Chapter 8 Section 2 Fighting Crickets VS Pig Farming
Because he found that he couldn't take over the management of the government right now, the emperor's retirement plan had to be postponed again and again.
A few months passed in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.
In the past six months, those ministers have been quite satisfied with the emperor's performance. It is said that when visiting the Junyang Mausoleum of the first emperor, an antique-level veteran knelt in front of the mausoleum and said with tears in his eyes: "The first emperor, if you know the ground, you will be very pleased to see that the emperor is now working hard and diligent in state affairs." This must be the spirit of the emperor in heaven to protect our Great Jin and protect our Majesty. Since then, we have relied on Dajin, and the people have relied on, woo"
The emperor was crooked, just because he wanted to withdraw early, he had to be diligent, and as a result, he accidentally gained the reputation of a virtuous monarch.
The better the emperor's reputation, the more the military officials and the people of the world like and love him, and the more reluctant he is to abdicate. By the time the emperor understood this, it seemed a little too late.
And what annoys him even more is that Tai's recent performance is simply terrible. Don't say anything else, just say that he is too much, in the world, he still can't get rid of the problem of loving pigs.
That night, in the warm pavilion lit with ambergris, the emperor and I sat by the smoke cage and chatted. The emperor talked and talked about raising pigs, and while talking, he angrily compared the scene to me.
Because this time, it was not a matter of chasing wind and hearsay, but the emperor came and personally captured it in the royal pig farm.
After the first two arrests, the relevant person in charge learned from the pain and reflected on it several times. Finally, we have learned a profound lesson from our failures, that is, we must do a good job of secrecy in advance, and we must not startle the snake. The fact that a "pig farmer" does not constitute a civil criminal case should not be taken lightly.
This. They first closely investigated and guarded strictly, and finally when they were too sneaky to run into the pig pen to feed the pigs. With the emperor like a divine soldier descending from the sky, he will be chirping with pigs, Qingqing and my wife are caught squarely.
When the emperor saw that he was actually wearing the clothes of a breeder, and he was still holding a small flower pig in his hand and was reluctant to let go, he was so angry that his hands and feet were cold, and the update was the fastest. It's too good for pigs to say. When his father's slap passed, he didn't protect his face or head, but hurriedly used his hand to protect the little flower pig holding his chest.
After the emperor came back, he told me that in his generation, he had stretched out such a person, and he still beat his own land. If he wasn't really mad, how could he be moving? Speaking of which, it's really incredible, such a good person. I was obsessed with pig farming to this extent.
Later, I learned that it turned out that we couldn't catch the evidence of raising pigs in the first two times, because his pigs were not raised in Donggong at all. Rather, he colluded with the breeders who specialized in raising pigs in the palace. Secretly open a "too pig house" in the royal pig farm.
The pig house was built behind several large pig pens and was originally a special loving house for sows when they gave birth. I sent someone to renovate this house. It's beautiful. The fragrant one is specially used to raise his beloved little flower pig. Small white pig, black belly pig......
In order not to arouse suspicion, he rarely went to the pig farm during the day. Usually it is in charge of the two expert breeders he entrusted, and he just finds time to go there. And every time I go to the place, it is a time when everything is silent, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and few people are moving. Because he was so cautious, his "Tai Pig House" was opened for more than a year without being discovered.
Seeing that the emperor sighed for a long time, regretting that he couldn't get rid of these troublesome things as soon as possible, and returned to seclusion as soon as possible to be a rich idler, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of one thing.
I asked the emperor anxiously, "It's too July, right?" If I remember correctly, he was the birthplace of the first emperor Xianning in the fourth year. He is fourteen years old this year. ”
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be the ground." ”
It's a shame to say that although Sima is the only emperor in the emperor, for so many years, the palace has never celebrated his birthday with great fanfare. Of course, every year on his birthday, the celebrant would send someone to bring him a few tables of banquets, a few treasures and a few sets of clothes. But this is just the rule of the palace, and every lord's birthday is like this, and it is not a special treatment. Every time before sending it to him, the chief celebrant would routinely bring those things to me to look at, and I often didn't bother to look at them, so I just waved him away with a wave of my hand.
