Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-One is too pitiful!
It's a blessing in disguise, how can you know it's not a blessing?
When bidding farewell to Cao Wu, who had thanked him so much for his kindness, Zhang Shou was confused. The first thing that came to his mind were these eight words. But thinking about it again, it was not him who lost the horse, but his future father-in-law, and neither was the one who won the horse.
He was Cao Wu, and he was the one who instructed Cao Wu to raise funds from wealthy merchants and influence the court through them and the people behind them. As for him, did he get anything? Obviously nothing!
As for the impeachment of Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, Zhang Shou didn't think much about it at all - when the father and son were defeated in the expedition, there were even rumors that the man was dead, disabled and missing, and there were all kinds of bad news, and then the court
Even though the impeachment almost drowned the Zhu family, Zhao Guogong's mansion was still safe in the end, not to mention that Zhu Jing and Zhu Tingfang are back now?
The father and son could just wave their hands and solve this trivial matter, so why did he need to jump up and down and worry about it?
So, when he returned to Wu's place and saw someone comforting the angry Zhu Ying, he smiled and said: "It's mediocre not to be jealous of others. Yingying, please be more open-minded. Others are jealous of your father. It's not two days a day."
Damn it, it’s the same as others slandering your and my beauty. The right thing to say is, stick to the green mountains and never let go. The roots are still in the broken rocks. After thousands of hardships, they are still strong, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south."
When Zhang Shou said that others were jealous of Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, Zhu Ying was still angry and sullen. But when Zhang Shou said that others were slandering the beauty of the young couple, Zhu Ying couldn't help being amused.
When Zhang Shou casually composed a four-line poem, she was astonished as she had almost never heard Zhang Shou recite poetry or compose a poem.
She blurted out and asked: "Ah Shou, your poem is good!"
Seeing Wu looking at him with surprise, Zhang Shou was just slightly stunned, and then he laughed and said: "The poem is not bad. It can be used to chant people by chanting bamboo. However, this poem is about your elder brother, but I am not.
The type that moves along the southeast and northwest winds. Tomorrow I will ask the teacher to draw two bamboos, and then inscribe this poem on it and give it to your eldest brother as a gift. What do you think?"
Zhu Ying finally succeeded in being distracted by Zhang Shou's rambling, and no longer paid attention to the problem of the poem. She couldn't help but said angrily: "Ah Shou, what are you talking about? It's not my eldest brother's birthday."
, it’s not a festival, why did you ask Grandpa Ge to send him a painting? Are you trying to flatter him? "
"Yeah, I'm just trying to curry favor with my future uncle, who always seems to dislike me!"
Zhang Shou blinked his eyes in a serious manner, and then said earnestly, "So I very much doubt that the sudden impeachment of my father-in-law this time is because the emperor intends to find something for your eldest brother to do, so as to prevent him from being aloof.
So I just became lazy. You know, he is a famous young general who spends all his time at Xiao's house as a teacher for Xiao Cheng and Xiao Huahua. Isn't this overkill?"
"With his both civil and military skills, he should be fighting against heaven and earth!"
"I'm going to fight you! Ah Shou, you are becoming more and more glib now!" Zhu Ying finally smiled. The bad mood just now disappeared completely. And when she thought about it, the more she thought about it, the more she felt...
Zhang Shou made sense, and in the end he nodded and said, "But you are right, this matter is indeed a bit strange. Why did the emperor ask my father to be the Minister of War when he has nothing to do? I will go to the palace to ask him tomorrow.
"
As soon as she said this, she stood up to leave, but after taking two steps, she suddenly stopped again, turned around and glared at Zhang Shou angrily: "I almost forgot about the real thing because of your ramblings. Today I
I have one more thing to tell you, the emperor is going to hold a sutra feast."
However, after Zhu Ying's special reminder, she only saw Zhang Shou looking at her inexplicably. Just when she thought Zhang Shou would ask her what the Jingyan was, she only saw Zhang Shou looking at her.
Smiled.
"What does Jingyan have to do with me?"
If she didn't know clearly what kind of person Zhang Shou was, Zhu Ying would have been driven crazy by these understatements. She glared at Zhang Shou fiercely, and still looked at her innocently when she saw others.
, she was itching with hatred and said angrily: "Your majestic Dr. Guozi, ask me what does Jingyan have to do with you?"
"I can't help it. I have only been a doctor of Guozi for a year, and I spent several months wandering around Cangzhou. How do I know that Jing Yan has something to do with me?" Zhang Shou said very plausibly, and then smiled again.
He said, "Besides, everyone knows that I was born in the countryside, and my partial subjects are all focused on arithmetic. I don't even understand the scriptures and banquets. Isn't that natural?"
