Chapter 5: The Old Righteousness
Feng Baodao: "Yes, yes, when he started, he only made these two blows, but the fight was thrilling, it was after so many years, the slave still remembered it clearly,"
Chang Sihao said in his heart: "Feng Bao doesn't know martial arts, this fight scene, experts will know when they hear it, he will definitely not be able to make it up in such a short period of time, most of it is true,"
The eldest grandson smiled and said: "The boxing method used by this Cheng Juzi is an ancient boxing that is often practiced by the people of Shanxi Dart Nursing Academy, simple and practical, and the close skills are the mainstay, could it be that he is from Shanxi," Feng Baodao: " Exactly, Brother Junting's hometown is Shanxi Taiyuan Mansion people's clan, at the beginning of seeing him, the accent is thicker, some words really don't understand, I later asked him how to kung fu, he said that it was all when he was a child, with an old man on the same street to practice and play to learn, the old man taught him some, told him that the martial arts are ominous, reading is the right thing, just practice the body, then no longer teach, he also smiled and said that he didn't expect to practice for more than ten years, but it is easy to use," Long Qing said:" Well, the country is too peaceful and the ministers are in peace, and the country is difficult to rely on the generals, all of which are useful, thinking that Naye Lao is a frustrated person, and his views are inevitably biased, what happened later,"
Feng Baodao: " The slave admired him very much, so he wanted to learn boxing and kicking with him, he didn't teach, told me to still read for the top, and he also studied hard every day, and after the big test, he came back from watching the list, he held a small jar of wine in his arms, and asked me for a plate of salted tofu, and began to drink it when I entered the house, and I saw him drinking, and I was happy when I saw him, and I knew that he must have been admitted, so I said that on the day of the big day, how can I only eat salted tofu, we should get a few dishes to celebrate, and he didn't look at me, and he didn't have an expression, a plate of salted tofu was eaten, and he wanted another plate, so a plate by plate, a bowl by bowl, and finally drunk, I saw this situation, and my heart understood, Speaking of this, he sighed slowly,
Several people also guessed the answer when they heard this, and they were silent for a while.
I only heard Feng Bao sigh and continued: " The next day, he didn't get up, I came back from the stall in the morning market, went to his house to see, only to find that his eyes were red, unable to speak, his forehead burned badly, please come to the doctor to take a look, said that he was cold outside and dry inside, the heart was too hot, and he prescribed medicine, after that, every day my uncle went to the stall, I took care of him at home, after more than half a month, it got better, he was very grateful to me, said that I have a good heart, but unfortunately there is nothing to give me, want to be a brother with me, I have been very convinced of him, naturally happy, there was no incense burner at home at that time, we took three sandalwood, inserted in a piece of tofu to worship the god, at that time he also said, our incense burner is clean, innocent, better than everyone else's, and said that although he fell off the list, he was just as happy to have a brother,"
Chang Sihao thought secretly: "Anyway, Lord Cheng has passed away, you don't make up these words as you want," but looking at Feng Bao's smooth speech, it didn't seem like he was making it up now, and he couldn't help but doubt in his heart,
Feng Baodao: "When I bowed, Brother Cheng said that his surname was Cheng Yunfeng, the word Junting, I only had a name at the time, and there was no word yet, after kowtowing, he took one for me, he thought about it and said: 'My word Junting, Pavilion, contains the meaning of balance and integrity, so let's give you the word 'Yongting', I hope you will always be an upright person, 'Your Majesty, the word 'Yongting' of the slave comes from this,"
Long Qing listened and nodded,
Feng Bao continued: "I was so happy at the time, I persuaded him to fail this time, and next time, don't be discouraged, he smiled, didn't say anything, didn't expect that the next day, he didn't say goodbye, and left a note on the table, on which ten words were written: 'The hero is out of the way today, and he will not wait for his head in vain,',
Long Qing looked disappointed: "It seems that he won't rush to take the exam again,"
Chang Sihao asked, "Why," Long Qing was silent and did not answer,
The eldest grandson Xiaochi explained: "He has a great origin in what he said, before the Sui Dynasty established the imperial examination, the people who were officials were all families, gate valves, passed down from generation to generation, and attached great importance to the family, and the poor people had no chance to be officials, after the Tang Taizong reform, no matter where the world was born, as long as he passed the exam, he could be an official, it was said that 'the dynasty is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall,' which was unimaginable before," Chang Sihao nodded: "Tang Taizong is a good emperor, I know," the eldest grandson smiled chisely:" Yes, people say that Tang Taizong is a virtuous and talent-seeking, but one day he saw the new science and technology jinshi walking under the list, and he was very happy, and his entourage thought that he saw that the country had summoned talents, so he was happy, but he said: 'The heroes of the world have entered my world,' which means, the heroes of the world, you have all fallen into my trap,"
Chang Sihao was very strange: "He found someone to help him govern the country, and said that they fell for him, isn't it strange?"
