The husband's son-in-law
Chapter 98
Once the Lantern Festival is over, the year is over.
It was the first time for the four children of the Su family to celebrate the New Year in Beijing. Li Zhouzhou originally took the four of them home to celebrate the whole New Year, but the four of them were restrained and did not dare to speak loudly. They were afraid when they saw Gu Zhao, and they behaved badly It's gone, without the liveliness of children and young people. After the New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year, the four of them went back to the shop.
However, Li Zhouzhou gave the four of them meat, vegetables, rice, grains, dry fruits, and fruits, so that the four of them could have a good rest. After a few days, they would go over to have a look, and said to Su Shiyi, the eldest: "The Lantern Festival will be in a few days, and the shop is far away from the main building." The street is close, you close the door to play at night, there is no curfew, but only a little, look out for people."
Money is not the most important thing, just don't lose it.
Especially the youngest, Su Jiayu, who is only 13 years old after the Chinese New Year. Although she works diligently and nimbly, she has an immature face.
Thanks to Li Zhouzhou's instructions, the four people who came out of the mountain in a small place have never seen such a bustling and lively scene as the Lantern Festival. Men, women and children are dressed in Chinese clothes, cars and horses are flowing, and all kinds of lanterns are illuminated. It's like daytime, with the sound of yelling and selling for food and drink, and the sound of playing and laughing in my ears.
It's almost straight-forward.
When they came back to their senses, the four of them were almost lost, so they hurriedly yelled to find them in the crowd. Fortunately, they were only three or four steps away from the crowd, and they were all about to cry. After watching the lantern festival, they lifted their spirits. They walked hand in hand, not daring to be too late.
After reading it, Su Jiaying said, "You said that this Lantern Festival will be lit for one night, how much will it cost?"
"Ten or two, right?" Su Jiayu didn't know how to report the number, he felt that ten or two was much better.
Su Shiyi said: "At least 50 taels."
"100 taels, right? I heard that there are four Ping'an Streets in Beijing." Su Shilei said.
In the end, no one knows how much it costs to light candles for one night. Lying in bed at night, I still think about the lantern scene. Good year.
If it wasn't for my cousin/cousin to bring them up, the Chinese New Year would be barely enough to fill their stomachs, where would they be able to see meat and meat every now and then.
The spring of Kang Jing's 59th year.
At the beginning of the new year, Jingli resumed office hours and started to operate.At the same time, several imperial edicts came from the morning court on the first day, all of which were good news, and the Holy Majesty granted titles to several sons.
The second prince, King Kangjun, became Prince Kang.
The fifth prince became the king of Chengjun.
Although the sixth prince was not knighted, the Holy One praised him and let him go to the Ministry of Officials.The prince went to various yamen to do errands, which was to share the worries and solve the problems of the Holy Majesty. He did not arrange official positions, and only served above the top leaders, which was a special existence.
The Eleventh Emperor Shunjun King was granted a marriage before, and now the Holy Majesty rewarded the house, which is next to Princess Changtai's mansion, and asked the Ministry of Industry to work on the construction, which shows His Majesty's care and love for Shunjun King .
It seems that everyone has a reward, only the fourteenth prince is missing.But this is normal, the fourteenth prince is in the Dali, no matter whether it is the former court or the harem, the mother and son are like transparent people, even if Concubine Yi was very favored back then, the harem was jealous, but it was a mocking sentence: Come on No matter how much she favored her, what if a Nanyi princess still wanted to be the empress dowager of Dali?
Therefore, everyone didn't take it seriously. In addition, there are favors and no loves in the saints. Fortunately, the presence and rewards are also in accordance with the regulations, and there is no exception.
The fourteenth prince will be fifteen this year, and it's time to take a concubine, but there is no movement in the harem, Concubine Yi doesn't care, and the Holy One just asks a question, as if he forgot.
The appreciation for the Second Prince, Fifth Prince, and Sixth Prince is because of their meritorious service in disaster relief.It should be rewarded.
For this award, the second prince and the sixth prince came back after a year, and they were busy with disaster relief in Ningxi Prefecture all year long. The reported papers described the disaster situation, and the number of victims was 10,000+, and the number of deaths was countless. Originally, Ningxi The state magistrate confiscated 360 million silver from his home...
The Holy Majesty was furious, and immediately turned a blind eye to what some Kangjun kings did in Ningxi Prefecture without punishment, and continued to reward and seal the prince.
All the officials in the court knelt down and asked the Holy One to appease his anger.
Later, Gu Zhaoyan believed in Zheng Hui and chatted in private. Zheng Hui's news is the most informative gossip. I heard that when Prince Kang went to Ningxi Prefecture for disaster relief, countless bones were frozen to death, people were displaced, and houses collapsed everywhere. Indistinct, what's more, the situation of changing children and eating has also appeared.
"...So Prince Kang arrested the family members of Zhizhou in Ningxi Prefecture, and all men, women, and children were left outside to freeze overnight and turned into popsicles. Let Zhizhou see it with his own eyes. After suffering so much, he went crazy and committed suicide." Zheng Hui said.
Originally, the magistrate of Ningxi Prefecture was sentenced to be beheaded, but the sixth prince of Kang County led people to arrive, and followed the rules, that is, he was escorted to Beijing. The magistrate of Ningxi Prefecture was still clamoring to see His Majesty. If you don't report it, you have an affair, and everything is for Dali to pass the year smoothly.
Who knew that Prince Kang didn't follow the rules and copied Zhizhou's house, just like what Zheng Hui said, he was tortured. This Zhizhou's family froze to death and starved to death, but Zhizhou saw his relatives and children suffer from this torture with his own eyes. committed suicide.
When the news came back, some officials in the court filed bullets to impeach King Kangjun—the prince had not been named at that time.It is said that the king of Kangjun is too cruel.At that time, it was Chinese New Year, and the papers on the impeachment of King Kangjun piled up on a small mountain, and even the fifth prince who was in Beijing for disaster relief also suffered.
It was his father-in-law Zhou Zuoqian Du Yushi who impeached the fifth prince, and the name of the remonstrance was that the fifth prince was the younger brother, and he came to rescue the disaster together without persuasion.
After hearing this title, Gu Zhao suddenly became embarrassed, can this still be the case?
Yan Jingxin said: "There are hundreds of officials in the court who impeached the second prince, and there are also those who impeach the sixth prince. Mr. Zhou himself has made a few rounds of accusations, but there is no fifth prince. He may be afraid that other officials will say behind his back that he defends his son-in-law. "
Gu Zhao: ...
The Holy Majesty read the scriptures at the time, and felt that the method of the second child was too cruel, but after seeing the situation of the disaster victims and the copied silver in the scriptures on the second child, he gave up.
Govern the country benevolently, the second child...
"It's a little cruel." Zheng Hui said.What should be killed and what should be sentenced should be sentenced, such torture.
