On the surface, Li Yiming did not dare to guess the emperor's thoughts, but in his heart, as a scholar and nobleman, Li Yi also had his own character and ideas. However, as a member of a family of officials and of the excellent Tang Dynasty blood of the Li family, he has received excellent education and training since he was a child, so he naturally understands many things about power better than the average person. Especially since the current emperor Liu Sheng deliberately and carefully arranged this time, Wang Yu and Quju, who were also masters of the kings like him, came with him to greet him this time. Li Yi knew that there must be a deep meaning.
This Wang Yu is the most famous talented woman in the court of the Han Dynasty (Southern Han, and there is another small court of the Northern Han Dynasty in the north that is also the Liu family). Her influence in Prince Xing's Mansion in Kyoto is greater than that of the famous maid Lu Qiongxian in the court. Be famous.
His ancestor was Wang Dingbao, who was the leader of the Lingnan scholar-bureaucrats when Emperor Gaozu established the Han Dynasty (Southern Han Dynasty). His ancestor was a famous and powerful family in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The family family at that time had a long history and glory.
In the past, when the Han Dynasty established a royal palace in Lingnan, the Wang family was one of the big families in the Central Plains who fled the chaos in Lingnan, and Wang Dingbao, who moved south, ranked first among the literati. In the end, Liu Yan, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, made the royal family glorious and cultivated many talents to serve the court. Even many countries in the northern part of the Central Plains were also under separatist regimes. It can be said that the world is full of talents.
Of course, what the current emperor values is that Wang Yu himself is recommended by the Han (Southern Han) literati as the number one literati in Lingnan. His literary talents and talents are so influential that Li Yi himself is a little ashamed. He usually privately I told a group of literati and friends below that if this Wang Yu were a man, he should be the first civil servant in the Han Dynasty (Southern Han Dynasty).
Of course, Li Yi understood this in his heart. Perhaps it was because Wang Yu was lucky enough to be a daughter, and her current transcendent status in the Han Dynasty could reassure the emperor. Li Yike knew that in the dynasties of Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Shang, Zuopushe Wangfan, another famous figure from the Wang family who was highly valued by the court and the emperor that day, had worked in the hands of the current emperor for several days. , after the emperor's position was secured, he was left idle, and later he died unexpectedly for no apparent reason. Although Wang Fan's frustration had a lot to do with his personal support of Yue Wang Hongchang that day, it also had a lot to do with his prestige among the literati, who could already influence the court's decision-making!
After the founding of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu strictly prohibited martial arts. Therefore, in the decades since Emperor Gaozu, even in the hands of Emperor Shang and the current emperor, it has been almost twenty years since the Han Dynasty was replaced by a military commander at all. The matter of power arises, and the warlords in various places in the Central Plains use the power in their hands to change the court with various names like a revolving door. It is dazzling and sad in reality. Therefore, as a representative of civil servants, Li Yi was still a little proud.
For example, Pan Chongche, the most influential and ranked military general in the Han Dynasty today, wanted to gain a little more power in the army, but was suppressed by the current emperor Liu Sheng with clever excuses. Not only did he become a The Ministry of Internal Affairs became the Prime Minister of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and even used an excuse to stay in Prince Xing's Mansion in the capital, and he was in a state of retirement all year round. This was completely impossible in other regimes in the Central Plains.
And this seemingly silent Quyu is an even more remarkable person, with a legendary and prestigious family background. In the past, when Emperor Gaozu had not established the Han Dynasty, there were more than 70 local separatist forces in Lingnan, large and small. However, the largest among them was Bagu, with Wang Quhao of Jiaozhou ranking first and separatist by himself.
Later, Emperor Gaozu conquered various forces with great wisdom and courage, and unified the vast area of Lingnan. King Jiaozhou saw the general trend and submitted to the Han Dynasty. In terms of merit, he ranked first among the Han kings with different surnames. This song is The grandson of King Jiaozhou in the past, his father was Qu Chengbo, the eldest son of the concubine of King Jiaozhou. Today, Qu Chengmei, the governor of Jiaozhou, is his uncle. Although Qu Chengbo was a concubine and did not inherit the hereditary princeship, he also With a title, Qu Ju is the eldest son of Qu Chengbo, and he really comes from a distinguished family.
This song has been very brave since childhood, and he has made great achievements in the army when he was more than ten years old. However, his personality has always been introverted and he is not good at communicating with others. However, he was quite brave, and he was always regarded as a brave but unintelligent type among the generals of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in the hands of Liu Sheng, the current emperor with a suspicious personality, he was given special attention and promotion.
