Chapter 10 The Horse Steps on the Dust and the Sword Overflows the Three Armies
Cui Yun and Ming Wei are both delicate and clear people, and when they heard the eldest prince Youqi say this, they had to give up and return home.
Along the way, Ming Wei didn't explain too much, the rules of etiquette and the bloodline of the clan have always been the rules of the whole world, whether it is the Daduan government or the Shenguang Dynasty, the bloodline of the clan determines the people, and the outline of the etiquette and law is always fixed, even if Taizu's martial arts are famous and immediately win the world, turning over and dismounting is still in accordance with the law of etiquette and the rules.
Since it is connected by blood, the two surnames Cui must be taken over this matter, and the twists and turns in it are not clear, and the people who watch the excitement only recognize that you are all surnamed Cui.
After Cui Yun returned home, she went straight to her father's study, and after entering the house, Cui Shangshu signaled her to eat the supper on the table first:
"This is made for you by your mother, I made Lao Yuntou just hot."
"His Royal Highness King Kang doesn't seem to care, saying that he will discuss it tomorrow."
Cui Yunmo's eyebrows were twisted together, and he said angrily:
"The timing is not in a hurry, and it is said that the song has been sent to the palace. If it is in Jin'an, I believe that King Kang will sell face to his daughter, and he will press it down. After all, Cui Hanzhang was implicated and reported, and there are many things to catch the wind and shadows. ”
"It is not easy for King Pingkang to handle the Jin'an office this time, the palace is angry and orders are strict, and there are officials from the three law divisions to cooperate in handling the case, so he can't be ignored. Jin'an Moon Lake seems to be calm, and there are many old kings under the water, don't you also go to Jin'an. Cui Shangshu took a sip of strong tea and said leisurely.
"Now that you have found it, King Pingkang will not sit idly by when he sees you, and he will not sit idly by, and see that you are worried, go and rest."
On the other side, Taishi Lou Qin Tianjian had already forwarded the letter to Lou Yueshan, watching the letter paper curl and burn in the brazier and turn into ashes, Lou Yueshan was silent, and unconsciously lit the old dry tobacco that had been quit for many years, the taste was spicy but enough, and after a while, the whole room was cloudy and mist.
Lou Yueshan thought of the night when he set off from Xikou and passed by the Jin'an Post Station, hurriedly flashed the saber and armored officer, the murderous aura was exposed, and he quickly whipped the horse to rush to the direction of Jianyang, and now he thought that he should go to Xikou to get people.
It seems that we have to explain clearly to Cui Mansion and Xikou Qianyanzhou again, and wipe off the traces of these years, so as not to delay the children. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the stumbles along the way are indispensable, and the resolution of the unjustified disaster still has to make a fuss about the Beihu war.
After pondering all night, Lou Yueshan strung together several threads such as Beihu, Ghost Fang, Yunlin Jiang, Jin'an Huangshang, Inner Court Jin Yuwei, and Rite Department, and vaguely felt that something had been caught, but there was always a fog shrouded in it. Let's take a closer look, who reported this sensational imperial examination fraud case in Beijing? It is rumored that when Jin Yuwei of the inner court patrolled the examination room on behalf of the Son of Heaven, someone threatened his life and reported fraud, Jin Yuwei rummaged through the corners of the Taikang Gong Courtyard, and arrested dozens of people on the same day. The timing of the report was just right, and everyone on the scene was stolen, and now everyone's eyes are on what level this fraud case will spread to, and who will be involved? I'm afraid that no one will delve into the motives of the whistleblower.........
Coincidentally, this case of fraud in the imperial examination happened in the special period of the Beihu Pass and the southwest riots, and the main battle faction and the peace faction in the imperial court were arguing endlessly, and several large court meetings broke up unhappily.
Suddenly, the imperial examination fraud case was in an uproar, and it even implicated the Yunlin Jiang family, a family of saints, and the world was in an uproar for a while. On the contrary, the dispute over the main battle and the negotiation of peace in the DPRK has cooled down, and if the two things are just coincidences, I am afraid that it is a bit far-fetched, and what is even more difficult to ensure is that someone has added fuel to the fire.........
