Chapter 228: Big Pearls and Small Pearls Falling from a Jade Plate (Below)
Since the end of Yonghui, the size of the government offices of the three provinces and six ministries in Liyang, can almost be said to be the head of the city changed flag, the head of the Zhang Julu, the Ministry of War, Gu Jiantang, the Song family old man and a group of old people either died or left the capital center, and the central minister Qiyanglong led a group of people, but they have to be among the temple occupies a high position, which are both the door of the province of the left loose riding standing minister Chen Wang, such as the capital of the “Seniors”, but also in the xiangfu yuan year of the imperial examinations to become famous Li Jifu, Wu Congxian, Gao Tingshu and other seniority far less Chen Shaobao young readers, but also Tang Tieshuang and Xu Gong from the local position as a retainer, and in the old cabinet ministers, but also a great deal of change, Zhao right Ling Yin Maochun, including a large number of Yong Hui Secretary of the public almost everyone replaced the official seat, Yuan Guo Han Lin Wang Xiong Gui is all the externalization, become the nominal feudal officials.
In this, only Huan Wen is an anomaly, as a veteran of three dynasties, no matter how the bureaucrats of the same dynasty personnel changes, the Tantan Weng has always been sitting steadily under the door of the province of the Diaoyutai, although it is rumored that the old man is not feeling well, to vacate the position to the second in command of the Central Book of the province of Zhao Youling or the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice Tianguan Yin Maochun in a certain person, but for the civil and military officials of the city of Tai’an who are accustomed to seeing the winds and storms, as long as His Majesty the Emperor did not explicitly decreed that the Tantan Weng is the same as the one who is responsible for the whole of the government, and the emperor is the same. Weng will still be the one who has a great influence on the whole situation of the dynasty of the ruler, to take a step back, even if Huan Wen really retire, then as the only surviving Liyang dynasty meritorious elders and leaders of the literary world, in the future, Liyang political affairs are also inevitable to ask for advice from the late emperor as the “treasure of the country” of the old man, it is no wonder that the city of Tai’an would be No wonder Tai’an City will have Huanfu no cold stove of good-natured flirting.
This year is about to enter the autumn, the emperor let the internal affairs department carefully create more than forty square seal engraved with “Xiang Fu imperial” ink stone given to the important ministers, those who get it are thought to be a treasure, but only Huan Wen got three parties, that is, qiyanglong, yanjiexi and chenwang three people were only two, and Huan Wen not only won the award, but also a strain of old ginseng and a bottle of chunling wine, which can be said to be superior to the Liaodong many tributes. The old ginseng and a altar of chunling wine and give, so that, those who speculate that tan tan weng may not be able to survive xiangfu two years of private discussion will instantly dissipate.
Zhang Lu Gu Lu successively become the past, with the rise of the two provinces of the Central and Hanlin House moved to a new site, as well as the establishment of the six pavilions after the diversion out of a large number of important ministers, the original government offices gathered Zhao Jiajian urn also live up to the early years of “full of Ministers here” of the grandeur of the situation.
The day of autumn, the emperor deliberately open four palace garden in the most extensive, the best scenery of the Jinqiu garden, feast group ministers, in the banquet before the start, quite interested in the young emperor also set up a new rule from the sun to meet the autumn, so that the Secretary of the Palace Supervisor in charge of the seal of the eunuch Song Tanglu moved to a pot of sycamores planted long ago in the pot, and so on when the hour came, let Chen Wang temporarily acted as a back to the historian, shouted a “Autumn is coming”, and then the emperor himself picked a piece of sycamore leaves, implying that the king instead of living people to the sky to report autumn. In this unprecedented improvisation, Chen Wang, who became the first “Autumn Enlightenment Officer” of Liyang, was undoubtedly the most eye-catching. Empress Yan Dongwu stood with her younger brother, Yan Chiji, a moving woman of motherhood, who saw this scene and said softly to her younger brother, the newest member of the Hanlin Academy, “You must strive to be next year’s Autumn Announcer.”
