Taiping Inn

The piano that Su Lianrong said was not big, but it was very elegant, with a remote location and a quiet environment. Li Xuandu and Qin Su came outside the Qinshe gate, but saw more than ten women inside listening to an old woman playing the piano.

There are also women in this Vientiane Academy, but unlike men, there are also poor children among men, but women are all from high-ranking officials and nobles. The reason is also very simple. Men from poor families can be officials in imperial examinations, but carp leaps into the dragon gate, while women from poor families cannot be officials, so they naturally lose the idea of ​​studying. A gentry woman will be a mistress in the future. She will manage a huge mansion, hundreds of children, tenants in the farm, business owners, and various accounts clearly. She must read the text and tell the words, although the wealthy family has a large family. You can ask your husband to set up a school, but the Vientiane Academy is famous and has strict rules, so many families still choose to send their children here. To put it as utilitarian, the officialdom is all about a classmate and in the same year. There were so many court officials in the Vientiane Academy. Even if their children cannot learn any subtle meanings, it is also very good to accumulate some connections early. I will say that in the future When I got up, my classmates became chief officials of the border and central cabinet ministers, and my face was also glorious.

The two of them did not go in rashly and listened outside.

Qin Su has been with Li Xuandu for a long time and has learned to talk poorly. Li Xuandu is the same. He is no longer aware of music. As the saying goes, he reads three hundred poems well and can recite them even if he can't write poems. This is true for Li Xuan. It is impossible to let him play the piano himself, but just let him listen, he can still hear some good or bad.

In his opinion, this old woman's skills are not unskilled, but she lacks some spirituality. Just like practicing swords, some people practice swords for life, do not know how to adapt, and silently stick to the old rules, and will never become a top sword. It is even more impossible for a scholar to improve the sword moves of his predecessors. I think the same is true for playing the piano. No matter how much you learn from others, it is still someone else's. Without your own things, you cannot be called a great man.

After the song, a sharp-eyed woman found the two people standing outside the piano house and said, "You two look at each other and don't seem to be from our T-Course."

Because of its huge area, the Wanxiang Academy was divided into ten courtyards based on the ten heavenly stems. At this time, Li Xuandu was located in the Ding Courtyard.

Li Xuan didn't know how to answer, but Qin Su was experienced and smiled and said, "We are from Renziyuan."

The Ren character courtyard is the farthest away from the Dian character courtyard, so it is the least easy to reveal the money.

Sure enough, the woman suddenly said, "I have seen sisters who are close to the Bing Academy and Wu Academy. No wonder this sister has a very good face. It turns out to be from the Ren Academy."

She continued, "I wonder if my sister is wrong?"

Qin Su said, "Su Jijiu asked us to wait for her here."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, several other women also turned their heads and looked at them, without any contempt and disdain in their eyes, and they were a little envious. From this point of view, Su Lianrong has a good reputation in the school. After all, she came out of the Imperial Capital, so she can handle these human relationships and things at will.

The old woman also looked up, with a little displeasure and said lightly: "I remember that everyone in Su doesn't have to teach today. Even if they have to use the piano, they have to say it in advance so that others can be prepared."

Qin Su said, "Maybe everyone Su hurriedly forgot it, please forgive me, gentleman."

The old woman snorted coldly, "Where are you all, Su? Is it too hastily gone to have a trip in person?"

Li Xuan understood that everyone in Su has a good reputation among the students, but their relationship with other priests may not be very good. This is inevitable. People who walk by are enemies.

Qin Su has never experienced these traits in daily life. Those with low status feared her family background and dared not do so. Those with higher status than her are big people and disdained to care about this, so Qin Su was a little at a loss at this time. Li Xuan has experienced such things, but he often speaks with his fists. Besides, what the old woman said is reasonable, but her tone is a bit annoying.

At this moment, an old man from Qinghuang approached, wearing a black crane cloak, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with so many people gathered here?"

