Chapter 37: Tea Talk
The glow of the sky is still trying its best to be brilliant, but there is a faint starlight on the canopy early, the evening breeze seems to be more tender and stretching, even if the sky is a little bit darkly eroded, the mood is also a little more quiet, it is the end of the day, the night is cool, how much restlessness can be more easily replaced by comfort, time is always moving forward in this sense, the world seems to be silent, and the air machine stops for a while.
After a delicious meal, the newlyweds practiced the good health cultivation method of Gu Jicang's elders like a rhinoceros, and they strolled together in their own not spacious courtyard, their bodies still kept a comfortable distance from each other, and they talked without a moment of silence.
She talked a lot about the spring return, and she revisited the past with a pleasant and gentle expression, as if the childish years that had been separated for a long time were clearly left in her mind, and she almost didn't have to deliberately reminisce, and the words were so vivid.
She said a lot but still her father, and then even she felt it, subconsciously, compared to the mother who had just lost, the grief of losing her father had been unconsciously, in the end gradually subsided, she suddenly felt a little bit of the medicine of time, as if it could really light away all the sorrow, only joy is a more stubborn feeling, can be so deep to stay, can be so easily inadvertently, resort to the mouth.
What she misses and relies on, the feelings that can really encourage her not to despair in the difficult moments, is the beautiful happiness accumulated in the past, and now she has lost the companionship and love of her parents, but it does not mean that she has never had.
So, she still feels lucky.
Later, they returned to the pavilion, at this time the sky had completely darkened, but there was more moonlight everywhere and the sky was full of stars. She thought that even if she would never see her again, she was still in the same world as her aunt.
It seems that I feel even more lucky.
How many people in this world are also experiencing the pain of death and eternal farewell, but who can be like her, who can truly ensure that the death of relatives and friends is comforted and no worries? Their belonging is not that the Netherworld and Hell are no longer miserable and miserable, they have completed this reincarnation, they have got rid of this heavy delusion, and they are expected to attain true perfection.
Separation is the first step to achieve bliss, so why bother to die if you think about it?
Or maybe all the eternal grief has nothing to do with the people who have left, but the delusions of the living people, because of the loss, so cherish their relatives and friends.
In front of her now, a pair of slender and clean hands gently handed a white porcelain cup.
The brown color is red and bright like the light of amber, and the smell is like pine smoke, and it seems to have been mellow between the lips and teeth without tasting it.
"This is a flower roll, although the soup is thick, but it has the effect of quenching thirst, and it is also conducive to calming the nerves, so as not to affect sleep." Lan Ting was slightly concerned: "I heard earlier that Huihui often feels sleepy in the past two days, and I think that I am afraid that I will not sleep peacefully at night, and I should drink less of Longjing and Cuiya's many refreshing teas, but black teas such as flower rolls and green bricks, and it is okay to drink them often." ”
Chungui was very impressed by his attitude of being concerned but not pursuing the cause, but suddenly remembered the incident that still needed to be decided, so he took the initiative to mention: "It is indeed the night of these two days, and I am often plagued by nightmares...... In the dream, it seems that there are disasters everywhere, and the world seems to have become a ghost domain, each busy running, but everywhere is about to kill, and the end is full of devastation and mourning. I woke up in shock, and laughed at myself for worrying about the sky, now it is clearly a peaceful world, how could such a catastrophe happen? can think of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in the dream that are displaced, and it is difficult to sleep, so it is inevitable to get tired every day. ”
Lan Ting frowned slightly, he thought that it was because of the death of his parents and the forced encounter of the clan, and he would feel lonely and uneasy in the end, how strong Ren was, he was still apprehensive subconsciously, which was reflected in the dream.
If you want to eradicate such a nightmare, it will make her feel more stable and powerful, but because of herself, she will inevitably be involved in treacherous turmoil in the future, and a few words of comfort in her words, where can she really feel at ease for a long time?
Maybe she should be convinced that as her husband, she still has some ability to protect her.
He said: "During the reign of Emperor Guangzong, Huihui was still young, and he should not have experienced much turmoil, I don't know the turmoil at that time. ”
"I've heard Ji Shimu mention some of them." Chun Guiyi was impulsive, and almost didn't summarize the eight characters of "ghosts crying wolves howling, yin wind gusting" truthfully, thinking that this was a derogatory remark against the emperor, it was too down-to-earth, so he turned to euphemism: "Ji Shimu said that at that time, thanks to the loyal ministers headed by his grandfather, he insisted on resisting unhealthy trends. ”
Lan Ting had no intention of being euphemistic: "Emperor Guangzong's most trusted person is three, eunuchs, warlocks, and adulterous concubines. Compared with the cabinet ministers, these three people are closer to the monarch, in order to fight for power and profit, conspiracies and tricks continue, framing loyalty and goodness is more fashionable, I heard my grandfather say, how many officials at that time, before the dynasty had to say goodbye to their families, because I don't know if there is still a life to go home to the court, originally a very human minister, in the blink of an eye, the whole family is often lost, the eunuchs of the east and west two factories, actually framed as a comparison to compete for favor. ”
He was originally the demeanor of Ji Riguangfeng, and when he talked about the turmoil and darkness of Emperor Guangzong, there seemed to be an endless haze between his eyebrows: "Emperor Guangzong's most favored eunuch Tong Zhen at the beginning, was originally a fallen talent, and later served as an instructor of the local county school, he saw that it was difficult to have a way to rise by virtue of the imperial examination, so he castrated himself into the palace, and with his cunning and good at serving people's wishes, he won the favor of Emperor Guangzong step by step, and was appointed as the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, separating Guangzong and the cabinet ministers, holding the power of life and death. But Tong Zhen's ambition is not only that, he also tried to go down in history with his ability to be a civil and military all-rounder, so he lobbied Emperor Guangzong and gave him the command of 200,000 forbidden troops to conquer the tile thorns, who knew that the road met 30,000 tile thorns, and the whole army was wiped out! ”
200,000 can't beat 30,000? Chungui stared at her when she heard this, in her opinion, such a disparity in troops, even if a swarm of swarms stepped forward, she could trample 30,000 people to death.
