Volume 1 Born Out of Thin Air Chapter 71 Zhao An Down
Wang Qi's teachings are about the spread of knowledge
Li Xiang was recruited by Wang Qi as a registered disciple, and this news spread quickly throughout Mingyue Village and Qingfeng Village under the deliberate spread of Liu Chengdong and others. Two days later, Qin Zhong and Yang Jianchuan, who were out of the army, also learned the news, and many villagers were so excited that they couldn't sleep.
The excitement of the villagers is understandable, although most of them are from mud legs, but they also understand the weight of a great Confucian in the world. Since the adult recruited the little master as an apprentice, it means that the Zhao'an of Mingyue Village did not run away. Qin Zhong, Yang Jianchuan and others took the opportunity to set up a banquet to celebrate, hoping to take the attention of the villagers away from Xiong Chengwu by taking advantage of this craze. Xiong Chengwu woke up and was confined to the Three Kings Village, and after learning that he had gone crazy and caused unnecessary casualties among the villagers, he regretted it every day.
The two government officials of Xunyang Mansion and Nanyang Mansion were shocked when they learned that Wang Jue was "asked to leave" by Liu Chengdong. The armies of these two prefectures were assembled at a speed unseen in a century, and Nanyang Prefecture even dispatched a naval army, preparing to cross the lake directly to the west and surround the Xunyang Mountains.
Nanyang Mansion ordered him to stay at the garrison of the Xiang Army and jumped up and down, urging these Qiu Ba to gather quickly, and kept thinking in his heart that Mr. Qingshi must not have an accident, otherwise his career will be over. Fortunately, Wang Jue's letter arrived in time, and after reading the letter, the two government officials collapsed to the ground almost at the same time.
Nanyang Mansion Decree and Xunyang Mansion Order, commonly known as the prefect, know a little about Liu Chengdong's past, and are keenly aware that Wang Jue may really be invited this time. Therefore, after the officials and gentry of the two places ventilated, they postponed the transfer of troops, and at the same time sent fast horses to inform Zhizhou and the imperial court, and also sent their powerful henchmen to Qingfeng Village to ensure Wang Jue's safety.
The imperial court soon learned of Mr. Qingshi's news, and Cai Jing and Li Gang ushered in a new round of duel, and Li Gang planned to take this opportunity to suppress Cai Jing's party so that Zhao Ding could return to the prime minister. Cai Jing was unwilling to sit still, and began to connect officials to prepare for a counterattack.
There are only two great court meetings at the beginning of the month and the middle of the month every month, but there are also meetings of three provinces and six ministries every day, and several more meetings will be held in case of emergency. After Li Xiang learned about the operation system of the central organs of the Great Zhou, he gasped and was shocked. The general state affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty were resolved in the warm pavilion, and the prime minister and the relevant important ministers plus the emperor could decide most of the things in the world. In the Great Zhou, only major matters that cannot be disputed will be brought to the court meeting to say. The court in the mouth of the folk storyteller is actually just a big court meeting.
Li Gang got out of the blue curtain carriage and waited in front of the palace gate. The cold air in the early morning of early spring was still a little drilling, especially in Bianjing City, where water transportation was developed, Li Gang, the prime minister, shivered, and several officials who came to say hello were also tiptoeing. At this time, no one will ask any questions such as loss of etiquette, and many systems in this dynasty are quite relaxed, especially for scholars. Therefore, there is often a group of ministers jumping around before the winter court meeting, I don't know which bold Diao Min, before the winter court meeting, sold a bowl of wontons to the prime minister at the time, so there will always be a beautiful scene in front of the palace gate in winter.
In the spring, people are not allowed to come and set up stalls. It was about five o'clock in the morning, and the moonlight had disappeared but there was no trace of daylight, as was the case with the so-called pre-dawn darkness. At this time, I really couldn't see my five fingers, if there was no brazier in front of the palace gate.
Li Gang couldn't resist the politeness of some officials and occupied the best position for the fire, and Yu Yunwen, who had just returned to Kaifeng yesterday, came over. Li Gang and Yu Yunwen took advantage of the firelight to look at Cai Jing and Wang Boyan, who were roasting the fire on the other side of the palace gate, and reluctantly bowed their hands to Cai Jing to say hello. As for Wang Boyan, Li Gang directly ignored it, while Yu Yunwen frowned.
