Chapter 2: The transformation of the ichthy and the dragon
The outer city of Dali Capital is destined to be written by Laoyinghu, a man whose works are written by historians in a rich and colorful way.
The Earthly Branches were the first to return here. Song Xu went to the imperial study room and roughly told the emperor about the reason for the heaven and earth connection. However, Song Xu also said that his level was low and he only knew the basics.
What is the truth? I can only ask Master Chen himself. His Majesty the Emperor shook his head and said with a smile. Of course, I am curious about the strangeness on the mountaintops and even the sky, but I am more concerned about the direction of the Italian Dali court tomorrow.
The moment Chen Ping'an appeared again, everyone in the garden was in different moods, and some finally breathed a sigh of relief. Some people raised their hearts to their throats, some were as if they had lost their parents, and some were as smiling as flowers.
At the door of the yard with a size of A, Rong Yu whispered: "King Luo has been waiting for a long time, so I will go to the yard to sit and rest."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "He has been so virtuous since he was a child. He will never sit down if he can lie down, and he will never stand if he can sit down."
Rong Yu said: "Chen Xi is still on the side of the Shuixi, Han Yi and Wei Feng are both here, so there will be no problems."
Chen Ping'an nodded and asked, "It just so happened that Fu Qing has set off to the south. Why would you let Chen Xi enter the National Master's Mansion?"
Rong Yu asked tentatively: "Is the national teacher planning to make Chen Xi a person similar to Fu Qing, or is he just helping her find a place to stay?"
Chen Ping'an said: "Of course it's the latter."
Rong Yu said: "Then I think the National Master Mansion may not be the best choice. It is too eye-catching. She will never be able to distinguish her relationship with the National Master Mansion in her life. Chen Xi seems weak, but in fact he has a strong personality and will always marry in the future. The identity of a maid in the National Master Mansion will always make everyone, including her future husband's family, think too much."
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "You can discuss Chen Xi's daily life in the capital in the future."
Rong Yu received the order, but she felt a little strange in her heart, as if the national teacher after returning from the daytime killing ghosts... she couldn't explain it clearly.
After entering the yard, he saw that King Luo had already left the main house with several entourages and was about to move elsewhere. Lu Jun winked at him. He couldn't call him Master directly because there were so many outsiders present.
Chen Ping'an smiled and nodded in greetings with this unknown disciple and the new national master of Dayuan. Yang Houjue, who had the Taoist name of the Chongxuan Office, gave a deliberate bow, and Chen Ping'an accepted it calmly.
Looking at Song Jixin again, Chen Ping'an asked, "What are you running away? Are you rushing to attend the Xiaochao Conference now? Should you be willing to persuade Your Majesty to kill Yin Ji, or complain to Your Majesty to the side of the wilderness battlefield? "
After going down the stairs, Song Jixin said angrily: "I can't stand you here to win the power of the world. Is this a reason OK?!"
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "It's your truth, but you'd better not run away. The vassal king must have some responsibility as the vassal king."
Song Jixin had to return to the room. The table, wine and drink had been removed and re-arranged, and it looked like an official hall.
It can be seen that Song Jixin deliberately made such arrangements for Chen Ping'an. As long as the national guru comes back, he can immediately discuss matters and will never delay the resolution to the national guru's mansion.
As for him, the vassal king, of course, he needs to avoid suspicion.
Song Jixin sat back on the chair, leaned against the back of the chair, and pulled the collar hard. Damn, you said this kind of strange words. I have to endure it. Why don’t you argue with you, a hidden official? Let’s take a look?
Chen Ping'an said: "Since you like to show off your authority, you can do it. Change the yard and be responsible for discussing things with officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple."
Song Jixin frowned and said, "It's not appropriate."
Chen Ping'an asked, "Where is it inappropriate? In my face, the vassal kings met a few Beijing officials. It was the royal family regulations that clearly stipulated that you, Song Mu, were usurped? Tell me, why don't I go to discuss with the clan's mansion and consider it?"
"Are you still worried that your Majesty, you will discuss secret matters with the civil servants of the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple, and secretly collude to rebel?"
"That's true. You must go to the Ministry of War to borrow crossbows and a few pairs of armor first? If you really have this ability, you, King Luo, will be more than enough to accomplish something."
Song Jixin was speechless and pointed to this guy who became more and more like a native of his hometown as soon as he left Niping Lane.
If you hold grudges, just hold grudges. I, Song Jixin, went to school and studied more than you, Chen Ping'an, so I won't have a quarrel with you that is insulting.
Otherwise, if I really don’t care about it and start scolding, I might not lose to you.
Song Jixin stood up and planned to go to the C-font yard to "replace the case" with the B-font yard. As for the B-font yard, he really felt unlucky.
Gong Yan put away the silk fan and gave a blessing to the young hidden official. The jade Taoist Huang Man bowed farewell to the young national master.
Ximan was unaware of it. His mind was still on the sword of Gao Shi's brother, but he just interrupted Cao Yan of the Daduan Dynasty and talked about it. The three of them became familiar with each other. Ximan no longer had the nerve to always think about picking up a sword on the ground for free, borrowing the sword, and playing for a few days. They were all their own brothers, right?
Only Li Ba was like a ray of light on his back. However, it was not awe of Chen Ping'an in front of him, but a suffocation that seemed to be a practitioner who saw the great way with his own eyes.
Chen Ping'an gathered the sound into a line, and said in a secret sentence to the immortal of Jinjiazhou, "After today, fellow Taoist priest will not feel this way."
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, first pulled Song Jixin for a walk along the lake, and told him about the peach tree in the National Master's Mansion and the secret of the number of peach blossoms.
Song Jixin frowned and said, "It makes sense."
