Chapter 1 After Xiangzi

The scorching sun is in the sky, and the midsummer afternoon looks particularly hot. It is already the hottest dog days of the year. Unless there is something urgent, no one will go out to suffer in this hot and deadly weather.

The streets are empty, and the closed houses look very quiet. The willow trees under the sun shrugged the willow branches feebly and were lifeless. Only the tireless noise was still endless, which made people drowsy.

Zhao Xin lay on the desk. Although he held the bamboo slip in his hand, he had already wandered around, so that the maidservant shouted three times before she came to her senses.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Xin leaned up lazily, opened his eyes, recognized his mother's maid Xiaolan, and asked feebly.

"Young master, the Lord has come back and is waiting for you in the hall with your wife." It was probably too hot, and Xiaolan trotted all the way. There was a row of sweat on her forehead, and she was a little out of breath while talking.

As soon as he heard that his father came back, Zhao Xin was immediately excited and immediately woke up. He put on his shoes in a panic and asked, "Didn't my father work in the government office in the afternoon? Why did he come back now?"

Xiaolan stretched out her tongue and said with a gloating smile; "I heard that the master went back to court and had to entertain all the scholars and doctors in the evening, so the master came back early to wash and change clothes." Father: that is, King Wuling of Zhao)

Zhao's confidence secretly complained; "The master didn't come back sooner or later, but now he comes back, which really kills me. I haven't memorized all three articles of Zhou Li yet. It's over. It's over this time.

There was no time to complain. Zhao Xin put on his shoes and rushed out of the door and trotted all the way with his head down.

When he was about to arrive at the hall, Zhao Xin slowed down, tiptoed carefully close to the door, and stretched out his ears for a long time.

When he heard the laughter of his father and mother in the hall, Zhao Xin was relieved. He thought that his father was not in a bad mood today, and he thought it should be easy to deal with. Then he straightened up and walked in. He bowed to the two people in the hall and said, "Father, Mother."

The two people in the hall, one is a tall, thin middle-aged man with a beautiful neck, and the other is a beautiful young woman with a smile. It is Zhao Xin's father, Zhao Jian, and his mother Li.

When Zhao Jian saw his son coming in, he smiled and said coldly behind his back, "What did you do after calling you for such a long time?"

Zhao Xin did not dare to smile in front of his father, so he straightened his small body and said seriously, "Go back to my father, I will read Zhou Li, and watch his Zhou Gong's book is as big as the world's Kyushu, astronomical experience; as small as the ditch road, grass, wood, insects and fish. The establishment of the state, politics, France and education, etiquette and music, military punishment, taxation, food and clothing, sleeping temple carriages and horses, agricultural and commercial medical divination, craft production, all kinds of famous objects, rules and regulations, and systems. I can't help but dream of Zhou Bus, so I'm late. I hope my father will forgive me.

You should know that Zhao Xin is no more than a thirteen naughty boy. His physical appearance has not yet been formed, but he has a straight face and looks like an adult, and his mouth is full of people. Obviously, he was sleepy late, but he said that he had sex with Zhou Gongshen, which was really funny.

Li, who was beside him, couldn't help laughing, and the flowers and branches trembled. Although Zhao Jian still had a straight face, he couldn't help but smile, and his face softened a lot. Immediately, he raised his face and said, "Listen to you, you should have a thorough understanding of Zhou Li?"

Zhao's confidence thumped and shouted that it was not good, but he had to say bravely: "What Zhou Gong said is broad and profound, and I don't know a little about it. How can you learn from your father's youth? In many places, I still know little about it, and I still need the teachings of my father.

Send a high hat first, and don't say too much. In this way, there is also a room for relaxation. In case you can't answer, there is still room for sophistry.

"What is a gift?"

"The salute is gentle and elegant, well-behaved, humble, open-minded, and gentlemanly."

"What is Dazai?"

