Chapter 25: Pedantic

After the sky is clear and bright, it is the early morning scene of Shaoliang City once a day. The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has not yet left the Imperial Study Room, and the Imperial Kitchen who has the Imperial Dining Room has prepared breakfast. According to the rules of the palace, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is here. Before the dynasty, I ate a simple breakfast in the imperial dining room. It was just said that it was simple. In fact, there were as many as fifteen dishes. After eating breakfast, the emperor of Da Zhou had to change his clothes before going to the Chongde Hall. See civil and military officials.
According to the rule of the Great Zhou ancestor, during the breakfast time of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the civil and military officials had to stand and wait outside the Hall of Chongde, until the Emperor of the Great Zhou changed his clothes and the conference bell rang three times before entering the hall. During this period, if any minister could have breakfast with His Majesty the Emperor, it should be a rare thing, enough to demonstrate the position of the minister in His Majesty’s heart.
Therefore, the civil and military ministers waiting outside the Hall of Chongde most like to do every morning is to see who has the opportunity to have breakfast with His Majesty the Emperor. Judging from the past situation, Master Li Ji He is definitely the one who has the most frequent times. The head of the hundred officials has always been highly regarded by the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although he was only born in a poor family, he has already convinced the hundred officials after entering the main political affairs hall, although he is not an eternal name. But the four characters of virtuous minister and nengchen are still worthy.
Hundred officials gathered outside the Hall of Chongde, three of them stood together, whispering and talking to each other, only Li Ji, who was standing in front of the hundred officials, stood alone, with no one beside him.
The master chief had a plain expression. He neither looked at the Chongde Hall nor the Baiguan, but just stared down at his pair of boots.
In just a moment, after the crowd, a thin and thin trot to this point, came to Li Ji, and whispered: "Master Zaizhi, Your Majesty has a purpose..."
Baiguan did not hear clearly what the little was talking about, but the announcement at this moment was nothing more than having breakfast together. This matter fell to Li Ji. No one had any objections to this. Therefore Baiguan was very He quickly watched the master chief follow the little to the imperial dining room and disappeared from the sight of everyone.
Li Ji, who was only worthy of a sixtieth birthday this year, walked among the familiar palace walls and asked casually: "How is your majesty today?"
The little replied softly: "Return to Lord Zaizhi, your Majesty today is the same as in the past. When in the Imperial Study Room, the name of Lord Shangshu was the one who said the most."
Li Ji smiled clearly, and said calmly: "Old man Xin has worked hard for the country, but it is worthy of your Majesty to say a few more words."
Both the ruling and the opposition knew that the elder Zaizhi and Hubu Shangshuxin were old friends for many years, and it was common for Li Zaizhi to talk about the shangshu, so the little just grinned and didn't say anything.
When he came to the imperial dining room, the little took care of himself and left, leaving Li Ji alone.
In the imperial dining room, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty sat at the table, watching the pillar of the country enter the imperial dining room, and got up to greet him. Li Ji arched his hands and signaled not to dare. The emperor of the Great Zhou did not care and waited for Li Ji. After sitting down opposite, he asked, "Li Zaizhi, why do I let you eat with me today?"
Li Ji looked at the emperor's face that couldn't hide his joy. There was no reason why he didn't know, "It must be the frontier who won, which general is it?"
The emperor of Da Zhou smiled and said, "Li Zaizhi might as well guess the last one."
Li Ji told Rao: "The old minister can't guess, this kind of military affairs, really, it's hard for the old minister."
The emperor of Da Zhou waved his hand, unwilling to sell Guan Zi, "That's the boy Xie Ying. I only gave him five thousand pawns. This guy can defeat the 10,000 cavalry of the Southern Wei Dynasty. Xie Jiabaoshu is the four words used by others. It is an exaggeration, but now it seems that it should be right. You tell me, if I give Xie Ying tens of thousands of horses later, will anyone in the DPRK talk more?"
Li Ji joked, "Old man Xin?"
