Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 188 Excuse me, do you have a son?Zhuge Liang's trace

Under the temptation of Yin Zi, the boy led the few people all the way back to a remote and quiet small courtyard.

bang bang bang~
The boy stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Wang Jieyuan, Wang Jieyuan? A friend came to see you."

Not long after the knock on the door came in, footsteps came towards Li Gan and the others.

Zheng Guan stood in front of him with a smile, with a very confident smile on his face.

Ordinary aristocratic families cannot become family friends with the Zheng family. In fact, Zheng Guan's family friends are not with the Yuyao Wang family who Wang Hua was born with, but with the Langya Wang family behind them.

The Yuyao Wang Clan is just a branch of the Langya Wang Clan.

The Wang family settled three houses: one is the Langya Wang family, the second is the Taiyuan Wang family, and the third is the Jingzhao Wang family.

As Wang Hua, there is no shortage of accommodation in the capital, and he is a Jieyuan. The Wang family of Jingzhao should still be willing to talk about this relative.

The reason why he left the mansion and was willing to come to a place like the guild hall was because he wanted to communicate with people, and he would not thank guests behind closed doors like Bao Zheng did.

crunch~
The door was opened, and a middle-aged man came out. He had a thin appearance and was wearing a white cotton robe. His black hair was tied up with a white jade hairpin, and there were three long beards under his chin, which made his temperament even more elegant.

It's just that he was obviously taken aback when he saw Zheng Guan at the front.

"Little brother Xingyang Zheng Guan, whose character is brave, has met Wang Jieyuan." Zheng Guan put away his frivolous face and bowed slightly to Wang Hua.

Wang Hua also came back to his senses, and hastily lifted Zheng Guan's arm: "It turns out that he is a friend of the Zheng family. My name is Wang Hua, whose name is Dehui."

"I've heard of Brother Zheng's name before, so I guess Brother Zheng is the No.2 in this year's Qiuwei in the capital, right? Please come in quickly."

Zheng Guan shook his head modestly: "I still can't compare with Brother Wang. Brother Wang is older than me, and he was elected before me. You should call me by my name."

He turned his head and introduced Wang Hua: "Brother Wang, this is my best friend in the capital, and he also passed the provincial examination this year."

Ever since Wang Hua went out, Li Gan has been sizing him up, and now he is also smiling and clapping his hands: "I am Li Hua, whose name is Jiubang, from the capital."

At first, when Li Gan was walking in the capital, when asked, he just made up a name for himself.

Then he pointed to the old eunuch and Lu Bu and said, "As for these two are my followers."

Wang Hua was surprised by Li Qian's youth, and seeing that he was Zheng Guan's friend, he also nodded: "Brother Li, please come in too."

The four of them entered the door together, and Li Qian looked around the small courtyard around him. The environment here is very simple. There is only a path paved with bluestones from the courtyard gate to the main room, and there are two skinny plum trees planted in the courtyard. There are small tender white buds hanging from it.

"Did Wang Jieyuan come to the capital to take part in the test by himself?"

Li Gan looked around and saw no one else, so he asked Wang Hua curiously, "Didn't you come to Beijing with your relatives?"

Zheng Guan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Li Gan to ask such a question, this is the first time we meet, okay?

"Brother Li..." He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Li Gan also came back to his senses, realized that this question was a bit inappropriate, and added: "What I mean is, if Wang Xieyuan is admitted to the imperial examination, he will stay in the court as an official, and he will not be able to see his relatives."

"It's better to bring the family to the capital as soon as possible, so as not to be separated again."

Wang Hua smiled and said: "Then I will accept Brother Li's auspicious words, I hope I can really pass this time, but the family reunion may not work."

"It's freezing cold here in the capital, and my family members are not used to it, so I won't let them suffer here."

"As for the reunion... we can only talk about it in the future."

Zheng Guan also smiled and said: "That's right, even if you win a Jinshi, you still don't know where you will go to be an official. Even if you stay in the capital, you can still take family leave to go home!"

The leave system for high-ranking officials is very loose, and some officials who are far away from home can ask for half a year at a time.

Li Qian also had a smile on his face: "The two brothers said the same thing."

Also ask for a long vacation?Think beautiful.

