Chapter 157: In-laws, Going to the Capital, Making a Loss

Coincidentally, North Liang King Xu Snapdragon was about to leave the capital, General Gu Jiantang returned from the two Liao dynasty. Today’s morning court, not located in the Hall of Baohe, but unusual for the court of Yangshen Hall, directly south of the main gate, the first minister Zhang Julu led Zhang party, the Ministry of the Ministry of the Gu Department of the domination of the military military, Wen Taiyi Hong Lingshu to do the old worship of the Qing Party, was away from the Yang Dynasty local power elite slandered into two surnames of the old master of the Western Chu Sun Xiji, is led by the eight countries of the old and the new nobility, the four major factions piled up, clearly separated.

Zhang has always been not early or late in the dynasty, had and on the pillar Lu Fei Edward in the green party after the three-legged tripod Wen Hong two pillars of the country is older, the general situation also came later, on the contrary, the eyebrow hair snow white Sun Xiji has always come to the Imperial Gate of Tai’an in advance to show that the old steed in the stable, but habitual reticence to speak little, this was once with the Spring and Autumn martial arts saint Ye Bai Kui, and known as the old man of Western Chu double Bikini is now in the dynasty of the high position, ruling the door of the province, with a seal of refute The right, the responsibility of admonition, after joining the dynasty, has not been folded, never had a generalized talk, do not say, a word must be a target, respected by His Majesty the Emperor, rumor has it that will soon be awarded the title of a cabinet of university professors.

Sun Xiji full head of hair, skin wrinkles such as the old pine, the body is not very good, from time to time to be infected with winter wind and summer heatstroke, His Majesty even made an exception for this old minister to give seat, but now it looks like Sun’s old man’s spirit is still very strong, he gathered around a group of almost the age of the eight countries of the old man, the second generation of the “new legacy” they do not mind! The second generation of the “new legacy” do not mind, and the rest of the three parties stood together in a dignified manner to exchange pleasantries and talk about harmless fun and games.

Sun Xi Ji raised his head and saw two colleagues walking in the distance, the old master face look cold, when the civil and military officials are aware of the two show up, immediately coincidentally silenced and forbidden to speak, the two people in a person wearing a product embroidered cranes official robes, purple beard and blue eyes, tall, looks strange, step is not in a hurry and not slow. Another person wearing a product embroidered unicorn military official clothes, long a pair of narrow phoenix eyes, look at people and things like always squinting, but not to give people a feeling of beauty, but rather added a few points of gloom, his pace is firm, this person and the first minister Zhang Julu get off the car together with the walk, about his pace is faster, at first the two side by side, and gradually exceeded the first minister of Zhang a body position, but he still seems as if he does not know that this is what’s wrong, straight Toward the door of Tai’an.

Among all the civil and military personnel in the court, only Great General Gu is so uninhibited.

Gu Jiantang acted slightly domineering suspicion, speech is still in line with etiquette, not to speak with the Gu Party direct line, but first to the door under the province of the left servant Sun Xiji greetings, Sun old servant smiled and nodded, the old man of the Spring and Autumn Generals do not have any bad feelings, after all, the extermination of the Western Chu is the Xu Ren Tu and Chen Baiyi, the pair of righteous father and son.

The Central Book Province is the central court of the Son of Heaven close ministers, this Huangmen Lang non-eutectic eunuchs Huangmen, the two are not the same day, the official eunuchs can only be called eunuchs or the big sable temple, the powerful ministers to see these big eunuchs do not dare to take it lightly is not false, but only the history of the Huangmen nearest to the emperor, not losing the eunuchs in the Palace, and the history of the size of the Huangmen Lang in the scholarly community most of the excellent reputation, the eunuchs can be most of the bottom of the barrel, and can not wait! Caught the handle to clear the side of the king to show the loyal ministers of color, so very much scorned by the eunuchs. Therefore, the identity of the Central Book of Huangmen Qing Gui Xuanhuan, more than a dozen directly to the Heavenly Hearing of the dynasty red, but did not set up their own head and the four parties stood face to face with each other, dispersed.

