Chapter 30 Farewell (Part 2)
If Zhang Qian had just arrived in the Tang Dynasty, Li Chongmao's performance might have really resonated with Zhang Qian. But now, what Zhang Qian felt was just regret!
It's not serious. After all, two days ago, Gao Yanfu had already reminded him that the new king only inherited the advantage of Li Xian's "goodness", and in other aspects, they were all lacking in kind.
However, no matter how regretful it is, you still have to do superficial articles. Who knows how many other people's eyes and ears are hidden by the little emperor. Even in order to make all forces feel at ease, Zhang Qian must do superficial articles without any leakage.
Therefore, before Li Chongmao wiped his tears dry, Zhang Qian bowed and bowed according to the pre-rehearsed routine, "The Lord's Day, mourn! The late emperor died young, and every time I think back, my heart is as if I was shattered. However, the more I think about the late emperor's grace, the more I understand the heavy responsibility on my shoulders. When I push myself to others, I dare to think that the emperor should do the same."
"Zhang Qing——" Li Chongmao's performance was suddenly stuck, and he was stunned for seven or eight breaths before raising his hands to cover his forehead and eyes. "Zhang Qing said this very much! The father has handed over the Tang Dynasty to me. Even if my heart hurts at this moment, I must cheer up and let the prosperous age come soon. In this way, I will not let my father down on my expectations for me!"
"The Lord is wise!" Zhang Qian sighed secretly in his heart, and praised him loudly.
"But, how can we make the prosperous age come soon? Since I ascended the throne, I have been thinking about it day and night, but I have no idea! My father once told me that Zhang Qing is both civil and military, and I don't know if Zhang Qing has a good plan to teach me?" Li Chongmao obviously made some preparations and quickly turned the topic back. Although it was a little awkward, Zhang was also inseparable from it.
"The late emperor praised it, but I am ashamed of me!" Since there was no way to avoid it, Zhang Qian had to continue to deal with the tricks he had prepared, "and he dared not be arrogant and offered any good strategies for governing the country to the emperor."
After pausing for a moment, he quickly made a supplement without waiting for the little emperor to continue to make moves, "Besides, assisting the emperor in formulating national policies is the responsibility of the current minister of the court, the ministers of the subordinates, and the servants of the left and right. The ministers are border generals and should not be slandered!"
"But the Empress Dowager and I have already responded to the recommendation of Xiao Zhongshu and Zong Pushe, and the Ce is the third rank of the subordinates of the Zhongshu." After all, he was a child. The little emperor Li Chongmao soon lost the patience to continue his journey and directly brought out the empty title that had not yet been given to Zhang Qian's head.
"I haven't received the imperial edict yet!" Zhang Qian thought for a while and bowed with a smile, "But I believe that you have no jokes, so I thank the emperor for his kindness first!"
"Zhang Qing is not a gift!" Li Chongmao raised his hand casually, and his anxious expression quickly surged his face, "I don't need you to thank me. I just hope that I will live up to my father's expectations. Does Zhang Qing have any good ideas to teach me?"
This is obviously a way of doing business, forcing Zhang Qian to express his opinion. He gave him a "painted cake" who was the third-ranked subordinate of the Zhongshu, but asked Zhang Qian to stand on his side immediately without asking about good and bad luck. He was too "smart"!
Immediately, Zhang Qian's last hesitation disappeared, he stood up straight, and bowed solemnly, "The General of the Last is a martial artist, and I really don't dare to talk about any good strategies. However, since the Emperor of the Emperor has asked, the General of the Last is unable to answer. However, whether this strategy is beneficial to the country is not sure. I also ask the General of the Emperor to discuss with the Secretary of the Central Committee, the Minister of the Sect, and the Left and Right Master to make a decision."
"Job Zhang Qing just said that I will listen carefully!" The little emperor Li Chongmao just wanted Zhang Qian to express his opinion as his own, and he didn't care whether the strategy he offered was effective. Therefore, he immediately raised his hand with a smile.
"I was originally from the military supervisor, but later, by chance, I became the chief minister under Niu Dugu. I felt that I was not knowledgeable enough and was worried that I would let down the entrusted by the late emperor. Therefore, I tried hard to read some books. This time I was about to go to war, and read another masterpiece by the ancients, with two sentences that made me admire him very much." Zhang Qian smiled and calmly gave the long-prepared answer. "Today, the emperor asked about the strategy of the country, and I would like to borrow these two sentences from the ancients and forward them to the emperor: I would like to be close to the wise ministers and stay away from the villain. This is why the Han was prosperous in the past; I respected to the villain and stay away from the wise ministers, and stayed away from the Han Dynasty. People in the world liked to use the Han Dynasty to imitate the Tang Dynasty. I thought that the emperor wanted to reappear the rule of Zhenguan again, but it was just these six words: close to the virtuous ministers and stayed away from the villain!"
"Then Zhang Qing thought, how should I distinguish between wise ministers and villains?" Li Chongmao would definitely not lose to Zhang Qian when he read many ancient texts. He heard that he used the words from "The Memorial of the Emperor" to make excuses himself, and immediately grabbed the key points.
"It depends on the body of the king. The ancients said that the lord will be straightforward. If the lord is wise and tolerant, the court will naturally be full of wise men. If the lord is narrow-minded and likes to listen to flattery, there will naturally be villains around you." Zhang Qian was prepared for it and refused to be deceived, and his answer was clear.
"Then how can we make the wise ministers willing to use it for me?" Li Chongmao took a step forward slowly, his voice full of persecution.
"I don't know when I call you." Zhang Qian retreated without hesitation, widened the distance between the two sides again, and bowed with a smile, "I asked myself that I can only be considered a good general, but not a wise minister. Therefore, the emperor asked the gentle minister, which is equivalent to asking the blind."
