It's so natural to take skipping classes and skipping classes... Mr. Yue Shan only felt that the Zhang Shou he met today and the Zhang Shou he met two days ago when the Imperial College's open day coincided with the recruitment of new students in Jiuzhangtang, seemed to be two completely different people.
.But thinking about it carefully, he was equally free-willed and unscrupulous, which confirmed his impression of Zhang Shou based on those rumors.
When the emperor brought the fourth prince out before, he asked him about something that Zhang Shou asked Zhu Ying to tell the fourth prince. Although he guessed that Zhang Shou would skip school today, he heard such a reason now.
Still, I immediately became interested.
Even though he has been on the throne for so many years, the naughty boy back then has long since turned into the young Angzang boy he is now, but the emperor's temperament has not changed at his core. He is still the maverick and unconventional emperor, but in the past, when it was not necessary, he would
He will hide these qualities well and pretend to be a wise king in front of his ministers, but once he returns to his old ways...
Haha, for example, today the Holy Master suddenly came to this Xinglong Teahouse, last year he suddenly went to the Imperial Palace to inspect, last night he suddenly went to the abandoned temple to pay homage to his lost youth, and by the way, he burned a stick of incense for some monks who were innocently killed and injured in the past...
This is all something the emperor can do.
Even if the Queen Mother in the palace hears this, she will only make a bet with Chu Kuan and laugh it off, because after giving birth to such a son, if she gets angry at every turn, she will definitely be angry to death!
At this moment, the emperor interrogated Zhang Shou with great interest, what kind of election method was used to select the chief of the Jiuzhang Hall. When he heard that Zhang Shou actually left it all to a group of students to make their own decisions, but also excluded the third prince, he
His eyebrows raised slightly.
But the fourth prince next to him couldn't help it. He suddenly asked loudly: "Teacher, how can you exclude the third brother from being selected as the mayor!"
He realized that the fourth prince was calling him "teacher", but the words he spoke were somewhat angry. The noble ministers around him couldn't help but became quiet. The fourth prince then realized that his attitude was wrong from the reactions of others, and he hurriedly said:
He bowed his hands and said: "Teacher, I am impatient, but this is not fair to the third brother. We should compete fairly..."
Two days ago, the fourth prince failed to pass the Jiuzhang Hall exam and left in frustration. He was immediately found by a follower around Zhang Shou. Not only did he apologize honestly, he even made a bold statement that he would enter the Jiuzhang Hall next year. This news had already been announced
It spread like wildfire, and now when everyone sees that the fourth prince is still acting like his third brother and his teacher, and even complaining for the third prince, most people can't help but sigh in their hearts.
What kind of brothers are at odds, what kind of hatred arises out of anger... The brothers, the third prince and the fourth prince, are clearly still the same as before, and they are still very harmonious! As for the fourth prince, even if he has doubts about Zhang Shou at this time, it can be seen that
In fact, I’m still quite respectful!
When Zhang Shou saw that the fourth prince's voice was getting lower and lower, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch the round little head. He didn't pay attention to other people's expressions on his actions, and said with a smile: "If the third prince takes part in
Choice, Fourth Prince, do you think it is possible for someone else to become the chief of the prison?"
Sure enough, as soon as he said these words, he saw that the fourth prince's eyes were a little erratic, and he avoided looking at him. At that moment, he smiled again and said: "If the third prince was four or five years older, then I would definitely not remove him.
He is not a candidate, but he is too young now. If he becomes the chief just because of his birth, it will only encourage others."
"Besides, Jiuzhangtang is not a one-year institution. This year he will not be the chief, so next year and the year after that will be different, so there is no telling."
Although the emperor gradually agreed with Zhang Shou's judgment in his heart, he refused to show it on his face. Not only that, he even showed a bit of impatience: "Okay, okay, after all, it's you, the teacher, who has left a group of people behind."
Students come here to join in the fun, but they still speak plausibly and are more reasonable than anyone else."
Before Zhang Shou, who was obviously unhurried, could apologize, he said with a half-smile: "However, Sanlang insisted on taking the Jiuzhangtang exam and passed the exam based on his own ability. I can't stop him, but I
As I said before, Saburo has other schoolwork, so he can only spend half a day in Jiuzhang Hall every day, and for the remaining half of the day, he has to go to school with Shiro."
Seeing the fourth prince, he immediately showed great joy - as if a child who thought he would lose his little friend suddenly heard that his friend only left for half a day every day, but could still be with him for the remaining half of the day, so he was overjoyed -
Zhang Shou only felt that this pair of brothers was really rare.
