Chapter 189: Do you have a son? Zhuge Liang's trace
Under the temptation of the money, the boy led several people all the way back to a remote and quiet courtyard.
Bang bang bang~
The boy stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Wang Jieyuan, Wang Jieyuan? A friend has come to see you."
Not long after the knock on the door came, a burst of footsteps came towards Li Qian and others.
Zheng Guan stood in front with a smile on his face, a very confident smile on his face.
An ordinary aristocratic family cannot become a family friend with the Zheng family. In fact, the family friend Zheng Guan mentioned was not with the Yuyao Wang family from which Wang Hua was born, but with the Langya Wang family behind them.
The Yuyao Wang family is just a branch of the Langya Wang family.
The Wang family has three houses: the first is the Langxie Wang family, the second is the Taiyuan Wang family, and the third is the Jingzhao Wang family.
With Wang Hua's status, there is no shortage of places to live in the capital, and he is also a Jie Yuan. The Wang family in Jingzhao should still be very willing to talk about this relative.
The reason why he left his mansion behind and was willing to come to a place like a guild hall was because he wanted to communicate with others, and he would not thank guests behind closed doors like Bao Zheng did.
Crunch~
The door was opened, and a middle-aged man came out. He had a slim appearance, wore a white cotton robe, his black hair was tied up with a white jade hairpin, and he had three long beards under his chin, making his temperament more elegant.
But when he saw Zheng Guan at the front, he was obviously startled.
"My younger brother Xingyang Zheng Guan, named Yong Jue, has met Wang Jieyuan." Zheng Guan put away his frivolous expression and bowed slightly to Wang Hua.
Wang Hua also came to his senses and hurriedly held up Zheng Guan's arm: "It turns out he is a friend of the Zheng family. I am Wang Hua, whose courtesy name is Dehui."
"I've heard of Brother Zheng's name. I guess Brother Zheng is the second in the capital's Qiu Wei this year, right? Please come in quickly."
Zheng Guan shook his head humbly: "I still can't compare with Brother Wang. Brother Wang is older than me and won the imperial examination before me. You should call me by my name."
He turned around and introduced Wang Hua: "Brother Wang, this is my best friend in the capital. He also passed the provincial examination this year."
Ever since Wang Hua left the house, Li Qian had been looking at him. He smiled and cupped his hands: "I am Li Hua, courtesy name Jiubang, from Beijing."
At first, Li Qian was walking in the capital, and when someone asked him about it, he casually made up a name for himself.
Then he pointed to the old eunuch and Lu Bu and said, "As for these two, they are my followers."
Wang Hua was surprised at Li Qian's youth. Seeing that he was Zheng Guan's friend, he also nodded: "Brother Li, please come in too."
The four of them walked in together. Li Qian looked around the small courtyard. The environment here was very simple. There was only a path paved with bluestones from the courtyard gate to the main room. There were also two skinny plum trees planted in the courtyard. A small tender white flower bag hangs on it.
"Did Wang Jieyuan come to the capital alone to take part in the examination?"
Li Qian looked around and saw no one else, so he asked Wang Huadao curiously: "Aren't any of your compatriots involved in Beijing?"
Zheng Guan was sweating. He didn't expect Li Qian to ask such a question. Is this the first time for everyone to meet?
"Brother Li..."
Li Qian also came to his senses and realized that there was something wrong with this question, so he added: "What I mean is that if Wang Jieyuan passes the imperial examination, he will have to stay in the court as an official and will not be able to see his relatives."
"It's better to bring your family to the capital as soon as possible to avoid the worry of separation."
Wang Hua smiled and said: "Then I take Brother Li's good advice, I hope I can really pass this time, but I'm afraid I won't be able to reunite with my family."
"It's freezing cold here in the capital, and my family is not used to it, so I won't let them suffer here."
"As for the reunion...we can only wait and see what happens in the future."
Zheng Guan also smiled and said: "Yes, if you win the Jinshi, you still don't know where to be an official. Even if you stay in the capital, you can still go home on family leave!"
The leave system for officials in large-scale cadres is very loose. Some officials who live far away from home can take leave for half a year at a time.
Li Qian also had a smile on his face: "That's what you two brothers said."