The most afraid of the limelight Yan Ji Ji headache: “Sister, this kind of thing what good to fight, and I can not fight, with Chen Shao Bao Zhu Yu in front, next year is estimated to be only the Ministry of Ceremony Minister Jin Lanting, or our Hanlin Academy’s new head of the Academy of Scholars to take charge of this matter. Otherwise, Song Ke Li and Fan Chang Hou are also more legitimate than me.”
Yan Dongwu swept a glance at those different demeanor of the civil and military officials, old such as Qi Yanglong Huan Wen, after all, on the age, itself has also been the position of the people, also do not need to use this for their own official reputation to add to the flowers, so on this matter are holding the young people do not compete for the indifference of the mentality, while Zhao right age Yin Maochun and other slightly younger generation of powerful officials, it is a little bit different, the same do not need to compete for what is not suitable, but look to the generation of the lower But when looking at Chen Wang, who was of a lower generation, his eyes still harbored a sense of envy. As for Gao Tingshu Wu Congxian, these young people who have just appeared in the temple hall of Liyang, all of them are not blazing eyes. Jin Lanting, who has been a successful official in Tai’an City all these years, seems to have regarded the next year’s fall reporters as his favorite.
Nowadays, the extremely phoenix-like Yan Dongwu did not look askance, and did not make a whisper with this beloved younger brother, his face blandly said, “Your brother-in-law needs you to fight for it, only he won’t say anything to you explicitly, but if you have this enterprising heart, he will surely be very happy.”
Yan Chi Ji sighed helplessly, “Alright, then I’ll do my best.”
Yan Dong Wu looked at the corner of his eye at his father, Dong Yuan Pavilion university scholar Yan Jie Xi, who was laughing and joking with Wu Ying Hall university scholar Wen Shou Ren and other temple bigwigs, and changed his tone to one of no doubt, “Our father has already paved the way for you, the six temple pavilion bachelors, together with the six new pavilion bachelors, these twelve people will be the first class of the noble pavilion ministers of our dynasty in the future, you’re ultimately still young today, your seniority is also insufficient, don’t expect to have the luxury to be a minister, but you’re still young, and you’re still young. Seniority is also insufficient, do not expect our Yan family a door two temple cabinet, but you a short period of ten years or twenty years to become a pavilion cabinet university doctor, and is not difficult, and the temple cabinet bachelor is similar to the imaginary title of the upper column of the state, and not due to the officials out of the court and deprived of, coupled with the father in a few years without incident can be from the cabinet to the temple, the pavilion cabinet university doctor is the real position of the official, by then, our Yan family has a ‘family of two temple cabinet’, father, the father, the father, the father, the father, the father, the father and the father. Two temple cabinet’, father is face, you are inside, father and son complement each other, at least can ensure that the Yan family for three generations of a hundred years without worry.”
Yan Chi Ji timidly said, “Sister, we are ultimately relatives, let’s not avoid suspicion?……”
Yan Dongwu turned his head expressionlessly, but there were clearly a few points of anger in his vision, directly interrupting his younger brother’s words, and lowered his voice, “Do you really not see the undercurrents of the dynastic government today? Even you, your brother-in-law, are not helping your brother-in-law, do you want to hope on those civil ministers who are becoming more and more capable of being officials?”
Yan Ji Ji wanted to speak, but finally bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
The emperor walked to the side of the siblings from a distance, saw Yan Ji Ji’s dilemma, smiled and joked: “How, brother-in-law, again to your sister reprimanded? Every time I see Yan Da Shi, occasionally mention you this son, it is always difficult to hide that proud smile, your sister is good, see a reprimand once, so I can not help but fight for you. No harm, no harm, since your sister and you are not close, I am with you this brother-in-law that is very close, in the future in your sister here aggrieved, just tell me to complain, we drink together to relieve boredom is.”
Yan Dongwu asked with a soft smile, “I don’t know what your majesty has to relieve your pain?”
The young prince who was caught in the act was suddenly speechless, making Yan Ji Ji, who was watching the fire from the other side of the river, doubly delighted. Emperor Zhao Zhuan reached out and pointed at this gloating brother-in-law, “Ungrateful ah, I’m trying to help you to get caught in the fire accidentally.”
If ordinary courtiers hear from an emperor’s mouth to say the four words of ingratitude, it is estimated to be scared of the liver and gall bladder, I do not know is Yan Chi set too slow or how, actually really no apprehension, slightly apologetic smile.
