Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1737
Autumn is getting stronger and stronger, the leaves on the trees are falling, and the temperature is getting cooler.

When people are old, it is inevitable that their muscles and bones will decay and their functions will degenerate, and they can't bear the cold most. If the winter is good, they can grow a kang ground dragon early and burn the house warmly. Those padded clothes made of snow-white cotton are not afraid of the cold as long as they lie indoors and do not go out.

But this season when autumn is fading and winter is not coming, it is the most difficult.

In autumn, things are dry and the sky is dry, and the elderly are already angry. If they wear cotton clothes and burn the earth dragon, they will definitely be more angry...

In the side hall of Zhao Guogong's mansion, the doors and windows were tightly closed, and there was a "cracking" sound from the room.

The eldest grandson Wuji, with a round face and a chubby face in regular clothes, was sitting on one side of the square table, playing mahjong with three old men...

All four of them had a low table beside them, with teapots and snacks on it, and a small stack of money notes issued by the Royal Bank.

Ever since Fang Jun invented mahjong, it has become popular in Guanzhong and has become a pastime toy for all ages...

The old man sitting under Changsun Wuji had gray eyebrows and a thin, long and ugly face. He played out a mahjong tile made of ivory and said, "A tube! Was beaten by the emperor again?"

"Touch! Three..." A white and fat old man on the opposite side stretched out his hand and drank, took a tube back, typed out one, and continued: "It is said that I don't know why this guy made His Majesty furious, and even wanted to kill him with a sword. It was slaughtered, but luckily Princess Changle and Princess Jinyang happened to arrive, which saved him from the catastrophe. These two princesses are all mixed up with Fang Er, with their two guards, what can His Majesty do to Fang Er? ? I heard that in the end, it was just a symbolic slap in the face, and nothing happened."

There was a sudden silence at the poker table...

The scandal between Princess Changle and Fang Jun has been raging for a long time. Although there has never been any evidence to prove that the two have an affair, the affair between the two is still open to the public.It's just that the current social atmosphere is open, and Princess Changle has never been married, so such rumors are just chatter after dinner, and no one takes it seriously.

But it's okay for others not to take it seriously, there is still Changsun Wuji at the poker table...

Openly talking about his daughter-in-law having an affair with another man in front of Changsun Wuji, how embarrassing is it for Changsun Wuji?

The white and fat old man who spoke seemed to be a bit behind the times, and he knew what he said was wrong. He glanced at Changsun Wuji, whose old face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, and he was embarrassed and worried: "This... ...The old man speaks without restraint, please don't blame Zhao Guogong, don't blame..."

Changsun Wuji resisted the urge to overturn the poker table, drooped his eyelids, and said angrily: "Talk less if you have nothing to hide, and play cards!"

This old man's name is Dou Dan, he was born in the Dou family of Henan Province, his father Dou Kang is the elder brother of His Majesty Li Er's birth mother, Empress Taimu, and a relative of Zhenger Bajing.

But this old man is not as wise and wise as his father. Although he married Princess Xiangyang, the daughter of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of Tang Dynasty, and was once canonized as Zong Zhengqing, His Majesty Li Er's conversations with her repeatedly turned out to be incomprehensible, which made His Majesty Li Er very angry. Annoyed, he issued an edict and said: "Dou Dan is old recently and can't do things. I know but appoint him. This is called ignorance. Besides, whoever chooses people for officials will govern the country, and whoever chooses officials for people will cause chaos in the world. Let Dou Dan use the light Dr. Lu should suspend his duties and go home."

When he said this, Dou Dan had not yet reached sixty, his legs were light and his body was strong, how could he be aging?

It's just that this person is really stupid and incompetent, because he has a good family background, everyone respects him, how can Changsun Wuji care about this kind of people?
Not only can't care about it, but you have to get used to it. Who told this old guy to be one of the few remaining elders of the Dou family?
The Dou family went all out to support the great ancestor Li Yuan to establish the country, and then secretly assisted His Majesty Li Er to usurp the throne and made great contributions. Even though Empress Taimu has passed away, His Majesty Li Er is very kind to the Dou family, which also makes Dou Shi's influence has not completely dissipated...

This is the case above the court, to unite all forces that can be united to fight against the enemy, and personal preferences for good and evil have always been insignificant.

No matter how annoying it is, I can only endure it.

Dou Dan probably also knew what was wrong with him. Seeing that he had said something wrong, he felt uneasy and didn't dare to say more.Although Changsun Wuji didn't seem to mind it on the face, but this "yin man" used to hide his knife in his smile, who knows if he was smiling, but he was thinking about how to entrap himself?