Still taking a long vacation? That’s great.
I'll ask the official department to give you a hard time later.
Li Qian, Wang Hua and Zheng Guan entered the main hall, while Lu Bu and the old eunuch went to the small cubicle on the side.
The charcoal fire in the room burned quietly, releasing warmth. Wang Hua's bookboy served hot tea to the three of them, and then stepped back and left.
Li Qian picked up the tea and took a sip. On the other side, Zheng Guan and Wang Hua were already discussing academic articles seriously.
He didn't take the initiative to speak, he just pretended to be very interested and understanding, and nodded and agreed from time to time.
But in fact... Li Qian could only understand part of what these two perverted academics discussed.
Needless to say, Wang Hua is a top scholar and a top scholar.
As for Zheng Guan, he was even more remarkable. Li Qian remembered that there were records about him in his previous life. He was the only number one scholar in both civil and military subjects in Chinese history.
In other words, this heavyweight not only passed the exam for Wen Zhuangyuan, but he was also familiar with military literature, and his force value was super strong, and he passed the Wu Zhuangyuan exam.
Although Li Qian has been working hard to learn how to handle government affairs and study hard in the past six months, he has to compare with these two...
Still a little bit worse.
There was a cold wind blowing outside the door, and the two top students gradually became engrossed in their conversation, and the topics became more and more profound. It felt like they had fallen in love with each other at first sight and regretted seeing each other so late.
"'Tao' is the body and the outline, and 'Dharma' is the purpose and purpose. Only by paying equal attention to both can we achieve great governance. One cannot be missing without the other."
Wang Hua has profound knowledge and is more than ten years older than Zheng Guan, who is even more youthful at the moment. He slowly elaborates on his point of view: "The subtle essence of Tao and the detailed creation of Dharma are all based on one mind..."
Zheng Guan also kept nodding, and from time to time he could point out the flaws in Wang Hua's words and ask questions.
But Li Qian on the other side was already having a hard time listening, and his eyes were almost lost in the lake.
"Wonderful!" Zheng Guan on the other side was amazed: "To be honest, before coming to the capital, I originally thought that I could get the top prize and go back."
"But after taking the provincial examination and getting to know Dehui, I realized that I was just a frog in the well. There are really countless talented people in Daqian!"
Wang Hua smiled and shook his head: "Yong Jue, how old are you this year? You have just reached your crowning year."
"When I was your age, I was just a scholar. With your talent, as long as you study articles for a few more years and wait for the next subject or the next examination, it will definitely be no empty talk to get the top prize."
"And this year there are also several highly educated people who are going to take part in the examination, such as Mr. Wolong. I can't beat him either."
Zheng Guan shook his head: "It's better not to wait any longer. Let's take the exam today."
"I finally figured it out. Da Qian is so hidden and avoids this subject, he may also meet powerful people in the next subject."
Li Qian will not participate in the feud between the two top academics. For him, no matter who wins the top prize, he will work for him.
However, Wang Hua's words made Li Qian a little curious: "Dehui, have you seen that Mr. Wolong?"
Wang Hua nodded: "On the way to the capital, I met him once in Shangluo County."
"Really?" Even Zheng Guan was surprised and looked extremely interested: "What about that person? Is he more knowledgeable than you?"
Li Qian also quietly pricked up his ears.
Now all the ministers in the dynasty were looking for traces of Zhuge Liang, but unexpectedly, Wang Hua saw him.
Wang Hua was silent for a moment, seeming to be recalling the encounter that day. After a while, he uttered two words: "Elegant and gentle, a genius of the highest generation."
Zheng Guan was stunned: "So powerful?"
He leaned forward and said subconsciously: "Then did he come to the capital? Didn't he go with you?"
Wang Hua shook his head: "He said he was coming to the capital, but he seemed to have something else to do and couldn't leave for a while, so I came first."
Zheng Guan seemed to be very itchy, especially wanting to see Mr. Wolong.
Li Qian was actually very itchy in his heart, but he did not show it directly like Zheng Guan. Instead, he smiled and said, "Does Dehui know what he is going to do?"
Wang Hua thought for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, but he seemed to have gone east at that time."