"The six regulations in charge of building the state, to support the king to govern the state, one is to govern the state, to govern the state, to govern the government, to discipline the people."

Zhao Jian asked several questions in Zhou Lizhong in a row, and Zhao Xin answered them fluently. Zhao Jian is in a good mood today. Seeing that his son is also serious about studying these days, he is not too embarrassed. He just hastily picked a few previous questions and stopped asking.

Zhao was happy in his confidence and secretly congratulated that his father only drew the one he had memorize in front of him. If he drew the last two articles, it would be exposed.

Seeing that Zhao Xin's answer was so brilliant, Li couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She raised her jaw and looked at her husband proudly and said, "How about the son I taught you?"

Zhao Jian rarely smiled in front of Zhao Xin and nodded slightly, "Yes, Xin'er is such a qualification that she is the best among her peers. I think I can recommend him to the prime minister in a few years."

Li politely pulled Zhao Xin, touched his head and said proudly, "It's more than outstanding. I don't think it's a dragon and phoenix among people. How can my Li Zhi's son be worse than others?"

Seeing that his father was so satisfied with himself, an idea flashed in his heart, and Zhao Xin said boldly, "Father, I have something to ask for. I hope you will agree first."

Although Zhao Jian was in a good mood, he also knew that this son had always been strange, so he was not fooled. He just said, "Try it, I will decide whether to agree or not."

Zhao Xin had no choice but to say honestly: "I don't want to learn literature all the time. How about you find a master for me to let me learn how to bow and shoot."

Zhao Jie was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't help frowning and said in an unhappy tone, "Didn't I ask Dr. Ji to teach you martial arts? Why do you have to find a master?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and squeezed his eyes and said, "That... That old man's ability is too low. That's what I learned from him at most. Besides, that guy can't ride and shoot. Last time he fell down more than riding a horse..."

When I said this, I suddenly spilled my mouth and hurriedly closed my mouth, but it was too late. Zhao Kui's suspicious eyes passed over and asked, "What is the comparison of horse riding, what is wrestling?"

Zhao Xin hesitated for a long time. Knowing that his father was shrewd, he must be prevariant, so he had to explain it honestly.

"Last time I chatted with Mr. Ji, he said that the State of Zhao was established by force, and the most important thing was to ride and shoot, but he didn't think so, and he walked around with me for a long time. I was a little impatient when I heard it, so I provoked him to say that he couldn't ride a horse. He had a bad temper and insisted on to compare with me. You said it was a comparison. Why did he work so hard? As a result, he fell down and lost two of his front teeth. Now his words are leaking.

Zhao Jian couldn't help but get angry when he heard this, "You rebellious son, Dr. Ji is the elder of the Three Dynasties. I, the current Confucian of the State of Zhao, is also proficient in fencing. I finally got him to teach you his homework, but you provoked him so much. How can a person of his age stand being despised by you?

"I said, why did Dr. Ji ignore me when he saw me now? It turned out to be because of you."

When Zhao Xin saw his father's angry appearance, he was so scared that he quickly hid behind his mother. He poked out his head and said with some unconvincedness and said, "How can it be my fault? You said that the old man is still so competitive. I just laughed at him and said that he couldn't ride a horse. He was as excited as if I stepped on his ancestral grave. "

"How dare you say it." When Zhao Jian saw his son talking back, he picked up the ruler on the table to fight. Zhao Xin hurriedly withdrew his head and hid behind Li.

When Li Shi saw that the two men were blowing their beards and staring, they were both angry and funny. They came up and pulled their husband and smiled, "Okay, okay, Xin'er is a little naughty, boy, there's nothing wrong with this."

He turned around and stared at Zhao Xin, who was shrinking behind him, and said angrily, "Why don't you come out and apologize to your father?"

Zhao Xin came out with a bitter face and bowed and apologized, "My father is here, and I'm ignorant. I hope you don't have the same experience as me."