More than eighty peach blossoms mean that the "real national destiny" of the Song Dynasty in Dali at that moment was less than ninety years. When today's son and they were peers, in the past two hundred years, even if the successive emperors of the Song Dynasty in Dali could not be called the long-lived emperor, they rarely died young. The last emperor is the exception. After all, there are taboos on the mountain and the Confucian Temple. Emperor Song He still has 20 to 30 years of time for the king. Assuming that the eldest prince Song Geng succeeded to the throne by then, the new emperor of Dali will sit on the dragon throne for another 20 to 30 years...
Dali is the third dynasty in Haoran, and its national strength is at its peak. Such a giant will never collapse quickly in just a few years. If the country is cut off, there will definitely be at least one generation of people who have been turbulent in the court and the country for about twenty years. From this, it is inferred that the problem lies with the eldest prince Song Geng. Will he and the one who chose to inherit the throne destroy the Song family's reign?
Song Jixin rubbed his temples, "I do think there is something wrong with Song Geng's personality, but I didn't expect that the problem was so big. Don't look at me when I was with Song Lian before, and I didn't think that Song Geng was completely helpless. Song Geng just seemed bad compared to his father and ancestors. It was also considered top-notch in comparison with the major dynasties of the nine continents of Haoran."
Chen Ping'an said: "Just evaluate Song Geng in only one sentence."
Song Jixin replied: "A qualified and successful monarch."
Chen Ping'an said, "So don't just push the problem to Song Geng. If a vassal king who has made contributions to defend his territory and has more contributions to the border, returns to Baopingzhou, has a very high reputation, and the court and the country know only but not the vassal king occupy the capital, believe in someone or some ministers who support the dragon, and feel that they are governed by the vassal, first divide the Dali Song clan into two, and then he will pursue the great unification, be good to himself, and be better to the Dali Song clan. Just like you said, Song Geng will be a qualified defender. How can he defend against the army of his uncle Luo Wang Song Mu?"
Li Ba and the others were shocked by the Tao, and were shocked. Whether it was Master Chen or the young hidden official, they just didn’t even name him?
Song Jixin put his hands on his sleeves, his fingers intertwined, and said with a smile: "This is a heart-wrenching statement."
Chen Ping'an said, "Don't pretend to be relaxed with me. Just your demeanor and sensibility, I, as my neighbor, still don't understand?"
Song Jixin said helplessly: "Okay, okay, you can keep staring at me, a vassal king who can rebel at any time."
Chen Ping'an whispered: "Song Jixin, it is a suspicion between us to avoid suspicion. But in the future, outside the jurisdiction of Luojing, if you can ignore the affairs of Baopingzhou, don't worry. Having said that, if something really happens, whether it is the current emperor brother or the future emperor uncle, you will take the initiative to choose whether to control or not. King Luo of Dali still has it, and always has it."
Song Jixin nodded, "It's okay. Anyway, it's my ambition to take care of the gods on the mountain."
Just now, Chen Ping'an's words finally turned out to be like a few human words.
Chen Ping'an handed Li Ba a letter, "Fellow Taoist, please hand over this secret letter to your prince's palace. I have written all the details of the Dashou Ghost "Clam" in the letter."
Li Ba took the envelope with both hands and nodded, "I thank the national teacher for your behalf."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "In the future, Tongyezhou Dadu coordinated the dragon, I'm afraid that it will take more time for fellow Taoists to pay."
Li Ba said: "The responsibility is unavoidable, just do your best."
Chen Ping'an said, "King Luo, then everyone is going to do their own things?"
Song Jixin stretched, glanced at the night sky in the bright moon, and asked casually: "Is it really solved?"
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "So the next mountain business will be more heavy."
Song Jixin said, "Let's wait and see."
Walking around the moon, traveling to Laoying Lake at night, walking around the willow road by the lake, and returning to the vicinity of the A-shaped yard, the national teacher and the vassal king each have their own "to go to the hall to handle cases".
Song Jixin seemed to be talking to himself, "I am willing to be a master of all ages, and I want to be a master of all ages."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Song Duanchai, this is heartbreaking."
After entering the yard, Rong Yu quickly called Hong Ji and his men to patrol the city.
This was the first time Qin Piao saw a real person from a young national teacher. He did not sit, but stood next to a chair. He didn't know how to start the remarks and looked at Hongtouer with Situ Dianwu.
Hong Ji clasped his fists and they followed. Hong Ji didn't say anything, so they didn't say anything.
Chen Ping'an nodded and greeted them, reached out to hold the chair ring, and asked with a smile: "Person Qin, whether to go to Lizhou near Dadu is a barren land, being a deputy general is not a bad treatment for you, let alone being closer to your hometown."
Qin Piao's face turned red in an instant, and he was stammering, and he was at a loss.
Seeing Qin Piao like a woman, Situ Dianwu was anxious for his colleagues, and was promoted to two levels, becoming the fourth-rank deputy general of the first state! Why are you hesitating? Let me give you a thank-you to the National Master now. As soon as I became angry, I would dare to ask the National Master, "You have no jokes... If you are too arrogant, you can't fool people!"
Hong Ji tskated and saw him, his nest was straight, his nose was not the nose, his eyes were not the eyes. Okay, when he saw the national master, he couldn't even speak, it was embarrassing.
Chen Ping'an said, "Captain Qin is not in a hurry to make a decision. Go back and discuss with your wife. I will give you a letter of approval tomorrow. If you don't go, please let Commander Hong send a message to the National Master Mansion. If you decide to leave the capital, you will go to the National Master Mansion by yourself."
Situ Dianwu gently hit Qin Pi with his elbow. Don’t be fooled. What’s wrong with tomorrow? I immediately nodded to me and agreed to...
Qin Piao still bowed and said, "I will give an answer before the end of the Heavenly Dynasty at the latest."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "I heard that Captain Qin is a wife who is in charge of Yan?"
When talking about this, even if the other party was a powerful national teacher, Qin Piao suddenly felt stiff and said without changing his face: "Anyway, my subordinates are out drinking with friends, so it doesn't matter when they want to drink."