The fate of the 3,000 students in the 15th state capital of Shenguang is like a fish stranded on the beach. Many people are destined to be unable to sleep tonight, and Lou Yueshan has an old smoking gun to stay up to the second half. After paying attention, he ran directly to the residence of Xu Fuzi in the Taiyuan, and pulled the sixty-year-old man out of the quilt in a daze, the old man Xu widened his eyes, first shocked, and then angrily scolded:
"Lou Yue Mountain? You are a murderer of a thousand knives, disturbing people's dreams and insulting Sven. I didn't see the long ice ridge under the eaves, it's freezing this day, you are also a half-hundred old man, and you are still tossing endlessly? ”
"Old Xu, hurry up, someone needs your help."
Lou Yueshan is self-cooked, and after sitting down, he pushed away the smoldering carbon fire in the brazier, and took the tube to blow the fire. Then waiting for Lao Xu Tou to come over with a quilt to roast the fire, he went through the matter of Cui Hanzhang in Qianyanzhou, Xikou. Hearing this, Xu Fuzi frowned, King Pingkang went to Jin'an to make a fuss, and the matter of chasing the wind and shadows was taken and imprisoned without being investigated, if the situation is allowed to spread, I am afraid that these three thousand students will not be spared.
"So attentive, Xikou Qianyanzhou Cui Hanzhang is a disciple secretly taught by your Lou Yueshan, right? You have disappeared for ten years since the fire in the Taishi Building of Qintianjian Taishilou, some say that you died in the fire, and some speculate that you are disheartened and went away to the border, why do you take such a big deal as soon as you come back now? Xu Fuzi wrapped the quilt tightly on his body and joked.
"It's a good boy, I'm afraid of being ruined if I get involved for no reason, our old bones are worthless, but we have to leave something good." Lou Yueshan fiddled with the carbon fire and replied without raising his head.
"Wait, you said the doll's name is Cui Hanzhang, a person from Xikou Qianyanzhou?
"The horse stepped on the dust, and the sword aura overflowed the three armies, but he wrote it?"
"Amazing sentences, Qin Yuanshou and several other old men are full of praise for this poem, saying that it is a poem that has not been seen for more than ten years, and even with his alternative 'advice', it has been praised by individual masters, if such a good seedling is destroyed, it is really the sin of our old men."
More than 3,000 students from 15 provinces in the north and south took the exam, if it weren't for this exquisite poem that was associated with people, Xu Fuzi probably wouldn't be able to remember who was Cui Hanzhang of Qianyanzhou, suddenly thought of this stubble, raised his head and looked bright, and Lou Yueshan's staring eyes converged,
"I'll just say that this doll's articles and poems are outstanding, the taste is right, and it looks really the same thing, and it is a good material."
"The situation of this imperial examination fraud case is complicated, and the Taiyuan should not have been involved, but someone has already raised his sword high, if he doesn't do something to deal with it, he will inevitably be affected and injured by mistake, Yue Shan, you shouldn't have shown up, go back first, I'll go to Qin Lao to discuss now." Xu Jing dressed neatly, pushed Lou Yueshan out of the door, and the two parted ways at the door of the backyard.
The night patrol husband just passed by, ugly time four watches, the weather is cold, the closer to the end of the year, the more difficult it is, the sound of the bang seems to knock on the heart of Lou Yue Mountain, the face is cold, look up at the snowflakes in the sky, one by one scattered and falling, just like this deep foot shallow foot walk back to the Taishi Building.........
Xu Jing skillfully turned left and right, walked through various alleys, and directly entered the door of the head of the Qin courtyard. Although the old housekeeper was old, his eyes were not dizzy, and he arranged for Xu Fuzi to sit down and make a cup of tea and go directly to the backyard to report, and it happened that the head of the Qin courtyard had already gotten up and was reading a book, preparing for the early dynasty of the fifth watch. The head of the Qin Yuan is already more than seventy years old, and he is far thinner than the old people of the same age, and he has not heard of a day off since he took charge of the Taiyuan. It is one of the few existences in the entire Taiyuan that can make Xu Jing dare not make times at will.