Several women looked in the voice. Although they didn't know the identity of the old man, they saluted and called him "Mr.". After all, at such an old age, they would never be a student. This statement is normal and there will be no mistakes. .

The old woman was shocked and wanted to salute respectfully.

The old man waved his hand and smiled and said, "I asked Su Jijiu to borrow the Qinshe. I didn't inform him in advance. It was my husband's fault. I'll complain first."

The old woman was flattered and said, "Don't dare."

After saying that, the old woman called several women to say goodbye and leave. Without a word of nonsense, she was happy.

A person with a high position does not need to be condescending to his noble character. As long as he treats him normally, he will be enough to give way to the humble person's gratitude.

The old man made a "invitation" move to Li Xuandu and said, "Mr. Li comes from afar, please go to the Qinshe to speak."

The three of them walked into the piano house, took off their shoes, and stepped on the wooden floor above the ground. They sat cross-legged on the cushioned.

The old man asked, "On August 15th, Mr. Li had sent someone to ask me what I mean. Why is Mr. Li coming here in person? Could it be that he is worried and insisted on listening to me with his own ears. Repeat it again to calm down.”

Li Xuandu said, "Of course not. Xuandu is here because he wants to ask the high priest for advice on the imperial capital."

The old man smiled and said, "The matter of Beim Mountain is still unresolved, and Mr. Li has already begun to plan to return to the imperial capital? Although he has to take three steps on the chessboard, Mr. Li has thought too far. ”

Li Xuandu said: "I will not hide the great priest's wine. The dispute between good and evil that started in the Xijing Incident was beyond my expectations, but returning to the imperial capital was something I have been thinking about since the second year of Tianbao."

The great master Sikong nodded and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Li wants to know, or what I want me to promise?"

Li Xuandu said: "It's too early to say this now. I just want to ask the high priest's question."

Sikong Master said, "But it's okay to ask."

After pondering for a moment, Li Xuandu said, "As the saying goes, the general trend of the world is irreversible. For example, today's weather is very evil. The case of open fire and war comes out, refugees are everywhere, starving people are everywhere, people are exhausted and wealthy, and even the states gradually become separatist. , People are in charge of their own affairs, what should we do when Xu's family today? "

As soon as these words were spoken, Qin Su was shocked. Li Xuandu's words are a rebellious person, and they actually imply the meaning of changing the dynasty. From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to the court to say that Li Xuan is a rebel.

The great priest Sikong was also quite surprised. He was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "The world's public security has been unified for a long time, and it will be tamed to be divided. However, the virtue is high and the atmosphere has not yet been opened. If it is not a pity, it will collapse. The game failed."

Li Xuan frowned and said, "Then the former dynasty's great Jin?"

The great priest of Sikong said, "Although the great Jin lord is righteous, the country's power is prosperous, and the food reward is no longer bad. It is too easy to start a business in the early days, so it is too clever to seize the world. The way of heaven is difficult to know, and good and evil are not concealed. The Later Lord The virtues and virtues are not enough to be relied on. Emperor Taizu of this dynasty rose up among the people to achieve their own goals. At first, there was no idea of ​​the yellow house left. He continued to feel sorry for the people and began to take the hands of the heroes of the land and compile them. Therefore, it has been three generations. By returning, no one who has won the rightness of the world is like this dynasty. It cannot be generalized."

Li Xuan was in deep thought.

The meaning of Sikong's great priest wine was very clear. The time was not right, and the great Wei Kingdom had not yet reached its peak. Li Xuandu used the example of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Great Priest refuted the most righteous refutation of the dynasty's success in the country. The so-called "Getting the country is the most righteous" means using a commoner to carry a three-foot sword to capture the world, rather than the uncle who takes away the nephew's world, or the father-in-law who takes away the grandson's world. The latter can be summarized in one sentence: "Those who steal the hook will be killed, and those who steal the country will be steal the country. "

Li Xuandu said again: "Looking at the past and present, there is no bottom-up innovation in the internal imperial power, and the country will not last long."

