When Li Chengqian and Fang Yiai arrived at the Wei Mansion, it was Wei Shuyu who welcomed them in."
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After staying in the capital for such a long time, this was Fang Yiai's first visit to Wei Mansion.
The flowers and plants in Wei Mansion's courtyard are all common and ordinary things, but they are kept neat and clean by the owner.
The neat and tidy yard looks a bit ordinary, just like an ordinary person's house, not like an important official in the court at all.
Walking behind Li Chengqian and Wei Shuyu, Fang Yiai looked at everything in the Wei Mansion and guessed that the Wei Mansion had not been renovated for at least five or six years. The paint on the carved beams had been knocked off, and even some of the wall coverings had been removed.
Some of it fell off.
Looking at the servants of the Wei family, they are only sparse in number, probably just enough for their needs. The clothes they wear are almost the same as the master's except that the material is not as good as the master's. They are almost 50% new and must have been worn for at least three to five years.
Wei Zheng only followed Li Shimin after Li Jiancheng's death. During the battle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin for the throne, it can be said that most of the ideas Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had against Li Shimin came from Wei Zheng.
I heard that on several occasions, if Li Shimin had not been lucky, he might have died.
In order to show that he was broad-minded and eager for talents, Li Shimin spared Wei Zheng's life after Li Jiancheng's death. He lowered his profile and took Wei Zheng under his command and stayed in the court.
Regardless of whether it was for himself or his family, in addition to taking care of the king's worries in the court, Wei Zheng could only make himself a direct minister - a direct remonstrance minister!
Only in this way can you save your own life and the lives of your family. Through your actions, you can show Li Shimin that you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and you can also use your actions to highlight the image of a wise king that Li Shimin wants!
Only a wise king can tolerate the ministers who remonstrate with him!
It is not an easy task to lead the Censorship Station, because the Censorship Council is a supervisory organization similar to that of later generations. It has the responsibility to monitor the behavior of the monarchs and ministers in the court. In order not to leave any excuses to others, the Wei family's financial resources are
It can be said that as long as it comes from Wei Zheng's salary, a small village that the emperor gave to Wei Zheng, and occasional rewards.i
There is no income from this. Even if it is a New Year's gift from his colleagues in the capital, if it is too generous, Wei Zheng will not let anyone accept it, and if he does, it will be returned.
For example, in the past few years of the Fang family, due to the personal relationship between Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, they generally prefer some new year's gifts to the Wei family. As far as Fang Yiai knows, they are all quite satisfactory.
After Ai returned to Fang's house, at Fang Yi'ai's request, all the calligraphy and paintings were replaced by Wei Zheng's own handwriting. She asked for paper and ink for the paintings. Ahem, Fang Yi'ai thoughtfully prepared them for Wei Zheng every time.
Among all the official families in the capital, the Wei family is really considered to be poor. Even the families of the sixth-rank petty officials in the capital are wealthier than the Wei family. Therefore, the Wei family rarely holds gatherings, and Mrs. Wei has to go there if she has to.
I don't usually show up at gatherings that are not allowed.
Fang Yiai once asked Wei Shuyu why the Wei family didn't buy some shops to subsidize the family. As a result, Wei Shuyu was met with a pair of eyes that couldn't believe it, and then a bunch of sage words were bombarded by Wei Shuyu at Fang Yiai.
Legacy love.
With her head spinning, Fang Yiai also understood the central meaning of Wei Shuyu, which was that among scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants, officials were regarded as the best. Also, only by being honest and upright can one abide by the words of the saints, hone his will, and serve for the people.
When you are an official, you will not be taken advantage of by villains with ulterior motives, and then be controlled by others and do anything that goes against your conscience.
Afterwards, Fang Yiai asked curiously about Wei Shuyu being preached to instead, and was laughed at by Changsun Huan, Du He and Cheng Hualiang for a while. Obviously, the three of them had known about the Wei family's poverty-stricken style for a long time, but Fang Yiai
Normally, I never pay attention to the gossip circulating among nobles.ish
When he arrived at the small living room where Wei Zheng's main room was used to entertain guests, Wei Zheng had already freshened up and put on a whitened brown Confucian robe that had been washed a little. The robe was neat and stylish, with no trace of creases.
Taken care of very carefully.
There was no sign of the imperial doctor. I think the imperial doctors who came to "treat" Wei Zheng on the orders must have gone through the formality and returned to the imperial hospital.
After greeting each other and exchanging a few words, Li Chengqian was invited into the inner room by Wei Zheng, while Fang Yiai accompanied Wei Shuyu to talk about poetry and essays with a heavy head. He thought about the last imperial examination that Wei Shuyu had to withdraw from the examination room because of physical discomfort, and Wei Shuyu would have to retake it after the New Year.
When it came time to take the imperial examination, Fang Yiai turned the topic to the imperial examination.
Just like when Yu Shinan analyzed the imperial examination questions for him, Fang Yiai explained to Wei Shuyu his guesses about next year's imperial examinations, commonly known as guessing the questions!
Talking about the excitement, Wei Shuyu completely forgot that Fang Yiai came with the prince, and took Fang Yiai back to his yard and into the room where he usually studied.
It was not until noon that Mrs. Wei had people put the meal on the table and Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian took their seats. Fang Yiai and Wei Shuyu went to the Wei family's living room where the meal was being set. Their mouths were dry and their mouths were dry.
Because the Wei family was poor, there were not many guests coming and going. Therefore, except for some poor classmates in the Imperial College, Wei Shuyu had few friends of the same age, which also made Wei Shuyu develop a character that liked to watch and was not very talkative.
