The guard outside the gate looked at Chen Xing with a worried expression.
"I won't just cut people like Shu Lukong," Chen Xing said. "Don't worry, just take me to Gong Cao and help me explain."
The guard waved his hand hurriedly and seemed very nervous, his eyes only fixed on the ring on Chen Xing's hand.
The guard obviously didn't speak Chinese, and when he saw the ring, he hurriedly bowed slightly and was very embarrassed. Chen Xing remembered that this quaint luminous stone ring was picked by Tuoba Yan last night, so he said in Xianbei language, "Where's Tuoba Yan?"
The guard immediately bowed and made a gesture of "please", signaling Chen Xing to wait here for a while, then turned around and ran quickly to pass the message.
Chen Xing: "???"
After a while, a figure appeared at the end of the corridor, dressed in a dark red martial robe and wearing a curved dagger with a chi-long dagger on his waist. It was Tuoba Yan who passed through the spring flowers in the courtyard of Weiyang Palace.
Chen Xing smiled and said, "Brother Tuoba!"
Tuoba Yan smiled in the spring breeze, looked around, seemed a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Where are you going? I'll accompany you."
Chen Xing was busy delaying, no, it's too much trouble for you, but Tuoba Yan smiled and said: "It's okay, it's boring to be on duty, I'll walk around with you." Then he took off a string of lapis lazuli beads on his wrist and handed them to Chen Xing, kindly said: "Come on, this is for you."
"No, no, no!" Chen Xing immediately said seriously, "Why did you give me something again? Just want to give the ring back to you!"
Tuoba Yan wanted to give him something as soon as they met, which made Chen Xing really embarrassed. The two pushed it back and forth. Chen Xing wanted to pick the ring, but it got stuck and couldn’t take it off. : "I have taken it off, how can I take it back?"
In the end, Chen Xing had to still wear the ring to explain the purpose of his visit. Tuoba Yan thought about it, and said cheerfully: "Okay, I'll take you there."
There were many guards in the palace, but they were obviously well-trained. They walked like the wind and didn't look sideways. When the guards on patrol saw Tuoba Yan, they all retreated to the two lanes, bowed their bodies, and gave Xianbei salutes.
There was a carriage waiting at the gate of the palace, Tuoba Yan first asked Chen Xing to get on one, but when Chen Xing was moving his seat, Tuoba Yan lowered the curtain of the carriage, turned on his horse, and rode to one side. The royal guards cleared the way, and the Sanqi often accompanied him. This is a treatment only for the emperor of Qin. Chen Xing couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. He opened the car window and looked out, just in time, Tuoba Yan also glanced at him. With his left finger, he pointed to his hand around the reins, and motioned Chen Xing to look at the ring.
"You've been wearing it?" Tuoba Yan said.
"Uh, yes." Chen Xing vaguely began to feel that something was wrong. Tuoba Yan was too enthusiastic for himself. Could it be love at first sight? I just don't know if Tuoba Yan treats everyone like this or just treats him.
Tuoba Yan's personality is not like a Xianbei person at all, but a Xiongnu person. He never talks around corners, and asks: "Why did you follow Da Chanyu? What is the relationship between the two of you?"
It's okay if you don't ask this question. As soon as he asked, Chen Xing couldn't hold it anymore. He reached out from the carriage window and pulled Tuoba Yan's jacket: "Listen to me, listen to me carefully..."
So Chen Xing told Tuoba Yan the process of how he knew Xiang Shu, but Tuoba Yan was at a loss when he heard it. Finally, he reached the door of De Gong Cao and nodded to him. When the officials of Gong Cao saw Tuoba Yan, they saluted one after another, and the two of them walked into a place where no one was there, and arrived at the place where the files were stored.
"...So," Chen Xing said, "now I have to investigate the change in the official office."
"So that's the case." Tuoba Yan thought about it, and smiled again, "I thought you were a family member of Da Chanyu, but some people have always said that he and the Han people are... um."
"What is it? Hmm..." As soon as Chen Xing said it, he immediately felt that Tuoba Yan might want to say "I thought you were Da Chanyu's daughter-in-law." To avoid embarrassment, they both kept silent.
