Chapter 8: The Debate Prince
I thought I was looking for a gift from myself, but when Ye Zhao saw Liu Wei's serious face, he couldn't help but put away a little playfulness, nodded and said, "Princess, please speak, as long as the minister can do it, he will not refuse." ”
"You can help." Liu Wei laughed and said: "Actually, the person who wants to find you today is not Princess Ben, but General Wang. ”
"General Wang?" Ye Zhao looked back at Wang Yue suspiciously.
"This ......" Wang Yue glanced at the boy who was kneeling beside him: "The more cheeky I came today, there is indeed something to delay, Prince Bian is nine years old this year, but he has lived in the palace for a long time, his body is weak, and His Majesty intends to let Prince Bian teach him swordsmanship." ”
"The Prince?" Ye Zhao was stunned, looked at the young man on the side, his expression was abrupt, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Minister Ye Zhao, see Your Highness." ”
"You don't have to be polite." The prince stood up with some restraint, a little at a loss.
Ye Zhao got up, he didn't have a good evaluation of Liu Wei's performance, he just turned his head to look at Wang Yue, a little puzzled, the emperor asked him to teach Liu Wei swordsmanship, what does it have to do with him? Although his swordsmanship is good, not to mention his combat power in this regard, his reputation in swordsmanship is far inferior to Wang Yue's, and Wang Yue is a generation of grandmasters, if he can't even teach him, what method do he have?
"Prince Bian's nature is kind, and he is also very easy-going with others, but because of this, if he practices swords, he lacks some courage." Wang Yue sighed and said: "The envoy is also a person who understands swords, and he should know that if he has a sword but no guts, he can only get his shape." ”
"General Wang wants this official to train his courage for the prince of debate?" Ye Zhao looked at Liu Wei, frowned slightly, and unconsciously began to calculate the gains and losses of this matter.
Liu Wei is not liked by Liu Hong, if you look at the courtiers, it is actually not suitable to get too close to Liu Bian, but ......
Liu Wei was stared at by Ye Zhao uncomfortably, and looked at Wang Yue with some cowardice: "Master Wang, if Ye makes it inconvenient for you, you don't have to be strong." ”
Ye Zhao came back to his senses and looked at Liu Wei with some surprise, although he was a little cowardly, this kid's mind was very sensitive.
At the moment, he shook his head and said: "The prince is serious, and the ministers are unwilling, but if you say that this training is courageous, wouldn't it be better in the army?" Zhao is the Luoyang Order, if the prince wants to learn government affairs, Zhao is naturally duty-bound, but if he trains the courage, he is afraid that it will be ......"
"Once the prince has a noble status, after all, he is the body of the prince, how can he fight in the barracks all day long? Even if the prince is willing, I am afraid that His Majesty will not agree. Wang Yue shook his head and said, "Second, how dare the generals and soldiers of this army be disrespectful to the prince?" Even if he went to the army, it would be of no benefit to the prince. ”
"General Wang, this is a difficult official, in this official office, there are many trivial things, the prince is going, how to train courage?" Ye Zhao smiled bitterly and said, if you don't dare to co-author, you dare? He still wants to mix in Luoyang for a few more years.
"The more I have heard of the deeds of the envoy, the more I see it, this training is courageous, but it is the best place in the army, but in addition to the external environment, there is also a need for a good teacher to enlighten and guide you, looking at Luoyang, if you talk about courage, the more difficult it is to think of others."
Liu Wei on the side said helpfully: "Yes, this princess heard that when you were in Yingchuan, Huangfu Song treated you unfairly, and you directly acted in the three armies and held Huangfu Song hostage, and this matter has been praised in Luoyang for a long time!" ”
Ye Zhao's face was a little dark, no wonder when he visited Huangfu Song before, he didn't give himself a good face from beginning to end, and the emotional problem was here.
Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Liu Wei, with a look of expectation in his cowardice, and nodded helplessly: "Since this is the case, then the prince needs to promise me a few conditions." ”
"Ye Yuanjun, please speak." Liu Wei hurriedly said.
"First." Ye Zhao stretched out a finger and looked at Liu Wei and said: "The prince can enter my mansion, in private, he is naturally the prince of the minister, but in front of people, the prince is not allowed to reveal his identity at will, on weekdays, the prince is by the minister's side, as the boyson of the minister, and the minister handles some daily official business." ”
"Boy!?" Liu Wei was a little dissatisfied when she heard this: "Argument is a dignified son, how can you be a child?" ”
"This is also the difficulty of the minister, if he is by the minister's side as the prince, who dares to be presumptuous in front of the prince? Others must be respectful to the prince, so what is the difference between this and being in the palace? Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "This point is the first priority, of course, the prince's identity is different, you don't have to be really like a boy to always follow the minister, every day when the sun is three poles to come to the minister here to answer the mao, follow the minister for three hours, you can send someone to escort the prince back to the palace." ”
Liu Wei wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Liu Wei, nodded and said, "This point, Gu Ke promised Qing, is there anything else?" ”
"This second point is also very important." Ye Zhao nodded and said: "Do more, say less, it's better not to say, if there is anything, the prince can discuss with the minister in private, but in front of everyone, the prince only needs to listen, not say." ”
"How is this different from a normal child? And how to train courage? Liu Wei said dissatisfied.