Although Li Yi was not good at martial arts, he had always been good at state affairs, and he also knew that Quju could be ranked at least in the top five among the military heroes of the Han Dynasty. Of course, the most important thing is that this song usually does not lead to cliques and has been well received in the military. Li Yi knew that he must not be as simple as he appears. What surprised Li Yi was that Quju had always been at odds with the extremely popular Pan Chongche. No one understood the reason, but Li Yi knew that this was a big deal for the emperor, who had always been very guarded against Pan Chongche. That said, it's a good thing. Li Yi didn't think about it deeply, because Li Yi was still proud and subconsciously disliked the military commander.
Li Yi thought about the current situation and continued to investigate, but he knew that the reason why the Han Dynasty was able to establish the country amidst the wars and wars in the late Tang Dynasty. One is because of the remoteness of the Central Plains, which is beyond the reach of the various forces in the Central Plains who think they are fighting endlessly; the second is that the long border and the developed foreign trade and commerce have made the people of the rich and powerful people live and work in peace and contentment; the third is that the ban on martial arts and the promotion of literature has put an end to the late Tang Dynasty Since then, warlords have supported themselves with troops and changed political power.
Therefore, in the decades since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Li Yi, a descendant of the remnants of the Central Plains gentry and now the hidden leader of the Han gentry, firmly believes that if the national policies of Emperor Gaozu and the current emperor can be persisted, his successors must continue to implement them as always. , then the Han Dynasty will definitely be prosperous. Li Yi, who has always regarded himself as a Confucian thinker, is looking for a bright master to assist him.
Li Yi believes that the biggest characteristic of Qu Ju is that he has no ambition, and the feeling he always shows makes people think that he only has the emperor in his heart, so Li Yi knows that this is the reason why he is most valued by the emperor. Of course, this King Wei is also a monster. Among all the kings who teach the art of war and martial arts, only Quju has been with him for more than half a year. It has to be said that he is an outlier. Li Yi thought that he knew the character of King Wei very well. After several years of fighting against the kings, he still had this confidence. Therefore, Li Yi was still a little vain and was very happy that the emperor sent him to welcome King Wei back to the court. Yes, but what the emperor said to him he could only hide in his heart with excitement, as long as there was no conflict with these two colleagues.
Of course, in Li Yi's eyes before, he didn't even have any hopes or ideas for this absurd King Wei since he was a child. Some of them were just ideas that would serve as a springboard for his career. But as he carefully taught the kings for several years, Li Yi also knew that this King Wei had an advantage, that is, he was very clever and clever, and he could learn all kinds of civil and military arts.
Now that King Wei is less than fifteen years old, Li Yi, who is ambitious and full of confidence, firmly believes that as long as a person as smart as King Wei is guided well, no matter how great his achievements will be, he will definitely not be a A very bad emperor. Although today's Han Dynasty is also very complicated, and all the officials and servants in the court are full of strange things, Li Yi still subconsciously wants to do something good. He dare not think about restoring the Tang Dynasty to the prosperous age. suppressed ideal. Although Li Yi didn't have any confidence in his heart, no one wanted to make contributions and become famous in history.
He turned his head and looked at Wang Yu, who was a few steps behind him on the left. Looking at her quiet and graceful figure, the beautiful big red phoenix eyes on her delicate and thin face seemed to have a touch of sadness. I don’t know why, but Li Yi sighed secretly in his heart. Due to the aesthetics of this era, Li Yi never thought that this delicate and quiet woman was beautiful, but this woman’s intelligence and intelligence always made him a little bit small. A little jealous.
Li Yi and Wang Yu's father, Wang Ji, have been partners and friends since childhood. Wang Ji has been a talented person since he was a child. He is known as a child prodigy even though his father Wang Dingbao is not famous. He is sixteen years old. Then he passed the rank of Jinshi. When he was crowned, he entered the court and became an official. Before he was established, he was promoted to the governor of Zhenzhou (Huizhou).
With his comprehensive and outstanding talents and abilities, he managed the newly established Zhenzhou in an orderly manner, and was praised by Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Shang and the current emperor successively. It is a pity that Wang Ji died of illness in the third year of Qianhe, the current emperor. The current emperor, who had always regarded Wang Ji as both a mentor and a friend, actually went out of court for three days for Wang Ji, and could not help himself all the time. He lamented that he had lost a good mentor and friend, and that the court had lost someone who could make contributions, expand territory, and govern the country. Bang's Optimus Prime Stone.
But this Wang Yu has also been familiar with hundreds of classics and history books with his father since he was a child, and he is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting. When he was eight years old, he wrote a poem about plum blossoms, which immediately caused a sensation in Prince Xing's palace in Kyoto. And at the age of ten, she was already regarded as the most famous talented woman in the Han Dynasty by the busy people. When Wang Yu was in her late teens, she was betrothed to a famous figure in the Han Dynasty, Yang Xuanyu, the son of Yang Dongqian, the minister of the Ministry of War of Emperor Gaozu.