The emperor Da Zhou laughed and said: "Don't let the old guy take out the money, this guy can't find a reason."
Li Ji didn't answer, but took a sip from a bowl of white fungus soup, and said vaguely: "Your Majesty will not call the old ministers just for this purpose today?"
The emperor of the Great Zhou was silent for a long time before he spoke softly: "The Xie family in Yanshi City sent me a secret letter, saying that in our Great Zhou, two immortal masters were found, one is a scholar at the Hengyang Academy. I don’t think too much about this, but the other is a city boy who doesn’t look like a scholar. Of course, none of this is important. The only important thing is that this boy is most likely to be our fellow Zhou. And he is in Shaoliang City now."
In the imperial dining room, there was a sudden silence. Li Ji swallowed the last sip of white fungus soup in his mouth and looked at the emperor of Da Zhou. He always knew that the emperor always wanted Da Zhou to have the shelter of a monk. The expansion of territory is even stronger.
Li Ji tentatively said, "Since I am a young man, I must not have a high level of cultivation, right?"
The emperor Da Zhou laughed and said: "Since he is a young man who is qualified to set foot on the road of cultivators, what if his cultivation level is not high now? If he is willing to stay, I will naturally try to help him go further and further on this road. Yuan, of course, the premise of this matter is that he is willing to shelter Da Zhou, and he happens to be Zhou, two conditions, one is indispensable!"
Li Ji has been reading all his life, and he is not unfamiliar with governing the country, but it is difficult for him to pay attention to such a matter.
Looking at the emperor in front of him, Li Ji asked: "What will your majesty do?"
The Emperor Da Zhou smiled and said, "Naturally, I want to meet him in person to show the gift of Da Zhou."
Hearing these words, Li Ji frowned quickly. He shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's body of ten thousand gold, how can it be like this? If that young man has evil intentions, Da Zhou will be in danger!"
As the head of a hundred officials, Li Ji’s attitude was actually the attitude of a hundred officials. Although there were also many times when the hundred officials would have other voices, it is obvious that at this time, the attitude towards Da Zhou’s Regarding the matter of the emperor going out to meet a monk, the attitude of Baiguan would definitely be the same as that of Li Ji, at least not much different.
As a result, the head of Emperor Da Zhou really hurts a bit.
In the court hall, he was afraid of the householder Shangshu Xin Taikang who was holding the money bag tightly. He was afraid of the Anyang princess who was lawless all day in the palace, but in fact, he was most afraid of the top 100 officials, Da Zhou. Your master.
But with regard to this matter, the emperor of Da Zhou still wanted to try to see the boy. He whispered: "The news from Yanshi City, the boy Xie Ying had contacted him, and found that the boy was actually quite temperamental. If Xie Ying feels good temper, then he is really good. So why not worry too much about Li Zaizhi, besides, I have no grievances with him, and he does not need to take my life."
Li Ji was silent about this.
One ruler and one minister were silent and opposed.
After a while, the emperor of Da Zhou seemed to be a little angry. He patted the table and said angrily: "Why don't I find someone for Da Zhou who can keep Da Zhou in peace?"
Li Ji calmly said, "According to the elders' humble opinion, the peace of the Great Zhou Dynasty requires the lives of the soldiers of the three armies outside, and the ministers who govern the world to plan for the country. As for the other, it is not really important."
The Emperor Da Zhou retorted: "If there are other monks planning my Da Zhou, I can only watch Da Zhou!"
Li Ji shook his head and said, "This is the destiny. Why should your Majesty be worried?"
As soon as this sentence was said, the emperor of Da Zhou was furious, and the veins on his neck soared.
He stood up and yelled, "Panty!"
The emperor of the Great Zhou pointed to the nose of this great Zhou dictator and cursed: "I never believe in any destiny, I only believe in my courtiers, my soldiers, and the people of my Great Zhou!"
But even so, Li Ji still looked at the emperor of Zhou calmly, without speaking.