dhibooks Chapter 11 Daoist Friends
Chapter 11 Daoist Friends
Everything in this side hall is an imperial gift, even the standing maids are, but this paperweight is a bit special, it is a treasure that has been passed down in the royal family for 200 years.
Jiang Sui's head became two big, and the right minister was still waiting outside. He had no choice but to wave to the maid to clean up the debris, and then he went out to meet the right minister himself.
This was the first time that Jiang Sui came out to meet him, and the right minister stroked his beard, showing no surprise on his face.
As long as the left side is not facing the right side, the right side is still the benevolent elder of the three dynasties. When Jiang Sui came to him, he lowered his arms and cupped his hands modestly: "The old minister has seen the regent."
"Master Li, you don't need to be too polite."
The right minister's name is Li Chizhai. It has been a full forty years since he became an official. He survived two emperors and became the new emperor's Kaiyuan hero. His life is nothing short of legendary.
If he could spit out less fragrant words in court, Jiang Sui would definitely respect him more.
Looking for a place to sit down, Jiang Sui asked, "What do you want from me?"
Right Prime Minister had some friendship with Jiang Sui's father. Jiang Sui had met this old man when he was very young.
Sitting down, Prime Minister Right began to stroke his beard again. There were only a few gray hairs, and he didn't know what to do. Jiang Sui stared at his movements, Prime Minister Right didn't notice, and was still talking.
"Today in court, although I have not said anything, in fact, I support what Zuoxiang said."
Jiang Sui was taken aback when he heard the words, "Scholar's exemption is still..."
The right minister's face darkened, "Naturally, the emperor is the queen."
Jiang Sui laughed, "This matter must not be limited to the right minister. Most of the civil and military affairs of the court are anxious. But after all, it is His Majesty's private matter. It is useless for us to be anxious. It depends on His Majesty's own will."
"Yes, yes, yes," the right minister nodded perfunctorily, "what the prince said is true, but your majesty is 17 years old this year, the harem is vacant, and he doesn't even have a child and a half daughter under his knees. , what should the people of the world, the common people of Li, do?"
Wei's descendants are weak, and Wei Xun's grandfather indulged and loved freedom all his life. He spent most of his time traveling around mountains and rivers and writing poems. He did nothing during his reign, leaving only a pile of poems in the end. The picture scroll, as well as three or four princes who are useless here and there.Later, Wei Xun's father, the old emperor, came to the throne. He was not only stupid, but also immoral. Immediately after he came to power, he locked up all the older brothers, or found a reason to kill them, and now there is only one left in the clan. The prince is the Prince Cheng who is not a few years older than Wei Xun.
Probably the old emperor was too wicked, so even though he had hundreds of people in his harem, including male and female foreign slaves, he still had very few children. After Wei Xun ascended the throne, there were almost no one left.
The withering of the royal family is not a good sign. All the ministers' eyes are on Wei Xun's Xiasanlu, wishing that he can be renamed Emperor Songzi. It's nothing to hold two children for three years, but it's a real skill to hold eight children in two years.
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The right minister is not as radical as the left minister. He is a moderate, and he especially likes to play the emotional card. From Wei Xun to the first emperor, from the first emperor to Jiang Sui's father, and from Jiang Sui's father to Jiang Sui himself.
"As a minister, we have to share our worries for the king. Although we can't share our worries with our own actions, it is always right to speak up a few times. If Brother Buliu is still alive, he must also hope that the royal family can spread out. Many sons are blessings, apart from the royal family, if you don’t leave a younger brother, you must still be thinking about the prince’s marriage. Now the prince is in his twenties, but he is still alone. This is..."
Jiang Buliu is Jiang Sui's deceased father, and the right minister does not keep his younger brother. It seems that he and Jiang Sui's father have a good relationship, but in fact it is a colleague relationship, and they have only visited a few times in private.
No matter what age, the younger generation couldn't stand the elder's urging to marry. When Jiang Sui heard the right minister talking about himself, alarm bells rang in Jiang Sui's heart, and he quickly cut off his words.
"Your Prime Minister is right. This king was negligent. I will write the scripture today and present it to His Majesty. If Your Majesty does not listen, I will continue to write."
A dead fellow is not a poor one. If there must be someone in this world who is going to be forced to marry, then he hopes that that person is not him.
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The minister on the right listened, and nodded with a smile, "I knew that the regent is a loyal minister and good general. Your Majesty has always listened to the prince's words, and the prince himself played the performance, but it will get twice the result with half the effort."
How nice, Jiang Sui went to say, he was happy to stay at home, and he didn't have to see Wei Xun's face that was about to fall into ice as soon as he heard it.
This is what it means to be a real fellow daoist who never dies. Even how to die, he has prepared for fellow daoist.
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Interrupted by Prime Minister Right, the list he had written was destroyed, the paperweight was broken, and he had an extra task to write a memorial. Seeing that it was getting dark, after Prime Minister Right left, Jiang Sui sat in Wenhua Hall After thinking for a while, he lifted his foot and walked outside.
It was also a coincidence that at this time, Qin Wangshan invited him over for dinner.
