Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 39 So You Are Here Too

Chapter 39 So You Are Here Too

Just a few days before Li Longji killed three sons in one day and shocked all classes in Chang'an, a report letter from Youzhou was sent to Li Longji's desk by a fast horse at the post station.

But the emperor had no time to care about trivial matters, and he was not willing to let foreign countries interfere with the "secret letters" sent individually by provincial governors and frontier officials.

He would rather go to Liyuan to listen to and compose more music than to be bothered by boring state affairs all day long, so he handed over the letter to Gao Lishi for processing.

The letter was written by Fang Youde, the investigation envoy of the Youzhou shogunate. In the letter, Fang Youde sued Linghu Chao, the magistrate of Yongqiu County, who had just taken office this year, and asked the court to dismiss him.

Fang Youde said in the letter: Although Linghu Chao became an official with kindness, he was not grateful for the court's kindness, and his behavior in private was disgraceful.

This is not groundless, but there is detailed evidence.

In the letter, Fang Youde explained Linghu Chao's "love affairs" in detail.

Linghu Chao has a staff member named Gao Shang, and the two are brothers and sisters, and they have a very close personal relationship.There is also a beautiful concubine in Linghu Chao's family, he and Gao Shang often play with this beautiful concubine, and the three of them have sex together very loosely, it is well known far and wide.

Later, that beautiful concubine gave birth to a daughter, but she didn't even know who her father was, so she regarded her as a noble girl, and Linghu Chao was her "foster father", which was absolutely absurd.

Such a misbehaving person, why should he be a magistrate, please ask the court to remove him.

That's how the letter was written, and that's all it was about.

Originally, Gao Lishi almost forgot about this trivial matter, but seeing Fang Chongyong today, Gao Lishi thought of his father Fang Youde's ridiculous informant letter.

This letter has long been "stayed in China and not sent", and was shelved by Gao Lishi, who didn't even bother to read it again.

You say that you are a Youzhou Observation and Disposal Envoy, and if you want to observe, you are also an official of Youzhou. Even if you say that the imperial court should remove Zhang Shougui, the Jiedu Envoy of Youzhou, it is a serious matter!
You can write a letter to sue, asking the court to dismiss a county magistrate of Henan Province. What does this mean?Could it be because Ni Fang Youde stayed too free in Youzhou?

Gao Lishi couldn't figure it out, Fang Youde, as the chief inspector placed by the imperial court in Youzhou, what did he do with the chores of Guanhe Road, and what was his motive?
Don't say it's cross-district management, even if Fang Youde is the observation and disposal envoy of Henan Road, Li Longji doesn't bother to take care of similar things, and Gao Lishi doesn't want to bother at all!
What is the silver party? Is this worth mentioning?
Gao Lishi felt that Fang Youde was totally ignorant and ridiculously naive.

When Fang Youde came back to report on his work, Gao Lishi felt that he must recommend it and let the saint open his eyes.

With some ridiculous thoughts in his mind, Gao Lishi came to Daming Palace.Before entering, there was a rumor from the palace people that Gao Lishi had to return to Xingqing Palace quickly, and the saint was waiting for his return in the office of Qinzhengwu over there.

Gao Lishi, who was sweating profusely, had to rush back to Xingqing Palace. When he saw Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was reading the memorial, with a slightly gloomy expression.

"Is the matter clear?"

Li Longji put down the memorial and asked calmly.

"Go back to the saint, check it out."

Gao Lishi started talking when he saw Fang Chongyong and others go to the post station, until the "Three Kings" were buried hastily with common people's rites not long ago.

After listening to the entire funeral process, Li Longji was slightly dazed.

He really wanted to clean up Fang Chongyong and his group in a proper way, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he couldn't find any faults!

The funerals of the three kings were all held in "civilian standards."After Li Ying and others were deposed, weren't they just civilians?

"Who planned this?"

Li Longji asked with a bad expression.

"Returning to the saint, he is a child, and he is also the son of an old minister in the hidden residence."

Gao Lishi laughed.

"The former minister of the hidden residence?"

Li Longji was taken aback for a moment, now the remaining group of old ministers in the hidden residence were only Chen Xuanli, Gao Lishi, and Fang Youde.

A few years ago, there was also a king Maozhong who was in charge of the military power of the imperial army.

But because the man was arrogant and violated Li Longji's taboo, he was finally demoted and given to death.

Wang Maozhong is not as indifferent to fame and wealth as Fang Youde, low-key and selfless, he is not as good at life as Gao Lishi, and he is not as good as Chen Xuanli who doesn't care about Li Longji's affairs at all.

A companion is like a tiger, under the survival of the fittest, someone will naturally be out.And there is only one result of being out, and that is death.

