Chapter 1 Knowing is Knowing
"The husband is good, and the common meaning of ancient and modern times is also. I remember the old Lang Cai Yong, virtuous and square, erudite and reasonable. Although he has been in the middle of the rivers and lakes for ten years, he is still bound to self-cultivation and self-discipline, and he wrote "Refuting Disasters and Different Theories", washing away the poison of Zhang Countercurrent. Thinking about the body and worrying about the monarch's father's society, there is no other, and his heart is resting......
On the occasion of this eventful autumn, he should have been promoted to a prominent position, but he inquired about it, and said that the public intention was not in office. Therefore, the thought of Xu is not a Tang Dynasty, and the emperor is not decaying; Yiqi does not eat Zhou Su, and does not damage Zhou Wang. The king couldn't bear to make a long patrol in the court, so he gave ten catties of gold, a hundred horses, and the marquis of the pass, and sent back to the field. ”
“…… Youzhou don't drive Li Su, respectful and good, learn and several, good at writing, and show in the north with the merit of planning, licensing Youzhou Muyu law plus examples, citing its Mao Cai, the court awarded the 'long history of protecting Wuhuan school captain to support the festival', rank Qianshi ......"
Cai Yong, Li Su and others, bowed their heads and quietly listened to the imperial envoy read out the edict, and the surprise, surprise and incomprehension in their hearts were intertwined.
Cai Yong's heart is particularly conflicted: "When did I express that I didn't want to return to the court to be an official?" Why did Your Majesty, after 'asking about the left and right', compare me to hermits like Xu You? Really, when I am ready to write books, speak, teach and educate people, and spend the rest of my life? ”
Although those money and rewards are quite generous, giving the title of Guannei Marquis is enough to save face - although the Guannei Marquis of the Ling Emperor's dynasty is clearly priced at five million, it has been reduced to a pure honor without food.
In contrast, Li Su, who had just been named his "Cai's disciple" four months ago, had already soared from 600 stones to 1,000 stones.
In terms of rank alone, this is already higher than Cai Yong's former minister.
But no matter what, Cai Yong has seen the hope of re-emergence, and he is more and more grateful to Li Su in his heart.
The envoy put away his edict, and after all the etiquette was completed, he helped Cai Yong and comforted him in a low voice: "Cai Gong is puzzled by His Majesty's not being summoned to the court?" Don't be impatient, the three princes of the DPRK and China gathered to think that now is not the time, and after Zhang Ju is destroyed, Cai Gong will naturally be summoned back to the court. ”
Cai Yong was relieved at this time, and smiled embarrassedly: "Where and where, I have been able to advance from the ranks over the years, and I am quite comforting in my life." In the government and the opposition, they are all working for the common people in the world. ”
The deal with Li Boya is not a friendship, it is really the most cost-effective friendship in this life.
After some politeness, the Zhen Mansion sent some family members to entertain the envoy.
Cai and Li returned to the inner courtyard on their own, but the frenzy of compliments on them was clearly just beginning.
"Congratulations, Li Changshi is only 18 years old, and he was awarded the rank of Qianshi. Within a year, four officials changed their officials, and the ambition of young people was really rare in this dynasty. Several stewards of the Zhen family, as well as the second young master Zhen Yao, who came here today, hurriedly said hello to Li Su.
"Alas, it doesn't matter how big or small the official position is, it's all for the imperial court." Li Su hurriedly humbled.
Zhen Yao insisted: "Brother Li is too modest, Cai Gong and Brother Li are willing to write and print books and periodicals in the Humble House, so that the Humble House is full of brilliance. I think it won't take a few days, there are many officials in Youzhou and Zhongshan, there are many officials who will come to celebrate, and when it comes to entertaining, please rest assured that Brother Li will not fall into courtesy with our Zhen family in charge. ”
Then, Zhen Yao ordered to prepare a few of the most prosperous and high-end banquets, and let the steward accompany Cai Yong and Li Su to celebrate with a banquet.
But he still has filial piety, so he won't drink with him.
At the same time, Cai Yan and the daughters of the Zhen family, who were hiding behind and watching the excitement just now, dared to whisper and discuss and coax.