"Join me for breakfast, just pickles and porridge." Qin Yuanshou said casually.
The three old men were eating breakfast together, and in an instant, a thick layer of snow had fallen in the courtyard.
After eating, the housekeeper walked directly into the backyard to clean up the room, leaving the two to drink tea and watch the snow in the hall.........
The wind and snow in the sky made this court meeting quite difficult, and at the moment of the fifth watch, most of the people in Taikang City were still in a dream, but the thunderous time of the court urged the officials and lords to go out against the wind and snow. Standing above the city tower and looking down, a sedan chair from the streets and alleys emerged in the snow, slowly gathering on Qingchuan Avenue in twos and threes, a group of early arrivals are old men, fortunately, the saint is sympathetic to the old ministers, and the inner court cherishes the salary division next to the Wenhua Hall to raise a warm pavilion, the head of the Qin Yuan followed a few old people with sideburns and white sideburns around the stove to chat and say that they have recently won a good poem, especially this sentence 'The horse steps on the dust, The sword aura overflows the three armies' to read is particularly exciting, leading people to infinite reverie, our group of old men buried in the loess to the neck are young, who will not have a ridiculous time, who is young, who will not ride a horse and gallop, and go to the end of the world with a sword.
"Old man Ning, I remember that you were a young man with good fists and feet, and you almost joined the army, if you weren't tied up by your old lady, now I'm afraid that there is one less capable imperial doctor, but one more old general."
The corners of the imperial doctor Ning Anguo's mouth pursed and did not answer.
The people present are all experienced in the ups and downs of the sea for a long time, and they are old and refined, so they can naturally understand the voice of the old man Qin, but they can't feel his pulse for a while, and some people echo and say that "the sword qi overflows the three armies" has a bit of skill, and it should be quite an appetite for the old man Ning.
The best place to feel the red dust of the market is to go to the bazaar, where the pawns and pulp sellers gather, bustling and full of life; Whether it is the foreign students who are stranded in Taikang waiting for the list or the talents of the major academies in Taikang City, they all gather in the Mingjin Building to argue endlessly about a few eloquent essays and poems that come out of the Taiyuan. At this time, the stage is Hejian Wang Shuo and Yuanxiang Shizi Jing Kuai on this year's "policy and Wenzhi" intention dispute, Hejian is located in the northwest of Longyuan Jiangxi, although it does not border with Beihu, the two places are separated by a Kuiyin Mountain, but the folk customs are particularly strong, Wang Shuo will be called a fist, in this period of double respect "horses and horses step on Hu Chen, sword spirit overflowing three armies" for the best of three thousand students, but also to "Yao fought in the Danshui Zhipu, in order to serve the Southern Barbarians, the ancient saint king to the world with the rule of the world, how can it be useless?" The problem was amazed. And Jing Kuai disagreed: "The 'Sword Qi Overflowing Three Armies' is indeed extraordinary, and it would be an exaggeration to say that it is the best of three thousand students. "The Qiang flute is long and snowy, and the spring breeze has not crossed Jiatong Pass" has a long meaning, and the homesickness of the border soldiers is a message to this heavy snow flying over thousands of mountains and rivers and drifting into ordinary courtyards, not to mention the desolate sentences such as "Hu Ji blows down Guan Shan Yue".
Today, the saint rules the world with literature, the people's livelihood is rich, and all the eyes can see, all of them are bustling with goods all over the world and return to the heart of the world.
Moreover, Yao Sheng has his heart for the world and his ambition for the poor. Hurt the sins of the people, and worry about the failure of all sentient beings. Qin Ming Wensi, the expert is cautious, filial piety, kindness, benevolence, and respect, so that people know the way of their children.
Benevolence is given to the common people, and virtue is applied to the four seas, which is by no means force. ”
All the people present are arrogant and arrogant, and they follow the law of indistinguishable reason, and the polemics between the two are brilliant, and they attract full applause from time to time.