Although he was too old this month, I was still sitting on the mountain on my birthday in July and did not come down. It is said that the people in the East Palace celebrated him, but they only made a fuss in the East Palace, and did not alarm the emperor, let alone entertain the officials.
Children who do not have mothers are inferior in these things. I'll admit that I didn't care enough for him. Over the years, it can be said that he does not have much presence in my eyes. I love my husband, I love my children, and I pay attention to the sensitive political trends of the imperial court. Other people and things are not in my field of vision.
However, now that he has been made a prince, and the emperor and I plan to pass on the throne to him as soon as possible, so that we can get out and go to spend our leisure days, Sima has become a very important figure, and I have to spend my time thinking about and cultivating.
I was still having a headache about how to turn Sima from his obsession with pigs, but now that he is fourteen years old, it will be easy to do.
The emperor suddenly smiled when he saw me, and asked me with a smile, "What, do you have an idea?" I nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, do you remember the year you married your concubine?" ”
He smiled even sweeter, "Of course I remember, it was the third year of Emperor Xianning." ”
"Well, how old was the emperor at that time?"
"Fourteen and a half years old."
I said, "Look, you married a concubine at the age of fourteen and a half, and your son is now fourteen and a half years old." ”
The emperor slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of this?" Give him a wife. After marrying, he is an adult, and he should mature up, and he can no longer just play all day long like an ignorant child, and just want to raise pigs and mix his life. When a man marries, he is responsible for his wife and children. ”
I laughed and said, "After someone got married at the age of fourteen, I didn't see him mature, and he still just wanted to play every day, and he just wanted to fight crickets and mix with each other." ”
He choked for a moment, and after a while he stammered, "I...... I'm in a different situation than he is. My father didn't plan to abdicate early and let me ascend the throne, he wished he would never be on the throne of the emperor. When I was too much, he never let me take care of anything, I was idle anyway, it was better to fight crickets, otherwise it would be boring. ”
Listen, how reasonable. In short, he is justified when he plays, and he is not doing his job properly and is unproductive.
Seeing that I was snickering, he continued to try to defend himself, "Well, I'm playing cricket." Crickets, what cute little things. It's small and smart, clean and doesn't take up space. When fighting crickets, the emphasis is on full attention, using your brain, and constantly fiddling with your hands. It can be said that when fighting crickets, people's mental and physical strength have been well exercised. How can pig farming be compared to fighting crickets? ”
I was about to laugh until my bowels were knotted" You mean, fighting crickets is an elegant activity that is good for the body and mind, and raising pigs is a self-depraved burial thing, and you can't climb the hall of elegance. ”
"Uh-huh-mm", he nodded at me.
"The concubine only learned today that it turned out that a country was too elegant to fight crickets, and a country was too embarrassed to raise pigs. This cannot be compared. "Yes, yes, I see the same thing as the queen, the hero."
I rolled my eyes, don't use idioms if you don't know how to use them, which "hero sees" this?
"I'm sorry, dear Your Majesty, but in this matter, the concubine and Your Majesty's heroes see something slightly different. No, it's very different, very different! ”
He blushed, "What does the queen mean?" ”
I said politely, "The concubine means that if there is a father, there must be a concubine." My father just wanted to abdicate and fight crickets, and he just wanted to steal the time to raise pigs. The behavior of the father and the father is essentially the same, they are both playthings. ”
His eyes gleaned infinitely, "What do you say, plaything?" Woo, you're bullying me! Where am I playing? I have been pounced on the government every day for half a year, and I am so tired that I am dying every day, and I haven't touched a cricket for more than half a year. ”
"Okay, okay, I'm joking, Your Majesty is diligent in national politics, and his credit is in the community, which is obvious to everyone."
After the two joked, they returned to the topic, and finally unanimously decided to put Tai's marriage on the agenda.