"Fu Yuan removes the horns of Qifei's teeth and cuts off the sharp edge of treachery." [Xushishuo·Direct Admonition]
In mid-September, the weather in Chang'an was still hot.
Even as dusk falls, the scorching residual temperature still makes people in the room sweat, and the blood-red afterglow of the setting sun slants
The light shone obliquely on the table, making the several letters on the table dazzling.
Xun Yue was writing at his desk, sometimes moving his pen as fast as flying, sometimes stopping to read the slips.
He was doing the trivial tasks of copying and compiling books extremely seriously, completely unaware of the faint sound coming from the corridor outside the house.
Broken footsteps.
Xun You narrowed his eyes slightly and stood at the door with his hands raised and saluted: "Uncle."
"Gongda." Xun Yue stopped writing, turned around and saw Xun You, and began to warmly greet him in: "No need for today.
Worth staying?"
"Huangfu Li, the servant of Huangmen, was recently appointed as the new servant of the country, filling the vacancy left by Liu Sinong. The new official took office.
You have to be busy for a few more days at the beginning to familiarize yourself with things." Xun You wore an ordinary Yanju dark dress and walked to Xun Yue's desk.
Sit down in front.
He flipped through the slips on the desk and found that they were all Ban Gu's "Book of Han", with the imperial court's text on them.
The seal of the secret palace.
"Why did you bring all the books in the secretary's prison out of the palace?" Xun You looked at the paper Xun Yue had half-written on and couldn't help but ask.
Said: "Uncle, are you compiling history in private?"
"It is a serious crime to privately compile the history of the country. My literary talent is not as good as that of Ban Gong, so how can I dare to edit it on my own?" Xun Yue picked up the desk and put it on
He handed the plain white paper with the ink on it to Xun You: "The country likes to read, and he feels that "Hanshu" is good regardless of its vocabulary.
The writing skills are very good, but the text is complicated and difficult to understand, which is only conducive to analysis and not conducive to learning. That's why I was asked to follow the "Chun Qiu Zuo Shi"
The style of writing is abbreviated as "Han Ji" according to the chronology for national reference."
Xun You looked at Xun Yue's manuscript and found that the content in it was not much changed compared to the "Book of Han" he knew.
Less, just a large number of abbreviations are omitted, and unimportant words are eliminated to make it easier to understand.
"Uncle is now the secretary, in charge of the secret palace, and has a noble status." Xun You thought for a while and put the manuscript back on the table.
He said softly: "After the "Han Ji" is compiled, I think my uncle will soon enter Tianlu Pavilion to work with Cai Gong and Yang Gong.
Fellow practitioners have made history.”
"Yes." Xun Yue picked up the pen and wanted to write something on the paper, but his train of thought was temporarily interrupted and he could only talk.
Putting down the pen again: "This "Han Ji" is just a copy of the original text of "Han Shu", but it is just abbreviated and adapted.
There are so many ministers and famous Confucians in the imperial court, so why does it have to be our turn, the Xun family? This is the grace given to me by the country."
"Writing history is not done in one day. "Tai Shi Gong Shu" took fourteen years, and "Han Shu" took two or three generations of effort.
How long will it take for my uncle to finish compiling "Han Ji"?" Xun You pretended not to understand Xun Yue's question and stopped talking.
"I just deleted and adapted the works of my predecessors. It doesn't take that long, but "Hanshu" has many volumes, so the abbreviation
It’s not easy, and after all, this is for the country’s imperial review. Every word has to be carefully considered. I think it will take two or three years.
Right." Xun Yue finished speaking calmly, then suddenly looked at Xun You, and said with a faint look: "After finishing this book, I will discuss it with Cai
It is up to them to compile the real "Han Ji", which is the most important book of the country. Being lucky enough to participate in it will not only affect the country, but also the family.
For me, it’s all for the glory of future generations. Gongda doesn’t want me to finish compiling it so quickly, right?”
Xun You was silent for a while, and then said with a forced smile: "What are you talking about, uncle? It's right to compile the history of the country as soon as possible."
How could I not think about a good thing that is of great benefit to me, Mr. Xun?"
"The time has not come yet, you just don't want to be in the limelight so soon." Xun Yue looked away and looked at the mess on the desk.
The "Book of Han" placed next to him said inexplicably: "Situ and the others are old. Just like these biographies, they are just short of
The ending is evaluated. Once it is written, there will be no room for further development in this life. And sooner or later you will
To take their place in the court, you can wait slowly for Wen Ruo, You Ruo, Guo Fengxiao, Chen Changwen and others.
After someone enters the imperial court, that’s when I enter Tianlu Pavilion to compile history.”
"I mentioned it casually a few years ago. I didn't expect that my uncle could still remember my nephew's gossip in his heart. My nephew was really scared.