Gu Zhao didn't speak, he didn't have a position to say, but said: "The Dali has been peaceful and prosperous for 30 to 120 years, recuperating, farming, weaving, economy, and a steady increase in population. There are a total of 160 chief secretaries, [-] In one prefecture, the recorded population of the whole country is almost [-] million. On average, a prefecture has a population of [-] million, and Ningxi prefecture is slightly out of the way. It is not as prosperous as the Jiangnan area of the Central Plains, so it can be converted into one million."
"With a population of 100 million, 10,000+ victims were affected by the disaster, and the number of casualties cannot be counted. Just talking about the victims staying in the area is already very serious for a state." Gu Zhao said.
Prince Kang would not make false reports and count them down. He used the method of rectifying the Zhizhou family in Ningxi Prefecture, and he knew that it would definitely spread to the middle of Beijing. If the report was lowered, it would be not good for him, so the reported number would be more real.
When the numbers were not shown for comparison, Zheng Hui wasn’t so shocking. Now he doesn’t know who to stand on and how to judge this matter. If the king of Kangjun is cruel, the Zhizhou of Ningxi Prefecture has 360 million taels of money. The silver is gone, and the knowledge is not reported, and the victims of the disaster in Beijing are blocked.
But there was also a six-year-old son in Nazhi Prefecture, who was tortured to death in the same way, ranging from the elderly in his 70s to the youngest son.
"...I really don't know how to say it." Zheng Hui was stumped and decided not to mention this, but to say: "Brother Zhao, how do you know these numbers?"
Gu Zhao wanted to call the magistrate, so he went to look through the information and found the population registration.
The southern regions of the two Zhejiang provinces, including Wannan Prefecture, are the most densely populated and prosperous areas.Further to the south, near the coast, the population is sparse. I heard that there are miasma and poisonous forests, and the court is not sure whether there are people living there.
"I checked."
Zheng Hui remembered that Zhaodi had the intention to go somewhere, so he had done his homework, and he didn't know what to say. Thinking of parting with Zhaodi, he suddenly felt a little sad.Yan Jingxin was next to him and asked, "Have you handed over the letter of transfer?"
"Not yet, I want to tell my teacher and brother first." Although I always have to hand it over.Gu Zhao said.
The matter of the disaster has come to an end on the surface, and how to repatriate the refugees and how to rescue and compensate them are all followed by his subordinates. The Holy One only needs to look at the general direction.The disaster is gone, and the Haiyan River is clear again, and the world is peaceful.
In the beginning of the new year, good things were said and happy things were said. After several imperial edicts came down, a new look in the court.
Another decree from the Holy Majesty, Ganke.
The exam was only taken in the fall of last year, and an Enke was added this year. The meaning of the sage is obvious. Dali has never been short of talents who are officials. The prince didn't want to let go of officials and civil servants, so he asked what the quarrel was. The Holy Majesty has no shortage of talents to be officials.
As a result, most of the civil officials fell silent. After being an official for so long, everyone would try to figure out the holy will and look at their faces. The Holy Majesty was obviously annoyed by the officials who were arguing about this matter, and he didn't want to deal with Prince Kang.If you are arguing, it depends on whether Prince Kang is getting close to the Holy Majesty, or you are getting close to the Holy Majesty, you can stop your official position at any time, and there will be people to take over later.
There were only one or two old stubborn who jumped out and still clung on, and among them was Zhou Zuoqian Du Yushi.
Emperor Kang Jing still gave face to the officials, he didn't reprimand in public, he just pretended he didn't see it, but Zhou Zuoqian made a fuss two or three times with the censor, and Emperor Kang Jing was really annoyed, so he said: I regret marrying the fifth daughter of the Zhou family.
This is the end of it.
Zhou Zuoqian's capital censor almost bumped into a pillar.
When Gu Zhao heard what Zheng Hui said, he was dumbfounded, "Are you all right?" Don't let anyone die.
"If the officials don't touch the pillars and don't take their lives to remonstrate, they are not famous." Zheng Hui mentioned this first, and then said: "It was stopped, but the Holy One was furious, the dragon's health was not healthy, and he retreated early."
However, Mr. Zhou's reputation has been revealed, and he has gained the reputation of being upright, honest and capable of deadly advice.I don't know if it's good or bad.
Because of the angry words of the Holy Majesty, the original three factions in Beijing, the Second Prince, the Fifth Prince, and the Sixth Prince, have now become somewhat clear. The fifth prince didn't look good either. It was rumored that the fifth prince couldn't even take care of his wife's family.
For a while, the fifth prince's limelight disappeared, and it became a rivalry between the second and sixth princes.
The second prince is still the majority. First, the second prince is the prince with the highest title among the princes of the Dali dynasty.Second, when he was in Ningxi Prefecture, the second prince executed Zhizhou's family in private in vain, and the court officials impeached him for a long time.
The last point is that the second prince's biological mother, Concubine Duan, is the head of the four concubines, and her brother is General Zhao of the Fengzhou Army Command Department.
From all perspectives, the second prince is more impressive than the sixth prince.
The ice and snow are melting, and although there is still a cold spring from time to time, spring is here.At the end of February, last year's Qiuwei Ju people arrived in Beijing one after another. This is early, and some scholars are often seen in major teahouses and restaurants, talking, or comparing poems, or exchanging reading experience.
During the period, the most sought after was "Two Exams in Three Years", especially the second volume "Bathing in the Holy Grace", which is simply a holy book in the minds of scholars, and praises are circulated everywhere, flattering the Holy One.
It can be seen that at the feet of the emperor, no matter how noble the scholars are, they still have winks.
Gu Zhao took his homework and drove to Brother Liang's mansion. After the teacher commented, he said, "You have something on your mind, so tell me."
"Teacher, the students want to leave Beijing to go elsewhere." Gu Zhao said seriously.
Sun Mu did not criticize directly, but said: "You have your reasons, but have you thought about where to go?"
Gu Zhao was moved in his heart, and explained his thoughts, which probably means that everything is subject to the transfer of the Ministry of Officials, where he will be transferred, but he has no experience, so he wants to ask his teacher and senior brother, where is he likely to be transferred, a few officials ?
Liang Zizhi didn't like Gu's younger brother going out of town, so he first asked why he wanted to go outside.Gu Zhao then said that he was useless in Beijing, and that splendid articles were not his specialty. He had a lot of feelings about the snow disaster last winter, and wanted to go to other places to practice and do some facts.
"...The main thing is to be free, without so many rules." Gu Zhao said with a smile.
Liang Zizhi sighed and didn't want to hold back, saying: "With your qualifications from the sixth rank in the Imperial Academy, and you are also a Tanhua Lang, you have registered in front of the Holy Master and left your name. No matter what you go to, you are still a fifth rank Zhizhou."
