20. Latecomers
As a result, after walking to Jing'anfang, I found that Ma Lin's house was more magnificent than Guo Ziyi's!
It seems that after the Anshi Rebellion, the students of the Imperial College almost lost their source of life. However, these Fangzhen generals received numerous gifts from the emperor for their military achievements in quelling the rebellion.
Ma Lin's coffin was parked in the middle hall. In the front hall, many military generals were lined up under the white banners and were receiving guests. There were still crowds in front of the house, some came to mourn, while others wanted to get in and take the opportunity to see how luxurious Ma Lin's house was.
Gao Yue couldn't help but become interested, so he went forward, shed tears, and pretended that he was the son of Ma Lin's old official, and came to pay tribute to the prince of Fufeng.
The next moment, a miracle happened, and no one in the front hall doubted him and Liu De's room.
I went and entered Ma Lin's house. It was indeed a luxury! Gao Yue, a modern man, was shocked, but saw the veranda of twists and turns in the vestibule, with rugged rocks, heavy buildings on all sides, carved beams and painted pillars. Ma Lin's three sons were sitting on the hay wearing mourning clothes. When he saw Gao Yue walking over, he burst into tears like other guests and asked, "Where are the guests?"
"The son of the former official of Fufeng County Prince, now he is studying in the Western Supervisor." Now Gao Yue has a little understanding of the human nature of the Tang Dynasty, so he stepped forward and said calmly.
Without thinking, the three filial sons bowed and asked Gao Yue and Liu Deshi to come in.
When they arrived at the central hall, the luxury level made the two of them even more shocked. "My brother, look, the scattered water dragon head on this base is made of beautiful jade."
Gao Yue nodded repeatedly. When they stepped on the steps, he saw that there was a white marble railing outside the middle hall of Ma Lin's house, and the deep aconite door was in the center. After walking in, there were eleven internal doors that were turned open in the inner hall. Gao Yue stepped in and touched it with his hand. The door shaft and the door turn were all made of copper, the four lines of the door cover were red lacquered sandalwood, and the lattice was stroked with gold wire, which was so imposing!
People who say gold, silver and copper are only used by nouveau riche must be the little Bourgeois who cannot afford gold, silver and copper!
In the middle hall, the brackets and caissons are all exquisite. The mud painted on all four walls is made of grinding herbs, shells, and pearls. It is fragrant. The terrazzo of water under your feet can reflect the reflection of people. Walking among them is like floating on the clear water surface. What is even more shocking is that Ma Lin’s wives and concubines are all wearing white mourning clothes and slightly mourning, kneeling on both sides of the coffin, white and crying is shaking.
Gao Yue went up to imitate others and gave condolences. He took a look. Among the dozens or hundreds of concubines of King Fufeng, all of them were charming and charming. They all cried so hard that they were full of pear blossoms and rain. One of them cried while crying. When he looked up, he saw Gao Yue, and his eyebrows were circling and his emotions were spreading, which made Gao Yue feel numb all over.
"Oh, this Fufeng King is traveling to the west. I'm afraid that so many beautiful concubines will probably go to Nishi Temple or the girl's crown. This shows how luxurious and extremely lustful he lived when he was alive - but I yearn for it, I like it."
The two of them pretended to be mourning, and they circled around the central hall of Fufeng County Prince's Mansion in this way, and appeared at the exit of the street of the County Prince's Mansion. They leaned under a big tree. Liu De's room was still immersed in the shock brought by Ma Lin's luxurious central hall. They said repeatedly, "If I can pass the Jinshi, my official career will be promoted and I can have a private place in the capital, even if it is only the eleventh scale of the Western House in Ma Town, my wish will be enough in this life."
Gao Yue leaned against the trunk of the tree, looked at the hood of the car coming and going, and elbowed Liu De's room, "Don't be shocked all the time, see if there is a high-ranking official you recognize, and we will go back quickly after submitting the paper."
Liu Deshi then remembered and agreed repeatedly.
At this time, he saw a car parked outside the courtyard wall and went to cover it. After walking down from above, he shouted happily, "It's the Changli Sushi, the Changli Sushi!"
Before Gao Yue could react, Liu Deshi trotted to the Changli Shishi and hurriedly bowed to the end, "Changli Shishi, I am the Liu Deshi in Longxi. I don't know if the scroll I submitted before. Did the Minister look at it, haven't you?"
The Changli Shi looked in a good mood, "De Shi, I have read your writing, and I have outstanding literary talent."
Liu Deshi was so excited that his whole body was trembling, and he kept thanking Changli for his kindness for his help.
But then the Changli Shishou sighed and continued, "But I can't help. Former prime minister Yuan Zai, Wang Jin has committed many evil deeds and has been severely punished. He is a new one in the court. The Holy Lord has just surrendered the white-ma script. From then on, I will no longer be the Minister of Rites, so I will not know the tribute this year."
Liu Deshi's face suddenly turned ashamed, "I don't know, I don't know where the Minister of the Secretariat was transferred?"
The Changli's attendant was proud, "Due to Baima Xuan, I, Chang Gun, have served as the Minister of the Wang Jin's disciple, and I have served in the same position as Pingzhang. I have been on the list for three years in a row and have selected many heroes for the Holy Lord, but this year is really not possible."
It turned out that Chang Gun had already ascended the position of prime minister by the head of the Ministry of Rites (from the 9th to the 12th year of the Dali period, the Ministry of Rites did not have a minister, but the minister was actually the top leader).
Gao Yue next to him suddenly remembered that when he first came to Chang'an, the old man who went to court on a snowy night. At that time, the old man told An Lao Hu'er that he had been in the officialdom for decades and his promotion was on that day.
That day should be the day when the former prime minister Yuan Zai and Wang Jin were overthrown. That night, the prefect of Jingzhao sent the arresting thief Guo Duan to break into Pingkang Fangsuo to leave Yuan Zai's youngest son Yuan Jineng. He heard from the people in the Taixue Pavilion that Yuan Zai and his wife, three sons, of course, including Yuan Jineng, were immediately exterminated and confiscated. Wang Jin was spared from death and was demoted to Kuozhou as the governor. Emperor Daizong was extremely efficient in his work and must have conspired with a group of ministers in advance, so it was impossible to leave alone.
So who is that old man?
From the words he talked with An Lao Hu'er that night, it can be inferred that this old man who likes to eat steamed Hu and is not astonishingly beautiful as he is probably involved in the conspiracy of Emperor Daizong, otherwise he would never have been able to say the word "against" vocabulary. Then his official position in the court was definitely not as low as his appearance. In addition, when he talked about "against", he probably hoped to eliminate Yuan Zai's merits and go further.
Could it be that the old man also wants to be the prime minister?
Since Chang Gun replaced Wang Jin's subordinate minister, who replaced Yuan Zai's Zhongshu Secretariat? Could it be that old man?
Who is this old man?
Before Gao Yue could come up with the answer, Chang Gun said finally, "The one who replaced me as the Minister of Rites Minister Zhigong was Pan Youshu (1) Pan Yan."
After saying that, he was about to leave. Liu Deshi was not giving up and asked Chang Gun loudly, "Do you dare to ask the Prime Minister, can you please the Deshi and give a helping hand to the public?"
Chang Gun paused, then shook his head, "I just received the order from Fu Shuo (2), how can I give it to you on my own account!" After that, he walked into the front courtyard of Ma Lin's house.
Liu Deshi fell to the ground in despair, looking desperate and sweating like rain.
Chapter completed!