This group of age disparity, the elders are as old as Sun Xizi not a few people, the strongest such as Gu Jiantang most, the youngest of several less than a year, one of the latest to fill the vacancy of the big yellow door of a foreigner, the reputation is not bad, thin there is a good reputation, the homemade lanting ripe Xuan in the capital side of the widely touted at the moment, but normally according to the seniority of the talent and learning, is not enough to qualify for entry into the Central Book of the Province as a Huangmen Lang, a small yellow door are Hanging, not to mention the big yellow door, but there is no way that this kid somehow was the king of the northern Liang personally recommended, this is not some time ago Xu Dazhu State has not yet arrived in the capital, Jin Lanting into the province of the imperial decree of the Northwest to send a whip to go.

This time is Jin Huangmen head back to the official morning, this kid from the local general Shi family, in the capital can not talk about the roots of the origin, eye over the top of the Beijing officials also do not see this ancestral tomb of the lucky guy, the king of the North Liang can not afford to mess with ah, your kid is the king of the North Liang’s disciples? Good, we do not find you trouble, but want to talk with you, no way! So what if you’re the new Yellow Gate? How many big shots in the capital had their eyes on this position? The result is a foreign no-name pawn from the bowl to pick away a big piece of fat meat, can not be angry?

Never dealt with the capital officials Jin Lanting looks a little uneasy, standing alone in the corner, was surrounded by cold eyes staring, out of a sweat. The hesitancy of the first time to enter the capital was swept away, and there is a nearby door under the province of a loose ride standing counselor voice is not weak sneer out “people say that the Northwest barbarians monkey with the crown. I didn’t believe in the past, but now it seems that it is true!”

Soon a few and that loose riding standing minister is the door under the province of the same colleague of the residence of the Lang, pick up many young and strong officials are echoed and repeated the word “really” two words with laughter, which makes the isolated Jin Lanting hate to dig a hole in the ground to drill down, Jin Lanting now really feel the xenophobia of the Beijing officials, his body is weak, the character is not really hardened, suffered from this kind of previous Encounter can not be imagined aggrieved, immediately red eyes, even vaguely have signs of tears, but also to provoke some of the bullying soft is the best at the Beijing officials sneered and mocked.

At this time, the first minister Zhang Julu looked away, saw this scene, slightly frowned, stopped in his tracks, Gu Jiantang intended to let Zhang first into the Imperial City, but saw the first minister folded a direction and turned to go, General Gu is not polite, took the lead in the gate, Gu Department of the generals naturally follow the fish in a row, Sun Xiji and the Green Party, two major offerings are also followed, the dynasty Zhang party has the most power, the largest number of people, the first minister does not enter the gates, of course, do not dare to act rashly, and have no choice but to do something about this, but to do something about it. Of course, do not dare to act rashly, had to stop in place, and all look to the first minister, face to face, all see the other side of the eyes of the doubt.

Extremely official authority of Zhang Julu came to the side of the downcast Jin Lanting, warm words and smiled: “Jin Huangmen, a few days ago I have the cheek to deliberately with the Huan priest to ask for a few knives Lanting ripe Xuan, that the old man’s heart aches to cut the meat in general, back to the house to try to know why the old man Huan regarded as the meat of the heart, the Commission is really as light as a white cicada wings, shaking does not hear. If you don’t mind, I may have to beg a few more knives with you, the Lanting Xuan’s supervisor, for a cooked Xuan.”

Jin Lanting looked up with a puzzled face, hemmed and hawed and did not dare to speak. Those who were waiting to watch the show of officials slowly dispersed, no longer dare to ridicule this fluke to steal the high position of the foreigner in the open.

Chief Minister Zhang also did not think, patted Jin Lanting shoulder, rubbing shoulders when said blandly: “gentleman can not party absolute camping. Today laugh and let people laugh to go, may as well another ten years to see who laughs at who.”

Jin Lanting legs soft, almost to kneel for that back.

