Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 588 Polo Club

After Changsun Wuji finished his lecture, Shi Zhongchen stood up and read aloud the official positions assigned to the scholars, starting with the miscellaneous subjects and lastly the Jinshi subjects.

The hearts of the scholars were beating wildly, especially the higher the ranking, the more nervous they were. They read Jinshi Section No. 3 Wen Qicai. His official position is not only leisurely, but also highly respected. This literary minister is really lucky. Not only is he in the limelight, but he also got a good official position. Who is his backer?

Who is Wen Qicai's backer is not important, what is important is that Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan's backer is Wang Ping'an!
After finishing reading Wen Qicai, Shi Zhongchen paused for a moment, and then read: "Jinshi Division No. 2 Qiu Tingxuan is the county magistrate of Maling County, Gyeongju!"

The scholars were astonished and looked up at Qiu Tingxuan together!There is actually a county magistrate among the Xinke Scholars, which is really unexpected to them. The county magistrates in the non-Gyeonggi area, but from the official position of the seventh rank, a person who has just entered the official career, can directly achieve this rank , It's just... It's just unreasonable!
In the official system of the Tang Dynasty, nine-rank official positions, such as nine-rank officials, were divided into nine-rank officials and subordinate nine-rank officials. The ninth rank has four ranks of officials, and the same is true for the eighth rank.

In other words, as soon as Qiu Tingxuan entered the officialdom, he was immediately promoted to the eighth rank, directly skipped the last eighth rank, and became the chief political officer of one party!

Scholars are envious and jealous, this Wang Ping'an is so capable, he can make a fellow villager into a county magistrate, I wonder how many grades his brother can jump?

Shi Zhongchen read again: "Di Renjie, No. 1 of the Jinshi Division, is the county magistrate of Heshui County, Gyeongju!"

There was a gasp in the hall, and the eyes of the scholars were all red with jealousy.This Di Renjie skipped grades even more violently, even skipping nine grades in a row, and became the county magistrate of a state government!
Heshui County is the seat of Gyeongju, the first county, and the rank of the county magistrate is from the seventh rank.Di Renjie's official position is even higher than that of Qiu Tingxuan, and he is already the highest among new scholars and officials since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!

After reading the list, Shi Zhongchen said: "Masters, thank you for not accepting the decree!"

The scholars thanked each other in unison, Shan Hu long live!

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Masters, go to the Ministry of Officials. From now on, you will be colleagues, and you still need to support each other and encourage each other!" He spoke politely and stopped asking scholars to wait. It's changed to Zhujun!
The scholars backed out of the palace and went to the Ministry of Officials to receive official seals, and the Ministry of Officials was Changsun Wuji's territory, a yamen he held firmly in his hands and would never give up.

The scholars left, and the main hall began to discuss matters. The matter of the Dachao meeting was discussed at the Xiaochao meeting, and the conclusions had been reached long ago. The ministers only need to second the proposal. The only important thing is Wang Ping'an was re-appointed and dispatched. He was no longer a second-rank official, but a fifth-rank official, holding the real power of a state.

After the discussion, the ministers returned to their respective yamen.

Li Shimin went back to Ganlu Hall, but Li Zhi didn't rush back to the East Palace, and when he left the main hall, he pulled Wang Pingan aside, and when he got to a deserted place, he asked: "No disease, how are you doing with Meiniang? "

Wang Ping'an said: "I have already thought of a solution, how to deceive people..." He repeated Yang's idea.

After hearing this, Li Zhi said happily: "This method is good. Not only will it not make others suspicious, but also Mei Niang will have a suitable status when she enters the palace again in the future. Alas, Gu really misses her. Although there are many concubines in the Eastern Palace, there are many Du Gu doesn't even like her, he only likes her alone, but she wants to leave Gu far away."

Wang Ping'an hurriedly comforted: "We are leaving today so that we can stay together forever in the future. Your Highness doesn't need to worry. Everything will be handled by the minister."

Li Zhi nodded, and said: "You can do things alone, don't worry." Seeing that Wang Ping'an wanted to resign, he hurriedly said: "Tomorrow there will be a polo meeting outside the city. You come too."

Wang Pingan said, "But, I will leave Beijing soon, and I have to prepare for going north. Why does the emperor let me participate?"

Li Zhi exclaimed, "Because you are going north to Gyeongju, some things need to be done now! Father not only wants you to participate, but also your whole family to participate, little sister." Yi Ren will go too!"

Wang Ping'an was taken aback, this was an engagement, but how could such an engagement be chosen at the polo club?
Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Go back and make preparations, come up with a good poem, and then go to the court to play. After winning, I will give the stick to Yi Ren, and Yi Ren will give you a handkerchief to wipe your sweat. That's all!"

