A Thousand Hills

Chapter 163

Zhang Changshi was dissatisfied with his boss taking vacations from time to time, and was thinking of admonishing him, but the boss came over to discuss matters just after he had eaten.Only then did Zhang Changshi know that a huge job had fallen on his boss. Zhang Changshi rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Your Highness has finally changed his luck."

The fifth prince thought to himself that he didn't know that Zhang Changshi was still a superstitious person.The Fifth Prince carefully talked about the building of the library with Zhang Changshi. Zhang Changshi is a subordinate, not to mention that his job is to assist the vassal king, so he naturally knows how to add points to the vassal king.The fifth prince got this good job, and Zhang Changshi also came alive, and said, "Mr. Beiling should have a complete list of people who participated in the preparation of building the library. Here, there are both officials big and small in the Imperial Academy, as well as famous folks." His Highness must treat everyone equally and recount his achievements." Although Zhang Changshi is a little superstitious, but if there is a master, there must be a subordinate, and the five princes have always distinguished public and private, so Zhang Changshi is also an upright person.

"It's natural."

Zhang Changshi was very relieved of His Royal Highness's stern and selfless face, otherwise he would not have offended the people of the Banchao with a criminal case, and finally got such a small broken land.Zhang Changshi said with emotion, "I think His Majesty is well aware of His Highness's fairness, so he entrusted this mission to His Highness." Otherwise, this is actually a great opportunity to buy people's hearts with false merits.

The fifth prince said, "Don't say these things are useless. I will go to Mr. Beiling to present the reward tomorrow, and the next one will ask for the preparation list. You have worked hard these few days, and we will sort it out together."

"Yes!" Zhang Changshi responded emotionally.

Although Zhang Changshi has nothing to do with the preparations for the building of the library, he is quite proud as a civil servant when he thinks that he can participate in the final reward work of building the library.

Emperor Mu Yuan assigned this task to the Fifth Prince, and it was rare for the other princes to be slightly envious, but not jealous. The main reason was that they had just been entrusted, and everyone knew what kind of fief the Fifth Prince was assigned to. So, Emperor Mu Yuan took care of him. , the other prince didn't say anything.The fourth prince had a good relationship with the fifth prince, and he was glad for it, and privately said to his wife, "Father really has a fifth brother in his heart."

Hu said, "As the old saying goes, people's hearts can be seen over time. His Highness the Fifth Highness is doing his best for the court, and my father understands it in his heart."

The fifth prince is also full of energy, such a good job is not easy to fall into his hands.The fifth prince went to present the rewards during the day, and in the evening, the husband and wife went to the palace together to receive the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and when they returned home, they brought the concubines and children to enjoy the moon and eat melons and fruits.The Fifth Prince asked the children a question, pointing to the moon and saying, "Look at what the moon looks like?"

Da Lang is the eldest brother, so he naturally had to answer first. After thinking about it, he read two lines of poems, "I don't know the moon when I am young, and I call it a white jade plate."

The fifth prince was quite beautiful and nodded, "Not bad." My son can recite poems.

Erlang was a simple child, put down the mooncake in his hand, and said slowly, "Like a mooncake."

The fifth prince knew that Erlang was a glutton, so he didn't hit the child, saying, "It's appropriate."

San Lang had long wanted to speak, but as soon as Er Lang finished speaking, San Lang hurriedly said, "It's so round, like my sister's face."

The adults all laughed. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Fifth Prince was busy building the library, and often went to Mr. Beiling's place.At this age, with such life experience, Mr. Beiling is naturally a person worthy of respect.The fifth prince carried more or less of them when he was away, and when he returned home, he would chatter with Xie Moru, talking about Mr. Beiling's character, knowledge, and so on. How are you mentally?"

"It's very tough. The musicians prepared by the master are also famous in the imperial capital." The fifth prince's gossiping wife revealed, "None of the maids around the master have ever passed."

Xie Moru: ...

It was the first time for the fifth prince to see his daughter-in-law, who had no plans to spare, look dumb, and couldn't help but chuckle.Xie Moru said for a while, "Then I can rest assured."

"Don't worry at all, let's eat together, and see that the appetite of the husband is not smaller than mine."

Xie Moru said, "It's a pity that talented person Su is not in the imperial capital, otherwise, according to talented person Su's temperament, he should be able to agree with Mr. Beiling."

The fifth prince smiled, "Li Jiujiang is already Mr. Beiling's favorite student, but the master said that Jiujiang is strict with himself and not liberal enough. I think, when I have time tomorrow, I will take Dalang and the others to meet the gentleman."

"That's a good idea. Isn't Your Highness looking for a gentleman for Dalang and the others? Mr. Beiling is highly respected. Wouldn't it be good to invite Mr. Beiling to teach our children?"