Scholar for a close friend to die!

The dynasty’s high ancestor began to set the belt system, from the son of heaven to the vassals, princes, ministers and three products above the permission to use jade belt, belt embedded in the amount of jade and the amount of clear law, the dynasty’s great pillar Xu Snapdragon because of outstanding war, the late emperor specially given white jade belt inlaid with fifteen jade, the general Gu Jiantang thirteen jade. To today’s son, the imperial gift of the belt is very few, was the son of the public twice the respect of Chen Zhi Bao had been given a purple belt inlaid with jade twelve, the old First Minister died after the disease, two years even more than a dozen levels of the First Minister Zhang Julu had been given a succession of purple belt four, inlaid with gold, the rest of the inlaid with the number of jade six, ten, thirteen, in order of incremental increase in the dynasty’s imperial dress belt inlaid with material for the most respect for the jade, followed by gold, silver, copper and iron, unless the emperor special gift, or else Can not exceed the official rank.

Jade belt specifications can not cross the minefield, but the gentleman is good jade is the ancient wind, the court on the waist hanging jade pendant and not prohibited, Jin Lanting followed the civil and military officials into the city gates, all the way to go, the jade pendant knocking, ding dong for sound, a clear ethereal sound.

Jin Lanting’s mind swayed.

This is the center of the entire Liyang Dynasty, ah.

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To say that this period of time what big things, compared to Lu Daolin resigned from the State Scholarship right priest post and the son of the emperor was approved, the unknown Jin Lanting into the province of the Central Committee of the Book of the seemingly insignificant, the son of the Northern Liang in the Jiangnan Road to kill the case, in the ears and eyes of the most informed side of the capital immediately set off an uproar, the State Scholarship Prince Bachelor of 30,000 people, the group of passionate, clamor and dust, even though they know that that the King of the different surnames still stay in the capital, still can not resist this group of people, the King of the different surnames, the King of the different names, the king of the different names. The state academy is the first state academy in Tai’an City to have a large scale, but it is still not able to resist this group of students who are the future pillars of the dynasty to talk about it. Tai’an City, the earliest scale of the State Prison is very small, limited to the clan, relatives and more than three ministers of the children and grandchildren enrolled in school, to the late emperor when there is an expansion, add five halls, six halls and eighteen floors, and so on, until the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, a unification of the whole world, the State Prison completely wide open doorway, so far, has been able to accommodate 30,000 students, the State Prison building stretched for a full ten miles, a spectacular spectacle, the grandeur, State Prison set up the left and right of the two wine priests, and the Shangyin Palace of Learning is similar! In these years, such as the river of too much carp into the State Elementary School, since the formation of the scholarly forest, hidden with the Palace of the towering meteorological comparison.

Yangzhou Lu family Lu Daolin as the right priest, the status of the left priest Huan Wen, who was once the same door as Zhang Shoufu, this time, tired of the relatives of the children in the Jiangnan Road on the vicious acts, reputation damage, and then can not give the State Prison 30,000 students to do the example of the role model, took the initiative to resign from the right priest, as for which there is no left priest Huan Wen, I am afraid that only the authorities Lu Daolin know. Lu Daolin these days closed the door, let a person think this time in the gutter overthrow of the Lu priest is really disillusioned. Lu Daolin sits behind a book case, holding a sage’s tome, looking at ease, not seeing half a bit of disillusionment, the big housekeeper walks quickly, only slowing down his steps when he reaches the doorway, bowing and saying, “Master, the Great Pillar State pays a visit.”

Unexpectedly Lu Daolin thought a little, said in a deep voice: “Open the center door!”

The big housekeeper’s face was odd and said, “Your lordship, the Great Pillar State said it was troublesome to open the center door, so it went directly through the side door and arrived here right away.”

