A Thousand Hills

Chapter 143

According to Zhao Lin's advice to the eldest prince, the eldest prince and concubine have to recite the Buddha's name.

Without him, Zhao Lin cured the Eldest Prince's dizziness all the time.This is what Zhao Lin said to the eldest prince, and the first sentence he opened was, "Your Highness is a straightforward person." The translation means that he is rather careless.

The eldest prince listened attentively but did not understand what Zhao Lin was saying, so he continued to listen attentively.Zhao Lin continued, "Your Highness has read "Spring and Autumn", and the opening chapter of "Spring and Autumn" is "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan", and the reasoning and means are all in it."

Emperor Mu Yuan always attached great importance to his son's education. Although the eldest prince often felt dizzy intermittently, he actually read well. "Spring and Autumn" is naturally familiar, but it is obviously far less flexible than this Zhao Zhuangyuan.Zhao Zhuangyuan understood it so well, the eldest prince said, "What Shi Yu means is, tell me to hold the second child more." Zhao Lin, the name is Shi Yu.

Zhao Lin smiled and nodded, "It is said in the Tao Te Ching that if you want to get rid of something, you must hold it; if you want to take it away, you must give it; if you want to destroy it, you must first learn it. They are all the same."

The first prince was dissatisfied with the fact that the second prince was the crown prince. At this moment, Zhao Lin asked him to praise the second prince. The first prince felt a tizzy in his heart, and gritted his teeth, "It's just that this breath is hard to swallow."

Zhao Lin said with a sneer, "Even if Zheng Bo swallowed this breath, His Highness is no more than a prince, so he finds it hard to swallow. If His Highness has such a temperament, I will not dare to disturb His Highness again in the future."

To say that any job needs to pay attention to strategy, such as a position such as a counselor, it is definitely a good position that can only be done by putting on airs.It's not that the counselors are willing to pretend to be X. If they don't pretend to be X, the employer will easily be cheap and won't listen to you.Zhao Lin's face turned cold, and he made a gesture to get up, but the First Prince stopped him quickly, "Since the day I asked Mr. Wei for advice, I have said that Mr. Wei obeys what he says."

Zhao Lin is well versed in the method of slapping a sweet date, his tone eased, he sat back in the chair, and said in a deep and harsh voice, "Your Highness, all those who achieve great things are those who are kind, forbearing and forbearing. Your Highness wants to achieve great things, you must Let His Majesty see the benefits of His Highness. As a parent, His Majesty cherishes several His Highnesses very much on weekdays. His Highness mistakenly provoked His Highness as a villain and said something wrong with His Highness. How angry His Majesty is, has His Highness forgotten? Is it? Your Majesty's first priority is that several His Highnesses must be brothers and sisters, and the rest are other things."

The eldest prince said, "It's not difficult for me to be more respectful to the second child, but just being respectful can..." Can the second child be removed from the position of prince and let him do it himself?

"Your Highness should not only show respect to the prince, but also serve His Majesty with filial piety, care for the other princes and princesses, and behave like a big brother. In this way, the superior serves His Majesty, the subordinates make friends with all the officials, and the middle ones make good friends with the prince and princess. As for the East Palace, what happened to Su in Qin Dynasty, Prince Wei in Hanwu Dynasty, Yang Yong, the eldest son of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, Li Chengqian in Tang Taizong's time, how did Tang Taizong himself get the throne?" Zhao Lin sneered softly. , mockingly said, "What about setting up a heir, setting up a leader, and setting up a virtuous person? They are all deceptive lies! The throne has always been occupied by those who are capable."

The eldest prince's heart beat like a drum, his face turned pale, his ears were hot, and those who didn't know thought it was some kind of illness.Seeing how many princes in history ended in disastrous circumstances, the eldest prince suddenly became more confident, and said, "I've written down what you said, sir."

Zhao Lin said, "Your Highness is straightforward, and I know that it is hard for His Highness to be so forbearing, but Your Highness just think about it, if the throne is really easy to get, it is not the throne."

Zhao Lin's mind changed the eldest prince's mind, even the fifth prince said at home, "Recently, for some reason, elder brother has been very kind to the prince and us."

