Facing the ministers again, Emperor Wen Zhao was furious. He asked Cheng Han loudly: "Does Mr. Ge still remember Taizu? Do you remember what Taizu said?"
Cheng Han knelt down and kowtowed, one after another.
Emperor Wen Zhao looked at him: "You were present when my uncle taught us! Do you remember when Taizu taught us the Analects of Confucius?"
Remember, I remember!
Emperor Wen Zhao chuckled, "Remember? I think you have forgotten everything." He paused, turned around, and looked at the dozens of people standing in the imperial study: "I don't know what kind of Analects you are learning.
?But I tell you that my Analects was taught by Taizu. There is such a sentence that is most appropriate at the moment. That is - the people can make it happen? No! The people can make it known!
After saying that, he looked at Cheng Han with complicated eyes: "When Tai|zu said this, you were the living official, and you were there! Tai|zu asked my brother to write down how the saint's words should be interpreted. He was even afraid of you.
I made a mistake in remembering it, so I ask you to write down this sentence on a separate page, three sentences, and three lines, it couldn’t be more clear!”
As he said that, he looked at Lu Cheng, "Show it to him! Show it to him! See how much he remembers."
Cheng Han burst into tears immediately, "Your Majesty, I..." I remember everything, but this time it was really not me who did it.
Yes! You didn't do it, but you allowed it to develop. Emperor Wen Zhao took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Ge, you are old, so you should retire!"
Cheng Han kowtowed: "I accept the order and thank you for your kindness."
Before Cheng Han could stand up, Emperor Wen Zhao looked at Feng Yan who was kneeling behind him: "Come here! Take down Feng Yan."
Feng Yan raised his head: "Your Majesty!"
"You have provided a good staff and done a good job. I think you have to read this book from the beginning! Pull it down!"
In the blink of an eye, two of the five cabinet members left, and the remaining three knelt on the ground without moving: "They are all veterans, and they are all old people from the Taizu era. Back then, Taizu Jian removed them from the humble position, but they
The result? There is no kindness at all."
He sat down slowly: "I know that some of you still don't agree with it! But not many people agree with the reform. But I tell you, I have made up my mind! This is Taizu's unfinished business.
It is extremely difficult and dangerous, and I have to do it. Everyone, go down and wait for the will."
yes!
The people retreated one by one, followed by Emperor Wen Zhao who began to adjust.
There are only three people left in the cabinet, so let’s add more!
Four were added this time: Feng Dao, Xiao Yun, Zuo Chuandian, and Han Zongjing.
The Privy Council was already full of five people, so Emperor Wen Zhao asked the fourth master: "Two more people should be added, one is Lin Keqin, and who do you think is suitable for the other one?"
"Extravagant and prosperous!"
Luxurious and prosperous?
She Longxing is the elder brother of Mrs. She of the Han family, and is from the Yi people.
The Yi people are widely distributed in the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Although the Yi people are divided into many tribes, no matter which tribe, the ethnic group is the same. Moreover, this person was once the companion of Nanzhao Prince Shun Huazhen. Later Nanzhao
After the imperial edict was destroyed, this man returned to his tribe. Therefore, he no longer interfered with tribal affairs, and this was how Mrs. She became the head of her natal family.
After thinking about it this way, I understood the fourth master's intention.
The Yi people cannot be tied to one party, whether it is the Han family or another family. If the Han family is guilty and the Yi people have nothing to rely on, will they trust the court? There is no bond between them! So, if this person comes back with a sign, he will come
To form such a bond.
"It's not just that!" Fourth Master came back and explained the matter to Tongtong, "The relationship between King Burma and Shun Huazhen was irreconcilable. Now Shun Huazhen is gone, but the relationship between She Longxing and King Burma has never been the same.
Intermittent.”
Tongtong really knew this! Historically, the Burmese king really planned to send troops to help Shun Huazhen restore the country, but before sending troops, Shun Huazhen died of illness.
The fourth master added: "Moreover, this person and Duan Siping are related to each other."
Duan Siping?
"The founding emperor of Dali?" Of course, there is no Dali yet.
However, the Dali Kingdom was established on the basis of the Bai people. Duan Siping's family had been Nanzhao military generals for generations. After Nanzhao destroyed the country, Duan Siping joined forces with local nobles Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo to establish the Dali Kingdom.
Where does the Dali Kingdom include? It includes Yunnan, Guizhou, Burma, Laos, and northern Vietnam.
Tongtong's eyes fell on the map, which was drawn by the Fourth Master and had not yet been completed. Her hands wandered around the map, and then she paused at a certain place. Seeing if there was any sign, she asked the Fourth Master:
"Where is this?"
