The capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty was set in Luoyang, which was not close to Jiaodong. Along the way, you had to pass through Qingzhou and Yanzhou, enter the Sili Xiaowei Department, and then pass through Hanoi County.
And given that rebellions are common in various places nowadays, in order to avoid trouble, Yuan Pei first took Li Hao north to Gaotang County, Pingyuan County, and then marched along the Yellow River.
The places we pass along this route are all in the hinterland of the Central Plains, which was the first place to be recovered. In addition, there are many important trading towns, so it will be relatively peaceful.
The caravan that set off early also took this route. Based on the distance calculated, Li Hao and others should catch up in Yangping County, East County, Yanzhou.
While on the road, Yuan Pei talked to Li Hao about the various interpersonal relationships in the capital and how to deal with everyone he met.
First of all, we talked about the situation of the nobles in the palace. Today, the emperor has a queen and two concubines. Among them, Queen Xuan has a son and a daughter, the eldest prince, the current prince, and the fifth princess. Concubine Yue has a son and two daughters, namely The third prince, the second princess, and the third princess; there is also a beautiful woman named Xu who has a son, the fifth prince.
This situation is just like what is shown in the TV series. The second prince, fourth prince, eldest princess, fourth princess, and a few younger ones were all killed.
In fact, Li Hao had doubts when watching the TV series. It would be okay if he didn't play the characters in the middle.
After all, there are so many people, and the director is tired from directing the show, so it is understandable to reduce the number of people just to be lazy.
But normally since you have reduced the number of people, wouldn't you just be the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince? Why would you still keep the titles of the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince?
I couldn't ask while watching TV, so I brought it up when facing Yuan Pei and Li Hao. After all, this is the real world, and there must be an explanation.
So Yuan Pei said: "Because these people all died after birth, but His Majesty didn't want them to be drowned, because he was worried that no one would remember them in the future.
Therefore, the children born later are still arranged in order, so that they can remember that they still have these brothers and sisters. "
Li Hao couldn't help but feel something in his heart: "Sure enough, the best way to fill the hole is to kill them. This is indeed reasonable and reasonable, but those few are just more miserable."
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Seeing that Li Hao's eyes were a little distracted, Yuan Pei said: "Okay, you have to remember what I'm going to tell you next. I estimate that His Majesty will call you into the palace to answer questions. Only when you understand the situation can you deal with it."
After hearing this, Li Hao put away his thoughts and replied: "Father, please tell me, my son has already kept it in mind."
When Yuan Pei saw Li Hao come to his senses, he continued: "As for the Queen, Your Majesty is kind-hearted and generous, but Queen Xuan is even worse in this regard. In addition, you have contributed to the Quyuanli this time, as long as you When meeting in person, just be humble and polite, and there is no need to be too nervous.
In addition, there is no need to worry about Xu Meiren, because she is not favored, so she has no foundation either in the harem or in the court.
Only with Concubine Yue, you must be careful if you meet her. It's not that she will deliberately make things difficult for you, but she is not that easy to get along with, so you don't need to take it to heart.
As for the remaining princes and princesses, just treat them with courtesy when you see them, and you don't have to worry about being made things difficult for them. "
Li Hao was naturally aware of Concubine Yue's temper. Just looking at the few times she appeared in the show, she was always irritating and had no temper.
When Li Hao watched the show, he felt refreshed and felt that Concubine Yue was his official substitute.
Of course, Li Hao would be more careful when he actually faced her. After all, even if he knew that Concubine Yue had no bad intentions, if she was really attacked, it would not affect his mood.
Seeing that Li Hao had no problem, Yuan Pei just thought that Li Hao understood, and then skipped this and told Li Hao about the situation of the courtiers.
"Nowadays, courtiers can be roughly divided into two categories. Because Your Majesty grew up in Jinglan County, Sili Xiaowei Division, the courtiers can be divided into those who are originally from Jinglan County and those who are not from Jinglan County.
If you break it down further, because His Majesty is originally from Feng County in Jinglan County, and Concubine Yue is originally from Rao County next door to Feng County, when Your Majesty first raised the army, these two counties contributed the most people and followed the longest. Those who come from these two counties are also called "fertile heroes". "
Then Yuan Pei selected a few more people as examples, such as Yuhou, Yuehou, and Cuihou, who belong to the "rich meritorious officials"; such as Yin Zhi, who is currently the Zuoqing of Dahonglu Temple, belongs to the "non-fertile meritorious officials" "Jinglan ministers"; the remaining ones like the Yuan family, the Liang family, the Lou family, and the Wan family, although they defected to each other sooner or later, their contributions were different, and their power was strong or weak, they did not belong to the above two. group.
