Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 14 The Immortal Touches My Top (This chapter is free)

Chapter 3 Immortal caresses me The next day, Zhao Xingde woke up with a splitting headache. He couldn't help but feel absurd, but also grateful. He was also a little envious of Chen Dong, Li Shishi. What about him? "The injustice, the injustice."

Today is a regular holiday of Taixue, but Zhao Xingde hastily washed up, the sky outside has already turned pale, so he hurried to attend a class with a senior elder who was in charge of his father, without thinking about morning exercises and breakfast, he had been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time .

The place where the lectures were held was the mansion of Li Gefei, a doctor of Taixue, and the lecturer was Chao Buzhi, one of the four scholars of the Sumen Academy, the Taishi Bureau of the Imperial Academy.

This Sumen is completely different from what Zhao Xingde knew in his previous life. More than a hundred years ago, Shu raised righteousness and expelled the Song army. Dynasty, but the rise and fall of Guozuo did not cover up the articles of Sumen in Shu at all. On the contrary, it became more radiant because of the relatively clear ruling tradition of Xia Dynasty.

Su Xun took Confucianism as his sect, compatible with Buddhism and Taoism, and absorbed the theories of various schools of thought, creating the Su school of thought.After the old Su, Su Shi and Su Che brothers continued to carry forward Su Xue, especially Su Shi's diction and knowledge are both outstanding. , Western Regions and Hezhong.

Because of its content, Su Xue was dismissed as Miscellaneous by Confucians such as Xin Xue, Shuo Xue, and Luo Xue in the Song Dynasty.However, among the scholars in the Great Song Dynasty, there were quite a few who admired Su Xue and went to study in Su Men, and Chao Buzhi was one of the best.

The title of Chao Buzhi's Sumen Four Scholars is not glamorous, he had indeed obtained the prestigious title of a bachelor from Xia Guo's Scholars' Office before returning to Song to serve his hometown.

During his studies in Su Men, Chao Buzhi traveled to most places in the Xia Kingdom, and had a deep understanding of the customs and systems of the Xia Kingdom. He is idle in the Hanlin Academy.But Zhao Xingde is eager to learn from Chao Buzhi about the world and the biggest variable in the history he knows, Xia Guo, all the situation.

Li Gefei's mansion is in Taipingfang, west of Bianliang City. Although the place is remote, but beyond Xishuimen, there are flower gardens stretching for hundreds of miles across the Jinshui River, and the flowers and trees are flourishing all year round.The house itself covers an area of ​​about [-] mu, with two quadrangle courtyards at the front and back, and a moderately sized courtyard at the back. Although there is no corridor and rockery, it is quite elegantly organized.

In addition to the famous peonies such as Yaohuangweizi, Zhushahong and Yubanbai, there are also seasonal vegetables such as chives, orchids, mint and purple gold melon.Several winding paths meander among the bushes in the flower garden. There is a pool of clear water in the garden. There are carps in the pool. There are about a hundred bamboos planted beside it, and there are several ginkgo and aesculus trees. , Jasmine, Michelle and other herbs.There is also a chicken coop to the west of the bamboo forest.

At this time, the imperial court's use of poetry and prose was the last skill, and the prefectural and county officials' schools and even the Guozijian banned the study of poetry and prose.The scholar-bureaucrats often invite famous teachers to teach their children at home.Li Gefei, Chao Buzhi and Zhao Tixin, the father of Zhao Xingde, all came from the former prime minister Han Qi's family, and were also listed as members of the Yuanyou Party.Chao Buzhi was a student of the great poet Su Shi, so Li Gefei invited Chao Buzhi to teach poetry and prose for his children at home, and also asked Zhao Xingde to come and listen to the lectures.

The teaching place was in a gazebo beside the pool. Chao Buzhi sat in the upper seat, followed by Zhao Xingde, Li Gefei's second daughter Li Ruoxue and third son Li Ruoxu.Li Ruobing, the eldest son of the Li family, is outstanding in both literature and martial arts. He was the top student in the etheric school and was released as Yuancheng Lieutenant. He was recently transferred to the post of Pingyang Mansion Secretary.

