Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 266 Li Hong and He Lan Minzhi (two in one)

Chen Qingsi did not meditate at home as Li Zhi said, but went to the East Palace to report early the next morning.

As the name suggests, the East Palace is located on the east side of the palace.

Chen Qingsi came to the East Palace under the guidance of the guards.

After revealing his identity, Chen Qingsi easily entered the East Palace with his identity as Prince Yu De.

Looking at the attendants who were receiving him, Chen Qingsi said: "Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I am new here, so I should pay my respects."

Prince Yude is not under the control of the Prince's Mansion, but he is still a subordinate official of the Prince in name.

The first time you visit, you must meet the rightful owner. Although the other person may not like me...

To put it bluntly, Prince Yu De was like the dean of what he did in the Imperial College, but he was a dean who was in charge of one person and could complain at any time and at any time.

Even Chen Qingsi herself, if she puts herself in his shoes, doesn't like people like herself and is already prepared to not be treated well.

The chamberlain who was in charge of leading the way said: "At this hour, the prince should have had breakfast and gone to the study for morning reading. Chen Yude will wait for a moment, and I will go to ask the prince to see if he will receive him."

Chen Qing nodded and said yes, then waited in a side hall.

When the chamberlain found Li Hong, Li Hong was going to the study with He Lan Minzhi for morning reading.

He Lan Minzhi is seventeen years old this year. He is not as young as the weak crown, but he is rich and handsome, with the air of a noble son, and his eyebrows are somewhat domineering.

Empress Wu had high hopes for He Lan Minzhi and was extremely fond of him. She recommended him as the prince's companion, studied with Li Hong, and enjoyed the same education as the prince.

Li Hong heard that Chen Qingsi came to report, but before he spoke, Helan Minzhi couldn't hold it in anymore and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Go, Prince, let's go to see Mr. Chen together..."

He Lanmin looked happy and pulled Li Hong towards the front hall.

Li Hong was only seven years old and was not as strong as He Lanmin. He was dragged away before he could speak.

Seeing this, the chamberlain was so anxious that he shouted: "Little Prince, Little Prince, slow down, slow down!"

Helan Minzhi ignored it and walked forward in stride.

Li Hong jogged and just managed to keep up. He said with a sullen face: "Brother Minzhi, we are late, sir will scold us."

He Lan Minzhi said: "Don't be afraid, people will scold me, but they won't scold you. So what if I can meet Mr. Chen earlier, so what if I get beaten and scolded?"

Li Hong said: "Okay, walk slower, I can't keep up."

He Lan Minzhi slowed down a little.

Li Hongdao: "Then when Mr. blame comes down, you can just say that I want to see Mr. Chen. In this way, Mr. Chen will not hit you, but at most he will reprimand me."

Helan Minzhi hummed softly and said: "You are a stubborn person who knows everything all day long. If the Queen's Auntie hadn't been with you, I wouldn't want to listen to his nonsense. I would have gone to the Imperial College to become my teacher to Mr. Chen."

Li Hong's thin brows knitted together. He wanted to speak for the teacher who taught him, but he ran along with him, his strength was a little weak, and he could only hold his words in his mouth.

It wasn't until they were approaching the side hall that the two of them stopped, each tidied up their clothes, and then walked into the side hall together from the side door.

Chen Qingsi thought she would have to wait for a while, so she closed her eyes and meditated on the mat. When she heard the sound of footsteps, she saw a young man leading a child walking side by side.

Chen Qingsi was a little amazed at the young man's appearance at first glance. He was so beautiful...

The eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth all match up perfectly. Her face is like a crown jewel, her eyes are as bright as stars, her lips are red and her teeth are white, and she is unparalleled in beauty. Apart from being a little girly, she is impeccable.

In later generations, the kind of little fresh meat that will make thousands of ignorant girls crazy will still be the kind.

Chen Qingsi withdrew his gaze and fell on the child.

The child is dressed luxuriously and has a cute little chubby face. The eyes under the eyebrows are clear and kind, giving people a very honest feeling.

He was deeply impressed by these eyes. The current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi, had similar eyes.

Kind and benevolent Confucianism...

Of course everything is just an appearance.

As far as Li Zhi's actions are concerned, he can't be compared to the words "kind, benevolent and Confucian".

To be able to appear in this place at this time, with his man beside him, there is no other choice except Li Hong.

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Chen Qingsi bowed slightly.

Li Hong said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, there is no need to be polite. My father told me yesterday that from now on, I will be my husband, and I must obey my teacher's teachings from now on."

He said with a respectful salute and said: "Please give me your advice in the future, sir."

Chen Qingsi was a little surprised. His position was not very pleasant, and he didn't know whether this little guy really didn't mind or was just pretending. This attitude made people feel good about him.

"I would like to work with His Majesty the Crown Prince!"

The two had just finished their greetings.