Gu Zhao smiled happily, without any modesty, and said, "I think so too, the top leader is better, feel more at ease."
"What's so good about going to another place? Look at the records of the Ministry of Officials. Every year, how many officials are eager to be transferred back to Beijing. It's because they have stuffed their money and ran away. If you don’t come, you don’t care about it.” Liang Zizhi repeated his words, but he didn’t mention it because he was still cheerful because his junior brother didn’t care.
Everyone has their own ideas, he is not the same, everyone wants to go up, but he is content to nest in one place.
In the eyes of outsiders, he is also weird.After Liang Zizhi smiled, he felt relieved, and got closer to Junior Brother Gu, and said: "If you have a good idea, let me see if I can clear it up for you. It may not be too good. Although my uncle is In Liangzhe, but he looks down on me."
"No brother, I can go anywhere."
But Sun Mu said: "Listen to your senior brother, don't go to a dangerous place."
Gu Zhao was moved in his heart, the teacher and the seniors were protectors, no matter how bad his poems were, the teacher criticized him as criticism, but his daily acts of caring and love were genuine.
"Like Liangzhe, Jiangnan, etc., if you go there, you will be a fellow confidant. Since you want to be a prefect of the second level, in fact, Wannan Prefecture is also suitable, but you are born there, definitely not. ..." Liang Zizhi began to grope for his younger brother.
Tongzhi is from the fifth rank, which is one rank higher than his current official position.
In the end, Liang Zizhi chose three suitable places for Junior Brother Gu. They were all scattered around several prosperous and economically prosperous states in the Central Plains. One was the closest to Beijing. In his early days, he had a relationship with the Zhao family, the second prince's niece of Beijing, and he always wanted to be transferred back to Beijing. The second prince will also help.
Liang Zizhi and the teacher agreed that it was very good.
Gu Zhao: ...
I bow to my teacher and brother!
"Your notebook is finished, pass it on." Liang Zizhi said.
Gu Zhao went home to write the paperwork, and then waited for the news of the transfer. The teacher and the senior brother said that at least it would be the second half of the year. Usually, they would do a job report before the end of the year, issue a transfer letter, and leave at the beginning of the next year, but no one expected , the accident happened so fast.
March [-] Shangsi Festival.
Beijing is lively, except for the examinees who came from other places, dignitaries, nobles, and family members of the back houses all take this festival to go out to worship the Buddha and offer incense. Throughout the year, except for the lantern festival of the Lantern Festival, there are only girls and elder brothers who have not left their courts during the Shangsi Festival. My son can go out and play.
Of course, he followed the elders, with servants and wives standing beside him.
But this is also a good opportunity to let the wind go.
The weather is warm, and the youngsters of your family are riding horses, wearing expensive clothes, escorting the carriages of the elders in the mansion, leaving Beijing, and galloping wildly in the suburbs. He glanced at the brother who was running happily in front of him, and felt envious in his heart. Before he could take a second look, the woman who was serving next to him closed the curtain and said that it was not in compliance with the rules and how the young lady should respect herself.
Can be disappointed.
Gu Zhao is right, he can only come back early and accompany Fu Bao to put a paper kite in the yard pitifully, almost meaning that Fu Bao is having fun, sweating a lot, and is hugged by Lan Mama to change it clothes.
There was no one in the yard, so Gu Zhao put away the paper kite in his hand, stalked his family Zhou Zhou, and said with a sullen face, "Senior brother skipped work and went to Zhuangzi to relax and soak in the hot spring with the teacher. He asked me if I wanted to go, and I said I didn't have a holiday. , and he laughed at me." Then Gu Zhao skipped work for two hours in the afternoon, left early, and came back to fly a kite with his son in the yard.
"The yard is no fun at all."
Li Zhouzhou was tortured by his husband to act like a baby, and his face was full of smiles. He thought that when he was playing with Fubao just now, his husband laughed louder than Fubao, his throat cracked, and he brought hot tea and handed it over, just like coaxing Fubao. I have to say: "Wait a little longer, when the Mid-Autumn Festival comes, there will be a holiday, we can go to the countryside to play." Just like last year.
"That's still half a year away." Gu Zhao took a sip of tea next to his wife, moistening his throat.
After Fubao changed his clothes and came out, he saw his father leaning against his father, and ran over, "Fu Fu also wants~" and plunged headlong between his father and his father.
Gu Zhao: ...
Forget about my son.
"Stinky Fubao."
"Fufu doesn't stink, Fufu smells good." Fubao retorted seriously with a fleshy face.
Gu Zhao pinched his son's face, while Fu Bao covered his cheek with his little hand and complained to his father.After playing around for a while, Li Xia came to ask for directions, and asked when the meal was ready.
Let's eat then.
The Shangsi Festival can last for a long time one after another, and one day outing to enjoy the flowers is not enough, especially now that the wealthy people in Beijing go out, they have to tidy up and tidy up, a caravan, if they don’t play for two or three days, they will lose money and not enjoy themselves.
During this period, the small bookstore also published a lot of story books, probably the love stories that the scholar who went to Beijing to rush for the exam and the young lady who went out for an outing had to tell.
……very familiar.
There are many such novels on the market, all of which remain the same. Among them, one or two poems are really talented. The script is very short, about [-] to [-] words. Gu Zhao guessed that they might be written by scholars who went to Beijing to rush for the exam to earn extra money.
He took that book, and the three of them got together the afternoon before Hugh Mu and made fun of Zheng Hui.
Zheng Hui: ...
"Are you familiar? This routine." Gu Zhao asked jokingly.
Yan Jingxin is drinking tea from a teacup with a smile on his lips to cover it up.Zheng Hui was scratching his head about the "black history" of the past, and begged Zhaodi to let it go. Now that he thinks about it, he liked to watch this back then, and it's really silly to fantasize about the story in the script.
Just playing around, someone shouted outside the restaurant: "He Xianren is giving a lecture outside Ruixiang Building."
teacher?
Gu Zhao was surprised. Ruixiang Building was the largest restaurant on Ping'an Avenue in the south of Zhengnan, and it was directly connected to Dali Gate. It was rumored that the owner behind Ruixiang Building was the property of the second prince, but Gu Zhao didn't know whether it was true. Even he couldn't ask in front of Prince Kang.
"Mr. Sun is going to give a lecture, don't you know?" Yan Jinxin asked.
Gu Zhao: "During the Shangsi Festival, the teacher and senior brother went to Zhuangzi in the suburbs to take care of their health. I didn't go. When I left, I said that I would stay for ten days and a half months. Don't rush to deliver my homework. Don't worry. Why are you so fast? Are you back?" He also wondered.
