Chapter 073: The Temple

Tai’an city of 10,000 people empty alleys, Zhao family son of God and Empress Zhao Zhi together with the driving outside the city waiting, with all the size of the yellow door of the Hanlin Academy, just to wait for a person. The six main officials even spontaneously “lazy” to come to the gathering outside the city, even the Ministry of War Secretary Lu Baijie also from the busy, not to mention the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice Secretary Yuan Guo such a great idler, of which six of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice Zhao right age, and the division of the same door but ultimately parted ways with the Ministry of the Ministry of the Household Wang Xionggui, two people behind each have a large group of dependent officials, extraordinarily The two have a large group of dependent officials behind them, which is particularly clear-cut. There are also many royal relatives Yan Jiexi, including the status of the noble and supreme court scholar, as well as many on the old age can not participate in the court of the old man, and their children and grandchildren. It can be said that the only difference is that outside the capital is responsible for the local officials in charge of the evaluation of the storage of Yin Mao Chun, but only a careful person will find that in fact, this unprecedented open-air banquet, a little bit of beauty in the shortcomings, because less than the two heavy weight of the big personage, the first minister Zhang Julu, as well as holding the power of the door of the province of Tantan Weng Huan Wen. But outside the city of Tai’an is gathered too many dignitaries and peddlers, these two important secretary of the court intentionally or unintentionally absent, but does not affect today’s capital of the boisterous and extraordinary.

Song family size husband and son to do the literary world dominant time, who let the father and son snow night visit but ate a closed door? Xu Weixiong’s teaching master, and who is looking for quarrels to lose the position of the great priest of the Palace of the Shangyin Academy? And who is qualified to let Yao Baifeng led the science family at the expense of the whole family to fight against it? Who was the one who made the Emperor of the Great Chu realize that “if he doesn’t come out of the mountain, what will happen to him”? At the end of the Spring and Autumn period, who faced the Xu family’s 10,000 iron horsemen and stepped out alone, and in a few words, let the massacre take the initiative to go around the road?

This is recognized by the dynasty and the countryside, “the height of learning and the sky high” of the big man.

This is the Shangyin Palace’s current chief priest, Qi Yanglong.

There are still more than fifty miles away from Tai’an City, on a slightly remote official road, there is an odd group of travelers, the oldest of which has a head full of thinning snowy hair, short and dusty, carrying a worn bamboo bookcase. Thirty-something years old man carrying a green-robed girl, the three met on the way north to Tai’an City, the old man of a great age still learning young people to study in the school of shyness, relying on them to dilly-dally with wine and food and refused to go, companion. Dressed in green, the little girl is not very good to see this for the old disrespectful old man, crazy, always like to say something she did not understand the language, this is not half a bucket of water in there to show off the learning is what? Especially the old man said about the north of the Liang side of things extraordinarily rambling, the green robe of the heart of the child hated that so that they can no longer see the second grandfather of the feudal king, more and more reluctant to pay attention to the old man that was nicknamed by her a short winter melon. What’s more, the old man also like to see a beautiful woman on the way can not turn their eyes, the little girl several times with her less than the complaint, he always smiled but did not agree.

At this time, the official road there are a group of fresh clothes and horses of the world’s children of the horse, the old man line of sight is not easy to move away from a horseback riding a rich woman, and began to read, “Alas, today’s daughter is really getting more and more watery and handsome, compared to the first fifty or sixty years, to be too much good-looking.”

Yu Xinlang, who left Wudi City and traveled all the way north, asked with a soft smile, “Old sir, there is still this preoccupation?”

The old man carefully stroked his fading snow-white hair, somewhat distressed by those old brothers who fell from their heads along the way, sighing after squinting his eyes, “Yes, the world is good, so that women can look good, really the older you get, the more you envy you young people. Young man, when you get older, you will also feel this way.”

Being addressed as a young man, Wang Xianzhi’s eldest disciple laughed it off, and Yu Xinlang, who was not fond of polite pleasantries with others, stopped talking.

The old man opened his mouth to speak like a floodgate, completely unable to brake, muttering to himself: “The world is like a long stream of water, but with the end of the Spring and Autumn wars there was a big turn, the flow changed, and in the future, by and large, it will only get better and better. What is the truth, say on three days and three nights also can not finish say can not penetrate, hey, but I just know.”

The green-robed child lazily lying on Yu Xin Lang’s back viciously skimmed his mouth, “Even if you like to say, do you think I like to listen?”

The old man laughed, “Little girl, do you know what it means to like someone?”

Green Robe’er turned her head and simply did not look at this old man who made people feel bad.

The old man asked himself, “That is to not know what love is before you see the other person, and after you miss it, you don’t know even more what love is.”

Yu Xinlang, whose realm was profoundly unseen, seemed to be touched by his heart and frowned.