"Wuliangshan."
Tongtong blinked his eyes, blinked again, and scratched his head: "The Duan family in Dali...Duan Siping...Duan Zhengchun..."
The fourth master laughed: "Duan Siping was the founding king of the former Dali Kingdom, and Duan Zhengchun was the later emperor of Dali...if they were put together, he would be the fifteenth king."
The throne was handed over frequently enough.
Seeing Tongtong's thoughtful expression, his eyes fell on Wuliang Mountain again. He brought the topic back decisively, "The two are sons and daughters, and both belong to the old Nanzhao tribe. After the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, half of the court of Da Chen
Aren't all the ministers of the Tang Dynasty old ministers? Then why can't the ministers of Nanzhao be used?"
Hmm! That makes sense. Once everyone succeeds, restoring the country is no longer their business.
Tongtong asked: "What if I refuse to be an official in this Shelongxing?"
The fourth master then laughed: "No! This man once accompanied the prince of Nanzhao. He knows what the court is like. But Han Zongmin doesn't know, and neither does the lady of the She family! The Han family is stable, and the She family is stable.
He felt relieved that his clan members could be saved for one day. But now, Han Zongmin was obviously in trouble. Mrs. She was a female prostitute. How easy was it to protect the She family? If he didn't leave the mountain, he was afraid that if the Han family could be preserved, the rebellious people would be protected in the future.
If you don't come down. This is a disaster that will kill your family and destroy your clan. How can you stay out of it. Therefore, he must become an official. If he becomes an official, Duan Siping will have the opportunity to become an official. Not only will these two people be useful, they will also be of great use."
Tongtong looked at Fourth Master strangely: "Are you starting to mess with the emperor?"
The fourth master laughed heartily, hugged Tongtong and rocked him on his lap: "How interesting this is!"
As he spoke, he picked up Tongtong and weighed him, "Have you lost weight again?"
Yes! It’s a physical problem and it’s difficult to raise meat.
The fourth master then urged the meal: "Prepare the meal."
While eating, I picked up a bunch of them for Tongtong.
As a result, it was time for supper, and the fourth master called again: "Here are two bowls of beef noodles."
Not really hungry!
"Eat less noodles and drink more soup."
Okay, I didn't eat much noodles, but I drank a big bowl of beef soup.
The Fourth Master took two large pieces of ribs and put them in her bowl. "Try it and see if it's a bit bitter."
Is it bitter? Tongtong tried to bite it, and it was not bitter! It was cooked in sauce and stewed until it was soft. If it had been simmered for a night, the bones and flesh would have separated.
Just after he finished speaking, Fourth Master asked: "Who are you seeing today?"
"I met my second brother and asked about the interrogation of Feng Yan. Feng Yan was sent to prison. No one else has the right to stand in for him. He came here to seal it."
The fourth master watched Tongtong eat all the meat on one rib, and then handed the second one to her hand, "Who else did you see? I saw someone from Xiaowu's side coming. If it's about Kunbu,
Just let Xiaowu go, you don’t need to know."
Tongtong took a hard bite of the meat, "How could I know this? It was Xiaowu who heard that Erlang was coming to the East Palace and sent someone to look for Erlang in the East Palace."
"Are you having trouble again?"
Tongtong finished chewing the meat, threw the bones into the bowl, and then said: "Li Sanniang was a little uncomfortable, so she told Xiao Wu that she always thought that Xiao Wu was a compatriot from the same mother, and she would be gentler for Erlang's sake. Who knows, she
Now his temper is worse than that of Xiaosi. Xiaosi can get along well with his sister-in-law and siblings, but she has a lot of things to do, but she has lost her patience." Thinking about Xiaowu in the past, she really didn't hesitate to talk to anyone.
Not slow and soft-spoken.
What now? Tongtong sighed, "She ran over and scolded Li Sanniang..."
The fourth master got Tongtong up and started moving around in the house, scolding anyone who wanted to. That's how things are at home. If you can't handle it, just leave it alone. Anyway, Tongtong can eat two more taels of noodles and two more taels of meat tonight.
There is also a big bowl of soup.
Things have been going on lately. When things get too busy, as long as she doesn't come back to eat, her food will be very messy. When she doesn't have any gadgets, getting those seeds and pesticides is actually starting from scratch! Don't worry about not coming out in winter.
, she only works in the greenhouse. But she squats down and gets up again, and walks around all day long. Her consumption is very large.
How can you not know you are hungry after consuming a lot?
She didn’t know that it was because she took other people’s affairs too seriously! People around her loved her, and she wished she could pay them back tenfold or a hundredfold. If there were too many people to worry about, she would feel tired.