"The main force of 200,000 was destroyed, and the tile spur planned to take advantage of the victory to invade Kyoto, when there was chaos in the court, Guangzong almost decided to abandon Beiping and move the capital to Jinling, and the military department at that time Dong Gong rose to the challenge, and refuted the advice of moving south, and dispatched troops to defend the nine gates, and defended Kyoto without loss, otherwise, maybe in that year, the devastation and grief that Huihui saw in his dream would become a reality, and the unity of Jiangshan Sheji and Huaxia no longer existed, and the alien Tartars would bully the subjects of the Central Plains again."
"Then Dong Gong ...... later"
"It's the current Jin Guogong." Lan Ting took a sip of tea, seemed to calm down his grievances, and said again: "The Duke of Jin knows very well that the merit of the world is not worth a word, especially Emperor Guangzong is still suspicious and jealous, blindly listening to the treacherous rumors, although he has made great contributions, but after the fact, he has been obscure, and Emperor Guangzong is really suspicious of him. Wait until you ascend the throne today, and you will be reused again. ”
Chungui sighed, when she was a child, she also listened to the storyteller's performance with her father, and knew that often the birds were all over the place and the good bow was hidden, and every time she heard such an injustice, she felt indignant, so she was afraid that Dong Gong, who had saved the people from fire and water, would also end up in such a situation.
"Today's benevolence is kind, and there are aspirations to prosper, but unfortunately the disadvantages have been accumulated for a long time, and it is difficult for only one generation of emperors to restore the peace of the world, if it is...... The successor to the throne does not succeed the present and the Xiao Dynasty and the two generations of emperors, not only is it difficult to innovate, but they are afraid of the overthrow of the society, which is not the rise and fall of a surname, but it is really related to the safety of thousands of people. ”
Chungui was frightened when he heard this, and said of course: "The fall of the Han and Tang dynasties is the chaos of the eunuchs, and at the beginning of the founding of the Taizu of our dynasty, it was also clearly ordered that eunuchs should not interfere in politics. ”
Lan Ting deeply thought that it was not easy for Chungui, a woman who had not been in time for a short time, to know the historical facts of the turmoil in the eunuchs, but for the doubts of Chungui, he could only reply with a vague sigh: "Taizu forbade not only eunuchs to interfere in politics, Taizu even abolished Zhongshu Province, and firmly determined that the military and political power was dictatorial to the monarch, Taizu immediately won the world, energetic, and diligent and honest, and the established system did not seem to be a big mistake when Taizu ruled, but Taizu ignored one point, that is, future generations, Especially when the country is getting richer and stronger, the monarchs who succeed to the throne cannot all be as diligent as Taizu. ”
He sighed: "The government affairs are heavy, the monarch must bow in person, it is inevitable that he is unable to do anything, so although the province of Zhongshu was abolished, gradually set up a cabinet, and with the advent of the peaceful and prosperous era, the monarchs have gradually loosened government affairs, and the cabinet has gradually enjoyed the power of the prime minister, in fact, the monarch and the ministers, there has always been a competition, so the monarch in order to restrain the courtiers, but can not do everything must bow in person, so the need for another force to compete on behalf of the force, sometimes relatives, sometimes eunuchs, the common point is the monarch close to the people. ”
Chungui actually understood: "This means that even if Jinshang is benevolent and has special trust in his grandfather, as long as his grandfather prohibits eunuchs from interfering in politics, Jinshang will also suspect that his grandfather has other intentions?" ”
"It is also true that just as not all civil servants are upright and selfless, not all eunuchs are treacherous and vicious, and compared with the powerful relatives of foreign relatives, even if the eunuchs monopolize power for a while, once the monarch wants to eradicate it, it will not cause rebellion. Another example is the current ceremonial eunuch Gao Dong, although he is trusted today, he is not like Tong Zhen and others, he is greedy, loyal and good, and has a clean and honest and selfless backbone. ”
It can be seen that the advantages and disadvantages of the system, it is really inseparable from the implementation of the king, Emperor Hongfu does not have the same healthy physique as Taizu and Chengzu, and the physical reasons cause him to be unable to bow down in person, and his character is too benevolent, and it also causes a gentle delay in the suppression of reform and accumulation, etc., and the most important thing is the hesitation in the abolition of the storage position, which leads to the rise and fall of the society, and the safety of the world is unpredictable.