The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 155

On June [-]th, the Situ Mansion issued an invitation letter, inviting a group of celebrities, high-ranking scholars, and prominent figures in Jiankang to attend a "grand" banquet hosted by the Situ Mansion on the [-]th.

Those who are well-informed naturally know that although it is nothing more than a "clear talk", Sima Yu specially organized this time to provide Yu Ran with a chance to "quarrel" with the recently famous "Jiangzuo Xiao Silang".

However, if you regard it as an ordinary "quarrel" banquet, you are very wrong. The background is extensive and shocking. It is no exaggeration to say that the crisis of life and death of the Yu family has come. Xie An and Wang Tanzhi jointly dug a big hole for Yu Ran, the stupid Yu Ran didn't notice it, and jumped into it resolutely.

At the same time, it is also the most important moment in Xiao Qinzhi's life. It is extremely dangerous, but the benefits are great, and it is worth taking the risk. If he can step on Yu Shi's corpse to make a name for himself, it will be an excellent opportunity.

But obviously it will not be so easy. Xiao Qinzhi has been used up, and the rest will face the joint encirclement and suppression of young talents from all aristocratic families. Whether he can escape is unknown for the time being.

This is Xie An's escape plan for the Xie family. If Xiao Qinzhi overthrows a group of people, they will naturally have nothing to say. If Xiao Qinzhi loses, then the pressure will come to Xie Daoyun. Faced with personal gains and losses, Xie An believes that the shrewd niece will make wise choices.

For Xiao Qinzhi, the road ahead is difficult, really difficult, Xie An did not express a single point of view on this matter, but only made a conspiracy, leaving Xiao Qinzhi with nowhere to escape, biting the bullet Also gotta go.

Xiao Qinzhi never imagined that he, a small person, would be involved in such a dispute when he first came to Jiankang, and he was artificially pushed to the front of the screen by accident, which is not embarrassing.

But there is no way to retreat, there is no way to retreat, only a hard blow can have a glimmer of life, since Yu Ran wants to make trouble, then get rid of Yu Ran first, Xiao Qinzhi immediately wrote a majestic poem The poem "Swordsman", occupying the high and low points of public opinion, and making himself a lonely young hero, Yu Ran naturally became a villain.

"Ten years of sharpening a sword, Frostblade has never tried it."

"Show the king today, who has any injustice?"

As soon as this poem came out, there was a commotion immediately. Everyone was startled when they saw it. They didn't want Xiao Qinzhi to show off his unique skills in the weak side.

Of course, Yu Ran also wanted to write poems to respond, but the poems she made were all unsatisfactory, and publishing them would only increase the jokes, so she shouted in a disdainful tone: "Shinai Xiaodaoer!"

Just when Wang Tanzhi heard it, he immediately slapped his face and said: "This poem is very good, a rare good one, Yu Ran couldn't write it, so it is a small way."

When the enemy met, she was extremely jealous, and Yu Ran immediately replied, "Wang Wendu, can you do it?"

Wang Tanzhi confronted him tit for tat, and replied: "I admit that I can't do it, but I'm not like Yu Ran, who knows I can't do it, so I insist on pretending to be profound."

Yu Ran had every intention of killing Wang Tanzhi.

The "banquet" has not yet started, but the talk has already started.

So, under the eulogy of those who cared, on the [-]th, the "banquet" at Situ's Mansion gathered celebrities and scholars from all walks of life, and gathered a lot of attention. In addition, this was an excellent opportunity to show their faces.

Ever since Wang Shu put the black material on Wang Xizhi's desk, Wang Xizhi resigned from office in anger and went home, and swore at his mother's grave that he would never be an official again, life became more and more difficult.

Among the scholars, Wang Xizhi's reputation is declining day by day, Madam Xi's attitude has also become tough, and she makes specious remarks from time to time, which makes Wang Xizhi feel very uncomfortable.

But the oath has already been made, how can you break the oath?
Fortunately, there are a group of good friends in Kuaiji who travel around the mountains and rivers all day long, eat, drink, have fun, and talk freely, which comforts Wang Xizhi's soul a lot.

Xie An came to Jiankang because of Xie Yi's death, and Wang Xizhi, who was restless, also came to Jiankang. He often organized and participated in gatherings, and often put forward constructive opinions on the current situation of the dynasty.

For example, when Xie Wan went to Yuzhou, Wang Xizhi thought that Xie Wan was too stupid to bear the heavy responsibility, and it was better to replace him. Although Xie An knew his brother's virtue, who should he replace?

No one can replace it!
If a foolish person takes over Yuzhou, Huan Wen will not have any scruples, but if a shrewd person takes over, Huan Wen will definitely cause trouble. Wan became the most suitable candidate.

