Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 387 It is said that Xu Jingzong is very capable
Hearing the emperor's question, Shi Zhongchen was taken aback, thinking: "Maybe! The crown prince has always been ignorant of military and state affairs, but now when he approves the memorial, he is very clear and well-educated, and he can still be praised by the emperor. What kind of progress is this? It was done in one step, I guess he definitely didn't come up with it himself!"

Thinking this way in his heart, Shi Zhongchen said, "It's not because he listened to Wang Ping'an's suggestion. Think about it, Your Majesty, Wang Ping'an is just a country boy. He has never seen a large army go to war in his life. How could he have any understanding of military affairs?" ?”

Li Shimin nodded, and said: "What you said makes sense. It is impossible for Wang Pingan to have a deep understanding of military and state affairs." He hesitated for a while, and then said: "Ke Zhier..."

The emperor's intentions were obvious. The crown prince had never seen a large army go to war. Apart from a few military books, he had never passed them. It seemed impossible for him to write such a reply.

Shi Zhongchen blinked his eyes, feeling that it might be counterproductive to blindly speak good words for the prince, because military and state affairs are beyond Li Zhi's ability after all, and he is too flattered. It will be even more difficult to come down to power, and in the end, under the emperor's questioning, he will still tell the truth.

Shi Zhongchen said: "The crown prince has read a lot of military books, but he is still studying, and it seems that he can't write such a perfect reply. Could it be that Master Ma taught him to write it?"

The Master Ma he was talking about was Prince Li Zhi's tutor, Zhong Shu Ling Ma Zhou.

Li Shimin was immediately relieved, and said with a smile: "If Ma Zhou taught Zhi'er to write it, then it makes sense. Ma Zhou is very human and capable. Of course, I can rest assured that he taught Zhi'er."

Shi Zhongchen hurriedly laughed and said: "Master Ma naturally reassures the emperor."

Li Shimin looked at the memorial again, and said: "Go and send Ma Zhou, I want to ask him how Zhier reacted when he was teaching Zhier, and whether he really understood what is called a military affairs."

Shi Zhongchen agreed, went out of the hall, called a young eunuch, and asked him to send a letter to order Ma Zhou to come.

Ma Zhou was in the west stage. Due to the race meeting a few days ago, he didn't come to Zhongshu province very much, and there was a backlog of official documents. Today he stayed in Zhongshu province, didn't go anywhere, and concentrated on handling official affairs.

The little eunuch came to the West Terrace and told Ma Zhou to go to the Palace of Manna.Ma Zhou wondered, didn't he meet this morning, if there was something important, why didn't he say it then, but now he has to pass it on?

Putting down his official duties, Ma Zhou rushed to the Ganlu Hall.Entering the hall, Li Shimin didn't say anything else, and with a smile, he asked Shi Zhongchen to give a memorial with chicken feathers to Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou has read this memorial, and he does have some thoughts in his heart, but as a courtier, if you have an idea, you have an idea. If you want to express your thoughts, you have to think carefully, and you can't just open your mouth, especially when he is Zhongshu Ling. , with such an identity, he is already at the pinnacle of being a courtier, let alone talking nonsense.

After opening the memorial, Ma Zhou glanced at the content and turned to the end to read the comments.He read the emperor's comments first, nodded heavily, and thought: "That's right, that's how it should be. Of course, the method used to deal with the wandering herdsmen and the regular Turkic army is different."

Looking further down, the handwriting became that of the prince Li Zhi. As the master of the prince, Ma Zhou couldn't see the reason for the handwriting. He nodded slightly, thinking: "The prince's reply is well-founded..."

Zhongshu Shengben is the place to do planning, and as Zhongshuling, Ma Zhou can tell at a glance whether a plan is good or not.When he read Li Zhi's reply, he knew it in his mind. The crown prince's reply was actually a supplement to the emperor's reply. It is necessary to make the best use of the situation to achieve maximum effectiveness. It is a very good military operation plan!
However, as the prince's benefactor, Ma Zhou knows Li Zhi too well. Li Shimin is a father, and there is no reason for a father to love his son, which is blind. No way, no way!
The reply on the memorial is definitely not the prince's own idea, someone must have taught him!

Ma Zhou returned the memorial to Shi Zhongchen, and he said, "Your Majesty, you want me to tell you about the crown prince's reply, did he make it himself?"