Turn around and let the official department give you a good hold on the fake department.

Li Gan, Wang Hua and Zheng Guan entered the main hall, while Lu Bu and the old eunuch went to the small cubicle on the side.

The charcoal fire in the room was burning quietly, releasing warmth. Wang Hua's bookboy served hot tea for the three of them, and then stepped back and left.

Li Gan picked up the tea and took a sip. On the other side, Zheng Guan and Wang Hua had already seriously discussed academic articles.

During this process, Li Gan didn't take the initiative to speak, but pretended to be very interested and understood, nodding his head from time to time.

But in fact... Li Qian could only understand part of what these two perverted scholars were discussing.

Needless to say, Wang Hua, with the appearance of the number one scholar, is a proper academic master.

As for Zheng Guan, it was even more remarkable. Li Gan remembered that he had records about him in his previous life. He was the only champion in both civil and military subjects in Chinese history.

That is to say, this heavyweight not only passed the examination of Wen Zhuangyuan, but also was familiar with military books, with super force value, and passed the examination of Wu Zhuangyuan.

Although Li Qian has been working hard to learn how to deal with government affairs and study hard in the past six months, compared with these two...

Still a little bit worse.

The cold wind was blowing outside the door, and the two academic masters gradually became absorbed in their conversation, and the topics became more and more profound.

"'Tao' is the body and the guideline, and 'law' is the function and the purpose. Both of them are important to achieve great governance. One is indispensable."

Wang Hua is highly educated and ten years older. At the moment, the younger Zheng Guan is ahead of him. He slowly expounded his views: "The subtlety of Tao, the detailed production of Dharma, all in one mind..."

Zheng Guan also kept nodding, pointing out loopholes in Wang Hua's words from time to time, and asking questions.

But Li Gan on the other side had already had a hard time listening, and his eyes were almost blurred.

"Wonderful!" Zheng Guan on the other side was amazed: "To tell you the truth, before coming to the capital, my little brother thought that he would be able to take the exam and go back."

"But after finishing the provincial examination and getting to know Dehui, I realized that I'm nothing more than a frog in a well. There are really countless talents who have worked hard!"

Wang Hua shook his head with a smile: "Yongjue, how old are you this year? It's just your crowning year."

"When I was your age, I was just a scholar. With your talent, as long as you study the essays for a few more years, and wait for the next subject or general examination, it is definitely not empty talk."

"And this year, there are also a few highly educated Juren who will come to participate in the examination, such as Mr. Wolong. I can't beat him."

Zheng Guan shook his head: "It's better not to wait, let's take this subject."

"I finally figured it out. If you dodge the dragon and crouch the tiger like this, if you avoid this subject, you may meet a powerful person in the next subject."

However, Li Qian would not participate in the battle of spirits between the top academic bullies. For him, no matter who won the first prize, he would be working for him.

But Wang Hua's words made Li Qian a little curious: "Dehui, have you seen that Mr. Wolong?"

Wang Hua nodded: "On the way to the capital, I met him once in Shangluo County."

"Really?" Even Zheng Guan was surprised, with a look of great interest: "How about that person? Is his knowledge better than yours?"

Li Gan also quietly pricked up his ears.

Now all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are looking for Zhuge Liang's traces, but unexpectedly, they were seen by Wang Hua.

Wang Hua was silent for a moment, as if he was recalling the encounter that day, and after a long while, he uttered two words: "Elegant and gentle, he is the most talented person in the world."

Zheng Guan was taken aback: "So powerful?"

He leaned forward and said subconsciously: "Then did he come to the capital? Didn't he go with you?"

Wang Hua shook his head: "He also said that he would come to the capital, but he seemed to have something to do and couldn't leave for a while, so I came first."

Zheng Guan seemed to be very itchy in his heart, and he really wanted to meet this Mr. Wolong.

Li Gan was actually very itchy in his heart, but he didn't show it directly like Zheng Guan, but smiled and said: "Does Dehui know what he is going to do?"

Wang Hua thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know, but he seemed to have gone east."

Li Gan was a little speechless. When Shangluo County came to the capital, he wanted to go northwest, but Zhuge Liang went east. This was obviously the opposite.