"How do you say that?"

"You also know that the eldest brother has never been very convinced by the prince, but when we talked in front of the imperial court, the eldest brother would agree with and praise the prince. In the palace, the mother concubine also said that Zhao Guifei sent someone to send some blood swallows to the mother concubine to make up for her body. Although the mother concubine does not lack this, it is not common for Zhao Guifei to send people something."

Xie Moru thought for a while, and smiled, "This is Your Highness's clarity. As the eldest son of the emperor, even if he is not destined for the throne, he belongs to the brothers and is still above the crown prince. Your Majesty does not treat His Highnesses with special love. The former First Prince In that case, as long as it is not too much, His Majesty will not pursue it. This is His Majesty's kindness. But as time goes by, His Majesty's father will naturally forgive him. Think about the future? The successor is not his father but His brother, just for the sake of the future, His Highness should be gentle with the crown prince."

The fifth prince deeply agreed, and said, "It's everyone's blessing that elder brother understands." No one wants to have a stupid elder brother.

Xie Moru asked with a smile, "Does Your Highness still go to worship God now?"

"Bai, why don't you." The fifth prince said, "It's an old Taoist from Baiyun Temple in the outer city. Didn't you ask me to check last time? Why did the elder brother trust him so much?"

Xie Moru continued to ask, "Then what kind of god is the one His Highness invited home, Taoist Sanqing?"

The Fifth Prince said, "No, it's a fairy named Zi Gu."

Xie Moru has always been a calm person, but now he burst into laughter, and said with a smile, "The eldest prince is still such a funny person, I didn't know it before."

The fifth prince was puzzled and said, "What's so funny? There are a lot of people who believe in Buddhism in the imperial capital."

Xie Moru smiled for a while and said, "Zi Gu, Zi Gu. Does Your Highness know what kind of fairy Zi Gu is?"

"I don't believe this, how can I know about Zigu's matter. According to the elder brother, it is very effective." Although the fifth prince has inquired about his elder brother's beliefs, he is not sure about the origin of the gods his elder brother believes in. Knowing it, I heard her daughter-in-law say, "Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there are countless gods in this world. There are medicine gods who administer medicine, water gods who administer water, fire gods who administer fire, and rain gods who administer rain. Four seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter, are also in charge of their respective gods. Zigu also manages a lot of things, which is common to everyone. Your Highness guesses, what kind of god is Zigu in charge of?"

As the fifth prince said, he doesn't believe in gods and ghosts, and he doesn't know much about gods. His wife asked him to guess, and he said, "It's not the Kitchen God. Not a aunt."

"Zigu is the god of the toilet, and the folks also call her Zigu, Toilet Gu, Mao Gu, Keng Gu, and Keng San Girl." Xie Moru laughed again as he spoke.

The expression of the fifth prince didn't know what to do, the corners of the fifth prince's lips twitched again and again, and he sighed, "Did you think that elder brother lost his head in the latrine, what is he doing with a god in charge of the latrine and going home!? "It's still his elder brother who is constipated!
There was a hint of a smile on Xie Moru's lips, "The eldest prince has his own plans. Although Zigu is the god of toilets, there are many Taoists who believe in Zigu for divination."

The fifth prince sighed, "I really don't know what the eldest brother is thinking, why not believe in the Stove Prince." This is at least about food.

Xie Moru said, "No matter what the Eldest Prince believes, if you can make Eldest Brother believe so much and welcome you into the house, I think this Taoist must have some special skills."

The young couple talked about the belief of the eldest prince. After eating crabs and passing the Double Ninth Festival, Emperor Mu Yuan will live a long life. Fortunately, Emperor Mu Yuan was always frugal, so the ostentation was controlled within a certain range of luxury.

Xie Moru and the fifth prince presented a very painful birthday gift, and after going out early and returning late every day for five days, they had to rest for a while.The Fifth Prince said privately to Xie Moru, "It's more tiring than being on an errand in the previous court." In fact, such occasions are usually a good time for socializing, but the Fifth Prince is not that smooth-faced person, so he feels that he is joking with others all day long. Might as well be working as an errand.

