Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 7 The Fifth Floor of Twelve Cities (This chapter is free)

When Li Rui was young, he went to school to study with Zhang Ziwang, a disciple of Shao Yong, a master of Yi, who learned Hetu, Luoshu, and Plum Blossom Yishu. He wrote "Jing'ran' Li Hou Tian Enliu Yelang Recalls the Old Travel Book Huai Presents Jiangxia Wei Taishou Liangzai", thinking that this is a prophecy written in cryptic language, which will be fulfilled in the current dynasty 300 years later.

"Yes, yes." Zhao Xingde nodded with a half-smile, and after seeing Zhao Xingde's attitude of respecting ghosts and gods and keeping a distance, Li Rui pointed angrily at the white man shining with golden light in the setting sun not far away. Se' Palace, said in a low voice: "Look, isn't this 'Heavenly White Jade Palace'? What is it? Today, I asked the immortals to eat 'dew' to make alchemy, which is exactly in response to the 'immortals caress my top, and my hair is long-lived'." The sentence "Han Jia Lian Hu Bing" refers to the alliance between the imperial generals and the barbarians, "The two sages travel to Henan, and the two capitals are in the Suiqiu market." It refers to the destruction of the capital and even the departure of the two officials. "Li Rui lowered his voice.

Zhao Xingde forced a smile and said: "Li Taibai just recorded the 'rebellion' in Anshi at the beginning, the two emperors Tang Xuanzong and Tang Suzong were forced to flee, and Chang'an and Luoyang were destroyed by the 'rebellion' army."

However, Li Rui said: "Yuan Zhixiu has to pretend to be confused. These two sentences allude to the responsibility of the two sages for causing the two capitals. Deliberately calling Li Heng and Li Longji together as "the two sages travel to Henan" is not a mockery of Suzong." Like Xuanzong, he could not keep the foundation of his ancestors. However, Suzong Li Heng had not yet ascended the throne during the "rebellion" of Anshi, so the loss of Chang'an had nothing to do with him. The exiled immortal attached himself to King Yong, and then exiled Yelang. The situation at that time, if not for other hidden reasons , you only need to pass over the situation of Li Longji's hasty escape, and avoid taboos for Li Heng, how can you point out the 'two saints'?"

As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "Duke Taibai's diction is so precise, and it involves merits and demerits in history, how can you be confused? This sentence must refer to two officials who caused the 'Two Capitals Suiqiu Market' to leave at the same time. Two capitals The theory should refer to Luoyang in Xijing and Bianliang in Tokyo, but there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country, so why there are two emperors is puzzling."

Zhao Xingde's body trembled slightly, thinking of the difficult history of Jingkang in his memory, he felt a chill in his body, his heart was terrified, but he said in his mouth: "Puuuuuuhui, Dong Yan, you have fallen into a demon barrier. Then let me ask you,'Twelfth floor five What is the meaning of the sentence "city"? ""This," Li Rui muttered in his mouth with a look of hard thinking, "There are five real people in the five cities, five emperors, and eight officials outside the five cities, eight trigrams gods, Combined with Taiyi as Jiuqing, there are twelve towers outside the eight trigrams, twelve princes and twelve doctors, and Sanjiao Shen combined to form two husbands..."

Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, Zhao Xingde also had a way to deal with the paranoid Li Rui, he directly threw him a problem and let him think about it.

"Why is this so difficult?" Chen Dong suddenly appeared behind the two of them, and patted Li Rui on the shoulder, startling them.You must know that Li Rui's study of arithmetic is a taboo of the court. Fortunately, Zhao Xingde, Li Rui, and Chen Dong are all close friends in the same house, and they know a lot of things that violate the taboo, and they don't know each other. Take it for granted.Seeing that it was Chen Dong, Zhao Xingde breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak out to reprimand him, but Li Rui cupped his hands at Chen Dong, and said seriously, "Brother Chen, please advise."

Chen Dong said with a smile: "What's the difficulty? Buildings are built with manpower, surpassing plains. In the system of this dynasty, there are twelve levels of nobility, king, heir king, county king, state prince, county prince, and founding prince." , Founding County Duke, Founding County Duke, Founding Marquis, Founding Uncle, Founding Son, and Founding Man are the twelve-story building, and the food city is honored to show its nobility. The city, the place where people gather, or the key place , to facilitate offense and defense. Looking at the central government, that is, the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Academy, the Taijian, the Privy Council, and the Pavilion Pavilion, these five places are most conducive to the unity of the party and the fight against differences, and they can be called the five cities.”

