The news of the dissolution of the marriage between the King of England and the Lin family was like a gust of wind that soon swept the entire capital.
Throughout the ages, there have been precedents of betrothed to the royal family and then dismissed, but most of those who were about to become concubines were found to have misbehavior, and the marriage was dismissed by the royal family. It is rare for a woman to be divorced by the royal family.
There were different opinions for a while, but even if some people sympathized with the daughter of the Lin family, no one said that His Majesty had done too much. Although some civil officials did not like wars, after Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue defeated Jin Po Kingdom, they did not become arrogant. Teach a son who will be in the middle of the entrance exam, and won the favor of many civil servants.
Most of the literati are sentimental, and if they don't like people, they think they are verbally and written without swearing. But when they admire a person, they respect him from the bottom of their hearts, so they are both hateful and lovely.
In addition, the storytellers in the capital have recently been fond of telling stories about the Hua Family Army fighting bravely against the thieves. A girl from the Hua family was pierced by random arrows in order to cover the people's escape.
When the food was the most difficult, many Huajia troops saved their own rations and gave them to the old and weak women and children in the city.
When these stories were told, the audience burst into tears, and even many old men and women ran to the yamen with grain, rice, noodles and money bags to donate things to the soldiers at the border.
The sentimental literati were naturally attracted by these tragic and heart-warming stories, which led to many men's tears. The heroic people even wrote poems and lyrics for the Hua Jiajun on the spot. The people guard the pure land.
Especially some young literati, when it comes to Hua Jiajun, they are mostly praised, and there are few detractors.
After this incident came out, as long as there was a conflict between the civil servants and the military officers, the literati who always helped the scholars and the civil servants to speak, strangely kept a silent attitude of not commenting or expressing their opinions on this matter, and even had impulsive personalities. The hot young scholar was dissatisfied with the words of the daughter of the Lin family.
If a general who sheds blood for the people will end up badly, then when the next foreign enemy invades, who will dare to stand up
Can't let the hero bleed and cry!
The human heart is a delicate thing, and sometimes it crosses identities and classes, which is surprising and touching.
Even the Hua family did not expect that after this incident became a big issue, the literati would have such an attitude.
They protected the people behind them, and the people not only did not forget, but also threw back all the stones that were secretly thrown at their backs.
"This life is worth it." Hua Yingting brought a jug of wine and poured it for himself and Wei Mingyue. The wine in the cup was imprinted with the shadow of the crescent moon in the sky.
The couple raised their wine glasses and touched them lightly. Wei Mingyue's bright face showed a smile: "This glass of wine, toast to ourselves?"
"Yes, respect ourselves." Hua Yingting raised his head and drank the glass of wine.
"Is that book still going to be presented tomorrow?" Wei Mingyue held down the jug and prevented Hua Yingting from pouring a second cup, "Small wine is pleasant, heavy wine hurts your body, you have so many old wounds on your body, it is not advisable to use too many of them. drink."
"It's all up to Madam." Hua Yingting quickly released his hand holding the wine glass.
"Naturally, I have to submit it." Hua Yingting smiled and said, "In the final analysis, the juniors argued for a few words, and other things were investigated, but it hurt the friendship."
Wei Mingyue nodded: "You are right, I will enter the palace with you tomorrow."
Hua Liuli, who was "dizzy" by Lin Wan, has been living the days of the stars and the moon in the past few days. of.
The empress dowager's way of comforting her was very simple and rude, that is, to give her beautiful clothes and beautiful jewelry, which made Hua Liuli unable to help tease with the empress dowager: "The empress dowager, if you are a young man, the ministers and daughters will probably like you. "
"It's a pity that Ai's family is not a boy, and he was not born in the same year, month and same day as Liu Li, but they have no fate, and Liu Li's heart was wasted in vain." The queen mother pretended to be annoyed, "This is really fate."
The people serving around couldn't help but laugh because of these remarks, and it was lively again.
