On the thirtieth day, Uncle Xie's family and the whole family of Weihou Mansion got together and had a lively New Year's dinner. From the twenty-eighth to the fourth day of the first lunar month, all the officials of the Jin State were given a seven-day holiday. So for the first time in ten years, the family got together.

Although many servants of the Weihou Mansion also returned home on vacation or went to manors outside the city, many of them stayed. For those who stayed, everyone got a thick year-end red envelope.

Early in the morning, Uncle Xie took a group of wives and daughters to Weihou Mansion, greeted the old lady and the old lady, and asked a group of daughters to meet Xie Shence one by one. Xie Shence returned the salute to a group of cousins and cousins who didn't know each other.

Then the whole family went into battle together, wrapped a huge number of prison pills, and even the old lady and the old lady cleaned their hands and wrapped a few.

Prison pills are dumplings, but they are not called dumplings at this time.

Naturally, Xie Shence is unwilling to do more of these things. Because not long after, several cousins who married in Beijing brought their husbands to the door for New Year's dinner. Xie Shence really didn't want to greet many people, so he found an excuse to sneak to the backyard Buddhist hall. He went to chat with the old lady.

The old lady's Buddhist hall is very rarely accessible to anyone. The Buddhist hall is clean, and the old lady is in the study except for entering the palace on weekdays, Xie Sheng and Sima are busy with government affairs, and the other has to run a house, so they don't have time to enter. Uncle Xie was not allowed to enter because of "too much sin", and Xie Shenwei was not interested in this at all. Therefore, on weekdays, in addition to the old lady who has been married to the present, there are more aunts who come in. This Buddha Hall, Xie Shence is the first time to come.

After the old lady's report, Xie Shence met the old lady who was chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall.

The old lady was very happy when she saw that Xie Shence was coming, and took Xie Shence's hand and sat outside the door of the Buddha hall to bask in the sun and start a homely routine.

"You were sensible when you were so tall." The old lady gestured a height of one or two feet with her hand, "I was just three years old at that time, right?" Every day, my mother doesn't want it, and my father doesn't want it, so I like to run to my grandmother and listen to her stories."

"At that time, your brother was naughtier than you, and he liked those foals, and he often fell and his nose was swollen, but he never cried."

"Your grandfather's study is often messed up by the two of you. He was angry, but he was reluctant to fight, and he didn't even dare to say anything serious, for fear that you would be unhappy and pull his beard. So every day, let the old tree head let the wind outside the door, and when I saw you coming, I quickly hid the important calligraphy and paintings, and hung them out when you had enough."

But now, the power of God has grown, but he has become more and more silent, and often he can't say a few words to him for months. When you haven't come back yet, grandma is an old woman, except for entering the palace to talk to the queen mother on the New Year, she doesn't see anyone all day. Now that you're back, the house is a little more lively. ”

"Grandma, my grandson is back, and I will chat with you every day after I don't leave."

"Hahahaha, where is it going to work? You are the Xie family, after all, you still have to enter the temple, a good man of the Great Jin, you should work hard for the country, but you can't waste a good time in vain on me, an old woman who is about to enter the earth. ”

Xie Shence smiled, "Will your grandson definitely be able to pay homage to the prime minister in the future?" Even if you go in and out of the center in the future, you will still be your grandson. ”

The old lady's eyes widened, and he feigned anger and said: "You are a descendant of the Xie family, and it is at least for the marquis to enter and leave the center!" Is the grandson of the old body an idle person? ”

"Grandma, you prefer your grandson, and you like it no matter how you look at it."

"Nonsense! How can the old body's vision be bad? What's wrong with what the old body said? The old man said that Wang Jianghuai was a talent, and he became a heavenly official. The old man said that Tian Qi was an emperor material, and he became the emperor. The old man also said back then that Sima Deguang, the old stubborn, died first, and he died first. Look at it, is your grandmother's eye good? ”

Xie Shence was dumbfounded. The changes in the relationship of the Great Jin Kingdom are in your eyes to prove that you have vision.

"So, grandma said that your brother must be the most powerful person in my Dajin in the future, then it must come true, three years old to see eighty, grandma said nothing wrong. Who doesn't believe it! Whoever is going to ask Wang Jianghuai, ask Tian Qi, and ask Lao Sima! Let's see if the old man said it back then! ”

The old lady is magnificent.

Xie Shence smiled bitterly: "Grandma, Wang Lao Shangshu has resigned, and His Majesty Emperor Tian no one dares to ask, besides, Sima Deguang is dead, who wants to ask this." Grandma, aren't you a cold adult? ”

The old lady laughed, "I'm just cold with them!" Who made them jealous of the old man who had two good grandchildren? Sun Tzu, some people don't know what to do, how many good things my Xie family has done for Dajin, but how many people are really thinking about it? They are respectful, fearful, flattering, and slandering my Xie family, but they are just succumbing to power, and how many of them are truly grateful? You have been in Chuzhou for so many years, under the protection of Wang Jianghuai, and you are quite comfortable. Do you know how many people in Kyoto want my Xie family to die well? Not to mention the previous days, when you fell into the water and almost died, there were small movements of some people in the dark! Two years ago, your brother was forced out of Kyoto to fight and die with the Xianbei people in the northwest, how many of them were dangerous, and when was there no shadow of those people? My Xie family has been through ups and downs for hundreds of years, what difficulties have you not seen? A bunch of beam-jumping clowns! ”

"Grandma, you don't have to pay attention to these pickles. These people couldn't be on the stage before, they can't be on the stage now, and they will be the same in the future. They'll always be just harlequins hidden in the shadows. ”