In this way, it can be seen that Wang Xizhi, who often makes suggestions, does not really want to resign. Everyone guesses that he has sworn off his oath and is not easy to step down for a while. At that time, the imperial court issued a letter of reinstatement to Wang Xizhi. Being an idle official would save his face, and it would be better than being in vain.

However, Wang Xizhi was really angry and thought: "Wang Shu, a fool, can be the governor of Yangzhou. I am much better than him. If he wants to be, he must surpass Wang Shu. At least he must be a third-rank governor."

The same as the third rank, the Beijing official is bigger than the local official.

Xie An is very familiar with the virtues of his friends, and intends to be a peacemaker. No, Wang Biaozhi will leave his post immediately and go to the local Kuaiji to take up a post, leaving the vacancy of Shangshu Zuopushe, who are all from the old Wang family, Wang Xizhi The succession can also be talked about in the past, so I told people overtly and secretly, but the gang of people in the court immediately quit.

First of all, Shangshu Zuopushe and Youpushe (from the second grade) are real high-ranking officials with high positions and weights, equivalent to Shangshuling's deputy, and the left is higher than the right, which means that Shangshu Zuopushe is second only to Lushangshushi ( Unique to the Jin Dynasty), under the order of the Minister, if in the Tang Dynasty, the status was equivalent to the prime minister, in the Ming Dynasty as the head and assistant cabinet member, and this vacancy, after multi-party coordination, there is a high probability that Diao Yi will succeed.

In addition, Wang Xizhi has an ambiguous political attitude. In view of the stupid things he did before, he likes to write letters to give suggestions to show his presence, so the people in the court don't believe him at all. In front of Yu, the official department can give no.

Well, since he couldn't do Shangshu Zuopushe, after Diao Yi was promoted, he left the position of official minister (Zheng Sanpin) and was taken up by Wang Xizhi again. First of all, there are many people who are jealous, how can it be Wang Xizhi's turn?

Therefore, during the few months in Jiankang, Wang Xizhi had done a lot of activities in private, and the results he got were surprisingly consistent. It was no problem at all to be an idle official, but if he wanted to enter the center and sit in a position of real power, don't think about it.

The most important thing for a person is self-awareness.

After going back and forth, Wang Xizhi also understood that the face that fell on Wang Shu could not be brought back, and he had completely extinguished the desire to go out of the mountain again, and spent the rest of his life with his good friend Xie An traveling around the mountains and rivers all day long.

Today, however, Mrs. Xi exposed Wang Xizhi's face unabashedly, which severely damaged Wang Xizhi's self-esteem, but also aroused Wang Xizhi's shame, and decided to take advantage of this "clear talk" to join in the fun and "take care of" Xiao Qinzhi said, don't let Mrs. Xi go to her natal family to earn back this face. If that happens, the Wang family of Langya will be ashamed.

Coincidentally, Wang Xizhi also heard about this poem and knew that Xiao Qinzhi was good at regular script. He had an idea, went to the study, picked up a pen and wrote a regular script, and sent it to Xiao Qinzhi kindly, leaving a message: "This poem is very good. Well, I have never heard of it, but I heard that Xiaoyou is good at regular script, so I will give you a copy of regular script."

Wang Xizhi also showed off his unique skills. With the attitude of a master, he first stepped on Yu Ran's foot in the open, and then stepped on Xiao Qin's foot in secret. Knowing that Xiao Qin is good at regular script, he also gave a regular script as a gift Xiao Qinzhi knew the difference.

Of course Xiao Qinzhi couldn't suffer from being dumb. If everyone followed Wang Xizhi and stomped on the posture of the previous people, how could he be fooled? So he copied the poem "Don't bully the young and poor" in regular script, and replied: "Thank you Wang Youjun for the gift. However, it is rude to return, so I will give back a piece of regular script, and I hope that I will not hesitate to teach you and give me some pointers."

The poem "Don't bully the young and poor" is so famous that it is frightening. The once angry Hua Shijun of Wuxi Fahrenheit, he vomited blood and fell into a coma, and he didn't wake up for several days. The first poem reminds me of Mr. Hua Shijun on the background board.

In the Jin Dynasty, calligraphy was a compulsory course, and the handwriting was not good-looking, and I was embarrassed to go out to meet people. Wang Xizhi was the best at running script. It is also very good, it originated from Zhong Yao, and Yan Kai also originated from Zhong Yao, but Yan Kai is more vigorous and vigorous than Wang Xizhi's regular script.

Xiao Qinzhi's Yan Kai has already entered the hall, and his momentum has already shown, but it is definitely not as good as Wang Xizhi at this stage, but the signs can be seen, and in time, he will definitely not be inferior to Wang Xizhi in regular script, so Xiao Qinzhi returned to regular script with regular script, Combined with poetry, it can't help but make people imagine.

