The first thing you think of is the one you prefer.
At first, Emperor Liu Chan was very curious about Zheng Pu.
Later, he sent Fu Qian to be his disciple for more than a year. Qian's knowledge greatly increased and he became even more dissatisfied.
Today, I heard that Zheng Pu discussed loyalty and integrity through calligraphy, and suddenly I felt a warm feeling that "virtuous people come from afar".
Therefore, the emperor is happy and overjoyed.
After the ceremony, as soon as he sat down at the table, he raised a cup and invited Zheng Pu to have a drink with him to show his talent.
After drinking, he still seemed to be unhappy, and even claimed to have heard Zheng Pu's words about "thinning tendons", which made him very happy, and he intended to copy and practice it in the future.
It also made Zheng Pu secretly ashamed.
First, Fu Qian was by his side, and he also knew that the calligraphy practiced by the emperor was the eight-point official script of the prime minister.
On the other hand, as an emperor, it’s okay if you don’t get used to calligraphy such as thin gold style. Otherwise, it will have its own destiny.
"My humble work in the mountains has found its way into His Majesty's eyes. I am overjoyed!"
After thinking for a while, Zheng Pu first thanked him and then remonstrated, "However, this calligraphy, by removing the flesh and erecting the bones to encourage integrity, is the way of being a minister! Your Majesty is the co-owner of the world, and you should act in a dignified way! I am bold. , Your Majesty, please do not imitate it."
"Alas!"
After listening to this, Emperor Liu Chan smiled with joy and sighed in surprise, "I don't think Zheng Qing's words are almost the same as Fei Qing's advice. This is not a wise man, he sees everything in the same way!"
Fei Qing?
Is it Fei Wenweixie, the servant of Huangmen?
However, after the prime minister returned from the southern expedition, didn't he send him as an envoy to Soochow?
After hearing this, Zheng Pu looked surprised and didn't know how to answer for a while.
The emperor Liu Chan, who had a kind-hearted nature, was very happy when he saw this, and said, "I don't know, Zheng Qing, but you recorded the "Humble Chamber Inscription" and gave it to the great master. I also tasted it and saw that the calligraphy of "Thin Muscles" is quite strange. , I took pleasure in copying it myself. When Fei Qing heard it, he gave me some advice. His words are almost the same as Zheng Qing’s words now!"
I see.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Pu quickly saluted and spoke modestly.
The emperor Liu Chan seemed to be very close to Zheng Pu. He talked and laughed with Yan Yan. He not only praised the "Original Scenery of Hometown" repeatedly, but also claimed that he had made the palace musicians practice it. When the music was mastered, he would invite Zheng Pu to come and enjoy it together. Fun.
Even the bamboo tube rice was mentioned.
Zheng Pu did not care about this, and felt sarcastic in his heart, "Don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods."
It is a sigh, similar to the pity of "if you want to wear his crown, you must bear his weight".
Even though the person in front of you is the emperor, has no worries about food and clothing, and serves many people, he cannot help but become a noble "prisoner" bound by the world and etiquette.
It seems that the emperor is a year or two younger than me, right?
When I was young and frivolous, I was dressed in bright clothes and angry with horses, but I was sleepy in the palace all day long. How many people among them who are boring can know the evil?
After thinking about this, Zheng Pu understood in his heart that he followed the emperor's wishes and selected the interesting things in the mountains and countryside, the joys of the market, and the scenery of Bashu and Nanzhong, and described them in detail.
It also allowed the emperor to have a great talk and win, and his face was filled with joy.
Sometimes he holds his hands and laughs, sometimes he strikes the case and sighs, and he often raises a cup of invitation.
Therefore, the Changgong man who served around the emperor couldn't bear to have a slightly sore nose and eyes.
Because the emperor had served him since he was a child, it had been a long time since he had seen the emperor look so joyful and joyful!
Zhengyan smiled, not wanting to see the attendant approaching from afar, and went straight to the table, bowed to the emperor, and said in a calm voice, "Your Majesty, the time has come."
"Ah! How can you be so quick and evil today?"