"But you have been guarding the coffin for your father for eighteen days!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian retreated so decisively, and Li Chongmao's voice became higher uncontrollably, "I can't see the second person who is so loyal to his father!"
"The late emperor once treated the last general with the courtesy of the national sage, and the last general should be treated with the courtesy of the national sage." Zhang Qian did not think about it and solemnly responded, "The loyalty of other civil and military officials to the late emperor is not necessarily weaker than that of the last general. It's just that everyone's way of repaying the late emperor is different! With the wisdom of the saint, he will definitely not only see the last general."
"This..." The little emperor could not refute Zhang Qian's words, and the "offensive" was immediately unsustainable.
However, just like this, Zhang Qian slipped away from his eyes, he felt extremely unwilling. He gritted his teeth and simply went straight, "Zhang Qing's words are reasonable. I heard Zhang Qing's words, it was like a sudden enlightenment. I wonder if Zhang Qing is willing to stay in Chang'an and ask me day and night?"
"The emperor's love is very grateful." Zhang Qiantui had no choice but to bow with a smile, "But, I will be entrusted by the late emperor to sit in the footsteps of the Tang Dynasty and guard the gateway of the Tang Dynasty. Now the late emperor has just passed away, and I will not dare to let down his expectations."
"The Father has passed on the country to me!" Unexpectedly, when Zhang Qian had no way to retreat, he could still move his father as a shield. Li Chongmao was immediately irritated and disappointed. "Since Zhang Qing still remembers his father's kindness, he should turn his loyalty to him to me."
"The Master's Clarification!" Zhang Qian bowed down and responded solemnly, "The General is willing to hold a spear and armor for the Tang Dynasty and fight for this life. Anyone who dares to offend the power of our Tang Dynasty will be willing to chase him to the ends of the world and take his head to warn those who come later!"
"What if someone offends me?" Li Chongmao didn't care whether there were other people's eyeliners around him, and continued to figure it out with red eyes.
"It depends on what kind of offense it is!" Zhang Qian smiled again, stood up straight, and answered neatly, "If you offend the Emperor for the future of the Tang Dynasty, Mo Jiang raised his glass to him and respected him. If it was an unintentional mistake, Mo Jiang would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb. If someone wanted to kill the Emperor for his own selfishness, Mo Jiang would be irreconcilable with him even though he was thousands of miles away!"
In the last sentence, he deliberately said it very loudly, and at the same time, he quickly glanced around with his eyes. In an instant, an invisible murderous aura came out of his body, frightening the eunuchs and palace maids who were pricking their ears, and they all changed their faces and staggered back together.
The little emperor Li Chongmao could not stand this invisible murderous aura. He instinctively took a few steps back before he stood firm again.
A long-lost sense of security instantly enveloped his whole body. His nose suddenly became sore and his eyes were red, begging for promise, "Zhang Qing, I, I hope you can stay in Chang'an. During the days you were in Xuanwu Gate, I felt very at ease. When you left, I felt empty. I will definitely work hard to be a good emperor, I hope you can do it for me..."
"The emperor, the last general is in charge of the Sai Ye. Not only the arrangement of the late emperor, but also after the court's proposal, there was a formal imperial edict of the court." Zhang Qian had already said all the meaning of the idea of passing it out, so he did not repeat it. He smiled and whispered a reminder.
"I know, I know!" No matter how poor Li Chongmao's ability was, he knew that he had no right to change the unanimous decision between the Empress Dowager and the ministers. He nodded repeatedly with red eyes, "I, I just couldn't bear to leave Zhang Qing. I, I still have a lot of things, but I haven't learned it. I didn't expect that I would become the emperor so soon!"
At this moment, he finally showed a bit of tenderness and weakness that matched his actual age, and no longer tried to pretend to be a young wise king. Zhang Qian saw it in his eyes, but instead felt that this trip was true. He smiled and comforted softly, "No one was born to know it. From no to know, it takes a process. As long as the emperor learns humbly and listens to the words of the Empress Dowager, the King of Xiang, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the Shizhong and others, he will be able to learn one day."
"I, I, I..." The little emperor Li Chongmao was worried that he would not have been studying for so long, but he knew that it would be impossible to keep Zhang Qian when he said it. Instead, it would make Empress Dowager Wei dislike him even more. Suddenly, he felt more aggrieved in his heart and cried in a daze.
"It would be better to teach the priest a few martial arts secrets so that the priest can make the priest stronger and more energetic in handling state affairs in the future!" Zhang Qian suddenly smiled again, proposing as if he was coaxing a child.
"Is it Tai Chi?" The curiosity of the little emperor Li Chongmao was immediately aroused, and he temporarily forgot his fear of the future, stared at him with tears in his eyes and asked.
"Yes!" Zhang Qian nodded with a smile, "The map is in the high-level sect. However, the sage is different from the late emperor. The Tai Chi that the late emperor practiced was to cure diseases. But what the sage wanted to learn was to strengthen the body. Therefore, the sage could ask him for advice before the high-level sect became a mountain tomb envoy. And today, he would teach the sage a few secrets."
"There is still a secret?" Li Chongmao was curious and his eyes began to shine.
"Yeah!" Zhang Qian nodded with a smile, then walked away a few steps, and slowly played the Tai Chi routine for the performance. While fighting, he smiled and said, "He is strong, he is strong, the breeze blows through the hills; he is straight, and the bright moon shines on the river. He is cruel, he is evil, and I am full of true energy. No worries, no fear, no illness will be plagued!"
This set of Tai Chi specialized in performance has been optimized by countless people in the 21st century. It was originally pleasing to the eye. In addition, he was born with long hands and legs and was full of righteousness. The little emperor Li Chongmao was so dazzling that he forgot all his worries in an instant!
Chapter completed!