Seeing that Wei Shuyu's face turned red and his eyes were a bit brighter than usual, and he was very close to Fang Yiai and chatting happily, Wei Zheng glanced at Fang Yiai, feeling a little strange in his heart.
After Wei Shuyu led Fang Yiai to sit down, he opened his mouth and asked, "It seems that Mr. Xiaofang and Shuyu had a very happy conversation."
Thinking about it, it is not a bad thing for his son to be on good terms with Fang Yiai. At least there will be a relationship left. With Fang Yiai's temperament, he might be able to help Shuyu in the future. With his son's temperament, Fang Yiai will be able to help Shuyu in the future.
You have to practice hard before going out, and you will definitely suffer in the middle.
After Shuyu and Fang Yiai become good friends, maybe the losses in the future will not be too severe.
Fortunately, Wei Shuyu still remembered that the prince was there, and he was not as eloquent as when he got along with Fang Yiai before. Instead, he said in a few concise words that Fang Yiai was talking to him about poetry and essays, and giving him some advice on scientific examinations.
"Sir Xiaofang was the prostitute who took the last scientific examination. It's your blessing to get his advice. If you have any questions, you should ask Mr. Xiaofang for advice. You will definitely benefit a lot. Did you remember it?" Wei Zheng looked in his eyes.
The light flashed away, and he smiled kindly at Fang Yiai, then stroking his beard and said seriously to Wei Shuyu.
Wei Shuyu stood up as if there was something serious, turned around and saluted Fang Yiai, and said, "I will ask Brother Fang for more advice in the future. I also ask Brother Fang not to be annoyed and give me more advice."
Fang Yi lamented lovingly, secretly scolding Wei Zheng for being an old fox, and secretly scolding himself for being such a fool. Why did he talk to Wei Shuyu about the scientific examination so kindly? Isn't this clearly causing trouble for himself?
Seeing Li Chengqian nodding with a smile, Fang Yiai knew that she couldn't push him away, so she could only accept Wei Shuyu, avoided her body and accepted Wei Shuyu's half-courtesy, accepted the matter, and asked Wei Shuyu to go to Dongfu to find him, or go downstairs.
Post.
As they chatted all over the wine table, Fang Yiai had already begun to think about not only how to give Wei Shuyu some guidance on his homework, but also how to help Wei Shuyu take care of his thin body. At least he would not fall ill again next year like last time.
In the examination room.
Fang Yiai had no memory of the scientific examination in the twelfth year of Zhenguan. How many students were so hungry that they drank in anger because of his behavior in cooking in the examination room.
Since Li Chengqian and Fang Yiai had official duties in the afternoon, they said goodbye and left the Wei Mansion after dinner.
After seeing off Li Chengqian and Fang Yiai, Wei Zheng took Wei Shuyu to Wei Shuyu's room. He saw several test questions that Fang Yiai had left for Wei Shuyu, and asked about the general content of the conversation between Wei Shuyu and Fang Yiai.
With a satisfied smile, he looked at Fang Yiai's elegant regular script on the test question and thought about it.
Wei Shuyu faintly heard Wei Zheng murmuring, "It seems that Fang Yiai's chief examiner next year will be Tang Jian, the Minister of Rites, and one of the deputy examiners will be Shangguan Yi..."
"How's it going?" Fang Yiai turned half of his horse's head, walked toward the imperial city, and asked Li Chengqian.
"Same as usual." Li Chengqian looked forward and replied calmly.
"On the other hand, you, who are capable and work hard, can correct a stubborn person like Du He. I believe that even if the time is short, you can teach Wei Shuyu to become a talent. Work hard." Li Chengqian said to Fang Yiai with gloating.
Fang Yiai gritted her teeth, wishing to give Li Chengqian a whip on his horse's butt. She rolled her eyes at Li Chengqian and said, "Wei Shuyu's knowledge is pretty good, but he lacks the ability to adapt. His body is a bit weak. If he can be conditioned well, he will
There will definitely be a place for him in the second division next year, so the prince doesn’t have to worry.”
If this was not on the street, Fang Yiai wanted to ask Li Chengqian. With so many people skewering him, wouldn't he worry that one day he would become a tiger and cause trouble for him in turn? But thinking about his own temperament
, Fang Yiai curled her lips and stopped looking for trouble for herself.
The Prince's Zhan Shifu has been well organized by Wei Zheng for a long time. Even if Wei Zheng is ordered to take a rest by Li Shimin, it will not affect the operation of Zhan Shifu.
As for Wei Zheng's ability as a director, Fang Yiai felt that it should not be much worse than Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling. It was indeed a waste for Li Shimin to leave Wei Zheng still in Yushitai without holding real power.
However, I was relieved when I thought that the emperor was suspicious and Wei Zheng did not arouse Li Shimin's suspicion, so he refused to be transferred elsewhere.
However, Wei Zheng did not recommend Hou Junji. This time, because of Li Shimin's reward to Hou Junji, Li Shimin was accused of his fault in a major matter. Think about it, after Wei Zheng passes away in the future, Li Shimin will not order Wei Zheng's tombstone to be pulled down?
Empress Changsun has also been sterilized, and there is no possibility of giving birth to a new princess in Xincheng. Presumably Wei Shuyu is no better than Princess Zaishang, or will Li Shimin point out the current Princess Jinyang to Wei Shuyu by then?
Just when Fang Yiai and Li Chengqian were meeting in the imperial city, someone rushed to deliver a letter to Fang's mansion.