"Mr. Beiling first came to the imperial capital in the past. At that time, our brothers were all studying. The emperor wanted to invite him into the palace to be the prince's tutor, but he was unwilling. Our son is no more than a prince. I am afraid that the husband is not happy. "The fifth prince said, "I was thinking that there are many talented people who come under the door first. If there is a suitable one, it would be good to invite you to become a gentleman in the mansion."

Xie Moru said, "This time, that time. In the past, Mr. Beiling didn't want to be the tutor of the prince, so why would he be willing to take charge of the building of the library. He is not the tutor of the prince, but he doesn't want to be involved in the royal family's battle again. The identity of our child I am no better than a prince, and because of this, Mister will not refuse. Your Highness, try it, and you will know if you don’t try it.” Wherever there is power, there are always fights, but the palace of a feudal prince is not the same as the royal family. A feudal prince’s mansion , the reputation of Mr. Beiling is extremely easy to escape.Furthermore, given his age, how many more years can he live? He may not be able to live until Dalang and the others grow up. This will be a pure mentoring relationship, how could Jiang Beiling refuse?

The fifth prince is naturally willing to find a good teacher for his sons, even the famous disciple of Jiangbeiling sect, the fifth prince is also very willing, not to mention Mr. Beiling, the fifth prince didn't even dare to think about it.Xie Moru said so, the fifth prince said, "Then I will try with the cheek." Failure is nothing more than a soft nail.Jiangbeiling's nails were touched by his grandfather, and so did his emperor's father, so it doesn't matter if he touches them.The fifth prince was a little unconfident, "Should I ask them to memorize more books?"

Xie Moru smiled, "By nature, Da Lang and the others are just in the rough, who wouldn't like them?"

The fifth prince was taken aback by his wife's overwhelming sense of confidence, and said, "Don't praise your child like that."

"This is the truth." Well-educated children, if they don't like it, it doesn't mean they don't like children, maybe they don't like adults.However, Xie Moru felt that Mr. Beiling would give them this face.

Of course, Mr. Beiling will give the fifth prince this face, not only because of his status as the fifth prince, but in fact, it is very difficult for a person to do something for a single reason. When a person does something, it must be formed by many reasons. Motivation to do this.

The same is true for Mr. Beiling. Let's talk about the fifth prince first, after all, he is the prince's respect. Then, this year's criminal case, the fifth prince is the presiding judge. The prince's evaluation has also reached a new height.Emperor Mu Yuan gave the task of building the library to the fifth prince not only because he was wronged by entrusting the fifth prince, but also because Emperor Mu Yuan knew this well.Therefore, the fifth prince was selected as the person to award Jiangbeiling.After all, the royal family was well aware of Jiangbeiling's rebellion.Emperor Mu Yuan wanted to use Jiangbei Ridge as a memorial archway, so he had to think more about it.Therefore, the fifth prince with the best wind evaluation in Qingliu was selected to present Jiangbeiling with a reward.In this way, not only the five princes were appeased by entrustment, but also by the five princes' reputation in Qingliu, Jiangbeiling would also cooperate with the imperial court's rewards, so as not to cause any unexpected situation to the old man and embarrass the royal family.Emperor Mu Yuan has been emperor for many years, and he knows that these guys are used to sweeping the face of the royal family to fulfill their reputation.

This is the consideration of Emperor Mu Yuan's imperial mind.

As for Jiang Beiling's perception of the fifth prince, an old guy in his seventies, who has experienced swords and wars, seen the decline and change of dynasties, swept the face of the new dynasty, and talked about dozens of years of articles. He is famous all over the world. When he was old, the imperial court had to build a memorial archway with the help of his reputation.Up to now, he still has the mind to train musicians, and the old guy has nothing he can't see through.The fifth prince's seriousness, humility, and down-to-earth gave Jiang Beiling a good impression.Especially as a prince, such a character is really rare.

Of course, the quality of the fifth prince is above average, not first-rate, but Jiang Beiling is still full of affection for the fifth prince. Without him, the fifth prince has self-knowledge. He knows that he is not a particularly smart person, so the fifth prince understands Listen to other people's opinions.

If you treat someone well, you can promise glory and wealth, which is enough to buy off ninety-nine percent of the people in this world.However, such a person is mostly dispensable.And for those who cannot be bought by the rich and the rich, how do you gain their favor?
In fact, it is very simple, just listen to them.

The fifth prince still doesn't quite understand the reason behind this, and he hasn't made such a conclusion, but he is already doing so.

The fifth prince took his sons to visit Mr. Beiling. Dalang and the others had already learned a little about the basics, understood the rules, and had a childlike innocence. Osmanthus had a discussion, and Da Lang said with a straight face, "This golden osmanthus smells so good."

Erlang said, "The flowers bloom so well, you can make sweet-scented osmanthus."

Saburo said, "Osmanthus candy and osmanthus wine can also be made, old man, do you like osmanthus candy?"

Mr. Beiling sighed, "I'm losing all my teeth, I dare not eat candy."