Being a minister can be a prime minister, and he can be promoted to the point where there is no way to get promoted, then there must be something extraordinary. Ma Zhou asked the key point with just one sentence!
Li Shimin was slightly taken aback. Ma Zhou's question proved that he didn't teach it, otherwise he would just nod his head and say that this reply is very good, and then he would praise Li Zhi, saying how smart he is and how easy he is to learn. Let him, the old man who is a master, be very comforted!
Sighing, Li Shimin slowly leaned back in the chair, and said, "If Ma Aiqing didn't teach him, then who would it be?" After speaking, he sighed again, it couldn't really be Wang Pingan again, could it?
Ma Zhou didn't think about Wang Ping'an.

He doesn't have such a high opinion of Wang Ping'an. Wang Sheren works as an errand in Zhongshuling. He is a person who fishes for three days and hangs nets for two days. .For Wang Pingan, he admired him very much, but for Wang Pingan, a subordinate, he couldn't appreciate him that much. He hadn't met him a few times in total, so how could he appreciate it?

Ma Zhou thought for a while, and said: "About this, the old minister really doesn't know much about it. Your majesty, you should send someone to ask the prince."

Li Shimin was a little disappointed. Ma Zhou's words were tactful. In fact, his answer was already implying that it was impossible for Li Zhi to write such a reply by himself. Someone must have taught him, but the person who taught him was not Ma Zhou. It's just me.

Shi Zhongchen whispered beside him: "Your Majesty, do you want this old slave to ask Shi Aiguo?" His younger brother is the head of the Eastern Palace, and Shi Aiguo knows best what Li Zhiping does.

Li Shimin frowned, and said: "Then...that's fine, let's ask, who has often visited the East Palace recently."

Shi Zhongchen agreed, turned around and backed away slowly.Suddenly I heard Ma Zhou ask: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it doesn't matter who taught the prince, so it's better not to ask. It's better to let the prince speak out when he wants to say it, that's the best."

This is a very pertinent suggestion. When the crown prince grows up, the father should not be too strict. He must control everything. On the contrary, the crown prince will be inseparable from the crutch of his father.

Li Shimin snorted, but he is not the father of an ordinary family, and Li Zhi is not the son of an ordinary family, so he is worried!

Li Shimin said: "Actually, it is of course best to let Zhi'er speak out by himself, but I think the approval on the memorial is so good, which minister's idea is it... Well, well, if this minister is allowed to go Wouldn’t it be more effective to execute this matter?”

Ma Zhou snorted, nodded and said, "It's still the emperor who thinks things through carefully, and the old minister's thoughts went off for a while!"

Shi Zhongchen hadn't left yet, but when he heard the emperor's answer to Ma Zhou, he was taken aback. It turned out that the emperor was going to send someone with ideas to go to the border!

He suddenly thought of asking Wang Ping'an, who is full at night and is free to inquire?Xu Jingzong!

Very good, since Mr. Xu likes to meddle so much, let you meddle enough, go outside the customs and take care of it, look at the hungry Turkic herdsmen, will you listen to me, the Minister of Zhongshu?
After leaving the Ganlu Hall, Shi Zhongchen went straight to the East Palace.When they arrived at the East Palace, they called Shi Aiguo to come and asked him about the prince's trivial matters, and then told Shi Aiguo: "Listen, if someone wants to ask, for example, the emperor wants to send you a question about who the prince has been close to recently, you How should I answer?"

Shi Aiguo said without thinking: "Of course he is close to Wang Ping'an. His Royal Highness is not close to anyone except Wang Ping'an. This is not a matter of a day or two!"

Shi Zhongchen shook his head and said: "You are wrong. If you answer like this, you are very wrong! His Royal Highness's recent handling of government affairs has become more and more calm, more and more wise and decisive. This could be Wang Ping'an Boy, can you influence it?"

The two brothers, as soon as the elder brother made a statement, Shi Aiguo immediately understood what it meant, and he asked: "Elder brother, who should I say the crown prince is closer to?"
Shi Zhongchen said: "Xu Jingzong, Zhongshu's assistant, is a man of accomplishment, you should pay more attention to him in the future!"

Shi Aiguo groaned, and said: "I've seen it for a long time, Xu Jingzong is not a master who lives in loneliness!"

Shi Zhongchen snorted twice, and said again: "Where is the prince, why isn't he in the East Palace?"

Shi Aiguo said: "I went to Furong Garden to experience the sufferings of the people." After a pause, he added: "I went with Wang Ping'an."

Shi Zhongchen said: "You, go to the prince personally, give a hint of Xu Jingzong's ability, and then tell Wang Ping'an, if there is something good, please take care of Mr. Xu!" He bit the word "Mr. Xu" very hard .

