Chapter 576 – Father and Son Meet

Liu Guan said, as if he had remembered something.

He sat down and took a sip of tea before glancing lightly at his brother Liu Xi.

“And Natsubara Yoshi, do you know?”

“Ah ……,” Liu Xi looked a little confused.

What’s with the sudden mention of Natsubara Yoshi?

Liu Guan said: “Xia Gong this person, can sit steadily for three dynasties and not fall, really people can not be underestimated ah, originally thought that this time he fell a big heel, but who would have thought, he even openly repair the inn, secretly Chencang, since he put up a set of readers in the world to count the posture, teach the world’s scholars to him to admire. Secretly, but teach their own son, actually ran to the postal service, committed to do a postman, tsk …… this way, horizontal and vertical he does not suffer. They Xia family, both ends get benefits.”

Liu Xi was surprised, “His son, isn’t it Xia Xuan who resigned his official position as the Shang Bao Supervisor last year?”

Liu Guan nodded: “It is this son, now it is different, his son has made a great achievement, and in the postal division, is the same as is His Highness the King of Song’s division party. I also said it, when the summer public how to have such a big courage, actually can and the king of Song around, and even …… risked the heavenly trunk, even dared to speak for the world scholars. In the beginning, is the old man have eyes not recognize Taishan, but also thought it is this Xia Gong confused. Where to think, this Xia Gong has long laid idle chess cold son, take their own son, do a brocade article.”

Liu Xi also couldn’t help but sigh, “I really didn’t expect, I also thought that Duke Xia’s initial advice was awe-inspiring and selfless.”

Liu Guan smiled and said, “Now it is different, now the situation has been clear, the world to implement the new government, has come to the imminent time, only hate the old man, when there is no burning cold stove, hey …… now mending the sheep, but I do not know whether it is late.”

Liu Xi said, “Could it be that elder brother wants to teach his virtuous nephew Cheng Wen to go to the Postal Service as well?”

Liu Guan, however, shook his head and said, “He is still small, once he goes in, he will start from a civil official, he can’t afford to suffer from this.”

The so-called virtuous nephew, Chengwen, is actually Liu Guan’s son, Liu Chengwen.

Liu Xi for a moment, hear out some wrong, slightly widened his eyes: “That big brother means …… can not be, big brother …… Yugongyi … …also can’t eat that bitter ah ……”

Liu watched him with a cold expression on his face, “That Xaxuan can eat, why can’t you.”

Liu Xi said bitterly, “But doesn’t Cheng Wen he can’t eat either?”

Liu Guan said, “Didn’t I say that he’s still young?”

“But Xia Xuan is only a teenager, and Cheng Wen Xian nephew, has been over thirty years old ah, years to thirty years …… how still small ……”

Liu Guan said, “In the eyes of a father, not to mention thirty years old, even fifty years old, that is still an ignorant child.”

Liu Xi: “……”

Liu Guan said, “tomorrow, resigned your current duties to go, the old man will not appear, you run to find your own people, find a way to go in, the cold stove can not be burned, but the hot stove always have to burn a burn.”

“But ……” Liu Xi almost suffocated, so he still wanted to struggle a bit more, so he said, “Isn’t it a bit not the right time?”

“This is also a good time.” Liu Guan said, “You ah …… now the world’s new policy, are going to start to implement, just at this juncture, the world is watching, this new policy to implement the world, in the end, in the end, is the real thing, or just a shallow taste. At this time, it is His Majesty and His Highness the King of Song, the time to carry out the determination, to put on a posture of the general trend, those who go along with it, those who go against it will die.”

“And under the sky, to do any big thing, pay attention to is a teacher out of the name, the so-called name is not right, then the words, the words will not be able to do. To be famous, a few words alone is not, but also to see if someone initiative, this time, if you also went to the postal service, or railroad division, people stare at, Xia Gong’s son in the postal service, that Hu Gong’s son, but also the backbone of the new government, and the Ministry of Rites, Liu Guan’s brother, is also in the middle of it. In this way, the world see, will know that this is the real thing, who dares not from, is the blood splattered five steps of the end.”

Liu Xi was then speechless and bowed his head in silence.

Liu Guan comforted, “What to be afraid of, eat a decade or eight years of suffering, there will always be a future.”

