"Yan, you are talented in learning calligraphy. Why don't you go and learn the calligraphy of the evil country recently?"
In the palace hall, the new emperor made a suggestion to his schoolmate.
Normal people have classmates when they study, but emperors will find some study companions to accompany them to study.
These study companions will learn whatever the emperor learns. This situation will continue until the emperor is about eighteen years old.
Han Yaneng has been studying with the new emperor for several years. He is not only a good person, but also truly outstanding.
For example, Han Yan has a strong talent for learning characters. If the new emperor hadn't learned foreign languages, Han Yan would have learned them long ago.
"Your Majesty, you have to learn this before I can follow suit, right?" Han Yan asked in a low voice.
"We definitely can't learn it in the palace. To learn this calligraphy, we have to go to Honglu Temple to find Yan Fu and others." The new emperor replied in a low voice: "You have a good talent for learning calligraphy. You can study with Yan Fu for an hour every day after reading."
"Take orders!"
Han Yan responded.
His face turned slightly red.
Firstly, he was excited about the mission given to him by the new emperor. Secondly, Han Yan was very interested in these more than ten volumes of bamboo slips and wanted to read through what happened to Zixu next.
Not to mention that the new emperor urged him to study, even if the new emperor didn't urge him, as long as the bamboo slips fell into his hands, he would still think about it and understand the contents.
"This man named Dongfang Shuo is really interesting. He actually only mentioned his request for an official position in the last volume!"
Seeing that the new emperor was less dissatisfied with the bamboo slips for bribing officials and even became a little more interested, Sang Hongyang turned over the bamboo slips and finally found the last scroll and saw the name of the person marked on the scroll.
"I have met this person. He has some abilities, but his temperament is a little worse. He especially likes to take advantage," the new emperor said.
"Taking advantage of His Majesty is naturally a crime worthy of death, but if such a person is allowed to take advantage of those stingy people, wouldn't that be like Wei Sheng's faith?" Sang Hongyang advised.
"Hongyang, I didn't expect you to have some real insights!"
As long as things turn in one direction, the perspective will be completely different.
In the eyes of the new emperor, Zhang Xuezhou took a spiritual jade and a diamond talisman from him. Although the new emperor agreed that this was a transaction of equal value, this was the only person who was currently conducting an equal transaction with him.
One is the emperor of the world today, and the other is a common man.
The fact that the two can carry out reciprocal transactions is the failure of the former. Correspondingly, the new emperor's sense of Zhang Xuezhou is indeed average.
He was willing to focus on training Zhang Qian and others, but he had never put his thoughts on Zhang Xuezhou.
But after what Sang Hongyang said, the new emperor felt that people like Zhang Xuezhou could be used after all.
It was uncomfortable to take advantage of him, but it was comfortable to let Zhang Xuezhou take advantage of others.
Just like the "Secret Book of the Full Moon Scimitar" that Zhang Xuezhou retrieved, the people who are suffering must be people from the evil country.
When he thought about it, his thoughts suddenly became clear.
"Since this person is here to seek an official position, it won't hurt to give him a suitable position when the time comes!"
The new emperor finally nodded.
He pointed at the many bamboo slips seeking official positions, and motioned to separate Zhang Xuezhou's bamboo slips from those holding money and personal belongings, so as not to bring Zhang Xuezhou along with them during future criticisms.
"Your Majesty, since this person likes to take advantage, does he have any special purpose for writing so many words?" Han Yan asked.
"Yan, what you say makes sense, but I don't think he took any advantage!"
Whether Zhang Xuezhou can become an official depends on the new emperor's thoughts, and it is difficult to make good use of such people. The new emperor really does not have an official position suitable for such people.
Correspondingly, the new emperor felt that Zhang Xuezhou should be the passive one at the moment, not him.
There was absolutely no way that the other party could take advantage of him. No matter how many words he wrote, it would be useless. After all, it was Han Yan who went to learn calligraphy. The new emperor could just listen to the story when he arrived.
"I think Dongfang Shuo wrote so many words, I'm afraid he suffered some small losses." Sang Hongyang said with a smile: "This is not just a few words, even if you copy it once, it will take ten days and a half!"
"That's right. He is definitely at a disadvantage, but not necessarily taking advantage." The new emperor smiled and said: "This person is still young, not much older than you, and he is not always thinking about taking advantage!"
"So that's it," Han Yan said angrily, "Fortunately, he doesn't have such an extreme character, otherwise I don't know what Zixu would have been written about!"
"Zixu... Zixu has a noble character. The future of this kind of person should not be too bad!"
The new emperor touched his chin.
Although he was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xuezhou, he was indeed somewhat curious about Zhang Xuezhou's story.