Xie Moru smiled, "There are only five days in a year."

The fifth prince hurriedly said, "My birthday party will not be held this year."

Even if the birthday banquet in the prince's mansion is not a big one, those who should give gifts have to be given. Xie Moru didn't have any objection, and said, "I'm afraid you won't be free if you want to do a big one. I guess I have to hand over the errands for the imperial palace. for you."

The fifth prince also knew it in his heart, since he had done the budget work in advance, it was also his business to fix it.The Fifth Prince said, "The Yulinyuan Palace is not as complete as the Tangquan Palace. What's more, the Yulinyuan Palace is huge. Now it's cold, so you have to understand if you want to repair it."

Xie Moru said, "The Royal Forest Garden was used by the previous dynasty to avoid the summer heat. If it is built next year, don't miss your Majesty's summer escape."

Xie Moru's words were true. After the Wanshou Festival, Emperor Mu Yuan summoned his fifth son to talk about building the Yulinyuan Palace. After being reminded by his wife, the fifth prince already knew it well, and said, "The sky is getting worse now. It's cold, I'm afraid it will be frosty and frosty if it can't be repaired for a month. It's better to repair it in spring next year. Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and the craftsmen will work quickly. My son thought about it and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare materials in advance to introduce time materials. Everything is complete, and it will be ready in a month or two, and it is summer, and the palace is excellent whether it is summer vacation or hunting."

Emperor Mu Yuan thought about it, this matter is not urgent at all, and Emperor Mu Yuan had limited use of the Yulinyuan Palace in the past, but this time the overhaul was also intended to be used for summer escape, and after hearing from the fifth son that there would be no delay in avoiding the summer heat, he said, "That's also good, You arrange for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare the materials first."

The father and son were talking, the fourth prince came to report the matter, and he greeted the fifth prince first, but Emperor Mu Yuan didn't order the fifth prince to step down, so the fifth prince listened.It’s not anything else, the Imperial Academy reported that the Xinke Hanlin had some poor families, and the imperial court actually had a batch of low-rent houses for officials from poor families. The rent was very low, and it was just a symbolic charge. However, the supply of low-rent housing is in short supply, and Xin Hanlin, who is poor and has no place to live, cannot apply for low-rent housing, so the Hanlin Zhangyuan reported it.

This matter is naturally a matter of the Ministry of Industry, and the fourth prince came here to talk about it. The fourth prince has been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time, and he has done his homework in advance. Rent, a small courtyard with more than a dozen houses costs seven or eight taels of silver a month, and some remote places cost two or three taels of silver. If the family is poor and is an official in the imperial capital, one person can make do. Those who moved to the imperial capital, and it was the time when the official position was insignificant, it was indeed difficult to count food and drink. It is not difficult to build houses, but there is no idle space in the city."

The fourth prince was ready to come, and Emperor Mu Yuan also had a large map of the imperial capital here, and the servants brought it up, and the fifth prince, who was in front of him, also leaned over to look at it.In the imperial capital, every inch of land is expensive, with more and more houses and less and less idle land.The fourth prince pointed to an idle tunnel in the outer city, "If you want to build a house again, you have to go to the edge of the city to find a land boundary. There used to be a Baiyun temple with more than a dozen families in this place. Although it is a bit out of the way, the surrounding area is quiet It is also good to supply these people with money at the market price and let them find another place to settle.”

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Also." To the fourth prince, "Make a budget first."

The fifth prince also reminded the fourth prince in private that the eldest prince is a veteran of Baiyun Temple, so he should be polite when asking the fourth prince to carry out demolition.As for the fact that the first prince got a latrine goddess to enter the mansion, the fifth prince didn't talk much about it.

Knowing the feelings of the fifth prince, the fourth prince agreed, "Allow another place for the old Taoist to live in. There is no way around it. Don't look at the place that the Ministry of Industry has worked so hard to build. When those officials came in again You have to pick and choose and say the place is remote."