She neither stopped nor said anything harsh. Qin Piao came home very late, and she did not make noise or scold her. She just waited for him every night, opened the door for him and cooked him a bowl of sobering soup.
After a few times, Qin Piao was embarrassed to go out to drink until midnight. Even if there was a drink party, he would go home early and let Hong Touer tease and make fun of him with his colleagues.
Now Qin Piao’s official position in the Northern Yaya is just like Situ Dianwu. He is not considered a high-ranking official and generous salary, but you must know that they are only less than forty years old now.
The Dali Dynasty had more than a hundred states and the governor of one state. It was the well-deserved chief official of the Dali Dynasty and the third rank. According to some official adages that only circulate privately, it was half the emperor.
The general of the state is from the third rank, and the same rank as the Hong Ji rank commander of the Northern Yai. However, the general of the state is not available in every state, although it is half a level lower than the governor, and the number is small.
A general of the state goes upwards, which is the four towns and four battles that are permanently established in Dali. A further upwards, it is the commander of a certain border army in Dali. The top is one of the few patrol envoys! It is even rarer than the top pillar country! A deputy general of the state is the fourth rank, and the key is that he belongs to the Dali officialdom who has great power.
There is something wrong with Beiya, that is, the promotion map is too "one line". The higher you go, the narrower the road, and there are only a few seats. Just like Situ Dianwu, he dare not expect to be able to take over Hongtouer's position in this life.
This is also the reason why Han Yi, Changning County, was considered an alternate minister by the Dali court. Han Yi had many roads to go up, and it was not a problem to have a big or small office. After two or three years, staying here for three or two years, it would only lead to a heavier resume. Some official positions, as long as they miss an opportunity or cannot compete with someone, they would be destined to waste their whole life, but Han Yi and the others did not.
Chen Ping'an turned his head and looked at Situ Dianwu who was responsible for blocking the door, and said, "Situ Captain."
Situ Dianwu was energetic and bowed, "The last one is here!"
Chen Ping'an said: "Do your work well in the North Yai and help Commander Hong more."
Situ Dianwu slowly raised his head, his eyes were confused. Master National Master, what's the following?
Not to mention that like Qin Piao's wife Guan Yan, you can be promoted to two levels in a row, even if you don't get promoted, you can give me a few words of verbal praises from the National Normal University! You don't have to be scolded when you get home!
Hong Ji was also convinced. One Qin Piao had no farts, and the other Situ Dianwu was very brave. He kicked the latter's calf with a kick and whispered, "Go aside."
Situ Dianwu moved in disappointment and soon came back to the taste. After all, it was not just a single lieutenant who could "help" Hong Beiya. OK, when you look back at the table, you always ask Hong Touer toast him and thank him for his help. I would like to say politely to him, alas, they are all their own brothers, and they are so strange... This picture is really happy when I think about it.
Hong Ji smiled. Perhaps this is one of the differences between Seeds and Hansu’s background. His mind and nature are different. However, they are both from my Dali Border Army and are the captains of my Northern Yamen!
Walking out of the house together, Hong Ji deliberately slowed down and was one step higher than them. He then raised his arms, stretched out his hands to wrap his necks of the two captains, and whispered: "Never are bad, I didn't embarrass the Beiya!"
Situ Dianwu smiled and said with a smile: "Deputy General Qin, it's better to be promoted to two levels in a row. You can touch your conscience by yourself. When you blocked the door, what did you say? I'm cursing with people there, are you embarrassed?"
Qin Piao patted Commander Hong's arm like an iron hoop, and said with a stern face: "How can the Little Beiya Captain talk to the deputy general of Yizhou?"
Wang Yongjin, the magistrate of Yongtai County, was taken into the house by Rong Yu.
However, he was more tough than the Yu family's son who served as secretary of the National Teachers' Mansion and had no convulsions in his hands and feet.
Chen Ping'an was silent for a moment and asked, "What do you say?"
Wang Yongjin said with a sad expression: "There is no greater crime for the lower officials, so let the national teacher punish him."
Chen Ping'an narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you say?"
Wang Yongjin's scalp was numb, his body trembled, his mind was blank, and he couldn't speak at all.
Rong Yu sneered: "The literary courage of Dali Jingcheng? A light bone!"
Wang Yongjin knelt down with a pounce, but couldn't get up.
Chen Ping'an asked, "Either be a high-ranking official or something big happens. So if you want to be a high-ranking official, don't think about making big money. Who said these two sentences?"
Wang Yongjin cried and said in a deep voice: "I dare not hide it from the National Master. It was the heartfelt words that the lower official had just been promoted to the magistrate of Yongtai County and said to a fellow villager who regarded him as his own. However, it was not the lower official who first invented this statement, but from the reading of Mr. Yulu's book, he deeply agreed with it and regarded it as the standard."
Chen Ping'an said: "I like being an official?"
Wang Yongjin kept his forehead pressing against the ground and said in a muffled voice: "I like it."
Chen Ping'an said slowly: "Such a good name."
Wang Yongjin was confused.
Chen Ping'an said: "Then let you be the magistrate of Yongtai County for another thirty years."
Wang Yongjin raised his head, puzzled.
Chen Ping'an said, "Get up and answer."
Wang Yongjin stood up tremblingly.
Chen Ping'an said: "I'm tired of being a man and I feel that I've been vomiting. When I want to resign, I don't have to say hello to anyone. Leave a seal, and leave it. You are the sixth-rank Beijing official at the foot of the emperor. If you don't deserve the gold of Wang Yongjin, there are still a lot of people who want to be."
Wang Yongjin walked out of the "house" in a daze, went down the steps and left the yard. The officials of the government office looked at this man who was not sure whether he was the magistrate.
Wang Yongjin calmed down his emotions, walked to them, took the horse, and said calmly: "Go back to the yamen."
It was not the worst ending or the best result that he was able to remain in Yongtai County. Besides, it seemed that he was destined to work in this position until the day he retired and returned home. After turning on the horse, Wang Yongjin was filled with grief and joy. On a trip to Laoying Lake, this young and powerful official who was once a simplified emperor seemed to have explained his great career and bright future in the garden.
