Chapter 229: The Future
Chapter 229 The Future
The emperor's eldest son, Li Zhong, was crowned King Chen.
The second son of the emperor, Li Xiao, was named King Xu.
The third son of the emperor, Li Ren, was the king of Fengqi.
The fourth son of the emperor, Li Jie, was crowned the king.
The fifth son of the emperor, Li Cong, was the king of Fengyong.
Li Wei, the sixth son of the emperor, was crowned king.
The seventh son of the emperor, Li Min, was crowned King Ye.
After the edict was issued, the emperor's eldest son Li Zhong and the emperor's second son Li Xiao received a holy decree that they would be in the late spring of the following year. And Li Zhi was very "considerate" that his son was still young and could not be a director, so he personally selected the officials of the palace for them. The biological mothers of these two princes were both palace maids, and they had no mother's family to rely on, so they could only accept Li Zhi's thoughtful love and affection with gratitude.
But Li Zhi's actions also made several other princes and the people behind them a little frightened. The unfavored prince is a way out. When you reach your own fiefdom, those who are ambitious can naturally do something, and those who are not ambitious can also live a comfortable life as their own masters. But if the personnel around him are all from the emperor's handwriting, then it will not be good, I am afraid that I am more cautious in my words and deeds than when I was in the palace, and if I don't get it right, I am afraid that I will be pinched and suppressed by these special subordinate officials, and the biological mother in the palace is not favored, and she can't speak in front of the emperor, or she is bullied to death, and she can't find a place to redress her grievances.
Li Ren and Li Jie, who were stuck at the age line of Fan this time, were both seven or eight years old, but many years of unfavored life experience had already taught them to grow up, and with the two lessons of Li Zhong and Li Xiao, the two of them began to consciously approach Li Cong and curry favor with Yongning.
Although Yongning didn't mind their occasional move of coming back and forth to sit in the Grace Palace, Li Zhi was extremely reluctant for children other than Li Cong and Qinhua to appear in front of Yongning, so Li Zhong and Li Xiao soon found that there was suddenly more homework, and the gentlemen were also extremely strict, all their free time was filled with schoolwork, and they never had the time to go back to the Grace Palace.
After being crowned king, whether it was the queen Wang or the eldest concubine Sun Jing, Li Wei and Li Min's biological mothers were no longer forbidden to contact their children, and the female relatives of the two families also frequently entered and exited the palace.
Although there was a little turmoil in the court, among the courtiers today, Li Zhi's promoted descendants have accounted for a large share, and there are some old ministers who maintain neutrality and some people who know practice, so Li Zhi's move to divert his attention by going to Lishan for summer vacation was implemented perfectly, and some voices that contradicted Li Zhi's intentions were soon suppressed.
Li Zhi planned to stay in Lishan until early September, and before returning to Chang'an, he would follow Li Shimin's old practice and conduct an autumn hunt. Perhaps thinking about the reason why Li Zhong and Li Xiaonian were going to die in the New Year, he brought out the concubines and all the princes and princesses in the harem this time, but the courtiers were on duty, half staying in Beijing, half accompaniment, and changing every half a month. Although it is said that the courtiers are on duty, such as Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji and a cadre of important military ministers, they are not subject to this limit.
Yongning has not been to Lishan for many years, and the Lishan Palace at this time has long since lost its simple and rugged appearance, and it looks magnificent. In the name of the queen, Li Zhi assigned the palace closest to his bedroom to Yongning's mother and son, and then Yongning took the child to play with Princess Gaoyang and Princess Jinyang.
Although Li Cong is young, he already has a sense of gender, and he is very unhappy about being mixed with women. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Fang Xuanling to give him a lecture, he begged Fang Xuanling to bring the cousins of the Fang family who were close to his age to Lishan, Fang Xuanling was an old man after all, and he could still keep a straight face in front of Fang Xuanling and Fang Xuanling's beloved brothers, but it was already difficult to teach the younger son Fang Yizhi the same lesson as he did to the two older sons, not to mention the grandchildren below, although he never got by in education, but he couldn't stand the children's begging.
Moreover, Yongning also asked people to send messages to Fang Xuanling several times, hoping to choose two suitable ones from his nephews to send to the palace for Li Cong to read. After all, a child of Li Cong's age, it is really pitiful that there is no playmate of the same age around him, and there may be some simple interactions between other princes, but when it comes to Li Cong, it is absolutely not simple, so usually Yongning does not like Li Cong to be close to his brothers, and Li Cong himself has no such will.
Fang Xuanling also agreed with Yongning's thoughts, the relationship between the friends of the general horn cannot be replaced by the feelings of the relationship when he grows up, he didn't think much about it, so he asked the family to go back to Chang'an to pick up people. The Fang family is now flourishing, and there are five sons and daughters of the grandchildren, and they will marry a wife after the New Year, and it won't take long for the Fang family to add another import.