Although the young emperor on the surface of a cold snort, but deep inside, on the brother-in-law’s “bullying”, but no heart irritation, but feel very comfortable.
Not a family, will never be so casual.
The emperors of all dynasties, although the mouth called himself a widow. But which emperor really like the taste of widowhood?
Yan Dongwu suddenly whispered, “Your Majesty, the matter of the palace maid selection really cannot be delayed any further.”
Zhao Zhuan hurriedly snorted for a while, and then found an excuse to say that he was going to discuss some military matters with Lord Zhongshu Ling.
After the banquet, His Majesty the Emperor let the ministers tour the Golden Autumn Garden on their own, so the civil and military officials dispersed in twos and threes, seemingly carelessly, which has a lot of doorways to speak of, such as Qi Yanglong and Huan Wen, two of the dynasty’s big men walked side by side, and no one accompanied them, while Zhao Yuiling, who resigned as Minister of the Ministry of Justice, dragged along with him five or six of the Ministry of Justice’s top ministers, and the current Heavenly Official, Yin Maochun, talked happily with the group of the Hanlin Yuan with a thick resume, and the Huangmenlang, a group of the Hanlin Academy, who had a long career, and the Huangmenlang. The current heavenly official Yin Maochun and the group of the Hanlin Academy with a strong track record of yellow door, several unstable foundation of the new Pavilion Pavilion of university professors naturally hand in hand to travel together, after the death of Biyaner has been a group of dragons without a head of the six ministers of the Shangshu Province, but also have their own head, and do not pile up, the Lords of the House of Zhao is more embracing, the Ministry of the military Tang Tiexiang accompanied by the benefactor Gu Jiantang, a seniority of two generals to go with the same, one of them is the great general of the world of affairs for many years, Zhao Kui, and the other is the two years very gray face of the Yang Two years is very gray face of Yang Shenxing, but the Ministry of War Secretary Lu Baijie and the same Jiangnan origin of young officials walk together. And some years ago tend to seem to be together, a few of the main backbone of the Green Party, the Ministry of Finance, Wen Taiyi, and recently called into the capital of the former Qingzhou General Hong Lingshu, etc., two years ago just put out to be old and dead, today even meet again together, looks like it has already iced out the old grudges, harmony, inevitably let a person speculate that the Green Party is not going to rise again not? As for the Peng family Liu family as the head of the north of the two Liao Liao family valor, in the city of Tai’an, the spokesman also tacitly stay together.
Qi Yanglong and Huan Wen, the two old man walking in fact not slow, step is also big, so with the back of the officials of the large team more and more far, the two old straight to the Golden Autumn Garden in a famous scenery, to nearly a hundred pieces of Spring God Lake stone piled up by the Spring God Mountain, Spring God Lake stone, although a long time ago by some Jiangnan celebrities love to promote, but said that the real emergence of the dynasty and field for the well known, is a matter of five years, the Spring God Lake stone, the Spring God Lake stone, the Spring God Lake stone, the Spring God Lake stone, although a long time ago by some of the famous scholar, but called the real emergence of the dynasty and field for the well known, is a matter of five years. A huge stone, constantly fishing from the bottom of the lake, a rich courtyard, in the last year is “flying into” the emperor’s home, in the Golden Autumn Garden overnight into the mountain, the world. Spring God Lake stone to thin through the wrinkled three words for the treasure, the best spring God Lake stone, exquisite undulation, natural charm, so there is a catty stone one or two gold.
Huan Wen did not climb the mountain, but stood dozens of steps away from the Chun Shen Lake Mountain, looking at the short mountain that is said to be visible in cloudy weather with smoke surrounding it, rainy days can be heard on rainy days, and the sound of the phallic snail can be heard in the gusty winds, and Qi Yang Long, the Chinese Minister of the Book, saw that Tan Tan Weng did not have any intention of climbing up to the heights, and also laughed and accompanied Tan Tan Weng as he stood at his original position. Nowadays, the atmosphere of the court of Liyang is extremely relaxed, compared to the time when Zhang Lu Gu Lu confronted each other, there are Zhang Julu and Gu Jiantang, the two unsmiling civil and military leaders sitting in the town, the civil and military officials can be said to be trembling with fear of making a mistake, and now it has been replaced by Qi Yanglong and Huan Wen, who are both very good-tempered, so everyone is a lot more relaxed. In addition, it happens to be Zhao Zhuan’s young son who is not yet a powerful young man, so the seniors in the official circle in Tai’an City like to joke with the juniors who are good personal friends, you bunch of Xiangfu new officials compared to us, the old ministers of the Yong Hui, it is considered to have met the good time ah.
