In the small loess courtyard, there is a grape trellis.
There is a straw mat spread under the grape trellis.
A thirty-year-old scribe with an ordinary appearance and a few strands of thin beard was sitting on a straw mat, reading a bamboo slip in the bright moonlight.[..com]
The clothes on his body have been washed to white and have been patched a lot. There is a half-eaten dry bun in the bowl next to him. There is only a water tank filled with clean water in the small courtyard made of loess.
There was a gourd and gourd floating in the air, and there were not many furnitures in the two huts built with the same loess, which showed how cold it was.
However, he was sometimes lost in thought and sometimes smiling, but he was very peaceful and did not seem to have any dissatisfaction with his current life.
With a creak, someone pushed open the extremely simple wooden gate of this small courtyard.
But it was an old man wearing an ordinary linen robe and holding an old wooden stick.
This old man is short in stature. The cheekbone on the right side of his face seems to have been broken. Although it has grown back, it is slightly sunken, leaving a group of sunflower-like scars. His left leg is lame, even with a wooden stick.
, also swaying slightly when walking.
Turning around, he saw this frail old man push open the door and come in. The poor scribe immediately stood up, greeted him with a smile on his face, bowed first, and then helped the old man sit down on the straw mat.
He smiled and said: "Teacher, you are a little late today."
The old man's appearance is very miserable and pitiful. He must have suffered a lot in his life, but his hazy eyes are full of the peace and unyielding pride that Lotte is famous for. He glances around the yard,
He also smiled slightly and said: "I have a lot to deal with today, so I came a little late. Have you finished all the homework I asked you to do yesterday?"
"The students have finished their work, but I don't know if the teacher has seen it thoroughly. There are still some small questions that I would like the teacher to clarify." The poor scholar said with a gentle smile. He was indeed not very good-looking, and his skin color was a little yellow.
His eyes are not big enough, his eyebrows are not thick enough, and his face is a little too long, but his smile is extremely approachable and modest, making people comfortable to look at.
The old man in sackcloth, who put the old wooden stick in front of his knees, nodded and said, "Tell me about it."
The poor scribe hummed and said: "Generally speaking, from the perspective of outsiders, the pattern of Yun Qin in the past fifty years. Among the nine elders and eight princes, the nine elders and the eight chief ministers were completely obedient to the orders of the young and powerful Yun Qin.
The emperor, in fact, is not the case. Among the nine elders, except Zhou Shoufu, who controls the Zhongzhou Guards and the masters in the imperial city, is absolutely loyal to the emperor and is the person left by the old emperor Yunqin to ensure the stability of the throne, the other eight elders themselves
They are all used to supervise and defend the emperor and Qingluan Academy. These eight elders can sit in that position behind the curtain, and there are various powerful strengths hidden behind them. As for the Eight Divisions, these nine elders are competing against each other.
, a place where each other places manpower, finds balance and selects each other’s feather lines.”
"Since ancient times, there has never been an empire that has so many people who can compete with the emperor, and can also maintain such a delicate balance. So I admire the old emperor Yun Qin for being able to come up with such a layout... At the same time
After decades of hard work and balance, the wisdom and methods of these nine elders and eight chief ministers must be very terrifying. Any one of them may have the ability to govern a country. So no matter how weak Yun Qin is on the surface
, that's just what it looks like on the surface... As long as this pattern is not broken, Yun Qin's opponent will always be himself, and neither Tang Zang nor our Da Mang are qualified."
"Judging from their performance over the years, these nine elders are fighting each other, but they have a common 'enemy', Emperor Yun Qin, so although they usually have different opinions, they will definitely work together to ensure the structure of the Senate.
If they continue to exist, they will definitely select a successor that they all like. Over the years, these nine elders have been examining candidates to replace Huang Lao, who is about to retire from illness. Judging from the promotion trajectory of the Eighth Division and various local officials... In the end
The ones who have the chance should be the Wen family and the Leng family."
Hearing this very seriously, the old man in Mai frowned slightly and said: "Why do you think that the military commander in the west, Cang Yue, has no chance?"
"Although those elders are scary, they have certain fixed trajectories to follow because they restrain each other. According to their habits, generally if they want to arrange to enter the highest power center in the imperial city, they must first accumulate military merit in the border army, and then transfer into
I was influenced by them in the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, and then went to the local army to manage government affairs in each province. I served as a local official for two or three years, then I was transferred back to the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, entered the Zhengwu Division and waited step by step. But Wenren Cangyue had already
After being transferred to the Zhengwu Division, Private Admiral Ma, according to the habits of those elders, he must go to the western province to be the provincial governor, make some political achievements, and then be transferred back to the imperial city." The poor scribe looked at the old man in Mai,
He still explained his point of view modestly: "But he was still sent to the Biluo Border Army as a mighty general. Although he has been equivalent to the actual power of the deputy chief, he has no chance to enter the Council of Elders. According to my analysis
It seems that it is because he is too smart, too ruthless in his actions, and too eager to achieve success."
After a slight pause, he looked at the old man Mai and added: "His character is somewhat similar to that of the current Emperor Yun Qin. If such a person goes further, even if the other elders can restrain him, it will cost him no one knows how much more it will cost."
.The most important thing is...he may have beheaded more than a thousand innocent herdsmen to exaggerate his military exploits, which would even touch the bottom line of several of the elders."
"You have done a good job in your homework, and most of what you said is correct." Old Man Mai took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and looked at the poor scholar as if admonishing: "But you still ignored one thing, these nine elders and eight
The biggest 'enemy' of the leader is not Emperor Yunqin, but Qingluan Academy. Because Qingluan Academy is too powerful for the emperor and them, they have made extra efforts to support Thunder Academy and Xianyi in recent years.
