The car swayed, ran over a low stone step, and climbed onto the stone bridge leading to the palace.
Zhou Chennian was shaken and rushed forward. After being shaken, he knocked on the car door and ordered: "Go around the other side and then go back."
"Ah!" The boy sitting in front of the car was surprised and became embarrassed, "Sir, if you go around the other side of the road, you can't go to the middle of the night? Besides, the water pier over there is inaccessible..."
"Then make a half circle and go in through the east door!" Zhou Chennian interrupted the boy angrily.
The car slowly turned to the east gate. Zhou Chennian got out of the car. He frowned with his hands behind his back. Halfway there, he stood next to a row of gorgeous peonies. He looked at the peonies without focus for a long time.
Stomping his feet, turning around, he strode towards Chunhui Courtyard where Gu Yan lived.
Gu Yan just came back, changed his clothes and came out, took the tea, looked at the two traces of excessive frowning between Zhou Chennian's eyebrows, motioned Zhou Chennian to sit down, and asked in a casual tone: "Didn't you say you won't be back until very late?
Why are you back so early?"
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Zhou Chennian took leave of absence from him yesterday and said he wanted to chat with some old friends.
"The people who invited me over were not only a few old friends, but also Mr. Dong Xi." After Zhou Chennian finished speaking, he held his breath slightly and looked at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan looked up at Zhou Chennian and said softly.
He has heard of Mr. Dongxi.
That was in the previous life, and it seems that at this time, it was He Chengze who said the words "Mr. Dongxi" to him.
He Chengze looked at him and asked him: Does the prince know Mr. Dongxi?
He shook his head blankly. The disappointment and disdain on He Chengze's face was still as clear as before. At that time, he was vigorously implementing his new policy in the Customs and Excise Department. It was a time when he was full of ambition and heroic. He Chengze's question
His words and that look made him feel chilled from the bottom of his heart. After He Chengze left, he asked someone to inquire about Mr. Dongxi.
"Mr. Dongxi? I seem to have heard a few words about him, he is a reclusive master?" Gu Yan responded with a casual tone and a somewhat uncertain smile.
"He is an expert, and as for reclusiveness..." Zhou Chennian paused for a moment, took a breath, and looked directly at Gu Yan, "The month after I arrived at the Prince's door, Mr. Dong Xi invited me to meet him. The next month,
He also invited me to his thatched cottage by the stream for tea."
Gu Yan smiled slightly, put down the cup, and looked at Zhou Chennian.
"To be honest, Sir, this is the first time I received an invitation from Mr. Dong Xi. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night." Zhou Chennian looked gloomy.
Gu Yan stared at Zhou Chennian's face without saying anything, waiting for him to continue.
"Mr. Dongxi invited me this time. Mr. Dongxi asked me about your plans for Miss Li. Mr. Dongxi said that if you intend to marry him, he plans to accept Miss Li as his disciple and inherit her legacy." Zhou Chennian
Looking at Gu Yan, he said in one breath.
Gu Yan narrowed his eyes for a moment, then smiled and said: "A reclusive person, what kind of mantle does he have?"
Zhou Chennian swallowed, looked at Gu Yan, and with some difficulty squeezed out a sentence: "The scholars in the south are quite complaining about the selection of scholars in Chunwei. Does the prince know?"
Gu Yan frowned slightly and looked at Zhou Chennian without saying anything.
"Not only in the spring period, but also in the past hundred years since this dynasty unified the world, no one from the south has served as prime minister. Seventy percent of the people who worship the prime minister are from the north, and the ministers of various ministries are similar. Mr. Dongxi believes that this is because the south
It was caused by the imperial court suppressing the south in the old land of Liang Kingdom."
Zhou Chennian finished speaking in one breath, looked at Gu Yan, paused, and then continued: "The prince is reorganizing the Customs and Excise Department this time. Mr. Dongxi is also extremely worried. He is worried that the imperial court will intensify the suppression of the south. The future of Jiangnan scholars will be
More difficult."
