Volume 3 Chapter 15

Update time: June 6, 2012

in the Loess yard, there is a grape trellis. (")

there is a straw mat under the grape trellis.

An ordinary looking scholar in his thirties with a few sparse whiskers is sitting on the straw mat, looking at a volume of bamboo slips in the bright moonlight.

His clothes have been washed white, and many patches have been made. In the bowl beside him, there is a dried bun that has eaten most of it. There is only a water tank filled with clear water in the small courtyard made of loess, and there is a gourd ladle floating in it. Similarly, there are not many furniture in the two small houses made of loess, which shows the cold.

However, he sometimes fell into a trance, sometimes smiled, but he was very peaceful, and seemed to have no dissatisfaction with the current life.

With a creak, someone pushed open the simple wooden gate of the small courtyard.

But he was an old man in an ordinary linen robe, holding an old wooden staff.

The old man is short in stature. The cheekbones on the right half of his face seem to have been broken. Although they have grown well, they are slightly sunflower like scars, and his left leg is lame. Even with a wooden stick, he walks with a slight shaking.

Turning around, I saw the little old man with a broken mind pushed the door in. The poor scholar immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile. He saluted first, then helped the old man to sit down on the straw mat. At the same time, he said with a smile, "teacher, you can come later today."

The old man's appearance is very miserable, very pitiful, this life must have suffered a lot, but a pair of yellow eyes are full of Lotte's well-known sense of peace and unyielding pride. His eyes sweep around the yard, and he also smiled slightly, saying: "there are more things to deal with today, so it's a little late. You have finished all the homework I asked you to do yesterday "?"

"The students have finished it, just don't know if they can see it through or not, and there are some small problems for the teachers to solve." The poor scholar said with a peaceful smile. He is not very good-looking indeed. His complexion is slightly yellow, his eyes are not big enough, his eyebrows are not thick enough, and his face is a little too long. But his smile is extremely approachable and gentle, which makes people look comfortable.

The old man in linen, who put the old wooden stick in front of his knee, nodded and said, "tell me about it."

The poor scholar said, "generally speaking, among the Nine Emperors, nine elders and eight princes in the pattern of Yunqin in the past 50 years, the nine elders and eight secretaries were completely obedient to the powerful emperor of Yunqin. In fact, the nine elders, in addition to Zhou Shoufu, who controlled the zhongzhouwei and the experts in the Imperial City, were absolutely loyal to the emperor. They were left by the old emperor of Yunqin Apart from those who ensure that the throne is not disordered, the other eight elders themselves are used to supervise and guard against the emperor and qingluan college. The eight elders can sit behind the curtain, and there are all kinds of powerful strength hidden behind them. As for the eight divisions, they are the places where the nine elders play games with each other, put their hands in each other, find balance and choose feather lines. "

"Since ancient times, there have never been so many figures in an empire that can compete with the emperor in such a subtle way. So I admire the old emperor Yunqin, who was able to figure out such a layout At the same time, the wisdom and means of the nine elders and the eight chief executives must be terrible after decades of power and balance. I'm afraid that anyone has the ability to govern a country. So no matter how weak Yun Qin looks on the surface, it's just on the surface As long as this pattern is not broken, the opponent of Yunqin will always be himself, neither tangzang nor our Dashan are qualified. "

"From the performance of these years, the nine elders fought with each other, but they had a common 'enemy', Emperor Yun Qin, so they had different opinions at ordinary times, but they would work together to ensure that the pattern of the Senate would continue to exist, and they would definitely choose their successors. Over the years, the nine elders have been investigating the candidates to replace Huang, who is going to retire from the hospital. According to the track of promotion of the eighth division and local officials The last chance is for Wenjia and Lengjia. "

Hearing this very seriously, the old man in Ma Yi gave a slight jump on his brow and said, "why do you think the military department in the West has no chance to hear Cang Yue?"

"Although those elders are terrible, they will have some fixed track to follow when they do things because of mutual restraint. According to their habits, they usually want to arrange for the highest power center to enter the imperial city. They must first accumulate their military strength in the side army, then transfer them to the imperial city of Zhongzhou and be nurtured by them. Then they will go to the local army, and each province will manage the government affairs and do local officials for two or three years. Then they will be transferred back to the imperial city of Zhongzhou. But I heard that Cang Yue had been transferred to Zhengwu division and private commander Ma Dadi. According to the habits of the elders, he must go to the western province to be governor, make some achievements, and then transfer back to the imperial city. " Looking at the old man in sackcloth, the poor literati still modestly stated their own views: "but he was still sent to the biluobian army as general Wei Wuda. Although it is equal to the real power of the deputy chief secretary, he has no chance to enter the Senate. In my analysis, it is because he is too smart, too cruel and too happy. "

