Yun Ye sat up, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said to Xinyue: "Your belly is getting bigger and bigger. You will give birth in two months. Don't go out these days, and don't go to anyone's invitation."
Our family is prepared to follow Li Jing’s example and thank guests behind closed doors without seeing anyone.”
When the first white snow fell, the Yun family still opened the middle door to welcome the arrival of the angel, his old friend Tang Jian.
Yun Ye was dressed in Tsing Yi, standing in the atrium waiting for Tang Jian to announce his decree. The old guy has been getting younger and younger in the past two years. The bearskin cloak is smooth and slippery, and the snowflakes will slide down when they fall on it, without any accumulation.
Unlike Yun Ye, who only stood for a while and his head was covered with white snow, he seemed to be older than Tang Jian.
"The Duke of Tang spared no effort in traveling thousands of miles, crisscrossing the grasslands, and the envoy Xue Yantuo was wiped out in a snap. It was such a good idea. I would like to congratulate the Tang Dynasty and the Duke of Tang!"
Tang Jian didn't seem to hear Yun Ye's words, so he took off his cloak and threw it to the young man behind him. The young man smiled at Yun Ye with his mouth full of white teeth. After looking carefully for a long time, he realized that it was Qu Zhuo, a young boy from the academy.
Three months ago, a group of students from the academy entered the central department of the Tang Dynasty to be driven by others. There would be no Qu Zhuo among them. He was not a student and did not have the qualifications.
"Why do you feel so uncomfortable when you see your proud disciple making meritorious deeds on the grassland? Asking you to travel thousands of miles is almost like killing you, so don't think about making meritorious deeds. We are here at His Majesty's special order to let you know.
The whole story, lest you just set fire to it and ignore the aftermath."
Is Qu Zhuo my disciple? He also went to the grassland and made great achievements? Yun Ye opened his eyes wide and looked at the tall and tall Qu Zhuo. Sure enough, this guy was standing in the corridor holding a bearskin cloak, with a low eyebrow and a smile.
I am very proud of myself, but I want to be humble and disgusting.
Now is not the time to expose him. He went there in the name of the academy. In any case, it has become a reality. Exposing him at this time will do more harm than good.
"Tang Gong, please leave this bastard disciple of mine behind later. I want to ask him about his lessons in the grassland."
He glanced at Qu Zhuo, ignored his flattering smile, and entered the inner house with Tang Jian.
"I was frozen all the way. It was snowing in August in the barbarian land. I could only eat meat for three whole months. I couldn't see any green vegetables. I will give me some food first and some of your good wine."
Hu, we have plenty of time to chat and teach our disciples while we eat. When I have had enough wine and food, it will not be too late for you to teach me a lesson."
Whenever an angel comes, it is inevitable to have a meal at Yun's house. This has almost become a rule. Looking at Tang Jian's tired appearance, you can tell that he has just returned to Beijing and has not even returned home. So he was sent by Li Er.
The Yun family is here.
The food and wine were placed in a matter of seconds, and the dish of dumplings in the middle left Tang Jian confused.
"Marquis Yun, why do you have wontons in this old age? Could it be that there are some allusions in them that I don't know about?"
"Of course there are, dumplings for returning home and noodles for rolling. This is a common saying. The Yun family is from the countryside. Tang Gong came back from thousands of miles away, so naturally he had to serve dumplings. Wontons are what the city people call them.
It’s called dumplings in my family.”
"Hahaha, it turns out that I am ignorant and ignorant. Marquis Yun is so kind that I won't refuse."
The old guy seemed to be really hungry. Half of the half-foot-diameter dumplings went down in the blink of an eye. The dumplings stuffed with chives and eggs seemed to suit his appetite, and less than half of them were left.
, Tang Jian stopped his chopsticks and handed the plate to Qu Zhuo, who was kneeling next to him.
"This is a gift from the elders. I dare not refuse. I'm rude to you," Qu Zhuo said simply. He took the plate and shoveled the dumplings into his mouth. He was three points faster than Tang Jian.
Tang Jian obviously liked Qu Zhuo very much, and towards Qu Zhuo he obviously felt the care and concern of an elder for his nephew. Even if he had a plate of dumplings, he would share some with him.
After drinking for three rounds, Tang Jian sat comfortably on the fire bed, with a thin blanket on his legs, looking at the heavy snow outside, a little lost in thought. It is not surprising that older people always feel sad about spring and autumn.
"Marquis Yun, this trip of thousands of miles is probably my last trip as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty. I have already felt that I am old and unbearable. It has only been half a year. I have an unkind request. Please pay off Marquis Yun."
promise."
You don't need to think about it, just look at the fact that he specially brought Qu Zhuo here and said that he is old, and you will understand what he wants to say.
"No, Qu Zhuo is a good talent in raising pigs. Nowadays, hundreds of pigs are added to the academy every year. There is a shortage of suitable pig shepherds. Qu Zhuo is very suitable. Tomorrow he will go to the pig pen to take up the post. He has a heavy responsibility and cannot do it.
Leave lightly."
Tang Jian's face turned green. He slapped the table and pointed at Yun Ye and yelled: "A waste of natural resources, a waste of natural resources. A man with unparalleled talents and exquisite skills, but you actually turn him into a lowly servant. Aren't you afraid of attracting heaven's punishment?"
"Bad servant? There has never been a lowly servant in our academy. Do you think I have never fed pigs? Or Mr. Li Gang has never fed pigs. The King of Shu, who has always had a mysophobia, knows how to throw a handful of grass into the pig pen when he passes by it, which is rare for Xu Jingzong.
The noble scholar-bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty are almost sleeping with their arms around pigs, and you actually call them lowly servants. You are really like a worm in the summer."
