Chapter 60: The Year of the Child
The small flowers of the bean locust bloomed and thanked.
When it opens, a tree is pale yellow.
When thanks, the ground is full of English and scattered like snow.
Gao Qiuniang took the children and lived in the Chengnan Manor for two years.
During this period, Changsun Sheng only came back a few times occasionally.
The longest time is only one or two months in Beijing.
When Changsun Sheng is in Beijing, he will come here after he is busy with the affairs of the DPRK and China.
He personally instructed several children to practice martial arts, and discussed the cultivation and education of several children with Ding Zhankui and Gao Jian.
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Under the careful teaching and cultivation of Changsun Sheng, Ding Zhankui, and Gao Jian, Li Shimin and others have made great progress in their martial arts and knowledge.
With the assistance of the two internal and external exercises of "Loose Muscle and Open Bone Sutra" and "Li Jiaquan", the strength training of several children has achieved remarkable results.
Forty catties of stone locks, in their hands, were as easy as throwing a mud pill.
Everyone has a single arm and a strength of no less than 100 catties.
With strong strength as the foundation, the improvement of archery skills is naturally a matter of course.
Although Li Shimin is only eleven years old, it is easy to pull out a 120-pound bow.
An arrow can be shot at a maximum distance of 200 steps.
Within 100 steps, the feathered arrows can pass through the target.
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Due to the personal guidance of Changsun Sheng, several people's riding and archery skills have also improved.
Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Shunde and the eldest grandson Zhan are slightly more skilled.
On a galloping horse, shooting a rotating arrow target from a hundred paces away can basically hit the bull's-eye.
The skills of the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Hong are slightly inferior, but they are also better than ordinary soldiers.
You can't always hit the bull's-eye, but you can hit the target.
Looking at the progress made by the children in the past two years, Changsun Sheng was very grateful.
When he was away from home for many years, several children were able to achieve such results, and Ding Zhankui and Gao Jian really put a lot of effort into it.
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Whenever he returned to Beijing, Changsun Sheng, Ding Zhankui, and Gao Jian talked about the children's martial arts and academic progress, and he was full of gratitude.
Ding Zhankui and Gao Jian thought that Changsun Sheng was too polite and regarded them as outsiders.
When the three of them are together, they also talk about the current situation.
The common feeling is that what Yang Guang has done in the past two years has become more and more outrageous, just like Qin Shihuang in his later years.
First, we will continue to patrol all parts of the country.
The retinue and soldiers often numbered hundreds of thousands, driving like clouds, covering the sky and the sun, extravagant and extravagant, disturbing the place, which was really a waste of labor and money, and the people complained of hardship.
The second is to build a large number of buildings and palaces.
There was not a day that Yang Guang was not building the palace.
Although there are many pavilions and palaces in the two capitals and Jiangdu, he asked for the world's mountains and rivers and inspected them in person, in order to seek places of interest to build palaces.
First, Jinyang Palace was built in Taiyuan, and then an edict was issued to build Fenyang Palace in the north of Fenzhou, the source of Fenshui.
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In July of the third year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang issued an edict to levy more than 100,000 Ding Nan to build the Great Wall, starting from Yulin in the west and reaching the Purple River in the east.
In August of that year, Yang Guang's car set off from Yulin, passed through the clouds, and went up the Jin River.
There were more than 500,000 soldiers and 100,000 horses.
When he arrived in Taiyuan, he issued an edict to build Jinyang Palace.
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On the first day of the first month of the fourth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang issued an edict to levy more than one million people from all over the north of the Yellow River to dig the Yongji Canal.
Divert the water to the south to the Yellow River and to the north to Zhuo County.
Due to the shortage of men, the magistrates had to use women as hard laborers.
In March of that year, Yang Guang went on patrol again.
The car arrived at Wuyuan and inspected the Great Wall from Wuyuan.
More than 200,000 strong men were requisitioned to build the Great Wall from Yugu to the east.
