Chapter 81: The Famous Capital (2)

Zhao Ta helped the old lady to sit down, talked for a while, and saw that no one came to condole again, so he took the bowl of brown rice porridge handed by the old lady and ate it, people are even more strange, there are so many kinds of porridge next to it, although it is not all carefully made, but it is much better than this bowl of brown rice porridge!

"Lord Wang, there are so many good porridges, how can you eat this bowl?" A man asked boldly.

"Porridge is the same for me now, there is no good or bad, it is all a handout from everyone, and it is no different!" Zhao Tan smiled and said: "Today, thanks to everyone's love, we don't hesitate to give alms, but how we eat a lot, my father once taught me 'a porridge and a meal, when thinking about it is not easy to come by; Half a thread and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult. If you haven't eaten, please help in the next favor, eat these extra porridges, and don't send more tomorrow! As he spoke, he got up and begged the onlookers, as for this holy word taught by the emperor, he forgot which dynasty of the saint below said it, and now it was installed on his father, and no one dared to ask anyway.

After saying this, of course, there was another applause, even calling the prince benevolent, but Zhao Ta was embarrassed, eating this bowl of porridge by himself, most of it was for safety reasons, and now it is difficult to check the porridge one by one. If someone wants to harm themselves and put some medicine in it, it is really unaware, and the person who can use the poison will definitely consider himself as a prince, and he will definitely pick a good one to eat, and he will never think of eating this bowl of crude brown rice porridge by himself, and he didn't expect that his prevarication would add a good name to himself as thrifty and benevolent!

Although Zhao Ta said that everyone should not send it again, but there were more people who sent it in the afternoon, not only restaurants, shops, and citizens, but also some food boxes marked with official positions or government names. The literati in the capital also came to the mourning shed in front of the palace gate in an endless stream, read the sacrificial text, praised the merits of the queen, praised the benevolence and filial piety of the prince, and simply regarded this small spiritual shed as a holy place, as if not to come, I am sorry for the word gentleman, and there are more good people to write poems to describe this 'grand event', and the two princes who have been out of Beijing for two years and have gradually been forgotten are in the limelight!

Night is gradually falling, the north wind is blowing, the temperature is also dropping rapidly, the crowd of onlookers slowly dispersed, only their group was left in front of the empty palace, Zhao Ta knocked on his sore knees, rubbed his swollen head, and lay on the ground and was reluctant to move.

"Second master, eat some porridge, I've tasted this, it's not poisonous!" Jianxi brought a bowl of porridge over and said.

"You've tasted it, my mom, you're a guinea pig again, you've really poisoned you, where can I find such a stupid companion of yours!" Zhao Ta touched Xi's face and said affectionately.

"Second master, if you say I'm stupid, I'm stupid, if you really have three long and two short, I'm also a death!" Seeing that the prince felt sorry for him, he smiled bitterly and said: "There are so many porridges, so many people have come, it's hard to guarantee that no one has been poisoned inside, I don't know how to know Lu Dao." ”

"Hehe, you pick and choose, if someone cuts the food box or bowl with a knife, you can eat it with confidence, and I don't dare to guarantee if you don't have it!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Oh?! Second master, have you checked it all? "Pan Long and they are also worried about this, but they didn't expect that the prince would have thought of it for them a long time ago.

"I came to kowtow in the afternoon, how can I have time to do that, but someone helped us do it!" Zhao Ta shook his head and said.

"Who is it?" Pan Long turned to everyone and asked, but everyone was confused and shook their heads like rattles.

"Don't ask, this man is not the head and tail, he won't let us find out!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

Pan Long and the others were taken aback when they heard this, and secretly glad that this person was a friend and not an enemy, they saw a lot of people today, and they all raised the spirit of twelve points to be careful and vigilant, to prevent someone from assassinating the prince, and now the food has been manipulated by people, but they have not found it, it can be seen that this person's kung fu is good, since the prince does not say it, he must have his own reasons. They didn't ask any more, they searched among the many food boxes, and sure enough, they found the food boxes with knife marks that the prince said, and the porridge inside was enough to fill their stomachs.

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October 14, tomorrow is the day of the Queen's Wangri Festival, and the ceremony will be presided over by Zhang Shangying, the right servant of Shangshu, and now he is discussing with the emperor to supplement the festival regulations drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Shangying is tall and long, although he is already sixty years old, he can still see some of the heroism of his youth between his eyebrows, because he dares to speak and dare to do, regardless of the occasion, people can't get off the stage, so Zhao Ji is a little scared of him, and now he has more time to listen to and less time to say. ,

"Official, do you see if the people who participated in the ceremony are Prince Yan, he has been guarding outside the palace gate for seven days." When discussing the people participating in the festival, Tong Guan, who was on the emperor's side, suddenly interjected.

"By all means, Prince Yan resisted the decree and entered Beijing, it has already violated the law, and the saint has not punished him for sacrificing his mother, if he wants to participate in the festival again, I am afraid that the officials will not accept it, and the court will not be satisfied!" Before the emperor could express his position, Zhang Shangying stood up and played.

"Hmph, what Zhang Xiang said may not be, right?" Tong Guan stroked his beard and said unhurriedly, you said, isn't he an internal servant, the bottom is cut, there is no male hormone secretion, how can you grow a beard, it must be a sticky fake beard. It's really not fake, it's true, and he doesn't take off his pants just from the outside, he is quite masculine, and he can't tell that he is from the palace at all, it is estimated that he entered the palace late, and the knife was wielded after his body developed!