The old man bounced a bit, probably hoping to see the walls of Tai’an City, carrying a heavy book case and making this comical gesture, making the green-robed child who was actually stealing glances at him laugh. The old man made a face at a girl doll, causing the green-robed child to roll his eyes, resting his little head on the groom’s warm shoulder and asking, “Grandpa Short Wintermelon, so do you have a favorite person?”

The old man shook his head and laughed, “No. When I was young, I had a bewildering number of women who liked me.”

Green Robe Child took his fingers and scraped his cheeks, mocking this old man for not knowing shame.

Yu Groom walked to the stubble of the official road and smiled, “Old sir, we have to continue to the north, I hope we can meet again someday.”

The old man waved his hand and laughed: “It will be difficult to meet again after today’s parting, I am an old man with yellow soil buried up to my neck here. I don’t know the name of the green girl, in the future must fall into a pavilion ah.”

The green-robed child gave an oh.

Yu Xinlang carried the little girl on his back and continued to walk towards Liangliao, while the old man walked towards Tai’an City.

Having lived for too many years, he had hidden too many words.

The old man couldn’t find anyone to talk to, so for many years he could only talk to himself.

“Old Hong, you’ve taken in a whole bunch of disciples, and only two successful ones, Zhang Julu and Huan Wen, have come out. It seems that you cast a wide net, but also did not get many big fish.”

“Look at me again, Xunping, Xie Feiyu, Yuan Benxi, just three unrecorded students.”

“Old Hong, my trip to the capital, you can not blame me for bullying the small ah, but if you have the ability to climb out of the coffin to scold me, that also counts as you have the ability.”

Walking along, the old man was finally able to look up and see the majestic silhouette of Tai’an City, the old man upended his book case and hoarsely hummed a small tune.

I came from the mountains, carrying an old book case ah. I go to the downtown, where is my hometown ah ……

Tantan Weng carried a pot of good wine walking in the cold and lonely streets, both sides are the capital’s premier high-gate mansions, but at this time are outside the city to meet the old than their own old immortal old man, the door of every house is closed, it is to save many of his visit to the fly short and long. Stopped outside a residence, looked up at the emperor’s handwritten gold plaque, plainly dressed “prime minister” concierge saw this unexpected guest, are a little stunned, but before this year Tantan Weng are in and out of the simple, there is no how to take the initiative to raise a crowd, when instead of being left to the Lord Servant to seize the pigtails, just respectfully went forward to greet, Huan Wen smiled and nodded, casually said a few words “old horse your little daughter in the end did not marry ah, if not, do you want me to help you from the door under the province to kidnap a young man” and other words of familiarity, surnamed the horse of the old concierge of the House of Zhang to the joy of the bad. Huan Wen is more familiar with this residence than his own home, do not need others to lead the way, walked straight to the study of the head of the Lord, did not knock on the door, crossed the threshold, is habitually standing holding a book to read Zhang Julu glanced at, did not say anything. Huan Wen put the pot of imperial wine that came from the Ministry of Rites there by hand on the desk, sat on the only chair in the study room and said, “It’s really a cicada noise forest over quiet.”

The two old men are close friends, with the words of Tantan Weng, that is, you Bieyi child pouting ass I know what to shit. Zhang Julu quickly understood, flatly said: “This is not what cicada noise, Qi Yang dragon into the capital, is to take the road of Yangguan, but also the dragon into the sea.”

Huan Wen snorted coldly, casually picked up the desk a few sparse policy, suddenly heart sank, asked: “You really want to move that northern land honored single-handedly manipulation of the canal, and by the capital that the set of spring and autumn of the new nobility as the lifeblood of the salt government? Coupled with a few days ago you in the court, proposed to set the Ministry of War, the right and left ministers to visit the border rules on a regular basis, well, the court two readers piled up the base camp, and Gu Jiantang as the head of the local generals, coupled with your cutting of the clan, the four behemoths, one did not fall, you Bieye’er is too much to be less of a foe?”

Zhang Julu did not raise his head and said, “You count one less, I also want to vigorously rectify the ills of the Xuxu officials, after the world’s cold warriors advanced, not once and for all, still have to talk about the rules to do.”

Huan Wen muttered, “Crazy crazy crazy.”

