The author said: The prototype of the eldest son of the emperor mentioned in this chapter is Kangxi's abolished prince Yinren.

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Early the next morning, the old prime minister Yang Yuanzhi and Qiu Yi set off to the residence of the emperor's eldest son, Zheng Chang, without even bringing a single entourage.

Although Yang Yuanzhi is the prime minister who caused the retirement, the title of "Taishi" on his body will not expire, so there are always eight green nuni sedan chairs in the house; However, today, in order to avoid swagger, he only sat in a light sedan chair carried by two people. Qiu Yizhi didn't dare to ride the extremely eye-catching sweaty BMW anymore, and just followed closely behind the sedan like a servant.

According to the regulations of the Han royal family, after the eldest son of the emperor was named the crown prince, he could open his teeth to build a mansion, handle government affairs, and meet with hundreds of officials of the imperial court in the "Yuxiu Palace" to the east of the palace. However, the eldest son of the current emperor, Zheng Chang, has not won the favor of his father Zheng Yong, and has not been named the crown prince, so naturally he cannot live in the Yuxiu Palace specially built for the prince, but can only live in a huge mansion under the east wall of the palace city.

Before the sun was on the third pole, the entrance of the mansion was already full of officials who asked to meet the emperor's eldest son and wanted to handle various public and private affairs. The weather is still very hot, and the officials who are slightly heavier can still endure the scorching heat in the sedan chair and close their eyes to recuperate, but those who can't stand the heat have taken off their official boots and hats, lifted their robes and sat on the sedan chair, and talked loudly with Erlang's legs crossed.

However, the vermilion lacquer gate of the emperor's eldest son's mansion is tightly closed, and the big red lanterns hanging on the left and right are symmetrically hung with a one-person height, and a small door can be opened under the lantern that can allow two people to pass side by side.

Qiu Yizhi saw it from afar, thinking that the pomp of the eldest son of the emperor was not much bigger than that of King Youyan, so many officials were waiting to be received, and they didn't even appreciate tea, but only let them wait outside the door. He thought so in his heart, but he only said: "No wonder it was said that he only knew that he was a small official when he arrived in the capital, and the eldest son of the emperor was so big!" ”

Yang Yuanzhi didn't seem to hear it, coughed lightly, and told the two palanquin bearers to stop. These two sedan chair men are experts in carrying the sedan chair, listen to the old master's instructions, shake their shoulders and remove the sedan bars, and gently and slowly put a small sedan chair on the ground. The sedan chair driver who walked in front turned around and lifted the sedan curtain, and Yang Yuanzhi walked out of the sedan chair calmly with a cane.

The sharp-eyed officials present recognized Yang Yuanzhi's identity, lifted the corners of his robe, bowed his head, and said: "The student is clumsy, and he doesn't know that the teacher is coming, so he has lost his welcome." ”

Yang Yuanzhi saw that the person kneeling on the ground was Yuan Maoen, the waiter of the Criminal Department, who was the Jinshi at the point when he was the main exam, so he said: "I have been retired for a long time, and I have come here to do things with His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor, so I don't need to be so polite." ”

Yuan Maoen listened, bowed again, and said: "A teacher for one day, a father for life, the grace of the teacher, the students dare not forget for a moment." Then he stood up.

When the surrounding officials heard the conversation between the two people, they also gathered around. Many of them were Yang Yuanzhi's protégés, and a few were his protégés, all kneeling on the ground to make a teacher-student salute. The rest of those who don't have this relationship also say "old prime minister" and "old lady", and salute.

It took Yang Yuanzhi a lot of effort to meet these officials one by one, and then waved at everyone: "The old man, like you, is also here to see His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor today. It's just that the old man is faltering late, can you adults sell me a face and let the old man intervene in the queue? ”

The officials had no reason not to agree, so they had already made way for a passage, let the old prime minister slowly paced to the door, handed a name card to the janitor, and stood at the door waiting.

After a while, the middle door of the prince's mansion opened, and a fat man walked out of the door, followed by countless guards and entourage. The man hurriedly ran to Yang Yuanzhi and said deeply: "If the teacher has any advice, as long as you send someone to come and say, the palace will naturally come to the door to receive the teaching." Look at this hot day, the teacher should take care of his body! ”

The officials who had been waiting at the door for a long time saw the man leave the house, and they all knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Chitose! Chitose! Chichitose! ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, knowing that this was the eldest son of the emperor who he was going to see in Luoyang on this trip, and he also learned the appearance of everyone, prostrate on the ground, not daring to look up, but pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the conversation between Zheng Chang and Yang Yuanzhi.

Yang Yuanzhi was very relieved when she heard the emperor's eldest son Zheng Chang speak humbly, and said, "Your Highness is humble. Old and now it is just dry bones in the grave, where can I dare to give any advice? As he spoke, he pointed to Qiu Yidao, who was kneeling on the ground behind him, "This is a grandson of the old family, who has admired His Royal Highness's name for a long time, and is about to come over to introduce him." ”

Zheng Chang thought that his master always looked iron-faced and selfless on weekdays, but he didn't expect that there would be a day when he would run for his family, and he was a little proud, but he had to pretend to be humble and said: "The current official department is a protégé of the teacher, and this little thing only needs to be informed." The teacher who can work in person must be a dirty pearl, and the students must have taken care of it. ”

As he spoke, Yang Yuanzhi, who was holding the old dragon bell, walked towards the door, didn't take a few steps, and then turned around and shouted to the people behind him: "You all go back, there is no one in the palace today." ”

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly got up from the ground and followed.