Writing a memorial is worse than saying it face to face, Wei Xun is already a mature emperor, it's time to learn to refuse to urge marriage.
The first step of the resignation plan is to no longer be the mouthpiece between the emperor and the ministers.
It's also strange, no matter what Wei Xun looks like on the inside, isn't his external behavior always benevolent and open-minded?Why did this group of people dare not tell Wei Xun themselves when something important happened, they always asked him to be the messenger.
If a minister heard Jiang Sui's heartfelt voice at this time, he would surely spit out three catties of hairy blood.
The whole court!No, the whole world, you are the only one who thinks the emperor is benevolent!Do you know what survivorship bias is?No, you don't understand!
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The main hall of Wuying Hall is the place where Wei Xun summoned the ministers, the east side hall is his study room for reviewing papers and working, and the west side hall is his sleeping hall, where he usually eats and does miscellaneous affairs. In the gallery.
When Jiang Sui arrived, the dishes had all been served, and Wei Xun was sitting at the edge of the mahogany round table, picking up a dish of five-flavored roast pork with chopsticks.
Take out some of the tenderest and best-looking pieces of meat, and put them into the bowl prepared for Jiang Sui. Wei Xun looked up and saw Jiang Sui coming in, with a smile on his face, "Teacher is here, It's time, sit down."
Jiang Sui swallowed silently, then walked forward.
It's not that he said... If everything in the book is true, then Wei Xun's acting skills are too good!Ten years have been like a day, how deep is this thought, to be able to suffer so much, Jiang Sui felt a little sympathetic.
After sitting down, holding the pair of heavy gold chopsticks in his hand, Jiang Sui plucked the beef on the plate twice, and then said after deliberating, "Your Majesty, there are differences between monarchs and ministers. I want to eat in Wenhua Palace in the future..."
The word "dinary" was pronounced halfway, and Wei Xun acted as if he hadn't heard it. He turned his head and told Qin Wangshan, "Bring up the delicious glaze."
After talking to Qin Wangshan, he immediately turned back and explained to Jiang Sui: "Liuli Jiawei is a new dish recently developed by the Imperial Dining Room. It cuts a whole fat chicken into sections and marinates it with more than a dozen seasonings. Afterwards, it will be supplemented with eight taels of oil and slowly fried on a low heat until it is browned, and then sautéed until fragrant. Finally, it is stewed in a pot made of colored glass. Minced Sichuan pepper, boiled for two hours before it comes out of the pot. The meat stewed in Liuli is very tender, spicy and fatty, so the people in the imperial dining room gave it the name of Liuli Jiawei."
Wei Xun smiled, "Teacher taste it first, if it doesn't taste good, let them improve it."
Jiang Sui: "..."
Hearing what Wei Xun said, his saliva was about to flow down, his mind was full of how delicious this dish was, he held his chopsticks, and looked out the door eagerly, completely forgetting what he wanted to say just now.
Wei Xun didn't even find out when he distributed dishes for him again.
Jiang Sui realized that he still had something to say when he was full of food.
After dinner, Wei Xun would continue to review the memorials after a short break. Jiang Sui had been sick a few days ago, and he thought that he would need to work overtime when he came back to finish all the backlog of memorials.
But when I went to the Dongpian Hall to see, how could there be a backlog of memorials?
Wei Xun actually approved all of them by himself!
Jiang Sui was in a trance. In the past, Wei Xun often complained to him that there were too many memorials, and he couldn't read them all by himself.Jiang Sui tried several times to reduce his working hours at night, and let Wei Xun learn to criticize by himself, but he used this reason to stop him. Now, looking at the young emperor who is alive and kicking around and can't see any pain, Jiang Sui has a feeling that he is being hurt. felt cheated.
The emperor lied to him, and he couldn't point his nose and curse back, so he could only bear it silently.After evening, the hall became dark. The eunuch in charge of the lamps lit all the lamps. Wei Xun was wearing a black dragon robe, opened a memorial with both hands, and read it carefully under the flickering light. He probably finished reading it. He put down the memorial, He took the brush, dipped it in a little cinnabar, and wrote a large character on the memorial in a fluttering manner.
"roll."
Jiang Sui: "..."
He was sitting next to Wei Xun. Wei Xun added a seat to Jiang Sui beside his dragon chair. Even if a minister came in, he would not withdraw. This is another strong proof that the regent won the emperor's heart.
Of course, in the eyes of Jiang Sui now, that is another powerful assist that will be unlucky in the future.
"Which adult's memorial made His Majesty so angry."
Jiang Sui asked a question.
Wei Xun wasn't actually angry, but if he didn't write like this, the other party would definitely be more confident, and he would pile such memorials on his desk if he had nothing to do.Throwing that book aside, Wei Xun picked up another one, and said calmly: "Master Zhu said that I have been ashamed of the world for my delay in becoming a queen, and I am sorry for the old ancestors of the Wei family, pigs, cattle and sheep. Dogs and other livestock are known to have offspring, but I don't care about it."
Speaking of this, Wei Xun really said that he was angry. He threw the memorial and said angrily: "Then what he meant was to call me a pig and a dog!"
Jiang Sui: "..."