Wang Ping'an said in surprise: "Can't we exchange birth date or something? Shouldn't I prepare a dowry gift?"

This time, Li Zhi was surprised, and he said: "Of course I have to prepare, but it's not going to be delivered tomorrow. It will be delivered when you return from Qingzhou with honors and before you get married. Think about it, what if you get married in the future?" If she can't marry a younger sister, then Yiren is equivalent to getting married again, and she hasn't married yet, so how will she behave in the future!" He said these words as a matter of course.

"However, how can this be considered an engagement?" Wang Ping'an said.

Li Zhi smiled and said: "How can this not be regarded as an engagement, as long as everyone knows what to do. And in this way, even if the father regrets it in the future, there will be a step down, and he will not find your fault and kill you Ya, it's for your own good!"

Wang Pingan grinned, is this for my own good?Well, even if it's for me!

He had heard more or less about Li Yiren's past.The little princess got engaged last time to Wei Zheng's son, but later Li Shimin looked down on Wei Zheng's son, and when he repented of the marriage, he had to turn over the old score and blame the dead Wei Zheng, and only then did he find the rightful repentance reason.

I guess Li Shimin was scared by what happened last time. He was afraid that Wang Ping'an's son-in-law would be like Wei Zheng's son again, which was not to his liking. If he regretted the marriage at that time, it would not be too troublesome. Why not just have a ceremony that everyone understands, It's not too late to exchange birthday horoscopes, and it's not too late to exchange before the official marriage.

Wang Ping'an said with a bitter face: "I don't know how to play polo, and riding a horse is okay, but if you talk about equestrian skills, you really can't get on the stage."

Li Zhi was a little surprised and said: "You don't know how to play polo? How is this possible? Many maids in the palace can play polo, and they are very good at it. You are a majestic man, and you have led the army. How can you Can't play ball?"

Polo is also called Chuju, also known as playing polo or hitting polo. It became popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was even more popular in the Tang Dynasty. Almost all men, women and children know what playing polo is. Even if they don’t know how to play, they still like to watch it. .The rich and nobles in Chang'an liked this sport even more, especially Li Shimin, who was the emperor on horseback and liked playing polo even more. Now that he is too old to play polo, he still likes to watch it.Not only Li Shimin was like this, most of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were like this. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Minghuang even played at an international level. This shows that people in the Tang Dynasty love polo.

Wang Pingan spread his hands and said, "I really don't know how to play polo, and I haven't seen others play it. I haven't even seen what the cue looks like!"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "It's not called a cue, but a stick. If you haven't played polo before, it will be difficult. You can't let the little girl go up to play a game, and then you go up to wipe her sweat, right?"

Wang Ping'an made an uh, and said, "That's too embarrassing!"

Li Zhi thought for a while, and said: "Well, I will make arrangements for you. Normally, you do things for Gu. This time, Gu will work hard again, and I will arrange for you."

Wang Ping'an was overjoyed and said: "His Royal Highness wants to arrange an engagement for the minister? That's great. The minister is worried that he won't be able to arrange it. He has never engaged in marriage before and has no experience!"

Li Zhi laughed out loud, and said: "If you have experience, do you still expect to marry an orphaned little girl?"

Inexplicably, there was a sense of accomplishment in his heart. It was always Wang Pingan who settled things for him, and now he finally had a chance to settle things for Wang Pingan once, and he would definitely be able to settle things.

Wang Pingan bid farewell to Li Zhi, left the palace, first went to the Ministry of Officials to go through the formalities, received the official documents needed to go to Qingzhou, and then returned to the new house.

When he got home, he told about his participation in the polo club tomorrow. Wang and his wife were overjoyed when they heard it, but at the same time they were a little worried. They felt that this way of getting married was too informal, and they didn't even change their birthdays. A bit out of royal decency.

Wang Youcai was more open-minded, and comforted Yang, saying: "As long as you can get married, you can hope to be a son-in-law. You can still find fault with the royal family. You think it's us country people running a banquet, so poor and fastidious." .”

Yang sighed: "It's not that I can't, but I don't dare. If it's really in the countryside of Xuzhou, our family is Wang Laocai, and theirs is Li Laocai. You can see whether I can choose. If you don't let me choose now, then I will choose." After his daughter passes through the door, pick it hard!"

Wang Ping'an and Wang Youcai said in unison: "Don't!"

Wang Youcai smiled and said: "Li Laocai's daughter, no matter how many problems you have, you can't pick them. Be careful when she goes home and complains!"