Liu Xi aggrievedly said, “I am forty three, ten years after eight years ……”

Liu Guan said thoughtfully, “Don’t always call out, speaking of …… Xia Gong ……”

Liu Guan followed, but as if he were an old monk sitting still, he began to speculate and ponder again.

…………

When Xia Xuan accompanied Zhang Anshi out of the palace, Zhang Anshi led him back to his own royal residence, and after inquiring some more about the situation of the Fujian Provincial Government Department, he said, “Well, what should be asked has also been asked, and as you have come back on a rare occasion, and have made a meritorious achievement in this case, it is time for you to go home.”

Xia Xuan, however, refused to leave, “My humble spirit is still sufficient, I can still work as an officer, I don’t know if Your Highness has anything else to command.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “To do things, the family should also be concerned, you can not learn from the king, the king, this is the body of the holy hope, day-to-day management, exhaustive efforts, but you are not the same, you still have to care about the family and children, can not be the same as the king, in order to this family country and the world, and even wives, children and old people do not care about it.”

Xia Xuan couldn’t help but be moved by this, his eyes moist with tears, “I am humble ……”

Zhang Anshi waved his hand, “Go, go, do not nag, wait for the court discussion to discuss the results, when …… the court has its own appointments and rewards for you, you have made a merit in Fujian Buzhengji, and sent a letter from a long distance, suffered such a lot of pain, it should be rested. ”

Xia Xuan then had no choice but to salute and reluctantly take his leave.

Zhang Anshi, however, muttered in his heart and turned to Zhang San, who was at the side, “What is that boy Xu Jingchang doing?”

Zhang San froze and said, “Ah …… little man did not know ah.”

“Go and ask, and teach this boy, to come and see me these two days.”

“Oh.” Zhang San responded and went off in a panic.

…………

Summer House.

“Master, Master ……”

The Steward’s came flying in with a clear look of excitement on his face.

Natsubara Yoshi, meanwhile, was in the middle of a bookstore, distractedly looking at a book.

Hearing that steward’s voice, he subconsciously set the scroll aside.

The steward’s panted and pushed the door in, coming up for air and saying, “Master, there’s news, there’s news.”

Natsubara Yoshi swelled red and rose up with an exuberant look of excitement and some fear.

There’s news …… It could be good news or bad news.

When there was no news, he had been looking forward to news, but when the news came, he was afraid that what came was bad news.

With an effort, Natsuhara Yoshi settled down and said, “Speak.”

“Yes, master, the Fujian Buzhengji side …… heard that the …… rebellion has been pacified.”

“Calmed …… down,” Xia Yuanji’s eyes fluttered and said, “Where is Xuan’er.”

“This …… this is not known ……” said the steward: “Although the rebellion is pacified, but the actual situation, but it is not easy to tell ……”

Natsuyahara Yoshi’s face, again, all of a sudden revealed a look of disappointment, looking at the void, out of his mind for a while.

The steward then said, “Master, master …… Anyway …… there is finally a good sound ……”

“I hope it is good news strike.” Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly, then thought for a moment and said, “Old me to repair a few letters, Fujian Buzhengji Division there, is also considered to have some acquaintances, please ask them to seek on behalf of ……”

The steward lowered his voice and said, “Master, I think it’s still not necessary.”

“Hmm?”

The steward said: “I heard that the rebels there, searched out a lot of letters, are some local officials, as well as some scholars, through the evidence of the thief, of course, how specific, it is not easy to say, just …… the court is certainly to thoroughly investigate, who can guarantee that the master of those acquaintances, there are no …… pass the person of the thief? By the time ……”

This steward is also regarded as a veteran, after all, specifically responsible for the ushering in of the Xia family to send, for the doorway here, can be said to know the basics, can do Xia Yuanji steward, must be as careful as hair, and very cautious people, this reminder, has his own reasoning.

The steward then said, “It would be better to ask the Postal Department to look for him. After all, the young master is a member of the Postal Department, and now that there’s no news of him, if we don’t look for the Postal Department, who else will we look for?”

Xia Yuanji first frowned, but then smiled bitterly, he immediately understood the meaning of the steward, sighed: “Tomorrow, I will go to visit Duke Hu, the Postal Secretary Hu Mu is Duke Hu’s son, seek Duke Hu, quasi there is no mistake.”

He was talking, but his heart became more and more anxious, because there was no news, he tried his best to stabilize his emotions, so that his mind tried its best to be calm, but it was barely possible. But once there was news, it was as if the calm lake surface, and then threw a huge stone, at this time inside the turning of the river, shocking waves.

