"Since Your Majesty thinks that Ruyi is a malleable talent, I will simply choose one from the young imperial history to teach him.

Isn't Zhou Chang a doctor of imperial history?

He has always been upright and reliable, and he has so many imperial histories under his command, so it will not be bad for him to help you choose a gentleman. ”

The chair built by the Shaofu Governor has already been completed, it is the middle of summer, in order to be cool, several layers of fine green pu mats have been added to the chair surface, and Lu Pheasant sits on it steadily, quite condescending and calm.

She said calmly, but she was thinking in her heart, with a chair, the next step was to create a matching high case.

In this way, writing at the desk will be much more comfortable, and the back will be straighter.

When it came to Zhou Chang, Liu Ji was rarely embarrassed, raised his hand and touched his nose, hesitated for a moment before saying,

"Zhou Chang, cough, don't say it, he's a person who can't even speak, and his temper is tougher than a cow."

"Oh? Has Zhou Chang contradicted His Majesty again recently? ”

Lu Pheasant held back a smile.

Zhou Chang, the imperial historian in the history books, is a loyal and honest man who stutters a little, but he has a bit of the style of Wei Zheng back then.

In the previous life, during her years of serving the elderly Taizong, she had the privilege of seeing the true face of Prime Minister Wei Zheng several times.

After so many years, Wei Zheng's facial features have long been blurred in her memory, and she is always just an ordinary old man, but she still remembers clearly that Wei Zheng's back always seems to be straighter than others.

I remember that Taizong kept muttering and cursing the name every day, throwing his song to the ground in a fit of rage, and sometimes even stepping on it a few times in hatred to vent his anger.

In this regard, experienced palace people know that these pieces that have been crumpled into a ball of waste paper must not be cleaned up.

Because it doesn't take half a day, Taizong will always pick up those crumpled papers with a blue face, patiently smooth them one by one, put them back on the desk, take a long breath, and read them again.

"He and his brother are just two bulls, and they haven't been angry with me since they were young—"

Liu Ji didn't answer Lu Pheasant's question directly, he only sighed angrily, and the words of complaint stopped abruptly.

There was a slight sourness on his face, obviously, this was thinking of Zhou Chang's brother, Zhou Cao.

***

Nine years ago, Zhou Chang and his cousin Zhou Ke were both dead in Surabaya County, and they were old colleagues and subordinates of pavilion chief Liu Ji.

Later, Liu Ji slashed the white snake and got up, and the two of them followed all the way, never abandoned, and they can be called the elders of Pei County.

Three years ago, during the period of the struggle between Chu and Han, Liu Ji, the king of Han, was surrounded and killed in Xingyang City by Xiang Yu's army, like a trapped beast.

Seeing that the morale of the army in the city was fluctuating and the catastrophe was imminent, Chen Ping took the general Ji Xin to see Liu Ji late at night, saying that he would help him get out of trouble.

Although this plan came from Chen Ping, it could only be carried out by Ji Xin, who was not afraid of death.

Because, the whole content of this clever plan is that Ji Xin pretended to be the king of Han and went out of the east gate to surrender, while the real king of Han was lightly dressed and obedient, and slipped out of the encirclement from the west gate on the other side.

Although Liu Ji was reluctant, he had no way out, so he had to respond to this strategy and let Ji Xin die for him.

And Xiang Yu really got furious after the plan, and burned Ji Xin and his carriage and horse to death outside the east gate on the spot.

Although the king of Han fled from Xingyang City, the Han army was undefeated for a day, and the city was still to be defended.

It's just that the coach has run away disgracefully, and whether this city can be defended or not, a discerning person can know at a glance. However, no matter how hopeless the danger is, there is always no shortage of retrograde warriors.

And this time, the person in charge of guarding Xingyang was Zhou Chang's cousin, Zhou Cao, who was the imperial historian at the time.

