Volume 1 The Search for a Thousand Years Chapter 69 A Moment of Gathering
Because he was accustomed to the environment of Lantai, he was not used to returning to the study at home occasionally, so Qu Yuan stayed in the study for a while and wanted to go out for a walk.
I was thinking of looking for Zhang Yi, but suddenly remembered his previous resignation, this time a few months have passed, it is estimated that Zi Xiu has already left, so I have to wait for the next time Xiu Mu will talk.
Failed to catch the tail of the autumn tiger, the summer heat is no longer there, as the temperature difference between morning and evening becomes larger, Qu Yi, who came back at night, specially instructed his subordinates to prepare some clothes to avoid the cold.
I didn't expect my father to be so careful, and the details of their father and son's lives are taken care of by the daughter-in-law on weekdays, and the daughter-in-law is not there during this time, so the father is more careful.
All this also stems from Qu Yi's concern for this son, worried that his son will be hungry at night, so he specially instructed his subordinates to prepare some of Qu Yuan's favorite food before leaving, make some supper, and the father and son have a small gathering.
Qu Yuan just thought that there were no people, students, and gentlemen in the palace of the Great Imperial Court, and those of his classmates must have entered the palace with their father and brothers.
At night, in the courtyard of Qu Mansion.
The night breeze was slightly cool, the father and son sat idly in the courtyard, and there were a few kinds of vegetables on a small table, there were not many types, all of them were Qu Yuan's favorite food, and there was stewed duck soup.
Qu Yi sat opposite Qu Yuan, and Qu Yuan took a bowl and handed it to Qu Yi.
Qu Yuan opened his mouth and said: "Father, do you have any worries about the court today, I want to learn more about the affairs of the court." ”
Qu Yi frowned, thinking that he had argued with several colleagues in the afternoon, and finally broke up unhappily, originally thinking about discussing countermeasures and reporting to the king together, each family has its own ideas, how to let the king decide.
Qu Yuan seemed to see through his father's troubles, looked at Qu Yi's brows tightened, his expression was solemn, and then he couldn't help but ask his father, first, he wanted to share it for his father, and secondly, he really lacked the ability to deal with court affairs, and wanted to talk more about some tricky government affairs with his father.
Qu Yi heard Qu Yuan ask, and after hearing Qu Yuan's concern, most of his original unhappiness was neutralized, and his expression eased slightly.
Qu Yi explained to Qu Yuan unhurriedly: "It's just that I had a bad time with my colleagues in the afternoon, and the king wants to recover the military taxes in the hands of those feudal monarchs and concentrate them on the royal family." However, this matter is very important, if the current situation in the imperial court, we have no way to start, and there are still a few people who boldly think about the matter of changing the law, I think they have forgotten how Wu Qi's reform failed."
Qu Yuan heard this, and his confidence in changing the law before taking office was another blow. Originally, I was still thinking about how to accumulate the power of the Fa-changing faction, and this generation of people who were the same age as himself, such as His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhao Sui, Zhao Slip, Tang Yu, Chen Xiang, Jing Li, these people are all sons inheriting their father's business, and they will definitely hold important positions in the future, which is a rare help.
Qu Yuan wanted to explain his father very much, but after thinking about it many times, he finally said cautiously: "Father, I have an idea that I don't know whether to mention or not."
Qu Yi was suddenly surprised, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Oh? Let's hear it."
Qu Yuan: "Well, I'm just reading the collection of books in Zhaofu a few days ago, and I also read through the implementation of some major measures in the Chu State in the past hundred years. It is not appropriate to initiate the reform of the law at this time. ”
Qu Yi was interested, holding his arms and waiting for Qu Yuan to continue.
Qu Yuan took a glass of wine and put it down. continued to explain: "There are three reasons, one of which is whether it is at this time to the point where it is necessary to implement the law, and then think about what the king said, he wants to recover the troops and money and food to the royal family, is this the second best thing, from the hands of those feudal monarchs will be a little sweet, do not ask for more, how much can be scraped, we can let go of the taxes on private land and public land, so that the people will not favor one over the other"
Qu Yi stared at Qu Yuan and helped his head, "Well, it makes sense, keep talking"
Qu Yuan poured out endlessly: "This is second, it is this change, how many people in the court dare to express their support for the change, does this father know?" Now that corruption is prevalent in the DPRK and China, and it is obvious that they will form gangs and factions, they will definitely not want to, so there is another group of people who remain neutral, even if they can support us now, it is difficult to ensure that they will reap some benefits and defect, and there are a few people who really firmly support the reform of the law, and whether these people can resist the old faction forces more, so I think the time is not yet ripe."
Qu Yi listened with relish, but still didn't refute, and continued to listen to Qu Yuan.
"What else? That's it?"
Qu Yuan thought for a while: "This is the end, and Bixia once told me, the change needs to have a set of careful and detailed plans, and there must be measures to deal with any change in the middle, or, if a key person is broken, is there another person to replace it, since the change must be gradual, then what extent should the first round be achieved, how many rounds, and what aspects should be changed, these should be discussed with the king, because the king is the key person."
Qu Yi: "So what?"
Qu Yuan quickly threw out his opinion: "So we think that when the new kings are getting the new kings, and the court is slowly replacing the old with the new, and the young people are replacing the old, the court will naturally have a slightly weaker atmosphere of forming gangs, and now I am secretly observing the attitude of each of my classmates here in Lantai."
Qu Yi: "Okay, that's right, I saw that Bixia's knowledge is already equivalent to yours, and I can help you, but there is one thing you still have to pay attention to, now the attitude of the neutral and our Tuqiang factions is not clear, and it is not easy to distinguish, rashly revealing our thoughts is prone to accidents, and secondly, you must not reveal the slightest attitude of changing the law in the school palace"
(The nature of the Lantai Palace, Zhao Kuifu believes that it is a place where literati and scholars give lectures and study and write)
Qu Yuan listened to his father's suggestion, and was very happy to hear his recognition of Bixia.
Qu Yuan: "Father, I have learned too much in Lan these days, so I always feel that there are endless things to do every day, and Mr. is also very good, and I can always get a lot of valuable ideas from them by following them."
Qu Yi: "It's good that you can ask for advice with such an open mind, in addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chen Xiang is often in contact with the government, so you have to improve in this regard." And you are now a literary squire, unlike other students, the king needs you to read because he appreciates your rhetoric, but in addition to rhetoric, you also need to mention some important things about Your Highness."
(Literary courtier.) Such scholars believe that the literary courtier was Qu Yuan's earliest official position, mainly based on the records of Liu Xian's "Wenxin Carving the Dragon: Chronology" in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. "Chronology" said: "Only Qi and Chu are quite literary. Qi opened the first place of Zhuang Qu, the palace of Chu Guanglantai,...... Zou Zi is famous for talking about the sky, Su Zheng is galloping with a carved dragon, Qu Ping is connected with algae in the sun and moon, and Song Yu is in the wind and clouds)
Qu Yuan listened silently, thinking about what his father said, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Then he bowed to Qu Yi: "I will remember what my father mentioned."
After saying goodbye to Qu Yuan, who said goodbye to his father, they went back to rest, Qu Yuan was not idle, and returned to the study, writing hard to reach his son.
When I came out again, it was late at night.