Zheng Guan was also a little disappointed: "It's really hard to see him."

But Wang Hua said: "There is no need for this kind of person to lie to me. Since he said that he is going to come to the capital, he will come sooner or later. Maybe he has already arrived."

Zheng Guan shook his head and sighed: "The ministers of the imperial court are all looking for him now, and they may have been scared away long ago."

"However, it may be a good thing for this kind of person not to take the exam. Otherwise, wouldn't the champion and the champion all belong to him?"

Wang Hua also nodded with a smile: "I also feel the same way. But no matter what others say, your own knowledge and articles are the most important. Otherwise, there will be no Zhuge Liang, and the next person will take the champion."

"makes sense."

Zheng Guan stood up, seeming to have regained his vitality: "I'm going back to the mansion right now, stay behind closed doors, study hard, and prepare for the exam!"

Wang Hua also nodded with a smile: "Being courageous after knowing shame is great kindness."

"Let's say goodbye today."

Zheng Guanyi cupped his hands: "Let's see you on the apricot list!"

Wang Hua also smiled and cupped his hands, and sent the two of them outside the door.

The old eunuch and Lu Bu on the side saw it and hurried out to follow.

After walking out of the small courtyard, Zheng Guan was about to go out.

But Li Qian stopped, turned his head and looked at Wang Hua with a smile: "By the way, Dehui, there is one more thing I don't know whether to ask or not."

Zheng Guan stopped and turned his head, Wang Hua also looked at Li Qian curiously: "You and I are friends, Brother Li, but it's okay to ask."

Li Gan nodded, and asked what he had always wanted to ask: "Dehui, do you have a son?"

Wang Hua was stunned on the spot, and Zheng Guan beside him was also dumbfounded.

The two of them never expected that Li Qian would ask such a shocking question.

"This..." Wang Hua came back to his senses, took a half step back unexpectedly, and looked at Li Gan in puzzlement: "Brother Li, you..."

This question is indeed a bit strange. In order not to be mistaken for a pervert, Li Gan had to explain: "Brother Dehui is well-educated and talented. I have a cousin who is not yet married. If you are interested..."

"No need, Brother Li."

Only then did Wang Hua come to his senses. It turned out that Li Gan wanted to be a moon elder, so he hurriedly refused: "I have already married, and now the youngest son in the family has reached the age of my grandfather, so it is really inappropriate to talk about it."

The Year of Waifu means that the child is already ten years old and has reached the year of studying abroad.

"I see."

Li Ganfei, who did not become a matchmaker, was not disappointed, but smiled even more happily. Now he wanted to make one final confirmation: "I wonder what name Dehui gave Xianzi?"

"Uh……"

Wang Hua hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "The dog's name is Shouren."

"Shouren..."

The excitement in Li Qian's heart did not show, but with a faint smile on his face, he kept nodding: "This name is good! If you know it, benevolence cannot keep it. Even if you get it, you will lose it."

Zheng Guan's focus was not on this. He stared at Li Gan in surprise, as if he had discovered a new world: "Brother Li, you have a cousin? Why didn't I know that before."

Li Gan was taken aback for a moment, he just made up an excuse, but Zheng Guan's interest was aroused unexpectedly.

If calculated according to the genealogy of the Daqian royal family, Li Gan did have many cousins ​​and cousins, but he had never met them.

"A distant cousin. I haven't contacted her for a long time. I just saw Dehui and remembered it."

"Okay, Brother Li, we have known each other for so long, and you never thought of introducing your cousin to me. Now when you see Brother Dehui, you will remember it!"

Zheng Guan approached with a smile, and stopped Li Gan's shoulder: "It's okay, he doesn't want it, but I can think about it."

Lu Bu and the old eunuch frowned, but seeing that Li Gan didn't respond, they kept silent.

Li Gan walked forward a little speechlessly: "It was just a momentary impulse, but now that I think about it, it's not appropriate."

"I haven't seen my cousin for a long time, and I don't know how she is now. Maybe she's ugly. Brother Zheng, you don't like her at all."

"how is this possible?"

Zheng Guan yelled and said: "Brother Li, you are so handsome, it is impossible for your cousin to be ugly."