"In front of people, he is an ordinary boy." Ye Zhao said: "As for practicing courage, the minister has his own reason, since he can't go to the barracks, this ordinary life, is not without the opportunity to practice courage, as for his studies, although the minister is thin, but it is better to learn completely, whether it is swordsmanship or learning, for the prince to enlighten, when he can be competent, I don't know what the prince wants?" ”
Only then did a few people remember that although Ye Zhao is famous for his military exploits, he is also Cai Yong's proud disciple.
"Do you need three hours a day?" Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao, a little entangled, there are many rules in the palace, in addition to studying every day, he also has to regularly ask his father and mother to say goodbye, and three meals a day are also scheduled.
"Yes, of course, the prince's status is different, if there is something important, you don't have to come, but the minister still hopes that the prince can have three hours a day to study with the minister." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
"Yes!" After Liu Wei was entangled for a moment, he nodded, but then turned his head to look at Liu Wei, and said with some twist: "In this matter, I still need the help of the imperial sister." ”
"Whatever you want." Liu Wei sighed, she was both loving and angry with this younger brother, if it was another prince here, how could she accept such a ridiculous proposal? Liu Xie not only accepted it, but also looked quite happy.
Liu Wei turned his head to look at Ye Zhao: "I don't know when Lonely Dang started?" ”
"If you can, you can start now." Ye Zhao smiled, since it has been decided, think about it from another angle, Liu Wei can also become a card in his hand, whether it is now or in the future.
"Now?" Liu Wei was stunned, and then said a little excitedly: "What should Gu do?" ”
"Change your clothes first, Dian Wei, you go and ask Xin'er to find a scholar's outfit." Ye Zhao shouted at Dian Wei outside the door.
"Who's Xin'er?" Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously.
"The minister's maid is also a concubine." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
"Concubine?" Liu Wei opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, but her expression was a little unpleasant.
Soon, Dian Wei took Liu Wei out with a change of clothes, some gray robes, the texture is not bad, and although Liu Wei is a prince, because of his cowardly personality, he lacks some of the prestige that a prince should have, and at this moment he changed into a scholar's clothes, in addition to looking a little shy, he can't feel the temperament of a prince at all.
Ye Zhao didn't know how to express his complicated feelings for a while, and after changing his clothes, it was really difficult to feel a trace of the momentum of the emperor's family from Liu Wei.
"Aiqing, is that okay?" Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao.
"That's it." Ye Zhao retracted his somewhat complicated thoughts, nodded and said, "Besides, in front of people, the prince had better call me Gongzi." ”
"Is that too much?" Liu Wei frowned.
"Has the princess ever seen a scholar call her master by Aiqing or something else?" Ye Zhao asked rhetorically.
"But after all, he is the prince!" Liu Wei was a little dissatisfied, so it was already an arrogance.
"Since that......'s the case," Ye Zhao thought for a while and said, "Then the prince is in front of people, it's best not to speak, just look at what the minister does." ”
Liu Wei nodded, he was indulging in the excitement of getting a new identity, and he didn't feel anything wrong, but Liu Wei was older after all, although she liked to mess around on weekdays, but she didn't really understand anything, she knew the seriousness of this matter very well, and immediately said: "How long will this take?" You can't let the debate be your scholar all the time, right? ”
"January!" Ye Zhao thought for a while, gave a clear time limit and said: "This month, firstly, let the prince take a look at the hearts of the people in this world from another identity, and secondly, it is also convenient for the minister to have a general understanding of the prince, and after a month, he will make a new plan for the prince." ”
It's just January, Liu Wei is not unacceptable, the most important thing is that Liu Wei looks quite happy, as a sister and brother, she hasn't seen Liu Wei show such a happy smile for a long time.
Obviously the prince, but I don't know when it started, probably after the birth of Xie, whether it was the father or others, the debate was gradually indifferent, except for himself and the queen, there were few people in the entire palace who could speak.
Seeing Liu Wei groping with the clothes on his body with a curious face at the moment, Liu Wei suddenly felt a sad feeling.
"Lord!" Outside the door, Gao Sheng, who was on duty in the yamen, trotted in, and wanted to speak, but when he saw Liu Wei and others on the side, he quickly shut up, he didn't know Liu Wei's identity, and he didn't know whether to say it for a while.
"Tell me, what's going on to be so flustered?" Ye Zhao signaled that Gao Sheng didn't have to hide it, although he was a person who followed him in the early days, Gao Sheng's presence around Ye Zhao was not high, he couldn't fight, and he couldn't handle copywriting, so Ye Zhao only asked him to do some errands on weekdays, and he couldn't touch the core things.
"Whoa." Gao Sheng bowed down and agreed: "There is a murder, the lord should go back and take a look." ”
"Oh?" Ye Zhao stood up when he heard this, and said to Liu Wei: "In this case, the minister will retire first." ”
"There is nothing to do left and right, this princess also wants to go and see, they all say that you are like a god in solving the case, but how powerful, this princess has never seen it, and today is just an eye-opener." Liu Wei said with some excitement.
"That'...... Princess please. Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and said with a smile, this title startled Gao Sheng on the side.
Liu Wei turned her head to look at Liu Wei and said, "Is the boy going too?" ”
"Naturally, this case came by coincidence." Ye Zhao nodded, and the next group of people took the golden gourd guards outside the door and walked towards the Luoyang official office.