generation hero

Since Daxia was divided into the south, it has often been invaded by the north, and the country has experienced turmoil several times. The Taixue flourished and fell apart. This is the first time the emperor of this dynasty issued an edict to run a school after he ascended the throne.

Yuan Tang is still living in Xiaozhong, and there is still more than a year before the end of the service. It is reasonable to wait for Xiaoman to go to school, but the edict passed to Jiyang specifies that the Yuan family must send children to Beijing, and the funeral system is uncertain at this time. Some families abide by it, and some families advocate Laozhuang and do not follow this system.That is to say, some of the court officials are well-developed, and they still marry and entertain guests in filial piety. After being impeached, they are just paid by the government.

It is not impossible for Yuan Tang to go to school.

On the day of receiving the edict, Zhou Xianpei called Yuantang back to the city.

"Now the Xiao family is very powerful in the court and the situation is unclear. You don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for you to enter the capital." Zhou Xianpei was very worried about Yuantang's entry into the capital.

Yuan Tang thought about it more simply, and said: "It's a blessing, not a curse. I went to Beijing to study, and I didn't want to be an official. The Xiao family probably wouldn't do anything to me. The two younger brothers are still young, and the three aunts take care of the house." The mansion is alright, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble uncle again for the outside affairs."

Zhou Xianpei said: "With uncle here, you don't have to worry about it at home."

Yuan De couldn't help but said: "A Lang doesn't need to be an official now, he will do it sooner or later. All the martial arts have always valued the power of commanding troops, with the generals as the foundation. , under the eyes of the Xiao family, I am afraid that they will obstruct me when I want to go out of town in the future."

Without military power, the Wu family lost their own support. The generals in Jiuzhen were unwilling to be called to serve in Beijing, so they separated from the soldiers and power.

Yuan Tang has no official position yet, taking office from Beijing is much more troublesome than taking office from Ji Yang. If the Xiao family wants to rectify Yuan Tang, they can block him when he is an official.

Yuan Tang's mind was active, and he asked Zhou Xianpei: "Is there really no one in Beijing who can suppress the Xiao family?"

Zhou Xianpei clapped his hands and said: "I came to you to talk about this! The brothers of the Xiao family are in power with their relatives, and they have won the trust of His Majesty. They are in charge of secrets in and out of the forbidden area. Except for the brothers of the Xiao family, the others trusted by His Majesty are all from poor families. , not as powerful as Brother Xiao."

"When Shen Shangshu left the court, he recommended the current Shangshu Wang Yi to take over. Wang Yi was also a relative, the elder brother of the Queen Mother. At that time, the Queen Mother was still in court for hearings, and the Wang family had a great reputation. These years, the Queen Mother retired to the deep palace. The Wang family acts in a low-key manner, but Wang Shangshu has always been in the position of Shangshu. Those who supported Shen Shangshu in the early years were suppressed by the Xiao family's faction, and now they are still in the court. Most of them voted for the Wang family early. Wang and Shen are good friends , and the relationship is harmonious even now, if you have the opportunity after you enter Beijing, try to make friends with the children of the Wang family."

Yuan Tang also paid attention to some court affairs in the villa, so he asked: "So now there are two factions in the court, the Xiao family is one faction, the Wang family and those who supported Shen Shangshu back then are the other faction?"

Zhou Xianpei had deep meaning in his eyes, and said: "There is no clear division, but the officials in the court and the generals in the outer towns are more or less inclined. For example, when the Northern Governor's Mansion was conquered, His Royal Highness King Huan was ordered by the late emperor to town Shangyun. The Empress Dowager assisted the former emperor in handling the government affairs. For many years, His Royal Highness has guarded Shangyun for His Majesty, but has a close relationship with Wang Shangshu. Another example is the Zhengxi Governor's Mansion in the upper reaches of the Zhenjiang River. Today's governor Qian Xiyi is Junyang Qian, who was recommended by Xiao Shizhong of."

An enemy's enemy is a friend, Yuan Tang understands this truth, as long as the Xiao family does not block the sky with one hand, he can always find a way to settle down in the capital.

Yuan Tang heard Shen Jingxuan mention the Queen Mother a few times, and Feng Cong was taken into the capital by the Queen Mother, so he couldn't help being curious: "Uncle, can you tell me about the Queen Mother?"

Zhou Xianpei said: "The queen mother was born in the royal family of Heye. She was the prince Liangdi first, and the first emperor ascended the throne. The queen mother gave birth to Prince Wenxi and the current emperor. Concubine Shu was promoted to be the queen. The first emperor was often unable to handle government affairs when he was ill, so he let the queen mother assist the government. The empress dowager did not retire to the deep palace until the current sage was enthroned." After a pause, he continued: "Although the empress dowager no longer participates in political affairs, the Wang family has never withdrawn from the court. Trust Wang Shangshu like you trust the Xiao family brothers, but the position of Shangshu has not been able to appoint others."