This is very reasonable. The Daqian royal family has been passed down for 800 years, and every generation of emperor's concubine cannot be an ugly girl.

Under the genetic "improvement" of appearance from generation to generation, the emperor may not be the kind of unparalleled handsome man, but he is definitely not ugly at all.

It's just that Li Qian didn't want Zheng Guan to have a relationship with some clan woman.

There is no such thing as a "princess marrying a champion" in Daqian.

On the contrary, as long as you marry a woman from the royal family, you will be subconsciously rejected and restricted by the civil servants, and then you can say goodbye to senior positions such as assistant minister, minister, and prime minister.

It's just that Zheng Guan seems to be really interested now, and he continued: "Brother Li, why don't we make an appointment to meet at another day?"

Li Gan was a little helpless: "Brother Zheng, didn't you just say that you would stay behind closed doors and study at ease? Don't be distracted by this matter. And just now I saw the one next to you on the street..."

"Haha~"

Zheng Guan hastily interrupted Li Qian with a dry smile, and secretly glanced at Wang Hua, seeing that he didn't respond, he smiled and said: "Brother Li is right."

"In that case, let's talk about it after I am admitted."

Li Qian also nodded in response, thinking that when you become a Jinshi, I won't be afraid of you pestering me to see my cousin.

"When Brother Zheng finishes his exams, you can come to me. I will make my own arrangements when the time comes."

Wang Hua kept sending the two of them to the gate of the Xuzhou Guild Hall before turning around and leaving.

Next, Li Gan and Zheng Guan went to several other guild halls, but they didn't see the person Li Gan wanted.

In desperation, he had no choice but to bid farewell to Zheng Guan and go back home.

"Brother Li, goodbye."

Before leaving, Zheng Guan solemnly cupped his hands: "I studied at home before the exam."

Li Qian also waved his hand, and said with a smile: "With Brother Zheng's talent and talent, as long as he is willing to study hard, he won't have to worry about passing the general examination, and he will definitely get a good rank in the imperial examination."

Zheng Guan turned to Li Gan, his back was extremely dignified, like a strong man who had gone forever.

Li Gan also got into the carriage, and the driver waved the black whip in his hand, making a bang in the air, and the horse rushed towards the road west of the city when he came.

"Master, is this Zhuge Liang really that powerful?"

Lu Bu looked at Li Gan tentatively: "Do you want me to ask someone to look for him for the master?"

"Just like the one named Huang Chao, watch it first?"

Li Gan was silent for a moment, then nodded: "It's fine to look for it, but it doesn't take too much effort."

"Now all the ministers in the court can't find him. If you make too much noise, you will be noticed by others."

"Okay, master." Lu Bu nodded, indicating that he had made a note of it.

Li Qian asked again: "What happened to that Huangchao? Is it still in the capital?"

"exist."

Lu Bu nodded, with a malicious smile on his face: "Master, our people have been watching him, and he can't escape even if he wants to leave the capital."

"However, he went to the Ministry of Rites to sign up for the exam. Recently, he has been eating and drinking with those Ju people all day long, soliciting connections everywhere. He probably won't leave the city now. He has to finish the exam anyway."

Li Gan nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Master, we're turning into Shanhefang South Street." The old eunuch reminded him.

"Go slow."

Li Gan opened the curtain and looked to the west of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

It's still the same small yamen, but this time it's much quieter, and those hooligans haven't come back yet.

Li Gan nodded slightly: "Fengxian, when you usually leave here, pay attention to whether these people come every day."

"Follow them quietly and find out who paid for them."

Lu Bu nodded with a smirk, "Don't worry, master, we can definitely dig out all three generations of their ancestors."

In fact, Li Qian could also guess that it was Cai Jing's group who did it.

It's just that the investigation still needs to be investigated. What if someone is sowing discord?
Li Gan's gaze was gloomy, looking at the Guangwen Si Yamen outside the window.

He never thought that the Guangwen Division he established would become a channel for others to attack him.

Moreover, those hooligans came to block the door every day, which also discouraged other people who wanted to deliver things to the Guangwen Division.

The horseshoes trampled, and the carriage drove out of the block.

Although Guangwen Division could no longer be seen, this matter was a thorn in Li Gan's throat.