After a small meal, he looked at the old man in linen and added: "his character is somewhat the same as that of the present emperor Yunqin. If such a character goes further, even if the rest of the elders can hold it, they don't know how much more it will cost. The most important thing is He may have beheaded more than a thousand innocent herdsmen to exaggerate their military achievements, which is a matter that touches the bottom line of several of them. "

"You did a good job in your homework. Most of what you said is true." The old man in Ma Yi took a deep breath, slowly spit out, and looked at the poor literati with admonition: "but you still ignore a little bit. The biggest enemy of these nine elders and eight chiefs is not emperor Yunqin, but qingluan college. Because qingluan college is too powerful for the emperor and them, they will make extra efforts to support thunder college and Xianyi college in recent years, and want to replace qingluan college. It is because of this joint force that so many powerful people coexist in such a complex and incredible way, making the Empire extraordinarily powerful and terrifying. For Tang Zang and Da Mang, what they have to deal with is not a single force, but nine hidden currents that are hard to find. Moreover, it wasn't that old emperor Yun Qin was so powerful and wise that he couldn't imagine, but that there was president Zhang. Because only a person with the same prestige and force can make so many strong people willing to accept such an arrangement. "

The poor scholar pondered a little and said, "what the teacher said is that it's not hard to understand."

The old man nodded gently and asked, "now there is a news that Yan Shaoqing, Feng qianhan and ye Shaofeng are going to qingluan College from the Imperial City, headed by Yan Shaoqing. What do you think about this?"

The poor literati pondered again and quickly replied: "according to the teacher's just waking up, the students want to understand that the foundation of Yunqin college is still in qingluan college. In addition to Dean Zhang, the old people of qingluan college, as well as the large number of lecturers, are extremely terrifying forces. The most important thing is that the powerful and terrible threat of qingluan college has always been on the head of the emperor and the Senate, no matter whether the threat really exists or not, but it is the root that makes the highest authorities like Yunqin form a joint force. However, Emperor Yunqin was too young and ambitious. He felt that he should be able to control qingluan college and the Senate, so he led by Yan Shaoqing wanted qingluan college to show his absolute loyalty to him and Yunqin empire. However, it is impossible for the nine elders not to understand this truth, so the final result of this matter should be that they will let qingluan college make some concessions, force qingluan college to make some changes, weaken some strength, thunder college and Xianyi college do not lack excellent students And some lecturers of qingluan school want to change themselves. I think that some of them are finally president Zhang and the college, and some of them always believe that the interests of Yunqin are above the college, loyal to the emperor and the Empire. So in the end, I'm afraid that qingluan college will give up some of the most interesting pills and cultivation methods of the emperor and the Senate. "

The old man in Ma Yi, whose face is the same, is very approbated in his heart. Only through the data of his death can we draw such a conclusion. I'm afraid that his student's vision is no longer under him.

"What do you think the great mang Dynasty can do now?" He watched the poor clergyman continue to ask.

Looking at the old man in sackcloth, the poor literati said: "there are two visible opportunities for Da mang now. The first is to the west of Yun Qin. It's said that Cang Yue is too smart and ambitious. He is not willing to accept the fact that he failed. According to the means of the elders, the Qing Wang's heavy armor must have something to do with his Western army later, so he will be impatient. With his strength and character, he may make a big mistake if he is impatient. The purpose of those senators is just to make him lose the qualification to enter the Senate, but we can make him make more mistakes and make the gap between Yun and Qin collapse more. Another opportunity lies in qingluan college. The weaker qingluan college is, the better it will be for Dashan. The weaker qingluan college is, the more serious their differences will be. Emperor Yunqin must be in a critical situation in Yunqin as an excuse for the qingluan college, the nine elders themselves will cooperate If we push it hard, we will give emperor Yunqin more reasons. In any case, this year's harvest is good, and the situation has never been more stable. If the army of the dynasty moves, it will rotate to fight in small battles, and it can also improve the combat power of some of the army. "

"Very well." The old man nodded again and asked, "do you have any questions for me to solve?"

"I have been trying to study the temperament of the nine elders recently, asking the teachers. They have been sitting behind the curtain. Apart from giving people a sense of oppression of powerful power, do they also because they don't want each other to see their current situation?"

"Yes, but in addition to those two points you said, they may not want to see each other's faces, because they are like a mirror between them. If they see each other, they may think of some things they did not want to do, think of many unpleasant things, and make themselves uncomfortable."

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The old man in Ma Yi and the poor scholar talked for a long time. At the middle of the month, the old man in Ma Yi got up and left.

Through a dark alley, the old man in linen, supported by an old servant, got on the waiting carriage, left the streets of the poor people slowly, and walked towards the prosperous city with bright lights in the distance.

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