Gou Shen took a look, picked up Liu Min's silk handkerchief on the desk and handed it over, Liu Min took it and wiped the corners of his mouth, and asked: "You Gou Shen, you have eaten deflated in Yingshui County, but you are here in the palace, no, you have to say a funny thing to Ben Chitose again, otherwise, otherwise you will let you drink tea all the time today!" ”

Gou Shen's face was embarrassed for a moment, Liu Min kept urging him, Gou Shen touched his chin and said, "There is." ”

"Tell me!"

"It is said that Confucius was besieged between Chen and Cai, and there was no food for more than ten days, and he was really hungry, let alone drinking tea......"

Gou Shen said this, Liu Min smiled again, and Gou Shen continued: "His disciple Zilu found a boiled pig out of nowhere, Confucius was really hungry and dizzy, and no matter where the meat came from, he picked it up and ate it, but the little pig quickly finished eating, and Confucius looked at Zilu again, Zilu couldn't do it, and snatched other people's clothes to change wine for Confucius to drink." ”

During the Liu Xun period of the Western Han Dynasty, ordinary people did not eat pork.

At this time, food is very precious, so pigs are grown up eating feces, people think that pigs are a dirty species, if people eat pork, it is like letting a person eat rat meat is insulting, so Liu Min heard Gou Shen say this, he looked at him in surprise, and felt that Confucius was really going to starve to death, and even ate pork.

"Confucius didn't care where the wine came from, he drank it when he brought it."

It didn't take long for Confucius to finally get out of trouble, and Duke Lu Ai welcomed him to his royal family, and entertained him with good wine and meat, but at this time, Confucius showed his demeanor. The mat is not set up properly, and he does not sit. Don't eat meat if you don't cut it properly. So his disciple Yu Lu quietly asked, why is Mr. acting differently now than when Chen and Cai were trapped?"

"Then how did Confucius answer?"

Seeing Liu Min's questioning, Gou replied: "Confucius replied that I used to be there to steal a living, and today I am doing this for a handout." ”

When Liu Min heard this, he felt that it was not as funny as the previous joke, and when he saw that Gou Shen had eaten well, he went outside the hall. Gou Shen got up and followed.

The two walked to the door of Jinhua Palace, Liu Min stood suddenly, turned back to Gou Shen and said, "Okay, Ben Chitose understands, Gou Shen, your second story is about this official!" ”

"Then do you mean that you are stealing a life here in the palace now, or is it a handout?"

Gou Shen lowered his head and didn't even dare to say, listening to Liu Min speak and calling himself "Ben Chitose", that is, he didn't mean to be angry at all.

Liu Min thought about it, shook his head and walked out.

The chamberlain of Jinhua Hall didn't know whether he was trying to save trouble, or he was afraid that the kite would be blown away again and be punished by Liu Min. At this time, he bought ten kites of different styles at once, and raised them one by one. Liu Min naturally smiled happily.

For a while, kites flew outside the Jinhua Palace, and Liu Min smiled at Gou Shen and said: "Gou Shen, who is stealing life, tomorrow, continue to come to Ben Chitose here to give lectures!" ”

"Make no mistake!"

This morning, Gou Shen arrived at Jinhua Palace, but Liu Min was already waiting.

As soon as Liu Min saw Gou Shen, he said: "The edict of the handout is here, do you want to have some tea today?" ”

Gou Shen saw that Liu Min was in a good mood, smiled and said, "Okay," and took out something from his sleeve as he spoke: "The minister took great pains to do this last night, and I dedicate it to the princess, I hope Chitose likes it." ”

Liu Min took it and saw that under this thing were one or two five-baht coins sewn together with thread, but some feathers were inserted in the holes of the five-baht coins, which looked very strange, and I don't know what they were doing.

"What is this?"

