Chapter 115 Dawn

Jiade Hall with diligence room, different from the State Children’s Palace, for Liyang Zhao court clan sons and daughters to study, because the unity of the lineage of the emperor’s adult in addition to the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, all need to be feudal vassal field, so diligence room is mostly in the capital county king’s children to ask for education and teaching, a few of the descendants of some of the feudal lords of the Secretary of State for their merits, but also be able to enter this is known as a small imperial study room, and is not regarded as the family’s special honor. Diligence room house less Fu Shaobao two positions in charge of the school government, in addition there are more than twenty of the status of the master of the reading, respectively, teaching Confucian classics, as well as each of the emperor appointed as a royal son or grandson of the individual teacher, none of them are dynasty contemporary literary great Confucian, and occasional deep learning and respect of the great yellow door into the lectures. The group of dragon sons and grandsons and noble sons and daughters in the age of age into the diligence room, d into the shen out, five hours a day, day after day, year after year, until the marriage before the title, summer and winter without interruption, reading. This tradition, since the late emperor to the present son of God, twenty years, unshakeable. And diligence room rules redundant, extremely harsh, enrolled children in the summer not hold a fan winter not add charcoal, regardless of status, the road to meet the master must bow and salute, make a mistake light will be subject to “bamboo punishment”, the heavy will be devalued in the future to be awarded the title of a level, when the emperor immediately won the world’s first emperor personally inscribed a plaque, “respect for the master of the way! “as a warning to future generations, the current emperor wrote a couplet “to establish oneself with sincerity, learning and reasoning” hanging on both sides, excluding the obscure origin of the prince Zhao Kai, including the crown prince Zhao Zhuan, the eldest son Zhao Wu, including all the children, have spent a long time in the room of diligence, if you say that the status of the yellow door of the capital is superb, it is expected to later If you say that the status of the capital Huangmenlang is superb, is expected to be feudal lords and prime ministers of the carp of the Dragon Gate, then the diligence of the room lecturer is more deservedly the mainstay of the Qingliu, has been the dragon of the auger, there is a “quasi-imperial teacher” reputation, as for the lesser protection of lesser ministers of the two positions, traditionally, is the real sheds a person false set up a person, the Song family of the two masters of the world of literature domination of thirty years, this is still bitterly sought, the last lesser ministers of the Ma Rong is the late emperor and today’s The last young master Ma Rong is the late emperor and the present son of heaven’s two teachers, in the capital outside the reputation is not obvious, but four years ago Ma Rong died of illness, His Majesty the emperor with the empress personally went to the Ma House mourning mourning, for the spirit of the night.

After Ma Rong’s death, the two positions of Shaofu and Shaobao have been left vacant, Tai’an City, the nobility and gentry thought that the new Qi Yanglong would temporarily take up the position of Shaobao as a transitional position, and then become the leader of the officials of the Liyang Dynasty, but a qualification is not enough to qualify for the reputation of the “young man”, suddenly broke into the eyes of all, will be the Shaobao position in the bag. This person in the tail end of the Yong Hui years have taken the entrance examination, but far from the first three that attention, into the Hanlin Academy as a yellow door Lang, the same not warm, until he became the ban in the Imperial Study Hall of the living room Lang, only by the capital of the big shots more than a few eyeballs, but also limited to this, but then this person quietly promoted to the Department of the examination of the Langzhong, auxiliary Ministry of Justice Secretary Zhao right age and the old boss! “Reserve Minister” Yin Maochun, successively involved in the Beijing and local assessment of the two big enough to decide to leave the sun above the fourth grade official hat or not, this can be counted on the temple of young people of the scholar, to really let a person feel stunning staggering, once every three years of the Beijing, this person still does not show the mountain does not show, can be in the south of the big assessment, this person that really! Ruthless and ruthless, in one breath removed the official hat of the assassin of Pingzhou and six county guards, this is only three months time, soon he was transferred back to the capital, otherwise the dynasty and the field are convinced that this person will die on the way to the south. So much so that when he broke the qualification to become diligence room after less, most people are a little numb, this person is really in the official promotion route is too secluded, completely did not give people the opportunity to burn a cold stove, in the end, only know that he married a few years ago, is not well-known county, is not a not too big and not too small royal relatives in the courtroom has not been interfering with the party struggle, and civil and military officials do not get close to the eunuchs in the palace is from no The only people who are interested in the depths of the city are the people who have been there for the past few years.