Although he was still not entirely happy, Emperor Liu Chan was surprised and nodded, "I know."
Immediately, he stood up, took the hand of Zheng Pu who also stood up, and said softly, "The banquet with you is like a white horse passing by, and the three autumn days are all in one day! What a pity! I know that you still need to work hard for the country, and the affairs
It is complicated and it is not appropriate to enter the palace more often. However, I am very happy to sit and discuss with you. I will have another banquet with you when you take a rest someday."
The words were so profound that Zheng Pu couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
Immediately, he bowed with great salute and said in a loud voice, "It is my great fortune to receive your Majesty's banquet! I have heard that those who have been favored by your Majesty should kill themselves in repayment! If Your Majesty has any request, I will definitely say this!"
"It's too much! It's too much!"
After helping Zheng Pu up, Emperor Liu Chan smiled solemnly, nodded slightly, and turned around to leave.
Well, he went to sign today's official documents.
The emperor, who seemed to have all the affairs of the government entrusted to the prime minister and had free time, actually did not have much time for his own entertainment every day.
I usually go to the court at Mao hour. If there is no court meeting, I will switch to reading biographies by myself and stop at noon.
After a short rest, when the application time begins, the court documents will be reviewed.
These documents will not be submitted to the government order.
It was sent by the Prime Minister and had not yet been approved, so that the Emperor could prepare and approve it on his own.
Because the next day, the prime minister would have his assistants copy a copy of what he had reviewed and send it to the palace, so that the emperor could compare the gains and losses on his own.
If there is any confusion or contradiction, the emperor can ask his attendants to send the message to the Prime Minister's Mansion to consult with the Prime Minister.
For example, Pang Hong, who visited me before, often traveled to and from the palace and the prime minister's house because of his responsibilities.
No matter how busy the Prime Minister is, he will explain the reasons and insights in detail that night.
Therefore, although the emperor has not yet taken charge personally, he is even busier than taking charge personally.
Or it can be said that the late emperor entrusted the emperor to the prime minister and asked the emperor to treat the prime minister like his father; and the prime minister regarded the emperor as a king and his own son, and he advised him Yin Yin and taught him Chun Chun.
Day after day, the emperor rarely entertains himself, and this is understandable.
However, perhaps because of today's banquet with Zheng Pu, the emperor was in a happy mood and went back to sign the documents quite briskly.
It's just a pity that when Fang turned around the rockery and disappeared into the forbidden area, the servant who came to urge him earlier bowed and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have the courage to advise you. It is better to call Zheng Shuzuo into the palace in the future."
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He is Dong Yun.
His courtesy name was Xiuzhao. His late father was Dong He, a general in the army and one of the early leaders of Dongchuan scholars.
When the former lord Liu Bei established the crown prince, he was selected as Shiren and later moved to Xima. Now that the prince has ascended the throne, the prime minister thought that he was fair-minded and moved him to Huangmen Shilang, with the intention of advising the emperor on his behavior.
As soon as the emperor Liu Chanfu heard the advice, he immediately frowned, stopped and glanced sideways, feeling displeased.
"Why did Dong Qing say such a thing?!"
Dong Yun still bowed his head slightly, and his voice was neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Majesty summoned Zheng Shuzuo to sit and talk, just for the pleasure of leisure time! If time goes by, everyone in the government and the public may think that Zheng Shuzuo is a lucky minister."
Hearing this, the emperor responded silently.
After a while, he walked forward again and murmured sadly, "I know it."
Let the heavy steps, dragging the farther and farther back, blend into the ruined winter scenery, adding a bit of desolation.
But Zheng Pu, who took Fu Qian out of the palace, had a different scene.
When the emperor was about to leave, he asked Guo Youzhi, who had recently been accompanying him, to see him off as a token of his favor.
Well, Guan Xing, the minister who used to accompany the emperor, was transferred to the military position not long ago and was given the title of military supervisor and commander of the army. It seems that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had the intention to let him follow the army in the Northern Expedition in order to inherit the reputation of his father.
