Chapter 51: Fame is Rare
(Ask for collection and recommendation)
Hearing the news of the arrest of King Guangling, Guo Shifeng persuaded the general to accept him as a staff member in just a few words, "King Guangling was in trouble, and the people of Jiangdong were terrified. If the general wants to ask the imperial court for credit, he can immediately kill him in front of the military gate, and if he wants to watch the situation and look at Jiangdong from afar, he may be able to make up for it. β
Guo Shifeng was drinking, invited Lou Ji to join, took a cup to tell his experience, and finally said with a smile: "The general left me, which shows that he has ambitions for thousands of miles, which is much easier." β
Lou Ji also felt that if his father really had the ambition to look east, he would be regarded as a "persuasive person", but he was still uneasy in his heart, looking at Guo Shifeng who was full of spring breeze, he couldn't help but say: "Duan Shizi was killed, and King Guangling probably won't survive this month in prison." β
Guo Shifeng put down the wine glass, pointed to his heart and said, "Do you know how hard King Guangling jumped when I learned that King Guangling was arrested?" β
Lou Ji didn't know, but he could imagine that Guo Shifeng was imprisoned in the barracks, and life and death hung by a thread, which was originally to prove that King Guangling intended to be unfavorable to the general, but the result was the complete opposite, and he, a lobbyist, was a complete failure.
Guo Shifeng continued: "Brother Ma and Brother Ma are from famous families, even if they are imprisoned, the people they come and go are all high-ranking officials. And I'm just a lobbyist, a little better called a strategist, to be able to knock on a noble person's door, it is a great luck, to be able to get a noble person's glass of wine, to say a few words, is a great success. As for this kind of thing, I have only seen it in books, and I have never encountered it myself. β
Guo Shifeng picked up the placket of the old clothes on his body, "I haven't changed this dress for a few months, I can only wash and dry it at night, and wear it during the day, what to wear this winter, I'm still looking for it." β
"I don't know ......"
"Of course Brother Ji doesn't know, not only you, but Brother Ma, King Guangling, and the general don't know, because you never have to worry about this kind of thing, and you don't even have to think about it. Occasionally, I will also receive some reward, and this hand will be taken, and the other hand will have to be given to the henchmen of King Guangling, only in this way, every time I go, the door will be open. β
Guo Shifeng was frightened, drank a little too much, got up and came to the front of the building, and said earnestly: "Only when you leave the Eastern Capital and leave the general, will you understand how difficult it is to be a lobbyist, opportunities are often fleeting, if you don't seize it and attract the other party's interest with a few words, the result may be blood splashed on the spot." β
Lou Ji got up and respectfully bowed to Guo Shifeng, "Brother Guo is high, Lou is taught." β
"Haha, but you are the son of a general, as long as the general is still there, this identity is always useful, at least not closed-door. Alas, I regret one thing now, I should have found a way to squeeze into Taixue at the beginning, instead of being lazy for a while and being mistaken by the Temptation Academy. β
"Where does that start?" Lou Ji has always felt that what he has learned in the Temptation Hall is very useful, far better than the orthodox way of Taixue.
Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, the gentlemen of the Temptation Hall are good, and I have benefited a lot, but there is only one point, the reputation is too small, and there are too few talented students, and they are not valued anywhere, and it is rare to be introduced. β
Lou Ji smiled, "Fame can be taken by yourself." β
Guo Shifeng shook his head, "Brother Ji still can't get rid of his noble son, you have the name of a general to borrow, I don't understand how difficult it is for ordinary people to get a name, and I don't understand how much fame will help." In terms of talent, which of those scholars is as good as the three of us? But they can go straight to the door of high-ranking officials as protΓ©gΓ©s, or they are outstanding in appearance, or they can listen to their words, or they can understand their writing a little, and they can be appreciated and promoted step by step. β
Guo Shifeng looked up, as if there was really a step of "rising step by step" in front of him, "I want to be that Fan Shu, the first person in the world, the imperial court has not been able to come repeatedly, and he lives in seclusion in the mountains, but as long as anyone holds a letter from him, he will become a VIP after entering Beijing." It's a pity that Fan Mingshi learned the way of sages and sages, and he didn't look down on people like us, I went to visit him, and I didn't even enter the courtyard gate. β
Guo Shifeng sighed, raised his glass and sang, provoking the soldiers outside the tent to lift the curtain to visit.
"Brother Guo drank too much." The floor to grab the wine glass.
Guo Shifeng raised his arms high, "There is wine today and drunk today, and I will not regret the corpse tomorrow." Haha, come, brother, let's drink it for another 300 cups! β
The building base excused himself and went out of the account alone.
The drunk Guo Shifeng did say a lot of truths, but he didn't need it now.
Lou Ji was about to go to find Qiao Zhisu again, and met Seventh Brother Lou Shuo on the road in a hurry.
"Where did you go? Let me find it all over the place, and go quickly, the general wants to see you. β
This is exactly what makes Guo Shifeng envious, no matter what, the building can still see the general, and ordinary lobbyists can't even enter the barracks gate.
The general summoned all the descendants of the Lou family in the camp, and when Lou Ji and Lou Shuo arrived, the general's words were already halfway through, and the two of them stood quietly behind everyone.