The overlord of Western Chu, who was deceived by Liu Ji, was furious, took the lead, personally carried the plate, led the soldiers to attack, and the defender Zhou Ke fought hard for several days, and finally the city was broken and captured.

Heroes know heroes, Xiang Yu appreciates Zhou Cao's fearless loyalty and bravery, and intends to recruit him, but he coldly scolded him back.

"If you don't surrender to Han, sooner or later you will die at the hands of the King of Han.

You're no match for him at all. ”

Xiang Yu was furious, so he set up the ancestral cauldron and boiled Zhou Cao to death in Xingyang City.

Liu Ji deeply remembered Zhou Cao's loyalty and bravery, so he decisively passed the position of Imperial Doctor to Zhou Cao's younger brother Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang also lived up to his expectations, followed Liu Ji from birth to death, performed many miraculous feats, and perfectly inherited his brother's character, becoming the hardest thorn in the court.

"The country has a minister, and it will not perish its country.

I just don't know, what happened to Zhou Chang this time? ”

Lu Pheasant's question interrupted his thoughts, Liu Ji rubbed his eyebrows, forcibly held back the heat in his eyes, and only said,

"The day before yesterday, I called him to discuss the matter, and he, he actually scolded me for being the lord of the scum.

If you are the emperor, this kind of courtier, can you bear it?! ”

"Oh, this is to the point, if it were me, I would really be able to bear it.

And I didn't put up with it. ”

With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses, since ancient times, who has not endured it like this, including her in the previous life.

Lu Pheasant secretly thought in his heart, but he didn't say it, but asked with a smile,

"What did Your Majesty do to force him, an honest man, to even use it?"

"Ahem, it's not just that little thing with Qi Ji, he can't get used to it again."

***

In the afternoon of that day, Liu Ji was in the forbidden middle school, and he was tired of watching the chapter, so he sent someone to summon Mrs. Qi to come to entertain and accompany him.

This is the emperor's old habit, and the officials and palace people who serve in the forbidden place have long been accustomed to this.

Since Qi Ji entered the harem of the Han Dynasty, she has been favored incomparably, even in the tense war intervals, as long as the environment allows, Liu Ji will take her to the army and accompany her at all times.

She has a gorgeous appearance, good at drumming and piano, her singing voice is poignant, and she is good at dancing, and she is best at dancing with her sleeves bent at the waist.

Therefore, although she doesn't know anything about political affairs, it is also a great pleasure for Liu Ji to see her graceful dancing outside the work of the case.

In the Han Dynasty and Qin system, the nobles and officials were still dark, and the color of their clothes was mainly solemn and calm black and dark, but Qi Ji was born beautiful and difficult to give up, and preferred to find a unique way.

She came flutteringly, wearing a light green rhombic silk robe with diamond patterns for birds, and the layers of hems gently swayed with her steps, like rippling lotus leaves and blue waves on the surface of the lake.

She gently sat on the edge of the emperor's couch, and Liu Ji smiled and took her hand, only to find that she was wearing several shiny kōu rings between her fingers, which were very awkward to the touch.

"This is new?"

"Exactly. This is called a hundred alchemy, and according to legend, it takes pure gold to quench hundreds of times to be able to play so finely, but with brilliance.

The concubine hit dozens of them, but only these few were the brightest.

Could it be that Your Majesty doesn't look good? ”

She chuckled and stretched out her snow-white hand to Liu Ji's eyes to let him see clearly.

"It's not pretty, it's too bright, like a few lights." Liu Ji shook his head.

"Since Your Majesty doesn't like it, then you don't want a concubine."

Qi Ji frowned, quickly took off the ring, threw it to the ground angrily, and smiled at the accompanying maid,

"Mingyu, Yaoguang, I've got a reward for you."

After that, she no longer looked at the ring on the ground, and only leaned on Liu Ji's side.

The maids hurriedly went to pick up the gold rings that were rolling around, but one of them was disobedient and rolled to the door with a grunt.

There was a person outside the door who wanted to go to the hall to perform, but it was Zhou Chang.