.
He was a little puzzled, and there was no sarcasm in his tone: "Gillian, do you say that when people are old, their hearts will follow the old?" Or was he frightened by the Empress Dowager when he was young, and he didn't dare to talk about the merits of Huang Lao's doctrine anymore? ”
He had no brains, but Gillian instantly understood his complaints.
Yuan Gu, when he was a doctor, argued with Huang Sheng about whether Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou were established by the mandate of heaven or usurped the monarchy, and the old Huang faction was speechless. However, it annoyed the Empress Dowager, who said that the Empress Dowager's respect for Huang Lao's doctrine was nothing more than a woman's opinion, and the obvious discriminatory and contemptuous words angered the Empress Dowager in an instant.
The Empress Dowager was furious and asked Yuan Gu to enter the beast circle to assassinate the wild boar, and Emperor Jing quietly gave him a sharp knife so that he could escape with his life. Since then, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism never raised his head.
She intertwined her fingers with him in the dark, and said sideways, "Is what Shen Gong said dissatisfying Your Majesty?" ”
He was much calmer, and he saw a lot of passionate Confucian scholars this time. Facing Shen Gong who was like an ancient well, he was really disappointed, and he asked Shen Gong to take a national policy.
Shen Gong listened to Liu Che's imagination kindly and silently, and said slowly under Liu Che's expectation: "The ruler is not too much, and he is as good as his ears." ”
Let's talk about sleeping, who can be killed by mouth cannons? Don't be obsessed with a bright future, do more and talk less.
Liu Che didn't expect that the Shen Guild, who was highly recommended, would pour cold water on him, and he almost wanted to kick the case over immediately. But in the end, he restrained himself, and he invited him three or four times. No matter what, you have to give a little face, and when you come, you come.
In the end, the edict appointed Shen Gong as the Taizhong doctor, as an adviser to Mingtang, patrol hunting, changing the calendar, and changing clothes, so Shen Gong was placed.
But in the end, there is some slight unspeakable unhappiness, the Son of Heaven said a word, and the four seas surrendered. The Empress Dowager refutes him, just forget it, in the end it is an elder.
Gillian jumped up and hugged him: "Che'er, the emperor's dignity is given by himself, not by the emperor's identity." The faint scent of her body temperature came to the tip of his nose, and he hugged her, and her words were like a punch to his heart, causing him to shake slightly.
The emperor, the first person in the world.
But are there few emperors who are scolded by the world now?
There are those who are near, and those who are far away are businessmen.
He understands the people's hearts and the majesty of the history books better than Gillian, they seem to be weak, they will cry when floods and droughts, and the Huns will cry when they go south, but how many emperors can bear the energy silently once it erupts?
Gaozu founded the country with this, the emperor is noble, but it is the emperor's virtue that makes the people more subservient. There is really no need for him to be upset about this little thing, he is just young, and his days are very long. He can always make a great cause that makes all the people in the world, called the history books, and made Gillian proud and proud.
His last faint unhappiness was gone, and turned into a deep and shallow kiss that fell on Gillian's face, lips, and body.