[Volume 1] Section 109: Balance

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Xuchang, Zhuang Qingzhai, Shi Jian, and Shi Qing became the center of the imperial court, which was unexpected, but everyone immediately understood that the appearance of these good old people was just a temporary balance between the Empress Dowager and Liu Che.

Among the four people, Xuchang and Zhuang Qingzhai are almost in the ground, they have no ideas, and they have no ambitions.

The two brothers, Shi Jian and Shi Qing, are in the prime of life, although they have no ambitions, but unlike the previous two, these two can still seriously find something to do. Of course, this was thanks to their strict tutoring.

Shi Jian and Shi Qing's father is called Shi Fen, and Shi Fen was given the name Wan Shijun, because his four sons, Shi Jian, Shi Qing, Shi Jia, and Shi Yi are all high-ranking officials of 2,000 stones, plus his own retirement, there are a total of 10,000 stones, so he is named Wan Shijun.

The father and son are both high-ranking officials, even in the long history of China, it is very rare, even if it is a prince and noble, it is not easy for the children to become high-ranking officials, let alone a person who has worked from the grassroots level. The officialdom achievements of the Shi Fen family are comparable to those of the descendants of "one multi-jinshi".

When Shi Fen was young, one of his elder sisters became Liu Bang's beauty, and Shi Fen became the emperor's close minister under the care of his sister. Zhong Juan is in charge of cleaning and other chores, and as an environmental protection official in the palace, Zhong Juan has little future.

However, Shi Fen has his uniqueness, he is very thoughtful and cautious, and very polite, which is naturally very eye-catching in the era of Liu Bang, which is full of rough people, so Shi Fen was particularly favored by Liu Bang. Shi Fen went through several dynasties, and his reputation for being respectful gradually grew, and finally he became the crown prince.

Shi Fen's conscientious life was praised by the imperial court, and he retired, still receiving the salary he received when he went to work.

Shi Fen understands that his achievements are not easy to come by, so he is very strict with his four sons, and he teaches by word and deed, leading by example. Under his strict requirements, his four sons all inherited his fine traditions, had an excellent reputation in the officialdom, and all the way up the ranks, all of them became high-ranking officials of 2,000 stones.

The four brothers of the Shi family developed a habit under strict family rules, and their children and grandchildren were released as officials, and they had to wear court clothes to meet each other when they returned. If Shi Fen heard or saw that his sons had made mistakes in all aspects, he would blame himself for the hunger strike. At this time, the son who made a mistake must confess his sins, and Shi Fen is willing to eat.

When the eldest Shi Jian was appointed as the lieutenant commander, he was a lot busier at once, but despite this, every day off, he must go back to visit his elderly father. After he visited his father, he would not leave immediately, but did something that many people could not do, he would see if his father had changed his clothes and did not wash them, and if not, he would wash the clothes himself, and then hand them over to the servants, and tell the old man not to tell them, and then leave quietly. Shi Jian persisted in this matter until Shi Fen's death.

Shi Jian not only fulfilled filial piety, but was also cautious in his work, he generally did not express his opinions in the imperial court, once he had any opinions, he must retreat left and right, and communicate with Liu Che alone, which was very appreciated by Liu Che. Once, Liu Che handed over a piece of the piece to Shi Jian for review, and Shi Jian found that one of the horses was missing a little bit and was a typo, so he was very surprised and sent someone to solemnly inform the minister who wrote the piece, asking him to correct it and reminding him not to be so careless in the future.

Among Shi Fen's four sons, Shi Qing was a little arrogant, once in the evening Shi Qing drank some wine, rode the carriage home, and when he arrived at the inner gate, he didn't get off the carriage, so he went directly to the door. When Shi Fen found out, he was very unhappy, so he repeated his old tricks and decided not to eat. Shi Qing saw that his father's face was full of anger, and he was half sober, and immediately kowtowed, but he was also confused, and he didn't know where he had provoked his old father, but he didn't dare to ask, and Shi Fen didn't reprimand, just shook his head blindly. Shi Jian saw that in order to appease his father's anger, he summoned the whole family to kowtow and apologize. At this time, Shi Fencai scolded: "What a good court internal history, become a nobleman, don't get out of the car when you pass the door, the elders of the clan all avoid you, but the internal history is sitting in the car, isn't it the current era, it should be like this!"

Only then did Shi Qing understand that his father blamed himself for being too public, and he immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, and he didn't even dare to say that he would never dare to do it again. After a long time, Shi Fen slowly lost his breath and ate as usual.

After this, Shi Qing became very cautious. Later, he changed from the internal history to the servant, and drove Liu Che, Liu Che once asked him how many royal horses he had before leaving the palace to ride? This question was originally very simple for the servant, he could have blurted it out, but for the sake of prudence, he counted it again and replied to Liu Che that there were six horses.

