I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 5
That night, shortly after Liu Bian returned to Jiafang Hall after having dinner with Empress He, Zhang Rang came to visit and discuss with Liu Bian about teaching teachers.

He told Liu Bian tactfully: "...Your Majesty ordered the veteran to select a teacher for Shi Hou. The veteran knows that Shi Hou likes freedom, and he is willing to be Shi Hou one or two, but this matter cannot be delayed for too long..."

It is said that this picture makes Meishang bully others, but Zhang Rang did a good job in "Messaging", and did not despise Liu Bian because of his young age. On the contrary, he attached great importance to Liu Bian's attitude, even Liu Bian I feel that Zhang Rang is one of the few people who can do a good job and know where his power comes from, unlike some scholars in history who were so arrogant that they dared to influence the imperial power.

As for studying, in fact Liu Bian is not against it, but in order to conform to Liu Bian's previous personality, he deliberately pretended to be unhappy, and said with a bitter face, "I hope it's not a strict teacher..."

Zhang Rang was deceived by Liu Bian's appearance, and he was secretly happy. After all, the more ignorant the future prince is, the easier it is for the ten servants to control them.

In order to please Liu Bian, he made a pledge: "Shihou can rest assured, Shi Yi is a trustworthy official and doctor, and the veteran can guarantee that he will never disobey Shihou's wishes when teaching Shihou."

The next day, Zhang Rang invited Shi Yiguan to Jiafang Hall where Liu Bian lived.

Shi Yiguan is actually a scholar. Just seeing that he can take refuge in Hongdu school and hang out with Shichangshi, it can be seen that he is also a "moral and flexible" person, and naturally he will not be so stupid as to disobey the opinion of Liu Bian, the Marquis of the Shi. .

When he met Liu Bian, he solemnly promised that although he was honored to be recommended as Liu Bian's teacher, he would never put on the teacher's airs to influence Liu Bian's opinion, and he would teach whatever Liu Bian wanted to learn.

This made Liu Bian very satisfied. After all, he didn't want to find a teacher who was too strict with him - he had more important things to plan.

In the end, Liu Bian and Shi Yiguan reached a tacit agreement, agreeing to teach Ci Fu, calligraphy and painting one lesson a day, one hour per lesson.

Later, Shi Yiguan showed Liu Bian his skills in calligraphy and painting. Even from the perspective of a layman like Liu Bian, this person's calligraphy and painting are outstanding, and he is indeed enough to be his teacher.

It is worth mentioning that this "teacher teacher" is also from Nanyang. When Zhang Rang pointed out this point, Liu Bian felt that his relationship with Shi Yiguan seemed to be much closer.

As for whether Shi Yiguan can take the position of "Prince and Grand Teacher" based on this matter, in fact Liu Bian is also happy to see it. Is it one step closer to the position of 'Prince'?

What's more, this teacher has never been a teacher in the temple, and his reputation has been resisted by many scholars because of his friendship with the ten permanent servants. As for posing too much threat to Liu Bian, as long as there is nothing left.

But it is clear that the scholar faction in the court will not do what Zhang Rang and Shi Yiguan wish.

No, after only two days, Liu Bian found that Shi Yiguan, who seemed to have been beaten like chicken blood, suddenly became depressed, and he didn't say anything about him, so Liu Bian asked Zhang Rang in private.

Zhang Rang explained angrily: "Our family intended to recommend Dr. Shi as the prince's grand teacher, but many courtiers came forward to dissuade His Majesty."

As soon as Liu Bian heard that it was true, he said: "Didn't Mr. Zhang persuade Father? I still like Dr. Shi very much..."

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Bian with relief, and then shook his head sadly: "The court officials are powerful, and they have bewitched the general..." He pointedly said to Liu Bian: "If Shihou can act on his behalf Persuade the general, there may be a turning point in this matter."

From his tone of voice, one can tell that the ten permanent servants have not yet regarded the general He Jin as a political enemy. In fact, there is no irreconcilable conflict between He's relatives and the ten permanent servants. He is the leader of the people, and he doesn't even know that he is being used as a gunman.

But right now Liu Bian doesn't plan to get involved in this matter for the time being. After all, he has just returned to the palace not long ago, and the relationship between all parties is not yet stable. Although He Jin is his uncle, it is far from being close. He was young, even if he tried to persuade him, He Jin probably wouldn't take it seriously.

Better to wait a while longer.

Due to the obstruction of the scholar faction of the court, Shi Yiguan became the prince and grand teacher, so there is no further information.

Although Shi Yiguan was very disappointed, he still did his best in teaching Liu Bian, and Liu Bian also studied hard. After half a month, he has made great progress in calligraphy and painting.

Zhang Rang privately sent someone to dedicate the copybook written by Liu Bian to Emperor Ling. Emperor Ling was also very surprised and sent someone to summon Liu Bian to Chongde Hall for questioning.

Liu Bian endured the discomfort and called himself 'son', and said to Emperor Ling: "I have heard from my master's neighbors, words are the second face of a person, and my father is proficient in calligraphy and painting, and is known as a master. How dare my son not learn without learning?" Technique, offended the face of the father?"

"good!"

Emperor Ling nodded in praise for the first time, his face was full of complacency.

Not to mention, this Hunjun is indeed talented in calligraphy, painting, and Fu, and he can barely be called a master.

From the side, Zhang Rang also seized the opportunity to praise Liu Bian, praising Liu Bian for studying hard and being filial every day. This made Emperor Ling very happy and gave Liu Bian calligraphy and ink.

Afterwards, when Empress He learned that her son was praised by Emperor Ling, she was also very happy to call Liu Bian to Changqiu Palace and rewarded her again.

