Chapter 306: The Eldest Brother’s Style and the Heart of Changbai
"Hey, Lange'er is back!"
In Xiuzhu Pavilion, Sheng Changfeng, who had been paying attention outside, was the first to notice Jia Lan's figure and shouted loudly.
Jia Lan walked in, nodded friendly to the others in the room, walked straight to his mat, and knelt down.
Sitting next to him is Sheng Changbai.
Today's poetry meeting, the scholars who received the invitation letter and expressed their intention to participate in the poetry meeting all sat in the main hall, while the rest of the people who did not participate in the poetry meeting sat in the side hall or in the Baoxia room next to the main hall.
The servants are naturally waiting on the porch.
Behind Chang Bai, separated by a screen, are the younger brothers and sisters of the Sheng family.
The three sisters of the Sheng family were sitting at the same table. Mo Lan raised a round fan and fanned herself. He saw the moment when Jia Lan was sitting down and started chatting with him: "After Jie Yuanlang met Yan Shenggong, he seemed to be more high-spirited."
Chang Feng nodded in agreement: "My sister is right. I just saw Lan Ge'er walking in. He was really majestic. No wonder the people below have spread the word that Yan Shenggong admires Lan Ge'er very much. Let's keep it for now.
It’s going to be a long talk.”
Jia Landao said: "I just happened to meet the mountain chief at Yan Shenggong's place, and I was left here to say a few more words."
Sheng Changbai said in surprise: "It turns out to be Mr. Tiantai. I didn't expect him to be here tonight. It's a pity that I can't go to see him."
Listening to his tone, it seems that he admires Li Xuanzhu very much.
Seeing that Changbai's expression didn't seem to be fake, Jia Lan looked thoughtful.
They have known each other for a long time. Although they communicated with each other and met each other far and wide, Jia Lan also had a different understanding of Changbai. Changbai was upright but not pedantic. He was sensible and serious with humor.
There is an interesting story. Let’s say that the Sheng family moved to Shenjing. Since their brothers began to grow up, they bought some maids from Renyaozi. The cypress was the longest, and the first one picked it.
She didn't care about appearance, but only picked a few honest and good-looking ones, which made her mother Wang very depressed. She felt that when her son got older, she had to let people live in the house, so she had to pick a few beautiful ones.
As it turned out, most of Changbai's talented and beautiful women were high-minded and easy to cause trouble. He couldn't study quietly when he was making trouble. He was determined not to, which made Wang's breath stuck in his throat. The old mother was worried about more than just her son.
His studies and his son’s education are important matters for future generations!
In the end, Changbai accepted everything, but he still went his own way. He hated being unruly and enchanting, which greatly reduced the enthusiasm of the little maids to climb into the young master's bed.
What's even more amazing is that Changbai named the maids in the courtyard: Yang Hao, Lang Hao, Zi Hao, Chicken Hao, Zhu Hao...
Among them, the most beautiful girl sent by Wang was named: Shuxu.
Another thing Jia Lan heard from Minglan was that when Minglan first started to learn how to make female beauties, Changbai asked someone to send him a blue and white porcelain open shallow bottom basin about a foot wide, which contained two
The red-and-white-striped koi has either bright red or snow-white scales and a flowing tail. It is said that Changbai specially ordered someone to send it to him, saying that looking at it often is good for the eyes.
It can be seen that Changbai has a solemn appearance, but he actually cares about his younger brothers and sisters very much. He is really a wonderful person.
He is nine years older than Jia Lan, but he can still endure loneliness and study hard.
Jialan knows that this is not easy.
Even if he asked himself, he could be regarded as a person who could endure loneliness. When he was studying in Diecui Academy, he sometimes felt depressed. It was hard to imagine how Changbai persisted for ten years.
Changbai wrote a letter telling him: Those who do will always succeed, those who practice will always arrive, and there is nothing to be tolerated if they are consistent.
At that time, Jia Lan knew that he was a pure person.
I thought that a Confucian disciple like Chang Bai, no matter how open-minded he was, would have a negative and neutral view of Li Xuan's work. This was not Jia Lan's random guess. For example, his provincial examination tutor Sheng Hong had a very negative view of Li Xuan's work.
Ambiguous.
As far as I can remember, Sheng Hong never mentioned Li Xuan's work in front of Jia Lan.
Never mentioning it already speaks volumes about your attitude.
Jia Lan knew that this master was tactful in dealing with things, but he also knew how to protect himself wisely.
He didn't say it because he couldn't.
This is because of his late father-in-law, the prince and grand master.
If Li Xuanzhu is the well-deserved leader of the main war faction, then Prince Sheng Hong of Lao Taishan is the leader of the main peace faction.
Said to be the main war faction, in fact, it is more accurate to say that Li Xuanzhu was actually just a war preparation faction at first.
In fact, the prince’s proposal for peace was not to negotiate peace with Meng Yuan and Beidi.
The difference between the two sides lies only in the direction of government.