Academy, wants to replace the position of Qingluan Academy. It is precisely because of this combined force that so many powerful people coexist in such a complicated and incredible way, making this empire extraordinarily powerful and terrifying, because for Tang Zang
As far as Da Mang is concerned, what he has to deal with is not one force, but nine undercurrents that are difficult to fathom. Also, it was not the old Emperor Yun Qin who was so powerful and wise as to be unimaginable, but Dean Zhang.
Because only a figure whose prestige and force are equally invincible can make so many strong men willing to accept such an arrangement."
The poor scholar pondered for a moment and said: "What the teacher said is that it is not difficult to figure out the truth."
The old man in Mai nodded gently and asked: "Now there is news. Yan Shaoqing, Feng Qianhan and Ye Shaofeng set off from the Imperial City to Qingluan College, headed by Yan Shaoqing. What do you think about this matter?"
The poor scribe pondered again and quickly replied: "According to what the teacher just reminded me, the student wants to understand that the foundation of Yunqin College is still in Qingluan College. In addition to Dean Zhang, the old people in Qingluan College, and
The large number of lecturers are extremely terrifying forces. The most important thing is that it is precisely because of such a powerful and terrifying threat from Qingluan Academy that it has always been on the heads of the emperor and the Council of Elders, regardless of whether this threat really exists or not.
, but after all, this was the basis for the synergy of the most powerful people in Yun Qin. However, Emperor Yun Qin was too young and too powerful. He felt that he should be able to control Qingluan Academy and the Council of Elders, so he led Yan Shaoqing and wanted to
He wants Qingluan Academy to show its absolute allegiance to him and the Yunqin Empire. However, it is impossible for the nine elders not to understand this truth, so the final result of this matter should be that they will make Qingluan Academy make some concessions, forcing Qingluan
The college needs to make some changes and weaken some of its strengths. Thunder College and Xianyi College have no shortage of outstanding students...and some lecturers at Qingluan College themselves want to make changes. I attribute it to some people who ended up with Dean Zhang and the college, and some
People always believe that Yun Qin’s interests are above that of the academy, and they are loyal to Emperor Yun Qin and the empire. So in the end, Qingluan Academy will probably have to give up some of the elixirs and cultivation methods that the emperor and the Elder Council are most interested in."
The expression of the old man in Mai did not change, but he was very approving in his heart. He came to the conclusion just by looking at the dead information. I am afraid that his student's vision is no longer inferior to his.
"Then what do you think the Damang Dynasty can do now?" He looked at the poor scribes and continued to ask.
The poor scribe looked at the old man in Mai and said: "Now there are two visible opportunities in Da Mang. The first opportunity is to the west of Yunqin. Wen Ren Cang Yue is too smart and too ambitious. A person like him will never accept it willingly.
The fact of the failure, according to the methods of those senators, the Qingwang heavy armor this time must be related to his western frontier army, so he will definitely be impatient. With his strength and character, he may make big mistakes if he is impatient.
The purpose of those elders is just to disqualify him from entering the Elders Association, but we can make him make bigger mistakes and make Yunqin's hole collapse bigger. And another opportunity lies in Qingluan College.
Weakening Qingluan Academy will naturally bring more benefits to Da Mang. The weaker Qingluan Academy, the more serious their differences will be. Emperor Yunqin must have used the critical situation in Yunqin as an excuse to attack Qingluan Academy. Nine people
The elders themselves will cooperate... If we Da Mang push harder, we can give Emperor Yunqin more reason. Anyway, Da Mang has a good harvest this year, and the situation is unprecedentedly stable, allowing the dynasty's army to move and take turns to go to Xiao
A little battle can also increase the combat effectiveness of the army."
"Very good." Old Man Mai nodded again and asked, "Do you have any other questions you want me to answer?"
"I have been trying to study the temperament of the nine elders recently. I asked the teacher. They have been sitting behind heavy curtains. In addition to giving people a sense of oppression of powerful power, is it because they do not want the other party to see their current specific situation?
situation?"
"Yes, but in addition to the two points you mentioned, I'm afraid they don't want to see each other's faces, because they are like a mirror. If they see it, I'm afraid they will think of some things they have done that they don't want to do.
I think of many unpleasant things and make myself very uncomfortable."
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The old man in Mai chatted with the poor scribe for a long time. When the moon reached the zenith, the old man in Mai stood up and left.
Passing through a dark alley, the old man in sackcloth, with the help of an old servant, got into a waiting luxurious carriage, slowly left the alleys filled with poor people, and headed towards the brightly lit street in the distance.
Walk to the bustling city.
"I have accepted a good student...I am afraid that he will be better than his predecessor. I am very happy..." After walking for a while, the old man lying on the soft couch in the carriage seemed to feel that the journey was boring, and he seemed to be unable to help his heart.
He sighed in appreciation.
"Ah...ah..." The old servant who drove the carriage had a generous smile on his face, babbling and making signs, but he was a mute.
In this royal city of Damang, the only one who dares to call himself me is Zhan Taimang, the emperor of Damang Dynasty.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have thought that the man who raised an army as an ordinary frontier soldier and finally established the Damang Dynasty... turned out to be an old man with such a miserable appearance.
At present, this famous old emperor does not have any domineering dignity. He and this mute old servant seem to have a very good relationship. Looking at the other party's sign language, he smiled slightly and said: "You are asking me why I don't take him in."
Palace?...The time has not yet come...With his talent, just by looking at the things I gave him and listening to some of my teachings, how could he not be able to deduce my identity...Since he knows my identity, he naturally has it in his heart.
Looking forward to... And the more you can endure loneliness, the less shocked you are by honor and disgrace, the more qualified you will be for big responsibilities in the future."