At the end, Yuan Pei mentioned another special group of courtiers, that is, the Qian'an royal family and the Xuan family.
“His Majesty and Concubine Yue were actually childhood sweethearts, and His Majesty did indeed marry Concubine Yue at first.
Only later, in order to pacify the world as soon as possible and needed the help of King Lao Qian'an's troops, he had to marry the daughter of King Lao Qian'an's sister, Xuan, and made the Yue Concubine demote herself as a concubine.
However, after Xuan Hou married His Majesty, she was indeed devoted to His Majesty. She sat in the rear when His Majesty was fighting in all directions, stabilized the situation of all parties, and even gave birth to a child before the Yue Concubine.
At that time, the world was uncertain. In order to maintain stability and appease people's hearts, His Majesty appointed the crown prince early.
At that time, because Concubine Yue had not yet given birth to a child, the various factions in the court naturally had no objections. But now that Concubine Yue has a son, the situation has naturally changed a little.
For the ministers of Jingfan, especially the ministers of fertility, Concubine Yue was their own. Emotionally, they naturally hoped that Concubine Yue's son would ascend to the throne in the future.
On the contrary, the Qian'an royal family and the Xuan family naturally support their own family. However, the old Qian'an king died early to save Gucheng, which caused a great blow to the Qian'an royal family. Now facing the Jingfan ministers, it is very difficult. It is difficult to fight against each other again. "
These words were indeed inspiring to Li Hao. When he was watching the TV series, Li Hao found that the prince was quite pitiful.
Next to him were Taifu Lou and Wang Chun, both civil and military, but Ling Buyi tried to recruit them and drove them away in the end.
It is said that if a prince gets the emperor's permission to participate in politics, then courtiers will naturally come to him.
Although Grand Tutor Lou is said to have shortcomings in character, he is not stupid in his mind. With the third prince's eager gaze, he will not turn away all the ministers who seek refuge with the prince.
Therefore, at this point, it is very likely that the ministers of Jingfan were secretly resisting, and those ministers who were not ministers of Jingfan did not want to offend this group of people, which led to this embarrassing situation.
I asked as soon as I thought of it. Anyway, Li Hao had nothing to hide from Yuan Pei's father except for his identity in time travel.
"Then what is father's position here? Do you want to help Empress Xuan, or do you want to help Concubine Yue?"
When Yuan Pei heard this, his face straightened, his tone became quite serious, and he said: "Ang'er, it is not easy for our family to be able to inherit the family for hundreds of years.
Therefore, in such major matters, you need to be extremely cautious. If you are not 100% sure, you are not willing to get involved. You must understand the principle of doing too much and making mistakes.
After all, the purpose of my Yuan family's accumulation over several generations is to be able to live in peace and not have to do things like pulling chestnuts out of the fire. Your cousin also agrees with this point. "
After hearing this, Li Hao was roughly sure that his guess was correct. Sure enough, it was a group of people hiding aside without helping each other.
Of course, facing Yuan Pei, Li Hao naturally pretended to be happy to be taught, saying that he fully understood.
That's about it. Yuan Pei himself doesn't want to instill too many utilitarian things into Li Hao now. He only explains this to give Li Hao a general understanding of the situation in the capital, so as to avoid making mistakes unintentionally without knowing the details.
On the way, Yuan Pei told Li Hao about the customs and customs of various places. After all, Yuan Pei had been a ranger for a period of time and had traveled all over the country.
With true feelings and good eloquence, Li Hao listened very enthusiastically. He felt that with this ability, he would definitely be a gold medal tour guide in modern times.
Just walking and looking all the way, it took more than a month, and Li Hao and his party finally arrived in the capital.
To be honest, Li Hao was really shocked when he saw this capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It's not that the city wall is so tall and magnificent. On the contrary, compared to the city wall in Bianjing City, the city wall here is inferior in both height and thickness.
After all, there is a thousand years difference between the times, and the construction technology of the Song Dynasty has been greatly improved compared to the Han Dynasty.
But this simple and rough charm of respecting nature, conforming to nature, and harmony between man and nature is really eye-catching.
When he originally stayed in Jiaodong, Li Hao visited various prefectures and cities, but none of them could reach the level of Luoyang. It seems that there are many masters in the capital.