So he stretched out his hand again and pressed on the fourth prince's shoulder, and then nodded happily: "The emperor said that it should be like this. Among all subjects, the third prince and the fourth prince should not be partial to each other."
Wu Ge has long seen that although the emperor was sometimes annoyed, sometimes impatient, and sometimes scornful, in essence, if you were not someone close to you, the emperor would not bother to say more to you.
Therefore, at this moment, he immediately laughed and said: "Who doesn't know that Dr. Zhang is good at teaching and educating people? Not to mention Lu Zhu behind him, Zhang Chen and Zhu Tingyi who just arrived, aren't they all accomplished now?"
"Your Majesty, others may find fault with Dr. Zhang as an official, but it has been obvious to all that he is a teacher."
Only then did the emperor's expression change. He pointed at Zhang Chen and Zhu Er who were hurriedly trying to squeeze over, coughed and said: "I will ask you more about the good things you two did in Cangzhou later. Okay.
, I came out to relax today, not to listen to these big things, so I asked the chefs to use all their skills, and I personally asked the question today, and there was only one question. "
He paused for a moment, without looking at the other people's expressions, and said directly: "I only have one request, home-cooked food!"
Chief Yue Shan immediately raised his eyes to look at the expressions of Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang. He saw that Zhang Shou smiled very naturally, and Lu Sanlang was so elated that he wished he could just laugh. He couldn't help but feel a little confused.
According to his idea, since Zhang Shou conspired with Lu Sanlang and proposed to use this method to select the imperial chef, then there must be promising people who want to be admitted to the imperial kitchen, so the test questions must have been thought through countless times in advance. Now the emperor
An unexpected topic was suddenly announced, and Zhang Shou, the teacher and student, were actually very happy. This was completely unreasonable!
Only Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang knew what the test questions were... They had never prepared for this thing at all. Compared with the crowds, consumption and business that such a competition can attract, the selection of imperial chefs is no longer that important.
Okay. Besides, since the person finally selected must satisfy the emperor with his cooking skills, it would be best to just find someone to ask the question casually on the spot.
And who else can propose a question with more authority than the emperor's hand-picked one?
The emperor's request, which was not special at all, was quickly notified by the accompanying young eunuch. A total of thirty chefs who had been selected in the previous three primaries, after hearing the word home-cooked food, some were overjoyed, while others were at a loss.
, some people muttered words, but others celebrated with their foreheads and hands.
The last kind of people who are celebrating include Song Juren. He is very sure that if the topic announced today is a very biased topic, then he has only one choice, and that is to abstain! But the emperor actually announced such a very broad topic,
And it is a very suitable topic for an abnormal chef like him, so he can finally breathe a little easier.
It doesn't matter if you are eliminated...but if you give up and are eliminated, it would be really embarrassing!
On the third floor of Xinglong Tea House, the emperor listened to the young eunuch beside him narrate in a low voice the reaction of the chefs below after the examination questions were announced, especially the relief reaction of such a strange and unusual person like Song Juren. He couldn't help but his eyes flashed, and then if there was something
He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
I remember when I heard Chu Kuan say that Princess Yongping was furious because the dignified scholar surnamed Song had hidden his identity to be selected as the royal chef. But when the man surnamed Song actually went head-to-head with her, the emperor was so angry at such a strange person.
Scholars are very interested. Firstly, they are interested in people's craftsmanship, and secondly, they are interested in their daughter's lifelong events.
After all, the marriage between Princess Deyang and the two princesses has been decided, but Princess Yongping just left it there. Even if she tried her best to ask for it, how could he be so unworthy of his father-in-law?
However, when he was planning to go to see Zhang Shou, Zhu Ying came to the palace and brought Zhang Shou's judgment to him.
After listening to this, although he admired the two portions of sugar water that Zhu Ying brought into the palace and those made by Song Juren himself, he had no intention of leaving the palace to meet his future son-in-law.
The authorities were fascinated by the onlookers. Zhang Shou had already made it clear. How could he still not understand why Princess Yongping was angry? But he had not gone to Zhang Yuan to see people before. Since he was here today, the emperor decided to take a look at this interesting princess.
Song Juren.
At this moment, because the fourth prince occupied a separate table, the most lively emperor could not help but feel that it was very boring. Looking around, he coughed and said: "Yingying, Zhang Shou, you two come over here
sit!"
After calling these two, he saw that other people, such as Zhang Chen, Lu Sanlang and Zhu Er, were also looking at him eagerly. The emperor said angrily: "Lu Sanlang, aren't you in charge of the entire process of selecting the imperial chef?