The prince walked into the Shoukang Palace, and when he heard the words "gun master", "marry" and "marry", he couldn't help speeding up his pace. When he entered the room, he saw the master and servants laughing and making a fuss. Lively, who is going to marry, and who is going to marry again?"
"Your Highness doesn't know yet, the Fushou County Master wants to get married." Hong Mian smiled and blessed the Crown Prince, "I also ask Your Highness to quickly prepare a generous gift."
The prince was stunned. He looked at the laughing palace attendants in the room, and turned his attention to Hua Liuli. After a long while, he heard a strange voice in his throat: "The princess, who do you want to marry?"
Hua Liuli felt that the prince looked at her strangely, and thought to herself, it seemed that the prince had a deep affection for the deceased woman, and even the word "married" could change his mood so much.
"Who else could there be?" The Queen Mother said with a smile, "It's far in the sky, and it's right in front of you."
The prince's eyes swept across the crowd. Except for the women in this room, there were eunuchs. Could it be that the imperial grandmother said it was him? !
For a time, the prince heard the wind roaring, the horses roaring, the rivers, lakes and seas roaring, the blue sky and white clouds opened his arms like him, and a bright smile could not help but bloom on his face: "How does the imperial grandmother know... "
"Naturally it's Aijia." The queen mother rarely saw the prince's stupid appearance, so she couldn't help laughing, "Aijia and Liuli are joking, she said that if Aijia was a man of the same age as her, I'm afraid she would like Aijia."
What else did the grandmother say after that, the prince could no longer hear it. At this moment, he only felt that the wind had stopped, the horse was dead, the rivers, lakes and seas were frozen, and even the sky was no longer blue.
His mood changed so fast that he couldn't stand it.
"The emperor's grandmother and the princess are really good at joking." The prince sat on the chair and saw Hua Liuli's smile, her cheeks turning white and red, and her fingers were itchy.
It would be great if I could hold Liuli's hand, touch her face, and walk with her in the imperial garden.
"The Empress Dowager, Concubine Lin and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince ask to see you."
The empress dowager's smile subsided slightly: "Xuan."
Among the several grandchildren, the relationship between the fourth prince and the empress dowager is the most sparse. Although the grandchildren usually treat things equally, but emotionally, the empress dowager is not particularly close to this grandson.
On weekdays, the fourth grandson never wanted to say a word in front of her, and came to greet her, as if he had to come to meet the rules of the palace.
At first, she deliberately pulled into the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and took the initiative to find topics to chat with the fourth grandson, but the fourth grandson has always been in a non-salty and indifferent attitude. Over time, the heart of the queen mother also weakened.
Now that Concubine Lin asked the Fourth Prince to meet her, there was not much joy on her face.
Hua Liuli tidied up her clothes, and when she saw Concubine Lin and the Fourth Prince walking in, she stood up.
"The county master, please take a seat." Concubine Lin's voice was very pleasant. She helped Hua Liuli to sit down when she entered the door. "You are weak, so you don't need to pay attention to these polite manners."
After sitting down with Hua Liuli, she stepped forward to salute the Empress Dowager: "Concubine, please greet the Empress Dowager."
"The grandson has seen the grandmother, the grandmother is safe." The fourth prince saluted with a straight face.
The queen mother glanced at the face of the fourth prince and greeted the two of them to sit down, "Yesterday, the central province sent someone to bring new tea over. You can taste it. If you like it, Ai's family will ask you to bring some back."
"Thank you, Grandmother." The fourth prince took a sip from the teacup, and put it back in place without saying a word.
Hua Liuli secretly glanced at the fourth prince's face, she really couldn't tell whether the fourth prince liked it or not. At such a time, the grandson should praise the things that his grandmother gave him. It's the most important thing to make the old man happy.
Who knows if he likes it or not
"Grandma, don't tell your grandson when you get new tea," the prince said, "grandson wants it too."
"You don't like this kind of tea on weekdays. If Aijia gave it to you, it would be a waste of good things." The queen mother smiled, "You can let these good things go away, Qichen, do you think this is the truth?"
"The royal grandmother is right."
Hua Liuli: "..."