The eldest grandson Xiaochi had some complicated emotions in his eyes, and said: "Think about it, talented people go to study and take exams, thinking that they are the way to enter the body, but there are a few people who can be in each exam, and they are tested year after year, and people are getting old year by year, and people's minds are used in the exam, so no one will want to rebel. Emperor Taizong really has a long strategy, and he earns all the heroes in vain, 'pointing out that the imperial examination is a dang, and what he earns is the youth of the people of the world, and the meaning of Cheng Yunfeng's poem is that he will no longer be fooled,"
Long Qing shook his head and said: "He has only fallen three times, so he is so disheartened, and his temperament is still a little restless, you must know that ten years of study, ten years of nourishing qi, and gold in the soil, there will be a time for dew,"
Chang Sihao thought to himself: "I understand this simple truth as soon as I hear it, but you are still confused, it can be seen how clever Tang Taizong's trick is, not only deceived the world, but even you, the emperor of later generations, have been deceived, I think if you were not born in the royal family, you will definitely go to the exam, hey, but I don't know if you can win the champion,"
The eldest grandson smiled and said: "In the deep palace, there are many things that cannot be seen, when the course opens, the chief examiner sells exam questions, sells rankings, accepts gifts, and tries to make a lot of money, poor and powerless people, even if they are talented, they may not be able to pass the exam, and some are difficult to enter the examination room.
Long Qing's face was unhappy and asked, "What happened later?"
Feng Baodao: " Later, the tofu shop of the slave's house was smashed by the revenge of Xiao Dongzi, my uncle died of illness, I couldn't live, so I entered the palace cleanly, and many years passed, I accidentally saw his name on a fold, and I thought it was the same name and surname, and then I carefully distinguished, and found that the words were the same, he had been an official, or a military general, and was reporting in Beijing at that time, and the slave went to visit when he was free, and at first sight, it was really him, it turned out that he failed the exam that year, and went to the south, joined the army, abandoned literature and followed the military, but established meritorious service in the peace and extermination of thieves,"
Long Qing smiled: "Look, what to say, heroes will always have a day to emerge, and my Ming will not be so obscure,"
Feng Baodao: "What the emperor said is that when he saw me, he was happy and sad, and the two of us have often exchanged letters since then, until a few years ago, he was promoted to Beijing Division, when Yan Song and Yan Shifan father and son were in power, Yan Shifan liked male style, and often played with children, he also had a good eunuch in the palace at that time, named Shen Yucheng......" Speaking of this, he seemed to feel a little speechless, and looked up at Longqing,
Long Qing frowned, waved his hand, and motioned for him to continue,
Feng Baodao: "Yes, Shifan and Shen Yucheng are good, one is to love him and be handsome, and the other is to put eyes and ears in the palace, in fact, there are many such characters in the palace at that time, with the thoughts of the old emperor, Shifan can guess accurately, feel clearly, and do things, naturally invincible,"
Long Qing recalled that when he was the king of Yu, the annual gift had to be approved by Yan's father and son, and the household department was willing to distribute it, and because he did not give Yan Shifan a gift, this year's gift was deducted by him for three consecutive years, and then he couldn't make up 1,500 taels of silver to send him, and the household department gave a reissue, Yan Shifan had to sell it cheaply, and said in front of the ministers: "The emperor's son also has to give me a gift," It's a pity that Yan's father and son have been defeated before they ascended the throne, otherwise such a shameful and humiliating, he should really add ten times and a hundred times to teach him back, this old resentment has not been vented, and now when he heard the old things in the palace that Shifan colluded with, he immediately rose up again, and snorted heavily,