Erlang was very sympathetic, "It's so pitiful." He couldn't eat candy, what fun is there in life.Erlang said, "Don't be sad, let me tell you a story about the laurel tree."

Mr. Beiling smiled, "You can still tell the story of the laurel tree?"

"Yes." Erlang just started, "There are osmanthus trees on the moon, and there is a man named Wu Gang..." Erlang spoke slowly, so Sanlang interrupted, "Wu Gang cut down the osmanthus tree, it's over!"

Erlang rolled his eyes and Saburo said, "You are stealing my words again."

Saburo said, "You have told this story twenty times."

Erlang thought for a while, stretched out his fingers to count, and said seriously, "Not twenty times, seventeen times, this time No. 18 times, I haven't finished yet."

Saburo complained, "It makes people's ears grow calluses."

Erlang grabbed Saburo's ear and looked carefully, "No cocoons."

Don't look at San Lang's clever mouth, he was two months younger, and he was the pickiest eater among brothers, so Er Lang, who was not two months older than them, was born strong, Er Lang grabbed his ear again, San Lang didn't dare to move, so he said, "Let go, sir Cocoon is a way of saying it.

Erlang warned him earnestly, "Try to talk to me again, and I'll beat you up."

Saburo pouted, "Got it."

Mr. Beiling laughed out loud, and the fifth prince said awkwardly, "You guys are so naughty."

Saburo said quickly, "Old man, you obviously have teeth! You haven't lost all your teeth!"

Erlang didn't bother to pull Saburo's ears anymore, and together with Dalang looked at Mr. Beiling's mouth, Mr. Beiling bared his mouth, revealing a mouthful of "white teeth", and said with a smile, "It's fake, it's inlaid with ivory. "

The three of them felt very strange, and asked Mr. Beiling how to make his dentures. Mr. Beiling is indeed a great Confucian who knows how to make fake teeth. Saburo asked, "I think the ivory is very big, and it takes a long time to wear it to the old man." Mouth?" Mr. Beiling can answer this question.

Erlang asked, "Old man, have you ever eaten elephant meat?" Mr. Beiling really hadn't.

Dalang feels that ivory is really versatile. He has a small mat made of ivory, and there are ivory ornaments at home. It turns out that ivory can also be made into human teeth to fit in his mouth.

Mr. Beiling felt that the children of the Fifth Prince's family were educated very well, with a wide range of knowledge, and the children were also lively and energetic.After the fifth prince proposed to ask his sons to have a gentleman, Mr. Beiling thought for a while and said, "I'm old, I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill my duties as a teacher. My disciples have enough knowledge to teach your highnesses. It’s just that there is a slight lack of seniority. How about this, let the young highnesses come to me once every ten days, and let Jiujiang teach the little highnesses homework on my behalf for the rest of the time, his knowledge is also very good, what do you think, Your Highness?”

The fifth prince was overjoyed, and immediately called his sons to come over to learn from him. The little ones had already been taught etiquette, and they bowed in a dignified manner, calling them "Mr."The fifth prince said, "I haven't prepared the full ceremony today, tomorrow I will ask the Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day, and I will send down the invitation card, and then I will let Dalang and the others formally worship the teacher."

Mr. Beiling smiled, "Master and apprentice are not in the original position, so why should your Highness be rigid."

The fifth prince hurriedly said, "The teacher has a dignity, so he should be solemn."

Mr. Beiling said, "Your Highnesses are still childlike and know how to ask questions. It can be seen that His Highness and the princess teach well."

The fifth prince smiled, "I usually work in the yamen, and it is the princess who teaches them. My princess, I am not bragging, she is the most virtuous, but I can feel at ease about foreign affairs, thanks to the princess's ability to manage the family well, and my family is stable. Only then can you concentrate on political affairs." In fact, the fifth prince really wanted to praise his daughter-in-law for her foresight and sagacity, but these days, most of the compliments on women are virtuous.In particular, his daughter-in-law's background is quite taboo to many villains, so even in front of Mr. Beiling, the Fifth Prince is extremely careful.

Mr. Beiling just mentioned the princess, but he just wanted to know how the fifth prince felt about Xie Moru. The old man got the answer and said, "The name of the princess is heard by the old man."

The fifth prince returned to the mansion and first told his wife the great news.Xie Moru heard that he worshiped Jiang Beiling as his teacher, and he was very satisfied with Li Qiao's lectures on weekdays, Xie Moru smiled, "Mr. Beiling is worthy of the name of a great Confucian, His Highness asked Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day as soon as possible, and I will prepare the six rituals myself. "Although it seems perfunctory for Jiang Beiling to ask Li Qiao to teach, but the status has been determined, and if Jiang Beiling wants to increase investment, it will take some effort.

The Fifth Prince would not procrastinate, he smiled, "Zhang Changshi has been sent to Qin Tianjian."

Xie Moru said, "Your Highness, don't forget to tell Your Majesty."

"When I enter the palace tomorrow, I will talk to my father."

(End of this chapter)