The fourth prince was so silent that all the topics were brought to an end. Such a character did not provoke the queen mother. It can be seen that the queen mother is really a loving and good grandmother.
Fortunately, Concubine Lin spoke at the right time to save the awkward atmosphere in the house: "The Empress Dowager, you are the grandmother of the crown prince. Even if you are a grandson, even if you look at other people's things, you will still feel that your grandmother's things are different from other people's things. different."
The empress dowager finally regained a smile: "There is some truth to this."
"The things of the imperial grandmother are naturally different." The prince said, "So you remember to have your grandson pack two boxes to go."
Hua Liuli finally understood that among all the princes, it was not unreasonable that the queen mother liked the prince the most.
There are Concubine Lin and the prince to ease the atmosphere, so even if the fourth prince always ends the topic from various angles, the conversation in the room can continue.
Concubine Lin turned around the topic, and finally came to Hua Liuli.
Hua Liuli listened to it for a while, and soon understood the purpose of the mother and son. She and Lin Wan had some unpleasant quarrels before. As Lin Wan's biological aunt, Concubine Lin, of course, wanted to express her attitude that "all Lin Wan's words belong to her and have nothing to do with their mother and son".
Concubine Lin is very good at talking, not only did she make her intentions clear, but she also did not forget to show her closeness to Hua Liuli, and by the way, she praised the Hua Family and the Hua Family Army from top to bottom.
"This child Qichen has admired General Hua since he was a child, and said he wanted to be a hero like General Hua." Concubine Lin glanced at her son with a smile, hoping that he could say something.
"Oh." Under Concubine Lin's stare, the fourth prince said "Oh" with a blank expression.
Hua Liuli: "..."
It's really a strong admiration, but it's not so obvious, she just doesn't see it.
Concubine Lin seemed to have long been accustomed to her son's behavior, and the smile on her face remained the same: "This child has never liked to talk since he was a child, and I don't know who he heard rumors that a general should have a serious face and not be too rude. Too many expressions, and accidentally developed this kind of problem."
Hua Liuli looked at Concubine Lin in disbelief. Unexpectedly, Concubine Lin turned out to be a master on the road of lying with her eyes open. Can such a story be made up
Your son's expressionless face has nothing to do with the generals
Although this pot is big, bright and round, the generals don't want to carry it.
"Concubine Lin is indeed a person who is good at poetry and calligraphy. When she tells stories, she is also charming and fascinating." The prince said, "I almost believed it."
Concubine Lin, whose complexion had not changed from beginning to end, turned stiff for a moment after the prince opened his mouth.
She squeezed out a smile and looked at the prince: "His Royal Highness is joking, where can this palace tell stories."
"Concubine Lin is too modest, Gu thinks the story just now was told very well." The prince changed his sitting position and said leisurely: "Come on, continue to tell, Gu still wants to listen to it for a while."
Concubine Lin suddenly felt that she didn't really want to speak that much.
"What, what is your opinion about Concubine Lin?" The prince raised his eyebrows, "I just want to hear a story, but the lady doesn't even want to tell it?"
For a while, Concubine Lin didn't know whether she should continue to speak.
Opening up is tantamount to admitting that what he said just now was a lie and made up a story.
If you don't speak, you just have an opinion on the prince.
Why is this dog prince so annoying, what does His Majesty make him look like
Concubine Lin turned her eyes to the Queen Mother in embarrassment, hoping that her old man could open up and uncover the matter at this time. But when she looked over, the queen mother actually fell asleep leaning on the palace maid. Although her eyelids were trembling and her posture was stiff, she still stubbornly expressed an emotion to her - Aijia fell asleep, Aijia has everything I don't know, Aijia doesn't want to talk.
When it comes to eccentricity, the Queen Mother and Her Majesty are both professional.
"Prince wants to hear, my brother will tell you." In the silence, the fourth prince opened his mouth, his dark pupils swept over Hua Liuli and the prince, and said, "Last winter, a hole was broken on the river, and a fish came from Jumped out of the hole."