Gou Shen smiled, looked at the hall, and said softly: "This is made by Gou Shen for Chitose, and the name is 'shuttlecock'." ”

"Shuttlecock? What is it used for? ”

Before Gou Shen could speak, Liu Min suddenly realized: "Oh, it's a trick that doesn't pass on the six ears - you are all out of the woods!" ”

When the chamberlain and the palace maid were gone, Gou Shen took the shuttlecock from Liu Min's hand, threw it up, and kicked it a few times when he raised his foot.

In his later life, Gou Shen's family was poor, and he had no money to buy any toys when he was a child, so his mother made him sandbags, shuttlecocks and hoops for him to play with, and he himself participated in some cultural and sports activities and competitions with his classmates, so he still remembers these vividly.

Thinking about Liu Min's girlish nature, the deep palace is lonely, and there are only a handful of people who can talk together on weekdays, so Gou Shen made this shuttlecock as he liked, wanting to win Liu Min's favor.

Sure enough, after Gou Shen kicked left and right a few times, Liu Min's eyes moved up and down with the flying shuttlecock, and the face like a flower was already smiling at Yanyan, clapping his hands and saying, "Gou Shen, come and show Ben Chitose!" ”

……

The court meeting of the Great Han Kingdom for Wusun to propose marriage again to the princess to the future king of Wusun has lasted for several days, so today when everyone found that the prince Xiao Wangzhi, who had not been seen for a long time, was also standing in the Xuanshu Palace, they knew that Liu Xun, the son of the Dao Emperor, had made a final decision on this matter.

The Son of Heaven wants Xiao Wangzhi to make a final decision today.

For a long time, Xiao Wangzhi has been recognized as the minister who can best guess the emperor's intentions, and there is no one, what Xiao Wangzhi says is often even what the Son of Heaven wants to say, so everyone has made up their minds, how Xiao Wangzhi says today, everyone will follow, that is.

It's just that before the debate on the matter of Wusun began, Huang Ba, the imperial historian, played: "Your Majesty, the old general Zhao Chongguo is sick and can't go to the court, please make a decision." ”

The old general Zhao Chongguo is over the age of old, and he can't go to court if he can't go to court, what is Huang Ba saying about at this time? Why should you ask the Son of Heaven to "decide"?

Liu Xun immediately said: "Let the imperial doctor order to visit the old general, and there must be no delay." ”

Zhang Chang, the new Jing Zhaoyin, smiled secretly in his heart, this Huang Ba is too interesting, seeing Xiao Wangzhi coming to the Xuanshu Hall from the Prince's East Palace, he suspected that the Son of Heaven had the intention to let Xiao Wangzhi act as the prime minister after Bingji, so he took the lead in the admonition, trying to make the emperor pay attention to his existence.

Why do you need to add to the snake?

This Huang Ba also thinks too much, and some want to cover up, if the Son of Heaven wants Xiao Wangzhi to take the position of prime minister, do you still need to let him tutor the prince to study?

Moreover, Xiao Wangzhi's second son, Xiao Yu, did not get married, if the holy family is long. Why didn't the Son of Heaven give one of his daughters to Xiao Yu in marriage?

A reasonable person like Zhang Chang in the court. There are a few. So when everyone heard Huang Ba's words to invite Zhao Chongguo, they sat there one by one and became more and more silent.

Sure enough, after Liu Xun finished talking about Zhao Chongguo, he began to ask the ministers what they thought of the old king of Wusun, Weng Guimi, asking the Great Han Kingdom to marry his son Yuan Guimi Princess of the Han Dynasty.

But there was silence in the Xuanmuro hall.

No one took the initiative to open their mouths to answer the words of the Son of Heaven, and this situation was very different from the previous discussions about the affairs of Wusun Kingdom.

It seems that everyone is waiting for Xiao Wangzhi to speak.

Liu Xun waited for a while, and then asked Xiao Wangzhi: "What does Taifu think about this?" ”

Xiao Wangzhi's eyes were powerful. Long beard fluttering, handsome and elegant, after listening to the call of the Son of Heaven, he stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Minister, I think that this time the Great Han Kingdom should not agree to the marriage proposal of Wusun Kingdom for the time being." ”

Oh?