Li Xuanzhu saw the emptiness of the nine borders. In order to rectify the border defense, he dealt with the corrupt and incompetent border generals while reorganizing the border armaments.
The generals on the nine sides are intertwined. Although Li Xuanzhu killed a group of people with great courage, he also unknowingly offended the people behind him. Coupled with many years of peace, the armaments of the nine sides were not as good as before, and they had to reorganize their armaments.
Cost geometry.
In politics, the princes always advocated quietness and inaction, believing that the current state of the world was no different from that in the early Han Dynasty, and strongly opposed Li Xuan's increase in armaments. Instead, the court's limited financial resources should be used on matters such as water conservancy and people's livelihood.
Both sides were dedicated to serving the public good, and there was no right or wrong. Later, when the princes retired from the court, the Supreme Emperor was determined to make a difference and gave strong support to Li Xuan. The pattern of the court gradually evolved into the coexistence of war and peace.
situation.
However, as the second battle of Liaodong ended in a draw, Beidi's vitality was severely damaged and unable to fight again. Daxia also lost more than half of its troops. Li Xuanzhu took the blame and resigned from the court. Then the Forbidden Gate incident occurred and the prince was killed.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the fighting in the court and the opposition between the two factions gradually disappeared.
Jia Lan thought that Sheng Changbai would be more or less influenced by his family and side with Zhu He. Unexpectedly, when they met in person today, he found that he admired Li Xuanzhu quite a bit.
Jia Lan seemed to be pointing out something: "I didn't want Brother Zecheng to have such high regard for the mountain leader. I thought you would be like the others..."
Changbai took over: "Like others, do you think Mr. Tiantai is not doing his job properly?"
Jialan nodded.
Changbai said: "Why do we study? It is nothing more than to organize the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. Mr. Tiantai advocates military affairs, which in my opinion is the right way to go.
Mencius said: To protect the people and become a king, there is no one who can control them.
Although the troubles of barbarians and Di people have existed since ancient times, if the defense is well-equipped, foreign aggression cannot invade.
The purpose of defense is nothing more than to enrich the country and strengthen the army. What is the purpose of enriching the country? When there is no need to seize the people, the people will be rich. Those who can live and support the people are good governments.
Looking at everything Mr. Tiantai did, it was all for the purpose of strengthening the border defense and protecting the people inside the border from the suffering of swords and soldiers. Such actions can stabilize the country and stabilize the country, which is a great good."
Jia Lan secretly praised in his heart that Changbai's words today are enough to be called a scholar-official.
The Confucian spirit, in a sense, is actually the aristocratic spirit of China.
With the frequent wars in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the aristocratic class gradually disappeared. Through the efforts of Han Yu and others, they successfully transformed Confucianism into the new. By the Song Dynasty, the spirit of scholar-bureaucrats had been formed.
What is a scholar-bureaucrat? He cultivates Qi and brings peace to the world, cares about the country and the people, manages the affairs of the king and the world, and wins fame both before and after his life.
Since everyone can take the imperial examination, the spirit of scholar-bureaucrats is no longer limited to the powerful class, but is shared by scholars all over the world.
"If the mountain chief hears Brother Zecheng's comments, he will definitely feel happy!"
Jia Lan knew very well that although Li Xuanzhu withdrew from the court with regrets, what made him feel that he had achieved something was nothing more than building a solid military base for more than ten years, preventing the northern barbarians from looking southward.
It's a pity that most of the years of hard work were destroyed in one battle.
However, if Changbai aims at Li Xuanzhu, then his future road will definitely be rough and difficult.
This is not the Song Dynasty, and being a scholar-official is not that easy.
As expected, the conversation between the two people immediately elicited a few gentle sneers. Jia Lan turned his head to look. A certain scholar in Tsing Yi sitting below met Jia Lan's gaze with a bit of disdain on his face.
He recited Gao Shi's "Climbing Baizhang Peak" with a sentimental look:
Climb Baizhang Peak and look at Yanzhi Road in the distance.
In the dark space of the Han Dynasty, the sky is as white as a sweep.
Recalling General Huo’s campaigns in the past years.
The Xiongnu will never be destroyed, and the cold mountains are nothing but grass.
Only seeing wild geese flying makes one feel sad.
This scribe is fair-skinned and elegant in appearance. He is the type that makes people fall in love with him at first sight. However, his manners are like those of later generations of movie stars, and his expression is very immersed when reciting.
After reciting the poem, the man muttered something like "It's just a waste of time, it's a sad husband", and finally glanced sideways at Jia Lan and Sheng Changbai.
"It's ridiculous! It's ridiculous!"
Jia Lan and Chang Bai looked at each other and ignored this person. However, Chang Feng, who was behind Chang Bai, couldn't help but stand up: "The ancestors said: If you are prepared, you will be in danger in battle. Mr. Tiantai repairs his armor to
Defending millions of people, what’s so ridiculous!”