"Fang Youde's son, Fang Chongyong."

Gao Lishi said softly.

"That idiot?"

Li Longji was almost amused by Gao Lishi's words.

"Lishi is not allowed to lie to me, Fang Youde's only son, isn't that...you and I have seen it before. If he is successful, he would have entered the Imperial College long ago."

Li Longji waved his hand and said.

The Imperial College has existed since the Han Dynasty, and its names vary from dynasty to dynasty.

In the first year of Zhenguan, Datang changed the name of Guozixue to Guozijian, and established it as an independent educational administrative institution.

There is one Jijiu in the prison, who is the highest education administrator.There is one prime minister and one master book, who are responsible for specific matters such as students' academic performance and student status.There are six schools under Guozijian, namely Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Law, Calligraphy, and Mathematics. The teacher-student ratio is about [-]:[-].

During the Kaiyuan period, there were more than 2000 students, many of whom were foreigners who "studied" in Datang.

The entry threshold of the Imperial College is not low. Only those with normal intelligence and whose parents have reached a certain level of official position can be admitted after the interview by presenting a letter of recommendation written by an official with a certain level of official position in the family.

Fang Chongyong's father Fang Youde's official position must be fine, but at that time Fang Chongyong's IQ could not pass the interview of the Imperial College.

That's why Li Longji said this.

Back then, if Fang Chongyong had no problem with intelligence, he would be like an ordinary official's son, first go to the Imperial College to spend his time, and then see if he can take the imperial examination path.

Of course, in Fang Youde's capacity, Fang Chongyong will not have any difficulty in becoming an official in the future.

Some people who don't understand the "market" may think that the admission threshold of Guozijian is very low.But in fact, in addition to being a place to look at the background of status and status, Guozijian also left a way for some common people's children to study in a "supplementary" way.

In order to enter the Imperial College, these civilian children have to take the frenzied entrance examination!It's not that difficult.

Moreover, after entering, they have to study hard and meet various exams!

That's right, exams in the Imperial College are very frequent. In addition to entrance exams, promotion exams, and supervisory exams, there are ten-day exams and annual exams. Each type of exam has a different role.Different subjects have different examination content and methods.

Of course, the children of officials can not take the exam seriously, but the children of ordinary people can't, because this is one of the ladders for them to participate in the imperial examination.

Although the actual effect of the Imperial College was not very good, it actually reserved some talents for the imperial examination and objectively improved the overall educational level of the bureaucracy.

The mode and content of the exam are closely related to the imperial examination. It can be regarded as participating in the imperial examination mock examination training class in advance.

And all students have to take the imperial examination after completing their studies, just like the township tribute Jinshi, after obtaining their birth, they will pass the official examination and be released from office.

Li Longji actually wanted to send Fang Chongyong to the Imperial College to study. Now that Gao Lishi mentioned this, he remembered that this child must be a fool.

At least it used to be.

"Looking at it from a slave perspective, this person is not only not stupid, but also very wise, young and intelligent."

Gao Lishi said softly.

"That's surprising."

Li Longji murmured to himself.

"It's not uncommon for people who are dull at a young age to become talented when they grow up. How does the saint plan to deal with this?"

Gao Lishi asked for instructions very respectfully.

"What do you think?"

Li Longji nodded slightly and asked noncommittally.

"Return to the sage, stop this matter here, and don't bring it up again. If a courtier writes a letter, just press down the memorial, and there is no need to reply. After a while, this matter will fade away."

Gao Lishi bowed and said.

"Let's do it accordingly."

Li Longji sighed, he vaguely felt that this time he seemed to be "using too much force", but he couldn't save his face and make some remedies.

Seeing Li Longji's expression, Gao Lishi continued to suggest: "The heirs of Li Ying, Li Yao, and Li Ju can be adopted into the names of other princes. There is no need to mention the others, and there is no need to restore King Ying (Li Ying has not yet become the king). In front of the crown prince are the names of King Ying), King E, and King Guang.

However, while adopting, confinement is necessary. "

Gao Lishi's suggestion is very appropriate, there is no need to do anything to the descendants of the three kings, but to adopt them under the names of other princes and imprison them.

If you are not confined, what should you do if you lie dormant and want to take revenge all day long?
It has to be said that this kind of power tactics is really very mature, which can eliminate hidden dangers to the greatest extent and downplay the adverse political impact caused by "killing three sons in one day".

"According to this, how will Fang Chongyong deal with it?"

Li Longji nodded and continued to ask. He didn't want to think about what to do anymore. The matter of killing three sons in one day was a bit bad, which made him a little confused.At this time, he didn't want to do multiple-choice questions, let alone quizzes.