The fifth prince took out what his daughter-in-law had said and changed it a little, "This is just a place of expediency. Who wants to live forever? Those who pick three or four are worthless. If there are promising ones, stay for three or five years." You can also set up a small courtyard by yourself, why bother to take advantage of it."

The fourth prince smiled, "Fifth brother is very right. If someone picks fat and thin, I will teach them this." His project of demolishing and flattening the land is not small. To remove some Taoist residents, it is necessary to start the work seriously. It will be spring next year. "

The two brothers chatted some gossips on the way, and each had their own errands, and they dispersed after leaving the palace.

Xie Moru entertained Jiang Xingyun at home. Jiang Xingyun was going to Nan'an Prefecture, so he came here to bid farewell. Jiang Xingyun said, "The affairs of the imperial capital have been arranged. That year, I was appointed Mrs. An, but I couldn't make it due to the entanglement of ordinary affairs. Now I just go to Look, I heard that the climate in Nan'an Prefecture is warm, and winter is especially comfortable."

Xie Moru smiled, "Then go, and you will live up to this life if you have time to look around. You tell shopkeeper Chen that if he can't make a decision on something, let him come to the palace to find me. It's just that you are traveling so far. Do you want to send some guards to you?"

Jiang Xingyun smiled, "No need, there is Master Ji accompanying him, and there are also well-trained guards in my mansion."

Xie Moru didn't ask any more questions, but ordered someone to prepare some things for the road and for Su Buyu, and then asked the fifth prince to write a letter, stamped with the seal of the fifth prince, and gave it to Jiang Xingyun, Jiang Xingyun Going south soon.

The fifth prince also said, "Miss Jiang and Mrs. An are really good friends."

Xie Moru smiled, "Yeah, the white hair is as new as it was before, and this person is going to hit it off, and he doesn't care about his status, age and experience."

The fifth prince said again, "Father is going to move Tangquan Palace, we should also prepare to go to Tangquan Zhuangzi." Ever since Tangquan Palace was repaired, Emperor Mu Yuan spent the winter in Tangquan Palace.

Xie Moru said, "Tangquan Zhuangzi is warm, although it is not easy for pregnant women to soak in warm soup, after all, it is warmed by the earth, and living is more comfortable than in the city. Their delivery day is approaching, if I let them stay in the mansion, I don't feel relieved, no Take them together, and even the midwife."

Xie Moru has always been in charge of the affairs of the mansion, the fifth prince has nothing to do, said, "This is fine, the road out of the city is easy to walk, and the car is not bumpy. Although it is a bit troublesome, just take it with you."

The side concubines of the Fifth Prince's Mansion hadn't given birth yet, but Emperor Mu Yuan in the palace had a son first, and a Yumei woman gave birth to nine princes for his emperor's father.Emperor Mu Yuan was very happy, and promoted the fourth-rank Yu Meiren to the third-rank Yu Jieyu that day.Therefore, the time of moving to the palace was pushed back a few days, and the Ninth Prince had to go to Tangquan Palace after three rites of baptism.

When the Fifth Prince's Mansion followed in the footsteps of Emperor Mu Yuan and moved to the palace, there was a man sneaking around the mansion who was peeping, and was caught by the guards of the palace. Reporting himself to his family, he shouted, "Sun Haoxin, a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, greets His Highness."

There are still people in the world who give their children such names. Well, the fifth prince is on the errand of the Ministry of Rites. He remembered that Jinke Chunwei published the list, and there were indeed people with this name.The fifth prince raised his eyebrows and waved the guards to let go of Sun Hanlin. Sun Hanlin took out the tooth card proving his status as a concubine and handed it to the guards for inspection.It's not that the fifth prince can believe just anyone on the street calling him an official position, since he also needs to have an identity certificate.The guard presented the tooth card, and the fifth prince looked at it and asked, "What are you doing outside my mansion?"

Sun Hanlin put away the dental plaque and said, "I came to Miss Jiang and thanked her for saving my life."