Guo Youzhi, the Attendant, was one of the personal attendants chosen by the late Emperor Liu Bei for the Emperor, and he was also an old man in the palace.
When he and Zheng Pu were walking side by side, he smiled gurglingly and said with emotion, "Zheng Shuzuo, when the emperor kissed you and had a banquet with you, he was overjoyed. I know that Shuzuo is talented and learned, but the prime minister saw him differently. When he enters the palace again in the future,
, please also tell the emperor more about knowledge or customs, in order to benefit the emperor's diligent study."
"promise!"
Hearing this, Zheng Pu tilted his head, raised his hands and said loudly, "I am also a minister, and I should strive to benefit the emperor."
"good!"
Guo Youzhi smiled even brighter and praised him.
The two of them talked and acted, and after a while, they arrived at the forbidden gate of the palace, said goodbye to each other, and left.
After getting on the simple deer cart and sitting down, Zheng Pu nodded to his subordinate Zheng Yiwei, indicating that he could drive the Yunnan horses, and told Fu Qian beside him, "When you pass by the Prefecture Academy, call me."
After saying this, he frowned, half-closed his eyes and thought.
It was not because I was thinking about the gains and losses of having a banquet with Emperor Liu Chan just now.
It's because I feel in my heart the emperor's kindhearted nature and the goodwill he shows towards himself.
It is true that today's son is not as talented or charming as the late Emperor Liu Bei.
But there is one thing that is quite similar.
The late emperor could make people die, but today the emperor and Zheng Pu feel like a straightforward and honest gentleman, a friend who can be devoted to each other and share the same moral principles.
It is also!
It's so bizarre.
As a minister of human beings, how can we regard the power of heaven and not see evil?
How can a person who is a widower in the Heavenly Family sit in the north and talk about evil with his friends?
For a while, Zheng Pu didn't know that it was because of his own temperament that he was often stubborn and went against the grain. Therefore, as soon as he met the emperor's earnest and earnest wishes, he had an illusion. Or in other words, it was because the emperor Liu Chan did not have the majesty of a king.
It should be a combination of both!
His heart was torn and he couldn't figure it out, so Zheng Pu decided to compromise and rest his worries for a while.
I also thought about what I saw and heard when I went to see the emperor today and the palace confinement was boring, so I remembered what the attendant Guo Youzhi said.
The emperor kisses me, is this why he is having a banquet, and his joy is not without evil?
Alas, that’s all.
As a king, you should not be trapped in the palace, because you don't understand the hardships of the common people!
Let me see how to make plans. When the time is right, I will advise the Prime Minister and see if I can get a chance for you to leave the palace.
After some thought, Zheng Pu put the matter aside for the time being.
At this moment, Fu Qian, who was beside him, said loudly, "Sir, the State Academy has arrived."
"good."
Nodding slightly, Zheng Pu called out to Zheng Yi, the retinue who was leading the horse in front of him, "Stop the carriage."
He wanted to enter the Prefecture Academy, send a greeting note to encourage him to study and engage in Qiao Zhou, and invite him to come to the small house to talk with him when he had free time.
In the past, Qin Mi suggested that his name would be heard by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, and he would be compared with Zhang Biao, Yang Xi and others. This could be regarded as a desire to promote his name, so he should do something about it.
Since he was interested in making friends, Zheng Pu couldn't resist others' good intentions.
Human beings are so sophisticated in the world, and while we are still in this world, we cannot avoid it.
The two of them adhered to the principle that "the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water", and they had interacted with each other before, discussing knowledge and so on, and gradually became familiar with each other.
Now that I have returned to Chengdu, and am taking a rest, it is not easy to just ignore it.
Moreover, Zheng Pu's invitation this time was not purely a matter of human relations and sophistication.
What's more, he has been thinking about the Northern Expedition recently. There are some details that may be beneficial to the country, and he would like to ask Qiao Zhou to help him.
Because he was a Confucian scholar who studied ancient times and studied the Six Classics carefully, he was the best among his contemporaries in Bashu.
It was also something Zheng Pu himself knew and was good at, and he was one of the few Confucian scholars he could recruit.