Afraid." Xun You said this, but in fact he already acquiesced to Xun Yue's statement. This was what he gave to himself and
The Yingchuan scholars planned a path that they could only follow as new things after the old things fell.
In front of the stage.
"Jia Wenhe is even less prominent than you. You and he were good friends for a while." Xun Yue said straightforwardly:
"But this time you just pushed him out and threw the jade into the road, attracting people's attention. This person has been harmed by you."
"Uncle, what are you talking about?"
If we didn’t say anything, why would we harm him?”
"Really?" Xun Yue obviously didn't believe it, but he said: "That means someone is too unwise and dares to provoke Jia
Wenhe."
Xun You smiled, took a deep look at his uncle, and said, "Jia Wenhe is not that easy to manipulate.
My uncle only thought that someone was taking the opportunity to harm him this time, why didn't he think that Jia Wen and I would like to see this happen?"
"Are you happy to see this?" Xun Yue didn't understand.
Xun You said: "The instigation of Li Jue's rebellion is not a secret between Fan Chou and Zhang Ji. Sooner or later,
One day someone will expose it. Instead of waiting until someone does not know when it will be exposed and make a big fuss about it, it is better to take advantage of it.
Now clean up the crime. At least at this time, no matter what the reason, the country will not let
Jia Wenhe was wronged."
This was something Xun Yue had never expected. He only knew that Xun You and Jia Xu worked harmoniously on the surface, but secretly secretly
The arrows kept coming, but I didn't expect that the game between the two would be so deep. If just any random person opposed them, I'm afraid
I don't even know who the murderer is.
"Once this matter is over, unless it is intentional by the state, there will no longer be any big reason for Jia Wenhe to be used.
Criticize." Xun You said with emotion: "This man is too slippery. Taking advantage of the situation, although his departure is not clean this time,
It will be difficult to catch him in the future."
Xun Yue frowned and said nothing. Judging from his observations these days, this matter was originally caused by Situ Ma Rixi and Sikong Shi Sun Rui.
Dissatisfied that the emperor bypassed ministers and decided state affairs with close ministers; so he threatened to resign to force the emperor to return and pay attention to the minister.
Taiwan, to preserve the authority of several of their ministers.
In order to prevent the relationship between monarch and ministers from becoming tense, Shisun Rui and others deliberately left room for maneuver and recommended Jia Xu to join Zhongtai.
In this way, even if the emperor consults Jia Xu and Xun You to discuss important matters in the future, it will still be considered within the scope of the Shangshutai. As for Qiu
The ministers first impeached Jia Xu, but they were all indifferent impeachments. As long as the emperor gave in and compromised, he was successfully retained.
Scholar Sun Rui, these impeachments disappeared naturally, and Jia Xu was able to successfully enter the Chancellor's Desk, even though he was in a bad condition.
's name.
This was originally a game between the monarch and his ministers to test each other's bottom line and express their attitudes. But as soon as Jia Xu was involved, the situation suddenly
It becomes unpredictable.
"Jia Wenhe himself knew that entering the Chancellery after being impeached would do more harm than good to him, not to mention
Doing this means that if His Majesty makes concessions for him, the account will be put on his head. With his personality, how can
Will you take this risk?" Xun You revealed Jia Xu's plan in one sentence: "He also specifically asked His Majesty what would happen with this move that day.
As for the consequences, it can be seen that he had calculated that he would be here today. The death of his late mother should also be included in his calculations. This was also his plan.
Time to escape."
"What about Dong Fen's impeachment?"
He was disgusted by his own arrangement. Even if his old mother was really incurable, it was not a rationale for calculations.
Thinking of this, Xun Yue asked in a cold tone: "You said he wanted to use this to get rid of his only leverage. Is that possible?"
Is this also within his expectation?"
"That's natural." Xun You nodded.
"But who instigated Dong Fen?" Xun Yue asked again, with probing eyes.
"I heard that Du Xun, the captain of the Youfufeng Dian Agricultural School, was Li Jue's old corps and had a rift with Jia Xu, so he told Dong Fen."
Xun You looked like an outsider and said slowly: "Dong Fen is a rare upright and strong person among the censors.
Things only see right and wrong in their eyes. After knowing this, they ignored the situation and went straight to report it."
"I remember this Dong Fen is from Hongnong?" Xun Yue asked.
Xun You nodded, and seeing Xun Yue's probing gaze, he smiled bitterly and said, "Does this matter have anything to do with me?
Uncle, don’t ask any more questions.”
At this time, Xun Yue suddenly sighed and picked up the pen again: "Sometimes I really don't understand how you plan your luck."
"Chou is already extraordinary in this world, how come this way of being an official is so extraordinary?"
Xun You paused and said thoughtfully: "The battlefield and the court may seem very different, but in fact they are indistinguishable from each other."
"Hey, I'd better continue editing my book. I can't get involved in your affairs." Xun Yue finished speaking helplessly and lowered his voice.
I started writing at the bottom.
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