Chapter 21: Rise to Fame
When you see, you see what you don't see.
Seeing is still far away, and seeing is unreachable.
Falling flowers deliberately follow the flowing water,
Flowing water has no intention of falling flowers.
Richard's "Starry Night" is so good, I haven't heard it for a long time, Du Wu thought.
His legs twitched, as if he had stepped into the air, and Du Wu woke up suddenly, and found that he was still lying in the room of the Great Sima Mansion. I had a dream just now, but why is it so clear?
I got up, sat on the bed, and listened for a while, only to find that the sound of the piano came from the side courtyard, and it was not "Starry Sky" that I was playing, but a song that I had never heard. Looking for prestige, it turned out to be from Wang Yan's small courtyard. The sound of the piano is staccato and cheerful, as if the elves are dancing.
Today is the first day of the first lunar month, that is, the first day of the Han people, this day is the busiest day for all the elders, the younger generation will come to visit them, as the elder of the entire Han Dynasty, Wang Zhengjun will meet all the ministers and juniors who come to congratulate in the Changle Palace.
On the third pole of the sun, Wang Zhengjun, who had removed his crown clothes, was sitting on the soft collapse, peeling a grape with his long nails, the grape was crystal clear, and it could be seen that it was not ordinary.
"The court meeting is over, and I left a few Qing family members here to discuss the matter of His Majesty's post-establishment of the future. Although His Majesty is still relatively young, our Han dynasty has not had a prosperous royal heir in recent years, and the court has suffered frequently in the past, just because of the problem of heirs. There is no prince in the country, and the world is uneasy! All of you have a good plan, just say it to me. ”
The people present were all old foxes, and they couldn't hear what the Empress Dowager meant, so their minds moved at the moment. In recent years, the dictatorship of foreign relatives has been very obvious, such as Empress Dowager Ding and Empress Dowager Fu. Empress Dowager Ding has three people in her lineage, and Empress Dowager Fu has directly controlled the government for many years, and the Fu family is even more prosperous.
Kong Guang stood up, he is the fourteenth grandson of Confucius, and he is even more proficient in etiquette.
"The Empress Dowager, the Son of Heaven has no queen, which makes the subjects of the world uneasy, and this is the way to take trouble. Now that His Majesty has ascended the throne for three years, the old minister thinks that he should choose a virtuous and virtuous woman for His Majesty, and even requests that the twelve concubines of the Son of Heaven be determined on the basis of the "Five Classics", so that the world will have no worries. The Empress Dowager is requested to issue an order to widely include the descendants of the sons of heaven of the Yin and Zhou dynasties, the descendants of the Zhou Gong and the Kong clan, and the daughters of officials above the third rank in the court. Please accept it from the Empress Dowager. ”
Wang Zhengjun nodded secretly, he really deserved to be a descendant of Confucius, in just a few words, he was strategic, reasonable, and gave a solution, and couldn't help but praise: "Da Situ is really my Han think tank." With Situ here, I don't have to worry about it. Do you still have any objections? ”
"Back to the Empress Dowager, the minister has a word, I hope the Empress Dowager will be clear."
"Oh, Jujun, why, what do you say, tell me what to say."
"The Empress Dowager, what Da Situ said is reasonable, but the minister also has a daughter, named Wang Yan, please be out of the list."
"Oh, but why?" Wang Zhengjun was a little confused.
"Returning to the Empress Dowager, since the Ding Fu family was subdued, the ministers couldn't sleep day and night, thinking hard about the reason, thinking that it was caused by the huge and uneven good and bad families. The minister is already a high authority, and he is most afraid that the world will slander me. And the minister's virtue is shallow, and the daughter of the minister is not qualified, so the queen mother is asked to omit the courtiers when she gives the edict, and the minister is grateful. ”
Wang Zhengjun didn't expect Wang Mang to say this, he was moved in his heart, and he didn't want to brush off his kindness, and said with emotion: "People say that they will be harmonious, the world will be safe, today the great Situ Lao has become a country, and the great Sima Gan is the queen, why can't I delay the heir for a hundred years or even a thousand years." The decree made that the daughters of officials above the third rank and the women of virtuous families could be selected to enter the palace, and the queen of the Great Situ Wang Mang was not selected because she was a foreigner. ”
After BC, the Han Dynasty had no game consoles, no TV movies, and no KTV, and the nobles just walked around the Qinglou, and the information exchange places for ordinary people were only various taverns. Therefore, the rights and wrongs in the court have become the talk of the people of Chang'an after dinner, which is also the reason why Chang'an people look down on people in other places. No matter how rich you are, can you know which concubine the emperor is holding when he sleeps at night?