The fifth prince looked Sun Hanlin up and down, because it was a holiday and Sun Hanlin was not wearing official robes, otherwise the guards of the palace would not have twisted him directly. At this time, Sun Hanlin was wearing a sky blue cotton jacket, and the material was not good , the workmanship is not good workmanship, except for the good-looking face, it is far inferior to Zhu Yan.Because Jiang Xingyun was close to his daughter-in-law, although the Fifth Prince secretly nicknamed Jiang Xingyun as the Hand-chopping Maniac in his heart, he actually treated his wife differently because of her face.The fifth prince saw that the young Hanlin was a bit timid, so he took a breath and said to him, "Miss Jiang is traveling abroad and is not in the imperial capital, so go back now. Since you are a newly recruited scholar, the examination is not easy. Don't think too much about being an official." Even Jiang Xingyun didn't like Zhu Yan's conditions.Although his eldest brother's head fainted intermittently, Jiang Xingyun, the eldest son and side concubine of the emperor, would rather become a monk, and the fifth prince could not see the slightest possibility of Sun Hanlin's success.

When Sun Hanlin heard that Miss Jiang was no longer in the imperial capital, he was extremely depressed, and asked the Fifth Prince in a low voice, "Does Your Highness know when Miss Jiang will come back?"

The Fifth Prince said, "I don't know."

Frustrated Sun Hanlin walked away dejectedly, and the carriages and horses of the female family members of the palace over there also drove out from the gate. The fifth prince naturally took the same car with Xie Moru. After talking about the little Sun Hanlin just now, Xie Moru said, "Sun Hao Xin, I remember that he is the 36th in the second list of this subject, and he is also young, 23 years old this year. There is also Shen Hanlin in his early twenties on the list, who is also in his twenties. They are the youngest Jinshi in this subject , especially the rankings are good, both entered the Hanlin Academy."

The Fifth Prince admired his daughter-in-law's memory, and said, "Daughter-in-law, why do you pay so much attention to young Jinshi? Do you want to give Miss Jiang a good look?"

"That's not true." Xie Moru said, "Jinshi enters the Imperial Academy in their twenties. If the life expectancy is generally calculated as 60 years old, it will be 40 years to be able to fight in the officialdom. Your Highness sees that most of the people in the cabinet are young people who have achieved their goals. If it’s not for someone else, if you are young, you will have no ambitions. If you can’t fight for the cabinet, you will have to return to your hometown first. For example, Chun Wei, although there is no age limit, but how useful is it for someone to be a Jinshi at eighty? I thought, let’s In the future, you will be a vassal, and you will be far away from the imperial capital, and if you are not on the emperor's side, it will be fine when your majesty is around, but you have to think about the long-term. Pay attention to these young Jinshi, at least you can't be blind in the future."

At this time, the fifth prince not only admired his wife's memory, but also admired his wife's IQ.The fifth prince said, "I will pay more attention to it in the future."

"Attention also depends on the character. If the character is not good, you don't need to pay attention to him. The big waves wash the sand, and the rest is gold." Xie Moru asked again, "It's very good, our family doesn't know Sun Yushi, he came here What's the matter?"

The fifth prince and Xie Moru said that they came to find Jiang Xingyun, and they also said something about saving lives.Xie Moru didn't say much, and said, "Xingyun is no longer in the imperial capital, he came here for nothing."

The fifth prince gossiped, "Miss Jiang is really lucky."

"It's a pity that there are no good talents to match."

The fifth prince thought to himself that even if he had a good talent, he had to be careful if he was afraid that the good talent would be paired with a hand-chopping madman.However, why do these people abuse themselves? Jiang Xingyun's methods are still catching up with each other, and they are all young talents. The fifth prince found that he had already begun to understand the hearts of talents.

The fifth prince finds it difficult to understand the preferences of talented people, but the first prince's other courtyard has ushered in a Taoist priest.The fifth prince described Baiyun Taoist as an ordinary person at his age.This is the view of the fifth prince.But in the eyes of the eldest prince, Taoist Baiyun is full of wisdom from head to toe, and his whole person is as if a god has descended.

The First Prince personally met Taoist Baiyun, and said, "The Immortal Elder is here, is there something wrong?"

