Song Gexing

Chapter 273 Who says an emperor can’t have friends?
Zhao Fang was immediately annoyed. He was about to take action when he was suddenly startled: "No! No matter how stupid Xiao Yan is, he will never talk back to the second sister-in-law, unless the second sister-in-law knows about your matter and she advises Xiao Yan not to listen, right?"

He guessed it, and sure enough, after hearing this, Yao Lin drooped his head and groaned, neither answering yes nor saying no.

Seeing this fool's appearance, Zhao Fang was very happy: "Second sister-in-law must have listened to my arrangement, right? You are so confused that you won't listen. Okay, you have to go. Then go back and wait. I let you go." Okay,"

"real!"

Yao Lin jumped up immediately, and was very lively and excited. Zhao Fang chased him away like a duck, and ran out with a smile.

He was happy, but Zhao Fang still had to argue with the cabinet, and then was so depressed that he was not in the mood to watch the lanterns on the Lantern Festival tonight.

"The official family has been bored all night, why don't we go to sister Ya'er's parents' house to sit there?"

Although Zhao Fang was unhappy tonight, he still took his wives and concubines out of the palace to watch the lanterns. The rules in the Northern Song Dynasty were not as strict as those in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the emperor and his concubines could still come out during the festival.

In addition to those with big bellies, Zhao Fang brought out more than twenty concubines tonight, plus a lot of maids in waiting.

After Zhao Pan'er gave birth to a child in the past few years, she didn't spend much time with him. It was rare to come out tonight. Seeing that he was not energetic, she saw that this place was not far from Chen's house, so she suggested going there to sit.

The beauty Chen Shuya entered the palace as a beautiful girl two years ago. Zhao Fang didn't know it at the time. It wasn't until one day that she learned that she was the daughter of Chen Bogu, the fifth son of Chen Yaozuo.

This made him embarrassed. This was the granddaughter of his old mentor. He quickly made her a beauty the next day.

After the concubines knew her identity, they also became close to her. Who didn't know that Zhao Fang had deep feelings for the teacher. Back then, he almost had a quarrel with his ministers because of his posthumous title.

Chen Shuya, who is well-educated and sensible, is not someone who relies on favors. She is especially close to Zhao Paner because they have a common hobby and like to appreciate calligraphy and painting.

Seeing that it was close to her parents' home, she just suggested going to her home. As expected, Chen Shuya's eyes lit up when she heard this. She had not been back to her parents' home since entering the palace.

Zhao Fang originally didn't want to go to the minister's house to harass him. At this time, every household was celebrating the festival, and it was difficult to say whether he was at home or not. Even if he was there, there were a lot of relatives and friends gathered together to recite poems and write poems.

But Zhao Pan'er's words reminded him of his mentor. He had taken special care of the Chen family over the years, but he never visited again.

When it was mentioned at this moment, I immediately remembered how kind Chen Yaozuo was to me back then. This old man was the first to stand up and voluntarily prevent his descendant Enyin from becoming an official.

The old man's ten sons are all serving as officials. This is not the grace of Zhao Fang, but the grace of their own imperial examinations and the grace of Zhao Zhen before he reformed.

Chen Bogu was born as a Jinshi and served as an official in Dali Temple. Originally, his rank as a Jinshi was not high, and he only held a moderate official position as a judge in Dali Temple throughout his life.

After Zhao Fang ascended the throne, he reformed the Nine Temples. The power of Dali Temple increased greatly, similar to the Supreme Court. Chen Bogu was promoted to the rank of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

As for Chen Yaozuo's most famous son, his second son Chen Qiugu is now the minister of punishment and has the honorary title of doctor Chaosan. If nothing else, he is the most ideal person to succeed Bao Zheng.

In fact, among the ten sons of Chen Yaozuo in history, except for the eldest son who was at home, the remaining nine sons were all officials, but the official positions were not big.

Chen Qiugu became famous because he was good friends with Mei Yaochen. Lao Mei was a close friend of Ouyang Xiu. He was a famous scholar among the Song Dynasty literati, so he naturally became famous as well.

Lu You once commented on the literati of the Northern Song Dynasty, which were composed of three people: Ouyang Xiu, Cai Xiang, and Mei Yaochen. Even Su Dongpo was not selected.

He said this not to belittle Su Shi, but to look at it from another perspective, because Mei Yaochen and Ouyang Xiu were the leaders of the poetry reform group in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they were also called Ou Mei.What we are talking about is their theoretical contribution to Song Dynasty poetry, not who wrote better poetry.

The only shortcoming of Lao Mei is that he was not born in the imperial examination, but entered the official position with the help of his uncle. However, he was definitely one of the literati who carried the throne in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was he who revised the New Book of Tang.

He was supposed to have died six years ago, but Zhao Fang's appearance also changed his fate. In the fifth year of Jiayou's reign, the Bianjing plague was prevalent, and he contracted the plague and died.

However, Zhao Fang received three plague prescriptions as early as the second year of Jiayou. After identification and promotion by the medical bureau, there was no plague in the Northern Song Dynasty.

As soon as they appear, they are immediately isolated and cured. Not only are fewer people infected, but most of them can be cured. Mei Yaochen has no chance of being infected, and naturally he will not die.

"Why are the officials here?"

"Eighth sister, that's not right! Beauty Chen..."

Chen Bogu's family is really at home. It's not that they didn't go out to go shopping for lanterns, but they came back early to entertain friends after watching the show.

At this time, the Chen family gathered seven or eight officials from Sichuan, as well as their family members in the backyard. Chen Bogu was shocked when he saw the emperor and his entourage appearing quietly.

He forgot to be polite and opened his mouth to say inappropriate words, but before he could finish his words, Zhao Fang raised his hand and interrupted: "Chen Qing, please don't disturb me. Why do we need honorifics in the family? Let's call you Eighth Sister."

Chen Shuya is the eighth among the sisters and is called elder brother by his family members. This is the practice of the Northern Song Dynasty. To this day, Zhao Fang, Zhao Zhen and Queen Mother Cao still call him eldest brother.

Chen Yaozuo was from Sichuan. This name did not exist in the Song Dynasty. It was also named after Zhao Fang established the province, but it only included Chongqing in later generations, and there is no such municipality anymore.

After the officials woke up, they hurriedly bowed to each other and offered to resign. They did not dare to disturb the Chen family anymore. Zhao Fang smiled and said: "There is no reason for you to leave when I come. We should just sit and chat together. Just treat me as a guest." .”

After saying this, he laughed: "No, I should be considered half the master. Back then, I was here every now and then. The scene when my teacher taught me to study is still vivid in my mind."

Chen Bogu came to his senses now and quickly asked Chen Shuya to take the concubines to the backyard, where he drank and chatted with Zhao Fang.

He also hinted that the servant should go to the market and go to the brothers and ask them to come and meet him.

Not to mention, Zhao Fang's originally depressed mood let go of it in a short while, and he chatted with everyone about poetry and prose with a smile.

But he can write articles, but he is really not good at writing poems. He talks and sees others doing very well on the spot, but he can't hold it in.

"No, Lao Gao will ask someone to call Da Su. I can't write poetry, but I have friends who are definitely better than you!"

Unconvinced, Zhao Fang began to look for foreign aid, and everyone let go now. After all, the ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty had always stayed away from the emperor.

Seeing his shameless behavior, Chen Bogu burst out laughing and said, "The way the official family looks now reminds me of how I looked like this when I was a child, every time I was dissatisfied with my father's teachings."

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(End of this chapter)