A few people who have the heart to the depths to get to the bottom of the matter, after learning the truth is more and more like falling into the clouds, this person is actually the Northern Liang people? Originally, the court out of a prosperous Jin Sanlang has been very surprising, I do not expect this son of the momentum is not even worse than ever, subject to Jin Lanting’s step into the body can not be called how glorious, it is said that the first is relying on a letter of the old Liang Wang’s introduction letter among the Beijing officialdom, and later is to Lanting acquaintance Xuan this kind of elegant play crowded into the door, and as a State Scholar of the right priest of the countryside of the country’s people, he was born in innocence, the road of advancement is also walking straight and clean, even if married to a county princess, he was a good man, but he was not a good man. Even if he married a princess, these years has never been rumored half a point of husband by wife’s noble gossip. And these years in the capital in a few positions, whether it is a short time in the Hanlin Yuan Huangmen Lang, or the most long-lasting East Palace Secretary or even more short-lived residence Lang, is always considered a quite close to the emperor’s family of readers, I’m afraid that even if he himself shouted on the street that he is the Northern Liang dead, and no one is willing to believe.

He is a scholar from the cold family of Northern Liang, Chen Wang.

Of course, nowadays the whole capital should be called “Chen Shaobao”.

Today’s diligence room, but three moments at dawn, the sky is still dark, it is already the sound of books, diligence room and divided into the upper and lower three rooms, roughly six to nine years old in the lower room, ten to fifteen years old in the room, fifteen years old and above read the upper room, which is divided into women’s age counts, until the marriage of a man and a woman, as well as to get recognized by the master of the teaching profession, can be withdrawn from the school. Today was Confucianism Day, and there was an elder in each of the three rooms who was citing the Confucian Sage Zhang’s classics, and the degree of difficulty would naturally be different. Diligence room outside the lower room, stood a dressed in purple robes Department of the Imperial Jade belt of mutton fat, “young scholar”, looking at those who shook their heads vigorously recite the scriptures of the young children, according to the rules set down by the late emperor, are not allowed to wear ermine hats cloak fur coats in the room, the winter cold is also so that this time in the room only in the master’s case underneath the set of a small copper fireplace! The vast majority of those born with the country with the same name of the children, and the poor children in private school is no different, most of the cheeks red, hands and feet cowering, taking advantage of the master of the reading gap, hurriedly lowered his head and a mouthful of hot air in the frozen stiff fingers. Outside the house, in addition to the special clothing and in the eyes of the general public is quite strange readers, there is a to wear a big red python robe of the Palace of the old eunuchs, carefully stood outside, the old eunuchs are a little bit distracted, did not notice that the arrival of the readers, and it is no wonder that he said he had to keep an eye on the diligence of the room in order to prevent accidents, but he stood here is more than ten years, ah, robes have changed seven or eight pieces of the more than ten years down the road. The palace affairs have been tightly regulated, where there is nothing untoward? Regardless of the adult from here out in the outside how to act domineering Zhao children, when studying, who is not like him this respectfully standing, they are obediently sitting there to read and memorize books? Rao Zhao Wu and Zhao Fengya such famous royal princess, as long as it is into the diligence room after sitting down, that are also pinned tail to do people. The old eunuch looked out of the house, the courtyard after winter is hanging a large red lantern in the branches, quietly sighed, I heard that the outside is not peaceful ah, the remaining thieves on the road in Guangling do not know where to find a small girl surnamed Jiang said that the restoration of the country on the restoration of the country, so that the palace of some of the years when the old men from the palace of the Western Chu escaped from the time to time are scared, and when you have a few mouthfuls of small wine do not dare to drink it, said that it is afraid of being misunderstood as a depressed heart to borrow a book. Mistaken for a depressed heart to drown their sorrows in wine. As if the west side of the size of the barbarians also do not stop, the big barbarians North Mang to make trouble, small barbarians North Liang also followed the trouble, his life is also considered to have seen some of the wind and rain, but is the whole do not understand that these guys do not have a good day of peace, have to blindly tossed a what strength? Even the chief minister of the Lord is also obsessed, you say you Bieye’s age is not as old as me so a eunuch, but the official has done so big, how do you still do not know enough? This is not obvious is to seek their own death? The old eunuch for no reason to think of those flowers and plants in the yard, can not help but some sighs, thinking that the chief minister of adults na, this life is not those grass, this year’s winter did not have, next year, spring and have again.

