Li Shimin closed his eyes and pressed his eyebrows, looking distressed, "So now the Red Mansion has spread throughout Guanzhong?" ”

Li Chengqian replied: "Father, at first, the ministers thought that the Red Chamber could only be printed in hundreds of copies, and the people in the market read this book just for a pastime, but this book was copied and circulated, and now this book has already been spread out of Guanzhong. ”

"How is Mr. Li Gang's health?" Li Shimin didn't want to talk about the Red Mansion anymore, so he asked about Li Gang's situation instead.

"The old gentleman has been bedridden for several days in a row, and his son has visited him every day, saying that his time is running out, just these days."

Li Shimin sighed: "After living to be more than eighty years old, it is not easy for him to live in this old man's life, you and Xuanling Dai I should go to visit." ”

Li Chengqian bowed, "Huh." ”

The sky was overcast and it was drizzling.

In addition to the bustle and prosperity of Chang'an City, the elite circle of Chang'an City today seems to be very silent.

A platform was repaired on the roof of the house, which was made of sand and stone, and Zhang Yang carried a pillar into the room, because the roof had to be rebuilt these days, and the house was a mess of wood, and there was not even a place to stay.

The rooms in the house were also re-divided, and a load-bearing wall was added.

"Brother-in-law!"

Li Yue was tidying up his home when he heard Li Tai's shout and looked out.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law!" Li Tai ran in a panic, "Something happened." ”

It was raining lightly outside, and Li Tai was wet.

Li Yue frowned and said, "Something's wrong." ”

Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief, "Mr. Li Gang has passed away. ”

"When?"

"Last night."

Before he could recover from this news, someone came to the door again, and it was the guards of the East Palace.

Looking at Li Tai's somewhat flustered expression, Zhang Yang walked to the door, "I don't know what happened to the few of them." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that Mr. Li Gang left something for the concubine and the princess before leaving."

Zhang Yang looked back at Li Yue and Li Tai.

After being speechless for a while, Zhang Yang said to the guard: "Please wait a while, let's clean up and go over." ”

"Whoa."

Li Yue returned to his room and changed into a plain coat.

Zhang Yang picked out a white robe.

Let the two aunts take care of the bear, and the couple took Li Tai out of the house.

Follow the guards of the East Palace, all the way through the Vermilion Bird Street, walk through the houses behind the Vermilion Bird Street, along the Vermilion Bird Street live are all powerful people, not far from here is the Zhao Guogong Mansion, and a few steps further is the residence of Zheng Guogong Wei Zheng.

When I came to Li Gang's house, there were many people standing in front of the door.

Following the guards into this mansion, the couple met Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian wore mourning clothes and personally gave Li Gang filial piety.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mourns."

"Brother's Day mourning."

The couple saluted.

There was also the cry of Li Gang's relatives in the mourning hall, Li Chengqian closed his eyes and whispered: "The teacher spoke highly of you before his death, and your old gentleman in the Red Mansion has also seen it, and because you said that there is a diligent path in Shushan, and the artistic conception of learning in the words of endless hard work in the sea is quite appreciated. ”

It was written to encourage his daughter-in-law to study, and he thought of the words that everyone would recite when they were studying in later generations.

Zhang Yang saluted towards the mourning hall from a distance, "The old gentleman praised it falsely. ”

Li Chengqian took out a volume of letters, "This is the teacher asked Gu to hand it over to you before he died." ”

Zhang Yang took the letter handed to him by Li Chengqian, thinking that he had met him a few days ago before going to Chongwen Palace, and in a blink of an eye, his old man had passed away, as if he had seen his serious expression still yesterday.

There was no intersection with Li Gang, nor did he talk, and the other party actually had something to hand over to him before he died.

Open the letter and look at it.

Li Yue whispered: "What did the old gentleman say in the letter. ”

"Let me be His Royal Highness the Prince's companion." Zhang Yang just glanced at it and put the letter away.

Li Yue was stunned in place, and hurriedly glanced at the content of the letter, not just such a simple arrangement, and then looking at the husband's expression, there must be a lot of explanations in the letter, but the husband is unwilling to say it at this time?

According to Li Gang's last wishes, the funeral was simple.

There were many people who came to mourn, and they also saw Gao Shilian, Yan Shigu, and Yang Shidao.

Li Gang's relatives hugged the spiritual position, lifted the coffin and saw them off, and there were many people who saw them off along the way, even Qin Qiong and them came.

Everyone saw off until Chang'an City, and Li Shimin's will also came from Chang'an City, giving Li Gang the three divisions of the opening of the mansion, and the nickname was "Zhen".

Since Li Shimin recruited Li Gang into Chang'an City, he has been teaching Li Chengqian.

So far, he has also given Li Gang the opening of the palace and the three divisions, and once again called the name, which is the treatment that only the prime minister of the dynasty has.

The people who saw Li Gang off were all his old man's former friends and relatives, as well as His Royal Highness the Prince, and the couple had to stop and not send off the team.

It wasn't until the send-off procession was out of sight that the crowd dispersed.

Looking back, Li Tai, the little fat man, didn't know where he went, and when the couple returned home, Li Yue was puzzled: "What was written in Mr. Li Gang's letter, why did he leave a letter to his husband on his deathbed?" ”

Zhang Yang handed her the letter, and sat aside with a sad brow.

Li Yue took the letter and read it for a long time, "Nine out of ten scholars in the world have five surnames, the prince is the prince, and he should support the poor students......"