What makes people sigh is that she has not yet passed through. In the tenth year of Qianhe, the Southern Tang Dynasty took advantage of the chaos caused by the Ma clan's struggle for power in Chu State. Emperor Liu Sheng took the opportunity to make achievements, so he gathered several armies to the border of Chu State. At that time, Yang Dongqian passed away, and Yang Xuanyu, who was a pioneer along the way, accompanied the army to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, she died in battle. This incident caused people in Prince Xing's palace to spread rumors that she had an unknown identity. From then on, Wang Yu lived in seclusion in the Baiyun Mountains, planting plum blossoms and watching cranes. He often played the piano and composed poems with his three friends. She stayed in Baiyun Mountain for several years to cultivate her moral character. In these years, she met friends with poems every year, and her reputation among the literati of the Han Dynasty became even greater.
At that time, He Qin'an, a famous scholar from the Xingwang Palace in Kyoto, deeply admired Wang Yu's literary talent. He often invited friends to Baiyun Mountain to seek advice. In private, he openly told people that he would not marry anyone who was not Wang Yu. Wang Yu did not criticize or respond to the rumors. At the right time, He Qin'an asked the ministers of the court to propose to Wang Yu, but Wang Yu refused, and the matter immediately spread in Prince Xing's palace.
The current emperor was well aware of Wang Yu's talent and reputation. He had seen her many times with his father when he was a child, and he specially ordered her to be summoned to the palace to meet the emperor. Because I also saw Wang Yu's light body and thin face, I thought he was not blessed. I always thought about the talents of his father, Wang Ji, and my wish to have him enter the palace and be a close servant was gone, and I felt sad. Later, because he admired his literary talents and talents, and because he was Wang Ji's daughter, he immediately rewarded him generously. He issued an edict and appointed him as a tutor to the kings, and he was tutored by King Wei, King Zhen, King Qi and other princes.
At that time, He Qin'an had already become a good story among the literati of Prince Xing's Palace in Kyoto because of his sincere and unremitting work. Many elders of the Wang family also heard about it, and they thought of a comprehensive solution to the emperor's problem. It happened that He Qin'an was indeed quite talented, but the elders of the Wang family, intimidated by the former prestige of Wang Dingbao and Wang Ji and Wang Yu's current talent, did not dare to interfere too much with Wang Yu's affairs or force him, so this matter He dragged it down again vaguely. But he didn't expect that because of He Qinan's matter, he would offend another person and cause Wang Yu some trouble.
This person's name is Shi Yong, and he is He Qin'an's cousin. He was originally from Qujiang. This person has a naughty mind since he was a child, but he is even more uneducated as an adult, and he especially likes gambling. Due to the fact that he could not live anywhere near the countryside, he came to Kyoto to Prince Xing's Mansion to avoid the incident. It happened that the emperor had decreed that the inner court should be replenished, so he gritted his teeth and entered the palace to take refuge. Because he deliberately did not want to be wronged, he soon gained the trust of Gong Chengshu, the favored eunuch of the Chengxuan Court, and gained some power and pride in the inner court. He had been very close to his cousin He Qin'an since he was a child. When he learned about his cousin and Wang Yu, he thought of himself and relied on Gong Chengshu's power to help.
Because he knew very well that Gong Chengshu had watched over King Wei since he was a child. After the death of Lin Yanyu, the envoy of Ganquan Palace in the 13th year of Qianhe's reign, Gong Chengshu had become the most powerful person in the inner palace. After he gained power, he apparently did everything he wanted. On the surface, he was what the emperor wanted. Even the King of Wei treated him very close to him, which made Gong Chengshu even more powerful.
Shi Yong then tried his best to whisper in Gong Chengshu's ears, trying to find a way to tell Wang Yu that he was not here. Originally, Gong Chengshu didn't know Wang Yu, so he even arranged a few jokes about Wang Yu and a group of literati to ridicule Gong Chengshu. .
It sounded like Gong Chengshu was really angry. In order to show his ability, although he didn't say anything, he secretly made some thoughts to deal with Wang Yu.
It is said that King Wei had a hobby since he was a child, which was to follow the emperor and watch the brutal murders and torture of prisoners for fun. At that time, Gong Chengshu had more than ten Persian female entertainers donated by maritime merchants, all of whom were sexy, charming and unique, so he secretly ordered them to be killed and handed over to King Wei. Jin Yan said that this Persian girl was good at dancing, and reminded King Wei that Wang Yu was good at singing, dancing, and singing. King Wei, who had never been interested in this, couldn't stand Gong Chengshu's ears. One day, he was having fun with the girls and thought about what he said, so he asked Wang Yu to come and teach these Persian dancers.
Because these dancers' clothes were revealing and extremely seductive and bewitching, which was not the routine of the Central Plains dance art at all, Wang Yu who came was greatly humiliated and angry. Because he was appointed by the emperor to be the master of the kings, he angrily rebuked King Wei for his inaction on the spot.