So he got up and walked away from the bookstore with a heavy heart, walking briskly for a few steps in the courtyard, mumbling under his breath, “Hey …… after all, it’s too much pampering ah, a loving father is more than enough to defeat his children ……”

While he was talking, there was a clamor outside.

But he heard the door pull up his voice and clamor for something.

Natsubara Ji was already unstable, at this time for no reason is even more anxious, at the moment the face of the iron blue.

But at that moment, he saw a teenager wearing a Chinchilla flying fish suit and violently broke in.

This is the gift of the flying fish clothing, is the third grade of the close ministers wear, in general, if it is a minister, almost impossible to wear, after all, the imperial examination to become a scholar, you need to study hard for many years, lucky to enter the Hanlin Academy, and at least ten years or more to stay up, only to qualify to touch the edge of the third grade, even if to the third grade, that also need to have the opportunity to get His Majesty’s extraordinarily valued, and only then may be given to wear.

On this …… age but forty, it can be said that do not even think about it, even at this age, to be able to get the bestowal of clothing, has also been considered the lucky one among the civil ministers of the imperial examinations.

So when he saw that dark-complexioned young man, majestically wearing a fish suit, Xia Yuanji’s first reaction was that the other party was either a vassal or a highly favored military minister.

Nine times out of ten, it’s by decree.

But the other side is so unruly, even directly barged in, then …… there must be something bad to come, in all likelihood …… it may be someone into what slander, His Majesty’s wrath, sent the brocade guards or close to the ministers to arrest and ask for the crime.

As a result, only far away to look at a glance, at this time both concerned about the safety of his son, but also think of the impending catastrophe, for a moment, actually all the thoughts of the floundering in place, the body of the blood seem to be cold.

The man stepped forward, and at that moment, Natsubara Yoshi, whose heart was in turmoil, only felt familiar.

But I heard a more familiar voice say, “Father …… why do you look like you peed your pants.”

Yoshi Natsubara: “……”

Xia Xuan said, “Father, what’s wrong with you?”

Xia Xuan looked at Natsuhara Yoshi’s reaction and was a bit confused for a moment.

Xia Yuanji only felt suffocated, barely able to stabilize himself, taking a closer look, who was it if not his son, Xia Xuan?

However, he saw that Xia Xuan had indeed changed a lot of her appearance, especially this fish suit, which was particularly piercing and eye-catching.

Xia Yuanji only felt his brain filling up with blood, and suddenly growled sternly, “Daring, such a dress, is it also something you can wear? You are overstepping …… your bounds and are going to get yourself killed.”

“You mean this?” Xia Xuan pointed to the fish costume on his body, then smiled and said, “This ah, it was given by His Majesty, how could I not dare to wear it? Or His Majesty himself draped it over my body, I had wanted to humble myself for a moment or two ……”

Yoshi Natsubara: “……”

It was only after a long time that Natsuhara Yoshi, as if he had found his voice, with a few moments of excitement, finally said, “You …… you’re still alive?”

Xia Xuan couldn’t help but laugh, “How could a son die?”

Xia Yuanji looked at his son, who was much darker and thinner, and couldn’t help but frown, “Where have you been all these days, and how much suffering have you suffered?”

Xia Xuan laughed cheerfully and said, “Bitterness has been suffered, but these days, it is just a matter of gathering the righteous people and pacifying the thieves, and after that, they came to the capital.”

Xia Yuanji slightly opened his eyes, greatly shocked and said, “To pacify a rebellion? At your young age, what kind of rebellion did you pacify?”

Xia Xuan proudly said, “Not only did we pacify the rebels, but we also made a first-class achievement. These rebels, are not worth mentioning, look imposing, but in fact, it is just a rabble, a rush will be dispersed ……”

Xia Yuanji only felt dizzy, and seeing Xia Xuan’s appearance, he didn’t look like he was beckoning, so he slowed down some before saying, “Where did you get your soldiers from?”

Xia Xuan said, “The recruited volunteers, the big guys heard that they were going to divide the fields and implement a new policy, and with just one command, they collected hundreds of thousands of people ……”

Xia Yuan Ji listened to it, first face a good deal of joy, and then revealed a lonesome color: “New Deal …… the people of this world ……”

Xia Xuan then collected his smile, his face became serious, and said, “Father, there are some words that I don’t know if I should say or not.”