After reading the contents of the letter in a daze, Li Yue took a sip of tea thoughtfully, "The old gentleman hopes that the prince will keep a distance from the five surnames, and remind the prince when he is in the East Palace that the spread of the Red Mansion is unheard of, and the content of it is bound to be intolerable to the family." ”

Zhang Yang held his forehead and said distressedly: "The old gentleman tied me to the chariot that fought against those big families. ”

Li Yue smiled bitterly, "There are so many things at home that I can't finish it, and I have to deal with the five surnames and seven wang......"

"Where is our small family and small business the opponent of the big family." Zhang Yang slowly put down the teacup in his hand, "Our old gentleman may know some clues about the matter of Yinhong Mansion, maybe Mr. Ouyang Xun has already seen it." ”

"Husband mean papermaking and printing?"

"Well, let's visit Mr. Ouyang Xun another day, we can't know nothing, the more information we have, the more sure we are, and we should know what we want to do."

"Hmm."

Li Yue nodded heavily.

Glancing at the messy home, Zhang Yang said, "Let's clean up the house first." ”

No matter how you say it, it is still too far to deal with such a thing as the five surnames, and the matter of printing and paper will definitely attract the attention of others.

Those who have been learning for most of their lives, and those who have been writing for most of their lives, can't they see that this kind of paper is different from the ones on the market?

Don't underestimate the people of the world, in this era of lack of entertainment activities, there will always be some people who devote themselves to a career, and then rack their brains to do a good job.

On the third day after Li Gang's death, everything was as usual in Chang'an City, and the old man's death did not cause much movement, and he walked very quietly.

Walking into the Suzaku Gate again, Zhang Yang bypassed the secretary and supervisor, and hid as far as he could from the secretary and supervisor, especially Tang Guan, who stayed at the door all day long.

Alone in front of the Chongwen Palace, Zhang Yang pushed the door in.

There are also records of Li Gang in some books of the former Sui Dynasty, and I thought that he and Li Gang had never intersected, and there would not be too many entanglements.

Open a record, this is the record of Li Gang by the former Sui scribe.

From the time when Yu Wenxian joined the army, he never gave in to being framed, and then Yu Wenxian was killed, and he followed Emperor Sui in these days, serving as the crown prince and washing horses, but at that time he was made difficult by Yang Yong and Yang Su.

Until Yang Jian's reign, Li Gang has always been a person who has been excluded and targeted.

This old man is hard-boned, and he has never given in.

In the former Sui Dynasty, officials were always targeted by villains.

It wasn't until Li Shimin summoned his old man back that the days he taught Li Chengqian were better.

Putting away this case file, Zhang Yang raised his eyes and looked outside the door of Chongwen Palace, Wei Zheng was standing under the eaves, he looked at the rain and worried.

"Zheng Gong." Zhang Yang saluted.

"Li Gang has passed away, and the age of eighty is worth it." Wei Zheng said slowly.

Standing beside Wei Zheng, Zhang Yang was puzzled: "Gong Zheng, I don't have something to understand. ”

Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said: "You don't have to ask the old man about the things you don't understand, the old man just wants to hide here and be clean." ”

Zhang Yang moved a small stool and asked Wei Zheng to sit down, "I have never crossed paths with Mr. Li Gang, and I haven't even spoken, and suddenly handed over a matter to me, what does Gong Zheng think I should do?" ”

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing that has been handed to you?"

"It's a good thing, and besides, he delivered it before his death, and I can't shirk it, I should give the letter to Your Majesty, go to the East Palace to serve as the prince's East Palace housekeeper, and be a prince's companion?"

Wei Zheng breathed the air here, and was silent for a long time, "The old man only asks right and wrong. ”

Zhang Yang smiled bitterly: "You are always frank. ”

Wei Zheng nodded, "Be frank." ”

"At that time, Zheng Gong was also a child of a poor family, lonely and poor since childhood, he was good at reading and writing articles when he was young, and he only went to Wuyang County as an official during the Great Cause Year." After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he looked at Wei Zheng's expression and explained: "This is all recorded in the Sui Book of Chongwen Palace. ”

"How many books have you read here?"

"I always read for a purpose, and I read whatever I want to know."

Wei Zheng nodded, "You are a studious child. ”

"What does Gong Zheng think of the five surnames and seven hopes?"

Wei Zheng put his hands on his knees and sat upright looking at the rain scene, "Your Majesty's vigorous promotion of the imperial examination system is also to contain these big families and make the court and the middle of the court have some balance, and the current people in the big families of the court and the middle of the country have no advantages, and Your Majesty has always avoided them." ”

Zhang Yang stood aside, "Does the Gaomen clan also have contempt for the scientific examination system and uphold the old aristocratic concept?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded slowly.

Zhang Yang said again: "Shame and all the living beings from the township, don't like the scientific test, especially the evil Jinshi? ”

Wei Zheng let out a sigh, "How do you know all this?" ”

Zhang Yang continued: "At the beginning of the decline of the southern scholars, at that time, there were Wei Dynasty with four surnames as the representative of the northern scholars, still to the door of the self-cultivation that is hundreds of years of precipitation, except for the Longxi Li clan Guanlongmen valve, the four surnames as the representative of the scholar family Gaomen still do not regard as today's Khan in their eyes, in order to maintain their status, they use internal intermarriage, refuse to marry with foreign surnames. “

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "These are all what you saw in the book?" ”

"Gong Zheng, is this a good thing for you?"

(End of chapter)