"What you said makes sense." Zhu Ying rolled her eyes at Zhang Shou. She did not listen to his nonsense, but explained seriously, "The Jingyan Festival in the Song Dynasty was from February to the Dragon Boat Festival, and then from August to August.
When the moon came to the winter solstice, when Emperor Taizu first ascended the throne, some Confucian officials also suggested this, but Grandpa Taizu was not very happy, thinking that it was meaningless to just read and explain."
Although since arriving in the capital, Zhang Shou has learned a lot about a certain Taizu emperor from official history to unofficial history, and even read the diary of this senior in pinyin and half-baked Chinese English, he still has a lot of things.
Never understood.
For example, what Zhu Ying said now was the first time he heard it, so he naturally listened with interest.
"Grandpa Taizu was dismissive of the so-called Sutra Banquet in the Song Dynasty, saying that Renzong was still known as a wise monarch, but because of his young age, there was no seat for the reading official during the Sutra Banquet. Since he didn't even have the dignity of being a teacher.
If there are no books left, how can we talk about the sages’ books? Not to mention that when Wang Jinggong lectures and reads, there are no seats. He also devotes half a year to holding a decent Sutra feast every year, which is actually a false story."
"So Taizu made a rule that the feast should be held for three months every year, and it can be held at any time. During these three months, lectures will be held every other day, for one and a half hours each time. The lectures and readings are not limited to classics and history, but miscellaneous subjects are also allowed. In addition, listen to the lectures
Not only the emperor, but also the princes, brothers and the royal family in the capital, as well as nobles and nobles should all line up around to listen to the lecture. Of course, this does not mean that you don’t have to listen to the lecture when you are the emperor."
"The emperor can choose his own teacher and let him give lectures. There is no limit to the number of emperor teachers. But the emperor only looks for one, Grandpa Ge. Grandpa Ge is now older and the number of times he comes to the palace to give lectures to the emperor is reduced. But
I will still open a list of books for the emperor to read, and then give the emperor a topic based on the book for him to write an article."
After talking about the emperor's diligent study, Zhu Ying began to expose the emperor's sneaky activities: "The emperor is just convinced by Grandpa Ge and has always shown little interest in the Jingyan. In previous years, others attended the Jingyan.
But either I was listening to the lecture and making comments at the same time, or I was distracted while listening to the lecture, and sometimes I even secretly read a book."
Zhu Ying ruthlessly exposed the emperor's performance during the feast, and then added: "When he was attending the feast, he still read the legends in the market. His favorite was the legend of Grandpa Taizu, followed by Grandpa Ruizong. The legend is that of Grandpa Yingzong. Anyway, there are a lot of miscellaneous books in the boxes on the bookshelf of his Qianqing Palace. You will know about it later."
No, I would rather not know from now on!
Zhang Shou couldn't help but take a deep breath, thinking that the emperor still maintains the kind of character that is called a maverick at best and a middle-class character at worst. It is really rare for the Queen Mother to raise such a son. It's really not easy - and no wonder he brought out these two bastard sons, the eldest prince and the second prince...
You will know when you realize that Zhu Ying is actually referring to the possibility that he may be asked to participate in the sutra banquet. Then he was dumbfounded and said: "So I might still go to the sutra banquet? Wait, I'm going to listen." Or are you going to talk about it?" This is so deceiving!
"Of course I'm going to tell it! Otherwise, why do you think those four mountain chiefs came to the capital just to be teachers for the princes? Of course not, they came to attend the banquet and looked back at the stone tablet behind their own academy. They could Mark your own great achievements!" At this point, Zhu Ying glanced at Zhang Shou proudly and said, "Be prepared, I will listen to you later!"
Zhang Shou didn't have time to ask, he just saw the eldest lady walking away with a smile on her face. There was no trace of the anger that had just been caused by Zhu Jing's impeachment. However, the eldest lady waved her sleeves as if not to take away a cloud. He left, but left him with a big problem that he had to think about how to solve.
Jingyan... such a noble term actually has something to do with him? Is it possible that he talks about history in the same way as before at Banshan Hall? Will he not be criticized to death by some people?
Or else he would make a huge blackboard and write a lot of formulas to make those people confused?
Judging from Zhu Ying's tone, it seems like it's okay for him not to participate!
Zhang Shou started to have a real headache. Seeing his embarrassment, Mrs. Wu thought that he was worried because he had nothing to talk about at the sutra banquet, so she had to comfort him and ask Ge Yong for advice. Zhang Shou was startled for such a suggestion and then laughed. He said: "Mom really gave me a good idea. I know it. If I really can't think of what to talk about at the sutra banquet, I will ask the teacher for advice."