Yan Jinxin couldn't sit still anymore, and he paid tea money without drinking tea. Gu Zhao knew that he wanted to listen to his teacher's lecture when he saw the anxious look of his second brother, and said, "You are so itchy, don't be a Your teacher shows it on the surface, otherwise I'm afraid Master Shi will make my teacher jealous."
"Nonsense, the teacher is not like that." Yan Jinxin said so, but he still coughed and didn't show much in front of the teacher.
Thank God, Zheng Hui finally stopped talking about his reading of the storybook, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go watch the fun and listen to the books together. This is the first time I've heard a lecture from the Immortal Crane."
The three of them went to Ruixiang Building on a carriage, and there were still a few miles away, and they watched the scholars rushing past in all directions. This magnificent scene made Gu Zhao feel the teacher's reputation firsthand.
The frame couldn't go in, so I got down and walked.
In front of Ruixiang Building, the teacher was wearing a Confucian orthodox gown, sitting in the middle of the gate, surrounded by many scholars, sitting on the floor one after another, Gu Zhao's eyelids twitched quickly, and saw the senior brother next to the teacher, the senior brother had a strange look on his face, very solemn , which is rare.
The teacher talked about loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and about benevolence——
Gu Zhao sat at the very edge, and the teacher looked neither sad nor happy. It came to Gu Zhao's ears. Slowly, Gu Zhao's expression became dignified. With one blow, the teacher scolded Prince Kang for being tyrannical.
This--
Gu Zhao didn't know what happened. Before Prince Kang rescued the Ningxi Province and tortured and killed all the people in Zhizhou Manfu. The teacher just sighed and said that the world was difficult, and he couldn't tell the truth anyway. , but did not criticize much.
Now why are you criticizing like this through lectures under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Most of the people sitting here today are those who have passed the examination and are representatives of the top circle of scholars. If word spreads one by one, Prince Kang's reputation will be greatly reduced among scholars.Why study and take the imperial examination?For being an official, Prince Kang's behavior, these future officials are of course filled with righteous indignation and empathy.
This was also one of the reasons why North Korean and Chinese officials successively impeached them.
The Holy Majesty finally suppressed it—the Holy One didn't want to touch Prince Kang, but the teacher knew it but still did it. It's not like the teacher.The teacher stays away from court, does not participate in battles, and does not take positions in party factions. I have mentioned him before.
Why haven't seen it in just a few days, and the change is so big.
Gu Zhao frowned.
Not long after this transmission, the Jinwu Guards came and dispersed them.But this gagging behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of the scholars at the scene. Gu Zhao went forward to meet the evacuated crowd, and saw the teacher and senior brother. If Jin Wuwei wanted to take the teacher, he had to have an explanation.
What did you do?
In the end, the Jinwu Guards dispersed and just warned.
"Teacher, why?" Gu Zhao asked.
Sun Mu didn't answer, Liang Zizhi looked at his junior brother for a long time, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound in the end, Gu Zhao arranged to go back to the mansion first, and asked his second brother to go to his family to send a message, saying that he had something to borrow at the senior man's mansion today , come back tomorrow.
After such an arrangement, Gu Zhao sent his teacher and brother to the car and returned home.
When they arrived at the Liang Mansion, Gu Zhao helped Teacher get off the car. When he felt the temperature was wrong, the teacher felt a little feverish, so he asked a doctor to come and see him. Sun Mu waved his hand and said, "It's okay."
"Teacher didn't drink water all day and night and closed his eyes to rest." Liang Zi replied.
That is the fever of exertion.
Even though Sun Mu entered the bedroom to rest, he couldn't close his eyes for a long time. Closing his eyes is everything to Ming Yuan.
"Zizhi, tell me."
Gu Zhao heard the story of the teacher's love for his son Mingyuan. The teacher's house not far from the Imperial College, the bare and slightly empty place was originally a lake, but it has been sealed since then because Mingyuan committed suicide by jumping into the lake.
No wonder, the teacher was worried when he heard that he gave Fubao enlightenment teaching.
No wonder, seniors usually call him Junior Brother Gu.
No wonder, the two always miss Fubao a little by virtue of their kindness to Fubao.
If a person is extremely talented, has great ambitions in his heart, and is beneficial to the world, but because of his gender, he cannot display what he has learned all his life, and can only be trapped in a corner, looking after his husband and raising his children, and being bound by rules, especially when there is a counterpart by his side. After the day of the palace test, this pain should be the most violent and obvious.
But senior brother Mingyuan jumped into the lake at the end of the year.
"...Brother Ming Yuan committed suicide, but is it related to the second prince?" Gu Zhao asked.
Otherwise, he couldn't think of any other reason why the teacher and senior brother sent him today.
Liang Zizhi nodded.
"Brother Mingyuan jumped into the lake to die, did the second prince still force him?" Gu Zhao thinks no, if the second prince really forced it, it wouldn't be so many years before the teacher and senior knew about it. What did Senior Brother Yuan say? Who spread the news?"
Gu Zhao always felt that the teacher and his senior brother were the pawns of the messenger to deal with the second prince.
How true?
"The elders of the Rong family said that I passed the Tanhua exam and was unmarried when I was riding a horse. She is also the concubine of the prince."
In the entire calendar, there is only one prince in Beijing, Prince Kang.
"Brother, you are such an intelligent person, haven't you ever thought that the Rong family is the natal family of the fifth and sixth princes, and even the Yue family of the sixth prince. Now that the second prince has the upper hand in the court, the fifth and sixth princes are in a hurry. The one who came up with this idea, who treated you and the teacher as pawns—"
"I know, how come I don't know, the teacher also knows, but it's true. It's true that Prince Kang said that he admired Ming Yuan, and that he intended to hire Ming Yuan as the concubine of the side county. It's true that Ming Yuan is so noble, how can he bear this humiliation? .”
Knowing that the pawns were a trap, he still plunged into it.
The emotions that had been suppressed in the hearts of the two of them for many years were leaked out through this time. Liang Zizhi sighed, and then closed his eyes, "Brother was not in a good mood at that time, I was worried all day long, and I often coaxed him. I got caught in the trap of the Rong family and made chess pieces. I know that maybe Prince Kang just said that, and he just wanted to take the opportunity to win over the teacher. I know that maybe this marriage would not work at all. I know that without Prince Kang’s words, maybe Mingyuan—— But what if?"
In case Ming Yuan survived, in case Ming Yuan did not commit short-sightedness.
Prince Kang's words and thoughts were the last straw for Ming Yuan's despair.
Knowing that the Rong family was uneasy and well-intentioned, the two had no choice but to dance.
This is the fifth prince's method.Gu Zhao thought, no wonder he was able to overthrow the second prince in such a situation, swept away the stepping stone of the sixth prince, and finally became a great treasure.
... But what will happen to the teacher, and what will happen to the brother.
Gu Zhao hated it very much.
I'm afraid that in the previous life, the teacher and senior brother followed Prince Kang to the end and became cannon fodder in the end.