The high priest of Sikong, who was drinking and comforting his head, said, "Confucianism says, 'Killing is the minister to kill the king.' If you raise an army with a local tyrant, you will also kill the king with your ministers, and you will be injustice in the country."

Li Xuan disagreed and said, "The words of Confucian sages are often contradictory. The sage said that the ministers cannot kill the king, otherwise it would be unrighteous. But the sage also said, "The king is to the people, and the father is to the son." Is it okay to kill a father with a son? 'The people who kill the king are equivalent to killing a father. According to Confucianism, a minister cannot kill the king, and a common man cannot kill the king. Wouldn't it become a line for generations? A king who is a king for generations and a minister for many years. Those who serve the people are subjects from generation to generation."

The great priest Sikong was not angry and said, "Didn't you hear the words of the Saint of the Sage: 'I heard that the king of Yi Du was killed, but I didn't hear that the king was killed.' If a monarch loses the will of heaven and the people, he will be a traitor and everyone will be punished."

Li Xuan did not fully agree with Sikong's statement, but it was irrefutable.

The great priest of Sikong continued, "The Emperor Taizu of the Jin Dynasty, used the status of a military general to seize the world of orphans and widows. He recommended others by himself. The first thing is to strictly guard against military generals and plan military affairs with literati. The result can be imagined. In order to gain the recognition and support of the aristocratic families, they have not suppressed annexation. Throughout the dynasties, land annexation has been regarded as a great enemy. Even if it cannot be completely curbed, it is necessary to find a way to slow it down. First, because people with land are the main source of taxation. The best source of military service for good families is also the reason why the suppression of annexes can effectively prevent the emergence of landless refugees. The Great Jin Dynasty did not suppress annexes, which caused a large number of people to become refugees in the early days of the dynasty. In order to prevent refugees from rising up, the court formed a wing army without doing anything Training is only for labor, resulting in redundant soldiers without combat power. In order to prevent the aristocratic families from dominating the main body of the court, they had to let the imperial examinations go, absorbing a large number of poor families to seek balance, resulting in redundant officials. All of these, This is a manifestation of the injustice of the country. If Mr. Li wants to support the dragon, he is afraid he will follow the old path of the Great Jin Dynasty, so he must observe it."

Sikong Master Jiu smiled: "I have discovered something very interesting over the years when I read history. Although those who have won the country are cruel to the heroes, they are lenient to the descendants of the previous dynasty, because the new dynasty was not established based on the previous dynasty. There is no chance to restore the new dynasty. The usurper just happened to be helpless against the heroes and the powerful, but the royal family in the previous dynasty had no chance to destroy the clan, and the foundation was not solid. This is also one of the reasons why those who have the wrong country do not have a long life. ”

The great master Sikong paused for a moment and said slowly, "I have said too many great principles. I think Mr. Li is not convinced, so I will say a few more words that are not so popular. Emperor Taizu of the Great Jin Dynasty is not as good as that. There will be other powerful men to bully orphans and widows, but without the Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, who can expel the Golden Horde to restore the orthodox artifact? The key is whether the power can be concentrated in one place. If the power is dispersed, internal strife intensifies and the government orders are not fulfilled. , How can the country last for a long time? If the country is not upright, because there are few people who believe in it, the real power is limited, like a tall building that is covered with paper, it will fall down as soon as it blows. If you can hold great power and keep the government clear, even if you get the country is not upright, you can get three hundred years The world. On the contrary, although the country is upright, but if you fail to collect power and concentrate power, you will not escape the consequences of the death of the second generation."

Li Xuandu was silent for a long time and said in a deep voice: "See the teachings."

The Grand Master of the Imperial Court stood up and said, "Mr. Li, I have one last thing to say to you. Imperial Capital is now Mr. Li's territory. If you want to attack Imperial Capital, you will definitely have to go through Mr. Li. In addition, Mr. Li Yuanying wants to reap the benefits. I am very curious. If there is only one Mr. Li left in the world one day, which Mr. Li would it be?"