Lu Daolin smiled and shook his head, somewhat helpless, got up and straightened his lapel, just one foot out of the study threshold, saw the inner corridor line to a hunchback guy, cold was this old man put his arms around his neck, with the meaning of interrogation and laughed: “In-laws ah in-laws, you can not do a good job, the lower Mawei stagecoach is only a few feet away from here, what, have to come to see you do not, refused to sell a face to me. You’re not doing me the honor of being my in-laws. Do you want to be an in-law like this?”

One is the powerful king of Beiliang, one is a noble and extremely noble former state son priest, as a result of the two in-laws met, the latter was embraced by the neck almost breathless, but fortunately the big housekeeper is a family member who has been serving Lu’s house all his life, and always do not look askance.

The original Lu Daolin, who had an excellent reputation in both the north and south scholarly circles and was recognized as being deeply in tune with the ancient style, could only tilt his neck and say with a helpless face, “Grand Pillar State, this, this is not in order.”

Xu Snap released his hand and walked into the study with his hands behind his back, and Lu Daolin’s eyes signaled the big butler to close the door.

Only this pair of in-laws who were in the world’s spotlight remained in the study.

Xu Snapdragon sat on a chair with a big grin and asked with a smile, “All of a sudden there is no official to be, is the heart empty?”

Lu Daolin laughed: “Still okay.”

Xu Snapdragon waved his hand, straight to the road: “Do not bend with you to go around, you say it, Shangshu Province six, where you want to go, said in advance to understand, of course, the Ministry of War you do not have to think about it, Gu Jiantang that son of a bitch has always been regarded as his own bed of the mother-in-law, outsiders who went to him with who anxious. Ministry of Justice, also difficult, Zhang Bieye’s iron ground, almost also counted as oil and salt, as for the Ministry of Justice, you go is not appropriate. Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Households, Ministry of Industry, in-laws, you pick one yourself. Hey, if you want me to leave the capital early, you have to give some capital to do so.”

Although Lu Daolin had this intention, since the State Children’s Prison can not stay, and Huan Wen fight for so many years or not, might as well find another way, but in the past, how to say, the State Children’s Prison priests are the first-class top of the Qing noble, when the dynasty of the Chinese book under the door of the two provinces do not set up a positive provincial order, and even the highly respected Sun Xiji is only the door of the Left Servant, the two priests have become the most top of the position of Qingliu celebrities, then again, over the years Lu Daolin In the State Prison since only slightly lose Huan Wen, naturally cultivated not a few beloved, is also considered to be the door students full of plums, the only regret is that if you go to the Ministry of six, I’m afraid that this life are no hope of the title of the temple cabinet of the University of the Secretary, Lu Daolin and then the temperament of the open-minded, and ultimately difficult to escape from the famous scholar, but this time the trend of the retreat step back, but also not to the heartbreak of the lungs, His Majesty the Emperor also implied that he would like to be the master of one of the Lu Daolin self-identification of the Qing Shui Yamen Ministry of Rites possibility is the greatest, there is a little regret, but when received a letter from his brother Lu Baijie, said to fight for the Ministry of the Army, Lu Daolin then floated a number of big white, and called it a pain in the ass. In this way, to the Ministry of Rites is the most timely, otherwise it will have to touch the bottom line of the rest of the three great families in Yangzhou, Lu Daolin do not want to be in this time, anyway, as long as the younger brother Lu Baijie willing to go out, all things are set to carry on! This move in the Lu’s, in the Yangzhou scholars group, are all fortunate!

No one else is around, and no longer call Xu Snapdragon as a great pillar state, called out a pro family member, Lu Daolin smiled and implicitly said: “Liu Shangshu is old and unwell, years ago, he mentioned to His Majesty to return to his home.”

Xu Snapdragon bristled and said bluntly, “It’s settled.”

Lu Daolin hesitated and softly said, “There’s no harm in not showing up for this matter.”

Xu Snapdragon bawled, reached out and pointed at Lu Daolin’s face, scolding without mercy: “Your pedantic in-laws, do you really think that the Minister of the Sixth Department is in your pocket? If I do not step in, believe it or not Zhang Bieye slightly teamed up with Sun Xiji, can put you to death in a shabby place to lift your head?”