It was the first time for the four children of the Su family to celebrate the New Year in Beijing. Li Zhouzhou originally took the four of them home to celebrate the whole New Year, but the four of them were restrained and did not dare to speak loudly. They were afraid when they saw Gu Zhao, and they behaved badly It's gone, without the liveliness of children and young people. After the New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year, the four of them went back to the shop.
However, Li Zhouzhou gave the four of them meat, vegetables, rice, grains, dry fruits, and fruits, so that the four of them could have a good rest. After a few days, they would go over to have a look, and said to Su Shiyi, the eldest: "The Lantern Festival will be in a few days, and the shop is far away from the main building." The street is close, you close the door to play at night, there is no curfew, but only a little, look out for people."
Money is not the most important thing, just don't lose it.
Especially the youngest, Su Jiayu, who is only 13 years old after the Chinese New Year. Although she works diligently and nimbly, she has an immature face.
Thanks to Li Zhouzhou's instructions, the four people who came out of the mountain in a small place have never seen such a bustling and lively scene as the Lantern Festival. Men, women and children are dressed in Chinese clothes, cars and horses are flowing, and all kinds of lanterns are illuminated. It's like daytime, with the sound of yelling and selling for food and drink, and the sound of playing and laughing in my ears.
It's almost straight-forward.
When they came back to their senses, the four of them were almost lost, so they hurriedly yelled to find them in the crowd. Fortunately, they were only three or four steps away from the crowd, and they were all about to cry. After watching the lantern festival, they lifted their spirits. They walked hand in hand, not daring to be too late.
After reading it, Su Jiaying said, "You said that this Lantern Festival will be lit for one night, how much will it cost?"
"Ten or two, right?" Su Jiayu didn't know how to report the number, he felt that ten or two was much better.
Su Shiyi said: "At least 50 taels."
"100 taels, right? I heard that there are four Ping'an Streets in Beijing." Su Shilei said.
In the end, no one knows how much it costs to light candles for one night. Lying in bed at night, I still think about the lantern scene. Good year.
If it wasn't for my cousin/cousin to bring them up, the Chinese New Year would be barely enough to fill their stomachs, where would they be able to see meat and meat every now and then.
The spring of Kang Jing's 59th year.
At the beginning of the new year, Jingli resumed office hours and started to operate.At the same time, several imperial edicts came from the morning court on the first day, all of which were good news, and the Holy Majesty granted titles to several sons.
The second prince, King Kangjun, became Prince Kang.
The fifth prince became the king of Chengjun.
Although the sixth prince was not knighted, the Holy One praised him and let him go to the Ministry of Officials.The prince went to various yamen to do errands, which was to share the worries and solve the problems of the Holy Majesty. He did not arrange official positions, and only served above the top leaders, which was a special existence.
The Eleventh Emperor Shunjun King was granted a marriage before, and now the Holy Majesty rewarded the house, which is next to Princess Changtai's mansion, and asked the Ministry of Industry to work on the construction, which shows His Majesty's care and love for Shunjun King .
It seems that everyone has a reward, only the fourteenth prince is missing.But this is normal, the fourteenth prince is in the Dali, no matter whether it is the former court or the harem, the mother and son are like transparent people, even if Concubine Yi was very favored back then, the harem was jealous, but it was a mocking sentence: Come on No matter how much she favored her, what if a Nanyi princess still wanted to be the empress dowager of Dali?
Therefore, everyone didn't take it seriously. In addition, there are favors and no loves in the saints. Fortunately, the presence and rewards are also in accordance with the regulations, and there is no exception.
The fourteenth prince will be fifteen this year, and it's time to take a concubine, but there is no movement in the harem, Concubine Yi doesn't care, and the Holy One just asks a question, as if he forgot.
The appreciation for the Second Prince, Fifth Prince, and Sixth Prince is because of their meritorious service in disaster relief.It should be rewarded.
For this award, the second prince and the sixth prince came back after a year, and they were busy with disaster relief in Ningxi Prefecture all year long. The reported papers described the disaster situation, and the number of victims was 10,000+, and the number of deaths was countless. Originally, Ningxi The state magistrate confiscated 360 million silver from his home...
The Holy Majesty was furious, and immediately turned a blind eye to what some Kangjun kings did in Ningxi Prefecture without punishment, and continued to reward and seal the prince.
All the officials in the court knelt down and asked the Holy One to appease his anger.
Later, Gu Zhaoyan believed in Zheng Hui and chatted in private. Zheng Hui's news is the most informative gossip. I heard that when Prince Kang went to Ningxi Prefecture for disaster relief, countless bones were frozen to death, people were displaced, and houses collapsed everywhere. Indistinct, what's more, the situation of changing children and eating has also appeared.
"...So Prince Kang arrested the family members of Zhizhou in Ningxi Prefecture, and all men, women, and children were left outside to freeze overnight and turned into popsicles. Let Zhizhou see it with his own eyes. After suffering so much, he went crazy and committed suicide." Zheng Hui said.
Originally, the magistrate of Ningxi Prefecture was sentenced to be beheaded, but the sixth prince of Kang County led people to arrive, and followed the rules, that is, he was escorted to Beijing. The magistrate of Ningxi Prefecture was still clamoring to see His Majesty. If you don't report it, you have an affair, and everything is for Dali to pass the year smoothly.
Who knew that Prince Kang didn't follow the rules and copied Zhizhou's house, just like what Zheng Hui said, he was tortured. This Zhizhou's family froze to death and starved to death, but Zhizhou saw his relatives and children suffer from this torture with his own eyes. committed suicide.
When the news came back, some officials in the court filed bullets to impeach King Kangjun—the prince had not been named at that time.It is said that the king of Kangjun is too cruel.At that time, it was Chinese New Year, and the papers on the impeachment of King Kangjun piled up on a small mountain, and even the fifth prince who was in Beijing for disaster relief also suffered.
It was his father-in-law Zhou Zuoqian Du Yushi who impeached the fifth prince, and the name of the remonstrance was that the fifth prince was the younger brother, and he came to rescue the disaster together without persuasion.
After hearing this title, Gu Zhao suddenly became embarrassed, can this still be the case?
Yan Jingxin said: "There are hundreds of officials in the court who impeached the second prince, and there are also those who impeach the sixth prince. Mr. Zhou himself has made a few rounds of accusations, but there is no fifth prince. He may be afraid that other officials will say behind his back that he defends his son-in-law. "
Gu Zhao: ...
The Holy Majesty read the scriptures at the time, and felt that the method of the second child was too cruel, but after seeing the situation of the disaster victims and the copied silver in the scriptures on the second child, he gave up.
Govern the country benevolently, the second child...
"It's a little cruel." Zheng Hui said.What should be killed and what should be sentenced should be sentenced, such torture.