At this time outside the courtyard appeared a tiptoe short figure, cat waist jogging in, the results of a see the old eunuch like the god of the door, immediately as a death, the old man only dare to laugh in the heart, the little guy is the grandson of the King of Feng County, not the longest house long grandchildren, but also very much favored, but the child has always been in the lower room is a bag, after all, the title of the King of Feng County outside the Palace can scare people, but here is really no one as a matter of fact, plus The little guy’s body is weak, soft, bullied all day long do not dare to go home and elders complain, that is, replaced with a pair of festive new boots, that will also be the gang of naughty eggs immediately stepped into the old, the old eunuch has seen several times this child hiding in the courtyard wall under the crying flower face. He looked at the child that sickly pale little face, as well as desperately covering his mouth do not dare to cough out the poor look, the elderly eunuch, although some heartache, but the first emperor set the rules, he a eunuch which dares to go against, late once the bamboo penalty, twice downgrade, three times and then downgrade, until there is no title can be downgrade, direct expulsion out of the diligence of the room, probably in the hands of His Majesty in the emperor ten years ago, there is an old lawless Prince of the only seedling of the first grandson, directly be reduced to a commoner, the first grandson, the first grandson, the first son of the first son, the first grandson, the first son of the first grandson. Directly be relegated to the common people, to know that the Prince and the first emperor that is still a sibling brother, but also today’s son of God’s own uncle!

The old eunuch stopped the sweaty grandson of the King of Feng County, said with a cold face: “If I remember correctly, this is the second time you are late. You go in first, the miscellaneous family will record it and turn around and forward it to the Zongrenfu.”

That child coughed while saying intermittently, “Grandpa Liu, I really didn’t mean to be late …… I, I have wind chill ……”

The old eunuch waved his hand, simply not willing to listen to this child’s defense, the emperor’s family matters are not small or large, this is the palace seniors with countless bloody facts to teach the late generation of the reasoning, he is only a lackey, why bother to trouble himself?

Just at this moment, the old eunuch only noticed a blinding purple color around him, surprised, even more surprised, after returning to his senses, he was about to salute, the man smiled and shook his head, the old man who was already a big eunuch in the palace could only bend down big. The purple robe and jade belt of the reader walked to the old man’s side, pulling the child that dare not cry out of the cold hand, slightly force, only to break open his five fingers, found that are already coughing out blood. The reader looked at this teary-eyed child, a gentle smile, touched his head, and did not say anything, holding up his other hand across the threshold of the lower room, the person who reads in the room is an old Hanlin origin of the literary world, glanced at the reader’s that robe, and then looked at the late toddler, the face of the displeasure, but this literary world of the big man and then away from the officialdom of the right and wrong, after all, still some scorn of that purple robe of the profound symbolism. Stopped chanting, reached out and picked up a bamboo whip from the bookcase, and said to the child with a stern face, “Zhao Li, stretch out your hand.”

That child is about to go forward to recognize the punishment, but the standing years of the reader said in a warm voice: “Han lecturer, Zhao Li late to the non-obstructive, but got a cold, young age is coughing up blood, but also insisted on entering the room to read, ultimately excusable, the patriarchate side of the demotion can not be exempted, but this bamboo punishment is not exempted?”

The old pedant snorted coldly, “Exempted from the bamboo penalty? What a scandal!”

The reader still smiled faintly and said, “The law is no more than a favor.”

The old scholar glanced at the “later far superior” late student, sneered: “law, love, reason, which is greater or lesser, even Qi Da priest also dare not say, I do not know where Lord Shaobao’s division?”

Chen Wang, who was destined to become the first young lord of the Xiangfu years, calmly said, “I am self-taught, and have no teacher. But Chen Wang thought, the world truth, as long as it is the truth is not divided into big and small, Confucianism Zhang saint said, the emperor and the public secretary said, the peddler also said.”

That Lord Han then snorted: “Then Han may have to ask one more question, this anyone can say the truth, and who can prove their own truth?”

Chen Wang laughed softly, “It’s nothing more than the words heaven and earth and conscience, heaven is fair, earth is compassionate, and neither is wrong. People are not grass and trees, who can’t have no faults and no feelings, people are not beasts, how can they not have compassion?”

Han adults face green, holding the bamboo whip that do not know how many dragon children and grandchildren hit the heart of the hand, other people tend to be in power, will respect you afraid of you Chen Wang Chen Shaobao a few points, I Han Yusheng does not take you this Northern Liang barbarians seriously!

The old scholar was about to get angry, suddenly realized that the door stood in a bright yellow python robe of the honor of rare guests, hurriedly put down the bamboo whip to get up and bow, those who are enrolled in the school children also have to get up and bow, a time of “see the crown prince of His Highness” shouts one after another.