Otherwise, at a young age when you are eating vigorously and with such a large amount of activity, why would your appetite be smaller?
He said to Tongtong: "From now on, go to the front and eat with me! What should the minister be afraid of? Let's eat together..."
Why do you want me to join you and run from the back to the front? It's not troublesome enough.
"It's strange. I haven't seen you for half a day, and I feel very flustered. It's not appropriate for me to ask you to stay by the side to deal with government affairs, so I can see you during dinner."
Tongtong sighed, this is the difficulty of being a prince! If you are an emperor, you will go to the back if you fall in love with him. But if you are the East Palace... you can't do it occasionally, but you can't do it every day.
She smiled at the Fourth Master, and while responding, she pulled the Fourth Master to tidy up the bookshelf. The bookshelf Tongtong did not ask anyone to tidy up, it was reserved for the Fourth Master alone. Squatting like this, for a quarter of an hour every day, is very good for the body.
OK.
"The third floor on the bookshelf...the west pavilion...the second book..." Li Sanniang pulled it out from the bookshelf. She recognized the two words on the cover: "The Book of Songs."
Erlang stretched out his hand: "Bring it here! I'll teach you how to read."
Li Sanniang went over and sat next to Erlang and said with a smile: "I know the first article..." She blushed as she said that.
Guan Guan Jujiu?
Erlang smiled. It was normal for a good-looking girl to hear the scholar reading such a poem from a distance.
He shook his head: "It's not this article." Shouldn't it be read from the beginning?
Erlang shook his head again: "I don't want you to memorize it, just understand the meaning."
oh!
Erlang opened an article, and Li Sanniang was stunned. With so many words, is it still a poem?
"It's a poem!" Erlang handed the book to Li Sanniang, "It was written by Rui Liangfu, the doctor of Zhou Dynasty! The purpose is to admonish the king and ask the king to protect the people. There are many condemnations of the king in the poem, condemning King Zhou Li for appointing villains, which is fine.
Yes, this will definitely lead to foreign troubles and harm the people. This is a poem to persuade the king to find a way to save the country. Tomorrow, go ask your grandma first and recognize the words. After you have finished recognizing the words,
I'll tell you what it means sentence by sentence, okay?"
Li Sanniang looked at the long poem with such complicated words, but she still nodded slowly.
Mammy was very surprised that the second prince came to ask her questions. She stood as expected. When she saw that the other person was holding the "Book of Songs" in his hand, and the article from "Sang Rou" appeared, she understood a little bit. The second prince
This article was specially selected to be read to the prince and concubine.
He asked me to learn Chinese characters from him, just because he wanted Li Sanniang to get familiar with him quickly.
When people get along for a long time, they naturally develop feelings for each other.
Then she stood there dutifully and told her how to pronounce these words word for word.
I have to say that this princess is really smart, she only read it five or six times, and she had no problem reading the whole article.
Although she didn't understand what she meant, Li Sanniang looked at the gentle grandma, thoughtfully. She turned her face and asked her, "I don't understand this book. I want to ask my queen mother or concubine for advice, but I'm afraid of disturbing her too much? I don't know...
...Is it appropriate to ask the concubine for advice?"
Do you want to get closer to the concubine?
This is a question that is difficult to answer for a servant! If it is possible, then the concubine may not be idle; if not, wouldn't it mean that she will sow discord between brothers and sisters-in-law?
She said: "Your Majesty didn't tell me how to arrange it?"
"He said he would teach me... but I'm afraid I'm too stupid and he'll lose his patience! I want to learn it first..." Then he smiled sheepishly: "Besides, the other sisters-in-law are all working as errands, so I'm
I didn’t want to go. I knew that I didn’t know anything and only learned it at home. But those who didn’t know thought that I was having a bad temper with the princess, so I didn’t want to go to the princess’s request. So, I thought, I might as well go to the East Palace.
, also means to defend myself."
That's right! It is indeed necessary to go there.
After hearing what she said, Li Sanniang immediately packed her things and entered the palace to go to the East Palace.
Tongtong squatted on the heated kang, and the taro bricks were being dried on the kang. This thing was so good that it instantly made people lose their appetite. The key is that it seemed a little loose after drying, and it was not as strong as imagined.
She moved to that side again. This one had added glutinous rice juice. After drying, there would still be many cracks.
It still doesn't work, so I need to give it a certain amount of force to press it into a mold.
Or, you have to think about it, is there anything else that is more sticky and gelatinous than glutinous rice juice?
Just as he was thinking about it, Qingya reported from outside: "Your Highness, the second prince and concubine are here."
Li Sanniang?