"What is Tong Sikong's opinion?" Zhang Shangying looked at these guys who didn't have cocks and was flatulated, and the emperor who was so good had let them teach them badly, and asked with a straight face.

"Birth, things are courteous; Death, burial with ceremony, sacrifice with ceremony, can Zhang Xiang know what to understand. Tong Guan came to the sentence, but Zou Zou's words were a little strange when he said them.

Zhang Shangying sneered for a while, do you think that I bought this Jinshi, pouted and said: "This sentence is from the Analects, which means that no matter whether parents are alive or after death, they should practice filial piety in accordance with the rules of etiquette." ”

"Hehe, Zhang Xiang is indeed a scholar of the past and the present, hearing that his mother lost his letter, what should he do when his filial son is outside?" Tong Guan asked again as if he didn't see Zhang Shangying's disdainful gaze.

"Regardless of the dangers, even if you are thousands of miles away, you should return day and night!" Zhang Shangying replied without thinking about it.

"Okay, Zhang Xiang said it well!" Tong Guan clapped his hands and praised, "Then what should Prince Yan do when he hears about his mother's funeral?" ”

"This... This?! Zhang Shangying was speechless for a while, but the person who could be the prime minister at that time was not stupid, and replied with a deep groan: "Although it is human nature, but it cannot be abolished for personal reasons, Prince Yan's move is excusable, but the law cannot be forgiven!" ”

Zeng Zi said: The people's religion is filial piety. Those who are benevolent are also benevolent; The righteous are righteous; Those who are loyal, those who are loyal to this are also; He who believes, he who believes in this also; Those who salute, those who salute this; The walker, the walker, the strong, the strong! Zhang Xiang is a Jinshi background, no need for me to explain, this is the standard of the world, how can it be judged by common sense! Tong Guan said sharply, in the end, it was the person who had fought on the battlefield, and the words he said at this time were actually full of killing momentum. Zhang Shangying didn't give it for nothing, quoting the legal code to refute, the two of them one discussed the law, the other interceded, and they argued endlessly, catching up with the current college student debate competition!

Several of the consuls of the imperial court and the governor of the inner court who participated in the deliberations on the side are a little stupid, what happened today? Tong Guan, how did this kid learn to play children's literature today, he was full of mouths, quoted scriptures, and sometimes he was able to choke Zhang Shangying, who was born as a jinshi, only to roll his eyes.

Zhao Ji on the throne usually annoys the court debate, but today he watched it with relish, neither interjecting nor drinking, and watched the argument between the two important ministers of the court as a monkey play. Knowing the affairs of the Privy Council, Zheng Juzhong interjected from time to time, which seemed fair, and a clear-eyed person could also see that there was a bias, he was not because of the civil and military disputes, but because he thought that his own family affairs were involved. He Zhizhong, who was played by the dead ghost Zhang Kangguo, had just returned to Zhongshu, but he was so happy that they were beaten into a mess, closing their eyes on the side to recuperate and recuperate, and the two did not help each other; Yang Jian was worried in his heart, wondering if Tong Guan's limelight now has the potential to overshadow him, is there any ulterior motive for Prince Yan at this time?

Today, the little yellow doors on duty in front of the palace are too busy, in and out of the transmission of news, of course, it is not in vain, whose sleeves are stuffed with gold bills, the court quarrel is the weather vane of officialdom, a wrong team, the light is to degrade Beijing, the heavy is to lose the official resignation, so they are also willing to pay the capital, and they can take what they need.

"The prince is guilty of breaking the law and the common people, the law is the foundation of the country, and the people are invited, and the second prince should abide by the law and set an example for the people, and he should be punished for violating the will to enter Beijing!" The argument between the two has reached a fever pitch, and Zhang Shangying's green tendons on his neck jumped up and said loudly, looking like he was in a hurry.

"All the people are invited, the people are exemplary, Zhang Xiang's words are good, you dare to climb the city tower with me to watch, Prince Yan abides by the etiquette in front of the spirit palace, five days without food mourning and destroying the bones, comparable to'Cui Jiu's filial piety, the wind blows and falls', a bowl of porridge and eat with the guards, benevolence and filial piety moved the Beijing teacher, the soup kitcheners are endless, not to mention tens of millions, literati and ink writers compete to chant poems to remember!" Tong Guan said and took out a wad of paper from his sleeve and sent it to the emperor's table, now everyone understands, he has been prepared for a long time, asking for Prince Yan's life, only Zhang Shangying is still in the dark, he has been busy with the queen's funeral in the palace for the past few days, and he has not been out of the palace for many days, and he doesn't know that such a 'big event' has happened outside the road, and it can be seen that his popularity is really not good, and he doesn't even have a cronies who report the news!

Seeing the manuscript, everyone understood that Tong Guan came prepared today and asked for Prince Yan's life, but Zhang Shangying didn't have long eyes and hit his gun, which made people rob him. Looking at the emperor on the throne again, he carefully flipped through the manuscript, and from time to time he read words, and he couldn't see joy or sorrow on his face..." Ladies and gentlemen, take a look at the city tower! After a long time, Zhao Ta put down the manuscript, stood up and said.