Tantan Weng who did not drink a lot of wine at the banquet burped and turned his head to Qi Yanglong and asked with a smile, “Mr. Zhongshu Ling, do you know where I, Huan Wen, this Tantan Weng nickname comes from?”
Qi Yanglong smiled and shook his head.
Huan Wen laughed: “The earliest ah, not called Tantan Weng, there is a guy to help me take a wine gourd nickname, if something annoyed him, but also be scolded by him as a wine bag, Tantan Weng this call, relatively speaking, is a very later thing, once accompanied by that guy with the forbidden duty, I can not control the mouth, on the sneak drink, just to the all-night approval of the first emperor caught a positive, I, drink high, I can not control the mouth, just to give all-night approval of this first emperor caught a positive, and I, drink high, and I have to drink, I have to drink a lot, and I have to drink a lot. I am, drink high, talk without fear, said to the first emperor that I Huan Wen as long as the day in the belly with wine, the day in the heart of the open, but one day your majesty no matter wine drink, to be full of complaints. Then the late emperor was amused, on the spot let the then eunuch Han Sheng Xuan to carry several altars of wine, that time, there is never a drop of wine does not stain the guy also unprecedented drink a cup, face red with the monkey’s butt almost, I drunkenly joked that he did not call what Bieyi child, called the red face well. He said back, “Keep your mouth shut and be a good tam-tam-ong. Probably from that time onwards, I became Tantan Weng, perhaps many officials feel that this nickname is to say that I, Huan Wen, in the officialdom of Liyang, no matter how much the dynastic situation is turbulent, I am a follow along with the shaking bias in the end did not fall down the unshakable.”
Qi Yanglong lamented: “Tantan Weng no matter as a person or as an official, have not been on the line of the heart of the matter, do not save the matter on the line of the heart of the matter, I’m not as much as the Tantan Weng Duoyi.”
Huan Wen said with blank eyes, “Lord Zhongshu Ling, this comment can be slipped too much ah, if it is said by someone else, I even have to feel that it is cursing.”
Qi Yanglong smiled without saying anything.
He was in charge of the Zhongshu Province of the Liyang Dynasty which had been in disuse for many years. Decades ago, in the old Liyang Zhao Room which lived in the northern part of the country and was divided into clans and towns, the titles of Zhongshu Order, Right and Left Servant and Servant of the Zhongshu Province were all bestowed by the Zhao Room to those clan generals and pugilistic military ministers who held the imperial government in their tails as a sign of honor and favor, and they were all false titles, just like the Great Pillar State and the Upper Pillar State of the later times. Only this time is different from the past, the power to fall out of the province to become a veritable temple, he Qi Yanglong also followed the trend to become the Zhang Julu after another dynasty of the first minister of the Lord, and some of the authority that was divided by the Hanlin Academy a long time ago, but also to return to the province of the book. But Qiyanglong know very well that he was called into the capital by the late emperor “fire” of the Central Secretary, in the final analysis, is a transitional prime minister, Yin Maochun Zhao right age and others to help on the throne, but also want to retreat, and Huan Wen is not the same, the late emperor or the current son of God, treat this and Zhang Julu good personal relationship with the Tantan Weng, are regarded as a trustworthy imperial teacher figure, this time, the first time, the emperor is not the same. Trusted teacher figure, this time the boisterous Huan Wen resigned to let the virtuous one said, Qi Yanglong most clear, where is the young son of heaven on Huan Wen had a scrupulous suspicion of the heart, clearly Huan Wen himself had the intention of retiring, which has a Huan Wen alone to get the three-party imperial inkstone of the beauty of the story.