When Rong Yu came to the water pavilion, only Han Yi felt like he was facing a great enemy. As for Wei Feng, who opened a restaurant in Changpu River, a girl named Chen Xi, she didn't feel much about it because she didn't get involved in the officialdom.
Rong Yu smiled and said, "You are all together. But the National Teacher will chat with Director Han later."
Walking in front with the girl, Rong Yu asked, "Chen Xi, do you want to go back and rest first?"
Chen Xi shook his head, thinking it would be better to be with Sister Rong Yu.
The girl raised her courage and asked timidly: "Sister Rongyu, is he really Master Chen?"
Rong Yu smiled and said, "We dare not pretend to be a national teacher and cheat. Han agents are all smart and not easy to cheat, right? Even if Boss Wei, who runs a restaurant, doesn't speak loudly in the garden, he is still versatile when he reaches the Changpu River and is used to making plans."
The girl covered her mouth and smiled. Yes, when Sister Rongyu left the Shuixi Pavilion just now, Manager Wei invited her to help at his restaurant. She was still hesitating. The main reason was that Manager Wei gave her a little too big, and she was in charge of more than ten people, and her monthly salary was too much. She was grateful to him and admired Manager Wei's courage, so she didn't think she was unlucky.
Following Han Yi behind, Wei Feng asked in a low voice: "Han Liuer, is the National Master going to my restaurant to have some drinks?"
Otherwise, the fat man would really not understand what he would do when he saw such a waste.
Han Yi took a deep breath and forced a smile, "What do you think?!"
Wei Feng said: "I think it's totally OK. I can go to the kitchen and show my hands..."
Han Yi reached out and grabbed the fat man's arm hard, lowered his voice and said, "When you enter the house, say less to me, think about your father, your family. Even if you can't shine on your family, don't cause unnecessary trouble for them... Forget it, you can do it yourself. Remember, you must always go through every word you say twice in your mind..."
Wei Feng was shocked, "I know, I know!"
Rong Yu took them to the yard, and Han Yi went inside to meet the national teacher first.
Wei Feng looked at his friend's back and saw that he was a bit generous in his opinion? Fatty Wei felt heartbroken. If he hadn't invited him to drink here, how steadily Han Liuer would be an official.
After entering the room, the young master sat in the chair in the main seat and asked Han Yi to sit down, and Han Yi sat down silently.
Chen Ping'an asked straight to the point, "At that time, whether to ban the Jinyufang's learning of books on the border, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College held their own opinions, among which there is Hong Chongben, the founder of this science. The Ministry of Rites felt that it was necessary to strictly control it, and this opening must not be opened. Once you follow the example, you are not afraid of the widespread spread of several books, but you are afraid that more and more down-and-out literati who failed the imperial examinations will be famous, and they will become more and more local and literary scholars. If you come to manage it, it will be difficult to manage it. I think your Imperial College has a good reputation. I
However, the Ministry of Rites wants to clean up the mess with the Ministry of Justice. As for the Imperial College, I still feel that it shouldn't be taken care of. I think that our Dali is not afraid of even the wild demons that pour into Baopingzhou like a tide, but are still afraid of a few words in a few books? So what if you open a few hundred books? To put it bluntly, the people in the court of the court were really pulled by several books, which means that there are problems everywhere in the Dali court. I guess King Luo is discussing this matter with them in the C-font yard. Han Yi, as the acting magistrate of Changning County, you have made a paste. Why?"
Han Yi said: "There are 5 people and nine books in total. I want to strictly control four of them and their seven books, and all of them are strictly banned. Not only that, I also want to invite them all to the Changning County Office... to have some tea. Just because they are about the Dali Fan and the countries south of Dadu, their minds and books are in their minds, books, and bones. They are arrogant and weak in their past. They should not say what the court shouldn't say. The book says that they think it is unnecessary to do what the Dali War Department should have done."
Chen Ping'an had a expressionless face, "Why are you afraid that you will pick out two works of Mr. Yulu alone and ban the rest. In the end, you will gain a reputation in the officialdom of bullying the weak and fearing the strong?"
Han Yi's face was bitter and nodded slightly, "The officials dare not hide it from the national teacher. Han Yi does have this selfish intention."
Hong Chongben was not only a guest of the Yuan family of Shangzhu Kingdom, but also a close friend of Yuan Chong of the Censorate. He was also a master scholar of the dynasty with profound academic skills and works. It is not an exaggeration to say that Lao Fuzi was one of the most powerful people in the literary world of Dali.
Chen Ping'an was silent for a moment, and Han Yi was always sitting upright, not daring to explain anything, and explanation was just a concealment.
Chen Ping'an said, "Go and call Wei Feng in."
Han Yi immediately stood up, and after a moment, Rong Yu took Fatty Wei into the house. She held back her smile and said, "Chen Xi said she didn't dare to come in."
Chen Ping'an laughed in silence, "You go and accompany her."
Rong Yu left the house.
Chen Ping'an said, "Brother Wei, we meet again. Sit down and chat."
When Wei Feng heard the name "Brother Wei", he wanted to laugh. But when he saw Han Yi's nervous look, Fatty Wei immediately bowed and pretended to say, "Wei Feng, please pay homage to the national teacher."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Caomin? You are a child of an official from Yichi Lane. You are a child with Shilang Cao. Isn't it reasonable?"
Wei Feng sat on the chair beside Han Yi and said carefully: "I am not good at studying and have no fame yet. When my father and uncles and uncles gathered together, they said that they were afraid that the ancestors and clans would be so angry that the coffin board could not be covered, so they gave me the only place for the Imperial College student, a big nephew, and I cheated him by the way... "
Han Yi blushed and lowered his head to cover his mouth and coughed.
Wei Feng immediately changed his words and said, "When I say 'grass and people', I always praised myself. When I got home, I didn't treat me as a serious person."