Gu Zhao didn't speak, he didn't have a position to say, but said: "The Dali has been peaceful and prosperous for 30 to 120 years, recuperating, farming, weaving, economy, and a steady increase in population. There are a total of 160 chief secretaries, [-] In one prefecture, the recorded population of the whole country is almost [-] million. On average, a prefecture has a population of [-] million, and Ningxi prefecture is slightly out of the way. It is not as prosperous as the Jiangnan area of the Central Plains, so it can be converted into one million."
"With a population of 100 million, 10,000+ victims were affected by the disaster, and the number of casualties cannot be counted. Just talking about the victims staying in the area is already very serious for a state." Gu Zhao said.
Prince Kang would not make false reports and count them down. He used the method of rectifying the Zhizhou family in Ningxi Prefecture, and he knew that it would definitely spread to the middle of Beijing. If the report was lowered, it would be not good for him, so the reported number would be more real.
When the numbers were not shown for comparison, Zheng Hui wasn’t so shocking. Now he doesn’t know who to stand on and how to judge this matter. If the king of Kangjun is cruel, the Zhizhou of Ningxi Prefecture has 360 million taels of money. The silver is gone, and the knowledge is not reported, and the victims of the disaster in Beijing are blocked.
But there was also a six-year-old son in Nazhi Prefecture, who was tortured to death in the same way, ranging from the elderly in his 70s to the youngest son.
"...I really don't know how to say it." Zheng Hui was stumped and decided not to mention this, but to say: "Brother Zhao, how do you know these numbers?"
Gu Zhao wanted to call the magistrate, so he went to look through the information and found the population registration.
The southern regions of the two Zhejiang provinces, including Wannan Prefecture, are the most densely populated and prosperous areas.Further to the south, near the coast, the population is sparse. I heard that there are miasma and poisonous forests, and the court is not sure whether there are people living there.
"I checked."
Zheng Hui remembered that Zhaodi had the intention to go somewhere, so he had done his homework, and he didn't know what to say. Thinking of parting with Zhaodi, he suddenly felt a little sad.Yan Jingxin was next to him and asked, "Have you handed over the letter of transfer?"
"Not yet, I want to tell my teacher and brother first." Although I always have to hand it over.Gu Zhao said.
The matter of the disaster has come to an end on the surface, and how to repatriate the refugees and how to rescue and compensate them are all followed by his subordinates. The Holy One only needs to look at the general direction.The disaster is gone, and the Haiyan River is clear again, and the world is peaceful.
In the beginning of the new year, good things were said and happy things were said. After several imperial edicts came down, a new look in the court.
Another decree from the Holy Majesty, Ganke.
The exam was only taken in the fall of last year, and an Enke was added this year. The meaning of the sage is obvious. Dali has never been short of talents who are officials. The prince didn't want to let go of officials and civil servants, so he asked what the quarrel was. The Holy Majesty has no shortage of talents to be officials.
As a result, most of the civil officials fell silent. After being an official for so long, everyone would try to figure out the holy will and look at their faces. The Holy Majesty was obviously annoyed by the officials who were arguing about this matter, and he didn't want to deal with Prince Kang.If you are arguing, it depends on whether Prince Kang is getting close to the Holy Majesty, or you are getting close to the Holy Majesty, you can stop your official position at any time, and there will be people to take over later.
There were only one or two old stubborn who jumped out and still clung on, and among them was Zhou Zuoqian Du Yushi.
Emperor Kang Jing still gave face to the officials, he didn't reprimand in public, he just pretended he didn't see it, but Zhou Zuoqian made a fuss two or three times with the censor, and Emperor Kang Jing was really annoyed, so he said: I regret marrying the fifth daughter of the Zhou family.
This is the end of it.
Zhou Zuoqian's capital censor almost bumped into a pillar.
When Gu Zhao heard what Zheng Hui said, he was dumbfounded, "Are you all right?" Don't let anyone die.
"If the officials don't touch the pillars and don't take their lives to remonstrate, they are not famous." Zheng Hui mentioned this first, and then said: "It was stopped, but the Holy One was furious, the dragon's health was not healthy, and he retreated early."
However, Mr. Zhou's reputation has been revealed, and he has gained the reputation of being upright, honest and capable of deadly advice.I don't know if it's good or bad.
Because of the angry words of the Holy Majesty, the original three factions in Beijing, the Second Prince, the Fifth Prince, and the Sixth Prince, have now become somewhat clear. The fifth prince didn't look good either. It was rumored that the fifth prince couldn't even take care of his wife's family.
For a while, the fifth prince's limelight disappeared, and it became a rivalry between the second and sixth princes.
The second prince is still the majority. First, the second prince is the prince with the highest title among the princes of the Dali dynasty.Second, when he was in Ningxi Prefecture, the second prince executed Zhizhou's family in private in vain, and the court officials impeached him for a long time.
The last point is that the second prince's biological mother, Concubine Duan, is the head of the four concubines, and her brother is General Zhao of the Fengzhou Army Command Department.
From all perspectives, the second prince is more impressive than the sixth prince.
The ice and snow are melting, and although there is still a cold spring from time to time, spring is here.At the end of February, last year's Qiuwei Ju people arrived in Beijing one after another. This is early, and some scholars are often seen in major teahouses and restaurants, talking, or comparing poems, or exchanging reading experience.
During the period, the most sought after was "Two Exams in Three Years", especially the second volume "Bathing in the Holy Grace", which is simply a holy book in the minds of scholars, and praises are circulated everywhere, flattering the Holy One.
It can be seen that at the feet of the emperor, no matter how noble the scholars are, they still have winks.
Gu Zhao took his homework and drove to Brother Liang's mansion. After the teacher commented, he said, "You have something on your mind, so tell me."
"Teacher, the students want to leave Beijing to go elsewhere." Gu Zhao said seriously.
Sun Mu did not criticize directly, but said: "You have your reasons, but have you thought about where to go?"
Gu Zhao was moved in his heart, and explained his thoughts, which probably means that everything is subject to the transfer of the Ministry of Officials, where he will be transferred, but he has no experience, so he wants to ask his teacher and senior brother, where is he likely to be transferred, a few officials ?
Liang Zizhi didn't like Gu's younger brother going out of town, so he first asked why he wanted to go outside.Gu Zhao then said that he was useless in Beijing, and that splendid articles were not his specialty. He had a lot of feelings about the snow disaster last winter, and wanted to go to other places to practice and do some facts.
"...The main thing is to be free, without so many rules." Gu Zhao said with a smile.
Liang Zizhi sighed and didn't want to hold back, saying: "With your qualifications from the sixth rank in the Imperial Academy, and you are also a Tanhua Lang, you have registered in front of the Holy Master and left your name. No matter what you go to, you are still a fifth rank Zhizhou."