Zhao Zou stared at him. Seeing that Li was present, it was not easy to have an attack, so he had to say, "Tomorrow you will honestly carry the meat and come to apologize to Dr. Ji. If he refuses to forgive you, I will have to break your leg."

Zhao Xin didn't dare to disove, so he had to say "yes" reluctantly. Seeing that Zhao's face was a little slow, he asked boldly, "Father, I still want to learn to ride and shoot. Can you find a powerful person to teach me?"

"What are you going to do?"

Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows and said in high spirits, "Now that I, Zhao, advocate riding and shooting, and all the officers are selected from the cavalry. If I am not good, I will be laughed at by them."

Zhao Ju snorted heavily and said with an unhappy face. "Nonsense. After we are the sect of Zhao, we should learn more about the social learning of Anbang and Dingguo. The Hufu riding and shooting performed by the master's father is just a stopgap measure for strong soldiers. To govern the country, we still need the way of the ancestors of the sages. Besides, what the Hu people do will naturally be despised by scholars and doctors. I'm afraid you will have a bad impact on your future career.

Li was a little unhappy to hear these words. He stared at his waist and said, "What's wrong with the Hu people? Don't you have the blood of the Zhao family? According to me, your ancestors married a lot of Hu girls. In addition, how many barbarians are there in Wenwu in the Manchu Dynasty? Even your immediate boss, Xiangbang Feiyi, is also a barbarian. I haven't seen anyone who despised him.

Only then did Zhao Jian mean that he said something wrong, and he couldn't help crying bitterly in his heart. Although his wife came from the Li family, a famous family, her mother was a Hu girl. She was quick-mouthed for a while, but she forgot about it.

You should know that although he was born in a clan, he was already depressed. Regardless of the huge gap in identity, Li insisted on marrying himself who was still poor at that time. For more than ten years, he had a good family and helped each other in his official career, so that he could sit in the position of Tianbu official as he wished.

If you get a wife like this, what does the husband want? Therefore, although Zhao Jian is not smiling, he loves and respects this wife, and easily does not mean her. Over time, he was laughed at by his colleagues in the court for being afraid of his wife like a tiger, and he didn't care.

Seeing his mother standing on his side and his father looked smittened, Zhao Xin suddenly increased his confidence and said, "That is, what's wrong with the clan? Even the master is proud of riding and shooting in Hufu. Why can't I?"

Zhao Jian stared at his son and hummed, "Who are you? You deserve to be compared with your master."

Zhao Xin said unconvincedly, "There is nothing to be compared with this. The master and the king are the clan of the State of Zhao, and your father and you are also the clan of the State of Zhao. They are also the Zhao family. They are not all born from the same ancestor. What's the difference? Besides, we are after Zhao Xiangzi. If Xiangzi hadn't flooded Zhibo in Jinyang City, how could we have the foundation of Zhao Guoguo..."

PS allusion 1: Three families are divided into Jin. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the giant Jin Dynasty fell, and the power in the middle of the country was dominated by four doctors: the Zhijia, the Zhao family, the Han family and the Wei family. Zhiboben and Han Wei besieged Jinyang, the base of the Zhao family, and wanted to destroy Zhao's division, but Zhao Xiangzi successfully rebelled against Han Wei, and the three families jointly destroyed Zhiping's land. Thirty years later, the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Zhao were officially recognized by Zhou Tianzi and officially became princes. The State of Jin perished, and it was said that the three families were divided into Jin.

Allusion 2: In the 27th year of King Wuling of Zhao, the State of Zhao, which has experienced the rapid and strong reform of Hufu riding and shooting, has the strength to dominate the Central Plains. In order to concentrate on the military construction and foreign war of the State of Zhao, King Wuling of Zhao was rumored to be the youngest son Zhao He. He was also the Fu of King of Zhao, and all domestic political and economic affairs were handed over to Zhao He. King Zhao Wuling called himself Zhao's father.