Li Ruoxue frequently asked Chao Buzhi for advice, obviously she had a unique experience in Ci Fu.Compared with her, Zhao Xingde's understanding of poetry and prose can only be said to be close to none.He didn't put much effort into poetry and prose, but last night he copied the poems of later generations of famous writers, and was dismissed as worthless by Shao Wu. Now, after listening to Chao Buzhi's lecture, he purposely cheered up and acted like a child can be taught.Li Gefei's third son, Li Ruoxu, is Li Gefei's third son who suffers from the same illness as Zhao Xingde. In front of his outstanding elder brother and sharp-edged sister, Li Ruoxu seems a bit timid, but gets closer to Zhao Xingde.

Chao Buzhi was dressed in a green robe with a round collar and long sleeves, and his face was quite vicissitudes.Because Zhao Xingde and Li's siblings are the children of old friends, they looked kindly and spoke softly, their eyes fell on Li Ruoxue, if they regretted it, it was because of the high talent of a girl, if they were born as men, their achievements would not be inferior to their elder brothers.

When his eyes fell on Zhao Xingde, it was more of admiration and encouragement.He has seen that Zhao Xingde's foundation in poetry and fu is weak, but this is also because the current imperial examination does not take poetry and fu, and scholars do not study hard.Moreover, the exile of the Yuanyou party members and the early death of Zhao Tixin made Zhao Xingde no chance to learn poetry and fu at all.Zhao Xingde has a tenacious attitude towards learning, which is similar to the situation of Chao Buzhi's poor family when he was a child. Chao Buzhi taught him as carefully as a son and nephew of his own family.

After the lecture, Chao Buzhi asked Zhao Xingde, Li Ruoxue, and Li Ruoxu to ask questions freely.When Zhao Xingde was thinking about how to introduce the topic to Xia Guo's situation, Li Ruoxue asked an unimaginable question first.

"In the third year of Yuanfu, the Xia people invaded Luoyang. Was Bai Mudan really taken captive by General Liu?" Li Ruoxue's eyes were large, revealing a curious light.In the third year of Yuanfu, the Song Dynasty had a proposal to attack Xia, but it was pre-empted by the Xia State. The Xia army went out of Hangu Pass and besieged Luoyang, the Western capital, for two months.The newly-emerged general of the Xia Kingdom, Liu Yi, led his troops to station between Bianliang and Luoyang. After defeating the imperial army of the Song Dynasty and forcing the Song Dynasty to renew the peace treaty, the Xia army returned to Guanzhong.Luoyang is not far from Bianliang, and Bianliang was shocked overnight in the past two months, and the Song State did not attack Xia after that.

According to folklore, when Xia Jun was about to retreat, Liu Yi took Bai Mudan, a famous Luoyang prostitute, back to Guanzhong, and then they got married.It is also said that at that time Xia's army was unable to attack the city and was about to plunder the countryside. Bai Mudan sacrificed herself to justice and met Liu Yi and said that she was powerful, so that a military disaster near Luoyang was avoided.

This story is vivid in folklore, and even Zhao Xingde, who has been in the cold for ten years, has heard of it.During the siege of Luoyang, Chao Buzhi and Li Gefei were both in the city and they were officials, so of course they knew the situation most clearly.

Chao Buzhi's face showed embarrassment. The cause of Liu Yi's kidnapping of Bai Mudan was a 20-year-old public case involving the name of his benefactor Han Qi.He hesitated and said: "Uncle Wen is also clear about the ins and outs of this matter, why don't my niece ask Naifu?"

Li Ruoxue said unhappily: "I asked several times, but my father just didn't allow me to ask again." She had a beautiful face and a delicate temperament, but now she sighed faintly, as if she was very sad.Zhao Xingde felt sorry for her and looked at her with pity.

Chao Buzhi attached great importance to Li Ruoxue, a female disciple, and often even praised her in front of others.At this moment, I can't help sighing secretly that she is so talented, and in the end, there is only husband and son, sisters-in-law and sisters, can't they just chat about these things?