What are you doing here? Why don't you go down and do your work? Zhang Chen and Zhu Er are the same, don't stay here and be lazy, go down and take a look, I saw a lot of people on the second floor!"
He kicked the three juniors out directly. The emperor looked at the civil and military ministers and saw that Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying had already come over. He asked with an unkind expression: "I heard that for the first preliminary competition, didn't I invite teachers and
Mr. Qi, Mr. Chu, why is it that only Mr. Wu Ge is among the civil servants this time? Did he not invite him, or did he invite someone else but didn't come?"
Zhang Shou gently pulled Zhu Ying who was about to explain, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't invite teachers and others, but because such a food review may be rare and rare for ordinary people.
It is an experience worth telling people in a lifetime, but for teachers and others, tasting so many dishes one by one is really a delicious burden."
Therefore, he paused for a moment, then turned around and cupped his hands to Mr. Wu Ge, and said with a smile: "So, when I was discussing with Yingying, I bothered her to try to invite Mr. Wu Ge, because
I heard that Wu Ge is old and prosperous, in good health, and most importantly, loves food and enjoys life, which is different from the pastoral atmosphere that some people in the DPRK claim to pursue."
What Mr. Wu Ge was most proud of was his happy-go-lucky attitude towards life. Now Zhang Shou clearly stated that he agreed with his philosophy of life. He just felt that this young man was more pleasing to the eye than before. What's more, Zhang Shou made it clear
Praising him for his good health, good stomach, and delicious food, of course he felt very comfortable hearing such flattery.
When they reach such a high official position, most people would rather face difficulties than retreat. Who would like to be called old?
Known as Mr. Nice Guy, the emperor's yes-man, and always ranked in the cabinet rankings, he smiled and twirled his beard: "You must have fun in this world, don't let the golden bottle stand in the sky against the moon, live in this world, enjoy yourself in time, but it is a pity that we are not the Tang Dynasty now,
Civil servants have set more and more rules for themselves. Even if they want to enjoy themselves in time, they still want to say that they are abstinent and indifferent to others."
"Tsk, tsk, I can't do it. I'm old. What's wrong with spending my own money to enjoy myself?" When Mr. Wu Ge said this, he pointed at Lu Wan, who was pulled to the same table by him, and smiled.
Said, "That's why I admire Lao Lu very much. Not only does he bravely retreat from the rapids and return to busy work, but he also knows how to enjoy life. He goes to listen to the rain in the small building and walks among thousands of flowers without touching a single leaf!"
puff--
Even though Lu Wan had always known that Wu Ge always got drunk after two drinks and had the temperament to talk nonsense when he was in a mood - of course, this nonsense was limited to people and would never involve important matters of family and country - but
At this moment, Lu Wan couldn't help but spit out his wine when someone exposed his popular behavior in front of the emperor.
Seeing Mr. Wu Ge quickly ducking away, Lu Wan immediately said angrily: "Wu Mianhua, what are you talking about!"
"What nonsense am I talking about?" Mr. Wu Ge opened his eyes innocently, "I didn't say anything. You just went to listen to tunes to relieve your boredom, and you didn't go to sleep on flowers and willows. It's a hundred times better than those fake Taoism. I
I’m complimenting you.”
Seeing the dignified elder and the former minister of the Ministry of War, Xian Gongxue was so sarcastic about the wine ceremony. Faced with this situation, the emperor, instead of being annoyed, instead sipped his drink with great interest. Most of the other nobles were smiling.
Watching the excitement, Chief Yue Shan couldn't help but rub his temples gently. He felt that the officialdom of the court was far more complicated than what he had heard before.
But at this moment, he heard Zhang Shou's voice again.
"I heard that Zhaoming Academy has always had a bright academic style. It teaches students according to their aptitude and follows their students' nature. It is not like some academies that blindly require a strict academic style, nor is it like some academies that are hierarchical and awe-inspiring like a court.
, that’s why I asked Lu Sanlang to send an invitation to Chief Yue Shan, but in the end I was still prepared that Chief Yue Shan couldn’t come.”
"Now that Chief Yue Shan can come, it has finally slightly leveled the difference in the number of civil and military personnel today." At this point, Zhang Shou smiled and pointed at Wu Ge Lao and Lu Wan, Tang Jieyuan at the other table, and then Chief Yue Shan.
, and finally nodded to himself, "So the emperor just said that only one civil servant, Mr. Wu Ge, came. This is not accurate. Five to five, in fact, it is exactly half and half."