Neighbors with powerful ministers

As soon as Shao Zaizhi left from the Thai king's house, Fang Chaoci reported the good news to Xie Jie that he probably would not have to continue going to court soon.

"How?" Xie Jie didn't understand.

"Why do you think Shao Xianggong does not agree to let the official Taishan be enshrined in Zen?"

"Because he thinks my uncle has no merits." Xie Jie looked at Fang Chaoci with a face of "isn't this a reason everyone knows?" He seriously suspected that he had amnesia, "Who in the world doesn't know what Shao Zaizhi is?" A person who restrains himself and restores the rites? I never liked to go to Duke Shao's mansion since I was a child, and he has to take full responsibility."

"But everyone knows that the government doesn't do much." Fang Chao resigned and reminded.He only knew Xie Jie's straight line thinking, but he didn't expect that Xie Jie could really understand the surface meaning so directly.

"so?"

"There are still some people who want the officials to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. The reason is not whether the achievements of the officials are enough, but to confirm the status of His Royal Highness." Fang Chaoci guided little by little.

Xie Jie knew this, so a simple logic was born...: "Shao Zaizhi doesn't want his son to ascend the throne?!"

Xie Jie became angry immediately, he slapped the table and stood up, wishing he could rush to Shao's mansion and fight Shao Zaizhi desperately.Why doesn't he let his cousin's son ascend the throne?Why would he stop his uncle's eagerness to abdicate?

"It's not that I don't want to," Fang Chaoci hurriedly stopped Xie Jie. He couldn't tell if he was really afraid that Xie Jie would rush out, or he wanted to hug Xie Jie for a while, but the result was the same, that is, Fang Chaoci hugged Xie Jie by the waist and did not let go , and then quickly explained, "How many people in this world are really looking forward to Daqi's success and don't want the prince to inherit the Datong? But Shao Zaizhi thinks more."

He desperately wanted to smash Shi Nian'er's identity because he was afraid that Shenzong would repent.

He didn't want to smash Shi Nian'er's identity, but he was actually afraid of Shenzong's repentance.

"He wants to leave a way out for Emperor Wen's son."

If Shenzong repents, Nian'er is just an ordinary prince and the crown prince after Taishan became Zen, the threat to Shenzong is still different.For the former, Shenzong can take care of him without worry, but at least he is still alive.The latter will undoubtedly die.Well, as long as Shenzong is still in power, if he has any selfish intentions to make his son enthroned, then he will definitely try his best to get rid of the crown prince.

Nian'er's situation can't be thought deeply at all.

Everyone is thinking about Nian'er, but they are thinking a little too much.Moreover, this good is more from oneself.The former needs the son of Emperor Wen to be a big banner, while the latter just wants Emperor Wen to stay behind.

"But my uncle never thought of harming Nian'er." Xie Jie was so kind to be protected by his family, even though he knew some dangers in the world, he still had innocence that couldn't be erased, like he really believed that some people would believe it Shenzong.

But these old fritters who have been in the officialdom for many years and are used to competing interests and fighting against dissidents will not believe that Shenzong can not be tempted by power at all.

Mr. Shao knew his son very well, and he knew that the best way to persuade him was not to force him to obey, but to let him feel it himself and be convinced.By the way, I also want my son to understand that at the beginning of human beings, people are inherently evil, but they can also be inherently good.

The King of Thailand is the one who can give Shao Zaizhi the best feeling.The royal family has already instructed the King of Thailand to be the lobbyist.

"Uncle and grandpa?" Xie Jie was even more confused, what's the matter with his uncle and grandpa here?Isn't his uncle and grandpa just a serious and constrained clan, a little hard of hearing, and often complaining that he is sick and unable to go to court, and the old man is in poor health?

Fang Chaoci carefully thought about whether to tell Xie Jie these things so early, but later decided to say it anyway, because the current world has no way to continue to be a greenhouse for Xie Jie to live comfortably.If you know more, you will have more capital to survive, so you don't get sold and still give people money.

"Do you know about the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Jin Dynasty?"

"...Uh, I can know." Xie Jie stumbled in his answer. If he was only asked what the word meant, he would of course know it. He had also heard the allusion of "Why not eat minced meat" by Emperor Hui of Jin.His mother's lowest bottom line for him and his uncle is to hope that they don't make a joke about why they don't eat meat.As for the eight kings in the Eight Kings Rebellion, the specific course of the war, the cause and the result are not known.