Feng Bao's head shrank slightly, and he froze for a moment before continuing: " Shi Fan once set up a banquet in Duhulou, Shen Yucheng was also present, the wine was drunk until late at night, Cheng Yunfeng was first transferred to Beijing, and was in charge of the command of the embassy in Beijing, seeing that the restaurant blatantly violated the curfew, he went into the building to check, when Shi Fan was already drunk, Shen Yucheng saw Cheng Yunfeng majestic, full of righteousness, full of masculinity, so he moved his mind, and actually started to flirt, he expected that he was a Shifan Jiaoke, and a person in the palace, who dared to offend, did not expect Cheng Yunfeng to be angry, tied him with ropes, and was going to be escorted away, there were many officials present at the time, and they were persuaded to avoid it, but Shen Yucheng had already held a grudge, and after Shifan sobered up, he instigated to harm each other, after the minions learned the news, they naturally couldn't sit idly by,"
Long Qing nodded and interjected: "Well, knowing that the traitorous minister harms others and does not raise it, and seeing his brother suffering and ignoring it, it is disloyal and unjust, and you should come forward in public and private,"
Later, the slave and Cheng Yunfeng came up with a way, that is, let him pretend to collide with the minion, the slave first spread the matter to everyone, and then the death of Fan and Shen Yucheng told their hatred, saying that they wanted to rectify him, and when the two of them saw it, since someone was willing to come out of this, why should they dirty their hands, and the matter was handed over to the slave, and the slave maneuvered from it, and found a way to ask the official to impeach him, demoted him to the border, and left the place where the Beijing division was right and wrong, and finally saved a life, not to mention treating him as an official position after being demoted, but according to his old position, he is called a servant,"
Chang Sihao thought to himself that when Lord Cheng said that he was demoted because he offended the eunuchs in the court, he didn't say that it was Feng Bao or Shen Yucheng, and later I went to his mansion with Xiaoyu and Gu Weixin, and Gu Weixin found out that he offended Feng Bao, but it was verified locally in Shanxi, how to know the true inside story of Beijing, but Cheng's mother hanged herself to death, Mrs. Cheng hit the stone mill and died, the little boy was taken away, Miss Cheng was sold, it must not be fake, it is a person from Dongchang to execute, how can he escape from it,
Just listen to Feng Baodao: " Soon Yan Song was destroyed, Shifan was given the head, Shen Yucheng and others were punished, the slave wanted to write to the court, for Cheng Yunfeng rehabilitated, after he learned the news, he wrote to the slave, saying that the Song thief was destroyed, the country's luck also, he has been in the border city for a long time, and the local military life and death are shared, deep feelings, plus the invasion of foreign thieves, he is unwilling and can not leave, the slave has seen that it has come to this, and had to be by him, so far in the summer, the Taiyuan branch of the East Factory suddenly has a flying pigeon to pass the book, saying that Cheng Yunfeng's family was copied, the family died and disappeared, but the court did not have this order, the matter is extremely suspicious, and the person who copied the house claimed to be from the capital Dongchang, I don't know if there is a secret order on the peak, so I asked, the slave knew that there was no such thing, that someone pretended to be the East Factory, the matter is serious, and he hurriedly ordered an investigation, and as a result, on the way out of the customs, he finally caught this group of impersonators,"
Chang Sihao's heart was beating wildly for a while, he couldn't hold it back, and said hurriedly: "What are they doing?"