“You don’t speak.” Natsubara Yoshi but waved his hand, face deep, just …… seems …… there are some things, he also have to believe.

He grabbed Xia Xuan’s arm and stared at him tightly, as if he was afraid that he would run away, then he looked at Xia Xuan carefully, but he saw that there was even a scar on Xia Xuan’s arm, and seeing that he had a dark complexion, he was able to guess an approximation in his heart.

Only then did Xia Yuanji say, “Old me never thought that the heir of our Xia family would come to such a pass.”

Hearing this, Xia Xuan raised an eyebrow, only feeling clouded, so he wondered, “What does Father mean by such a point?”

Xia Yuanji shook his head and laughed bitterly, sighed: “Strike, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, you can be good, the old man is also content. Come, come to the bookstore, that fujian Buzhengji matter, you detailed and for father to talk about.”

All over the Xia family, the clamor began to rise.

Natsubara Yoshi, on the other hand, turned calm after his excitement.

In the bookstore, for the first time, he did not rebuke with his own son Xia Xuan at every turn, but honestly listened to Xia Xuan talk about what he had seen and heard in the Fujian Prefecture of Government.

His face looked cloudy, in fact, Xia Xuan did not speak well, but a person like Xia Yuanji, since only from some barren descriptions, he could roughly guess the thrill of it.

One night passed.

By the next day, perhaps after the excitement and a rare restful sleep, Natsubara Yoshi woke up, but it was already three o’clock in the morning.

At that moment, however, a eunuch came in a hurry and asked Natsuwonji to enter the palace immediately for an audience.

Xia Yuanji could not help but wonder, then asked this eunuch said: “What happened? I have already been resigned, now although still by the grace of His Majesty, the Royal Decree is responsible for Shinto matters, but after all …… the temple in the matter …… has indeed been withdrawn from the outside …… ”

The eunuch said: “Today’s court discussion, the discussion in addition to the Fujian Provincial Minister of the Secretary of the Secretary for the fight against thieves, there is another one, is about the Ministry of Education Secretary, the candidate for the minister, the Ministry of Education, the newly established, the relationship between the new government of the fundamentals, and therefore all the university professors and the ministries of the Department of the Hall, for the public election, only to mention a lot of candidates, are not very satisfied, either the qualifications are shallow, or difficult to be the big job. ……”

After a pause, the eunuch said: “The Ministry of Rites, Liu Gong, but pushed the Xia Gong for the new Ministry of Shangshu, said Xia Gong seniority is deep, and there is in charge of a Hall of the experience, and weekdays steady, although now has been sentenced to serve, but after all, the state for the big, should be re-recruited, in charge of the Ministry of Education Shangshu’s great responsibility.”

Yoshi Natsubara: “……”

This new ministry, in the eyes of the people of the world, whether it is the railroad or the sea policy, plus this education, in fact, all know that it is the product of the new policy implemented by His Highness the King of Song.

Xia Yuanji is dreaming that he, the old guard of the original Ministry of Household Secretary, now …… actually became the Secretary of the Ministry of Education of the New Deal.

The problem lies in the fact that the public election of today’s court meeting went so smoothly, and neither those who support the New Deal nor those who oppose it seem to have much objection to their appointment.

Could it be that …… in everyone s heart …… we all think that Xia someone …… has become the party of the Song king?

What the hell were they thinking?

But Natsubara Yoshi couldn’t help but smile bitterly as he thought it over.

His own son ran away to the Postal Department, and also in Fujian Buzhengji so hard, these are better than his own in the temple hall on the new government of a hundred words of denigration.

The pioneer of the New Deal, and it’s the old man?

After some mental calculations, Natsubara Yoshi settled down.

People are largely so, after a night of climbing, Xia Yuanji heart actually still have a number, naturally know that today is already a big trend.

In addition to this, the Ministry of Education …… to promote the indoctrination of the world, but also may not be not Xia Yuanji s desire, after all, the New Deal other national policies, may have different views from each other.

But when it comes to teaching the world, I’m afraid no one can pick a single thorn in their side.

Such an important task, in the hands of anyone, as long as it is done well, it will certainly be famous for thousands of years and admired by all the world.

So Natsuyahara Yoshi lifted his spirits, and after organizing his appearance, he stepped forward to follow that eunuch out of the mansion.