Under the rule of Fu Jian, the imperial court still used the three-province system of the Jin Dynasty. The imperial family and the court, sacrificial ceremony and other ceremonial guards, the five soldiers are the main department in charge of conscription and war. Tian Cao was in charge of fields, land, water conservancy, and construction of the country, Du Zhi was in charge of finances, and Zuo Min was in charge of corvée, population mobility and government affairs. Six Shangshu commanded fifteen Cao, and each Cao had his own boss, responsible for the size of political affairs.
The cadres that Chen Xing went to are the corresponding officials for the reconstruction and expansion of cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang. At that time, with the exception of some military attachés in the imperial court, almost all the civil servants were Han Chinese, and their written communications were all in Chinese. It's not that the court did not want to use the Hu people, but the official descendants of the Wuhu have always only done damage, and when it comes to running the country, they really don't know anything about it. The text is not uniform, and I can't read it, and I can't help but scold the other party's barbarians when they quarrel. A group of barbarians could not do anything, but in the end they had no choice but to turn to the Han people for help.
Fu Jian had been familiar with the books of sages and sages since he was a child, and he longed for the prosperity of poetry and books in the Central Plains. What's more, it's hard to say who wins and who loses when it's a matter of war. The Han people were only in a situation where they were weak because of the Jin court's sensuality in the past hundred years. When it comes to marching and fighting, the Han people are not at all ambiguous. Since ancient times, from the time when Duke Zhuang of Qin retreated from Xirong to save the Zhou royal family, and then to the two Han Dynasties, even in the first dynasty of Cao and Wei, every time they beat all ethnic groups outside the Great Wall to the point of crying, hearing Li Guang, The names of Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others would not be able to go anywhere.
It is precisely because of this that Fu Jian issued a strict order, ordering all the Hu people outside the Great Wall to change the vulgarity and read the books of the Han people, otherwise they will be crowned with monkeys after all. Otherwise, it's hard to say what will happen when the owner of the Central Plains recovers.
Seeing that Tuoba Yan was accompanying him in person, the worker Cao Langzhong knew that Chen Xing could not be neglected, so he personally took the scrolls in Chang'an City for hundreds of years for him to read.
"Do you understand?" Tuoba Yan saw the dense silk in his eyes, with square characters all over it, which was like a book from heaven to him.
"Of course!" Chen Xing was speechless and replied, "I'm also a Han Chinese anyway."
Gong Cao Langzhong put one hand on his forehead and winked at Chen Xing, meaning to be careful when talking to Hu Man, don't anger them. Chen Xing sat upright and bowed slightly, knowing that he had good intentions. Gong Cao Langzhong said: "Two adults take a look at it slowly." Then he backed out.
Tuoba Yan: "This is an ancient script? Many Han people may not recognize it all."
Chen Xing said with a smile: "I started reading and writing essays in elementary school, and I followed my father every day, so I slowly learned it."
Tuoba Yan personally went to roll up the curtain a little bit, just in time for the sky light to pour in. Pear trees are planted everywhere in Chang'an City, and occasionally a few snow-white petals float in, and the spring air is refreshing.
"Can you recite "Yueren Song"?" Tuoba Yan asked again.
Chen Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and opened the file: "Today, He Xixi, you are in the middle of the boat. What day is today, you have to be in the same boat with the prince."
"It's good to be shamed, but not to be shamed."
"I'm so upset and unstoppable that I learned that the prince..."
Tuoba Yan smiled and said, "The mountains have trees, and the trees have branches."
Chen Xing was careless and said casually, "Your heart is happy, you don't know."
The two sat on the wide couch, Chen Xing and his clothes, and respectfully invited out this case from Chen Yu's wooden box, which was hundreds of years ago, and reluctantly put together the shredded paper of the Han Dynasty, and began to restore the map of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty.
Tuoba Yan watched Chen Xing's actions like a conjuring trick. For a moment, the sound of shredding paper was heard in the room. Chen Xing pieced together a small map of Chang'an, and found that Tuoba Yan was looking at him, and contacted the former worker, Cao Lang, the envoy. Winking, faintly aware that there are too many undercurrents between the Hu people and the Han people in Chang'an.
Hu people are wary of Han people, and in this fear, they can taste a little "admiration". It seems that the Han people are naturally superior to the Hu people, and now they have fallen into the world like gods. Wu Hu Yi fashion does not know how to deal with it. He can only fool and madly circle the masters of the Central Plains who used to be high, and then wantonly vent his humiliation and express his cruelty. desire for destruction.