"What happened later?" Afraid that the atmosphere would continue to get cold, Concubine Lin answered the question.
"Then it froze to death." The fourth prince picked up the tea and took another sip, as if to say that the story was over.
Concubine Lin opened her mouth, somewhat regretting that she took up this conversation.
"Papapapa." Hua Liuli clapped her hands three times, "This story is really interesting."
If she didn't think of a way to shut up the Fourth Prince, she would be embarrassed to death by this atmosphere.
Although it was a story told by her own son, Concubine Lin couldn't help but glance at Hua Liuli. This Princess Fushou, the brain... is there something wrong
"This story tells us that even if the ice is frozen on the river, you can't go up at will. If the ice is cracked, it will be very dangerous to fall." Hua Liuli said, "But drilling holes in the ice for fishing is indeed a part of the fishermen. way of fishing.”
"In Qinghan Province, can someone use this method to fish?" The Queen Mother asked with interest.
Concubine Lin silently turned her head to look at the queen mother. Didn't she sleep soundly just now and wake up so soon
The queen mother refused to respond to Concubine Lin's eyes.
"Yes." Hua Liuli told the Empress Dowager some interesting stories about fishing in Qinghan Prefecture in winter, "Winter is very cold, and putting fish in the yard overnight is harder than a stone. There are not enough stones in the machine, and the frozen big fish head can still be used as a stone."
"Isn't that it won't go bad if you put it on for a few days?" The queen mother imagined the scene where the stinky fish head stunned the enemy, and couldn't help clapping her hands and laughing, "It's not easy for the soldiers and people in the frontier, the conditions are so difficult, you guys You will also have fun in hardships, and make your life so interesting, it can be seen that the two generals have made a lot of credit."
"Probably because we all know that at any time, His Majesty will never let soldiers go hungry, so we are in the mood to have fun." Hua Liuli thought about it and explained, "Your Majesty is our backstage, and there is a backstage. People, always have to be willful."
Concubine Lin glanced at Hua Liuli. At a young age, she was quite good at flattering.
In the imperial study, Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue are interceding for Lin Zhou.
"Your Majesty, the generals don't care about a few rumors and rumors of the younger generation. You treat the generals well, and the generals understand better than anyone else." Hua Yingting said, "Lin Zhou is willing to do practical things for the people. Good official, if you hold back his transfer order, it will be cheaper for him."
"I vented my anger for you, why did I get rid of him?" Seeing that Hua Yingting didn't take those words to heart, Emperor Changlong felt much better, and even became interested in teasing, "Where does this come from, it seems that I need General Wei to take you back and teach it well."
Wei Mingyue shook his head: "Your Majesty, he has been like this all these years, and he will not be able to teach him at the end."
"Let him eat and drink at home every day for free, and he also receives the salary from the imperial court. What is he not cheap?" Hua Yingting said confidently, "You should let him do more work for you, capable people don't need to pay for nothing. Need not."
"Have you ever thought that Lin Zhou might be a person who made a name for himself?" Emperor Changlong was both happy for Hua Yingting's magnanimity, and angry for the Hua family's grievances.
The Lin family has said that about the Hua family. In order not to make him embarrassed, Hua Yingting also came to say good things to Lin Zhou. They are all courtiers. Why is there such a big difference
"It doesn't matter if he is famous for his fame or if he deserves it, as long as he does practical things for the people, he is a good official." Hua Yingting said carelessly, "The last general does not marry him, so what is his character? It doesn't matter, this is not something you need to consider, Your Majesty?"
"I don't need to think about it anymore." Emperor Changlong said quickly, "Our family has already withdrawn from his family."
"Your Majesty, it's not easy to talk about your family's private affairs." Hua Yingting scratched his head, "How about the next time you want to order a concubine for His Royal Highness, let the late general help you to inquire?"
Emperor Changlong knew that Hua Yingting was well-intentioned, but why did he feel that there was something wrong with this
"Your Majesty, the last commander didn't say that you look bad..."