Wei Feng hesitated for a moment and said truthfully: "When I was very young, I heard from my grandfather that those who are truly high-ranking officials are all individuals, and they also have their own joys, sorrows and sorrows. When they see them, they don't have to be too reserved. Anyway, they can only deceive them at all. Just because of their different temperaments, backgrounds, study experiences and official careers, they have one thing in common. High officials with great knowledge, cultivation, and talents are just like playing with people. There are no need to listen to what we say. They can see the heels at a glance. My grandfather also said that there are not many such top-notch and powerful figures in the Dali Dynasty, so I don't have to be afraid, anyway, I will never see them in my life... My grandfather hasn't said it completely, and I will see it for me today."
Chen Ping'an smiled and nodded, "Putting aside the last sentence, every sentence is the golden and good words of an old man in the officialdom. If an old man in the family is like a treasure, the ancients may have lie a lot, but the ancients never lie to others."
Wei Feng whispered: "Every national teacher knows who my grandfather is?"
Chen Ping'an asked back: "How many years have your grandfather been the top leader of Tongzheng Department? How can I not know about him?"
Wei Feng scratched his head and whispered: "My grandfather said that it is normal for people to leave and tea to be cold. Once he stepped down, let alone all kinds of Beijing officials, even those disciples would not recognize him the next day."
It was a bit sad. When his grandfather passed away, the capital said that he was the one who left the most unpopular. There were very few wreaths, elegiac couplets, and guards.
After all, he is the chief official of Tongzhengsi, and he can participate in the second rank of the Imperial Study Club of the Dali Dynasty.
Chen Ping'an asked, "Wei Xiang, what kind of official do you think your grandfather is?"
Wei Feng thought about it and shook his head, "I don't know that grandpa himself said that he is a good official. There are occasional comments in the capital. Maybe he is a clean official. No matter how good he says, there will be nothing."
Chen Ping'an said, "Let your father and uncle arrive at the National Master's Mansion before tomorrow afternoon. You can send them another message. If you want to complain, you can write it in the booklet."
Han Yi's eyes were shining.
Wei Feng was creepy and asked with a bitter face: "Master National Master, what did I say the wrong thing? My father and others are also honest officials. Really, I can swear to God. Master National Master, don't think that I am a person who speaks unreliable, but just misunderstand that my father and others are not clear when they are officials... They are a little confused, otherwise they will never be such a big official in their life."
Speaking of this, Fatty Wei's voice became smaller and smaller, and he was crying and trembling.
Han Yi reached out and rubbed his eyebrows. Damn, it was so twists and turns when Fatty Wei talked to the national master, and it was so exciting...
Chen Ping'an smiled angrily and said, "Don't talk to me about anything or not. Just send a message home. Remember to leave the house and ask County Magistrate Han to review it with you. I'm so surprised. We are both chatting in Dali Mandarin, right?"
Wei Feng didn't even glance at Han Yi from the corner of his eyes. The fat man felt relieved. Listen, this is the familiar smell. It's smooth and you've passed the test!
After leaving the yard, Wei Feng was excited and suddenly felt guilty. He looked at Han Yi, as if the national teacher did not mention Han Liuer's "acting agent".
But Wei Feng was surprised to find that Han Yi seemed to be more excited than himself, but he could hide his emotions well after years of practicing in the public sector.
Han Yi was really excited at this moment. It’s not important to be an agent or not. I’m really going to be a big deal.
Rong Yu laughed softly and said, "Chen Xi, the national master said that when you encounter something in the capital in the future, you can go directly to the national master's mansion to complain to him."
Chen Xi didn't think much about it. She just said whatever she thought of, "It would be even better if she found an official like Magistrate Han."
Rong Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this. The girl seemed quite suitable to go to the National Master's Mansion.
Chen Ping'an stood on the steps and waited for Mr. Yulu Hong Chongben to join his student Xu Mi.
After entering the house and each took their seats, Chen Ping'an asked the girl a question first, "A fox country was lost in Qingfeng City, and the city lord also fell from the upper fifth realm to the Nascent Soul. It can be said that his vitality is severely damaged. As a child of the Xu family in Qingfeng City, how do you feel?"
Xu Mi said, "I used to hate it, but now I don't hate it so much. When I hated it, I always wanted to succeed in my studies and come out. The first thing I did was to ask for justice from Master Chen Shan and Liu Jianxian. But to be honest, I didn't think about taking revenge on you by any means. Some hatred and anger were pretending to be the elders of the Xu family. The gentleman taught me some principles of dealing with people and I remember them in my heart."
Chen Ping'an asked with a smile: "What is your husband teaching you? Let's listen to it, give an example."
Xu Mi was stunned and said, "For example, the saying "If you do something, you should not look for it," is my motto when I was studying, such as inkstones, folding fans, and jade pendants. If the national teacher doesn't believe it, you will know it once you check it."
The young national teacher nodded and smiled and said, "The tutor is better than I thought."
Xu Mi was very happy when she heard this, but she thought about it again and finally got back to the topic! No, is it a good thing?! Whether it is the Yuan family in Yichixiang or the Xu family in Qingfeng City, she followed her husband to study in the study school in the mountain.
Hong Chongben held back his laughter. Xu Mi was unable to be the opponent of "dance and writing", a disciple of the Wen Sheng lineage, who was the close disciple of Chen Shanzhu.
Chen Ping'an asked, "Mr. Yulu, do you have anything to say? If so, maybe I don't have to invite Yuan Ducha to chat."
Hong Chongben shook his head, "Let me take a look."
Chen Ping'an was silent for a moment and smiled and said, "Mr. Yulu, who has lived until he was old and has been studying all his life, has really put this old saying into practice. Reading books and seeing old age."
No matter how well Hong Chongben is in cultivation and how deep his skills in qi cultivation are, his face is a little changed. The young master still has no words. It is a complete sentence, "I see the old and die when I see the old and see the old and die when I see it"!