"Do you want to learn Chinese characters?" Chen Xing suddenly asked Tuoba Yan when he thought of this.
Tuoba Yan immediately said: "I want to, but I can't learn."
Chen Xing guessed that the great Confucians in Chang'an City were bored with the Hu Hu, and had no interest in developing any educational methods for them, let alone learning the language of barbarians such as Xianbei. Just teach casually, it is their good fortune to learn, and if you can't learn it, let them go. So he was generous and wrote a poem, which is "Xing Xing Xing Xing" in the first volume of "Nineteen Ancient Poems". It was also the first poem when his father taught him to read. Zhuyin.
"Going and going again, parting with you," Tuoba Yan began to learn Chinese characters seriously, "We have traveled for more than ten thousand miles, and we are separated by the end of the world."
Chen Xing found the architectural markings of Han Chang'an three hundred years ago, and began to search for the blueprints of that year. He smiled and said, "Did His Majesty Fu Jian ask you to read the books of the Han people and evaluate them?"
"More than that?" Tuoba Yan said helplessly, "I have to take exams on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Back then, I was taught Chinese by Lord Wang Meng."
Tuoba Yan spoke Chinese very fluently, but he couldn't read the words. Fortunately, Fu Jian also knew that being a military officer was not easy, and the assessment criteria were slightly looser than those of a civil officer.
"Wang Meng." Chen Xing stopped, thinking of many things from this long-lost name, went to the shelf to take down the corresponding drawings, and said casually, "Your Majesty seems to like Han people."
Tuoba Yan stared at the paper, raised his eyes slightly, glanced at Chen Xing, looked back again, and said, "The decree promulgated at the beginning of this year, if you marry Han people, if you marry Han people, the salary will be increased by one, five A pair of heirloom jade Jue was bestowed upon Pin Shang, and His Majesty personally came to preside over the marriage for the children of all ethnic groups."
Chen Xing smiled and said, "Then, is Brother Tuoba planning to get a Han Chinese wife?"
Tuoba Yan's face suddenly turned red, seeing Chen Xing tiptoe to reach the scrolls on the top shelf of the bookshelf, he got up and lightly took off a large bundle for him, raised his fingers, pointed to the top, and replied: "For Brother still wants to wait, because His Majesty has another decree that is about to be promulgated."
"Oh?" Chen Xing reached out to pick up the scroll and said, "What decree?"
"At that time, both men and women in the world can be wives." Tuoba Yan replied solemnly.
Chen Xing didn't catch it, and the scrolls fell all over the floor.
Chen Xing: "…"
Tuoba Yan hurriedly bowed to pick it up for him, and said, "You Han people are still against it, or else it would have been done long ago."
"Isn't this nonsense?!" Chen Xing lost his temper. "How does a man get married? Your Majesty is too messy!"
Tuoba Yan retorted: "Why can't we get married?"
Chen Xing: "This..."
After Chen Xing picked up the scroll and listened to Tuoba Yan's explanation, he knew that Fu Jian still had this thought. A few years ago, Fu Jian doted on Princess Qinghe and Murong Chong's sister and brother, especially Murong Chong, and called him "Phoenixer". Not to shy away from the world's discussions.
Since ancient times, what is good in the upper class must be followed by the lower class. The nobles of various tribes began to imitate Fu Jian one after another, especially the martial artist, who often took pleasure in chasing after a handsome young man and talking about love. The customs of Chang'an became more and more intense, and all noble families used the name of tie-up, but in fact they tie-in Qin and Jin's favor, which is a highly respected move.
Only the Han people in Chang'an thought to themselves that raising male pets is just what our ancestors left behind. Since Liu Bang, has there been less of such things? If you have to take it out and say it openly, is there something wrong
And Fu Jian looked around again and sighed, but he couldn't let go of Murong Chong, the prefect of Pingyang who went to Hejian, and decided to implement a new marriage order across the country, encouraging both Hu Han and males of the right age to marry males. It seemed that he wanted to use this new method to express his sincerity to Murong Chong.