The scene of a lot of people talking and messy is not only appearing in the folk market, but the early dynasty of the Shenguang Dynasty is also a mess, first the Taiyuan submitted one hundred and fifty excellent files that have been read by the ten masters, and the Qin Yuan first mentioned that several of the poems praised by many masters aroused the interest of the saints, and as a result, they were attacked in court and said that they were deliberately misleading the direction of border conflict resolution.
'The horse steps on the dust, and the sword aura overflows the three armies' This is a clear announcement to the world that Shenguang and Beihu are going to war?
"There is still heavy snow in my territory, especially in Beihu, under the snow disaster, hunger is unbearable and naturally goes out to plunder, at this time, if you are not appeased, it will provoke ferocity, and cause the whole clan to go to war, and the consequences will be so tragic."
You say a word to me, the old Bangcai is not small, they all say that the divine light is eloquent, and Jialong is elegant, but this kind of quarrel like a vegetable market is really absurd, the main battle faction and the pacification faction are foaming at the mouth, and the debate of the verbal war is lit at this time, and the spittle stars are flying sideways for a while, and the imperial historian Ning Anguo has always been old and serious, and as a result, he blew his beard and glared at the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and scolded:
"If the old man hadn't missed the time to join the army back then, he would have brought a knife to the palace today, who is afraid of who is the grandson." Yao Xi stood in the middle of the crowd, watching several ministers arguing with interest, thinking that this poem was really relieved, and sent a copy to my eldest nephew, who had been angry and wronged on the border of Beihu, after the next court.
It's rare that the saint didn't dissuade him today, sitting on a high place and half-squinting his eyes to watch the play, seeing that the whole martial arts was about to be staged above the main hall, and several princes who had never seen this kind of scene were dumbfounded, thinking that these old guys were usually able to pretend, and their temper was more violent than the other.
Sheng's last sentence: "I think that the 'Sword Qi Overflowing Three Armies' is written with a lot of weight, and it would not be a good thing for my divine light to have a few more swordsmen and heroes, and it would not be possible for the Beihu warriors to be beautiful." Putting aside the noise in the hall for the time being, he turned to look at the eldest prince and asked:
"King Pingkang, can you gain anything from going to Jin'an this time?"
"Back to his father, the sons and sons of the three law divisions will strictly investigate and pursue in Jin'an, arresting a total of 56 suspects involved in the case, and all of them are currently detained in Jin'an North Prison, waiting to be released. The manuscript drafted by the three law divisions has been sent to the palace by expedited courier. King Pingkang bowed his hand and replied, but several servants of the Three Law Divisions chuckled in their hearts, the music was drafted by them, but after being verified by His Royal Highness King Pingkang, he dared to send it to the Taikang Palace.
"I have received it, and I will wait until the Criminal Department summarizes the situation on Taikang's side and reviews it together."
Emperor Jialong looked at Youqi and asked again, "Is Old Lady Xiao in good health?" ”
"Taigong has been a little lazy recently, he can't eat a few bites, and his eyes are a little bad, so he didn't recognize his son at first."
As soon as Youqi's words fell, Emperor Jialong directly ordered the imperial physician to take the best medicinal materials in the palace and rush to Jin'an to treat the old lady Qin.
This move in the court made hundreds of officials have their own tastes, the main battle faction is naturally wishing that the old lady of the Qin family would not stand up, thinking that Taizu fought half of the grain and grass out of Jin'an, and most of the grain and grass in Jin'an came from the Xiao family, the Xiao family has been famous all over the world since the Daduan Dynasty, and at the end of the Daduan Dynasty, the heroes fought against the Central Plains, and half of the original six major family firms were destroyed in the war, but the old lady Xiao, who was born in the second room of the Xiao family at that time, followed the Shenguang Taizu in the year of the weak crown, and was able to protect the court, not to mention, after the founding of Taizu, he became the only imperial businessman. Above the other two. Mo said that the family of Jujia was far-reaching, and the Xiao family did not support Shenguang Taizu alone, how could he have no children in the long house, but it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that Xiao Qingyuan, the eldest daughter of the long house, had been hidden in the account of the king of Yanbei, otherwise how could Yanbei be poorly and bitterly well-equipped, and fight with Taizu for many years without falling behind.