The old lady smiled and said, "It's rare that you can chat with grandma, but don't blame grandma for saying these things for the New Year." ”

"Look at what you said, grandma, the Xie family has not fallen for hundreds of years, what is the effect of a few words? Is it destiny that things are man-made? ”

"Well, I don't know if there is a destiny grandma, but the world is man-made, but it is an unchanging truth. If people don't do it, where can they blame their lives for not being good! Tian Qi back then was just the second son, if it wasn't artificial, where could he be today's emperor? ”

"Oh? Grandma, was there anything hidden back then? ”

The old lady looked up into the distance and recalled: "Back then, it was decades ago, Tian Qi back then, was just one of your grandfather's many princely students, except for his appearance, he was really not outstanding." However, no one imagined that he would later become emperor. ”

Xie Shence thought, of course the emperor's appearance is good, one of the three beautiful men in the Great Jin Dynasty back then, can he not look good.

"At that time, Tian Qi was not as smart as he is now, he could only be regarded as unsatisfactory, and his kung fu, literary style, and strategy were not outstanding among the princes. But he didn't want to reach the top in the later battle for the prince. Now it seems that the original hibernation was not only for a blockbuster, but more like a wise self-preservation. ”

"The eldest prince of the year was the son of the first emperor Empress Xiaowen, the eldest son of the royal concubine, Wen Taowu strategy, very good, under Sima Deguang, he led 200,000 border troops in the northwest! is really a figure with great military achievements, and even the white face of the Qin State is afraid of three points, but unfortunately he died young and died of old wounds on the battlefield. If he hadn't died, it would probably be him and not Tian Qi today's emperor. This is martial arts, Tian Qi is not as good as Tian Shen. In terms of literary talent, Tian Qi is not the best, the emperor's favorite son is his compatriot eldest brother, Tian Jia, but Tian Jiawen is weaker and weaker, and he also died early. The remaining princes are either ambitious and unambitious, or brave or indecisive, and they can't do anything. In the end, as I see now, Tian Qi waited for the death of his two elder brothers, and then, he killed his brother and took the throne and inherited the unification, and I am strong and prosperous now. ”

An old woman sits under the eaves basking in the sun and talks about the change of imperial power.

"Grandma, listening to you talk like this, you don't treat Your Majesty very well." Thank you Shen Ce touched this and said.

"What is there to see or not, he is already an emperor. Grandson, what grandma wants to say to you is that Tian Qi is not a good person, but he is a nostalgic person, so as long as he reigns for a day, the Xie family has nothing to worry about. Don't say that you killed two Xianbei envoys, that is that Duan Wuyang, kill them directly, what can you do? ”

"He was able to succeed to the throne back then, if it weren't for the great help of your grandfather and uncle and father, even without Tian Shen and Tian Jia, he Tian Qi would not be able to ascend the throne."

Xie Shence said: "Then why would Grandpa help him instead of other princes?"

The old lady smiled slightly: "Because he is the most in need of help, and grandma and I, who have a good relationship with his mother, like him more."

Xie Shence smiled: "Grandma, you said that Your Majesty is not a good person anymore, why do you still like him?" He's not the only one who can miss the old, right? The energy of the Xie family, even if he is a bystander, does not necessarily dare to despise the new monarch. ”

The old lady touched the top of Xie Shence's head and said: "That's because the great perseverance and courage he showed at the moment of crisis moved the old man very much."

Xie Shence was puzzled.

The old lady sighed and said: "Killing my brother and forcing my father, leading the enemy country to eliminate strong enemies, and daring to cut down the opposing forces to the roots, this one thing is not made by ordinary people." If it's not a hero, you can't do it. However, Tian Qi is not only a hero, but also a Ming Jun. This is the blessing of the people of the Great Jin Dynasty. The Xie family uses poetry and books to pass on the family, isn't it for the sake of the world of Sage Confucius? Then since Tian Qi can save the people from swords, there is no reason why the Xie family should not support it. And isn't political officialdom just speculation? ”

The Xie family knows this, and Tian Qi also knows it, so Tian Qi is always grateful to the Xie family. Because he is still a good emperor in the end. ”

Xie Shence fell silent.

The emperor of the Jin State he saw was a beautiful man who was more feminine and less masculine. The emperor is very generous, and there is domineering in his heroism, but he is not domineering. The emperor is very diligent and will forget to accompany the queen and princess to dinner because of political affairs. The emperor is very simple, needless to say three meals a day, if it were not for the courtiers often admonishing to maintain the majesty of the heavenly family, the royal weaving can save the silver to make dragon robes and phoenix robes every year to repair the river. The emperor attaches great importance to the people's livelihood, he reigned for 20 years, and the Great Jin Dynasty did not have a smooth weather, but half of the people starved to death less than when the previous emperor was in power. The emperor is still a good father and husband......

All of this comes from a series of bloody methods more than 20 years ago. Xie Shence even guessed that the emperor's two eldest brothers, Tian Shen and Tian Jia, were also killed by him.

However, as grandma said, the current emperor is not a good person, but a good emperor.

The people don't care whether the emperor sitting on their heads is a good man or a bad person, as long as he is a good emperor, then it has nothing to do with them that he loses his humanity. The people are easily satisfied.

Xie Shence sighed, looked in the direction where the palace was located, and was speechless for a long time.

Soon, the old lady came in to thank Shence's two maidservants to invite the old lady and Xie Shence to have a New Year's dinner, and the two grandparents went out of the Buddhist hall and came to the hall to prepare for the New Year's dinner.

(ps: I help my classmates substitute in the afternoon, but I can't send it on time, so just advance it)