I think that in the past, the ancestors of the Liu family in the Han Dynasty were engaged in business, but later they always claimed to be heirs to the family through martial arts. Since then, the descendants of all generations have been both civil and military. And King Wei also inherited this from his ancestors since he was a child. Although he is fat, he is also extremely strong. He had been bewitched by Gong Chengshu and was scolded by Wang Yu in public. He was so angry that he caught a Persian dancer who Wang Yu refused to teach and beat him to death in front of everyone and Wang Yu. on the ground.
When he was still very upset, he ordered people to smash all the famous flutes and guqin that were given to Wang Yu on the spot. Wang Yu, who has always been outstanding in literary talent but docile by nature, was immediately frightened and turned pale when she experienced such a scene. But she happened to have a stubborn streak in her character, so she fought against King Wei without retreating.
At that time, one of the servants, Le Fan, wanted to have fun with King Bo Wei but selfishly made a bad idea. He made several servants stop on the spot and play with the fake phoenixes and phoenixes with the Persian dancers in front of Wang Yu. thing. Wang Yu was so embarrassed and angry that she angrily rebuked King Wei for his shamelessness. It so happened that Madam Jade Ma Min and Madame Ya Lu Ya were Wang Yu's friends. The two ladies came to the palace after hearing the news, and reported to the emperor that they helped Wang Yu resolve the siege. .
Because Wang Yu didn't tell anyone about this matter after returning to Baiyun Mountain, it was spread out of Prince Xing's Mansion by interested people in the palace, causing a sensation in Prince Xing's Mansion. Wang Yu wrote a letter to resign and wanted to go into seclusion, but the emperor naturally refused.
At that time, the intellectuals of Prince Xing's Palace in Kyoto jointly submitted a letter demanding severe punishment for those involved. Even King Wei was not spared. The emperor personally sent someone to Wang Yu's door to apologize, and confined King Wei to the palace for three months. In order to eliminate the grievances of the literati, he also held everyone in the palace accountable.
That Shi Yong was made a scapegoat, and was beaten to death outside the palace by the emperor's life and death in order to be seen by the people in Prince Xing's palace. This Gong Chengshu was so shrewd that he was afraid of getting into trouble, so he blamed He Qin'an for the incident, made remarks to the emperor about He Qin'an's various wrongdoings, and beguiled Shi Yong. Naturally, the emperor was so furious that he summoned He Qin'an into the palace as his secretary. As the supervisor and secretary, everyone in the Han Dynasty naturally understood the emperor's intention, and it was inevitable that there would be a lot of discussion.
Because entering the palace as secretary and supervisor means that He Qin'an must be purified. It was obvious that Bao favored King Wei, but the literati knew that He Qinan had been wronged, but the emperor also promoted He Qinan who had no family background. Coupled with the emperor's vigorous and resolute style, naturally no one spoke up and objected. .
Wang Yu lived half-hidden in Baiyun Mountain for nearly a year. Who would have expected that just a few months ago, Wang Yu would finally come to the palace to teach again, but King Wei didn't know if he was impatient with Wang Yu. , unexpectedly escaped from Wang Yu's piano class with his younger brother Zhen Wang, and ran away with the bloody horse in the imperial garden with his attendants.
I don’t know whether King Wei should have this difficulty or whether Wang Yu was unlucky. Unexpectedly, King Wei fell from his horse and fell into a coma. Later, he went crazy. Naturally, the emperor was furious and killed all his attendants. Although Wang Yu was not held accountable on the surface, King Wei’s rule was During his illness, Wang Yu was kept in the inner garden of the palace and was not allowed to return to Baiyun Mountain.
During this period of ups and downs, Wang Yufang, who was depressed, felt relieved when he finally heard that King Wei was getting better under the care of Zhenren Shi. The emperor didn't seem to say anything else, but he still didn't let Wang Yu go.
This time he was ordered to go with him to welcome King Wei, and Li Yi knew what the emperor was thinking. Not only did he want Wang Yu to reconcile with King Wei, but he also wanted to tell Wang Yu that King Wei was favored by the Taoist Supreme Master Shi Zhenren. What's more, many literati in Prince Xing's Mansion signed a letter when they saw that Wang Yu was under house arrest in the inner garden because of King Wei's injury; the other was to show that King Wei was appointed as the prince and as the master of all kings. Wang Yu's status remains unchanged, and there is a clear trend of rising and being reused.
As for whether there was any other profound meaning in it, Li Yi had some speculations in his heart, but he still had no clue, and he didn't dare to place it in his mind. But as the three most important people who came to welcome King Wei this time, Li Yi knew that the situation in the court seemed to be changing greatly with King Wei's return to the court at the end of spring. Looking at the erratic rain, and Li Yi couldn't help but stand up straight as the team came slowly, his slender eyes seemed to be shining brightly.