Li Qian was speechless. He wanted to go northwest when he came to the capital from Shangluo County, but Zhuge Liang went east instead. This was obviously the opposite.
Zheng Guan was also a little disappointed: "It's really difficult to see him."
Wang Hua said: "There is no need for such a person to lie to me. Since he said he would come to the capital, he will come sooner or later. Maybe he has arrived now."
Zheng Guan shook his head and sighed: "Now the ministers in the imperial court are looking for him, and they may have been scared away long ago."
"But it might be a good thing for this kind of person not to take the national examination. Otherwise, if he knew how to take the first prize, wouldn't the first prize go to him??"
Wang Hua also smiled and nodded: "I feel the same way. But no matter what others think, your own knowledge and articles are the most important. Otherwise, without Zhuge Liang, there will be another person who takes the top prize."
"That's right."
Zheng Guan stood up and seemed to have regained his strength: "I will go back to my house right away and stay behind closed doors to study hard and prepare for the test!"
Wang Hua also smiled and nodded: "Knowing shame and then being brave is a great good thing."
"I'll take my leave today."
Zheng Guanyi cupped his hand and said, "See you on the apricot list!"
Wang Hua also smiled and held his hands, sending the two of them out the door.
The old eunuch and Lu Bu in the side room saw him and hurried out to follow him.
After walking out of the small courtyard, Zheng Guan was about to go out.
But Li Qian stopped and turned his head to look at Wang Hua with a smile: "By the way, Dehui, I have one more thing I don't know whether to ask or not."
Zheng Guan stopped and turned his head. Wang Hua also looked at Li Qian curiously: "You and I are both friends. Brother Li, it's okay to ask."
Li Qian nodded and asked what he had always wanted to ask: "Dehui, do you have a son?"
Wang Hua was stunned on the spot, and Zheng Guan on the side was also dumbfounded.
The two of them completely didn't expect that Li Qian would ask such a shocking question.
"This..." Wang Hua came to his senses, took half a step back unprepared, and looked at Li Qian with confusion: "Brother Li, you..."
This question is indeed a bit strange. In order not to be mistaken for a pervert, Li Qian had to explain: "Brother Dehui is very knowledgeable and talented. I have a cousin who is not yet married. If you are interested..."
"No need, Brother Li."
Only then did Wang Hua realize that Li Qian wanted to be a Yue Lao, so he hurriedly refused: "I have already gotten married, and now that the youngest son in the family has reached the age of my grandfather, it is really not appropriate to talk about this."
The year of the foreigner means that the child is ten years old and has reached the age of going to school.
"I see."
Li Qian, who was not a matchmaker, was not disappointed, but smiled even happier. Now he wanted to confirm for the last time: "I wonder what name Dehui gave Xianzi?"
"Well……"
Wang Hua hesitated for a moment and then replied: "The dog's name is Shouren."
"Shouren..."
The excitement in Li Qian's heart was not exposed. He just had a faint smile on his face and kept nodding: "This is a good name! If you know it, you can't keep it with kindness. Even if you gain it, you will lose it."
Zheng Guan's focus was not on this. He stared at Li Qian in surprise, as if he had discovered a new world: "Brother Li, you have a cousin? Why didn't I know that before?"
Li Qian paused and just made an excuse. Unexpectedly, it aroused Zheng Guan's interest.
If calculated according to the genealogy of the Daqian royal family, Li Qian does have many cousins, but he has never met them.
"A distant cousin, whom I haven't contacted for a long time. I just saw Dehui and I remembered her."
"Okay, Brother Li, we have known each other for so long, and you didn't even think of introducing your cousin to me. Now you think of it when you see Brother Dehui!"
Zheng Guan came up with a smile and stopped Li Qian's shoulders: "It's okay, he doesn't want it, but I can consider it."
Lu Bu and the old eunuch's brows twitched, but seeing Li Qian's lack of reaction, they remained silent.
Li Qian walked forward speechlessly: "It was just impulsive, but now that I think about it, it's still quite inappropriate."
"I haven't seen my cousin for a long time, and I don't know how she is now. She might be ugly. Brother Zheng, you don't like her at all."
"How is that possible?"
Zheng Guan yelled: "Brother Li, you are so handsome, your cousin cannot be ugly."