Everyone in the hall was surprised, they all thought that Xiao Wangzhi would agree to Wusun Guo's marriage proposal this time, but why did Xiao Wangzhi raise an objection?

What's going on?

So what did the emperor think?

Liu Xun also seemed a little surprised by Xiao Wangzhi's words, and asked, "Qing will talk about it in detail." ”

Xiao Wangzhi thanked him and said: "In today's Wusun Kingdom, the old king Weng is old and old. So in the end, it may not be known whether the new king of Wusun is the son of this Weng Guimi and Princess Xie Wei. The minister thought that the reason why Weng Guimi came to propose marriage at this time was to strengthen the relationship with my Han Kingdom, and secondly, to use the national strength of the Han Dynasty to become the new king of Wusun for his own son, which was the real purpose. ”

As soon as Xiao Wangzhi said this, everyone in the hall said "oh" again.

I have to say that what Xiao Wangzhi said is still very reasonable, but what does Liu Xun think in his heart?

At this time, Xiao Wangzhi continued: "The minister remembers that when the princess was relieved, if the princess hadn't married in time, Wusun Kingdom might have ceased to exist now......"

At this time, Huang Ba frowned and asked, "Since Taifu Zhilu Dao Wusun Kingdom is very important to my Han, why do you still block Wusun's marriage proposal?" ”

"That's right, isn't it inconsiderate when Taifu says this?"

"What do you know, is it okay to let the Taifu speak well?"

Hearing that someone was arguing, Xiao Wangzhi glanced at Huang Ba, who had a round face, and said in his heart, Aren't you afraid that I will compete with you for the position of prime minister?

"Your Majesty, the relationship between the Han and Wusun is important, but our Han can't always respond to Wusun's needs."

"The so-called easy gain, easy to lose, as we all know, if I didn't go to Wusun to relieve my worries, Wusun would destroy the country, and Wusun and I married, and the Han Dynasty hated the same enemy, so to speak, marriage is a win-win measure."

"However, this win-win situation is implemented on a certain basis, and now the Huns have been torn apart, and their own family affairs are overwhelmed, and there has hardly been any head-on conflict with my Han - the minister is definitely not saying that the Huns will not have friction with the Han in the future, but that since we married Wusun for the common hostile Huns, and now the Huns have no threat, then, such a harmony, is there any need?"

As soon as Xiao Wangzhi's words fell, someone retorted: "What does Taifu mean that the Xiongnu will not fight with us now, and will not fight with our Han in the future?" ”

Someone reprimanded the man and said, "From which sentence did you hear Taifu say that he would not fight with the Huns in the future?" Nonsense! ”

"You're!"

"I have a basis for nonsense, you are just untargeted, nonsense!"

"You talk nonsense!"

……

Today's court meeting is even more chaotic than the previous discussions about Wusun Kingdom, Zhang Chang looked at Huang Ba, and then at Xiao Wangzhi, and saw Kuang Heng's solemn face in a daze, and said that Xiao Wangzhi and Huang Ba are doing things too obviously, is the position of a prime minister so tempting?

"That's it, but what does the Son of Heaven think?" (To be continued......)

PS: [According to research, shuttlecock originated in the Western Han Dynasty, but the specific age is unknown. There is a legend that shuttlecock was "created from the Yellow Emperor". Shuttlecock was called "shuttlecock" at the time, not shuttlecock, and it was a kind of instrument for practicing samurai. "毱" is explained in the Chinese dictionary as "fur pill". But "fur maru" and shuttlecock are two different things.

Another legend says: "Created from Yue Wumu, with the feather of arrows, with the quality of gold and stone, throwing feet and playing, in order to release the army boredom." There is no reliable evidence for this kind of legend, and the "arrow" and "shuttlecock" are not the same, so this legend needs to be verified. 】