Zhou Xianpei then told Yuan Tang about the relations of the various families in Beijing and the customs and customs that he knew, and repeatedly asked, but he was still worried, lest Yuan Tang would not be able to handle it alone in the capital.

With Zhou Xianpei's thousands of instructions, at the beginning of February, Yuantang and the children selected by Jiyang's various ethnic groups set off by boat. Their boat traveled south along the Qushui River to the Bujiang River, and then from the Bujiang Waterway to the river, at the ferry of Shangyun cross the river.

The river tide is rushing towards the sky, and the river wind is still chilly. The wind and the water go hand in hand, and you can swim freely in the world. Yuan Tang stands on the bow of the boat, seeing such an open scene, and his mood becomes refreshed.

The Great Xia Emperor's Capital stands by the river, and the first goal is the emerald green smoked willows.The wind passes through the water, the wildness has been domesticated, and when it reaches the shore, it becomes tender like water, blowing away the willow branches with pity, blowing away a corner of the beauty's soft veil, peeking at the powder wall made of Yuxue's skin and three thousand blue silk Panned uva.

The boat slid all the way to the waterway in the east of the city, and the ferry was overcrowded. Yuan Tang and the others entered the city early in the morning, and only loaded their luggage and left the pier after noon.

Before the Great Xia moved south, Xiangjing, the imperial capital, was the largest city on the south bank of the river. After a hundred years of construction, the capital city has become more luxurious and beautiful.

This capital is like a well-dressed lady, with jade and gold features, jewels and emeralds on her body, and even her face is covered with gold powder.

The caravan passed through the market, and the shops along the street were full of goods, and the flags were embroidered. Luo Qi's people walked through like water, and the flowers were clustered.

Yuan De took the horse to Yuan Tang's car, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are not only going to protect A Lang, but also keep a close eye on A Lang, don't let him get lost in some gentle town, where we can't find him." way home."

The family soldiers in the escort convoy had been acquainted with Yuan Tang for a year, and knew that the Patriarch had a good temper, so they laughed when they heard this.

Yuantang himself laughed out loud.

You must know that he was in a border town that was ravaged by wars when he came here, and then he stayed in the mountain village to watch his filial piety. He has not seen the bustle and prosperity of the market for a long time, and now he is a countryman who has never seen the world.

It happened that there were a few young ladies sitting by the window in Cailou on the side of the road. They probably saw that Yuantang was good-looking, and they were surrounded by servants. They picked a fruit from the fruit plate, wrapped it with a fragrant handkerchief, and threw it to Yuantang. in the car.

The woman upstairs also smiled coquettishly.

General Yuan bought a house in central Beijing many years ago, and sent his servants to take care of it. Before Yuan Tang set off from Jiyang, he sent a letter to Beijing, and he could live in directly after arriving in Beijing.

At night, the boy lit wormwood and smoked every corner of the room. As the weather warmed up, mosquitoes also increased.

On the willow twigs on the moon, Yuan Tang stared at the hazy moonlight in a daze.

After leaving, Yuantang received another letter from Shen Jingxuan. Shen Jingxuan was at the Shen family in Pengwu. When he wrote the letter, he didn't know that Yuantang was going to Beijing. He said something about his previous study tour and mentioned that Feng Cong had not left Beijing yet.

Shen Jingxuan was not in Beijing, so he didn't know Feng Cong's current situation, so he just mentioned it casually in the letter.

Now that he came to the capital, Yuan Tang definitely wanted to meet Feng Cong. After a year, they had almost lost contact. Feng Cong should still be in the palace, so he didn't know how to meet him.

The next day, Yuan Tang first went to the Ministry of Rites to report that when he entered Beijing, he had to inform the Ministry of Rites that he had arrived. The officials who received him said that scholars from various states and counties had entered Beijing one after another. Summoned, and then formally enrolled.

Coming out of the official office, Yuan Tang unexpectedly met Xiao Shanzhi who was passing by in a car.Xiao Shanzhi's carriage was followed by a large group of servants. He was sitting in the carriage, talking with a monk, and he didn't pay attention to Yuan Tang beside the road, but Yuan Tang recognized him at a glance from the ostentation of carriages and horses.

There are still a few days to spare, and Yuan Tang, with the prepared gifts, plans to pay a visit to the old friends of the Yuan family in Beijing.

There are many nobles in the capital, so it's not a big deal for Yuan's family to be in the capital. When General Yuan came to Beijing to be entrusted with the title, he made many friends. If Yuan Tang wanted to gain a firm foothold in the capital, he had to build up some old relationships.

He came one by one according to the list he had made at home. First of all, it was the Shen family's house in the capital. Shen Jingxuan said that now only his fifth uncle's family is in Beijing. .