Zhao zhuan laughed: “bother Han lecturer teaching, sin sin sin, there is one thing need to explain with Han lecturer, Zhao Li this little nephew rushed to the diligence room on the way, was I pulled down to ask for half a day of warmth, only delayed the time, the clan government side I will personally go to inform a word, as for the bamboo punishment, Han lecturer if you are afraid of bad rules, I will be punished for the little Li son. Furthermore, this child is not light cold, I have to tell Han read a leave, reading is important, but the body is, after all, more important, we read reading, read dead book does not matter, reading, after all, is the benefit of opening the book, more good thing, but if it is in case of reading death, can not be beautiful ……”

Han Yusheng hurriedly laughed: “Your Highness is overstated, overstated ah.”

With His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepping in to plead for mercy, where would Han Yusheng dare to be catty, and he didn’t feel degraded, he only felt that Sage Zhang, if he were alive, would act like himself.

Well, Chen Shaobao did not say earlier, law is not outside the human feelings.

Zhao Zhanjian rubbed Zhao Li’s little head and said with a smile, don’t forget to ask your aunt for more candies in the future, and then asked the old eunuch to lead Zhao Li to an imperial doctor. He walked with Chen Wang on the dark path, and after a moment of silence, he joked: “Chen Wang, it looks like you’re not having a good time as a major security guard.”

Chen Wang laughed it off.

Zhao Zhuan stopped his steps, looked at this guy, and asked seriously, “It is said that one side of the soil nurtures one side of the people, you and our iron-boned Jin Sanlang are both from Beiliang, so how come they are so different?”

Chen Wang hesitated for a moment, shook his head and laughed to himself, “One side of the water and soil has its differences, I think that when I, Chen Wang, was practicing my calligraphy in the snow with firewood, Lord Right Sacrificial Wine was figuring out how to develop the finest Xuan paper.”

Zhao Zhuan helplessly said, “With your temperament, who would dare to let you go out as a magistrate.”

This who, obviously, would not be a generalized reference, but a specific reference to him, the Crown Prince who, as a matter of fact, could even supervise the country.

Chen Wang laughed and said, “If I were to be exiled, I would only be a magistrate of a lower county at the end of my days, and if my official hat were any bigger, I would really not be able to wear it steadily.”

Zhao Zhuan patted him on the shoulder, “Do you think I’m stupid enough to give up a big job?”

Chen Wang did not answer.

Zhao Zhuan suddenly asked, “What do you think of Lord Chief Minister and Priest Qi?”

Chen Wang said bluntly without any inhibitions, “Zhang Julu’s behavior is harsh and fearful, like the heat of the summer sun. Qi Yanglong is gentle and lovely, like a warm winter day. No matter whether they are capable of ruling the country or their own conduct, they can be said to be close to saints. It is an honor for me, Chen Wang, to be able to serve as an official with them in the same dynasty.”

Zhao Zhuan sighed, “It’s a pity that it’s hard to tolerate two tigers on one mountain.”

Zhao Zhuan quickly laughed, “It’s possible that the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Xionggui, will be going to Guangling Dao to serve as the Secretary of Strategy, do you have any thoughts on this vacant position? This small temple Yin Maochun is absolutely unable to look at, and you don’t have to worry about competing with him for anything.”

Zhao Youling, Minister of the Ministry of Administration, Bai Guo, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Xionggui, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Together with a Reserve Minister Yin Maochun, once all were the favorite disciples of Premier Zhang Julu and Tantan Weng, and counting down, now reduced to only a recognized Yonghui four sons of the most talented Wang Xionggui, still insisting on supporting the façade for that Zhang Lushu.

Sounds like even Wang Xionggui have to go, or go to be that slippery funny Guangling Road, the court’s words, is blind should also understand.

To kill the flying tiger, first chop the feathers!

Chen Wang just shook his head and didn’t say anything.

Zhao Zhuan hmmm, self-reflection: ”It’s me who was too hasty, not to help you, but to make you a target. Half of what goes around comes around!”

Zhao Zhuan looked like he was talking to himself, “It doesn’t seem like a good idea for Father to quietly patrol the border and just drag it out, delaying the court meetings.”

Chen Wang, who had been praised by Ma Rong for his “excellent knowledge”, did not say those two words.

However, Zhao Zhuan’s eyes were already burning as he watched the sky turn white in the east.

Supervisory State.

