Chapter 228: Mid-Autumn Festival (3)
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The two bosses had the heart to discuss it again, and seeing that Zhao Gu was very firm, they stopped making a noise and returned to their positions stupidly.
The hot dry noodles thing is just a small episode above the literary meeting, and the real literary meeting is still based on poetry, and after about half an hour, someone reads out their own poems.
It's just a pity that Zhao Gu seems to overestimate the current literati, after the poets of the Tang Dynasty pushed the poetry to the peak, it was difficult for later people to make too good poems, and most of them were picking up people's teeth.
In the end, the literary meeting was about to end, Zhao Gu did not hear a pleasing poem, although a few people's poems were okay, but it was obviously not a quatrain, that is, it could be sung at the moment, and when history progressed, everything today turned into dust, their poems were afraid that they would not be able to circulate, and they could not compare to quatrains such as "Will Toast" and "Mulan Ci".
But Rao is like this, the literati and artists are still having a lot of fun, and Zhao Gu can only smile helplessly, just be happy.
The Wenhui finally selected three of the best poems, the authors were Zhao Guangyi, Lu Mengzheng, and Lu Yijian, and the poems they made were hung in the wooden building by Zhao Gu for later generations to see.
As for whether their poems are really good or fake, Zhao Gu will not evaluate them anyway.
After the meeting, everyone was arranged by the steward of the villa to rest, and Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Pu, Lu Mengzheng and other executives were personally led by Zhao Gu into the six-story wooden attic.
After arranging rooms for everyone one by one and leaving someone to wait, Zhao Gu, who had been busy all day, also returned to his attic.
Zhao Gu's family lived behind many fields in the eastern region, behind two small hills, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the river was also a tributary of the Bianhe River, but the other side of the river was not the territory of the mountain villa, so Zhao Gu's new home could be described as isolated from the world.
His new home is even simpler, just building a bamboo building in the bamboo forest, four of which are the front yards, which are used as the lobby, dining room, kitchen and maid's residence, and four are the backyards, which are the residences of Zhao Gu, Liu Qiaoqiao, Shangguan Sisi, Su Xiaocheng, and the Lord of Cheshire, as well as the study.
Among them, Liu Qiaoqiao and Shangguan Sisi have a bamboo building, while Su Xiaocheng and the Cheshire Lord do not live here, so they have always been empty.
Zhao Gu didn't leave too many people to serve in the new family, only one female cook and two maids, and the others all worked in the villa.
After washing up, Zhao Gu hugged the two beauties and fell asleep.
Unbeknownst to him, in the room where Zhao Guangyi lived, a conversation was going on that would determine his fate.
The two sides of the conversation were Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu, and they only listened to Zhao Pu say: "Your Majesty, forgive Weichen for being blunt, you have always been thirsty for talent, why do you treat Zhao Gu differently?" Do you think he's not good enough? ā
Zhao Guangyi sighed slightly: "Brother Huang, I won't hide this matter from you, I admire this kid Zhao Gu from the bottom of my heart, otherwise I wouldn't have given him the title of the founding county marquis." ā
"And why are you?"
"But he is too young, let's talk about the Liao envoy this time. According to the envoy, he was the main one, and Li Fu was the auxiliary, and the two of them completed the mission, brought back the letter of state, pacified the crisis of the Liao State, solicited at least three years of peace for the Great Song Dynasty, and let the Liao State agree to send troops to assist us in attacking Western Xia, this credit is very great, even if I raise his title to the founding county duke, it is not too much. ā
"But he is only twenty years old now, but he is already in such a high position, with his talent, wait until a few years later, and then make new contributions, what should I reward him? Guogong? Or is it a prince? Zhao Guangyi smiled bitterly.
Zhao Pu also smiled bitterly: "But your majesty, have you forgotten what the first emperor said?" He said that if the Zhao family wants to sit on the throne often, the emperors of the past dynasties must learn the art of the emperor, and the first thing when selecting courtiers is the provenance, and the royal children are not allowed to hold important positions, so as not to kill the king and usurp the throne, and officials with different surnames are not allowed to be crowned kings, so as not to plot rebellion. ā
"Only those who are surnamed Zhao but have a different clan from the royal family can focus on preferential treatment, because if this kind of person wants to be the emperor, the people of the world will naturally not agree, they are not born with righteousness, even if they get the throne, it is not justifiable, and they are essentially different from the children of the royal family."
"And because they share the same surname as the royal family, they are closer to the royal family in their private hearts, and the courtiers will subconsciously regard them as members of the royal family, which will make them more loyal."
"When the first emperor chose Weichen to be the first assistant of the Great Song Dynasty, wasn't it based on this reason? Over the years, the emperor asked Weichen to inquire about the purpose of the talented man surnamed Zhao, isn't this exactly the purpose? Why is it that now the emperor not only does not treat Zhao Gu preferentially, but is on guard everywhere? ā
Zhao Guangyi was speechless when asked, in this Great Song Dynasty, he can not take anyone in his eyes, but he can't help but pay attention to Zhao Pu's suggestions, which is related to Zhao Pu's majesty over the years, and also related to Zhao Guangyi's inseparable talent from Zhao Pu.
And if the ministers heard the reason why Zhao Pu was so important, the more important reason was because his surname was Zhao, I don't know what the ministers would think.
After pondering for a long time, Zhao Guangyi said: "Brother Huang, as you said, anyone in the Manchu Dynasty can betray me, and anyone in the royal family may want to replace me, but you have no reason to betray me, so I will only tell you one person about the reason for Zhao Gu's retirement." ā
"Brother Huang, we are all half-buried people in the loess, to be honest, who knows that we will die one day, in your opinion, among these princes of mine, can anyone suppress Zhao Gu after our death?" Zhao Guangyi then asked.
Now it was Zhao Pu's turn to have nothing to say, he thought for a while, and said: "What the emperor said is also true, Zhao Gu Tianzong is a strange asset, if he gains power, it is inevitable that he will have different hearts, only a holy monarch like the emperor can control him, if no one in the prince has this ability, it is better to let him retire." ā
Zhao Guangyi's face was overjoyed: "So, does the imperial brother agree with my arrangement?" I remember that the reason why Zhao Gu was able to perform miraculous feats was because you were planning in secret. ā
Zhao Pu nodded: "What the emperor said is true, but the reason why Weichen helped him was because his surname was Zhao, since the emperor decided not to use him, Weichen naturally would not help him anymore." ā
"That's very good." Zhao Guangyi stroked his beard and laughed.
Zhao Pu also smiled: "It's not early, the emperor should rest early, and Weichen will retire." ā
After speaking, Zhao Pu glanced at Zhao Guangyi's face and slowly withdrew.
After he left, Zhao Guangyi showed a smile on his face that had succeeded in his treacherous plan.
Zhao Guangyi didn't expect that after Zhao Pu turned around, a sneer also appeared on his face.