Gu Zhao smiled happily, without any modesty, and said, "I think so too, the top leader is better, feel more at ease."
"What's so good about going to another place? Look at the records of the Ministry of Officials. Every year, how many officials are eager to be transferred back to Beijing. It's because they have stuffed their money and ran away. If you don’t come, you don’t care about it.” Liang Zizhi repeated his words, but he didn’t mention it because he was still cheerful because his junior brother didn’t care.
Everyone has their own ideas, he is not the same, everyone wants to go up, but he is content to nest in one place.
In the eyes of outsiders, he is also weird.After Liang Zizhi smiled, he felt relieved, and got closer to Junior Brother Gu, and said: "If you have a good idea, let me see if I can clear it up for you. It may not be too good. Although my uncle is In Liangzhe, but he looks down on me."
"No brother, I can go anywhere."
But Sun Mu said: "Listen to your senior brother, don't go to a dangerous place."
Gu Zhao was moved in his heart, the teacher and the seniors were protectors, no matter how bad his poems were, the teacher criticized him as criticism, but his daily acts of caring and love were genuine.
"Like Liangzhe, Jiangnan, etc., if you go there, you will be a fellow confidant. Since you want to be a prefect of the second level, in fact, Wannan Prefecture is also suitable, but you are born there, definitely not. ..." Liang Zizhi began to grope for his younger brother.
Tongzhi is from the fifth rank, which is one rank higher than his current official position.
In the end, Liang Zizhi chose three suitable places for Junior Brother Gu. They were all scattered around several prosperous and economically prosperous states in the Central Plains. One was the closest to Beijing. In his early days, he had a relationship with the Zhao family, the second prince's niece of Beijing, and he always wanted to be transferred back to Beijing. The second prince will also help.
Liang Zizhi and the teacher agreed that it was very good.
Gu Zhao: ...
I bow to my teacher and brother!
"Your notebook is finished, pass it on." Liang Zizhi said.
Gu Zhao went home to write the paperwork, and then waited for the news of the transfer. The teacher and the senior brother said that at least it would be the second half of the year. Usually, they would do a job report before the end of the year, issue a transfer letter, and leave at the beginning of the next year, but no one expected , the accident happened so fast.
March [-] Shangsi Festival.
Beijing is lively, except for the examinees who came from other places, dignitaries, nobles, and family members of the back houses all take this festival to go out to worship the Buddha and offer incense. Throughout the year, except for the lantern festival of the Lantern Festival, there are only girls and elder brothers who have not left their courts during the Shangsi Festival. My son can go out and play.
Of course, he followed the elders, with servants and wives standing beside him.
But this is also a good opportunity to let the wind go.
The weather is warm, and the youngsters of your family are riding horses, wearing expensive clothes, escorting the carriages of the elders in the mansion, leaving Beijing, and galloping wildly in the suburbs. He glanced at the brother who was running happily in front of him, and felt envious in his heart. Before he could take a second look, the woman who was serving next to him closed the curtain and said that it was not in compliance with the rules and how the young lady should respect herself.
Can be disappointed.
Gu Zhao is right, he can only come back early and accompany Fu Bao to put a paper kite in the yard pitifully, almost meaning that Fu Bao is having fun, sweating a lot, and is hugged by Lan Mama to change it clothes.
There was no one in the yard, so Gu Zhao put away the paper kite in his hand, stalked his family Zhou Zhou, and said with a sullen face, "Senior brother skipped work and went to Zhuangzi to relax and soak in the hot spring with the teacher. He asked me if I wanted to go, and I said I didn't have a holiday. , and he laughed at me." Then Gu Zhao skipped work for two hours in the afternoon, left early, and came back to fly a kite with his son in the yard.
"The yard is no fun at all."
Li Zhouzhou was tortured by his husband to act like a baby, and his face was full of smiles. He thought that when he was playing with Fubao just now, his husband laughed louder than Fubao, his throat cracked, and he brought hot tea and handed it over, just like coaxing Fubao. I have to say: "Wait a little longer, when the Mid-Autumn Festival comes, there will be a holiday, we can go to the countryside to play." Just like last year.
"That's still half a year away." Gu Zhao took a sip of tea next to his wife, moistening his throat.
After Fubao changed his clothes and came out, he saw his father leaning against his father, and ran over, "Fu Fu also wants~" and plunged headlong between his father and his father.
Gu Zhao: ...
Forget about my son.
"Stinky Fubao."
"Fufu doesn't stink, Fufu smells good." Fubao retorted seriously with a fleshy face.
Gu Zhao pinched his son's face, while Fu Bao covered his cheek with his little hand and complained to his father.After playing around for a while, Li Xia came to ask for directions, and asked when the meal was ready.
Let's eat then.
The Shangsi Festival can last for a long time one after another, and one day outing to enjoy the flowers is not enough, especially now that the wealthy people in Beijing go out, they have to tidy up and tidy up, a caravan, if they don’t play for two or three days, they will lose money and not enjoy themselves.
During this period, the small bookstore also published a lot of story books, probably the love stories that the scholar who went to Beijing to rush for the exam and the young lady who went out for an outing had to tell.
……very familiar.
There are many such novels on the market, all of which remain the same. Among them, one or two poems are really talented. The script is very short, about [-] to [-] words. Gu Zhao guessed that they might be written by scholars who went to Beijing to rush for the exam to earn extra money.
He took that book, and the three of them got together the afternoon before Hugh Mu and made fun of Zheng Hui.
Zheng Hui: ...
"Are you familiar? This routine." Gu Zhao asked jokingly.
Yan Jingxin is drinking tea from a teacup with a smile on his lips to cover it up.Zheng Hui was scratching his head about the "black history" of the past, and begged Zhaodi to let it go. Now that he thinks about it, he liked to watch this back then, and it's really silly to fantasize about the story in the script.
Just playing around, someone shouted outside the restaurant: "He Xianren is giving a lecture outside Ruixiang Building."
teacher?
Gu Zhao was surprised. Ruixiang Building was the largest restaurant on Ping'an Avenue in the south of Zhengnan, and it was directly connected to Dali Gate. It was rumored that the owner behind Ruixiang Building was the property of the second prince, but Gu Zhao didn't know whether it was true. Even he couldn't ask in front of Prince Kang.
"Mr. Sun is going to give a lecture, don't you know?" Yan Jinxin asked.
Gu Zhao: "During the Shangsi Festival, the teacher and senior brother went to Zhuangzi in the suburbs to take care of their health. I didn't go. When I left, I said that I would stay for ten days and a half months. Don't rush to deliver my homework. Don't worry. Why are you so fast? Are you back?" He also wondered.
Yan Jinxin couldn't sit still anymore, and he paid tea money without drinking tea. Gu Zhao knew that he wanted to listen to his teacher's lecture when he saw the anxious look of his second brother, and said, "You are so itchy, don't be a Your teacher shows it on the surface, otherwise I'm afraid Master Shi will make my teacher jealous."