Zhao Xingde only took Chen Dong to say it casually, but Li Rui frowned and said, "In this way, the twelfth floor means Xianjue, and the five cities mean the imperial court's party struggle. Or do they refer to Xianjue who intervened in the imperial court's party struggle?"

The half-month period was long or short, and Tai students ran around, contacting and sending off Taichang Shaoqing Huang Zhoushan who was demoted from Beijing.Apart from studying the scriptures hard, Zhao Xingde was dragged around by Chen Dong. Occasionally, he had to write and conceive the continuation of "Xue Ying Xian Zong Lu". The day when Huang Zhoushan, who was demoted by Cai Jing, left Beijing.

After breakfast, Zhao Xingde couldn't help smiling when he saw Li Rui who was about to go out together to see off Huangzhou Mountain. It was sunny outside, but this guy was wearing long-toothed wooden clogs and holding a green paper umbrella, just like misty rain on the West Lake in a later drama The attire of Mr. Zhongzhuo Shijia.In the past half a month, the climate has turned from cold to warm. Not only the snow has melted, but also spring rain has begun.

Zhao Xingde coughed dryly, pointed to the clogs and umbrella and asked, "Brother Li, why is this?"

Li Rui said solemnly: "I look at the sky. Last night, there was a young man wandering under the vines in the corner of the courtyard, and this morning there was a young girl wandering on the willow branches above the wall. When Yin and Yang meet, it is inevitable that clouds will spread rain. So we had to plan ahead.”

In the terminology of later generations, the warm and humid air flow in the east and the dry and cold air flow in the west may meet in the sky above Bianliang today, forming a frontal rainfall. Li Rui said this in such a way that it really bluffed a lot people.

Zhao Xingde nodded and scolded with a smile: "It's a pity that you don't want to be a Taoist priest." He thought he was young and strong, and he could dodge a little wind and rain. .

But Li Rui retorted: "What I learned was Guan Gongming's art of observing the sky, but Yuan Zhi's theory of air-conditioning and warming together to make rain. There is no teacher in itself, and it is quite similar to the new theory of vitality. Now the party is fighting for the right Lie, but be careful not to fall into the truth."

Zhao Xingde and Li Rui walked in the car, joking and joking all the way to Baokangmen Street, which is hundreds of steps away from the East Jiaozimen of the inner city.Huang Zhoushan will board a boat at the Bianhe Wharf outside the East Jiaozimen of the inner city, enter the Grand Canal along the Bianhe River, change sea boats in Yangzhou, and sail down the coast, sailing all the way to Qiongzhou, the legendary plague-ridden city.

At this time, many teahouses, wine shops, and foot shops are still closed, but the streets are crowded with people. The wealthy gentry and officials are somewhat afraid of the power of Prime Minister Cai Jing's party, but the tens of thousands of peddlers and pawns in the city don't care about these things. Hearing that today is the day Mr. Zhoushan, who wrote a letter against the two evil laws of land competition and interdiction, was demoted from Beijing, they all came to see him off after temporarily taking a break from their livelihoods.After leaving the Dongjiaozi Gate, the surging momentum of the crowd was even greater. Within tens of miles, there were crowds of people rushing towards the Bianhe Wharf, and there were even tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Dongjiaozi Gate. The Hongqiao across the Bianhe River seemed to be crumbling, and it was crowded with people who couldn't stop looking around.

"A gentleman will be uneasy if a horse is intimidated by public opinion; a gentleman will be uneasy if common people are intimidated by government." In the elegant pavilion on the third floor of Fengxing Restaurant next to the Bian River, a middle-aged man with a square face and long beard is dressed in blue and white fine satin Confucian clothing. The young man looked out of the window and chanted thoughtfully, "A king is a boat; a common man is water. Water carries a boat, and water capsizes it." He looked sideways at the window where he was painting The painter said in a deep voice, "This 'Picture of Sending the Sages by Allure of the City' must be painted truthfully and carefully."

Although the middle-aged man gave this order with a pleasant face, he was not angry and pretentious. The painter shivered, bowed and said: "Yes, my lord." The middle-aged man can't understand the painter's timidity Fearful, he frowned slightly, turned his face aside, and continued to observe the situation on both sides of the Bian River.