imperial psychologist

Chapter 197 Han Chong himself
Emperor Jianxi flipped through a few pages of the memorial handed over by Huang Chongde, and he slightly raised his eyebrows, "...there are such people in Beizhen Fusi, why haven't I heard of it before."

"My servant has checked. This man has been a small banner officer under Zhao Baihu for a long time. He probably acted too straight, so he has been suppressed all the time." Huang Chongde said softly, "But he has honed his skills."

Emperor Jianxi closed the booklet, threw the old and new volumes aside, and said in a low voice, "This man has a few talents, and he can seize the opportunity when it comes. He has a future. What is his background?"

"Returning to the emperor, he and Wei Shishi, the secret guard of the white son, both joined the township department in the 26th year of Jianxi."

Hearing Huang Chongde mention Wei Shishi, Emperor Jianxi raised his eyes slightly, "Is there a source?"

"Some." Huang Chongde replied, "Both children were sent to Beijing as auspicious tributes by local officials. Wei Shishi was because of his white skin and hair, and Han Chong was because of a red birthmark on the back of his neck." , exactly the same as the beloved horse that the Queen Mother lost in the 21st year of Jianxi."

Emperor Jianxi frowned. It happened more than 20 years ago. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he still has some impressions...

"At that time, the queen mother saw that the two children were cute, and she liked them very much. The palace originally wanted to cleanse them, and then sent them to the queen mother to serve them, but the queen mother took pity on the two children, so she handed them over to Wei Wei, the secret guard at the time. Ying, follow along to learn some skills. After Wei Ying died, Wei Shishi took his place, and Han Chong was still working in Beizhen Fusi." Huang Chongde smiled, "At this moment, both children grown up."

Emperor Jianxi's complexion gradually turned cold, he thought for a moment, and then his eyes fell back on the two memorials, "Then continue to grind for a few more years, let me take a look."

"Hey." Huang Chongde leaned over and sorted out the two scattered memorials, and replied softly, "I understand."

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"The child is really fine. When I went there, I guessed that the father and king would definitely attack again today, so I took precautions in advance." In Prince Gong's mansion, in the small garden of the princess, the prince took off his coat by himself, revealing the cotton vest inside, "It's just been wearing it just now, it's so stuffy."

The concubine looked at the lively son in front of her, and she burst into tears for a moment. She pulled him closer and took a closer look at the wound on his left cheek—fortunately, it was not very serious.

But the gap on his face won't heal within ten days and half a month.

The prince took off the cotton vest and threw it on the ground, "Grandpa Huang said that he would use the dragon skin to protect me. I feel that wearing the dragon skin will make me feel cooler, and I think it will be quite hard to beat."

"Next time if you guess that your father is angry and he calls you, you can come to my mother's place," the princess corrected, "The armor your grandfather gave you is not for this."

Shizi nodded, "Understood!"

Seeing the indifferent expression on Shizi's face, Zhen knew that he probably still wouldn't listen, maybe it's like this when boys grow up, they would rather be beaten than get a reputation for shrinking.She took another look at the wound on Shizi's face, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Mother Concubine, I have been thinking about a problem these days." Shizi dragged a heavy stone bench and sat next to his mother. "I originally wanted to discuss it with Master Zhang the day after tomorrow, but I also wanted to ask Mother Concubine what she thinks."

"Tell me about it." Zhen said softly.

After getting the permission, the son said softly, "The great ancestor of my Great Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi and merged with Zhao, and reunified the world. When the last emperors of Qi and Zhao were written in the history books, one was close to beauty and gradually abandoned the affairs of the court. The other is to indulge the relatives and allow the Empress Liu to intervene in the government, which leads to the disorder of yin and yang, and eventually destroys the country.

"But a few days ago, Master Zhang brought me a local chronicle of a small county in the south of Shangjing in Zhao State, and some tax items of this county for several years. To save a wife, one will suffer from hunger in good years, and starve to death on the road; in famine years, one has to leave one's home and flee from disaster, and the county will be empty.

"If we go back in time, when the Great Chu was destroyed and all the heroes rose together, our Great Zhou, Qi, and Zhao all had their own strengths, but within only 200 years, the people's livelihood within the borders of Qi and Zhao was withered..."

Speaking of this, Shizi stopped, and gradually showed a confused expression.

The princess seemed to have guessed what he was going to say next, with a slight smile on her face, she lowered her head and drank tea.

"I'm just surprised," said the prince softly, "don't historians know that the destruction of the country is not a matter of one day? More than ten years or even decades later, people will taste it, and their deeds will be borne by their descendants, so that in the end it will be hard to get back... Such a complicated matter, why do you rely on a fluffy sentence' Can Yin and Yang be out of order' and 'Emperor's greed for beauty' can cover it?"

Looking at the flower garden in the distance, Zhen said with a smile, "Your Majesty really shouldn't ask me about such a thing, and should go to you, Master Zhang."

"I know," the prince said hastily, "but Master Zhang has been resting for the past few days, and the more I look at those historical records, the more strange I feel. I always feel that there are some things that are not clearly explained between the lines, and some places are inconsistent..."

Shizi frowned, "If I can't figure this out, I won't be able to read those books."

Zhen Shi was silent for a while, she stood up and walked slowly in the small garden, the son followed behind her mother.

"I'm not good at talking about your schoolwork, I'll leave it to Master Zhang to clarify with you." Zhen said with a smile, "But I've thought about this question too."

"Appreciate further details."

Mrs. Zhen smiled, "I always advise you father and son to be careful in your actions and words, and be a good prince and son. If you can act openly and aboveboard, and guard against arrogance and impetuosity, there will always be a mark of you in the annals of history. But if On the contrary... I can't escape but also bear some infamy."

The prince was startled.

Mother's words fell in my ears, and they sounded familiar again.

——"Is it wrong for women to be beautiful?"

The girl who always sits quietly behind the rockery in the Royal Garden once said the same thing.

—— "The emperor wants to risk the disgrace of the world for the sake of the noble concubine. Whose fault is this? Or in your opinion, no matter whose fault it is, it is the fault of the noble concubine in the final analysis?"

Mrs. Zhen said softly again, "History books are always written by the people of the current dynasty, so they can't be trusted. As for the rise and fall of the state, before Qi and Zhao, there was Chu, before Chu there was prosperity, before prosperity there was There are Jin Li, Kang Yuan... some things may not be clear just by looking at them, but you can also look for clues in the piles of old papers from other dynasties, and compare them."

After Zhen's words, she took a few steps forward, only to realize that Shizi hadn't followed.

He stood there and looked at the flower garden beside him, with an expression of embarrassment on his face because of hard thinking.

Shizi only felt a knot in his chest, many things and many faces came to mind in an instant, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?" Zhen asked.

Only then did the son come back to his senses, he looked at his mother, and after a long time he said solemnly, "...the child will be a good son, and he will also be a good prince in the future... I will definitely not let my mother's reputation be tarnished."

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