This statement is very reasonable. The Daqian royal family has been passed down for eight hundred years, and the concubines of each generation of emperors cannot be ugly girls.
Thanks to the genetic "improvement" of appearance from generation to generation, the emperor may not be the kind of unparalleled handsome man, but he is definitely not that ugly.
But Li Qian didn't want Zheng Guan to have a relationship with any girl from the clan.
Daqian is not into the "princess marrying the top scholar" thing.
On the contrary, as long as you marry a woman from the royal family, you will be subconsciously excluded and restricted by the civil servants. At that time, you can say goodbye to high-level positions such as minister, minister, and prime minister.
But now Zheng Guan seemed to be really interested. He continued: "Brother Li, why don't we make an appointment to meet another day?"
Li Qian was a little helpless: "Brother Zheng, didn't you just say that you would stay at home and study with peace of mind? Don't be distracted by this matter. And the person I saw next to you on the street just now..."
"Haha~"
Zheng Guan hurriedly interrupted Li Qian with a dry smile. He glanced at Wang Hua secretly and saw that he had no reaction. Then he smiled and said, "Brother Li is right."
"In that case, let's wait until I pass the exam before we talk about this."
Li Qian also nodded in agreement, saying to himself that when you become a Jinshi, I won't be afraid of you pestering me to see my cousin.
"When Brother Zheng finishes the examination, just come to me. I will make my own arrangements then."
Wang Hua walked the two of them to the entrance of the Xuzhou Guild Hall, then turned and left.
Next, Li Qian and Zheng Guan went to several other guild halls, but they didn't see the person Li Qian wanted.
In desperation, he had no choice but to say goodbye to Zheng Guan and return home.
"Brother Li, goodbye."
Before leaving, Zheng Guan solemnly cupped his hands and said, "I have been studying at home before the examination."
Li Qian also waved his hand and said with a smile: "With Brother Zheng's talents and talents, as long as you are willing to study hard and study hard, you will not have to worry about passing the examination, and you will definitely get a good ranking in the palace examination."
Zheng Guan turned to Li Qian, his back was extremely solemn, like a strong man who has gone and will never return.
Li Qian also got on the carriage. The driver waved the black whip in his hand, making an explosion in the air, and the horse rushed towards the road to the west of the city.
"Master, is this Zhuge Liang really that powerful?"
Lu Bu looked at Li Qian tentatively: "Do you want me to have someone look for him for me?"
"Just like the one named Huang Chao, put him under surveillance first?"
Li Qian was silent for a moment, then nodded: "It's okay to look for it, but you don't need to spend too much effort."
"Now all the ministers in the dynasty are looking for him but they can't find him. If you make too much noise, others will notice you."
"Okay, sir." Lu Bu nodded, indicating that he had taken note of it.
Li Qian asked again: "What happened to Huang Chao? Is he still in the capital now?"
"exist."
Lu Bu nodded, with a malicious smile on his face: "Master, our people are always watching him. He can't escape even if he wants to leave the capital."
"However, he went to the Ministry of Etiquette to register for the examination. Recently, he has spent the whole day hanging out with those officials, Chi Chang'er. He must not be leaving the city now. He has to finish the examination before talking about it."
Li Qian nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Master, we are turning into Shanhefang South Street." The old eunuch reminded from the side.
"Go slower."
Li Qian opened the curtain and looked to the west of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.
It's still the same small yamen, but this time it's a lot quieter, and those gangsters haven't come back yet.
Li Qian nodded lightly: "Fengxian, when you usually walk from here, pay attention to whether these people come every day."
"Follow them quietly and find out who paid for them."
Lu Bu smiled grimly and nodded: "Don't worry, Master, we can definitely dig out all three generations of their ancestors."
In fact, Li Qian could also guess that this was done by Cai Jing and his gang.
But it still needs to be investigated, what if this is someone who is causing discord?
Li Qian's eyes were dark, looking out the window at the Guangwen Si Yamen.
He never thought that the Broadcasting and Information Department he established could become a channel for others to attack him.
Moreover, those hooligans come to the door every day and block the door, which also discourages other people who want to deliver things to the Department of Broadcasting and Information.