Seeing that her son accepted her suggestion, Mrs. Wu immediately beamed with joy, but the next moment, there was a knock on the door outside. She quickly called out to come in. The next moment, Ah Liu pushed the door open and entered the house. His expression is a little weird.
"Madam, young master, the eldest lady just met me on the way and asked me to tell you a few more words." He hesitated slightly, as if he was struggling with how to speak. After a while, he said, "She said she would see you later." Find the best tailor to make a new official uniform for the young master, and she will personally match the accessories. I tell the young master that you must not be casual when you go to attend the Buddhist feast."
Zhang Shou immediately couldn't laugh or cry, and Mrs. Wu also exclaimed in surprise: "Why is this? Isn't it true that Jingyan people wear ordinary clothes?"
Ah Liu coughed dryly and repeated Zhu Ying's words exactly as they were: "In Grandpa Taizu's old system, those who went to listen were not only the royal children and nobles, but also princesses, princesses, and noble daughters of various families. But for many years, there were no It's fashionable, but this time the emperor will definitely do it. Therefore, the eldest lady hopes that you, young master, dress up well so that others can take a good look at your grace."
Although he had guessed Zhu Ying's intention just now, when Ah Liu actually said this, Zhang Shou couldn't help but feel that it was in line with Zhu Ying's characteristic of showing off. As expected, Wu couldn't help it either.
Shaked his head.
"Yingying is such a child... Ah Shou has been in the capital for more than a year. Who else doesn't know how good-looking he is, yet she still shows off like this!"
But when she said this, the smile revealed in her eyebrows was impossible to hide. How could she not be willing to show off her future daughter-in-law if she wanted to show off her son who had outstanding looks, talents and learning?
Zhang Shou has been in the capital for a long time, but it is true that many noble ladies have never seen him. After all, there are differences between men and women. No matter how curious people are, they can't just take a carriage and pass by, right?
Therefore, she then said seriously: "In this case, I will discuss it with her later and make sure you dress decently and solemnly, so that no one can find any flaws!"
Okay, okay, it's all up to you...
What else could Zhang Shou say? He just felt that if he really wanted to attend, he wouldn't have to ask Ge Yong for advice on what to pay attention to during the banquet. He might as well just go straight to the introduction and application of calculus that day, so that
Everyone has turned into mosquito-repellent incense eyes.
Unable to enter the palace at night, Zhu Ying was grounded by the Queen Mother again on the third day of the next day. She only entered the palace on the fourth day to angrily accuse the Queen Mother. Of course, she still went to Qingning Palace to talk to the Queen Mother first - otherwise
The emperor has to go to the morning court first, and after the morning court, he still has to work for a while. It is really not in line with the character of a young lady to rush over and cause trouble while others are doing business.
Therefore, she had a snack at the Queen Mother's place, and then entered the Qianqing Palace in a grand manner on the pretext of delivering snacks to the emperor. However, the snack plate was handed directly to Liu Feng who came to greet her, and she went straight east
Nuange rushed in. As soon as she entered the door, she saw the emperor looking at him with a smile, as if he had expected her to come.
But she was not in a hurry. She stepped forward and saluted, then said with a stern face: "Your Majesty, my father works behind closed doors at home. Misfortunes come from heaven. Why do you think of asking him to be the Minister of the Ministry of War? Now,
A lot of people are impeaching my father for colluding with Mr. Wu Ge. This is simply a joke. If my father had such ability, he might as well become the chief minister!"
"Actually..." The emperor tugged at his mustache, then laughed dryly and said, "Your father is just not very lucky."
"Ah?" Zhu Ying didn't expect that the emperor could give such an outrageous explanation, and she immediately laughed angrily, "My father was not very lucky, so he was impeached? If it hadn't been for your sudden idea, Your Majesty, my father would have been impeached."
How could you be so unlucky!"
The emperor laughed and tried his best to appear as if nothing had happened: "I asked Mr. Wu Ge to draw up two votes. One is your father's appointment, and the other is the last time Zhang Shou asked you to lobby for my escort ship. No matter which one you choose,
If Zhang falls into the hands of Liu Ke Lang Bing Ke, he will definitely be so angry that he will ignore the other thing. It depends on who has better luck, Zhang Shou or your father."
"I just didn't expect that your father, who has always been very lucky, would actually lose to Zhang Shou this time."
Zhu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then her pretty face turned red with anger. But before she burst into rage, the emperor said seriously: "If your father is impeached, and he knows the inside story, he will definitely call Zhang Shou and punish him."
Teach him a lesson. If the matter of the sea escort ship is attacked, Zhang Shou will not be able to escape. I will cure his fear of trouble!"