After entering the city, we didn't walk too far before arriving at Jinyangfang. There is an ancient house built over several generations. More than ten giant trees arranged in the order of stars have long since grown into towering ancient trees, with strong branches covering the sky. Blocking part of the dazzling sunlight, it enveloped the entire mansion, vast and deep.
Stepping into it is like opening an ancient book. The courtyard is vast, the rocks are towering, and dozens of tall and tall trees stand upright. The sunlight is dotted on the ground through the thick leaves, and there is a comfortable feeling everywhere. sense of staleness.
This mansion was built more than a hundred years ago. The ancestors of the Yuan family came to this capital to serve as officials on the order of the emperor at that time. They served for decades, so they took over their wives, children, and children, and slowly expanded the small courtyard into a palace. Today's huge scale.
However, Emperor Ruiz later rebelled, and all the Yuan family members, old and young, in the city were killed. After that, Yuan Pei returned to Jiaodong to take charge, and no one from the Yuan family set foot here again.
It wasn't until Emperor Wen re-established the capital here that Yuan Pei brought people over to take back the old house and arranged for slaves and tribes to stay and take care of it.
To be honest, among the dignitaries under Emperor Wen, this Yuan family's old residence was unique. After all, other wealthy families either purchased separate residences, or the emperor gave them the residences of their former rebellious ministers.
No matter what the situation is, some renovations are needed, but only the Yuan family mansion remains original, so it has a quaint heritage that no other home can match.
Anyway, Li Hao looked very happy, and it was in line with Li Hao's aesthetics.
After that, Yuan Pei had to be busy with giving gifts, and also needed to keep in touch with old friends in the capital. He had no time to talk to Li Hao for the time being, so he simply arranged for a few tribesmen and servants who were familiar with the capital to follow him, and let Li Hao himself Find a place to play.
Whether you are staying in the mansion or visiting the capital, the only requirement is that you must come back to rest every night.
Now that Yuan Pei has said this, Li Hao naturally wants to go out for a walk. After all, this mansion may not change in a few decades, and he will have plenty of time to see it in the future.
It's better to walk around the capital and see if you can meet someone or something that interests you.
In fact, what Li Hao wanted to see first was Wan Songbai's house. After all, according to what was said, the Cheng family's house was right next to the Wan family's house.
Of course, this was not mentioned on TV, so Li Hao was not sure yet.
It's just that this excuse is not easy to find. After all, I have met Wan Songbai once. It would be easier to face Wan Songbai directly, but I'm afraid it won't be easy to win over the extremely shrewd Mrs. Wan.
In the end, Li Hao decided to give up. Anyway, even if he visited the Cheng family now, he had no reason to take care of the Cheng family's family affairs.
It would be better to secretly inquire about the Cheng family. Since Cheng Shi was suppressing bandits in Xuzhou, it would be easy for Li Hao to encounter them if he wanted to.
Then casually mention to him the gossip he heard in the capital and let him know the current situation of his daughter. He should take action on his own.
And as long as he really spreads the news in the capital before leaving, even if Cheng Shi's shrewd wife really has doubts and sends people to the capital to verify, the news will be the same.
Now that things were properly arranged, Li Hao really just had some leisure time and walked around the capital.
In the next few days, Yuan Pei arranged things properly and said to Li Hao: "The Qu Yuan Li has been presented to His Majesty, and His Majesty has personally tried it. It is indeed miraculous for farming.
Therefore, I order you and me, father and son, to go to the palace tomorrow to meet the emperor. Don’t be nervous then. You can answer whatever His Majesty asks you. Do you understand? "
Li Hao replied: "Father, don't worry, my son will understand."
Li Hao thought to himself, why should I be nervous? It's not like I've never seen the emperor before. I used to see him every day and I'm very used to it.
Early on the next morning, Li Hao dressed up and followed Yuan Pei to the imperial city.
This time, Li Hao really felt Emperor Wen's favoritism, let alone Li Hao.
Why did Emperor Wen ask Cheng Shi and his family to ride directly to the palace when they first entered the palace, while he had to get off the car outside the palace gate and walk there.
In terms of status, his family's status is much higher than that of the Cheng family. In terms of merit, Yuan Pei is also better than Cheng Shi.
In the end, people gave him preferential treatment just because Ling Buyi liked Cheng Shaoshang. It was really...
Full of complaints, Li Hao and Yuan Pei walked together for more than half an hour, and finally arrived at Xuanming Hall and met Emperor Wen.
There were not many people present this time. Empress Xuan and Concubine Yue were not there, and there were no courtiers. Only the prince and the third prince accompanied Emperor Wen.