The handsome young man could not wait to salute and said: "I have met Mr. Chen late... The junior He Lan Minzhi is the companion of His Highness the Crown Prince... I love Mr.'s poems and essays the most. Today... I am lucky enough to... meet Mr. Chen today." , salute sir."

The handsome young man gave a big salute. Unexpectedly, he was a little embarrassed and seemed awkward when speaking. However, his expression was excited, his face was red, and he was even a little uneasy. He looked like a star-chasing boy who was excited and overwhelmed when he met his idol.

He Lanminzhi was born into a family of officials. He was not Han, but a descendant of the Xianbei people. Ancestor Helan Ne was the Minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, uncle of Emperor Taoba Gui of Daowu, great-grandfather He Lancheng was the governor of Lingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, grandfather He Lanfan was General Zuowuhou of the Sui Dynasty, governor of Changzhou, and Duke of Cheng'an, grandfather Helan Shiren, and Yinqing of the Tang Dynasty. Doctor Guanglu, Sanqi Changshi, Yingshan County Duke...

Helan Shiren was once ridiculed for being illiterate and incompetent. In anger, he forced his descendants to work hard, but due to limited talent, no one became successful.

The more this happened, the more inferior he became, and the more eager he was to be recognized by the world, until Helan Minzhi appeared.

Helan Minzhi was extremely talented and loved by the Helan family as a treasure. Because his father married Wu Shun, he was now married to the royal family.

Empress Wu also regarded Chen Qingsi as her own son, and became even more domineering and unruly in her behavior. However, she was amazed by Chen Qingsi's poems and admired her so much that she begged her mother to visit her many times.

Just because Chen Qingsi was the son-in-law of the Xiao family, Helan's mother Wu knew her sister Empress Wu's resentment towards the deposed queen Wang and the deposed concubine Xiao.

Now my whole family is counting on Empress Wu to lead their family to prosperity. Wherever they dare to follow, they have been suppressing her.

Until today, when Chen Qingsi came to the Prince's Mansion for duty, she got to meet her idol, and her excitement was uncontrollable.

It was him!

Chen Qingsi suddenly felt enlightened when she heard him introduce himself.

History books pay attention to conciseness and conciseness. Unless the owner is very distinctive, tragic, or unparalleledly handsome, there will be a paragraph of record. Helan Minzhi's appearance was continuously recorded in "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Old Tang Book". One said that "Minzhi is beautiful" and the other said that he was "young and beautiful".

With his appearance, he can put on women's clothes and pretend to be a woman without makeup, and he can still outperform most women in the world...

This is the type of person that God chases after him to feed him. Just thinking about Helan Minzhi’s actions in history, I can’t help but sigh to myself: He is also a poor person.

"No need to be polite!"

Chen Qingsi asked He Lan Minzhi to get up.

He was about to speak when he heard a call from outside the palace: "Your Highness, Guo Yu wants to see you."

The person's voice was loud and loud, and it was still deafening even outside the palace.

Li Hong suddenly grabbed He Lan Minzhi's clothes in a panic and said, "It's over, it's over, Mr. Guo is here."

He Lan Minzhi looked unruly, holding Li Hong's shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, I will take care of everything."

Li Hong said: "No, Mr. Guo is really good at beating Min's brother. I'll do it..."

He seemed to have mustered up the courage and said, "Mr. Guo, come in."

A Confucian scholar who was over fifty years old came angrily from outside the hall, holding a slender ruler in his hand, his beard and hair spread out.

He did not look at Chen Qingsi, but saluted and said hello to Li Hong.

After the etiquette was in place, he immediately glared at Helan Minzhi and roared: "Helan Minzhi, you are arrogant and unreasonable, just like a piece of rotten wood, I don't want to care about it. Now you are dragging His Royal Highness with you, you are lawless, don't teach me a lesson today How can you be worthy of His Majesty's trust? Take out your hand..."

He Lan Minzhi did not answer, but he also extended his hand, but his face was filled with disdain and ridicule.

Although he is young, he is full of unruly spirit.

Li Hong was anxious and said hurriedly: "Shut up."

The Confucian scholar named Guo Yu didn't care, he held up the ruler high and swung it hard at He Lan Minzhi's hand.

Helan Minzhi gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

Although I was deeply dissatisfied with this old guy, the feeling of the ruler hitting my hand was really painful.

But the expected severe pain did not reach the brain...

He Lan Minzhi secretly opened one eye and saw the slender ruler stopped in front of him. He grabbed Guo Yu's wrist with one hand and stopped the ruler from falling down.

Chen Qingsi came first at the critical moment and blocked the blow.

Guo Yu wanted to continue to fight with the ruler.

Chen Qingsi, without blushing or out of breath, forcibly lifted Guo Yu's arm.

Chen Qingsi said that he was also an archer in Zhe Chong Mansion, and his arms were quite strong, which was more than enough to deal with Confucian scholars who had no strength in their hands.