There is a little girl of the same age as Cai Yan, who is the eldest lady of the Zhen family, Zhen Jiang, who originally brought her second sister to play with Cai Yan today.
Because of filial piety, they will never play with Li Su every time they come, wearing a white silk wrap and filial piety clothes, very cautious and polite.
They are not as knowledgeable as Cai Yan, so they pulled Cai Yan and asked secretly: "Sister, what kind of official is the 'long history of supporting festivals'?" I didn't understand the edict just now, and I said a lot of good things, what kind of reward is it? ”
Cai Yan knew a lot about the official system of the imperial court, so he patiently explained: "That is the envoy who can represent the imperial court with full powers and be responsible for negotiating with the Wuhuan ministries." Su Wu of this dynasty sent envoys to the Xiongnu and Ban Chao to the Western Regions, all of whom supported the festival to represent the prestige of the imperial court. ”
Zhen Jiang was suddenly surprised: "Wow, but Brother Li is less than 20 years old, and he is not a wealthy nobleman, so he can represent the imperial court with a festival?" The Ban Chao that my sister said is the person who 'throws a pen from Rong' and 'doesn't enter the tiger's den to get a tiger', right? ”
The second sister Zhen Tuo listened to it next to her, and couldn't help but interject: "I heard my brother tell a story, Ban Chao led thirty-six people, killed 500 Xiongnu envoys in Shanshanguo, and forced King Shanshan to abandon the Xiongnu and return to Han."
Could it be that in the future, Brother Li Shi will be able to make such a great contribution as Ban Chao? That's really heroic and all-rounder. ”
Although Cai Yan thought it was unlikely, he was also a little fascinated after listening to the brains of the two young ladies of the Zhen family.
That's all a beautiful talk that has gone down in history and left many well-known idioms, can the senior brother do it?
"I don't know about this, maybe my brother is such a genius......"
The three of them talked for a while, which was equivalent to the little fan girl in later generations shouting a bunch of 666, but they didn't think about it crookedly.
The main reason is that they are too young, purely similar to the mentality of a first-year girl as a star chaser, feeling curious and amazed, and having no other intentions.
Zhen Jiang is just 13 years old, and the second sister Zhen is 12. The other three younger sisters who are not even qualified to go out, Zhen Dao is 10 years old, Zhen Rong is 7 years old, and Zhen Mi is 5 years old - what evil thoughts can be so young?
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Cai Yan was entangled by the ladies of the Zhen family and asked questions for a long time. It wasn't until Miss Zhen went back that she took the time to go back to the inner hall to take a peek at the progress.
Cai Yong and Li Su have also been diligently persuaded by the stewards of the Zhen Mansion to drink, feast on the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and eat fresh cream.
Cai Yong was old and physically weak, so after a few more drinks, he was served by the servants of the Zhen family and went to sleep in the house.
Only Li Su sat alone on the side of the desk, thinking about the scraps. also held a silver chopstick, and gently knocked on the wrong gold and bronze jue in front of him, with a dingdong sound, quite the demeanor of the so-called "Wei and Jin Dynasty" later.
The celebrities of the Han Dynasty still paid attention to etiquette, and the left and right sides of the clothes must be clearly distinguished. He was a barbarian, so even if he sat there, he wouldn't leave his robe open unless he took it off.
Li Su was slightly drunk, not only opened his robe, but also sat in a sitting, golden knife horse was very arrogant, and even his hair was untied. With one leg standing upright and an elbow across the knee, with the aesthetics of the Han Dynasty, it is really a bit unruly.
Cai Yan was slightly frightened when he saw Li Su's demeanor, and subconsciously covered his mouth with his sleeves, and then approached in broken steps.
"Senior sister, have you eaten? There is also a seat here, which is additional, no one has touched it, so let's eat some more if you are not full - the ladies of the Zhen family should keep filial piety and share the table with them, I am afraid that there is no wine and meat. Li Su seemed a little more enthusiastic than the previous two days, pointed to a food table opposite, and signaled Cai Yan not to be polite.