Fang Chaoci simply said this paragraph.The Western Jin Dynasty was also coveted by "neighbors", but it was the rebellion of the eight princes that really led to the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty after only two generations of emperors.

The emperor was too stupid, and the prince was too strong, fighting back and forth, ending in the destruction of the country.

The aristocratic family traveled eastward and established the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Their lifelong wish was to regain the lost territory. Unfortunately, the Northern Expedition was interrupted, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was just the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

When Taizu founded the country, he learned the historical lessons of the past dynasties, and wanted to kill all the factors that would destroy the country in the cradle.He himself is a military commander who raises troops, so he is more prepared against warriors, for fear that another one of him will appear.He also heard that the Jin Dynasty was caused by the clan's rebellion, so they continued to suppress and weaken the rights of the clan, and even simply deprived the clan of a hotbed for growth.

But this kind of repression is obviously unlikely to be able to succeed casually because of some rules and regulations, at least some clans will feel unwilling.

Both are the descendants of Taizu and Taizong, why can some people be emperors, while others can only be raised in captivity?

"But no one in the clan thinks that way!" Xie Jie had no choice but to interrupt Fang Chaoci, thinking that it was scary enough for him to have this idea, and the people in his family were not like this.Xie Jie can believe that the clan rabbits complain about being too tired, but he absolutely does not believe that there are still people who are willing to work hard.

"That's right, that's the problem. Why hasn't anyone in the clan thought about it that way?"

"Uh..." Xie Jie was the master, recalling it carefully, it seems to be like this, they were born with such an education, and they have never been unwilling, and even feel that whoever becomes the emperor is an idiot.Isn't it better to have money to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself than to get up early every day and stay in the dark to care about national affairs?However, not everyone is born without ambition, even if there is, it is impossible for them to happen so intensively in a family.

Unless someone is deliberately guiding it from the beginning, if there is any sign, it will be strangled to death.

"The king of Thailand is playing this role." Fang Chaoci's words can almost be said to have subverted Xie Jie's outlook on life. "Of course, without him, Taizu would be determined to do this."

It's just that most people in the clan probably won't be as happy as they are today.

Xie Jie didn't understand Fang Chaoci's subtext, and was still in a state of confusion, his uncle and grandpa?Is there a mistake?That uncle?

"When you form a habit, even if he is a hundred years old, you don't have to worry about threats anymore."

"Yes, but if uncle and grandpa do this, his children are also included." Even Xie Jie didn't quite believe that someone would really do this.He meant, what does the King of Thailand want?This kind of thing will definitely not be famous, maybe it will leave an eternal infamy in the clan; it will definitely not be beneficial, and it is basically cheating one's own son to help other people's sons.

This is also Shao Zaizhi's last question to test King Tai. Are you really not reconciled at all?

The King of Thailand was really not reconciled.

Of course, he also has plans, not for fame or profit, but for not wanting the descendants of the family to be used by powerful officials, so that the common people in the world will passively bring more suffering because of the selfishness of Wen's descendants.

The common people are really suffering. They have to fight against the sky, the earth, and the national invasion. If they continue to fight with the upper class they have supported all their lives, then they really have no way to live.

Still taking the Western Jin Dynasty as an example, more people died at the hands of their own people than at the hands of foreigners.The common people have to go through the torment of wars several times, and those from other races don’t say anything, they have different positions, and it’s hard to say who is right and who is wrong, but what about the ordeals inflicted by our own people?That couldn't be more unfair.

What Taizu hopes is a world where everyone can be happy, which can be seen from the increased entertainment activities in Daqiquan.

Coincidentally, the king of Thailand thought so too.

Believe it or not, what he did was to minimize the possibility of the suffering of the people, at least the reason for preventing the suffering of the people was because his fellow clan members were committing crimes.

The king of Thailand did his duty very conscientiously, but he did it too conscientiously, resulting in the death of four emperors, and he couldn't even pull out a capable interim emperor.

Every emperor of the Wen family will know what the King of Thailand has done only after he takes office.They must have been shocked at first, then tossed and turned, unable to sleep.Because this is almost sacrificing the future of the whole family to fulfill the emperor alone.No one can be at ease when they know the truth because they have been taught well that they always want to do something.

It's not an exchange of interests, and they can't afford to exchange such a big affection.

They just want to do something.