Except for the Shen family, most of the other families that General Yuan made friends with were on the same level as the Yuan family.Time has changed, some old friends belonged to the Shen Shangshu faction, they were excluded by the Xiao family these years, and they have already been relegated to Beijing, some switched to the Xiao family faction, and did not want to associate with the Yuan family, which was branded by the old Shen family, and some might see Yuan Tang as unofficial No job, should be perfunctory.

After a few days of busy work, Yuan Tang didn't gain much. Originally, he wanted to inquire about Feng Cong's news, but in vain.

Yuan De went to the capital with General Yuan back then, seeing Yuan Tang being treated coldly these days, he felt aggrieved, but it was Yuan Tang who comforted him.

On the tenth day of April, Yuan Tang drove to Duanmen of Miyagi early in the morning, and walked to Huiwen Hall according to the guidance of the audience.

There were hundreds of people standing in the square in front of the hall, all of them were scholars from all over the world wearing long gowns with long sleeves. The morning breeze blew slightly, and their belts fluttered, showing their graceful demeanor.

The shifts are arranged according to family background and status. Yuantang has a noble but not a high family background, so he is in the middle and slightly in the front.The emperor was still in court, and everyone took their positions according to shifts, and they waited for the emperor to arrive until the sun was high.

After everyone saluted, the emperor gave him a seat, and then began to say some words to encourage people to study, respect Confucianism and respect Taoism.

Yuan Tang could not see the appearance of the emperor in the palace from his seat, he could only hear the low and hoarse voice speaking softly, very similar to the headmaster's opening speech when he was in school, listening to it made people drowsy.

While Yuan Tang was dozing off with his mind empty, a palace man trotted into the palace on the left side of the square, the emperor's voice stopped, and after a while, the palace man said: "The queen mother is here."

Everyone was a little puzzled, why did the Queen Mother come here?

Yuan Tang first smelled a gust of incense, and then caught a glimpse of the Empress Dowager's guard of honor appearing from the left side of the Huiwen Hall out of the corner of his eye, and then realized that the fragrance was coming from the incense burner carried by the palace servants.

Everyone stood up and saluted, and the emperor had already greeted him out of the palace.

Then I heard the woman's smiling voice saying: "It's a good thing to re-establish the Imperial College. The old lady also wants to see the demeanor of the great talents, and exercise her muscles and bones by the way. It's okay. The emperor has something to say, and I will listen to it." that is."

The emperor hurriedly asked people to move to sit on the couch, and invited the queen mother to sit in the hall, but the queen mother said: "The weather is so good, sitting in the hall has failed the spring." The queen mother did not enter the hall, and the emperor did not let his mother sit outside , can only let people move the couch outside the hall.

After that, the Empress Dowager just sat on the side without saying a word. After the emperor had finished speaking, she said to the Empress Dowager, "May the Empress Dowager please teach me?"

The queen mother smiled and said: "I am a woman in the palace, how can I teach others." She glanced at the square, and said to the emperor: "I heard that your majesty wants the prince to attend lectures at the Taixue?"

"Yes," said the emperor.

The queen mother nodded and said, "Let Hong Yi go to school together." The emperor didn't answer, and the queen mother didn't seem to be asking, probably because everyone around him held their breath, Yuantang always felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange.

The Empress Dowager walked down the steps and said, "Hongzhen and the others all have their own attendants, but Hongyi doesn't have one. Why don't you choose a companion for Hongyi among the scholars in various states today? What do you think, Your Majesty?"

After a few seconds of silence in front of the hall, the emperor said, "Who does the empress want to choose?"

"You know Hongyi's temperament. He is always too mischievous. Children of ordinary families can't stand his temper." The Queen Mother's voice sounded quite cheerful, "You must choose someone who is more obedient than him, and younger than him. He I don't know how to get along with my brothers, find him a little brother, maybe he will be more sensible if he learns to take care of others..." She was like a loving elder, talking about the trivial matters of the younger generation.

The emperor said nothing.

The Empress Dowager turned around and said something to the palace servant beside her. The palace servant nodded and raised her voice towards the square: "Jiyang Yuanshi, Lanxiang Marquis Yuan Tang comes out."

Yuan Tang didn't expect that he would be called suddenly, the palace servant called twice, and the person standing next to him tugged at his sleeve, then he realized that he hurriedly stood outside the queue and knelt down to salute.

He lowered his head, the hem of the skirt dragged towards the floor, and then a pair of beaded silk shoes appeared in his sight.

The Queen Mother's voice said above his head: "This kid looks good, let's choose him."

After finishing speaking, the Empress Dowager left Huiwen Hall, and a servant came to urge Yuantang to follow.

Yuan Tang was completely confused, he didn't know why he became someone else's companion, and he couldn't get rid of the thought that he didn't even raise his face, how could the queen mother see his appearance clearly!

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