Horse hooves stamped, and the carriage drove out of this neighborhood.
Although Guangwen Division can no longer be seen, this incident is still stuck in Li Qian's throat.
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Lu Bu couldn't help but ask: "Master, do you really want to marry your cousin to Zheng Guan?"
Li Qian was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and looked at Lu Bu: "Do you know my cousin?"
Otherwise, why would you ask such a question?
The old eunuch also looked at Lu Bu suspiciously.
"Of course not." Lu Bu trembled and hurriedly explained: "Sir, I have been running into this guy in the capital these days. We both call him brothers."
"If you marry your cousin to him, I will be a generation younger than him."
It can be seen that Lu Bu and Zheng Guan seem to like each other very well and have a good friendship.
He didn't care what Li Qian and Zheng Guan called each other, Brother Li and Brother Zheng, because Lu Bu knew that once Zheng Guan learned that Li Qian was the emperor, he would never call them that again.
But if you really get married, it will be different, and your identity will be determined.
After hearing this, Li Qian shook his head dumbfounded: "Don't worry, it won't happen. Once he knows my identity, I'm afraid he won't be able to avoid my cousin or anything else."
"Furthermore, Zheng Guan belongs to the Zheng family in Xingyang. He is considered the royal family of the Zheng Kingdom. We must be very careful when granting marriage."
Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief.
Naturally, there are marriages between the Daqian royal family and many vassal states, but marriages are very complicated. You can't just marry casually, you have to consider the strategy.
It is possible that if you enter into this marriage, you will offend the other party.
Especially the Zheng State and the Zheng family, there are also factions within them. Li Qian remembered that after a King Zheng succeeded to the throne, civil strife broke out in the Zheng State and he killed his younger brother...
After thinking about it, Li Qian was suddenly startled and thought of something.
Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan.
Duke Zhuang of Zheng was a very wise man. He kept allowing his younger brother to make mistakes, and finally got rid of this serious problem with great righteousness.
Can this strategy be applied to Cai Jing?
Li Qian subconsciously sat up a little straighter and began to think about this matter seriously.
When Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan, we must first understand the key points.
There was a slight jolting sensation from the carriage, and the red palace walls came into view through the dark brown windows.
Li Qian had no intention of appreciating these. He thought about it for a while and felt that there was only one key point in the whole thing.
That is, from the beginning to the end, Zheng Zhuanggong has the confidence and ability to get rid of his younger brother. Only by confirming this can we ensure that he will not get away with it.
Of course, the conditions can be relaxed now. After all, Cai Jing and Gongshu Duan are different. Gongshu Duan is the younger brother of Zheng Zhuanggong, and he has a direct threat to Zheng Zhuanggong's position.
Cai Jing is a civil servant. With the current situation in Daqian, it is impossible for him to squeeze Li Qian out.
So does Li Qian have the ability to get rid of Cai Jing?
Li Qian thought about it for a while and felt that he didn't have it now, but as long as he continued to make arrangements and created an opportunity with the right time, place and people, he would have it.
The carriage passed through the Imperial City without entering, continued westward, passed through a few streets, and then headed north until it exited the city through Gwanghwamun. It made a large circle, and then turned around and headed east, returning to the direction of the Imperial City.
Li Qian sat in the car and kept thinking, feeling more and more that this plan was feasible.
Even if the situation gets a little out of control when implemented, he can force Cai Jing's son, brother or back house to stop Cai Jing's out-of-control trend at the cost of losing some layout.
The carriage gradually slowed down. Li Qian thought it was almost there and was about to get off, but unexpectedly he was stopped by Lu Bu and the old eunuch.
Lu Bu opened the curtain and looked outside, then turned to Li Qian and said, "Master, someone is making a fuss up front."
He looked out from afar again, and then said in confusion: "It seems to be people from the Duke's Mansion and the General's Mansion. The relationship between these two people has always been good. I don't know why there was a fight today. It seems that there was blood." …”
Li Gan was startled. There was a conflict between Li Yuan and Yang Jian's people? This is something new!
Suddenly, a strong man quickly ran to the side of the carriage. Lu Bu whispered a few words to him, and then turned around excitedly: "Master, it seems that it is because of the man named Zhuge Liang!"