At this moment, Xie Jie seemed to finally understand why his cousin suddenly seemed to be a different person after he ascended the throne.

Because the answer given by the King of Thailand is always, what do you want to do?Then be a good emperor and don't let us down.

The reigning emperor cannot destroy everything that the King of Thailand has painstakingly managed for many years because of his own emotions, it is like relying more on the descendants of the King of Thailand.But they can still think of other ways to find another way, such as repaying the only little granddaughter of the King of Thailand.

"It's not so much a compensation as a promise."

A promise that they will never fail to support the family.

Even without their promise, the King of Thailand would still follow the principles and justice in his heart, but getting a promise is better than nothing.

It is difficult to understand this kind of thing without experiencing and facing it personally.

Shao Zaizhi can only believe it if he really talks to the King of Thailand and confirms after repeated testing.

After pretending to test the King of Thailand for the last time, Shao Zaizhi was completely relieved.Only after he believed in the King of Thailand could he believe in Shenzong under the guidance of the King of Thailand, and only then could he believe that the Wen family really had such a fool who could do what he said without gaining fame or gain.

Then the problem is coming...

"How did you know about such a secret?"

Old Duke Shao was from Taizu's time after all, so he knew there was nothing wrong with it.But what about Fang Chaoci?It can't be that he has already won the trust of old Shao Guogong at this time, you know this?

Fang Chaoci smiled, and raised his finger to Xie Jie's lips: "I don't know anything, Master Shizi wants to make the decision for me."

Master Shizi's face turned red all of a sudden, he forgot to ask the question, and he was only thinking, okay, okay, let's try to protect him.

***

Shao Zaizhi didn't directly express his retreat after visiting the "still sick" King of Thailand. That's like a teammate who sold out 300 taels of silver here.So, he persisted for a few more days.

These days, of course, he will continue to go to court, and even the fundus of Shenzong's eyes, which has always been eating and drinking well, is black and blue visible to the naked eye.He looked haggard, but he refused to give in. He was killed for a day without a satisfactory result from the discussion, and he would go to the court to discuss it one day.His resolute attitude and stubborn character are amazing.

Fortunately, God is merciful, a few days later, it will be the Double Ninth Festival, which is one of Daqi's statutory holidays.

There are not many holidays, only one day, but it is enough for the courtiers to cheer.Xie Jie can swear that when he went to court the day before the holiday, he felt the sense of "liveliness" that many mature and prudent courtiers in the past did not even consciously lighten their steps.

Ninety-nine Chongyang, the moon of giving clothes, and the day of dropping hats.

The officials who were forced to get up early every day to go to court finally got another day's respite.But no one really uses this holiday for rest, because the symptoms are not the root cause. If they want to stop going to court every day, they still have to start with the source that caused them to get up early every day before dawn.In other words, almost everyone couldn't wait to participate in the outing activities organized by the old Shao Guogong who was idle at home, and wanted to play by ear and persuade Shao Xianggong.

Spring outing in Shangsi, and autumn in Chongyang.This is a traditional folk custom that has been handed down since the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Xie Jie was also carefully regarded as a fragile item by Zhai Lao and others for so long, and finally waited for the day when Zhai Lao let go of his mouth, and agreed to his wish to go to the outskirts of Jiangzuo to climb a height and look far away.

But the prerequisite is that one person must be brought along.

"I know, bring Qianjia, I will." Xie Jie waved his hand, wanting to reassure the old man. Every time he goes out, he will bring a string of tails like rice dumplings. If there is more Qianjia, there will be no more, and if he is missing, there will be no more. few.Student Qian Jia has almost become Xie Jie's binding doctor, not because of his superb medical skills, but because he is more threatening and cowardly.

Qian Jia: "..."

The old man looked puzzled: "What Qianjia? I mean, if you can go out with Fang Shaoqing, His Highness must be more at ease."

When the house boss encounters things that need to restrain Xie Jie, he usually doesn't like to talk about himself, but only likes to mention the eldest princess, because it is more deterrent.

"Isn't it a coincidence, isn't it!" Xie Jie clapped his hands together, very happy.

Because Fang Chaoci also happened to invite Xie Jie Chongjiu to go out together, so the person who went to attend was naturally the autumn feast hosted by old Shao Guogong in Zhuangzi in the suburbs.

Old Shao Guogong is also from Jiangzuo. The story of going out from this land of Longxing with Taizu back then has already been compiled into a story, which has been told over and over again by storytellers from all over the country.