Most of the people who advocate negotiation and pacification hope that Mrs. Xiao can hold on, the year is difficult, especially the elderly, Xiao has always advocated the opening of trade markets on the border, and the goods pass through the world by an exchange. Naturally, there is no way to do business in the midst of war, and it is the long-term solution for all parties to be safe. Moreover, Beihu horses, cashmere, ginseng, insects and herbs are all scarce materials of Shenguang, and they are sold to the territory of Shangsanfu and Lianghuai and other places that are in short supply, and Beihu nomads have no fixed place to admire the silk and silk silk in the mainland, and tea, salt and iron are the necessities of life, and Xiao's commercial houses in Jiatongguan account for more than a quarter of the entire northern market.
Later, it was discussed that Jingchu and other places suffered from snow disasters and needed the household to allocate grain for disaster relief, and the household servant accused the two state capitals of ineffective disaster relief, and natural disasters were unpredictable, but if there is an emergency reserve, it should not be so panicked, and the grain can be allocated but the household tax in advance for the next year, otherwise other provinces will also be affected by disasters and come to ask for food, and in the long run, the household pocket will be cleaner than the face. Cui Shangshu quietly watched as several ministers quarreled over the payment of taxes by Li Hao, and only asked the saint at the last moment whether the plan was feasible.
Jia Long thought for a moment: "The Ministry of Households is allowed to provide disaster relief according to the strategy of paying taxes in advance for the coming year, but it needs to be discounted by half on the basis of the original tax and allowed to be evenly distributed by the local government over three years. ”
The officials of Jingchu and Chu knelt down to thank him, chanting that the holy lord was gracious, and benevolence and righteousness were enlightened in all directions.
After the court meeting, the ministers dispersed. Only the eldest prince Youqi and the chief officer of the three law divisions were left to enter the inner court to play right, and Cui Shangshu of the household department walked behind everyone and walked around in a circle, passing by the eldest prince and said: "The saint is very appreciative of the 'sword qi overflowing three armies'." Then he slowly followed the ministers out of the Wenhua Palace, leaving only Youqi there to ponder.
Taking advantage of the moment when the saint entered the palace to change clothes, the eldest prince quickly walked out of the hall and found the attendant Xiao Liu to ask what major events had happened in Taikang City during the early dynasty. Mingjin Lou encloses the inner three floors and the outer three floors, and the Longyuan River is full of carriages and boats from various prefectures, and the road is seriously blocked. The subordinates also heard the sentence "The horse steps on the dust, and the sword is overflowing with the three armies" is very yearning, which caused all the young talents in Taikang City to be excited, and they can't wait to ride the horse to the frontier immediately, which is worthy of a rare good sentence in recent years.
The eldest prince Youqi heard this poem and his heart tightened, and he immediately took off his waist card and handed it to his attendant Xiao Liu: "Hurry up and find out all the information of the students who wrote this poem." ”
Looking at Xiao Liu's figure running away, You Qi always felt a little uneasy. This trip to Jin'an was not until I saw Mrs. Xiao, and after a deep conversation, I realized that I suddenly woke up, and the companion was like a tiger, which was really dangerous and abnormal, and since my father had made up his mind, he still tested the attitudes of all parties. It seems that the head of the Qin Lao Yuan of the Taiyuan has also guessed the thoughts of his father, otherwise he would not have released poems and texts before the imperial examination fraud case was concluded, stirring up the situation in Taikang City. While thinking about it, he walked slowly into Shulan Xuan, and unfortunately happened to bump into Princess Yunlan who came in a hurry, and the two bumped into each other.
"Brother Emperor, why are you in my way?"
"My daughter's family, when she is steady and virtuous, why is she so flustered, why did she come to Shulanxuan?" Youqi asked, hugging his sister, who had almost fallen.
"This morning, there were students in Taikang City gathered for a debate, and finally alarmed Master Xu of Taiyuan, and there were also personal comments on the debate, but I love the students of Xikou Qianyanzhou the most's 'horses and dust, and the sword is overflowing with three armies', this is a model of my godlight and good man, I went to my father to comment." Yun Lan didn't have much contact with the imperial brother, and turned around and entered Shulan Xuan.