Seeing him lost in thought, Lu Bu on the side couldn't help but ask, "Master, are you really going to marry my cousin to Zheng Guan?"

Li Gan was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Lu Bu: "Do you know my cousin?"

Otherwise why ask such a question?
The old eunuch also looked at Lu Bu suspiciously.

"Of course not." Lu Bu shuddered, and hastily explained: "Master, I have often met this kid in the capital these days, and we are both called brothers."

"If you marry your cousin to him, I will be a generation shorter than him."

It can be seen that Lu Bu and Zheng Guan seem to hit it off very well and have a good friendship.

He didn't care what Li Gan and Zheng Guan called each other, Brother Li and Brother Zheng, because Lu Bu knew that as long as Zheng Guan knew that Li Gan was the emperor, he would never call him that again.

But if you really get married, it will be different, and your identity will be settled.

After hearing this, Li Gan shook his head dumbfoundingly: "Don't worry, it won't happen. When he knows my identity, I'm afraid he won't be able to avoid my cousin."

"Furthermore, Zheng Guan is from the Zheng family in Xingyang, which is considered to be the royal family of the Zheng country. We must be cautious when bestowing marriages."

Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief.

The Daqian royal family and many vassal states naturally have marriages, but marriages are very complicated, you can't marry casually, you have to consider strategies.

It is possible that if you marry this person, you will offend the other party.

Especially Zheng Guo and the Zheng family, there are also factions in it. Li Qian remembered that after a Zheng King succeeded to the throne, Zheng Guo had a civil strife and killed his younger brother...

King Zheng killed his younger brother... Li Qian was startled suddenly, thinking of something.

Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan.

Zheng Zhuanggong is a very wise man, he kept indulging his younger brother to make mistakes, and finally followed the righteousness to get rid of this serious trouble.

It's just... can this strategy be applied to Cai Jing? ?
Li Qian subconsciously sat up a little bit, and began to think about this matter seriously.

Zheng Boke and Duan Yuyan must first understand the key points.

There was a slight bump in the carriage, and the red palace walls came into view through the dark brown windows.

Li Qian had no intention of appreciating these things. After thinking for a while, he felt that there was only one point that was most critical in the whole thing.

That is, from the beginning to the end, Zheng Zhuanggong has the confidence and ability to get rid of his younger brother. Only after confirming this point can he ensure that he will not play off.

Of course, the conditions can be relaxed now. After all, Cai Jing is different from Gong Shuduan. Gong Shuduan is Zheng Zhuanggong's younger brother, and he has the ability to directly threaten Zheng Zhuanggong's position.

Cai Jing is a civil servant. Given the current situation, it is impossible for him to squeeze Li Gan down.

So does Li Gan have the ability to get rid of Cai Jing? ?

Li Qian thought about it for a while, and felt that there is no such thing now, but as long as he continues to make arrangements and create an opportunity with the right time, place and people, there will be.

The carriage passed through the imperial city without entering, continued westward, passed a few streets, and then turned north until Gwanghwamun exited the city, made a big circle, and then turned back to the east and returned to the direction of the imperial city.

Sitting in the car, Li Gan kept thinking, feeling more and more that this plan was feasible.

Even if the situation is slightly out of control when it is implemented, he can force Cai Jing's son, younger brother or back house to stop Cai Jing's out of control at the cost of losing some layout.

The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down. Li Qian thought that he was approaching the place, so he was about to get off the carriage, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by Lu Bu and the old eunuch.

Lu Bu lifted the curtain and looked outside, then turned to Li Gan and said, "Master, there is a commotion in front."

He took a far look outside again, and then he said in a puzzled way: "It seems to be people from the Duke's Mansion and the General's Mansion. The relationship between these two people has always been good. I don't know why the fight broke out today. It seems that there is blood. ..."

Li Gan was taken aback, Li Yuan and Yang Jian's people had a conflict?This is something new!
"Go and see why we fought."

However, before Lu Bu left, a strong man in a linen padded jacket ran to the side of the carriage. Lu Bu whispered to him a few words, and then turned around excitedly: "Master, it seems that it is because of the man named Zhuge Liang." of!"

(End of this chapter)