It is nothing more than ridiculing him for only hiding in his study to do research, going down the mountain wall to watch the excitement. Or the saying that he talks about his heart and mind with nothing to do, and repays the king when he dies in danger? In short, it is just a bookcase with two feet?
I never thought that the other party had a word of "Mr. Yulu, don't think too much."
Hong Chongben calmed down his mind and said, "The national teacher doesn't have to provoke me to do anything. He is old, even if his concentration is not as good as the national teacher who has been a hidden official, there are still some things, not many, but it's enough."
Hong Chongben asked: "The national master may not be able to say it. I will keep hiding in the study until I die for the rest of my life... I am so angry, I am so angry?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "I really can't say it."
Chen Ping'an waved his hand and issued an order to expel the guests. Anyway, the Dali court and the country were not short of Mr. Yulu who was well-read in poetry and books.
Just the manuscripts in your study, the total is hundreds of thousands of words. I am afraid I know what I wrote than you, Hong Chongben, and where are there other words.
Hong Chongben stood up and said, "I used to be an official in the court. I have been living in the mountain for many years. I feel that it is the same. I always have to find a source of water to collect herbs and identify hundreds of herbs."
Chen Ping'an nodded and stood up, "When you have free time, go to the mountain to ask Mr. Yulu for advice on border knowledge when you have the opportunity."
It was probably because of the fact that Shanju Xuezhai and his own knowledge, Hong Chongben turned his back on the spot. The old Master was completely different. "If the Dali Dynasty guarded half of Baopingzhou, Master Chen would not have to waste his strength in the mountains."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "It seems that the mountain is not your private property."
Hong Chongben was speechless for a moment.
After leaving the yard, Hong Chongben said in his heart: "Xu Mi, I shouldn't go to Yichixiang tonight to see your grandfather. You go home immediately and ask him to prepare early. This is all the only sentence. Even if Yuan Chong is not determined enough, he can't help asking you anything. Just remember one thing, don't say a word about anything, big or small, just say it's Hong Chongben's reminder. And there is another thing..."
Xu Mi said curiously: "Sir, what's the matter?"
Hong Chongben said: "Borrow some money from Yuan Chong, I want to buy that mountain."
Xu Mi nodded helplessly, sir, what are you competing with the young national teacher?
The next group of people, including His Highness Lu Jun, the Crown Prince of the Dayuan Dynasty, and the National Master Yang Houjue, as well as Cao Yan, the Crown Prince of the Daduan Dynasty, and Gao Shi, a martial artist who turned from the Dashou Dynasty to the Dali border army.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Lu Jun, Zhenren Yang, you can reply to your Majesty immediately. There is no need to continue planning for Zhongtiaoshan. However, although this matter has not continued, I and Dali have to bear the relationship. So I will immediately suggest that the Dali Song clan and Dayuan Lu clan form an alliance. I hope your Majesty will still have a 'no problem' reply."
Lu Jun said: "Master, there is no problem with my reply 'no problem', so I don't have to discuss it with my father. If the father does not agree, I will let him know what it means to cut off the relationship between father and son, and what it means to have the prince in the Dayuan Dynasty... "
Hou Yang felt so hard that he rubbed his eyebrows.
After all, it involves major events between the two countries. Chen Ping'an looked at Yang Houjue, who nodded and said, "I think it's okay, too."
"Then it's decided."
Chen Ping'an thought for a while and nodded, "It can be modified slightly. For example, the alliance between the two countries is the initiative of the Prince Lu Jun of Dayuan. The national teacher Yang Houjue agreed. The national teacher Chen Ping'an agreed. Emperor Song He nodded and then held a small imperial court meeting in the imperial study room. After passing this matter, he handed it to the national letter of the Dayuan Lu family. The Emperor Song of Dali sealed the seal, and the National Master and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites each had a seal and signed the signature."
Lu Jun scratched his head, and it was winding around here, "It sounds a bit troublesome."
However, Yang Houjue agreed without hesitation, "I will make up for it."
Chen Ping'an smiled knowingly. Look, dealing with Beiju Luzhou is awesome.
Chen Ping'an put his elbow on the handle of the chair, sat down on the chair, and looked at the prince Daduan with the pseudonym "Cao Lue", "Daduan Cao, are you interested in forming an alliance together? Or should I wait and see if it changes for a few months and half a year, and wait until the Dali Dynasty and Dashou Dynasty fight a few tough battles in the wilderness, it is a donkey or a mule to take it out for a walk, and the winner is decided. After the Daduan Dynasty judges the situation and weighs the pros and cons, then make a decision?"
Cao Yan smiled and said, "I am naturally inclined to form an alliance with the Dali Song clan and the Dayuan Lu clan. It's just such a big thing. I don't have the solid father-son relationship as much as Lu Huan and Lu Jun. Master Chen will let me pass a letter with my father Fei Jian, or even send a letter?"
Chen Ping'an nodded, "It should be like this."
Cao Wei asked: "If Daduan decides and wait and sees before making a decision, will he lose the opportunity to form an alliance with Dali early?"
Chen Ping'an shook his head, "Of course not. Even if your father said I had to go to the Daduan Dynasty in person to discuss the specific matters of alliance formation, I would go."
Cao Yi smiled and said, "I don't dare, how dare I do this."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "What's more, what you Daduan Dynasty is waiting for is not the battlefield trend of the wilderness, but the attitude of the Middle Earth Confucian Temple. It is hard to say who sends a letter to whom, or who needs to go back and forth to reply to several letters, at present."
Cao Yan's face became awkward, neither denying nor acknowledging.
Lu Jun felt that it was really exciting for scholars to chat, like asking for fists. Perhaps this is the so-called literary fight? His martial fight is good, but his literary fight is indeed almost meaningful. He should read more in the future.
Chen Ping'an turned his head and looked at Grandmaster Gao Shigao sitting alone.