"Does Mr. Wang know this Mr. Dongxi?" Gu Yan met Zhou Chennian's gaze and asked.
"There is a staff member beside Xianggong Wang, Zong Simo, who studied under Mr. Dongxi." Zhou Chennian replied.
Gu Yan hummed, "What do you think?"
"Does the imperial court really intend to suppress it?" Zhou Chennian was silent for a moment and looked at Gu Yan and asked.
"Chun Wei's selection of scholars does limit the number of places in each field. If there is no limit on the number of places, and the admission is only based on the merit of the article, what do you think will happen?" Gu Yan asked.
Zhou Chennian sighed. When he was young, he was very angry about this. In recent years, especially after following the prince, he stood taller and realized the necessity and another kind of justice.
"That Mr. Dongxi can't even understand this?" Gu Yan asked.
"Mr. Dongxi feels that it is too partial and is not conducive to the enlightenment of articles. The court should recruit more scholars from the south to improve their knowledge and then educate them in the north." Zhou Chennian replied.
"What do you think?" Gu Yan then asked.
"Education is an extremely difficult thing." Zhou Chennian said vaguely.
"Well, Dongxi wants you to seduce me or persuade me about accepting A'nan as a student." Gu Yan changed the subject.
"Mr. Dongxi thought that the prince must not know about Xianyun Yehe like him. Even if he had heard of it, he would definitely not take it seriously. He accepted Miss Li as his disciple. Mr. Dongxi said that there was no need for the prince to know." Zhou Chennian hid this in his words.
Countless profound meanings.
"It seems like you thought a lot on the way back from Dongxi." Gu Yan smiled.
"Yes." Zhou Chennian had a wry smile on his face, "Originally, when I entered the family of the Imperial Prince, I should put the Imperial Prince first in everything and should not consider other things. But Mr. Dongxi, alas, living in the south of the Yangtze River for the next generation, really thought about it.
It’s a lot, please forgive me.”
"This is human nature. If you can come and tell me these things, sir, you are going beyond the privacy of one person and one place. What do you think, sir, should I do about becoming a disciple?" Gu Yan looked at Zhou Chennian and asked.
"I don't dare take it!" Zhou Chennian stood up hurriedly when Gu Yan called him sir, and bowed his hands.
Gu Yan tilted his head at Zhou Chennian somewhat speechlessly, tapping his fingers on the table, "Sit down, sit down!"
"Yes." Zhou Chennian quickly sat down and wiped his face subconsciously, "I thought this was an opportunity. Mr. Dongxi knows about the Crown Prince..." Zhou Chennian's tongue was tied, "They are all Crown Princes."
I know a lot about my old affairs in the capital, and Mr. Dongxi has a low opinion of the prince."
"Still now?" Gu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Yes. Mr. Dong Xi believes that the most difficult thing for a person is to recognize and change himself. If the prince goes through a great change of life and death, or a change that destroys his family and country, he may be a completely different person from before, but..." Zhou
Shen Nian spread his hands and smiled.
"That's true, go on." Gu Yan smiled half-heartedly.
This is indeed true!
"Mr. Dongxi also knows a lot about Miss Li. However, Miss Li grew up among ignorant villagers, and those villagers really can't say anything. Mr. Dongxi knows both the prince and Miss Li, that, that..." p>
"I don't take it seriously." Gu Yan answered for Zhou Chennian.
"Mr. Dongxi admires Miss Li's talent in style very much." Zhou Chennian added with a smile.
"It's a good thing that Dong Xi looks down upon you like this, go on." Gu Yan motioned to Zhou Chennian.
"I also think this is a great thing. Mr. Dongxi wants to use Miss Li to reach out to the Crown Prince, and use Miss Li and the Crown Prince as puppets. The Crown Prince can also use Miss Li to reach out and control the situation.
"Zhou Chennian said.
Gu Yan hummed, nodded for a moment and said, "I'll think about it again."