"Li Xiang, let's come this time, you have done a lot." Yu Yunwen approached, and after speaking, he frowned and looked at Cai Jing on the other side.
Li Gang closed his eyes, supported his waist, and sighed. "Let's come on, Zhao Xianggong has been absent in the past few years, the old man has fought with Cai Xiang many times, and the official family no longer trusts the old man. As Brother Qingshi said, the old man acted too straight, and it was not appropriate to occupy a high position for a long time. It's a big deal for the old man to go home with Cai Xiang to care for the elderly, but you are different, Yunwen. Zhao Xiang is old after all, and he will need your support in the future, so it's better for the old man to come to these things that offend people. ”
Yu Yunwen also sighed, "Xia Guan feels that he can't compare to Chen Kangbo......"
"Chen Kangbo's kid does have the talent to govern the country and secure the country, but he still needs to sharpen one or two, so as not to be jealous and suppressed early. Nowadays, natural and man-made disasters in the Great Zhou Dynasty are continuous, displaced people have risen one after another, and rebellions are not uncommon. Fang La is murderous, and the situation in the north has changed greatly, you and Chen Kangbo will help Zhao Xiang shoulder this burden sooner or later. The current situation is not easy, let's start with Liu Chengdong to revitalize the court, you can take a look at a few letters here. Speaking of Chen Kangbo, Li Gang, who has never been immovable, also had bright eyes, and then took out the letters of Liu Chengdong and Wang Qi and handed them to Yu Yunwen.
Yu Yunwen took advantage of the firelight to read ten lines at a glance, and then returned it to Li Gang with a smile on the corner of his mouth. "Liu Chengdong is really still the loyal and brave heirloom, although he has been forced to go up the mountain for many years, he has never failed the Great Zhou, and he actually brought out hundreds of strong troops. Mr. Qingshi also spoke highly of him, and he deserved to be a person valued by Li Xiang. ”
Li Gang didn't know Yu Yunwen's plan, this was to give himself the credit for recruiting Liu Chengdong, so that he could be more relaxed, so he nodded directly and said that he received this favor. After talking about Liu Chengdong, Li Gang changed the topic and talked about a young name.
Hearing that Wang Jue recruited Liu Chengdong's son-in-law as a registered disciple and gave him a bluestone jade pendant, Yu Yunwen was very curious about Li Xiang. Bluestone jade pendant, you must know that there are only a few bluestone jade pendants in Wang Jue, and young people who are not satisfied with themselves will not give them. Even if you appreciate Liu Chengdong, you won't do it to this point, so this Li Xiang must have something extraordinary. Sure enough, Li Gang immediately told the details of Wang Jue's apprenticeship.
After listening to Li Gang's introduction of Arabic numerals and Chinese pinyin, Yu Yunwen was relieved, and at the same time expressed deep sympathy for the great Confucian who was driven out of the court and had to devote himself to the study of knowledge. How did Yu Yunwen know that the great Confucian who made this knowledge did not exist at all, Wang Jue judged that the great Confucian should be one of the victims of the battle decades ago, which was taken for granted by Yu Yunwen. "By virtue of the merit of dedicating this knowledge, what about directly being knighted?"
Li Gang nodded in agreement, "Zhao Xiang sent a letter, if Liu Chengdong is available, he will rush to encircle and suppress Fang La as soon as possible to obtain military achievements." So that Li Xiang kid will definitely go to Bianjing to handle Liu Chengdong's formalities when he arrives, although Wang Jue, the old man, didn't say it explicitly, but I can see between the lines that he admires the young man very much, if it is really a good seedling, you might as well sharpen it. ”
At the same time, Li Xiang shivered in his sleep. Yu Yunwen also wanted to talk to Li Gang about the next plan, but with a few shouts, the palace gate was opened by the guards. Two tall and well-armored gatekeepers led the troops to guard the palace gate, and the courtiers lined up in two columns and went straight to the Ziji Palace.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" A group of old men dressed in purple, green, and cyan saluted. Chai Zhe sat down in a jingling court dress and looked at these ministers impatiently. He beckoned to the eunuch next to him, so that the poor old men could finally straighten up. Seeing a few old courtiers coughing and rubbing their waists, the young Chai Zhe was a little gloating in his heart, but there was no movement on his face.