"Tang Master, please don't be angry. The boy's transformation from a water carrier to a pigherder in the academy is indeed a promotion, not a humiliation. You don't know that the academy has a breeding system that is being tested. The source is pigs. Pig manure can be fed to fish.
Ponds can raise ducks, and pond mud is the best fertilizer. With fertilizers, crops can be harvested 30% more. King Chitose of Wei also stored pig manure in the cellar, and connected it to pipes to make a fire for cooking and lighting.
Heating is a good choice. This is a research topic. Once successful, it can benefit farmers all over the world. Although it is dirty for a while, it is a great achievement that will be remembered forever. If you ask me to be a swineherd, I will be happy to accept the order.
"
Tang Jian scratched his head. Everything in this world would completely change once it was mixed with the academy. Even a lowly servant could be turned into a good thing. He originally wanted to give all he had learned to Qu Zhuo. After hearing this,
When they say this, it is not necessarily as tempting as raising pigs.
Establishing one's character, making meritorious service, establishing virtue, and establishing one's reputation are the only steps that every scholar must take. If raising pigs could help him establish one's character, meritorious service, and virtue, wouldn't the knowledge he has learned as a political advisor turn into a big joke?
"Tang Gong, your art of vertical and horizontal is indeed exquisite. You can look at the essence of things through the surface, and analyze the true face of things to penetrate deeper. This is an amazing knowledge, but you have passed it down from generation to generation and never leaked it.
Of the classics hidden in Nanshan, there are probably very few left that have been bitten by insects and rats over the years. Aren't you afraid that the inheritance will be cut off?"
As a veteran in the diplomatic field, if you can no longer hear the underlying meaning from Yun Ye's words, you will have learned a lot of tricks in vain.
"Why did Marquis Yun teach me?"
"Without him, you only need to come to the academy to teach the art of vertical and horizontal movements for one day every month. If you agree, Qu Zhuo will be yours. If you don't agree, I will let him shovel pig manure for the rest of his life."
Tang Jian smiled, shook his head and said, "I have been hunting geese all my life, and now my eyes are pecked out by geese. What a fool, I should have thought of it. What if the academy is full of jealous people?"
To be able to become the top of all the schools in the Tang Dynasty in just a few years, as a teacher, you can be considered as doing your best for your disciples. You are worried that I will keep a hand and raise your disciple's value, so I can't help but pay more attention to him, and even hold hands with him.
Let me be a sheep and give lectures for the academy for one day every month. It’s a good plan. Hahaha, I agreed.”
Yun Ye stood up and bowed in respect, while Qu Zhuo prostrated on the ground, choked with sobs, and performed the five-body bow ceremony for the two teachers. He was wearing cold clothes, so he was truly lucky to have such a sage care about him.
The following conversation was much more pleasant. Yun Ye and Tang Jian chatted and laughed happily, telling some anecdotes between ministers, especially the lustful Marquis Yun who was in love with women.
Yun Ye had long been accustomed to being pulled out as a joke, and even Tang Jian couldn't shake his nerves.
The person involved in the joke was unmoved and naturally lost the point of the joke. Unknowingly, the conversation changed from an anecdote in Chang'an to a situation in the prairie.
"On the third day after your auction ended, I received a written order, ordering me to go to the Western Turks at starry night, and implement a strategy of distant relations and close attacks with the leaders of the Western Turks. Since Tong Yehu was killed by his uncle, there have been endless disputes in the Western Turks.
It is powerful, but it is declining. I originally thought that when I arrived at Qianquan Club, I would discuss with Si Yehu and donate one of your glazed giant wolves to him, so that he would agree to ignore Xue Yantuo, and then give some of the other giant wolves
The rich people plant the seeds of disaster, and all we have to do is wait for the seeds to sprout.
Unexpectedly, Si Yehu was killed last year. Now the nominal leader Du Lu can only control the Qianquan generation. Even the Shi Kingdom is ready to take action. I predict that Du Lu will be defeated within a year, so this book
In line with the principle of not wasting anything, I dedicated one of the wolves to Zhe Lishu. This man was very strategic and used to be forbearing. He was very powerful and could still speak volumes in Qianquan.
Boy, your prediction was very accurate. When the bait went down, Zheli lost his mind immediately and promised to ignore the dispute between Datang and Xue Yantuo, as long as it did not harm their interests. Such short-sighted people are also found in Western Turks.
It is known as "Souhuhu". I was worried about an accident and prepared to send people around to inquire about the news. However, the people around me were watched very strictly by Zheli. They were not allowed to come in and out at will, and only servants were allowed to go shopping.
Marquis Yun, you can’t think of it. Even I didn’t expect that Qu Zhuo actually got to know Shaguiluo’s youngest son through shopping. After Shaguiluo found out that I was an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, he immediately sent troops and horses to bring me in.
Of course, a wolf as a gift is indispensable for his own home. This dispute has completely lifted the veil over the Western Turks for me. There is no hope for a ruling group that is in chaos and restrains each other.
The goal can be easily achieved by winning over differences.
The Xueyantuo people and the Tuyuhun people also came to Qianquan with the wolf you sold to them. Unfortunately, during the lively banquet, the wolf was accidentally knocked to the ground by Shaguiluo's young son and fell to pieces.
Xue Yantuo and the Tuyuhun people were furious on the spot and drew their knives. Seeing that Shaguiluo could not disobey the matter, he ordered Xue Yantuo and the Tuyuhun envoy to be beheaded immediately. At the banquet, it could be said that flesh and blood were flying everywhere. Yun Hou, several glass ones
The giant wolf caused two countries that were as close as brothers to turn into enemies in the blink of an eye. I estimate that before we take action in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo and Tuyuhun will jointly attack the Western Turks. "