Lu Daolin was creeped out.

Xu Snapdragon shook his head and laughed: “In-laws, you ah, read a lot of holy books, understand more, but this is an official, not a thin face can be made. Ugly words in front, you still want to put the Ministry of Rites as the Minister of the State Scholarship to be, will not be long before you have to roll cover and roll away.”

Lu Daolin sighed and said, “I have been taught.”

Xu Snapdragon waved his hand, smiled, narrowed his eyes and said, “Feng Nian fooled around on the Jiangnan Road, letting his in-laws lose the foundation of the State Scholarship, annoyed or not?”

Lu Daolin said with a straight face: “To say that I’m not annoyed is a pretense, but to be honest, it’s no wonder that His Highness is angry, his own family doesn’t help his own family, and then even the biggest family business has to be lost. This point of the countryside villagers understand the reasoning, Lu Daolin still understands.”

Lu Daolin then said with a guilty face, “I have written to Xuan Lang, in the future, he can’t be allowed to act out of his will!”

Xu Snapdragon then opened his eyes, got up and slowly said, “In-laws, this is what a family would say.”

Lu Daolin was relieved, looking at Xu Snapdragon’s posture, as if he was going to leave before sitting down, he was surprised and said: “In-laws are going to leave?”

Xu Snapdragon said in a bad mood: “Do not go is still with you to play official ah, go, back to Beilang.”

Lu Daolin was speechless.

Xu Snapdragon out of the study when he laughed softly: “Do not worry about His Majesty on you and my suspicions, the law is no more than humane, since it is in-laws, there must be in-laws practice, rusty than outsiders and enemies are not as good as, only to call the people who want to think about do not understand, think about do not understand before they go to blindly mulling, mulling mulling easy to have an accident, right?”

Lu Daolin, who has a haze in the bottom of his heart, was completely relieved at this time.

Beiliang King came and went in a hurry, Lu Daolin did not know is outside the carriage sitting in a private visit to the Suizhu Princess.

After Xu Snapdragon sat in the carriage, Her Highness tugged at his cuffs and said with a sad face, “Uncle Xu, can you not leave the capital? Xiao Ya is so bored.”

Xu Snapdragon laughed: “Can’t do anything about it, uncle is just a laborious life, why don’t I let Feng Nian come to the capital to play with you?”

Princess Sui Zhu’s eyes darted around.

Xu Snapdragon rubbed her head and said, “Look, there is still a problem in your heart is not, come on, uncle can only take out the killer, take you to eat a few big bowls of almond tofu to go, then again Feng Nian’s anger, uncle will not be happy ah.”

Her Highness pampered shook the cuffs of the great pillar country, hummed twice, smiled brightly and said, “Okay, okay, for the sake of Uncle Xu’s face, not with that guy’s general knowledge!”

This day with Princess Sui Zhu had eaten three cents a bowl of almond tofu, history books recorded that this is the last time the Northern Liang King Xu Snapdragon entered and left the capital.

Still dressed as a rich man, the King of Northern Liang left the city, stepped down from the carriage, and with his hands in his sleeves, looked at the lofty city.

Beside him stood the black-robed sick tiger Yang Taiyou.

Xu Snap lamented, “Yang baldy, once we part today, I guess we won’t be able to see each other in this life, right?”

The old monk nodded his head.

Xu Snapdragon laughed: “Whoever dies afterward, remember to go to the grave to serve wine at the dawn.”

Yang Taishou calmly said, “Poor monk is very poor, can’t afford to buy good wine, so definitely die first, earned.”

Xu Snap reached out and touched that bald head of this state master, said, “You ah, all your life you are not even willing to eat small losses, with you as a brother, loss!”

The two people who had once overturned eight countries in a laugh parted ways.

The black-clothed old monk stopped in place, looked at the carriage moving away, touched his bald head, and finally lowered his head and folded his hands.

The only person in the world who can make this old monk bow his head willingly is Northern Liang Xu Snapdragon!