Although there are eunuchs shouting that there is something to do and nothing to retreat from the court, there are many things every time, otherwise the court meeting that lasts for three to five hours will not become a joke. According to the usual practice, the six ministries of the three provinces, together with the advisory desk, the three law departments and other departments, reported on the progress of the work, and then took out the decisions that had been discussed and went through the motions, and then it was time for the more time-consuming "subordinate to the book" link.
Sure enough, soon someone played, and he was still a giant, Chai Zhe, the young emperor, opened the curtain in front of him and found that it was indeed Li Gang. It's fresh, Li Gangtie actually ended up in person!
After Cai Jing and Wang Boyan squeezed Zhao Ding and Yu Yunwen away, they finally began to attack Li Gang, knocking out a tooth and not letting Li Gang lose a few hairs. coincided with the rapid growth of steel production in Jingdong Road, and Li Gang was given the title of "Li Gangtie".
Chai Zhe was satisfied with Li Gang's life, he was young and ignorant when he first ascended the throne, and Wang Boyan squeezed out several important ministers one after another. The Imperial City Division reported a lot of bad news, and Chai Zhe quickly mastered some imperial techniques from Wang Jue, so the emperor, who was not interested in the court, also began to play balance.
In Chai Zhe's opinion, anyway, he doesn't want to do those complicated political affairs, so it's better to leave them to these prime ministers to deal with. Taizu said that he wanted to share the world with the scholars, as long as the country was still his own. Chai Zhe thought he had done a good job, but he overestimated his ability, and Da Zhou was no longer the angry Da Zhou when he was founded, not to mention that he was still a literary and artistic youth. Chai Zhe himself may not have felt it, but he only slightly connived at the courtiers' behavior of offering flowers and stones, which led to the destruction of many families.
Li Gang stood under the stage and talked eloquently, "Although Liu Chengdong has gone up the mountain, he still restricts his soldiers and never harms the lives of the gentry. Mr. Qingshi is planning for the imperial court, and is willing to take risks to persuade him to recruit peace, and ask His Majesty to investigate. ”
The two classes of ministers in the audience exchanged heads, the civil officials were still more gentle, and the military generals and nobles were like vegetable markets.
"Hey, it's really Liu Chengdong who wants to recruit An. A few years ago, during the Northern Expedition, Lao Tzu saw him, he was really a good man, and he was also particular about doing things, but unfortunately he was killed by the Cai family. "After all these years of great waves and sands, only the five families of Zhang, Li, Wang, Fan and Ma are left with some influence, but most of them are people who eat and wait for death. Now it is the head of the Ma family who is talking, who seems to be vulgar but is actually careful.
The Marquis of the Zhang family was busy quipping, "Shhh Old horse, be careful, don't commit the taboo of other civil officials, and show us again. "Many years ago, these noble generals understood the high degree of precaution of the scholars and doctors, so they all ate and waited for death to protect themselves.
There was a mess over the military generals, Chai Zhe sighed secretly when he saw it, those bastards who were disrespectful to the old were all related to the royal family, and he was not easy to reprimand, otherwise it would not be good to leave a reputation for treating the nobles harshly. Looking at these nobles who were resting with the country under the persecution of the scholars, Chai Zhe was a little confused, could it be that the scholars were really so powerful?
Liu Chengdong has military exploits as evidence, and Li Gang as a guarantor, plus Chai Zhe has long been impatient with Cai Jing, the old man, so Liu Chengdong's recruitment is a certainty. Cai Jing saw that the situation was not good, so he had to unwillingly ask for a pension, and His Majesty the Emperor hummed and left with him. In order to balance, Wang Boyan, who had been a subordinate official of Chai Zhe's palace, officially ascended the throne, so as not to dominate the family after Zhao Ding returned.