"Nonsense, the teacher is not like that." Yan Jinxin said so, but he still coughed and didn't show much in front of the teacher.
Thank God, Zheng Hui finally stopped talking about his reading of the storybook, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go watch the fun and listen to the books together. This is the first time I've heard a lecture from the Immortal Crane."
The three of them went to Ruixiang Building on a carriage, and there were still a few miles away, and they watched the scholars rushing past in all directions. This magnificent scene made Gu Zhao feel the teacher's reputation firsthand.
The frame couldn't go in, so I got down and walked.
In front of Ruixiang Building, the teacher was wearing a Confucian orthodox gown, sitting in the middle of the gate, surrounded by many scholars, sitting on the floor one after another, Gu Zhao's eyelids twitched quickly, and saw the senior brother next to the teacher, the senior brother had a strange look on his face, very solemn , which is rare.
The teacher talked about loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and about benevolence——
Gu Zhao sat at the very edge, and the teacher looked neither sad nor happy. It came to Gu Zhao's ears. Slowly, Gu Zhao's expression became dignified. With one blow, the teacher scolded Prince Kang for being tyrannical.
This--
Gu Zhao didn't know what happened. Before Prince Kang rescued the Ningxi Province and tortured and killed all the people in Zhizhou Manfu. The teacher just sighed and said that the world was difficult, and he couldn't tell the truth anyway. , but did not criticize much.
Now why are you criticizing like this through lectures under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Most of the people sitting here today are those who have passed the examination and are representatives of the top circle of scholars. If word spreads one by one, Prince Kang's reputation will be greatly reduced among scholars.Why study and take the imperial examination?For being an official, Prince Kang's behavior, these future officials are of course filled with righteous indignation and empathy.
This was also one of the reasons why North Korean and Chinese officials successively impeached them.
The Holy Majesty finally suppressed it—the Holy One didn't want to touch Prince Kang, but the teacher knew it but still did it. It's not like the teacher.The teacher stays away from court, does not participate in battles, and does not take positions in party factions. I have mentioned him before.
Why haven't seen it in just a few days, and the change is so big.
Gu Zhao frowned.
Not long after this transmission, the Jinwu Guards came and dispersed them.But this gagging behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of the scholars at the scene. Gu Zhao went forward to meet the evacuated crowd, and saw the teacher and senior brother. If Jin Wuwei wanted to take the teacher, he had to have an explanation.
What did you do?
In the end, the Jinwu Guards dispersed and just warned.
"Teacher, why?" Gu Zhao asked.
Sun Mu didn't answer, Liang Zizhi looked at his junior brother for a long time, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound in the end, Gu Zhao arranged to go back to the mansion first, and asked his second brother to go to his family to send a message, saying that he had something to borrow at the senior man's mansion today , come back tomorrow.
After such an arrangement, Gu Zhao sent his teacher and brother to the car and returned home.
When they arrived at the Liang Mansion, Gu Zhao helped Teacher get off the car. When he felt the temperature was wrong, the teacher felt a little feverish, so he asked a doctor to come and see him. Sun Mu waved his hand and said, "It's okay."
"Teacher didn't drink water all day and night and closed his eyes to rest." Liang Zi replied.
That is the fever of exertion.
Even though Sun Mu entered the bedroom to rest, he couldn't close his eyes for a long time. Closing his eyes is everything to Ming Yuan.
"Zizhi, tell me."
Gu Zhao heard the story of the teacher's love for his son Mingyuan. The teacher's house not far from the Imperial College, the bare and slightly empty place was originally a lake, but it has been sealed since then because Mingyuan committed suicide by jumping into the lake.
No wonder, the teacher was worried when he heard that he gave Fubao enlightenment teaching.
No wonder, seniors usually call him Junior Brother Gu.
No wonder, the two always miss Fubao a little by virtue of their kindness to Fubao.
If a person is extremely talented, has great ambitions in his heart, and is beneficial to the world, but because of his gender, he cannot display what he has learned all his life, and can only be trapped in a corner, looking after his husband and raising his children, and being bound by rules, especially when there is a counterpart by his side. After the day of the palace test, this pain should be the most violent and obvious.
But senior brother Mingyuan jumped into the lake at the end of the year.
"...Brother Ming Yuan committed suicide, but is it related to the second prince?" Gu Zhao asked.
Otherwise, he couldn't think of any other reason why the teacher and senior brother sent him today.
Liang Zizhi nodded.
"Brother Mingyuan jumped into the lake to die, did the second prince still force him?" Gu Zhao thinks no, if the second prince really forced it, it wouldn't be so many years before the teacher and senior knew about it. What did Senior Brother Yuan say? Who spread the news?"
Gu Zhao always felt that the teacher and his senior brother were the pawns of the messenger to deal with the second prince.
How true?
"The elders of the Rong family said that I passed the Tanhua exam and was unmarried when I was riding a horse. She is also the concubine of the prince."
In the entire calendar, there is only one prince in Beijing, Prince Kang.
"Brother, you are such an intelligent person, haven't you ever thought that the Rong family is the natal family of the fifth and sixth princes, and even the Yue family of the sixth prince. Now that the second prince has the upper hand in the court, the fifth and sixth princes are in a hurry. The one who came up with this idea, who treated you and the teacher as pawns—"
"I know, how come I don't know, the teacher also knows, but it's true. It's true that Prince Kang said that he admired Ming Yuan, and that he intended to hire Ming Yuan as the concubine of the side county. It's true that Ming Yuan is so noble, how can he bear this humiliation? .”
Knowing that the pawns were a trap, he still plunged into it.
The emotions that had been suppressed in the hearts of the two of them for many years were leaked out through this time. Liang Zizhi sighed, and then closed his eyes, "Brother was not in a good mood at that time, I was worried all day long, and I often coaxed him. I got caught in the trap of the Rong family and made chess pieces. I know that maybe Prince Kang just said that, and he just wanted to take the opportunity to win over the teacher. I know that maybe this marriage would not work at all. I know that without Prince Kang’s words, maybe Mingyuan—— But what if?"
In case Ming Yuan survived, in case Ming Yuan did not commit short-sightedness.
Prince Kang's words and thoughts were the last straw for Ming Yuan's despair.
Knowing that the Rong family was uneasy and well-intentioned, the two had no choice but to dance.
This is the fifth prince's method.Gu Zhao thought, no wonder he was able to overthrow the second prince in such a situation, swept away the stepping stone of the sixth prince, and finally became a great treasure.
... But what will happen to the teacher, and what will happen to the brother.
Gu Zhao hated it very much.
I'm afraid that in the previous life, the teacher and senior brother followed Prince Kang to the end and became cannon fodder in the end.
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