Gao Shi, who had been watching his nose and nose, instantly straightened his back and waited for his hair to fall.
Chen Ping'an asked, "This knife?"
Gao Shi's scalp became numb when he heard this. Why, you all looked at this sword? The problem is that you are at least hiding it a little, are they so straightforward?
Gao Shi sighed. At this moment, he really realized the "gift of a sword to a hero".
"Official Chen Yin, this sword is a ancestral object. As long as it is unsheathed, it can take the initiative to absorb the spiritual energy of the monks. It is extremely domineering to use the martial artist to deal with the monks on the mountain."
"It's also my fault. I like the reputation of the world. When I was young, I took it with me. In order to save it, I almost had an accident several times, so I had to find a powerful backer. The nearest backer was Cai Yushan to help me build a bridge and recommended the prince Yin Miao to me."
Speaking of this, Gao Shi took off his sword and presented it to him with both hands, "Official Chen Yin, I will give it to someone else. I will not refuse to give it to you, but I will give it to you only. I feel sorry for you, but I am willing to give it to you."
Chen Ping'an waved his hand and smiled: "A gentleman does not take away what others like. I am just curious and I don't mean to make you embarrassed. I have seen more good things."
Unexpectedly, Gao Shi became anxious, "Master Chen, I will give up my love and give it a treasure knife. You can repay me as a general from the Dali Dynasty. It is OK..."
Lu Jun widened his eyes and said, "This guy is amazing." Cao Yan also thought that Gao Shi was better off going to the border army in Daduan."
Chen Ping'an couldn't help laughing, "You're leaving this storytelling here."
Gao Shi was embarrassed and speechless.
Chen Ping'an thought for a while and said, "It is a tough situation to let you go to the wilderness to fight life and death. I guess you will take the least of the two evils. If you really go to the wilderness, you will throw your knife and run away overnight. Just think it's a purchase of life and wealth?"
Gao Shi was full of conscience and nodded, "Official Chen Yin is really predictable."
Yang Houjue smiled and said, "Master Gao will definitely make a name for himself in the officialdom."
Gao Shi frowned and looked squinting. I, a general from the Dali border army, put it here to talk about the important matters with my national commander. Is your turn to Yang Zhenren, an outsider, to say strange things here?
"It's like a god? I didn't expect Grandmaster Gao to be so good at chatting."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Okay, there is no war to fight on the Dali border for the time being, and you will be a waste of time if you go there. You have three choices now. One is what you said, go to the army and do nothing for ten years, and you can go wherever you want. The other is to serve as a worshiper of the Ministry of Justice of Dali, and you can give you a third-class card in advance. Three years later, if you do nothing, the Ministry of Justice will confiscate it back and you will join the army again. The third choice is to work as an ordinary minor official in the military inspector of the city. As for how big the official can be in the ten years, it depends on your own ability."
Gao Shi said without hesitation: "I'll go to the North Ya!"
I am really afraid that the Dashou Dynasty will bite people in a hurry. It is safer to live in Dali Capital.
Gao Shi felt that he knew the general temper of this young hidden official and the style of conduct of commander Hong Jihong.
The latter is easy to get along with and is a straightforward man. The former is difficult to deal with. I am a minor official in the Northern Yaya, so what kind of dealing with?
Looking back at that time, Gao Shi was also full of energy and the young man was determined to leave his hometown.
I feel that the whole world is waiting for me, just waiting for him to become famous.
Chen Ping'an suddenly said, "If you stayed for a while and really felt that Dali was not bad, you would go to the National Master's Mansion to find Rong Yu and say, resign and continue to walk through your world."
Gao Shi was shocked, "Is it really OK?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "If you want to 'false' yourself, what can I do?"
Gao Shi suddenly stood up, without any shy expression of being dependent on others, and he was so proud that he bowed and said, "Chen Ping'an, thank you!"
Among the Liuye "Corn Lian" and his group, they just called Qu Shuai Liu from the Jianghu sect?
It was not Rong Yu, the National Master's Mansion, who came forward, but a young military officer found Liu?
When Liu learned about this, he didn't dare to speak, so he could only ask for help from the Sixth Master with his eyes.
Even the body of Emperor Dashou was wrapped in a bamboo mat and threw it in the corner of the wall. What is he?
Song Lian hesitated for a while, and asked the official of the City Inspection Office: "Do you dare to ask the national teacher what it means?"
The young official said calmly: "I don't know."
Song Lian had no choice but to say to Liu, "Let's talk about it when you go."
Liu? He had no choice but to follow the official from the City Inspection Office to the A-sized yard.
To put it bluntly, the personnel affairs of the Dali Dynasty were managed by the Dali Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Rites. However, the grudges in the martial arts world were the honor and disgrace of the soldiers and horses to determine their honor and disgrace, life and death.
The spacious and bright room, in addition to the main seat of the man in blue, there are two rows of official hats and chairs, each with several spaces.
One of them had a chair against the door, and a teacup was placed on the flower table.
After getting the word "sitting", it takes more than ten steps to get a distance of willows, which is like a world of world.
Rong Yu left after the extremely eye-catching coach Qu took his seat.
Chen Ping'an asked, "I heard that you have done something for the 'Liu Ye's' south of Dadu over the years?"
After all, the Dali court gave up half of the country south of Dadu, but many Dali people stayed in the south for various reasons. Year after year, there were new grudges.
There are some things that the Dali court is not convenient for directly interfering with. It is easy to say that the Dali Ministry of Justice has its own ready-made rules and regulations, and it is enough to follow the old rules and regulations. However, at the foot of the mountain, whether it is from the martial arts world or from the market, it is more difficult. During this period, Liu Ye asked Liu, the "idler" to resolve the affairs of the martial arts world as a martial arts world. Leaving the Dali border, Qu Shuai brought people or money to settle some disputes.
Liu? From beginning to end, he didn't dare to look at the Dali National Master. After hearing the question, he immediately stood up and bowed and said softly: "You are the national master who is the Sixth Master. I just obey the order."