Now the Han Chinese officials are collectively exploded, how can this work? ! This is subverting the etiquette, the yin and yang are disordered, and it is against the law of the ancestors and sages! If nothing else, there are three kinds of unfilial piety. No descendant is great. What should I do about childbirth
Fu Jian's response to this is that he can take a concubine, or adopt a concubine, right
No, no, no, the civil servants are in a hurry to remonstrate, and let's not talk about the problem of future generations. It's ridiculous for a man to marry a man, and he has never heard of it! Of course, these scholars are also very afraid. If the male marriage is released, if they are forced to marry by the military attache of the Hu people, wouldn't it be a loss of reputation!
Fu Jian's response was that since ancient times, I have never heard of a foreigner being the emperor in China, so why am I not ascending the throne? What's the problem? dont you agree
Chen Xing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's me who can't eat the past... I have to take a long-term perspective and accept new things."
So Tuoba Yan lowered his head and read the poem again, and said, "I see you, um... so..."
Chen Xing suddenly felt a little dangerous. He encouraged Hu and Han to intermarry, but also encouraged marriage between men. You said this today... Is there any other meaning
"So?" Chen Xing asked cautiously, "So what?"
"So I thought you were Da Chanyu's... wife." Tuoba Yan said seriously.
"How could I be his daughter-in-law!" Chen Xing roared angrily, almost flipping the case, "If you say he is my daughter-in-law! No! It's not a question of who's daughter-in-law, I have nothing to do with that bastard Xiang Shu. relation… "
Inside the Weiyang Palace.
"Ha Chi!" Xiang Shu suddenly sneezed, startling everyone in the hall.
As the days passed, the guests had changed. As soon as news came out from the Weiyang Palace last night, the Chang'an families heard that the young master of the law family had entered the capital, and they hurried to come to the palace as soon as possible. Fu Jian was the most generous towards his old friends outside the Great Wall, and what he was waiting for was clearly the treatment of the three divisions of Yitong Kaifu.
Although there is no rumor about the specific official position, it must not be lower than the Taiwei, and Xiang Shu has the support of the ancient alliance behind him. If you don't talk about it at this time, it will be too late for a few more days!
The eldest son is to inherit the family business, and the teenagers brought by each family are all the youngest sons without exception. In addition, there are also fathers and brothers who bring their daughters' portraits for tasting. Guan Xiangshu likes men and women, and they will send them over for a review.
Xiang Shu was upset by the quarrel, but he was a nobleman and had to take care of his face, so he couldn't beat anyone out.
So I saw the whole hall of young men with picturesque eyes, Xianbei people, Xiongnu people, and Di people, each with their own style. The six or seven family Wuhu noble deacons also kept sending portraits to him.
The young men poured tea cup after cup for Xiang Shu. This is the etiquette of saying kisses in the ancient alliance. It originated from the nomadic people outside the Great Wall. When a young man came to the door, if the girl liked it, they would bring a pot and pour a cup of tea, so that the Shi Ke was acquainted and knew each other well, and everyone galloped on horses when they were empty, taking the sky as the bed and the ground as the seat, making a bang. If you don't like it, you will avoid it, and let your father and brother serve the tea instead. It means that you are too unsatisfactory, so get out of here.
Over time, it evolved into a cup of hand-made milk tea to show sincerity.
Xiang Shu really didn't understand that Fu Jian liked to engage with Murong Chong, so he could just do it himself. When the milk tea was brought up, he didn't drink it either, just because he drank from which one, he could try to have a look by default.
There are so many families, all of them are Hu nobles, and it is not easy to slap them in the face on the spot. Xiang Shu can only say: "I will order the milk tea that has not been touched later, and the same is true for empty cups."
As he said that, he glanced to the side of the copper more leak, glanced at Shi Chen, and frowned slightly.
The guests left one after another. It was almost dusk. Xiang Shu only felt that he had a lot of thoughts today. When he was about to get up, he saw a figure outside the hall and said, "Yuwenxin? What's the matter? Come in."
Yu Wenxin received the summons, and immediately came in with a fresh face. At that time, the teenagers of the aristocratic family had not finished walking, and they all stared at him. Xiang Shu wanted to make fun of him, but Yu Wenxin smiled and bowed down to the ground: "Meet Da Chanyu! The villain was really blind last night!"
Xiang Shu looked at Yu Wenxin coldly. After all, he didn't reach out and slap the smiling face. In this way, it was not easy to attack. He said, "How many brothers and sisters do you have? The portraits are left."