Liu Che expressed his great appreciation for his work attitude.

The Shi family works so diligently, so it is not surprising that there are "five high-ranking officials in one family", and their experience once again proves the importance of family education, and it also proves the truth that "it is difficult to crook the upper beam and the lower beam is correct".

Of course, the detailed introduction of Wan Shijun's family history is not to show that you can become a high-ranking official by working diligently, but to show an attitude that no matter what job you are in, as long as you are diligent and honest, you will definitely be recognized by others.

Although the Shi family has made great achievements in officialdom, it is only a drop in the ocean in the great Han Wu era.

If there were only so many high-ranking cadres who could only work seriously in the Han Wu era, then this era would not be great.

Any era must be decorated by those dazzling people to be called great.

Chen Ajiao is not dazzling, but she accidentally contributed to the emergence of those people.

Queen Chen Ajiao has a very serious shortcoming, she has a bad temper and is jealous. Liu Che knew her very well before marrying her, and the advantages of women were basically pampered in her. But Liu Che still married her, because he had to fulfill his previous promise, and at the same time, in exchange for the chief princess of the pavilion to help him ascend to the throne, he had to marry her unruly daughter into the palace, Liu Che became the emperor, she became the queen, and the princess of the pavilion became the princess.

As a relative of the ruling and opposition parties, the lord naturally has a different arrogance, she has no more hobbies, she loves greed, and there is no scale for greed. Relying on her mother-in-law's identity, she often opened her mouth to Liu Che's lion, asking for this and that. Liu Che's heart was almost dripping blood, because those originally belonged to him.

It doesn't matter if Chen Ajiao makes trouble in the harem, and it doesn't matter if the mother-in-law asks for too much.

However, what makes Liu Che unbearable is that in the past two or three years, Chen Ajiao has often been pampered, but her stomach has not moved at all, and she has spent a lot of money to visit famous doctors, but the result is still the same.

Liu Che was very dissatisfied, and the young couple couldn't help but have some quarrels.

At this time, Chen Ajiao can only pick up the last weapon - run to her mother's house to cry. It is said that the mother and daughter are connected, the princess feels sorry for her daughter, and has an opinion on Liu Che, and she also took her powerful weapon - ran to the queen mother to cry, speaking of which, it is nothing more than to emphasize that without her back then, can your son become the emperor?

The Queen Mother listened to the cry of the princess, stared at her slightly threatening expression, and thought of the huge figure behind her, and suddenly felt a huge pressure. The Queen Mother once again showed her cleverness, she constantly calmed the emotions of the princess, and scolded her unworthy son in person, so that the princess burst into tears and laughed and calmed down his emotions.

After sending off the princess, the queen mother found Liu Che and persuaded him meaningfully, "You just took the throne, and you offended the old lady, and now you have offended the lord, what do you want to do!" Gillian has a bit of a temper, you just coax her, be cautious in the future! ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, the young and vigorous Liu Che couldn't help but shudder, thinking about his lack of consideration, and offended the two most powerful women in this dynasty, will there be any good fruits to eat in the future? The Han Dynasty has been established for decades, and there has never been a shortage of examples of women turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands for rain.

Liu Che thanked his mother for her suggestion, and after returning to the palace, he thought about it and decided to be more tolerant and graceful to the mother and daughter, and the harem was much calmer for a while.

In this apparent calm, someone sees an opportunity that is hard to find.

She is also a woman.

If you evaluate the dazzling women in the power field, Mrs. Dou is a tough woman, the Queen Mother is an introverted woman, Mrs. Dou is a greedy woman, and Chen Ajiao is a willful woman, then she is a wise woman.

She is Liu Che's sister Princess Pingyang, a scheming and ambitious woman, a woman who personally supports a prominent family.

Princess Pingyang is the eldest daughter of the Queen Mother, the food is in Yangxin, originally called Princess Yangxin, she married Cao Cao, the grandson of Cao Shen, and later called Princess Pingyang.

Princess Pingyang heard that the queen Gillian had no children and that the young couple had conflicts, so she spent a lot of money to buy a woman from a nearby big family as a singer in the house, and trained them day and night.

Princess Pingyang secretly trained these singers, and her husband Cao Shi did not know what was going on, and wanted to know what medicine was sold in her gourd, but Princess Pingyang refused to answer, which made Cao Shi depressed.

Duke Pingyang mainly keeps the dream in her heart a secret, even if it is a pillow person, she can never mention it. She had the same dream countless times, dreaming of the scepter that was high in her hand.

It can only be said that a woman with ambition and wisdom is just as terrible!