Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

This year's Shangsi Festival is a good weather. To borrow Wang Xizhi's words in "Lanting Collection Preface" 200 years later, it is called "the sky is bright and the air is clear, and the wind is smooth."It's a refreshing warmth with notes of bluegrass by the water.

According to the old customs, the scholars and people of Luoyang went to Luoshui to perform the ritual of exorcism.In the capital city at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, witches had disappeared.The so-called "祓禊" has also changed from a primitive religious activity to a folk activity.Most people just use orchid grass to dip water on their bodies, wishing to drive away evil spirits; there are also some people who pay attention to ancient etiquette, wear single clothes and take water to bathe.

The activities of the nobles are more elegant: spring outings, receptions, reciting poems and composing Fu.

It happens that Taixue is located on the edge of Luoshui, occupying the golden location with the most beautiful scenery.Even high-ranking officials like Sangong and Jiuqing inevitably borrowed a high platform from Taixue to hold a banquet.Among the Tai students, those who came from famous families are also willing to take this opportunity to show their face in front of the powerful, or to put it more pleasantly, to promote their reputation.

Today's three males are Situ Hanyan, Sikong Sun Lang and Taiwei Huang Qiong.

Han Yan and Sun Lang belong to the Liang party, while Huang Qiong is the anti-Liang party.But regardless of their political stance, they had to sit and have a feast together on a scene like the Shangsi Festival.Senior officials such as Jiuqing monk Shuling, Sili Xiaowei, Luoyang Ling, and even the Tai students who have not entered the officialdom also have their own camps, and the situation at the table has always been turbulent.

After several rounds of fine wine and poems, Han Yan threw his chopsticks away.The ivory jade chopsticks set off the square black pottery plate and the sashimi as thin as a cicada's wing, which looked very good, but they couldn't attract Han Yan's attention.He leaned against the railing and tilted his head to look down.Taixue is on holiday today, and the students are either sitting at the table, going for a walk by the water, or going to the market for entertainment, so the school and dormitory are empty.

Against such a background, an adult led a child and brought two servants. The four of them entered the teaching area through the side door, which was particularly eye-catching.

Although the first few buildings are open areas for holidays, if you have the courage to come in, you are either rich or expensive.

Han Yan became interested and looked down with a wine glass.From a distance, he couldn't see the face clearly, but judging from the movements, it seemed that the child was holding the elder's hand in front of him as he wanted to enter and watch.Just by imagining, the image of a young child acting like a baby can emerge in my mind.

"What is Bonan looking at?" Sun Lang, who is also a member of the Liang Party, leaned over and asked.

"Look at that kid, it's very interesting."

Sun Lang also saw the four masters and servants who were respectfully saluting towards the Taixue Building. His eyes were better, and he could tell that the person teaching etiquette to a young boy was an old man.He smiled arrogantly and said: "Etiquette is still a little bit, probably some poor family whose descendants can't enter the Taixue and can only look up at it. The learning style is very prosperous in the capital, and there are not a few people who want to learn. What's so strange? "

Huang Qiong coughed softly: "You know how to be polite when you are young, and you are eager to learn at a young age. This is a sign of virtue. Such a family will not live in the low class forever." This is a bar with Sun Lang.

The three men had a dispute, which naturally attracted most people's attention.Han Yan quickly waved his hand to change the subject: "I said that kid is interesting. He only bowed to Dong Shengxiang, but kowtowed to the school and Zangshuge."

"Oh."

During the banquet, several people twitched their beards and meditated.

Sun Lang was born in the Sun family in Beihai, which is also a well-known family in the whole country, and he has always acted in a high-profile manner.He impatiently guessed, and directly sent a servant: "Go, ask that kid, why don't you worship the saint and worship the empty hall."

The servants of the Sun family hurriedly got off the high platform, ran to chat with the old and the young, and then turned back quickly. "The child said: 'The virtue of a sage lies in knowledge but not in human face.'"

Shang Shuling Zhong Hao was the first to clap his hands and praised: "What a 'knowledge is not in front of people', I know whose family it is!"

Huang Qiong asked the servant of the Sun family curiously: "Whose family's young gentleman is that?"

Beads of sweat oozed from the forehead of the servant of the Sun family: "Young man, ask again." After speaking, he ran down the high platform again.There was a clear displeasure on Sun Lang's face, this servant is not good enough.

The middle-level officials over there asked Zhong Hao one after another.

Chong Hao made a fool of himself, but his voice was very clear: "At the age of three, he knows how to treat guests with courtesy, speaks and behaves like an adult, and often has extraordinary words. Such a child prodigy, although Luoyang is big, is rare."

There is a kind of rhyming and child prodigy saying, "If you don't worship a saint, you will empty the hall" and "The virtue of a saint lies in the fact that knowledge is not in front of you" all spread in the audience.People at that time sought after child prodigies, and Kong Rong made pears and Huang Xiang warm seats, all of which are stories of this era.Regardless of whether the child's words and deeds are right or not, it is not uncommon to have such insight at such a young age.

Today's banquet did not have any outstanding talents, everyone was just a little bored.The child prodigy thing just happens to be the talk of the year.Don't blame the gossip of the scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the era of lack of culture and entertainment, talking can make people happy.

Now, it is waiting for the servants of the Sun family to expose the prodigy's family background.