Yu Wenxin laughed, first went to the side, took a pot and poured a cup of milk tea, and under Xiang Shu's strange eyes, he held it in front of him, and said a little embarrassedly: "Da Chanyu, I have no brothers or sisters... I just Always… "
Xiang Shu: "You go out."
Yu Wenxin put down the teacup and wanted to hug Xiang Shu's leg, and said sincerely: "Da Chanyu, I have always admired you. Over the years, I haven't gotten married. I just hope that I can see your style like today. you… "
Xiang Shu raised his foot, avoided Yu Wenxin's embrace, and kicked Yu Wenxin out directly.
"Go to someone, tell Jiantou!" Xiang Shu roared, "I copied Yuwen's house and sent the whole family back to Youzhou. They will not be allowed to enter the customs again for a hundred years."
"Dadan Yu spare your life!" Yu Wenxin was shocked, and he didn't know where he had provoked him. He knelt in the courtyard and quickly begged for mercy. Although he didn't know if Fu Jian would listen to Xiang Shu's words and really raid his home, he was afraid that Xiang Shu would once be dead. In a high position, he will definitely find trouble for him. Just when he was begging for mercy, another beautiful girl came outside, and walked directly into the hall without passing the news.
Xiang Shu glanced and saw that it was Princess Qinghe. Princess Qinghe couldn't help laughing. Seeing Yuwenxin, he said, "Why did Yuwen's family mess with you?"
Yu Wenxin hurriedly said: "I don't know! I..."
Xiang Shu: "I don't know either."
Princess Qinghe: "..."
Princess Qinghe recognized Yuwenxin, so she said a few words, but Xiang Shu didn't answer, Princess Qinghe motioned for Yuwenxin to stand up, without saying anything, she just looked at the portrait on the case with a smile, and said with a smile: "Yo, it seems that today we are talking about kissing. There are quite a few, are there any Han people?"
"No." Xiang Shu said coldly.
Xiang Shu and Princess Qinghe are old acquaintances. Seven years ago, when Princess Qinghe disguised as a man and participated in the hunt, she really made a splash when she dismounted at Yinshan Mountain. The two of them met each other last night, and they had no time to say more, thinking that today would be a reminiscence.
"So much tea, to worship God?" Princess Qinghe didn't care about Yu Wenxin who was standing outside, and was about to take the case and serve tea, but Xiang Shu said, "It's also a kiss. Whoever you drink will marry someone."
Princess Qinghe knew the rules, so she had no choice but to not touch the neat twelve cups of tea. She poured herself another bowl and drank it, saying, "I just came back from Your Majesty's place, and my mouth is dry, I just came here to ask for a bowl. tea."
Princess Qinghe was only in front of Fu Jian, and when she was entertaining guests, she was quiet and quiet. Xiang Shu's tone softened slightly towards his old acquaintance: "Your younger brother has already made a promise, or else I'll kick you out now."
Princess Qinghe rolled her eyes, but smiled, "Brother Shulu knows that I only have one younger brother?"
Xiang Shu took a deep breath.
Princess Qinghe sat down and explained, "Your Majesty's messing around with this decree didn't mean to torment you. I came here today, and I don't want to tell you anything about marriage..."
Xiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Princess Qinghe: "I originally wanted to ask, has the Han brother you brought yesterday married? Is he someone close to you?"
"Little servant." Xiang Shu said coldly, "No."
Princess Qinghe gave a happy "ah" and added, "That's good, because I have a younger brother."
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Princess Qinghe said again: "The name is Tuoba Yan, a fourteen-year-old convicted soldier, eighteen this year, and has been by His Majesty's side for many years. Yesterday, for some unknown reason, I fell in love with your little servant..."
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Princess Qinghe said kindly: "Yuwenxin, I heard that you are also old acquaintances?"
Yu Wenxin outside said hurriedly: "Yes, his father's name is Chen Zhe, and his ancestral home is in Jinyang."
Princess Qinghe just pretended not to understand Xiang Shu's face, and said happily: "Last night I heard Yan'er mention this, it turned out to be a very famous Han Chinese, Yan'er has been thinking about it since she became an adult, and she wanted to find someone like this. The boy who happens to be in the Tuoba Department, he is also the youngest son, I see that you are about to nod your head, so I will speak to Your Majesty.”
Xiang Shu had to change his mouth and said, "I can't control this, I'm not familiar with him."
Princess Qinghe was full of doubts.