At the same time, an edict was issued to build Fenyang Palace.
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In the first month of the fifth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang drove from Luoyang, the eastern capital, and returned to Chang'an, Xijing.
Ren Changsun Sheng is the general of the right guard, in charge of the palace forbidden guards, and divides troops to guard the four sides of the imperial city, the gates inside and outside the palace city.
In March, an edict was issued to inspect the right side of the river to the west.
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Changsun Sheng, who has just returned to Beijing for two months, has to travel with a car.
He always felt that this trip seemed to be different from the previous ones, and there was a sense of foreboding.
Before leaving, Changsun Sheng, Ding Zhankui and Gao Jian had a long talk all night.
In addition to talking about the martial arts and studies of several children, he also talked about the eldest grandson, Li, Gao, and Ding, and their future safety and survival.
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Changsun Sheng believes that if Yang Guang does not change his course, he may soon trigger a popular uprising.
Wherever the mob goes, there will be no peace.
Among the Beijing divisions, there are heavy guards, which can be safeguarded.
But outside the capital, we had to plan ahead and strengthen the guards of the family to prevent accidents.
Changsun Sheng told Ding Zhankui that it was necessary to train the soldiers of the prefecture under his jurisdiction and to prepare the military equipment.
If something happens, you can respond at any time.
The Tang Mansion has a very strong foundation in the land of Gyeonggi, and when it is critical, it is necessary to make good contact with the Li family, or they can tide over the crisis together.
The eldest grandson Sheng has been experienced for a long time and is accustomed to seeing the changes in the situation, so he must have a reason to say these words.
Ding Zhankui and Gao Jian did not dare to be negligent at all, and kept in mind what Changsun Sheng said.
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In the days after Changsun Sheng left, Chengnan Manor was once again far away from the turbulent waves of the court.
There is no hustle and bustle of the city, no disturbances from the outside world.
Seongnam Manor is still so quiet and peaceful.
The eight-year-old Guanyin maid is exposed to the sound of books, laughter and the tranquility of the countryside every day.
Under the dedicated teaching of Gao Qiuniang and Ding Niangzi, Guanyin is well-read and widely involved in history.
Her thoughts and insights are obviously different from ordinary girls.
She knows more and has more insights than ordinary girls.
In addition, he also studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his temperament became more and more noble.
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Due to the influence of status and seniority in the family, Guanyin is always in the perspective of looking down from a high position.
She seems to have been born with a sense of majesty.
The nephews and nieces who are much older than Guanyin, in front of her, are often respectful and respectful, and treat her as an elder.
Those servants and slaves did not dare to disobey this little master in the slightest.
She was born intelligent, coupled with the nurture, and the influence of the living environment, her mind is much more mature than that of a child of her age.
Between gestures, he is as calm and calm as an adult.
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Playing chess and writing are a few years older than Guanyin.
Considering that the maid was going to marry when she was older, when she first moved to Chengnan Manor, Gao Qiuniang looked for two maids for Guanyin and Xin'er.
The two who followed Guanyin were called Shiqin and Zhanhua, and the two who followed Xin'er were called Lingzhu and Ziyu.
The four of them are all the same age as Guanyin and Xin'er.
Under the guidance of chess and books, he learned to serve the two little ladies and accompanied them to read and read and read together.
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Since arriving at Chengnan Manor, Guanyin's daily time is basically spent reading, and practicing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
But children are still playful by nature.
Every child has the desire to let go of themselves.
When I was in Beijing, the garden of the Eldest Sun General's Mansion was very large.
Girls don't go out of the door, and they don't step out of the second door.
When you want to play, Guanyin can show her nature in the garden.
However, the garden of the Perak Hall annex is too small, and it seems monotonous and uninteresting.
Guanyin's playful heart is a little restless, and she always wants to get in touch with the new world outside.
So she pestered Gao Qiuniang and asked her mother to let her go outside the courtyard to play.