This emperor's eldest son's mansion is really full of weather, and when you enter the door, you will find a set of shadow walls with five five-clawed golden dragons in relief, and it is a huge garden to bypass the shadow wall. Ordinary gardens usually take the pond as the core, paved with bluestone paths around them, supplemented by small bridges and flowing water, rockery pavilions, and it is already a famous mansion that the rich and noble people must waste several generations of hard work and financial resources to build. However, the garden on the palace of the emperor's eldest son, Zheng Chang, is not so much a garden as a mountain villa - the ancient trees in the garden grow unevenly, a large lake is vast, and the pavilions and pavilions are lined up one after another, and it takes a lot of effort to pile up a hill in the courtyard, making this originally huge garden seem more winding and unfathomable.

The most luxurious and splendid garden mansion Qiu Yi has ever seen in his life is the manor built by his maternal uncle Zhao Fuyi when he was very rich, but compared with the mansion of the emperor's eldest son Zheng Chang, it is nothing more than a plaything in his sleeve.

Qiu Yi greedily admired the beautiful scenery in the garden, and at the same time followed an old prime minister and a noble emperor in front of him, to a very large building, and the plaque on the door read the words "Qiuyuan Library" - it was just a study. However, Qiu Yizhi's visual inspection of this house is not to say that it is three zhang high, more than ten zhang deep, the roof is paved with dark green glazed tiles, and it is surrounded by countless red pillars hugged by one person, it looks like a palace, and it is not much smaller than the palace of the righteous father in Guangyang City.

Entering the room, it is a serious study furnishings, but it is a desk circle chair, the four treasures of the study, all kinds of vase screens are placed around, and there are famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the high and long white wall, which seems nondescript in this huge space.

Yang Yuanzhi was already sweating slightly, sitting in the guest seat and panting.

When the emperor's eldest son Zheng Chang saw it, he personally picked up the tea bowl held by the palace maid, put it very humbly on the coffee table on Yang Yuanzhi's left hand side, and said to a little eunuch standing beside him: "What are you doing in a daze?" Didn't see the teacher coming? Don't go down and pedal the waterwheel! ”

The little eunuch listened to the order, and hurriedly ran out of the study, and after a while the sound of gurgling water came from the roof, and the water curtain was hung under the eaves, and the whole study was instantly cooled.

Zheng Chang smiled: "Is the teacher cooler?" This is a skilled craftsman from the Western Regions specially invited by the students to pump the water from the pond onto the roof with a water wheel to cool down. Once it is activated, it will be difficult to walk around the study with water. After a while, the students dig a few culverts to divert the water back to the pond, and then invite the teacher to come and cool off. ”

Yang Yuanzhi listened, but her face gradually covered with a layer of gloom, and said: "And there are many events today, long live the holy body is not healthy, it is the time for His Highness to contribute to the country." Forgive all the old man, His Royal Highness is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Works, and the affairs of Gyeonggi, and I think that none of them is much more important than doing these tricks and tricks. ”

Zheng Chang was bent on pleasing him, but he ate a soft nail, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but because of Yang Yuanzhi's identity as a master, it was not easy to have a seizure, so he could only stand aside and listen to him quietly.

"And. When he entered the garden, he saw that there were more than a dozen singers in the garden, and he dared to ask His Highness, what is going on? ”

Zheng Chang blinked his eyes twice and said, "This is sent by Chang Chengliang, the history of Jiangnan Thorns, and he said that he learned a few Jiangnan silk and bamboo and invited me to taste them." The students didn't want to accept it, but they thought that the Jiangnan rhyme was not far from the ancient style, and it would be of great benefit to appreciate the poetry and classics of the ancients. My Gyeonggi official dialect has only five tones, while Gangnam native dialect has nine tones, and the rest of the finals are also retained. For example, the word 'two' in this, two, and three, Gyeonggi pronounces it as the 'ear' for de-sounding, while Jiangnan pronounces it as 'ni' for the upper sound......"

Zheng Chang talked about the rhyme endlessly, and he didn't have fun talking about it.

Yang Yuanzhi was already impatient when she heard this, and she hammered the ground with a cane and said: "The ancients paid attention to reading books to look at the general outline, not to seek to understand, and the essence of the sage lies in the benevolence and love of others, not in chewing words." Even if you want to study every word, with the knowledge of His Royal Highness, how is it compared to the previous Emperor Li? ”

This Li Houzhu is the last emperor of the previous dynasty, calligraphy and painting are the best, especially good at poetry and songs, and there is no one who can match it in all dynasties. However, he was not good at governing the country, and when he was in power, he appointed traitorous ministers, killed loyal people, indulged in women, and did not ask about political affairs, causing chaos in the world.

Zheng Chang was compared to the king of the dead country when he was split by the old prime minister, and he barely suppressed his anger, and muttered: "The teacher is right, how can the student compare to the queen of Li?" The bad guys also face the south and the north, and have been emperors for a few years. How can a student have such a blessing, maybe in a few years, he will become a prisoner! ”

Yang Yuanzhi stood up when she heard "Teng", and was about to speak, but she couldn't slow down in one breath, and sat back down, her eyes rolled and she lost consciousness.

Qiu Yizhi, who had been silent for a long time, reacted quickly, and when he saw this, he hurriedly held the old prime minister, pinched the middle of the person hard, and took the tea bowl on the side, blowing away the hot air for a few minutes and slowly pouring it down. He saw that Yang Yuanzhi's face was becoming rosy again, so he said to Zheng Chang, the eldest son of the emperor, who was stunned: "May I ask Your Highness, is there a place to rest here?" ”

Zheng Chang came back to his senses and said, "Yes, yes." Behind the screen is a couch. He angrily reprimanded several eunuchs and palace maids in the house, "Are you all dead?" Why don't you come and help carry the teacher to the couch to rest! ”