Some say that Taizu paid three visits to the thatched cottage to invite Zhuge, and some say that Old Master Shao saw through Taizu's hidden dragon appearance at a glance.

But the truth is that the two of them were just captured by the former court and sent to the border to join the army.Taizu didn't like to mention that part of the past, and he could only vaguely guess from his words how tragic the situation at the border was. Two hundred strong men went to the same village, and only three survived in the end.

Taizu ate a lot, but he was strong;

Mr. Shao's brains are active, but there is no truth in his mouth;

... There is another person, which is not easy to talk about.

In short, they dislike each other and depend on each other, and finally managed to fight a bloody road. It took more than ten years to climb upwards, and then gradually grasped the military power. Both men and women become extra free as a result.That's how the bastards of the Taizu came. The mother of the child not only had one child, but basically they were not the same as the father. The situation was very complicated.

It is rare for Old Duke Shao to be more in love with a woman far away in his hometown than Jin Jian. Of course, it can also be said that he himself is very indifferent to matters between men and women. Just say I can tell fortunes.

I also like to pretend to be blind.

Blind and blind, people's lives have been counted for more than ten years, and none of them are accurate.Because he said to all the brothers in the same trenches, your life is long, and it is the life of wealth and honor, and the purple air comes from the east, understand?What are you afraid of?

In the previous dynasty, crimson purple was the most precious, and the soldiers' uniforms were mostly decorated with purple. Unfortunately, in the end, not many of these purple-clothed soldiers really enjoyed any wealth.

The only hexagram that Old Master Shao got right was Taizu, but Taizu didn't have a long life either.

Xie Jie and Old Master Shao basically didn't meet each other. This was not due to the clan's rule of not making friends with foreign ministers. It was just that Xie Jie was afraid that Old Master Shao's son, Shao Zaizhi, would not visit the house all year round, so his relationship naturally became weak. up.

On the contrary, Xie Jie's father, Xie He's teacher, Chen Shanchang, has a good relationship with Shao Laoguogong. Both old men are special and able to live, and they are relics of the previous dynasty.

The reason why I want to emphasize this point is that when Mr. Chen was accompanied by his young apprentice Nan Ziwo, he also attended the Chongyang Autumn Appreciation Party held by Mr. Shao.And with a single glance, he saw Xie Jie who was extraordinarily lively at the banquet. The old man was born with a pair of sharp eyes. Even though his wrinkled eyelids were a little drooping, he could still flash a sharp and seductive light at critical moments.

Xie Jie was caught on the spot, so naturally he couldn't pretend he couldn't see him, so he hurried up to greet him like a douchebag.

"Okay?" Chen Lao acted as if he was very unwilling to talk to Xie Jie, but at the same time couldn't help observing whether his body was really healed.After all, it was the only flesh and blood of his most proud closed disciple, Xie He. He looked at Xie He as if he were his own son. The same reason can prove that Xie Jie is his own grandson.

As a child, it is inevitable that he will be lively and playful, and Mr. Chen thinks he can understand it.

"Okay." Xie Jie also felt that he was wronged, and took the initiative to please him, smiling very sweetly, "I miss my master. Last time at the Gathering of Chaoci, I said that I would see you as soon as I was finished. If you don't believe me, you can ask Isn’t Master Nan like this! Isn’t it almost all right, and it’s time for the Chongyang Autumn Tour, and I guessed that you would have to come to Shao Laogong’s Zhuangzi to play chess with him, so I chased after him.”

Xie Jie is not good, but his ability to turn black and white to please the elders is very high.Because for him, that's not flattery, but an instinct, the instinct to hope that the person he likes will be happy.

Mr. Chen wanted to open his mouth several times, but in the end he couldn't say anything. He just raised his hand and poked Xie Jie's forehead fiercely with his weak-looking fingers. There was a red mark on the white forehead.But after that, it was over.Can Mr. Chen not know that Xie Jie is coaxing him with his eyes open and nonsense?But he was happy to be coaxed by Xie Jie.

Finally, Mr. Chen couldn't put on a cold face anymore. He pulled Xie Jie over to greet him with care. He cared about everything big and small. He was more like a mother-in-law than a grandma.

Xie Jie also boasted Fang Chaoci to the sky. It was obvious that he wanted to draw another old relationship with Fang Chaoci.Although it seems that Xie Jie and Nan Shishu have a friendship, there is still a difference between talking to Mr. Chen directly and talking to Nan Shishu.

