Chapter 530: The Face of the Zhao State Mansion
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Li Chao came back from the palace and found that many things were being prepared at home. When I asked, I learned that Cui Yingying planned to take the child to Qinglong Temple tomorrow to offer incense.
Li Chao frowned.
"Don't go to Qinglong Temple tomorrow, don't go for the time being."
"Why?" Cui Yingying has obviously gained a lot of weight recently, and she has a double chin. All kinds of nutritious meals all day long made Li Chao a little worried about her. When I was pregnant, I wasn't as fat as I am now.
If Cui Yingying can't lose weight in the future, then she will really become a fat beauty that the Tang people like, but that kind of Cui Yingying, Li Chao must be difficult to appreciate.
"Today, the husband is in the political hall and proposes to control the monastery. I'm worried that when this news gets out, the monks at the monastery will hate me, and it won't be good if someone does something crazy to a crazy person. For the sake of safety, it is better not to burn incense and worship the Buddha first. ”
In fact, Li Chao is an atheist.
But he is not completely rejecting the thing of faith, but can understand it. There is nothing wrong with faith itself, and there is no problem with worshipping Buddhism and believing in the Tao, but as long as it is pure.
And donating a lot of sesame oil and giving a lot of alms, these behaviors, in fact, Li Chao seems to be a pure detachment from faith. Faith should be a very pure thing of the heart.
Anyway, if it has something to do with money, it's not pure.
To put it bluntly, just like the feelings between people, whether it is friendship or love, it should be pure, if you have to link this feeling with money, you love me deeply, you should give me more money, give me more money to be considered a deep love, what kind of feelings is this.
Similarly.
Monks practice the Dharma, that is a personal spiritual choice, that is their own faith. You can spread this belief to others. But you can't tie it to money or even make money out of it.
In fact, many Chinese beliefs are relatively unique, both worship ancestors, but also believe in Buddhism, anyway, the gods and Buddhas in the sky, worship when you see it, quite a bit very practical.
In the final analysis, faith, many people just want to find peace and comfort in their hearts. The weak seek protection, the frustrated seek comfort, and the strong seek peace......
Cui Yingying didn't ask much, since Li Chao said not to go for the time being, she ordered to go down, don't prepare anymore, and cancel tomorrow's plan.
I chatted with Cui Yingying for a while.
It's June.
Chang'an began to get hot, and when Li Chao came, he planned to return to Shuofang after seeing the child.
But after being dragged into the political hall by Li Shimin several times, he couldn't leave Beijing.
Li Shimin asked him to stay in the capital for the time being, to be in charge of the preparatory work of the lecture hall, and now he has added the presiding officer of the previous temple reform.
Li Chao originally had the title of Pingzhangshi, and he could enter the political affairs hall, and later added a left servant of the school inspection book, which made Li Chao enter the political affairs hall, which was also extremely normal, and did not cause a trace of waves.
In fact, several things that Li Chao mentioned in the court, whether it was the reform of commercial taxation, the revision of the military system, or the reform of the temple, were very admired by the prime ministers.
If these things are done well, the impact on the imperial court is too great.
Now, Li Chao has his own public room in the provincial government hall. Li Shimin also equipped him with a team, a group of petty officials and officials, which was not treated before.
Even Sun Wuji and Du Ruhui, the chief of Pingzhang, are only qualified to discuss in the provincial government hall, but the office is not.
After lunch.
Daddy also came to the pool in the garden, wearing a pair of four-legged pants, and Daddy jumped into the water. swam twice in the pool, and then followed Li Chao's example, climbed under the umbrella on the shore, and lay down on the bamboo deck chair.
"The imperial court wants to destroy the Buddha?"
Li Chao smiled, "It's too much, it's just management constraints, at most it's rectification." ”
"What do you think about this, you are a child of the Buddhist family, how did you end up rectifying the Buddhist family, this thing is not good."
"One yard to one yard. If I were just a plain-headed citizen, I certainly wouldn't bother to bother with this. But the saying is good, the poor are good alone, and the good are good for the world. If you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about its king, and if you live in the temple, you will worry about its people. ”
Dad didn't understand these words too much, now he is a general in Beiya, with the title of a founding county, and his status is not low, and he still has some identity in Chang'an City, especially everyone knows that he has a son of the prime minister of the country and a group of brothers of the general of the country, so he is very polite to him.
There are even many people who take the initiative to befriend him, but my father has always been low-key, and every day when things are done in the barracks, he will go home directly, rarely go to participate in any entertainment, and will not say anything nonsense, accept any gifts, and agree to other people's requests.
For the current life, my father is very satisfied.
"I don't understand the affairs of the imperial court, but this destruction of the Buddha will have a great impact on you."
"What the impact is, in fact, even if there is, you don't have to care."
Dad nodded, "You are now in a high position, just think twice before doing things, and think about it yourself." ”
"Daddy Xie reminds."
"Ah Lang, Lang Jun, eat watermelon!" The pillar came over and shouted.
Li Chao got up with a smile and stretched out his hand to his father.
"I'm not old yet." Daddy stood up by himself, and Daddy seemed to have turned a lot whiter, but the muscles on his body were still very strong, only in his early fifties, and Daddy's body was indeed not bad.