Chen Ping'an said: "She is just a joke, you Liu? But she is really doing things. It is not easy to manage a large gang under the jurisdiction of No. 3,000, and it is not easy to say that if you go south so many times, how much will it cost and how much is the 'tea fee' you send out?"
Liu? His face was full of shock and shock. The National Master was even familiar with such trivial matters?
Tea and water bills are a good saying in the world. In short, it is me Liu? Who can I give you face and spend money to eliminate disasters.
But if anyone doesn't give me Liu? Face, the gang will give a rush to death. There are two unpaid tea and water fees, and the other party's price is a lot of lives.
Liu? quickly came back to his senses and said, "Reporting to the national master, it's all small money and not worth mentioning."
Chen Ping'an said: "Report the number."
Liu? immediately lowered his head, bent down again, and said, "The total is 27,500 taels of silver. Master National Master, there are accounts to check in the gang. The small ones will not cost one tael of silver or will never spend one tael of silver less."
At this moment, Rong Yu entered the house and said, "The National Master, I just posted the accounts, the Ministry of Justice's archives, the secret records of the military officers, and Liu? The account books within their gang have been inspected. Liu Ye Huang Lian gave Liu 50,000 taels of silver. Except for Liu?'s personal tea and water fees, there was no problem. The other gang figures came forward to do business five times, and a total of 3,200 taels of silver were lost. I believe the error would not be too big. At the beginning, they made money with hundreds of taels, but the last time they were brave enough to make up an integer, one thousand taels."
Liu? In an instant, he felt cold sweat.
Rong Yu smiled and said, "Gangmaster Liu is kind-hearted, but he will not be refreshed when doing things."
Liu said in a trembling voice: "After I go back tonight, I will definitely investigate it thoroughly."
Rong Yu said, "What are you looking for? Have you helped me find out?"
Liu? His face was ashes and said to himself: "You should die."
Chen Ping'an said: "Just call yourself the name 'Liu?'. If you are thick-skinned, it doesn't matter if you call yourself the coach Qu."
Liu? He immediately said in a panic: "I dare not!"
Rong Yu smiled and said, "Don't dare to call himself Liu? Or coach Qu, but he dares to reject the national teacher's suggestion. Are you brave or timid?"
Willow? The body trembles like a sieve.
Rong Yu said, "Stand up and speak!"
Liu? was shocked and immediately subconsciously raised his head and straightened his back.
Chen Ping'an asked, "Liu?, are you in the south, do you have the idea of building a branch rudder?"
Liu? His face was covered in sweat, his vision blurred, and he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it. He whispered: "I had this idea before, but Master Liu was afraid that I would make a fool of myself, so he just did it without nodding."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Don't the capital say that you are a confidant of a certain prince, and are you afraid of these?"
Liu? was sad, "Master National Master, those are despicable means by hostile forces to harm Liu?, and there is no such thing. Liu? Can swear to the sky, if there is any lie..."
Chen Ping'an waved his hand and said, "It's okay to swear to the poison, I'm afraid you'll be hit by lightning."
Willow? Confused.
Chen Ping'an said, "Liu?, today, this is your first time meeting. But I hope that when you arrive at the Dali border or to the south of Dadu, whoever you can meet will stand up and speak."
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment and said, "The court will soon arrange one or two personal entourages for you. Don't worry, it's neither sand nor worry about you. The gang you created was yours yesterday and today, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"I just fear that you will be too straight after leaving the yard. I mistakenly think that the entire Dali court is your backer. If you leave the Dali border in the future, you will lose your sense of responsibility and like to talk to everyone. The number of times you take is limited, but you won't tell you directly, you just guess. In short, Liu?, be at ease yourself. Don't waste it in vain, and don't squander it casually."
Liu? Just as he wanted to habitually call himself a "small one", he immediately came to his senses and bowed and said in a deep voice: "Master National Master, Liu? Remember, I understand!"
Chen Ping'an asked, "Liu?, do you know why you can sit here today?"
Liu? replied: "Because of Master Six?"
Chen Ping'an shook his head and smiled, "Because there is an old senior in the world, he said you seem to be okay, it seems."
Liu? entered the yard tremblingly and left the yard like a cloud of clouds.
When I arrived by the lake, I walked away. Liu suddenly slapped him in the face. Why didn’t he dare to be more courageous and call himself coach Qu!
If you dare not show off this matter to anyone, can you drink, brag and enjoy yourself?
The patrolman army and a team of cavalrymen had already "escorted" Wei Jia, the owner of Laoyinghu's private garden, to the door of Wei's house in Yichi Lane.
In fact, in addition to Wei Jia, all the guests who eat and drink here today have this honor.
In addition to Yichi Lane, there are also several streets and alleys including Chier Street. Tonight, there were different sounds of iron armor and horse hooves.
Rong Yu stood at the door and looked at the young national master in the room. She asked softly: "National Master, do you want to see anyone else?"
She knew very well that what the national master really wanted to kill was not just ghosts, but ghosts in the hearts of the entire Dali Dynasty that were in broad daylight.
Chen Ping'an walked out of the house and asked casually: "What do you think of 'Sixth Master'?"
Rong Yu thought for a while and said, "It's a bit rough, but... I'm determined."
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "The evaluation is not low."
The realm was lowered, and the shrinking mountains and rivers became a luxury, so Song Yunjian helped him. Chen Ping'an went to the city and looked at the official road outside the Dali Capital again.
The scenery seen in the daytime and night is different. At this moment, the lights on the road are winding like a dragon.
How many people are willing to believe that as long as they enter the capital, they will definitely be able to live a better tomorrow than today.
I don’t know how many people who walked out of this capital silently came from hope and left disappointed.
Chen Ping'an pulled the collar of the blue shirt and murmured to himself: "Senior Brother, Mr. Qi, please rest assured that the Dali Dynasty, Baopingzhou, Haoran World, this world will be better tomorrow."