Mr. Chen has never been an official in his life, but he has peaches and plums all over the world.He doesn't show his mountains and dews, only a few people know how terrible his connections are.

Xie Jie felt that Fang Chaoci would come in handy sooner or later.

Let's put it this way, the southern officials in the upper half of the court are more or less related to Mr. Chen. Even if they are not disciples of Mr. Chen, they must have been taught by Mr. Chen. Go to the north to take the imperial examination.Because Chen Lao's Chunwei assault class has a high probability of being admitted to the imperial examination, and the utilitarian nature is very obvious. Chen Lao has not concealed that he just wants to train disciples who can be officials.

There is even a straightforward slogan "Learn literature and martial arts, sell yourself to the emperor's family" directly in the school.

Of course, Mr. Chen has learned a lot, and he is not limited to one family. He has learned both broad and intensive throughout his life.He has always had two development directions for his disciples, one is to have a great talent and be a literary giant like Su Dacai; or the knowledge is only enough to be admitted to the imperial examination. .He didn't expect these two kinds of disciples to be able to integrate at all. If you can't learn everything, it's better to specialize in one, so as not to be fishy.

But it happened that Mr. Chen's family produced Xie He, who was talented in writing and flexible in mind.Although he was arrested and promoted to the princess by his son-in-law, it did not affect his official career at all, on the contrary, he was promoted step by step.

No one doubted that if Xie He survived, with his ability, sooner or later he would become another minister in white.

Mr. Chen was heartbroken because of Xie He's death, because that was the master who entrusted all his ideals and ideas. Since Xie He, he felt that he would never meet such a disciple again.

Facts also proved that Mr. Chen never met again.

Originally, Mr. Chen had placed his hopes on Xie Jie. After all, Xie Jie only looked at Xie He and the eldest princess's advantages from the outside, with red lips and white teeth, and pearls and jade on his side. No matter how you look at it, he looks like a fairy child descending to earth. .Chen Lao originally thought that this child must have gathered the advantages of Xie He and the eldest princess in terms of brains. Yuxue is smart, just like Wang Rong's early wisdom.He was also worried that the child would not be able to teach well, and it would hurt Zhongyong...

Who knows, Xie He doesn't even have Zaohui.

Chen Lao also resigned to his fate later on, and still treats Xie Jie like a pearl like a treasure.This is the difference between letting the parents take care of the children and letting the old people take care of the children. The old people can always discipline their children ruthlessly when they are young, but for the grandchildren...you can try to touch the children, and they won't kill you!

Therefore, under Xie Jie's careless and clever efforts, Mr. Chen will still give Xie Jie a face.

Prepare to "chat" with Fang Chaoci.

"Okay, I just want to have a hand-to-hand conversation with old man Shao first, let your friend go with me."

"I'm going too, I'm going too!"

"You're just going to cause trouble, don't go!" After finishing speaking, Mr. Chen felt that he was a little harsh, and hurriedly added, "Many of you have come today, and some of them have even accepted their disciples. You As the little uncles of these people, do you want to take them for a stroll first to get used to it?"

Xie Jie thought about it and thought it made sense, so he nodded and agreed to his master. Although he doesn't come to Shao's house often, he is still more familiar with him than others.

Then... Xie Jie bid farewell to Fang Chaoci, and welcomed a group of nephews who were older and taller than him on average.One is more immortal than the other, and the other is more elegant than the other. Wearing uniform white academy uniforms, they came over to greet Xie Jie in a uniform way, and said in unison: "Little uncle!"

Young Master Uncle is a little stressed.

The author has something to say: *About Shao and Shao QAQ, this is my fault, because part of it is typed with a computer, and part of it is a mobile phone. One lame eye made the surname become two, huh, huh.It is hereby notified that it will be unified into "Shao".Because Shao...it's not a surname, yingying.

* Regarding the explanation of the purpose of the King of Thailand, in fact, there is no such explanation in the outline at the beginning.But, uh, after seeing the feedback from yesterday's message, I found that many relatives did not understand and misunderstood the original meaning of the chapter.Just added today's plot, I hope you guys don't think I'm long-winded.Stupid authors will also pay attention later, sometimes my thinking does jump a bit, I don’t feel anything, but it may cause a certain reading obstacle to my relatives who don’t understand the overall plot outline, and I will strive to improve it later, ok.