Zhang Julu put away the books in his hands, meticulously put back to the original position of the bookcase, the tall head of the dynasty stood in the shadows, slowly said: “We are not in the year of the Chu of the left side of the Yangtze River, regardless of the remnants of the Western Chu when to extinguish the court will be the south-east of the affluent land of the constant flow of food and supplies transported to the capital, is the need for a hundred years of operation of the country’s major projects, not to mention the border wars The border war is coming soon and has become an urgent matter. I put forward the matter of shipping grain, proved to be not feasible, the risk is too great, Yong Hui the end of the year the disappearance of the flotilla, still do not know whether in the end encountered shipwrecks or to the people hijacked. This canal has scraped all of the southeast of the bad language, but also explains the importance of it to the court, I originally set out the strategy, is also true that the southeast of the tax to support the north of the Liao Liao armored soldiers, incidentally forcing the west of the Chu rebellion, and even along the canal year after year, the people fight for the river and provoked civil unrest, and therefore also deliberately not to suppress, but in the past few years, from the place of the dragon Xing northern nobility hand in hand with a country and the lifeline of the profits, but do not know that, more and more! Acting rampant, Yong Hui six years there are nine million stone grain into the capital, and then every year decreasing, now even has been sharply reduced to less than eight million stone, where to go? Even if the bandits and horse thieves are allowed to carry away the grain, how much can they take away? In order to appease those so-called founding fathers, the court went so far as to set up a special second-grade official position of the Cao Transportation Officer, under the jurisdiction of the Cao Grain Transit Division, the Department of sending, including the eight principal officials are above the fifth grade of the Pensioner’s Office, if they are able to fish for silver quietly, it is just a matter of time, but now that the Western Chu restored the country, they have the audacity to use the Cao Grain North has not yet been completed, and even the Ministry of the Army, the Secretary of the Army, Lu Baijie’s troop transfer order dares to come up with the so-called ancestral system of forceful dismissal. If I don’t move the grain shipment, who will? When the time comes, do we want the northern soldiers to go hungry to fight with the Northern Mang? Do you want the soldiers who died for the country to eat food to fill up their stomachs and look at people’s faces? Or even beg their grandfathers and grandmothers to go and beg those shipping officials who never give the Ministry of Revenue a second thought?”

Huan Wen sighed, shaking a folded letter in his hand, “Then this salt government? Who make money is not earn, was to be a piece of fat meat into the mouth of the court outsiders, you have to go to the tiger’s mouth to pull teeth?”

Zhang Julu sneered, “stagnant water stinks, living water is clear. Salt seal issued by the power to give them pinch in the hands of more than ten years, earned the future generations of ten lifetimes can not spend all the money, the court reward is not generous enough? The imperial reward is not generous enough? The heavenly military service should also be rewarded to the end. It’s time for a new set of people to sit in the bank and make money every day!”

Huan Wen asked, “Are you planning to give it to the powerful Jiangnan clans who boast that they have two sleeves and one shoulder to carry the bright moon?”

Zhang Julu nodded and said, “If not, they won’t be sincere in contributing to the court, otherwise the court would have fought with the Western Chu for decades, and they would have been able to enjoy their decades in leisure, and this has always been the custom of the great valves. Can let them take the initiative to bow down on two things, official hat, money bag.”

Huan Wen wanted to say and stop, if it is in previous years, pick any one thing, he can be with Biyaner flip back and forth day and night discussion, until confirmed that there is no great harm to the livelihood of the people, only to join forces to implement a national policy, as slowly dredging the entire empire’s meridians.

Zhang Julu out of the shadows, twilight, yellow afterglow reflected on the side of the tall old man’s face.

Huan Wen sighed.

Zhang Julu asked, “I heard that you had a bad cough some time ago?”

Huan Wen glared and said, “Which one will die faster, a minor illness or not knowing how to restrain yourself from pouring hard liquor?”

Zhang Julu laughed it off.

Huan Wen hesitated and was about to open his mouth when Zhang Julu smiled and said, “The young man from Northern Liang who is under your door, I will I will give him a comment of ‘more than enough wit, can be used but not great use’, which will always keep him safe for a few years.”

Huan Wen looked deeply at this old friend, then silently walked out of the study.

Zhang Julu opened his mouth, finally did not say anything, just looked at Huan Wen’s pale back, gently waved his hand.

Tantan Weng left now dare someone to throw a letter at the door to insult the first minister of the Lord Zhang House, straight to Zhao Jiajian, to no one on duty, in addition to the servants small officials, nearly empty Hanlin Academy.

The old man smiled astringently, Tai’an City thought that as long as that old dragon came out to relieve the people, what else do you need deer?

Huan Wen walked to a secluded room, to ask people to bring the key to open, although many years there is no big and small yellow door in this office, but often people clean, but also quite elegant and clean.

Back then, he and Bieye’s son in this house, he Huan Wen spirited, eyes without a son, after drinking, who dared to scold, the world of the mountains and rivers of what I Huan Wen can not point out?

And Biyaner never drink, are listening, every time he Huan Wen drunk, but also have to carry him home.

Huan Wen rummaged through a book case in the corner, found the pair of cups and chopsticks, and put them on the table.

Huan Wen sat down and took one chopstick and tapped the porcelain cup.

It tinkled.

The old man choked and said, “The spring mountains are not old and still green, people are old and ancient with no one to accompany them, only to hear the felling of the trees ding ding ding.”

Ding ding ding.