Hearing the elder brother's tone, Shi Aiguo immediately nodded and said, "I'll go right away." He understood in his heart again, the elder brother is not trying to pick someone for meritorious service, but to pick someone for bad luck!
Shi Zhongchen left the East Palace and returned to Ganlu Palace, while Shi Aiguo went out of the palace to find Li Zhi and Wang Ping'an in Furong Garden.

Wang Ping'an and Li Zhi came to the Furong Garden. As soon as they entered the garden, they saw a sea of ​​people inside, and cheers broke out from time to time. The applause was very lively.

They brought more than a dozen attendants with them, and the leader of the guards was none other than the recently popular Mengshi brothers.They all changed into casual clothes on the carriage, pretending to be ordinary people.Under the protection of the imperial guards, Wang Ping'an and Li Zhi squeezed into the garden.

At this time, in the Hibiscus Garden, a tall wooden platform was set up, with colorful flags fluttering on the wooden platform, and there were several large banners of businesses.Now in Chang'an City, no matter what you want to do, as long as you can attract people to watch it, there must be sponsorship from the merchants, take the opportunity to spread the word, do a lot of business, and even fight in the arena, the merchants will not let it go!

On the wooden platform, there are couplets on both sides. The upper couplet is: feet shake the banks of the Yellow River, the second couplet: palm splits the Yangtze River north and south, and the horizontal drape is: skills crown the world!Although the tone was a bit off-putting, it was finally a neat couplet.However, on both sides of this couplet, there is another long couplet.The first line of the long couplet is: good mountains, good water, good Dukang wine, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
After reading the two couplets, Li Zhi said with a smile: "If my predictions are correct, this fight must be jointly sponsored by the businessman who manages Dukang Liquor and the businessman who manages Hetian jade!"

Meng Dayian said: "How come there are six characters on the horizontal drape? It should be four characters, right?"

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "This is called winning with the new. As long as it can attract the attention of the people, it is good. If it can cause controversy, that is even better!"

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and when they looked up to the stage, they saw a tall man standing on the stage, as strong as an ox, wearing a royal blue bunt, a red belt around his waist, and thin-soled ground boots on his feet. Gorgeous, he was triumphantly bowing his hands to the people. It seemed that he had just won the victory, but he didn't know who he had knocked down.

The strong man saluted in a circle, straightened his waist, and said: "I am Niu Dali, I won three games in a row today, I am not tired at all..."

The common people laughed loudly, and clapped their hands and stamped their feet below, saying: "I'm not tired, look at you, you don't even break a sweat!"

Niu Dali was even more proud, he said: "I dare not be the number one in Chang'an martial arts, but I can be worthy of the second in Chang'an martial arts. But who is the number one in Chang'an martial arts? Come on!" Come on, whoever can knock me out of the ring will be number one!"

A commoner below shouted: "Niu Dali, your bragging is a little too big, you just have more strength, how can you become the second in martial arts?"

Niu Dali looked at the direction of the caller disdainfully, and said, "Don't accept it? Come up and talk!" He spread his legs apart, folded his hands on his shoulders, raised his head high, and looked proudly at the sky.

I heard someone shouting from below: "Is there any benefit in beating you?" This person has an accent from outside the customs, but it is not sure where the accent is.

Hearing someone questioning below, someone beside the wooden platform immediately shouted: "Whoever can defeat Niu Zhuangshi will win thirty prizes!"

The person with the outside accent shouted: "A lot! Then let me try it and win the lottery."

The voice fell, and one person rushed to the stage. He was a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. His clothes were a little shabby, but his body was quite strong. Even if he was not as good as Niu Dali, he was not much worse.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "It's time to fight, it's time to fight!"

Wang Pingan said: "It seems that these two people are similar. Although Niu Dali is stronger, after all, he has competed three times, and his physical strength may not be as good as when he first appeared on the stage. They are evenly matched, and the outcome is unpredictable." , not too interested, just arguing with Li Zhi.

Suddenly, someone tugged on his sleeve.Wang Ping turned around and saw that it was Ouyang Ba.Ouyang Ba laughed softly: "Master, you also came to watch the excitement. The brothers are all here, and they are picking someone. Let's see who can fight, and we will earn it under our hands."

Wang Ping'an said oh, he had told Brother Ouyang earlier to choose his subordinates from those who were good at running, it seemed that they had almost finished the selection, and went to the ring to continue the selection.As for subordinates, naturally, the more the better, the more capable the better.

Since he was picking a subordinate for himself, Wang Ping'an's interest immediately came. Looking up at the ring, he saw that the two people on the stage had already started fighting.

(End of this chapter)