Happy Little Scholar

"Brother Cui and Brother Chen, why are you free to come here today?" A middle-aged man from the Chu family came out. He immediately raised his hands and said, "It's cold outside, come in quickly."

"It has been a long time since Mr. Chu left Beijing." Cui Qingze stepped forward and asked with a smile on his face: "Is Mr. Chu still well?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "The old man has always been strong."

Cui Qingze smiled and said: "Mr. Chu is seventy years old and his body is still so healthy. He is really a national treasure."

"You two little guys, it's not the New Year yet, why are you here so early?"

As soon as the two of them stepped into the door, an old voice came from the front.

An old man with white hair and a face like a withered pine, holding a book in his hand, looked up at the two of them and asked, "How is Chen Yin's health?"

"I have met Mr. Chu." Chen Chong stepped forward and bowed before saying, "My father is in good health, but he always forgets things. He has been recuperating at home for the past two years."

The old man shook his head and said: "He was weak when he was young, unlike Qin Wen and Shen Ke... Hey, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, what are you doing here today? "

After Cui Qingze saluted, he smiled and said, "It's not because I'm worried that after the first day of the new year, there will be too many people coming to Chu's house and they won't be able to see Mr. Chu. Therefore, I can only come here early to say hello."

"He is quite articulate." The old man glanced at him and said, "Sit down."

After the two sat down, the old man put down his book and asked again: "I heard that the imperial court is planning to build academies in various states and allow poor students to study for free?"

Cui Qingze was stunned, nodded and said, "That's what happened."

"When the late emperor was still here, I mentioned this matter many times, but it was postponed on the grounds that the treasury was tight. The treasury is tight. When has the treasury not been tight?" The old man glanced at the two people and said, "Let these People raise money, who came up with this idea this time, it is simply wonderful..."

Cui Qingze looked embarrassed, and felt very uncomfortable when he heard that. Today he came here just to say that the princess's governance was unethical. Unexpectedly, before he spoke, Mr. Chu praised the princess first, but he could only nod his head. : "This method was thought up by Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"It's that little girl." The old man nodded when he heard this, and said: "I have heard about what she has done in the past two years, which is very good... But it's a pity that she is a woman..."

Cui Qingze's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Yes, although Her Royal Highness the Princess has both political integrity and talent, she is still just a woman. In the future, this great cause will still fall on one of the princes..."

The old man shook his head and repeated again: "What a pity, what a pity..."

Cui Qingze suppressed the joy in his heart and said: "Now that your majesty is ill and the princess has talents, it is certainly a good thing to take charge of the affairs on your behalf, but in the end, there must be a suitable prince in Kyoto. Just in case, Mr. Chu , what do you think?”

The old man glanced at him and said: "Are you talking about the King of Shu? Don't think that because I am traveling abroad, you don't know the bastard things he does. The wise king, forcing the palace? Turning into a dragon when encountering a storm?"

"If I had been in Kyoto at that time, I would have smashed his head with this crutch and asked him who taught him all these messy things!" The old man picked up the crutch beside him, knocked on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, did you not Cutting off his head would be considered extremely merciful..."

Cui Qingze was speechless for a moment, and then said after a long time: "Mr. Chu doesn't know that His Highness was framed by others. He will definitely not do such a thing..."

"Okay, okay..." the old man waved his hand and said: "No matter what, he is your Majesty's eldest son, and he has the ancestral right. I only hope that he can reflect on himself in Shuzhou and don't make mistakes. If he can Even if you change your past and have wise ministers around you, you may not be unable to become a wise king..."

This was an obvious statement. Cui Qingze knew that although Duke Chu was angry with His Highness for the foolish things he had done, his position had not changed. He kept saying: "Your Highness is in Shuzhou, studying diligently every day and meditating on his own mistakes. Years have passed, and things are no longer what they used to be. I will definitely live up to Duke Chu’s expectations..."

He changed his voice and said: "It's just that your Majesty is seriously ill now, the government and the public are in chaos, and there are sycophants who are disrupting the government, and your Majesty has not summoned His Highness back to the capital for a long time..."

The old man did not wait for him to finish, waved his hand to interrupt him, and said: "The government and the public are in chaos? How do I feel that the court is a rare time of clarity in decades? As for the minister, several of His Majesty's actions during this year, We have eliminated many treacherous people in the court, so how can we talk about sycophants disrupting the government?"

"——"

Cui Qingze opened his mouth, but suddenly he didn't know what to say.

Chen Chong took a sip of tea, looking at his nose with his eyes, his nose at his heart, and quietly savored the fragrant tea of ​​Chu Mansion.

"Mr. Chu knows that a few days ago, there was a celestial warning of "Yinghuo Shouxin". Yinghuo Shouxin will be very detrimental to the king. It is a traitor and a traitor to the government. Li Yi, the Marquis of Chang'an County, is the only one favored by your Majesty..."

"Ying Huo Shou Xin..., Your Majesty, it seems that these four words are echoed in His Majesty's body." The old man nodded, then shook his head and said, "But Ying Huo Shou Xin is only detrimental to the emperor and does not mean to be a sycophant and disrupt the government, right?"

"But……"

"Could it be that Si Tianjian has come up with a new theory of star science?"

Cui Qingze: "——"

…

"Mr. Chu, I say goodbye..."

After a while, Cui Qingze and Chen Chong stood up, bowed to the old man surnamed Chu, and turned to leave.

Watching the two people leave, the middle-aged man turned to look at the old man and asked: "Father, why do you..."

The old man looked at him and said: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing. The Chu family's reputation has been clear for hundreds of years. It is extremely difficult to grow a tree, but it is extremely easy to destroy it. Please remember this..."

The middle-aged man leaned forward respectfully and said, "Children, please be taught."

"Li Yi..." the old man murmured, and then yawned, "I'm sleepy. If anything happens, I'll talk to you when you wake up..."

In front of Chu's house, Cui Qingze took a deep breath and finally calmed down.

Chen Chong shook his head and said: "The ending is already very good. At least Mr. Chu is willing to say that. At the critical moment, he will definitely speak for His Highness."

"It's not enough..." Cui Qingze took a long breath and murmured.

What he wants is not what Taifu Chu says, but what he does. If this Jingguo scholar is willing to stand clearly on their side, it will be equivalent to them gaining the support of the world's officials at the same time, and the effect will be How can it be compared with just one sentence?

As if thinking of something, Cui Qingze asked again: "Ying Huo Shouxin, do you really have no intention of treacherous officials and chaos in the government?"

Chen Chong thought for a moment and said, "Brother Cui, when you go back, you might as well read more books."

"Uncle Cui, Uncle Chen."

A voice came from the front. Cui Qingze turned his head and saw the person with a smile on his face and said, "It's Chu Ping. Why didn't you go around the house when you came back this time?"

Chu Ping said a little embarrassedly: "I plan to visit in two days..."

After saying hello to the two, Chu Ping entered the house, and Chen Chong and Cui Qingze got on the carriage.

Cui Qingze glanced at the Chu family and said, "I heard that Chu Ping often hangs out with the child from the Wei family recently?"

Chen Chong looked at him, his eyes moved slightly, and then he nodded slowly, "They have been walking a little closer recently."

Cui Qingze patted his robe and said with a smile: "It's better to be closer, it's better to be closer..."