Wang Pingan also laughed a few times, and said: "There is nothing wrong with the little princess, she is very quiet, you will definitely like her when you see her." After thinking for a while, he said: "Father, mother, let me go out for a while and let Dan If they prepare some gifts, they might be able to use them tomorrow, there are so many people in the palace, they have to be arranged."

Mrs. Yang clapped her hands and said, "That's right, money can make ghosts turn the millstone. Even in our countryside, if you want the donkey to do more work, don't you have to feed it more good food. Little princess All the people here are socialized, and let them all say good things about you, at least they can't make trouble for you."

Wang Pingan smiled and thought: "With the business in Lingling Temple Pedestrian Street, are you afraid that people in the palace will not speak well of me!"

He laughed and said: "There is no need to socialize, I asked Ouyang Li and the others to prepare more golden melon seeds, they are easy to give away, easy to receive, and easy to keep, everyone in the world likes them, how can people in the palace be an exception! "After that, he smiled and left the parents' house.

Only Wang Youcai and Mrs. Yang were left in the room. Wang Youcai said, "Just in time, before we came to Chang'an, didn't we make several new clothes? Tomorrow we will pick the best ones and wear them decently. You will lose face to your son."

Mrs. Yang smiled, poked Wang Youcai's forehead with her finger, and said, "Wang Laocai, you have no experience! If you want to improve your son's face, you can't dress gorgeously, you only need to dress neatly, without patches. It's shabby."

She opened the suitcase, found two sets of clothes, and said: "Tomorrow, we will wear these. It is unassuming and not shabby."

Wang Youcai looked at the two sets of clothes, frowned and said, "These two sets of clothes are old. I'm going to attend a grand event tomorrow. Wouldn't it be nice to wear them?"

Yang smiled and said, "You, I'm really ignorant. Let's dress plainly, so that we are easy-going. Don't even think about it. The people who will go to watch polo tomorrow are either rich or expensive. Compared with them, we are in the countryside. How can people compare to them? So just don’t compare, just dress in ordinary clothes.”

When it comes to how to show off with wealthy families, Wang Youcai really has no experience, and he has never put his mind on this kind of thing.Hearing the old wife's arrangement, he hesitated and said: "But what if someone looks down on you and thinks that our Wang family is nothing more than this, not worthy of a princess... Wouldn't it be self-defeating."

Mrs. Yang shook her head and said: "If you want others to know that our Wang family is of great background, it would be too vulgar to work hard on ourselves, and it would be a low-level one. You should use it on our servants, as well as on details such as chariots and horses and utensils." If you work hard, then the truth will come out!"

Wang Youcai snorted, and had no choice but to listen to his old wife's arrangement, and he would wear whatever was asked him to wear.

Wang Pingan went back to his room, called Ouyang Li, told him about tomorrow's polo meeting, and told him to prepare more golden melon seeds, which he would give away tomorrow.Ouyang Li got the order, and immediately went to prepare golden melon seeds, but the family didn't have enough, so he went to Hamiti and asked for as many as he had.

The luggage at home was easy to pack. The Wangs had just arrived in Chang'an, and many luggage hadn't been unpacked yet. Wang Ping'an's luggage was not much in the first place, and the servants would pack it up, so he didn't need to worry about it.

Wang Pingan also told Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu that tomorrow he would take them to learn more about how the rich people in Chang'an live, and let them dress up and fight with those wealthy ladies. I went to ask my mother for jewelry or something.The two little girls were overjoyed, and immediately ran to tell Mrs. Yang to ask for jewelry.

When it was getting dark, Di Renjie came back, and Wang Pingan told him about it again, and asked him to go with him tomorrow to participate in the polo club.

When Di Renjie heard that Wang Pingan couldn't play polo, he was really surprised and happy. He was surprised that Wang Pingan couldn't even play polo, but he was happy that he finally had a skill that surpassed his elder brother.He played polo, although he was not a master, but he was still qualified as a master.

There was nothing to say all night, and at dawn the next day, Li Zhi sent the guards of the East Palace to lead Wang Pingan to the polo field outside the city.

The whole family of the Wang family dispatched, Wang Ping'an and Di Renjie rode at the front, and Ouyang Li took six of the Ouyang brothers as guards in the car, and 50 strong guards were selected from the bodyguard group to follow, and the Wang couple took two little girls in the car , and a group of servants and maids marched mightily towards the polo field outside the city.

The polo field was built in the north of Chang'an City, probably outside the West Neiyuan and Daming Palace in later generations, with hills and rivers and beautiful scenery.

(End of this chapter)