ββ¦β¦ Except for the third child, everyone else has to follow me to the west, and the Lou family says that they will join the army when they say that they will join the army. If you have something to explain at home, write a letter and ask the third child to take it back to the city. From this day forward, you will not only be my children and grandchildren, but also my soldiers. Don't pick anyone, start with the army, suffer from a few days of marching, you can't bear the hardships, okay, come and tell me, I'll dig a pit on the side of the road for you with my own hands, bury it alive, don't embarrass Lao Tzu. β
No one dared to object, only to say yes, but when they thought that tomorrow they would have to put on heavy armor and follow ordinary soldiers to wade through mountains and rivers, everyone looked embarrassed.
When the general finished speaking, he waved his hand and ordered his children and grandchildren to retreat, most of them obeyed their orders, and more than a dozen refused to leave, and begged their father for a while, either saying that he already had an official position and should not mix with soldiers, or that he was too young and sick......
The general glared, "Your official was rewarded to you by the imperial court in front of Lao Tzu, are you young?" Lao Tzu was younger than you when he joined the army, and no matter how difficult the disease was, he ran for two days and sweated, and he was all fine. Get out of here, and then dare to make excuses, Lao Tzu will even kill your own mother! β
More than a dozen children and grandchildren jumped with their heads in their arms.
The drunk Lou said with a hard smile: "Father did the right thing, he should teach them a lesson." β
The general squinted at the third son, especially dissatisfied with him, but he couldn't say anything, and when he raised his eyes again, he saw that there was still a son left at the door and did not leave, and said angrily: "What, do you think that marrying the county lord is different from other brothers?" Even if it's a princess, you'll have to go with everyone tomorrow. β
A few steps forward, he had already made up his mind in his heart, no matter what, he had to persuade again, in the face of his father, he could only be the same as Huanyan, knowing that he could not do it.
"Father's ......"
"Don't say that again, I don't like to hear it." The general said coldly.
"The child only talks about his own business." Lou Ji told what he saw and heard in the palace.
Before the general could speak, Lou was angry, pointed at the seventeenth brother and reprimanded: "You just don't think it's big enough, you make up lies and fan the flames at every opportunity, the Huangfu father and son are obviously in our hands, but you say that Your Majesty wants to use the Huangfu family to arrest the general, which is really unreasonable." β
Lou Ji ignored the third brother and said to the general: "Even if the father doesn't believe what the child says, doesn't he believe the words of the lady?" β
Lou Jian was even more angry, "Don't mention Madame, she works for the Lou family in the palace, it's not the same thing as you." β
Lou Wen was not so angry, "Madame's letter only said that the matter was critical, and it was better to dodge, and there was nothing else to say." β
Mrs. Lan and the Empress Dowager could only ask about the general situation from Princess Jibei, and they were afraid that the letter would fall into the hands of outsiders, so they didn't dare to say it too clearly.
"The crisis is only temporary, Your Majesty's jealousy of the Lou family will only increase because of this, and my father must not be on guard."
Lou got up and raised his fat fist to beat the seventeenth brother.
Lou Wen shouted: "Third child, what do you want to do?" β
"Beat this kid hard. Father, I understand what is going on, Lou Ji wants to avenge Princess Wu, he thought that Princess Wu was forced to death by his father and the first emperor, so he provoked it and killed two birds with one stone. β
"Then it's not your turn to do it, you have your own son, which one you want to kill, whatever, my son can only be done by me."
Lou stubbornly retreated to his father's side, still angry, staring at Lou Ji viciously.
Lou Wen also stared at the seventeenth son, but said to the third son: "You go and keep an eye on the unscrupulous descendants of the Lou family, who dares to complain, come back and tell me." β
"Father!" found that he was taken away, and Lou Hard was very surprised.
"Go!" Lou Wen is used to being strong, and no one is allowed to disobey his orders.
Lou Jian had to get up and leave the tent, and when he passed by the seventeenth brother, he deliberately bumped into him.
Lou Wen beckoned, and Lou Ji was choked by his father's neck, so he walked carefully and refused to enter his father's arm.
"Do you remember your mother?"
Lou Ji nodded, "Yes." β
"You want to avenge her?"
"My mother committed suicide, and there is no revenge."
"She committed suicide because she refused to kneel before the emperor at the funeral."
"I heard that my mother once assassinated the first emperor in the palace."
"Hey, Your Majesty told you? Not many people know about this. That's right, the princess of Wu once tried to assassinate her, and almost succeeded, the first emperor was shocked and angry, and killed a large number of Wu people, and when it was your mother's turn, the queen mother persuaded the first emperor to return her to me. β
"The first emperor actually agreed."
"The temper of the first emperor is completely different from that of today, as long as you are reasonable, the first emperor will never be stubborn and return the princess of Wu, one is to calm my anger, and the other is to take revenge on the princess of Wu in a longer way. It was I who led the troops to destroy the state of Wu and forced the head of King Wu to commit suicide, and the person your mother hated the most was actually me. β
"My mother has stayed in the house for many years, and I guess the hatred should fade."
"Haha, if that's the case, she won't be the princess of Wu Kingdom, the little girl is ruthless, she wants to kill me several times, and she doesn't dare to leave anything sharp in her house. It wasn't until you were born that her temper was a little better and she stopped trying to kill me, but I didn't expect her to kill herself. β
Lou Ji could no longer answer, talking about his mother was always a difficult and painful thing for him.
Lou Wen sighed for a long time, and his expression suddenly became cold, "Speaking of which, you still haven't explained clearly, why did Your Majesty just keep you by your side and let you watch the Lou family collapse?" β
At this point, Lou Ji decided to tell the truth, but gently took a half step back and said, "The child did participate in the assassination. β