Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tang Ning didn't know whether King Kang was frustrated or wanted to give it a try.

Ever since he was demoted to the throne last year, he has become a completely different person. His emotions could be seen on his face before, but now he is able to remain calm no matter what happens. Showing other emotions, Tang Ning had verified this matter many times in court.

However, as long as he didn't cause trouble for Tang Ning, Tang Ning would have no time to care about his affairs. Although he was at home these days, he was not at all idle.

All the rumors about King Duan impeaching him fell into stone, and King Kang was almost restored to power. These things all showed that Marquis Dingguo's fall from grace was just a rumor, and His Majesty would even use King Kang to beat King Duan in order to refute the rumors.

In the past two days, there have been constant traffic and guests in front of the Tang Mansion.

Because of those rumors circulating in the past few days, officials in the capital did not dare to act rashly. Now that the rumors have been clarified, officials from all walks of life in the capital, except for the capital and Jiangnan, came to pay their respects.

Although Tang Ning only wanted to give an explanation to Emperor Chen about the proposal to reduce the number of candidates in Jiangnan and Gyeonggi and distribute it equally to the other provinces, the state capitals such as Guannai Road, Henan Road, and Hedong Road had actually accepted his favor, which was impossible. Pretending to know nothing.

Chen State is a country of etiquette, and everything must be done with the word etiquette.

It is very rude not to bring some gifts to the host when a guest comes to your home.

The imperial censor from Guannai Road had just put down the gift, and the Hanlin from Huainan Road came to the door with gifts. Of course, they were all visiting patients in name. Today's imperial court strictly prohibits officials from giving gifts, but it also allows visits to express condolences to these people. Human nature.

What's more, the gifts they brought were not very heavy. What was heavy was the human kindness.

"On behalf of the thousands of students in Guan Nei Dao, I would like to thank Lord Tang!"

"Master Tang, take good care of yourself. If there is a young lady in the court who dares to jump out and fabricate things out of thin air to impeach you, I will definitely give him a copy in front of His Majesty!"

"I'll take my leave first, Lord Tang. There's no need to send him far away..."

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Tangning stood at the door, waved to everyone, and said with a smile, "My lords, please go slowly..."

When everyone dispersed, a trace of suspicion appeared on his face, and he said in surprise: "It's normal for officials from other provinces to come and say thank you. Why are the officials from Gyeonggi and Jiangnan joining in the fun?"

Xiao Jue glanced at him and asked, "Are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know?"

Tangning asked in confusion: "What do I know?"

"Other officials came to express condolences, but they ignored you. Doesn't it mean that they have a prejudice against you?" Xiao Jue glanced at him and said, "Half of King Duan is sitting on the throne just because he impeached you. , look at what has happened to him now, who else dares to have a prejudice against you? "

Tangning found out about Prince Duan yesterday.

King Duan was left in the palace by Emperor Chen, and the fact that he was personally taught by the great scholar Zhang had been spread throughout the court.

The status of the royal family is respected, and the children of the royal family receive the best education since childhood. However, usually when the princes reach adulthood, they will move out of the palace and open their own palaces, and there is no need to study with the younger princes.

King Duan is the only exception in recent years.

Perhaps His Majesty felt that Academician Zhang had not taught him well before, and now he wanted to go back to the drawing board and try again to see if there was any possibility of saving him.

Xiao Jue shook his head and sighed, and said: "I don't know what evil Master Zhang did to take over this mess like King Duan. This is a sheep in the tiger's mouth. I'm afraid I won't be able to protect my future..."

"No need to worry about Grand Scholar Zhang." Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "Pick some of these supplements and bring them back to Lu Ya and General Xiao. I can't eat so much..."

Xiao Jue unceremoniously took a cart full of supplements back home. There was still a lot left at home. Tangning was not sick or injured and did not need these, so she gave some to the Fang family, the Ling family and other families...

Emperor Chen had settled the matter between him and Zhao Man. Tangning had just settled the quota for Jiangnan candidates, and before she had time to rest for a few days, Emperor Chen asked him to report to Shangshu Province as soon as possible.

The first thing that Chen Huang asked him was solved, but the second thing, streamlining taxation, was even more difficult.

Fortunately, although Chen Huang has a dark heart, he is not unreasonable.

Tax reform is a big project. It is not like allocating imperial examination quotas. Just write down a few numbers. Emperor Chen only wanted Tang Ning to promote it in the capital first, and gave him half a year.

These days, Guizhou is getting more and more chaotic. Tang Ning's thoughts are not here, but he has just returned to Beijing, so he can't abandon Xiao Ru Xiaoyi and the others again. Fortunately, Su Mei writes home every once in a while. She would write about her experiences in Guizhou to dispel Tangning's worries.

Just as he was about to think about how to solve the tax issue, a eunuch from the palace came to the Tang Mansion and summoned him into the palace...

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In Chongwen Hall, Zhao Yuan was holding an ancient book and shaking his head. King Duan, who was sitting opposite him, was looking straight ahead, wandering around.

As an adult prince, it was a shame for him to study here with Prince Herun. I don’t know how many officials and people in the capital laughed at him because of this.

He is the crown prince appointed by his father. What he wants to do is to point out the country in the court and dominate the situation, rather than sit here and recite the words of saints.

While King Duan was distracted, Academician Zhang had already walked down from above, looked at him, and said, "His Royal Highness, King Duan, do you think what I just said is right?"

King Duan came back to his senses, looked at him, and said with a smile: "What Master Zhang said is absolutely true. I have learned a lesson..."

Grand Scholar Zhang slapped the ruler in his hand on the table and said, "But I didn't say anything just now."

Prince Duan looked at him blankly, his lips moved, and he was about to say something, but Grand Scholar Zhang looked at him solemnly and said, "Your Majesty has entrusted His Highness Prince Duan to me for teaching, so I have an unshirkable responsibility for His Highness. Only by teaching His Highness well can I live up to Your Majesty's trust..."

"Okay, okay, I understand." Prince Duan waved his hand impatiently. He had never heard Grand Scholar Zhang's words when he was a child, let alone now. He was just pretending in front of his father before. Who would care about a sour scholar who can only talk?

Grand Scholar Zhang looked at him and said, "No rules, no foundation. Your Highness is taught by me, so you must abide by my rules. If you are distracted during class, you will be punished."

Prince Duan was stunned and asked, "What punishment?"

Zhao Yuan on the opposite side raised his head, stretched out his hand, and said, "Hitting the palm."

Grand Scholar Zhang picked up the ruler, looked at Prince Duan, and said, "Please stretch out your palm, Your Highness."

Prince Duan looked at him, frowned, and said, "Grand Scholar, please don't use these tricks to scare children in front of me..."

"There is no "this king" here, only my student Zhao Ming." Grand Scholar Zhang pulled his sleeve and said, "Please get up, Your Highness."

Prince Duan waved his hand and said impatiently, "Grand Scholar, don't go too far..."

Unexpectedly, when he waved his hand, Grand Scholar Zhang stepped back several steps, and his head accidentally hit the pillar in the hall, and blood immediately flowed.

Zhang Daxueshi held his head, pointed at him, and said, "You, you, you are disrespecting your teacher and destroying your ancestors, you are disrespecting your teacher and destroying your ancestors..."

"Sir, Sir..." Zhao Yuan dropped his book and ran over. Seeing that Zhang Daxueshi's forehead was bleeding, he looked at Prince Duan in reproach, ran out in a hurry, and shouted, "Come here, call the imperial physician, call the imperial physician!"

Inside the palace, Prince Duan sat there in a daze, muttering, "I really didn't use any strength..."