It's just that now Fang Yan, the eldest grandson of the Fang family, has entered the Guozijian to study, and he can't come to such a thing as summer vacation, but the Erlang Fang Ji, San Lang Fang Xiu, and Shilang Fang Juan of the Fang Yi family, and the only son of the Fang Yi family, Fang Ju, are all similar in age to Li Cong, not to mention, he usually just invited Mr. Jiaomeng at home, and it is convenient to come to Lishan.
It was a coincidence, and Fang Jiasanlang Fang Yu also happened to return home, so he asked Mrs. Lu for an envoy to send his nephews to Lishan, and he was looking forward to having the opportunity to meet Yongning. Fang Yi has not spoken to Yongning for many years, he was very close to Yongning when he was a child, but later Yongning left Chang'an, and when Yongning came back, he left home to study, Yongning only met twice in a hurry before he got married, and Yongning entered the palace without saying a few words.
Over the years, he has been worried about his sister. Yongning is wandering outside, he is worried about her safety and future life, Yongning marries into the palace, and he is worried that she will be calculated and bullied...... Waiting for him to finally find out that in fact, when his sister's combat effectiveness was still very strong, he suddenly couldn't make up his mind, would he enter the court as an official in the future and be a good player for Yongning? Or is it better to teach and educate people according to your own heart?
Originally, regarding the future, Fang Yi should have discussed it with Fang Xuanling or Fang Zhizhi, but he thought about it, and he still wanted to ask Yongning.
When Fang Yi rushed to Lishan with his nephews, Yongning was playing in the garden with Princess Gaoyang and Princess Jinyang teasing Minghui, the daughter of Qinhua and Princess Jinyang. As soon as Princess Gaoyang heard that her sons were coming, she excitedly took Yongning to the Fang family's residence, and the two little girls who rarely had a companion to play with were all left to Princess Jinyang to take care of.
Li Cong arrived before Yongning, although he was not unfamiliar with several cousins of the Fang family, but it was easy for children of similar age to play together, and Li Cong was not difficult to get along with.
Fang Yi didn't expect to see Yongning as soon as he arrived in Lishan, and surrounded Yongning with surprise on his face, and when he finally got to the theme, Princess Gaoyang had already taken the children impatiently and walked away.
Yongning listened to Fang Zhi's words, but felt that if he could open a academy near Chang'an, it would actually be very good. Putting aside Fang Xuanling, the Fang family's support situation in the court is actually enough to see the situation of Fang Yizhi and Fang Yiai's brothers in the court. Although it is said that if Fang Xuanling is no longer there one day, the Fang family will definitely not be as good as Xuanhe is now, but as a relative, the way of life should be to be a low-key person.
Fang Yizhi is going to attack the knight in the future, and Fang Yiai also has his own earned title, and it is the identity of a concubine, the Fang family really doesn't need Fang Yizhi to come out again to add icing on the cake, but to open a college to teach and educate people, and I am afraid that after 20 years, I will be able to weave a considerable network of relationships. Of course, it's still a little early to talk about the academy or something, after all, Fang Yize's age is there, whether it is knowledge or experience, there are shortcomings, and now is the time to polish and temper it......
Yongning told Fang Xuanling his thoughts simply and clearly, and then suggested that he listen to Fang Xuanling's opinion, but Yongning figured it out for himself, Fang Xuanling's thoughts were probably the same as hers.
When Yongning saw Li Zhi in the evening, he couldn't help but sigh at him, his younger brother had also reached the age of starting a family, but it caused Li Zhi to roll his eyes, she was only three years older than her younger brother, but she said it as if she was older than others.
After the two laughed for a while, Yongning nested in Li Zhi's arms and talked to him about Fang Zhi's ambition to teach and educate people, which surprised Li Zhi. Li Zhi also has a lot of impressions of Fang Yize, of course, this refers to when he was a child, when Fang Yi loved to pester Yongning, and he didn't play with them less. He has also heard of it a few times over the years, and Fang Yu was sent by Fang Xuanling to the great Confucian Fu Junheng to study, and he has made some fame outside.
Li Zhi has always thought that after the completion of Fang Zhize's studies, whether it is through the scientific examination or recommendation, he will always enter the court as an official, after all, there is a Fang family's shelf set up there, and Fang Zhize is not an unlearned person, when he can break out of the world, Li Zhi is even a little looking forward to such a young blood as Fang Zhize dissolving into the court.
But he never thought that Fang Yi would not care much about being an official, but had the idea of teaching and educating people. "What do you say?" Li Zhi frowned slightly, and involuntarily thought about the problem in the direction of depth.
Yongning glanced up at Li Zhi a little strangely and said, "How do I know this?" When I came back, my father hadn't even returned...... However, according to my understanding of my father, if Saburo insisted, his father would probably not object. Fathers never have very high requirements for us as children, as long as we speak in moderation, act in accordance with the law, and do things worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth......
Li Zhi glanced at Yongning thoughtfully, sighed lightly, and did not say any more. ()
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