Only true-false questions are his cup of tea. Now Li Longji just wants others to give him ideas. He can just answer "yes" or "no".

"I heard that three scholars who participated in the imperial examination this year also followed Fang Zhongyong to coax and help. It is better to advance to the Ministry of Rites and not to admit these three people as a punishment."

Gao Lishi suggested in a low voice.

"Very good. As for the others, except for Fang Chongyong, they must be domestic slaves, so there is no need to punish them."

Li Longji waved his hand and laughed.

The dust of the times finally passed by Fang Dafu and Fang Laique's father and son dangerously, and did not crush them into meat under the mountain.

Ordinary people's jokes often end in laughter; noble people's jokes often end in death.The same words, said by different people, have completely different effects.

"As for the child Fang Chongyong, I can just bring him to Xingqing Palace and let the saint see him. It is up to him to decide how to deal with the saint.

If nothing happened, wouldn't his house be behind the Xingqing Palace, and he could go home as soon as he left the palace gate.If something happened, he would be detained in the palace to teach him a lesson. The saint should only discipline Fang Youde's disobedient heir, so why not? "

Gao Lishi saw Li Longji's mouth slightly raised, and he knew that the other party's mood had changed for the better.

"Don't be busy, let him squat in the prison of Dali Temple for three days first. After three days, bring this disobedient child to Xingqing Palace. I also want to see how this little bastard grows from being stupid and unteachable. Became gifted and intelligent."

Li Longji's mood improved, and he said to Gao Lishi: "I'm going to Liyuan to see how Aunt Gongsun teaches her ineffective disciples and grandchildren. Fang Chongyong's matter, you can figure it out. Let the people at Dali Temple take care of it a little bit." , don’t starve.”

Li Longji waved his hand and walked outside the Qinzhengwu main building. Gao Lishi felt that in the past few years, Li Longji spent more time in Liyuan than in Zichen Palace of Daming Palace.

Sure enough, now that the world is singing and dancing, Li Longji also wants to enjoy it.

Gao Lishi walked out of Xingqing Palace and saw that the sunset was about to set and the drums of the curfew were already beating.He let out a breath and thought to himself: This time he saved Fang Chongyong's life. Next time Fang Youde returns to Chang'an to report on his work, he will have to extort a lot of money from him.

……

In a small cell in Dali Temple Prison, Fang Chongyong looked at Yan Zhuang, who was almost unrecognizable, looking as if he was a concubine, and sighed with emotion: "So you are here too!"

"Look at Mr. Xiaolang's words. I've been expecting you and Mr. Zheng to get me out. It's fine if Mr. Zheng didn't come, but you came in too. What a good thing!"

Yan Zhuang lamented that Fang Chongyong's imprisonment dispelled the only extravagant hope in his heart.In his eyes, Zheng Shuqing, an old bureaucrat who talks about running trains, is not reliable at all.Still this little man can look forward to it.

Of course, he thought so yesterday, and he doesn't think so now.

"When you are in prison, you are just in prison. But when I am in prison, I am experiencing life."

Fang Chongyong didn't dislike the bad smell on Yan Zhuang's body, sat next to him, and said plausibly: "If XX guessed correctly, XX will leave here tonight, at most tomorrow morning."

"That's not possible, is it?"

Yan Zhuang asked suspiciously.He has read many books, how could he not know that Dali Temple is easy to enter but difficult to exit?

"Then wait and see."

Fang Chongyong hummed twice, ignored Yan Zhuang, and began to close his eyes to rest.

After a while, Yan Zhuang couldn't bear it any longer. He asked in a low voice with some uncertainty: "Why did Mr. Xiao Lang enter Dali Temple? You are still a child!"

"It's okay, the saint killed three sons in one day, and then I collected the bodies of the three princes and buried them. One of them was the former prince."

Fang Chongyong looked indifferent and spoke very calmly.

"Oh, so it was just to bury the prince..."

Yan Zhuang suddenly noticed something was wrong, looked at Fang Chongyong suddenly and asked: "What are you talking about, the saint kills three sons a day, and then you..."

"That's right. At that time, the corpse was hanging on the beam of the lobby of the East Station of the City, with its tongue sticking out. It looked scary."

Fang Chongyong continued to speak indifferently.

"Then you got caught?"

Yan Zhuang was about to cry, but looked at Fang Chongyong with a sad look on his face and asked.

"It's about the same. You should stay for one night and leave. It's not a big deal."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly.

"It's over, it's over, you might die before me, why are you so calm now!"

Yan Zhuang kept beating the ground in the prison, crying endlessly.The hope in his heart was completely shattered.

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