The father and son went to the side to take a shower in the shower room, changed their clothes, and then went back to the front hall together.
"Pillar, have you thought about it, this time the martial arts exam is a rare opportunity. If you can get in, you will be a protégé of the Son of Heaven, which will be of great help to your future. ”
Zhu Zi is the younger brother of the red line, and he is also Li Chao's brother-in-law, who has also followed Li Chao in the past two years, and is now an eight-rank military attaché, with a low rank, but for him who was just a servant of the Cui family in the past, his status has changed in a thousand ways. Even if it is an ordinary person, it is extremely rare to become an eight-rank military attaché.
And all of this stems from Li Chao's support for him.
Now Li Chao asked Zhu Zi to apply for the lecture hall and take the exam, and Zhu Zi was completely obedient.
Whether Li Chao will harm him or not, it must be for his good.
In the front hall, Ke Shan Ke Wu and a group of fellow villagers from Zhangjiagou were also there, they all served in Beijing, and they all came to Li's house to sit down today.
On the table, there is a watermelon that has just been chilled from the well.
The watermelon is cut open, the sac is bright red, and there is a lot of water.
"The sand bag!"
"We planted it ourselves on the slope of the bathing ditch, and we planted a lot of watermelons this year, which is relatively early. Only a few cars have been sold in Chang'an, and Chang'an has become famous, and they all say that our watermelons are delicious, and now many of them go directly to Li Zhen to order it. Now there is no need to go to Chang'an to sell, every morning there are people waiting in Li Town to pick melons. Bolt and Qiuyue's father, Steward Qian stood while and said with a smile, Steward Qian once changed his surname to Zhang, and then Li Chao was given a surname, so Li Chao let them go back to their original surname.
Now the son of the housekeeper Qian has also become an eight-grade military attaché, and the two daughters are also the kitchen stewards of the house, and the family is living very well.
"It's a good thing, after a year or two, the cherries and grapes planted on the slopes will be able to bear fruit."
Li Chao picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite, it was very sweet.
This is a good melon that is ripe and ripe, and it is not ripe.
Although there are a bit of melon seeds, they are really sweet, just chilled from the well, sweet and cold.
Qiu Yue took a small basket and put it in front of Li Chao, "Lang Jun melon seeds don't spit on the ground, spit in the basket, and you can fry them when you turn around." ”
Li Chao was a little speechless, what came out of his mouth was still going to be fried and eaten? can see that everyone takes it for granted, Li Chao has no choice but to admit that he is too hypocritical.
But I have already made up my mind that the melon seeds fried at home must not be eaten.
"Bolt, you go back and go with the pillar to take the martial arts test."
Ke Shan ate several melons in one go, and his mouth was full of red water.
"Xiangguo, can I and the fifth child participate?"
Li Chao smiled and shook his head.
"You are a little older, this lecture on martial arts is mainly to select those military attachés under the age of thirty who are younger and have lower positions, and some intermediate officer training courses may be held in the future, or even advanced classes, and you may have the opportunity at that time."
Ke Wu smiled, "We're just joking, forget it, we're all so old, and we can't read, let's talk about martial arts, let's forget it." ”
Ke Wu is also quite satisfied with the current situation, he is nearly middle-aged, and he has already become a colonel, so what else can he hope for. When they first met Li Chao, they were just an ordinary government soldier. In addition to being a soldier and fighting, he also had to plough the fields and cultivate the land, and during the slack period, he also had to hunt traps, and work as a potter and carpenter to supplement the family.
And now, the capital has thousands of wealth, and there are also landlords with hundreds of acres of land, as well as the honor of the fifth grade and the position of the seventh grade. That's it for the rest of my life, that's enough.
In the past, although they fought hard, they were not as good as those well-born government soldiers, those official disciples, those family disciples, and the sons of those local powerful landlords.
Now that they have come up with this martial arts hall, they also understand that this is a good place. If you can enter and become a protégé of the Son of Heaven, then in the future, when you go down to the army, won't you be like those children of the family before, and you will be promoted rapidly.
"Bolts, pillars, you have to cherish this opportunity. If you are admitted, it will be the same as passing the imperial examination, although your background is not high, but if you become a student of the martial arts, you will be a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and your future will be infinite. Remember, you must cherish the opportunity and take advantage of it. Zhao Guogong brings you, you also have to work your own, don't lose the face of our Xiangguo! ”
The two young men of the bolt and the pillar all nodded seriously.
No matter where they go, they are all people who go out of the Zhao State Mansion, and they represent the face of the Zhao State Mansion. If you lose face, you will lose the Zhao National Mansion and lose the face of Zhao Guogong.
"Don't worry, the two of you are not bad, your martial arts are solid, and your riding and archery skills are also good. He also read some books with me, and he can be regarded as literate and literate, and he also knows how to draw maps. He also has real experience in fighting, and with these, as long as he plays well and is admitted to the martial arts hall, there will be no problem. However, if you want to really go to the next level in the future, and one day become a general, not just a captain for the rest of your life, you have to study hard! ”
"Understood, Sangkook." (To be continued.) )