He was restless, so naturally he couldn't play cards, and this person was not very smart, he played recklessly, frequently fired cannons, and within a short time he lost all the thousands of coins he brought...

"Stop beating, stop beating. When you are old, your eyesight is bad and your thinking is not clear. Isn't it the same as giving you money? Sigh..."

Dou Dan sighed, pushed the mahjong tiles away, and stopped playing.

The rest of the people are all right, they are just for leisure and entertainment, and they are not addicted to it. Seeing that Dou Dan stopped playing, they each got up and sat down at the desk in front of the window with teapots in their hands, drinking tea slowly, Pick up some interesting things in the DPRK and chat.

There is also a pale old man who has never spoken, it is Yu Wenshi and...

The few people sat comfortably, and the old man with a gray beard and a thin and long face held the teapot and said: "I heard that Fang Jun will go south to Huating Town in the next few days to command the navy that goes to sea to conquer Goguryeo. Your family is in Jiangnan. The industry should also be restrained and be careful."

Changsun Wuji snorted, and said: "That kid is clearly Mingxiu plank road secretly hiding in Chen Cang, so brazenly saying that he wants to go to sea to destroy the Goguryeo navy, how can there be no Goguryeo secret agents in the ruling and opposition parties? I'm afraid the news has already been passed on by now. According to rumors, the Goguryeo navy must have disappeared and was nowhere to be found, Fang Jun's extermination of the Goguryeo navy was a lie, and the real purpose must be the increasingly rampant smuggling in the South China Sea."

Dou Dan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Then you have to inform Song Guogong immediately. A certain family member said that the smuggling fleet in the East China Sea and the South China Sea is becoming more and more rampant. Strictly speaking, if Fang Jun suddenly kills him this time, I'm afraid those Jiangnan gentry will suffer heavy losses."

Yuwen Shiji, who had never made a sound, said indifferently: "Even so, what does it have to do with us?"

"Uh..." Dou Dan blinked, a little puzzled.

Yuwen Shiji said no more.

If people here talk about the depth of grievances and entanglements with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, it is better than Yuwen Shiji.

His eldest brother Yu Wenhuaji Yu Jiangdu forced Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty to death. He had a chance to succeed Datong and become emperor, but he was obstructed by those Jiangnan gentry in every possible way. In the end, he was defeated by Yuan Baozang and Li Shentong because of the lack of food and grass. He was even captured alive by Dou Jiande, and ended up decapitated.

In order to please the Huns, Dou Jiande sent the head of Yu Wenhuaji to the Turkic Princess Yicheng, before being hung in the king's tent...

It can be said that without the constraints of the Jiangnan gentry, maybe Yu Wenhuaji really had a chance to unify the universe.

Even though Yuwen Shi and this person didn't have much ambition, but the family blood feud is there, how can we not like Fang Jun going to the south of the Yangtze River to deal with those greedy nobles?
A reminder is definitely not a reminder, it is kind of you not to go home and set off firecrackers...

Changsun Wuji shook his head, sighed and said, "What's the point of reminding you? Song Guogong went south to return to Jiangling this time. He said he was offering sacrifices to his ancestors, but in fact he must go to restrain his clansmen, and Fang Jun punished him to death. But even What's the use of him returning to the south of the Yangtze River? Those Jiangnan gentry have already been dazed by the violence of smuggling, and they will take risks even in the face of mountains of swords and fires. It is impossible for Xiao Yu to control them. In fact, it seems that the Royal Navy For the past year, I have mostly turned a blind eye to the smuggling matter. It may be Fang Jun’s treacherous scheme to allow the Jiangnan gentry to relax their vigilance and sink deeper and deeper. Only when the time comes to clean up will it be justifiable..."

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth. Otherwise, with Fang Jun's control over the Royal Navy and his aversion to smuggling, how could Su Dingfang and others condone smuggling so much that even the aristocratic families far away in Guanzhong couldn't help sending their clansmen south To snatch this mouthful of fat?

It is said that his eldest grandson Wuji is a "yin man", but the insidiousness of Fang Jun's stick is not too much...

Yuwen Shiji said: "The clansmen who are bound in the south of the Yangtze River separately, don't mix with those Jiangnan gentry, otherwise I'm afraid it will be affected."

Yang Xu said indifferently: "Brother, don't worry too much. Although Fang Jun has a stick, he is not a fool. If he wants to clean up the Jiangnan gentry, he must appease us. Otherwise, if the Eastern Expedition is about to start, all the powerful families will be together If you provoke him, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court, and the gain outweighs the loss."

(End of this chapter)