This sentence made Cai Yan relieve his tension a little, smiled slightly, walked to the desk, and knelt down politely. It's the end of September, and the bamboo mat is lined with soft silk cotton, so kneeling won't hurt your knees.
"It seems that after drinking, Senior Brother is not as serious as when he was studying and discussing Taoism, and he will take the opportunity to ask him a few difficult questions in a while, and he should not scold me."
Cai Yan took a small bite of the Songjiang sea bass steamed with mash and purple sprouts and ginger, and thought of it in his heart.
In the Han Dynasty, the so-called Songjiang sea bass was not a special product of Songjiang, but another name for the migratory sea bass, so it can also be caught in slightly inland rivers, but it is still precious and abnormal.
Cai Yan was careful, knowing that he couldn't drink more when he was young, so he ate mash steamed fish, which was regarded as drinking the congratulatory wine of his senior brother Gao Sheng.
After eating sea bass, Cai Yan asked tentatively: "Looking at Senior Brother Yixing and flying, are you still thinking about writing?" ”
When Li Su heard this, he stopped the silver chopsticks in his hand: "Senior sister is also interested in these?" ”
After working with Cai Yong face-to-face for two days, Li Su also knew that Cai Yan was a little curious, but he never took it seriously, and he didn't think that this kind of little girl understood the principles of political philosophy, so he didn't beep with Cai Yan more.
Now taking advantage of the alcohol, there is a little Yaxing to play with the children.
Cai Yan saw that he was really kind, and asked boldly: "I also read the draft that my father and you wrote in the past two days, and I happened to have a question to ask my senior brother." ”
Li Su couldn't help but be happy: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Cai Yan thought about it for a while, and first foreshadowed a sentence: "The core of the theory that the palace is blessed is that 'it is the most virtuous to save the world from war, and it is the most immoral to make the world fall back into war', so the first person who launched the world will cause the people to fall into fire and water, and will be punished by God, even if the previous dynasty he overthrew is also immoral, it will not be his turn to win the world."
The first half of this part, three hundred years ago, Prime Minister Gongsun Hong had been deduced from "The Legend of the Spring and Autumn Ram", and the second half was obtained by you through the conclusion of Gongsun Hong, yes or no? ”
Li Su nodded: "You can read fast enough, and you can grasp the key point at once, which is rare - but what about your problem?" ”
A little girl, who reads other people's manuscripts for two days, can understand it, and it can be regarded as a good IQ.
Cai Yan was encouraged and became more confident: "If the conditions are right, then I will continue to calculate." If my prediction is correct, the purpose of my brother's writing this book is to inform the world before destroying Zhang Ju in the future, so that the people of the world can understand that Zhang Ju's defeat is a curse of heaven.
However, Zhang Ju is no longer the 'first to advocate' the world, three years ago, wasn't there already Zhang Jiao in the world? Zhang Ju can only be regarded as the second or even the third, and the first punishment will not be his turn.
Therefore, this temple is blessed, for when there is no anti-thief in the world, to prevent the appearance of the first anti-thief, perhaps the effect is very good, so that everyone who is not a minister does not dare to be the first in the world. But once the first one can't help but jump out, won't the followers behind completely let go of their courage and be unscrupulous? Anyway, they felt that the damnation had been fulfilled by the first thief. ”
When Li Su heard this, his whole body was in good spirits.
The conscience of heaven and earth, since the crossing, he has not experienced this excitement of debating with people for a long time.
Even if he discussed with Cai Yong before, Cai Yong was still more decent, and liked to start from the scriptures, take the idea of "induction", and carefully summarize the tone and sentences with Li Su.
I didn't expect it to be Cai Yan, a little girl, who is not very good at learning, but "mentally ill people have a wide range of ideas, and brain-dead children have a lot of joy", no matter how Li Su deduced, just directly assume that Li Su is already right, use it to see, and see what problems will be encountered in use.
In contrast, Cai Yong is like a programmer who likes to talk to you about code principles.
And Cai Yan is more like a tester's thinking, I don't know code, just take your program to run, all kinds of conditions fancy running, until the BUG is run.
"Good question!"