After Zhao Zhuan retracted his gaze, he was once again the Prince Highness with the gentle nature of a gentleman like a jade, and smiled, “I heard that Mr. Yuan brought someone along with him on this trip to the north and south of the Yangtze River.”

Chen Wang asked, “Can I say?”

Zhao Zhuan laughed slightly helplessly, “What can’t you and I say, that person is the Song family’s young phoenix, Song Ke Li, who is regarded as a fallen phoenix that is inferior to a chicken.”

Chen Wang was puzzled, “Wasn’t Song Ke Li a lieutenant in a county north of the Guangling River? This person is quite successful in fighting bandits, and this is not a bad political achievement, but it was deliberately suppressed by the higher-ups.”

Zhao Zhuan looked deeply at this Chen Shaobao, then smiled so much that he narrowed his eyes in a line, pointing a finger at this cautious guy with a mouth that could be described as airtight, “Pretend, keep pretending. Other people are not clear about Mr. Yuan’s scheming, but you, Chen Wang, would not be able to grasp the point? The Song family was destroyed in a moment, how the surface and how under the table, the temple on the first five or six rows of old foxes, in fact, most of them see ‘a clear’, but see ‘two clear’, really not much, the first minister adults and Yin Maochun surely counts as two, and then even if only one person is left. one person, then there is definitely you, Chen Wang.”

Chen Wang did not admit anything, but did not deny anything either.

Zhao Zhuan said in a low voice, “Yin Maochun, Bai Guo, and Song Dongming were once Mr. Yuan’s favorite candidates for the Hidden Prime Minister, and even though the latter two are out of the race, Yin Maochun should have become the next Prime Minister, but I didn’t expect that he would end up being hijacked by Song Ke Li without saying a word.”

Chen Wang hesitated for a moment and said, “Mr. Yuan chose Song Ke Li, but Lord Chief Minister also made a choice.”

Zhao Zhanzhuan was really foggy on this matter and said with great curiosity, “It is definitely not Wang Xionggui, nor will it be Zhao Yuling, then who can it be?”

Chen Wang calmly said, “Minister of Rites Bai Guo.”

Zhao Zhuan subconsciously laughed out loud, clearly not believing this ridiculous claim, “Bai Guo? No way, no way, although Bai Guo has an excellent reputation up and down the court, especially in the capital city officialdom, and I also appreciate this unrestrained and talented Minister of Rites, but if you say that after more than ten years of selection, Zhang Julu chose Bai Guo, who had given up once, to be the next master of that Gu hut, then I don’t believe it!”

Chen Wang blandly said, “I can’t really beat Your Highness to death either.”

Zhao Zhuan froze for a moment, and then laughed with his belly, Chen Wang in his mind is an old man type character who never jokes, this sentence really made him grow up. Just after laughing, Zhao Zhuan began to ponder.

In order to pave the way for himself, it would not be an exaggeration to describe his father’s efforts in calculating everything, of which the one that caused his father the most headache and pain was undoubtedly the Bi-eye who had assisted the Dinzen ministers. Zhao Zhuan himself, after recognizing the merits of the First Minister, had absolutely no goodwill towards this person, Zhang Julu. Zhao Zhuan, the fourth prince before he was the crown prince, was extremely afraid of this even if the power of the dynasty, but not a little bit of personal desire of the first minister, Zhang Julu if just a Confucian saint dedicated to learning, the big deal is to be made into a statue by the court for the altar of the saint resting on the side of the Zhang saint, it’s very simple, but Zhang Julu is not the same, he is more important to the work of the people than the learning of the people, it is the typical of the ministers of the power of power and authority. Deep in his heart, Zhao Zhuan felt that Zhang Julu was a living dead man without the slightest bit of life, and he wanted to stay away from him.

If Zhang Julu really chose his former favorite disciple, Bai Guo, as his “tomb guardian” after his death, as Chen Wang said, then Zhao Zhuan had to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

Song Ke Li, whose wings would take many years to fill out, could be easily dealt with by Zhao Zhuan, even if he had no skill at all.

This was only a distant thought.

Because every new emperor was never afraid of any new ministers, but only the old ones.

Obviously, the White Guo could become a great danger in the near future.

This was the near worry.

Chen Wang did not disturb His Highness the Crown Prince’s out of concentration, and after waiting for a few moments and seeing that he still did not return to his senses, he returned with gentle footsteps and left.

After a long time, Zhao Zhuan opened his arms and stretched comfortably, turned his head to look, and did not see Chen Wang.

Zhao Zhuan left alone.

The sky also dawned.