He felt that he would be more comfortable if the other party did not show off his talents with the Chinese character "Jie" in the bamboo slips.
"It's still a bit disturbing after all!"
The new emperor heard a good story, but the good story was not finished, which made him feel a little itchy, and he couldn't help but complain.
When the sound of "The Empress Dowager has arrived" came from the distance outside the main hall, the new emperor quickly seriousened his appearance, quickly held up a roll of bamboo slips, and quickly motioned Sang Hongyang and Han Yan to return to their original positions to work.
For a while, everyone was busy.
When the figure of the Empress Dowager appeared at the door of the main hall, the new emperor quickly trotted over.
"Why are you here, Queen Mother!"
The new emperor raised his head and saw the empress dowager walking quickly and lightly, followed by Tian Fu with his head lowered.
After the two parties met with each other, the new emperor welcomed them into the palace.
"What are you busy with?" the Queen Mother glanced at and said casually.
"It's just a record of some people who bribed people to seek official positions," the new emperor replied, "these people are corrupting the imperial court with their unhealthy tendencies, and this trend must not be allowed to increase!"
"It is better to have money than to have no money," the Empress Dowager said: "Poverty breeds evil. Your Majesty has never seen those poor people become officials. He would like to steal even the land. He is far worse than these people!"
"What you said, Queen Mother, is too scary," the new emperor replied with a smile.
"That's actually true!"
Tian Fu raised his head, looked at Han Yan and Sang Hongyang, and then at the eunuchs. He felt that there were no important people in the hall, and then he spoke in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, can you give me some advice? Gongsun Hong is just going to the evil country as an envoy. He has selected nearly a hundred new officials to go. This is a bit inappropriate," Tian Fu said in a low voice.
"What's wrong with this? I think it's very appropriate!"
"this……"
"When the court was looking for talents, those Confucian scholars appointed by Shen Pei were very capable and became the first batch of officials." The Empress Dowager said: "This batch belongs to the competition of talents, which makes people speechless. Your uncle He doesn’t want to compete, so he arranged for the second batch of people!”
"The second batch? You mean?"
"Your Majesty's guess is correct. At least half of the officials accompanying the envoy are your uncle's people," the Empress Dowager said.
"There is such a thing," the new emperor said in surprise.
"I...well, they came to beg me, so I arranged for them to put twenty-eight, thirty-eight, forty-eight and a half taels of money in the bamboo slips. These different amounts of money correspond to different official positions." Tian Fu He smiled and said: "I originally thought that some minor officials should be indifferent, but I never knew that His Majesty arranged for them to be sent as envoys to Honglu Temple. Now they have all found their way to my mansion!"
"Them? Who are they?" the new emperor asked with a smile.
"Your uncle has just become a lieutenant, how can there be many important people to curry favor with you?" the empress dowager said: "Those important people are all attached to Dou Ying, and the Confucian Shen Pei also gathered a lot of people, just your uncle Three melons and two dates, but Your Majesty took two dates and threw them outside the wall!"
"Uh~"
The new emperor made a surprised sound.
"If Your Majesty wants your uncle to play against people like Dou Ying and Shen Pei, then you can't take the corner." The Empress Dowager said: "You must know that mothers are valued based on their sons, and your uncle is valued based on me. We are the real ones." As a family, only your uncle can use it with confidence!"
"What the Queen Mother said is true!" the new emperor agreed.
"Your Majesty, how should this matter be resolved?" Tian Fu said: "I am not afraid of the revenge of those small officials, but it is not good to have a bad reputation. No one will dare to rely on me in the future!"
"Uncle said so!"
The new emperor nodded repeatedly.
He agreed with everything, but did not take the initiative to solve the problem. He just kicked the ball back and forth with Tian Fu and others.
"Why don't you let Gongsun Hong return to Chang'an City?" the Empress Dowager suggested: "I just don't know if this is feasible?"
"The queen mother and uncle can just send people to inform Gongsun Hong!"
The new emperor's face changed slightly, but he quickly calmed down and signaled the empress dowager and Tian Fu to act on their own.
After the Empress Dowager and Tian Fu left with satisfaction, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.
"Go and summon Mr. Zhang!"
Gongsun Hong was the product of the suppression by Shen Peigong and others, but Shen Peigong and others' suppression of Gongsun Hong also met the needs of the new emperor.
He didn't expect a sixty-year-old man like Gongsun Hong to really do anything, but he could undoubtedly find a way for Zhang Qian.
At present, Gongsun Hong's mission is likely to end in a short period of time, and the new emperor has no choice but to accept his displeasure.
At this time, he only hoped that Zhang Qian was really sure and would not die outside the border fortress.