Baiyun said a long way to the Buddha of Infinite Life, and Fang said, "It's an ordinary thing, and it's just Zigu's guidance. The karma should fall on His Highness, so I'm here."

The eldest prince hurriedly asked, "What fruit industry?"

Daoist Baiyun then said that his Taoist temple was about to be demolished by the imperial court. Daoist Baiyun said, "The old Taoist has always been wandering around and has nowhere to settle. Now he is here, and tomorrow is there. Where he lives depends on the fate of the sky. It's just a god Don't move lightly, last night Zigu entrusted the old Taoist with a dream, and she didn't want the Taoist temple to be lightly destroyed, so she directed the old Taoist to come to see His Highness." The translation means that he doesn't want the Taoist temple to be demolished by the imperial court, so he asks the eldest prince to think of a way.

The eldest prince laughed, "What am I supposed to do, it's just why the imperial court wants to demolish the Taoist temple of the Immortal Elder?"

The old Taoist replied, "It is said that the imperial court will build some houses for officials to rent."

The eldest prince understood, and said, "This matter should be the first and last of the fourth brother, I will tell him."

The old Taoist proclaimed his Taoist name again, "God Zigu did not make a mistake as expected, His Highness is the protector of Aunt Zi."

The first prince went to look for the fourth prince because of this. The fourth prince didn't pay much attention to the old Taoist, but the first prince came in person. The fourth prince said, "That Taoist temple is not big."

The eldest prince said, "To tell you the truth, fourth brother, he is really a very efficacious god. I wanted to donate some silver to him many times to expand the Taoist temple, but he never accepted. The fourth brother just took care of me and left the priest's dojo." Right. And with the protection of the gods, the fourth brother can build a house to keep him safe."

After all, the first prince is the elder brother, and speaking of this, the area is actually quite big, with only scattered Taoist temples and a dozen or so families, so the four princes want to demolish all of them so that they can build low-rent houses for officials.The eldest prince came forward to intercede in person, and the fourth prince also had to give the eldest prince this kind of affection. He said with a smile, "Since the eldest brother said so, the Taoist temple is fine. It's just that I want to build houses around me, and I'm afraid that the Taoist temple will not be quiet."

"Is the gods the same as us mortals? As long as the fourth brother doesn't tear down the god aunt's dojo." The eldest prince thanked the fourth prince again, and the fourth prince hurriedly said, "Big brother will ruin my younger brother like this."

The eldest prince won this favor, and told the fourth prince about Zigu's supernatural powers. He highly admired him and introduced Taoist Baiyun to the fourth prince before he left.

The eldest prince felt that Zigu's spirit was really not an ordinary efficacious. He had just persuaded the fourth prince to keep the building of Baiyun Temple. The eldest princess Cui was soon diagnosed to be pregnant by the imperial doctor.As a result, the First Prince believed in Zigu God more and more. Now, not only the First Prince believed in it, but also the First Prince and Concubine began to believe it, feeling that this Goddess did have some supernatural powers.

Now that the eldest prince has changed his style of conduct, he also politely asked the fifth prince if he would like to pay homage to Zi Gu as well, maybe it could solve Xie Moru's infertility problem.The fifth prince refused very politely, and said, "Daughter-in-law never believes in the art of the divine way."

The eldest prince said, "I didn't believe it at first, but seeing that your sister-in-law has not been pregnant for a few years since she gave birth to Er Niu, and worshiped Zigu God for a short time, there has been movement, which shows that Zigu God is indeed efficacious. If I won’t persuade others either. Fifth Brother, you are different, we are blood brothers, so think about it, even Daoist Baiyun is also a fairy leader with profound Taoism.”

When the fifth prince thought that Aunt Zi was a fairy in charge of the latrine, he felt a little troubled in his heart. If it was not good, he refuted the eldest prince's face. Since the matter was related to his heirs, he had to mention something to his wife when he returned to the other courtyard. Xie Moru immediately said, " Don't listen to the eldest prince's nonsense, sister-in-law is just a coincidence. It's just praying to gods and Buddha, there is a Guanyin who sends a child, and begging for a child from the god who manages the toilet, is this the right way?"

Fifth Prince:  …

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