Emperor Changlong waved his hand: "You don't need to explain, I know you're saying that I don't look good in picking my daughter-in-law." He asked Hua Yingting, "Your eldest and second-eldest are married?"
"Go back to Your Majesty, the two daughters-in-law of the last general's family are very good, Wu Neng mounted the horse to kill the enemy, and Wen Neng closed the door to train the husband." Hua Yingting smiled and took out two more memorials from his arms, "Your Majesty, since you can ask Raise the dog, I will ask you one thing at the end."
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, Long En, the general and his wife are both lords, and the generals are all moved. Now that the children are grown up, the general has discussed with his wife, and decided to make the eldest and second son the prince. Please also take a look at your majesty. ." Hua Yingting put the two memorials to the emperor in front of Emperor Changlong.
"I'm sure." Emperor Changlong agreed without thinking. He couldn't help but ask, "Where is the sky, do you have any comments?"
"Changkong is the only scholar in our family." Hua Yingting smiled honestly, "Scholars are very good, whether they have a title, they have a bowl of rice to eat, and he agrees to give the title to two brothers."
"It's good that my family has no opinion." Emperor Changlong was relieved. He and Hua Yingting were both monarchs and good friends.
Hua Yingting's remarks in the imperial study were recorded by the officials who recorded the emperor's daily life, and even beautified it.
As a result, Hua Yingting became a general who ignored rumors, pleaded for those who offended him, and praised the scholar's ability.
Perhaps after thousands of years, Hua Yingting will become a representative of military commanders who respect scholars.
No one knows what happened thousands of years later, but after this incident spread, countless literati praised the generosity of the Hua family. It is said that the Hua family gets along harmoniously, that the two generals run the family in a proper way, and there are those who boast that Hua Yingting has a noble character.
The most important thing is that Hua Yingting, a famous general who is rare in a century, overthrew the prejudiced statement that "everything is a scholar", affirmed their status as literati, and affirmed their literati talents and talents. .
What kind of spirit is this
It is the noble spirit of being fair, objective, and knowing how to appreciate others.
For a time, the conflict between the civil servants and the military officers in the courtroom actually became smaller. The civil servants no longer scolded the military officers for being impulsive and brainless when they disagreed, and the military officers were embarrassed to scold the civil officers for their lack of power.
It wasn't until a general, who scolded the minister of the household over the issue of military pay, and threw out words that he often heard before, did Emperor Changlong find a familiar feeling.
He knew that it was even more difficult for the civil servants and military officers to be as close as brothers than for the concubines to be close as sisters.
But no matter how noisy, in the hearts of many literati, General Hua is still different, because he has taste, style, and vision. He is a great person, a noble person, and a person worthy of everyone's admiration.
As the other party to the incident, the Lin family was a little bit uncomfortable. In order not to hear those gossips, Lin Sen declined all invitations, and hid in the study all day to read and write. of.
Lin Zhou's hands trembled a little while holding the just-issued order.
He originally thought that even if he could not be the minister of the Dali Temple, he could still be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he did not expect that His Majesty would let him serve as the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Although the six ministers and the prefect are both official positions of the third rank, the prefect is in charge of a land, and the servants who are constrained everywhere are really incomparable.
The bright is flat, but in fact it is dark.
"Husband, is there a problem with the transfer order?" Mrs. Lin saw that Lin Zhou's expression was not very good, and said with concern, "You can relax, since the transfer order has been issued, it means that Your Majesty still trusts you."
Lin Zhou smiled bitterly. If the general hadn't interceded for him, he wouldn't even be able to get this transfer order.
East Palace.
As soon as the prince came back from Shoukang Palace, he heard a report from a subordinate official, saying that it was Zhang Shuo of Dali Temple and Pei Jihuai who asked to see him.
"People from Dali Temple, why are you looking for Gu Zuo?" The prince sat down in front of the book desk, "Let them come in."
After Zhang Shuo and Pei Jihuai met the prince, Pei Jihuai presented a confession record: "His Royal Highness, Wei Chen obtained a new confession from Prince Ava who was captured by Jinpo Kingdom."