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart. Youqi has heard this poem three times today, and it seems that it has spread all over Taikang in the morning, and Xu Fuzi did not hesitate to go down in person and fan the fire.
"Isn't the student of Qianyanzhou in Jianyang Xikou the last candidate surnamed Cui to be held overnight?"
You Qi slapped his thigh and said: "Xiao Shi misunderstood me, damn Xiao Jing, if he hadn't stopped me that night, I had to drink and catch the wind, someone at the banquet reported that the son of a merchant of Qingyuan Mansion participated in the fraud case of the imperial examination of the Gongyuan, how could he go to Jianyang Xikou to get people." "Now I also think about it, the woman who followed Cui Yun to the courtyard last night claimed to be the eldest daughter of the Cui family from Xikou, and now it seems that Cui Shangshu is also the one who entered the game, and I was still in the dark after such a big circle, and I almost put myself in it. Cold sweat on his back, soaked with sweat towels, the cold wind outside the hall picked it up, and the blowing Youqi shivered, even if Xiao Liu went out to inquire about the whole situation, I am afraid that it is not far from the eight or nine of his guesses, active or passive, all the people who entered the game were actually wrestling with their father's thoughts, and as a result, he was a big fool and was kept in the dark.
Thinking about this pass, he sorted out his appearance and prepared to enter, and Zhao Gonggong, who had been waiting in the distance, stepped forward and said with a smile:
"His Royal Highness King Pingkang, the Holy Lord has announced that you have been for a while."
You Qi nodded in greeting and strode into the palace. I saw that the chief officer of the Three Law Divisions and the attendant were stating the beginning and end of Jin'an's errand, while the saint was pacing in the Xuan, listening, and asking questions from time to time.
Seeing Youqi coming in, the emperor beckoned to hurry over and drink hot tea:
"The pastries that Yun Lan brought just now said that your mother made them herself early in the morning, hurry up and eat some to cushion your stomach."
"The son thanked his father for his love." Youqi is indeed singing about the empty city plan, and the toss of the court in the early morning is not light.
Just sat down and drank a sip of hot tea to warm his stomach, You Qi knelt down with a puff, bowed to the ground with his head, and pleaded guilty:
"If the son is not careful, he still hopes that his father will punish him."
Seeing King Pingkang kneeling down to ask for guilt, the three law divisions were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and muttered in their hearts, what is this master making trouble? His knees were not ambiguous, and he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.
"The son-in-law is sloppy, he should carefully check the three divisions and then submit it to his father, and after thinking about it so far, he is uneasy in his heart, and he asks his father to punish him." King Pingkang's face was serious, and he replied with the gaze of the saint.
The atmosphere in the entire Shulan Xuan was tense, and the officials of the Three Law Divisions were terrified in their hearts, like a thunderstorm on the ground, their brains were buzzing, and their bodies were like falling into an abyss, and they were paralyzed and sat aside, how could they afford such a big disaster?
Emperor Jialong stared at this great prince who was seven points in his imagination, and laughed loudly in an instant: "I said in the early dynasty that I haven't had time to read the chapter of Jin Anlai, since you think there is something wrong, let you go back and check with the three law divisions before going to the table." ”
waved his hand to let everyone disperse, and the ministers of the three law divisions took the will and thanked them......
"After talking about the government, I will talk to you two about family life"
At this time, Yun Lan came out from the side curtain and affectionately grabbed the emperor's arm:
"My father is eccentric, and he never thought of me when he went to Jin'an to do a good job, and he also gave Yun Lan a chance to go out and practice."
Taigong asked me to say a little to the saint: "The emperor is martial arts, the country is rich, and Beihu and Guifang are barbarians, so there is no need to worry." Youqi was still kneeling there.
"Good!" Emperor Jialong patted his thigh, and said with a smile: "Stay, let's go to your mother's harem to eat together." ”
At this point, Youqi felt that the big stone in his heart was finally relieved.
Yun Lan walked in front and held the saint coquettishly, chattering like a lark along the way, shouting that next time she would go to Jin'an with her brothers on an errand...........