So the restaurants and tiles in the streets and alleys are talking about the affairs of the emperor after the establishment of the emperor, and the most talked about is the sentence "The queen of Da Situ Wang Mangzhi is not selected because she is a foreigner", and almost everyone is complaining about Wang Mang. Those who have good deeds have made up this matter into a story, occupying a corner of the wine shop and spitting around, and when it comes to subtlety, everyone is embarrassed. Zi Su secretly asked Du Wu: "Sir, is my aunt as good as he said?" Why didn't I feel it? Yesterday she asked the maid to rob me of a jade hairpin, hum! ”
Du Wu touched his nose and didn't know how to answer the little girl's words. Today is the Lantern Festival, everyone made an appointment to come out at night to see the lights, but Zisu didn't want to go out until the evening, so he dragged Du Wu out of the door in the morning, and found a restaurant randomly.
"Rank, Fang Cai Lao Yu just said that the appearance of the daughter of the Wang family is beautiful and moving. Just like Zhuang Jiang, the son of the Marquis of Qi, his hands are like soft, his skin is like clotted fat, his collar is like a grub, his teeth are like a rhinoceros, his head is like a moth, his smile is clever, and his eyes are beautiful. Alas, if you can see one side in this life, you will die without regrets! After saying that, he shook his head, wiped his mouth with his sleeve again, and made a salivating shape, which made everyone laugh.
"That old man, you haven't even seen it, how do you know so clearly? I'm afraid I didn't climb the wall at night, right? Among the crowd, there were people who were not afraid of big things, and shouted at the top of their voices, causing everyone to laugh again.
"No, no, don't you know that this gentleman doesn't know that there is a gentleman in the Da Sima Mansion, who is so powerful, knows astronomy and geography, and is especially good at military affairs. I heard that Da Sima wants to marry his daughter to that gentleman! ”
Seeing the little girl looking at him again, Du Wu touched her nose again in embarrassment, coughed lightly, and said in a low voice: "Don't listen to that person's nonsense, what kind of identity is the eldest lady, I don't deserve it." ”
When he was a student, Du Wu sneered at the doorman, believing that it was a huge insult to loyal love. Every time I see a poor boy marrying a rich girl, I am happy, and when I see the clear price on the blind date market, I will secretly spurn: "Phew! A bunch of snobs! It wasn't until later that I realized how fair it was to be a good person, whether it was for a poor boy or a rich girl. When a couple in love went to dinner, the girl wanted to go to a western restaurant, and she was afraid that the boy would say that she was hypocritical, so she finally found a small restaurant in the alley. Different cultures, different experiences, different living standards, different interests and hobbies, different tolerances, some things that seem normal to you, may have become an incorrigible problem in his opinion, just like the two lovers in front, you can't say that they don't love each other, but different living habits doom the two people to part ways. Du Wu, who has experienced a lifetime, can be said to have a deep feeling in this regard. Therefore, I never felt that I would have anything with Wang Yan. What is he, a person who sells his reputation and has no way out.
When the old man saw that the guy had refilled a pot of water for himself, he no longer hung his appetite and took a big sip, then he opened his throat and said with Shi Shiran:
"Speaking of this gentleman, but Shenlong doesn't see the head and tail, doesn't know the origin, doesn't know where to go, and is only followed by a big yellow dog, which is also very human. This is not the most legendary, the most legendary is that Mr. Siyan Dingchangping, now the entire Chang'an City has known, and no one has said that Zhao Kuo is boastful.
Also, Mr. is still a gourmet everyone, recently the major restaurants in Chang'an City have a famous dish called braised radish, which is created by Mr. himself, it is said that the chef of Qingfeng Lou also laughed at Mr. to come, and when it was made, others were divided into a piece, he did not, and finally the shopkeeper of Qingfeng Lou carried a box of silk and satin to the big Sima Mansion to ask Mr. to cook, only to learn the craft, now that famous dish has become a signature dish, every day there is an endless stream of guests, do you say that such a gentleman is a legend? Da Sima wants to marry his daughter to that gentleman, isn't it? ”
Everyone nodded one after another, and a few Qiluo people also patted the table and called the guy up to ask if there was any braised radish, and after getting the negative news, he was disappointed, and he made an appointment to go to Qingfeng Lou in the evening to admire the fame, and the shopkeeper was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and commanded the guy to blast the old man out, and everyone laughed again.