The male servant came back, but his face was full of embarrassment: "Yes...it's Fei Tinghou and his grandson Cao Erlang."

"coax!"

The crowd erupted, and they were all boasting just now, but they didn't expect it to be the queen of the eunuch!Scholars have always looked down on eunuchs, whether they are scholars from the Liang Party or anti-Liang faction, they all look down on eunuchs.

"Haha!" Sun Lang glanced at Huang Qiong proudly, he still remembered that Huang Qiong was standing on the platform for that child, so he must have lost his face.

Han Yan blushed. He was the first to notice Cao Teng and his party. It should be said that today's turmoil was caused by him.Han Yan's background is not as high as Sun Lang's, and he usually likes to be hostile to eunuchs to gain his reputation, but he himself is too embarrassed to say anything about this slap in the face today.

Satisfied, Sun Lang ordered his servant: "If you go again, you can tell the boy: 'After the eunuch, do you dare to speak virtue?'"

Zhong Hao immediately changed his face: "Dignified Sangong, why do you embarrass the child?" You are doing too badly, Cao Teng and the Sun family belong to the Liang Party, and I, the opposing camp, can't stand it if they step on the same party like this.

Sun Lang laughed: "Cao Song dare not sit with me, let alone Cao Song's son?"

Sun Sikong was too arrogant, many people didn't like him, but they would not speak up for eunuchs on such occasions, not everyone was as straightforward as Zhong Hao.Only Huang Qiong, who has a high status and reputation, can sigh, shake his head, and express his emotions: "It's a pity."

The servant of the Sun family came back for the third time, his face turned green and white, as if he had knocked over the dye vat.

"What did the kid say?"

"He...he said..."

"What did you say? Even if you scold me, say it, let us see the ugliness of the eunuch's family."

The poor servant nearly stuck his head in the floor.

"I command you to say that you are not allowed to change a single word!"

"He...he said: 'Before there was Tai Shigong, and later there was Cai Longting. Can't speak virtue, is there a disabled person? Is there a heart...is there a disabled person?'"

Tai Shigong refers to Sima Qian who wrote "Historical Records", and Cai Longting refers to Cai Lun who improved papermaking. Both of them have suffered that knife, but who dares to say that they have no virtue?The last two sentences are a direct rhetorical question. Is it a physical eunuch or a psychological eunuch who is not qualified to talk about morality?

Scolding... really hard.It's almost like saying that Sun Lang is a psychological eunuch.

However, the scolding is also exciting enough!Under the premise that Sun Lang humiliated young children for no reason, it makes people feel hearty.Someone couldn't bear it any longer, and took the initiative to toast Zhong Hao: "This child is really a prodigy!" After the first person spoke, there was a second, and a third... It is conceivable that Sun Lang will not wait until tomorrow. The deeds of taking the other's shame will spread in the circle of the capital.One is the grandfather, one of the three men, and the other is the little baby after the eunuch. The topic is absolutely hot.

Sun Lang couldn't stay any longer, his face flushed red, and he dropped a copper cup: "Smart words and tricks, not bad for the eunuch!"

Zhong Hao replied two words: "Haha."

Sun Lang left the meeting angrily.

Zhong Hao ignored him and turned to look at Huang Qiong, the leader of the Anti-Liang faction.

Huang Qiong glanced at Han Yan who was silent, and said slowly: "Marquis Fei Ting, a good eunuch in this dynasty. He has never treated scholars kindly before." This conclusion is so good that even Cao Teng himself would be ecstatic .

Also sitting at the banquet, Taichang Hu Guang, known as the court tumbler, his eyes flashed when he heard this, and he didn't let go of his hand holding the wine glass for a long time.After he returned, he read and reread Cao Teng's greeting card in his study, and finally said to his servant: "You send my famous card to Cao's mansion, just say, please come over to talk to Marquis Fei Ting."

What they want to discuss is Cao Song's marriage.

It is not difficult to understand why Cao Teng chose Hu Guang.Old man Hu was born in a family, known for his tact and moderation, he is a rare neutral in the court.Ten years ago, he became the Sangong. Over the years, he had ups and downs, and he took turns in the position of the Sangong and Jiuqing, and he didn't turn out to be a disaster.His popularity is so good that both the Liang party and the anti-Liang faction say he is a good old man.

Cao Teng wanted to gradually alienate the Liang Party, so naturally he couldn't choose a family in the Liang Party for marriage, but if he chose a radical anti-Liang faction, he would have gone too far and Liang Ji would clean up his family.A neutral like Hu Guang is the ideal candidate.And once the Cao family proposes a marriage, with Hu Guang's character of not easily offending others, basically the possibility of refusing is very small, and no matter how bad it is, he will push a distant concubine out.

Cao Teng's team has always been relatively stable, and in Hu Guang's view, he is not considered a pig teammate. The only problem is the issue of family status.But family status is precisely the least important issue in political struggle.

The result was as expected by Cao Teng.

In the summer and April, Cao Song's successor was selected, a concubine daughter of the Huarong Hu family in Nanjun.Just waiting for the end of Ding's anniversary in early June, the marriage proposal process will begin.Compared with this major event that was about to change the Cao family, the apology gift that the Cao family gave to the Sun family was smashed to pieces, which is nothing at all.

The Sun family in Beihai can be domineering in Shandong, but in Luoyang, they can't cover the sky with one hand.