In a word, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng and other ten permanent attendants secretly assisted Liu Bian, and Liu Bian's influence in the palace was increasing day by day. But the crown prince, only Lingdi's biological mother, Empress Dowager Dong, hated Wujiwu. Because she hated Empress He, she spread this hatred to Liu Bian, so that she often ridiculed Empress He and Liu Bian's mother and son in front of the left and right.

The ten permanent servants who served the Empress Dowager Dong were named Sun Zhang, and the power in the palace was only after Zhao Rang and Zhao Zhong. They often discussed this matter with the other permanent servants. Otherwise, the ten permanent servants would secretly inform the Changqiu Palace and Empress He about this matter, and I am afraid that there will be another disturbance in the palace.

In this way, in the blink of an eye, on February [-]th, Liu Bian was practicing calligraphy in the Jiafang Hall where he lived, when suddenly Guo Sheng walked in with a happy face, and congratulated Liu Bian with a fly in his hand: "Shi Hou, let's do it!" It's done!"

"What? What's the matter?"

Liu Bian asked casually, then came to understand, opened his eyes slightly and said joyfully, "Mr. Guo said..."

"Yes!"

Guo Sheng clapped his palms and said with a smile: "The ministers have brought Cai Bojie's daughter into the palace... now they are waiting outside the palace."

Hearing this, Liu Bian was surprised and delighted.

After all, he only entrusted this matter to Shi Changshi in the middle of the first month, and now it has only been more than [-] days, but Shi Changshi actually brought Cai Yong's daughter from Jiangnan to Luoyang Han Palace?
It can be seen that the influence of the ten permanent attendants radiating from Luoyang Han Palace to the whole country is not groundless.

But right now Liu Bian didn't have the heart to study this matter carefully, so he quickly said to Guo Sheng, "Quick! Please!"

"Yes!"

Guo Sheng bowed and retreated with a smile on his face, and immediately brought in a girl who was estimated to be fourteen or five years old.

I saw that the girl was wearing a very simple commoner clothes, with long hair shawl, head slightly lowered, dressed like a village girl, her hands seemed to be holding a xylophone upright with some difficulty, she followed Guo with her head down and took small steps. After victory.

Seeing the girl wearing such thin clothes, and seeing the girl's flushed face from the cold, Liu Bian subconsciously frowned.

What kind of person Guo Sheng is, seeing Liu Bian frowning, he guessed a little bit, and explained to Liu Bian with a bitter face: "Shihou, it's because the people below didn't take good care of Miss Cai and let Miss Cai suffer from the cold. It's Miss Cai, she..."

Liu Bian suddenly understood.

That's right, Cai Yan is a stubborn and high-minded woman, she can't resist the call of the Han Palace, but how can she accept the care of the notorious Ten Permanent Attendants?

Seeing that Liu Bian's eyebrows were gradually stretched, Guo Sheng quickly changed the topic, and said to Cai Yan with a pleasant face, "Miss Cai, this is Shihou who invited you to be my companion..."

"..."

The girl sneaked a complicated look at Liu Bian, who was full of excitement, and immediately knelt down, first carefully put down the harmonica in her arms, and then saluted: "Concubine Cai Yan, meet Shi Hou..."

"Excuse me, excuse me." Liu Bian said as he stepped forward to help this woman whose fate was rough and heartbroken for countless young men.

It can be seen that the girl named Cai Yan was very nervous, so that when Liu Bian went to help her, she struggled subconsciously, but in the end she was pulled up by Liu Bian, held her little hand, and dragged her into the hall Sitting down beside the Hu chair, he ordered at the same time, "Bring me my winter clothes."

From the side, Guo Sheng first signaled to several small officials in the hall to pick up Cai Yan's qin and put it on the case beside him, and then ordered them to step down one by one, while he himself stood beside Liu Bian. In order to prevent this girl from saying something she shouldn't say.

However, it turns out that Guo Sheng was too worried, because at this moment Cai Yan had no intention of taking the opportunity to speak ill of Shi Changshi, because Liu Bian was still holding her left hand in his hand.

What annoyed Cai Yan was that this Shihou was only about ten years old at first glance, a full five years younger than her, but his hands were irregular, holding her hand in one hand, and gently rubbing her five fingers in the other hand. The knuckles and fingertips made her feel uncomfortable all over, and her cheeks turned red unconsciously.

Compared with Cai Yan's restraint and helplessness, Liu Bian was extremely excited and excited at the moment.

After all, this is Cai Yan...

However, unlike the Cai Yan he fantasized about, Cai Yan at this time is just a little girl, with no breasts, no butt, and she is as thin as firewood, and she feels like she can be blown away by the wind. It's because she suffered a lot when she fled with her father Cai Yong in these years.

As for the appearance, to be honest, this yellow and thin face can only be said to be handsome, far from the beauty of the country, at least in Liu Bian's opinion, it is far worse than his mother, Empress He.

Look forward to the future.

Thinking like this, Liu Bian rubbed the girl's little hand and asked enthusiastically, "Wen Ji, can I call you that?"

"?"

A bit of confusion appeared on Cai Yan's face, and he immediately corrected softly: "If Shihou refers to the word for a concubine, the word for a concubine is Zhaoji..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Bian shook his head and said seriously, "Zhao Ji doesn't sound good, but Wen Ji sounds good. From now on, I'll call you Wen Ji."

From the side, Guo Sheng echoed repeatedly: "Hi Wen Ji, hello Wen Ji."

However, the girl didn't buy it. She had a stern face, but her face became even more tense when she heard the words, and she said neither humble nor overbearing: "This is the word my father chose for the concubine. I hope Shihou will call me Zhaoji."

"Okay, Wen Ji." Liu Bian smiled brightly.

Cai Yan: "??"

(End of this chapter)