Chen Qingsi did not embarrass Guo Yu. After feeling the other party's powerlessness, she also withdrew her strength and bowed: "Sir, why should you be angry!"

Guo Yu's face was even more angry, and he shouted: "Who are you, and why do you stop me from punishing you?"

Chen Qingsi was so thoughtful. Just by his words, he knew that Guo Yu was coming for him. He was afraid that punishing Helan Minzhi in this way would be killing the chicken to show the monkey and giving him a disgrace.

I don’t know when I offended him.

Since Guo Yu came here in a short period of time, he must have gotten the news about Li Hong and He Lan Minzhi, so he found them accurately.

Moreover, Prince Li Hong was meeting with outsiders. If he didn't know his identity, how could he dare to be so anonymous?

Aren't you afraid that Li Hong is dealing with business?

Guo Yu knew who he was, but he still had such an attitude, full of hostility.

Chen Qingsi said calmly: "My lord, Chen Qingsi, the ruler in your hand is the first of my kind. Its meaning is measured punishment. The purpose is to remember lessons for students so that they can change their ways. It also has the meaning of warning, and it is not random." A device for corporally punishing students..."

Knowing that the person who came was not a good person, Chen Qingsi was not polite and directly accused him of teaching problems and inappropriate behavior.

Guo Yu was even more angry when he heard what he said about herself.

I am the master of the prince, the future master of the emperor, and a great scholar of the generation. You, a person who cannot memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, are actually dictating to me...

As Chen Qingsi discerned, Guo Yu was indeed dissatisfied with him.

Guo Yu loved reading since childhood and was obsessed with classics and history. He could not extricate himself. He was accepted as a student by Kong Yingda, a great scholar in the prosperous age. He gradually became a great scholar and was respected by everyone. However, he was not reused in his official career. It was not until the end of Zhenguan that he entered the Prince Ji's palace and became Taizong. The teacher of Li Shen, the emperor's tenth son, Prince Ji, had just started his official career. In the fifth year of Yonghui's reign, he compiled the book "Shutra Dharma", which made him famous and made him happy after all his hardships. In the first year of Xianqing, he was appointed Prince Xima, and was ordered to assist Master Xuanzang in translating Buddhist scriptures, reaching the pinnacle of his life.

Guo Yu studied hard as a young man, studied for twenty years, and lay dormant for twenty years. Finally, four years ago, he was able to watch the clouds open and see the moonlight, and became a recognized great Confucian.

And Chen Qingsi was in his early twenties. Just one year after he became a great scholar, he was boasted as the youngest great scholar with the help of his rudimentary "Three Character Classic" and a few poems.

As a newly promoted Confucian, Guo Yu only felt that it was a humiliation for him that Chen Qingsi became a Confucian after him.

It's just that the two sides are thousands of miles apart and can't get together, so Guo Yu doesn't bother to argue.

Later, because of his solid Confucian foundation, he became Li Hong's mentor and was responsible for teaching Confucian classics to Prince Li Hong.

Guo Yu loved Prince Li Hong very much.

Li Hongren was tolerant, humble and courteous, and respected his teachers. He was simply the perfect sage in Confucianism.

Guo Yu was determined to cultivate Li Hong into a true moral saint, and he worked diligently and meticulously to this end.

It was just He Lan Minzhi's companion reading that made Guo Yu very angry. He heard He Lan Minzhi praise Chen Qingsi in front of Li Hong more than once.

This made Guo Yu very indignant. Why should Chen Qingsi, a hypocritical Confucian who only knows how to follow the other side, be compared with him?

Can Chen Qingsi write down the Four Books and Five Classics, a subset of classics and history, word for word?

If you can't even do this, why should you be called a great Confucian?

What should the Holy Lord of the World do if he ruins his own future by talking such nonsense?

Therefore, Guo Yu was extremely dissatisfied with He Lan Minzhi and regarded him as dead wood. Just because of Queen Wu's relationship, he could not expel him from the East Palace and just ignored him.

Today, Guo Yu waited for Li Hong to come to school. After a while, when he was wondering, the chamberlain came to report that Li Hong and He Lanmin had gone to the front hall to see Chen Qingsi. Chen Qingsi was also promoted to the prince and was responsible for the prince's daily ethics.

In an instant, Guo Yu felt as if the treasure in his heart had been snatched away.

He is the prince's master, and only he can train Li Hong to become a saintly king comparable to or even better than Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.

Thinking about He Lan Minzhi's attitude towards Chen Qingsi, and the close relationship between Li Hong and He Lan Minzhi...

Guo Yu could no longer sit still and went straight to the front hall to let Chen Qingsi and the ignorant He Lan Minzhi know that he was Li Hong's enlightenment teacher. Whoever dared to teach the future sage king bad will fight him to the death.

(End of this chapter)