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When you are in Beijing, there is a reason why you don't let girls go out.
Beijing is prosperous, the humanities are prosperous, and the outside is mixed.
When a wealthy woman goes out, no one is worried about it, and there are many people with her, and it is too ostentatious.
If you get into any trouble, it will ruin the child's reputation for the rest of your life.
Therefore, girls from wealthy families in the capital often do not go out of the gate, and they do not step out of the second door.
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But it's different at Seongnam Manor.
The surrounding environment has changed, and the people in contact with it are not as complicated as in the capital.
It is more than 30 miles away from the capital, and there are few foreign visitors.
The inner court is a handmaiden.
The outer court is a servant and a slave.
Outside the courtyard is his own household.
The manor house is separated from the outside world by high walls and moats.
The people in the village, who dares to have a little unfavorable thoughts about these little masters?
Which one is not pleasing to the eye with low eyebrows, and dare not have the slightest slackness?
Guanyin went out, and wherever she went, there were a few maids following.
These personal servants are equivalent to half a master for other house slaves.
Those who dare to think crookedly, unless they don't want to live anymore.
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Prajna, Nara, and Kaya are older, and they have all married in the past two years.
Before they got married, Gao Qiuniang was afraid that they would go out and cause gossip, so she rarely let them out of the inner courtyard.
Now at home, there are Jia Luo, Guanyin, and Xin'er.
The three of them are still young, and there are relatively few taboos.
After Gao Qiuniang weighed it again and again, she finally agreed to Guanyin's request.
After agreeing that she had dinner every day, she would be accompanied by Fengshu and chess, and go outside the courtyard to watch Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji and others practice martial arts.
Every day after dinner, it is the happiest time for several girls.
Guanyin, Jia Luo, Xin'er and a few personal maids, like birds out of the cage, laughed and went to the manor square to watch Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji and others practice martial arts.
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On this day, Ding Zhankui didn't come over because of something.
Li Shimin and others are practicing mounted archery.
A few people from Guanyin came to the square early in the morning to watch the excitement.
The maid placed the low couch on the earthen platform on the north side of the square.
Guanyin, Jialuo, and Xin'er sat side by side.
While talking, he commented on the riding and archery skills of Li Shimin and others.
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Since there are seven children who practice archery, the practice is done round by round.
Before the start of each round of practice, Li Shimin, Changsun Shunde, Changsun Wuji and others first led their horses and waited on the east side of Tutai on the north side.
Then in order of age, from the eldest grandson Hong, the eldest grandson Shunde, to Li Shimin, and the eldest grandson Wuao.
The rules of the exercise are:
The practitioner rode from the front of the earthen platform, set off to the west, then to the south, and circumnavigated the field counterclockwise, galloping back from the east side of the square.
When approaching the earthen platform, the target watcher rotates the target.
When the practitioner passes by the earthen platform for the second time, he shoots three arrows at the rotating target while galloping.
Seven people correspond to different targets from one to six according to their age.
The eldest grandson Hong corresponds to "Yi", and Li Shimin corresponds to "Lu".
The eldest grandson Wuao is the youngest, and he starts all over again, corresponding to "one".
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In front of Li Shimin, among the five people, several eldest Sun Shunde and eldest Sun Zhan shot the best, and all three arrows hit the bull's-eye.
Although the three of Changsun Hong, Changsun Wuji and Changsun Jian also hit their respective targets, they only hit one or two arrows in the bull's-eye.
When it was Li Shimin's turn to shoot, Guanyin was even more engrossed.
She likes to watch Li Shimin gallop on horseback.
I saw him holding the reins with his left hand and whipping his right hand, riding his horse, and his movements were extremely skillful.
The white horse under the crotch, lined with a white shirt flying in the wind, the two merged together, like a fluttering cloud.
That free and easy, that elegant, made Guanyin like a drunken man.
She was imagining whether she could be like Li Shimin to urge the horse to raise the whip and gallop on the prancing horse.
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