Huan Wen said softly: “Young people should be busy, busy, then can shock the floating gas. Older people should be idle, idle, can enjoy the rest of the year.”
Qi Yanglong shook his head and said in a deep voice: “At this time, the court who can be idle, only Tan Tan Weng can not be idle, Guangling Road, Beiliang Road, the two Liao Road, everywhere is uneasy, the court side is very much in need of Tan Tan Weng to help take the idea. Many times a lot of things, even if Tantan Weng does not speak, but as long as you sit there, even if it is dozing, the court’s hearts will not be chaotic. If there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure, that is what Tantan Weng is talking about.”
Huan Wen continued to look at the small mountain for a while, slowly turned his head and smiled, “In terms of age and seniority, the Lord of the Central Book Order belongs to the same generation as my benefactor ……”
Qi Yanglong quickly waved his hand and said, “Don’t come to this set, I was not dealing with your master that year is notorious, for the Confucian and French two families of the Pili fight, the two have not talked about it in their lives, after I entered the capital, Tantan Weng did not make things difficult for the State Children’s Prison and the Zhongshu Province, I have been very fortunate.”
Huan Wen no longer use the Zhongshu Ling adults in this respectful in the rusty name, tone sincere: “Mr. Qi although with Enshu political views do not agree, but Enshu that year will be on Mr. Doing learning kung fu is extremely admired, in Huan Wen’s view, the world said that instead of the clothes of the crown of the wrong thing is not as good as cloth recluse reasoning, in fact, either to do enough to do the official, or can not be done to do the official’s hypocritical wording, much less than the Mr. this cloth is learning, clothing is to help the world.”
Qi Yanglong laughed, “Tantan Weng ah Tantan Weng, we two old men here to pat each other on the back, this is just, the problem is that there is no one to listen to the ears into ah, how to ‘spread as a beautiful story’, how to remain famous in history?”
Said here, Qi Yanglong slightly sneered: “I think I was young when I read the history, the first read someone something, always feel the blood chills or touching, and then back to the taste, only to know that it is fishing for fame and reputation to the extreme, its heart can be put to death ah.”
Huan Wen laughed brightly, “Mr. good insight, students also have such feelings when they were young.”
Qi Yanglong sighed for no reason, “The former book writer ah, the future book turner ah.”
Huan Wen sighed along with him and suddenly asked, “Is it true that mister has not seen that Xu Fengnian?”
Qi Yanglong nodded, “That Northern Liang King did make a trip to Shangyin Academy Palace, but it’s a pity that he didn’t meet him.”
Huan Wen hemmed and hawed and laughed, “My benefactor and the old Liang King have scolded each other many times in front of the hall, I, as a student, although with that young feudal king is only a matter of two faces, but the taste of it, it is really not enough for outsiders to know.”
Qi Yanglong did not have the good sense to say, “What is this worth showing off?”
Huan Wen laughed very happily and hard, not hiding the meaning.
Huan Wen asked again, “Mr. Qi, do you know the two things I like to do the most since I became an official in the capital?”
Qi Yanglong replied, “I would like to hear about it.”
This Tan Tan Weng squinted his eyes and first raised his left arm and waved his sleeve, then extended his right hand with his index and middle fingers together in the air in the form of gently tapping, “Every day at the court meetings, watching the civil and military officials come and go in a dazzling array of splendor. Listening to their waist jade pendant knocking, ding dong dong, crisp and pleasing to the ear. One never tires of seeing and hearing.”
Qi Yanglong laughed, “I didn’t feel it before, I’ll have to keep an eye out for it in the future.”
Huan Wen raised his head, not looking at the mountain, looking higher up in the sky, “Heaven and earth a big jade disk, big pearls and small pearls fall into it, crackling, all broken, all dead.”
Qi Yanglong closed his eyes, his head slightly tilted, seemingly listening with his side ears, and murmured, “Yes, the Northwest’s most brilliant pearl in heaven and earth is finally about to shatter. The two of us, you and I, as well as those yellow and purple ministers behind us, are the culprits.”
Huan Wen laughed, “Those of us who are ashamed to be readers of the canonized books.”
Qi Yanglong still had his eyes closed and laughed softly, “So the real readers, don’t read.”