Tongtong jumped off the kang and said she was going to the main hall to entertain the guests. After thinking about it, she still didn't move and went to the outside without changing her clothes. She said to Qingya: "Bring the guests here."
Li Sanniang was stunned for a moment as soon as she came in.
The concubine was dressed in cloth, and her hair was fixed with a wooden hairpin. Her sleeves were still rolled up at the moment, and her chest was stained with something unknown, making her look a little dirty.
The furnishings in this house are very simple, with wooden chairs, wooden benches, many wooden mop pots, and many green vegetable seedlings.
Unless I'm just sitting there, I'm not embarrassed at all. On the contrary, I'm dressed in brocade, as if I'm wrong.
Tongtong pointed to the chair next to him: "Sit!"
Li Sanniang sat down carefully and said, "Crown Concubine."
Qingya saw her holding up the hem of her skirt, as if she was afraid that the dirt on the floor would stain it, so she looked away. She took two cups of chrysanthemum tea and stood aside silently.
Tongtong didn't seem to see the other person's movements, which was actually normal. She had been living in poverty, and since her clothes were worth all her family's property, it was normal to be cautious. It would get better as time goes by.
She asked: "The second emperor brother has just come back, and the second sister-in-law is not at home... why are you here in the East Palace?"
Li Sanniang smiled sheepishly: "He asked me to study. Grandma can teach me how to read, but I don't understand the meaning."
How could I not understand? I can still teach the simple book given by the queen. It’s just that literacy and explanation are different. Literacy is called enlightenment, but explanation is the real apprenticeship. It’s not good to call the prince and concubine to apprentice.
I just can't talk about it.
But if I were to become a disciple myself, I wouldn’t have the time! Erlang didn’t mention it either. Tongtong asked tentatively: “It’s just to clear up the confusion, I’ve run into it, you ask, I’ll answer…”
That would be great!
Li Sanniang hurriedly handed over the book in her hand, "Your Highness asked me to learn this article."
"Sang Rou?" Tongtong's expression became complicated. She asked, "Can you read?"
Yes! I can read it.
"Then what sentence don't you understand?"
In fact, she didn’t understand! But it was a waste of other people’s time. She picked a few sentences and it was good that she could answer them when her husband asked. So, she approached the concubine and moved her hand on the book: "Here
... This sentence... For the sake of conspiracy, the chaos will be cut short. I will tell you how to feel sorry for you, and I will give you instructions..."
"毖" means to be cautious. "To plan" means to plan carefully and find a good way to govern the country. Only in this way can the chaos of the country be eliminated. "Cutting" means to reduce.
I tell you that you are worried, and I teach you to preside over the rank... The order is the order, and the title is the official position. This means that I tell you to be considerate of the people, and to advise you to choose the virtuous..."
Li Sanniang was stunned for a moment. Is there such a poem in the Book of Songs? She pointed to two more lines: "The people have a solemn heart, and the clouds will not catch them..."
"The people also have respect, but they don't know how to contribute to this country..."
Do the people contribute to the country? Li Sanniang pointed down: "...It is good to farm, to help the people to provide food. Farming to maintain wealth, to replace food to maintain good..."
"The imperial court should pay attention to farming. People are needed in farming, and these people are the hardest working people. The harvest from their farming is the national treasure, and the people who farm are all good people..."
Li Sanniang pointed down another line with difficulty: "This...this...heaven sent chaos, destroyed me and established a king..."
"Heaven has brought disaster and intends to destroy the king we established..."
In an instant, the sweat on Li Sanniang's head started to drop. There are no goblins in the world, and this is not a disaster from heaven. But why are there rumors that there are goblins in the world?
There is only one answer, and that is to bring disaster from heaven, destroy me and establish a king!
She collected the book, said nothing, bowed and left.
Tears came down when I got back. I was so scared! I was so scared. If the fifth princess hadn't found out in time and stopped the incident, how much trouble would have happened?
Mammy reported outside: "Mrs. Li's family is here..."
"No see!" Li Sanniang pinched herself hard, "No see."
What?
"I said - not seeing you! Tell Mrs. Li, just say - if I want to see you, I will find someone to summon you! If you are not summoned, please ask Madam to live a good life at home."
Grandma responded and went out.
Li Sanniang's tears fell immediately: her mother must be very frightened at this moment! She must feel that she is not welcomed by His Highness.
But only in this way will they be afraid! If they are afraid, they will not dare to take another step.
I became a princess, but I had to leave my natal family behind!
It is best for your mother's family to give it up!
There was suppressed crying inside. After Erlang came back, he heard what happened to his mother. He stood outside for a while without going in, and turned around to go to the study.
Equanimity - this is the first lesson a royal person must learn!