Everyone was stunned, and they all thought: "This kid's firepower is a bit fierce. If he catches someone, if he is in a hurry and writes a poem tailored for him, he will become famous. Hua Shijun's lessons from the past are not good. far away!"

If Yu Ran was really frustrated by Xiao Qinzhi, then this song "Swordsman" would follow Yu Ran all his life. Therefore, Xiao Qinzhi left everyone with a sharp image of a young man with high spirits and sharp edges.

I don't want to, someone came out to step on Yu Ran again. It was Xi Chao. I don't know when he came to Jiankang. Everyone knew that Yu Shi and Huan Wen were deadly enemies. Chao represents Huan Wen, and it is reasonable to step on it.

"Isn't the Yu family worth a poem?"

Wang Tanzhi targeted Yu Ran, mocking him for not being able to write a poem in response, and Xi Chao was even more ruthless, directly satirizing the entire Yu family for not being able to write a decent poem in response.

An angry Yu Ran yelled, "Xi Guest, you don't obey your father's orders, you don't keep your filial piety, you lose your conscience, everyone gets to punish him."

There is a reason for this statement. Xi Yin is extremely filial, loyal to the Jin family, and hates Huan Wen and other people who intend to rebel. Xi Chao is the number one counselor under Huan Wen's tent. The father and son are very different, and they are completely different.

Xi Yin is confused and cowardly, while Xi Chao is shrewd and strong; Xi Yin believes in the way of heavenly teachers, but Xi Chao believes in Buddhism;

Xi Chao is notorious for being good at money. He is stingy and plunders the people's wealth. There are tens of millions of money in the family. , Juniors must stand and speak.

On this day, Xi Chao stood for a long time, chatting with his father all the time, the topic finally turned to money, faintly revealing that he was short of money. Xi Chao was stingy with others, but he did not hesitate to have money with his own son.

Xi Yin knew that Xi Chao was short of money, so he ordered the money bank to be opened for one day and let Xi Chao use it.

Xi Yin thought to himself, no matter how much a person can spend, how much money can he spend in just one day, just a few million. Then one day later, when he came to the money bank, he found that there was not much money left, as if it had been robbed.

The huge sum of tens of millions was spent by Xi Chao in one day, and distributed to relatives, friends and people in need, saving character for Xi Min, following the example of Feng Xuan buying character for Meng Changjun in the Warring States Period.

Yu Ran scolded Xi Chao, but Xi Chao replied lightly: "Wang Wendu is right, the Yu family is not as good as a child."

Wang Wendu replied: "Guest Xi is knowledgeable!"

Yu Ran was about to be driven crazy by these two people.

The chatter before the start of the "banquet" intensified, and many celebrities all appeared on the stage, pulling the expectations of this "banquet" to the fullest. Unfortunately, Xie Wan was not there, otherwise it would be better. After all, Xie Wan is a veritable "king of guns". Anyone dares to scold, and no one looks down on him. It is an enhanced version of Yang Quanqi.

Xi Yin and his younger brother Xi Tan believe in the way of heavenly masters, and they like to obey talisman seals. Two, how can you be sycophant of Buddha."

Xie Wan not only dared to scold these people, but even his father-in-law Wang Shu dared to scold him. He once went to his father-in-law's house wearing a white turban and said: "I heard that my father-in-law is stupid, but I saw it today, he is indeed stupid."

Wang Shu didn't care about these things, he didn't care, but his brother-in-law Wang Tanzhi was angry, pointed at Xie Wan's nose and scolded: "You are new, so you are honest and rude." It means you are just a nouveau riche. Li, because at the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xie family's reputation was not obvious, and was looked down upon by the old nobles.

At the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the son of Zhuge Hui, the right servant of the Shangshu, married the daughter of Deng You, the former right servant of the Shangshu, and his eldest daughter was originally married to Yuhui, the son of Yu Liang. Pushe Jiangxi, his second daughter married the son of Yangchen, the governor of Xuzhou, and a younger daughter was waiting in his boudoir.

Xie Shang thought that he was also a minister, with the same status as Zhuge Hui, and wanted to be in-laws with Zhuge Hui, proposed marriage for Xie Wan, and asked Zhuge Hui to betroth his youngest daughter to Xie Wan.

But Zhuge Hui categorically refused, saying that the Xie family was inferior and unworthy.

Then the young and frivolous Xie Wan found out, and deliberately blocked Zhuge Hui in a crowded place, cursing: "Pufu Zhuge, don't you dare to underestimate me, you will definitely not be able to climb high in the future."

Like today, if Xie Wan was present in such a grand occasion, he would definitely make a big splash.

(End of this chapter)